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Superintendent: Transfers go both ways BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

While the Alcorn School District continues to discuss concerns about student transfers out of the district, Corinth’s

superintendent wants people to know it’s a two-way street. “What people are being led to believe is that it is a oneway street and it’s only Alcorn students coming to Corinth,”

said Corinth School District Superintendent Lee Childress. “But, in fact, the Corinth School District has been releasing students and continues to release students to the Alcorn School

District.” In a meeting of the Corinth district’s board of trustees this week, the board approved 28 transfers from the county district, and it also approved 13

transfers from Corinth schools to the county schools. Childress believes those numbers coming from Corinth Please see TRANSFERS | 2

Piano man set for concert series BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com

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Emoree Skelton works on a painting during the gallery’s recent summer art camp.

Young artists featured at gallery BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Some of Corinth’s youngest artists took brushes in hand at the art gallery this summer to produce the next great painting for the refrigerator door. An opening reception with the artists, ranging in age from 5 to 13, is set for Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. at the gallery. The exhibit runs through Aug. 20. The annual summer art

camp, part of the artist guild’s educational eﬀorts, expanded this year to include a grantfunded session for Boys & Girls Club youth. “I think being exposed to art early in life enhances a child’s enjoyment of the things around them,” said Guild President Sonny Boatman. “We were glad to get a grant to oﬀer this to more children and hope to have some Saturday classes in the fu-

ture.” Megan Thompson taught a group of 10 children ages 5 to 12 from the Boys & Girls Club through a CREATE grant. They produced watercolor paintings. Retired educators Teresa Smillie and Vicki Avery again led the other sessions with students ages 7 to 13. Students produced watercolors and a Pi-

Splash pad set to open BY JEFF YORK For the Daily Corinthian

SELMER, Tenn. — The much anticipated Selmer Splash Pad will open next month and will be a great back-to-school gift for the students. The splash pad is tentatively set to open the second weekend in August and is located in Selmer’s Dixie Park. The splash pad began as an idea as a community project of the Adult Leadership Class of 2014. Their group raised $5,000 and the City of Selmer provided the other $231,000 to obtain a matching state grant of $236,000. Selmer Parks and Recreation Director Sybil Dancer is anxious to put the final touches on the splash pad to get it ready for the grand opening. “We believe it is going to be great and the kids are going to

love it,” said Dancer. “It is going to be free and will be open every day from probably April through October.” Dancer said the city had not decided about a possible charge for someone that rents the splash pad for a birthday party or event. She said the city may decide to reserve the splash pad only at night. The total project will cost $472,000 and no money is coming from McNairy County Government on the project. “There have been people that think the county is paying for this project and that is not true,” commented Dancer. “This is being done by Selmer with the help of the grant from the state.” Dancer estimated there could be room for 30 children

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First Baptist Church’s popular Summer Concert Series will continue on Sunday with performances by several artists. Affectionately known as “Mr. Piano Man”, Jeff Stice will tickle the ivories as he shares his love of gospel music. Captivated by the piano at a young age, Stice started playing the piano at age six and was often found lying under the piano while his mother played. When she finished, he would put his hands on the keys and begin to pick out the melody of some of the songs he heard her play. By the age of 15, he began playing for his father’s quartet and later in college was offered a position in “The Rex Nelson Singers”. While there he received the “Favorite Young Artist Award” from the Singing News Magazine. And the awards just kept coming. Voted as Musician of the Year in 2007 by the Southern Gospel Music Guild, Stice also received recognition as the Favorite Musician of the Year in 2009 and 2012 at the

Jeff Stice Southern Gospel Fanfare. A Grammy and Dove Award nominee, he has received the “Musician of the Year Award” for six years from The Singing News Magazine. “Jeﬀ’s music has given him the opportunity to travel all over the United States and Canada. He has been honored to play his arrangement of ‘Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho’ at Carnegie Hall on more than one occasion,” said First Baptist Music and Youth Please see SERIES | 2

People of the Crossroads Elaine Matthews, Rienzi Staff photo by Angela Storey

A familiar face in Rienzi has officially retired. After working as Rienzi Town Clerk 15 years, Elaine Mathews retired July 15. She has worked with two mayors, Walter Williams and David Potts. She also got to know Mayor David Lee during the almost 15 years she worked at First American National Bank in Rienzi. Her family includes two sons and daughters-in-law, Michael and Meka Mathews and Kristopher and Anna Beth Mathews, and five grandchildren. She enjoys quilting, being with friends and family and attends Gaston Baptist Church. “Rienzi will always hold a special place in my heart,” she said. “Rienzi is a family community where people take care of each other … it’s a special place.”

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Arts in McNairy offers tickets for new season SELMER, Tenn.Â â€” Arts in McNairy is excited to announce season tickets are now on sale for its next big theater season, premiering in August. AiMâ€™s last season closed with a sold out hit, Disneyâ€™s Beauty & the Beast. Following that success, AiM will continue oďŹ€ering the best live performances in West Tennessee in 2016-2017. â€œThe Performing Arts division of AiM has seen growth each season for the past several years,â€? said Christy Whitten, chairwoman of AiMâ€™s performing arts committee. â€œThis past season our growth not only included new talent on stage but new directors, technical crew members, visual art contributions to set design, outstanding original costumes, and certainly the welcomed patronage of the people we love to entertain filling the theater audience.â€? Season tickets are on sale for a limited time at www.artsinmcnairy.com.

Follow Arts in McNairy on Facebook for the latest audition announcements and ticket releases. Auditions take place six to eight weeks before each show premiere. Online tickets open one month before each show premiere. Performance times are 7:30 p.m. nightly, except Sundays matinees at 3 p.m. Day performances for school groups are available for Peter Pan and Harriet the Spy. For more information or to schedule a school group, contact Sarah Rowland at artsinmcnairy@gmail.com or 731645-2671. Arts in McNairyâ€™s 2016/2017 Theatre Season: â—? Cagebirds, Aug. 26-28, The Marty, Adamsville, Tenn. â—? You Canâ€™t Take it With You, Sept. 9-12, The Latta, Selmer , Tenn. â—? Peter Pan, Nov. 4-6, The Latta, Selmer, Tenn. â—? Miracle on 34th Street, Dec.

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Cameron Miller appears as the Beast and Nicole Stoppa as Belle in AiMâ€™s production of Disneyâ€™s Beauty & the Beast.

9-11, The Latta, Selmer, Tenn. â—? Murder at the Cafe Noir, Feb. 10 (Dinner Theatre) and 11-12, The Latta, Selmer, Tenn.

â—? One Acts by Youth Arts Guild, March 10-12, The Latta, Selmer, Tenn. â—? Harriet the Spy, April 7-9,

The Latta, Selmer, Tenn. â—? Addams Family the Musical, June 23-27, The Latta, Selmer, Tenn.

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at a time to play among the sprayers on the pad. She said there will be 15 separate features on the splash pad. She does encourage parents to buy swim shoes for their children to make sure they do not slip down on the concrete. While the concrete is designed to not be slippery, it is still best to have a child wear the inexpensive swim shoes. If you do not know where the Selmer Dixie Park is located in Selmer, it is on Mulberry and the splash pad is behind the old Dixie CafĂŠ. The Selmer Splash Pad cost $96,000 to build. Dancer said the remainder of the cost was to build the parking lot and the bathrooms. â€œWe hope to add other features to the splash pad in the future,â€? remarked Dancer. â€œWe would like to add a pavilion and additional water features.â€? Selmer bought the property under the administration of former Selmer Mayor David Robinson for $30,000. The land has an appraised value of $240,000. The city has added benches, picnic tables, and garbage cans to the park to have another place to gather for festivals inside Selmer. â€œI canâ€™t wait for it to open and people see how much fun it will be for our

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Scretary Jackie Huskey. â€œHe has had an incredible musical journey and has reached pinnacles of great success in the gospel music world.â€? Now in a solo career, Stice is doing piano concerts and producing projects for other groups and artists, including Louise Mandrell. The pianist is the third guest artist in the month long concert series presented by First Baptist Church. Free and open to the public, the series will conclude on Sunday after a performance by southern gospel group â€œSimply

Graceâ€? of Belmont. Now a mother-daughter team, â€œSimply Graceâ€? used to be a trio but is now a duet. Judy Humphries got her start singing Southern gospel with her father â€“ a tradition she has continued with her daughter, Amy Gober. For the past 26 years the dynamic duo have performed together and are training the next generation to be a part of the group. In fact, 15-yearold Maggie Hogue performs a few songs with her mother and grandmother from time to time. The group performs

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The new Selmer splash pad is set to open in August. families,â€? said Dancer. â€œI believe it is going to add a good attraction for Selmer and McNairy County.â€? The City of Selmer will take care of the maintenance costs of the splash

pad. An additional employee has been hired to help with the upkeep of the splash pad and other maintenance jobs for the parks and recreation department.

simply are not being communicated by the county district. â€œWhat I notice is, in looking at their agendas, it does not appear on their agenda,â€? he said. â€œItâ€™s giving the appearance that we are not releasing anyone.â€? In May and June, Corinthâ€™s board of trustees released 10 students each month from the city schools to the county schools, with one approved to come from the county to the city in each of those months. For the last three months, that gives a

regularly for womenâ€™s conferences and about once a month, travels to area churches to perform on Sunday nights. â€œWe want to stay faithful to our home churches so we try and only travel once a month,â€? said Judy, who is the music minister at First Baptist Church in Vina, Ala. Her daughter, Amy, is a member of Oakland Baptist Church here in Corinth. (For more information contact the church at 662-286-2208. First Baptist Church is located at 501 Main Street in Corinth.)

ARTISTS total of 33 students approved transferring from Corinth schools to county schools and 30 students going from the county to the city. Other transfers approved by the board of trustees this week are one from Hardin County to Corinth, one from McNairy County to Corinth, one from Tishomingo County to Corinth, and one from Corinth to Tishomingo County. Childress said it is required by state law to be spread upon the minutes of the board of trustees when the district accepts a transfer or releases a student.

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Today in History Today is Saturday, July 23, the 205th day of 2016. There are 161 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On July 23, 1996, in one of the best remembered moments of the Atlanta Olympics, Kerri Strug made a heroic final vault despite torn ligaments in her sprained left ankle as the U.S. women gymnasts clinched their firstever Olympic team gold medal.

On this date: In 1885, Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, died in Mount McGregor, New York, at age 63. In 1886, a legend — or myth — was born as Steve Brodie claimed to have made a daredevil plunge from the Brooklyn Bridge into New York’s East River. (However, there are doubts about whether the dive had actually taken place.) In 1914, AustriaHungary presented a list of demands to Serbia following the killing of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serb assassin; Serbia’s refusal to agree to the entire ultimatum led to the outbreak of World War I. In 1945, French Marshal Henri Petain, who had headed the pro-Axis Vichy government during World War II, went on trial, charged with treason. (He was convicted and condemned to death, but the sentence was commuted to life in prison. On this date in 1951, Petain died in prison.) In 1952, Egyptian military officers led by Gamal Abdel Nasser launched a successful coup against King Farouk I. In 1962, the first public TV transmissions over Telstar 1 took place during a special program featuring live shots beamed from the United States to Europe, and vice versa. In 1967, a week of deadly race-related rioting that claimed 43 lives erupted in Detroit. In 1977, a jury in Washington, D.C. convicted 12 Hanafi Muslims of charges stemming from the hostage siege at three buildings the previous March. In 1982, actor Vic Morrow and two child actors, 7-year-old Myca Dinh Le and 6-year-old Renee Shin-Yi Chen, were killed when a helicopter crashed on top of them during filming of a Vietnam War scene for “Twilight Zone: The Movie.” (Director John Landis and four associates were later acquitted of manslaughter.)

Across the Region Booneville Police: Man stole $1,500 in tools BOONEVILLE — A Booneville man has been charged in connection with the theft of commercial tools. Booneville Police arrested Mark Anthony Huggins, 25, of 202 East Lake Street, Booneville, on a charge of burglary and larceny of a commercial building, said Ramey. Huggins is accused of breaking into a building behind a residence on East Lake Street and taking around $1,500 worth of commercial tools. Bond was $5,000. In another separate, unrelated felony arrest made by Booneville Police, Mike Brian Rutledge, 104 Cherry St., Booneville, was charged with aggravated assault, stemming from an assault reported at a residence on East Church Street July 4. “He is accused of assaulting a man at that location using brass knucks,” Police Chief Michael Ramey said. Bond for Rutledge was set at $5,000.

Selmer McNairy County will hire financial officer SELMER, Tenn. — A step forward for McNairy

County Government will be made when they hire a Chief Financial Officer that will oversee county spending. There will be money in the new budget to begin the process of hiring a CFO for the county, pending approval of the new budget by the McNairy County Commissioner. The McNairy County Board of Commissioners will meet in a special called meeting on Monday, July 25 to vote on the proposed budget. Tennessee’s auditor annually cites the county because they do not have a CFO and by hiring this person would help alleviate this issue for the county. “We believe this will be a positive step for our county government,” said McNairy County Mayor Ronnie Brooks. “We feel the state will likely mandate this for all counties within the next two years. It is better for us to have a plan in place before the next state audit.” McNairy County’s Budget Committee has placed $78,000 to implement this new position. The Chief Financial Officer would need to be a CPA. “When you think the school district’s budget is over $40 million dollars and the money it costs to run the county then we need to run the county more like a business,” remarked Brooks.

“It just makes financial sense to have a CPA to take care of expenditures by the county.” Brooks said the office would be in the McNairy County Annex Building. The CFO would oversee two financial workers for the school board, one from the county mayor’s office, and likely one from the highway department. “I believe the new position will pay for itself by saving the county money. They will be there crunching numbers on a daily basis to make sure all county offices stay within their budgets,” commented Brooks. The McNairy County Commission would need to adopt the 1981 Act of Centralized Accounting by two-thirds majority vote. This will be phase one of implementing the new position.

Jackson Rock-A-Billy Music Festival to be held JACKSON, Tenn. — On August 5 and 6, artists from Sweden, Norway and the United States will be performing at the 17th Annual International Rock-A-Billy Music Festival in Jackson, Tennessee. On Friday, August 5th, Ulf Nilsson and The Cadillac Band (with Gold Record Recording Artist from Sweden will perform at 7 p.m. at the

International Rock-ABilly Hall of Fame at 105 North Church Street in Downtown Jackson. Ulf Nilsson and his Cadillac Band have toured Europe, most Scandinavian countries, and the United States. The band is composed of some of the world’s finest musicians who are International RockA-Billy Hall of Fame Inductees. On Saturday, August 6th, the festival will continue at The VFW Post 6496 on Airways Blvd. at 7 p.m. Entertainment will feature The International Rock-A-Billy Hall of Fame Band, Sun Recording Artists Rayburn Anthony, Bobby Joe Swilley, Floyd Curtis, and Memphis hot recording artist Gary Abbot. Entertainment will also be provided by Janne Lucas, Terry Wayne and Rebecka Karsson with Hall of Fame induction ceremonies of Jerry Scheff, Terry Wayne, and the Cadillac Band. Rebecka Karlsson will receive the Rising Star Award. Admission is $10.00 each night.

Oxford Professor awarded Princeton fellowship OXFORD — A University of Mississippi professor of history and African-American studies has been awarded a Shelby Cullom Davis

Center for Historical Studies fellowship to Princeton University for the 2016-2018 academic years. Shennette GarrettScott is among only a half-dozen scholars from around the world to receive the Princeton fellowship this year. The theme of this year’s Davis fellowship is “Risk and Fortune.” Garrett-Scott’s scholarship focuses on gender, race and business, all topics that coincide with a book she’s writing on African-American women in finance and banking. “The center’s biennial theme ‘Risk and Fortune’ was precisely up my alley,” GarrettScott said. “People have tried to avoid risk and increase their fortunes throughout history. They insure their lives against inevitable misfortunes that acknowledge – and hopefully limit – risk. They save and invest money to increase their fortunes.” Her book explores the Independent Order of St. Luke, a mutual aid society organized in Baltimore in the 1850s by African-American women. After moving to Richmond, Virginia, following the Civil War, the IOSL organized a bank that became the oldest operating African-American-controlled bank until it was purchased in 2011.

UM center helps end ‘Debtors’ Prison’ OXFORD — The Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center at the University of Mississippi School of Law and a Washington-based civil rights group have negotiated a settlement to end a “debtors’ prison” system in Jackson that jailed the impoverished for not being able to pay fines. The MacArthur Justice Center filed a lawsuit on behalf of seven Jackson residents jointly with the nonprofit Equal Justice Under Law. Cliﬀ Johnson, director of the MacArthur Justice Center, thanked Jackson Mayor Tony Yarber, the City Council and the city attorney’s oﬃce for their work on the agreement.

“Because Jackson’s leaders recognized the need to change Jackson’s practices and agreed to a voluntary resolution of our lawsuit, the city avoided paying us hundreds of thousands of dollars in attorney’s fees and saved the city from huge class action damages,” Johnson said. “That money now can be used instead to improve the Jackson community.” The deal created several courtroom policy changes and also provided forgiveness of the seven plaintiﬀs’ debt to the city and a total of $128,400 in payments to them. Jackson municipal judges had locked up the defendants for a range of 26 to 90 days for failure

to pay court debt – a practice a U.S. district judge deemed a violation of their constitutional rights. The system was stacked against people who were struggling to aﬀord food, much less be able to pay fines, Johnson said. “The processes and procedures adopted by the capital city pursuant to our agreement are a model for the rest of the state,” Johnson added, “It is our hope that cities and counties throughout Mississippi will adopt these same practices rather than continuing to jail poor folks unjustly and forcing us to file lawsuits seeking millions of dollars in damages.” Jackson has agreed to

give indigent defendants the option of paying oﬀ fines at $25 per month or perform community service and receive credit toward their fines at $9 per hour. The city will also no longer require bond payments to avoid pre-trial jail time for those arrested for a misdemeanor. Instead of releasing only those who can aﬀord bond, judges can now release all defendants arrested for misdemeanors if they promise in writing to appear in court on a designated date. City judges also have the choice to put nonfinancial pre-trial conditions on those arrested. For instance, if someone is arrested for shoplift-

ing, they could be barred from the location of the alleged crime until the case is resolved. The MacArthur Justice Center views the settlement as a major victory. The “pay or stay” system had been in place in Jackson for more than 10 years and attorneys estimate it sent hundreds of indigent persons to jail each year. Those incarcerated had been given only $25 credit toward their fine for each day they spent in the Hinds County Jail. Those who worked in what was alleged to have been a mandatory work program at the county’s penal farm received $58-per-day credit.

Tishomingo area students receive degrees from UM OXFORD — The following University of Mississippi students from the Tishomingo area are among more than 4,000 spring semester and summer semester candidates for degrees. Students graduating include Daniel Shane Aday, Bachelor of Arts in Edu-

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The new Christian black leadership All eyes should be on Florida to see the seeds of change in black America. The issue is school choice and the nation’s largest private school choice scholarship program, the Florida Tax Star Credit Scholarship, enacted Parker in Florida in 2001 under Gov. Jeb Bush. Columnist Students receive scholarships to attend the school of their choice from Scholarship Funding Organizations. The FSOs are funded through donations from businesses that receive tax credits on corporate taxes and insurance premium taxes. It sounds like a no-brainer that this makes all the sense in the world. It’s all voluntary; businesses choose to contribute and freedom and opportunity opens to low-income parents to choose where to send their child to school. Innovation means change. It means leaving the past behind to make a better future. Those who want to live in the past, who want to protect what they see as their special interests in the status quo, can always be depended on to fight change, no mater how beneficial new ideas are to our future or how much opportunity opens for those in their own communities. Teachers unions have been in stalwart opposition to school choice and anything that challenges their stranglehold on public schools and keeping children trapped where they are, no matter how bad the school is. In 2014, the Florida Teachers Union filed a lawsuit to abolish the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship program. And, despite the fact that minority children disproportionately benefit from this program, the NAACP joined the union as a plaintiﬀ in the case. The suit was dismissed in May 2015 in the Leon County Circuit Court with the judge ruling that the lawsuit made no reasonable case that the program harms the public. The teachers union appealed and the arguments were heard in May. But at the same time that the arguments from the teachers unions were being heard in the court of appeals, a group of Florida’s leading black pastors held a press conference urging the NAACP to drop out of the case. The African American Ministers Alliance for Parental Choice presented their petition at the press conference in which they state, “We see no principled reason to fight an education program that is targeted exclusively at low-income children and has a 14-year track record of helping Black students succeed.” The Miami Times reports that the petition was signed by “101 prominent ministers and more than 5,100 who registered online.” The Times story quotes a single mother expressing her bewilderment why the NAACP should be in opposition to a program so clearly beneficial to black children. “My girls are thriving,” she said. “I am so happy that I actually had the choice as to where my kids can go to school.” According to the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship program has grown from a 15,585 children participating in 2003, to 78,353 participating in 2015-16. The average value of each scholarship in 2015-16 was $5,367. According to “Step Up for Students,” in the 2013-14 school year, 24 percent of participating students were white, 32 percent black, 37 percent Hispanic and 7 percent others. Of the schools participating, 71 percent were religious schools and 29 percent nonreligious. The civil rights movement was once about the courage to stand up against an unjust status quo and to fight to make a better world. The NAACP was part of that. Today the NAACP is part of the status quo and, despite its rhetoric, now fights to protect special interests. As we see now in Florida, it is the black church and its pastors that now bear the mantle for courageous leadership and the change that black Americans so badly need. (Star Parker is an author and president of CURE, the Center for Urban Renewal and Education. Contact her at www.urbancure. org.)

Prayer for today My Lord and my strength, I pray that I may possess that expectancy which comes in joyous hope and have the endurance that is controlled by courage and energy. Grant in the future that I may be less concerned about my living and more anxious for what I make of my life. Amen.

A verse to share “And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.” —Revelation 19:13

Pence is salt to Trump’s pepper The announcement by Donald Trump of Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his running mate had not yet been made oﬃcial last Thursday, but that didn’t stop the hard left from hauling out its familiar and overused rhetoric. Ilya Sheyman, executive director of MoveOn.org Political Action, released a statement which said, “If Trump picks extreme rightwing Governor Mike Pence as his running mate, he will be doubling down on his divisive and hate-filled approach to politics.” Funny how turning people against each other is, for the left, a one-way street. When the left wants to obliterate history, tradition, biblical teachings and even common sense it never sees itself as divisive. Conservatives are supposed to accept their agenda without complaint. Pence has the government experience Trump lacks. He spent a decade in the House of Representatives and has been

governor for the last four years. Yes, he was blindsided by the business comCal munity’s reThomas action to his signing the Columnist Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which would have allowed businesses to deny service to the LGBT community on the basis of religious beliefs. And yes, it could be argued – and was – that he looked weak as he backtracked in face of heavy opposition and signed an amended bill passed by the Republican majority legislature allowing local governments to add protections for LGBT people. Pence has the temperament critics say Trump lacks. He is an evangelical Christian, which should appeal to that base whose members have been troubled by Trump’s marital history, his rhetoric about

women and his unfamiliarity with scripture. Pence’s record as governor is a profile in conservatism: a 5 percent reduction in the state income tax; a reduction in the state corporation tax from 6.5 percent to 4.9 percent (that must have appealed to Trump who wants to cut corporate taxes to return jobs to the U.S.) and an increase in the state labor force which according to the governor’s oﬃce, by the end of 2014, had grown by more than 51,000 over that year. That was five times the national growth rate. There is something else that will appeal to Trump and a lot of poorer Americans with children trapped in failing schools because Democrats won’t let them escape due to pressure and donations from the teachers unions. As governor, Pence set a goal of getting 100,000 more Indiana students in high-quality schools by 2020. The objective, he told me, is to “fix traditional schools, as well

as expand the state’s educational voucher program, the largest in the country.” Pence said he believed 2016 “will be the first foreign policy election since 1980.” He was right. During our interview Pence refused to describe President Obama’s time in oﬃce as a failure, saying it has only been “disappointing.” Don’t look for him to be as judicious during the campaign because he has many reasons not to, including the administration’s poor record on fighting terrorism. In what could turn out to be one of his best stump speech lines as he pursues the vice presidency, Pence said: “There’s a lot wrong with our national government, but we’ve got to stop confusing our national government with our nation.” Modest, self-eﬀacing and a man of deep faith in God and America, Pence will be salt to Trump’s pepper. (Readers may email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@ tribpub.com.)

Pence isn’t really a hick I love it when holders of high oﬃce who are arrogant, vain and disdainful suddenly decide that they need to stress one other quality to the voters: their humility. If Mike Pence were an act, nobody could play him better than Mike Pence. As the right-wing Republican governor of Indiana since 2013, Pence has now decided to sacrifice the pleasures of Indianapolis to be Donald Trump’s running mate. “For those of you who don’t know me, which is most of you,” Pence said, Trump made his selection for one reason: Trump is a man known for his “large personality, a colorful style and lots of charisma,” Pence said, “so I guess he was just looking for some balance on the ticket.” And then a crowd, still raw from booing the eminently booable Ted Cruz, actually burst out laughing. The joke had worked. And Pence plunged on with a life story so full of hayseed that only Frank Capra could have done it justice. He said he was raised in a small town in Indiana “with a cornfield in the backyard,” failing to point out that most of Indiana has a cornfield in the backyard. His grandfather had emi-

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grated from Ireland to the South Side of Chicago, where he drove a bus. His faRoger ther “was Simon a combat veteran in Columnist Korea.” He said, “If Dad were with us today, I have a feeling he’d enjoy this moment and probably be pretty surprised.” But his mother was in the hall, he said, as throats started to choke up just a little, and he told everyone, “Join me in welcoming the light of my life, my mom, Nancy.” His mother stood up and waved a small wave, and Pence said that 31 years ago, he married the girl of his dreams, who was also there. But wait! There was more! “The most important job I’ll ever have is spelled D-A-D,” he said. And if you weren’t sobbing as the camera showed his family, well, you were not human. His boyhood heroes had been Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy; as an Irish Catholic of his generation, it was practically a law to have Kennedy as a boyhood hero. And then one day, he heard a politician give a speech. That politician was

Ronald Reagan, and Pence knew he was going to be a Republican forevermore. And he would also be a man of faith. As a Catholic, he took his religion very seriously, and when he became an evangelical Catholic in college, it practically broke his mother’s heart. But he did what he knew he had to do. He did not know exactly what he wanted to do with his life, but he knew all was possible “in the land of the free and the home of the brave.” Somebody ought to check that for plagiarism, by the way. It sounds a little too slick to me. Today Pence has “faith that God can still heal our land,” and, he said, our land needs it. Trump is “a doer in a game usually reserved for talkers,” he said, and “while Donald Trump was taking my measure as a possible running mate, I did some observing myself. ... He can be a little rough with politicians on the stage,” Pence said, “and I’ll bet we see that again.” And the audience laughed again. A few minutes later, Pence let loose with his line of the evening. “When Donald Trump becomes president of the United States of America,” he said, “the change will be

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yuge!” Pence beat up on Hillary Clinton a little, but it was nothing compared with the attacks she had suffered at this convention thus far, including one apparent death threat by a delegate from New Hampshire. (The Secret Service is investigating.) “It was Hillary Clinton who left Americans in harm’s way in Benghazi and, after four Americans fell, said, ‘What difference, at this point, does it make?’” Pence continued, “Anyone who said that, anyone who did that should be disqualified from ever serving as commander in chief of the armed forces of the United States of America.” Pence also hit on the vulnerability that Clinton’s campaign is well aware of. “Democrats are about to anoint someone who represents everything this country is tired of,” he said. There were probably many reasons Trump staffers settled on Mike Pence. They were certain, for instance, that a guy like Pence would never outshine the top of the ticket. They may have gotten that one wrong. (Roger Simon is chief political columnist of politico. com, an award-winning journalist and a New York Times best selling author.)

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Deaths Leon Barnes

Celebration of life for Everett Leon Barnes Sr., 78, are set for 2 p.m. Sunday at West Corinth Baptist Church with burial in Forrest Memorial Park. Visitation is Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m. at McPeters Inc. Funeral Directors and Sunday one hour prior to the service at the church. Mr. Barnes died Friday, July 22, 2016, at Magnolia Regional Health Center. Born in Tupelo on March 19, 1938, he was a member of West Corinth Baptist Church, serving as a past deacon. He served in the U.S. Navy and was retired after 34 years from the railroad, starting with GM and O, ICG, and finishing up with Norfolk Southern. He enjoyed woodworking, gardening, collecting guns, reading and spending time with his family. He is preceded in death by his parents, George and Josie Barnes, and a brother, James E. Barnes Sr. Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Joyce Calvery Barnes; sons Everett “Rusty” Barnes Jr. and his wife, Carol, and Bobby Barnes and his wife, Dana; daughters Melissa Ann Brown and Judy Winfield McCoy and her husband, Phil; a brother,

Gary Barnes; a sister, Sharon Wood; grandchildren Merrie Claire Barnes, Annelise Noel Barnes, Logan Barnes, Daniel Galyean, Jordy Brown and Vanna Brown; four great-grandchildren; and a host of other family and friends. Pallbearers are Tommy Calvery, Jeff Barnes, James Barnes, Daniel Galyean, Robert Briggs and David Mattox. Honorary palbearers are members of the Senior Men’s Adult Sunday School class at West Corinth Baptist Church, Retired Railroad Breakfast Group, Bobby Tillman, Jacky Frazier, Robert Palmer, W. A. Cooley, Jerry Caldwell and Bob Montgomery. Officiating the service are Bro. Seth Kirkland and Bro. Merl Dixon officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to the Adult Men’s Sunday School Class at West Corinth Baptist Church. On-line guestbook: mcpetersfuneraldirectors.com

James ‘Jim’ Thurman Teague

FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. — Celebration of life services for James “Jim” Thurman Teague, 91, are set for at 11 a.m. Saturday at Chewalla Baptist Church

with Bro. Richard Doyle oﬃciating. Burial will follow in Indian Creek Cemetery. Jim went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, July 19, 2016. He was born May 4, 1925, in McNairy County as the third son of George Omar and Viola Smith Teague. Jim was a man of strong faith. He was a member of Chewalla Baptist Church and attended Flat Creek BapTeague tist Church while living in Fayetteville, Ga. He was employed with South Central Bell and AT&T for 34 years before retiring as plant manager in 1983. He served in World War II, American Theater, as a Sergeant in the United States Air Force. He also served as vice commander for American Legion Post 162 of Selmer. Jim had a passion for hunting and fishing and never passed up an opportunity to do either. One of his greatest joys was to take his grandchildren hunting with him. He loved to work with his hands and could fix almost anything. He and his wife Kat have raised a garden ever

since they were married and continue to do so today. One of his favorite things to say was, “I can feed you for a day or teach you to fish and feed you for life.” He meant it literally and figuratively. Jim’s love of the outdoors was only surpassed by his love for God and his family. He will be missed greatly as he is greatly loved. In addition to his parents, Jim was preceded in death by his brothers, Kelcie Lee and Willie Raymond, and his sisters, Dorothy Jeffries and Margie Riley. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Katherine Teague; his children, James Scott (Pat) of Greenville, Cindy Teague Vincent (Brett) of Fayetteville, Ga., and Ginger Teague Griffin (Bill) of Roland, Ark.; five grandchildren, Bronson Teague, William and Cooper Griffin, Hadley and Morgan Smith; a great-grandchild, Ava Scott Teague; and a sister, Martha Davis, of Covington, Tenn. He also leaves behind a host of other family and dear friends. Memorial contributions may be made in honor of Jim Teague to Chewalla Baptist Church Building Fund, 718 New Hope Road, Ramer, TN 38367. Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Euple A. Brumley

IUKA — Funeral services for Euple A. Brumley, 83, are set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Cutshall Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Cypress Grove Cemetery. Visitation is Saturday from 5 to 9 p.m. Mrs. Brumley died Thursday, July 21, 2016, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was a Baptist and a homemaker. Survivors include two sons, Mike Brumley (Theresia) and Tommy Brumley, both of Iuka; three grandchildren, Jason Brumley of Iuka, Alicia Durham of Tishomingo, and Miranda Marlar of Burnsville; a stepgrandson, Eric Taylor of Iuka; and seven greatgrandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, L. A. “Judge” Brumley; a brother, Buddy Colley; and a sister, Willard Wilson. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Memorial and Honor Program.

Clinton chooses Kaine for VP At officer’s funeral, BY KEN THOMAS AND ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press

TAMPA, Florida — Hillary Clinton named Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine as her vice presidential running mate Friday, adding a centrist former governor of a crucial battleground state to the Democratic ticket. In a text message to supporters, the presumptive Democratic nominee said, “I’m thrilled to tell you this first: I’ve chosen Sen. Tim Kaine as my running mate.” Kaine himself tweeted, “I’m honored to be her running mate.” The two will make their first appearance together as a ticket Saturday at a rally in Miami. Clinton’s decision caps a highly secretive, months-long process to find a political partner. It’s also the final puzzle

piece for the general election, pitting Clinton and Kaine against Republican Donald Trump and running mate Mike Pence, the Indiana governor. Clinton called Kaine by phone around 7:30 p.m. Friday to oﬀer him the job, and he accepted, according to a campaign aide. She then called President Barack Obama to inform him of the decision. Kaine, 58, had long been a favorite for Clinton’s ticket. Active in the Senate on foreign relations and military aﬀairs, he built a reputation for working across the aisle as Virginia’s governor and as mayor of Richmond. He’s also fluent in Spanish, making him a valuable asset in Spanish-language media as the campaign appeals to Hispanic Americans

turned oﬀ by Trump’s harsh rhetoric about immigrants. Clinton weighed two finalists: Kaine and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, a longtime friend of the candidate and former President Bill Clinton. Kaine’s strong ties to politically important Virginia, as well as his foreign policy experience, put him over the top, according to a person close to the campaign, who insisted on anonymity because the person was not authorized to discuss the process publicly. Kaine and Vilsack each had friends and allies lobbying the Clinton campaign on their behalf. But Kaine had a particularly powerful backer: Obama, who told the campaign during the selection process that the senator would be a strong choose.

Trump, in a text to his own supporters, said Obama, Hillary and Kaine were “the ultimate insiders” and implored voters to not “let Obama have a 3rd term.” Kaine is viewed skeptically by some liberals in the Democratic Party, who dislike his support of free trade and Wall Street. Shortly after Friday’s announcement, Stephanie Taylor of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee said Kaine’s support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact gives Republicans “a new opening to attack Democrats on this economic populist issue.” Notably, a campaign aide said Kaine made clear “in the course of discussions” that he shares Clinton’s opposition to TPP in its current form.

Governor denies parole for Van Houten BY JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Jerry Brown denied parole Friday for Leslie Van Houten, the youngest follower of murderous cult leader Charles Manson who is serving a life sentence for killing a wealthy grocer and his wife more than 40 years ago. Brown overturned the recommendation of a parole board that found Van Houten was nolonger the violent young woman who committed a gruesome murder and was now fit for release. She has completed college degrees and been a model inmate. The Democratic governor acknowledged her success in prison and her youth at the time of the murders, but he wrote

in his decision that she failed to explain how she transformed from an upstanding teen to a killer. “Both her role in these extraordinarily brutal crimes and her inability to explain her willing participation in such horrific violence cannot be overlooked and lead me to believe she remains an unacceptable risk to society if released,” Brown wrote. Van Houten, 66, participated in the killings of Leno La Bianca and his wife, Rosemary, a day after other so-called “Manson family” members murdered pregnant actress Sharon Tate and four others in 1969. Van Houten did not participate in the Tate killings. The crimes and the trials that followed fascinated the world and became tabloid fodder.

“Gov. Brown has done a good thing here, and I think he sees what we see — that this was an unrepentant killer,” said Lou Smaldino, nephew of the La Biancas. At 19, Van Houten was the youngest Manson follower to take part in the killings after she joined the cult in the 1960s. The murders were the start of what Manson believed was a coming race war that he dubbed “Helter Skelter” after a Beatles song. Manson had his followers prepare to fight and learn to can food so they could go underground and live in a hole in the desert, Van Houten told the parole board. Van Houten’s lawyer, Rich Pfeiﬀer, said he expected Brown’s decision because of the political pressure put upon him.

He said he will challenge the decision in Los Angeles County Superior Court, where he hopes Van Houten’s parole will fare better “because the judges and the courts have less political pressure than does someone like the governor.” Van Houten’s next parole hearing could come in as little as a year, Pfeiﬀer said. At her parole hearing, Van Houten described how she helped secure a pillow over the head of Rosemary La Bianca with a lamp cord and held her down while another member of the Manson family began stabbing the woman in her home. Van Houten said she had looked oﬀ into the distance until another Manson follower told her to do something and she joined in the stabbing.

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Iraq before joining the police force nine months ago. The mayor and chief also issued broad appeals to respect police and heal wounds opened by the death of Alton Sterling, a black man whose shooting by police was videotaped and posted online, prompting widespread protests. After nearly 200 arrests in three days in Louisiana’s capital, tensions seemed to be easing before the surprise Sunday morning ambush. Mayor Kip Holden said people must avoid an “us versus them” mentality and recognize that police oﬃcers are “here for all of us.” “The men and women who put on those uniforms, they respect you. Respect them,” Holden said. Chief Carl Dabadie Jr.’s voice cracked as he strayed from his prepared remarks to respond to critics of policing. Departments across the country have been scrutinized after a steady stream of videotaped killings and mistreatment of black people.

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