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Zika virus case number rises to 3 BY BRANT SAPPINGTON bsappington@dailycorinthian.com

Two more Prentiss County residents have been diagnosed with the Zika virus, bringing to three the total number of cases in the county. As with the first case reported last month, the Mississippi Department of Health has said the

two new cases involve residents who had traveled to the Caribbean island of Grenada. The Zika virus is carried by mosquitoes and carries serious risks for pregnant women because it can cause sever birth defects in a developing fetus including hearing and vision loss, brain damage and impaired

growth if the mother catches it while pregnant. Symptoms of infection include mild illness with fever, joint pain, eye inflammation or a rash which can last for several days, but most who are infected have only mild or no symptoms. While the virus is being transmitted by mosquitoes in

approximately 50 countries and two areas in Florida the mosquito species that carries the virus has not been found in Mississippi since the early 1990s. The state health department is intensely monitoring for any sign of that specific mosquito, it stated in a press release. Those who have traveled to

areas where the virus is present are urged to avoid exposure to mosquitos and should also take steps to avoid transmission of the virus since it can be spread even when a person has no symptoms. (For more information on Zika visit www.healthyms. com/zika.)

Tax collections up BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Fiscal 2016 closes with a mixed month for local tax collections, but both the sales and tourism taxes collected in Corinth set new high marks for the year. The mid-September sales tax deposit of $508,980.23 was oﬀ 2.6 percent from a year earlier, in line with the statewide trend for the month. Collections among all municipalities were oﬀ 3.3 percent as the Missis-

sippi Department of Revenue returned $36.146 million to cities across the state. Seven out of a dozen area municipalities had negative growth for the month, which reflected sales activity from July. The city posted gains for the prior six months and ends the fiscal year with sales tax diversions totaling $6,313,203.87, rising 1.7 percent, or about $107,000, from the prior fiscal Please see TAXES | 2

Reenactment nixed Workers prepare cans of paint for disposal at the recent Household Hazardous Waste Day.

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Waste day biggest one ever BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Thousands of pounds of chemicals, electronics and other potential hazards are getting recycled rather than heading to the landfill. The recent Household Haz-

ardous Waste Day helped residents get rid of things such as chemical cleaners, motor oil and old TVs, and it was the biggest yet. “We had 344 cars come through the event, more than twice as many as last year,”

said Keep Corinth-Alcorn Beautiful Director Andrea Rose. “We had three times the amount of electronics collected for recycling and larger amounts of other hazardous

Haunted Theatre will host open auditions BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com

Spine-tingling screams will fill the historic Coliseum Civic Center on Thursday, Sept. 29 as the Corinth Area Arts Council holds open auditions for their Haunted Theatre. Held at 6 p.m., all ghosts, goblins and ghouls are encouraged to try out for roles both in and behind the scenes. “We hope everyone will consider auditioning, particularly high schoolers and adults,” said CAAC Committee member Phyllis Rogers. “Those wishing to do so should be prepared to demonstrate their best bloodcurdling shrieks and sinister, twisted contortions.”

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FARMINGTON — For the second straight year the city of Farmington will not host a civil war reenactment. Last year the annual event was canceled when organizer Dale Fortenberry became sick – this year he’s back healthy but said the reenactment isn’t going to happen. “We had to cancel it again this year due mainly to circumstances beyond our control,”

said the Farmington mayor. “I promise It was a very tough decision the committee had to make.” Fortenberry said it’s tough putting on a successful reenactment. “Since the 150th, there’s not been many reenactments happening around the country,” he said. “We were one of the few who kept trying to host one each year.” Please see REENACTMENT | 5

People of the Crosroads Melinda Crow, Corinth

Presented from 7 to 10 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 21-Saturday, Oct. 22, Friday, Oct. 28-Saturday, Oct.29 and Halloween night on Monday, Oct. 31, the second annual Haunted Theatre is not for the faint of heart. “We recommend that children be at least 10 years old as some scenes may be too scary for little ones,” said Rogers. “In addition to actors, we will also be needing volunteers to serve as guides and to assist with hair, makeup and costumes.” Expanding on last year’s vision, the 2016 presentation will be a nightmare of epic proportions. Please see THEATRE | 2

Staff photo by Bobby J. Smith

Melinda Crow has been helping Corinthians through one of life’s most difficult chapters for many years at McPeter’s Funeral Home. “I really do enjoy my job,” she said. “We try to do everything we can to please the families and take care of them in their time of need.” Crow’s duties run the gamut from working visitations to meeting with families, helping with the cleaning of the funeral home, taking care of the catering, answering the phone — and everything in between. “I just help keep the place going,” she said. Her hobbies include working in her yard and attending music festivals — especially those which feature bluegrass gospel music. The Alcorn County native has lived in Corinth for 65 years. She is a graduate of Kossuth High School. She has one son, Barry Rogers, and is a member of Union Baptist Church.

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Corinth chapter of BNI to meet BY BOBBY J. SMITH bsmith@dailycorinthian.com

The Corinth chapter of Business Network International (BNI) is meeting Tuesday morning at Pizza Grocery. “We’re looking to bring new members into our marketing team,” said Steven Eaton, the president of BNI’s Corinth chapter. “We put people together to help build each other’s businesses.” BNI is the world’s largest business referral organization. The group

Vehicle fire

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Local fire and rescue personnel responded to a car fire on Highway 45 near the Biggersville water tower on Monday. The driver — who had been working on the car for a family member earlier in the day — began smelling smoke while heading southbound into Biggersville around 12:30 p.m. He pulled off the road just as the car’s engine caught fire. “Luckily, this was a mild situation, and it worked out really well,” said Biggersville Fire Chief Jonathan Rider. “We had an engine at the North Station here within a couple of minutes.” Alcorn County Emergency Management Director and Fire Coordinator Ricky Gibens assisted with the fire.

has more than 145,000 members worldwide, including hundreds in the Mid-South region. Each member of the regional chapter acts as part of a marketing team for other members in the chapter, with the goal of securing business referrals for each other. The meeting begins at 7:30 a.m. at Pizza Grocery. For more information contact BNI Corinth chapter president Steven Eaton at 287-0113 or visit www.bnimidsouth.com.

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year, when total collections topped $6 million for the first time. The 2 percent tourism tax on food and lodging generated $116,785.69 for the month, rising 3.4 percent from a year earlier. The tax ends the year with $1,344,211.36, rising 6.8 percent, or about

$86,000, from fiscal 2015. Other sales tax results from the region: • Booneville — $156,551.85 (less than half of a percent decrease) • Burnsville — $14,934.12 (+10%) • Farmington — $2,534.12 (-33%) • Glen — $1,700.73 (-26%) • Iuka — $75,990.59

(+10%) • Kossuth — $169,438.12 (+10%) • Rienzi — $4,208.52 (-11%) • Ripley — $110,694.55 (-3%) • Tishomingo — $10,364.72 (+9%) • Tupelo — $1,688,702.22 (+7%) • Walnut — $19,350.84 (-17%)

batteries; and 46 pounds of compact fluorescent light bulbs, which contain mercury. Residents also turned in 1,646 linear feet of fluorescent bulbs; 1,180 gallons of oil; 362 tires; and enough paint to fill a 30yard container. Rose encourages residents to look for recycling opportunities throughout the year. Most oil change shops take motor oil, she said, and SMC Recycling accepts batteries, white

goods and scrap metal. Some pharmacies accept needles and sharps in a sharps container, and the driver’s license station at Northeast at Corinth will accept prescription medications to be destroyed. The event is funded by a grant from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and presented by KCAB in partnership with Alcorn County, Waste Connections, Caterpillar and Wiese.

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Troop 123 Boy Scouts Will Nuckolls (left) and Jordan Cole work on repairs to the swinging bridge in the park area near the Jacinto Courthouse. Repair of the collapsing bridge was an Eagle project for Fletcher Roberts. Boy Scouts are also working with the Jacinto Foundation on other projects, including renovation of a building in the park and building picnic tables and benches.

materials collected.” Old TVs, computers, VCRs and other electronics totaling 24,028 pounds filled a semi trailer and a half. The second-biggest category was chemicals, totaling 3,491 pounds. That included 716 pounds of aerosols; 294 pounds of oxidizers; 2,094 pounds of poisons; 239 pounds of corrosives; 10 pounds of mercury; 92 pounds of

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Complete with crimson blood, flashing lights, disorienting fog and eerie sounds, patrons will walk on pins an needles as they try and anticipate scares while traveling through various spheres. This year’s scenes will include a casket and cemetery scene as well as a demented dentist and sinister circus. Those daring to enter the realm of the dead should expect to pay a toll of $10 per body at the door. Proceeds from the hair-raising event will help provide for the Coliseum’s upkeep and revitalization. Donations will also be accepted. “With the enormous burden of utility bills and restoration costs, we are doing everything we can to ensure that this stunning, local landmark be

enjoyed for generations to come,” said CAAC Committee member Myra Byrnes. “Each person who joins us in October can take pride in knowing their screams have contributed to the preservation and longevity of one of our communities most treasured jewels.” A community-wide effort, all are urged to come out for a night of haunting encounters and spirited fun. (For more information or questions about auditions call or text Barbara Trapp at 662-808-0267 or Myra Byrnes 662-6035776. Leave a message if there is no answer and someone will get back to you A.S.A.P. The historic Coliseum Civic Center is located at 404 Taylor Street in downtown Corinth. More information will be forthcoming.)

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The inaugural Haunted Theatre proved to be a huge success last year with the doll scene being one of the most frightful attractions.

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Today in History

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Today is Tuesday, Sept. 27, the 271st day of 2016. There are 95 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 27, 1964, the government publicly released the report of the Warren Commission, which concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald had acted alone in assassinating President John F. Kennedy.

On this date: In 1540, Pope Paul III issued a papal bull establishing the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits, as a religious order. In 1779, John Adams was named by Congress to negotiate the Revolutionary War’s peace terms with Britain. In 1939, Warsaw, Poland, surrendered after weeks of resistance to invading forces from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II. In 1962, “Silent Spring,” Rachel Carson’s study on the effects of pesticides on the environment, was published in book form by Houghton Mifflin. In 1979, Congress gave its final approval to forming the U.S. Department of Education. In 1989, Columbia Pictures Entertainment Inc. agreed to a $3.4 billion cash buyout by Sony Corp. In 2001, an armed man went on a shooting rampage in the local parliament of Zug, Switzerland, killing 14 people before taking his own life.

Man faces charges of rape, kidnapping BOONEVILLE — On Wednesday, Sept. 7, Mike Brian Rutledge, 21, was arrested and charged with rape and kidnapping. The charges stem from an incident which allegedly took Rutledge place on August. 26 in the area of CR 5014 in Booneville. According to the official report, the victim was tied up and raped by Rutledge, but was eventually freed. He is charged with rape and kidnapping. His bond was set at $25,000.

Iuka Wife charged after husband stabbed IUKA — A Tishomingo County woman is facing felony domestic violence charges after allegedly stabbing her husband multiple times. Julie Ann Newcomb, 37, of County Road 206 Burnsville, was charged with aggravated assaultdomestic violence. Since she was on probation at the time, the Mississippi Department of Corrections has placed a hold on Newcomb. The Tishomingo County Sheriff’s Department was called to the emergency room at North Mississippi Medical Cen-

ter-Iuka on Wednesday for a man who had been stabbed several times in the shoulder area. Deputies were able to talk with the victim before he was airlifted to Tupelo for emergency surgery. According to Sheriff John Daugherty, when deputies arrived at the man’s house, they found the wife holding a knife that appeared to have blood on it. The victim is currently in stable condition. Newcomb is being held in the Tishomingo County Jail.

Selmer United Way begins new campaign year SELMER, Tenn. — McNairy County’s United Way fundraising campaign for the new year is underway. This year’s campaign kickoff was held prior to the McNairy Central-Bruceton football game and a similar event was held before the Adamsville-McKenzie football game. The local United Way supports the Boy Scouts, Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse, Jesus Cares, McNairy County Developmental Services, McNairy County Foundation for Academic Excellence, McNairy County Literacy Council, McNairy County Senior Center, RSVP, Selmer Community Center, Selmer Senior Citizens Center, Southwest Human Resource Agency and WRAP. McNairy County ran their first ever campaign in 1985 and since that time has gone on to

raise over $4.3 million. There is a local Advisory Board responsible for overseeing the raising and investing of dollars into the community. The county’s United Way is dependent on over 23 companies, organizations and government entities that run annual campaigns with their employees to raise funds. With these companies and other individuals that give directly we have over 683 people that annually give to the campaign. It is because of this generosity that we are able to reach out and lift up the McNairy community through local programs that are getting amazing results and making a positive impact on the needs of our neighbors, co-workers and family members.

Wayne Co. Authorities confirm new cougar sighting WAYNE COUNTY, Tenn. — The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has confirmed the sighting of a cougar in Wayne County on property located in an area between Linden and the county seat of Waynesboro. Wayne County is located just east of Hardin County. A trail camera captured the cat’s image on Sept. 4 and the agency, as it does when it receives reports accompanied by credible evidence, began investigating the report. “We often get asked what it means if we confirm the documentation of a cat in an area

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Columbus Man shot to death was assault suspect COLUMBUS — A man recently shot to death in north Mississippi was the alleged victim in a separate assault case. Charles Moody Jr., 23, of Columbus, died Sept. 19 from multiple gunshot wounds.

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We must get out of our bubbles To the Editor: It has been a true education for me during my first year as a public servant in Jackson. The most important thing I have learned is that we would all benefit from briefly escaping our comfort zones and start looking outside of our bubbles. Many of us, myself included in the past, subconsciously look for news sources, friends or acquaintances that reinforce our views, so we feel justified. The unfortunate consequence is that we seldom get to fully appreciate what happens in another person’s shoes, or understand that we are all a little different and it is really ok. My recent epiphany came from running for office, knocking on thousands of strangers’ doors, exchanges on social media and accidental meetings in coffee shops and stores. They reminded me that me that we all come from different families, backgrounds, good and bad life experiences. It does not have to be that one must be wrong to make us be right. It is also definitely not all about politics - or shouldn’t be. While some of us focus on the latest political issue, the majority of our neighbors are worried about totally different issues inside their homes, from food and utilities, to mental health and family crisis. If you are reading this at all, you are fortunate not to be the 10% of Mississippians of all races, religions and geographic regions who cannot read or write. Do we really think they chose to not want to read or write? If you are reading this online you are in the 59% bracket. A full 41% of your fellow Mississippians, of all races, religions and geographic regions do not have any Internet in their homes. If you reading in newspaper you purchased, you are in the 10% bracket of those Mississippians who actually have the spare money and time to purchase and read one. If you and your family members are able to buy food, medicine and utilities without be the benefit of some state or federal assistance, you are very lucky in Mississippi. What do we do about those outside of our bubbles – those with a different religion, race, economic standing, or even lifestyle? What is the goal? Really? Do we hope if we ignore them they will go away? Or, do we think that they will start doing like we do so we will be more comfortable? The simple reality is that they won’t. They are just different from us. And, that is really ok – or it should be. It does not make different evil – just different. There is so much more in life that matters more than politics and parties. Going outside my bubble has made me realize it, and grow because of it. Take a chance and reach outside your bubble and consider lives instead of rhetoric and sound bites. You just might be surprised who benefits from it. Jay Hughes House District 12 Representative

Prayer for today Eternal God, help me to realize that life is not only endless but, whether I live in love and obedience, or wait in neglect and indifference, that I can never separate myself from thee. May I be diligent in worthy endeavors to do my best for thee. Amen.

A verse to share Keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life. –Jude 1:21

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Where can voters ‘park’ their votes? STARKVILLE — First and foremost, I’m not advocating the whole notion of voters taking a powder on choosing between the Democratic presidential ticket of Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine or the Republican ticket of Donald J. Trump and Mike Pence and “parking” their votes with a third party or independent. The Electoral College renders the notion of third party voting or “parking your vote” as a protest of the major party candidates a moot and futile point in most cases. The electors for the party that gets the most votes in Mississippi will get all the state’s six electoral votes, even if that total for the winning candidate/ticket is less than 50 percent of the state’s popular vote. So voting for a third party candidate or “parking you vote” is, in reality, a rather narcissistic exercise that will accomplish little more than making you feel good about being able to say later that you voted for neither Clinton nor Trump in 2016 – despite the fact that one of them will be living in the White House for the next four years.

And in Mississippi, our six electoral votes will almost certainly be counted Sid Salter for Trump. There are Columnist no reputable national polls that don’t show Mississippi as a safe state for the Republican nominee. Trump has spent an inordinate amount of time campaigning here given our state’s anemic status in presidential politics. That said, there are any number of voters in Mississippi (and elsewhere) who for whatever reason can’t stomach voting for either of the major party nominees in the 2016 presidential election. Those voters face several alternatives, which include just skipping the presidential race altogether and voting in the down ballot races, voting third party or “parking their vote” with a minor party presidential candidate’s electors, or some last minute in-the-ballotbox choosing mechanism (coin flip or “eeny, meeny, miny, moe” come to mind).

Voters choosing to eschew a presidential vote for either Clinton or Trump can gravitate toward the Libertarian ticket of Gary Johnson and William Weld, the Green Party ticket of Dr. Jill Stein and Ajamu Baraka, the Constitution Party ticket of Darrell Castle and Scott Bradley, the Reform Party ticket of Rocky de la Fuente and Michael Steinberg, or the Prohibition Party ticket of Jim Hedges and Bill Bayes. There are other realities to third party voting or “parking your vote” in presidential races. The most recent example was the 2000 presidential race that ended in the bitter Florida recount. In that race, Green Party candidate and consumer advocate Ralph Nader won enough popular votes in two states — Florida and New Hampshire — to have tipped those states from handing their electoral votes to eventual winner President George W. Bush and giving them to Democratic nominee Al Gore. Democrats have long loathed Nader’s “spoiler” role in that 2000 race and blamed him for Gore’s loss,

but Nader’s defenders point to this fact: Bush beat Gore in Florida by 543 votes when the counting ceased and it’s important to note that every third-party candidate in that race received enough votes in Florida to have cost Gore the election. I have rock-ribbed conservative Republican friends who say they plan to skip casting a vote for Trump and are “parking their vote” with a third party contender while otherwise voting a straight Republican ticket. Likewise, I have heard from some Democrats who say they can’t support Clinton and plan to protest by “parking” their votes elsewhere. At the end of the day, again, such choices are viable options and it’s the right of those voters to make them. But there are examples like the 2000 presidential campaign that prove that in close races, the “parking” of votes or outright third party voting can bring about unintended consequences. Daily Corinthian columnist Sid Salter is syndicated across the state. Contact him at 601-507-8004 or sidsalter@sidsalter.com.

How Bill Clinton helped the Saudis BY DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN Columnists

As President Obama vetos legislation giving the families of 9/11 victims the right to sue Saudi Arabia, a prominent and devoted Clinton loyalist, Joe Conason, reveals in his new book how Bill Clinton worked to rehab the Saudi image in return for tens of millions of dollars. In early 2004, Bill Clinton quietly agreed to help the Saudi Arabian ruling family in their revolting attempts to rehab the Kingdom’s besmirched image. Once considered an American ally, Saudi Arabia was widely condemned after shocking revelations about the role of Saudi nationals in implementing and financing 9/11. The kingdom needed a new look, a new brand. And the former president was all too willing to oﬀer his prestige to take on that dubious, but ultimately lucrative assignment. The Saudis had an enormous problem: Americans didn’t like them. Gallup polls since 9/11 consistently showed that almost 60 percent of Americans have a negative view of Saudi Arabia. And it’s no surprise. Recall that 15 of the 19 hijackers from 9/11 were Saudi citizens. And that the FBI found convincing evidence that Saudi citizens living in the U.S. -- including the

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wife of the Saudi ambassador to the U.S. -- provided money to support a number of the hijackers while they were in the United States. But none of that bothered Bill Clinton. Not at all. Business is business, and he saw the large piggy bank that was waiting at the end of the expansive Arabian Desert. According to Joe Conason’s new book, “Man of the World,” Bill Clinton accepted the invitation of the then Crown Prince, now King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, who oﬀered his jet to bring Clinton and an entourage of dozens of his cronies to Saudi Arabia. Amr al-Dabbagh, a Saudi businessman joined in the invitation, which included featuring Clinton at the Jeddh Economic Forum, where Clinton’s appearance could easily be interpreted as an imprimatur of the Kingdom, whether he wanted it to be or not. The king and his friend were no strangers to Clinton. Saudi Arabia had donated between $10 and 25 million to the Clinton Foundation. And Dabbagh had paid Clinton $900,000 for three speeches just a few months earlier, and ponied up more later. It was a match made in heaven. According to Conason, “While Clinton no doubt felt grateful for their largesse, the broader aim of the trip also appealed to him.” And what was this ap-

pealing broader aim? To try and reverse the reputational damage that Saudi citizens had caused by attacking the Twin Towers and helping to fund the terrorists who killed 3,000 innocent Americans. That was the “noble cause.” The Saudis wanted Bill Clinton to legitimize them, to flack for them, to show the international community that he was a friend who did not hold their terrorist links against them. And that’s what he did. Again and again. Keep in mind that Conason’s comments are not the rantings of an anti-Clinton diehard. No, Conason is a long-time Clinton supporter. Yet he reveals what Clinton did. And although Conason insists that Clinton was not paid for the speech he gave during the trip, he had already been paid $1 million a few months before by Dabaggh and would ultimately receive between $35 million and $70 million from the Saudis. And the amenities were wonderful. The king’s jet had a huge central living room with lots of couches so that Clinton’s guests could be comfortable. Included in those who joined him were the presidents of Brazil and Mexico, Chevy Chase, John Cusack, Strobe Talbott, mega Clinton donors Elizabeth and Smith Bagley, Alan

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Patricof, and Google execs Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and Eric Schmidt rounded out the manifest. No doubt the trip convinced them that Saudi Arabia was a great place. (Unless you’re a woman or a Jew.) After a week of fun, the king’s jet took the entourage to Switzerland for the Davos Forum. Another perk for Clinton. And, as mentioned above, it was a wise decision to go there. Possibly, a $70 million decision. Years afterward, we learned even more damaging information about the Saudis. The 20th hijacker, Zacarias Moussaoui, asked to speak to a federal judge and claimed that “prominent members of the Saudi royal family were major financial backers of al-Qaeda in the 1990s.” He claimed that Osama bin Laden instructed him to keep a digital database of donors and he identified top Saudi government oﬃcials and rulers were on the list. You are the company you keep. And for Bill Clinton, he chose the company, and money, of potential terrorist-backers. Dick Morris, former advisor to the Clinton administration, is a commentator and writer. He is also a columnist for the New York Post and The Hill. His wife, Eileen McGann is an attorney and consultant.

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Northeast PTK chapter honored for excellence BOONEVILLE — Northeast Mississippi Community College’s Iota Zeta chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa honors society has been named as one of the Top 100 chapters nationally and recognized as a “Five-Star” chapter for 14 consecutive years but the local honor society can claim one thing from the 2014-15 academic year that not many other chapters can. Northeast’s Iota Zeta chapter was recently named to the Phi Theta Kappa President’s List for 2016, which honors the top 25 chapters in the country with the highest membership acceptance rates. Phi Theta Kappa released its ratings for the 2014-15 academic year during the summer after compiling the acceptance rates for the previous school year.

Northeast finished sixth in the country with 59-percent of eligible students being inducted into the honor society. Only five other chapters had higher acceptance rates than Northeast’s 59-percent and those were Beta Delta Chi at the Cabarrus College of Health Sciences in North Carolina (91 percent), Beta Zeta Sigma at Carolinas College of Health Sciences in North Carolina (84 percent), Epsilon at Cottey College in Missouri (78 percent), Beta Sigma Kappa at Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health in Missouri (75 percent) and Omicron Kappa at Marion Military Institute in Alabama (63 percent). Per its bylaws, Northeast students are eligible for the Iota Zeta chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa

honor society if they complete 12 semester hours of an associate degree course work at the college with a grade point average of 3.25 on a 4.0 scale or have a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 and adhere to the schools’ code of conduct and possess recognizable qualities of citizenship. Transfer students are also eligible for the honor society as courses from other institutions will be considered when determining membership eligibility. According to the national organization, The President’s List serves as a way for all chapters – big, small, urban or rural – to see how their peers are performing and to learn best practices from the top chapters in the country. During its 2016 spring induction, Northeast Iota

Zeta chapter inducted over 300 new members into the honors society and kept its place as one of the top chapters for acceptance rates among Phi Theta Kappa chapters. In 2016, the local chapter reported that 672 members on its roll and membership fees for the organization are low -$70 – compared to other national honor societies. To keep its acceptance rate in the Top 10 of Phi Theta Kappa chapters, Northeast’s Iota Zeta chapter has a presence at campus events such as Northeast NOW and Orientation each summer so that incoming freshman know about the organization and the chapter allows senior colleges to actively come and recruit students during its meetings. Of the 672 members on its 2016 roll, the North-

east Phi Theta Kappa has over 180 active members who participate in the group’s various projects throughout the year. Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, is the largest honor society in higher education with 1,285 chapters on college campuses in all 50 of the United States, plus Canada, Germany, the Republic of Palau, Peru, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the British Virgin Islands, the United Arab Emirates and U.S. territorial possessions. Nearly three million students have been inducted since its founding in 1918, with approximately 131,000 students inducted annually. Phi Theta Kappa seeks to foster the development of leadership and service,

to provide an intellectual climate for the exchange of ideas, and to encourage the establishment of scholarships for advanced education. Northeast’s Iota Zeta chapter has been recognized as a “Five-Star” chapter for 14 straight years, the highest rating given any chapter, has been recognized as an exemplary model as well as a Top 100 chapter nationally and was ranked sixth on the 2016 Phi Theta Kappa President’s List, which lists the Top 25 colleges nationally by their 2015 acceptance rates. Advisors for the chapter during the 2016-17 academic year are Dr. Ray Harris, Andrea Mathis of Booneville and Carla Falkner, Morgan Ricks, both of Tupelo, and Dr. Deborah Kehoe of Oxford.

Proper grammar should remain in electronic era When I learned to write whole paragraphs in second grade, Ms. Linda Johnston urged us at Ramer School to employ good grammar. We were encouraged—and Stacy v e r b a l l y Jones rewarded— for correct The s p e l l i n g , Dowtowner p r o p e r punctuation, and accurate subject-verb agreement. The message was reinforced in our little brains: it was something for which an educated person strove. Now, however, decades later, I’m hearing a diﬀerent message. This week, a ‘Washington Post’ article caught my attention. The headline reads as follows: “Study confirms that ending your texts with a period is terrible.” First, I must admit: I don’t always end every single message that I text with a period. Some text messages consist, of course, of mere phrases. However, I will say that, on occasion, when I do leave the period oﬀ of the last sentence of a series of sentences that I type, I feel a bit guilty—as if I were “going against my raising,” a good Southern idiom that may defy grammar just a bit. The Binghamton University study in New York included 126 un-

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The mayor said locals looking for a reenactment to attend close to home this year will still have to travel. “They are planning a nice size reenactment at Parker’s Crossroads in November,” he said. “It’s about an hour and a half from Corinth, just north of Jackson, Tenn.” Set for Nov. 12-13, The Battle of Parker’s Crossroads Living History will feature booming cannons, thundering hooves, shouted commands and the smell of campfires and black powder. The battle reenactment will take place at 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday at 150 Federal Lane in Parkers Crossroads, Tenn. 38388. As for next year, Fortenberry said plans are still in the air for the return of a reenactment to Alcorn County. “We’re just not sure yet,” he said. “Our hope though is to be back bigger and better than ever.” (For more information on the Parker’s Crossroads reenactment, visit parkerscrossroads.org or contact 731-968-1191.)

Do either of those studies change the way I perceive proper grammar? No. If nothing else, they reinforce my belief in good grammar as contributing to strong ethos and suggest that in our more “convenient” days of communication methods, we may be becoming too lackadaisical. dergraduates—perhaps not a universal sample of the population at large, but at least those who likely depend upon texting as an everyday mode of communication. The researchers wrote in the journal ‘Computers in Human Behavior’: “Text messaging is one of the most frequently used computer-mediated communication (CMC) methods. The rapid pace of texting mimics faceto-face communication, leading to the question of whether the critical nonverbal aspects of conversation, such as tone, are expressed in CMC.” The research subjects indicated that placing a period at the end of every sentence made texters seem like “jerks”: less sin-

cere, perhaps heartless, an act of “psychological warfare,” according to researcher Celia Kiln, at the helm of the study. “Texting is lacking many of the social cues used in actual face-to-face conversations,” Kiln said. “When speaking, people easily convey social and emotional information with eye gaze, facial expressions, tone of voice, pauses, and so on. People obviously can’t use these mechanisms when they are texting. Thus, it makes sense that texters rely on what they have available to them — emoticons, deliberate misspellings that mimic speech sounds and, according to our data, punctuation.” I’d hate to see the day that the sender of a message

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Many sermons have been preached and many articles have been written using 2 Tim. 2:15 for the text. That old familiar verse reads: “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” Why should we be diligent, careful students of the word? Our faith comes by hearing the word. Without hearing the word we can have no faith. “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” (Rom. 10: 17.) That is why the Christian will not do things that he cannot read about in the Bible. He would have no faith in them. Peter stood up in old Jerusalem before many and said: “Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.’” (Acts 15: 7.) We hear and we believe. In the absence of hearing we cannot believe. Not one of us would know how to save ourselves if it were not for the Bible. Our feelings are very deceptive. We cannot know by our feelings whether we are· right or not. “O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps!’ (Jer. 10: 23.) We cannot afford to risk the salvation of our souls upon the word of any man or any set of men. They may be false teachers and blind guides. And if we follow these ‘leaders,” we .shall fall into the ditch. Jesus said: “Let them alone: they. be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.” (Matt. 15: 14.) And what an awful fall that will be! And there is just one way that we can know that we are not blind and following blind leaders. We must study for ourselves. We must know what the Lord has spoken .. GOD’S PLAN OF SALVATION 1. Hearing the word of God (Romans 10:17; Acts 16:32). 2. Believing what is taught (Mark 16:16; Hebrews 11:6). 3. Repentance (Acts 2:38; Luke 13:3 Acts 17:30). 4. Confession (Romans 10:9-10; Acts 8:37) 5. Baptism. (Acts 2:38; Mark 16:16; 1 Peter 3:21; Romans 6:3-4). 6. After the above five steps, faithful Christian living. (1 Peter 2:11-12; Revelation 2:10) THE CHURCH OF CHRIST I. The Bible is its only guide (Romans 1:16; I Thessalonians 2:13). 2. Wears a Biblical name (Romans 16:16). 3. Established at the right place (Isaiah 2:2-3; Acts 2). 4, Established at the right time (Joel 2:28-32; Acts2), 5. Established on the right Person (Matthew. 16:18; act 2:36). 6. Saved are In It (Ephesians 5:23; Acts 2:47). 7. Its members are enrolled In heaven (Hebrews 12:23). 8. Membership in it is obtained by obedience to God’s commands, including baptism (Acts 2:41-47:1 Corinthians 12:13). Lost - Without God (Ephesians 2:12). Ephesians 4:4-6 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, Who is above all, and through all, and in you all. Read your Bible. Rom. 6 Welcome

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thinks everything can be communicated with emojis, but perhaps some already do. In another study, highlighted in the publication ‘Intellectual Takeout’ earlier this year in April, researchers concluded that “grammar Nazis,” those inclined to correct others’ grammar, are perceived as “less agreeable” personalities. It began when they asked 83 subjects to peruse e-mail responses for roommate ads. Some of the responses were grammatically correct, while others contained commonly confused words, such as “your” instead of “you’re” or “there” instead of “their.” Other words might have had letters transposed: “abuot” instead of “about.”

The result? Researchers concluded that those who marked the errors were “less agreeable” than those who did not, those who apparently have “more agreeable” personalities and simply overlooked the typos. In essence, the “less agreeable” grammar sticklers tend to be more judgmental and less extroverted—which shouldn’t be a surprising conclusion at all. Do either of those studies change the way I perceive proper grammar? No. If nothing else, they reinforce my belief in good grammar as contributing to strong ethos and suggest that in our more “convenient” days of communication methods, we may be becoming too lackadaisical.

As for me, I will continue to serve proper grammar rules. I may not outwardly correct every grammar error that I see, but I’ll continue to notice them. Accordingly, I’ll also wear my sweatshirt, given to me by a friend, which says, “Silently correcting your grammar.” If use of proper punctuation means being labeled a “jerk,” then so be it. I’d prefer to be considered a “less agreeable” introvert; I’ve known that for a while. (Daily Corinthian columnist Stacy Jones teaches English at McNairy Central High School and UT Martin and has served on the board of directors at Corinth Theatre-Arts. She enjoys being a downtown Corinth resident.)

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Deaths Marvin L. Butler

Marvin L. Butler, 87, died at Magnolia Regional Health Center on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016. Services are set for 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016, at the Corinthian Funeral Home Chapel with visitation Saturday from 11 a.m. to service time.

Ricky E. Walker

Ricky E. Walker, 65, of Corinth, died

Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, at University of Mississippi Medical Center. Arrangements are pending with Magnolia Funeral Home.

Mandy Thigpen Bacon

IUKA â€” Funeral services for Mandy Thigpen Bacon, 35, are set for 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016, at Cutshall Funeral Home Chapel in Iuka with buri-

al at Snowdown Cemetery. Visitation is Tuesday from 5 to 9 p.m. at Cutshall Funeral Home in Iuka. Mrs. Bacon died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at her residence. She was honorably discharged from the United States Navy. Survivors include her husband, Luke Bacon; her daughters, Olivia and Shaelyn Bacon; her mother, Mackie Smith;

her grandparents, Nettie and Glenn Smith; one sister, Amy Michael (Darron); and her brother, Karl Thigpen. She was preceded in death by her father, Edward Thigpen; her greatgrandmother, Pinkey Devers; her uncle, Benny Joe Smith; and her aunt, Debbie Smith. Lance Foster and Bro. Roger Wood will oďŹƒciate.

Clinton: Trump â€˜hiding somethingâ€™ in tax return BY JULIE PACE AND JILL COLVIN Associated Press

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. â€” Hillary Clinton emphatically accused Donald Trump of purposely keeping his personal tax returns and business dealings secret from voters, declaring during Monday nightâ€™s presidential debate, â€œThereâ€™s something heâ€™s hiding.â€? Trump aggressively tried to turn the openness questions around on Clinton, who is seen by many voters as secretive. Trump said he would release his tax information when she produces more than 30,000 emails that were deleted from the personal internet server she used as secretary of state. The Republican has repeatedly said he canâ€™t release his taxes because he is under a routine audit. Tax experts have said

there is no reason the businessman cannot not make his tax records public during an audit. Clinton was contrite in addressing her controversial email use, saying simply that it was a â€œmistake.â€? She notably did not fall back on many of the excuses she has often used for failing to use a government email during her four years as secretary of state. â€œIf I had to do it over again, I would obviously do it diďŹ€erently,â€? she said. Trump countered, â€œThat was more than a mistake.â€? For Clinton and Trump, the first of three debates was a crucial chance to boost their standing with voters who view both candidates negatively. Clinton struggles with questions about her trustworthiness, while Trump has yet to prove to some voters that he has the ba-

sic qualifications to serve as commander in chief. The televised face-oďŹ€ was the most hotly anticipated moment in an election campaign that has been both historic and unpredictable. Both sides were expecting a record-setting audience, reflecting the intense national interest in the race to become Americaâ€™s 45th president. Clinton was measured and restrained as Trump repeatedly spoke over her and tried to interrupt her. A businessman and political novice, Trump continuously cast her as a â€œtypical politician.â€? The 90-minute televised debate came six weeks before Election Day and with early voting already getting underway in some states. Despite Clintonâ€™s advantages, including a sophisticated get-out-the-vote operation and a favorable elec-

toral map, the race is exceedingly close. The candidates also tangled over trade, taxes and how to bring goodpaying jobs back to the United States. Democrat Clinton said her Republican rival was promoting a â€œTrumpedupâ€? version of trickledown economics â€” a philosophy focused on tax cuts for the wealthy. She called for increasing the federal minimum wage, spending more on infrastructure projects and guaranteeing equal pay for women. Trump panned policies that he said have led to American jobs being moved overseas, in part because of international trade agreements that Clinton has supported. He pushed Clinton aggressively on her past support for the TransPacific Partnership trade pact while she was serv-

ing in the Obama administration. Sheâ€™s since said she opposes the sweeping deal in its final form. â€œYou called it the gold standard of trade deals,â€? Trump said. â€œIf you did win, you would approve that.â€? Disputing his version of events, Clinton said, â€œI know you live in your reality.â€? The candidatesâ€™ families filed into the debate hall at New Yorkâ€™s Hofstra University moments before Clinton and Trump took the stage. Their spouses, former President Bill Clinton and Melania Trump, shook hands before taking their seats. Clinton aides spent the days leading up to the debate appealing for the media and voters to hold Trump to a higher standard than they believe he has faced for much of the campaign. Their con-

cern is that if the sometimes-bombastic Trump manages to keep his cool onstage, heâ€™ll be rewarded â€” even if he fails to flesh out policy specifics or doesnâ€™t tell the truth about his record and past statements. Trumpâ€™s campaign has accused Clinton of trying to pre-determine the outcome and said their concerns reflected worries about the Democratâ€™s debating skills. The centerpiece of Trumpâ€™s campaign has been a push for restrictive immigration measures, including a physical wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and an early proposal to temporarily bar foreign Muslims from coming to the U.S. But heâ€™s been less detailed about other ideas, including his plan for stamping out the Islamic State group in the Middle East.

Poll shows most in U.S. frustrated over presidential race BY LAURIE KELLMAN AND EMILY SWANSON Associated Press

WASHINGTON â€” Carol Jones knows what she wants to hear Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump discuss during their first televised debate: education and jobs. Sheâ€™s far from sure which candidate will earn her vote on Election Day. â€œAll we see is the cat fighting,â€? says the Shirley, Arkansas, retired substitute teacher. At Mondayâ€™s debate, the 70-year-old says, â€œthey need to talk about their programs ... but I donâ€™t think they will.â€? A majority of Americans, like Jones, say theyâ€™re frustrated, angry â€” or both â€” with the 2016 presidential election, according to a new poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public AďŹ€airs Research. Most Americans arenâ€™t feeling proud or hopeful about the race, and half feel helpless, the results find. Majorities of Ameri-

cans want more focus on issues that are important to them, starting with health care, Social Security, education, terrorism and homeland security. Apathy isnâ€™t the problem, the survey found. Eighty-six percent of Americans are paying at least some attention to the race. The campaign is certainly hard to miss. Trump and Clinton are the two least popular presidential candidates in history, and their ferocious battle is smashing precedents and dominating public discourse. Trump has built his campaign in large part on attention-getting â€”and frequently untrue â€” accusations, such as that his opponent â€œis the devilâ€? and President Barack Obama â€œfoundedâ€? the Islamic State group. But heâ€™s found success linking the nationâ€™s immigration woes to its national security concerns, the latter of which is rated by Ameri-

cans as among the top issues facing the country. Clinton is a former senator and secretary of state who is an avowed foreign and domestic policy wonk. She has tried to make the election, in part, a referendum on Trumpâ€™s fitness for oďŹƒce. Her recent stumble during an abrupt exit from this yearâ€™s 9/11 memorial ceremony, captured on video, added to the reality-show quality of the election. Her campaign disclosed that sheâ€™d been diagnosed with pneumonia. Clinton and Trump have clear political and stylistic objectives during their first debate Monday, the first of three such showdowns certain to influence the race in its final six weeks. For both, itâ€™s about rattling the other candidate â€” and not being baited into a lessthan-presidential performance. Trump is looking to shore up his credibility with moderate white voters, particularly women,

after more than a year of remarks that appeared intolerant or bigoted. Clinton is trying to appeal to young Americans, who are unenthusiastic about her candidacy. Issues? Jones suggests the candidates owe more on that front it to potential voters who donâ€™t have access to the internet or the time she has to hunt down their policy positions. â€œI went looking on the internet for (Clintonâ€™s) position on free (college) education, and it was hard, but I finally found it,â€? says the lifelong Democrat, who isnâ€™t sold on Clinton because she doesnâ€™t trust her, or husband Bill, the former president and governor of Jonesâ€™ state. â€œThey need to talk about their programs on this, this and that.â€? Whether the candidates ever get to informative discussions of their policy positions and their professional qualifications is

unclear. But the demand is there. The survey found that nearly two-thirds of Americans say the campaign focuses too little on the issues that matter to them personally. More than 6 in 10 Americans of both parties agree. A bit more than half say thereâ€™s been too little focus on the candidatesâ€™ qualifi-

cations, with Democrats being more likely than Republicans to feel that way, 61 percent to 45 percent. And more than half of Americans in the survey said the campaign is focused too much on the personal characteristics of the candidates, with Republicans and Democrats about equally likely to feel that way.

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