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Bryant announces industry expansion BY BRANT SAPPINGTON

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Questions remain for the inmate labor situation after the Mississippi Department of Corrections recently moved the joint state workers to the state-run Community Work Center. MDOC moved the inmates despite the Board of Supervisors voting in its Aug. 3 meeting to continue housing the inmates in the county’s facility for inmate workers without reimbursement from the state, as long as the state was going to continue covering the inmates’ medical costs. The Joint State Work Program no longer yields reimbursements as of Aug. 1. Sheriff Charles Rinehart said the situation has been “utter confusion” and could yet change again. For now, the agencies that depend on inmate labor are still able to get them at the CWC. “The street department is now getting five,” said Corinth Street Commissioner Philip Verdung. “When we dealt with the CWC prior to the joint center, we got between 20 and 28.” After the CWC was shifted Please see INMATES | 2A

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More than 60 new jobs are coming to the region with the expansion of Baldwyn foam producer FXI. Gov. Phil Bryant joined with local and company officials Monday in announcing the project, which represents an investment by the company of more than $700,000 in the plant in Baldwyn’s industrial park. “These are jobs that will help change lives. Someone will have a job and they will have the opportunity to live the American dream,” said Bryant. The company is one of the nation’s leading producers of polyurethane foam and the expansion will bring new equipment to boost production of foam products for the healthcare industry. Kevin Partlow, vice president of operations for FXI, said the company is excited about the growth and grateful for the support of state and local leaders. “We continue to be pleased with the support we have of the facility here and the ability we have to reinvest and add jobs,” he said. Partlow praised the local workforce as a major factor in the decision to expand in Baldwyn. Prentiss County Board of

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entire area. “Not only is good for the families that get jobs, it’s good for the town,” he said. Baldwyn Mayor Michael James expressed appreciation for the company’s commitment and for all those involved at all levels in making the expansion possible. “Economic development is a team sport,” noted the gov-

The vacancy for supervisor in Alcorn County’s Second District continues. In Monday’s meeting of the Board of Supervisors, Board President Lowell Hinton said there are five people that the county will consider for the post left vacant by the resignation of Dal Nelms in the wake of his legal troubles. The names of those under consideration were not announced. None is a candidate in the current election for the post. Fourth District Supervisor Gary Ross said he hadn’t yet heard the names, and Jon Newcomb, who is running for the post, pressed for them to be made public. “Since things have wound up the way they are, in my personal opinion, the taxpayers and the voters deserve it out there,” he said. Board Attorney Bill Davis said the law does not prohibit disclosing the names, but there are factors to consider such as public embarrassment if a person is named but then not appointed. The board later set a special meeting for 9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 4, to act on the appointment. The appointee will likely

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FXI Vice President of Operations Kevin Partlow (left) talks with Gov. Phil Bryant about the company’s expansion plans at its Baldwyn facility. Supervisors President Mike Kesler said the county is appreciative of the company’s investment. “We’re very proud of FXI and its employees,” said Kesler. “We appreciate the expansion here today and we appreciate the jobs.” Kesler said the benefits of new jobs go beyond those who will be working at the facility by boosting the economy of the

B&G Club aims to get parents into reading BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

The Boys & Girls Club is getting everyone involved in reading. Including parents. “Reading Parent” is scheduled to kickoff Monday, Sept. 14 at the club on Clark Street. “There shouldn’t be an age limit in helping people,” said unit director Trecee Grayson. “Children want to do what they see their parents do and our goal is to get them involved in reading.” Grayson plans to use the John C. Maxwell book “Be a People Person” in the kickoff to the adult reading program. “We will start at 6 p.m. and do a chapter a week for 15 weeks,” she said. Those who take part in the

program will be provided all the material at no cost. “It’s not something they have to pre-read at home,” said Grayson. “The reading can take place the night of the study.” The program is being done in the newly renovated Educational Center next to the club building. “Our hope is to get parents active in reading,” said Grayson. “We aren’t going to turn anyone away … it would be awesome to get 50 parents.” Maxwell, an American author and pastor, has written numerous books focusing on leadership. Some of his over 70 books include “The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth,” “The 5 Levels of Leadership,” “Ev-

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Unit Director Trecee Grayson gets the Boys & Girls Club Educational Center ready to host “Reading Parent” in September.

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A dedication is held for the new Alcorn County Chancery Building at the corner of Waldron and Fillmore streets. State Auditor Pete Johnson is the featured speaker for the event marking the official move from the courthouse to the former Security Bank building.

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Havis’ Kids continues Disney trip fundraising BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

The Corinth-Alcorn County Special Needs Kids are looking for some tips for the trip. The children’s group has already donned its aprons and gone to work on its fundraising campaign. Thursday will be the latest fundraising effort as the group will be at McAlister’s from 5-9 p.m. Fundraising got under way with the 5K Rooster Fun Run/Walk in June and Mickey and Minnie Market recently. “This will be the most

kids we have taken on the trip,” said group director Havis Hurley. Forty-three children are committed to the trip in 2016. The 2016 trek will be the third one completed by “Havis’ Kids.” On Thursday, the group is also set to receive a percentage of what McAlister’s takes in from 5-9 p.m. “Our plans this year are to do one day at Universal Studios and four days in Disney Word,” said Hurley. In 2012, over 60 combined special needs children, parents and volunteers made the trek to

Orlando, Fla. A package was put together for the trip which cost around $450 per child with the deal including transportation, tickets and accommodations for five days. Enough was also collected to provide food vouchers for the children thanks to the numerous donations from individuals and businesses. Hurley and the community were able to raise right around $54,000 for the first trip with each child getting $300 to spend when they go there. Another fundraiser is set for Sept. 8 at Zaxby’s.

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McAlister’s shift leader Paige Wiles helps Corinth-Alcorn County Special Needs Kids members Ella Cook and Charlie Ayers get ready for Thursday’s fundraiser.

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to MDOC’s alcohol and drug rehabilitation program, the county provided a facility to house the inmate workers. The street department then received 15, but the number dwin-

dled to four over time. In an Aug. 5 MDOC press release, the agency said the counties of Alcorn, Holmes, Issaquena and Hinds had not signed an agreement to participate in the “new” Joint State County Work Pro-

gram, and the 75 affected inmates would be moved to community work centers. MDOC said 26 of the original 30 counties are participating in the new program. Tishomingo and Prentiss are among them. With the end of work program reimbursements, MDOC said it will redirect $3.2 million. The final reimbursement Alcorn County received for housing the joint state work program inmates was $19,500. In other developments related to law enforcement, the Board of Supervisors on Monday approved the promotion of officer Michael Putman to the position of training

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officer. Rinehart said onsite training is needed. The sheriff reported monthly reimbursements at the correctional facility for July totaling $388,389.97. The reimbursements include $275,778.71 for MDOC inmates; $19,500 for the joint work program inmates; $5,160 for MDOC inmates housed in county beds; $50,375 for Alcorn inmates; $31,000 for Corinth PD inmates; $617 for the juvenile detention center meals; $125 for Farmington inmates; $4,300 for the nurse; $970.61 for the commissary clerk benefits; and $563.65 for inmate cable service.

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The book helps readers: Discover and develop the qualities of an effective people person. ■ Improve relationships in every area of life. ■ Understand and help difficult people. ■ Overcome differences and personality traits that can cause friction. ■ Inspire others to excellence and success. “Maxwell puts the accountability back on you,” said Grayson. “You have to be accountable for what you say and do and not blame other people … it has become my new focus in life.” The Boys & Girls Club will get middle and high school clubbers involved in a reading program on Oct. 6. The “Primetime Reading Group” will focus on the book “The Five People You Meet in Heaven.” ■

eryone Communicates, Few Connect: What the Most Effective People Do Differently,” “Put Your Dream to the Test,” “Failing Forward–Turning Your Mistakes into Stepping Stones for Success,” “Your Road Map for Success” and “ The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork.” “Be a People Person” covers things such as being a leader means working with people. “Whether in your office, church, neighborhood or elsewhere, your interpersonal relationships can make or break you as a leader,” said Maxwell. “That’s why it’s so important to be a ‘people person’ and develop skills in tapping that most precious of all resources - people.”

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Today in History Today is Tuesday, August 18, the 230th day of 2015. There are 135 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On August 18, 1587, Virginia Dare became the first child of English parents to be born in present-day America, on what is now Roanoke Island in North Carolina. (However, the Roanoke colony ended up mysteriously disappearing.)

On this date: In 1838, the first marine expedition sponsored by the U.S. government set sail from Hampton Roads, Virginia; the crews traveled the southern Pacific Ocean, gathering scientific information. In 1846, U.S. forces led by General Stephen W. Kearny captured Santa Fe, New Mexico. In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson issued his Proclamation of Neutrality, aimed at keeping the United States out of World War I. In 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, guaranteeing all American women’s right to vote, was ratified as Tennessee became the 36th state to approve it. In 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King dedicated the Thousand Islands Bridge connecting the United States and Canada. In 1955, the romantic drama “Love Is a ManySplendored Thing,” starring William Holden and Jennifer Jones, had its world premiere in New York. In 1963, James Meredith became the first black student to graduate from the University of Mississippi. In 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, New York, wound to a close after three nights with a mid-morning set by Jimi Hendrix. In 1976, two U.S. Army officers were killed in Korea’s demilitarized zone as a group of North Korean soldiers wielding axes and metal pikes attacked U.S. and South Korean soldiers. In 1983, Hurricane Alicia slammed into the Texas coast, leaving 21 dead and causing more than a billion dollars’ worth of damage. The Kansas City Royals defeated the New York Yankees, 5-4, in the completion of the “pine-tar” game in just 12 minutes. In 1988, Vice President George H.W. Bush accepted the presidential nomination of his party at the Republican National Convention in New Orleans.

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Across the Region Iuka man facing numerous charges SELMER, Tenn. – An Iuka man has been arrested by the McNairy County Sheriff’s Department and faces several charges, including arson and aggravated burglary of his former girlfriend’s house. Joseph William Dean, 31, of 2798 Hwy. 25 in Iuka, was arrested on Friday, Aug. 14 by Lt. Brad Johnson and K9/ Deputy Dustin Jaco of the McNairy County Sheriff’s Office. His arrest is for a house fire on July 7 that destroyed the home of his former girlfriend on GB Plunk Road in Purdy. Dean is facing charges of Theft of Property, Forgery, Cruelty to Animals, Arson, Aggravated Burglary, Aggravated Criminal Trespass, Vandalism, Tampering with or Fabricating Evidence, and stalking. Johnson said that neighbors had been advised the homeowner was on vacation at the time of the fire and that they had seen a truck that matched the description of Dean’s truck. Johnson, the investi-

gator on the case, said he discovered checks of the victim that were cashed at Walmart and pictures of Dean leaving Walmart with items he bought with the checks. Dean is still being held in the McNairy County Jail.

Five local airports receive MDOT funds JACKSON – More than 50 airports across the state will receive matching funds for upcoming federal airport important projects. The Mississippi Transportation Commission (MTC) recently authorized the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) to provide the matching funds. These funds will provide 50 percent of the local matching share to projects funded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). “Local airports are vital to the economy of a rural state like Mississippi,” said Transportation Commissioners Dick Hall, Tom King and Mike Tagert in a joint statement by the MTC. “MDOT recognizes the importance of matching the local share for

FAA grants that will help make needed improvements that will continue to support local economic growth and development.” Local matching share funds were approved for five Northeast Mississippi airports. In Corinth, Roscoe Turner Field was awarded $10,000 to be used to install perimeter fencing and rehabilitate apron. In Tishomingo County, the airport in Belmont will receive $4,000 to acquire land for runway approaches and obstruction removal, while the Iuka airport will receive $18,000 to rehabilitate runway lighting and update the airport layout plan. In Prentiss County, the Booneville-Baldwyn Airport was awarded $12,000 to remove obstructions, improve runway safety area, rehabilitate apron and update airport master plan. In Tippah County, the Ripley Airport will receive $24,000 to rehabilitate the apron.

New grease trap ordinance passed IUKA – City officials

have passed a new grease trap ordinance for all businesses with commercial kitchens within the city limits. Businesses must have a grease trap installed between sinks and the sewer lines to prevent grease from entering the city’s wastewater system. Officials said the new ordinance will help keep the city’s aging wastewater system functional. Violators will be fined $500 until the problem is resolved.

Splash pad closes days after opening TUPELO – The Joyner splash pad at Rob Leake City Park was closed until further notice just days after opening. The city’s newest water feature officially opened Thursday and quickly closed within a few days due to safety concerns. The splash pad was built in part to fulfill a promise to the neighborhood to build a water feature in the space that was once home to an Olympic size pool. The pool was removed in 2014, after the opening of the Tupelo Aquatic

Center in Veterans Park.

Author will speak at society meeting TUPELO – The Northeast Mississippi Historical and Genealogical Society will meet at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 27 at the Lee County Library, 219 North Madison in Tupelo. The speaker will be Dr. Julian Prince Sr. of Tupelo, who is the author of the historical novel “Ackia, The Battle to save the Chickasaw Nation.” The public is invited to attend the free program. Prince will review and provide the historical details behind “Ackia” as well as elaborate on the events around the elaborate French plan to crush the Chickasaws and gain a free flow of Mississippi River traffic between its colonies. He will explain how the Ackia plan derailed with the battle Ogoula Tchetoka. The northern French contingent attacked a Chickasaw peace village (in today’s Tupelo metro) despite the southern army’s delayed arrival, and suffered a disastrous defeat.

Multi-touch textbooks help NE students For The Daily Corinthian

BOONEVILLE —Northeast Mississippi Community College faculty care about their students and that is why a few of them have taken the time over the summer to help relieve one of the financial burdens of receiving an education. During the 2015 summer, music faculty members Dr. Amy Langley and Dr. Amanda Mattox along with fine arts division head Dr. Ray Harris, science instructor Carlena Benjamin and math and science division head Dr. Michelle Baragona took the time to design their own multi-touch textbooks instead of relying on the traditional textbook. In addition to designing their own multitouch textbook, Langley, Mattox, Harris, Baragona and Benjamin have been able to save Northeast students over $125,000. “I think of it as a twofold approach,” said Northeast president Ricky Ford. “One, our faculty at Northeast has a passion about helping our students and doing the best job they can do and secondly, we are able to provide some of our students with textbooks at no cost.” Instead of each student purchasing a textbook for the 13 sections of Music Appreciation offered during the 2015 fall semester, the fine arts depart-

“It helps the student stay more focused on their work and not get distracted.” Jeffrey Powell NE Information Technology Specialist ment’s efforts along with former student Dakota Dooley have been able to cut $88,000 from what students would spend on textbooks for the class. “We (Northeast) recently launched ‘The One’ iPad Initiative” said Northeast Information Technology Specialist Jeffrey Powell. “This is just another way that our faculty have been able to use the iPads to not only their advantage but also the students’ when it comes to studying and the cost of college as a whole.” Approximately 466 students are signed up to take Music Appreciation in the fall and at an average cost of $189.95 per textbook, the efforts of the Northeast music faculty have saved $88,516.70 on what students would pay for textbooks in the class.“ The multi-touch book provides the student with what we want to have and learn,” Harris said. “We can update it at any time and do not have to wait for the next edition of the textbook to come out two-to-three years later.” Northeast math and science faculty’s work has focused on those taking a

scientific emphasis and the department has benefited nearly 200 students close to $40,000 that can be used somewhere else. Approximately 198 students have signed up for Survey of Anatomy and Physiology (Survey of A&P) during the 2015 fall semester and with each book costing a student $201.70, textbook have been cut by $39,936.60 just for that course. “It is a more streamlined approach,” Baragona said. “We can tell them to read Chapters 1-3 and that is the information that is going to be on the test. It eliminates the confusion that some books can cause.” However, saving students money and confusion is not the only benefits to the multi-touch book. “It takes the ‘fluff’ out,” said Powell, who has headed up the Northeast “The One” iPad initiative. “It helps the student stay more focused on their work and not get distracted.” Online courses will also benefit for the multitouch book, as eLearning students are able to receive the same instruction

as a traditional student in the classroom would. “It is going to be beneficial to our hybrid classes,” Baragona said. “Carlena (Benjamin) has started to record her lectures and for those times that the classes do not meet, they are able to access the lectures at any time through the book to get a comprehensive explanation of the topic covered.” Northeast’s hybrid courses offer the best of both the traditional classroom environment with the ease of the eLearning world and allow students to take classes that cover the same amount of information as a traditional class but some of the time in the classroom has been replaced by online learning activities. “One of the major advantages to the multitouch book is that online students receive the same information as the traditional student,” Baragona said. “We are working on making the book even better with the option to include identification diagrams and quizzes that help to reinforce the learning process.” For Harris, the advantages continue with the Music Appreciation multi-touch book. Not only are students able to use the book on their tablets in class but after downloading the book, they are able to access many of its features even if an Internet connection

is not available. “(The multi-touch book) centralizes all of the information into one file,” Harris said. “And, it is smaller than most apps – under 200 megabytes.” Not only does the book offer text that the student can read and comprehend but with the multitouch book, instructors are able to link to videos and audio files as well as incorporate presentations into the book that enhance the learning environment. Baragona does see an advantage to the college as well as providing a quality education at very little cost to the student. “It helps to reduce equipment cost as well,” Baragona said. “Instead of each student having a microscope in lab and being confused over what they are seeing under it, we can use an app to cast from any one of their iPads onto the screen in the room and everyone is seeing the same thing.” By enhancing the learning environment and saving students money, the Northeast faculty hopes to expand its offerings of multi-touch books to the students through its learning management software Canvas. “The main point is everyone is on the same page,” Baragona said. “No matter his or her level of expertise, everyone gets a chance to learn the same thing.”

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The incoherence of Donald Trump Donald Trump is a great communicator. He’s self-assured, entertaining, pungent. He could, as they say of talented actors, read the phone book and make it interesting (if, that is, hilariously boastful Rich readings of the phone book are Lowry your kind of thing). There is only one area where National Review his communication skills are lacking: The man that Trump refers to as Trump is not always adept at expressing Trump’s views. The loudmouth mogul may be very good at saying words, but coherence and consistency sometimes elude him. Especially when he gets beyond his comfort zone of extolling his own phenomenal awesomeness and calling America’s leaders stupid and the leaders of China and Mexico smart and cunning. After that, it gets foggy. Consider his signature issue of immigration, where the incendiary words and stalwart tone evidently are a smoke screen for a poorly conceived amnesty scheme. In a CNN interview, Trump outlined an amnesty via temporary deportation: “I would get people out, and I would have an expedited way of getting them back into the country so they can be legal.” How would the federal government, which can’t run the immigration system we already have, manage mass relocations of millions of people presumably to their countries of origin, only to be vetted and returned to the United States forthwith? “It’s feasible if you know how to manage. Politicians don’t know how to manage.” Oh. As for so-called Dreamers, Trump has considered the matter very carefully: “We’re going to do something. I’ve been giving it so much thought. You know, you have, on a humanitarian basis, you have a lot of deep thought going into this, believe me. I actually have a big heart. ... But the Dreamers, it’s a tough situation. We’re going to do something. And one of the things we’re going to do is expedite. When somebody is terrific, we want them back here. They have to be legally.” There you have it – an immigration priority of the Trump administration will be legalizing “terrific” Dreamers after they’ve been deported/re-imported, on an expedited basis, of course. For this, we need a populist revolution? It is a testament to Trump’s tenuous grasp on the most basic matters that he can take a crystal-clear conservative priority, defunding Planned Parenthood, and make it a headscratching hash of seeming contradictions. He told radio-show host Hugh Hewitt that he would be willing to shut down the government to defund Planned Parenthood. Then he told Chris Cuomo of CNN that he might defund only Planned Parenthood’s abortion business, not the rest of it: “I would look at the good aspects of it.” Of course, since it is notionally only Planned Parenthood’s non-abortion services that get funded, this sounded like an endorsement of the status quo – and earned him a pat on the head by Planned Parenthood. Asked to clarify by Sean Hannity on Fox News, he said, “We have to look at the positives also for Planned Parenthood,” before allowing that “maybe unless they stop with the abortions, we don’t do the funding for the stuff that we want.” Maybe? Finally, he released a statement saying he opposed funding Planned Parenthood as long as it performs abortions – which it should have been within his power to make clear during other exchanges over the issue. My colleague Jonah Goldberg famously described Mitt Romney as speaking conservatism as if it’s a second language. Trump speaks it as if he needs help from a translator. He told Hannity the other night of the glories of health savings accounts, a marketoriented reform, even though he had praised socialized systems in Canada and Scotland (why not all of Great Britain?) in the debate. One lesson of the success of the Trump-forpresident campaign is that as long as you are not making sense with great certainty and forcefulness, no one will care much that you aren’t making sense. For now, it’s part of the genius of Trump as communicator. (Daily Corinthian columnist Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.)

Prayer for today Almighty God, through thy mercies may I recognize my faults, and correct any evil that is in me. Make me strong, that I may not yield to temptation. May I have regard for thy will and be prepared to take thy messages as they are flashed to the soul. Amen.

A verse to share “So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.” Isaiah 55:11

Court upholds Legislature’s role in process STARKVILLE — After the state Supreme Court ruled that circuit judges indeed aren’t empowered to rewrite legislative alternatives offered to initiative and referendum questions, state voters are back to three basic questions on future funding of K-12 education through the Mississippi Adequate Education Program. One choice is to vote in favor of the proposed constitutional amendment pushed by the “Better Schools, Better Jobs” in the form of Initiative 42. Initiative 42 would require Mississippi to fund an “adequate and efficient system of free public schools” and ultimately leave chancery judges in charge of defining what’s adequate and efficient. A second choice is to vote in favor of the alternative Initiative 42-A, adopted by the Mississippi Legislature, which would require funding of an “effective system of free public schools.” The third choice is to adopt the status quo and leave the K-12 funding process as it now stands – as the province of the Legislature. The state’s high court ruled that a Hinds County judge unconstitutionally

usurped the will of the majority of state legislators in rewriting the legislative Sid Salter a l t e r n a t i v e Columnist l a n g u a g e lawmakers adopted to appear on the ballot alongside Initiative 42. Kidd’s ruling came in the case of the ongoing fight over an initiative-and-referendum effort to force the Legislature to “fully fund” the Mississippi Adequate Education Program by amending Section 201 of the state constitution. The intent of Initiative 42 is to take legislative discretion out of the education funding process and to put that discretion in the hands of a judge. The intent, and no backer of Initiative 42 apologizes for this, is to make sure that MAEP gets “fully funded” come hell or high water. When the Legislature’s original Initiative 42-A alternative language passed, here’s what state Sen. Gray Tollison – who the education lobby regularly regarded as a “friend of education” until he converted to the

Republican Party – had to say about what he perceived as the dangers of the initiative: “It gives one Hinds County chancery judge the authority to overrule the Legislature as it relates to funding, bonds, consolidations of your schools without input of the voters or the Legislature.” Backers of Initiative 42 says that their proposal is for a “phased in” move to full funding, but the language of the constitutional amendment absolutely does not provide such a mechanism. The battle cry behind support for Initiative 42 is that the state has underfunded MAEP by $1.7 billion in recent years. But while MAEP has indeed only been “fully funded” twice, the fact is that current state government leaders and the Legislature provided the largest amount of funding for K-12 education in state history during the most recent legislative session. Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves and House Speaker Philip Gunn were quick to praise the high court’s ruling: “We appreciate the justices’ decision to correct a Hinds County judge who overstepped his constitu-

tional role. This judicial irresponsibility is precisely why voters should be wary of Initiative 42, which gives a Hinds County judge the authority to direct education policy. “There is no guarantee the Supreme Court will always be able to correct a wayward judge who orders tax increases or consolidates schools under this initiative effort.” The Legislature has won the legal battle over getting their 42B language on the ballot alongside 42A. That outcome will make passage of the initiative more challenging for proponents – clearly the intent of the Legislature. But there remains a long and expensive political battle over Initiative 42A and proponents are expected to wage a formidable and well-financed campaign. In truth, the question on the ballot is one of control of the appropriations process and the effort of Initiative 42 proponents to take that ultimate authority away from the Legislature on funding K-12 education. (Daily Corinthian columnist Sid Salter is syndicated across the state. Contact him at 601-507-8004 or sidsalter@sidsalter.com.)

Arc of education funding rises as arc of interest falls OXFORD — Every day, Eddie went to his kitchen, got the jelly and peanut butter from the shelf and sat down to fix himself a sandwich. Eddie kept a flyswatter at the table because as soon as he took the lid off the jelly jar, a steady stream of flies showed up. Eddie would take a bite, swat a fly, take a bite, swat a fly. Eddie cursed the flies, and wished he could eat in peace. One day a neighbor visited and watched as Eddie cycled through his daily routine. Without saying a word, the neighbor went to a kitchen drawer, removed a roll of duct tape, tore off a square and placed it over a quarter-sized hole in Eddie’s screen door. No more flies. A problem lasts forever unless the cause of the problem is addressed. Mississippi schoolchildren are back in class, most working earnestly under the tutelage of skilled educators who really want them to achieve. Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann is holding hearings around the state in keeping with the processes required leading to November’s statewide vote related to public school funding. The separation between those who gathered peti-

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tions leading to Initiative 42 and the state legislators who added a competing proposal Charlie on ballots Mitchell to confuse voters could Columnist not be more clear. Proponents say, factually, that the Legislature has failed to follow the school funding law it passed in 1997. Noncompliance, the proponents say, has cost schools $1.67 billion through the years and the scarcity of funds is directly responsible for public schools not performing as well as they could if they had more assets. Further, proponents point out the state had funds on hand this year to support schools as the law directs. Opponents are using fear talk. House Appropriations Committee Chair Herb Frierson, R-Poplarville, is “safe” for re-election and is leading the charge. He warned state agencies to prepare for 7.8 percent budget cuts if Initiate 42 is approved. The usual alarms were sounded —no highway patrol, loved ones kicked to the curb outside nursing homes. Another tactic has been to

rail about “sovereignty,” saying it would be folly to surrender to a court the power to fund education when that power properly belongs to the “people,” (meaning the magnificent Legislature). Truth is, if legislators had funded the schools at the level they themselves established as law, the initiative wouldn’t exit. And there’s this: While K-12 funding has not hit the levels lawmakers prescribed almost 20 years ago, it has increased fairly steadily in real dollars. Earlier this year and very early in the session, “record underfunding” of K-12 was approved. But here’s where we get back to Eddie. In all conversations about education, dollars are posited as the singular key to excellence. Said another way, the image created is that if every school principal were given a bottomless checkbook, every child would make straight A’s and be recruited by the Ivy League. But there are so many other factors. Ask any teacher. Every day when school doors open, a growing proportion of the kiddies pouring through have no preparation for learning and see no interest in learning. They are coming from homes where parents think

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of schools as day care centers. If parents have jobs, they usually have more than one to try to make ends meet. And there are also totally disaffected parents who openly say it’s the job of schools, not them, to educate their children. Disengagement is a factor perhaps of greater importance than dollars. The arc of education funding is rising while the arc of interest in learning slides. This is a societal trend, but it lands squarely in the lap of teachers. They are expected to force-feed knowledge into the brains of children who don’t want it, think they don’t need it. Sadly, this can’t be fixed by something as simple as placing tape over a hole in a screen door. Creating a climate and a society where incentive to learn is the norm because education is valued is a long-term proposition. Money is elemental to public education. Part of the hole in the screen in Mississippi schools might be closed by more money, but not all of it. As the funding debate rages on, that really should be kept in mind. (Charlie Mitchell is a Mississippi journalist. Write to him at cmitchell43@yahoo. com.)

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Siri made 911 call to save teenâ€™s life WATERHILL, Tenn. â€” A Middle Tennessee teen is alive, thanks to Siri. Eighteen-year-old Sam Ray says the voice recognition service on his iPhone â€” famously named Siri â€” called emergency dispatchers after his truck fell on him while he tried to make repairs. Ray told media outlets that a jack collapsed, pinning him under nearly 5,000 pounds of metal in a location where he couldnâ€™t be easily seen or heard. He says he was trying to get free when he heard Siri activate. â€œI said â€˜Call 911,â€™ and that was all it said,â€? he said. Rutherford County dispatcher Christina Lee says she first thought it was a mistaken pocketdial, but then she heard his screams for help and sent crews, who rescued him. She said she knew his general location from the cellphone signal, but Ray helped them pinpoint his exact whereabouts. â€œThe map got to his street. ... It got pretty close,â€? Lee said. â€œBut he was yelling his address, and that was the best thing he could have done.â€? Â

Freeman relativeâ€™s boyfriend arrested NEW YORK â€” The boyfriend of Morgan Freemanâ€™s granddaughter has been arrested in her fatal stabbing on a New York City street. Thirty-year-old Lamar Davenport was arrested on a murder charge Monday, a day after

33-year-old actress Edena Hines was found with stab wounds to her chest in front of her Upper Manhattan apartment building. No working telephone number for Davenport could be found. It wasnâ€™t immediately clear whether he had a lawyer. Police say Davenport was in a relationship with Hines. Freeman issued a statement saying, â€œThe world will never know her artistry and talent, and how much she had to offer.â€? Â

Dentist who killed lion reopens office MINNEAPOLIS â€” The dental practice of a Minnesota man who killed a well-known lion in Zimbabwe has reopened. Walter Palmerâ€™s River Bluff Dental said in a tweet Monday that it was beginning to see patients again. The tweet said Palmer wasnâ€™t at the office. Palmerâ€™s office in suburban Minneapolis had been closed since late July after a barrage of criticism for Palmer over the killing of a protected lion named Cecil. Palmer says he relied on his hunting guides to ensure a legal hunt in Zimbabwe. An Associated Press reporter saw people going in and out of River Bluff Dental. A security guard posted outside the building Monday declined to answer questions and told the reporter he had to leave. Â

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income has grown and still eclipses that of current NBA players, including LeBron James. Smith College economist Andrew Zimbalist testified Monday in federal court in Chicago. Heâ€™s an expert witness for Jordan in the former Chicago Bulls playerâ€™s lawsuit seeking damages from a grocery store chain that used his image without permission. Zimbalist says the fair market value of Jordanâ€™s image in advertising is at least $10 million. He says Jordanâ€™s climbing income in recent years is unusual for a former athlete. He says Jordanâ€™s endorsement income was $75.5 million in 2012. Â

MERIDIAN â€” Ever since Kathy Brookshire became executive director of the Meridian Community College Foundation some 15 years ago, she had a dream - that one day someone would walk through her office door and donate $1 million in support of MCC students. The Meridian Star reports this summer MCC alumnus David Quave made Brookshireâ€™s dream come true. Quaveâ€™s donation, which he recently made official at a local gathering of MCC trustees, staff and some of his closest old friends, is thought to be the largest sum ever provided to MCC by a single individual. Â

bursed for about onethird of the money it lost in a public corruption case involving a former circuit clerk. State Auditor Stacey Pickering on Monday gave county supervisors a check for just over $279,000. He says the money was recovered as part of the investigation into former clerk Shelly Ashley-Palmertree. She is serving a five-year prison sentence for embezzling her officeâ€™s civil and criminal accounts in 2012. The money paid to the county is part of the $818,252 owed by Palmertree. Pickering says the payment came from a bond company that had a contractual obligation to reimburse the county. Â

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LUCEDALE â€” Police are searching for a man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a southeastern Mississippi convenience store clerk. The Lucedale Police Department tells local media that Stephen Eugene Howell has been identified by the woman as her attacker. Police say the woman told them Howell hit her on the head Saturday with a weapon and then tied her hands behind her back and put duct tape over her mouth. She said she was forced into his car and taken to a motel, where she was repeatedly sexually assaulted. She told police she escaped when Howell fell asleep. Â

BILOXI -- Biloxi National Cemetery held a wreathlaying ceremony to honor members of Americaâ€™s â€œgreatest generation,â€? including thousands of World War II veterans buried at the national shrine.

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Student lives in tiny solar-powered home POULTNEY, Vt. â€” A college student in Vermont is living in a 96-square-foot house he built to reduce his carbon footprint â€” and save money. The Rutland Herald reports that Green Mountain College senior Rob Dunn has been living in the two-story Poultney home since August 2014. The home is powered by two 100-watt solar panels. A rocket mass heater built from a castiron stove insulated with a mixture of clay, sand and straw allows for cooking and heating. The home cost Dunn about $3,000 to build, and the landowner is letting him live rent-free. He says that will help with the high cost of college. The Henniker, New Hampshire, native says living in the home is the â€œmost raw experience that Iâ€™ve ever had.â€?

As if on cue, geese honked and flew in a wedge formation Sunday as cemetery director Graham L. Wright III explained the reasons for the ceremony. The second Sunday of August is National Spirit of â€˜45 Day, set aside by Congress to commemorate those in uniform who helped bring about peace by defeating a quest for world dominance, ended the horrors of the Holocaust and brought an end to WWII. Â

Man dies following one-vehicle crash HATTIESBURG -- A 59-year-old Laurel man died in a one-vehicle crash in Jones County. Mississippi Highway Patrol spokesman Brent Barfield told The Hattiesburg American that Robert Earl Carter was travelling northbound on Interstate 59 at 1:50 a.m. Sunday when his vehicle left the roadway at mile marker 79. It is believed Carter tried to overcorrect his 2005 Ford truck, causing it to roll over. Barfield said Carter was wearing a seatbelt.

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Deaths Charles L. Baldwin

Charles L. Baldwin, 77, of Corinth died Sunday, August 16, 2015 at Magnolia Regional Health Center. He was born April 6, 1938. Arrangements are incomplete with Magnolia Funeral Home.

Glynda Harris

Glynda Harris, 56, of Corinth died Sunday, August 16, 2015 at Magnolia Regional Health Center. She was born April 30, 1959. Arrangements are incomplete with Magnolia Funeral Home.

Darien Butler

Funeral services for Darien Butler, 19, are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel. Mr. Butler died Saturday, August 8, 2015 from injuries in a MVC in Hardin Co. Tenn. He was born July 18, 1996 in Hazard, Ky. He attended Hardin Co. High School and enjoyed playing XBOX, drawing and old cars. He was preceded in death by his mother, Constance Sanders; grandparents, James E. and Joan Butler and Deward and Brandy Napier. He is survived by his father and step mother, James and Laura Butler of Saltillo, Tenn.; step-father, Jeff Sanders of Corinth; step-brothers, Johnny Smith, William Smith, Chris Dodd, Mike Knievel and Jacob McBrayer; sister, Dezaria Howard; and fiancé, Jasmine Ellis. Visitation is from noon until service time Wednesday.

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Johnnie Faye Croft

IUKA — Funeral services for Johnnie Faye Lambert Ledbetter Croft, 70, are set for 11 a.m. today at Cutshall Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Mt. Evergreen Cemetery. Mrs. Croft died Saturday, August 15, 2015 at her home. She loved to cook, sew, spend time with her grandchildren and laugh. Survivors include her husband, Stephen Croft Sr. of Iuka; one daughter, Melissa Mayhall (Walker) of Iuka; one son, James “Duke” Lambert of Iuka; two step-sons, Stephen Croft Jr. of Houston, Texas and Terry “Alex” Croft (Amylia) of Northpoint, Va.; two brothers, James Lambert of Iuka and Eddie Lambert (Jane) of Corinth; one sister, Vicki Southward (Bobby) of Iuka; six grandchildren; six step-grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and 5 step-greatgrandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, John Henry and Margaret Elizabeth Lambert; her late husband, Hubert Ledbetter; two brothers, John Lambert, Jr. and Ralph Edgar Lambert; and three sisters, Mary Pierce, Barbara Nelson, and Janie Brown. Bro. Jackie Pittman will officiate. Visitation was 5-9 p.m. Monday. An online guestbook can be accessed at www.cutshallfuneralhome.com.

Geneva Holt

Funeral services for Geneva Nell Holt are set for 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at The

Church of Latter Day Saints with burial in the Woodland Park Cemetery in Mineral Wells, Texas. Mrs. Holt died Saturday, August 15, 2015 at Sanctuary Hospice in Tupelo. She was born in Cross Plains, Texas to the late Noah and Annie McAmis Warren. She enjoyed gardening, sewing, traveling, quilting with her friends at the Senior Citizen’s Center, and was a member of The Church of Latter Day Saints. Along with her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Holt; one brother, Harrell; and seven sisters, Willene, Faye, Ruby, Fern, Opal, Hazel and Jessie Mae. Survivors include her son, Mike Holt; five grandchildren; and seven greatgrandchildren. Bishop Rick Howell will officiate. Visitation will be noon until service time Wednesday. Condolences can be left at www.memorialcorinth.com.

Norma J. Inman

IUKA — Funeral services for Norma J. Inman, 82, are set for 11 a.m. today at Ludlam Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Poplar Springs. Mrs. Inman died Saturday, August 15, 2015. She was born March 6, 1933. Survivors include her husband, Loren K. Inman; children, Dewayne Vogeler, Mark Inman, Linda (Pat) Dolder and Cherrie Robertson; a brother, Doug Eugene Jones; and grandchildren, Candace, Amy, Tommy, Drew and Jackie; and seven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her

parents, Issiac Carlton and Edna Mae Jones; a brother, Roy Allen Jones; and a grandson, Matt Dolder. Visitation was Monday.

Houston Lewis Lasley Jr.

Funeral services for Houston Lewis Lasley Jr., 72, of Corinth are set for 1 p.m. Wednesday at Greater Life United Pentecostal Church with burial in the National Cemetery. Mr. Lasley died Saturday, August 15 at his home. Born April 29, 1943, he attended Scale Street and Easom High School and Northeast Mississippi Community College. Lasley He was a retired maintenance worker and veteran. He attended Greater Life United Pentecostal Church. Survivors include his wife, Ona Bell Lasley of Corinth; two sons, Anthony D. Lasley and Kevin W. Lasley both of Houston, Texas; two daughters, Latoni M. Lasley and Kimoka Lasley both of Corinth; a sister, Elizabeth (Billy) Kirk of Corinth; 13 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Houston Lewis Lasley Sr. and Lola Laura Boyd Lasley; a son, Gaberiel Lasley; a sister, Patsy Jean Cummings; and a brother. Pastor Don Clenny will officiate. Visitation is 1-3 p.m. today at the church. Grayson Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.

Fire worries resort town Kentucky clerk receives time The Associated Press

SPOKANE, Wash. — Big wildfires burning Monday near the central Washington resort town of Chelan were taking a toll on the region’s main economic engines — tourism and the apple industry. Visitors stayed away and a big fruit warehouse filled with apples was destroyed by the fires, imperiling hundreds of jobs. Several large fires burning near Chelan have scorched more than 155 square miles, destroyed an estimated 50 homes Friday and Saturday and forced about 1,500 residents to flee. Scores of homes remain threatened. The Chelan fires were just some of the many destructive blazes burning throughout the Northwest. In Northern Idaho, more than 40 homes were lost near the town of Kamiah and in Oregon a lightning-sparked blaze

on the Malheur National Forest has grown to more than 60 square miles and has destroyed at least 26 homes. So many fires are burning across the West that the National Interagency Fire Center announced Monday that 200 activeduty military troops are being called in to help. They will be sent to a fire on Aug. 23. The blazes near Chelan, about 180 miles east of Seattle, are burning through grass, brush and timber, said fire spokeswoman Janet Pierce. The fires remain uncontained, she said. “Today our focus is on structure protection,” Pierce said Monday. The flames come in the midst of the summer tourist season in the scenic town located along Lake Chelan in the Cascade Range. The fires also threaten apple orchards and packing warehouses

How often should the church partake of communion? Paul tells us that on the night He was betrayed, Jesus took bread, “and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as you eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord’s death till he come” (1 Corinthians 11:24-26). Jesus instituted this supper to be done in remembrance of Him. Paul said, “as often” as Christians partake of this memorial supper, they “show the Lord’s death till he come.” There is no question that the church should partake of the Lord’s Supper, but how often? Is the frequency of communion just a matter of opinion? It would be strange if the Lord instituted a memorial and gave no guidance as to how often it should be done. The Jews received explicit instructions as to when they were to observe the Passover, Pentecost, and other memorials. The New Testament is clear that the early church assembled each first day of the week (Sunday) for worship. First Corinthians 14:23 speaks of the whole church “come together into one place” and Hebrews 10:25 warns against “forsaking the assembling of ourselves together.” The first day of the week was the time for the early church to assemble and partake of communion. Paul came to Troas “and upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight” (Acts 20:7). The verse before states, “we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days” (Acts 20:6). Thus Paul and his group had waited a full seven days at Troas so that they could meet with Christians on the first day of the week, “when the disciples came together “to break bread.” Their stated purpose in coming together was “to bread bread,” meaning to partake of the Lord’s Supper. The writings of many ancient writers such as Pliny, Justin Martyr, Tertullian, and others show that the universal practice of the early church was to meet each first day of the week to partake of the Lord’s Supper. But was it every first day? When God told the Jews to “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy” (Exodus 20:8), they understood that it was every Sabbath day that was intended, even though God did not specifically say to remember every Sabbath day. A man who violated only one sabbath was stoned to death (Numbers 15: 32-36). When Paul wrote, “Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him...” (1 Corinthians 16:2), didn’t he mean that each first day of the week Christians were to give? Each first day of the week (the day of the Lord’s resurrection, and the day the church was established), is the day Christians are to observe communion. No other day or frequency is authorized by command or example of Scripture.

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in the heart of the state’s apple belt during what has been a summer of drought in the Northwest. Chelan Fruit lost one of its major fruit packing warehouses in Chelan to wildfire on Friday. The warehouse contained 1.8 million pounds of apples that were lost and employed some 800 people, said Mac Riggan, director of marketing for the company. The employees are being sent to Chelan Fruit’s other facilities in the region, Riggin said. “‘Our other plant in Chelan is fully operational,” he said. Fire spokesman Wayne Patterson said air tankers established lines to keep the flames from reaching downtown Chelan. Meanwhile, the Washington National Guard joined the firefighting effort after a request for assistance from the Washington Department of Natural Resources.

for same-sex marriage appeal The Associated Press

MOREHEAD, Ky. — A Kentucky county clerk who objects to same-sex marriage will not have to issue marriage licenses while she takes her case to a federal appeals court. Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis is being sued by two gay couples, and U.S. District Judge David Bunning ordered her last week to issue them licenses despite her objections. But on Monday, he granted her request to stay his decision while she pursues her case before the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Davis has refused to grant marriage license to anyone in Rowan County since the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. Kentucky’s governor ordered her to issue the

licenses immediately, or resign. She told the judge that after consulting God, she decided she couldn’t comply. Bunning said Monday that Davis is not entitled to more time before complying or resigning, but with “emotions are running high on both sides of the debate,” he delayed his order anyway. The ruling imposes more delays on the efforts by two couples to get marriage licenses in the county where they live, work and pay taxes following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide in June. Davis stopped issuing all marriage licenses after the high court’s ruling, saying it would violate her Christian beliefs to issue a license to a

same-sex couple that has her name on it. “It is comparable to forcing the religious objecting nurse to perform an abortion, the religious objecting company or non-profit to pay for abortions or abortionrelated insurance coverage, the religious objecting non-combatant to fire on an enemy soldier, or the religious objecting state official to participate in or attend the execution of a convicted prisoner,” Davis’ attorney Jonathan Christman wrote in a motion asking Bunning to delay his order. Stays of court orders are common to maintain the status quo pending an appeal, but in this case, the delay enables the continuation “of an unlawful policy,” the plaintiffs’ attorneys complained.

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ernor in praising the officials at all levels of state and local government who worked together to bring the project to reality.

Prentiss County Development Association Executive Director Leon Hays said the company’s decision is a vote of confidence in the county, its leaders and in the existing

workforce. “We appreciate their confidence in us, our people and in our county,” he said. Bryant noted healthcare-related jobs are a

major part of economic growth in the state. “Healthcare is an economic driver. We are an economy that understands healthcare as part of the solution,” he said.

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