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Remembering Katrina No tax increase planned for city

Storm survivors find new lives in the Crossroads

BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

BY ZACK STEEN AND KIMBERLEY SHELTON zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

Ten years ago this weekend one of the worst natural disasters in American history hit the Mississippi coast line. Hurricane Katrina was a massive Category 3 storm when it made landfall on August 29, 2005. The storm caused severe destruction along the Gulf Coast resulting in thousands of deaths and more than a $100 billion in property damage. Even though Katrina’s storm surge flattened towns along the Mississippi coast, it was New Orleans that took a significant blow when heavy rainfall flooded the city’s levee system. More than 80 percent of the historic city soon found itself under water. Corinth business owner and former New Orleans resident

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Alex Al-Qawwas counts his blessings 10 years after hurricane Katrina.

Working with a plan for no change to city taxes, the Corinth Board of Mayor and Aldermen began to dig into the next fiscal year’s budget in a Friday meeting. The city’s public hearing on the fiscal 2016 budget and tax levy is set for 5 p.m. on Tuesday during a regular meeting of the board, and the board will adopt the budget during its regular meeting on Sept. 15. Including school taxes, the total millage rate in the city is currently 95. In a later meeting, the board plans to discuss the direction pay for city workers will take this year. Several possible numbers were mentioned for across-the-board pay raises, but there was also discussion of giving a larger bump to the lower end of the pay scale. The board penciled in proposed allocations for the various agencies that have sub-

mitted funding requests, with level funding prevailing for most of them. The preliminary allocations have the Siege and Battle of Corinth Commission repeating for another year at its increased allocation of $35,000 for management of the Verandah-Curlee House. Last year’s increase was to help reestablish public visitation. After an increase to $20,000 last year to help with the Wick Street pocket park, Main Street Corinth is on the list for $17,500. The board has a couple of first-time requests on the table. The Boys & Girls Club submitted a request that Alderman J.C. Hill said is a onetime plea to help get a new outreach program started. City Attorney Wendell Trapp said there is statutory authority for the city to allocate funds to the organization. The board also has a new rePlease see ALDERMEN | 7A

Jobless rate declines BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Alcorn County unemployment hit 5.8 percent in July, faring better than the prior month and a year earlier. The July rate placed the county eighth among the state’s 82 counties as it dropped from 6 percent in June and 7.1 percent in July 2014, according to labor data released this week by the Mississippi Department of Employment Security. Mississippi unemployment was 6.9 percent, down from 7 percent in June and 8.7 percent a year ago.

The county had 900 categorized as unemployed, compared to 1,080 a year ago, and 14,730 employed, compared to 14,140 a year earlier. Neighboring county rates are Tishomingo, 6.8 percent; Tippah, 7.1 percent; and Prentiss, 6.4 percent. Alcorn County had 73 new applicants for unemployment insurance, nearly unchanged from the prior year, and 512 continued claims, compared to 699 a year ago. Benefits paid in the county totaled $73,115, compared to Please see JOBLESS | 7A

Mentors make connections BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

KOSSUTH — Close to 40 Kossuth High School junior and seniors are onboard with making a difference for the younger generation. One student at a time. The KHS students met with Alcorn School District Director of Mentoring Tammie Ray on Thursday to iron out details before beginning their

hour a week mentoring to middle and elementary school children. “Encourage them to be their best,” said Ray as she met with juniors and seniors in the KHS cafeteria. “Sometimes these kids need you to tell them to keep going.” ASD uses the Community Connections mentoring proPlease see MENTORS | 2A

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Elizabeth Wamsley took over the position of principal at Glendale Elementary School earlier this month.

Wamsley finds calling as principal BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

GLEN — Born from education royalty, Elizabeth Wamsley never wanted to be a teacher. She grew up in a house education built. Her father, Mike, was a mainstay in the Alcorn School

District working as a student janitor, teacher, principal, curriculum director and later serving four terms as superintendent of education. Her mother, Janice, was also a teacher and even drove a school bus. “I never, ever wanted to be

a teacher, mostly because I felt I had already lived that life through my parents’ jobs,” said Wamsley. “My mom and dad loved what they did, but I knew I wanted to do something difPlease see WAMSLEY | 2A

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Local resident Marilyn Walters gives out American flag lapel pins to employees and customers at Corinth’s Holiday Inn. Walters, whose son is serving in Saudi Arabia, says the effort is her way of encouraging patriotism and honoring the troops.

North Corinth Baptist Church celebrates its 50th anniversary with a special homecoming event. Bro. Bill Wages has served as pastor of the church since 1978.

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gram specifically developed for 1st-8th grade students. “Community Connections better prepares children to make positive life changes,” said Ray. “It also enables them to maximize their potential whether it’s socially, emotionally, academically or behaviorally.” The student mentoring program matches a positive role model with a student one hour a week. Mentoring in the program is done on campus and during school hours. “You might be their only encouragement and smile they see all day,” Ray shared with Kossuth upperclassmen. “Give them your best … help them discover their Godgiven abilities.”

Kossuth senior Darbie Coleman is taking part in the mentoring program for a second year. She was recommended by a teacher and had to undergo an interview process to be selected. “We want to help them have a positive outlook on things,” said Coleman, who worked with a sixth grader last year in math. “There are still good things out there for them.” Mentors often help students with academic issues. Mentees are also part of the program because of a difficult home environment, destructive behavior, anti-social behaviors, depression and identified as being atrisk for dropping out of school. Coleman helped her student raise a failing

grade in math to a C. “These kids look forward to being around you,” said the Kossuth senior. “They also help you to see your bad day isn’t as bad as you think.” Kossuth Principal Travis Smith praised mentors for getting involved. “What you are doing shows you care,” said Smith. “These kids need you and you will have an impact on them.” Having a positive role model helps students stay in school, achieve their goals and avoid unsafe activities. “We want to do what it takes to help them succeed,” said Ray. Student volunteer mentors also have qualifications to abide by such as: ■ Be at least 16 years old ■ Attend one of the ASD high schools or Christian/

home-schooled ■ Be recommended by an ASD teacher/coach or other certified staff member ■ Agree to a one-year commitment to the program ■ Commit to spending a minimum of 1-2 hours a week with the mentee Those who have a desire to be an adult mentor should: ■ Be at least 21 years old ■ Reside in Alcorn County or immediate surrounding area ■ Agree to one-year commitment to program ■ Commit to spending a minimum of 3-8 hours a month with the mentee ■ Submit weekly meeting and activity information ■ Have a current driver’s license ■ Have clean criminal

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Alcorn School District Director of Mentoring Tammie Ray goes over the mentor schedule with Kossuth High School senior Darbie Coleman. history ■ Submit to background check “We want our mentors to spend time getting to know their mentee,” said Ray. “They have to be good listeners and motivate them to rise to their potential.”

The objective is to show mentees someone does cares. “Regardless of what they have said or done, we care about them as a person and want them to succeed,” said Ray. “Every child should have the opportunity to succeed.”

wanted to somehow make a bigger impact on young people’s education. She returned to college and studied educational administration. Three years later Wamsley went to work as the assistant principal at Alcorn Central Elementary School. “I absolutely love having an educational influence on kids. I feel like if kids come out of elementary school hating going to school, then they are going to hate it for their entire life,” Wamsley said. After just one year at Alcorn Central, she was promoted. Once again, God knew better. “I never in a million years thought that I would end up back home,” she said. “I was so overwhelmed and overjoyed.” Earlier this month, Wamsley began her new journey as a principal where it all began -- Glendale Elementary.

“I grew up less than five miles from this school,” she said. “There were only three places that were important to me when I was little -- my home, my church and my school. It’s where my whole family came to school, and my mother ...” Several glass cases outside the principal’s office is home to more than 50 framed back and white pictures of Glendale classes from days gone by. Wamsley’s mother, Janice, is pictured in one that the new principal can see right out her window. “I love it here ... I love being back in this community,” Wamsley added. “I love the way the teachers in this school love these kids. I love that the teachers here are as happy and excited to teach these kids as I am.” Now 37-years-old and a single mom to Glendale fourth grader Jackson, Wamsley oversees the close-knit school. “I do believe being here is a little gift from God,” she said. “I have my son here with me, and he loves it. From day one he has felt safe and secure. It’s tough on a kid moving schools, especially when your mom is the principal.” Less than four weeks into the school year, she has proudly sought to learn every student’s name. She believes strongly in smiles and hugs and enforces both on a daily basis around campus. With a little over 170 pre-K and K-6 grade students and less than 20 faculty members, she believes her school is going places. “Our enrollment is up and our test scores are good,” the principal said. “I believe we can continue to be one of the best schools in the county, but I still have a lot to learn.” Wamsley said she has been honest with her staff. “It’s a learning curve for me, but I’m in a great place to do it, because there’s no place like home,” she added. “I am blessed way more than I deserve.”

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ferent.” In college, she studied international business and dreamed of one day living in an exotic foreign land, but just after graduation she found herself teaching seventh graders in a Career Discovery classroom at Alcorn Central Middle School. “A teacher had taken a leave of absence just days before school started back and I was asked if I would fill the spot,” Wamsley said. “I ended up staying for the entire year. I taught every seventhgrader that year and ... I actually really enjoyed it.” The girl who never wanted to teach had found her true passion -teaching.

“I absolutely love having an educational influence on kids.” Elizabeth Wamsley Principal, Glendale Elementary School “I started to love working with children,” Wamsley said. “It wasn’t want I thought I was supposed to do, but God knew better.” After a few years at Alcorn Central, she traveled to Louisiana to coach basketball ... another dream of hers that actually came true. When she returned to Alcorn County, she land-

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Today in History Today is Sunday, August 30, the 242nd day of 2015. There are 123 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On August 30, 1945, U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrived in Japan to set up Allied occupation headquarters.

On this date: In 1861, Union Gen. John C. Fremont instituted martial law in Missouri and declared slaves there to be free. (However, Fremont’s emancipation order was countermanded by President Abraham Lincoln). In 1862, Confederate forces won victories against the Union at the Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, Virginia, and the Battle of Richmond in Kentucky. In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, which was intended to promote private development of nuclear energy. In 1963, the “Hot Line” communications link between Washington and Moscow went into operation. In 1967, the Senate confirmed the appointment of Thurgood Marshall as the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1983, Guion S. Bluford Jr. became the first black American astronaut to travel in space as he blasted off aboard the Challenger. In 1984, the space shuttle Discovery was launched on its inaugural flight. In 1986, Soviet authorities arrested Nicholas Daniloff, a correspondent for U.S. News and World Report, as a spy a week after American officials arrested Gennadiy Zakharov, a Soviet employee of the United Nations, on espionage charges in New York. (Both were later released.) In 1989, a federal jury in New York found “hotel queen” Leona Helmsley guilty of income tax evasion, but acquitted her of extortion. (She served 18 months behind bars, a month at a halfway house and two months under house arrest.) In 1991, Azerbaijan declared its independence, joining the stampede of republics seeking to secede from the Soviet Union.

Ten years ago: A day after Hurricane Katrina hit, floods were covering 80 percent of New Orleans, looting continued to spread and rescuers in helicopters and boats picked up hundreds of stranded people.

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Woman killed in head-on collision outside Iuka TISHOMINGO COUNTY — A woman died on the scene of a two-vehicle wreck on Friday afternoon. Katie Diane Zakrison, 24, was killed around 5:30 p.m. when her Buick struck an oncoming Dodge Ram pickup on Highway 25 on the Tenn-Tom Bridge about 8 miles from the Iuka city limits. A 6-year-old in the vehicle with Zakrison suffered multiple injures and was airlifted to Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis. There was no word on the condition of the people in the truck.

Selmer aldermen seek grant for sidewalks SELMER, Tenn. — A desire to replace all street lights in Selmer with energy-efficient lighting along with an idea of making city sidewalks compliant with the American Disabilities Act and repave some city streets were the main topics on the agenda of the Selmer City Board during their August meeting. Selmer will attempt to earn a grant from Tennessee’s De-

partment of Transportation that could assist in paying for a majority of the sidewalks in downtown to be made compliant with the ADA. The aldermen approved a resolution the sale of $3.65 million dollars in bonds should the city decide to proceed with the three projects. The projects will again be on the agenda for the September meeting of the city board. If the plans of Selmer Mayor John Smith are given approval, the grant would help pave 34 of the 39 miles of city streets in Selmer.

Shiloh park to hold firing demonstrations SHILOH, Tenn. — On Saturday, Sept. 5, and Sunday, Sept. 6, the roar of cannon will return to Shiloh National Military Park one final time in 2015. The scheduled firing demonstrations will be presented by the Shiloh cannon crew, firing a 6-pounder field piece, across the street from the park visitor center. “Our living historians will not only fire the gun, allowing visitors to experience the sheer explosive power of Civil War artillery,” said Superintendent Dale Wilkerson, “but they will

nah, is being charged with not only failure to stop and speeding, but also reckless driving and leaving the scene of a crash. During the pursuit, Pryor struck two vehicles on Main Street. Police also charged Pryor with DUI. No one was injured during the pursuit.

also introduce visitors to the equipment and tools that 19th century cannoneers used to make war.” The cannon firing demonstrations will take place at 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 3 p.m. on Saturday and at 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m., on Sunday. Each program will last approximately 30-minutes, and interpret the weapons, projectiles, and procedures Civil War artillery crews used during the war. Shiloh will also be offering ranger led tours throughout weekend. A schedule will be available at the Visitor Center front desk. The museum and bookstore at Shiloh Battlefield will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (For more information please contact the park visitor center at 731-689-5696, visit the park website at www.nps.gov/shil, find us on Facebook at www. facebook.com/ShilohNMP, or follow us on Twitter at www. twitter.com/ShilohNPS.)

Supervisor candidate elected by draw HOUSTON — Josh Russell was named the Republican primary winner for District 4 Supervisor in Chickasaw County — by drawing the right number. In both the primary and runoff, candidates Tina Pullen and Josh Russell each received 27 votes each. Circuit Clerk Carrissa Pulliam had to call the state Attorney General and Secretary of State to decided how to declare a winner. After two tied elections, the winner was declared by drawing a number out of a bowl. Luck was on Russell’s side as he drew the right number and was awarded the GOP nomination. Russell will face Democrat Jerry Hall in the general election on Nov. 3.

Police: Reckless driver charged with DUI SAVANNAH, Tenn. — A Savannah man was arrested this week after a six-mile pursuit. Brett L. Pryor, 29 of Savan-

Driver faces drug charge after striking sign A driver who caused major damage to a sign at Thrasher School is facing a felony drug charge. Brett Allen Christian, 34, of Thrasher was arrested by deputies responding to a single-vehicle crash in front of the school on Prentiss County Road 1040 around 1 p.m. Thursday. Sheriff Randy Tolar said Christian told deputies he was distracted by his cell phone and ran off the road, striking the large brick sign in front of the school. When deputies placed him under arrest for several Christian traffic violations they discovered him to be in possession of crystal methamphetamine. Christian has been charged with felony possession of a controlled substance along with several misdemeanor traffic violations. Brett Allen Christian, 34, was discovered allegedly to possess crystal methamphetamine after crashing into a sign at Thrasher School Thursday.

Gulf Coast marks Katrina’s fury, celebrates rebirth Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS — As the church bells rang marking the decade since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, the 80-year-old woman wept softly into a tissue as she leaned against her rusting Oldsmobile near a Catholic church in Mississippi. “I feel guilty,” said Eloise Allen, whose house in Bay St. Louis was damaged but inhabitable after the storm. “I didn’t go through what all the other people did.” Saturday was a day to remember what “all the other people” went through. Those who were lifted from rooftops by helicopters, those who came home to find only concrete steps as evidence of where their house used

to be, those whose bodies were never claimed after the storm. But the mourning Saturday was balanced by a celebration of how far the region has come since Hurricane Katrina. The storm killed more than 1,800 people and caused $151 billion in damage, in one of the country’s deadliest and most costly natural disasters. The dead were not far from anyone’s thoughts Saturday, from Mississippi where church bells rang out to mark when the storm made landfall to a commemoration at the New Orleans memorial containing bodies of people never claimed or never identified. Mayor Mitch Landrieu spoke of the dark days after the monstrous storm and how the city’s residents leaned on each other

for support. In Biloxi, Mississippi, clergy and community leaders gathered at a newly built Minor League Baseball park for a memorial to Katrina’s victims and later that evening the park was hosting a concert celebrating the recovery. During a prayer service at a seaside park in Gulfport, former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour praised volunteers who worked on the Katrina recovery. He said more than 954,000 volunteers came from around the country to Mississippi in the first five years after the storm, and many were motivated by faith. “They thought it was God’s command to try to help people in need,” Barbour said. Katrina’s force caused a mas-

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Black History Museum deserves our attention We know both our local Alcorn County and City of Corinth governmental bodies are getting their ears full this time of year for budget requests. There never seems to be enough money to go around. The county appears to be headed toward a millage rate increase for the first time in five years, certainly a testament for there not being enough money to go around. There was a budget request to go before our Corinth city leaders we really wish would be given some extra attention. We speak of one of Corinth’s best kept secrets - the Black History Museum. The Black History Museum of Corinth wants the city’s support for some facility upgrades and a possible expansion. Robert Smith recently presented several requests on behalf of the museum to the Corinth Board of Mayor and Aldermen. “For the longest time, the Black History Museum has sat in the shadow of this community,” he told the city board. “But as you move forward on this mission to revitalize the city and our community, we would like the opportunity to represent our past, the present and to impact the future.” We believe the Black History Museum deserves our attention. After a dozen years in the house at 1109 Meigg Street, the museum is feeling the need for more space to better tell the stories represented by its collection. Smith submitted a proposed floor plan for expansion and said more space is needed as the former residence is more of an archives than a museum. The museum wants to pursue grant funds along with donations to fund the project. Before expansion, Smith said the house needs some work on issues like water leaks, handicap accessibility, poor lighting, narrow doorways and yardwork. As in Smith’s words, the Black History Museum needs some “curb appeal.” The board took no formal action on the requests and Smith was asked to prepare a detailed list of needs with cost estimates. The museum is located in the former residence of William Dakota and Adrienne Combs Webb. The house was donated to the city in 1990, and the museum opened there in 2003. We realize the city can’t do everything at once, but a yearly commitment to do the needed repairs and curb appeal first and plan for an expansion in the future would help get the Black History Museum headed in the right direction.

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Grandson’s name left out of grandfather’s obituary To the editor: I would like to take this time to apologize to Tanner Trimm. He is the grandson of the late Kenneth E. Dildy. Regrettably his name was not mentioned in his grandfather’s obituary after his passing on May 15 this year. I am very sorry for letting someone else’s decision cloud my judgment on that difficult day. I only hope you can find a way to forgive me and please accept my apology. There are several more people I wish I could have mentioned. I know in my heart you all know who you are. Again, I am very sorry, Tanner, and please know Kenny loved you very much. I hope he can forgive me as well. Michelle Dildy Corinth

Prayer for today Heavenly Father, help me to-day to look into my heart and see the truth of my life, and show me thy heart that I may see the truth of life. Amen.

A verse to share “And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.” — Matthew 23:12

Two impossible things that could happen “One can’t believe impossible things,” Alice objected. “I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” the Red Queen replied. “When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” You may be reading this sometime after breakfast, and six is a pretty large number of impossible things. But looking at developments in the 2016 campaign, I can see two impossible things – impossible in the sense that almost every pundit (including me) ruled them out – that might happen in the weeks and months ahead. The first impossible thing is that Hillary Clinton might stop being the undisputed frontrunner for the Democratic nomination. There have been two good reasons for believing this to be impossible. One is that even in the swirl of the email controversy, a very large majority of self-identified Democrats continue to have positive feelings about Clinton. That includes the 25 percent or so nationally and the 40 or so percent in New Hampshire who say they’d vote for Bernie Sanders right now. That shows that one Democratic constituency – the Birkenstock Belt – is willing to consider an alternative. What would happen if another – black Democrats – should prove willing to do so as well? The answer: disaster for

the Clinton campaign. As fivethirtyeight.com analysts have pointed out, even if ClinMichael ton loses and Barone Iowa New HampColumnist shire, the next big set of contests come in Southern states, where blacks make up nearly half or more of Democratic primary voters. And black voters tend to coalesce, in primaries as well in November, for one candidate. That’s a rational response for people who are self-conscious members of a persecuted and discriminatedagainst minority. In the past, black Democrats have been nearly unanimous for one candidate even over another who has strong claims on their support — e.g., Robert Kennedy over Hubert Humphrey in 1968 and Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton 40 years later. Right now, Clinton has the kind of black support Humphrey would have had if Kennedy had not run. But what if Joe Biden entered the race with the explicit or strongly implied support of President Obama? Maybe that could happen. On Monday, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said he “wouldn’t rule out the possibility of an endorsement” in the primary and added that “no one in American politics today”

knows more about running for president than Biden and that Obama considered his Biden VP pick as “the smartest decision that he has ever made in politics.” Hmm. The second impossible thing that could happen is a vast expansion of the Republican primary electorate – and general election turnout. Sparked, at least initially, but not necessarily permanently, by Donald Trump. The New York Times reported last week that other Republican candidates’ strategists discount Trump’s current poll leads on the grounds that the polls “rely on feedback from many Republicans who are unlikely to vote” because they aren’t registered Republicans or haven’t voted in past primaries. It’s true that past Republican turnout has been low. In 2008, 37 million Americans voted in Democratic primaries and caucuses and only 21 million voted in Republican contests. Hillary Clinton, while losing the nomination, got almost as many votes as the three leading Republicans put together. Similarly, many analysts blame Mitt Romney’s 2012 loss on conservatives staying home. Barack Obama got 3.5 million fewer votes in 2012 than in 2008. Usually incumbents who drop that far lose. But Romney got only 1 million more votes than John McCain in 2008.

Even in a period of close partisan divisions, when one party’s turnout increases it can win decisively. Democratic total votes increased 10.5 million when Obama won in 2008. Republican total votes increased 11.5 million when George W. Bush was reelected in 2004. One metric we have so far suggests a huge increase in Republican votes: 24 million people watched the Republican debate in Cleveland August 6. That’s almost triple the previous Republican high and double the Democrats’ record – which came in 2008, when the party’s primary and general electorate expanded. Donald Trump accounts for much of Republicans’ big audience, but perhaps not all: some 6 million watched the second-tier candidates’ pre-prime-time debate. The big question now is whether another candidate can entice Trump’s predominantly older, non-college-graduate enthusiasts. Hmm. Will these two impossible things happen? After all, the Red Queen only said that you could believe impossible things. But they did happen to Alice. (Daily Corinthian columnist Michael Barone is senior political analyst for The Washington Examiner, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a Fox News Channel contributor and a coauthor of The Almanac of American Politics.)

If Obama endorses Biden ... BY DICK MORRIS AND EILEEN MCGANN Columnists

If Joe Biden runs and President Obama endorses him — and both now appear likely — then all bets are off. Hillary Clinton will soon be dethroned as the frontrunner. While Clinton holds a comfortable lead over Biden and Sanders in most current national polls (although Sanders leads in New Hampshire), once the vice president is officially in the race and once Obama joins as his corner man, he will surge in the polls. African-Americans will start to leave Clinton in a rush with Latinos following. With white radicals and labor types already largely backing Sanders. Clinton’s base will dwindle. President Obama’s Press Secretary Josh Earnest

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strongly hinted that the president might endorse Joe Biden if he ran. While taking care not to take sides in the looming Clinton/Biden/Sanders primary, he said that he “wouldn’t rule out the possibility of an endorsement in the Democratic primary.” He then went on to shower praise on Biden, while offering only the most boilerplate and perfunctory words about Clinton. He said of Biden: ■ That Obama has said that naming him as VP was “the smartest decision he’d ever made in politics.” ■ That “you could probably make the case that there is no one in American politics today who has a better understanding of exactly what is required to mount a successful national presidential campaign.” Of Clinton, Earnest only

noted Obama’s “appreciation, respect and admiration for the job” Clinton did as secretary of state. Faint praise indeed. Earnest’s statement is a clear and public hint from Obama to Biden that says: Get in the race, build up your standing, and then I will back you. Obama cannot simply endorse Biden. He has to point out how his VP would be better than his former secretary of state. He will have to note her greater fidelity to his programs and policies and warn of her tendency to follow the polls to the center as her husband did in the ‘90s. Or he will have to call attention to her electability problems in the wake of her email scandal. Either approach would be deadly for Clinton. While a recent Suffolk University poll, taken on Aug. 20-24,

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shows Clinton with a commanding 54 percent vote share in Iowa, with Sanders and Biden following at 20 percent and 11 percent respectively, the internals show how damaging the email scandal will be among Democrats to Clinton. Asked if they personally were “bothered” by the scandal, potential Democratic caucus-goers said no by 70-26. But asked if the scandal would hurt Clinton’s chances of winning, they said yes by 52-36. If Obama and Biden underscore this concern, it will take away the victory from Clinton. (Dick Morris, former advisor to the Clinton administration, is a commentator and writer. He is also a columnist for the New York Post and The Hill. His wife, Eileen McGann is an attorney and consultant.)

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Key Common Core goals not achieved LOS ANGELES — Results for some of the states that participated in Common Core-aligned testing for the first time this spring have been released. Overall scores are higher than expected, though below what many parents may be accustomed to seeing. Full or preliminary scores have been released for Connecticut, Idaho, Missouri, Oregon, Vermont, Washington and West Virginia. Those states participated in the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium. That’s one of the two groups of states awarded $330 million by the U.S. Department of Education to develop exams to test students on the Common Core standards in math and English language arts. Yet even when all the results are in, a fundamental goal of Common Core will be unfulfilled: Student performance will not be comparable across a majority of states.

Tropical storm still worrying residents ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tropical Storm Erika dissipated Saturday, but folks in the Tampa Bay area are watching it carefully. The 9 a.m. forecast from the National Hurricane Center showed the storm had degenerated into a trough of low pressure by early Saturday after mountains and an unfavorable environment in Hispaniola knocked Erika below tropical storm force. It appeared that it would bypass droughtstricken South Florida entirely. But emergency managers in the Tampa Bay area are still worried about heavy rain. “Our aquifers are full. There’s no more areas for the water to percolate to,” said Ed Caum, a spokesman for Pasco County’s emergency operations center.

People who record police risk arrest HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. — Smartphones are making it easier than ever for people to record police encounters with the public, providing evidence of beatings and shootings that wouldn’t have existed otherwise. But some police departments are responding to the scrutiny by arresting citizen videographers on such

charges as obstruction or interfering with a crime scene. And even though recording police is protected by the First Amendment, civil libertarians say such arrests are only becoming more frequent. New York’s ACLU has been fighting back with an app that automatically uploads citizen videos to a central server, preserving them even if the smartphone is seized. And California Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed a “Right to Record Act” that specifically declares people may not be prevented from recording the police.

Grain trains ready for record harvest STERLING, N.D. — With a record fall harvest fast approaching, farmers are expecting to get the trains they need to move crops to market. It’s a turnaround from the past two years when elevators across the Upper Great Plains were overflowing and mountains of grain were piled on the ground awaiting rail cars. The recent reversal is attributed to unprecedented spending on track upgrades, political pressure from farmstate politicians and a drastic decrease in trains hauling crude and freight to and from western North Dakota’s oil-producing region. BNSF Railway Co. says it has invested billions of dollars in upgrades across its rail network since 2013, including $1 billion in North Dakota alone. The railroad says it is now shipping all freight “faster, more predictable and more consistent.”

Starr urges review of sex assault case WACO, Texas — Baylor University President Ken Starr is proposing an independent investigation of the athletic department’s handling of the sexual assault complaint against defensive end Sam Ukwuachu. Starr proposed the hiring of outside counsel after reviewing the results of the internal inquiry of sexual assault case, for which Ukwuachu was convicted and sentenced to six months in jail and 10 years of probation. In a university statement Friday, Starr also proposes creating a new position at the athletic department to monitor the behavior of the university athletes and report directly to

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Starr, not the athletic department. Starr says the officer would ensure Baylor athletes “maintain the high level of personal ethics and integrity” that Baylor and its followers demand.

Ex-student declared guilty of sex crimes CONCORD, N.H. — A graduate of an exclusive New England prep school was cleared of rape but convicted Friday of lesser sex offenses against a 15-year-old freshman girl in a case that exposed a tradition in which seniors competed to see how many younger students they could have sex with. A jury of nine men and three women took eight hours to reach its verdict in the case against Owen Labrie, who was accused of forcing himself on the girl in a dark and noisy mechanical room at St. Paul’s School in Concord two days before he graduated in 2014. Labrie, who was bound for Harvard and planned to take divinity classes before his arrest put everything on hold, could get as much as 11 years in prison at sentencing Oct. 29. The 19-year-old from Tunbridge, Vermont, will also have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. He wept upon hearing the verdict, and then, as his lawyers conferred with the judge, sat alone at the defense table, shaking his head slightly and looking up at the ceiling.

Fed vice chair may give rake hike clues WASHINGTON — What once seemed a sure bet — that the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates in September — suddenly appears less certain following a wild week of stock market turbulence. The market’s ride and how the Fed will react provide the backdrop for the annual high-profile economic conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Fed Chair Janet Yellen decided to skip this year’s meeting, so Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer is commanding top attention, with investors eagerly parsing his every word. Fischer’s message: Incoming economic data and market developments over the next two weeks will play crucial roles in determining whether the Fed raises interest rates at its September meeting.

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Nurse charged with taking patients’ pills SENATOBIA — A nurse from north Mississippi is charged with taking away patients’ prescription painkillers. The attorney general’s office says in a news release that 27-year-old Samantha Livingston of Senatobia was booked into the Marshall County jail Friday and released on a $5,000 bond. The news release says a Marshall County grand jury indicted Livingston on two counts of acquiring or obtaining possession of a controlled substance or prescription by misrepresentation or fraud. The indictment says Livingston was working as licensed practical nurse at a rehabilitation center in Byhalia when she signed out about 40 hydrocodone pills with acetaminophen that had been prescribed to two patients.

Vicksburg signs deal for airport upgrades VICKSBURG — The city of Vicksburg is getting more than $170,000 from the Federal Aviation Administration for improvements to the Vicksburg Municipal Airport. The Vicksburg Post reports that the city has awarded a $54,221 contract to Killen Electric Inc. to install the precision approach path indicator and another one for $142,185 to Look’s Great Service Inc. to clear the woods from the north end of the runway. The federal money will cover 90 percent of the contract. The Mississippi Department of

Transportation is paying half of the local match, or $9,820. The city will provide the rest. City officials dropped a proposal to close the airport in favor of Vicksburg-Tallulah Regional Airport in Mound, Louisiana, which is jointly owned by the city; Warren County; Madison Parish and Tallulah in Louisiana.

Lauderdale County sets 2 murder trials MERIDIAN — Two murder trials are scheduled in a next few weeks in Lauderdale County Circuit Court. WTOK-TV in Meridian reports that Carl Bell will be tried Sept. 21 on two counts of murder in the deaths of Algene Grant and Aketi Sims Washington. Two sets of skeletal remains were discovered buried in a shallow grave behind a home in the Bailey community in May of 2013. Bell was arrested several days later. In the second case, a man charged in the death of an elderly man outside a grocery store in 2014 is scheduled for Nov. 21. Shon Byrd is charged with capital murder in the death of 87-year-old Billy Putnam, who was shot and killed during a robbery on Mother’s Day in the parking lot of the store.

Court: Park can rent empty trailer spaces BRANDON — A Rankin County judge has ruled a municipality cannot stop a mobile home park from re-renting vacated spaces.

In a decision this past week, Circuit Judge John H. Emfinger ruled against the city of Pearl, which had sought to prevent a local manufactured home park from re-filling vacated lots with mobile homes. In May, the Mississippi Supreme Court reversed an earlier decision by Emfinger that the city of Richland could control how empty lots were handled by a local mobile home park. The Supreme Court said Richland’s interpretation of its zoning law violated the mobile home park owner’s “constitutional right to enjoy its property.”

$1 million raised for endowed chair OXFORD — The University of Mississippi says more than $1 million has been raised for an endowed chair honoring outgoing Chancellor Dan Jones. The university says in a news release Friday that the Daniel W. Jones, M.D. Faculty Chair has received donations from 400 alumni, faculty, staff members and friends. It is the 25th endowed chair on the Oxford campus. Jones, a 66-year-old physician, has led the university since June 2009 after serving six years as the university’s vice chancellor for health affairs and dean of the School of Medicine in Jackson. In June, the University of Mississippi Medical Center said Jones will be leading clinical research at the Mississippi Center for Obesity Research.

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Man charged in deputy’s ambush BY JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press

HOUSTON — Texas prosecutors on Saturday charged a 30-year-old man with capital murder in the killing of a uniformed sheriff’s deputy who was gunned down from behind while filling his patrol car with gas in what officials described as a “senseless and cowardly act.” The arrest of Shannon J. Miles — who has a criminal history that includes convictions for resisting arrest and disorderly conduct with a firearm — came less than 24 hours after authorities said he ambushed Darren Goforth, a 10year veteran of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, at a suburban Houston Chevron station. “I am proud of the men and women that have worked swiftly to apprehend the responsible person who posed a significant threat to both law enforcement and the community at large,” Harris County Sheriff

Ron Hickman said at a news conference. “Our deputies return to the streets tonight to hold a delicate peace that was shattered last evening.” Hickman said the motive for the killing had not been determined but investigators would look at whether Miles, who is black, was motivated by anger over recent killings elsewhere of black men by police that have spawned the “Black Lives Matter” protest movement. Goforth was white. “I think that’s something that we have to keep an eye on,” Hickman said. “The general climate of that kind of rhetoric can be influential on people to do things like this. We’re still searching to find out if that’s actually a motive.” Hickman said investigators are working on the assumption “that he was a target because he wore a uniform.” Goforth, 47, was pumping gas Friday night when the gunman approached him from

behind and fired multiple shots, continuing to fire after the deputy had fallen to the ground. The deputy had gone to the Chevron gas station in Cypress, a middle-class to upper middle-class suburban area of Harris County that is unincorporated and located northwest of Houston, after responding to a routine car accident earlier Friday. Earlier on Saturday, Hickman had called the killing a “cold-blooded assassination.” “Cops’ lives matter, too,” Hickman said then. “So why don’t we drop the qualifier and say lives matter.” Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson echoed Hickman’s sentiments. “There are a few bad apples in every profession. That does not mean there should be open warfare declared on law enforcement,” she said. In a statement Saturday, Gov. Greg Abbott said “heinous and delib-

erate crimes against law enforcement will not be tolerated” and that the state “reveres the men and women in law enforcement who put their lives on the line every day to protect and serve their communities.” Hickman said Miles had been in the custody of authorities “all night.” Authorities earlier Saturday said they had been speaking with a person of interest but had not identified that individual. Court records of Miles’ previous arrests show he lived at a home that deputies searched earlier Saturday and where a red truck, similar to one that authorities said left the scene of the shooting, was found. Hickman credited the work of investigators and “routine research” that found the truck that led to “the suspect responsible for this senseless and cowardly act.” An impromptu memorial sprouted at the pump Goforth had used Friday night.

Gunman remembered as ‘professional victim’ Associated Press

ROANOKE, Va. — Vester Flanagan constantly saw himself as the target in his conflicts with WDBJ-TV colleagues, leading his former boss to describe him as a “professional victim.” When the station tried to persuade Flanagan to get along better with his co-workers, he accused them of discrimination. “He was victimized by everything and everyone and could never quite grasp the fact that he was the common denominator in all of these really sometimes serious interpersonal conflicts that he had with people,” said Dan Dennison, the former news director at WDBJ in Virginia. Flanagan killed two of his former colleagues on Wednesday during a live

broadcast and later died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. On the day he was fired in 2013, Flanagan pressed a wooden cross into Dennison’s hand and said, “You’ll need this,” as two police officers escorted him out. Flanagan’s departure was filmed by Adam Ward, the cameraman who was killed along with reporter Alison Parker. Parker and Ward died of gunshot wounds to the head and body, the medical examiner’s office said Friday. The woman Parker was interviewing, Vicki Gardner, was shot in the back and was in good condition at a hospital. Gov. Terry McAuliffe met privately Friday with grieving station employees to share his

condolences. The 50 or so workers have been described as a close-knit group, and they have continued reporting on their slain colleagues in the face of the tragedy. “The courage and determination they showed is truly, truly extraordinary,” McAuliffe said outside the station. He talked about his support for universal background checks for gun purchases and said “there are too many guns in America and there are clearly too many guns in the wrong hands.” But McAuliffe, himself a gun owner, also said Flanagan had passed a background check. Dennison, the former news director, said WDBJ had no idea of Flanagan’s personal shortcomings before he was hired there and he

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Donald Garrett Sr.

A Celebration of Life for Donald Ray Garrett Sr., 75, is set for 2 p.m. today at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Forrest Memorial Park. Family will receive friends from 1 p.m. to service time today. Mr. Garrett died August 27, 2015 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born July 18, 1940 in Arkansas to the late Freeland and Stella Garrett, he retired as plant manager for Corinth Manufacturing, plants 1 and 3. He later went to work for the Corinth School District where he retired. He was a member of Meadow Creek Methodist Church and enjoyed gardening, fishing and duck hunting. He was also an Garrett avid golfer. Survivors include his wife, Marie Garrett; sons, Don Garrett (Cindy), Randy Garrett (Cindy) and Brett Garrett (Jennifer); step-son, Ben Miller (Karen); step-daughters, Wanda Arnold (Wade), Brenda Presley (Riley) and Julie Holt (Roger); sister, Hattie Garrett (C J); mother of his sons, Joan Garrett; grandchildren, Christopher, Nikki, John Worth, Jack, Missy, Alison, Beth, Jay, Abby and Jayden Phillips Owen; and great grandchildren, Tanner, Brityn, Hunter, Cheyenne, Justin, Lanna, Kole and Kaylee. He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, General Presley, Grover and Jasper Garrett; and sisters, Shirley, Sadie, Gladys and Marjorie. Pallbearers include Billy Bennett, Dennis Bumpas, Wade Arnold, Johnny Doles, Roy Brown, Billy Ward and Mickey Murphy. Honorary pallbearers include Hunter Arnold, Jerry South, Riley Presley, Ben Miller and Emmanuel Christian.

Jerry Lee Patterson

Funeral services for Jerry Lee Patterson, 62, of Corinth, are set for 12 noon Monday at Oak Grove CME Church with burial at Annie Dilworth Cemetery. Visitation is Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. at Patterson Memorial Chapel. Mr. Patterson died Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015, at his home. Born Jan. 10, 1953, he attended Biggersville High School and worked at Corinthian. He was a member of Oak Grove CME Church. Survivors include his wife, Patricia Patterson; three children, Jerry Lee Patterson Jr., Lawrence R. Patterson and Dorthia Miller (Jason), all of Corinth; his mother, Dorothy Williams; his stepfather, Frank Williams; siblings Paul Patterson (Katrina) of Ypsilanti, Mich., Virginia Eckford (Steve) of Ann Arbor, Mich., Janice Williams (Michael) and Pam Forts (Gary) of Ypsilanti, Mich.; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by his father, J.L. Patterson; his grandparents, Elbert Davis and Elnaro Davis; and a grandson, Patrick Porter.

Shirley Taylor Parnell

Funeral services for Shirley Taylor Parnell is set for 3 p.m. Monday at McPeters Chapel with burial at the Henry Cemetery. Mrs. Parnell died August 29, 2015 at her residence. Bro. Dennis Smith will officiate. Arrangements are in complete with McPeters Inc. Funeral Directors.

Judge asked to block gay adoption ban

A public hearing will be held on September 1, 2015, to provide the general public with an opportunity to comment on the taxing and spending plan incorporated in the proposed budget of the City of Corinth for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2015 and ending September 30, 2016. The meeting will be held in the Board Room of the Municipal Building at 5:00 p.m. All interested citizens are encouraged to attend and comment. The City is proposing NO ad valorem tax increase. Tommy Irwin Mayor

had received positive recommendations. Flanagan’s hair-trigger temper became evident at least 15 years ago at WTWC-TV in Tallahassee, Florida, said Don Shafer, who hired him there in 1999. Shafer recalled Flanagan as a good reporter and a “clever, funny guy” — but he also had conflicts with co-workers “to the point where he was threatening people.” “Had some physical confrontations with a couple of people, and at one point became such a distraction that we finally had to terminate him,” said Shafer, now news director with XETV in San Diego. After stints in California, Florida and North Carolina, Flanagan’s last television job was at WDBJ in Roanoke.

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JACKSON — Four lesbian couples are asking a federal judge to immediately stop Mississippi from enforcing a law that bans same-sex couples from adopting or taking children into foster care. The request for a preliminary injunction was filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Jackson. The document said an injunction would only affect the four couples who are plaintiffs. The couples and two gay-rights groups, the Campaign for Southern Equality and the Family Equality Council, filed

suit Aug. 12 to challenge Mississippi’s 2000 law that set the adoption ban. It was not immediately clear how soon U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan will consider the request filed Friday. A preliminary injunction would stop the state from enforcing a law while it is challenged in court. A judge can grant injunction if it appears that the people who filed a lawsuit would face irreparable harm by letting the law remain in place, and if they appear likely to win the suit based on their legal arguments.

The couples point out that Republican Gov. Phil Bryant said in his 2014 State of the State address that he wanted all children to be born into a “mature, two-parent family.” They say allowing same-sex couples to adopt would help fulfill that goal. Bryant, who is seeking re-election this year, has said many times that he opposes adoption by same-sex couples. Mississippi is the last state to ban adoptions by same-sex couples. Lawmakers in Florida and Michigan reversed bans earlier this year.

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My family and I truly appreciate the prayers and words of encouragement we received during the election campaign and we thank each of you for your support. Alcorn County is moving forward and I am proud of what has been accomplished over the last few years: • Unemployment dropped from 12% to 5% and over 400 jobs were added at our existing industries. • The new industrial park provides the much needed land, electrical, railroad, and road access new industries require when determining where to locate. • New businesses and restaurants have opened and the work done in the SoCo District makes our community even more inviting to those living here and looking to relocate here. • The Park Expansion and Upgrade will improve our quality of life locally and be a great draw for sporting events. But there is more to do and we have many challenges ahead of us. I am grateful for your vote and I ask for your continued help and prayers as we build on our successes and overcome our challenges. Together, we can keep Alcorn County moving forward. Thank You and May God Bless, Lowell Hinton Paid for by Lowell Hinton

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Alex Al-Qawwas remembers Katrina like it was yesterday. It was just two hours before the hurricane would make landfall when Al-Qawwas and his family decided to leave their Lake Pontchartrain home. “We just left everything and went. All we had was a hand bag,” he said. “I remember heading north down the highway — their was so much traffic. Just rows and rows of cars heading out of the city and absolutely no one heading in.” A few days later, the AlQawwas’ returned home to a ghost town. “There was no one on the streets — not even the police,” he said. “There was six to eight feet of water in our neighborhood. We had lost our home, our restaurant and our cars — we had nothing.” Painting a picture of the horror he witnessed, Al-Qawwas described the scene before him. “There was an unnatural stillness which stretched as far as the eye could see,” he said. “And the smell ... you could smell the dead.” Following Katrina, the Al-Qawwas’ moved to North Mississippi. Alex, his wife Manal and their three children, Tarik, Zaine and Jamil, now call Corinth home where they run a successful Mediterranean cafe. “We came to Corinth and started from zero,” said Al-Qawwas, head chef and owner of JT’s Falafel and

Kabobs. While he often visits New Orleans, Al-Qawwas says he will never return to stay. “It’s a chapter in my life that is now closed,” he said. Booneville resident Guy Windham was living in the French Quarter of New Orleans when evacuations began. “I only packed an overnight bag, because I thought I would be able to go back, but it took five weeks before I was able to return,” he said. There was no damage to Windham’s apartment and unlike the much of New Orleans, the French Quarter was never under water. Mostly, he remembers the stench. “It got in my hair and my clothes and I just couldn’t get away from it,” Windham added. “There were flies everywhere.” Corinth native Chris Wooten headed north 10 years ago when Katrina moved inland towards his home in Laurel about 100 miles from the Gulf Coast. “It was really eerie when I returned after the storm,” Wooten said. “There were no street lights and I could hear generators humming throughout town. When the media said it looked like a war-zone ... they were right.” Wooten said hotels were completely full around Laurel and Hattiesburg. The same could be said of Corinth. As Katrina made landfall, hundreds of refugees from the Gulf Coast filled up ev-

ery available hotel room in the Crossroads area. Both residents and refugees battened down the hatches on August 30, 2005 when the remnants of Hurricane Katrina passed over Alcorn County. Downgraded to a tropical storm by the National Weather Service, the largescale storm packed 100 mph wind and dumped more than five inches of rain on Corinth. Although five families were displaced and close to 3,000 people were without power, damage was incomparable to the destruction the storm left behind on the Gulf Coast. In the days and weeks following the storm, the local outreach was unmatched. Area businesses, organizations and churches held fundraisers and made donations to the Red Cross or other emergency agencies to help with the Gulf Coast relief effort. Many area residents traveled south carrying supplies and offering a helping hand to the victims of the storm. “Right after it hit, I sent several of my guys down to help,” said Alcorn County Director of Emergency Services Ricky Gibens. About a week later, Gibens also traveled to the Gulfport-Biloxi area to assist. “Pictures did not do the damage justice,” he said. “It was absolutely devastating — I hope I never seen anything like it again.”

of $10,000 and is asking the hospital board to consider it. The park’s monthly draw is proposed to increase from $19,000 to $25,000 plus personnel costs. The board wants the park to take over administration of its own payroll beginning

Oct. 1 if possible but no later than Jan. 1. Apart from the budget, the board voted for Bubba Labas to serve as mayor pro tem beginning Nov. 1. The mayor pro tem presides over meetings during the mayor’s absence.

T.O.P.S The Corinth Chapter 0359 of T.O.P.S (Take off Pounds Sensibly) will hold chapter meetings at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesdays at Waldron Street Christian Church. The local chapter was founded on Jan. 18, 2012. A non-profit weight loss support group, T.O.P.S has helped millions of people take off weight for over 60 years. Participants will arrive between 10 and 10:30 a.m. for a confidential weigh in by appointed weight recorders. At 10:30 a.m. roll-call will be held. The first meeting is free.

Free Yoga Weekly chair yoga classes taught by Certified Yoga Instructor Karen Beth Martin are held every Thursday at 10 a.m., in the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church fellowship hall. Each class is 40-45 minutes in length and are tailored to the abilities and limitations of those attending with the goal of improving strength, flexibility and balance. The class, geared toward seniors, is open to the public. Class is donation-based. For questions, contact the church office at 662286-2922.

Mississippi Youth Challenge Mississippi Youth Challenge Academy features a structured environment with a focus on job training, social skills and self-discipline. Other academic opportunities include high school diploma,

quest for funding from the Living Healthy Free Medical Clinic founded by Dr. Thomas Sweat. The Alcorn County Board of Supervisors also received a request from the clinic for funding

Volunteers needed ■ Hospice Advantage in Corinth is looking for volunteers in the surrounding area: Corinth, Tippah, Tishomingo and Prentiss County. Volunteering is a wonderful way to give back to your community and lend a helping hand to the elderly. For more information, call Carla Nelson, volunteer coordinator with Hospice Advantage on becoming a volunteer at 662-665-9185 or 662-279-0435. The website is hospiceadvantage.com. ■ Magnolia Regional Hospice is currently seeking individuals or groups to be trained as volunteers. Hospice is a program of caring for individuals who are terminally ill and choose to remain at home with family or a caregiver. Some of the ministry opportunities for volunteers are sitting with the patient in their homes to allow the caregiver a break, grocery shopping, reading to a patient, craft opportunities, bereavement/grief support and inoffice work. For more information, contact Lila Wade, volunteer coordinator at 662-293-1405 or 1-800-8437553.

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$106,650 in July 2014. Mississippi’s not seasonally adjusted non-farm employment decreased 7,400 over the month but was 19,300 higher than one year ago. MDES recorded the largest monthly industry sector losses in government; manufacturing; trade, transportation & utilities; and leisure & hospitality. Jobless rates across the state ranged from 3.9 percent in Rankin County to 17.1 percent in Issaquena County.

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college classes through a local university and nationally certified construction skills. The academy is designed to meet the needs of today’s “at risk” youth. Both males and females, 16-18, can apply. Applicants can earn their GEDs. Tuition is free. For more information, call 1-800-507-6253 or visit www.msyouthchallenge.org.

Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Twenty-four states and the District of Columbia had decreases from June; 14 states had increases; and 12 states had no change. Fortyone states and the District of Columbia had decreases from a year earlier; six states had increases; and three states had no change. The national jobless rate was unchanged from June at 5.3 percent and was 0.9 percentage point lower than in July 2014.

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AGRICULTURE FUTURES WkHigh WkLow Settle WkChg CORN 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel Sep 15 Dec 15 Mar 16 May 16 Jul 16 Sep 16 Dec 16

375 386.75 397.50 403.75 408 401.75 407.25

354 365.50 377 383.50 388 386 390

363.25 375 386.50 393 397.50 391.75 399

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908 889.50 893.25 894.25 897.25 900.75 898

874 855 858.25 858.50 861 866.75 867.25

511.25 516 521.50 525.25 527 534.75 548

476 482.75 490.50 496 500 509.50 523.25

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146.52 144.60 146.52 146.30 144.97 136.92 135.12

141.97 139.65 141.92 141.67 140.52 133.00 131.80

146.52 143.97 146.05 145.90 144.67 136.60 134.95

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893.25 885.50 890.75 892.25 895 898.50 897.25

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WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel Sep 15 Dec 15 Mar 16 May 16 Jul 16 Sep 16 Dec 16

WkHigh WkLow Settle WkChg CATTLE 40,000 lbs.- cents per lb.

Oct 15 Dec 15 Feb 16 Apr 16 May 16 Jun 16 Jul 16

67.85 63.65 67.87 71.80 76.22 79.80 78.50

61.60 57.82 62.85 67.77 73.25 76.40 76.50

COTTON 2 50,000 lbs.- cents per lb.

477 483.75 491.75 497 501.25 510.75 524.25

-22.50 -20.25 -16.25 -13.50 -11.25 -10.75 -11

Oct 15 Dec 15 Mar 16 May 16 Jul 16 Oct 16 Dec 16

66.71 66.75 66.32 66.27 66.20 ... 64.00

62.31 62.26 62.06 62.52 62.92 ... 62.35

Tables show seven most current contracts for each future. Grains traded on Chicago Board of Trade; livestock on Chicago Mercantile Exchange; and cotton on Intercontinental Exchange.

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Vanguard 500Adml LB Vanguard TotStIAdm LB Vanguard TotStIdx LB Vanguard InstIdxI LB Vanguard InstPlus LB Fidelity Contra LG American Funds GrthAmA m LG American Funds IncAmerA m MA American Funds CapIncBuA m IH Vanguard TotIntl FB Vanguard WelltnAdm MA Dodge & Cox IntlStk FB PIMCO TotRetIs CI Dodge & Cox Stock LV Vanguard TotBdAdml CI American Funds InvCoAmA m LB American Funds CpWldGrIA m WS American Funds WAMutInvA m LV Fidelity Spartan 500IdxAdvtg LB Vanguard IntlStkIdxIPls FB FrankTemp-Franklin IncomeA m CA American Funds AmBalA m MA American Funds FnInvA m LB Dodge & Cox Income CI Vanguard TotStIIns LB Harbor IntlInstl FB Metropolitan West TotRetBdI CI T Rowe Price GrowStk LG Vanguard HltCrAdml SH Vanguard InstTStPl LB Vanguard MuIntAdml MI American Funds NewPerspA m WS Vanguard PrmcpAdml LG Vanguard IntlStkIdxAdm FB FrankTemp-Templeton GlBondAdv IB Vanguard TgtRe2025 TG Vanguard STGradeAd CS Fidelity ContraK LG Vanguard WndsIIAdm LV American Funds EurPacGrA m FG

153,597 126,673 111,993 106,967 92,560 79,510 76,669 72,952 71,498 70,947 69,611 68,597 64,880 60,638 59,510 58,686 57,153 51,649 51,130 51,025 49,774 48,955 45,534 44,480 44,479 43,760 42,303 42,208 41,737 39,391 39,139 38,566 37,974 37,950 34,978 34,378 34,181 33,808 32,867 31,048

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CA -Conservative Allocation, CI -Intermediate-Term Bond, FB -Foreign Large Blend, IH -World Allocation, LB -Large Blend, LG -Large Growth, LV -Large Value, MA -Moderate Allocation, MB -Mid-Cap Blend, MI -Muni National Intermediate, TG -Target Date 2021-2025, WS -World Stock, Total Return: Chng in NAV with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund performed vs. others with same objective: A is in top 20%, E in bottom 20%. Min Init Invt: Minimum $ needed to invest in fund. Source: Morningstar. Stock Footnotes: g = Dividends and earnings in Canadian dollars. h = Does not meet continued-listing standards. lf = Late filing with SEC. n = New in past 52 weeks. pf = Preferred. rs = Stock has undergone a reverse stock split of at least 50 percent within the past year. rt = Right to buy security at a specified price. s = Stock has split by at least 20 percent within the last year. un = Units. vj = In bankruptcy or receivership. wd = When distributed. wi = When issued. wt = Warrants. Mutual Fund Footnotes: b = Fee covering market costs is paid from fund assets. d = Deferred sales charge, or redemption fee. f = front load (sales charges). m = Multiple fees are charged. NA = not available. p = previous dayâ€™s net asset value. s = fund split shares during the week. x = fund paid a distribution during the week. Source: The Associated Press. Sales figures are unofficial.

NEW YORK â€” Forget the Big Mac attack. Now is the time of the snack attack. After years of slinging super-sized servings, some fast-food chains are starting to see the benefits of offering daintier bites. That includes mini-hot dogs, little chicken sandwiches and shakes that are smaller than a small. Itâ€™s all intended to entice people who are searching for a small treat between meals, a cheap bite or a little something extra at mealtime. This week, Arbyâ€™s introduced a lineup of sliders, with the miniature versions of its regular sandwiches costing less than $2 each. Earlier this year, Sonic introduced â€œLil Doggiesâ€? and â€œLil Chickies,â€?or petite hot dogs and chicken sandwiches, for around the same price. They were so popular the chain is bringing them back next

week. Taco Bell is promoting its â€œDare Devil Loaded Grillers,â€? which are smaller burritos for about a buck. The more modest serving sizes are intended to serve a variety of eating habits, including the uptick in people snacking and eating smaller meals around the clock. That means giving people options that donâ€™t make them feel like theyâ€™re pigging out. They arenâ€™t all shrunken versions of regular items, either. Burger King said the return of its chicken fries is helping push up sales, with many people stopping in to get French fry-shaped fried chicken as a snack. And Dunkinâ€™ Donuts CEO Nigel Travis has said the chainâ€™s new sandwiches are meant to be snacks â€” not lunch â€” to fit with the changing way people are eating. â€œWhat weâ€™re seeing is

the definition of meals is changing,â€? said Popeyes CEO Cheryl Bachelder. She said Popeyesâ€™ new menu items are developed to work as snacks and be easy to eat on the go, such as its â€œRipâ€™nâ€? chicken, which is shaped so pieces can be torn off easily. Snacks on fast-food menus arenâ€™t entirely new; McDonaldâ€™s has offered snack wraps for years â€” and White Castle might as well have patented the slider. But overall, Arbyâ€™s Chief Marketing Officer Rob Lynch thinks chains are losing customers to convenience stores like Wawa because they havenâ€™t done a great job with smaller, cheaper bites. â€œTheyâ€™re getting this business because the restaurant industry hasnâ€™t built a platform that meets this need,â€? Lynch said. Reduced portion sizes can also be a way to attract deal-seekers, because smaller sizes usu-

ally mean smaller prices. Thatâ€™s an area some fastfood chains are struggling with, as rising costs for ingredients like beef and dairy have made it tough to keep offering traditional dollar menus. McDonaldâ€™s and Wendyâ€™s, for instance, have both replaced their dollar menus with value menus that offer options at a variety of prices. But the CEOs of both chains have admitted they need to do something more to satisfy the value-seeking crowd. Relatively dainty sizes can also entice people into indulging in treats they would otherwise avoid. Itâ€™s why Sonic introduced a â€œminiâ€? size for its ice cream shakes, and why Starbucks offered a â€œminiâ€? 10-ounce version of its Frappuccino this spring. The idea is to bring in customers who are careful about caloric splurges, while still dishing out bigger portions to others.

Economy went from solid to stellar in 2Q BY MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer

WASHINGTON â€” The U.S. economy staged a far bigger rebound last quarter than first thought, outpacing the rest of the developed world and bolstering confidence that it will remain sturdy in coming months despite global headwinds. The economy as measured by gross domestic product expanded at an annual rate of 3.7 percent in the April-June quarter, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. Thatâ€™s more than a percentage point greater than the initial 2.3 percent estimate and a sharp upgrade from the anemic 0.6 percent advance during the January-March quarter. President Barack Obama took note of the good GDP report, saying it showed America remains â€œan anchor of global strength and stabilityâ€? with an economic recovery that has been faster and stronger than most other nations. â€œItâ€™s important to remember that strength. Thereâ€™s been a lot of reports in the news, stock markets swinging, wor-

ries about China and about Europe,â€? Obama said during a tour of New Orleans to see rebuilding efforts since Hurricane Katrina 10 years ago. To be sure, the GDP report provides a backward look at the U.S. economy. Since the spring, it has been hit with deepening concerns about a slowdown in China and recent turbulence in global financial markets. It remains unclear how the U.S. will fare in the months ahead if developments abroad deteriorate. The robust secondquarter numbers, however, indicate a level of growth unmatched by the rest of the developed world and a solid footing heading into the second half of the year. â€œThe U.S. economy entered the current market turbulence with momentum, which will help it to shrug off the drag from China and other developing economies,â€? said Diane Swonk, chief economist at Mesirow Financial. In contrast, Japan â€” the worldâ€™s No. 3 economy â€” shrank at an annual pace of 1.6 percent in the second quarter. Germa-

ny eked out 0.4 percent growth, while the United Kingdom expanded at a modest 0.7 percent rate. France didnâ€™t grow at all. The U.S. economy will probably cool slightly in the third quarter, but economists still expect solid growth that should keep fueling jobs and spending. Paul Ashworth, chief U.S. economist at Capital Economics, projects GDP growth of 2.5 percent in the current July-September quarter. â€œThe economy regained a massive amount of momentum in the second quarter and all the evidence from Julyâ€™s activity and employment data suggests that momentum continued into the third quarter,â€? Ashworth said in a note to clients. Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moodyâ€™s Analytics, is forecasting the economy to grow around 2.8 percent in third quarter and accelerate to a 3.5 percent annual rate in the October-December period. But he said that is based on an expectation that the recent market turbulence will not inflict long-lasting damage on the economy.

â€œMy forecast rests on the assumption that this is a garden variety market correction, with stock prices dropping by 10 percent from their recent high,â€? Zandi said. â€œIf we get a bigger decline of 20 percent, then that will hurt consumption and housing, and we will not get the job growth we are expecting.â€? The revision for second-quarter growth was broad-based, reflecting more robust spending by consumers, businesses and government. Consumer spending grew at annual rate of 3.1 percent, up from a 1.8 percent growth rate in the first quarter. Business investment in structures and equipment was revised higher to show growth of 3.2 percent instead of a decline. Housing construction jumped 7.8 percent, up from an initial estimate of 6.6 percent growth. Businesses spent more to restock their store shelves as well. Also fueling growth were strong gains in state and local government spending, largely due to greater public construction outlays.

Firms cut ties with farmer tied to abuse video Associated Press

NEW YORK â€” McDonaldâ€™s and its supplier Tyson Foods say theyâ€™ve cut ties with a chicken farmer after an advocacy group released a video taken with a hidden camera that the group said showed abusive practices

at its farm. The video was released by Mercy for Animals, an animal rights group that says it has released more than 40 similar videos in the past. The footage shows people scooping chickens into a bucket by whacking them with a pole

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with a spike on the end, and standing on birdsâ€™ heads to break their necks. Tyson Foods Inc. said in a statement that it was investigating the situation, but that it terminated the farmerâ€™s contract â€œbased on what we currently know.â€? McDonaldâ€™s Corp. said in a statement that it supported Tysonâ€™s decision to terminate its contract with the farmer in question. â€œWeâ€™re working with Tyson Foods to further investigate this situation and reinforce our expectations around animal health and welfare at the farm level,â€? McDonaldâ€™s said in a statement. The farm in Tennessee identified by Mercy for Animals could not immediately be reached. The farm supplied chicken for McDonaldâ€™s Chicken McNuggets, according to Mercy for Animals. McDonaldâ€™s said the farm may have also supplied chicken for menu items including grilled and deep-fried chicken filets and its McChicken sandwich.

Tyson said in its statement that the video doesnâ€™t reflect the treatment of chickens by the thousands of farmers that supply it. But Matt Rice, director of investigations for Mercy for Animals, said the groupâ€™s investigators walk away with images that â€œshock and horrifyâ€? every time they go on site at a farm. â€œUnfortunately this type animal abuse runs rampant in the animal agriculture industry,â€? Rice said. Mercy for Animals is asking McDonaldâ€™s to adopt a number of animal welfare policies, such as giving chickens more space, ending breeding practices designed to make chickens grow so quickly that they develop health problems, and the installation of video monitoring on farms. Rice said Mercy for Animals has requested meetings with Tyson, but said the company has declined its requests. A representative for Tyson, Gary Mickelson, said Tyson has previously offered to meet with the group.

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