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Street paving plan goes into action BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

Corinth is putting an infrastructure plan into action. Corinth Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted to spend around $800,000 this year on major road construction and drainage projects. The projects will be complet-

ed in two phases. Phase 1 of the over $1 million total project will be done this fiscal year. Phase 2 will resume in October of 2016. The projects will be paid for from the general fund with $150,000 in excess coming from the repair and maintenance fund. The action came during a special called meeting

on Wednesday. “In years past, projects such as these have been added later in the year as repairs were deemed necessary,” said Street Commissioner Philip Verdung. “This year we have implemented a major projects list with projects added to the list as deemed necessary and com-

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pleted as money and resources are available.” The projects list was formed from aldermen and public input, according to Verdung. “The list came from what needs work, what you guys have brought to me and from what people have called about,” said Verdung. “No one wants us

BY JEBB JOHNSTON A man who fired a gun at his wife in a domestic dispute will serve time. Demarcus Allen Tipler, 24, is among a number of defendants who have entered guilty pleas during the current term of Alcorn County Circuit Court, which began Oct. 26 and resumes Monday after breaking for election week. For aggravated assault, the judge sentenced Tipler to 20 years in custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections with 14 years suspended,

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Class gives students direction for future BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

Alcorn Central High School freshmen are finding the opportunities to be endless. The reaction is music to the ears of school faculty. Keystone – a course available to ninth graders at ACHS, is the reason behind the renewed focus of students. The course introduces students to career pathways and career decision making. “The class is part of an overall plan at Alcorn Central to get students thinking about their career path before they enter the upper level of high school,” said course instructor Katrina Burgess. “We recognized a lot of kids didn’t have the focus and weren’t prepared for what came next after high school … we want them thinking about where they are and begin a plan now.”

“Once they finish the semester, they will have a career plan.” Katrina Burgess Instructor Keystone has created a lot of hands-on activities in the classroom. On Wednesday, students investigated a crime scene on campus in an attempt to find the culprit in the makebelieve case. “These freshmen are competitive,” said Burgess. “I see extremely strong leadership skills in some of them.” Keystone also introduces students to the 16 National Career Clusters. “Once they finish the semes-

ter, they will have a career plan,” added Burgess. “They will be able to look at courses offered at school to help them prepare for the career they are planning.” The career clusters being covered in the class include: ■ Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources ■ Architecture & Construction Arts, A/V Technology & Communications ■ Business Management & Administration ■ Education & Training Finance ■ Government & Public Administration ■ Health Science ■ Hospitality & Tourism ■ Human Services ■ Information Technology ■ Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security Please see KEYSTONE | 2A

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to get into any financial situation … if something comes up, we could drop one or two of the projects.” “We have been developing the list for two to three months,” added Mayor Tommy Irwin. “We have some good projects

leaving six years to serve, with credit for the 17 months he has already been in custody. The sentence includes five years of probation and a $1,000 fine. Tipler was accused of firing several rounds into a vehicle driven by his wife on Cemetery Street in June 2014. She was not injured. Other sentences, according to court records: ■ Jerry Alton Mask, 43, possession of a controlled substance — 20-year sentence with 16 years suspended, leaving Please see SENTENCES | 6A

Head Start operation joins Easom Community Center BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

The Easom Community Center has welcomed Corinth Head Start into the fold at the former South Corinth Elementary building. The Board of Aldermen gave approval during the past week to a 12-month sublease with Mississippi Action for Progress for the Head Start operation, which moved into the building in October after several other options, including the possible renovation of the East Corinth school building, did not work out. The former location on Bell School Road in a portable building no longer met the required standards. Samuel Crayton, chairman of the Easom Outreach Foundation, believes it will be a plus to have Head Start on board. “By them being there, it might lend credibility to the location, and maybe we will be

able to draw other people in, as well,” he said. The board asked to be kept up to date if Head Start pursues renovation of a portion of the building. In other business: ■ The board set a hearing for Nov. 19 on the cleanup of the damaged business sign at the former Tina’s Treasures on Highway 72. The sign was recently hit by a vehicle, and city officials are concerned about it falling and possibly causing harm. The board wants it removed. ■ The board set a cleanup hearing for 5 p.m. Dec. 1 for 1911 Mississippi Street. ■ The board approved a joint promotion agreement with AT&T to tout a “fiber-ready” industrial park in the city. ■ Street Commissioner Philip Verdung advised the board that work needs to be done on the old wooden bridge on the gravel portion of Droke Road.

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Manufacturing Marketing ■ Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics ■ Transportation, Distribution & Logistics “We are almost finished with the clusters,” said the course teacher. “It has been interesting to hear them say ‘I didn’t know I could do that’ after completing a study.” Thursday’s cluster covered the field of manufacturing. Almost 20 freshmen were split into two ■ ■

teams and charged with creating and producing a product called color brick. “Everything you do in life involves quality and productivity,” Burgess told the class as they went to work manufacturing the color bricks. Guest speakers have also talked with students as part of Keystone, which is only taught at ACHS in Alcorn County. “Of all the years I have taught, this is the most fun I’ve had,” said Burgess. “We want our kids to be successful and if we have helped one it has been worth it.” Staff photos by Steve Beavers

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STARKVILLE — Three weeks after a mid-October drive-by shooting in Starkville, the final two suspects have been arrested. Agents with the U.S. Marshal Service raided an apartment complex in South Bend, Indiana, and apprehended Cory Dywane “Smooth” Quinn, 26, of Woodland; and Christopher O’Bryan Lockhart, 22, of Starkville.

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Today in History Today is Sunday, Nov. 8, the 312th day of 2015. There are 53 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlights in History: On Nov. 8, 1965, newspaper columnist Dorothy Kilgallen was found dead in her Manhattan home the morning after appearing as a regular panelist on the CBS game show “What’s My Line?” The TV soap opera “Days of Our Lives” premiered on NBC.

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County announces schedule for parade IUKA — The Tishomingo County Tourism Council recently released the area Christmas parade schedule. The annual tradition of parades begin at Nov. 30 at 6 p.m. in Belmont. The City of Iuka will host their Christmas parade on Dec. 4 at 6 p.m. Tishomingo’s parade is set for Dec. 5 at 6 p.m. and Burnsville’s parade will wrap up the area’s holiday outings on Dec. 7 at 6 p.m.

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On this date: In 1793, the Louvre began admitting the public, even though the French museum had been officially open since August. Madame Roland, 39, an influential figure of the French Revolution, was convicted of treason during the Reign of Terror and sent to the guillotine. In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln won reelection as he defeated Democratic challenger George B. McClellan. In 1923, Adolf Hitler launched his first attempt at seizing power in Germany with a failed coup in Munich that came to be known as the “Beer-Hall Putsch.” In 1932, New York Democratic Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated incumbent Republican Herbert Hoover for the presidency. In 1942, Operation Torch, resulting in an Allied victory, began during World War II as U.S. and British forces landed in French North Africa. In 1950, during the Korean War, the first jetplane battle took place as U.S. Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown shot down a North Korean MiG-15. In 1960, Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy defeated Vice President Richard M. Nixon for the presidency. In 1974, a federal judge in Cleveland dismissed charges against eight Ohio National Guardsmen accused of violating the civil rights of students who were killed or wounded in the 1970 Kent State shootings. In 1988, Vice President George H.W. Bush won the presidential election, defeating the Democratic nominee, Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis.

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BOONEVILLE — Residents of Miller Circle in Booneville have had enough. An effort to establish a neighborhood watch program is underway in the area by residents who say they’re tired of drug sales and other illegal activity in their neighborhood and surrounding streets. Teresa Burcham addressed Booneville aldermen Tuesday on behalf of a neighborhood effort to create a watch program and encourage action against the issues. “We just can’t take it anymore,” she said. The group will hold an informational meeting from 10 a.m. until noon this Saturday at East Booneville Baptist Church as they begin to organize. She said they’ve received a strong response from the police department and she got a vote of encouragement from the board who said they would look into any and all options available to address the issues and encourage similar efforts citywide. Burcham said they love their neighborhood and just want it and the surrounding area to be safe. They are asking for increased enforcement of speed limits, help in addressing the drug issues and help in establishing and publicizing a watch program.

FCE Club donates to health center SELMER, Tenn. — The Selmer Family and Community Education (FCE) Club recently made their monthly donations to the McNairy County Health Care Center. The club is

generous with their giving of time and money to the residents at the care center. Selmer’s FCE donated lotions, word search books, jewelry, socks and various other items in. The center will use the items for bingo prizes. This club meets the fourth Wednesday of the month beginning at 1 p.m. at the UT Extension office in Selmer. For more information on the club and how to get involved, call the U.T. Extension office at 731645-3598.

Tupelo extends air service bid deadline TUPELO — The U.S. Department of Transportation has again extended the deadline to Nov. 9 for submitting bids for providing commercial air service in Tupelo. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports it’s the second extension of the original deadline, which was moved from Oct. 28 to Wednesday. SeaPort Airlines ended service Oct. 23 after nearly a year of providing service through the DOT’s Essential Air Service program. The federal agency had ordered SeaPort to continue service until Dec. 28, but SeaPort said it could not do so.

Hardeman County getting fire station BOLIVAR, Tenn. — Hardeman County soon will be the new home to a joint emergency facility, a combination between the Bolivar fire station and the Emergency Medical Services building. “We’re going in with the city of Bolivar on a joint venture,” said Hardeman County Mayor Jimmy Sain. “This facility will house the EMS center and substation for the city of Bolivar fire station.” The new building will be more than 22,000 square feet and will be located at Bolivar Industrial Park. The mayor says the move-in should take place at the first of the year. “We hope to be in it sometime in January, “ Mayor Sain said. “It is a pre-engineered metal building, and then inside would be finished out for

sleeping quarters and those things.”

Official: Flu season is here; get a shot SELMER, Tenn. — With flu season almost here, the Tennessee Department of Health reminds residents of Hardin and McNairy counties to get a flu vaccine now to help keep themselves and their loved ones healthy. ‘‘Getting your flu vaccination is really about protecting other people, not just ourselves” said TDH Commissioner John Dreyzehner, MD, MPH. ‘’ Even those who think ‘I have never been sick from the flu’ have probably passed it to another person at some point. It is easier than ever to do the right thing and get vaccinated.” Flu vaccines are widely available across Tennessee from a number of sources and take only a few minutes to receive. Contact your health care provider about flu vaccine locations near you, or visit the Vaccine Finder available at http://flushot. healthmap.org/. While everyone over six months of age is encouraged to get a flu vaccine, it’s especially important for young children, the elderly and pregnant women to be vaccinated. Nine children in Tennessee died from complications relating to influenza during the 2014-2015 flu season.

Church set to host women’s conference ADAMSVILLE, Tenn. — A women’s conference will be held Saturday, Nov. 14 at Good Hope Baptist Church in Adamsville. The theme of the conference is “Legacy Home: Influencing Generations for Christ Starts at Home.” The free event will begin with a breakfast at 8:30 a.m. and the event will end at noon. For more information, call the church conference at 731-632-0379 or respond to the Facebook invitation for this event. Speakers to the women’s conference are Nancy Roser and Sandra Boatman. Music leaders for the conference will be Michelle Wilkes and Gina Hudgins. Corinth’s Mary Oats influenced both of the

speakers for the conference. “Mrs. Roser used to work with her when Oats went to churches presenting ‘Heritage Home,’ and my mom and I both attended some of her seminars,” said Amber Enzor. “Mrs. Mary died several years ago, but her legacy with training women to have godly marriages and raise godly families lives on.” The Bible verses that will be focused on are Deuteronomy and Titus 2:3-5.

Barbecue judging seminar scheduled MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis in May International Festival will host their annual World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest Judging Seminar on Saturday, November 14 at the Holiday Inn Select Downtown in Memphis, Tennessee. This seminar provides the only opportunity for barbecue enthusiasts to receive training and become qualified to judge at the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, which will be held on May 12–14, 2016 in Tom Lee Park, in Memphis. Topics to be covered at the barbecue judging seminar include: Memphis in May judging process and rules; the official meat categories; the scoring process; and blind, on-site, and final judging. Participants will sample barbecue from a competition barbecue team during simulated judging exercises. The Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest is ranked as America’s #1 most prestigious BBQ competition by USA Today 10Best. Each year over 250 competition teams from across the country and around the world travel to Memphis to compete for the title of World Champion Barbecue Cooking Team. The Championship Barbecue Judging Seminar is limited to the first 100 registrants, first come first served. All instruction materials and lunch is provided. Participants are encouraged to register now, as the seminar sells out each year. Registration is $85 per person and applications are available at memphisinmay.org, reg-

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Water department making progress RAMER, Tenn. — The town of Ramer received a positive response from a state official that recently visited a city commission meeting. The Ramer Water Department has made steady progress with their annual reports to the state. Steve Wyatt of the Municipal Technical Advisory Service (MTAS), explained to the commissioners the town had improved the financial situation of the water department. A problem for the town has been depreciation cost of the water plant and equipment. The depreciation are funds that represent a part of what it would take to improve the water plant and equipment. Ramer raised the water rates by 12 percent in July as they have done the past three years to generate more revenue. A minimum water bill in Ramer now costs $25.44. The town is still trying upgrade their validity score for the state’s wastewater board. Ramer’s score this year is 69, one point shy of the required 70. Ramer’s city commissioners voted to have the town’s master meter worked on to improve the town’s score.

Police arrest man in several burglaries STARKVILLE — Oktibbeha County authorities are continuing an investigation after making an arrest in a string of burglaries. Around 7:30 a.m. Thursday, authorities were called out to the Grand Oaks subdivision just outside of Starkville for multiple reports of auto and residential burglaries. Investigators say they were able to use surveillance video to identify a suspect and arrested 26-year-old Joshua Horton of Starkville for the crimes that afternoon. Horton was taken into custody for two counts of auto burglary and one count of residential burglary. The sheriff’s department says he is in jail awaiting arraignment. More charges are expected as the investigation continues.

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One-party rule returns, with GOP in charge In the wake of another electoral debacle for Mississippi’s Democrats, it’s time to pull V.O. Key down off the bookshelf. Key was a political scientist who literally wrote the book on politics in Dixie. “Southern Politics in State and Nation,” published in 1949, remains a master work, the founding text of an entire Jeff Amy specialty of American political science. Columnist But what does a book first published in 1949, by a man who died in 1963, have to tell us about the Mississippi political scene today? Key was fundamentally interested in how politics functioned in states with only one dominant political party. At the time, of course, that was the Democrats. But now, more than 50 years after he died, Republicans are getting close to assuming that position of dominance in Mississippi and some other southern states. Democrats’ performance this year in Mississippi suggests, at least among the state’s white residents, that the party is not only a permanent underdog, but is coming perilously close to dissolution. With continued Republican gains in the state House pushing the GOP to a supermajority, Democrats won’t be able to block most things that a unified GOP wants. Democrats have not fallen so low that they’ve reached the status of Republicans in the old one-party South. Here is Key’s description of the GOP as it was in the first half of the century, especially in Mississippi, where it was the most shunned: “It wavers somewhat between an esoteric cult on the order of a lodge and a conspiracy for plunder in accord with the accepted customs of our politics.” But Democrats are alive now largely because of the adherence of black voters. And when African-American turnout is low, as on Tuesday, Republicans will romp. More importantly, it’s getting harder for Democrats to get even a hearing among white voters. Witness the GOP’s successful campaign in the House, where Philip Gunn told voters that any Democrat they sent to Jackson would spend four years in legislative Siberia. That theme was played out in public in the House District 90 race in Covington, Simpson and Jefferson Davis counties for a seat held for decades by Democrat Joe Warren. With Warren stepping down, Republican Noah Sanford told voters in a full-page newspaper advertisement that even Democrats should vote for him, and not Democrat John B. Pope III, because Sanford was a member of the party in power. “I ran Republican because it’s the only way to be effective for you,” Sanford said in the ad. “One thing is certain. You can only effect change if you are invited to the table where decisions are made.” Democratic strategist and author Jere Nash said he saw similar appeals in other parts of the state. “The Republicans clearly developed a strategy based not on attacking Democrats but urged voters to vote the Republican brand,” he said. “It was effective. It worked.” Key disliked the one-party system in the South. He said it allowed politicians to avoid confronting issues and catered to elite interests at the expense of the common people. “The chances are that the one-party or nonparty system facilitates the combination of those satisfied with current arrangements and encourages as well the inclination of politicians to let sleeping dogs lie,” Key wrote. For now, though, one-party Republican rule seems more established in Mississippi than ever. But Nash and even some Republicans see a threat over the horizon. Every year, a slightly larger share of Mississippi residents are African-American. If Republicans can’t make inroads into the black vote, their dominance could be brief, ending sometime in the next decade.

Prayer for today Heavenly Father, I pray that I may live in truth; and without fear of life or death live content in the faith of eternal life. Amen.

A verse to share “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.” Revelation 1:8

Why are candidates so afraid of the press? Just before the doors to the press bus close with a sigh, a tall, tanned man with weathered skin leaps aboard and walks to the rear. It is 1976. He is Ronald Reagan, and he is running Roger for president. The bus Simon begins to roll Columnist and one by one the reporters go back to talk to Reagan. Finally, I am the only one who has not spoken to him. The press secretary looms over me in my seat. “You’ve got to go back there,” the press secretary says. “The governor will be hurt if you don’t.” He is serious. I unfold myself from my seat and follow him. Reagan greets me warmly. He has an easy smile and long laugh lines that crinkle his face. “Is there something you would like to ask me?” he says. I paw through the pages of my notebook, which are limp with sweat. Reagan’s favorite issue is the Panama Canal and how Jimmy Carter wants to give it back

to Panama. At each stop, Reagan says one of three things about the canal: “We bought it, we paid for it, we built it, and we intend to keep it.” “We built it, we paid for it, it’s ours and we are going to keep it.” “We built it. We paid for it. It’s ours.” I flick through my damp notes. Um, um, I say. Um, how do you feel about the Panama Canal? Reagan’s face brightens. He leans forward and speaks to me with the utmost seriousness. “We built it,” he says. “We paid for it. It’s ours.” He then leans back in his seat. Great, I say. Thanks a lot. Really. I get up and he stops me to shake my hand. “Nice meeting you,” he says sincerely. “I’m sure we’ll do this again.” And we do. Day after day. (I learn to ask slightly more complex questions.) And nearly every day, Reagan also holds a full-fledged press conference at which reporters can ask him anything. This, too, has gone the way of the carrier pigeon, the great auk and the woolly mammoth. These days,

candidates have advisers and coaches and pollsters. What they lack is guts. They hide from the press whenever possible. Today, covering a presidential candidate means never having to say you saw him. Flash-forward to Nov. 6, 1992. This is how my column begins: “After one of George (H.W.) Bush’s last campaign speeches, Torie Clarke, his spokeswoman, climbed onto the press bus to answer a few questions. “As we pulled away, Clarke gazed out the window onto a familiar sight: Crowds of people shaking their fists at the media. “‘I hate it when I ride with you guys,’ she said with a sigh. ‘I’m always afraid someone will throw a Molotov cocktail.’ In Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, a large crowd awaited us. Two yellow ropes created a gauntlet for us to walk through. A gray-haired gentleman leaned over the rope line and waved his small American flag in my face. “Scum!” he yelled at me. “You scum!” Bush walked out and delivered what had become his stock line.

“Annoy the media!” he shouted. “Re-elect George Bush!” The people did not reelect George H.W. Bush, but now just about everybody – including me – has warm feelings about him. I actually had forgotten about his incidents with the press and only stumbled across them when I was looking for columns about how presidential campaigning has changed and how attacking the press has become a tactic that guarantees cheap applause and maybe a point or two in the polls. Recently, Donald Trump said of reporters: “They’re scum. They’re horrible people. They are so illegitimate. They are just terrible people.” Some of the Republican candidates want debate moderators who will be easy on them – or else. Today, Republicans invoke the name Ronald Reagan as if he were a god. But they forget how he actually behaved. Reagan, for all his faults, had something today’s candidates lack: a spine. (Roger Simon is chief political columnist of politico. com, an award-winning journalist and a New York Times best selling author.)

When irresistible force meets immoveable object What happens when an irresistible force meets an immoveable object? That’s one question raised by the 2016 presidential campaign. The immoveable object is the close and bitMichael ter partisan Barone division that has prevailed Columnist in general elections for the last two decades. The irresistible force is the corrosive discontent of American voters, their sense that the nation is headed off on the wrong track and that experienced leaders are more the problem than the solution. The partisan divide may remain, in the end, stalwart. In that case, it becomes easy to forecast the shape of the presidential race but hard to predict the winner. In this century’s presidential elections Republicans and Democrats have won between 46 and 53 percent of the vote – in historic perspective, a narrow range. No nominee has come close to winning the 57 to 61 percent landslides registered

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by Democrats and Republicans in 1936, 1956, 1964, 1972 and 1984. Some pollsters report an increasing percentage of voters identifying as Independents. But fewer and fewer Americans vote that way. Straight-ticket voting, rare from the 1960s through the 1980s, has become more common today. In 2012 only 26 of the 435 House districts voted for a presidential candidate of one party and a House member of the other – the lowest number since 1920. Presidential voting has become more predictable as well. Only three of the 50 states (Iowa, New Mexico, New Hampshire) voted for different parties’ candidates in the 2000 and 2004 elections. Only two states (Indiana, North Carolina) voted for different parties’ candidates in 2008 and 2012. You have to go back to the 1880s to find such partisan continuity. Hence the now-familiar division between Republican “red states” (23 of them, with 191 electoral votes), Democratic “blue states” (16 states plus D.C., with 212 electoral votes) and “purple states” (11 states, all

furiously contested in 2012, with 135 electoral votes). In this century only one red state has voted Democratic (Indiana in 2008) and no blue state has voted Republican; few have ever been close. So it’s reasonable to conclude that if the immoveable object of stark partisan division remains immoveable, the contours of the 2016 presidential vote will look much like those in recent elections. But what if the irresistible force scrambles the political map? It has always happened, sooner or later, in American politics, and it has often been sparked by the rise of a disruptive candidate, running as an independent or as nominee of a major party. Is something like that happening now? One data that suggests as much is the stunningly high viewership of the two Republican presidential debates – 24 million in August and 23 million in September. That’s nearly three times the largest previous audience of 8 million. The biggest surge of turnout in this century occurred not during the Obama years, but during the Bush

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presidency. In 2004 presidential turnout increased by 17 million. George W. Bush received 11.5 million more votes than he had four years before, and John Kerry received 8 million more than Al Gore had four years before. The sharp increase in debate audiences this year gives Republicans some hope that their party can expand the electorate. The much smaller, but still significant, increase in Democratic viewership gives their party some basis for hoping they may expand the electorate as they did in 2008, when Barack Obama received 10.5 million more votes than John Kerry. But the force of discontent seems more likely to work against the party now holding the White House than the party better positioned to cast itself as a force for change. (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.)

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Corinth native authors medical suspense novel Left, “The Ripper Gene” first published in August. Right, book author Michael Ransom will be known to local people as Ted Burczynski, a Corinth High School graduate.

BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com

“I never dreamed Juicy Fruit would help us design a genetic algorithm to test serial killer behavior, but it did.” — Michael Ransom Fulfilling a life-long dream, Corinth native Ted Burczynski can now check published author off his bucket list. An appealing challenge for those who revel in solving murder mysteries, his first novel entitled, “The Ripper Gene” achieved instant success after it was published by Tor/Forge Books in August. Dedicated to his wife Jennifer and two children Michael and Chloe, the 304-page book is currently ranked as the No. 3 highest rated medical thriller on Amazon.com. A fast-paced medical suspense novel, the spine-tingler follows the investigations of neuroscientist-turned-FBI profiler Dr. Lucas Madden as he is drawn into a hunt for a serial killer near his childhood home in Crossroads, Mississippi. Much to his horror and dismay, the good doctor soon discovers he has much more in common with the killer than he could ever have imagined. Writing under the pseudonym “Michael Ransom,” the 47-year-old author spent many nights penning “The Ripper Gene.” “I almost always write late at night. However, I can write anytime when the inspiration strikes and have been known to wake bolt upright out of a dream and write down a story I was telling in my sleep. But I typically carve out time to write at the end of the day. In one sense, I enjoy writing at the end of the day because I’m very tired and almost feel like I’m in a trance-like state where

my imagination is most malleable,” said Ransom. “I sometimes even forget things I’ve written the day before, if it is very late when I write.” Now that his writing has become more than just a hobby, the Corinth “Warrior” hopes to one day make it his full-time career. “I plan to start writing in the mornings before my children wake up,” he said. “I’ll try to get one to two hours of writing time in the morning when my thoughts are lucid and my energy level is high. We’ll see what works best, but that’s the future plan for now.” In addition to wanting to be a writer since he was a young boy, Ransom was inspired to write his first novel after reading a scientific article describ-

ing the existence of DNA variants in a gene known as monoamine oxidase A, also called the warrior gene, which exhibits a higher prevalence in individuals who are more prone to antisocial behavior and violence. “This struck me as deeply significant since it seemed to suggest that individuals can be predisposed to more violent behavior at birth than perhaps other individuals, which in turn seemed to have significant implications for key concepts such as “free will” and the idea that “all men were created equal”. It led me to write a story featuring a scientist turned FBI profiler who cloned such a gene and fictitiously named it the ripper gene. I wanted the story to expose and explore the dif-

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ficult theme of genetic predeterminism, and it seems to have brought this timely and controversial topic to the fore.” A resident of Corinth from 1980 to 1986, Ted Burczynski attended Corinth High School from the 7th to 12th grade. He continued his education, attending Mississippi College from 1986 to 1990 on a National Merit scholarship and formally attended University College of London on an exchange program during his junior year. He graduated in 1990 with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Chemistry and a minor in English. Continuing on to the Ivy Leagues for his graduate studies, Burczynski later attended the University of Pennsylvania where he received his Ph.D. in Pharmacology

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and Toxicology in 1999. Currently serving as an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and an executive in the pharmaceutical industry, his scientific research has been covered in The New York Times. He has also published more than 100 meeting abstracts, book chapters and scientific articles to date, including research in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, Expert Opinion on Medical Diagnostics, Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, Current Molecular Medicine and Pharmacogenomics. He and his family now live in a beautiful gated community called Smoke Rise. A unique area, located in the town of Kinneton in Northern New Jersey – less than an hour outside of Manhattan

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- the mountain is populated with black bears, coyotes, foxes, deer and all sorts of other wildlife. The reason Dr. Burczynski was able to visit friends in Corinth at his recent book signing was actually due to his invitation to the Mississippi College Homecoming festivities this year, where he was the recipient of the 2015 Mississippi College Alumnus of the Year Award from the Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry. He cites his early instruction at Corinth High School in both Chemistry (taught by CHS teacher Dean Pearce) and Calculus (taught by CHS teacher Vicki Shirley) as providing the foundation on which he earned his undergraduate degree and later his doctorate.

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Deaths Edward J. Barnes

Edward J. Barnes died Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015, at MS Care Center. Services are 10 a.m. Wednesday at Memorial Funeral Home with burial at Union Cemetery. Visitation is Tuesday from 5 to 8 p.m.

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Richard Culp died Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015, at Magnolia Regional Health Center. McPeters Inc. Funeral Directors will have the arrangements.

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IUKA — Patricia Rhodes died Friday, Nov. 6, 2015, at her home. Cutshall Funeral Home will have the arrangements.

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IUKA — Funeral services for Nedra Quillen Walker, 99, are set for 2 p.m. today at Cutshall Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Oak Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Walker died Friday, Nov. 6, 2015, at Southern Magnolia Estates in Iuka. Born Oct. 10, 1916, she was a homemaker and a member of Rocky Springs United Methodist Church. She was a member of Harmony Homemakers and Harmony United Methodist Women. Survivors include two sons, James Floyd “Pete” Walker (Jackie) and Earl Walker (Becky), both of Iuka; two sisters, Mary Smallwood of Tuscumbia, Ala., and Algie Harris of Allsboro, Ala.; six grandchildren, Steven Walker (Renée) of Littleton, N.C., Matthew Walker (Melissa) of Iuka, Anthony Walker (Amy) of Guntown, Shana Price (Lyle) of Huntsville, Ala., Wendy Estes (Sean) of Mobile, Ala., and Julie Diaz (Oscar) of Pearland, Texas; 14 great-grandchildren; and 3 great-greatgrandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Floyd Forrest Quillen and Maude Burns Quillen; her husband of 68 years, James L. “Pete” Walker; a son, Benny Wayne Walker; and a sister, Inez McNutt. Memorial contributions may be made to Rocky Springs United Methodist Church or Iuka Baptist Church.

BY JEFF AMY Associated Press

JACKSON — Nearly half of Mississippi high school students met or exceeded expectations in English last year, while about 27 percent did so in algebra I, according to test results released Thursday. Those are the first findings from Mississippi’s only administration of a multistate test meant to measure achievement under new academic standards. The results are a big drop from the 2014 state tests, when 83 percent passed the previous Mississippi-only algebra test, with 76 percent rating proficient or advanced. In English, 72 percent of students passed in 2014, with 56 percent were rated proficient or advanced.

The drop was expected, though. State Superintendent Carey Wright said standards on Mississippi’s old tests were too low. “Our cut scores are not going to be below proficient,” she said. Last spring was the only time Mississippi will administer the test designed by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness of Colleges and Careers. In 2016, Mississippi will begin giving a test custom-written by Questar Assessment. Wright said Mississippi students did “extremely well” compared to results released so far by PARCC states in English language arts for sophomores, and were roughly in line with what other states have re-

leased in algebra I. “Our children are just as capable or more capable as children in any other state in the nation,” Wright said. From lowest to highest, PARCC’s score levels are described as not meeting expectations, partially meeting expectations, approaching expectations, meeting expectations and exceeding expectations. There was wide variation among Mississippi’s 145 school districts. On the bottom end, Clarksdale and Yazoo City had no students who met or exceeded expectations in algebra, while at the top end, more than twothirds of students reached those levels in Gulfport, Forrest County and Enterprise. “There were some pleasant surprises in there for some

of the districts, and it wasn’t as bad overall as I feared it would be,” said Rachel Canter. She leads Mississippi First, a nonprofit group that advocates for education improvements and has been critical in the past of low standards. “I think it does show there are some school districts that are doing what they need to be doing.” The tests also serve as endof-course exams for students taking those subjects. Wright said the department decided, without a vote by the Board of Education, that a 3 would serve as a passing score for graduation purposes. That means roughly 40 percent of all students, or 17,000 statewide, failed the algebra test, while 27 percent failed the English test.

Bryant leading trade delegation to Israel BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press

JACKSON — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is traveling to Israel for a week with a delegation of state economic development employees and private business executives. “It’s largest delegation that we’ve ever taken,” Bryant said this week before a preelection Republican rally in Jackson. Bryant, a Republican who won a second term Tuesday, was leaving Saturday and is scheduled to speak Monday at a defense conference in Tel Aviv. He said he will discuss

Mississippi’s role in researching and building unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones. “We have Stark Aerospace in Columbus, which helps assemble UAV’s,” Bryant said. “And, they’re very interested in the Center of Excellence at Mississippi State.” The Federal Aviation earlier this year chose Mississippi State University to run as a National Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, to coordinate research and development. The governor’s spokesman, Knox Graham, said Bryant is also scheduled to meet during the week with

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli President Shimon Peres. Joining Bryant on the trip to Israel are his wife, Deborah; Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann; and Mississippi Development Authority director Glenn McCullough and two employees of his agency’s trade division. Representatives of the Mississippi State Port Authority and the State Workforce Investment Board are also going, as are Mississippi Manufacturers Association president and CEO Jay Moon and executives from Airbus Helicopters, which has a

plant in Columbus, and Huntington Ingalls Industries, which has a Pascagoula shipyard that is one of Mississippi’s largest private employers. Graham said the expenses for the governor and Deborah Bryant are not being paid by the state, and no legislators are going on the trip. The expenses for MDA employees are being paid by state and federal money, said agency spokeswoman Marlo Dorsey. Businesses are paying their own expenses. In November 2014, Bryant traveled to Israel and spoke at a homeland security conference.

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… if an emergency comes up, we would delay some of them.” The list does not include major projects managed by the city’s engineering firm or minor projects paid for in the yearly repair and maintenance fund, according to Verdung. “This list includes major projects handled within the street department,” added Verdung. Verdung believes the list will keep his department ahead of the game. “I want to create a project revolver that will plan ahead for the next two to three years,” he said. Upcoming major projects which are part of the list include: ■ Road ditch alignment/ culvert replacements along Bridle Path, Orchard and Garden Lane ■ Mill soil cement and repave Proper Street from Cruise to Young ■ Historic District sign post replacement ■ Soil cement repairs and

overlay to Renee Street ■ Overlay 2nd Street from Renee to Confederate ■ Repair, mill and overlay Foote Street from Kilpatrick to Fulton Street ■ Repair, mill and overlay Buchanan Street from Bunch to Foote ■ Repair, mill and overlay Douglas Street from Bunch to Foote ■ Overlay and replace culvert 4th Street – Buchanan to Breckenridge ■ Overlay Breckenridge from 3rd to 5th ■ 5th Street from Breckenridge to Meeks ■ Mill and overlay 6th Street from Madison to Douglas ■ Mill and overlay 6th Street from Polk to Jackson ■ Mill, ADA and pave Childs Street from Cass to Fillmore ■ Mill, ADA and pave Franklin Street from Childs to Bunch ■ Repair and overlay Knighton Drive ■ Concrete repair, mill and pave Linden Street from Fillmore to Taylor

■ Overlay Bell School Road from Levee to Ward ■ Overlay McKewen Road from Gaines to Bell School ■ Base repair, widen and overlay Little Zion Some notable repair and maintenance projects also include: ■ Soil cement repair and overlay 6th Street east of Meeks ■ 4th Street between Meeks and Parkway ■ 3rd Street Town Creek culvert ■ Storm drain replacement at Linden Street ■ Sidewalk improvements near Taylor Street and Franklin Street in the Wick Street-SOCO District ■ Soil cement repair and overlay Waldron Street between Franklin and Taylor Current major projects are: ■ Soil cement repairs and overlay Covewood Lane ■ Soil cement repair, drainage replacement and overlay Lucille Lane ■ Soil cement repairs, shoulder stabilization and repave Oak Lane

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four years to serve, followed by five years of probation and $1,000 fine ■ Cory McGaha, 37, possession of controlled substance in a correctional facility — Suspended five-year sentence with two years probation and $500 fine ■ Nathan Knight, 36, two indictments for sale of methamphetamine — Sentenced to house arrest and fined $1,000 ■ Eric Thompson, 40, felony bad check — Suspended three-year sentence ■ Jesse Skylar Long, 25, abandonment of child — Suspended sevenyear sentence with five years probation and $500 fine; must participate in drug court ■ Andrea Stovall, 32, sale of cocaine — Sentenced to house arrest with five years probation and $500 fine ■ Erby Dillingham, 52, burglary and larceny of a building — Sentenced to house arrest followed by five years of probation; must pay $1,000 fine and restitution of $5,744.59 ■ Christopher Michael Mansfield, 25, Possession of Fentanyl — Suspended three-year sentence with 30 months of probation and $1,000 fine ■ Deon Taylor, 48, possession of marijuana — Suspended three-year

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Legally blind barber awarded $100,000 BOSTON â€” A legally blind barber has been awarded $100,000 by a Massachusetts commission against discrimination after it says he was wrongly fired. The Boston Herald reports Joel Nixon had been working for Tonyâ€™s Barber Shop in Norton for a year before his boss discovered his condition. The 29-year-old has retinitis pigmentosa, a condition affecting his peripheral vision and making it hard for him to see at night, the Herald reports. Heâ€™s been declared legally blind by the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind. Nixon says barber shop owner Tony Morales fired him in 2012 after he tripped a couple of times while in the shop. Â

Camera lost in lake snagged by angler GRAND HAVEN, Mich. â€” Andre Monterio has a fishing story about one that got away and eventually was caught. But what he pulled from Lake Michigan near Grand Haven in September had no scales or gills. It was a small digital camera knocked overboard two years ago from another boat. WZZM-TV reported that Monterio put the cameraâ€™s memory card in his computer and saw â€œMikeâ€™s Family Pharmacyâ€? in one photo. He contacted pharmacist Mike Cook at the shop in Montague, northwest of Grand Rapids. Cook was on the boat when the camera was lost. He relayed the story

to Deb Hays of Whitehall. The camera belonged to her husband. Â

â€˜Kidâ€™-napped goat reunited with mom PHOENIX â€” A baby pygmy goat that vanished from the Arizona State Fair, prompting a Twitter campaign for his safe return, came home to its mother surrounded by TV cameras and jubilant fairgoers. Dozens of employees and visitors burst into applause Thursday as GusGus was gently placed in the pen where he was last seen. Several people huddled to watch mother and kid reunite below a â€œWelcome Home GusGus!â€? banner and â€œWelcome Homeâ€? balloons. Fair livestock director Karen Searle said a man walking his dog along a canal in Phoenix found GusGus and took him to a pet store, where an attentive worker reached out to the State Fair. â€œThey called the fair and sent pictures to our phone,â€? Searle said. â€œWe said â€˜Itâ€™s got to be himâ€™ and it was him.â€? Â

Man who took son knew heâ€™d be found CLEVELAND â€” The man accused of taking his 5-year-old son from the Alabama home of the boyâ€™s mother in 2002 and creating new identities for both of them knew heâ€™d be caught someday, the manâ€™s attorney said Friday. Bobby Hernandez, 53, came to Cleveland and built a new life for himself and his son and began calling himself Jonathan Mangina. His son, now 18, was known as Jay or J.J., a

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neighbor in Cleveland said. The ruse fell apart when the teen, a senior at a Cleveland high school, began the college application process and discrepancies were discovered with his Social Security number. Thatâ€™s when a school counselor learned the teen was actually Julian Hernandez and that he was listed as missing by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The FBI became involved and Hernandez was arrested Monday. Bobby Hernandezâ€™s court-appointed attorney in Cleveland said his client believed heâ€™d be caught. Hernandez is being held on a $250,000 bond after being charged Wednesday with tampering with records to obtain an Ohio driverâ€™s license. Â

Another suit filed in E. coli outbreak SEATTLE â€” A second Washington woman and an Oregon man who contracted E. coli after eating at a Chipotle franchise are suing the Mexican restaurant chain. Jessica Ellis of Mount Vernon, Washington and Chris Collins of Lake Oswego, Oregon, filed federal lawsuits on Friday. Health officials in Washington and Oregon say more than three dozen people have gotten sick with E. coli in an outbreak linked to Chipotle restaurants in the two states. More than 40 Chipotle restaurants remain closed in Washington state and the Portland area while authorities search for the cause.

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MSU-Meridian chief finalists announced STARKVILLE â€” Three finalists for the position of administrative director and head of campus at Mississippi State University-Meridian have been announced. The finalists are: Terry D. Cruse, vice president for enrollment services at LeTourneau University in Longview, Texas; Donald F. Hayes, chair of civil and environmental engineering and construction at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; and Deborah Heslep, dean of enrollment management and director of admissions marketing at Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi. Theyâ€™re seeking to fill the post last held by Steven Brown, who left for the University of West Florida in 2014. Officials say the candidates will attend oncampus interviews in the next few weeks. Â

4 couples seek end to gay adoption ban JACKSON â€” Four lesbian couples pressed a federal judge on Friday to overturn Mississippiâ€™s last-in-the-nation ban on allowing same-sex couples to adopt, but lawyers for the state argued the lawsuit should be tossed out. Plaintiffs want U.S. District Judge Daniel Jordan III to issue a preliminary injunction allowing members of two couples who donâ€™t have parental rights to adopt their spouseâ€™s children immediately. They say that after the U.S. Supreme Courtâ€™s decision legalizing same-sex marriage, thereâ€™s no need to wait for a full trial. Roberta Kaplan, argu-

ing for the plaintiffs, said Mississippi is still telling same-sex couples that â€œtheir marriages and families are not as good as the marriages and families of straight couples. And thatâ€™s directly contrary to what the Supreme Court said.â€? Mississippi officials, though, argue the lawsuit is defective because the plaintiffs are suing state officials who have no power to order an adoption. And after the plaintiffs then sued four chancery judges who can order adoptions, the state argued that itâ€™s improper for a federal court judge to issue a blanket order to a state judge when the plaintiffs havenâ€™t even filed adoption actions. Â

NTSB report details small airplane crash PASCAGOULA â€” The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a preliminary report on the crash of a small airplane in Mississippi Sound late last month. The report does not point to what caused the plane to drop from the sky. But, WLOX-TV reports, it does give details about the rainy weather that day. The small plane was classified as an â€œamateur-builtâ€? experimental aircraft. The report also raised a question about the planeâ€™s registration: The tail number from the first piece of debris found was not an active registration number. The report said searchers found another piece of debris with a different registration number. Â

Retired circuit judge Pigott dead at 90 McCOMB â€” A memorial service is being held

Saturday at First Baptist Church in McComb for retired Circuit Judge Joe N. Pigott. The 90-year-old Pigott died Tuesday at OchsnerBaptist Medical Center in New Orleans. Pigott was a World War II veteran who fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Starting in 1963, Pigott served nine years as district attorney for Copiah, Lincoln, Pike and Walthall counties. He returned to private law practice in 1972 and was elected circuit judge in 1974, remaining in that position until 1992. Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Jim Kitchens knew Pigott for 48 years and followed him as district attorney. Â

Woman dies in crash on I-20 in Louisiana SIMSBORO, La. â€” Louisiana State police say a 29-year-old Mississippi woman died in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 20 in Lincoln Parish. Senior Trooper Michael Reichardt says the accident happened about three miles west of Simsboro. Reichardt says a small SUV driven by Noura Makki, of Clinton, Mississippi, was traveling westbound when her vehicle crossed the center line and side-swiped a car driven by 35-yearold Courtney Swartz of Breham, Texas. After impact, both vehicles entered the median and the SUV began to rollover. Reichardt says Makki and a passenger were not restrained and both were ejected. He was Makki was pronounced dead at the scene and the passenger was taken to a nearby hospital with serious injuries. Swartz was also taken to hospital with minor injuries.

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STARKVILLE — Exceptionally dry weather since August has kept Mississippi wheat farmers out of their fields, according to agriculture experts at the Mississippi State University Extension Service. Farmers are expected to plant as much as 200,000 acres of wheat this year, but very little has been planted as of last month because of the drought. Wheat is generally planted from midOctober through November and harvested in May and June. This year’s long, dry summer has prevented nearly all wheat planting except for wildlife food plots, forage and some acres in the most northeastern counties. Recent rains have replenished soil moisture. The extension service says in a news

“If rains continue to keep soils wet through November, it will substantially restrict Mississippi wheat acreage.” Erick Larson Grain crops agronomist release that producers need a few weeks of dry weather to get the wheat crop in the ground. “The slow rain replenished soil moisture,” said Erick Larson, a grain crops agronomist with the extension service. “The biggest issue with wheat planting is that our rainfall patterns in November get more frequent, and as temperatures cool, the fields don’t dry out as quickly. If we get a little dry weather, we should see a lot of planting done soon. If rains

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continue to keep soils wet through November, it will substantially restrict Mississippi wheat acreage.” Don Respess, Extension coordinator in Coahoma County, estimated that one-third of the anticipated wheat acreage in his county has been planted and the majority of that has emerged. “Some producers planted in the dust, and that paid off with the good rain we had,” Respess said. “We were waiting on moisture, and now we have too much.”

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Eric M Rutledge, CFP®, AAMS® Financial Advisor

BY STAN CHOE AP Business Writer

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NEW YORK — When fear was pumping through the stock market this summer, most retirement savers kept their cool. So say figures from Fidelity, which could see how individual investors in general behaved by looking at its 13.5 million 401(k) and 6 million IRA accounts as stocks tumbled in New York, Shanghai and places in between during the turbulent third

AGRICULTURE FUTURES WkHigh WkLow Settle WkChg CORN 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel Dec 15 Mar 16 May 16 Jul 16 Sep 16 Dec 16 Mar 17

383.50 391.50 397.50 401.75 403 409 417.75

370 378.50 385 390 392 398 408.25

373 381.75 388.25 393.75 396.75 401.50 411

SOYBEANS 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel Nov 15 Jan 16 Mar 16 May 16 Jul 16 Aug 16 Sep 16

889.25 891 893.25 898.50 903.75 901.50 894.25

863.25 858 860.25 865.75 871.50 871.50 869.50

871.25 867.25 869.50 874.75 880.50 880.50 877.25

530.75 532.75 535.50 534.25 540.50 554.75 563.25

505.75 510 514.25 514 523 535.50 544.50

523.25 525.50 529.25 530 537.75 551.50 561.50

Dec 15 Feb 16 Apr 16 Jun 16 Aug 16 Oct 16 Dec 16

142.10 144.05 142.50 133.02 130.17 132.15 133.22

133.22 135.60 135.20 126.35 124.00 126.07 127.30

134.92 137.15 136.62 128.05 125.60 127.57 128.75

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55.00 58.30 63.85 70.00 73.70 74.65 74.30

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61.66 61.74 62.47 62.91 62.96 62.93 63.62

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HOGS-Lean 40,000 lbs.- cents per lb. -12.50 -18.50 -19.25 -19.75 -19.75 -17.75 -14

WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel Dec 15 Mar 16 May 16 Jul 16 Sep 16 Dec 16 Mar 17

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

-9.25 -9.75 -9 -7.75 -4.75 -6.50 -6.75

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

59.42 63.25 67.85 72.70 76.37 76.12 75.22

53.92 57.35 63.05 69.47 72.92 73.37 72.92

COTTON 2 50,000 lbs.- cents per lb. +1.25 ... +.25 ... -.25 +3 +4

Dec 15 Mar 16 May 16 Jul 16 Oct 16 Dec 16 Mar 17

63.85 63.62 64.19 64.44 ... 63.70 63.86

61.65 61.65 62.36 62.77 ... 62.50 63.38

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

MUTUAL FUNDS@GROUP BIGGEST:VANGUARD Name

Total Assets Obj ($Mlns) NAV

Total Return/Rank Pct Min Init 4-wk 12-mo 5-year Load Invt

500ADML LB154,345194.03 +6.2 +5.5/B+13.7/ANL10,000 VANGUARD TOTSTIADMLB126,938 52.47 +5.9 +5.0/B+13.6/ANL10,000 VANGUARD INSTIDXI LB105,428 192.14 +6.2 +5.5/B+13.7/ANL5,000,000 VANGUARD TOTSTIDX LB100,579 52.45 +5.9 +4.9/B+13.4/BNL3,000 VANGUARD INSTPLUS LB92,272 192.15 +6.2 +5.5/B+13.7/ANL200,000,000 Fidelity Contra LG 78,558 105.66 +6.5 +10.3/B +13.5/B NL American Funds GrthAmA m Vanguard TotIntl American Funds IncAmerA m American Funds CapIncBuA m Vanguard WelltnAdm PIMCO TotRetIs Vanguard TotBdAdml Dodge & Cox IntlStk American Funds InvCoAmA m American Funds CpWldGrIA m Dodge & Cox Stock Vanguard IntlStkIdxIPls Vanguard TotStIIns Fidelity Spartan 500IdxAdvtg American Funds WAMutInvA m American Funds AmBalA m American Funds FnInvA m FrankTemp-Franklin IncomeA m Dodge & Cox Income Metropolitan West TotRetBdI Harbor IntlInstl

LG FB MA IH MA CI CI FB LB WS LV FB LB LB LV MA LB CA CI CI FB

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2,500 +8.2/C +13.0/C 5.75 250 -3.2/D +1.8/E NL 3,000 0.0/D +8.7/B 5.75 250 -1.1/C +6.7/A 5.75 250 +3.0/B +9.7/A NL 50,000 +1.2/B +3.0/C NL 1,000,000 +1.2/B +2.7/D NL 10,000 -7.3/E +3.9/B NL 2,500 +1.4/D +11.8/D 5.75 250 -0.1/D +7.4/C 5.75 250 +2.2/B +13.4/A NL 2,500 -3.1/D NA NL100,000,000 +5.0/B +13.6/A NL 5,000,000 +5.5/B +13.7/A NL 10,000 +2.9/B +13.0/A 5.75 250 +4.3/A +10.4/A 5.75 250 +6.9/A +12.3/C 5.75 250 -5.4/E +6.2/A 4.25 1,000 +0.3/D +3.6/A NL 2,500 +1.0/B +4.3/A NL 3,000,000 -0.6/C +3.3/C NL 50,000

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

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Respess said one day of warm weather and sunshine should be all that’s needed to dry the soil enough for producers to begin planting the wheat acreage that remains. Brian Williams, Extension agricultural economist, said wheat prices are very similar to prices a year ago. Greenville wheat is selling for $4.76 a bushel, while December futures are trading at $5.16 a bushel. “There doesn’t seem to be much upside potential for wheat prices at the moment,” Williams said. “While the U.S. harvest was smaller this year, global production has been exceptional, leading to very large global wheat stocks. “That, along with a strong dollar, is making it difficult for the U.S. to find much success in the export market.”

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quarter. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index sank more than 10 percent within a week during August, driving the index to its worst quarter in four years. Even amid the tumult, only 4.9 percent of Fidelity’s 401(k) account holders made changes to how their nest eggs were invested, such as selling stocks to move into bonds or cash. Workers also diverted more of their paychecks into their 401(k) accounts than they did a year earlier, not less: an average of 8.2 percent of their pay last quarter, up from 8 percent. “People are starting to get the message,” says Jeanne Thompson, vice president at Fidelity Investments. “During volatility, many times the best course of action is none at all.” That’s because 401(k) accounts and IRAs are for long-term savings, even for investors approaching retirement. And the power of compound interest works best when investments are given time. For investors who have had a 401(k) account at Fidelity for the last 10 years, just about half the growth in their balance has come from investment gains. The other half came from contributions from savers and their employers. Trying to time the market can hurt over the long term — and in the short term. Fear among investors hit a high on Aug. 24, when the S&P 500 was in the midst of its fifth straight loss. Fidelity received more than 160,000 calls from its IRA and 401(k) investors that day, close to a record, looking for help on how to manage their investments. Anyone who sold out of their stocks that day has missed out on the subsequent 10 percent rise in the S&P 500 in just over two months. It wasn’t just bravery that pushed so many investors to leave their accounts alone last quarter. So-called target-date mutual funds likely played a big role too. These funds take care of how to divvy up a nest egg. They’ve also become the default investment for many 401(k) plans since the government implemented new rules in 2006. Among the defined-contribution plans administered by Vanguard, 88 percent offered target-date funds last year, up from 75 percent five years earlier.

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