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Fondling plea brings jail time BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

An Alcorn County man was recently sentenced to serve three years in prison on a fondling charge. Jeremiah Dodson, 34, pleaded guilty before Judge Paul

Funderburk, who imposed a sentence of 15 years in custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections with 12 years suspended, leaving three years to serve, and five years of probation, according to court records. The sentence is consecutive

with a sentence presently being served. He was ordered to have no contact with the victim or immediate family and to register as a sex offender. The sentence was handed down during the Oct. 30-31

plea and revocation days preceding the November term. Other recent pleas: ■ Stephanie Tidwell, 39, two indictments for sale of pseudoephedrine — Suspended 10Please see COURT | 2

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The city of Corinth will have funds in hand for street paving and other infrastructure projects in two weeks. The city opened bids on Tuesday for its general obligation bonds, and the Board of Aldermen accepted First Tennessee Financial Capital Markets’ financing bid of 3.0708 percent. Duncan-Williams, Inc., submitted a bid of 3.943931. Financial adviser Demery Grubbs told the board the documents will be signed on Dec. 16 and the city will receive the funds on Dec. 19. The $1.6 million will include $100,000 per alderman and the mayor to spend on street paving projects. In other business: ■ Following the planning commission’s recommendation, the board approved the subdivision plat for the Cracker Barrel property at 1900 U.S. Highway 72 West. A 2.6-acre parcel will be split off the 10acre site for the restaurant. Work is expected to begin at the site on Monday, Dec. 16. Please see CITY | 2

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Dealership hosts art competition BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

The colors of Christmas will soon cover the windows of Long-Lewis. Local high school art classes are using brushes to get the community into the spirit of the holiday thanks to the art competition of the car dealership. Alcorn Central, Biggersville, Corinth and Kossuth are all taking part in the contest sponsored by Long-Lewis. Each school can use up to four windows at the company with the winning school receiving $500 for its art department. “Once the murals are complete, pictures will be taken and posted on our business Facebook,” said Long-Lewis Internet Manager Jeremy Hartnell. “The school with the most likes will be declared the winner.” On Tuesday, seven art students from Corinth High Staff photo by Steve Beavers

Corinth High School art student Elizabeth Whitehurst touches up a snow globe mural. The globe is part of the school’s design in the Long-Lewis art competition.

Kids Kutz offering free trims for the holidays BY JOSEPH MILLER jmiller@dailycorinthian.com

Basket fund rises to $4,020 The spirit of giving is alive and well in the Crossroads area as donations are beginning to arrive for the 18th Annual Corinth Rotary Club / Daily Corinthian 2013 Christmas Basket Fund. The civic club and newspaper have set a $25,000 community fundraising goal this year so 1,000 food baskets can be given away to local families at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7 at the Crossroads Arena. If the number of applications are any indication, the need this year will be an all-time high for folks who need help with a good holiday meal. The total remains at $4,020 after the most recent donations arrived. They are $35 from Amy C. Robertson in memory of S/ Sgt. James D. Counce; $100 from Horton Bros.; $100 anonymous donation in memory of Bobby E. Martin; $100 from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and $50 from Arnold Pittman and Family in memory of Ruth Pittman. Please see BASKET | 2

Financial hardships don’t discriminate. Anyone, at anytime, could wake up to the reality of their money just not going far enough. Especially this time of the year. With the pressure of holiday spending, some folks are feeling the added stress of not having money for extras. For some, this reality is just a part of their everyday life. It may be temporary or permanent, however, it is reality. Nevertheless, local barbers and beauticians have made up their mind they would like to help those who are crunching pennies. One local stylist, in particular, is putting her thoughts into action. It may not seem like much, but with the average price of a basic haircut averaging $12, every penny saved definitely adds up. Therefore, project “Kids Kutz” was started by Ginger Sanders, a stylist at Moon Mullins’ Barber Shop. Sanders said she was at home last

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Although Santa Claus is used to reindeer power, he is getting revved up to help a motorcycle awareness group. St. Nick will be at Sears on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. for photo opportunities. Proceeds collected will go to

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weekend and this idea just popped up in her head, and she thought it would be a great way for her to help in only the way she could. “I was just wondering what in the world I could do to help people in our community who may be struggling this holiday season, and what wouldn’t take much money to do it,” said Sanders. “Using my talents to cut hair for free was an idea that I liked. So, I got on the phone and called a few folks and they were all on board, and excited about the idea of the first Kids Kutz project.” The project will be for kids who want to get a free haircut. The hours being offered by Sanders at Mullins’ Barber Shop will be between 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 8. Door prizes will be given away while supplies last. The gifts will be donated by Lisa Burleson Cadiere, who is from Corinth but lives in Florida, according to Sanders. “Along with many others, Lisa has been so kind and giving for this Please see HAIRCUTS | 3

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Ginger Sanders cuts Anderson McPheters hair as she gets ready for her Kids Kutz project kick-off this Sunday.

Photos with Santa Claus will support cycle safety BAGGERS (Bikers Awareness Group Giving Every Road Safety) and Rider Down. “This is something we promote year round,” said BAGGERS member Lisa Lambert. “We hope the program makes drivers more aware of motorcycles on the road.” Children, pets or the whole

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family can have their photograph taken with Santa. Cost is $5 for a 5x7. “Individuals will receive photos by mail next week,” said Lambert. The scene being used for the pictures will consist of a Christmas tree and Santa with a motorcycle.

BAGGERS was formed around six months ago, according to Lambert. “Motorcycles are everywhere these days,” said Lambert. “We just want to draw attention to that fact.” Rider Down is a group which helps families who have been in a motorcycle accident.

On this day in history 150 years ago In the hopes of reviving Confederate fortunes in the Western Theater, President Jefferson Davis asks Gen. Robert E. Lee if he would be able to leave Virginia to assist in the reorganization of the Army of Tennessee in Dalton, Ga.

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CITY CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ■ The public hearing on ward redistricting was continued to 5 p.m. Dec. 17. ■ The board appointed Todd Taylor to a seat on the planning commission and board of adjustment. He replaces Jim Orr, who did not wish to be reappointed. Alderman Andrew Labas, who nominated Taylor, said the new appointee is an engineer at Kimberly Clark. ■ The board set a pub-

lic hearing for the Dec. 17 meeting on cleanup at the Rasberry property on Hawthorne Road. ■ In zoning matters, the board approved a variance to allow a 5-foot setback for a storage building planned by William G. Rogers on North Polk Street near Henry Cemetery. A request to locate a mobile home on R-1 residential property at 33 Gardner Road is apparently being withdrawn and was disallowed by the board.

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School spent three hours working on their Christmas-themed mural of the movie, Elf, along with a snow globe design. “I had them submit their own designs and this was the one voted best,” said CHS art teacher Jennifer LeGoff. “We are thankful to have the chance to take part in the competition.” Long-Lewis supplied a quartet of white, black, red, green, yellow, blue and brown paint. Plastic bowls and a ladder were also provided by the business. Each school furnished their brushes and other items needed for their display. Every art department had to tie in the name of their school along with the Ford emblem in the entry. The deadline to finish the murals is Dec. 14 with the voting deadline being Dec. 31. Photos can be found at longlewiscorinth.com after Dec. 14.

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year sentence, five years probation and fines totaling $2,000 ■ Lisa Hicks, 42, false pretense, two counts — Suspended three-year sentence followed by three years probation and must pay $2,405.05 to the DA Bad Check Unit ■ Carrie Matthews Pharr, felony shoplifting — Suspended 10-year sentence, five years probation and $1,000 fine ■ Timothy Lee Loveless, 39, possession of methamphetamine — Suspended eight-year sentence, four years probation and $1,000 fine ■ Michael Thomas Newcomb, 42, two indictments for possession of morphine — Eight-year suspended

sentence, five years probation, fines totaling $2,000 ■ Gregory L. Applewhite, 37, sale of hydrocodone — Suspended 10year sentence, five years probation and $1,000 fine ■ Miriam Denise Jones, 52, possession of two or more precursors — Suspended 15-year sentence, five years probation and $1,000 fine ■ Frederick Cosby, 43, uttering a forgery — Suspended 10-year sentence; five years probation; $1,000 fine; pay restitution of $1,759.61 to Commerce National Bank and $245.63 to Alcorn County Co-op ■ Vincent T. Leatherwood, 20, possession of marijuana — Suspended three-year sentence with three years probation and $1,000 fine.

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Industrial Timber expands in Shannon, Ripley

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RIPLEY (AP) — Industrial Timber, a manufacturer of wood furniture frames, is expanding operations at its facilities in Shannon, in Lee County and Ripley, in Tippah County. The company announced Wednesday that the expansions represent a $1.5 million corporate investment and will create 80 new jobs. Industrial Timber says it is adding a new manufacturing line at both facilities to meet the needs of Jackson Furniture, a motion and stationary furniture manufacturer that recently located operations in two existing northeast Mississippi facilities. Jackson Furniture will enlist Industrial Timber as its preferred vendor. The Mississippi Development

On Dec. 5, 1933, national Prohibition came to an end as Utah became the 36th state to ratify the 21st Amendment to the Constitution, repealing the 18th Amendment.

On this date: In 1776, the first scholastic fraternity in America, Phi Beta Kappa, was organized at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va. In 1782, the eighth president of the United States, Martin Van Buren, was born in Kinderhook, N.Y.; he was the first chief executive to be born after American independence. In 1791, composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in Vienna, Austria, at age 35. In 1792, George Washington was re-elected president; John Adams was re-elected vice president. In 1831, former President John Quincy Adams took his seat as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1848, President James K. Polk triggered the Gold Rush of ’49 by confirming that gold had been discovered in California. In 1932, German physicist Albert Einstein was granted a visa, making it possible for him to travel to the United States. In 1955, the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged to form the AFL-CIO under its first president, George Meany. In 1979, feminist Sonia Johnson was formally excommunicated by the Mormon Church because of her outspoken support for the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution. In 1991, Richard Speck, who’d murdered eight student nurses in Chicago in 1966, died in prison a day short of his 50th birthday. In 1994, Republicans chose Newt Gingrich to be the first GOP speaker of the House in four decades.

Ten years ago: The two makers of flu shots in the U.S., Chiron and Aventis Pasteur, announced they had run out of vaccine and could not meet demand.

Authority provided assistance in support of the project for building modifications and workforce training. Three Rivers Planning and Development District also provided assistance for workforce training.

Booneville leaders addresses park vandalism BOONEVILLE — City leaders are asking for the public’s help in curbing a recent rash of vandalism and illegal activity at Booneville’s Sunflower Community Park. Mayor Derrick Blythe told alderman Tuesday the bathroom facilities at the park’s walking track have been closed until steps can be taken to better secure them against the activity. The bathrooms have suffered repeated vandalism including damage to sinks and toilets. There has also been frequent evidence of the use

of the bathrooms for drug activity, said the mayor. Aldermen agreed to seek prices on vandal-proof stainless steel fixtures for the bathrooms similar to those used in prisons and also directed interim Building Inspector and City Property Manager Tom Sanders to look into installing security cameras at the site as soon as possible.

Breakfast with Santa invites children, parents BOONEVILLE — Breakfast with Santa is planned Saturday from 8 a.m. until 10 a.m. at the West Side Community Center in Booneville. All children are invited to attend with their parents to enjoy breakfast with Santa. This annual free event is sponsored by Santa’s Helpers.

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project, and we want anyone who is interested to bring some cookies or anything like that in here Sunday,” Sanders said. If the weather gets bad, the event will be moved to next Sunday, Dec. 15 with the same time schedule. “People can go on-line to Facebook and check out our updates and learn more about this project at, “Project Kids Kutz,” continued Sanders. “We are just using social media and word of mouth. That seems to be working because we have over 250 likes on Facebook.” Sanders said she won’t turn anyone down but, hopes folks who are truly in need will be the ones who show up. “This is something we want to do for kids whose parents may be having a hard time,” added Sanders. “Hopefully, we will get plenty of children who will come in and let us cut their hair. I will have other stylist on hand and it will be fun time.”

Looking for a smoother stroll? CARE Community Foundation has assembled funds and manpower to motivate property owners to act now on making their much needed and long overdue sidewalk repairs. Initiative Guidelines: 1. Must be residential property with an existing sidewalk which shows need of repair. 2. Sidewalk must run parallel to a city street. 3. The Initiative will provide matching funds of 60% of total job cost for up to 100 ft., but not less than 40 ft., of sidewalk repair. 4. An application must be submitted for participant approval.

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Former basketball player gets plea deal in kidnapping case Associated Press

JACKSON — A federal judge in Mississippi approved a plea agreement Tuesday allowing a 19-year-old former University of Alabama basketball player to avoid prosecution in a kidnapping case if he stays out of trouble for two years. U.S. District Judge William Barbour in Jackson told Devonta Pollard that the deferred prosecution means he must avoid drugs and alcohol, stay out of trouble, and not move out

of the judicial district for southern Mississippi unless he gets approval from a probation officer. After the hearing, the judge spoke privately with Pollard and lawyers in the case. Pollard’s attorney described the conversation as a “man-to-man” discussion about Pollard’s future. Pollard was on a basketball scholarship at Alabama before being arrested on a conspiracy charge in the kidnapping case. He’s now playing at East Mississippi Community College.

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Our good war turns bad BY ROGER SIMON Columnist

The zero option should be a zero-brainer. The zero option is a plan to leave zero U.S. troops in Afghanistan after December 2014. The other option, which never has been named, could be called the “let’s break our promise to the American people and keep 10,000-16,000 troops in Afghanistan until at least 2024 at a cost of $80 billion or so” option. One would think the Obama administration would favor the zero option. At a campaign rally in Boulder, Colo., on Sept. 2, 2012, President Barack Obama said: “We are bringing our troops home from Afghanistan. And I’ve set a timetable. We will have them all out of there by 2014.” Obama was running for re-election, and he knew that every word he said would be examined closely. Obama now wants to keep thousands of our fighting forces, plus NATO troops, in Afghanistan in four bases, where they can carry out counterterrorism missions and “instruct” (shades of Vietnam) the Afghan army. Which means that the Afghanistan War — already the longest in U.S. history, at just over 12 years — will stretch to an incredible 22 years, at a minimum. That is one long war. The war in Afghanistan already has cost us about a half-trillion dollars. More than 2,000 Americans have been killed in hostile action, and more than 19,000 have been wounded. Thousands of civilians have been killed. The Taliban are no longer in power in Afghanistan. A United Nations report released last month estimated that between 10,000 and 12,000 members of the Taliban had been killed, captured or wounded in the past year. The report also said that 2013 had not seen “significant gains for the Taliban, who have neither managed to seize population centers nor gain popular support.” And the Taliban have indicated some willingness to enter into peace talks and end the fighting. So why don’t we say “mission accomplished” and bring our troops home? True, there are things our forces still could do in Afghanistan, such as counterterrorism, which is not to be confused with counterinsurgency. Counterinsurgency is when you try to win the hearts and minds of the enemy. Counterterrorism is when you kill the enemy and then try to win their hearts and minds. Our mission that killed Osama bin Laden was counterterrorism. It was highly successful, though highly dangerous. White House press secretary Jay Carney recently promised that if Afghanistan agrees to let us stay for the next decade or so, “you will not see U.S. troops patrolling mountains or cities.” But our troops will not be sitting around playing video games. They will continue to be in harm’s way, and some will continue aggressive and dangerous missions. We will have casualties. Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he would be happy to see us go, but I doubt it. The billions we lavish on him each year amount to half his government’s expenditures. Recently, he has been biting the hand that feeds him, but that is only because he wants to get fed more. He knows that the Obama administration does not want the zero option so Karzai can talk tough. What does Karzai want? “We want the Americans to respect our sovereignty and laws and be an honest partner,” he said in a speech a few weeks ago at Kabul Polytechnic University. And then Karzai delivered his punch line: “And bring a lot of money.” The crowd roared with laughter. And why shouldn’t they laugh at us? We are begging to stay and prop up one of the most corrupt governments in the world. In July, Transparency International released its annual “sleaze” ratings, and once again, Afghanistan, North Korea and Somalia tied for the most corrupt country on earth. Is this the neighborhood we want to stay in? And fight for? And throw more money at? We have achieved our goals in Afghanistan. We have won. It is time for our troops to come home. If we stay for another decade, our good war could come to a very bad end. Roger Simon is Politico’s chief political columnist. His new e-book, “Reckoning: Campaign 2012 and the Fight for the Soul of America,” can be found on Amazon.com, BN.com and iTunes.

Prayer for today My Father, I thank thee for life. Make me sensitive to the unseen influences that bring thy messages. May I be led where great riches may be found through small kindnesses, and where I may learn from the meek the beauty of earth. Amen.

A verse to share “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.” — James 1:17

Allain’s term as governor rose above nasty campaign The announcement of former Mississippi Gov. Bill Allain’s death this week at the age of 85 brought back memories of the time 30 years ago when Mississippi and the rest of the nation waded through one of the more bizarre chapters in the state’s political history and perhaps the dirtiest campaign seen in this state before or since. The 1983 gubernatorial campaign between then Democratic Attorney General Bill Allain, Republican nominee Leon Bramlett, and independents Charles Evers, Billy Taylor and Helen Williams was rocked when two weeks before the November general election, Allain was slammed with allegations of misconduct. Simply put, Allain was accused 30 years ago of what was thought at the time to be conduct that no mainstream politician could survive. Yet Allain did. Allain — a divorced Natchez attorney and U.S. Army infantry combat veteran of the Korean Conflict — was leading Bramlett by 25 points in popularity polls before a group of his Republican opponents unveiled

allegations that Allain had engaged in sexual liaisons with three black, transvestite Sid Salter prostitutes. Allain veColumnist hemently denied the allegations. Bramlett challenged Allain to take a lie detector test and Allain eventually complied – releasing results that indicated that he was telling the truth. The allegations set off a state and national media circus — bringing in an appearance by Geraldo Rivera — who interviewed the three prostitutes and aired a story in which all three recanted their prior accusations against Allain. But after absorbing the allegations and watching the national and local media circus unfold, Mississippi voters simply didn’t buy the allegations. Not only did voters reject the allegations against Allain, they politically rebuked the Republicans who made them. Allain won the election — carrying 74 of the state’s 82 counties — and went on to

serve a productive term as governor despite complaints that he served the term somewhat cloistered in the Governor’s Mansion after the raucous, raunchy campaign. Among Allain’s greatest contributions and one that led to his election as governor was a lawsuit he filed while serving as attorney general that fundamentally changed state government. The lawsuit asked the state Supreme Court to stop members of the Mississippi Legislature served on boards, commissions, and agencies in the executive branch. Allain argued that Mississippi’s 1890 Constitution required a separation of powers and that legislators could not serve in the executive branch. The court sided with Allain, strengthening the office of governor. Also during Allain’s term came passage of gubernatorial succession and a restructuring of the state Board of Education. The low point of Allain’s term as governor was his unsuccessful 1987 veto of the AHEAD highway program. The state desperately needed the road program and Allain’s insistence that

the program be funded through bonding rather than taxes fell on deaf ears. Despite the personal campaign attacks and the national media attention it engendered, Allain remained active as long as his health enabled him to do so. Did he or didn’t he? Was he guilty of the allegations or the victim of a vicious smear? As a journalist, I didn’t know 30 years ago and I don’t know today. But I do know the majority of Mississippi voters had faith in Allain — faith enough to elect him governor and faith enough to reject the campaign tactics that threatened his election. As governor, Allain was aloof and distant with many in the media and certainly with me. But from the standpoint of public policy, Allain deserves to be remembered as an effective governor who left a positive mark on Mississippi. And 30 years after the dirtiest gubernatorial campaign I ever covered, may Gov. Allain rest in peace. Sid Salter is a syndicated columnist. Contact him at sidsalter@sidsalter.com.

Obama hurts blue states BY DICK MORRIS AND EILEEN MCGANN Columnists

In the wake of President Obama’s decision to allow state insurance commissioners to decide if the cancellations of health insurance policies Obamacare has forced are to stand, Democratic, blue-state commissioners are digging a hole for the president and for their party. So deep and so wide is the hole that it may serve as a grave in which to inter their party’s fortunes in the 2014 election. Obama gave these commissioners the power to let insurance companies waive the cancellations after an outpouring of bitterness and outrage forced Senate Democrats to hunt for a way to blunt the anger their constituents felt at having their policies cancelled. Not only did the cancellations force them to pay more for insurance — and perhaps also lose the doctors and hospitals with whom they had been working — it served as a bold reminder that the president lied when he promised that they could keep their plans

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and their doctors if they wished. In red states, Republican insurance commissioners have generally decided to let insurers and their customers co-operate to waive the cancellations. But the true believers in the blue states who serve as insurance commissioners have largely refused. So the very voters upon whom the Democratic Party must depend are the most likely to continue to be forced to cancel the policies they want, despite their wishes and protests. It’s hard to think of a more shortsighted policy than to anger your own voters in such a heavy-handed way. Now the arguments about big government and regulation will no longer be theoretical to Democratic voters. They will be forced to endure the cancellation of their own health plans. The legions that have lost their individual health insurance plans are only the tip of the iceberg. Tens of millions could face the cancellation of their group or employer-provided health insurance. The decision of the blue-state insurance

commissioners to sustain these cancellations assures plenty of ammunition for Republicans who oppose Obamacare and a vast willing constituency, right in the heart of blue America, willing to listen. But Obama’s gift to blue states doesn’t stop there. The Supreme Court has granted states the right to opt out of the Medicaid expansion built into the Obamacare legislation. Those who have Ok’d raising the Medicaid threshold for eligibility to 133 percent of the poverty level are finding that there are millions eager and willing to take advantage of the program. Some of these are already eligible and others are not. Both groups will cost state taxpayers a lot. One now and the other later. Immediately, the new Medicaid enrollees who have always been eligible but who haven’t signed up until now, will cost states a bundle. These new enrollments will only receive the federal reimbursement that Medicaid has always had -- usually between a half and a third of the cost varying by state. The new extra

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reimbursement will not be available for this new group of enrollees. We don’t know how many there are, but in Washington state, onethird of the new Medicaid enrollees were eligible before Obamacare was passed. So no extra reimbursement for them. And in three years, the states must pay 10 percent of the cost of the new enrollees who were made eligible by the Obamacare law. And three years after that? Who knows. The net effect of this new spending -- only in blue states, which accepted the Medicaid expansion -- will be huge increases in taxes now, in three years and in six years. The divide between the high-tax blue states and the low-tax red states will be heightened to the disadvantage of the Democrats in the blue states, particularly when jobs flow to red states. So, all in all, Obamacare sends a crushing political burden to blue states, but a much milder one to red states. The Democratic policies carry within themselves the seeds of their own destruction.

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Obama hopes youth accept health reform WASHINGTON â€” President Barack Obama says he hopes young people donâ€™t get discouraged by how hard it has been to implement health care reform. Obama spoke Wednesday to an audience of young leaders at a White House youth summit on health care. He told the participants that it has never been easy to make big changes in the United States, citing the civil rights movement and efforts by women to win the right to vote. The president also urged participants to help other young people enroll in insurance through the new health lawâ€™s exchanges. He says insurance coverage will cost most young people less than $100 per month. The White House needs young, healthy people to sign up for insurance in order to offset the cost of covering people with health issues.

ground. They and others were trying to set world records for group jumps. Participants met Wednesday and decided getting back in the air was the best way to pay tribute to their friends. â€œOf course it makes me a little nervous, but this kind of thing happens. Thatâ€™s the price of skydiving,â€? said Evgenii Dolgopolov, of Moscow, Russia, who witnessed the accident. Witnesses told investigators that both skydivers had open canopies when they ran into each other 200 to 300 feet above the ground, said Sgt. Brian Jerome, an Eloy police spokesman. Their canopies collapsed and they fell to the ground around 4:50 p.m., Jerome said. A third skydiver was injured in an unrelated accident.

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GA, Calif. â€” A man charged with killing a Transportation Security Administration officer and wounding three others during a rampage at Los Angeles International Airport has appeared in court with bruises on his face and a bandage on his neck. Paul Ciancia said little at the appearance Wednesday at a San Bernardino County jail facility where he is in federal custody. It was the first time heâ€™s been seen in public since the Nov. 1 attack at LAXâ€™s Terminal 3. Ciancia was shackled at his hands and feet. He didnâ€™t enter a plea to a murder charge that carries a possible death penalty if heâ€™s convicted. Investigators say the 23-year-old was targeting TSA officers when he killed Gerardo Hernandez. Three others were hurt. Ciancia was shot and wounded by airport police as passengers scrambled to safety.

says Rodriguez pointed a gun at two agents, but the document does not say he fired. When asked Wednesday who shot the officer, Richard Griffin, the Marshalsâ€™ supervisory agent in Jackson, says thatâ€™s still being investigated. The wounded agent is a Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics agent assigned to the task force. He was treated and released on Tuesday.

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Agentâ€™s shooting probe continues JACKSON â€” A U.S. Marshals Service supervisor says authorities are still investigating who shot a task force agent on Tuesday while officers were trying to serve a capital murder warrant in Jackson. The agentâ€™s stomach was grazed by a shot when the task force went to a house looking for Lucious Perkins, wanted for capital murder. Perkins was not in the house, but others were, including Arturo Rodriguez. A federal criminal complaint filed Wednesday

Hancock man faces murder charge BAY ST. LOUISÂ â€” Murder charges are being filed against a Hancock County man

is accused of shooting another man before engaging in a standoff with authorities Tuesday night. Sheriffâ€™s County Chief Deputy Don Bass says 55-year-old Gary Topham is being held in the death of Bruce Necaise. Bass says Necaise died overnight at USA Medical Center in Mobile, Ala. Bass says Topham and Neciase lived together at the property where the incident occurred. Authorities are still trying to piece together what what led to the violence. Bass says investigators believe the shooting occurred during an argument.

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Bettie Jean Ginn, 63, died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, at Magnolia Regional Health Center. Services are Friday at 11 a.m. at Magnolia Funeral Home. Visitation is today from 5 to 8 p.m.

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RIPLEY — Funeral services for Miles Franklin Hall, 51, are set for 1 p.m. today at Emmanuel Holiness Church with burial at Wells Chapel Cemetery. Mr. Hall died Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, at his home. Born Feb. 2, 1962, he was employed with Covent Transport Co. and was a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was a member of Emmanuel Holiness Church. Survivors include two sons, Brian Hall (Deanna) of Walnut and Nicholas Hall of Mexico; a daughter, Samantha Bolden (Jay) of Walnut; his mother, Joyce Hall of Ripley; four siblings, Tim Hall (Penny), Phil Hall and Brad Hall, all of Ripley, and Cindy Hitt (Buddy) of New Albany; and seven grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his father, Clarence Hall, and two brothers, Glenn and David Hall. Bro. Tim Hall and Bro. Terry Hall will officiate the service.

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Funeral services for Marshall “W.C” Thrasher, 78, are set for 2 p.m. Friday at Memorial Funeral Home with burial in Union Cemetery. Visitation is Friday from 12 noon until 2 p.m. Mr. Thrasher died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, at Magnolia Regional Health Center. He was a retired truck driver with Crum Trucking, a logger and farmer. He was preceded in death by his parents, William Clifton and Worthy Glissen Thrasher, and his brothers, Mitchell Thrasher and Roger Dale Thrasher. Survivors include his wife, Pauline Lawson Thrasher; a daughter, Tammy Stogner (Gary) of Kossuth; a son, Marshal Len Thrasher of Ripley; two brothers, Junior Thrasher (Mayzell) of Corinth and Pad Thrasher of Ripley; one sister, Dorothy Mills (Paul) of Corinth; four grandchildren, Kevin, Nikki, Kaitlin and Savannah; and two great-grandchildren. Terry Ray Vuncannon will officiate the service.

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Funeral services for Gladys Lee Walker-Lambert, 86, of Corinth, are set for 11 a.m. Saturday at Mason St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church with burial at Mason St. Luke Cemetery. Visitation is Friday from 6 to 7 p.m. at Patterson Memorial Chapel. Mrs. Walker-Lambert died Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013, at La Vergne, Tenn. Born Oct. 17, 1927, she attended Paul Mitchell School and was a nurse aide and homemaker. She was a Baptist. Survivors include two children, Howard L. Lambert and Mattie Knox; a brother, James Walker; a sister, Edna L. Martin; a stepbrother, J.B. Gwyn; five grandchildren, Varric K. Lambert, Jamelia Lambert, Nichelle L. Knox, Konan Lambert and Alexis Watts; and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Waymon H. Lambert; one son, Andrew F. (Tom) Lambert; her parents, Andrew Walker and Geneva Dickey-Walker-Gwyn; her grandparents, Lane and Louise Walker; and two siblings, Grady L.

Massachusetts boy pleads not guilty to killing teacher SALEM, Mass. — A 14-year-old boy pleaded not guilty to murder, aggravated rape and armed robbery charges Wednesday in the killing of his high school math teacher. Philip Chism is accused in the Oct. 22 death of Colleen Ritzer, a popular teacher at Danvers High School. Ritzer’s body was found in woods near the school with her throat slit and a note reading, “I hate you all.” Chism had already pleaded not guilty in district court, but the case was moved to Superior Court after he was indicted last month. His attorney agreed Wednesday to a prosecution request that he remain held without bail. The hearing lasted for about 15 minutes. Ritzer’s family and friends filled two rows of the courtroom. Chism had recently moved to Massachusetts from Clarksville, Tenn.

Embattled sheriff replaced for holiday parade HURLEY — Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd has been replaced as grand marshal in the annual Christmas parade in Hurley. Jeremy Snelgrove, volunteer firefighter and parade organizer, tells The Mississippi Press that Saturday’s parade leader will be Lt. Matt Butler, the Northeast Fire Department’s firefighter of the year in 2012. Snelgrove says Byrd has traditionally been the grand marshal annually for the parade. He says organizers and Fire Chief Kaleb Kirkwood made the decision to replace Byrd this week. Byrd is facing multiple charges — one federal charge in Alabama and 31 state charges in Mississippi. As part of a plea agreement, Byrd is expected to plead guilty on Dec. 10 in federal court in Mobile to one felony count. In Mississippi, Byrd faces 29 felonies and two misdemeanors.

Woman arrested in Tupelo fatal shooting TUPELO — A 27-year-old Tupelo woman has been charged with murder in a fatal shooting. Tupelo Police Lt. Jerry Davis says Latosha Isby allegedly shot an unidentified man Tuesday after an argument started among family members at their residence. The man later died at a Tupelo hospital. His name has not been released. Davis says police aren’t releasing any more information due to the ongoing investigation. He says Tupelo police officers found Isby at a Tupelo apartment complex soon after the shooting. Isby was being held in the Lee County Jail pending an initial court appearance.

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town’s website under a court order after a lengthy effort by The Associated Press to have them released for review. Another call came from a custodian, Rick Thorne, who said that a window at the front of the school was shattered and that he kept hearing shooting. While on the line with Thorne, the dispatcher told somebody off the call: “Get everyone you can going down there.” Thorne remained on the phone for several minutes. “There’s still shooting going on, please!” the custodian pleaded to Newtown’s 911 dispatcher, as six or seven shots could be heard booming in the background. “Still, it’s still going on!” The gunman, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, shot his way into the school the morning of Dec. 14 and killed 20 children and six educators with a semi-automatic rifle. He also killed his mother in their Newtown home before driving to the school, and he committed suicide as police arrived at the scene.

Newtown 911 dispatcher urged callers to take cover HARTFORD, Conn. — Recordings of 911 calls from the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that were released Wednesday show town dispatchers urged panicked callers to take cover, mobilized help and asked about the welfare of the children as gunshots could be heard at times in the background. One caller told police in a trembling, breathless voice that a gunman was shooting inside the building. “I caught a glimpse of somebody. They’re running down the hallway. Oh, they’re still running and still shooting. Sandy Hook school, please,” the woman said. In the minutes that followed, staff members inside the school pleaded for help as Newtown police juggled the barrage of calls. The calls were posted on the

MOSS POINT — A 51-year-old Moss Point man accused of manslaughter in his brother’s killing waived his right to a preliminary hearing in the case. On Tuesday, Municipal Judge Keith Miller then bound the case over to a Jackson County grand jury for indictment. The Sun Herald reports Lovin Payton is accused in the Nov. 24 killing of his brother 54-year-old Jerry Payton at the home the two shared with their mother. Police Chief Keith Davis said Lovin Payton was under the influence of alcohol and drugs and started yelling at his mother when Jerry Payton intervened. Davis said Lovin Payton punched his older brother “in the head a couple of times.” Lovin Payton is jailed on a $100,000 bond.

City withholds report in Horhn DUI arrest JACKSON — The city of Jackson is rejecting The Clarion-Ledger’s request for the incident report following last month’s arrest of state Sen. John Horhn on a DUI charge. Mississippi law says incident reports are public. The move comes after WAPT-TV obtained the document, which indicates the Jackson Democrat shouted at the officer who arrested him. WAPT reported that among other things, Horhn yelled, “Do you know who I am? You are going to lose your job.” Responding Tuesday to a Nov. 19 request, an assistant city clerk writes City Attorney Latrice Westbrook is withholding the report or any video because the case remains under investigation.

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Honesty brings the best Christmas ever BY JIMMY REED Columnist

In Hollandale, a tiny Mississippi Delta town, Purlean and Ug Upton owned a mom-andpop store, and paid top dollar for pecans. Few folks knew his real name, but one look explained â€œUg.â€? A mule kicked him on the cheek, and his jaws no longer matched, giving his face a frightful twist. The blow also affected one eye, which focused momentarily and then roamed, which terrified me. Each year, Jaybird, my beloved boyhood mentor, and I gathered the nuts in my fatherâ€™s pecan grove, sold them to the Uptons and split the proceeds with Dad, who was so tight folks said he didnâ€™t even take

in all the air he needed. Giving something for nothing was not his way. If I wanted Christmas cash, I earned it. That fall, pecans covered the ground. Jaybird devised a technique whereby we walked in circles, spiraling out from the tree trunk, filling buckets and dumping them in burlap bags. I was saving for my first shotgun, and eagerly anticipated the weekly trips to Uptonâ€™s in Jaybirdâ€™s old pickup to sell the harvest. Mr. Wade at the hardware store promised to hold the Remington shotgun until a week before Christmas, but if I didnâ€™t have the money by then, he would offer it to other customers. He let me hold the brown-stocked, blue-barreled

beauty a couple of times, and I savored the smell of gun oil. On one of the Saturday trips to Hollandale, Uptonâ€™s was packed with folks selling pecans. Ug weighed and wrote out receipts, which Purlean redeemed at the cash register. In his haste, he scribbled two receipts, giving one to Jaybird â€Ś and one to me. Not noticing this, Jaybird handed his receipt to Purlean, took the money, gave me change for candy and a pop, and moseyed out front. Purlean was as slow-witted as Ug was ugly, and I knew she wouldnâ€™t notice the duplicate receipt. The gun oil smell pushed me over the edge, and I got in line, furtively glancing at Ug. Purlean peered down at me

through scratched bifocals and counted out the cash. The Remington was mine! Noticing my smiling face as we headed home, Jaybird asked why I was so happy. When I told him about my clever trick, the old black man eased off the road and U-turned. I froze in fear. â€œPlease donâ€™t go back â€Ś Iâ€™m scared of Mr. Ug,â€? I begged. â€œHeâ€™ll never know.â€? Jaybird drove on. Stopping in front of Uptonâ€™s, he muttered, â€œIâ€™ll wait here.â€? â€œMr. Ug, somehow me and Jaybird got paid twice, and didnâ€™t discover the mistake until after we left.â€? My knees knocked. That eye focused on me, and then began roaming, as a toothless smile

creased his slanted jaw. â€œThatâ€™s a mighty honest thing you did,â€? he drawled, peeling off a twenty from the returned money. â€œHere, boy â€” Merry Christmas.â€? Between what I wheedled out of Jaybird, plus the twenty and my stash, I had enough to buy the shotgun. That was my best Christmas. Oxford resident Jimmy Reed (jimmycecilreedjr@gmail. com) is a newspaper columnist, author and college professor. His latest collection of short stories (Boss, Jaybird And Me: Anthology Of Short Stories) can be purchased at Square Books (squarebooks. com/book/9780977377411; 662-236-2262).

Couple restores home in childhood neighborhood BY TAMMY SMITH The Sun Herald

OCEAN SPRINGS â€” When she was a girl, Louann Sekul enjoyed walking from her home near downtown Ocean Springs down to the pier and back up to the stores lining Washington Avenue, where she knew every shop owner and they knew her. Itâ€™s a tradition sheâ€™s heard from her contemporaries as well as women a generation older than her who also grew up in Ocean Springs. Her walk would take her past a single-story Queen Anne house on a corner almost across the street from her own home. It had a deep, inviting front porch, and it belonged to the grandparents of one of her friends, Virginia Shanteau Newton.

Louann grew up and married Rock Sekul, and they bought a house in the Gulf Hills neighborhood of Ocean Springs. Then Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005. â€œWe lost our home in Gulf Hills in the storm,â€? she said. â€œAfter that, we were living in the Bienville subdivision, but itâ€™s kind of far out of town, and I missed being near everything.â€? Meanwhile, carpenter George Schamberger was planning on putting a house he owned on the market. It was a Queen Anne near downtown and had undergone a huge transformation, retaining much of its original architectural detail while becoming more open, inviting and updated inside. Louann found out about Schambergerâ€™s plans, and

she and Rock were interested in his house. So, through a series of puzzle pieces fitting together just right, the Sekuls bought the Queen Anne, the same house Louann would walk past en route to her own when she was a girl. Longtime Ocean Springs residents likely remember it as the home of Marcus Franklin Shanteau and Loraine Craft Shanteau. The owners arenâ€™t sure exactly how old the house is. Ocean Springs historian Ray Bellande has information stating the cottage was relocated from another site in 1899. The front porch is a probable place to find the Sekuls, who bought the house about a year and a half ago. â€œOh, yes, we sit out here and just enjoy, enjoy, enjoy. I grew up right over

there,â€? she said, pointing to her childhood home. â€œPeople do that all along the street, sit on the porch and watch everybody go by.â€? Enter through the houseâ€™s original front door and sunlight streams into the living room from a bay window onto hardwood floors and antique and contemporary furniture. The roomâ€™s fireplace is one of its focal points. â€œThatâ€™s an original fireplace, but it crumbled on George, so he put this faux fireplace in,â€? she said. A spandrel over the doorway appears to be original, as identical Victorian-era woodwork can be seen in photos taken during the renovation. Schamberger removed a wall between what was a bedroom and the dining room, replacing it with a

two-sided fireplace providing transition between the two spaces. The old bedroom is now a cheerful dining area, and the former dining room is now the family area. The east wall showcases the houseâ€™s original beaded board walls. â€œIâ€™m glad he did that,â€? Louann said, referring to Schamberger. â€œItâ€™s just right. Itâ€™s neat to see the beaded board, but I donâ€™t think doing it all over the house would work.â€? Pottery she rescued from the site of their Gulf Hills house adds color to the mantel in the living room. The kitchenâ€™s footprint is identical to that of the original house, she said, but the adjoining breakfast area is reuse of an existing space. â€œThis used to be the porch,â€? Louann said. â€œVir-

ginia told me her grandparents had a little table out here, and thatâ€™s where they would eat breakfast.â€? The Sekuls continue that tradition in the enclosed space. Schamberger used more of the beaded board on its ceiling, subtly calling to mind the original porch. The kitchenâ€™s new ceiling is pressed tin. Schamberger also added the current master bedroom and bath. The bedroom includes a generous walk-in closet, and the bathâ€™s showpiece is the original clawfoot tub. For Louann, coming back to her old neighborhood is more than just a place to live. â€œI used to do the historic walking tours here, and I love the old houses in Ocean Springs,â€? she said. â€œIâ€™m so glad I get to live in one.â€?

Public art project sentence elicits the profound, profane BY CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press

SYRACUSE, N.Y. â€” It is public art made of private wishes. In a phenomenon spreading across the globe, oversized blackboards, painted on buildings and freestanding displays, invite passers-by to complete the sentence: â€œBefore I die I want to ...â€? Answers, some profound, some profane, are written on stenciled lines with pieces of sidewalk chalk picked from the ground below. â€œ... make my dad proud.â€? â€œ... find the yin to my yang.â€? Since artist Candy Chang created the first

wall on an abandoned house in her New Orleans neighborhood in 2011, more than 400 walls have gone up in the United States and more than 60 other countries, including Kazakhstan, Mexico, Iraq, Haiti, South Korea and South Africa. â€œ... be happy.â€? â€œ... see Italy.â€? â€œIâ€™ve been surprised by how quickly people have dropped their guards and written sincere and sometimes heartbreaking things on these walls,â€? said Chang, who said the first wall was inspired by the loss of a loved one. â€œIt reassures me that Iâ€™m not alone as I try to make sense of my life.â€? â€œ... eat more everything.â€?

â€œ... get my wife back.â€? â€œ... slow down for a moment and maybe even stop.â€? â€œItâ€™s an honest mess of the longing, anxiety, joy, pain, gratitude, insecurity and wonder you find in every community. ... Itâ€™s like collective therapy in public space,â€? said Chang, responding to questions via email. Chang earned a masterâ€™s degree in urban planning and sees in public spaces the potential to unify and communicate. Her own entries have ranged from â€œenjoy more places with the people I loveâ€? to â€œrevive a ghost town.â€? â€œI donâ€™t know if maybe youâ€™re more likely to do it because now itâ€™s out there for the world to see,

thereâ€™s just something magical about stuff like this,â€? said Sara McAlister, 22, after stopping to write on a former factory building in Syracuse. â€œI think putting it out there, even considering the question, is going to make a difference.â€? â€œTravel the world,â€? â€˜â€˜brighten someoneâ€™s day,â€? wrote McAlister, a bartender who recently finished a masterâ€™s degree in social work at Syracuse University. â€œAnd between you and me, I wrote, marry this one over here,â€? she said, nodding toward her boyfriend, Patrick Kraushaar, 26, who was writing â€œinspire someone positivelyâ€? and â€œmake my family proud.â€?

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and backgrounds stop and write, some lingering, others dashing off a hope and hurrying off. Chang said a universal theme is personal wellbeing, citing repeat entries like: â€œcome to terms with who I am,â€? â€˜â€˜have no regrets,â€? â€˜â€˜forgive and be forgiven,â€? â€˜â€˜heal.â€? A hardcover book, â€œBefore I Die,â€? released earlier this month by St. Martinâ€™s Press, permanently captures some of the answers, which are often otherwise erased to make room for more.

Most kings become king through a royal inheritance, But my King shares his inheritance with me. -Colossians 3:24 â€œKnowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.â€? Some men fight for their king, But my King faught and died for me. -Philippians 2:8 â€œAnd being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.â€? Some men pay taxes to their king, But my King paid the price for me. -Colossians 2:14 â€œBlotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;â€?

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’Tis the season

MARKET SUMMARY G

Supermarket watch

Spending trends holding?

Wall Street anticipates that Kroger’s earnings and revenue grew in the third quarter versus a year earlier. The supermarket operator, due to release its latest quarterly report card today, has worked to build shopper loyalty with improved offerings. The company, which also runs the Ralphs and Fry’s chains, has seen sales benefit this year from an increase in the number of loyal households, which Kroger defines by factors such as spending amounts and frequency of visits.

Dollar General customers have been spending more, on average, per transaction this year. The trend helped the discounter’s earnings jump 15 percent in the second quarter. Growth in customer traffic also helped boost revenue at stores open at least a year. Did those spending and traffic trends continue into the third quarter? Find out today, when Dollar General reports its latest quarterly results.

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based on past 12 months’ results Source: FactSet

Thursday, December 5, 2013

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Economic snapshot

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