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City changes insurance providers BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

The City of Corinth is making a few changes in its employee benefit oﬀerings in the coming year. The Board of Aldermen vot-

ed last week to change providers for vision, dental and life insurance. Enrollment is currently in progress. The city is staying with Blue Cross Blue Shield for employee medical insurance and with

AmFirst Insurance for gap coverage. The city covers the entire health insurance cost, including the gap coverage; employees do not take a payroll deduction for health insurance.

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Representatives of the Friends of the Siege and Battle of Corinth completed the donation of 11 tracts of land totaling over 350 acres to Shiloh National Military Park on Thursday, Dec. 8 The Corinth Unit of Shiloh National Military Park was established on Sept. 22, 2000, and has an authorized land area of approximately 950 acres. With this donation, the park now owns over 800 acres of the Corinth battlefield unit. Among the donated lands are Battery Robinett, Confederate Siege works, various surviving fortifications, and significant portions of the battlefield landscape, where attacking Confederate forces engaged the Union garrison occupying the town in VFW Quartermaster Michael Gold and bartender Holly Crum prepare for Christmas and New Year.

VFW plans New Year’s Eve gala BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com

Continuing their eﬀorts to raise money for local veterans and community causes, VFW Post 3962 of Corinth is preparing to host their annual New Year’s Eve Blow Out. Slated for 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 31, the sparking gala will feature live music, party favors and champagne to toast the New Year. Classic and modern country music entertainment will be provided by the Dwight Wadkins Band beginning at

7:30 p.m. A hearty breakfast consisting of eggs, sausage, biscuits and gravy will be catered by Bobby White, owner of the Pit Stop Cafe. Orange juice, coffee and other beverages will also be provided. The breakfast will be served in the auxiliary room. Two bottles of champagne will be available at each table for the New Year countdown and toast. Attendees will have the opportunity to watch the ball drop on the big screen. Tickets for the celebratory

Community supports Corinth Ballet’s matinee BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com

From one child’s exclamation of “Wow! That’s cool!” to Clara’s beloved nutcracker bouncing unexpectedly oﬀ stage, the Corinth Ballet’s Sunday matinee was filled with excitement and intrigue. Impressing audience members with her stunning grace and exceptional poise, ballerina Tinley Wharton twirled into her dream role as Clara Stahlbaum, the lead female

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Group donates over 350 acres to Shiloh park

Basket Fund tops $5,000 The 21st Annual Corinth Rotary Club/Daily Corinthian Christmas Basket Fund has topped the $5,000 mark. A $23,000 fund raising goal was set so 1,000 food baskets can be given to local families beginning at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 17 at the Crossroads Arena. The newspaper has received $5,305 in donations so far. Donations include a $100 anonymous gift; $100 from Ryan and Pat Jacobs; $40 from Helen and John D. Caroll in memory of Marie Dyson; $30 from W.D. Smith, Melody Wallis and Deedee Smith in memory of Johanna Smith; $100 from Charlie and Janis Honey in memory of Wallace and Quay Poole; $100 from Mickey Davis, Stefanie, Scott, Sarah and Sydney McClain in memory of Bobby Dean Davis; $50 anonymous gift in honor of the Ladies of the Roundtable; $100 from Ann P. Rhodes and Lin R. Gilmer in memory of Linton and Mike Rhodes; $1,000 from Waldron Street Christian Church; and $200 from Sam and Barbara Tull. Christmas Basket Fund donations can be made “in honor of” or “in memory of” a special person or persons. The tribute will be published in the Daily Corinthian. Donations can be brought by the newspaper oﬃce or mailed to: Daily Corinthian, Attn.: Christmas Basket Fund, P.O. Box 1800, Corinth, MS 38835.

The plan continues with a $1,000 deductible and will have an out-of-pocket maximum of $2,350. Sun Life is the new provider

event are $15 for members and $25 for non-members. They may be purchased in advance, but must be obtained before Tuesday, Dec. 27. Patrons must be at least 21 years old to attend since alcohol will be served. “This is going to be a great event and I can guarantee you will have a super time,” said Post Commander Harold Reinke, who is fondly known as “Yogi.” “I hope everyone will come out and support the

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Firemen host toy giveaway BY BOBBY J. SMITH bsmith@dailycorinthian.com

JACINTO — An Alcorn County fire department is working to provide a better Christmas for some local kids. A Christmas toy giveaway is slated for Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Jacinto Volunteer Fire Department.

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People of the Crossroads Charlotte Icardi, Corinth Citl Staff photo by Jebb Johnston

character in Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker.” Emotional, captivating and often times humorous, the 2 p.m. performance was well attended with many turning out to support the cast. Complete with a decadent set for Candy Mountain and one impressively growing Christmas tree, the students of Turning Pointe Dance

Charlotte Icardi enjoys keeping busy as a volunteer with groups such as the Crossroads Museum and the Magnolia Regional Health Center Auxiliary. Originally from Utah, she and husband Steve came to Corinth about 15 years ago from Maryland for his work with ATK in Tishomingo County. A member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, she is passionate about the environment and animals, especially birds, and enjoys flower gardening. The Icardis coordinated Audobon activities locally for some time. They have seven horses including Tennessee walkers and a Trakehner, which is a dressage horse, and they enjoy riding.

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Alcorn School District Superintendent Tony Parker is honored as he prepares to leave for a new job as a superintendent in Michigan. Superintendent-elect Mike Wamsley will succeed him with the start of the new year.

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Academy delighted with their rendition of the Russian classic. Moving the audience to tears with her heartwarming testimony, Director Crystal Sweeney related her story of a time when she found herself on her father’s doorstep with her young child in her arms not knowing which direction to take or how she would even aﬀord to buy Christmas presents that year. “To me Christmas is not about the gifts you receive,” she said. “I love to buy presents for others and to take my time selecting the perfect gift for everyone. I was absolutely heartbroken at the prospect of not being able to provide Christmas for my child.” Thanks to the generosity of The Lighthouse Foundation, not only was Sweeney able to select presents for her loved ones at no cost, but she also had a chance meeting with a young girl who would ultimately change her life. “She was bubbly and quirky and immediately set me at ease,” said Sweeney. “I was extremely nervous at first, but she made it okay for me to be

Staff photo by Kimberly Shelton

The Nutcracker included Mae Monaghan (top row, from left) is Candy Land sweetheart, Mary Morgan Gardecki as the Mouse King, Emily Poindexter as the lead in Polichinelle, (second row from left) Quinn Wharton as the Candy Land Prince Julia Taylor, Lead Soldier Lizzie Carpenter as Candy Land Sweetheart, John Orman, Jr. as Candy Land Prince, Kane Wharton as Candy Land Prince, (front row, from left) Samuel Grey as John, Clara’s brother. Staff photo by Kimberly Shelton

Tinley Wharton and Joe Perry are shown as Clara and the Nutcracker. there.” The only child every allowed to help select gifts at The Lighthouse Toy Store, Madeleine Gardecki would reappear during a crucial time in Sweeney’s life. “I really wanted to open up my own ballet studio and read somewhere that

when trying to make a decision, you should name three reasons why you can’t,” she said. “The first one was finances. I could only aﬀord to rent a space for $500 a month, but it really needed to be more like $200. My second was that I was out of shape and my third I can’t even remember right now, but it was very important to me at the time.”

“Once I had my three reasons why I couldn’t, the advice then instructed me to pick those that God couldn’t handle. I decided that there weren’t any,” she continued. “So, I told my parents and a few friends my plan and much to my surprise, they supported the idea completely.” Having given up on dance, Sweeney’s first student was also at a crossroads and as faith would have it, turned out

to be none other than Madeleine Gardecki – the girl who had shown her such kindness as she hesitantly picked out gifts at the toy store. Now a teacher at Turning Pointe Dance Academy, the 17-year-old dancer teaches others to do the thing she loves most, but had almost given up on. Applauding Gardecki for her tireless dedication as assistant director, Sweeney also recognized parents, sponsors and au-

dience members for their invaluable support. “We want to thank everyone for their contributions and acclamation because at the end of the day when their final performance is over, the applause and recognition they receive from you, the audience will be all they are left with,” she said. “There are no medals or trophies, just the memory of achieving that one perfect moment on stage for all to see.”

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“I know there are a lot of kids out there in the community who need help,” said Jacinto Fire Chief Keith Hughes. “I grew up in a big family and know how it is.” Hughes, who has volunteered at the Jacinto Fire Department for almost 30 years, said he collected the toys while working with the Rienzi auction. “The people at the Rienzi auction have bee wonderful about buying

stuﬀ and donating it to me,” he said. Everyone is invited. Toys for boys and girls will be available, as well as cookies and other snacks. While Hughes believes he has collected plenty of toys for the event, donations will still be welcome. The Christmas toy giveaway is something Hughes has been wanting to do for many years, the fire chief said. “I’ve been wanting to do this for a very long time and didn’t know how

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Today in History Today is Wednesday, Dec. 14, the 349th day of 2016. There are 17 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 14, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson vetoed an immigration measure aimed at preventing “undesirables” and anyone born in the “Asiatic Barred Zone” from entering the U.S. (Congress overrode Wilson’s veto in Feb. 1917.)

On this date: In 1799, the first president of the United States, George Washington, died at his Mount Vernon, Virginia, home at age 67. In 1819, Alabama joined the Union as the 22nd state. In 1911, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team became the first men to reach the South Pole, beating out a British expedition led by Robert F. Scott. In 1918, “Il Trittico,” a trio of one-act operas by Giacomo Puccini, premiered at New York’s Metropolitan Opera House. (The third opera, “Gianni Schicchi,” featured the aria “O Mio Babbino Caro,” which was an instant hit.) In 1936, the comedy “You Can’t Take It With You” by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart opened on Broadway. In 1946, the United Nations General Assembly voted to establish the U.N.’s headquarters in New York. In 1964, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States, ruled that Congress was within its authority to enforce the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against racial discrimination by private businesses (in this case, a motel that refused to cater to blacks).

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Prentiss County criminal escapes prison, captured GREENWOOD – Law enforcement are still searching for two of the three men who escaped from a Greenwood facility early Monday morning. According to the Mississippi Department of Corrections, two probationers and a parolee escaped from the Greenwood Restitution Center in Leflore County around 2 a.m. Michael Smith, who was serving a seven-year sentence from Prentiss County, was captured hours later by the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office. Officials are still searching for Corey Scruggs, who was sentenced in Pontotoc County for burglary, and parolee Kenneth Arrington, serving an 8-year sentence out of Washington County for car theft, burglary and felony malicious mischief. All three were ordered by the courts to a restitution center until they have paid off all their fees and fines. Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Scruggs is asked to call MDOC at 662745-6611.

Ripley Tippah Toys for Tots needs donations RIPLEY — Tippah County Toys for Tots is in serious need of donations for this year’s Christmas effort. According to the SouthernSentinel, the program, which is a collaborative effort of the Tippah County Sheriff’s Department and the Iron Warriors, provides Christmas gifts for low income children in Tippah County. They rely on the generosity of community members to obtain those gifts. This year, donations are lower than they have been in the past and organizers are working to try and meet the needs of applicants. Donations can also be dropped off at the Tippah County Sheriff’s Department. Donations or new toys or monetary donations are appreci-

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Oxford Ole Miss mourns another student death OXFORD – Students at the University of Mississippi are mourning the loss of another classmate. The Oxford Eagle reports that 20-year-old Elizabeth Cheek died Sunday at a home she shared with roommates in the Oxford area. The Lafayette County coroner was able to confirm her death. This marks the fourth death of an Ole Miss student within the last month-and-a-half.

Tupelo Humane society breaks ground on new facility TUPELO – The Tupelo-Lee Humane Society board hosted the groundbreaking ceremony for its new facility this week. According to WTVA-TV, several members of the Tupelo City Council, Lee County Board of Supervisors and the Tupelo-Lee Humane Society Board were on hand at the event which was held at the Tupelo Furniture Market due to the threat of bad weather. The current building on South Gloster Street has poor heat and air and only holds about 150 animals, and that is with them doubled up in cages. The new building will have space for at least 300 animals. Board President Jay Quimby says the new building will have nearly three times the space as the current facility and will have a low-cost spay and neuter clinic. Construction is scheduled to begin after the first of the year. The new building should be open by early summer.

Oxford Post office to be named after fallen soldier OXFORD – A post office in

Oxford is being named after a soldier who was killed in Afghanistan in 2008. According to The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, President Obama is expected to sign legislation today that will name the U.S. Postal Service facility on McElroy Drive the “Army First Lieutenant Donald C. Carwile Post Office Building.” The Senate approved the bill, which was introduced by Rep. Trent Kelly (R-Miss.), on Saturday before Congress adjourned. Carwile was killed Aug. 15, 2008, during a combat mission in Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. A Lafayette High School graduate, he enlisted in the Army in 2006 and qualified for Officer Candidate School. He earned numerous service awards and decorations, including the Bronze Star Medal and the Purple Heart. “I’m really proud,” said Carwile’s father, Dennis. “It’s an honor for me and my wife Judy. He’s always going to be our hero. I can’t be more pleased that this has happened. I can’t thank everybody enough that has worked to get this done.” The House of Representatives passed Kelly’s bill in September. It was approved unanimously by the Senate early Saturday, after Mississippi senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker pressed for the legislation to be considered and approved prior to the Senate adjourning.

Tupelo Law enforcement search for robbery suspect TUPELO – Area law enforcement are searching for the man responsible for at least three armed robberies in less than a week. Tupelo police say the same man who robbed two cash advance businesses on Dec. 6 also robbed Tupelo’s Approved Cash on Monday evening, according to The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. A lone black male entered Approved Cash at 608 North Gloster St. around 6 p.m. as the business was closing for

the day. The suspect displayed a weapon and demanded cash. He then left with an undetermined amount of cash. On Dec. 6, businesses in Tupelo and New Albany were robbed by the same suspect within hours. At 1:20 p.m., a black male wearing a blue jacket and red hat robbed the Quick Cash at 1706 North Gloster St. The suspect brandished a handgun during the robbery and left with an undisclosed amount of cash. Around 2:30 p.m., a black male wearing a blue jacket and a red hat robbed Money N Minutes, located in a strip mall near the New Albany Walmart. New Albany Police Chief Chris Robertson said the suspect fled the scene, heading west on Interstate 22 toward Memphis. Anyone with information as to the identity of the suspect is asked to call 662-841-6491 or Crime Stoppers of NE Mississippi at 1-800-773-TIPS.

Oxford Women face income tax fraud, trial date set OXFORD – A trial date has been set for two women accused of taking tax refunds from people they prepared returns for. A federal indictment accuses Veronica Loyd and Brittany Kimble, both of Enid, of working together in the scheme. The 20-count indictment says in April 2014, Loyd prepared returns for several people in Tallahatchie County, but had their refunds sent to her using prepaid debit cards. The documents accuse Loyd of giving the cards to Kimble with the intention of getting the cash for their personal use. In one case, Loyd was accused of acting as an IRS agent to get one person to hand over their return because of an “overpayment issue.” The indictment also accuses Loyd of attempting of threatening a Department of Treasury agent with a shovel while yelling at the agent. The trial date has been set for February 6 in Oxford.

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Budget writers prepare to say ‘no’ to requests JACKSON — Directors of Mississippi government agencies should get accustomed to one word as the 2017 legislative session approaches. “No.” Based on early budget proEmily posals released by Gov. Phil Wagster Bryant and legislative leaders, Pettus that will be the answer to plenty of requests. Capitol Dome Mississippi’s economy continues to grow slowly, and tax cuts are projected to reduce the money that state government collects to pay for schools, mental health care, Medicaid, county health clinics, restaurant inspections, the state Crime Lab, casino regulators and other services. The 2018 budget year begins July 1, and legislators face a late March deadline. Republican Bryant released his executive budget recommendation Nov. 15, and it is posted to the governor’s website (http://bit. ly/2gsLctk). The Joint Legislative Budget Committee released its own recommendations, which can be found on the site of Legislative Budget Office (http://bit.ly/2gsJrMw). Both documents are just proposals, and details are likely to change. But, they provide insight about leaders’ priorities before the threemonth legislative session begins Jan. 3. The Legislative Budget Committee — made up of 11 Republicans and three Democrats — recommends spending almost $6.2 billion during fiscal 2018, which begins July 1. That is a reduction of $195.3 million, or 3 percent, from the current year. Bryant uses similar numbers. Some proposals appear in both budget blueprints, including one that might cause heartburn for state employees worried about job security. Bryant recommends lifting state Personnel Board oversight for all agencies, which would remove civil-service protection and make it easier for agencies to hire or fire workers. Bryant and top lawmakers say they want the state to rebuild its savings account. For more than two decades, Mississippi has had a rule that the state should spend no more than 98 percent of the money it expects to collect in a given year, with 2 percent being set aside into a rainy day fund. Legislators who make the rules can also break them, and the 2 percent set-aside rule has been roundly ignored when money is tight. However, financial markets like states to have money in savings to provide a cushion if tax revenues drop. Several agencies cut services heading into fiscal 2017, and they could face even tighter budgets in the coming year. In May, Mental Health director Diana Mikula announced the department was making several cuts, including closing 67 drug and alcohol rehabilitation beds and 29 beds at the State Hospital at Whitfield for patients with both a major mental disorder and a complex medical condition. In October, Mikula told lawmakers the department has 1,453 fewer employees than it did in 2008, partly because of budget cuts. Legislators are recommending a nearly 3.3 percent cut for Mental Health in the coming year. Other programs face tougher prospects. Legislators propose a 37 percent cut for the State Public Defender’s Office, which is already a small part of the state budget. The office is budgeted nearly $3.2 million this year, and legislators propose cutting that to just under $2 million. The governor proposes cutting the office by $58,078, or 1.8 percent. Both budgets recommend cuts for universities, the Department of Health, the Department of Corrections and the Mississippi Development Authority. State agency directors rarely receive all the money they request, and this won’t be the first session for them to hear “no.” But, budget writers might be saying it earlier and more emphatically than they do most years. Emily Wagster Pettus has covered Mississippi government and politics since 1994. Follow her on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ EWagsterPettus.

Prayer for today Gracious Father, keep me cheerful and courageous, that I may not be given to weary murmurings. May my hours of solitude be spent profitably as they pass. Grant that I may be a help to those who are in need of sympathy and encouragement, and through the peace that is given to me help them to a tranquil life. Amen.

A verse to share But be sure to fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you. –1 Samuel 12:24

GOP aims to be the party of workers In the course of a couple of tweets, Donald Trump may have ended the image of the GOP as the party of corporate America. After striking a Carrier deal to preserve about 800 jobs, the president-elect slapped the Indiana company Rexnord on Twitter for “rather viciously firing” its workers and then went after Boeing for ripping oﬀ the public on a $3 billion Air Force One deal. Just like that, and in less than 280 characters, Trump had established more distance from big business than the GOP had in a generation. In his frenetic way, he is forcing a reorientation of the Republican Party’s economics, a change that is welcome in its broad contours, even if his methods are dubious and the potential pitfalls considerable. Gone is the vaguely Randian emphasis on “makers vs. takers,” with anyone who doesn’t earn enough to make a net contribution to the funding of the federal government considered a parasite on the body politic. Gone is the obsession

with the federal deficit that has long been the King Charles’ head of Republican polRich icymakers. Gone is Lowry the diﬃculty National of conceivReview ing of people as anything other than consumers or budding entrepreneurs who care only about the top marginal tax rate. Contradicting these tropes, Trump bragged about taking even more people oﬀ the tax rolls; paid only lip service to the deficit; and made workers and their jobs his most prominent theme. Of course, Republican politicians always talk about jobs and the economy, although usually in the bloodless context of gross domestic product growth. Obviously, we want the GDP to grow, but it can be an empty metric for average workers. In fact, it’s possible to pursue policies that increase the GDP -- for

instance, growing the labor force through higher immigration -- while harming the interests of workers. Trump hammered away at what’s the true bottom line of the economy for most people -- their wages. If you squint just right, you can see a Trump economic strategy. It is to increase growth through traditional Republican means (i.e., tax reform and deregulation), at the same time he aims to directly create a tighter labor market. To that end, he wants to soak up labor with an infrastructure program and to reduce foreign competition by discouraging outsourcing and squeezing immigration. Ultimately, wages grow when productively increases, but a tighter labor market helps. One way to look at trade and immigration policy over the past several decades is that the political class has decided that lesseducated Americans should have to compete more with less-educated foreigners, who either work in factories overseas where U.S. concerns relocate, or come here

themselves to live and work. The ultimate metric for success for Trump will be whether he can get wages reliably increasing, and pull more of these people back into the workforce. All that said, there is much to worry about in Trump’s approach. A president of the United States calling out individual companies is inherently arbitrary and subject to abuse. There is a lot of room between being deficit-obsessive and acting as though we don’t have to pay for anything. And a blowout $1 trillion infrastructure program would, inevitably, be politicized and wasteful. In all these areas, one hopes Trump will be more restrained -- and constrained, particularly by Congress. But the party should accept the new terms Trump has set out for its economic worldview, and focus on workers and their wages more than it has any time in memory. Daily Corinthian columnist Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.

Has the Trumpian revolution begun? The wailing and keening over the choice of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head the EPA appears to be a lead indicator of a coming revolution far beyond Reagan’s. “Trump Taps Climate Skeptic For Top Environmental Post,” said The Wall Street Journal. “Climate Change Denial,” bawled a disbelieving New York Times, which urged the Senate to put Pruitt in a “dust bin.” Clearly, though his victory was narrow, Donald Trump remains contemptuous of political correctness and defiant of liberal ideology. For environmentalism, as conservative scholar Robert Nisbet wrote in 1982, is more than the “most important social movement” of the 20th century. It is a militant and dogmatic faith that burns heretics. “Environmentalism is well on its way to becoming the third great wave of redemptive struggle in Western history,” wrote Nisbet, “the first being Christianity, the second modern socialism.” In picking a “climate denier” to head EPA, Trump is rejecting revealed truth. Yet, as with his choices of Steve Bannon as White House strategist and Sen. Jeﬀ Sessions as attorney general, he has shown himself to be an unapologetic apostate to liberal ortho-

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doxy. Indeed, with his presidency, we may be entering a postliberal era. Pat In 1950, Buchanan literary critic Lionel TrillColumnist ing wrote, “In the United States at this time liberalism is not only the dominant but even the sole intellectual tradition. For it is the plain fact that nowadays there are no conservative or reactionary ideas in general circulation.” The rise of the conservative movement of Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan revealed liberalism’s hour to be but a passing moment. Yet, today, something far beyond conservatism seems to be afoot. As Hegel taught, in the dialectic of history the thesis calls into existence the antithesis. What we seem to be seeing is a rejection, and a counterreformation against the views and values that came out of the social and political revolutions of the 1960s. Consider the settled doctrine Trump disrespected with Pruitt. We have long been instructed that climate change is real, that its cause is manmade, that it imperils the planet with rising seas, hurricanes and storms, that all

nations have a duty to curb the release of carbon dioxide to save the world for future generations. This is said to be “scientific truth,” and “climate deniers” are like people who believe the earth is flat and the sun revolves around it. Some hold the matter to be so grave that climate deniers should be censored for promoting socially destructive falsehoods. Yet, the people remain skeptical. Their worry is not that the rising waters of the Med will swamp the Riviera, but that tens of millions of Arabs, Muslims and Africans may be coming across to swamp Europe, and that millions of Mexicans may cross the Rio Grande to swamp the USA. Call them climate deniers or climate skeptics, but they see the establishment as running the Big Con to effect a transfer of wealth and power away from the people -- and to themselves. Across the West, establishments have lost credibility. The proliferation of minority parties, tearing oﬀ pieces of the traditional ruling parties, points to a growing distrust in ruling regimes and a return to identifying with the nation and tribe whence one came. A concomitant of this is a growing disbelief in egalitarianism and in the equality of all races, creeds, nations,

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cultures and peoples. The Supreme Court may say all religions are equal and all must be treated equally. But do Americans believe Christianity and Islam are equal? How could they, when Christians claim their faith has as its founder the Son of God and God himself? After calling for a ban on Muslim immigration, Trump was elected president. After inviting a million refugees from Syria’s civil war into Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel admits having made a mistake and is now in favor of letting German cities and towns decide if women should be allowed to wear burqas. A sea change in thought is taking place in the West. Liberalism appears to be a dying faith. America’s elites may still preach their trinity of values: diversity, democracy, equality. But the majorities in America and Europe are demanding that the borders be secured and Third World immigrants kept out. Nothing seems settled or certain. All is in flux. But change is coming. “Things are in the saddle, and ride mankind.” Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of the new book “The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority.”

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Kayla Mercer of the Kossuth FFA Chapter in Mississippi was one of 46 participants in the FFA Extemporaneous Public Speaking Center Development Event (CDE). The event was held in conjunction with the 89th National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis. The participant, led by advisor Brad Gillmore, was awarded a Silver emblem. The top four individuals received cash awards to recognize their success in the event. The cash awards and the extemporaneous public speaking event are sponsored by the American Farm Bureau Federation. The American Farm Bureau Federation is proud to sponsor the National FFA Organization and its members as they pursue their mission of premier leadership, personal growth and career success. The National FFA Extemporaneous Public Speaking CDE is designed to recognize outstanding FFA members for their ability to prepare and present a factual speech on a specific agricultural issue in a well thought out and logical manner. Members select one topic from a choice of categories, have thirty minutes to prepare a four to six minute speech, and respond to five minutes of questions following delivery. This event, held at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, is one of many educational activities at the National FFA Convention & Expo in which FFA members practice the lessons learned in agricultural education classes. The National FFA Organization is a national

youth organization of 649,355 student members as part of 7,859 local FFA chapters in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The FFA mission is to make a positive diﬀerence in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education. The National FFA Organization operates under a federal charter granted by the 81st United States Congress and it is an integral part of public instruction in agriculture. The U.S. Department of Education provides leadership and helps set direction for FFA as a service to state and local agricultural education programs. For more, visit the National FFA Organization online at FFA.org and on Facebook, Twitter and the oﬃcial National FFA Organization blog. The National FFA Foundation builds partnerships with industry, education, government, other foundations and individuals to secure financial resources that recognize FFA member achievements, develop student leaders and support the future of agricultural education. Governed by a 19-member board of trustees comprised of educators, business leaders, individual donors and FFA alumni, the foundation is a separately-registered nonprofit organization. About 82 percent of every dollar received by the foundation supports FFA members and agricultural education opportunities. (For more information, visit FFA.org/Give.)

Kossuth FFA Advisor Brad Gillmore (from left) and sponsor representatives from American Farm Bureau Federation congratulate participant Kayla Mercer on a job well done.

FFA Advisor Brad Gillmore and students (from left) Ben Spencer, Alex Rowland, Sarah Mitchell and Ali Mann represented Kossuth in the 2016 FFA Extemporaneous Public Speaking Center Development Event in Indianapolis, Ind.

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RAMER, Tenn. — Funeral services with military honors for Tony Luke Cartwright, 53, are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Magnolia Funeral Home Chapel of Memories with burial at Zion Pentecostal Church. Visitation is Thursday from 11 a.m. until service time at the funeral home. Mr. Cartwright died Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016, at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Born Feb. 26, 1963, he was a correctional oﬃcer for CCA and was the owner and operator of Cartwright Search and Rescue K9 Unit. He enjoyed training K9 rescue dogs and loved working with various search and rescue agencies. He will Cartwright forever be remembered for his tireless work as a groundskeeper at Zion Pentecostal Church. He was a fighter, warrior and cancer survivor. Tony brought everyone closer to God through his gift of laughter and enjoyed every moment of it. His love for his family matched his love for his God, and we are sure that his joy for life is greater now than ever. He was a member of Zion Pentecostal Church. Survivors include his wife of 13 years, Lisa Cartwright of Ramer, Tenn.; a son, Danny Joe Mason and wife Denise of Michie, Tenn.; a daughter, Shannon Clifton and husband Jason of Corinth; two grandchildren, Collin Clifton and Jaden Clifton; his mother, Glenda Howard Gammill of Corinth; a brother, Billy Cartwright of Greenville, Ky.; a sister, Geraldine Miller and husband William of Browder, Ky.; numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, other relatives and a host of friends. He was preceded in death by his father, Billy Luke Cartwright; his stepfather, Tommy Joe Gammill; and a brother, Terry Lee Cartwright. Pallbearers will be Terry Justice, Michael Hall, Tyler Perser, Kevin Baker, James Henderson and Benjamin Lax. Honorary pallbearers will be Pastor Allen Milam, Michael Pegg, T.J. Smith,

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FINGER, Tenn. — Lonnie Odell Whitman, age 78, passed away Dec. 12, 2016, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. He was born Jan. 16, 1938, in Chester County, the Phillips School Community, the son of the late Roby Odell and Era Alva Brooks Whitman. He attended schools at Phillips School and in 1956 married Peggy Garner. They made their home in the Old Friendship community. Mr. Whitman worked at Brown Shoe Company for 12 years and was in the timber business. He worked for Southwest Electric Corporation for 23 years as an equipment operator. He raised and trained horses and helped his grandsons and neighbors learn to rope. He was a member of the Old Friendship Baptist Church. Mr. Whitman is survived by his wife, Peggy Garner Whitman; a daughter, Lona Whitman Bolton and husband Shawn of Henderson, Tenn.; and a son, Craig Whitman and wife Janice of Henderson, Tenn.; eight grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren; two brothers, Homer Whitman of Selmer, Tenn., and Frank Whitman of Bethel Springs, Tenn.; and a sister, Sandra Bass of Michie, Tenn. He was preceded in death by his parents and a son, Darrel Whitman in 2000. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Shackelford Funeral Directors — Casey Chapel in Henderson, Tenn., with Iran Smith and Glen Harris oﬃciating. Burial will be in Old Friendship Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Casey Chapel from 5 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday.

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October, 1862. For six months, from April until October of 1862, the fight to control Corinth’s crucial railroad crossover elevated this town to a military prominence perhaps second only to Richmond, Virginia. During this time, five armies comprising nearly 300,000 men fought for control of the Corinth railroad junction. Soldiers, slaves, and later contrabands moved hundreds of thousands of tons of earth to construct nearly 40 miles of rifle pits, forts and artillery positions. The surviving earthworks in and around Corinth are rare examples of fortifications constructed early in the Civil War, making their continued preservation important to understanding the evolution of military tactics in the United States. While the initial fortifications were built by Confederate forces, the vast majority of the fieldworks were constructed by Union forces. The most intense period of fortification was between March and October of 1862, representing four distinct phases of construction. First was erection of the “Beauregard Line,” named for General Pierre G. T. Beauregard, and built by the Confederates from March thru May of

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Completing the document signing include (from left) Park Superintendent Dale Wilkerson; Nancy Carter, chief of land acquisition, NPS Southeast Region; Jimmy Fisher, closing attorney; Larry Mangus, Friends of Siege and Battle of Corinth; and Ashley Berry, interpretive supervisor, Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center. 1862, to defend the vital railroad hub from attack from the north and east. Second were a series of extensive siege lines, constructed throughout May 1862 to protect the advancing Northern armies from surprise attacks by Confederate forces occupying Corinth. Third was the “Halleck Line,” named for Major General Henry W. Halleck, commander of the western Union armies in 1862. Constructed in June and July of 1862, this line consisted of six forts, fronting west and south of the city, designed to extend the captured Confederate earthworks completely around the city. Finally, the “Rosecrans Line,” named for Major General William S. Rosecrans, commander of the occupying Federal garrison during the Battle of Corinth, was comprised of seven forts

constructed close to the railroad crossing, making it more realistic for an increasingly smaller garrison of Union soldiers to defend the community. The properties were originally acquired by the Friends of the Siege and Battle of Corinth, Inc., a non-profit entity that assists the community and the National Park Service by raising public awareness of the importance of these sites. Since 1993, the Friends of the Siege and Battle of Corinth, Inc., has counted on the generosity of individuals, businesses, and non-profit foundations, such as the Civil War Trust, to raise funds in support of a variety of projects and land acquisition eﬀorts that benefit the preservation of these significant sites. This donation culminates more than a decade of work by the friends group.

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Fire department unaware of concerns OAKLAND, Calif. — Complaints mounted about the cluttered warehouse converted into an illegal artists’ colony before a deadly blaze ripped through earlier this month, but few — if any — made it to the Oakland Fire Department. Oakland Fire Chief Teresa Deloach Reed said Tuesday there are no city records showing her department receiving concerns about the building , which former residents, neighbors and others say was the subject of numerous calls to 911. “We do not inspect buildings, we inspect businesses,” Reed said during a press conference. “There were no indications this was an active business.” City administrator Sabrina Landreth, who also is in temporary charge of the Oakland Police Department, said officials are compiling and reviewing police records to determine how many times officers responded to complaints about the warehouse.

Argentinian firm to pay $122 million NEW YORK — An Argentinian sports marketing firm will pay more than $112 million in forfeiture and fines in the FIFA bribery scandal. Torneos y Competencias agreed to the penalties and admitted its role in the scheme as part of an agreement with U.S. prosecutors that spared the company a criminal prosecution. The deal was finalized Tuesday in federal court in Brooklyn.

Prosecutors say the firm paid tens of millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks to high-ranking FIFA officials to secure rights to broadcast the World Cup in 2018, 2022, 2026 and 2030.

Court tosses out abortion clinic law OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a law requiring abortion clinics to have doctors with admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, saying efforts to portray the measure as protecting women’s health are a “guise.” The law would require a doctor with admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles be present for any abortion. The court found it violates both the U.S. and Oklahoma Constitutions. The U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year struck down a similar provision in Texas. “Under the guise of the protection of women’s health,” Oklahoma Justice Joseph Watt wrote, “(the law) creates an undue burden on a woman’s access to abortion, violating protected rights under our federal Constitution,” referring specifically to the Texas case.

Lawyers clash over naming accusers’ NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Threatening to call in sheriff’s deputies, a judge repeatedly admonished lawyers on both sides of Bill Cosby’s sexual assault case Tuesday during a high-stakes hearing that will determine whether prosecutors can call as many as 13 accusers as trial witnesses. Montgomery County Judge Steven O’Neill

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State can’t be sued over agent’s death JACKSON — The Mississippi attorney general’s office says the state cannot be sued over the death of a Gaming Commission agent killed during a training exercise. Attorney General Jim Hood’s staff filed papers Monday in U.S. District Court in Oxford, responding to a suit filed in September by the agent’s widow. Summer Gorman sued the state and others, saying 46-year-old John Gorman of Madison died during what should have been a routine event. In January 2015, John Gorman was participating in a required weapons training seminar that the Gaming Commission conducted in Tunica. The course instructor shot him in the chest. The lawsuit says the training scenario was not supposed to use real weapons. The attorney general’s office says states are immune from being sued.

Boustany drops bid over allegations BATON ROUGE, La. — Defeated in his bid for a U.S. Senate seat, U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany has dropped his defamation lawsuit over a book that alleges the Republican Louisiana congressman was a client of prostitutes who were later killed. Boustany sued the author and publisher of “Murder in the Bayou” in October, when he was in a tight Senate race competition. Boustany lost the race in November and ended his lawsuit this month. Boustany lawyer Jimmy Faircloth confirmed the lawsuit dismissal Tuesday. “He felt as though it would probably be best for all concerned for him not to proceed with the lawsuit,” Faircloth said. Author Ethan Brown said he’s pleased with the decision. A spokesman for publishing house Simon & Schuster didn’t immediately return calls for comment.

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pensation, plus sue the ultimate business owner. Typically, workers compensation means companies pay when employees are injured, but workers can’t sue employers. A lower court judge ruled Chevron was immune from lawsuits, and the oil giant asks the Supreme Court to agree. Thomas argues Chevron wasn’t his employer, meaning he can sue over dangerous conditions.

Church seeks help to restore shrine PASS CHRISTIAN — A Catholic church on the Gulf Coast is asking the community for help in restoring a shrine dedicated to Mexico’s patron saint. The Our Lady of Guadalupe statue stands outside Pass Christian’s Holy Family Parish. It’s a community landmark and a piece of Gulf Coast history, the Rev. Mike Austin told WLOX-TV. The foundation of the statue installed in 1977 contains stone from the Hill of Tepeyac in Mexico, where, according to tradition, the Virgin appeared before the Indian peasant

Juan Diego in 1531, Austin said. In addition to wear and tear, the statue was hit by flying debris during Hurricane Katrina. The pastor is seeking an artist who can restore it before the statue’s 40th anniversary in July.

Bond denied for man involved in conspiracy PURVIS — A judge is denying bond for a second time to a man accused of taking part in a conspiracy to kill a wealthy businessman who serves on the state College Board in Mississippi. Victor Albert Mitchell, 42, was back in Lamar County Court on Monday, The Hattiesburg American reported. Judge William Andrews III ruled he could not “in good conscience” grant bond because he believes Mitchell constitutes a “special danger” to the alleged victim, Tom Duff. Mitchell is one of three men arrested in November as part of what the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation said was a plot to kill Duff.

JACKSON — A worker is fighting one of Mississippi’s largest industries over who can be sued when employees suffer on-the-job injuries. The Mississippi Supreme Court Tuesday heard arguments in a suit by Quindon Thomas against Chevron USA. Thomas was working for American Plant Services, which provided contract workers at Chevron’s Pascagoula refinery, when he was severely burned in 2012. Business groups and trial lawyers are watching the case because it could allow contract employees to collect workers com-

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Eyes on the Fed The Federal Reserve wraps up its two-day policy meeting today. Investors are waiting to see whether the central bank raises its short-term interest rate for just the second time in a decade. The Fed has held interest rates at close to zero since the Great Recession in hopes of driving economic growth, though the low rates have also squeezed savers looking for income from bank accounts and bonds.

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Banking big on Trump Wall Street banks have been among the biggest beneficiaries of Donald Trump’s election. Shares of JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and others have gained 20 percent or more since Nov. 8, as investors place bets that the incoming administration will repeal or roll back some of the regulations imposed on the banking industry after the financial crisis. The biggest piece of legislation in the administration’s sights is the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act. Banking industry officials don’t want a total repeal of Dodd-Frank. Rather, they want parts of it rolled back, including 60%

Trump bump? Banking stocks and the S&P 500 Financials index have experienced a boost in value after the election.

the so-called Volcker Rule. That’s a provision promoted by former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker that limits high-risk trading bets by big banks that could implode at taxpayers’ expense. There’s speculation that the Republican-led Congress will also rein in the authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Banking stocks are also getting a boost from investors’ more positive outlook on the U.S. economy. The likelihood of higher interest rates will also help banks’ bottom lines because it allows them to charge more for loans.

Indexed performance since Sept 9

Goldman Sachs + 41%

JPMorgan Chase + 27% S&P 500/Financials +20% Wells Fargo +14%

0 Election day

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Source: FactSet

Ken Sweet; J. Paschke • AP

INDEXES 52-Week High Low 19,824.59 15,450.56 9,490.29 6,403.31 723.83 548.08 11,227.30 8,937.99 5,450.16 4,209.76 2,264.03 1,810.10 1,698.70 1,215.14 23,724.26 18,462.43 1,392.71 943.09

Net YTD 52-wk Last Chg %Chg %Chg %Chg 19,911.21 +114.78 +.58 +14.27 +13.62 9,345.85 +23.21 +.25 +24.47 +23.77 659.06 +6.99 +1.07 +14.06 +17.93 11,237.16 +59.88 +.54 +10.78 +11.14 5,463.83 +51.29 +.95 +9.11 +9.38 2,271.72 +14.76 +.65 +11.14 +11.17 1,686.05 +3.54 +.21 +20.55 +20.74 23,745.19 +125.85 +.53 +12.18 +12.54 1,373.53 +.39 +.03 +20.92 +21.38

Name Dow Industrials Dow Transportation Dow Utilities NYSE Composite Nasdaq Composite S&P 500 S&P MidCap Wilshire 5000 Russell 2000

Dow Jones industrials

19,960

Close: 19,911.21 Change: 114.78 (0.6%)

19,540 19,120

20,000

10 DAYS

19,200 18,400 17,600 16,800

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Vol (00)

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NYSE DIARY Advanced Declined Unchanged

1,787 Total issues 1,216 New Highs 91 New Lows Volume

3,749,090,455

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

%Chg Name +62.4 +35.3 +17.5 +16.4 +14.0 +14.0 +13.2 +12.0 +11.4 +10.6

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NASDAQ DIARY 3,094 Advanced 177 Declined 58 Unchanged

1,578 Total issues 1,271 New Highs 192 New Lows Volume

3,041 224 42

2,008,592,805

Flat quarter?

$6.51 PIR Financial analysts anticipate that $8 ’16 Pier 1 Imports’ latest quarterly snapshot is little changed from a 6 year earlier. 4 They expect the home decor $5.69 2 retailer to report today that its fiscal third-quarter earnings held est. Operating $0.13 steady compared to the same $0.13 EPS quarter of 2015. They also project Q3 ’15 Q3 ’16 that the retailer’s revenue declined Price-earnings ratio: 27 in the same period. Pier 1 has based on past 12-month results struggled to turn a profit this year. The company slid to a loss in its Dividend: $0.28 Div yield: 4.3% fiscal first and second quarter.

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Source: FactSet

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Inflation monitor

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Producer price index A measure of prices that producers seasonally adjusted receive for their goods and services 0.5 0.5% has barely budged of late. 0.3 U.S. producer prices were unchanged in October as the price est. 0.1 of services fell, suggesting that -0.4 flat flat 0.0 inflationary pressure remained modest. Core inflation, which strips out volatile food and energy prices, fell 0.2 percent in October. Did the trend continue in November? Find -0.5 J J A S O N out today, when the Labor 2016 Department reports its latest Source: FactSet producer price index.

Daily Corinthian • Wednesday, December 14, 2016 • 9A

Community Events (Editor’s Note: We recommend Community Events be submitted at least two weeks prior to the event. Community Events publish on Wednesday, Sunday and when space allows on Friday.)

Bishop Activity Center

Today – Bible study by Jackie Calvart from Oakland Baptist Church; Thursday, Dec. 15 – Bingo; and Friday, Dec. 16 – Hour of Power Ministry by James and Naomi Spears. Daily activities include quilting, jigsaw puzzles, table games, Rolo golf and washer games. Senior citizens age 60 and above are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Free Medical Clinic

The Living Healthy Free Medical Clinic, where residents with no way to pay can get free medical treatment, welcomes adults and children age 12 and up with no income and no health insurance. The clinic, now located at 2668 South Harper Road Suite 3 next to Physicians Urgent Care in the former Oasis Medical Center, is open 1-5 p.m. December times are from 1-5 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 17. The clinic is always looking for both medical and non-medical volunteers. Medical and non-medical volunteers should contact Ann White at eaw3@comcast.net or 662-415-9446.

Library Sales

The Friends of the Corinth Library will be having special inside the library sales for the month of December. December’s “Christmas Presents” will be the usual “Buy one get one Free” sales event. Visitors are encouraged to stop in periodically for the changing inventory.

Easom Washington, D.C., Tour

The Easom Foundation is coordinating an educational trip to Washington, D.C., to tour several museums. There will also be a visit to the U.S. Capitol, a White House photo opportunity, and possibly a tour of the White House. The trip is planned for three nights and four days, departure from the Easom Community Center at 11 p.m. on March 12. Participants will return to Easom at 10:30 a.m. on March 17. For more information, the cost or to make a payment schedule contact Ernestine Hollins at 662-643-8024, Ann Walker at 662-285-7361 or Samuel Crayton at 404-386-3359.

Pickin’ on the Square The Pickin’ on the Square guest for Thursday, Dec. 15 will be Sugar Creek. Pickin’ on the Square is held at 7 p.m. each Thursday. During the winter months, the entertainment will be moved indoors to the Bishop Center.

Corinth Theatre-Arts will present The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 16 and Saturday, Dec. 17 at the Crossroads Playhouse. A 2 p.m. matinee will also be presented at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 18. Tickets are $12 for adults or $6 for students. For more information contact Corinth Theatre-Arts at 662-287-2995. The theatre is located at 303 Fulton Drive in Corinth.

Breakfast with Santa Ol’ St. Nick will be at the American Legion Hall for breakfast from 8 to 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 17. The festive event will feature a big breakfast buffet with lots of friends, town and state leaders. Treats for kids and door prizes will also be given. Tickets are available at the door or by calling 662-

Toy Drive

Toys can be dropped off at American Legion Post 6 on Mondays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and Friday from 4 to 9 p.m. Arrangements can also be made to drop off another time by calling Carlean Parker at 662462-3443. They can be dropped off at Corinthian Funeral Home Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5p.m. The toys will be collected through Saturday, Dec. 17 for delivery to Timber Hills on Monday, Dec.19.

Easom Christmas Party

The Easom Outreach Foundation will hold their Annual Christmas Party from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

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on Saturday, Dec. 17 at the Easom Community Center with music by JC “Honeyboy Hill”. Advance tickets are $10. They may be purchased at the Easom Community Center or through any board member. Tickets will also be sold at the door for $12.

• VFW Post 3962 will host Lady’s Night from 7 to 11 p.m. every Wednesday. For more information contact Mike or Yogi at 662-287-6106. • VFW Post 3962 will host live music at 8 p.m. every Friday. Danny Briggs also provides music at the VFW at 8 p.m. every Saturday Dance Night. Country music is played both nights with a great dance floor and great people. All are encouraged to come and support local veterans. • VFW Post 3962 will hold its monthly meetings at 6 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month with a Fellowship Brunch. The VFW and VFW Auxiliary will have a joint meeting at 7 p.m. The Post is located at 1 Purdy School Road in Corinth. For questions and more information call 662-287-6106.

New Year’s Eve Gala

VFW Post 3962 will host its Annual New Year’s Eve Gala on Saturday, Dec. 31. The doors will open at 6 p.m. with live country music by the Dwight Wadkins Band beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for members and $25 for nonmembers. Party favors and champagne will be available at each table. Breakfast will also be served. For more information, contact the VFW at 662-287-6106.

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Natural Gas Appliance Safety Tips A message from your natural gas provider, the City of Corinth Gas & Water Department…

Natural gas is an excellent source of energy for your home. It is economical, reliable and safe for the environment. Natural gas has a safety record that is outstanding, but like all sources of energy, it should be used wisely. Always put safety first when using natural gas appliances of any kind.

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If you notice the distinctive “rotten egg” smell of odorized natural gas or the sound of escaping gas and a line break is suspected, leave the area and call (662) 2862263 or 911.

THESE TIPS WILL HELP MAKE YOUR HOME A SAFER PLACE: !"

Your appliances should have a bright blue flame when they are operating correctly. A clean flame means your appliances are efficiently burning and properly adjusted. Call a qualified contractor if you suspect your appliances are not operating properly.

Always have your appliance installed by a qualified contractor and follow the manufacturer’s directions for safe operation and care.

Do not store flammable materials or flammable liquids in any enclosure with a gas water heater; including gasoline, kerosene, propane or butane bottles, or cylinders.

Never use flammable solvents or cleaning agents on or around an operable gas appliance.

Gas appliance connectors should be periodically inspected for corrosion to avoid gas leaks. Move appliances carefully to avoid damaging connectors and do not reuse old connectors.

KEEP YOUR CHRISTMAS “MERRY” THIS YEAR WITH THESE SAFETY TIPS AND DON’T FORGET TO CALL MS811 BEFORE YOU DIG! CORINTH GAS & WATER DEPARTMENT 305 W Waldron Street Corinth, MS 38834 Phone: 286-2263

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