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U.S. 72 head-on collision kills one 44-year-old Teresa Rennicke of CR 611, Walnut. Witnesses confirmed a 2007 Ford Focus was westbound in the eastbound lane on U.S. 72. Rennicke was identified as the driver of the Focus. “The driver was on the wrong side of the road,” said Dance. “It is dark in that area. A first car managed to swerve into the

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The Corinth Police Department Accident Reconstruction Team is investigating a Tuesday night head-on collision on U.S. 72 which left one woman dead and a man seriously injured. Corinth Police Chief Ralph Dance told the Daily Corinthian the fatal accident victim is

turning lane to avoid a crash, but it struck a second one.” The 9 p.m. Tuesday accident happened near the intersection of the Kimberly-Clark Parkway east of Corinth. The Focus hit a 1999 Toyota Camry driven by 31-year-old Nathaniel Kilgore of Huntsville,

“The driver was on the wrong side of the road. It is dark in that area. A first car managed to swerve into the turning lane to avoid a crash, but it struck a second one.” Ralph Dance Corinth Police Chief

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“The school year is about to start again, and we need people praying for all the precious children, from the youngest to the oldest, who are in our schools.”

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Alcorn County unemployment rose to 5.4 percent in June, making the usual increase that follows the end of a school year. The rate was up from 4.7 percent in May but less than the 5.9 percent recorded in June 2016. Mississippi’s seasonally adjusted rate was nearly unchanged at 5 percent, rising 0.1 percent. Ranking 11th among the 82 counties for the month, Alcorn had 850 counted as unemployed, rising from 760 in May and decreasing from 940 a year ago. The county had 71 new claims for unemployment insurance, rising from 48 a year ago, and 345 continued claims, a decrease from 503 a year ago, according to the labor report released this week by the Mississippi Department of Employment Security. Benefits paid in the county during the month totaled $52,999, falling from $83,024 a year ago. Mississippi’s not seasonally adjusted non-farm employment decreased 1,400 over the month but was up 10,800 from one year ago. Registering the largest monthly employment losses were the government sector and the educational & health services sector. Jobless rates across the state ranged from 4.3 percent in Rankin County to 16.7 percent in Jeﬀerson County. Unemployment rates were

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Abbie Jones, 14, helps a Alcorn School District student pick up school supplies during the recent Back to School Blessings event.

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Giving back – one backpack at a time. It’s the goal of Back to School Blessings, a Corinthbased ministry formed by the Alcorn Baptist Association to help families who struggle with purchasing school supplies. At the helm is whose been operating Back to School

“We started in 2009 when there was a greater need because no school in this area provided any free school supplies. We knew that was a issue and it opened the door for us to be able to show the community the love of Christ by giving those families in need school supplies.” Bill Chelmowski

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It is a simple plea, and completely heartfelt. The call is being sent out for the faithful to gather and pray for the children of the community and those who will lead them during the school year. The 2017 Prayer Walk will be held at each school campus from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday. “The school year is about to start again, and we need people praying for all the precious children, from the youngest to the oldest, who are in our schools,” said Kathryn Chapman, prayer coordinator for the Alcorn Baptist Association. This will be the 17th year for the event, in which residents are requested to come out to all campuses of the Alcorn County and Corinth School Districts and pray for the children, teachers, principals, superintendents and all other school district employees.

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Woman will be state’s goodwill ambassador BY BRANT SAPPINGTON bsappington@dailycorinthian.com

The City of Hospitality is now home to the state’s Miss Hospitality. Booneville Miss Hospitality Emma Grace McGrew was crowned Mississippi’s 2017 Miss Hospitality Saturday

night during the annual pageant in Hattiesburg, becoming the first from Booneville to win the state crown. McGrew, an 18-year-old Booneville High School graduate who begins school this fall at Northeast Mississippi Community College,

won the crown over a field of 24 other contestants. She’ll spend the next year traveling the Magnolia State as goodwill ambassador sharing the state’s rich tradition of Southern hospitality. McGrew, the daughter of Paul and Rebecca Wood and

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Blessings from inside the Living Free building for eight years. Earlier this month, his group helped more than 250 local students get free school supplies. “We do this to share the love of Jesus Christ with the community,” he said. “We started in 2009 when there was a greater need because no school in this area provided any free school supplies. We knew that was a issue and it opened the door for us to be able to show the community the love of Christ by giving those families in need school supplies.” The Alcorn School District assits with the broadcasting of the message to it’s student body. “We have a phone line setup for people to call

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Above, Bill and Barbara Chelmowski founded Back to School Blessing eight years ago. Right, Thomas Magers III, 12, shows off the selection of folders during the recent Back to School Blessings event. and leave a message,” said Chelmowski. “One of our volunteers returns the calls and gathers the pertinent information and assigns a time slot for the family to come on distribution day.” Chelmowski said there

are no requirements to get approved for the program. “We just fill the need,” he said. “We like for all kids to go back to school with the supplies they need.” The group looks to the

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county school district for a simple school supply list for each grade. The list is a long one that includes backpacks, pencils, notebooks, rulers, calculators, flash drives and crayons -- just to name a few. On distribution day, volunteers gather and sort supplies. As clients arrive, they get signed in and are welcomed by Chelmowski, who shares a devotional message before the student is paired with a volunteer who interacts with them and helps them locate school supplies. “Each person gets a little gospel, because we want to share the reason why we are doing this,” said Chelmowski. Around 15 to 20 volunteers help with the project

including Bill’s wife, Barbara. “She’s the backbone,” he said. “The ministry would not be possible without Barbara and all the volunteers, many whom return each year.” Fae Dildy of Corinth is one of those who has been helping since the ministry was born eight years ago. “If I miss a year, I’d be pretty mad at myself,” said Dildy. “It’s a great feeling – to help people who need something and to help kids have a better school experience. It makes all the work worth it.” Chelmowski said many volunteers are young, school-aged children. “I think it’s encouraging for the younger volunteers to interact with our

young clients,” he said. “They get down on their level and connect. It’s another special part of this project.” With a yearly cost of $5,000 to $6,000, the ministry receives support from the local baptist association, Morden Woodmen and countless other donations from local churches, businesses and individuals. “Without the donors, we would not be here,” added Chelmowski. “It’s thanks to them and God for providing us with this opportunity to serve the community.” (Donations can be mailed to the Alcorn Baptist Association, 1612 Hinton Street, Corinth, MS. 38834.)

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NOTICE OF PROPOSED AD VALOREM TAX EFFORT The Corinth School District will hold a public hearing on its proposed school district budget for fiscal year 2017-2018 on August 1, 2017 at 5:30p.m., at Corinth School District Administrative Office, 1204 North Harper Road. At this meeting, a proposed ad valorem tax effort will be considered. The Corinth School District is now operating with a projected total budget revenue of$26,247,294. Of that amount, 21 percent or $5,552,248 of such revenue is obtained through ad valorem taxes. For next fiscal year, the proposed budget has total projected revenue of $24,252,515. Of that amount, 24 percent or $5,816,064 is proposed to be financed through a total ad valorem tax levy. For the next fiscal year, the proposed increase in ad valorem tax effort by Corinth School District may result in an increase in the ad valorem tax millage rate. Ad valorem taxes are paid on homes, automobile tags, business fixtures and equipment, and rental real property. A millage rate of 56 will produce the same amount of revenue from ad valorem taxes as was collected the prior year. The millage rate for the prior year was 59.2. Any citizen of Corinth School District is invited to attend this public hearing on the proposed ad valorem tax effort, and will be allowed to speak for a reasonable amount of time and offer tangible evidence before any vote is taken.

community. “I was so shocked at how many people from Booneville and the surrounding areas watched the pageant and whenever I finally got to my phone late that night I had hundreds and hundreds of people contacting me. It was absolutely crazy and I was so touched by how many people in Booneville have supported me so much,” she said. The newly crowned winner, who represented the Booneville Lions Club in the local pageant, said she became interested in Miss Hospitality locally because she wanted to be more involved with her community and her state. She’s loved her time as Booneville’s Miss Hospitality. “It was such a fun experience to be able to do ribbon cuttings and that sort of thing. I really just wanted to be able to serve and get involved,” she said. An accomplished student, McGrew is a Girl Scout Gold Award honoree, a Hall of Fame student at BHS, a 4-H club president and local advisory board member and has received numerous other honors and awards through an active academic and extracurricular career. She has her sights set on a career in dentistry as she begins working toward a degree in biology at NEMCC before she plans to continue her education at Mississippi State University and the University of Mississippi Medical Center. She said she hopes to be a role model for others, especially young girls, to look up to. “I want to be able to be an example that people

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Mississippi Miss Hospitality 2017 Emma Grace McGrew of Booneville (left) shares a moment with 2016 Mississippi Miss Hospitality Mary Elizabeth Stringer following Saturday night’s pageant. could look up to. I think it’s really important to have role models in your life and I’ve had a lot of role models in my life that have taught me lots of great things,” said McGrew. The state pageant experience was more exciting and more fun than she had expected. It was the first time she had ever competed in this type of pageant and she didn’t know what it would be like, but the opportunity to meet the other contestants and take part in the pageant and all the activities leading up to it is one she won’t soon forget. “Everyone there was so sweet and so genuine. Even if I hadn’t won, it would still have been one of the best experiences of my life,” she said. “It was honestly the time of my life and I did not expect at all to walk away with the crown. That was just the icing on the cake.”

After a brief vacation with her family, she’s ready to hit the ground running as one of the state’s most recognizable and active ambassadors. Up next are photo shoots, and a busy travel schedule that will take her to the Governor’s Conference on Tourism in September and Washington, D.C., in the spring along with numerous events throughout the state. “I cannot wait. I’ve set a goal that I want to go to all 82 counties during my year reigning,” she said. A meet-and-greet reception and autograph signing for McGrew is set for Aug. 14 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the old Booneville Hardware building. McGrew will greet supporters from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. followed by delivering her speech from the state pageant and a question and answer session.

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Ala. The accident victim was airlifted by Air Evac to a Memphis hospital with serious injuries, said Dance. Both vehicles were destroyed in the impact. The accident victim was pronounced dead at the scene by Alcorn County Coroner Jay Jones. Assisting Corinth police were Corinth Fire Department First Responders, Alcorn County Sheriﬀ’s Department and the Mississippi Highway Patrol.

Thursday, July 27, 2017

Today in History Today in History Today is Thursday, July 27, the 208th day of 2017. There are 157 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History On July 27, 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed the Kerner Commission to assess the causes of urban rioting, the same day black militant H. Rap Brown told a press conference in Washington that violence was “as American as cherry pie. Americans taught the black people to be violent. We will use that violence to rid ourselves of oppression if necessary.”

On this date In 1953, the Korean War armistice was signed at Panmunjom, ending three years of fighting. In 1960, Vice President Richard M. Nixon was nominated for president on the first ballot at the Republican national convention in Chicago. In 1974, the House Judiciary Committee voted 27-11 to adopt the first of three articles of impeachment against President Richard Nixon. In 1996, terror struck the Atlanta Olympics as a pipe bomb exploded at Centennial Olympic Park, directly killing one person and injuring 111. (Anti-government extremist Eric Rudolph later pleaded guilty to the bombing, exonerating security guard Richard Jewell, who had been wrongly suspected.)

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BOONEVILLE — Prentiss County School Board members welcomed a familiar face to the board table at the first meeting for their new board attorney. Richard Bowen of Iuka returned as board attorney at Monday’s regular meeting, taking the seat previously held by Bill Smith of Booneville. Bowen served as attorney for the board for several years until stepping down in June 2012 to take a position as an assistant district attorney. He has since returned to private practice. The board voted Monday to create a policy allowing principals to recommend to the superintendent a qualified instructor on their campus to serve as assistant principal. The superintendent would then make a formal recommendation to the board which must approve the appointment. Board member Sheila Johnson said she believes the procedure is necessary because only the superintendent is legally allowed to make a recommendation for a promotion or change in job requirements. The board agreed naming an assistant principal on each campus is needed in order to have a designated person to lead the school if an emergency were to arise while the principal is absent as well as to assist the principal with their regular duties as needed. The board accepted a Perkins Reserve Fund grant award of $19,300 for the Prentiss County Vocational School. Vo-Tech Director Kim English said the funds will be used to purchase several large and expensive pieces of equipment for the automotive program to allow students to work toward

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KKK photo appears in Google search RED BAY, Ala. — City officials are upset over a disturbing photo linked to Google searches for Red Bay, Alabama. According to The Red Bay News, city officials have contacted Google several times this week asking the website to remove a photo of a cross burning by members of the Ku Klux Klan. The photo appears on Google searches for the city. Google would not tell officials why algorithms chose the photo, which is part of a series of images taken in 2006. The photos are tagged as taken near Red Bay. The photos are hosted on Alamy.com and are credited to James Edward Bates and ZUMA Press. Google told officials it could take two weeks for the photo to be removed.

McNairy County ‘In God We Trust’ license plate available McNAIRY COUNTY, Tenn. — Tennessee drivers can now purchase a license plate with an inscription “In God We Trust” on the tag. The license plate can be purchased at the McNairy County Clerk’s office in Selmer. A McNairy County resident can replace their current license plate with the price cut by the period of time left on their tag. The new license plate would then be good for one year from the date it is bought in the clerk’s office. The normal rate for a license plate in McNairy County is $29. An “In God We Trust” license plate will cost $2 extra to make

the total cost $31. If a resident chooses to wait until the time their license plate is set for renewal, they can get the “In God We Trust” tag at that time. McNairy County Clerk Ronnie Price said his office had received 1,000 of the license plates from the state. Price said they had sold 120 of the new tags since they went on sale July 1. The phrase “In God We Trust” is located in the center of the license plate with an outline of the state of Tennessee in the middle of the phrase. A county resident can get more information at the clerk’s office in the McNairy County Annex Building. For more information about the plate, call the clerk’s office at 731-645-3511.

Tishomingo County TISHOMINGO COUNTY — Four Iuka women were recently arrested for the sale of meth. Over the past couple of months, the Tishomingo County Sheriff’s Department has arrested four female’s due to an investigation into the sale of methamphetamine. Louisea Killough, Summer Peters, Kim Cook and Amy Hardin were all charged with the sale of a controlled substance. Cook, who was on probation at the time of the arrest, has since been transported to the state prison in Pearl. All four will be presented to the next available Grand Jury.

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A plan to save Social Security It is no secret that what the major media seem to care most about is radically different from what concerns average Americans. While the inside the Beltway crowd continues to focus on alleged Cal collusion between President Thomas Trump and Russia, real concerns like the future of Social Columnist Security are ignored. The Social Security Board of Trustees, a six-member panel who serve the federal government by offering a short-term and long-range forecast on the health of the Social Security program, has issued a new report, which says that while the retirement program will be “cash flow positive” through 2021, it is still in line to run out of money unless taxes are raised, or benefits are substantially reduced. Financial Planner Ric Edelman has come up with an idea that is so simple and workable it could transform the aging program and make retirement more comfortable and secure for years to come. Full disclosure: Edelman, who has been ranked three times the number one independent adviser by Barron’s, is my financial adviser. Edelman says reforming Social Security is essential because, according to the Pew Charitable Trusts, roughly 58 percent of workers have access to a retirement plan, while 49 percent participate in one. Edelman notes that people who do have such plans don’t have much money in them, just an average balance of $159,000, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute. That amount can only generate a few hundred dollars a month in retirement income, which is why even when Social Security is added to this pittance it can’t adequately provide for the needs of most retirees. Edelman’s solution? The federal government would set aside $7,000 one time for each child born during the next 35 years. The money would be placed in an investment account managed by a panel of investment experts appointed by the president and Congress. After 35 years, the government gets back its $7,000 -- increased for inflation -- and uses the money to pay for children born during the next 35-year cycle, making it self-funding. When the child reaches age 70, monthly benefits are provided -- equal in income to what Social Security provides, allowing the current program to be replaced with no adverse effect on retirees. I asked Edelman about the politics of this, since Social Security is considered a political third rail, untouchable, highly charged. “That’s why I don’t propose altering how the Social Security trust fund is managed,” he said, “which is what killed privatization efforts years ago.” Under his proposal, the money would be invested in a diversified portfolio put together by a panel of investment experts consistent with how the nation’s pensions funds and endowments are managed. To keep the money from being “raided” by Congress, Edelman says each baby would be assigned an individual account, much like an IRA, and would receive annual statements showing the account balance. Edelman says he is joining the Bipartisan Policy Center, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank that addresses the challenges facing the nation, to focus on fixing the problems with Social Security and ensure a stable retirement program for every American. Anticipating criticism from the usual suspects who want to use Social Security as a political weapon instead of fixing it, Edelman says, “If anyone complains about my proposal, they need to complain about the nation’s pension plans, too, because I am doing nothing different from them.” Wouldn’t you like to see dysfunctional Washington and the anti-Trump news media actually get behind something that benefits the most people? If surveyed, I’d bet an overwhelming number of respondents who are fed-up with issues that do not impact their lives, would scream “yes!”

Prayer for today My Father, if I choose to be unhappy and miserable, may I not be to myself and friends as “a harp with one string.” Help me to free myself from thinking and anticipating things that keep me from the pleasure that I might receive and give. May I have more trust in my friends and in thee. Amen.

A verse to share LORD my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me. —Psalm 30:2

Weingarten confused about school choice Randi Weingarten, president of the nation’s secondlargest teachers union, the American Federation of Teachers, used a speech last week to brand the education choice movement as racist. She also got personal, trying to pin the racist label onto Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos because DeVos is a passionate supporter of parents being able to choose where to send their child to school. I’ve been through this too many times. No matter the subject, liberals invariably try to kill an idea they don’t like, or destroy a person they don’t like, with the label “racist.” Sorry, but it won’t work this time. Too much is at stake, and the truth is too clear. Every time we go through a new round of National Assessment of Educational Progress testing, the Nation’s Report Card, we see the same results: Dismal performances by black children, yawning gaps in performance between black children and white children, and overall test scores that show practically no improvement over the years. In 2015, 35 percent

of black fourthgraders and 52 percent of black eighth-graders were Star “below baParker sic” in math and 48 perColumnist cent of black fourth-graders and 42 percent of black eighth-graders were “below basic” in reading. Seventeen percent of black fourth-graders were “at proficient” in math compared with 41 percent of white fourth-graders. Sixteen percent of black fourthgraders were “at proficient” in reading compared with 34 percent of white fourthgraders. Eric Hanushek of Stanford University took a look at the last 50 years of black test scores compared with white test scores. His conclusion: virtually no improvement. “(T)he modest improvements in achievement gaps since 1965 can only be called a national embarrassment,” writes Hanushek. “Put differently, if we continue to close gaps at the same rate in the future, it will be roughly two and half centu-

ries before the black-white math gap closes and over one and half centuries until the reading gap closes.” It took almost two centuries from our nation’s founding until the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed. Most black parents are not interested in waiting another two centuries until the math and reading scores of their children catch up to those of white children. But Weingarten seems to have plenty of time on her hands. She thinks things are just great. She’s upset that DeVos called our public schools a “dead end.” “Our public schools are not a dead end,” says Weingarten. “They’re places of endless opportunity.” Yes, for union bureaucrats with fat salaries and pensions. But certainly not for lowincome children looking for a light at the end of the tunnel. One reason teachers unions hate school vouchers is that public school funding can be redirected for the vouchers that children can use at any school. That’s a good thing. Stanford’s Hanushek reports that since 1965, expenditures per student in our public schools have qua-

drupled with virtually no change in test scores. There’s a reason why a million kids are on waiting lists for acceptance into charter schools; why 64 percent of black parents, in an Education Next poll, supported tax-credits to fund scholarships to send low-income children to private schools; and why today almost 450,000 children are in some type of school choice program, up from effectively zero 20 years ago. Why is everyone trying to get out of what Randi Weingarten thinks is so wonderful? And why does she think it is racist to give black parents the freedom to choose where to send their child to school? Since when is it racist to give people more freedom? Whatever Randi Weingarten’s agenda happens to be, improving the lot of black children is certainly not high on it. Regarding racism, maybe she should do her own soul-searching. Star Parker is an author and president of CURE, Center for Urban Renewal and Education. Contact her at www.urbancure.org. Contact her at www.urbancure.org.

Are America’s wars just and moral? “One knowledgeable oﬃcial estimates that the CIAbacked fighters may have killed or wounded 100,000 Syrian soldiers and their allies,” writes columnist David Ignatius. Given that Syria’s prewar population was not 10 percent of ours, this is the equivalent of a million dead and wounded Americans. What justifies America’s participation in this slaughter? Columnist Eric Margolis summarizes the successes of the six-year civil war to overthrow President Bashar Assad. “The result of the western-engendered carnage in Syria was horrendous: at least 475,000 dead, 5 million Syrian refugees driven into exile in neighboring states (Turkey alone hosts three million), and another 6 million internally displaced. ... 11 million Syrians ... driven from their homes into wretched living conditions and near famine. “Two of Syria’s greatest and oldest cities, Damascus and Aleppo, have been pounded into ruins. Jihadist massacres and Russian and American air strikes have ravaged once beautiful, relatively prosperous

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Syria. Its ancient Christian peoples are fleeing for their lives before US and Patrick Saudi takfiri Buchanan religious fanatics.” Columnist Realizing the futility of U.S. policy, President Trump is cutting aid to the rebels. And the War Party is beside itself. Says The Wall Street Journal: “The only way to reach an acceptable diplomatic solution is if Iran and Russia feel they are paying too high a price for their Syria sojourn. This means more support for Mr. Assad’s enemies, not cutting them oﬀ without notice. And it means building up a Middle East coalition willing to fight Islamic State and resist Iran. The U.S. should also consider enforcing ‘safe zones’ in Syria for anti-Assad forces.” Yet, fighting ISIS and alQaida in Syria, while bleeding the Assad-Iran-Russia-Hezbollah victors, is a formula for endless war and unending terrors visited upon the Syrian people. What injury did the Assad

regime, in power for half a century and having never attacked us, inflict to justify what we have helped to do to that country? Is this war moral by our own standards? We overthrew Saddam Hussein in 2003 and Moammar Gadhafi in 2012. Yet, the fighting, killing and dying in both countries have not ceased. Estimates of the Iraq civilian and military dead run into the hundreds of thousands. Still, the worst humanitarian disaster may be unfolding in Yemen. After the Houthis overthrew the Saudi-backed regime and took over the country, the Saudis in 2015 persuaded the United States to support its air strikes, invasion and blockade. By January 2016, the U.N. estimated a Yemeni civilian death toll of 10,000, with 40,000 wounded. However, the blockade of Yemen, which imports 90 percent of its food, has caused a crisis of malnutrition and impending famine that threatens millions of the poorest people in the Arab world with starvation. No matter how objectionable we found these dicta-

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tors, what vital interests of ours were so imperiled by the continued rule of Saddam, Assad, Gadhafi and the Houthis that they would justify what we have done to the peoples of those countries? Among the principles for a just war, it must be waged as a last resort, to address a wrong suﬀered, and by a legitimate authority. Deaths of civilians are justified only if they are unavoidable victims of a deliberate attack on a military target. The wars in Syria, Libya and Yemen were never authorized by Congress. The civilian dead, wounded and uprooted in Syria, and the malnourished millions in Yemen, represent a moral cost that seems far beyond any proportional moral gain from those conflicts. In which of the countries we have attacked or invaded in this century are the people better oﬀ than they were before we came? And we wonder why they hate us. Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of a new book, “Nixon’s White House Wars: The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.”

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Soaring with the paper towel pilot BY JIMMY C. REED Special Columnist

My Piper Cub airplane was due for an airworthiness inspection at a large airport, but since the little airplane had no radio equipment, I called the control tower and requested permission to fly in from a nearby crop dusterâ€™s strip. The controller assigned an arrival time and said that he would blink a green light if I was clear to land. What should have been a routine procedure turned out to be one of the most bizarre incidents in my flying career. Since the day was warm, I locked the airplaneâ€™s doors in the open position and strapped myself into the rear seat. Directly behind my head in the cargo

area, I had stuďŹ€ed three large bundles of paper towels, the kind that overlap so that when one is pulled from a dispenser, the next one is available. At one thousand feet I entered the airport traďŹƒc pattern. Just as I received the controllerâ€™s signal, I became engulfed in a fluttering, flapping kaleidoscopic blur, as thousands of paper towels were sucked into a swirling vortex inside the cockpit, created by the slipstream rushing past the open doors. They swirled around me â€” sticking to my face, the windshield, and the instrument panel, while others were sucked into the slipstream, leaving a trail of fluttering flotsam floating behind.

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Every time I clawed towels from my face others replaced them. I was flying blind! Panicking, I leaned out into the slipstream of the wobbling, diving aircraft, hoping the wind would clear the towels from my face long enough to see something recognizable. With half my body hanging out of the airplane, I glimpsed a familiar landmark and turned to what I hoped was ninety degrees to the runway. Still I knew that aligning with it for final approach would be a wild guess since towels covering the windshield blocked all view to the front. As the little yellow bird descended, I searched for any indication that it was time to begin final approach. With no

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BOONEVILLE â€” Northeast Mississippi Community Collegeâ€™s Iota Zeta chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa honor society made it a clean sweep at the Mississippi-Louisiana Regional Conference at the University of Mississippi during the 2017 spring semester. Northeastâ€™s Phi Theta Kappa was named the top chapter in the MississippiLouisiana region out of 50 chapters and was awarded the first place for its college project. Hernandoâ€™s Briana Bryan helped Northeast captured another top honor when she was named the Most Distinguished Chapter Member at the regional convention. Boonevilleâ€™s Drew Marshall and Corinthâ€™s Claire Cornelius tied for first with the Most Distinguished Chapter OďŹƒcers award and the chapterâ€™s theme for Honors in Action project was crowned the regional champion for â€œPeace and War.â€? Northeast finished second

Hood, Reeves spar over budget in Neshoba fair speeches PHILADELPHIA â€” Mississippi Republicans are harming the public by cutting health spending, Democrat Jim Hood said Wednesday, but Republican Tate Reeves said itâ€™s the Democrats who are hurting people by fighting GOP efforts to cut taxes in Mississippi. Hood, the stateâ€™s attorney general, and Reeves, the lieutenant governor, voiced their stark differences on the state budget in back-to-back speeches at the Neshoba County Fair. They addressed hundreds of spectators in and around a tin-roofed pavilion at the heart of the fairgrounds south of Philadelphia. Hood said the Republican-controlled Legislature is hurting people by cutting mental health funding as opioid addiction spreads. He also said lawmakers have fallen short in funding schools and highways. He pointed to other states where Republican-led legislatures and governors cut taxes and later had budget problems. But Reeves said Hood and other â€œliberalsâ€? are fighting Republicansâ€™ efforts to cut taxes in Mississippi. Reeves said Republican leaders â€œhave taken on the status quo, and we have the bullet holes to show for it.â€? Reeves and Hood are widely seen as possible contenders for governor in 2019. But, neither made a formal announcement of candidacy at the fair.

in the region for the Iota Zeta chapterâ€™s scrapbook and its Honors in Action Display. In addition to its scrapbook and Honors in Action Display, Northeastâ€™s advisor team of Dr. Ray Harris of Booneville, Andrea Mathis of Booneville, Carla Falkner and Morgan Ricks of Tupelo and Dr. Deborah Kehoe of Oxford were named the runner-up as the Most Distinguished Advisor Team. Northeastâ€™s Honors in Action Project finished fourth while the chapter picked up a variety of individual awards. In addition to Bryanâ€™s Most Distinguished Chapter Member, Drew Marshall of Booneville was named the chapterâ€™s Golden Key Award honoree while Iukaâ€™s Caleb Smith was elected as the northern district representative for the 2017-18 Mississippi/Louisiana regional oďŹƒcer team. Harris was named a Continued Excellence Advisor Award honoree while Falkner was selected as a Horizon Advisor Award win-

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ner. Mathis was selected as a Distinguished Advisor and Ricks was given the Paragon Award for New Advisors. Northeast was also named a 5-star chapter, the highest ranking given to any chapter, for the fifteenth consecutive year. In order to become a fivestar chapter, the local organization must set a plan in place at the beginning of the year and meet rigorous standards throughout the year to be considered for five-star status. While the national oďŹƒce provides a plan for achieving five-star status, it is up to the local chapter advisors and oďŹƒcers to see that that plan is carried out throughout the year. By meeting rigorous standards, the chapter can be awarded one, two, three, four or five â€“ the highest honor a Phi Theta Kappa chapter can receive â€“ stars. Northeastâ€™s Iota Zeta chapter has also been recognized as an exemplary model as well as a Top 100

chapter nationally and was ranked sixth on the 2015 Phi Theta Kappa Presidentâ€™s List, which lists the Top 25 colleges nationally by their 2015 acceptance rates. Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, is the largest honor society in higher education with 1,285 chapters on college campuses in all 50 of the United States, plus Canada, Germany, the Republic of Palau, Peru, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the British Virgin Islands, the United Arab Emirates and U.S. territorial possessions. Nearly three million students have been inducted since its founding in 1918, with approximately 131,000 students inducted annually. Phi Theta Kappa seeks to foster the development of leadership and service, to provide an intellectual climate for the exchange of ideas, and to encourage the establishment of scholarships for advanced education.

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â€œThe School Prayer Walk is a special time set aside for us to come out and pray and let our children â€˜knowâ€™ we are praying for them and to show the devil whose side weâ€™re on!â€? said Chapman. The walk is loosely structured. It begins at 9 a.m. There is a prayer coordinator at each school campus and a table with a sign-up sheet, so they can keep track of the number of peoTuesday, August 1 Tuesday, August 8 ple who come. J.J. Washington Dr. Jeff LaBorg - Pastor The School Prayer Walks opens at 9 ÄŻĹŠÄşĹˆÄšÄśĹŽ ÄœĹŠÄźĹŠĹˆĹ‰ ÄŻĹŠÄşĹˆÄšÄśĹŽ ÄœĹŠÄźĹŠĹˆĹ‰ ÄŻĹŠÄşĹˆÄšÄśĹŽ ÄœĹŠÄźĹŠĹˆĹ‰ FirstÄŻĹŠÄşĹˆÄšÄśĹŽ ÄœĹŠÄźĹŠĹˆĹ‰ Baptist Church Woodstock Fairview Baptist Church a.m. and participants simply wander ÄĽ ÄĽ Ä˛ÄśĹˆÄ˝ÄžĹƒÄźĹ‰Ĺ„Ĺƒ Corryton, TN Ä&#x;Ĺ‡ ÄĽÄşÄťÄť Ä§ÄśÄ?Ĺ„Ĺ‡Äź ÄŤÄśĹˆĹ‰Ĺ„Ĺ‡ ÄĽ ÄĽ Ä˛ÄśĹˆÄ˝ÄžĹƒÄźĹ‰Ĺ„Ĺƒ Ä&#x;Ĺ‡ ÄĽÄşÄťÄť Ä§ÄśÄ?Ĺ„Ĺ‡Äź ÄŤÄśĹˆĹ‰Ĺ„Ĺ‡ through the school and pray wherevÄĄÄžĹ‡ĹˆĹ‰ Ä?ÄśĹ…Ĺ‰ÄžĹˆĹ‰ ÄžÄ˝ĹŠĹ‡Ä¸Ä˝ Ä˛Ĺ„Ĺ„ÄšĹˆĹ‰Ĺ„Ä¸Ĺ€ ÄĄÄśÄžĹ‡Ĺ‹ÄžÄşĹŒ Ä?ÄśĹ…Ĺ‰ÄžĹˆĹ‰ ÄžÄ˝ĹŠĹ‡Ä¸Ä˝ ÄĄÄžĹ‡ĹˆĹ‰ Ä?ÄśĹ…Ĺ‰ÄžĹˆĹ‰ ÄžÄ˝ĹŠĹ‡Ä¸Ä˝ Ä˛Ĺ„Ĺ„ÄšĹˆĹ‰Ĺ„Ä¸Ĺ€ ÄĄÄśÄžĹ‡Ĺ‹ÄžÄşĹŒ Ä?ÄśĹ…Ĺ‰ÄžĹˆĹ‰ ÄžÄ˝ĹŠĹ‡Ä¸Ä˝ er they feel moved to pray. Chapman ÄžĹ„Ĺ‡Ĺ‡ĹŽĹ‰Ĺ„Ĺƒ ÄŻÄŠ ÄžĹ„Ĺ‡Ĺ‡ĹŽĹ‰Ĺ„Ĺƒ ÄŻÄŠ said most people try to go to a school campus where they have children or family they know will work or attend there. Although the event is sponsored by the Alcorn Baptist Association, Chapman said all denominations are welcome and she would love to see them there. â€œI hope more people take advantage of this opportunity. With the way reliTuesday August 15 Tuesday, August 22 gious freedoms are being slowly taken Dr. Johnny Hunt - Pastor Dr. Roc Collins away, we may not have this freedom First Baptist Church Woodstock Director of TN Baptist ÄŻĹŠÄşĹˆÄšÄśĹŽ ÄœĹŠÄźĹŠĹˆĹ‰ Mission Board ÄŻĹŠÄşĹˆÄšÄśĹŽ ÄœĹŠÄźĹŠĹˆĹ‰ together to pray much longer. We ÄŻĹŠÄşĹˆÄšÄśĹŽ ÄœĹŠÄźĹŠĹˆĹ‰ Ä&#x;Ĺ‡ ÄĹ„Ä¸ ÄžĹ„Ĺ Ĺ ÄžĹƒĹˆ Ä&#x;Ĺ‡ ÄŽĹ‰ÄşĹ‹Äş Ä˘ÄśÄžĹƒÄşĹˆ ÄŤÄśĹˆĹ‰Ĺ„Ĺ‡ may not even have this freedom next Ä&#x;Ĺ‡ ÄĽĹ„Ä˝ĹƒĹƒĹŽ ÄŁĹŠĹƒĹ‰ ÄŤÄśĹˆĹ‰Ĺ„Ĺ‡ Ä&#x;ÄžĹ‡ÄşÄ¸Ĺ‰Ĺ„Ĺ‡ Ĺ„Äť ÄŻÄŠ Ä?ÄśĹ…Ĺ‰ÄžĹˆĹ‰ Ä?ÄşĹ Ĺ ÄşĹ‹ĹŠÄş Ä?ÄśĹ…Ĺ‰ÄžĹˆĹ‰ ÄžÄ˝ĹŠĹ‡Ä¸Ä˝ year,â€? she said. â€œI donâ€™t know about ÄĄÄžĹ‡ĹˆĹ‰ Ä?ÄśĹ…Ĺ‰ÄžĹˆĹ‰ ÄžÄ˝ĹŠĹ‡Ä¸Ä˝ Ä˛Ĺ„Ĺ„ÄšĹˆĹ‰Ĺ„Ä¸Ĺ€ ÄŻĹŠÄşĹˆÄšÄśĹŽ ÄœĹŠÄźĹŠĹˆĹ‰ ÄŻĹŠÄşĹˆÄšÄśĹŽ ÄœĹŠÄźĹŠĹˆĹ‰ Ä¨ÄžĹˆĹˆÄžĹ„Ĺƒ Ä?Ĺ„ÄśĹ‡Äš you, but I feel a greater need than ever ÄŻĹŠÄşĹˆÄšÄśĹŽ ÄœĹŠÄźĹŠĹˆĹ‰ Ä?ÄşĹ Ĺ ÄşĹ‹ĹŠÄş ÄžÄ˝Ĺ„ÄžĹ‡ ÄŞĹ‡Ä¸Ä˝ÄşĹˆĹ‰Ĺ‡Äś Ä&#x;Ĺ‡ ÄĹ„Ä¸ ÄžĹ„Ĺ Ĺ ÄžĹƒĹˆ Ä&#x;Ĺ‡ ÄŽĹ‰ÄşĹ‹Äş Ä˘ÄśÄžĹƒÄşĹˆ ÄŤÄśĹˆĹ‰Ĺ„Ĺ‡ Ä&#x;Ĺ‡ ÄĽĹ„Ä˝ĹƒĹƒĹŽ ÄŁĹŠĹƒĹ‰ ÄŤÄśĹˆĹ‰Ĺ„Ĺ‡ for Godâ€™s arms of mercy and protecÄ&#x;ÄžĹ‡ÄşÄ¸Ĺ‰Ĺ„Ĺ‡ Ĺ„Äť ÄŻÄŠ Ä?ÄśĹ…Ĺ‰ÄžĹˆĹ‰ Ä?ÄşĹ Ĺ ÄşĹ‹ĹŠÄş Ä?ÄśĹ…Ĺ‰ÄžĹˆĹ‰ ÄžÄ˝ĹŠĹ‡Ä¸Ä˝ tion and guidance to be upon ourÄĄÄžĹ‡ĹˆĹ‰ Ä?ÄśĹ…Ĺ‰ÄžĹˆĹ‰ ÄžÄ˝ĹŠĹ‡Ä¸Ä˝ Ä˛Ĺ„Ĺ„ÄšĹˆĹ‰Ĺ„Ä¸Ĺ€ chil Ä¨ÄžĹˆĹˆÄžĹ„Ĺƒ Ä?Ĺ„ÄśĹ‡Äš dren, our principals, our teachers and Ä?ÄşĹ Ĺ ÄşĹ‹ĹŠÄş ÄžÄ˝Ĺ„ÄžĹ‡ ÄŞĹ‡Ä¸Ä˝ÄşĹˆĹ‰Ĺ‡Äś all the employees.â€?

Grand jury to get case of man accused of killing 8 BROOKHAVEN â€” A grand jury can decide whether to indict a Mississippi man charged with killing a deputy, his mother-in-law and six others who were his relatives or acquaintances, a judge said Wednesday. Willie Cory Godbolt, 35, remains jailed without bond as he has been since his arrest May 28, shortly after the fatal shootings that started after witnesses say Godbolt was arguing with his estranged wife. The killings May 27 and 28 occurred at three homes in and around the south Mississippi city of Brookhaven. A deputy responded to a disturbance call at Godboltâ€™s in-lawsâ€™ home, and the shootings started there. Deputy William Durr, Godboltâ€™s mother-in-law Barbara Mitchell and two others were killed at the first home. Two cousins, an 11-year-old and an 18-year-old, were killed at the second home. A husband and wife were slain at the third home. Judge Bryan Harbour heard testimony Wednesday from a state law enforcement officer who helped investigate at two of the three houses. Jason Leggett, the officer from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, which is part of the Highway Patrol, identified Godbolt as the suspect in all of the killings. â€œI find that the state has successfully convinced me that eight crimes were committed and that Mr. Godbolt committed those crimes,â€? the judge said, though he noted the probable cause hearing was not a trial.

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JOBLESS lower in June in 10 states, higher in two states and stable in 38 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Twentyseven states had jobless rate decreases from a year earlier and 23 states and the District had little or no change. The national unemployment rate, 4.4 percent, was little changed from May but was 0.5 percentage point lower than in June 2016.

After my explanation, restrained silence gave way to guďŹ€aws. â€œSon, we thought we had seen it all, but that takes the cake. Weâ€™ll let you oďŹ€ this time, but from now on, when you call to land at this airport, weâ€™ll know who you are if you just identify yourself as the paper towel pilot.â€?

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alternative but seat-of-thepants guessing, I turned, cut the throttle, and glided down to what I hoped would be a concrete slab, not a muddy cotton field. With a sigh of relief, I saw the runway numbers. Gently, the wheels touched pavement and the Cub rolled to a stop. Just as I killed the engine, a stern-faced man stepped out of an airport security vehicle and told me to report to the control tower immediately. Thatâ€™s it, I thought. My pilotâ€™s license will be jerked. Once in the tower, I noticed the controllers were struggling to maintain their composure. Finally, one of them asked, â€œWhat was all that debris you jettisoned from your aircraft?â€?

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Amazon plans to hire thousands BY JOSEPH PISANI Associated Press

NEW YORK — Amazon plans to make thousands of job oﬀers in just one day as it holds a giant job fair next week at nearly a dozen warehouses across the U.S. Those oﬀered jobs on the spot will pack or sort boxes and help ship them to customers. Nearly 40,000 of the 50,000 jobs will be full time. Most of these jobs will count toward Amazon’s previously announced goal of adding 100,000 full-time workers by the middle of next year. The hiring spree is yet another sign of Amazon’s massive growth at a time when traditional retailers are closing stores and cutting jobs.

Preparing for the holidays It’s also a way for Amazon to lock in employees before the start of the busy holiday shopping season, when other retailers look to hire seasonal workers. Retailers

are facing a tighter job market; the nation’s unemployment rate is 4.4 percent, near a 16-year low. Same-day job oﬀers, like Amazon is promising, are “extremely unusual,” said Andrew Chamberlain, the chief economist at job site Glassdoor. He said a shortage of workers, plus Amazon’s rapid growth, is likely why the company is trying to scoop up workers quickly. “There are just not as many available bodies,” Chamberlain said. “It can be a real challenge to hire.”

Labor growth Amazon has long been known for investing the money it makes back into its businesses. Part of that involves opening new warehouses, or fulfillment centers, and filling them with employees. Consequently, Amazon has often reported quarterly losses , even as revenue grows. The number of full-

Police: One-armed clown wielding machete arrested Associated Press

HOLLIS, Maine — A man is accused of drunkenly strolling down a Maine road wearing a black-hooded sweatshirt and a clown mask and brandishing a machete taped to where his arm had been amputated. Maine State Police say 31-year-old Corey Berry, of Hollis, was arrested Tuesday and charged with criminal threatening. He was released after posting $200 bail.

Police say Berry was first spotted in Hollis but then fled into the woods. He was taken into custody after re-emerging in Waterboro. Police say Berry was intoxicated but cooperative. He told oﬃcers that he was copying previous clown sightings as a prank. A phone number for Berry couldn’t be found Wednesday. It wasn’t known if he has a lawyer who could comment on his behalf.

“THE FOOLISHNESS OF PREACHING” In discussing the different ways people of his day viewed the message of the gospel, Paul said: “It pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe” (I Corinthians 1:21). The reference is not to be understood as a condemnation of the practice of preaching, or of preachers themselves, but as a reference to the message that is being preached. In further discussing the “speciﬁcs” of the gospel, Paul said to the same readers: “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless you have believed in vain (I Corinthians 15:1, 2). It seems clear then that salvation comes as a result of obedience to the message of the gospel. (See Romans 1:16 and 10:8-17) But, not everyone who hears, believes and accepts that message. In the text originally cited, Paul said that to the Jews that message was a “stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness: but unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God” (I Corinthians 1:23, 24). In writing a second letter to the Corinthian church, Paul said; “But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them” (2 Corinthians 4:3, 4). Jesus, in Matthew 13:15, quoted from Isaiah of those whose heart had grown hard, their ears were dull of hearing, and whose eyes had been closed, rather than allowing themselves to see and hear and understand, ”and should be converted, and I should heal them.” Observe the different responses to Paul’s message on Mars Hill: “And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, ‘We will hear thee again on this matter’ …Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed” (Acts 17:32, 34) As we consider the message of Jesus Christ and Him cruciﬁed, will we believe and obey, and enjoy the blessings of salvation, or shall we turn away in unbelief? We invite all who will, to study and worship with us at the Danville church of Christ.

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time and part-time workers at Amazon has swelled from 56,000 at the end of 2011 to more than 340,000 last year. In roughly the same period, the number of people employed by the parent company of Sears and Kmart has been slashed in half to about 140,000 workers. Amazon plans to expand further: It recently announced a $13.7 billion deal to buy organic grocer Whole Foods, it added Sears’ Kenmore appliances to its website and it’s rolling out its own ready-to-cook meal kits, competing with companies such as Blue Apron.

The details Amazon’s stock increased $12.93, or 1 percent, to close at $1,052.80 Wednesday, after Amazon announced its plans. Amazon.com Inc. said its jobs oﬀer health insurance, disability insurance, retirement savings plans and company stock. Pay diﬀers based

on location, according to job postings on Amazon’s site. It is oﬀering a starting rate of $13 an hour for a full-time job in Baltimore and $12.25 an hour for a similar position in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The job fair will take place next Wednesday from 8 a.m. to noon local time and will include tours and sessions with company representatives. Job prospects will also be introduced to robots and other automation technology Amazon uses at its warehouse operations. The event will take place at 10 Amazon shipping sites. Besides Baltimore and Kenosha, they are Chattanooga, Tennessee; Etna, Ohio; Fall River, Massachusetts; Hebron, Kentucky; Kent, Washington; Robbinsville, New Jersey; Romeoville, Illinois and Whitestown, Indiana. Amazon will also hold events for part-time positions in Oklahoma City and Buﬀalo, New York.

Trump: Bar transgender troops from U.S. military Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump abruptly declared a ban Wednesday on transgender troops serving anywhere in the U.S. military, catching the Pentagon flat-footed and unable to explain what it called Trump’s “guidance.” His proclamation, on Twitter rather than any formal announcement, drew bipartisan denunciations and threw currently serving transgender soldiers into limbo. “Please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military,” the commander in chief tweeted. Trump wrote that he had consulted with “my generals and military experts,” but he did not mention Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, the retired Marine general who less than one month ago told the military service chiefs to spend another six months weighing the costs and benefits of allowing transgender individuals to enlist. At the time, Mattis said this “does not presuppose the outcome of the review,” but Trump’s tweets appeared to have done just that.

The Pentagon has refused to release any data on the number of transgender people currently serving. A Rand Corp. study has estimated the number at between 1,320 and 6,630 out of 1.3 million active-duty troops. Criticism for Trump’s action was immediate and strong from both political parties. His action is “harmful, misguided and weakens, not strengthens our military,” said Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York. John McCain, the Arizona Republican and Vietnam War hero, said Trump was simply wrong. “Any American who meets current medical and readiness standards should be allowed to continue serving,” he said. “There is no reason to force service members who are able to fight, train and deploy to leave the military -- regardless of their gender identity.” Not everyone at the Capitol agreed. Rep. Duncan Hunter, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, said, “The president’s decision was the absolute right decision. ... It’s about time that a decision is made to restore the warrior culture and allow the U.S. military to get back to business.”

Deaths Edith Lampley

Edith Elizabeth Pope Robinson Lampley, 95, died July 16, 2017, at her home in Morning Pointe in Ooltewah, Tenn. A private graveside service will be held in Corinth on Saturday. Ms. Lampley was born in Columbia on Oct. 11, 1921, to Joseph Carter Pope and Leona Seals Pope. She went to nursing school in Columbia and worked as a registered nurse and director of nursing over her career in north Mississippi, California and Tennessee. After relocating to Chattanooga in the 1970s, she returned to her true love of working the floor helping patients. She retired from the Hamilton County Nursing Home in the mid-1990s. She enjoyed gardening, camping and getting lost in the woods. She was married to Seth Eugene Robinson until his death in 1971. One of eight children, she is survived by her sister, Josie Mobley, and her brother, James Pope. Loving family members include her children, Gloria Robinson of Strasburg Va., Dean (Judy) Robinson of Harrison, Tenn., and Steve Robinson (Leslie Toombs) of Las Cruces, N.M.; grandchildren Kimberly (Jeﬀ) Bates and Ben (Tera) Robinson, both of Ooltewah, Tenn., and John (Ashley) Robinson of Elkmont, Ala.; great-grandchildren Evan and Adam Bates of Ooltewah Tenn., and Ford Robinson of Elkmont, Ala.; and special friend and caregiver Debra Cousin of Ooltewah, Tenn. Memorial contributions may be made to a hospice of choice. McPeters Funeral Directors is in charge of arrangements. Online guestbook: mcpetersfuneraldirectors.com

Jeffery Rencher

Celebration of life service for Jeﬀery Lynn Rencher, 50, is set for 2 p.m. Friday at McPeters Inc. Funeral Directors. Visitation is Friday from 12:30 p.m. until the service. Mr. Rencher died Sunday, July 23, 2017, at his home in Memphis. Born Feb. 26, 1967, in Jackson, Tenn., he attended White Station High School. He enjoyed his diet Pepsi, 64 box of crayons and turtles. He is preceded in death by his father, Bobby Rencher; his grandmother, Eve Lois Parson; and aunts Helen Rencher and Ann Lewis. Survivors are his mother, Brenda Rencher; two sisters, Ginger (Mike) Compton and Jill Marshall; nieces Emme and Madelyn Marshall and Chloe Compton; and a host of other family and friends. Bro. Mike Green will oﬃciate the service. Online condolences: mcpetersfuneraldirectors. com

Billy Wayne Shadburn

Billy Wayne “Cooney” Shadburn died Tuesday, July 25, 2017, at his home. Memorial Funeral Home will have the arrangements.

Ella Damron

ADAMSVILLE, Tenn. — Funeral services for Ella Damron, 87, were held Wednesday at Love & Truth Church with burial at Purdy Cemetery. Mrs. Damron died Saturday, July 22, 2017, at Magnolia Regional Health Center. Born April 6, 1930, she attended Purdy School and was a factory worker. Survivors include four sons, Henry Damron of Adamsville, Ruben Damron of Selmer, Jonathan M. Damron of Adamsville and Amer J. Damron Jr. of Humboldt, Tenn.; four daughters, Wonda Mae Damron and Nancy Jean Damron-Litchford, both of Nashville, Tenn., Sherlene (Edward) Pollard of Guys and Cathy (Rodney) Wilson of Adamsville; two brothers, George Luttrell and William Luttrell, both of Henderson, Tenn.; a sister, Viola Stackens of Adamsville; and 16 grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Amer Luttrell and Irene Moore; her husband, Henry J.D. Damron; and a son, Amer J. Damron. The Rev. Tony Stickens oﬃciated the service under the direction of Grayson Funeral Service.

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