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State motion: Keep Nelms in jail BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

While Alcorn County begins to prepare to name a replacement for Jimmy Dallan “Dal” Nelms as Second District supervisor, prosecutors are seeking to have him held without bond following his arrest on a grand larceny charge last week. The state’s motion regarding bond for Nelms is set to be taken

up by Judge Paul Funderburk this morning in Alcorn County Circuit Court. Nelms’ case is not going to trial this week on the charges brought by the state auditor as originally scheduled. The district attorney’s office on Friday said an announcement about the case will be made in a press conference this week with the auditor’s office. In circuit court Monday morning,

Funderburk scheduled the bond hearing for today after speaking with the attorneys. Nelms has been in custody at the county jail since Thursday, when he turned himself in after being accused of stealing cash from a money bag at O’Reilly Auto Parts in Corinth on an earlier date. On Friday, Nelms made it known that he would resign from his post as

Second District supervisor effective immediately and withdraw his candidacy for reelection. Board of Supervisors President Lowell Hinton on Monday said the county is checking into the legalities of what it needs to do before making an appointment to replace Nelms. There is no meeting Please see NELMS | 2

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Plane crash lands in Tish County BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

IUKA — A small single-engine plane made a crash landing on a Tishomingo County road Sunday. The Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to the scene of the crash that happened around 3:30 p.m. Sergeant Ray Hall said the

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Ronnie Gray will be retiring from Magnolia Regional Health Center after 44 years on Friday.

Gray responds to retirement call BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

EMT Ronnie Gray has been on thousands of calls. His last one comes Friday. The 66-year-old is calling it quits after 44 years at Magnolia Regional Heath Center on July 31. “This is something I have been thinking about for a cou-

ple of years,” said Gray. “It’s time to go … I have several things to do and I have grandkids who need me.” His co-workers say it will be different without Gray on the job. “He has been here since my first call,” said EMS Director Mike Lutz. “All of us have fallen under his wing as students.”

“You learned the right way to do things with Ronnie,” added paramedic Rick Bridges. Gray started his long career at the hospital in 1971. He began working in the stock room before becoming director of purchasing while also going on calls as an EMT. Please see GRAY | 2

plane made a crash landing on County Road 191. “The plane was trying to return to the airport when it when down,” said Hall. The pilot and a passenger were on board at the time of the crash. MHP did not immediately release the names. No one was seriously injured.

NWS expects front to lower heat index BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

Excessive heat will continue to plaque the Crossroads area this week before a cold front brings showers and cooler temperatures. A heat advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service for today and Wednesday. Today’s heat index values are expected to reach as high as 106, with a high temperature near 97 and mostly sunny skies. Wednesday’s high will reach

near 95 with rain chances increasing late Wednesday afternoon. According to the NWS, a cold front will bring a 30 percent chance of strong thunderstorms and gusty winds to the area late Wednesday night. The cold front’s passage will bring much cooler temperatures. Thursday’s high is expected to reach 89 with a low around 69. The weekend outlook includes sunny skies and highs in the high 80s with lows in the mid to high 60s.

Corinth schools launch reading program for students, families BY TAYLOR COOMBS For the Daily Corinthian

Corinth School District children and their families will take a journey when school begins. This journey will take them through forests and mountains and villages. Readers will meet monkeys, dragons and goldfish. A peddler, a village boy,

a king, a dragon, and a man of mystery and wisdom will all be encountered. Students will be introduced to young Minli who leads this journey in Grace Lin’s “Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.” Plans have been finalized for the district-wide read of “Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.” Every family in the

Corinth School District will receive a copy of the book during the registration process and asked to participate together in a literacy learning experience during the months of August and September. Funding for this program has been provided by Scholastic and the Corinth School Districts Innovative Approaches

to Literacy Grant funded by the US Department of Education. This initiative is intended to generate a shared experience in which all members of the school community read and discuss the same book. A reading schedule will be provided to parents and school and community activities are planned with the hope that families and

community members will participate. Community members may purchase a book for $6 at school offices. “The Corinth School District is interested in creating lifelong readers,” said Tanya Nelson, a literacy specialist in the Corinth Please see READING | 2

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Ed Bearss, chief of the history division of the National Park Service, tells Corinthians in a community meeting the area would be ideal for the creation of an interpretive center by the NPS. The area was previously slated as a priority site in the American Battlefield Protection Plan.

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JACKSON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The state and a Clarksdale teacher accused of helping students cheat on state tests could settle the case, ending a hearing. Mississippi Department of Education officials seek to suspend or revoke the teaching license of Frances Smith-Kemp, who was a fifth-grade teacher at Clarksdaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Heidelberg Elementary

School in 2012-2013. The state and SmithKempâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lawyer agreed to recess a hearing to discuss a settlement. State testing director Walt Drane testified Monday that SmithKemp corrected studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; wrong answers during tests. He says a volunteer proctor, students, and Heidelbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other fifth-grade teacher told similar stories.

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of the board scheduled this week, and he said the board would give five days notice before a public meeting. The board will appoint a person to fill the post until the general election winner takes office. The cases of two others involved in the auditorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s embezzlement investigation â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Joseph Lin McNair Jr. and Dan-

ny Roy Peters â&#x20AC;&#x201D; have previously been continued by the court. William Paul Rhodesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; case is also pending. Jimmy Ray Mitchell pleaded guilty last week to six counts including fraudulently obtaining public funds and false representation to defraud government. He remains free on bond and awaits sentencing after prosecution of the co-defendants.

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School District. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want children to learn to read at home as well as at school.â&#x20AC;? The reading program

is voluntary but students will be given opportunities to win prizes for correctly answering trivia questions, participating in school activities, and special events planned as

a part of the program. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The beauty of this program is that it goes beyond a teacher urging a student to read at home,â&#x20AC;? said Dana Bullard, Cambridge Coordinator in the

Corinth School District. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This involves the entire family in a reading experience and it is our hope that families will read and discuss the book together.â&#x20AC;?

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had two time cards at that time,â&#x20AC;? added Gray, who got his feet wet in the ambulance service in 1972. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought it was a way I could make a little extra money and give back to the community at the same time.â&#x20AC;? Gray moved to ambulance service full-time in 1982. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all new territory these days,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The equipment is better today than ever before.â&#x20AC;? Gray remembers when the emergency room consisted of only three beds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We outgrew that,â&#x20AC;? he said with a smile. The number of emergency calls have also increased through the years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Back then we might break 200 calls a month,â&#x20AC;? said the EMT. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Today itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about 500-600 a month â&#x20AC;Ś it has become a job for younger people.â&#x20AC;? When he clocks out Friday for a final time Gray is going to miss the family atmosphere the hospital has provided. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you like what you are doing, you will never work a day in your life,â&#x20AC;? said Gray. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like what I am doing â&#x20AC;Ś I work with great people who are just like my family.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;He is the last of the original old

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EMT Ronnie Gray has been on thousands of emergency calls during his 44 years on the job. timers,â&#x20AC;? said dispatcher Dianne Ellzey. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ronnie has never come to work in a bad mood.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;If he was having a bad day, he left in the parking lot before he came into work,â&#x20AC;? added Bridges. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to do in his job. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We never see anyone when they are happy,â&#x20AC;? said the retiring EMT. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I always wanted to get us to the scene safe and then get patients to trust that we were there to take care of them.â&#x20AC;?

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What Gray has done for over 40 years has been fun. He also made it enjoyable for his co-workers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ronnie has a great attitude and always started the morning with a joke,â&#x20AC;? said Bridges. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything should be fun,â&#x20AC;? added Gray, who has been married to Margie for 19 years. Fun on the job continues for a few more days and then itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the grandchildrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s turn to enjoy their grandfather.

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Across the Region Former educator given 100th Honor Staff

Today is Tuesday, July 28, the 209th day of 2015. There are 156 days left in the year.

SELMER, Tenn. – Former McNairy Central teacher Tommye Webb was recently given the 100th Honor Staff by Darryl Melton. Webb and her husband were teachers on the original faculty at McNairy Central. Melton finds people to honor with the Honor Staff to recognize them in a special way. The wooden staff has Christian themes carved into the wood. Webb graduated from Selmer High School in 1944 and then went to college at UT-martin. She met her future husband Bill at UTM. The two were married and lived in Metropolis, Ill. until they moved to Selmer to begin work as teachers at McNairy Central. The Webbs stayed at MCHS until they retired and did not leave Selmer until bad health caused them to move closer to their family. Tommye and Bill were very active in First United Methodist Church in Selmer. The family now honors a student from MCHS with a scholarship annually to attend the UT-Martin Campus in Selmer. Mrs. Webb was also once named McNairy County Citizen of the Year.

Today’s Highlights in History: On July 28, 1945, a U.S. Army bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York’s Empire State Building, killing 14 people. The U.S. Senate ratified the United Nations Charter by a vote of 89-2.

On this date: In 1540, King Henry VIII’s chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, was executed, the same day Henry married his fifth wife, Catherine Howard. In 1794, Maximilien Robespierre, a leading figure of the French Revolution, was sent to the guillotine. In 1914, World War I began as AustriaHungary declared war on Serbia. In 1915, more than 300 American sailors and Marines arrived in Haiti to restore order following the killing of Haitian President Vibrun Guillaume Sam by rebels, beginning a 19-year U.S. occupation. In 1932, federal troops forcibly dispersed the socalled “Bonus Army” of World War I veterans who had gathered in Washington to demand payments they weren’t scheduled to receive until 1945. In 1959, in preparation for statehood, Hawaiians voted to send the first Chinese-American, Republican Hiram L. Fong, to the U.S. Senate and the first JapaneseAmerican, Democrat Daniel K. Inouye, to the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson announced he was increasing the number of American troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000 “almost immediately.” In 1976, an earthquake devastated northern China, killing at least 242,000 people, according to an official estimate. In 1995, a jury in Union, South Carolina, rejected the death penalty for Susan Smith, sentencing her to life in prison for drowning her two young sons (Smith will be eligible for parole in 2024).

UNA ranked among list of safest campuses FLORENCE, Ala. – When it comes to a safe campus, the University of North Alabama is one of the best in the state and one of the best in the country. BestColleges.com recently released a list of the 50 safest college campuses in the country and UNA made the list. UNA was one of only two Alabama schools listed in the top 50. BestColleges.com compiled the list using the latest infor-

mation from the IPEDS and College Navigator databases, both of which are sources maintained by the National Center for Education Statistics. The most recent set of data is for the 2011-2012 school year, though some individual data points reflect the 2012-2013 school year. Dr. Ken Kitts, UNA President, said it’s the University’s goal to make this type of list. “We are pleased to find ourselves listed as one of the 50 safest college campuses in America. At the same time, this news is not surprising to us. We take campus safety very seriously and are intentional about taking steps to eliminate threats and provide students with a wonderful learning opportunity.” According to BestColleges. com, some of the things that set UNA apart include excellent alert services for students via LionAlert; the department also offers an emergency notification system via Nixle for parents and local community members. In addition to comprehensive patrol plans and security measures such as key-card entry, surveillance and emergency phones throughout campus, the department provides a variety of training sessions; these include the ALICE active shooter survival training and rape aggression defense courses. Kevin Gillilan, UNA chief of police, said being recognized as one of the safest campuses is a very prestigious achievement. “The UNA Police Department takes pride in providing a safe atmosphere for our students, faculty and staff. It is our goal to continually enhance campus safety and our relationships within the campus community,” he said. “In an effort to improve our

2nd West Nile case reported The Associated Press

JACKSON — Health officials in Mississippi say the state’s second West Nile virus case for 2015 has been reported in Adams County. The state health department said Monday in a news release that one other case of the mosquito-borne virus was reported last week in Hinds County. Symptoms resulting from a West Nile infection are often mild. But some cases can cause flulike symptoms including fever, headache and nausea; and a small number

can develop into encephalitis or meningitis that can cause paralysis or death. Health department officials provided no details on the severity of the two cases reported so far this year. The department said that in 2014, Mississippi recorded 43 West Nile virus cases. Seven of those were fatal. “Historically, this the time of year when we see the number of West Nile Virus cases begin to increase,” Dr. Thomas Dobbs, the state’s epidemiologist, said in a news release.

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physical security, we have recently completed an upgrade to surveillance equipment in our parking deck, residence halls and science building. We will continue to assess the quality of programs, policies and technology utilized by our department and our strategically planning for the future,” said Gillilan. (To view the full list of the 50 Safest College Campuses from BestColleges.com visit: http://www.bestcolleges.com/ features/safest-college-campuses/.)

Northeast set to offer cake decorating class BOONEVILLE – Northeast Mississippi Community College’s Office of Continuing Education will provide the area with one of the easiest and most fulfilling ways to decorate a cake with its offering of a “Gum Paste and Fondant” class. From start to finish, participants will learn how to turn fondant, gum paste into a covering from their cakes and produce accessories such as flowers for their designs. Classes are set to begin in Waller Hall on the college’s Booneville campus on Tuesday, August 4 and extend through August 25 each Tuesday night from 6-8:30 p.m. The cost is $50 and preregistration is required. Pre-registration is required for the Gum Paste and Fondant course and all continuing education classes and is available online at http://www.nemcc. edu/continuing-education-2/ classes/ by clicking the Online Form button. (For more information on how to register for the Gum Paste and Fondant course or for any other Northeast Mississippi Community College continuing

education class, contact the Office of Continuing Education at 662-720-7296 or email continuinged@nemcc.edu.)

TCT to hold auditions for ‘Smokey Joe’s Cafe’ TUPELO – Tupelo Community Theatre will hold auditions for its season-opening production of the hit musical revue “Smokey Joe’s Café” on August 3 and August 4 at 7 p.m. at the Lyric Theatre. Smokey Joe’s Café showcases the popular songs of Leiber and Stoller, such as “Jailhouse Rock” and “Stand by Me.” Parts are available for five males and 4 females. All must sing and dance. The racially diverse characters in the show include 4 young males who sing tight harmony in the style of The Drifters or The Coasters; 1 young male in the style of Elvis or Dion; 1 female in the bluesy style of Big Mama Thornton; 1 female in the style of Patti LaBelle or Tina Turner; 1 female in the style of Brenda Lee; 1 female in the style of Janis Joplin or Bonnie Raitt. Those auditioning should bring a prepared 16-bar cutting of a song from the show or in the style of the show. Please bring the sheet music if it is not from the show. An accompanist will be provided. Those auditioning will also be taught a short chorus from the show in order to showcase their harmonization skills. Production staff for the show includes Directors Lynn Nelson and Tonya Smith, Assistant Director Pamela Cox, and Music Director Sheryl Zinn. Production dates are September 17-19. (For more information, contact the TCT office at 662-8441935.)

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HATTIESBURG — The watchwords seemed to be “be yourself,” as the 66th Miss Hospitality pageant got underway Sunday in Hattiesburg. Thirty Miss Hospitality contestants arrived in the city for a week of activities leading up to the Mississippi Miss Hospitality pageant Friday and Saturday at the Saenger Theater. Miss Hospitality Lamar County Shainah Chabert got advice from her friend Kelsey Addison, who was Miss Hospitality Lamar County last year. “She just told me to be myself — go out there and be myself,” Chabert said. Chabert also got

some schooling in the history of Mississippi from her grandfather, Lamar County Supervisor Joe Bounds. She’ll need that if she is crowned the winner. “The young lady who will be crowned will be an official goodwill ambassador for the state of Mississippi,” said Kristen Brock, a member of the board of directors for Miss Hospitality. “She will travel across the state and the country promoting tourism and economic development in Mississippi.” The Hattiesburg American reports the contestants spent Sunday afternoon checking into their rooms and meeting their roommates at the Cen-

tury Park dormitory at the University of Southern Mississippi. Then they headed over to the Saenger Theater for an orientation and to attend their first rehearsal. Southern Miss student and Miss Hospitality Marion County Sarah Hibley, 20, was ready to get started. “I’m very excited,” she said. “It’s going to be so much fun. I’m ready to make a lot of friends.” Hibley had some words of advice for herself as the week unfolds. “Just to be yourself and to have fun whatever happens,” she said. “To be the best you can be and that’s the best way to succeed at anything you do.”

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Ta-Nehisi Coates’ toxic worldview Moses gave us the Ten Commandments. Paul gave us the Epistles. And Ta-Nehisi gave us “Between the World and Me.” The new book by Atlantic writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, in the form of a letter to his son, has been greeted with a rapturous reception that brooks no dissent. What everyone says about the literary merit of “Between the World and Me” is correct. Rich But if you refuse to simply Lowry stare at the book in wonder, you will realize that it is proNational foundly silly at times, and Review morally blinkered throughout. It is a masterly little memoir wrapped in a toxic little philippic. Coates evokes the terror of his upbringing in West Baltimore in the 1980s with a sickening immediacy. His father beat him. Other kids were a constant, perhaps mortal, threat. Coates lived in perpetual fear – although largely of other black people. He argues – or asserts through a haze of lyricism – that all that other black people did to hurt or threaten him was ultimately the product of white racism. Given how large race hatred looms in the world of Coates, I was surprised to find the worst thing that evidently happened to him directly at the hands of a white person is recounted beginning on Page 93 of the 152page book. Coates took his son to a movie theater on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, and when they were leaving and got off the crowded elevator, a white woman pushed his kid and said, “Come on!” Coates interprets the incident as essentially the telescoping of hundreds of years of racism down to this woman invoking her “right over the body of my son.” Yeah, maybe. It’s also possible that the woman was a jerk (there are at least a couple of them on the Upper West Side) and would have pushed anyone’s kid. For all his subtle plumbing of his own thoughts and feelings and his occasional invocations of the importance of the individuality of the person, Coates has to reduce people to categories and actors in a pantomime of racial plunder to support his worldview. He must erase distinctions and reject complexity. “‘White America’ is a syndicate arrayed to protect its exclusive power to dominate and control our bodies,” he writes. What is this “white America”? Is it Nancy Pelosi or Ted Cruz? Is it Massachusetts, or is it Utah? In a monstrous passage about 9/11, he writes of the police and firefighters who died trying to save people from getting obliterated into dust: “They were not human to me. Black, white, or whatever, they were menaces of nature; they were the fire, the comet, the storm, which could – with no justification – shatter my body.” Really? Firefighters go about shattering the bodies of black people without justification? Coates objects especially to the cliche that blacks have to be “twice as good.” It’s closer to the truth that they, like all Americans, are in a much better position to succeed if they honor certain basic norms: graduate from high school; get a full-time job; don’t have a child before age 21 and get married before childbearing. Among the people who do these things, research from the Brookings Institution tells us, about 75 percent attain the middle class, broadly defined. Even if we adopted the reparations that Coates has famously made the case for, it’s hard to imagine them being generous enough to make a transformative difference in the lives of individual blacks. For poor blacks to escape poverty, it would still require all the personal attributes that contribute to success, no matter what your race. Coates reminds us of the shame of the American inner city and powerfully recounts this country’s history of slavery and racism. But his is a stunted version of America. Here’s hoping his son reads more widely. (Daily Corinthian columnist Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.)

Prayer for today O Lord, it is not that I am ashamed to ask thee for the truth that I do not more diligently seek it, but it is because I fear the sacrifice that may follow in obtaining it. I would that I could understand that thy strength is given in the sacrifice. Make me braver as I seek to live in the truth. Amen.

A verse to share 2 Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” “Selah” 3 But you are a shield around me, O LORD; you bestow glory on me and lift up my head. 4 To the LORD I cry aloud, and he answers me from his holy hill. “Selah” 5 I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me. 6 I will not fear the tens of thousands drawn up against me on every side. Psalm 3:2-6

Initiative 51 state term limits effort is cleaner STARKVILLE — Mississippi voters have rejected term limits each time the question has come before them, but the United Conservative Fund group led by state Sen. Chris McDaniel, R-Ellisville, wants to offer Sid Salter state voters another bite Columnist at the apple. In April, UCF’s policy director Keith Plunkett served noted of the intent of the group to seek initiative and referendum on the question of terms limits for the third time since 1995. UCF’s proposed Initiative 51 “limits the number of consecutive terms a person can serve in the same state house, state senate or statewide elected office to no more than two (2) terms after the adoption of the amendment. Terms would be deemed consecutive unless separated by a full four (4) year term.” Back in May, Plunkett wrote: “The time for term limits has come, and the majority of Mississippians know it. We are at a time and place in history that demands a more hands-on approach from the people. Limiting state legislators and statewide elected of-

ficials to two consecutive terms is only a start, but it’s a good start.” McDaniel, UCF’s chairman, said: “Unlike other term limits proposals this won’t block anyone from public service. Our goal is to increase participation and make elective office more accessible to people who want to serve. The power of incumbency has built a wall between people and their representatives. This has caused an increase in cronyism, back room deals, and corruption. We believe regularly changing out officeholders is a step toward transcending those problems.” McDaniel’s version of term limits does offer the notion of a one-term political time-out after which a legislator or statewide official can be returned to office. That’s the only thing that make this approach anything different from what Mississippi voters have already soundly rejected twice. Initiative 51 also doesn’t address term limits for members of Congress, but has gotten a political nod from the U.S. Term Limits group. U.S. Term Limits president Philip Blumel praised McDaniel during his 2014 GOP primary bid against incumbent U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss. McDaniel

signed the group’s “pledge” to support congressional term limits if elected. In 1995 and again in 1999, state voters rejected two separate term limits initiatives each by a margin of about 55 percent to 45 percent. Why? Mississippi voters weren’t willing to give up their right to return competent, familiar public servants to office from their local supervisor and Justice Court judge to their congressman and U.S. senators. Term limits is a gimmick, pure and simple. Mississippians have proven more than able to govern their own affairs at the ballot box without the political baby food of term limits. The one argument the term limiters can’t refute is that without seniority to dictate a balance of power in the Legislature, the next likely division is either sectionalism or factionalism. That’s because there is no constitutional dictate to determine the division of power in the Legislature beyond seniority and there is no provision in the current term limits initiative that even considers the question. That presents a dangerous loophole. Instead of seniority, the committee system in the Legislature will likely fall prey to sectionalism - ur-

ban areas against the rural counties, the Hills against the Delta and the Gulf Coast against DeSoto County - or factionalism in which the divides are blacks against whites, rich against poor or worse. The seniority system allows rural lawmakers, urban lawmakers, black lawmakers, white lawmakers, all lawmakers a shot at the seats of power in the Legislature. There is an inherent balance in the system a check and balance. Term limits don’t contain such checks and balances on the division of power. Term limits simply dictate that we’ll have frequent elections in which the voters know virtually nothing about the candidates except what he learns about them in paid advertising. Who will help these new candidates pay for all this advertising? Special interest groups and lobbyists will be more than happy to help out. Term limits is poor public policy that offers the voter this political nanny solution to all his or her problems: “Stop me before I vote for the same public official again!” (Daily Corinthian columnist Sid Salter is syndicated across the state. Contact him at 601-507-8004 or sidsalter@sidsalter.com.)

Why selling baby parts should shock no one “...if we come to see ourselves as meat, then meat we shall become.” -- Leon Kass, M.D., “Toward a More Natural Science” What is most shocking about an Cal undercover Thomas video of a conversaColumnist tion between Deborah Nucatola, a Planned Parenthood executive, and two antiabortion activists from the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) posing as employees from a biotech firm is why anyone is shocked. For those who haven’t been paying attention (ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN all ignored the story during their Sunday morning political talk shows, but not Fox), the discussion centered on the sale of donated tissue from aborted fetuses. Nucatola says in the video, “We’ve been very good at getting heart, lung, liver ... so I’m not gonna crush that part, I’m gonna basically

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crush below, I’m gonna crush above, and I’m gonna see if I can get it all intact.” Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood, attempted to gain some moral high ground by explaining that in the sale of fetal tissue, “there is no financial benefit ... for either the patient or for Planned Parenthood.” Instead, she says, “...actual costs, such as the cost to transport tissue to leading research centers, are reimbursed...” On Tuesday CMP released a second undercover video showing Dr. Mary Gatter, president of Planned Parenthood’s Medical Director’s Council, “negotiating” a price for fetal body parts, an illegal act. The response to the Nucatola video was immediate. Republican presidential candidates denounced the practice of “fetal organ harvesting” and GOP leaders in Congress have again threatened to “defund” Planned Parenthood. They won’t, because they haven’t before. Since Roe vs. Wade, there have been more than 55 mil-

lion (and counting) legal abortions performed in the U.S. There are a number of sociological, moral and political reasons why abortions continue, but the occasional outcry when something like the Planned Parenthood videos surface will not save the lives of unborn children. Because abortions are performed behind closed doors, is it simply a case of out of sight, out of mind? Occasionally, though, something so horrible escapes the secret chamber that people are repulsed – for a moment at least – by what we have allowed to happen and the collective effect it has had on the growing disregard for human life some of us possess. The reason no one should be shocked by any of this is because it is the inevitable outcome when moral boundaries are removed. If we are living in an impersonal universe; if we are evolutionary accidents not endowed with certain rights by our Creator; if we are of no greater moral value than a hamburger; and if human value is to be as-

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signed by the courts, then we are all potentially at risk of extermination should we become inconvenient or too expensive to sustain. But once whatever remaining boundaries are erased, and the cost of medical care rises, government and insurance companies could very well increase the rationing of medical care (as happens now with unequal Medicare payments to medical groups vs. patients with private insurance and limits on what private insurance will cover). It will likely begin at the extremes, as most inhumanities do, but once the killing standard is expanded to the elderly and the sick, it will quickly threaten others. How do you like what we have become, America? Maybe our loss of morality, not to mention our humanity, is one reason for the rise of ISIS. As we are reminded, “Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint.” (Proverbs 29:18) (Readers may email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@ tribpub.com.)

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8-year-old girl goes missing in California SANTA CRUZ, Calif. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The mother of a missing 8-year-old girl is pleading for the return of her daughter as a statewide search for the girl grew to include federal authorities. Police and the FBI have been looking for Madyson Middleton, who vanished Sunday from a Northern California artist community center where she lives with her mother. She was last seen riding a scooter outside the Tannery Arts Center in the beach town of Santa Cruz. Her mother, Laura Jordan said Monday she is very worried and wants her home safely. Helicopters are searching the forest and the coastline. The U.S. Coast Guard is searching the ocean. Â

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Landscaper gets year in duck killings WELLINGTON, Fla. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A Florida landscaper who ran over a family of ducks with his riding lawnmower has been sentenced to a year in jail. A Palm Beach County judge sentenced 24-year-old Jason Scott Falbo II last week after he pleaded guilty to felony animal cruelty charges. Authorities say Falbo mowed down the ducks May 2 at the home of a family caring for them in Wellington. Police say nine ducklings died, while their mother and two ducklings survived. Boyd Jentzsch told police his family, including his 7-year-old son, watched from inside their home, screaming as the ducks were run over. Â

Immigrants coerced into ankle monitors Foul-smelling flower attracts bid crowds SAN ANTONIO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Lawyers say immigrant mothers held in a South Texas detention center with their children have been pressured into accepting anklemonitoring bracelets as a condition of release, even after judges made clear that paying bonds would suffice. In a letter to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement director Sarah Saldana, heads of a pro-bono lawyersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; project raised concerns that women were being misled about their rights before being released. A court decision last week found holding children to be unlawful, and families are being released from immi-

BERKELEY, Calif. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Officials with UC Berkeleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s botanical garden say the garden had its busiest day in more than a decade as people flocked to get a whiff of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;corpse flower,â&#x20AC;? a plant known for its pungent odor. KPIX-TV reports that the Sumatran titan arum nicknamed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Trudyâ&#x20AC;? came into full bloom Sunday and brought out about 1,000 visitors. The garden wrote on Twitter that the plant would only be smelly on Sunday and would begin to go limp Monday. Associate director for visitors services Jonathan Goodrich says Trudy started to open and was flowering when

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Re-enactors honor slain local Marine VICKSBURG â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Vicksburg National Military Park honored the life of one of their own, Marine Lance Cpl. Squire Wells, killed in the recent Chattanooga recruiting office shootings. WLBT-TV reports that members of the park service held a memorial for Wells on Sunday, firing rounds from cannons during the reenactment of the Siege of Vicksburg. Ranger Tim Kavanaugh told the Vicksburg Post that Wells volunteered near Atlanta as a member of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Living History cannon crew, a sister program to Vicksburgâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Wells was one of four military personnel killed July 16 when a man opened fire at two military facilities before being killed by police. Â

Judge: BP payouts for spill start soon NEW ORLEANS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A federal judge says BP will begin paying up to $1 billion in settlements to compensate local governments across the Gulf Coast for lost tax revenue and other economic damages they blame on the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2010 oil spill. An order issued Monday by U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier says all of the payments to local governments must be made within 30 days. July 15 was the deadline for roughly 500 local governments in five states to decide whether to accept BPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s settlement offers as part of a broader $18.7 billion agreement with the five Gulf states and the federal government over damage from the spill. Â

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BRANDON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Rankin County schools will have a new leader for the first time since 1999 after voters choose one of three candidates in the Aug. 4 election. The Clarion-Ledger reports current Superintendent Lynn Weathersby is not running for re-election, ushering in a major change in leadership. The three candidates range from a relative outsider to the district, Bobby Franklin, to the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second in command, Richard Morrison. The third candidate is Sue Townsend, a longtime educator and former principal in the Northwest Rankin and Brandon school zones.

DALLAS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A former 41-pound cat dubbed Skinny has lost more than half of his weight to become the darling of a Dallas veterinary clinic. Dr. Brittney Barton says the orange tabby she adopted in 2013 has slimmed to 19 pounds with exercise and a special diet. Barton calls Skinny the â&#x20AC;&#x153;resident catâ&#x20AC;? at her practice, HEAL Veterinary Hospital. Barton said Friday that Skinny spends weekdays roaming the clinic. The ex-fat catâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weekends are spent at home with Barton and her family.

Penny slot jackpot nets man $638,000 BILOXI â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Playing the penny slots can payoff big time. A Biloxi man has won nearly $638,000 playing a penny Elton John progressive slot machine at Palace Casino Resort. The Sun Herald reports the man, who was not identified, said he plays at the Palace because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a smoke-free casino. This is the third major jackpot to hit at the Palace Casino this year. In March a Mississippi man won $305,267 playing a Wizard of Oz and in January a player hit a $373,272 jackpot on a Monopoly Luxury Diamonds game.

Man robbed, shot at Jackson motel JACKSON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jackson police say theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve arrested a woman and are looking for two other women and a man in the death of a robbery victim outside a motel. The Clarion-Ledger reports that 22-year-old Tiffany Brister was charged Sunday as an accessory after the fact to capital

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Deaths Jane Crum

Funeral services for Jane Mullins Crum, 94, of Corinth, are set for 3 p.m. Wednesday at Memorial Funeral Home. Rev. Warren Jones and Rev. Ray Newcomb will be officiating. Burial will be in the Wheeler Grove Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. tonight and Wednesday from 1 p.m. until service time at Memorial Funeral Home. Ms. Crum died July 26, 2015, at Magnolia Regional Health Center. She was born Crum August 20, 1920, in Alcorn County and was a 1938 graduate of Chalybeate High School. Ms. Crum was a longtime member of Calvary Baptist Church, a former factory employee and worked at Morris Crum Tire, where many customers became her special friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Arnet Crum; her parents, Hugh Ray and Quilla Mullins; her brother, Dennis Mullins; and her sisters, Frances Wilbanks and Ethel Rodgers. She is survived by a son, Morris (Linda) Crum; daughters, Freida (Larry) Rickman and Annette (Jackie) Cooksey all of Corinth. Grandchildren include Candi (Steve) Gaines, Katie (Nick) Rickman, Connie (Ronnie) Blackard all of Corinth, Lamar Settlemires of Homestead, Fla., Rev. Jason (Christine) Cooksey of Decatur, Ind., Dr. Jonathan (Katie) Cooksey of Corinth and Dr. Emily (Kevin) Hawkinson of Madison. Great- grandchildren include Anna Kate and John Thomas Gaines, Maddox, Oakli and Cutler Rickman, Tiffany Blackard (Cody) Shirley, Trey Blackard, Olivia, Aidan, Elliott, and Elena Settlemires, Ethan and Cade Cooksey, John Reeder Cooksey and Ryan Hawkinson. The pallbearers will be Steve Gaines, Nick Rickman, Lamar Settlemires, Ronnie Blackard, Dr. Jonathan Cooksey, Kevin Hawkinson, Gerald Wegman and Terry Hudson. Honorary pallbearers will be the employees of Morris Crum Tire. Condolences can be left at www.memorialcorinth.com.

Willie Charles ‘Junebug’ Allen Jr.

Willie Charles “Junebug” Allen Jr., 46, of Corinth died Saturday, July 25, 2015 at Magnolia Regional Health Center. Arrangements are incomplete with Magnolia Funeral Home.

Cindy Ferguson

IUKA — Cindy Ferguson, 55, died Sunday, July 26, 2015 at North Mississippi Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at a later date. She was born December 8, 1959. Survivors include her husband, Nicky Switcher; two children, Andy Anderson and Jennifer Weaver; five grandchildren, Blake Carroll, Amilee Carroll, Brandon Carroll, Lilly Anderson and Logan Anderson; and a sister.

Bertha Hammond

SANDY SPRINGS — Bertha Hammond, 73, died Friday, July 24, 2015. Survivors include her husband, Ronald Hammond of Sandy Springs, a son, Gerald (Cynthia) Tallieu of Dennis; two daughters, Dawn Tallieu of Bad Axe, Michigan and Cynthia Mitchell of Marlette, Michigan; two brothers, James (Bonnie) Mathews of Brown City, Michigan and Lee (Portia) Mathews of Kingston, Michigan; a sister, Kay (Dennis) Jefferson of Lebanon, Michigan; six grandchildren, Linda Tallieu, Trip Lomenick, Roland (Shanon) Schautt, Stephanie (Scott) Umphrey, Melissa (Kurt) Mazure, Taylor Mitchell and Riley Mitchell all of Michigan; and four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Elnora Mathews.

Larry Ladron Nethery

Funeral services for Larry Ladron Nethery, 72, of Corinth are set for 11 a.m. today at Holly Baptist Church

with burial in Sulfur Springs Nethery Family Cemetery. Mr. Nethery died Saturday, July 25, 2015 at his home. Born July 2, 1943, he was a retired printer at Intex Plastics and member of Holly Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife of 50 years, Anne Nethery of Corinth; a son, Ladron Nethery and wife Nan of Corinth; a daughter, Tina Anne Nethery Essary and husband Ricky of Glen; six grandchildren, Beth Nelms and husband Robbie, Leota King and husband Chip, Tess Cornelius, Bartley Nethery and wife Brittany, Blake Nethery and Bayleigh Nethery; two great-grandchildren; a brother, Taft Nethery and wife Rosa Mae of Corinth; and sisters, Earline Cornelius and husband Kenneth of Atoka, Tenn., Patsy Cornelius and husband Travis of Corinth and Diane McGee and husband Wayne of Corinth. He was preceded in death by his parents, Abel Taft Nethery and Dovie Hinton Nethery. Bro. Trent Nethery Jr. and Bro. John Boler will officiate. Visitation is 10 a.m. until service time today at the church. Magnolia Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Joyce Pruitt

Funeral services Joyce Pruitt, 52, of Corinth are set for 1 p.m. Wednesday at Synagogue M.B. Church with burial in Rienzi Cemetery. Mrs. Pruitt died Thursday, July 16, 2015 at her home. Born May 13, 1963, she was a member of Synagogue M.B. Church. Survivors include her children, Willie D. Howard, Marcus J. Howard and Felicia Ann Howard; her mother, Bessie Mae Pruitt; siblings, Betty Howard, Dorlene Simmons, William Pruitt, Bobby Pruitt, Mary Pruitt,

Man charged in church camp stabbings ney Nanci Hamm said after the hearing that a detective told her the victims were volunteer cooks at the center. Kim had called 911 Saturday to complain about the food at the center, according to Jenkins. Park was stabbed 13 times and Ko, four times, Hamm said. Hamm said the victims had arrived at the center in early July. Jenkins said Kim had been living at the center for five days, brought there by Kim’s mother. Hamm said Kim has an arrest record in Virginia for a 2012 assault on a family member; a 2006 malicious destruction of property charge; and a drunken driving charge in 2005. Court records list a variety of misdemeanor charges against The Biblical God Kim in the past 10 years Today, God is “in.” Religious book stores, retreats, fads, gimmicks, in northern Virginia, insentimental music, infantilism. cluding assault, drunkThe Associated Press

URBANA, Md. — An apparently homeless Virginia man fatally stabbed a South Korean missionary and seriously wounded his wife at a Maryland church retreat center, authorities said Monday. Song Su Kim, 30, of Falls Church, Virginia, was charged in Frederick County, Maryland, with first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree attempted murder and two counts of assault. Deputies responded Sunday night to a 911 call reporting the stabbing at the Anna Prayer Mountain Church Retreat Center, a Christian complex set amid wooded hills near the rural commu-

nity of Urbana, about 40 miles northwest of Washington, D.C., said Sheriff Chuck Jenkins. Charging documents identified the victims as Chung Hwan Park, 63, and his wife Ae Suk Ko, 58. Jenkins told a news conference the victims were missionaries from South Korea. He said the woman had had surgery and was talking to investigators. “She’s conscious, she’s alert,” the sheriff said, adding that she’s expected to survive. At a hearing Monday afternoon, Kim was ordered held without bail. He appeared in court in handcuffs and leg irons. Deputy State’s Attor-

Recently, they asked “Religious Experts” to testify concerning Noah’s Ark. Whey do they teach in seminary, now? The first said he was totally disappointed with God! Brutish. “Bad hair day.” Drowned the world in a temper fit. He proclaimed we had to outgrow such nonsense. Another said he was disappointed with Noah! In Genesis 18 Abraham was outraged with God over Sodom. Noah flunked! He was narrow, exclusive, the “only ones.” Noah flunked concerning pluralism, universalism, inclusion. Another said Noah was a learning experience for God! A god of law was to learn how to become a god of love. God will never do that again! (the flood.) Liberals think God was converted between Malachi and Matthew! God becomes a universalist! What can one say? God answers to man in his pride and genius. We must return to the Biblical God. POWER (of God) PRESENCE (of God) PARTICIPATION (with God) PROMISES (of God) PUNISHMENT (of God) Teach these “Ps.” God comes with Almighty Power yet in loving Presence. He worked with the human race then joined it. Accept His wonderful Promises! God is a promise-making, keeping God! Those who reject receive punishment. This is how simple the Bible is! Obey God and go to heaven. Disobey and go to hell. That lesson is in Noah’s Ark. GOD’S PLAN OF SALVATION 1. Hearing the word of God (Romans 10:17; Acts 16:32) 2. Believing what is taught (Mark 16:16; Hebrews 11:6) 3. Repentance (Acts 2:38; Luke 13:3; Acts 17:30) 4. Confession (Romans 10:9, 10; Acts 8:37) 5. Baptism (Acts 2:38; Mark 16:16; 1 Peter 3:21; Romans 6:3, 4). 6 After the above five steps, faithful Christian Living (1 Peter 2:11, 12; Revelation 2:10) THE CHURCH OF CHRIST 1. The Bible is its only guide (Romans 1:16; 1 Thessalonians 2:13) 2. Wears a Biblical Name (Romans 16:16) 3. Established at the right place (Isaiah 2:2,3; Acts 2). 4 Established at the right time (Joel 2:28-32; Acts 2). 5. Established on the right person (Matthew 16:18; Acts 2:36). 6. Saved are in it (Ephesians 5:23; Acts 2:47). 7 Its members are enrolled in heaven (Hebrews 12:23). 8. Membership in it is obtained by obedience to God’s commands including baptism ( Acts 2: 41-47; 1 Corinthians 12:13)

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en driving and possession of marijuana. Many of the charges were ultimately dismissed. The court records list “Korea” as Kim’s country of birth. Jenkins said he is a U.S. citizen. Assistant Public defender Elizabeth Steiner, Kim’s attorney, said in court that the man is homeless and was previously at the Bailey’s Crossroads homeless shelter in northern Virginia. Steiner declined to comment outside the courtroom. A receptionist at the Bailey’s Crossroads Community Shelter declined to answer any questions about when Kim had last stayed the homeless shelter. Charging documents state that Kim told investigators he was tired of being treated badly by “all Koreans,” and wanted to “invade a Korean.”

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Raymond Pruitt and Linda Pruitt; and grandchildren, Lazoya Howard, Zareya Howard, Zasiah Howard, LaZoya Howard, Jamon Moton Jr., Malaysia Howard and Macayla Howard. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roma Lee Howard; her father, Benjamin Frank Pruitt; and grandparents, Harvie and Essie Pruitt and John and Lula Thompson. Rev. Lamar Walker will officiate. Visitation is 5-6 p.m. tonight at Patterson Memorial Chapel.

Lucian Puckett

IUKA — Funeral services for Lucian Puckett, 83, are set for 1 p.m. today at Cutshall Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Carter’s Chapel Cemetery. Mr. Puckett died Saturday, July 25, 2015 at Tishomingo Community Living Center. He was a member of Iuka Church of Christ. He was an avid Atlanta Braves fan, enjoyed trading cars and helping people. He is survived by his wife, Sandra Puckett of Iuka; four sons, Lawayne Puckett (Judy) of Iuka, Ethan Puckett of Iuka, Jason Puckett (Amanda) of Panama City, Fla. and Michael Rone (Tammy) of Iuka; four daughters, Kathy Hubbard (Mike), Hannah Robinson (Kyle), Kallie Puckett and Dionne Lambert (Terry) all of Iuka; eight grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Clay and Molly Puckett; his brothers, Murrah and J.C. Puckett; and his sister, Helen Robinson. Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one’s choice. An online guestbook can be accessed at www.cutshallfuneralhome.com. Lance Foster will officiate. Visitation was held from 5-9 p.m. Monday.

Brown autopsy complicated by months passed The Associated Press

Medical examiners performing an autopsy on Bobbi Kristina Brown said Monday their initial findings turned up no obvious cause of death, while experts said the months that have passed since Brown was found face-down in a bathtub are working against authorities now tasked with solving how she died. The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office said in a statement Monday afternoon that it will likely be several weeks before it can rule on a manner and cause of death for the 22-yearold daughter of Whitney Houston. The agency said its initial autopsy turned up “no significant injuries” or “previously unknown medical conditions.” It said the next step is ordering lab tests and issuing subpoenas for documents — most likely Brown’s hospital records. Experts said time is definitely an enemy in Brown’s case. Any drugs she might have taken passed from her blood-

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stream long ago. Physical injuries would have been healing even as Brown remained largely unresponsive. If police overlooked any physical evidence at Brown’s home after she was hospitalized Jan. 31, recovering it nearly six months later may be impossible. Dr. Michael Baden, former medical examiner for New York City, has performed more than 20,000 autopsies during a career spanning more than 45 years. He said the first obstacle for forensic pathologists in Brown’s case will be a living body’s ability to mend itself and erase medical evidence. “Normally, when we do autopsies, we do them in people who freshly died. Things like toxicology and injuries are clear,” said Baden, who helped investigate high-profile cases including the deaths of comedian John Belushi and civil rights worker Medgar Evers. “Because she was in the hospital for a long time, any drugs that may have been in the body will be gone after a few days. Injuries, if there were any injuries, would be changed by the length of time, the healing process.” That means Brown’s hospital records will be as important, if not more so, to medical examiners investigating her death as physical evidence from her autopsy. Baden said it’s highly possible doctors screened Brown’s blood for drugs as soon as she was admitted to the hospital. Her medical charts may also note any physical injuries observed by doctors who first treated her. The initial report by emergency medical technicians who first responded to Brown’s home could also yield critical clues, he said. Dr. Henry Lee, the forensic scientist whose famous cases include the death of child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey, said the passage of time could make Brown’s autopsy “much harder.”

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