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Donations begin for Christmas Basket Fund The spirit of giving this Christmas season is alive and well in the Alcorn County area. Donations are now arriving for the 21st Annual Corinth Rotary Club / Daily Corinthian Christmas Basket Fund. A $23,000 fund raising goal was set so 1,000 food baskets can be given to local families on Saturday, Dec. 17 at the Crossroads Arena. The newspaper has received $925 in donations. Donations include $100 from W.O.W. Lodge #64; $100 from John and Dora Henson; $500 from the Corinth Garden Club; $25 from Norbert W. Coleman; $100 from Tommy and Kathi Irwin in memory of Charles and Halla Irwin and Please see BASKET | 6A

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The Gatlinburg wildfire left only charred remains on a neighbor’s property near where the Sweeney’s family home once stood.

Corinth family loses Gatlinburg home BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

GATLINBURG, Tenn. — “Daddy knelt down in the center of the charred rubble that used to be our home, and prayed ... it was the most powerful prayer I’d ever heard,” said 16-year-old Stanton Sweeney. t was six days ago when the former Corinth teenager and his family lost their beloved cabin to the Great Smoky Mountains firestorm disaster. The death toll following

“The beautiful community we once knew is no more. It’s amazing how quickly life can change.” Stanton Swinney 16-year-old Corinth native the wildfire, which swept over 16,000 acres in just 24 hours, climbed to 13 on Friday. Thousands of wildlife also perished or were forced from their habitats. More than 1,000 homes and buildings suﬀered damage. Among the consumed

Main Street Corinth postpones parade BY MARK BOEHLER editor@daily Corinthian

“Rockin’ Around the Block” has a new date. Main Street Corinth has postponed the Corinth/Alcorn County Christmas Parade due to the threat of heavy rain. Main Street Corinth President Sara Beth Green told the Daily Corinthian Saturday morning the parade will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 8. Lineup begins at 3:30 p.m. E-mails are being sent to all participants, she said. The Selmer Christmas Parade has also been postponed until 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 10. Both parades were sched-

structures included the Sweeney’s “dream home” on Beech Branch Road near The Spur in downtown Gatlinburg. “What I have seen has been truly life changing,” Please see WILDFIRE | 2A

Both city and county law enforcement recently made arrests in the burglary of commercial storage buildings. Billy Mullins, 33, of Thomas Street, Corinth, was arrested by the Corinth Police Department and charged with burglary of a commercial building. After his release on bond last week, he was picked up by the Alcorn County Sheriff’s Department and charged with two counts of burglary of a commercial building. Sheriff Ben Caldwell said the county also charged Lisa Langston Null, 43, also of Thomas Street, with two counts of burglary of a commercial building. Capt. Dell Green of the Corinth Police Department said an investigation found Mullins was allegedly stealing items from the North Side Mini Storage on Polk Street and selling them through social media. The county burglaries occurred at Oakview Storage on County Road 602 and Kossuth Mini Storage on County Road 618 in October and early November. Caldwell said the sheriff’s office executed a search warrant at an apartment on Thomas Street and recovered several items stolen from the storage units.

People of the Crossroads Lesley Bain, Corinth Staff photo by Zack Steen

“My family is everything to me,” said 37-year-old Lesley Bain. “I live a pretty fastpaced life, but there’s nothing about it I would change.” The Corinth High School librarian and cheer sponsor has been married to her high school sweetheart, State Rep. Nick Bain, for 15 years. Together they have three children, Baylee Anna, 10, Brooks, 6, and Baker 3. A 12-year teaching veteran, Bain said interaction with her students is one of the most important parts of her job. “I’m the Interact Club sponsor which is a branch of the Corinth Rotary Club,” said Bain. “We’re working right now toward the Christmas basket fundraiser. A lot of my kids will be out there helping build and giveaway baskets on Dec. 17.”

uled for Saturday — Corinth at 5 p.m. and Selmer at 7 p.m. The National Weather Service forecast a 30-70 percent chance of Saturday afternoon showers in Corinth, followed by a 100 percent chance of Saturday evening rain. Forecast for rain continues in the Corinth area. There is an 80 percent chance of rain on Sunday, followed by a 50-80 percent chance on Monday and a 90 percent chance of thunderstorms on Monday night. For additional information about the Corinth parade, contact Green at sarabethstockton@gmail.com. Please see PARADE | 6A

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Stanton told the Daily Corinthian. “Gatlinburg has been, by every sense of the word, completely devastated.” A former Corinth landscaping business owner, Bob Sweeney Jr., and his son Stanton returned to their neighborhood two days after the fire. “On either side of the roads, was just blackness. All the trees had been reduced to black toothpicks. All that remained were skeletons and foundations of where our neighbors homes had once stood,” said young Stanton. “I thought I would be scared or afraid, but really I was completely terrified.” he last time the teenager was in his neighborhood was Monday night when a orange glow filled the horizon of the night sky. The trouble began when a wildfire, likely caused by arson, spread from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park into the Gatlinburg area of Sevier County in East Tennessee. Hurricaneforce winds toppled trees

The Sweeney family includes husband, Bob, Jr., wife, Stephanie and their sons, six-year-old Abram and 16-year-old Stanton. The former Corinth family also includes grown daughters Hannah and Allyn. and power lines, blowing embers in all directions. More than 14,000 residents and visitors in Gatlinburg were forced to evacuate, and the typically bustling tourist city was shuttered. Stanton said he only grabbed a few things – a change of clothes, a phone charger and his camera. “I figured we’d be back later that night.” he said. His mother, Stephanie, his six-year-old brother,

Abram, and Stanton raced to a friend’s house in nearby Sevierville and away from the imposing danger. His dad was on a visit to Corinth when Gatlinburg was evacuated on Monday. It wasn’t until Friday when local oﬃcials, bowing to pressure from frustrated property owners, allowed people back into most parts of the city. Residents passed through a checkpoint and showed

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Among the 1,000 burned structures included the Sweeney family “dream home” on Beech Branch Road near The Spur in downtown Gatlinburg, Tenn. proof of ownership or residency. The Sweeneys, however, were able to make their way back into their neighborhood on Wednesday afternoon. “We had seen photos and videos on Facebook and the news, but nothing could prepare us ... it was much worse than anything we’d seen,” said Stanton. “Every direction I looked was completely burned and unrecognizable.” He added, “The smell was simply sickening ... one I’ll remember until the day I die.” Then, there it was, according to Stanton, his family’s home reduced to a burning pile of nothing and a fireplace. “It was an eerie feeling”, he said. “We immediately began trying to relate diﬀerent parts of the pile of junk to what it was two days ago,” said Stanton.

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“We spent a good bit of time just examining the mess that our house had been reduced to. Eventually we realized we were wasting our time.” In communities near Gatlinburg, there were signs of normalcy. In Pigeon Forge, the Comedy House rented an electronic billboard message that said it was open. A hotel flyer urged guests to check out the scenic Cades Cove loop: “Take a drive and remember what you love about the Smokies!” Near the park entrance and down the Parkway into Gatlinburg, it was much diﬀerent. Inside the park, soot, ash and blackened trees covered the forest floor. Tree-topped mountain ranges were scarred by large areas of blackened soil and trees. Small plumes of smoke smoldered from hot spots. “The beautiful community we once knew is no more,” said Stanton. “It’s amazing how quickly life can change.” Like many in the resort

area, the former Alcorn County residents plan to stay in the mountains. Between phone calls to insurance companies, the Sweeneys will attempt to restart their lives. “The coming days I’m sure will prove to be challenging for my entire family, but the support we have already received especially from folks back home in Corinth has been unbelievable,” added Stanton. “At this point, all I know to do is pray ... pray that Gatlinburg will once again see daylight.” (The Dollywood Foundation has created the My People Fund which will provide $1,000 per month for up to six months to Gatlinburg and Sevier County families who lost their homes in the wildfire. Donations are accepted online at dollywoodfoundation.org or by mail at The Dollywood Foundation My People Fund, 111 Dollywood Lane, Pigeon Forge, TN., 37863.) (The Associated Press contributed to this story.)

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BOONEVILLE — Members of the Mississippi Civil Defense/ Emergency Management Association honored retired Prentiss County Emergency Management Director Ralph Lauderdale with a lifetime achievement award last week. Emergency managers and association members from throughout the region came together to honor Lauderdale, who retired in June. The group brought a resolution read at its most recent meeting praising Lauderdale for his service. It read: “Ralph Lauderdale was director for the Prentiss County EMA and joined MCDEMA in November 1989. He was extremely active in MCDEMA from the beginning by serving on committees, such as chairman of the by-laws committee and a member of the legislative and resolution committee. Ralph attended numerous conferences, both annual and mid-winter, and was always willing to serve and do whatever was needed. He received level one of the Mississippi Certified Emergency Manager Program in June of 2010. Ralph served as district four director from 1995-2007 and then as district two direc-

Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 4, 1816, James Monroe of Virginia was elected the fifth president of the United States.

On this date: In 1619, a group of settlers from Bristol, England, arrived at Berkeley Hundred in present-day Charles City County, Virginia, where they held a service thanking God for their safe arrival. In 1783, Gen. George Washington bade farewell to his Continental Army officers at Fraunces Tavern in New York. In 1816, Gioachino Rossini’s opera “Otello,” an adaptation of the Shakespeare play which preceded Giuseppe Verdi’s “Otello” by 71 years, premiered in Naples, Italy. In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson left Washington on a trip to France to attend the Versailles Peace Conference. In 1945, the Senate approved U.S. participation in the United Nations by a vote of 65-7.

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Ripley Drug court system is added in Tippah RIPLEY – Tippah County now has a drug court system that allows offenders to attend their mandatory scheduled meetings locally, reported the Southern Sentinel. Drug court provides alternative treatments combined with supervision for people living with serious substance use and mental health disorders. Drug courts are also problemsolving courts that take a public health approach using a specialized model in which the judiciary, prosecution, defense bar, probation, law enforcement, mental health, social service and treatment communities work together to help addicted offenders into long-term recovery. Judge Kelly Luther has been the Circuit Court Judge in Ripley for two years and is also a judge in other surrounding areas such as Union, Tippah, Marshall, Benton, Chickasaw and Lafayette County. He said that it is his job to identify those that are on drugs and/or alcohol and help them

stop substance abuse. “The biggest challenge is identifying a good candidate and turning them into a productive member of society. That is my job,” Luther said. The drug court program is designed to help keep the offender off drugs and potentially create a better lifestyle. The offender would have to report to drug court two times a week, and as long as they follow the rules, pay their fines and court fees, they can complete the program in three to five years. If they violate the terms and conditions of the program, they will be to be taken to jail and their time in the program will be prolonged. If one successfully completes drug court, their record can be wiped clean so that they can have opportunities that they might not have otherwise. “Previously, we held the courts in Oxford. “At the first of November, we started having them in Ripley to make it easier on the people in the surrounding area who were accepted in the program who did not have the money, a car or the family support to get them to court two times a week,” Luther said.

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Please help, contribute to Christmas Basket Fund It’s a long-standing tradition in Corinth and Alcorn County. And it needs help from the community. We speak of the annual Daily Corinthian / Corinth Rotary Club Christmas Basket Fund. The fundraising goal is set at $23,000 to support the program, which provides around 1,000 baskets filled with food and paper products for those in the community who meet the requirements. As in year’s past, donations from the community are crucial for the event to be a success. Donations can be dropped oﬀ at the Daily Corinthian oﬃce on Harper Road or mailed to Daily Corinthian Christmas Basket Fund, P.O. Box 1800, Corinth, Miss. 38835. The neat aspect of donations to this program is the mention of family and friends who are greatly missed this special holiday season. Anyone alive can also be honored. Donations can be made in honor or memory of any individual. All donations will be acknowledged in the newspaper in a daily update published on the front page throughout the holidays. Applications for Christmas baskets were submitted in November. The baskets will be given away on Saturday, Dec. 17, beginning at 8 a.m. at the Crossroads Arena to those whose applications have been approved. As in past years, the Corinth Rotary Club said there is a big need by many people to have a box full of groceries during the Christmas season. Please give and support this great cause.

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Prayer for today Almighty God, show me what thou hast given for me to do, that I may not leave undone that which is mine. Forgive me for useless planning and blind asking for the things which cannot be mine. I pray that my work may be honest work, well done, and acceptable for thy service. Amen.

A verse to share For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. – Colossians 1:13-14

The Populist-nationalist tide rolls on Now that the British have voted to secede from the European Union and America has chosen a president who has never before held public oﬃce, the French appear to be following suit. In the runoﬀ to choose a candidate to face Marine Le Pen of the National Front in next spring’s presidential election, the center-right Republicans chose Francois Fillon in a landslide. While Fillon sees Margaret Thatcher as a role model in fiscal policy, he is a socially conservative Catholic who supports family values, wants to confront Islamist extremism, control immigration, restore France’s historic identity and end sanctions on Russia. “Russia poses no threat to the West,” says Fillon. But if not, the question arises, why NATO? Why are U.S. troops in Europe? As Le Pen is favored to win the first round of the presidential election and Fillon the second in May, closer Paris-Putin ties seem certain. Europeans themselves are pulling Russia back into Europe, and separating from the Americans. Also, Italy holds a referendum on constitutional reforms backed by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. If the referendum, trailing in the polls, fails, says Renzi, he will resign.

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Opposing Renzi is the secessionist Northern League, the Five Star Movement of Pat former comeBuchanan dian Beppe Grillo, and Columnist the Forza Italia of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, a pal of Putin’s. “Up to eight of Italy’s troubled banks risk failure,” if Renzi’s government falls, says the Financial Times. One week from today, the front pages of the Western press could be splashing the newest crisis of the EU. In welcoming Muslim immigrants, Germany’s Angela Merkel no longer speaks for Europe, even as she is about to lose her greatest ally, Barack Obama. Not only Europe but the whole world President-elect Trump is about to inherit seems in turmoil, with old regimes and parties losing their hold, and nationalist, populist and rightist forces rising. NATO’s Turkey and our Arab ally, Egypt, both ruled by repressive regimes, are less responsive to U.S. leadership. South Korean President Park Geun-hye, her approval rating in single digits, is facing impeachment and

prosecution for corruption. Meanwhile, North Korea, under Kim Jong Un, continues to test nuclear warheads and missiles that can hit all of South Korea and Japan and reach all U.S. bases in East Asia and the Western Pacific. The U.S. is obligated by treaty to defend South Korea, where we still have 28,500 troops, and Japan, as well as the Philippines, where new populist President Rodrigo Duterte, cursing the West, is pivoting toward Beijing. Malaysia and Australia are also moving closer to China, as they become ever more dependent on the China trade. Responding to our moving NATO troops into Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, Putin has begun a buildup of nuclear-capable oﬀensive and defensive missiles in Kaliningrad, its enclave between Poland and Lithuania. Should we get into a confrontation with the Russians in the Eastern Baltic, how many of our NATO allies, some now openly proPutin, would stand beside us? The point: Not only is the Cold War over, the post-Cold War is over. We are living in a changed and changing world. Regimes are falling. Old parties are dying, new parties rising.

Old allegiances are fraying, and old allies drifting away. The forces of nationalism and populism have been unleashed all over the West and all over the world. There is no going back. Yet U.S. policy seems set in concrete by war guarantees and treaty commitments dating back to the time of Truman and Stalin and Ike and John Foster Dulles. America emerged from the Cold War, a quarter century ago, as the sole superpower. Yet, it seems clear that we are not today so dominant a nation as we were in 1989 and 1991. We have great rivals and adversaries. We are deeper in debt. We are more divided. We’ve fought wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen that availed us nothing. What we had, we kicked away. America is at a plastic moment in history. And America needs nothing so much as reflective thought about a quarter century of failures -- and fresh thinking about her future. Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of the new book “The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority.”

Democrats and the Nazi card BY LARRY ELDER Guest Columnist

Rep. Keith Ellison, DMinn., the odds-on favorite to become the Democratic National Committee’s chairman, had a long association with the anti-Semitic Nation of Islam. He compared thenPresident George W. Bush and 9/11 to Adolf Hitler and the destruction of the Reichstag, the German parliament building: “9/11 is the juggernaut in American history and it allows ... it’s almost like, you know, the Reichstag fire,” Ellison said. “After the Reichstag was burned, they blamed the Communists for it, and it put the leader of that country (Hitler) in a position where he could basically have authority to do whatever he wanted.” Comparing Republicans to Nazis has long been a national pastime of the Democratic Party. During the 1964 Goldwater/Johnson presidential race, Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater accepted an invitation to visit an American military installation located in Bavaria, Germany. On “CBS Evening News,” hosted by Walter Cronkite, correspondent Daniel Schorr said: “It is now clear that Sen. Goldwater’s interview with Der Spiegel, with its hard line appealing to right-wing elements in

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Germany, was only the start of a move to link up with his opposite numbers in Germany.” The reaction shot -when the cameras returned to Cronkite -- showed the “most trusted man in America” gravely shaking his head. When Goldwater accepted the Republican nomination, Democratic California Gov. Pat Brown said, “The stench of fascism is in the air.” About Ronald Reagan, Steven F. Hayward, author of “The Age Of Reagan” wrote: “Liberals hated Reagan in the 1980s. Pure and simple. They used language that would make the most fervid anti-Obama rhetoric of the Tea Party seem like, well, a tea party. Democratic Rep. William Clay of Missouri charged that Reagan was ‘trying to replace the Bill of Rights with fascist precepts lifted verbatim from Mein Kampf.’” After Republicans took control of the House in the mid-’90s, Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., compared the newly conservative-controlled House to “the Duma and the Reichstag,” referring to the legislature set up by Czar Nicholas II of Russia and the parliament of the German Weimar Republic that brought Hitler to power. Former Vice President Al Gore said: “(George W. Bush’s) executive branch

has made it a practice to try and control and intimidate news organizations, from PBS to CBS to Newsweek. ... And every day, they unleash squadrons of digital brown shirts to harass and hector any journalist who is critical of the President.” Actor/singer and activist Harry Belafonte, who marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., called Bush a racist. When asked whether the number and prominence of blacks in the Bush administration perhaps suggested a lack of racism, Belafonte said, “Hitler had a lot of Jews high up in the hierarchy of the Third Reich.” NAACP Chairman Julian Bond played the Nazi card several times. Speaking at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina in 2006, Bond said, “The Republican Party would have the American flag and the swastika flying side by side.” Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who dared to rein in excessive public employee compensation packages, received the full Nazi treatment. The hard-left blog Libcom.org posted in 2011: “Scott Walker is a fascist, perhaps not in the classical sense since he doesn’t operate in the streets, but a fascist nonetheless. ... He is a fascist, for his program takes immediate and direct aim at (a sec-

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tor of) the working class.” After the 2012 Republican National Convention, California Democratic Party Chairman John Burton said, “(Republicans) lie, and they don’t care if people think they lie. As long as you lie, (Nazi propaganda minister) Joseph Goebbels -- the big lie -- you keep repeating it.” The chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Party, Dick Harpootlian, in 2012, compared the state’s Republican governor to Hitler’s mistress. When told that the Republicans were holding a competing press conference at a NASCAR Hall of Fame basement studio, Harpootlian told the South Carolina delegation: “(Gov. Nikki Haley) was down in the bunker, a la Eva Braun.” If not the Nazi card, it’s the race card or the sexist card or the homophobic card. This “I’m right; you’re evil” brand of politics has a lot to do with why voters elected Donald Trump, rather than Hillary “basket of deplorables” Clinton, to serve as our next president. Larry Elder is a best-selling author and nationally syndicated radio talk-show host. To find out more about Larry Elder, or become an “Elderado,” visit www.LarryElder.com. Follow Larry on Twitter @larryelder.

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2016 Toy Store seeks donations and volunteers BY BRANT SAPPINGTON bsappington@ dailycorinthian.com

Staff photo by Mark Boehler

Strickland bridge wreck The Mississippi Highway Patrol is investigating a two-car wreck with injuries which happened just after 11 a.m. Saturday on the eastbound U.S. 72 bridge at Strickland near the Alcorn Central Road intersection. The two vehicles apparently collided on the bridge, one with considerable damage to its front and the other with much damage to the passenger side. Many agencies, including the Glen Fire Department, responded to the scene to help control traffic, which remain blocked just after the accident.

Author: Baseball brings people together BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Trivial or historical, Phil Dixon knows the baseball diamond. The author is the next speaker in conjunction with the Smithsonian’s “Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America” exhibit. Appearing at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Crossroads Museum, Dixon is the author of “The Negro Baseball Leagues — A Photographic History” and co-founder of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City. Dixon will focus on how baseball brought people together. “I’m going to talk about the Negro leagues as they pertain to Mississippi and some of the great things that came out of the Negro leagues that people might want to know in the way of diversity and integration,” said Dixon. “When people think

Phil D ixo n w ill t alk about baseball history at the Crossroads Museum Tuesday night. about integration, naturally, they think about Jackie Robinson. There were some great things going on before Jackie Robinson probably was even born. People need to know about those.” As a child, he collected baseball cards, amassing about 100,000 by the time he was 20. He played baseball in high school and read the sports’ stories. He had an opportunity to get involved with the big leagues in the public relations department of the

“When people think about integration, naturally, they think about Jackie Robinson. There were some great things going on before Jackie Robinson probably was even born. People need to know about those.” Phil Dixon, author Kansas City Royals, allowing him to meet players like George Brett and Bo Jackson. In 2014, concerned about the state of race relations in the country, he embarked on a mission to do something about it, using baseball to build bridges as it did in the past. He has since spoken in 140 cities. “I’m having the time of my life because I’m meeting people who truly love their communities. They love history and they love baseball,” said Dixon. “I combine all of that in my

talk and we have a wonderful time.” A resident of Belton, Mo., Dixon also penned “The Ultimate Kansas City Baseball Trivia Quiz Book” and is a professional musician and an instructor of youth baseball. He hopes to see young people at his Corinth talk. “It will be the most unique sports talk you’ve ever heard,” he said. The lecture is free and the Smithsonian exhibit continues in the auditorium of the Corinth Library.

A pair of training sessions are set for this week as the Lighthouse Foundation gears up for Toy Store 2016. Foundation Executive Director Gary Caveness said they have approximately 1,500 children registered to receive gifts through the annual program and donations and volunteers are still needed to make it happen. Volunteer training sessions are set for 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. this Monday and Tuesday. All those volunteering with the program must attend one of these two sessions, said Cave-

ness. He said fundraising is at approximately the halfway point with the giveaway/shopping day set for this Thursday. Caveness said donations are desperately needed and they have faith the community will come together once again to help them make the program a success as they work to provide for hurting families. Donations can be made in person at the foundation or by mail to P.O. Box 2121, Corinth, MS 38835. For more information on the program call the Lighthouse Foundation at 662-286-0091.

St. Nicholas visits Shiloh SHILOH, Tenn. — Shiloh National Military Park is inviting children to participate in a Civil War Christmas program on Saturday, Dec. 17, at 2 p.m. at the Shiloh visitor center. “We are excited to present this fun filled, yet educational opportunity to area children. This unique hour-long program will introduce young people to how Christmas was celebrated over 150 years ago in our nation,” said Superintendent Dale Wilkerson. Gifts during the Civil War time period were often handmade; such as spinning tops, Jacobs’s ladder, and the cup and ball. In order to experience a Civil War Christmas, participating children will have the chance

Gifts during the Civil War time period were often handmade. to make their own period gift during the program. St. Nicholas (a.k.a Santa Claus, Kris Kringle, and Father Christmas) and Mrs. Claus will take time out from their busy schedule to make a special appearance at Shiloh Battlefield. He even told the park rangers that he is bringing a special gift for the children. (Those who have children who are interested in attending the Civil War Christmas program, should register by contacting the Shiloh Battlefield Visitor Center at 731-689-5696 or online at www.nps.gov/shil.)

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Fire came with little warning Associated Press

GATLINBURG, Tenn. — Tracey Mayberry told her boss to fire her. It was 2 o’clock Monday afternoon in Gatlinburg, and the sky was dark with smoke. Mayberry’s shift as a manager at the resort where she worked did not end until 5 p.m., but she could see a wildfire crawling down the mountain. Local officials said the city had nothing to worry about, and Mayberry’s boss had no plans to close. But she knew something was wrong, so she walked home, coughing and crying through the smoke until a stranger handed her a mask. That wildfire had ignited five days earlier on a steep, rugged peak known as Chimney Tops, about 4 miles away from Gatlinburg. In less than 24 hours, aided by 87 mph winds and months of suﬀocating drought, the blaze would spread, forging a path to this tourist mecca. In all, 13 people were killed, about 85 were injured and nearly 1,000 homes and businesses were charred or destroyed. The flames came with little warning. At 5 o’clock, there were no fires in Gatlinburg. Within an hour, 20 buildings were ablaze. Over the next few hours, the fires transformed a city busily preparing for holiday festivities in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains into the scene of a grim, building-by-building search for the missing and the dead. Rain fell

by midweek, dousing much of the fire but leaving hollow-eyed city officials, firefighters and police officers working around the clock. Many had to put news of their own gutted homes from their minds. Tracey and her husband — also named Tracy — packed their 2007 Ford Escape with valuables. They stopped when a tree fell on their house and sparks from a downed powerline showered their yard. It was time to go. They did not get far. Traffic was snarled on the parkway heading out of town. Tracy, sitting anxiously behind the wheel, watched as the wind blew a fireball into the Alamo Steakhouse just a few feet from his window. He gunned the engine and swerved into the middle turn lane, the speedometer racing toward 90. “I wasn’t stopping for nothing or nobody,” he said. The fire had been burning for several days, mostly in the unreachable peaks of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park not far from the edge of one of the most popular hiking trails. The fire was so small and so remote that for days firefighters could not get to it. Instead they came up with a plan to contain it. But beginning Sunday afternoon and into Monday morning, the moisture vanished from the air, the temperature rose and the wind began galloping through the trees.

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Deaths Mary Robinson Rhodes

Funeral services for Mary Robinson Rhodes, 77, of Corinth are set for 3 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, at Magnolia Funeral Home Chapel of Memories with burial in Henry Cemetery. Visitation is from 5 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4 and from 1 p.m. until service time at the funeral home. Mrs. Rhodes died Friday, Dec. 2, 2016, at the MS Care Center in Corinth. She was born Aug. 26, 1939, and was a retired registered nurse at Bolivar Community Hospital. She was a member of Lakeview Baptist Church. Survivors include her daughter, Cynthia Bullard (Greg) of Corinth and her sons, Jeﬀ Rhodes (Kellie) of Madison and Keith Rhodes (Tara Callahan) of N.C.; her grandchildren, Rebecca Bul-

Charles Claburn

Charles Claburn, 55, of Michie, Tenn. died on Friday, Dec. 2, 2016, at his residence. Arrangements are pending with Magnolia Funeral Home.

Ivin Lewis

Ivin Lewis died Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016, at Magnolia Regional Health Center in Corinth. Arrangements are pending with Memorial Funeral Home.

Raymond Bonds

IUKA — Funeral services for Raymond Bonds, 80, of Iuka are set for 11 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 5 at Cutshall Funeral Home Chapel in Iuka with burial in the Oak Grove Cemetery. Visitation is from 5 to 9 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4 at the funeral home. Mr. Bonds died Friday, Dec. 2, 2016 at Magnolia Regional Health Center in Corinth. Survivors include his wife, Pat Bonds of Iuka; two daughters, Glenda Grace (Dale) of Cordova, Tenn. and Debbie Woodruﬀ (Ronnie) of Iuka; one brother, Bobby Bonds (Linda) of Iuka; two sisters, Cathy Daily (Howard) of Iuka and Sandra Bunch (Jim) of Billings, Mont.; four grandchildren, Amy Bereiter (Greg) of Alexandria, Va., Ashley Woodruﬀ of Iuka, Nathan Grace of Memphis and Mikinzie Curtis (Joe) of Iuka; and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas Benjamin and Martha Elizabeth Bonds; his sister, Mildred Allred and his brother, Thomas Bonds. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society at www.

lard, Emory Rhodes, Will Rhodes, Barrett Rhodes and Noah Rhodes; her great-grandchildren, Shawna Brown, T.J. Brown, Jazymyn Brown and Ryan Bullard; her greatgreat-grandchildren, Ayden Brown and Kyrie Brown; numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and a host of friends. She was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, William Miles Rhodes; her father, Toomer LeRoy Robinson and her mother, Eva Forster Robinson; her brother, Leroy Robinson and her sister, Virginia Dean and Dink Kilgore. Pallbearers are Jeff Rhodes, Keith Rhodes, Greg Bullard, T.J. Brown and Tommy Sharp. Bro. Warren Jones will officiate. cancer.org. Bro. Greg Woodruff will officiate.

Susie Bardwell Frost Schmucker

Funeral services for Susie Bardwell Frost Schmucker, 83, of Centerville Utah are set for 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec, 7 at Magnolia Funeral Home. Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 6 at the funeral home. Mrs. Schumucker died Wednesday, Nov. 30 in Bountiful, Utah. Arrangements are pending with Magnolia Funeral Home.

Fagin Lamar Sweatman

TIPPAH COUNTY — Funeral services for Fagin Lamar Sweatman, 83, of the Ripley Community were held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3 in the heritage Chapel of Ripley Funeral Home with burial in the People’s Cemetery near Ripley. Mr. Sweatman died Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Collierville, Tenn. He was born Feb. 13, 1933, in Tippah County to the late Pleas and Margaret Richardson Sweatman. Mr. Sweatman was a 1961 graduate of Pine Grove High School. He was homebuilder and custom cabinet builder. He was a Baptist by faith. Survivors include his children, Teresa Alexander (Donnie), Belinda Luna (Joe) and Glenn Sweatman (Lisa Johnson), all of Ripley; three grandchildren, Jonathan and Hannah Alexander and Rachel Luna; and two great grandsons, Jeramiah Wadkins and Reeves Wilbanks. He preceded in death by his wife of 55 years, Ouida Brock; four sisters and three brothers.

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Daily Corinthian • Sunday, December 4, 2016 • 7A

School district makes large debt payment BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

Debt is being made oﬀ in the Alcorn School District. The county school district has paid almost $1 million on debt accounts so far in 2016. Finance Director Kimberly Woodard gave an update district debt and finances at a recent Alcorn County school Board of Education meeting. The district currently

has three diﬀerent bonds or notes payable accounts. Woodard said all three have or will receive payments from the district this year. Among the debt includes a limited obligation bond issued in February 2006 that will end in February 2018. The balance was a little over $1.4 million this summer. “A principal and interest payment was made

in August for $540,000, which lowered the overall balance to $975,000,” said Woodard. “This payment is made throughout reduction in MAEP (Mississippi Adequate Education Program) funds.” The state withholds about $525,000 from the district’s MAEP each year to pay the bond, which was originally floated to build new gymnasiums at Kossuth and Alcorn Cen-

tral high schools. Issued in May 2007 for $3 million, a second debt account currently has a balance of more than $1.2 million. A three-mill tax levy, funds generated from this revolving credit account are used over time for district operations. “In this school year, we will make a $170,000 payment which will bring our balance to $1,085,000,” said Woodard. “This debt

is paid through tax collections.” The final debt account is a school construction bond payable for Johnson Controls. Originally a $2.6 million loan in 2010, funds were used to upgrade each school with more energy eﬃcient air conditioning, lighting and other electrical components. “We pay $144,000 each year into this sinking fund. We also pay

$126,000 in interest each year, but a portion of it is refunded as a credit,” added Woodard. “So we get a little back each year.” Although the district has since ended its annual contract with Johnson Controls for monitoring service, the initial installation debt won’t expire until November 2025. According to Woodard, each debt account is currently in “good-standing.”

MAC grants available to local arts community BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

With the common goal to improve the arts in the Crossroads community, Corinth Theatre-Arts hosted Meet MAC earlier this week. Representatives from the Mississippi Arts Commission was in Corinth recently meeting with local organizations and businesses who might

benefit from MAC’s array of services and grants. The commission’s Arts Industry Director Turry Flucker said MAC was created in 1968 by the Mississippi Legislature as the oﬃcial grants-making and service agency for the arts in the Magnolia state. “The commission is funded in part by the state but also receives substantial funding from the Na-

tional Endowment for the Arts,” said Flucker. “With these funds, the commission provides financial support in the form of grants for eligible arts programs and for the work of individual artists.” Grants for non-profits available through the commission include mini-grants for up to $1,000 for small-scale activities, project grants for

festivals and events for up to $5,000 and operating grants for on-going work for up to $15,000. All grants must somehow support the development of Mississippi communities through the arts and require a dollar-for-dollar local match. CT-A has received an operating grant from MAC for several years. “MAC has provided in-

valuable support of CT-A throughout the years when we’ve needed it most, through improvement projects and other areas,” said CT-A board member Josh Steen. “We are able to operate every year because of their support.” The commission also oﬀers grants for individual full-time artists. Beyond grant-making,

MAC serves as a catalyst for arts development at the local level by fostering networks of local leaders, artists of all disciplines, arts volunteers and patrons. MAC also provides consulting, training and public awareness. (For more information, visit www.arts.ms.gov or contact Director Turry Flucker at 601-359-6075 or tflucker@arts.ms.gov.)

McConnell cautions replacement to health law to take time BY BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The next Congress will begin work immediately next year toward repealing President Barack Obama’s health care law but delay the changes as Republicans try to come up with an alternative, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Saturday. The Kentucky Republican insisted that some 20 million Americans who have health care through the six-year-old law will not lose coverage, though the likely upheaval in the insurance industry sug-

“This has to be done carefully. It has to be done in a phased-in way over a period of time.” Mitch McConnell Senate Majority Leader gests many could. Asked about the Senate’s timetable to scrap the law, McConnell said: “We’re going to move to it after we go back in the first week in January.” But during a speech in his hometown of Louisville, the senator cautioned patience from the law’s critics as Republicans create an alternative.

“You can’t just snap your fingers and go from where we are today to where we’re headed,” McConnell told a crowd at the Kentucky Farm Bureau’s annual meeting. “This has to be done carefully. It has to be done in a phased-in way over a period of time.” Republicans have been unable to agree on an al-

ternative since the law’s enactment in 2010, but now must produce a replacement if they scrap the law. President-elect Donald Trump says he would like to keep major elements of the law — allowing children to remain on their parents’ plans until age 26 and ensuring companies don’t deny coverage for pre-existing conditions. But it’s unclear how a new version of the law could force insurance companies to provide the latter coverage. With open enrollment underway, no changes are expected next year for

the more than 10 million people currently covered through HealthCare.gov and state markets that oﬀer subsidized private insurance. An additional estimated 9 million lowincome people covered by Medicaid in states that expanded the program are also protected for now. McConnell said Saturday that Republicans have an obligation to repeal and replace a law he called a “monstrosity.” He blamed the law for rising co-payments, deductibles and premiums and said it caused “chaos” in the private health insurance

market. “We have an obligation to the American people to straighten this out,” he said. But he said replacing the law will be challenging “given the fact that it’s been kicking in for six years.” Meanwhile, McConnell played down prospects for any new trade deals. Specifically, he said the Trans-Pacific Partnership won’t pass Congress because “politically it’s unsustainable.” Trump’s tough talk on trade has included a threat to pull the United States out of the trade deal.

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114.11 -1.73 -1.5 -10.4 33.30 -.58 -1.7 -20.4 72.31 +.10 +0.1 -4.9 18.20+1.92 +11.8 +44.6 118.24 -1.48 -1.2 +.1 18.79 -1.34 -6.7 +32.7 59.25 -1.28 -2.1 +6.8 12.80 -.05 -0.4 -4.6 21.69 -.45 -2.0 +11.2 250.87+3.19 +1.3 +32.9 15.12+2.49 +19.7+105.2 86.63 -1.32 -1.5 -3.0 9.81 +.13 +1.3 +47.3 100.60 -.82 -0.8 +.7 10.68 +.48 +4.7+148.4 31.63 -.06 -0.2 -2.0 115.70 -3.10 -2.6 +3.4 11.44 +.87 +8.2 ... 82.40 -1.06 -1.3 +3.8 13.74 +.38 +2.8 +43.1 219.68 -1.84 -0.8 +7.8 42.03+2.36 +5.9 +39.1 12.51 -.49 -3.8 -39.2 265.06 -9.91 -3.6 +2.1 4.30 -.31 -6.6 +5.7 46.76 -1.02 -2.1 -.1 74.83 +2.11 +2.9 +24.1 22.65 +.24 +1.1 +17.0 70.98 -.12 -0.2 +24.5 13.35+1.69 +14.5 +7.8 8.70 +.62 +7.7 +.3 11.48+1.15 +11.1 +4.4 8.44 +.07 +0.8+156.5 21.37 +.76 +3.7 +55.8 70.88 -.35 -0.5 +15.6 5.11 +.15 +3.0 -39.1 53.58 +.96 +1.8 -1.4 12.62 -.30 -2.3 +17.2 51.01 -.10 -0.2 +34.6 31.05 -.95 -3.0 +3.6 12.22+2.16 +21.5 +29.4 9.50 +.12 +1.3 -10.6

AGRICULTURE FUTURES WkHigh WkLow Settle WkChg CORN 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel Dec 16 Mar 17 May 17 Jul 17 Sep 17 Dec 17 Mar 18

353 362.50 369.25 376.75 383.25 391 399

331 341.75 349.25 357.25 365 374.50 383.25

337.50 347.25 354.25 361.75 369 377.75 386.25

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SOYBEANS 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel Jan 17 Mar 17 May 17 Jul 17 Aug 17 Sep 17 Nov 17

1065 1074 1079 1083.25 1075.50 1057.25 1043

1022.25 1031.75 1039.25 1044 1041.50 1024.25 1008.50

397 421.25 435.50 451.25 466 483 492.25

369.50 393 406.50 422 438.25 457.25 472.50

Dec 16 Feb 17 Apr 17 Jun 17 Aug 17 Oct 17 Dec 17

112.25 113.22 112.65 103.55 99.72 99.97 100.00

107.92 108.50 108.65 100.22 96.90 97.22 97.30

108.22 108.87 109.05 100.77 97.62 97.97 98.15

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50.75 54.02 60.15 67.62 72.15 73.12 74.07

-.30 -2.73 -2.75 -2.18 -2.32 -1.83 -.80

71.98 71.04 71.53 71.54 71.06 69.93 69.97

-.67 -.21 -.37 -.63 -.44 -.29 -.14

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

1027.50 1037.25 1044.50 1049.25 1045.75 1029 1015

-18.50 -17.25 -15.75 -15.25 -15.25 -13 -11.50

WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel Dec 16 Mar 17 May 17 Jul 17 Sep 17 Dec 17 Mar 18

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

Dec 16 Feb 17 Apr 17 May 17 Jun 17 Jul 17 Aug 17

51.70 57.32 63.55 70.50 74.82 75.15 75.00

49.95 53.55 59.85 67.62 71.75 72.45 72.72

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

387.50 404.25 417 431 446.25 465.25 478.50

-8.25 -15.25 -17 -18.75 -18.50 -17 -15.75

Dec 16 Mar 17 May 17 Jul 17 Oct 17 Dec 17 Mar 18

73.50 72.30 72.86 72.90 70.92 70.70 70.02

71.32 70.05 70.55 70.60 70.20 69.01 69.65

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 Name

Total Assets Obj ($Mlns) NAV

Vanguard 500Adml Vanguard TotStIAdm Vanguard InstIdxI Vanguard TotStIdx Vanguard InstPlus Vanguard TotIntl Vanguard TotStIIns American Funds GrthAmA m Fidelity Contra Vanguard WelltnAdm American Funds IncAmerA m Vanguard TotBdAdml American Funds CapIncBuA m Vanguard IntlStkIdxIPls Fidelity 500IdxPr American Funds InvCoAmA m PIMCO TotRetIs Dodge & Cox Stock Dodge & Cox IntlStk American Funds AmBalA m American Funds WAMutInvA m American Funds CpWldGrIA m Metropolitan West TtlRetBdI American Funds FnInvA m Dodge & Cox Income Vanguard MuIntAdml FrankTemp-Franklin IncomeA m Vanguard IntlStkIdxAdm Vanguard PrmcpAdml Vanguard STGradeAd T Rowe Price GrowStk Vanguard InstTStPl Vanguard WellsIAdm American Funds NewPerspA m Vanguard TotBdInst Vanguard HltCrAdml Vanguard WndsIIAdm Harbor IntlInstl Vanguard TgtRe2025 Vanguard DivGr

LB LB LB LB LB FB LB LG LG MA AL CI IH FB LB LB CI LV FB MA LV WS CI LB CI MI CA FB LG CS LG LB CA WS CI SH LV FB TG LB

177,067 147,724 118,036 103,830 92,905 87,682 76,842 74,637 74,245 74,004 73,309 72,384 67,773 65,020 59,301 58,214 57,547 55,831 55,245 54,796 52,458 50,482 50,167 47,040 46,907 46,406 45,041 44,652 40,121 37,861 36,276 36,086 35,240 35,187 34,543 33,963 32,328 32,098 31,785 30,721

203.21 55.16 201.06 55.13 201.08 14.54 55.17 44.27 99.93 67.85 21.44 10.66 56.84 97.26 77.39 37.16 9.98 188.53 38.29 25.10 42.20 44.49 10.68 55.15 13.61 13.75 2.25 24.32 111.57 10.65 53.62 49.90 62.05 36.10 10.66 81.60 65.50 58.71 16.52 23.54

Total Return/Rank Pct Min Init 4-wk 12-mo 5-year Load Invt +4.8 +7.7/B +14.4/A +5.6 +8.0/B +14.3/A +4.8 +7.7/B +14.4/A +5.6 +7.9/B +14.2/A +4.8 +7.7/B +14.4/A -1.1 +0.1/A +4.5/C +5.6 +8.0/B +14.3/A +3.5 +5.3/A +14.5/A +0.3 -0.7 +12.8 +3.1 +7.4/A +10.5/A +2.1 +7.3/A +9.5/A -2.6 +1.8/C +2.3/D -0.1 +3.3/B +7.2/A -1.1 +0.1/A +4.6/C +4.0 +6.5 +14.4 +4.6 +10.7/A +14.0/B -2.8 +1.1 +3.3 +10.4 +16.3/A +17.0/A +0.6 +0.5/A +6.9/A +2.0 +6.0/B +10.7/A +6.0 +9.6/C +13.4/B +1.0 +2.2/B +9.5/B -2.2 +1.8/C +4.2/A +4.5 +8.6/A +14.0/B -1.6 +4.1/A +3.9/A -3.8 -0.6/B +3.0/B +2.7 +10.1/A +7.6/A -1.1 +0.1/A +4.6/C +4.7 +7.0/A +16.4/A -0.9 +2.4/A +2.3/A +1.2 -1.2/C +14.5/A +5.6 +8.1/A +14.4/A -0.4 +5.7/A +7.5/A 0.0 -1.7/D +10.5/A -2.6 +1.8/C +2.3/D +1.5 -9.7/B +17.3/C +6.5 +9.0/C +13.3/C -1.6 -3.3/C +4.2/D +1.0 +4.0/B +8.6/B +3.6 +5.0/D +12.6/D

NL 10,000 NL 10,000 NL 5,000,000 NL 3,000 NL200,000,000 NL 3,000 NL 5,000,000 5.75 250 NL 2,500 NL 50,000 5.75 250 NL 10,000 5.75 250 NL100,000,000 NL 10,000 5.75 250 NL 1,000,000 NL 2,500 NL 2,500 5.75 250 5.75 250 5.75 250 NL 3,000,000 5.75 250 NL 2,500 NL 50,000 4.25 1,000 NL 10,000 NL 50,000 NL 50,000 NL 2,500 NL200,000,000 NL 50,000 5.75 250 NL 5,000,000 NL 50,000 NL 50,000 NL 50,000 NL 1,000 NL 3,000

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.

Staff photo by Kimberly Shelton

Pickwick Lake Yoga participants enjoy a restorative resting pose.

Woman inspires via Hatha Yoga BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com

PICKWICK, Tenn. — Educating others about their anatomy, one retired pedagogue is encouraging students to take responsibility for their own bodies through the practice of Hatha Yoga. Held from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Pickwick United Methodist Church, Angie Lawrence’s boutique classes are customized for each participant. “The classes I teach during Pickwick Lake Yoga are not about me. They are about my students and meeting their needs. I do not do my personal yoga while teaching,” she explained. “I teach and assist. Would you want a brain surgeon working on you while they were doing something for themselves? It’s the same concept.” Taking charge of her health, the 32-year educator found herself at a crossroads after retiring from the Alcorn County School System in 2010. “After two failed foot surgeries on the same limb, my back, legs and foot hurt all the time,” said Lawrence as she rolled out yoga mats in anticipation of her next class. “Once retired, I began to look for ways to heal my body and decided to give yoga a try. Unfortunately, I took yoga from someone who taught me to do a lot of dangerous and incorrect things. I did not know this until until I enrolled in the Yoga School of Excellence in Jackson, Tenn. under the instruction of Deborah Perry.” Discovering that the asanas (poses) were doing more harm than good, the Corinth native had to re-learn all the incorrect teachings she had learned in yoga class. The new discoveries would ultimately lead her down a path she never fathomed. “I think most retired teachers continue to teach in some way,” said Lawrence. “I had the privilege of being selected to study in India for 30 days as a Fulbright-Hays scholar in 2006. I was one of only six teachers chosen nationwide to be a part of ‘The Fabric of Indian Life’.” After completing her 200 Yoga Teacher Training, the 1973 Biggersville High School graduate was immediately compelled to learn more. Enrolling in the 500 hour Yoga Teacher program, she decided to pursue a new goal – to become a Yoga therapist. “I enrolled in the Healthy Foot Practitioner training with the Restorative Institute,” said Lawrence who has completed

over 150 CEU’s since becoming a yoga therapist. “I just keep going back to school to learn new techniques. I love yoga props and am constantly experimenting with ways I can make yoga more accessible to my students.” Working with those who have ailments such as knee arthritis, back pain and multiple sclerosis, the Movement Educator’s classes are geared mostly toward older yogis, but all ages and sizes are welcome. “I want everyone to feel comfortable and and do what is best for their body,” she said. “I also want them to become active participants in their own healing process. Thus, taking responsibility for their own healing at some level.” “I teach the student, not the pose. You may not need what I need. Our bodies are not made the same. A student might not be able to do a pose because of bone-on-bone compression. We cannot change our bones,” she continued. “It is better to be inflexible than to be hypermobile. I try to adapt to my students’ level and physical condition’s while paying attention to the details of the asana and encouraging students to improve their practice.” The instructor also walks around making individual adjustments and has incorporated myofascial release with body rolling and resistance stretching into her sessions. The classes also give the unfit a way to regain strength and achieve their overall health goals. “My therapeutic and alignment-based classes include students from Counce, Tenn.; Pickwick, Tenn.; Iuka; Savannah, Tenn. and Memphis,” said Lawrence as she discussed the diversity of her Pickwick Lake Yoga classes. “My youngest student is 50 and my oldest student is close to 90, but all ages are invited and we make accommodations for everyone.” “Just like a tailor adjusts clothing to fit an individual’s unique shapes and curves,Yoga Therapy tailors the practice to the individual’s needs, abilities, restrictions, illnesses, and goals,” she continued. “Yoga Therapy is not meant to diagnose and or cure diseases; its aim is to lessen the suﬀering of the person.” The yoga practitioner is not your typical yogini and is proud of that fact. “Being a large woman has made me more approachable,” she revealed. “All those people out there who don’t exercise would feel much better

coming to class with me than someone extremely svelte.” In an eﬀort to expand her knowledge, Lawrence is currently experimenting with Kinesiology taping and cupping on herself and family members. Class attendance tends to wax and wane with life’s demands, but there are typically four to 12 students in each yoga session. “Most of my students are retired and do a lot of traveling,” said the yogini. “I have students who live in Memphis and attend when they are in town.” Pickwick United Methodist Church is proud to house Pickwick Lake Yoga and has even designated a separate room for the classes. “As The Church we need to be doing all we can to provide wellness programs for our communities. Wellness is such an important factor for all of us and if The Church does not take the lead then who else will? It is our pleasure to have Angie Lawrence oﬀer her yoga classes,” said Pastor Ray Chandler. “It has become very valuable not only to those who participate, but to the whole community as well.” Echoing his sentiments, yoga student Jackie Lucas of Elks Landing expressed her love for the classes. “I started in January of this year and from the very first class I knew yoga would be apart of my life forever,” she said. “I am no longer on any medication for my arthritis which is a blessing to me.” Iuka resident Diane Sellers appreciates the additional support she’s found on social media. “Thank you so much for your posts on Facebook, Angie! Besides being a great instructor, you take it a step further by researching each of our issues and sharing helpful

tips,” she said. “You have been a life saver for my husband and I. We truly appreciate the good work you do.” A graduate of Mississippi College, Angie Lawrence earned her Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Family and Consumer Sciences/ Home Economics in Secondary Education in 1977. She also holds a 1984 Master of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics in Teacher Education degree from the University of Mississippi. Before retirement, she taught health, Design Technology for Fashion and Interiors, and Family and Consumer Science at Kossuth High School for 20 years. She currently serves as the secretary for Pickwick Republican Women. The Alcorn County native is the wife of David Lawrence and the mother of Jacob McAnally, Ian McAnally and Lydia McAnally Lambert. Her favorite things are teaching yoga, gardening and being a “GiGi” to her precious grandchildren – Liam Lambert, 4, and Lily Beth Lambert, 11 months. As a YACEP (Yoga Alliance Continuing Education) provider, the life-long educator also oﬀers workshops for yoga teachers and therapists needing CEU’s. Those interested in a workshop or in attending a yoga class can contact her at 731-926-0037. Regular yoga classes are $5 per session. One-on-one Yoga Therapy sessions are $45 for a one-hour session if participants come to the instructor, but can be more if she has to travel to them. Private Yoga sessions specialize in reducing and managing acute and chronic pain. (Pickwick United Methodist Church is located 10575 TN-57 in Counce, Tenn.)

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