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Probe continues into fatal crash BY BRANT SAPPINGTON bsappington@dailycorinthian.com

Alcohol or drugs may have played a role in a head-on crash near Kossuth that killed one and injured three others Friday. Juan DeJuan, 67, of Decatur, Ala. was killed around 1:30 p.m. Friday when a 2001 Saturn driven by Courtney Burcham, 25, of Corinth apparently crossed from the westbound into the eastbound lane of Mississippi Highway 2 near County Road 504, colliding with DeJuan’s 2005 Dodge head on, said Mississippi Highway Patrol Troop F spokesperson Trooper Ray Hall. Hall said troopers are investigating to determine if alcohol or drugs were part of the cause of the crash. No charges

have been filed. A passenger in DeJuan’s vehicle, 40-year-old Teresa J. Francisco of Kossuth, was airlifted from the scene to the Regional Medical Center (The Med) in Memphis where she was listed in critical condition Saturday afternoon, according to a hospital spokesperson. A teenage passenger in the same vehicle was transported to a local hospital with moderate injuries, said Hall. He did not release the name of the teenager. Hall reported Burcham was transported to North Mississippi Medical Center with moderate injuries. A hospital spokesperson said Saturday afternoon they did not have anyone by her name listed in their records.

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Alcorn County Sheriff’s Department Investigator Reggie Anderson (left) and Mississippi Highway Patrol Trooper Casey Mayo look over the wreckage of a 2001 Saturn involved in a head-on collision Friday near Kossuth. The driver of the car, Courtney Burcham, was injured in the crash. The driver of the other vehicle, Juan DeJuan, of Decatur, Ala., was killed and two passengers in his car injured.

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Debit card fraud reports increase BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Reports of debit card fraud on the bank accounts of Corinthians continue. “I estimate we have around 50 reports, and that’s just those that have contacted us,” said Corinth Police Department Detective Dell Green. Some customers have gone to their banks and not report-

The Rev. Jody Hill pays tribute to a former teammate with his book “38: The Chucky Mullins Effect.”

BY STEVE BEAVERS Rev. Jody Hill remembers. His mission is to tell others of a courageous spirit he witnessed from a former teammate. The life of Roy Lee “Chucky” Mullins changed on a late October day almost 25 years ago in Oxford. How the Rebels defensive back lived following a devastating injury impacted the lives of countless others. Hill’s book, “38: The Chucky Mullins Effect,” pays tribute to the Rebels player, who was paralyzed following the tackle on

Vanderbilt’s Brad Gaines. “Several years, I lived with the calling to get the message out about Chucky,” said Hill, who became friends with Mullins while both were freshmen in the fall of 1988. “I had a yearning to learn what made him tick … why was he able to respond with such class and integrity in every situation he faced?” According to Hill, Mullins was known for his beaming smile and courageous attitude. “He took on every challenge with a never-quit attitude,” said

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ed the activity to Corinth PD. Account holders with several banks have been hit by the fraudulent transactions. Green has consulted with local bank officials to try to pinpoint the source of the fraudulent activity, but there has not been a clear answer. Most of the transactions

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Former United States Navy EM3c Ben Sunderland got a chance to tour a LST on Friday. Sunderland, who served on a pair of LSTs during his time in the Navy, boarded the USS LST 325 while it was in Decatur, Ala.

PICKWICK, Tenn. — All of a sudden 90-year-old Ben Sunderland had plenty to say. As the USS LST 325 rolled over the waters of the Tennessee River, memories of the early 1940s came flowing back for the former United States Navy EM3c. The Corinth man, who relocated to the area in 1981, served on a pair of Land Shipping Tanks (LST) during World War II. “I was lucky to never get a scratch in my over three years in the Navy,” said Sunderland. “I wouldn’t want to do it again, but I wouldn’t trade it Please see SHIP | 2A

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for a million dollars.” Sunderland, originally from Illinois, boarded the USS LST 325 for a third time Friday in Decatur, Ala. The ship began a tour from Evansville, Ind. on Aug. 31 and has stops slated for Decatur (Sept. 4-9) and Chattanooga, Tenn. (Sept.

12-17). It locked thru Pickwick Dam on Tuesday, gaining many curious onlookers. “It is identical to what I served on with the exception of the radar and gun turret,” said Sunderland. Prior to Friday, Sunderland toured the LST 325 in Mobile, Ala. and Memphis. The decommissioned

tank landing ship of the United States Navy was part of the largest armada in history by participating in the Normandy Landings at Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. She was also there for Operation HUSKY, the invasion of Sicily in 1943. She sailed as support for the invasion of Salerno, Italy later that year. This

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JACKSON — A Vicksburg man has appealed his 35-year sentence for the beating death of his girlfriend in 2011. Hull was convicted in Warren County in 2013 for the death of 40-year-old Angela Andrews. Hull, who is a previously convicted felon, was sentenced as a habitual offender. Prosecutors say Hull beat Andrews unconscious Dec. 4, 2011. Hull argued that he and Andrews were fighting when Andrews fell and injured her head on a block of concrete.

ship has seen 70 years of history and survived as the last fully-operational WWII LST. Sunderland, who rose to the the rank of Electrician’s Mate 1st Class (EM1c) during his time in the Navy, served on the USS LST 30 and the USS LST 691. He would serve 15 months on the 30 and

another 12 on the 691. Sunderland was also part of group to land on Gold Beach on D-Day. “The ship held about 125 men,” said Sunderland. “I remember half the ship going up in the water then slamming back down as it went over the waves, but in over three years I never did get sea sick.”

The trip to Decatur with nephew Douglas Mayhall stirred up more conversation Friday. “I haven’t talked this much in a while,” he said. (For more information about USS LST 325 go to www.1stmemorial.org. Cost to tour the ship is $10 for adults and $5 for those age 6-17.)

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are originating in western locales such as Texas and Las Vegas, but others like Chicago and Mexico have also appeared. “It’s not big amounts,” said Green. “It’s generally $30 to $80 a pop, and usually there’s two or three charges.” In some cases, the multiple non-local charges are prompting security measures to kick in and freeze the card. The police department encourages anyone who has been hit by the fraudulent charges to report it to both the bank and PD, and Green encourages residents to check their recent transactions for any unusual activity. Account activity can usually be monitored through on-line banking, smart phone apps or by calling the bank’s customer service line.

the author. The nation saw what kind of person Mullins was after he suffered the injury in the Oct. 28, 1989 homecoming contest with Vandy. The Russellville, Ala. native hit Gaines headfirst, knocking the ball free and saving a touchdown. During the tackle, Mullins shattered four vertebrae in his cervical spine, immediately paralyzing him. “Interviewing my teammates was a challenge,” said Hill. “They didn’t want to talk about it … we were only 20-year-old kids when it happened and there was a lot of grief.” Mullins underwent a tracheotomy and fivehour bone graft operation to fuse the vertebrae following the injury. He would never regain sensation below his neck. “The thing I remember most about him was that

“Everyone loved Chucky.” Rev. Jody Hill vibrant smile and personality,” said Hill. That affection was evident by the outpouring of support not only from the Oxford community, but nationwide. Supporters from around the country began to donate money for Mullins’ medical expenses. President George H.W. Bush visited the player in the hospital and encouraged him. The Chucky Mullins Trust Fund exceeded $1 million. “Everyone loved Chucky,” said Hill. Hill also interviewed Brad Gaines for the book. “I think Brad is still effected by this in a complicated way,” said Hill, a three-year lettermen for the Rebels. “That play changed both of them forever and I think Brad

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is grateful Chucky didn’t hold things against him.” Hill’s book will be launched on Sept. 12 at Square Books in Oxford. A book signing is scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14 at First Presbyterian Church in Corinth. Hill will donate $5 of every $20 book sold to the Lighthouse Foundation during the signing at the church. “The journey has caused me to stop asking why and start asking what,” said Hill. “What can I do to be more like him?” Less than a year after returning to Ole Miss to complete his studies, Mullins was stricken by a pulmonary embolism, caused by blood clots formed by inactivity and poor circulation. He died in the hospital on May 6, 1991. “I want people to get a renewed since of faith and hope in God in the midst of bad things from the book,” said Hill. “Chucky chose to respond to the darkness of his injury by continuing to illuminate those around him … without moving a finger and relying only on his ever-present grin and uplifting personality, number 38 moved the world around him.” In other words, it was the “Chucky Mullins Effect.” (“38: The Chucky Mullins Effect” can be purchased locally after Sept. 12 at The Hole Dozen, New Life Christian Supply and Books-A-Million. Copies are also available via Hill’s website RevJodyHill.com.)

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Today in History Today is Sunday, September 7, the 250th day of 2014. There are 115 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On September 7, 1964, the controversial “Daisy” commercial for President Lyndon Johnson’s election campaign aired on NBC-TV. (The ad, featuring a little girl plucking flower petals followed by footage of a nuclear explosion, was perceived as an attack on Republican nominee Barry Goldwater, who is never shown or mentioned.)

On this date: In 1907, the British liner RMS Lusitania set out from Liverpool, England, on its maiden voyage, arriving six days later in New York. In 1927, American television pioneer Philo T. Farnsworth, 21, succeeded in transmitting the image of a line through purely electronic means with a device called an “image dissector.” In 1940, Nazi Germany began its eight-month blitz of Britain during World War II with the first air attack on London. In 1957, the original animated version of the NBC-TV peacock logo, used to denote programs “brought to you in living color,” made its debut at the beginning of “Your Hit Parade.” In 1963, the National Professional Football Hall of Fame was dedicated in Canton, Ohio. In 1968, feminists protested outside the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (The pageant crown went to Miss Illinois Judith Ford.) In 1977, the Panama Canal treaties, calling for the U.S. to eventually turn over control of the waterway to Panama, were signed in Washington by President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos).

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This ceremony honors the heroes and victims of Sept. 11, 2001, and will pay tribute to members of the military, both current and past, who protect America’s freedom. This ceremony extends gratitude to those locally who safeguard our community — the firefighters, police officers, emergency medical technicians, and other first responders — who put their lives on the line for our safety. For more details please

BOONEVILLE — Woodmen of the World Chapter 60 will present “In Honor and Remembrance — Saluting America’s Heroes” on Thursday, Sept. 11, at the Booneville West Side City Park at 10 a.m. The public is invited to attend the ceremony which will be held directly behind the office building.

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Alabama duo debuts new ‘Iuka’ song IUKA — The City of Iuka is the subject of a new song from Americana-country music stars The Secret Sisters. The Muscle Shoals, Ala., based duo’s song “Iuka” draws from the city’s history as a

destination for couples who wanted to get married quick. Before 1958, there was no waiting period in Mississippi, so thousands of couples from surrounding states would travel to Iuka to be married. The Secret Sisters, Laura and Lydia Rogers, heard about the marriage tradition from their grandparents who where married in Iuka. The group recently performed “Iuka” on The Tonight Show.

Shoals sets Dragon Boat Festival Tishomingo leaders support alcohol tax FLORENCE, Ala. — Do you know how to use a paddle? Can you row to the beat of a drum? Do you like having fun and supporting education? If your answer is yes, then the second annual Shoals Dragon Boat Festival, Oct. 18, is something you need to be a part of! For the second year in a row, teams of local Dragon Boat racers will take to the Tennessee River to see who’s the best! The Shoals Dragon Boat Festival is a fundraiser that benefits Kilby Laboratory School and encourages the community to come out and have a great time on the river. Teams consisting of 20 paddlers and two alternates will gather the morning of Oct. 18 at McFarland Park in Florence to race in Hong Kong-style dragon boats provided by Dynamic Dragon Boat Racing of Knoxville, Tennessee. Last year’s event saw 21 teams participate, with about 1,500 people

in attendance at McFarland Park. Emily Rhodes, chair of the Shoals Dragon Boat festival, said they were able to raise about $3,500 once all their expenses were taken care of. Rhodes said that if the event doubles in size this year, as they hope it will, they should see a large increase in the amount of revenue. However, if you’re interested in putting a team together, Rhodes said you better do it quick. “Due to the size of Mcfarland, we will max out at 50 teams. We currently have 29 registered and adding more every day. We hope, obviously, to sell out at 50 teams, but if we don’t get there, we expect to be very close. Fifty will be our max from here on out, so we hope to be able to have a waiting list for next year.” Rhodes said that last year event organizers didn’t quite know what to expect because it

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was the first event of its kind in the Shoals; this year should be different from that standpoint. “This year, we have 1,500-plus people in attendance and can help explain. We had an extraordinary response and positive feedback and this year, we know what we are doing; and we have had amazing sponsors that have allowed us to promote more.” Rhodes said that in addition to raising money, the event is designed to be a fun, unique, family friendly event that would be something people would look forward to and participate in no matter if it was for Kilby or not. For more information or to register a team: http://www.shoalsdragonboatfestival. com/

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IUKA — The Tishomingo County Board of Supervisors voted this week to support a two-cent sales tax on beer and liquor sales in the county. After several attempts by Charles “Tubby” Aldridge to persuade supervisors to back the tax, board members voted to start the process of filing the two-cent sales tax increase proposal with the Mississippi Legislature. “We plan to have a resolution ready by the October board meeting,” said board attorney Philip Whitehead. “We will request the state legislature to a pass a local and private bill to delivery the two-cent tax funds directly back to the county.” Whitehead said the board has yet to decide

who will administrate the funds and what exactly the funds will be used for. “We know the resolution will read that all beer, light wine and alcohol sold in the county will have a two-cent tax to be used for the benefit of youth in the county,” added Whitehead. The attorney confirmed the board has sent a proposal to all area municipalities. “They will have the option to help support the local and private bill effort we submit,” he said. Once the resolution is complete, the board plans to submit the bill to the legislature. “We are early, but Mr. Aldridge has asked us to submit it as soon as possible,” said Whitehead. The next legislature session begins in January.

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War drums along the Potomac By releasing the grisly videos of the beheadings of American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, ISIS has altered the political landscape here and across the Middle East. America is on fire. Pat “This is beyond anything that Buchanan we’ve seen,” said Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, “ISIL is Columnist as sophisticated and well-funded as any group that we have seen. ... They marry ideology, a sophistication of strategic and tactical military prowess.” Sen. Lindsey Graham calls ISIS an “existential threat.” Even Rand Paul has caught the war fever: “If I were president, I would call a joint session of Congress. I would lay out the reasoning of why ISIS is a threat to our national security and seek Congressional authorization to destroy ISIS militarily.” Though undeniably evil, the men of ISIS are not stupid. And our reaction is playing directly into their hand. America’s recoil, which revealed to the world how the United States has been wounded, enraged and alarmed by ISIS’ savagery and success, sends to the most extreme of Americahaters in the Islamic world a clear message. Given our horrified and hyperbolic reaction, ISIS can credibly make this boast to the jihadists from Nigeria to the Hindu Kush, from Libya to Iraq, from Somalia to Syria: “ISIS is the enemy the Great Satan fears and hates most. ISIS is the Islamist organization that strikes fear into NATO. Not al-Qaida, not Boko Haram, not Ansar al-Sharia, not the al Nusra Front – ISIS. If you would join the climactic battle for the future of mankind, if you would be in the front lines of the martyrs’ brigades changing the world and creating the caliphate of the Prophet, join us. ISIS wants you!” Thanks to the West’s stunned and shocked reaction, ISIS has eclipsed al-Qaida. America daily confirms it. ISIS is today receiving the attention Osama once got for bringing down the twin towers and inflicting the worst blow to America since Pearl Harbor. Unfortunately, what we view as horrifying, our worst enemies in the Islamic world view as the mark of authenticity. But while our natural and normal response to these videos is hot-blooded, hopefully, in our retribution, we will be more cool-headed than we have been in the recent past. U.S. policy should be designed to do the maximum damage to ISIS and the least damage to us. Which means we ought not plunge back into Iraq or drop the 82nd Airborne into Syria. That is what ISIS seeks, to be seen by the Islamic world engaging American soldiers on Islamic lands. The Turks have 400,000 men under arms. Assad has hundreds of thousands of soldiers. The Kurds have thousands of fighters. Iraq has hundreds of thousands. Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia have hundreds of thousands of troops and hundreds of planes. No need for U.S. boots on the ground. What course should the United States pursue? While President Obama may not have a strategy yet for Syria, his strategy in Iraq is succeeding. After its sweeping gains following the capture of Mosul, ISIS has suffered four straight defeats. The move into Kurdistan has been halted. The Mosul dam has been retaken from ISIS. The Yazidis on Mount Sinjar were rescued from ISIS. The Turkmen in Amerli were rescued by Kurdish peshmerga, Shia militia that Americans fought years ago and the Iraqi army. In short, a coalition is forming in Iraq that can provide the ground troops for the steady attrition of ISIS and recapture of the Sunni lands it has taken, while the U.S. strikes from the air. Syria is another matter. The United States has to ask itself whom do we prefer in Damascus: Bashar al Assad or ISIS? For in the near term, these are the only realistic options. But before President Obama takes any action in Syria, he should force Congress to vote both to authorize and to set the limits of such action. (Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of the new book “The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority.” To find out more about Patrick Buchanan visit www.creators.com.)

Prayer for today O God, help me to be positive. May I not want to be in so many places, and in so many things, that I can never be found in anything. Help me to know that a purpose secured is worth many attempts, and that to have a character I must build it. Amen.

A verse to share “Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,” Psalms 17:8

Democrats look increasingly like party of the past Liberals like to think and talk about themselves as if they were the wave of the future. Note, for example, how Barack Obama and John Kerry have denounced Islamist terrorists and Vladimir Putin for behaving as if they are still in the “19th century.” On domestic policy, liberals see history as a story of progress from tiny government to ever-larger government – though never stating exactly how far that movement should go. Obama came to the nation’s attention in 2004 as a new figure, young and future-oriented. His successful 2008 campaign was seen as a drive for “hope and change.” But in many ways today’s Democrats seem stuck in the past, a party whose headliners are increasingly legacy candidates. Examples are found in seriously contested Senate races. In Arkansas, Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor has run an ad featuring his father, David, who was first elected to the House in 1966, as governor in 1974 and to the Senate in 1978. He retired from the Senate in 1996, 18 years ago. Since then, Republicans have captured majorities in both houses of the state legislature and the entire congressional delegation except for Pryor’s seat. In Louisiana, Democratic

Sen. Mary Landrieu was embarrassed by the revelation that her in-state residence is Michael her parents’ Barone house. Appropriately, Columnist perhaps, since politics is the family business. Her father, Moon Landrieu, was first elected to public office in 1960. He was elected mayor of New Orleans in 1970 and 1974. His fame helped Mary Landrieu win three Senate races, never with more than 52 percent of the vote, and it helped her brother Mitch get elected lieutenant governor in 2003 and 2007 and New Orleans mayor in 2010 and again this February. Up in Alaska, incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Begich faces a tough challenge. Elected mayor of Anchorage in 2003 and 2007, he comes from a well-known political family. His father, Nick, was elected to Congress in 1970 and was lost in a plane crash with House Majority Leader Hale Boggs in 1972, 42 years ago. This year, Begich’s campaign produced an ad featuring footage from his father’s old campaign commercials. Or consider the two largest safe Democratic states, both with governors who are the sons of governors.

Andrew Cuomo’s father, Mario, was elected governor of New York in 1982, 1986 and 1990. Jerry Brown’s father, Pat, was elected governor of California in 1958 and 1962, and Jerry won his first public office in 1969 and the governorship in 1974 and 1978. California’s Democratic senators both lack political parentage but won their first elections a long time ago, Dianne Feinstein in 1969 and Barbara Boxer in 1976. Then there’s Hillary Clinton, favorite for the 2016 presidential nomination, whose husband was first elected to public office in 1976. The Clintons’ 1992 theme song, “Don’t Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow),” was released in 1977. If Democratic officeholders are rooted in the past, so are some of their favorite policies. On Labor Day, Obama called for raising the minimum wage, first passed by Congress in 1938. Left-wing Democrats are calling for increased benefits under Social Security, first passed in 1935. Equal pay for women is a staple of Democratic campaigns. It has been federal law since 1964. The recycling of past themes can block more effective alternatives. For example, more than half of minimum wage increases go to members of nonlow-income households.

One could give more to the working poor by expanding the earned income tax credit, but that doesn’t poll as well. Social Security is already on an unsustainable course; increasing benefits is a nonstarter. It might be better to imitate Canada’s tax-free savings accounts if we want comfortable retirements for modest-income people. Every political party has its grizzled veteran officeholders and succumbs sometimes to the temptation to champion antique policies and talking points that poll well rather than innovative policies better suited to new times. But Barack Obama’s – and Hillary Clinton’s – Democratic Party, stung by the electorate’s ingratitude for its economic policies and Obamacare, seems to have jumped into a “Back to the Future” DeLorean and steered half a century back in time. Who would have thought “hope and change” meant Industrial Age big government for the individualchoice-oriented Information Age? (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.)

Hong Kong: One country, one system The promise the Chinese government made to Britain and to the world as Hong Kong reverted to Chinese control at midnight on June 30, 1997, that China would abide by the “one country, two systems” plan, which would afford Hong Kong greater autonomy, except in matters of foreign relations and defense, was to last 50 years. That promise is falling 33 years short of fulfillment. The communist government in Beijing has been nipping at the edges of Hong Kong’s freedoms for some time, but last Sunday it decided to take a bigger bite. Writes The New York Times, “China’s legislature laid down strict limits ... to proposed voting reforms in Hong Kong, pushing back against months of rallies calling for free, democratic elections.” The “strict limits” include new guidelines for nominating candidates, which means Beijing would choose who runs the city’s government. A deputy secretary general of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, Li Fei, was quoted

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by the Times as saying future candidates must declare that they “love the country, and Cal love Hong Thomas Kong.” Li Fei contends the Columnist new restrictions will “protect the broad stability of Hong Kong now and in the future.” Stability is often invoked by the Chinese government to repress dissent and was also cited as justification for the mass murder of pro-democracy demonstrators at Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989. I was in Hong Kong for the 1997 handover ceremony. There was guarded optimism that Beijing would allow the city to continue to enjoy the kind of freedom unique among totalitarian states. At the time I wrote: “Many are more cautious than optimistic about this dynamic city’s future under a government that has demonstrated at Tiananmen Square that it will kill its own citizens if it ever feels

threatened.” Martin Lee, founding chairman of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party, told me that doing nothing in the face of threats to freedom ensures those freedoms will be lost: “It’s wrong to be worried, to be afraid and to give up your freedoms. Let them take them away from us, if that’s what they want. We must not ourselves surrender our freedoms.” With America in retreat around the world, lacking a definable foreign policy, and with the British a mere shadow of their former empirical selves, what’s to stop China from escalating that erosion of freedoms? Martin Lee told me that no amount of external pressure will stop China’s leaders from doing what they want to do if they feel threatened: “Tiananmen teaches the lengths the Chinese leaders will go to preserve their power. China was doing well economically before the massacres, and yet when the leaders felt jeopardized by the opposition, they brought in the tanks and soldiers and started to shoot and kill and ruined

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their own economy for three years. Of course, the Hong Kong goose is important to them. So is Taiwan. But they are only secondary (to) the main objective – which is to remain in power. If they believe their position is jeopardized by an internal struggle for power, they would sacrifice anything, including the goose.” Some, including me, expressed hope that Hong Kong’s freedom might eventually lead to China’s liberation from communism. Maybe it will in the long run, but that possibility seems a long way off. Those pro-democracy demonstrators must now decide whether to continue their protests, running the risk of another Tiananmen, or submit to the dictatorship. As for the broken promise of one country, two systems, it should surprise no one that communists and other dictators lie. (Cal Thomas’ latest book is “What Works: Common Sense Solutions for a Stronger America” is available in bookstores now. Readers may email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@tribune.com.)

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Obama to delay immigration action WASHINGTON — Abandoning his pledge to act by the end of summer, President Barack Obama has decided to delay any executive action on immigration until after the November congressional elections, White House officials said. The move instantly infuriated immigration advocates while offering relief to some vulnerable Democrats in tough Senate re-election contests. Two White House officials said Obama concluded that circumventing Congress through executive actions on immigration during the campaign would politicize the issue and hurt future efforts to pass a broad overhaul. The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the president’s decision before it was announced, said Obama made his decision Friday as he returned to Washington from a NATO summit in Wales.

Child of Guatemala has eye on Congress WASHINGTON — Norma Torres sees a reflection of herself in some of the Central American children who have flooded into the United States in recent months. More than four decades ago in Guatemala, Torres’ parents told her she was going to the United States on a vacation. They declined

to tell her she would not be coming back. Now 49, Torres is the favorite in her race to win a seat in Congress from California. Torres says that turning back the Central American children seeking asylum would amount to a death sentence for some of them.

Hooked sea turtles head back to Gulf JACKSON — Ten young sea turtles nursed back to health after swallowing anglers’ hooks are headed back into the Gulf of Mexico. The animals released Saturday are among 213 endangered Kemp’sridley turtles brought this year to the Institute of Marine Mammal Studies after taking bait at piers, marinas and other coastal Mississippi fishing spots. The nonprofit’s president and executive director, Moby Solangi, said more than 200 people gathered on a clear Saturday morning on the beach in Gulfport to watch the release of the turtles. Sixteen more are still healing, says the Gulfport nonprofit’s president and executive director, Moby Solangi.

New York eatery’s Picasso to move NEW YORK — For over half a century, New York City’s Four Seasons restaurant has been a place where Picasso meets the power lunch. But the pairing between one of the art-

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ist’s biggest paintings and one of New York’s most illustrious eateries is due to end today. The unusual artwork — a painted stage curtain — is to be eased off its wall and moved to a museum. As the curtain falls on the long residency of “Le Tricorne”, art students have come to sketch and visitors to snap pictures. Reservations have risen for the 1919 painting’s final days at the Four Seasons. “Le Tricorne” has been there since 1959.

Udall swipes at foe’s birth-control plan WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. — Democratic Sen. Mark Udall went after his opponent’s proposal for over-the-counter birth control Friday, bringing big names to a suburban Denver battleground to argue that Rep. Cory Gardner’s plan doesn’t make him the “new kind of Republican” he has been claiming to be in ads. Udall brought Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and the national president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Cecile Richards, to a rally to argue that Udall is the better choice to protect reproductive health rights. The three blasted a plan by Republican Rep. Cory Gardner to make the birth-control pill available without a doctor’s prescription. They called it a cynical attempt to distract women voters from his record opposing abortion rights and access to reproductive health.

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Defense effort fails to toss killing case ALEXANDRIA, La. — Jurors will hear closing arguments Monday in the case of a Mississippi man who was declared dead two decades ago, only to resurface as a murder suspect. Prosecutors have their case against Thomas Steven Sanders, and defense lawyers have lost a key motion to get the case thrown out of federal court. U.S. District Judge Dee Drell denied a defense motion for acquittal Friday, turning away defense arguments that the charges — kidnapping resulting in death and using a firearm in a crime of violence that caused a person’s death — should be heard in state court. Defense attorneys have essentially conceded that Sanders kidnapped 12-year-old Lexis Roberts in 2010, killing her and dumping her body in Catahoula Parish.

Timber near golf course to be sold MERIDIAN — The city of Meridian is selling some timber near the Lakeview Golf Course to get better access to a dirt pit. Public Works Director Hugh Smith tells The Meridian Star timber is being cut on about 25 acres — 10 of those acres include the dirt pit. Smith says the timber is all mature and had reached its life cycle. Smith says when selling commercial timber,

the bigger the tract the more bids the city would receive for the property

Movie theater coming to McComb MCCOMB, Miss. — A Missouri-based movie theater company is planning to open a ninescreen luxury theater complex in McComb. The Enterprise-Journal reports B&B Theatres operates similar movie theaters in Missouri, Oklahoma, Florida, Kansas and Texas. Its McComb theater would be located near the Interstate 55 south McComb exit. The company is working with RBR Land Co. of McComb in the development. B&B Theatres president Bob Bagby says in a news release the theater will include stadium seating with leather-style reclining seats, concession stands, a Christie digital projection and 3D REALD technology in some auditoriums.

Starkville adding plus-1 to insurance JACKSON — A north Mississippi city is revising its health insurance plan to let municipal employees buy coverage for one other adult, including possibly a same-sex partner. Starkville Mayor Parker Wiseman said Friday that the new insurance plan is an attempt to save money — not to make a political statement. “It’s a much better policy and offers broader more flexible options for employees,” Wiseman told The Associated

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Press in a phone interview. A gay-rights group, Human Rights Campaign, is praising Starkville as the first Mississippi city to offer an insurance option to lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender partners of municipal workers. “Loving LGBT couples should have equal access to medical care, and we applaud the mayor and the Board of Aldermen for their leadership on this critical issue,” said the group’s Mississippi director, Rob Hill, said in a news release.

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Deaths Patricia Dicus Sims HENDERSON COUNTY, Texas — Pat Dicus Sims, 68, known from her childhood in Corinth as “Patsy” Dicus died at her home on July 24 in a community southeast of Dallas and was buried in Moore Memorial Gardens in Arlington, Texas. She was born August 26, 1945. Pat was a 1963 graduate of Corinth High School. She attended the University of Tennessee and was a graduate of Mississippi State College for Women. Her parents preceded her in death; her father, William Guy Dicus had always been affec-

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Virginia Briggs, 84, of Corinth, died Saturday, September 6, 2014 at Methodist Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Magnolia Funeral Home.

Samuel Gipson

Samuel Gipson, 65, of Corinth, died Saturday, September 6, 2014 at Magnolia Regional Health Center. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Magnolia Funeral Home.

Tommie Spears

MICHIE, Tenn. — Tommie Spears, 45, died Saturday, September 6, 2014 at his home. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Magnolia Funeral Home.

Carolyn Weatherford Little

Carolyn Weatherford Little, 79, of Corinth, died Saturday, September 6, 2014 at Magnolia Regional Health Center.

tionately known as “Guy” by hundreds of Corinthians, and her mother, Marie Dilworth Dicus was well known for her many years of teaching home economics and sociology at Northeast Mississippi Community College in Booneville. Some days she rode the Northeast — yellow — school bus, riding with the Corinth NEMJC students to Booneville. Pat leaves one son, William Edward Marsden, who is named for his late father and grandfather. She also leaves form step-sisters, Margaret, Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine, who tirelessly cared for Pat. All of her shifts were 24-hour shifts as were her beloved hus-

band’s, James “Jim” Sims. She also leaves too many close friends to count, who loved her tremendously and some of whose memorial tributes are printed here today in separate notes. Some of these tributes include organizations which she led in founding and with which she was working until a short time before her death.

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itary service as a Lieutenant Colonel. Mr. Horton worked in managerial positions with ITT, Spectrum, Connector Castings and Horton Jakel. He was a farmer, a builder of homes and operated “Any Way You Want It,” a screen printing business in Ramer. He and his wife Kay also published the “West Tennessee Guide” for 2 years. Mr. Horton was a former mayor of Ramer, during his tenure he helped plan the building of the walking trail and the construction of housing for low income families. He was also a machinist, having studied the trade at Crump Vocational Technical School. For the last 8 years, Mr. Horton had served as the minister for the Jerusalem Church of Christ in Farmington. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Kay Jines Horton of

Benny Horton

RAMER, Tenn. — Funeral services for Benny R. Horton, 76, are set for 1:30 p.m. today at Antioch Church of Christ with burial in the church cemetery. Mr. Horton died Thursday, September 4, 2014 in Jackson, Tenn. He was born August 16, 1938 in Ramer the son of the late J.R. and Trudie Blankenship Horton. He was united in marriage to Kay Jines on September 1, 1961. He graduated from Ramer High School, where he earned all-state honors in basketball. He attended and played basketball at Freed-Hardeman College for one year before being called into military service. Mr. Horton served in the Vietnam War, earning a battlefield commission from Sergeant to 1st Lieutenant. He served in the United States Army, Army Reserves, and Army National Guard before retiring from mil-

Rehnea Strickland

Funeral services for Rehnea Farr Strickland, 55, are set for 2 p.m. Monday at Leak Memory Chapel with burial in Forest Hills Memorial Park. Ms. Strickland passed away Wednesday, September 3,

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Adelyn (Cranford) Cooper Memories to Pat: Tribute #1 It’s very hard to think about Pat in the past tense. How amazing that a human being can be so tough and yet so fragile. We were friends in grade school, such good buddies as teenagers, but we really became close when we matured enough to understand what is, and is not, important in this life. We agreed and disagreed about myriad things, but our friendship solidified into something we both treasured. Pat’s kindness knew no bounds. She started a caregiver’s support group and was one of the founding member of a food bank that has been of critical importance in helping needy families in the area. Pat will be missed so much. I’m so grateful that we only lived four hours apart and could get together occasionally. My sister Cindy and I have gone to the panhandle of Florida on vacation for several years, and Pat usually joined us there. Those times are even more precious than I knew then. Pat was our “sistah.”

2014 at her residence. She was dearly loved by her family and friends and touched many lives. She led her life and raised her family for our Lord Jesus. She had a special love for animals and spent much of her life caring for her menagerie of cats, dogs, horses, and any other four legged critter that crossed her path. She is survived by her husband and love of her life of 32 years and five days, Bobby Strickland. They had two children and four grandchildren. Wade Strickland and his wife Rachael have two boys, Eli (Little Guy) and Samuel (Wee One). Nicole Henderson and her husband Justin have two

girls, Lillian (Doodle) and Heidilyn (Peanut Butter). She is also survived by her sister Jan Hendrix (Ellis); brothers, Don Farr (Karen) and Lloyd Farr (Patsy); mother-in-law, Martha Strickland; and many brothers and sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. She is also survived by her very special friends, Lydia Walters, Yvonne Hearn, Carmen Andrews and Lorna Wincek. She will also be greatly missed by her beloved poodle Ella B. The world has lost a true angel, but Heaven has surely gained one. Visitation is today from 5-7 p.m. at Leak Memory Chapel.

Ramer; a daughter, Darcy Clifton and husband Matt of McCrory, Ark.; a son, Matt Horton and wife Ravenna of Ripley, Tenn.; five grandchildren: Hannah Clifton, Abbi Clifton, Gideon Clifton, Ben Horton and Eden Horton; a sister, Barbara Tutor and husband Steve of Ramer; eight brothers, Gerald Horton of Ramer, Tommy Horton and wife Ruth of Ramer, Billy Horton and wife Ekaterina of Bethel Springs, Tenn., Douglas Horton of Bartlett, Tenn., Eddie Horton and wife Ann of Selmer, Larry Horton and wife Brenda of Ramer, Stanley Horton of Ramer, and Joe Horton and wife Pam of Ramer. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Brenda Kay Bolino; and a brother, James Arthur (Jim) Horton, Dan Haynes, Darrin Stapleton and David Powe will officiate.

Monday, September 8 at Lebanon United Methodist Church in Sardis, Tenn. with burial in Lebanon Cemetery. Ms. Lance died Saturday, September 6, 2014 at Tri County Nursing Home. Born September 13, 1934, she was a homemaker and member of Saltillo Church of Christ in Saltillo, Tenn. Survivors include a daughter, Brenda Pruden and husband Terry of Sardis; two brothers, Reeder Robbins and wife Carolyn of Saltillo and Sammy Robbins and wife Francis of Sardis; nine grandchildren; 12 greatgrandchildren; and four greatgreat-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Lance; her parents, Jettie Robbins and Mildred Clayton Robbins; two brothers, Phillip Robbins and Larry Dale Robbins; and two sisters, Shirley Hubanks and Linda Robbins. Rev. Phil Bridges will officiate. Visitation is 10 a.m. until service time Monday.

Man arrested in 4 deaths BY TAMARA LUSH Associated Press

HUDSON, Fla. — A man suspected in the deaths of four people and the disappearance of a 4-year-old autistic boy was arrested as SWAT teams swarmed a downtown Tampa hotel Friday, ending an intense manhunt since the bodies were found a day earlier stacked on top of each other outside as birds circled above. Adam Matos, 28, had checked into the Floridan Palace Hotel using

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- Camilla Wilson

Crystine (Hopper) Young Memories with Pat: Tribute #3

Patsy’s mother and my mother always told us how they had strolled us together in baby carriages, at an age and a time we never remembered. We will always remembered third grade, However, when we had an especially heated argument over whether Santa Clause was really real or whether our parents did his work for him. She finally won.

his own name, and police said they tricked him out of his room on the historic building’s 18th floor and away from the child. Authorities said they believe Matos is Ismael Tristan Santisteban’s father, but a DNA test is pending. “I love my son and I hope that he’s safe right now,” Matos said to reporters as he was led to a police car outside the hotel. He denied killing the victims or knowing who did. Officials said an in-

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vestigator who specializes in talking to autistic children was interviewing Ismael. They were not sure whether he might have witnesses the killings. The names of the four victims had not been released because the medical examiner hadn’t positively identified the bodies, which were found in nearby Hudson, Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco said. Matos is the only suspect in their deaths, authorities said, but they released only a few details about what led them to the man, who had recently come to Florida from Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley. Court records there show he had been arrested numerous times for harassment, theft, burglary, trespassing, assault and driving under the influence. He pleaded guilty to some of the charges, and others appear to have been dismissed. The boy had last been seen at his Pasco County home Aug. 28. The boy’s mother called police and said Matos had threatened her with a knife and then fled, Nocco said.

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Not all golf has clubs or high country club fees BY TOM BASSING

“Man, it’s definitely drawing a crowd. Within a couple of weeks we had a following. Now, we’re drawing 25 to 30 players a day from all over.”

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GREENVILLE — The sign at first seems whimsical in its warning to park visitors to “watch for flying saucers.” Yet, it is an advisory to be regarded seriously. Since May, when a disc golf course was installed in the grand park along the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, just south of the Greenville city limits, flying saucers have become a reality. The course since then has, on a daily basis, drawn dozens of fans of the sport, which officially came into being in 1976 with the invention of the “pole hole,” a waist-high, cantilevered steel basket that sits beneath a tapering cascade of chains intended to “catch” the disc, allowing it to drop into the basket: a successful putt. Aficionados refer to the sport simply as golf, and differentiate their pursuit from its better known cousin by referring to the latter as “ball golf” or “stick golf” or, even, as “Scottish golf.” The game requires accuracy and acceleration. The successful conclusion of a disc golf hole typically comes after a drive — the flinging of an aerodynamic plastic disc, either by forehand or backhand, a technique by which the world’s best players can make the plastic soar more than two football fields — and an approach, the equivalent of a chip shot in Scottish golf. And, then, if all goes well, the

Stark Willis Warfield Point Park attendant finishing putt. Disc golf courses typically are established in wooded areas, and the many trees constitute obstacles much as sand traps perform the same function on ball golf courses. Victor Woods, 26, is the founder and president of Port City Disc Golf, which he said he chartered to promote the sport and to support the course Washington County Buildings and Grounds installed at Warfield Point Park. “As the course came together, we started playing and talking about, ‘we want this, and we want that,’ and so we started building up money to help if the park wanted to put in benches and trash cans on the course,” Woods said. Club membership costs $15. Disc golf is far easier on the wallet and purse than is its highfalutin cousin: There are no country club memberships nor greens fees, and a workable bag of discs, including a couple of drivers, one left, one right, a mid-range disc and a putter, can be had for around $50.

Judge orders attorney to wear socks in court Associated Press

HARTFORD CITY, Ind. — An attorney who habitually appears in court without socks faces sanctions including possible fines if he shows up without them again in one Indiana courtroom. Blackford Circuit Judge Dean Young issued an Aug. 25 order directing attorney Todd Glickfield of Marion to wear appropriate business attire, including socks and a tie, in future proceedings in Young’s Hartford City courtroom.

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Glickfield appeared without socks in Young’s court on Aug. 22. The order says that during a break in proceedings, the court advised Glickfield that he wasn’t appropriately dressed as required by court rules. The order says Glickfield replied, “I hate socks.” The order also states Glickfield previously appeared in court without a tie and with an open-collared shirt. A message seeking comment was left at Glickfield’s office.

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On top of the sport’s low cost of entry and its opportunities for exercise, camaraderie and communion with the great outdoors, Woods said, offers another distinct lure: “You don’t have to practice three years to get any good at it.” The Warfield Point Park disc golf course opened in May, and Port City Disc Golf was chartered May 22. Since then, usage has grown rapidly. “When we first started playing, right after they put the course in, there might be four or five people playing,” Woods said. “Now, it’s more like 20 or more people showing up every day.” Walley Morse is the volunteer special projects director for Warfield Point Park, appointed by the Washington County Board of Supervisors. He has actively worked to enhance the park’s entertainment options, adding, this year alone, a new boat launch, volleyball courts, horseshoe pits, a playground with rope and tire swings and, now, the disc

golf course, which currently comprises nine holes and is expected to be expanded to 18 by year’s end. “It costs about $3,000 to put in nine baskets,” Morse said. “We’re going to have the back nine in by the end of the year, I’m confident of that.” The course began as the result of a casual conversation Morse had with Will Coppage, Greenville Mayor John Cox’s executive assistant. “Walley asked me for ideas, and I told him that wherever I’ve gone, there have always been two fun things to do that didn’t cost much: skate parks and disc golf,” Coppage said. “Walley came to my office and said, ‘I’m going to come up with the money and we’re going to do it,’ put in a disc golf course. Well, people say that all the time, but Walley meant it. “He showed up at my office one day not that long after and said, ‘I’ve got the money, let’s do it.’ He wanted me to head it, but I knew Tommy would be better, so I gave him Tommy’s number, and he called him.” Tommy Slaton is a veteran disc golf player and plays in the Open ranks, the sport’s elite division. The Greenville native, who now lives in Hendersonville, Tennessee, took Morse up on his offer to come down, look the park over and design the initial nine-hole course, which he did on a volunteer basis. “When Walley called, I told

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him I would only do it for free,” Slaton said. “I still have a lot of family in Greenville, and it meant that much to me.” He took his time, looking for ways to lay out the holes to provide entertainment for newcomers and a challenge for veteran players, all the while making the course contiguous. “I spent a few days just walking the park, thinking about it as I was laying it out in my mind,” Slaton said. “I’ve played a couple hundred courses around the country, and I know what I like, and I think I know what other players like. I just tried to stay loyal to that. I tried to think everything through.” It seems he has succeeded. “Man, it’s definitely drawing a crowd,” said Stark Willis, one of two full-time Warfield Point Park attendants who keep an eye on things and assist visitors as needed. “Within a couple of weeks we had a following. Now, we’re drawing 25 to 30 players a day from all over.” Empirical evidence points to the sport’s burgeoning popularity. Courses have been installed in at least 45 nations, at last count, including more than 1,000 in the United States alone. And membership in the sport’s governing body is accelerating. “In 2004, when I joined, there were maybe 25,000 members of the Professional Disc Golf Association,” Slaton said. “Now, it’s closing in on 70,000. It’s just soaring.”

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CATTLE 40,000 lbs.- cents per lb.

Sep 14 Dec 14 Mar 15 May 15 Jul 15 Sep 15 Dec 15

Oct 14 Dec 14 Feb 15 Apr 15 Jun 15 Aug 15 Oct 15

333.50 343.75 357 365.50 372.75 380 388.50

346.50 -12.50 356 -8.75 368.75 -9 377 -9 384.25 -8.50 391.75 -7.50 400.50 -5.50

SOYBEANS 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel Sep 14 Nov 14 Jan 15 Mar 15 May 15 Jul 15 Aug 15

1108 1038 1045.50 1052.75 1057.75 1062.75 1062

1064 1001.25 1008.75 1016.25 1023.25 1029.50 1032.75

-4 -2.75 -4.25 -5.50 -5.25 -3 -1.25

WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel Sep 14 Dec 14 Mar 15 May 15 Jul 15 Sep 15 Dec 15

552.50 566 584 593.75 601 610 623.25

519.50 527.50 547.25 559 567.50 579.75 595

160.05 161.20 159.75 157.85 150.00 147.80 149.50

151.75 154.17 155.00 154.42 146.25 145.50 147.50

159.75 160.92 159.20 157.55 149.50 147.40 149.25

+8.33 +6.97 +4.60 +3.18 +3.45 +2.80 +2.65

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+7.50 +3.45 +.60 -2.00 -3.00 -1.85 -2.10

66.08 64.31 64.14 65.28 66.14 66.78 68.13

-1.52 -2.26 -2.87 -2.86 -2.82 -2.53 -2.49

HOGS-Lean 40,000 lbs.- cents per lb.

1085.50 1021.50 1028.25 1035 1041 1047.25 1048.50

Oct 14 Dec 14 Feb 15 Apr 15 May 15 Jun 15 Jul 15

105.65 95.45 92.47 92.62 92.50 95.75 94.00

98.75 91.15 87.97 88.07 89.50 91.10 89.50

-18.75 -28.25 -29.50 -27.50 -25.75 -23.50 -22.75

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66.98 66.45 66.70 67.34 68.20 ... 69.50

65.55 63.93 64.01 65.17 66.00 ... 68.00

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PIMCO TotRetIs CI Vanguard TotStIdx LB Vanguard 500Adml LB Vanguard TotStIAdm LB Vanguard InstIdxI LB Vanguard TotStIIns LB Vanguard InstPlus LB Fidelity Contra LG American Funds IncAmerA m MA American Funds GrthAmA m LG American Funds CapIncBuA m IH Dodge & Cox IntlStk FB Vanguard WelltnAdm MA Dodge & Cox Stock LV American Funds InvCoAmA m LB American Funds CpWldGrIA m WS FrankTemp-Franklin IncomeA m CA Vanguard TotIntl FB American Funds WAMutInvA m LV Harbor IntlInstl FB Vanguard TotBdAdml CI American Funds AmBalA m MA Fidelity Spartan 500IdxAdvtg LB American Funds FnInvA m LB T Rowe Price GrowStk LG FrankTemp-Templeton GlBondAdv IB Vanguard InstTStPl LB American Funds NewPerspA m WS Vanguard MuIntAdml MI Fidelity ContraK LG Vanguard WndsIIAdm LV Vanguard IntlStkIdxIPls FB Vanguard Tgtet2025 TG Vanguard STGradeAd CS American Funds EurPacGrA m FB Fidelity LowPriStk x MV Oakmark Intl I FB Vanguard PrmcpAdml LG Vanguard HltCrAdml SH Vanguard IntlStkIdxAdm FB

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BY MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer

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10.96 50.65 185.91 50.68 184.71 50.69 184.73 102.84 22.02 46.79 61.49 47.41 69.91 183.60 40.40 47.83 2.55 17.39 42.57 72.20 10.83 25.87 71.46 55.27 56.01 13.43 45.97 39.10 14.21 102.84 70.58 116.32 16.88 10.74 50.37 50.33 26.14 108.85 90.17 29.08

Total Return/Rank Pct Min Init 4-wk 12-mo 5-year Load Invt +0.3 +4.8 +4.8 +4.8 +4.8 +4.8 +4.8 +5.0 +3.2 +5.0 +2.8 +3.7 +2.9 +4.3 +4.5 +3.4 +2.4 +2.6 +5.1 +2.0 +0.3 +3.8 +4.8 +5.0 +4.8 +1.9 +4.9 +3.3 +0.7 +5.0 +4.7 +2.5 +2.9 +0.1 +2.3 +3.7 +1.4 +4.9 +4.3 +2.5

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