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2 die in boat wreck Suspect in truck BY JEFF YORK For the Daily Corinthian

TISHOMINGO COUNTY, Miss. — A fatal late night accident on the Tennessee-Tom Waterway resulted in the deaths of two men from Counce, Tennessee on Friday. Their bodies were discovered early Saturday morning by the Hardin County Dive Team. Carey Downs, 39, and Jeremie Floyd, 40, were headed out to go bass fishing when their boat struck a parked barge loaded with coal around mid-

night Friday. Investigators believe they were traveling at a high rate of speed because of the force of the impact, according to Hardin County Fire Chief Melvin Martin. Floyd was driving the boat and hit the moored barge going around 50 miles per hour. He was knocked unconscious and drowned, according to Tishomingo County Coroner Mack Wilemon. Downs died from a blunt force trauma to the head. The barge was tied off at the

bank and was not connected to a towboat at the time of the accident. Chief Martin said it was apparent the boaters did not see the barge. Chief Martin said that Downs and Floyd were both thrown from their boat when they hit the barge across the lake from the Goat Island Campground. Downs and Floyd did not have on their lifejackets. Martin said the Mississippi Department of Wildlife and Please see WRECK | 2

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thefts captured BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com

Alcorn County investigators have captured a suspect believed to be linked to at least two truck thefts within the past three days. According to Alcorn County Chief Investigator Tommy Hopkins, David Carnell, 32, of Booneville was apprehended around 7 p.m. Sunday night

New NEMCC schedule leads to quieter Fridays BY BRANT SAPPINGTON bsappington@dailycorinthian.com

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Children had the opportunity to get their faces painted at the 27th Annual Iuka Heritage Festival.

Rain doesn’t dampen attendance, spirit BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com

Highlighting the end of summer celebrations in Tishomingo County, the 27th Annual Iuka Heritage Festival drew

quite the crowd on Saturday. While rain forced officials to cancel the car show, it couldn’t put a damper on the festivities. Hundreds of patrons flocked to both Mineral Springs Park

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School district among 14 seeking funds BY BRANT SAPPINGTON bsappington@dailycorinthian.com

A Crossroads area school district is among 14 suing the state in an attempt to reclaim money from years of alleged underfunding of education by the state legislature. The Prentiss County School District has joined with districts including Clay County and Okolona in North Mississippi and 12 other districts from other areas of the state in the suit seeking funds they claim are owed due to shortfalls in funding of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP), the formula used to determine state funding for school districts.

The Corinth School District declined to hear a presentation recently from Booneville attorney Casey Lott, one of the attorneys representing the districts in the lawsuit, and has chosen not to join the effort. The Alcorn School District has also not joined in the suit. The lawsuit effort, led by former Governor Ronnie Musgrove, was filed in Hinds County Chancery Clerk and asks a judge to order the state to pay districts participating the suit funds they claim they did not receive because MAEP was not fully funded. The suit also asks the judge to require the state legislature to fully fund MAEP in the future.

Musgrove, who helped lead the effort to pass the original MAEP legislation while serving as lieutenant governor in 1997, has argued the law requires the legislature to fully fund the program and they are violating the law by not doing so. The lawsuit comes as another group, Better Schools Better Jobs, pursues a statewide petition effort to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot for a future election which would require the state legislature to put at least 25 percent of any increase in state general fund revenue toward MAEP until it is fully funded. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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on County Road 755. Eluding the authorities since Friday, Hopkins said Carnell reportedly hitched a ride with a driver unaware that he was wanted by police. The prior felon was later spotted in the man’s car and arrested during a routine traffic stop. He was taken to the Alcorn County Sheriff’s Office for questioning.

Friday’s are a little quieter this fall on the campus of Northeast Mississippi Community College as the school begins its first semester under a four-day instructional week. The new schedule means classes are only in session Monday through Thursday with Fridays set aside for faculty training, departmental meetings and other enrichment activities. Day classes will run from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day. Executive Vice-President Ricky Ford said the plan was created with the goal of bettering opportunities for students and faculty. “Everything we do has the students in mind,” he said. The idea originated last year among top school administrators who began developing a plan which they presented to the board of trustees for approval. “We’ve gotten a lot of support from faculty, students and members of the board,” said Ford. Students are the only ones who will actually get Fridays off, he explained. All school offices and facilities will remain open normal hours, including the student services building,

cafeteria and library. Faculty are expected to use the day for planning, training courses, department meetings and other collaborative and educational opportunities. It was difficult to schedule these types of activities with a standard four-day week, said Ford. He believes the arrangement will also benefit students by giving them greater flexibility when scheduling classes and an extra day to work or take care of family and other responsibilities, making the college experience more accessible. Ford noted enrollment has increased this semester by approximately 11 percent and he attributes some of the rise to the more flexible schedules offered through the new arrangement. The official said he’s heard concerns from some local business owners about the potential for lost sales due to one less day of students being in town. However, he believes businesses may actually see a boost in sales under the new schedule because the arrangement will require most students to be on campus all four days creating a more consistent number of students in the area on days when classes are in session.

Upcoming tax-free weekend will benefit state’s sportsmen BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com

Passing both the House and the Senate with strong bipartisan support, Senate Bill 2425 was signed into law by Governor Phil Bryant on April 2, providing Mississippi sportsmen with an annual tax-free weekend in September. Backed by the National Rifle Association, the law went into effect on July 1. The holiday will be held annually on the first Friday of each September until midnight on the following Sunday. Mississippi’s first tax-free Second Amendment weekend will take place Sept. 5–7, giving hunters and gun owners across the state a reason to celebrate. Individual sales of firearms, ammunition, archery equip-

ment, rifle scopes and certain hunting supplies will be exempt from taxes during the state’s inaugural tax holiday. “We’re very excited about this weekend,” said Tom Oaks, owner of Lonnie’s Sporting Goods. “It’s going to be a great thing for both our customers and us.” While a large turn-out is projected for the weekend, Oaks believes it would have been even more popular had it not been for the exclusions. “I do think it’ll be big, but it could have been even bigger,” he said. “Louisiana is in their fourth year of doing this and everything is included. Sports wear, hunting boots and other types of gear are excluded from ours due to a bill that was Please see TAX-FREE | 2

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a day of family-oriented fun. Old-fashioned sodas, kettle corn, homemade breads, nachos, and other items were among the cornucopia of snacks that tempted visitors. Representing over six states, craft vendors and merchants offered a variety of merchandise. Selling everything from t-shirts to homemade soaps and lotions, there was something for everyone beneath the the festival tents. Featuring inflatables, basketball hoops and a dunking booth, activities were present for both the young and the young-atheart. “This was my first year to attend the Iuka Heritage Fest and I’ll admit I was skeptical when my fi-

A little anticipation and agony is evident on the faces of Chancery Clerk Bobby Marolt (left) and staff members Willie Justice and Karen Duncan as they accept the ice bucket challenge for ALS awareness Friday afternoon. The newspaper welcomes submitted photos from others who are taking the challenge. Include a phone number and submit the photo and information to editor@dailycorinthian.com. Please note that cell phone photos are usually not of acceptable quality.

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Fisheries asked for assistance from the Hardin County Fire Department’s Dive Team around 4 a.m. on Saturday. The chief said Floyd’s body was discov-

ered around 6:30 a.m. and that Downs’ body was found around 9:30 a.m. on Saturday. Downs was well known for his association with Pier 57 Marine in Counce. He was a regular at area boat shows

and high-performance boating events all over the country. The Mississippi Wildlife and Fisheries Team is in charge of the investigation of the accident because it happened in Tishomingo County.

the special opportunity. In a statement concerning the bill, Governor Bryant expressed his enthusiasm for the state’s first tax-free weekend. “Many Mississippians share my strong belief in the Second Amendment and love the outdoors,” said the avid hunter. “This tax holiday will

help ensure Mississippians continue to enjoy our state’s great outdoor heritage for years to come.” The Governor wished to voice his gratitude toward the Mississippi Legislature for their hard work on the bill and for supporting Mississippi sportsmen and sportswomen.

Vintage cars turned out for the festivities. ancée first asked me to go with her, but we both had a great time,” said Ripley native Charles Thomas. “I was completely blown away by how much there was to see and do.” The whistle of a train could be heard as passengers lined up to get a unique tour of Iuka. In coordination with the festival, couples participated in a special marriage and vow renewal

celebration at the Old Tishomingo Courthouse. Laughter and music filled the air as locals and newcomers alike showed up and showed out. From home-baked goodies to live entertainment, there was fun to be had by all. With the success of their 27th year, organizers are optimistic that next year’s festival will be even better.

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passed. While I am definitely looking forward to it, it is not what it should have been.” The store owner said he has advertised in Tennessee in hopes that more shoppers will be enticed to visit Lonnie’s and take advantage of

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Today in History Today is Tuesday, September 2, the 245th day of 2014. There are 120 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On September 2, 1945, Japan formally surrendered in ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, ending World War II.

On this date: In 1666, the Great Fire of London broke out. In 1789, the United States Treasury Department was established. In 1864, during the Civil War, Union Gen. William T. Sherman’s forces occupied Atlanta. In 1901, Vice President Theodore Roosevelt offered the advice, “Speak softly and carry a big stick” in a speech at the Minnesota State Fair. In 1924, the Rudolf Friml operetta “Rose Marie” opened on Broadway. In 1935, a Labor Day hurricane slammed into the Florida Keys, claiming more than 400 lives. In 1944, during World War II, Navy pilot Lt. George Herbert Walker Bush was shot down by Japanese forces as he completed a bombing run over the Bonin Islands. (Bush was rescued by the crew of the submarine USS Finback; his two crew members, however, died.) In 1945, Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnam an independent republic. (Ho died on this date in 1969.) In 1964, one of America’s most decorated military heroes of World War I, Medal of Honor recipient Alvin C. York, died in Nashville at age 76. In 1986, a judge in Los Angeles sentenced Cathy Evelyn Smith to three years in prison for involuntary manslaughter for her role in the 1982 drug overdose death of comedian John Belushi. (Smith served 18 months.)

Nunnelee seeks 3rd term after surgery BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press

JACKSON — Republican U.S. Rep. Alan Nunnelee is likely to make few campaign appearances in north Mississippi this fall as he recovers from brain surgery and a stroke. The limited schedule, however, probably won’t jeopardize the chances of a third term for the congressman from Tupelo. Nunnelee’s Democratic challenger, Ron Dickey of Horn Lake, has never held public office, has raised only $6,000 in campaign cash, is working his way out of bankruptcy and is still trying to shake criticism from Special Forces veterans who say Dickey misrepresented his own military service by falsely claiming to be a “Green Beret Veteran of Desert Storm.” And there’s this inconvenient fact: The chairman of Mississippi Democratic Party, Rickey Cole, has publicly called on Dickey to drop out of the race. Cole said Dick-

job. He said he was not trying to deceive people by listing himself online as a “Green Beret Veteran of Desert Storm.” “The only thing I basically did was say what I had,” Dickey said, meaning the beret. He also said he did not serve in Iraq during Operation Desert Storm. Dickey said he received hundreds of calls of complaint after a veterans’ group criticized his description of his military service. Nunnelee, 55, had surgery June 9 to remove a mass from his brain, and his staff said he has undergone chemotherapy and radiation. He also has been undergoing therapy to deal with speech difficulties and weakness on his left side. Nunnelee recently revealed that he’d had a stroke during the surgery. “Rather than continually asking the question, ‘why did this happen to me,’ an attitude of thanksgiving allows me to approach the hard work

ey, 43, should focus on earning money and getting out of debt. “You can either be a full-time candidate or you can have a full-time job, but you can’t really do both,” Cole said. Federal court records show Dickey and his wife filed for bankruptcy on Aug. 17, 2010. In an interview with The Associated Press, Dickey said they have about 12 more payments to make to emerge from the process. Dickey, 43, said they filed after running into financial problems because of home construction and difficulties with a trucking-industry job he had during the Great Recession that started in 2008. Dickey said he served in the Army from May 1990 to May 1993 and was assigned for part of that time to work in a food-services support job for a Special Forces group at a South Carolina base. He said while he was not a Green Beret, he had a green beret as part of his uniform in the support

“I hope Alan gets to campaign as much as he wants to,” Nosef said. “If he has to scale it back a bit, I don’t think it’s going to hurt him at all.” Cole said even if Democrats had a well-known and well-funded nominee, it would be a delicate balancing act to campaign against an incumbent who’s working to recover from serious health issues. “I’m not sure how anybody could run against Alan in his current state because of the sympathy factor,” Cole said. Dickey said he differs with Nunnelee on issues — Dickey supports an increase in the minimum wage, for example, and legislation that would require equal pay for women and men who have the same jobs. But he wishes the incumbent good health. “Alan Nunnelee is a tough Mississippian, and he’s loved by a lot of people,” Dickey said. “I hope and pray that he has a speedy recovery.”

of stroke recovery with resolve and determination,” Nunnelee wrote in an Aug. 10 message that was posted to Facebook and emailed to supporters. Nunnelee’s campaign consultant, Morgan Baldwin, said the congressman’s main focus now is on recovery rather than campaigning, although he said Nunnelee has always believed “the bestrun campaign is a wellrun, efficient office.” Nunnelee served in the state Senate from 1995 until he unseated Democratic U.S. Rep. Travis Childers in 2010. During his final years in the state Capitol, he was chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. He now serves on the U.S. House Appropriations Committee. Mississippi Republican Party chairman Joe Nosef acknowledged that Nunnelee is likely to campaign less than usual, but he said the congressman has good will built up with voters.

Manning case back before Supreme Court Pot plants JACK ELLIOTT JR. Associated Press

JACKSON — A Mississippi death row inmate is back before the state’s high court to challenge the evidence and his lawyer’s performance during his trial in the slayings of two elderly women. Willie Jerome Manning is appealing an Oktibbeha County judge’s denial of his post-conviction challenges related to evidence in his trial and his lawyer’s performance. The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case on Oct. 27 in Jackson. In 1996, Manning was convicted and sentenced to death in the slayings of Emmoline Jimmerson, 90, and her daughter, Alberta Jordan, 60, during a robbery attempt at their Starkville apartment in 1993. The women were beaten and their throats were slashed. The Mississippi Supreme Court upheld Manning’s conviction and two death sentences in 2000. But four years

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later, the high court granted Manning approval to pursue three post-conviction claims: that prosecutors withheld evidence; that they presented false evidence; and that Manning was denied effective counsel at trial and on appeal. Circuit Judge Lee Howard ruled against Manning on all three issues in 2013. But Manning’s attorneys appealed, claiming Howard’s ruling denied Manning “an opportunity to develop a number of claims challenging the reliability of his conviction.” During the initial trial, one of Manning’s friends, Kevin Lucious, testified that he spoke to Manning at the Brooksville Gardens apartments on the evening of the slayings and then saw Manning force his way into the women’s apartment.

Other witnesses also testified they saw Manning at the apartments. Manning denied he had been there. Manning argued Lucious later recanted. Lucious said he was coerced by prosecutors into implicating Manning, according to court documents. Howard, the Oktibbeha County judge, said he found no reliable proof that Lucious was threatened by law enforcement officials. Howard said law enforcement officials testified Lucious was never threatened or pressured for testimony in the case. Howard said he could not find that Manning’s lawyer was ineffective for failing to attack Lucious testimony. Special Assistant Attorney General Melanie Thomas said in court

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WALNUT — Tippah County authorities seized more than 40 marijuana plants in Walnut on Friday. Investigators say a tip led them to a home at 2330 CR 100 where they confiscated more than 40 marijuana plants from three different locations near the residence. Phillip Patrick Krause, 52, was arrested. He is waiting to be arraigned, no bond has been set. Tippah County Investigators Tommy Mason and Josh Bateman along with Deputy Richard Bryant confiscated the plants and made the arrest.

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Irresponsible choices The latest Gallup poll indicates that 14 percent of the people “moderately disapprove” of Barack Obama’s performance as president and 39 percent “strongly disapprove.” Since Obama won two presidential elections, chances are that some of those who now “strongly disapprove” of what he has done voted to put him in office. We all make mistakes, but the real question is whether we learn from them. With many people now acting as Thomas Sowell if it is time for “a woman” to become president, apparently they have Columnist learned absolutely nothing from the disastrous results of the irresponsible self-indulgence of choosing a President of the United States on the basis of demographic characteristics, instead of individual qualifications. It would not matter to me if the next five presidents in a row were all women, if these happened to be the best individuals available at the time. But to say that we should now elect “a woman” president in 2016 is to say that we are willfully blind to the dangers of putting life and death decisions in the hands of someone chosen for symbolic reasons. If we were to choose just “a woman” as our next president, would that mean that any criticism of that president would be considered to be a sign of being against women? No public official should be considered to be above criticism -- and the higher up that official is, the more important it is to hold his or her feet to the fire when it comes to carrying out duties involving the life and death of individuals and the fate of the nation. We have not yet had a Jewish president. If and when we do, does that mean that any criticism of that individual should be stigmatized and dismissed as anti-Semitism? What of our first Italian American president, our first Asian American president? Human beings of every background are imperfect creatures. When they are in a position high enough for their imperfections to bring disasters to more than 300 million Americans, the last thing we need is to stifle criticism of what they do. It is by no means guaranteed that this country will survive the long-run consequences of the disastrous decisions already made by Barack Obama, especially his pretense of stopping Iran’s becoming a nuclear power. Obama may no longer be in office when those chickens come home to roost. If we wake up some morning and find some American city in radioactive ruins, will we connect the dots and see this as a consequence of voting to elect an unknown and untried man, for the sake of racial symbolism? Among those who look around for someone to blame, how many will look in the mirror? Presidents already have too much insulation from criticism -- and from reality. When President Calvin Coolidge caught everyone by surprise in 1928, by announcing that he would not run for reelection, despite a prosperous economy and his own personal popularity, he simply said, “I do not choose to run.” Coolidge was a man of very few words, despite his knowledge of multiple languages. Someone once said that Coolidge could be silent in five different languages. But, when he later wrote a small autobiography, Coolidge explained the inherent dangers in the office of President of the United States, especially when one person remains in the White House too long. “It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion. They are always surrounded by worshippers. They are constantly, and for the most part sincerely, assured of their greatness. “They live in an artificial atmosphere of adulation and exaltation which sooner or later impairs their judgment. They are in grave danger of becoming careless and arrogant.” Of presidents who served eight years in office, he said, “in almost every instance” the last years of their terms show little “constructive accomplishments” and those years are often “clouded with grave disappointments.” Another president chosen for demographic representation (whether by race, sex or whatever), and further insulated from criticism and from reality, is the last thing we need. (Daily Corinthian columnist Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www.tsowell.com.)

Prayer for today My Father, what I have left out of my life I know I cannot recover now. I pray that I may give the best to what is left. Make me deliberate, that I may prove my earnestness. Make me industrious, that I may use my best resources to develop my life and further thy kingdom. Amen.

A verse to share “Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.” — Acts 4:13

Book takes fresh look at Mississippi history JACKSON — The book is called “A New History of Mississippi,” and a new approach is what Dennis Mitchell wanted when he wrote it. The professor at Mississippi State UniversityMeridian casts a critical eye on the “Moonlight and Magnolias” school of Southern history, trying to communicate decades of recent scholarship to readers with a decided emphasis on the post-Civil War period. The first general history of the state for adult readers in nearly 40 years, the book focuses on Mississippi’s central dilemma of race. It’s being adopted by some universities and could be influential for years. “I felt like there was a real need for it because the last history for general readers was in 1976,” Mitchell said. “There’s been a huge mountain of scholarship about Mississippi published since then.” The book is deeply informed by all those works. Mitchell said he had “thousands” of sticky notes on books, disserta-

tions and theses that he used as he wrote to flag information he wanted Jeff Amy to fold in. of Capitol Dome Much that acad e m i c scholarship is hard to access for general readers, even those who patronize the best-stocked bookstores and public libraries. More than half of the 593-page book, published by the University Press of Mississippi earlier this year, covers 1900 to present. “If you stop and think about it, there’s been a lot of history since the Civil War,” Mitchell said. Targeting general readers, though, the book isn’t footnoted and tries to account for the lives of regular people as well as political leaders. “I felt liberated, in a way, to tell the story a little more freely and openly. It allowed a little better flow in writing.” Mitchell said of skipping footnotes. Mitchell’s book down-

grades some traditional pillars, such as L.Q.C. Lamar, the post-Civil War U.S. senator long acclaimed as a spokesman for sectional reconciliation. Lamar went on to serve as U.S. secretary of the interior and later became the only Mississippian to ever serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. The book finds Lamar complicit in the violence of the 1875 state elections, which swept away Republican control of state government for more than a century and eventually led to the elimination of black voting in 1890. He writes that “old heroes” such as Lamar and James Z. George have “lost their luster in an age accepting racial equality as a given.” “I think Lamar has gotten a pass for a long time,” Mitchell said. “He was the front man for the violence that the redeemers used to eliminate the black votes.” The author says a critical look at the state’s past can help Mississippi move forward today. “I thought that Mississippians weren’t going to progress until they come to terms with their past,”

Mitchell said. “People act on their ideas about the past.” Mitchell closes his book on a positive note, saying “the civil rights movement freed all Mississippians — black and white — from an oppressive system that kept both races on the bottom of almost every national yardstick of progress.” The author says he sees that progress in his own classes in Meridian, where he notes white students are descendants of a community that produced the Klansmen who killed James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner in the summer of 1964 in Neshoba County. Today, he says white students are appalled at those acts. “What gives me hope about not only the future but our misunderstood past is all the stories I could find of people who were able to cross the racial divide,” Mitchell said. “To me, they’re the best thing about our history.” (Daily Corinthian columnist Jeff Amy is a writer for The Associated Press based in Jackson.)

Nine years later, Katrina still casts long shadow Mississippi communities are rejoicing over the fact that Federal Emergency Management Agency Community Disaster Loan Program debts are being forgiven by the federal government in area where those loans were made nine year ago for Hurricane Katrina relief. Yet almost a decade later, Hurricane Katrina still casts a long, sad shadow over the Mississippi Gulf Coast. For the remarkable progress made in the nine years since the storm, the lingering impact remains easy to see. In a helicopter with then-Gov. Haley Barbour, I remember the despair I felt as a reporter looking out the window of a lowflying airplane loaded with bottled water and other supplies as we circled to land in Gulfport days after Hurricane Katrina slammed Mississippi in 2005. It was as if the hand of God has wiped a swath of utter devastation across Mississippi’s coastline. Precious few landmarks were left. The sheer scope of the destruction was difficult to comprehend. In the first year after Hurricane Katrina, some

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$28 billion was spent in Mississippi by the federal government, faith-based Sid Salter groups, and Columnist other charities – but close to 100,000 storm victims were living in FEMA trailers a year after the storm made landfall on the state’s Gulf Coast. The money was there for Katrina relief and recovery in Mississippi – but the tasks of recovery and rebuilding remained as expansive as the misery left in the storm’s wake. The feds – through a myriad of FEMA programs, Small Business Administration loans, Community Development Block Grants, defense appropriations, education funds, state Medicaid program funding bailouts and other assorted federal relief – spent or allocated about $25 billion to Mississippi alone. Congress poured a total of at least $24.6 billion into direct Mississippi Katrina relief in great measure due to the influence of Republican U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, who then

headed the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Barbour, former head of the Republican National Committee. Depending upon the national philanthropic organization estimates one accepted at that time, between $4.2 and $5.2 billion in charitable and faith-based spending was in that first year directed at Katrina recovery in addition to government spending – with as much as $2.5 billion estimated to have been spent in Mississippi. That didn’t include the value of donated volunteer labor given by cha rities, churches and civic groups. Barbour, who was a highly successful Washington lobbyist prior to his two terms as Mississippi’s governor, did what he does best after Katrina. First and foremost, Barbour exuded more calm, more competence and more command over the absolute bedlam of Hurricane Katrina than even his strongest critics can imagine. What the public didn’t seen was Barbour at work managing the disaster between press conferences. For this consum-

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mate dealmaker schooled in the Byzantine political arts of moving Congress to act and to spend, it is this work that found the governor most effective in his element. In the bitterness and rancor of Cochran’s reelection bid this year, the real miracle of the work Cochran and Barbour did on Mississippi’s behalf in the frightening days after that storm has been devalued in the minds of some and simply forgotten by others. It was said in 2005 that it would take 10 years to rebuild and recover from Katrina on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The fact is that despite years of Herculean efforts on the part of local government and citizens on the Gulf Coast, a decade was likely a very conservative estimate. The notion that a “full recovery” – whatever that really means with destruction so large and pervasive – could be completed in one more year seems both naïve and impossible. (Daily Corinthian columnist Sid Salter is syndicated across the state. Contact him at 601-5078004 or sidsalter@sidsalter.com.)

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Obama promoting economic gains MILWAUKEE -- President Barack Obama says heâ€™ll press Congress to raise the minimum wage in the same way he courted his wife â€” never taking no for an answer. Obama brought a buoyant Labor Day message to Wisconsin, telling union members on Monday that he sees, quote, â€œengines are revving a little louderâ€? in an economy coming back from a near-depression five years ago. Now, he says, quote, â€œAmerica deserves a raise.â€? He promises his administration will keep pushing for one. He adds that if Republicans gain control of Congress after Novemberâ€™s elections, they will hurt the chances for a higher federal minimum wage. Â

Six dead after car slams into tree DALLAS -- Police say a speeding car slammed into a tree after losing control along a Dallas roadway, killing all six people inside. Dallas police officer Monica Cordova says the crash occurred Sunday night in a residential area in southeast Dallas. The victims were two teenage boys, two men and two women ranging in age from 15 to 23. Cordova says the 20-year-old driver lost control as the road curved when the back passenger-side tire of the Chevrolet Impala hit a curb. The vehicle slid across three lanes before hitting a tree in the median. Investigators say four people died at the

scene, while two others died at a hospital. Cordova says speed was a factor in the crash, but not alcohol. Â

Riversâ€™ daughter remaining hopeful NEW YORK -- Joan Riversâ€™ loved ones said Sunday that they remain hopeful about her recovery three days after she went into cardiac arrest at a doctorâ€™s office. â€œWe are keeping our fingers crossed,â€? her daughter, Melissa Rivers, said in a statement, thanking people who have expressed support for the 81-yearold comedian. Rivers on Friday described her motherâ€™s condition as serious. Joan Rivers was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital on Thursday, a day after she spoke at an employee event at Time Inc. in New York. Spectators there said she had appeared to be well. Rivers is the host of â€œFashion Policeâ€? on E! and presides over an online talk show, â€œIn Bed With Joan.â€? She also co-stars with her daughter on the WEtv reality show â€œJoan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?â€? Two of her â€œFashion Policeâ€? co-stars tweeted their well-wishes to Joan Rivers and her family Saturday. Â

Celebrity chef faces DUI charge SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. -- Celebrity chef Todd English, who has opened restaurants around the country and written multiple cookbooks, was arrested Sunday on a charge of driving while intoxicated, authorities said. Police in Southampton said English was arrested Sunday morn-

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ing on a county road on Long Island. He made a court appearance later in the day, and authorities said he posted $1,500 bail. The circumstances of the arrest were unavailable. Englishâ€™s lawyer, Edward Burke Jr., said they â€œadamantly deny the allegationsâ€? and â€œlook forward to addressing this matter in a court of law.â€? The chef, whose full name is William Todd English, is the creative force behind a number of restaurants around the country, including Olives, Figs and Fish Club. He also has been a regular on television programs including â€œIron Chef USA.â€? Â

Coast guard stops searching for pilot CHINCOTEAGUE, Va.-- The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a pilot who lost consciousness and crashed a small airplane into the Atlantic Ocean off the Virginia shore. Petty Officer Nate Littlejohn says the search was halted Sunday morning after a civilian boater recovered a wheel and engine cowling from the singleengine Cirrus. Littlejohn says the chances of finding anything else were slim. The plane drifted into restricted airspace over the nationâ€™s capital Saturday afternoon, scrambling fighter jets that stayed with it until it crashed about 50 miles southeast of Chincoteague. The plane had left Waukesha, Wisconsin, and was headed to Manassas, Virginia. The pilot, whose name has not been released, was the only person on board.

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Police find car with link to missing teen JACKSON -- Jackson police say they have found a car that authorities believe was used in the possible kidnapping of 17-year-old girl. Jackson Police Department spokeswoman Colendula Green says officers continue searching the area where the 2009 Nissan Altima was found Monday morning in west Jackson, near Hawkins Field airport. The car has a Greene County license plate. The Mississippi Highway Patrol issued an Amber Alert on Sunday night to report that Katelyn Beard had been missing since Sunday morning. The alert said she was last seen with 19-yearold Dewayne Thompson. Jackson police said in a news release Sunday that Beard was shot before she was taken away. The car was found less than a mile from where Beard was reported taken. Â

Southern Mississippi unveils sculptures HATTIESBURG -- The work of five artists is featured at the University of Southern Mississippiâ€™s outdoor sculpture exhibition. The display will run through February 2016. The program includes lectures by the artists as well as art walks for anyone wishing to learn more about the sculptures. The first sculptures â€” by Ray Katz and Carl Billingsley â€” have been installed on the Hattiesburg campus. On Tuesday, works by Jim Buonaccorsi and Adam Bodine will be unveiled. The final work, by Joni Younkins-Herzog, will be installed Sept. 13.

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HATTIESBURG -- Forrest County Deputy Coronor Lisa Klem says a 26-year-old Hattiesburg woman died in an early morning apartment fire. Klem says the body of Kayla Ducksworth has been sent to the Mississippi Crime Lab for an autopsy to determine the cause of death. Ducksworth was found in her apartment around 2:30 a.m. Saturday. Klem tells The Hattiesburg American that Ducksworth was pronounced dead at Forrest General Hospital at 3:30 a.m. The apartment received moderate fire damage. Â

Record gator caught 2 days into season JACKSON -- The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks says thereâ€™s a new state alligator record. It reported Saturday that Robert Mahaffey of Brandon and two assistants hauled in a 756-pound â€˜gator. That broke the record by 14 pounds. Saturday was the second day of Mississippiâ€™s

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Art center proposed for National Register NATCHEZ -- Natchez is nominating a local arts center for landmark status on the National Register of Historic Places. The Margaret Martin Performing Arts Center was built in 1927 as Natchez High School. The Gothic Revival style building was designed by architect P.J. Krouse and is already designated as a Mississippi Landmark. The school opened in the fall of 1928, with the first class graduating in 1929. The final high school class graduated in 1963. It was converted to Margaret Martin Junior High School, named after a longtime teacher and principal. The Natchez-Adams School District closed the center in 1989.

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Deaths Jeremie Floyd

Funeral services to Celebrate the Life of Jeremie David Floyd were held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Foote Street Church of Christ with Charles Curtis and Brad Dillingham officiating. Interment was in the W h i t e Sulphur Floyd Cemetery at Pickwick Landing State Park. Jeremie died as a result of a boating accident on Saturday Morning, August 30, 2014, on the Tenn-Tom Waterway. He was born in Booneville on July 12, 1974, to Donnie Floyd and Bitsy Essary Floyd Nash. He was a graduate of Alcorn Central High School, Class of 1992; pulled for Mississippi State (whether win of lose); always had a good time; smiled; joked; and played jokes on others; loved to fish and go duck hunting; playing golf; but above all spending with his family and watching his sons play

ball. He was a pawn broker at Big Boys Pawn Shop in Corinth. He was preceded in death by his step-father, Dwayne Nash; his paternal grandfather, O.B. Floyd; and his maternal grandmother, Wanda Lancaster. Along with Jeremieâ€™s parents, he is survived by his wife, Marsha Moffett Floyd; two sons, Seth Floyd and Cameron Witt; two brothers, Brett Nash and wife Jessica, and Brandon Nash; two sisters; Mandy Spencer and her husband Roger, and Madelyn Maupin; his step-mother, Kit Floyd; his paternal grandmother, Mildred Floyd; his maternal grandfather, Troy Lancaster; several nieces, nephews, co-workers, and a host of friends. The family will receive friends on Sunday, August 31 from 4 to 8 p.m. and from noon until service time on Monday at the church. All are invited to visit www.memorialcorinth.com to leave their thoughts and fond memories for the family. Memorial Funeral Home and Staff of Corinth are handling the arrangements.

Willa Ables

TISHOMINGO â€” Funeral services for Willa Dean Ables, 79, are set for 1 p.m. today at Ludlam Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Tishomingo Cemetery. Ms. Ables died Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014. Survivors include her daughters, Sandra Rast of Cherokee, Ala. and Debbie Corsbie of Omaha, Neb.; her grandchildren, Jerry Borden, Jr., Sandra Heaps, Summer Sartian, Winter Swol, Heather Arnold, Linda Mcgee, Steve Maxwell, John Maxwell, Gary Maxwell Simpson, Crystal Harvey and Chris Rast; 10 greatgrandchildren; 10 great-greatgrandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon â€œBuddyâ€? Ables; her parents, Frank and Emma Young; her son, Tommy Corsbie; her son-in-law, Roger Rast; her granddaughter, Lisa Carlisle; her grandson, Ricky Corneliuson; five brothers; and 5 sisters. Bro. Dwight South will officiate.

Dois Olive

SELMER, Tenn. â€” Funeral services for Dois J. Olive of Guys, Tenn. are set for 11 a.m. Wednesday at Shackelford Funeral Directors of Selmer, Tenn. with burial in the Olive Hill Cemetery near

Guys, Tenn. Visitation is from 5 to 9 p.m. today.

Alton Roseberry

Funeral services for Alton Ray Roseberry are set for 2 p.m. today at McPeters Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Vanderford cemetery. Mr. Roseberry died on Friday, August 29, 2014 at his residence. He worked at world color and a ITT in the shipping department. He was preceded in death by his parents, Wilburn William and Annie Mae Owens Roseberry; two brothers, Lloyd and William Roseberry; and a siste,r Mary Catherine Roseberry. Survivors include his wife, Jill Roseberry; one daughter, Catherine Roseberry; two sons, Michael Shane and Alton Rex Roseberry; and two brothers, John David Roseberry (Teressa) and Raybon Roseberry and (Dorothy). Bro. Dwight Massingille officiating will officiate. All are invited to leave their thoughts and remembrances at www.mcpetersfuneraldirectors. com.

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A memorial service for The Rev. Willie Joe Weaver, 92, is set for noon Thursday at Magnolia Funeral Home Chapel of Memo-

ries. Visitation is from 11 a.m. until service time. The Rev. Weaver died Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014, at his home.

Ivene Wright

Funeral services for Ivene Wright, 75, of Iuka were held at 11 a.m. Monday at Cutshall Funeral Home Chapel in Iuka with burial in Rutledge Salem Cemetery. Ms. Wright died Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014, at her residence. She was a member of Mt. Glory Baptist Church. Survivors include her son, Danny Wright (Denise) of Iuka; three daughters, Ruth Ortner (Mike) of Iuka; Carolyn Coln (Mike) of Corinth and Marcia Haynie (Randy) of Corinth; three brothers, Connie McDonald, Bailey Williams and Melvin Williams, all of Booneville; one sister, Nelda Grace Carpenter of Booneville; 8 grandchildren, Adam Wright (Samantha), Jill Kiddy, Jennifer Lovelace, Jason Ortner, Becky Haynie, Colton Haynie, Zack Coln and Justin Coln; and seven great-grandchildren. Survivors include her husband, David Wright; her parents, Frank McDonald and Jean McAnally Williams; and her son, Jerome Wright. Bro. Joe Hardwick and Bro. Franky Smith officiated.

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ST. LOUIS â€” Lamont Jones and Keith Stephens stood 60 feet from each other, separated by four lanes of pavement and a thousand miles of perception. Stephens was wearing a T-shirt printed with a police shield bearing the phrase â€œOFFICER DARREN WILSON I STAND BY YOU,â€? as part of a rally supporting the white policeman who killed 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was unarmed. Jones was across the street, holding up a sign that said, in bloodred letters: â€œDarren Wilson is a Murderer.â€? There was no overlap in the facts as seen by Jones and Stephens at the demonstrations staged a few miles from suburban Ferguson, where Brown was killed. Like many who have closely followed the case, which sparked riots and yet another national racial conflagration, Jones and Stephens had made up their minds. Like uncounted numbers of Americans, they saw no gray area in the killing of Michael Brown. Many are convinced there was no justification for Wilson to kill Brown because he was unarmed. Many others are certain it was justifiable be-

cause they believe Brown threatened Wilson. Not everyone is so sure. In a CBS News/New York Times poll, 64 percent of respondents said they didnâ€™t know enough to say whether the shooting was justified. Only about half of respondents said they had paid â€œa lotâ€? of attention to the case. But the national furor over Ferguson is fueled by those with strong opinions. They are the people still marching, or calling Brown a thug, or demanding that Wilson be convicted, or implying that Brown deserved his death. Such strong opinions can often be influenced by â€œconfirmation bias,â€? psychologists say. A large body of research shows that people search for evidence to support their preexisting viewpoints â€” and then interpret that information in a way that reinforces their beliefs. â€œItâ€™s the tendency to seek out and give greater weight to information that confirms what we think rather than contradicts it,â€? said Scott Plous, a psychology professor at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. Confirmation bias seemed to be running rampant at the dueling demonstrations. About 100 Wilson back-

ers, nearly all of them white, gathered outside of Barneyâ€™s Sports Pub in St. Louis late last month, brandishing signs like â€œHeroes Have A Right To Protect Themselves.â€? A multiracial group of about a dozen Brown supporters stood across the street. Passing drivers honked in support of one side or the other, screamed obscenities, or raised middle fingers out of windows. Jones stalked the sidewalk with a silent, smoldering gaze. Asked why his sign called Wilson a murderer, he said Brown was unarmed and was shot with his hands up. What about the police statement that Brown tried to grab Wilsonâ€™s weapon? â€œWhere his witnesses at?â€? Jones demanded. â€œ(Brown) ran away. He was unarmed.â€? â€œUse a stun gun. Taser,â€? Jones added. â€œThe facts are, Darren Wilson fired a multitude of six shots into an 18-year-old, who was unarmed . two shots in the arm, the rest in the head and upper torso.â€? An autopsy by the Brown family said Brown was hit with four shots in the arm and two in the head. Might any information emerge that could change Jonesâ€™ mind?

â€œNo,â€? Jones said, gaze steady. â€œNot at all.â€? His parting shot: â€œUnarmed!â€? Across the street, questions about the case were met with a different selection of facts. People at the Wilson rally brought up the arrest record of Dorian Johnson, the first witness, who said Brown was shot in the back (autopsies indicate the bullets hit him from the front) and with his hands up. They were quick to mention two unverified accounts that provided support for those who argue Brown rushed toward the officer. No mention was made of the other three witnesses â€” Tiffany Mitchell, Piaget Crenshaw and James McKnight â€” who also said they saw Brownâ€™s hands up. None of those witnesses described Brown rushing toward the officer. Wilsonâ€™s supporters mentioned that Brown stole a box of cigars from a store and roughly shoved the clerk minutes before he encountered Wilson. â€œThatâ€™d say something about your character, right? And then you might start a fight with a cop?â€? said a plumber who gave his name as James Edwards.

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ERIE, Colo. â€” All five people aboard a small plane that crashed near an airport north of Denver have died, a spokesman for the National Transportation Board said. The Piper PA-46 airplane crashed near the Erie Municipal Airport about 11:50 a.m., NTSB spokesman Peter Knudson said Sunday afternoon. Shortly after the crash, three people were declared dead at the scene and two were taken to hospitals. The Boulder Daily Camera reports that their names and ages are being withheld by the Weld County Coronerâ€™s Office pending notification of relatives. Erie Police Cmdr. Lee Mathis said the six-passenger plane crashed a few hundred yards northwest of the runway, but he did not know if it was landing or taking off. A photo of the crash site posted on the Boulder Daily Cameraâ€™s website showed the mangled wreckage of the plane, which crashed into a grassy field. Jan Culver told the newspaper she was with

a friend in a pasture near the airport when she heard the plane and saw it flying â€œreally, really low.â€? â€œWe heard it sputtering,â€? she said. â€œThen there was no sound. We knew it was a crash.â€? She saw a small cloud of dust as the plane crashed and, because she has some medical knowledge, went to the scene to help, Culver said. â€œIt was a plane upside down with some folks already out of the plane,â€? she said. â€œI could tell there were some bad injuries.â€? The Denver Post reported that NTSB records show the airport was the scene of three crashes in 2013 and two in 2012. None of those incidents had a fatality. The last fatality at the airport was in May 2011, when 64-year-old Christian R. Hansen crashed on takeoff in a plane he was demonstrating for a potential buyer, according to the newspaper. The autopsy indicated Hansen had a heart attack. The NTSB is investigating Sundayâ€™s crash. Erie is about 20 miles north of Denver.

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