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Local minister meets Obama

BY BRANT SAPPINGTON bsappington@dailycorinthian.com

A local minister’s efforts to build bridges across racial lines has taken him all the way to the White House for the president’s annual Christmas celebration.

Rev. Lamar Walker of Rienzi

said it was the opportunity of a lifetime when he got the chance to attend the Christmas Ball at the White House on Dec. 8.

Walker, a veteran preacher in Alcorn County who currently serves as an associate minister at Hopewell M.B. Church in Rienzi, was invited to the event

by his longtime friend, U.S. Senator Roger Wicker.

The minister said he’s been seeking the chance to meet President Barack Obama as part of an ongoing book he’s working on about bringing the races together and reflecting local and national events over

the past decades.

Walker has been heavily involved with government at the state and national level over the past several years and made many connections at all levels. His book will rePlease see WALKER | 3A

Basket fund tops $9,000 Defusing bombs on front lines Building project brings hope

The spirit of giving this Christmas season is alive and well in the Alcorn County area.

Donations continue to arrive for the 19th Annual Corinth Rotary Club/Daily Corinthian Christmas Basket Fund.

A $25,000 fund raising goal was set so 1,000 food baskets could be given to local families on Saturday, Dec. 6. Baskets were given away based upon faith the goal will be reached.

So far, $9,177 has been raised, meaning $15,823 still needs to be raised to make the goal.

Recent donations include $120 from W.O.W. Lodge #64; $100 from Donny Shadburn in memory of Velma Shadburn; and $100 from Donny Shadburn in memory of Sherron Shadburn.

Contributions to the Christmas Basket Fund 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 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday or mailed to: Daily Corinthian, Attn.: Christmas Basket Fund, P.O. Box 1800, Corinth, MS 38835. Please note the newspaper office will be closed Christmas Day.

BY JEFF YORK For the Daily Corinthian

Alcorn County native and U.S. Marine EOD Tech Uriah Whittemore lowers a robot into a well in Afghanistan in late 2011. Whittemore’s team was searching for cached weapons and bomb-making material.

Marine honored for saving hundreds of lives

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38 angels need adoption

BY JEBB JOHNSTON

Alcorn County native Uriah Whittemore was an Ole Miss student working as a restaurant cook in 2003 when he realized his life wasn’t going the way he had envisioned.

His brother, Wesley, had just enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, and Uriah decided to follow suit.

“It was more of a brotherly bond

than patriotism,” he said.

The son of Jacky and Sue Whittemore and Charlotte and Steve Jones soon became an impressive member of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal team for Operation Enduring Freedom. As a EOD Tech, Whittemore assisted his team with defusing bombs on the front lines of Iraq, AfPlease see MARINE | 2A

EASTVIEW, Tenn. — An unselfish desire to help others has sparked a dream in the heart of a McNairy County woman who has won the battle with breast cancer. The dream is to build Hope Hall to help with the fight against cancer.

Susan Allen is in the process of building Hope Hall at Hope Vineyards in Eastview for a place for cancer victims to come for educational help and support during the traumatic time in their lives. She and her husband Peyton have made progress with the building that will be finished in 2015.

“We want to have a place where breast cancer patients and survivors can come to seminars and educational meetings to learn more about the disease,” said Allen. “We want to help other people to be able to gain more knowledge to help them through the terrible process.”

Hope is the one word that came up many times during Allen’s treatment and recovery.

That is why Susan and Peyton decided to use the name “Hope Vineyards.”

The Allen’s planted pink roses at the end of each grapevine row to signify a dedication to

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The Salvation Army is asking for some last-minute generosity.

With the deadline past to provide Angel Tree gifts, 38 children who were selected from the tree have not had gifts returned.

“I’ve got 38 kids that are not going to have Christmas,” a concerned Michelle Miles, Salvation Army director, said.

“We’ve just got to get these children taken care of.”

Anyone who is willing to help is asked to contact the Salvation Army on Monday, in person or by phone, to make an adoption.

A quick turnaround is needed — she requests the gifts be turned Please see ANGELS | 6A

Knights’ event brightens holiday

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Hugging the legs of Santa in an attempt to further enjoy his company, over 75 exceptional children gathered at St. James Catholic Church on Tuesday for the 9th annual Knights of Columbus Christmas program.

Made possible by the Knights, the staff at Region IV Mental Health Center and members of the church, this year’s event proved to be the biggest yet.

“We started the program in 2005 as a way to help children who would otherwise go without during the holi-

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days,” said Region IV Executive Director Charlie Spearman. “The first couple of years, we were able to assist 40 children and their families. The numbers bloomed from there and this year, we were blessed with the ability to provide for 77 local children.”

Each year, the staff at Region IV coordinates with teachers to identify and locate children who are at a disadvantage. They then go into the homes and determine the specific needs of each child.

Once the needs are pinned down,

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Region IV Community Support Specialist Valerie Please see KNIGHTS | 12A Gunther shares a moment with St. Nicholas.

On this day in history 150 years ago Savannah, Georgia, falls to the Federal forces under Gen. Sherman, who sends a telegram to President Lincoln, “I beg to present to you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah with 150 heavy guns and also about 25,000 bales of cotton.”

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HOPE surgeries within the next two years and was terminated from her job in February 2013 because she had been unable to work for six months. Allen was employed at the industry for eight years.

Tennessee is an “employment at will” state and this allows a company to terminate an employee for whatever reason they want without consequence.

The cancer fight is even more personal for Susan Allen because she lost her father, Joe Teague, to colon cancer in 2004.

If you are going through the cancer battle, the Allen’s invite all cancer patients to drive by 2190 Houston Cemetery Rd. in Eastview to see a visible sign of hope living in a vineyard.

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a cure for breast cancer.

They have 48 pink roses and over 2,500 grapevines to make Hope Vineyards a beautiful place.

While she was undergoing chemotherapy treatment, she told her husband she had hope to live and make their vineyard a place to give others hope in the battle against breast cancer.

The building process has gone so well that others have asked to use the vineyard as a place to have their wedding. The Allen’s are now accepting reservations for upcoming weddings.

She was first diagnosed with breast cancer in April 2012 and began chemo in June 2012. The doctors told her she had Stage 3

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ghanistan and other foreign soils.

EOD Tech is one of the only voluntary jobs in the Marines, meaning if it gets too much for a person to handle, they can quit. Whittemore isn’t planning on quitting any time soon.

“It’s a high risk, high reward job,” he said.

“We deal with explosive hazards including conventional munitions, chemical, biological and nuclear weapons, weapons of mass destruction and IEDs. We are technical experts capable of rendering safe explosives, analyzing post explosive events and forensics.”

The 2001 Alcorn Central graduate said IEDs are often discovered by

U.S. Marine EOD Tech Uriah Whittemore takes a rest after an IED call in Afghanistan while serving as the EOD team leader. ground troops who then request an EOD team to the site. Once on site, the EOD Team Leader takes

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“We’re like first responders,” said Whittemore. “We spend our seven-month deployment in a response status, similar to being on duty at a fire house with no days off.”

Each IED takes between 20 minutes to more than an hour to defuse, said the Marine.

“There are many variables — sometimes we are in vehicles and have full access to our tools and robots. However, the majority of the time we are on foot which means we have minimal tools,” he added.

Whittemoree said his line of work is instantly rewarding.

“It’s a demanding job,” he said. “All service members serve and defend, but being in this field I get to see first hand the lives I help save and the impact I have on the mission.”

He admits being a Marine is mentally difficult.

“I’ve lost many of my brothers in arms and even more are maimed for life. It takes a psychological and emotional toll on each of us, but that

“We’re like first responders.”

U.S. Marine EOD Tech Uriah Whittemore ly had their first child, a bouncing baby boy named Wyatt.

The Marine and his family now live near Cherry Point, N.C., where he is stationed.

“I’m training everyday to stay proficient,” he said. “I also support a few secret service missions when needed and respond to local law enforcement agencies that need assistance with suspect explosive hazards.”

Home from deployment, the Whittemore’s will spend this Christmas in North Carolina.

“It’s a long trip to Corinth with an infant,” he said. “Maybe we’ll be able to make the trip soon.”

When he does get back to Alcorn County, he’ll be welcomed by his friends and family as a true war hero.

is something a person agrees to accept when joining,” Whittemore said.

From October 2011 to April 2012, he responded to over 100 explosive incidents and destroyed or disarmed over 70 IEDs. Earlier this year Whittemore was honored with the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, which is awarded to a person who distinguishes heroic or meritorious achievement.

“The award is a big deal in reality, but I didn’t need it for personal satisfaction,” he said. “I left Afghanistan knowing I had done a lot of good and saved hundreds of lives — that is the true reward.”

Whittemore is most proud of his wife of seven years, Tara, who he met while in the Marine Corps. The two recent-

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Today in History Today is Sunday, Dec. 21, the 355th day of 2014. There are 10 days left in the year. Winter arrives at 6:03 p.m. Eastern time.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 21, 1864, during the Civil War, Union forces led by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman concluded their “March to the Sea,” which had begun in Atlanta on Nov. 15 and ended with the capture of Savannah, Georgia.

On this date: In 1942, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Williams v. North Carolina, ruled 6-2 that all states had to recognize divorces granted in Nevada.

In 1945, Gen. George S. Patton died in Heidelberg, Germany, of injuries from a car accident.

In 1958, Charles de Gaulle was elected to a seven-year term as the first president of the Fifth Republic of France.

In 1968, Apollo 8 was launched on a mission to orbit the moon.

In 1971, the U.N. Security Council chose Kurt Waldheim to succeed U Thant as SecretaryGeneral.

In 1976, the Liberianregistered tanker Argo Merchant broke apart near Nantucket Island, off Massachusetts, almost a week after running aground, spilling 7.5 million gallons of oil into the North Atlantic.

In 1988, 270 people were killed when a terrorist bomb exploded aboard a Pam Am Boeing 747 over Lockerbie, Scotland, sending wreckage crashing to the ground.

Ten years ago: A suicide bombing at a mess hall tent near Mosul, Iraq, killed 22 people, including 14 U.S. service members and three American contractors.

Five years ago: President Barack Obama hailed a crucial, early-morning test vote in the Senate on his health care overhaul, in which all 58 Democrats and two independents held together against unanimous Republican opposition.

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Col. Robert Looney is shown in the late 1890s after Shiloh park was established, right.

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SHILOH, Tenn. — Shiloh National Military Park will commemorate the 120th anniversary of its establishment as a Civil War military park on Saturday, Dec. 27.

The event will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the Shiloh Battlefield visitor center auditorium. Visitors are invited to view a temporary pictorial display featuring the progression of the park through the ages. Following the viewing, at 2 p.m., the Hardin County Visitor and Convention Bureau

will present a cake to the park for visitors to enjoy. This event is free and open to the public.

Shiloh National Military Park was established on Dec. 27, 1894, but for years after the battle only the Shiloh National Cemetery stood as a reminder of the epic two-day engagement. That was until veterans of the Battle of Shiloh, both North and South, reunited to establish a lasting memorial to their role in history.

Shiloh was one of the first five Civil War battlefields preserved as national parks, along with

Chickamauga, Antietam, Gettysburg and Vicksburg. Changes that have occurred since its founding in 1894, includes the erection of commemorative markers and monuments, land acquisitions and road construction, as well as the addition of a visitor center and other public facilities.

The Shiloh National Military Park visitor center is open from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. every day except Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day. The park’s bookstore is open from 8 a.m.4:30 p.m. in the winter season.

For more information contact the park visitor center at 731689-5696, go to the park website at www.nps.gov/shil, or find us on Facebook.

About the National Park Service. More than 20,000 National Park Service employees care for America’s 401 national parks and work with communities across the nation to help preserve local history and create close-to-home recreational opportunities. Learn more at www.nps.gov.

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flect these experiences as well as the many experiences in his life working to help bridge the gaps between the races.

He said visiting the White House and attending the event was overwhelming. The ball draws a who’s who of the Washington, D.C. elite from across the political spectrum, and Walker said it’s hard to convey how unusual it was to be in a room with so many powerful and respected people.

“It’s so hard to explain. What really struck me was everybody was so friendly,” he recalled.

The political battles that continue to dominate headlines seemed to be put aside for that night as everyone celebrated the season.

“They were just talking to each other. Everybody was enjoying themselves. It wasn’t like it is on TV,” he said.

Walker had the chance to meet many well-known political figures, including Vice-President Joe Biden, Representative Nancy Pelosi and others, but the highlight of the evening was the few moments he got to spend

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Minister Lamar Walker (center) visits with U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (left) and Vice President Joe Biden during the recent White House Christmas Ball. with President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.

He said he only had a few minutes to speak with the couple.

“I just told him I had been praying for him and thanked him for what he’s doing for our country. He thanked me for my

prayers and asked me to continue praying,” he said.

Walker hopes to publish his book in late 2015 or early 2016 and he looks forward to sharing his experiences and the experiences of others. He said it’s clear with recent events such as the

shooting in Ferguson, Mo. and subsequent protests that there remains a great divide between blacks and whites in America.

“We’re still separated. I’m trying to show that we need to come together. God wants us to be closer,” he said.

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Saying thanks for Christmas caring To the editor, I would just like to say a very heartfelt “Thank you to all our Corinth citizens.” My heart is so warmed by all the people who care for those less fortunate than themselves. All of the churches, the AMEN Food Pantry, the Lighthouse Foundation, the Basket Fund, the Salvation Army, and all of the organizations that have been so wonderful in giving. I thank God for them all.

Our city is small, but with many people with large hearts. We thank God for all our blessings and that we share with others. This is keeping Christ in Christmas. Merry Christmas Corinth, and God bless everyone that gives, thank you all so much.

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Politicians are hurting the state Even as Gov. Phil Bryant implores the state’s business community to accentuate the positive, the governor’s own policies are hampering much of what’s wrong with Mississippi from being made right.

Bryant’s misguided approach to governing would be detrimental enough without a chorus of consent from fellow Republicans in the Legislature. But in combination with Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, who presides over the state Senate, and Speaker of the House Philip Gunn, Bryant is riding high on a wave of support that may yet swamp the state.

Take just two of the state’s top priorities: education and health care.

During a recent visit to the Coast, state Superintendent of Education Carey Wright was notably optimistic Mississippi would receive a multiyear, multimillion-dollar federal grant to expand early childhood education. Last week, Mississippi’s application was denied — for the third time in four years. Though details of the rejection have not been released, two assumptions can be reasonably made.

1. For all the talk about the importance of education, Mississippi spends just $3 million a year on preschool programs. Alabama spends $100 million. And Alabama, like the other three states bordering Mississippi, won a share of the federal money denied Mississippi.

2. It also wouldn’t take a federal bureaucrat long to figure out that if Mississippi’s political leadership rejects the Common Core education standards, what confidence is there that they would embrace any others that were actually connected to the federal Department of Education?

Then there’s public health.

A major reason for the financial difficulties at Singing River Health System is the lack of compensation for indigent care. Much of the cost of that care could have been paid for by expanding Medicaid coverage in Mississippi.

State Sen. Chris McDaniel’s surprising challenge to U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran this year demonstrated the popularity of these antiWashington positions.

In the course of the campaign, Bryant’s opposition to Common Core hardened and he has since undercut the authority of Superintendent Wright and the state Board of Education.

As for Reeves, his earlier support for Common Core finally crumbled and he recently announced his desire for a timely and costly revision of the standards.

We appreciate that politics is hardball.

We understand a candidate must not lose his or her base. But once elected, public officials have an obligation to steer public policy in the right direction.

Of late, it seems those occupying the highest offices of state government are determined to steer the state off a cliff.

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Prayer for today Almighty God, I pray that I may have the grace to penetrate the deep things of life and test their truth and greatness. May I have faith in thy power and train for the best which thou hast made possible for me to live.

Help me to think and feel aright, that I may be thine to-day, and in the days of to-morrow may I still be thine, ever keeping bright memories of past days. Amen.

A verse to share “Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.” — Ephesians 4:31-32

Obama extends dangerous olive branch Candidate Barack Obama said that, as president, he would talk to anti-American dictators without precondition. He didn’t mention that he would also give them historic policy concessions without precondition.

His surprise unilateral change in the U.S. posture toward the Castro dictatorship came without even the pretense of serious promises by the Cubans to reform their kleptocratic, totalitarian rule.

The trade of Alan Gross, the American aid worker jailed in Cuba for the offense of trying to help Jewish Cubans get on the Internet, for three Cuban spies is understandable (we also got back one of our spies, and Cuba released several dozen political prisoners as a sweetener).

The rest of Obama’s sweeping revisions -- diplomatic relations and the loosening of every economic sanction he can plausibly change on his own -- are freely granted, no questions asked. It is quid with no pro quo.

After waiting out 10 other U.S. presidents, the Castro regime finally hit the jackpot in Obama, whose beliefs about our Cuba policy probably don’t differ much from those of the average black-

turtleneckclad graduate student in Latin American studies.

Every dictator around Rich the world Lowry must be waiting anxiously National Review for a call or a postcard from Obama.

The leader of the free world comes bearing gifts and understanding. He is willing to overlook human-rights abuses. And his idea of burnishing his legacy is to clinch deals with his country’s enemies.

Who helped negotiate the one with Cuba? Harry Truman had Dean Acheson.

Richard Nixon had Henry Kissinger. Barack Obama has Ben Rhodes, the deputy national-security adviser who has what it takes to collapse U.S. policy toward Cuba and get nothing in return.

There is no doubt that economic sanctions are a blunt and dubious instrument, and reasonable people can disagree about their wisdom (I’ve gone back and forth about the Cuban embargo through the years).

But dictatorial regimes hate them for a reason. All things considered, they want more

economic wherewithal rather than less.

Cuba is heavily dependent on the largesse of its ideological partner Venezuela, whose irrational, leftwing policies have helped trash its economy. Just as the Cuban dictatorship faces the dire prospect of the collapse of Venezuela’s support, here comes El Yanqui to cushion the blow. The Castro regime will take a cut of the increased trade, remittances and tourism that will spring from Obama’s concessions.

Consider tourism. The Cuban military has an enormous holding company called GAESA. One of its companies, Gaviota, operates an extensive network of hotels and resorts, according to the strategic consultancy Stratfor. Imagine if the Pentagon owned the Marriott and Hilton hotel chains. That is the Cuban tourism industry in a nutshell.

About a million Canadian tourists go to Cuba every year. In total, more than 2 million tourists visit annually, and yet the Castro regime is still standing.

It is true, of course, that the embargo — which Obama can’t lift on his own — hasn’t ended the Castro regime. On the other hand,

there is little reason to believe that lifting the embargo will end it, either. Our vast trade with China hasn’t yet made Beijing any less repressive.

The Cuba embargo is condemned as a relic of the Cold War, but it is the regime itself that is a relic, an inhuman jackboot left over from the era when people actually professed to believe in workers’ paradises.

There are holdout believers, still. The Nation magazine is doing a trip to Cuba, perhaps because the journey to North Korea is too long. The liberal elite has often treated Fidel Castro as a cute, plucky figure of defiance, and even now, the government has determined apologists in the U.S. Congress.

If Cuba were a racist apartheid-style system rather than a communist dictatorship, no one would be so eager to do business with it. The great and good celebrate the Obama changes as the end of an era. But they will replenish the coffers of a Cold War regime that is stubbornly still standing.

(Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com)

Obama tosses Fidel a rope The celebrations in Havana and the sullen silence in Miami tell you all you need to know about who won this round with Castro’s Cuba.

In JFK’s metaphor, Obama traded a horse for a rabbit.

We got back Alan Gross before his Communist jailers killed him, along with an American spy, in exchange for three members of a Cuban espionage ring. Had we left it at that, the deal would have been fine.

But Obama threw in an admission that all nine presidents before him pursued a “failed policy.” Calling for recognition of the Castro regime as the legitimate government of Cuba, Obama said, “Isolation has not worked.”

“Not worked”? What is he talking about? Isolating Cuba during the last 30 years of the Cold War helped bankrupt and bring down the Soviet Empire, which had to carry Cuba on its back.

Obama’s admission is being seen in Cuba as vindication of half a century of hostility to the United States.

But with the new Congress controlled by Republicans, it will be a while before the U.S. embargo is lifted, Cuban goods began to flow across the Florida Strait, and U.S. dollars flow back to sustain one of the last of the Leninist regimes in

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its terminal stage.

But why did Obama choose now to bail out Cuba?

Patrick With the Buchanan Soviet Union dead and Columnist gone, with Russia no longer able to buy up Cuba’s sugar crop at inflated prices, with oil prices having tanked and Venezuela on the brink of default, unable to ship free oil to Cuba indefinitely, the Castro brothers were staring into the abyss.

Then Barack Obama rode to the rescue.

Nevertheless, though he has handed Fidel and Raoul a diplomatic triumph, their regime is not long for this world, as its maladies are incurable.

Marxist ideology, the political religion in which the regime is rooted, is a dead faith. The world communist revolution was a god that failed. It is over, finished.

Outside of North Korea and Cuba, who preaches that Marxism-Leninism is the future toward which mankind is heading? Who still believes that?

Consider the record of the regime with which Obama wishes to restore diplomatic relations.

Before Fidel, Cuba had the fourth highest standard

of living in the hemisphere.

Today, her standard of living is not much higher than that of Haiti and Cuba is less free than under the dictatorship of Batista.

Castro may go down in history as one of the great antagonists of the American superpower. But what, enduring, did he accomplish?

For three decades his homeland was a satrap and strategic base of an odious empire that no one mourns.

For those same decades, Cuba provided troops to advance communist revolutions in Africa, the Caribbean and Central America.

Now the whole rotten enterprise has gone to seed.

Who looks upon Castro’s Cuba today as a model to follow?

When Castro goes, his monuments may remain.

After all, Lenin’s corpse is still entombed in Red Square, as is Mao’s in Tiananmen Square.

But how long can the successor regime hang on?

Vladimir Putin’s Russia and Xi Jinping’s China are nationalistic and autocratic.

They have embraced state capitalism. When the Castro brothers pass on, how will their successors justify their police state and permanent monopoly of power -- if U.S. tourists are walking the streets of Havana?

When Cuban-Americans travel all over the island, Cuba’s young, who know

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nothing of the revolution, will surely ask: Why do we not have what these Americans have?

Castro is a famous man from the 20th century. But consider the price the Cuban people have paid for his fame.

Two generations of Cubans have lived without freedom. Heroic Cuban dissenters have gone to the wall and died in the thousands in his jails and prisons.

Refugees have been machine-gunned off the Cuban coast. The toxicity of Marxism-Leninism has polluted Cuba’s culture.

Some Cubans may remember Fidel with admiration. After all, even Stalin still has his admirers.

There was once a time in America in the 1960s when useful idiots of the New Left plastered posters of Che Guevara in dormitory rooms and traveled to Cuba to cut sugar cane to identify with the revolution.

On seeing the adulation Fidel yet receives, even from some in our own land, one begins to understand how the ancient Egyptians could have worshipped an insect.

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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There is real fear associonly once in a while acated with obstacles in life. complishes nothing.

Your ability to deal with Ironically, we attract that life’s issues also improves which we are afraid of. So with practice. As the chal- those people struggling lenges you encounter to avoid problems seem grow, so do your coping to wind up with more of skills. We are taught to them.

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(Daily Corinthian colEach time you resolve a problem, your inner umnist Bryan Golden is a strength grows. Every ad- management consultant, speaker, versity is an opportunity motivational to further improve. Get- author, and adjunct proting stronger begins with a fessor. E-mail Bryan at change in mental orienta- bryan@columnist.com or tion. Welcome challenges write him c/o this paper.)

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Protesters: Not the time for Cuba ties MIAMI — Waving U.S. and Cuban flags and chanting “Obama, traitor,” anti-Castro protesters gathered Saturday in a Little Havana park in a show of opposition to the president’s plan to normalize relations with the communist nation.

Cuban-American exiles and island opposition leaders vowed to continue fighting the thawing relationship between the countries and prevent any lifting of the embargo. Some speakers emphasized unity of the CubanAmerican community and said there is not a generational divide, even though most in the crowd of more than 200 were older.

Many protesters said they felt betrayed

by President Barack Obama and his plans.

“The worst infamy is the pretext he used: He says it’s to help the Cuban people,” former U.S. Rep. Lincoln Diaz Balart said to chuckles.

Several chants rang out among protesters: “No more flights to Cuba!” ‘‘Viva Cuba libre!” and “Freedom for all the political prisoners.”

Cosby’s silence may be his best defense LOS ANGELES — Bill Cosby has the right to remain silent — and that may be his best strategy.

With police urging any possible sex abuse victims to come forward, two lawsuits pending and more than 15 women making accusations stretching back years, Cosby has little to gain by speaking publicly, legal experts say.

While his reputation takes a hit, the comedian could potentially ride out the storm as lawyers knock down old claims in court. But if he says something

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama declared that Sony “made a mistake” in shelving a satirical film about a plot to assassinate North Korea’s leader, and he pledged the U.S. would respond “in a place and manner and time that we choose” to the hacking attack on Sony that led to the withdrawal. The FBI blamed the hack on the communist government.

Speaking of executives at Sony Pictures Entertainment, Obama said Friday at a yearend news conference, “I wish they had spoken to me first. ... We cannot have a society in which some dictator someplace can start imposing censorship.”

Obama said he imagined situations in which dictators “start seeing a documentary that

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JACKSON — A federal judge has delayed the corruption trial of a former Mississippi corrections commissioner and a businessman whose clients had contracts with the state prison system.

U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate set a new trial date of April 6 for former Commissioner Chris Epps and businessman Cecil McCrory.

Indictments on bribery and other charges were made public in early November, and the two men were scheduled to go on trial Jan. 5. However, their attorneys recently said they needed longer to prepare after prosecutors gave them dozens of discs of evidence against their clients. Prosecutors did not object to a later trial.

Wingate agreed to the delay Thursday, and documents showing his decision were filed into court records Friday.

Ex-Angels pick killed in candy argument COLLEGE PARK, Ga. — A former first-round draft pick of the Los Angeles Angels, Ryan Bolden, was killed in an argument that started over candy.

Police in the Atlanta suburb of College Park said the 23-yearold Bolden was shot Wednesday night and died later at an Atlanta hospital.

They said witnesses reported that a dispute between children over candy escalated with adults getting involved and Bolden being shot.

Police spokesman Jeff Hightower said Friday they are interviewing people but have not filed charges.

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State senator from Columbus sworn in JACKSON — Republican Charles “Chuck” Younger of Columbus is the newest member of the Mississippi Senate.

Younger took his oath of office Friday in the Senate chamber at the state Capitol. Several relatives and a few other senators watched as Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves administered the oath of office.

Younger won a special election runoff Nov. 25 in District 17, which is entirely in Lowndes County.

He will serve the final year of a term started

by Republican Sen. Terry Brown of Columbus, who died in September. The three-month legislative session begins in early January.

Younger has farmed and ranched in Lowndes and Monroe counties for more than 30 years.

Ex-boxing champ Terrell dies at 75 CHICAGO — Ernie Terrell, whose brief reign as heavyweight champion ended with a punishing loss to Muhammad Ali in a 1967 grudge match, has died. He was 75.

The son of Mississippi sharecroppers and longtime Chicago resident worked as fight promoter after his boxing career ended and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2004. Terrell also twice ran unsuccessfully for alderman of his far South Side neighborhood and built a janitorial company that eventually employed 100 people. He died Tuesday in Chicago of complications from Alzheimer’s disease, according to his wife Maxine.

Terrell’s big break came in 1965, when he met Eddie Machen for the World Boxing Association title that was declared vacant after Ali insisted on a rematch with Sonny Liston before fighting a WBA-mandated

contender. Terrell, who stood 6-foot-6 and deployed a withering jab with his 82-inch reach, won a unanimous 15-round decision over Machen and defended his crown against George Chuvalo and Doug Jones.

In 55 professional fights, he posted a 46-9 record with 21 knockouts.

Terrell’s tenure at the top of the fight game was controversial, though, because most of the boxing world considered Ali — who still held the World Boxing Council crown at the time — the true heavyweight champion. A bout between the two was finally arranged for February, 1967, at the Astrodome, but the fireworks began long before they stepped into the ring.

By then, Ali had converted to Islam and no longer went by his birth name, Cassius Clay. But Terrell, who had known him for years, repeatedly referred to him as “Clay.”

It was the same tactic used by Floyd Patterson ahead of his fight with Ali, and it resulted in Terrell suffering the same brutal beating Ali had administered to Patterson.

“You just act just like an old Uncle Tom,” Ali said leading up to the bout. “I’m gonna punish you.”

Repeat offender gets 50 years for invasion GULFPORT — A Harrison County jury deliberated for less than 30 minutes before convicting a man accused of breaking into a Saucier home, holding an occupant at gunpoint and assaulting him.

The Sun Herald reports 26-year-old Larry Dean Presley Jr. was found guilty of burglary of a dwelling, armed robbery and aggravated assault.

He was sentenced to 50 years in prison and must serve the full sentence because he is a habitual offender.

Officials say Presley broke into the house on May 18, 2013.

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WASHINGTON — The 113th Congress began its turbulent life two years ago battling over whether to help Superstorm Sandy victims.

They did, eventually.

By the time Congress limped out of town last week, one of its last acts was to honor the 100th anniversary of the extinction of passenger pigeons.

In between were mostly modest achievements overshadowed by partisan gridlock, investigations and sharp clashes capped by a government shutdown.

If productivity is measured by laws enacted, this Congress one was near the bottom.

Congressional and White House data showed that President Barack Obama signed 296 bills into law as of Friday, the second lowest total, by just 13 measures, for any two-year Congress in records dating to the 1940s.

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Sony said it had had no choice but to cancel distribution of the movie since theaters were refusing to show it. North Korea denied anew that it had hacked the studio.

“There is not any connection,” U.N. diplomat Kim Song told The Associated Press.

Song criticized the film but disputed his government hacked Sony and orchestrated the movie’s shutdown: “It defamed the image of our country. It made a mockery of our sovereignty. We reject it. But there is no relation” to the hacking.

disparaging about an accuser, as one woman has alleged, he could face a new wave of legal trouble.

“Staying mostly silent may be the best tactic for him given the dangers of saying something that might be libelous,” said Eugene Volokh, a law professor at University of California, Los Angeles.

Cosby has been under siege amid allegations that he drugged women and sexually assaulted them, dating back to the 1970s.

He has never been criminally charged in connection with the accusations, and his lawyer has denied many of them. Cosby settled a lawsuit in 2005 with a Pennsylvania woman who said he drugged and fondled her.

As the scandal smears the comic legend’s onetime image as America’s loveable TV dad, his mastery of the pregnant pause for laughs is now being played as a defense.

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the art of Debi Bond, who spent the past 11 years in Ecuador, where she taught art and enjoyed painting murals in the city. Mission work took the family to Ecuador, which has been a big influence on Bond’s art during that time.

The exhibit runs through November and December at the 609 Fillmore Street gallery. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

■ The Corinth Artist Guild Gallery will offer 4 children’s classes, all for $50. The classes will be offered on Jan. 10, 17, 24, and 31.

Featured subjects and media include acrylics, chalk and watercolor.

Jennifer Strickland will serve as the instructor.

Class times and age groups: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. for 7-11 year olds and noon-2 p.m. for adolescents age 12 and up. Classes are filling up quickly so call 662665-0520 to register as soon as possible. The deadline to complete registration is Jan. 6.

Events need to be submitted at least two weeks prior to the event. Community events publishes on Wednesdays, Sundays and on Friday if space is available.

Garbage Routes For Christmas week, the city of Corinth will pick up the Monday and Tuesday garbage routes on Monday, the Wednesday route on Tuesday, and the Thursday and Friday routes on Wednesday. Alcorn County will pick up the Tuesday and Wednesday routes on Tuesday and the Thursday and Friday routes on Friday. The Monday route will not change.

Library Book Sale The friends of the Corinth Library will host a Christmas book sale at the library through Dec. 23. All materials will be two for the price of one.

Community Garden MRHC The Easom Community Center’s Garden is open to the public on Monday, Wednesday and Friday to pick mustard and/or turnip greens for family consumption. The garden is open during the hours of 1 p.m - 4 p.m. Stop by the kitchen area and sign-in before entering the garden, The Community Garden is made possible through the volunteer work of Danny Finger, William Dilworth, Charlie Betts, Bobby Ratliff and others.

Magnolia Regional Health Center is offering workforce development classes for those interested in employment at MRHC as a Patient Care Tech from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 12 – Friday, Jan. 23. The classes are free, but sign up is required. This is not a certification course. The deadline to register is Monday, Jan. 5. To sign up or for general questions contact Evelyn Mathis at 662-2931202 or Traci Johnson at 662-293-1206.

limited and are filling up fast. Things to bring: A certified birth certificate. The head start can help order one if necessary. Parents should have their W2 tax return available. Parents should have their child’s shots up-to-date and get a signed 121 form.

The head start will need the child’s social security card which can be applied for at the Social Security Office if necessary. They will also need a copy of the child’s insurance card. For more information contact the centers at the numbers listed above.

Legacy Hospice Legacy Hospice is looking for volunteers from the age of 17 and up. Legacy Hospice offers three types of volunteers: Direct patient volunteers do things directly with the patient and caregiver.

Indirect volunteers help with clerical work in the office. Bereavement volunteers help families and loved ones on their journey through the grieving process.

For more information contact Sherry Dalton at 662-286-5333 or by email at sherry.dalton@ legacyhospice.net.

Alliance Hospice Alliance Hospice is looking for Volunteers from ages 16 to 85, who would love to interact with local senior citizens. For more information please contact Sabrina Hall at 662286-9833 or by email at sabrina@alliancehospice.net.

VFW Post 3962 Head Start Registration

Retired Railroaders There will be a meeting for retired railroaders at 8 a.m. on the first Tuesday of each month at Martha’s Menu Restaurant in downtown Corinth. Active railroaders are welcome.

Corinth and Kendrick Head Starts are now registering children for the upcoming fall 2014-2015 school year.

Those who have a child who will be 3 or 4 on or before September 1, 2014 should contact their local Head Start.

Corinth’s number is 662-286-5802 and Kendrick’s number is 66-287-2671. Slots are

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■ VFW Post No. 3962 hosts a Karaoke Night every Friday at the post on Purdy School Road in Corinth. Karaoke begins at 8 p.m. with music by D.J. Lanny Cox. Lanny Cox also provides music at the VFW on Saturday Dance Night which begins at 8 p.m.

■ VFW Post No. 3962 will hold its monthly meetings on the third Thursday of each month with brunch at 6 p.m.

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Deaths VFW ladies and men’s Auxiliary will have a join meeting at 7 p.m.

■ The VFW Post 3962 will hold a Single’s/50’s Dance from 8 p.m. until midnight every Thursday. Admission is $5.

Checker Players Checker players are needed, especially Intex retirees, to play from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Mondays at the American Steel Builders Union building across from Ability Works. For more information, call 662728-5498.

American Legion Post 6 Bingo American Legion Post 6, located on South Tate St. will have Bingo every Friday. Doors will open at 4 p.m. with sales starting at 5:30 p.m. Games will begin at 6:30 p.m. A full concession stand will be available.

Lions Club The Corinth Breakfast Lions Club meets the first and third Monday of each month at 7 a.m. at Martha’s Menu.

‘Just Plain Country’ Just Plain Country performs at the Tishomingo County Fairgrounds in Iuka every Saturday from 7-10 p.m. Good family entertainment.

Friday night music There is music every Friday night with the band, The Renegade, from 7-10 p.m. at the Guntown Community Center. This is a familyfriendly event.

Quilt fundraiser A quilt made by the Cross City Piecemakers Quilt Guild is up for grabs in support of the ongoing efforts to preserve the VerandahCurlee House Museum.

Chances will be sold and can be purchased at the Corinth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. For more information contact Gale at 662-287-7136.

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Ancient clay seals could shed light on biblical times

BY JANET MCCONNAUGHEY Associated Press

Impressions from ancient clay seals found at a small site in Israel east of Gaza are signs of government in an area thought to be entirely rural during the 10th century B.C., says Mississippi State University archaeologist James W. Hardin.

This could indicate that Biblical accounts of David and his son Solomon described real kings rather than the backwater chieftains considered more likely by some archaeologists, said Hardin, an associate professor in the department of anthropology and Middle Eastern cultures.

The six fragments of clay, once used to seal documents or expensive goods, are described in a brief article in the December issue of Near East Archaeology.

“They’re little bitty mud balls but they’re really important because of what they suggest about what’s going on,” Hardin, the lead author, said in a telephone interview from the university in Starkville.

After tying the scroll or other item, ancient officials would wrap part of the string with clay and stamp it with an official seal to show that it had not been opened.

The artifacts are important, said Israel Finkelstein, an archaeology professor at Tel Aviv University. They “probably hint at” a city-state other than that of Gath on the southern coastal

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plain during the period, he wrote in an email to The Associated Press.

Gath was a major Philistine city-state when it was destroyed in the 9th century, according to archaeologists. According to the Bible, it was the home town of Goliath, the giant whom young David laid flat with stone and sling.

But Finkelstein, coauthor of a book arguing that “tenth-century Jerusalem was a small highland village that controlled a sparsely settled hinterland” rather than the great kingdom the Bible describes David and his son Solomon as ruling, was unconvinced by Hardin’s broader conclusion. It’s too far from Jerusalem — about 70 miles — to make connections, he said, and radiocarbon dating for the part of the Iron Age described could be anywhere from mid10th century to 800 B.C. “There is no reason to start rewriting history books that come from modern critical research,” wrote Finkelstein, who wrote “David and Solomon: In Search of the Bible’s Sacred Kings and the Roots of the Western Tradition” with journalist and archaeology historian Neil Asher Silberman.

Carbon dating that period is problematic, Hardin said, so pot fragments from the layers where the bullae were found are being analyzed at the University of Minnesota’s Center for Rock Magnetism to see if magnetic analysis can date them more precisely.

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The suggested gifts are two or three outfits of clothing, a jacket, a pair of shoes and a couple of toys.

The Angel Tree had 82 angels on board this year in a busy season for the organization.

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Coming Up In The Daily Corinthian Editor Mark Boehler and Staff Writer/Photographer Zack Steen will be working Christmas Day, attending the Crossroads Christmas event. They will also be going around Corinth, interviewing and taking photos of people who have to work on Christmas Day serving others. See the photos and story coming Friday.

Commercialization puts Santa on top of woman’s naughty list DEAR ABBY: I have decided that when I have kids I don’t want to do the whole “Santa” thing. I’d rather tell them about the real St. Nicholas and what it means to give rather than to receive.

E v e n though I’m not religious, I’ll tell them about the birth of Jesus (even though he Abigail wasn’t born DecemVan Buren in ber), and tell them about Dear Abby the winter solstice.

After working years of retail, I have seen firsthand what people can be like around the holidays, especially parents buying expensive, high-demand/lowsupply things for their kids, and parents who put themselves in debt to make their kids happy.

I am saddened by stories of kids writing to Santa and asking him to get their unemployed parents money for food.

Most people I have spoken with disagree with my decision.

They call me a Scrooge or say I’m “taking my kids’ innocence away.”

What do you think?

Do you think I’m awful for wanting to teach them about

charitable St. Nick, instead of commercializing Santa Claus?

-- SANTA-LESS IN COLORADO DEAR SANTA-LESS: I agree you should talk to your children about the birth of Jesus, as well as the pagan festivals that Christmas replaced, if you wish.

While you’re at it, also stress to them what the spirit of Christmas is supposed to be -- even if it seems sometimes lost in the commercialism of the holiday.

However, wait until your children ASK you about Santa.

When they do, tell them the truth.

That way, they will learn that when they ask their mother something, they will always be given an honest answer.

DEAR ABBY: When our son got married 10 years ago, we tried to establish a relationship with his wife. We found her to be strong-willed and controlling, and sadly accepted that she was determined to exclude us from their lives.

We realized she didn’t want to share him with anyone else.

We spent no holidays together, but when I requested to see them once a year on my son’s birthday, we would meet halfway for a meal to keep the visit short.

After they had two children, we were allowed to see them on their birthdays.

Gifts were always accepted and we were thanked.

As the years passed, we were also allowed some phone calls and Skyping.

But now, since his father died last year, my son agrees with his wife that no further contact with me is necessary.

I have two questions: First, do I continue to send gifts and cards to them?

Second, if the children, now 5 and 7, are no longer allowed to see me, do I change my will? -HEARTBROKEN GRANDMA DEAR HEARTBROKEN GRANDMA: What a sad situation.

If your grandchildren are not allowed to see you, then you really will no longer have a relationship.

Continue trying to maintain contact, however, and perhaps the situation will improve later.

You can do with your assets exactly as you please, but don’t make any snap decisions now.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Horoscopes ARIES (March 21-April 19).

The ones who seem extremely different from you are not really.

Relating to others is simply a matter of staying clued in to your surroundings and to what people are doing in the moment.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

People in their right minds don’t usually forget details about what and whom they love, though such a thing may happen today.

If so, don’t take it personally. Let the small grievances go.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). It’s a beautiful day when you experience reciprocal energy, as you will today. You can’t help but treasure and admire those who treasure and admire you!

CANCER (June 22-July 22).

It doesn’t matter whom or what you love; the effect is the same: Loving makes you beautiful.

Your whole being becomes a graceful testament to your adoration.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You

weren’t trying to make yourself happy; you were just following your interest. And yet the pursuit of that made you very happy indeed. The pursuit of happiness is rarely direct.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

Security, quite simply, isn’t. The ability to feel secure in uncertain circumstances (and pretty much all circumstances are uncertain) is a talent few possess. Celebrate this part of yourself.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). It’s easier to be critical than it is to be creative. When the work is done by someone else, you give credit. When it’s done by you, you’re hard on yourself. Don’t be.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

Mark Twain said that a lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. Today it won’t matter how true or false the news is -- it will spread.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Don’t worry about how use-

ful your afternoon efforts are.

Playfulness is function without purpose. What you do in the moment that doesn’t matter will train you for the moment that does.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Success isn’t about winning every medal. Today, more than likely, it’s about awarding medals to others. You have a way of making the moment more important and special, and you’ll love their reaction.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

Not a lot of good will come of thinking your work is very important. This evening, logic will prevail, and in a strange way life will prove, for once, quite fair.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

Doctors take an oath to do no harm, but occasionally it happens that the remedy is worse than the disease. This is a metaphor to take quite seriously this week, as you’ll be weighing options that are more complex than they seem.

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ing unauthorized access to prescription drugs.

Hood said his office had served the subpoena on Google without issuing a news release or seeking attention about the type of information it was seeking from the company. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Google sent more than 99,000 jumbled, unsearchable documents in a data dump,â&#x20AC;? Hood said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I agreed to give Google additional time to comply with our request and hoped we could reach an agreement.â&#x20AC;?

Instead, Hood said he believes Google has tried to make him look bad and â&#x20AC;&#x153;some of its more excitable people have sued trying to stop the State of Mississippi for daring to ask some questions.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We expect more from one of the wealthiest corporations in the world.â&#x20AC;?

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In a federal lawsuit filed Friday in Mississippi, Google said Hood has tried to force the company to restrict access to content through its Internet search engine and advertising and on its videosharing site, YouTube. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Attorney General has engaged in a sustained campaign of threats against Google,â&#x20AC;? the Mountain View, California-based company said in its lawsuit.

of its operations, including information about advertising for imported prescription drugs.

The Google lawsuit called Hoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s subpoena â&#x20AC;&#x153;punitiveâ&#x20AC;? and said it violates settled federal law.

The lawsuit says a 1996 federal law, the Communications Decency Act, â&#x20AC;&#x153;explicitly grants Internet service providers like Google broad immunity from a state enforcement action for doing precisely what the Attorney General has threatened to prosecute or sue Google for doing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; making available content created by third parties.â&#x20AC;?

Hood said in response to Googleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lawsuit that he is â&#x20AC;&#x153;calling a time out.â&#x20AC;? In a news release, Hood said he will reach out to the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorneys to try to resolve issues that affect consumers, includ-

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By comparison, a single large oil platform in the deep water U.S. Gulf of Mexico can produce 200,000 barrels per day.

The few major exploration projects in Cuba in recent years have had little success. Most recently, the Spanish company Repsol abandoned a yearslong exploration project in 2012 when an offshore exploratory well failed to find much oil.

Fryklund says that U.S. oil services firms, which have been prevented from working in Cuba, could provide technology to operators in Cuba to help increase production somewhat. Also, U.S. refiners could find a new market in Cuba for gasoline and diesel or refining technology. Cuba has been struggling to find a partner to finance an upgrade an expansion of its largest refinery, in Cienfuegos.

But a factor that helped push Cuba to seek closer ties with the United States also could impede major oil exploration there: low oil prices.

A plunge of nearly 50 percent in the global price of oil has crushed the oildependent economies of Venezuela and Russia, threatening aid from Cubaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest benefactors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;None of Cubaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s friends have the financial capability to throw a safety net or a safety line to Cuba,â&#x20AC;? says Jorge Pinon, former Amoco Oil Latin America president now at the University of Texas. Cuba suffered enormously when foreign aid dried up after the fall of the Soviet

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Union, and it wants to avoid similar economic pain now that Venezuelan aid is uncertain.

Low oil prices also force drillers to shy away from risky projects because the potential for a big financial return is so much smaller.

Even though Cuba sits relatively close to some of the biggest deep-water oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico, the geology under Cubaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s waters is drastically different from that of the rest of the Gulf.

The U.S. Geological Survey estimates there are 4.6 billion barrels of undiscovered oil in Cuba â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a substantial but not enormous amount because not all of that oil could possibly be produced. The U.S. Gulf of Mexico contains an estimated 10 times that much.

Also, there are also bigger and better-known fields in Mexico, which recently amended its constitution to allow foreign investment in its oil industry.

Cuba could offer very favorable terms to entice drillers to come, however, and smaller firms willing to take bigger risks may give Cuba a shot.

A major concern for environmentalists and the tourism industry in the region is Cubaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to drill at international safety standards, including its response to any spill, according to Bob Graham, who co-chaired the national commission on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. They fear a spill could quickly spread to ecologically rich and economically important reefs and beaches in nearby Florida and throughout the Caribbean.

Under the U.S. embargo of Cuba, which remains in place, anything comprised of more than 10 percent U.S. parts cannot be sold to Cuba or a Cuban contractor. That covers almost all modern drilling systems, Graham says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to require some modification of the embargo to allow state-ofthe-art equipment to be used for Cuban drilling.â&#x20AC;?

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association has been working with the U.S. Coast Guard and other state and federal agencies to study the possible threats posed by offshore oil drilling near the Florida Straits and the Bahamas, says NOAA spokesman Ben Sherman. The agency also shares technical expertise on oil spill planning and response with Caribbean nations, including Cuba, Sherman says.

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Eagles face elimination with loss

North Pontotoc Shootout Corinth 72, North Panola 47

BY JOSEPH WHITE

Local Schedule Monday Basketball Booneville @ Corinth, 5 McNairy @ Crockett Co., 6

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LANDOVER, Md. — The Philadelphia Eagles have proved themselves to be a mirage, a team that got away with its faults until it couldn’t any longer. Leaders in the NFC East as recently as a week ago, they’re now just about done in the playoff race, and they’re in no position to argue that they deserve any better.

Penalties, missed field goals, two more turnovers by Mark Sanchez and an inability to keep track of former teammate DeSean Jackson turned into a 27-24 loss to the lowly Washington Redskins on Saturday

night, the Eagles’ third straight defeat and one that gives Dallas two chances to clinch the NFC East.

“We’re currently minus-9 in the turnover margin, so us having nine wins is really impressive for that,” said safety Malcolm Jenkins, echoing the mood of a locker room hit with a communal reality check.

“And really we were on borrowed time playing that style of football. If we had run the table in December with that kind of football, it would have been surprising, and it’s something we didn’t fix.”

Sanchez’s interception with 1:31 remaining — his 13th

turnover in seven games — led to Kai Forbath’s winning 26yard field goal with 5 seconds remaining as the Redskins (411) snapped a six-game losing streak.

The Eagles (9-6) will now be rooting for Indianapolis to beat the Cowboys (10-4) on Sunday. A Dallas win eliminates Philadelphia. A Dallas loss keeps a modicum of hope alive.

“I’m not going to throw a party and watch it,” receiver Jeremy Maclin said. “I’m going to watch it at home.”

The loss also knocked Philadelphia from the wild-card race and clinched a playoff

Top-Seeded Club

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La.-Lafayette takes New Orleans Bowl

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berth for Detroit.

Sanchez set an Eagles record with 37 completions in 50 attempts for a career-high 374 yards with two touchdowns to Riley Cooper, and tight end Zach Ertz set a franchise game record with 15 catches.

But Sanchez lost a fumble for the third time this season and threw his 10th interception to put the Eagles’ NFL-leading turnover tally at 36.

Robert Griffin III, back from his recent benching after a season-ending neck injury to Colt McCoy, went 16 for 23 for 220 yards with one interception

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Kossuth’s Jacob Wilcher goes up for a shot during one of the Aggies’ nine wins this season. Kossuth has the best record in the county at 9-1 and will be the top seed in the Alcorn County Tournament, which will be held Jan. 8-10 at the Crossroads Arena.

NEW ORLEANS — Terrance Broadway passed for 227 yards and a touchdown, Hunter Stover kicked three field goals and Louisiana-Lafayette defeated Nevada in the New Orleans Bowl 16-3 on Saturday.

Stover made a career-long 46-yard field goal in the first half and added kicks of 35 and 30 yards for the Ragin’ Cajuns (9-4), who completed their fourth consecutive nine-victory season with their fourth straight New Orleans Bowl win.

Cody Fajardo passed for 124 yards and rushed for 49 more for Nevada (7-6), marking the second time he’d passed for more than 2,000 yards and rushed for more than 1,000 in a season.

But the Wolf Pack, who had 200 or more yards rushing in each of their previous five games, gained only 89 yards on the ground against ULL and failed to score a touchdown for the first time since being shut out at Notre Dame in 2009.

Broadway set an NCAA Division I bowl record by completing his first 14 passes, but it didn’t amount to many points.

The Cajuns scored their only touchdown on their opening possession, capped by Broadway’s 17-yard pass to C.J. Bates. Stover’s first field goal was the only other ULL score in the opening half.

Broadway’s first incompletion didn’t come until 44 seconds remained in the first half, when the Cajuns were on the edge of field goal range. But Brock Hekking’s sack of Broadway took ULL out of range, and Broadway’s second incompletion came next as he threw for the end zone as time expired.

Wildcats score first 24 points, maul UCLA 83-44

BY ANDREW SELIGMAN Associated Press

CHICAGO — No. 1 Kentucky made it look so easy that coach John Calipari felt the need to point out he had actual human beings on the court.

The only question was the final score, and that took longer to decide than the game.

Devin Booker had 19 points, and the Wildcats scored the first 24 points in an 83-44 victory over UCLA on Saturday.

“They’re not machines

and they’re not computers,” Calipari said. “They don’t play great every time out.”

They sure looked like machines the way they dominated this game.

Aaron Harrison added 15 points, and the Wildcats (12-0) handed the Bruins (8-4) one of their mostlopsided losses ever.

The first meeting between the storied programs in eight years turned ugly as soon as the game started, with Kentucky dominating UCLA in

every possible way. It was so bad that officials lost track of one of the Bruins’ second-half baskets and put out an amended box score about 90 minutes after the game.

It hardly mattered.

The opening 24-0 run was eight shy of the record between two Division I teams, set by Connecticut against New Hampshire on Dec. 12, 1990. And the 39-point margin was nine shy of the Bruins’ record.

Kentucky led 41-7 at the intermission. It was the

lowest point total in a half for UCLA and the fewest by a Kentucky opponent since December 1943.

“We just have to keep playing against ourselves,” Booker said. “Coach always stresses that to us — that we’re not playing against the other team, we’re playing against ourselves. Just keep playing. You can’t look at the score.”

UCLA coach Steve Alford was so impressed he said the Wildcats might not lose a game this sea-

son.

“If they continue to play at that level defensively, I’m a firm believer they got a chance to run this thing out,” he said.

Kentucky was simply too deep and too athletic, with a 10-man rotation and three starters standing 6-foot-10 or taller. Some of those players probably would get more time and put up bigger numbers elsewhere. But they almost certainly would not be on a team as dominating as this one.

“People can watch these guys in 20 minutes and know how really good they are,” Calipari said. “They don’t need 40 minutes, and these kids are great.

We’re a really good team with a bunch of guys, 10 guys, that all could score double figures.”

Booker hit 5 of 6 3-pointers and 7 of 10 shots overall. Harrison made three 3-pointers, nailing one to start the game, and Kentucky hit 12 in all from Please see WILDCATS | 11A

USC Upstate takes Mississippi St. to wire, shocks Bulldogs

BY DAVID BRANDT Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. — USC Upstate is starting to get used to knocking off teams from major conferences.

Ty Greene’s 18-foot jumper with 6.3 seconds remaining pushed USC Upstate to a 53-51 victory over Mississippi State on Saturday, giving the program another marquee win less than three weeks after beating Georgia Tech.

“We try not to be cocky, but we are confident in ourselves,” Greene said.

“This is a game we felt we could win.”

USC Upstate (9-4) controlled the game for most of the afternoon before fall-

ing behind 49-48 with 1:53 remaining after Trivante Bloodman made a contested layup.

But the Spartans didn’t panic, rallying to tie the game at 51 prior to Greene’s game-winning shot. The 6-foot-3 senior sprinted around a screen and slipped past a defender before elevating for a jumper that looked good from the moment it left his hand.

“I just tried to focus, stay relaxed and not get tight,” Greene said. “Lucky enough, it went in. We executed the play just like coach wanted us to.”

Damian Goodwin led USC Upstate with 14 points while Greene added 12.

Spartans’ coach Eddie Payne said he was impressed his team kept its cool after losing the lead in the final minutes.

“Our guys kept their heads in the moment and got ready for the next play,” Payne said. “And when that happens you’ve got a chance to win.”

Mississippi State (5-5) has lost five games in a row. The Bulldogs had a chance to tie the game in the final seconds but a running jumper by I.J. Ready missed badly.

It’s been an ugly stretch for the Bulldogs, who have also lost to TCU, Tulane, Oregon State and Arkansas State during their skid.

Roquez Johnson led the Bulldogs with 15 points and nine rebounds. Mississippi State shot just 17 of 44 from the field (38.6 percent), including 1 of 15 (6.7 percent) from 3-point range.

The Spartans came into the game with plenty of experience playing teams from major conferences.

Along with the 59-54 win over Georgia Tech on Dec. 6, they also played competitive road games against Maryland and Memphis.

This game was played in front of just 1,102 people at the Mississippi Coliseum.

The Bulldogs usually play once in Jackson every year to try and give fans in the

capital city an easy nonconference game to attend instead of making the twohour drive to Starkville.

Mississippi State struggled to generate any offense for a fifth straight game. The Bulldogs haven’t topped 55 points since beating St. Louis 75-50 on Nov. 28.

Mississippi State coach Rick Ray said he was disappointed in the result, but pleased that the team’s defense and intensity had improved. He said the offense continues to be a work in progress.

“That’s not something we can change overnight, so we can’t focus on that,” Mississippi State coach

Rick Ray said. “We focus on the things we can change, and that’s our effort.”

SLOPPY START USC Upstate led 22-15 at halftime in a first half that saw the two teams combine to hit just 1 of 16 attempts from 3-point range.

TIP-INS Mississippi State’s Gavin Ware went down with a left ankle injury early in the first half but returned to the game. The Bulldogs’ Maurice Dunlap didn’t play on Saturday because of a wrist injury while Demetrious Houston was out with a concussion. ... USC Upstate won despite making just 4 of 25 attempts (16 percent) from 3-point range.

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long range to the delight of their cheering fans.

The Wildcats also played stifling defense, with the Bruins missing their first 17 shots and going 19 for 71.

Isaac Hamilton led UCLA with 14 points and Bryce Alford scored 13.

But they came after Kentucky put this one away — which didn’t take long.

In the second game of a doubleheader at the United Center that started with No. 24 North Carolina beating No. 12 Ohio State, the Wildcats erased all doubt about this one almost as soon as it started.

Harrison’s 3 from the wing got things started, and Kentucky just poured it on from there, blocking shots, breaking for dunks and nailing jumpers.

Wildcat fans just about came unglued after Har-

rison nailed a 3 to make it 16-0 with 16:27 remaining, chanting “Go Big Blue!” during a timeout.

And the lead continued to climb.

Booker capped the run with back-to-back 3-pointers and a breakaway dunk off a block by Dakari Johnson against Alford, making it 24-0 with 12:40 left in the half.

The Bruins finally broke the shutout 23 seconds later on a layup by Kevon Looney.

STATS WATCH Kentucky held UCLA to 5-of-16 3-point shooting, outrebounded the Bruins 47-42 and forced 15 turnovers. UCLA shot 3 for 37 and missed all nine of its 3-point attempts in the first half.

MILESTONE MISSED Alford remained one win shy of 500 for the second straight game. He is 499-248 in his career.

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for the Redskins to win in his first complete game in 13 months. Griffin’s only other win as a starter this season came when he was injured in the first quarter against Jacksonville in Week 2.

First-year coach Jay Gruden, who has frequently been critical of Griffin, gave a glowing assessment, saying RG3 “did an outstanding job of managing the football game.”

“You would think a 3-11 football team would just quit,” Griffin said. “And we’re not.”

From the Eagles’ perspective, everything seemed to go wrong in pairs. Two wide-rights by rookie kicker Cody Parkey — doubling his number of misses this season — were converted into two 1-yard touchdown runs by Darrel Young.

One of those Washington scoring drives included roughing-the-passer penalties by Brandon Graham and Vinny Curry in a span of four plays.

The other drive featured a 55-yard over-the-shoulder grab by Jackson, the second 50-plus Griffin-toJackson connection in the game.

“I missed kicks and we lost the game,” said Par-

key, who has been battling a groin injury in his kicking leg. “I don’t think there’s any words to really describe it. You let yourself down. You let your teammates down.

The kicks had nothing to do with my groin.”

Curry also had a roughing-the-passer call on the Redskins’ winning drive. Earlier, a passinterference call on Nate Allen in the end zone set up Young’s second scoring run. Philadelphia was flagged 13 times for 102 yards.

“We’re beating ourselves with the penalties,” defensive coordinator Bill Davis said. “They stay on the field, and they get more shots on goal, and bad things happen in the NFL.” The Eagles trailed 2414 when Sanchez hit Cooper for a 16-yard score early in the fourth quarter, and Parkey kicked a 22-yard field goal with 6:17 to play.

But, on their next possession — with the score tied and the season on the line — Sanchez made the game’s final mistake, the interception to rookie cornerback Bashaud Breeland at Washington’s 42.

“We wanted to spoil their Christmas and send them home,” Griffin said.

Minnesota State falls 13-0 in D-II title game

BY DAVE SKRETTA Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Minnesota State advanced farther this season than any team in school history, the Mavericks turning back every opponent that stepped onto the field with them.

They finally met their match Saturday.

Chris Bonner threw for 191 yards and a touchdown, Cameron McDondle scampered for 113 yards and Colorado StatePueblo relied on some stingy defense to knock off the Mavericks 13-0 in the Division II national championship game.

“We didn’t come into the game satisfied. We came in to compete. We came in to win,” said Minnesota State coach Todd Hoffner.

“You get 60 minutes.

You get one chance to compete,” Hoffner said, “and if you don’t get it done, you have a result like you had today.”

Ricky Lloyd and Nick Pieruccini shared quarterback duties for the Mavericks (14-1), though neither of them was particularly effective. Running back Connor Thom-

as, who had more than 1,300 yards rushing this season, was held to just 25 yards on 10 carries.

The result was the first shutout in the Division II title game since 1997.

“That was one of the best defenses we’ve seen,” Lloyd said. “We just couldn’t get on a roll. We couldn’t get any drives sustained.”

The victory capped a remarkable rebuilding job by ThunderWolves coach John Wristen, who played quarterback for the school when it was known as Southern Colorado in the early 1980s.

The program was disbanded along with several others in cost-cutting moves in 1985, and Wristen was brought on board in 2007 to revive it. Pueblo won four games the following year and simply kept improving, going unbeaten in the regular season the three previous seasons.

Each of those years ended in playoff disappointment, though. But after losing its only game to Fort Lewis earlier this season, Pueblo (14-1) made sure to finish things off this time.

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 21 6 .778 — Boston 10 14 .417 9½ Brooklyn 10 15 .400 10 New York 5 23 .179 16½ Philadelphia 2 23 .080 18 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Washington 19 6 .760 — Atlanta 18 7 .720 1 Miami 12 15 .444 8 Orlando 10 19 .345 11 Charlotte 7 19 .269 12½ Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 17 9 .654 — Cleveland 15 10 .600 1½ Milwaukee 14 13 .519 3½ Indiana 8 18 .308 9 Detroit 5 22 .185 12½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Memphis 21 5 .808 — Houston 19 6 .760 1½ Dallas 19 8 .704 2½ San Antonio 17 9 .654 4 New Orleans 13 12 .520 7½ Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 20 6 .769 — Oklahoma City 12 14 .462 8 Denver 10 15 .400 9½ Utah 8 19 .296 12½ Minnesota 5 20 .200 14½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 22 3 .880 — L.A. Clippers 18 7 .720 4 Phoenix 13 14 .481 10 Sacramento 11 15 .423 11½ L.A. Lakers 8 17 .320 14 Friday’s Games Charlotte 109, Philadelphia 91 Utah 101, Orlando 94 Washington 105, Miami 103 Toronto 110, Detroit 100 Boston 114, Minnesota 98 Cleveland 95, Brooklyn 91 Chicago 103, Memphis 97 Portland 129, San Antonio 119,3OT Denver 109, L.A. Clippers 106 Oklahoma City 104, L.A. Lakers 103 Saturday’s Games Phoenix 99, New York 90 Portland at New Orleans Utah at Charlotte Atlanta at Houston San Antonio at Dallas Indiana at Denver Milwaukee at L.A. Clippers Today’s Games New York at Toronto, 2:30 p.m.

Memphis at Cleveland, 3:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Sacramento, 5 p.m.

Phoenix at Washington, 5 p.m.

Boston at Miami, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Detroit at Brooklyn, 5 p.m.

New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

Indiana at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Monday’s Games Denver at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Portland at Houston, 7 p.m.

Utah at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

Saturday’s men’s scores EAST Albany (NY) 64, Yale 60 American U. 46, Mount St. Mary’s 45 Belmont 73, Fairfield 61 Duquesne 79, Mass.-Lowell 63 Fairleigh Dickinson 76, Delaware 74 Georgetown 81, Charlotte 78 Penn St. 73, Drexel 68 Providence 85, UMass 65 St. Bonaventure 69, Binghamton 51 St. Francis (NY) 61, FAU 56 St. Francis (Pa.) 73, Rutgers 68 Villanova 82, Syracuse 77, OT SOUTH Campbell 90, Montreat 64 Davidson 80, Coll. of Charleston 68 Elon 71, UNC Greensboro 64 Florida 63, Wake Forest 50 Florida St. 75, South Florida 62 Georgia Tech 65, Vanderbilt 60 High Point 80, James Madison 71 Jacksonville 84, Truett McConnell 55 Kentucky 83, UCLA 44 Louisville 76, W. Kentucky 67 Memphis 78, Oral Roberts 63

Murray St. 89, Illinois St. 77 NC Central 94, MVSU 60 Northwestern St. 89, Louisiana-Lafayette 85 SC-Upstate 53, Mississippi St. 51 Toledo 83, McNeese St. 69 UMBC 66, Kennesaw St. 53 UT-Martin 77, Presbyterian 60 Virginia Tech 64, The Citadel 61 MIDWEST Chicago St. 77, St. Joseph’s (Ind.) 54 E. Illinois 60, Indiana St. 56 E. Michigan 77, Missouri St. 65 IUPUI 71, South Alabama 65, OT Illinois 62, Missouri 59 Indiana 82, Butler 73 Iowa St. 83, Drake 54 Kansas 96, Lafayette 69 North Carolina 82, Ohio St. 74 Northwestern 67, W. Michigan 61 Notre Dame 94, Purdue 63 SMU 62, Michigan 51 Texas Southern 71, Michigan St. 64, OT VCU 68, Cincinnati 47 SOUTHWEST Arkansas St. 67, Marshall 58 SC State 71, Houston 63 Sam Houston St. 61, Prairie View 44 Stephen F. Austin 94, Arkansas Tech 57 Texas St. 90, Huston-Tillotson 56 Texas-Arlington 89, Howard Payne 50 FAR WEST Boise St. 77, Abilene Christian 33 Northeastern 78, Santa Clara 72 Oregon 83, Delaware St. 70 UC Davis 81, Air Force 75 UC Riverside 78, Houston Baptist 67 Wyoming 57, Southern U. 39

Saturday women’s scores EAST Army 70, St. Thomas Aquinas 45 Georgia Tech 65, St. Francis (NY) 59 Loyola (Md.) 59, St. Peter’s 49 Rutgers 66, Iona 58 St. Bonaventure 72, Niagara 60 West Virginia 69, Marshall 56 SOUTH American U. 64, Md.-Eastern Shore 52 Baylor 84, Michigan St. 65 Campbell 66, Bethune-Cookman 55 East Carolina 65, Norfolk St. 36 Georgia 58, Furman 51 Jackson St. 62, Northwestern St. 61, OT Jacksonville St. 57, ETSU 56 Middle Tennessee 79, UCF 57 Mississippi 71, Alabama A&M 47 Missouri 79, Wake Forest 64 Murray St. 80, Jacksonville 62 NC A&T 54, Tennessee Tech 49 North Florida 68, Wofford 60 Ohio 59, UMass 52 Oregon St. 73, Nevada 50 Presbyterian 45, NC Central 33 Tennessee 59, Stanford 40 Toledo 64, S. Illinois 48 UNC Wilmington 80, Charleston Southern 70 W. Carolina 83, FIU 69 MIDWEST Creighton 67, Nebraska-Omaha 50 George Mason 65, Louisiana-Monroe 53 Green Bay 60, Vermont 40 Kansas St. 61, Grambling St. 38 Minnesota 74, Liberty 60 Nebraska 83, High Point 57 Purdue 65, Denver 51 SIU-Edwardsville 77, Valparaiso 65 South Carolina 80, Cent. Michigan 45 W. Michigan 71, Detroit 57 Wichita St. 66, Winthrop 20 William Jewell 59, UMKC 51 Wisconsin 70, Oral Roberts 52 Wright St. 80, UC Irvine 42 Xavier 62, Lipscomb 38 SOUTHWEST Abilene Christian 80, Air Force 44 Houston 65, Nicholls St. 47 Stephen F. Austin 72, Arizona 60 Texas A&M-CC 68, Texas Southern 63 Texas Tech 64, UTSA 48 UTEP 86, Prairie View 48 FAR WEST CS Northridge 65, San Diego St. 54 Gonzaga 70, S. Utah 51 Hawaii 85, Loyola Marymount 76 New Mexico St. 57, FAU 44 San Francisco 77, San Jose St. 62 Utah 67, Louisiana Tech 52 Washington St. 82, Montana St. 61 TOURNAMENT ASU Classic First Round Arizona St. 81, Lehigh 61 Northwestern 92, E. Illinois 44 SJU Chartwells Holiday Classic First Round Indiana St. 64, SMU 55 St. John’s 56, Auburn 49

Sunday, December 21, 2014

Football NFL standings, schedule AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA y-New England 11 3 0 .786 442 280 Buffalo 8 6 0 .571 302 254 Miami 7 7 0 .500 327 301 N.Y. Jets 3 11 0 .214 230 360 South W L T Pct PF PA y-Indianapolis 10 4 0 .714 424 317 Houston 7 7 0 .500 324 277 Jacksonville 3 12 0 .200 232 389 Tennessee 2 13 0 .133 244 411 North W L T Pct PF PA Cincinnati 9 4 1 .679 311 289 Pittsburgh 9 5 0 .643 389 339 Baltimore 9 5 0 .643 376 267 Cleveland 7 7 0 .500 276 300 West W L T Pct PF PA y-Denver 11 3 0 .786 407 303 Kansas City 8 6 0 .571 322 254 San Diego 8 6 0 .571 303 294 Oakland 2 12 0 .143 213 381 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 10 4 0 .714 381 328 Philadelphia 9 6 0 .600 440 374 N.Y. Giants 5 9 0 .357 317 339 Washington 4 11 0 .267 284 394 South W L T Pct PF PA New Orleans 6 8 0 .429 364 374 Carolina 5 8 1 .393 288 358 Atlanta 5 9 0 .357 348 369 Tampa Bay 2 12 0 .143 254 367 North W L T Pct PF PA Detroit 10 4 0 .714 281 238 Green Bay 10 4 0 .714 436 325 Minnesota 6 8 0 .429 277 297 Chicago 5 9 0 .357 296 409 West W L T Pct PF PA x-Arizona 11 3 0 .786 287 244 Seattle 10 4 0 .714 339 242 San Francisco 7 7 0 .500 251 285 St. Louis 6 8 0 .429 291 297 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Thursday’s Game Jacksonville 21, Tennessee 13 Saturday’s Games Washington 27, Philadelphia 24 San Diego at San Francisco, (n) Today’s Games Baltimore at Houston, Noon Detroit at Chicago, Noon Atlanta at New Orleans, Noon Minnesota at Miami, Noon Cleveland at Carolina, Noon Green Bay at Tampa Bay, Noon Kansas City at Pittsburgh, Noon New England at N.Y. Jets, Noon N.Y. Giants at St. Louis, 3:05 p.m.

Buffalo at Oakland, 3:25 p.m.

Indianapolis at Dallas, 3:25 p.m.

Seattle at Arizona, 7:30 p.m.

Monday’s Game Denver at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 28 Indianapolis at Tennessee, Noon Detroit at Green Bay, Noon Jacksonville at Houston, Noon San Diego at Kansas City, Noon Chicago at Minnesota, Noon Carolina at Atlanta, Noon Cleveland at Baltimore, Noon Dallas at Washington, Noon N.Y. Jets at Miami, Noon Buffalo at New England, Noon Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, Noon Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, Noon New Orleans at Tampa Bay, Noon Arizona at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m.

St. Louis at Seattle, 3:25 p.m.

Oakland at Denver, 3:25 p.m.

NCAA FCS playoffs Semifinals Friday North Dakota State 35, Sam Houston State 3 Saturday Illinois State 21, New Hampshire 18 Championship Saturday, Jan. 10 At FC Dallas Stadium Frisco, Texas North Dakota State (14-1) vs. Illinois State (13-1), Noon

NCAA Division II playoffs Championship Saturday At Sporting Park

Kansas City, Kan. Colorado State-Pueblo 13, Minnesota State-(Mankato) 0

NCAA Division III playoffs Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl Friday At Salem Stadium Salem, Va. Wisconsin-Whitewater 43, Mount Union 34

Bowl Schedule Today NEW ORLEANS BOWL Louisiana-Lafayette 16, Nevada 3 NEW MEXICO BOWL At Albuquerque Utah State 21, UTEP 6 LAS VEGAS BOWL Utah 45, Colorado State 10 FAMOUS IDAHO POTATO BOWL At Boise Western Michigan (8-4) vs. Air Force (93), 4:45 p.m. (ESPN) CAMELIA BOWL At Montgomery, Ala. Bowling Green (7-6) vs. South Alabama (6-6), 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

Monday MIAMI BEACH BOWL BYU (8-4) vs. Memphis (9-3), 1 p.m.

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Tuesday BOCA RATON (FLA.) BOWL Marshall (12-1) vs. Northern Illinois (11-2), 5 p.m. (ESPN) POINSETTIA BOWL At San Diego Navy (6-5) vs. San Diego State (7-5), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Wednesday, Dec. 24 BAHAMAS BOWL At Nassau Western Kentucky (7-5) vs. Central Michigan (7-5), 11 a.m. (ESPN) HAWAII BOWL At Honolulu Rice (7-5) vs. Fresno State (6-7), 7 p.m.

(ESPN)

Transactions Saturday’s deals BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed to terms with LHP Scott Downs on a minor league contract.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Released OF Shawn O’Malley.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Designated RHP Preston Claiborne for assignment.

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Designated RHP Brandon Gomes for assignment.

TEXAS RANGERS — Released RHP Ben Rowen.

National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Designated OF Kyle Jensen for assignment.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Designated RHP Preston Guilmet for assignment. Released RHP Josh Lindblom.

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Agreed to terms with RHP Brandon Morrow on a one-year contract.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NEW ORLEANS PELICANS — Recalled G Russ Smith from Fort Wayne (NBADL).

FOOTBALL National Football League CLEVELAND BROWNS — Placed DB Tashaun Gipson on injured reserve.

Signed LB Scott Solomon from the practice squad.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Placed CB Tarell Brown on injured reserve. Signed LB Spencer Hadley from the practice squad.

HOCKEY National Hockey League BUFFALO SABRES — Recalled C Mikhail Grigorenko from Rochester (AHL).

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Placed F Boone Jenner on injured reserve. Recalled C Sean Collins from Springfield (AHL).

DETROIT RED WINGS — Assigned D Xavier Ouellet to Grand Rapids (AHL).

Recalled G Tom McCollum from Grand Rapids.

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Placed F Mike Cammalleri on injured reserve, retroactive to Dec. 13. Recalled D Adam Larsson and F Mike Sislo from Albany (AHL).

Air Force fries Broncos in Potato Bowl

BY NICK JEZIERNY Associated Press

BOISE, Idaho — Air Force capped one of the best turnarounds in college football, using a strong ground attack and a huge defensive touchdown to beat Western Michigan in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.

Shayne Davern ran for a career-high 101 yards and two touchdowns and Air Force beat Western Michigan 38-24 on a soggy Saturday night.

The Falcons finished the season 10-3 after going 2-10 last year.

Miami of Ohio was the last previous team to follow a 10-loss season with 10 victories, going from 1-11 in 2009 to 10-4 in 2010.

Western Michigan finished 8-5 after going 1-11 last season. The loss dropped the program’s postseason record to 0-6.

Davern was selected the team’s most valuable player. He ran 6 yards on a fake

punt in the second quarter that kept a drive alive and helped the Falcons take a 20-10 halftime lead.

Calhoun said special teams coordinator Ben Miller practically begged him to call the fake punt.

“He’s really sharp,” Calhoun said. “He said, ‘It’s there and we need to do it.’

And we did.”

Air Force increased its lead to 23-10 on Will Conant’s 31-yard field goal.

The Broncos pulled to 23-17 on a 35-yard touchdown pass, the second of three scoring passes from Zach Terrell to Corey Davis. After forcing an Air Force punt on the next possession, Western Michigan’s Daniel Braverman returned a punt for a touchdown and appeared to pull his team even, but the play was called back because of an illegal block in the back.

“It was a penalty,” Western Michigan coach P.J.

Fleck said. “We didn’t need the block. You’re not going to beat a team like that making that many mistakes.”

Instead of tying the score or taking the lead, Western Michigan moved Air Force territory when the comeback ended. Terrell was hit while scrambling by Falcon linebacker Shane Proctor and fumbled. Air Force defensive back Dexter White scooped up the loose ball and returned it 60 yards for the game-clinching touchdown.

“That was big,” Air Force linebacker Jordan Pierce said. “I’m proud of our defense. That touchdown really turned the game in our favor — that’s all she wrote.”

Terrell said he was looking for Davis when he started to scramble.

“I didn’t realize someone was behind me,” Terrell said. “The ball is our program. I can’t let that hap-

pen. I have to have a vice grip on the ball and can’t let it get out.”

Fleck agreed that play was a back-breaker.

“That’s a 14-point swing in about 35 seconds,” Fleck said. “We’ve got to learn from that and find ways to win. That’s how quick a football game can change.”

Western Michigan entered the game averaging 178.5 yards per game rushing but finished with only 79 on 26 carries.

“Our No. 1 objective is to stop the run and knew they had a really powerful running back (Jarvion Franklin),” Pierce said. “We did that. We also had a good pass rush, good coverage and a little help from the weather. They didn’t hurt us too much.”

“Give Air Force all the credit,” Fleck said. “It was like running uphill, both ways in the snow backwards against their defense.”

Gallinari leads Nuggets past Pacers, 76-73

BY DENNIS GEORGATOS Associated Press

DENVER — Danilo Gallinari scored 19 points, including a 3-pointer to spark a key fourth-quarter run, and the Denver Nuggets hung on to beat the Indiana Pacers 76-73 on Saturday night.

Ty Lawson added 15 points and 10 assists for the Nuggets, who won games on successive

nights after losing six of seven coming into the back-to-back set.

David West had 19 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Pacers, who lost for the 10th time in 11 games. Indiana also dropped its sixth straight game in Denver.

Both teams were held to season lows in scoring with Indiana hitting just 30.7 percent of its shots

from the field and Denver making 36.6 percent.

With 27.5 seconds remaining in the third quarter, C.J. Miles, who finished with 16 points, made a 3-pointer to even the score at 55-55 heading into the fourth quarter.

Indiana went in front 60-55 on another basket

by Miles, but Denver then went on its best offensive stretch of the night. Gal-

linari hit a 3-pointer, the first by Denver on the night after nine misses, to start a 10-0 run that carried the Nuggets to a 6560 lead with 7:04 remaining.

Indiana twice cut the deficit to one in the waning minutes, the last on a desperation 3-pointer by Donald Sloan that pulled the Pacers 74-73 with 1.2 seconds left.

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they go shopping and hand-select the items for each child.

“They even wrap the presents,” said the executive director.

Making the holidays a little brighter, Spearman said it was a joy to watch the smiles light up on little faces.

“If their laughter and smiles can’t cheer you up, nothing will,” he said.

“For me, this is what Christmas is all about.”

Reflecting on the network of people responsible for the event’s success, Spearman likened the assistance received to that of a jigsaw puzzle.

“All the pieces fit together perfectly,” he said.

“We are so thankful to the Lady Knights for making the wonderful cookies and other refreshments enjoyed by the children, the members of St. James for hosting us and Belk for allowing us to raise money through their Charity Day Sale.”

Operating with the efficiency of a well-oiled machine, this year’s event went off without a hitch.

“The first couple of years, we were able to assist 40 children and their families.

The numbers bloomed from there and this year, we were blessed with the ability to provide for 77 local children.”

Charlie Spearman Region IV executive director “It was well organized from start to finish,” said Knights of Columbus member Dr. Jack Hora. “The entire thing was cleaned up within half an hour to 45 minutes. Everything went so well that with their permission, we plan to continue having it at St. James.”

“When we first started doing this, people didn’t

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Knights of Columbus members gather for their annual Christmas program. know us from Adam, but over the years we’ve developed a good reputation through this and other events,” he added. “It’s a contagious sort of activity that touches everyone.”

Region IV employees and volunteers make Christmas brighter for 77 local children.

Echoing his sentiment, fellow Knight Ray Ball said going out and getting donations is a lot easier than it used to be.

“A lot of people know us now and are familiar with

what we do,” he said. “So, that makes the process a lot easier.”

A beloved and cherished tradition, organizers say they are grateful for the experience.

“When you get all those kids with Santa Claus, there’s no way they are going to settle down,” said Dr. Hora. “It really makes your Christmas when you see kids like that.”

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ACHS FCCLA members on the group’s float include (from left) Chloe Malone, Kerri Ragan, Noamie Evans, Madelaine Felks, Faith Evans and Heaven Isabell.

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Bright Star dance and twirl team marched in the Farmington Christmas Parade.

Diamonds in the Ruff pitbull rescue group.

Mayor Dale Fortenberry waves to the crowd during the recent Farmington Christmas Parade.

Keeping budget resolution can bring financial freedom

BY BONNIE COBLENTZ MSU Ag Communications

MISSISSIPPI STATE — Studies show many Mississippians are not good at managing their money, so some may use the new year as an opportunity to turn over a new leaf financially.

A 2013 Gallup poll found that just 32 percent of Americans put together a monthly budget to track income and expenses.

Even fewer actually stick with it. The results add up to significant debt. Federal Reserve statistics indicate the average household owes $7,281 on credit cards. When looking only at households carrying credit card debt, that average debt rises to $15,608.

Rita Green, family financial management specialist with the Mississippi State University Extension Service, said a personal budget is a spending plan that reflects a person’s vision for household priorities and financial goals.

“A budget is an important management tool because goals are not reached by accident; it takes purposeful planning and action,” she said. “The biggest benefit of a budget is that it puts you in the driver’s seat.

Knowledge of your available resources empowers you with a stronger sense of control and helps you think strategically about the direction of your financial future.”

Susan Cosgrove, Newton County Extension financial management agent, said a budget helps families and individuals get and maintain control of their money.

“It does not matter how much or how little

“It does not matter how much or how little you have. Planning and monitoring your budget will help identify wasteful spending and guide you to achieve your financial goals.”

Susan Cosgrove Newton County Extension financial management agent you have. Planning and monitoring your budget will help identify wasteful spending and guide you to achieve your financial goals,” Cosgrove said.

One reason debt gets out of control and budgets fail is because there is no “one-size-fits-all” budget to follow.

“Every household is unique,” Cosgrove said.

“You should customize your budget to your household, whether it be a single person, a couple or a family with children.

Each person must find what works for them.”

To make a budget, list all sources of income and anticipated amounts and then list all fixed and flexible expenses.

“Gather all receipts, bank statements and other records from the previous year to give you an idea of your spending history,” Cosgrove said. “Be sure to include monthly expenses and those that occur once a year, such as taxes, insurance, and back-to-school and holiday expenses.”

List expenses realistically, including charitable giving and such things as smoking, snacking and

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entertainment.

Good budgets include an allocation for household savings to help cover unexpected expenses like car repairs or medical expenses.

Total income should meet or exceed total expenses.

“If expenses exceed income, there are only two options: increase income or decrease expenses,” Cosgrove said.

Green said not following a budget should be considered feedback, not failure.

“The important thing to consider is why you weren’t able to follow it.

Was it something outside your control? What would you do differently?” she asked. “Then start again with a new budget for the new month, applying the feedback or lessons you learned from the previous month when things didn’t go as expected.”

The MSU Extension Service has several publications that can guide budget development.

These include Publication 545, “Managing Your Money,” and Publication 2398, “Financial Fitness.”

Find these at http://msucares.com.

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Mannersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Marlar Rebecca Elaine Manners and Jay Patrick Marlar celebrated their marriage in a two oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;clock ceremony on May 24, 2014, at Friendship World Outreach in McEwen, Tenn. The doublering ceremony was officiated by Pastor John Thomas Hodges.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. Billy Rumsey and Mrs. Deborah Melton of McEwen, Tenn. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Basel Hooper and Mrs. Eunice Rumsey and the late Mr. John Rumsey, all of McEwen.

The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Lex Marlar of Corinth. He is the grandson of Mrs. Sara Pannell and the late Mr. Pete Pannell and the late Mrs. Dorothy Marlar and the late Mr. Lex Marlar, all of Corinth.

Jay Patrick played the guitar and sang â&#x20AC;&#x153;To Make You Feel My Loveâ&#x20AC;? in honor of his bride.

Mrs. Amanda Parker of McEwen, sister of the bride, served as matron of honor. Brent Parker of McEwen, brother-in-law of the bride, served as best man.

Following the ceremony, Becky and Jay Patrick hosted a reception where guests were treated to an elegant dinner.

Becky and Jay Patrick are at home at 55 Windy Trace Drive in McEwen, Tenn., where Becky is a Medical Laboratory Technician at Tennessee Oncology in Nashville, Tenn., and Jay Patrick is the Marketing Administrator for Friendship World Outreach Church and Hope Center Ministries, Waverly, Tenn.

Timing of cake cutting matters The timing of when a couple cuts the wedding cake can have a specific meaning.

Long ago, the cake was usually cut at the very end of the reception and would signal to the guests that it was the end of the festivities. Today, cutting the cake is an unspoken signal that represents that the formal wedding is nearing a close, and

guests who would like to leave can do so without worry of being rude.

Many couples will cut the cake right after dinner as a courtesy to older guests who may want to get started on their trips home. Cutting the cake mid-reception also serves another practical purpose for couples who are paying a photographer by the hour.

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Be smart about beauty prep All eyes are on the bride and groom on their wedding day. Feeling beautiful and dapper can boost a coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s confidence and ensure they look back on their wedding photographs and videos with pride.

Certain beauty basics and makeup and hair strategies can help any bride look spectacular on her wedding day. The following are some dos and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ts of wedding day beauty preparations.

DO employ the services of a professional hairstylist and makeup artist. Professionals have the experience and tools of the trade to help you to look your best. From contouring to make your face seem slimmer to enlarging the appearance of small eyes, some tricks of the trade are best left to the pros.

DONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T forget to schedule a trial run. Make this appointment several months before the wedding day so you have ample time to work with your stylists and experiment with colors and hair arrangements to fit your personality and the style of your gown. Take plenty of pictures and notes so you will remember what needs to be on hand for the wedding day.

Do bring a pain relief medication in case a tight hairstyle or headpiece causes a headache.

DO allot enough time for the wedding day beauty appointment.

If you will be going to a salon, block out two or more slots instead of one. This way the stylist does not overbook and will not feel rushed.

Many brides opt to have stylists come to their homes. There may be an extra charge for this service, but it may be well worth the cost.

DONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T make any drastic changes to your appearance right before the wedding. This includes changing your hair color or texture, extreme tanning, using colored contact lenses, or chopping off all of your hair. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s better to wait until after the wedding to change your style.

DO bring a veil, headpiece, hair extensions, and any other accessories to your hair consult.

This enables the stylist

to practice working with these items.

DONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T tweeze or wax brows too close to the start of the ceremony.

Redness and swelling are common side effects of tweezing and waxing, and they can be difficult to mask with makeup.

Instead, take care of hair removal a day or two prior to the wedding.

DO exfoliate your skin prior to the wedding.

This doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily mean you should endure a harsh fruit acid peel or another procedure. You can exfoliate with a gentle washing of your skin with a nubby washcloth to remove any dryness and errant flakes. Moisturize well to ensure a smooth palette for makeup application.

DONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T wash or condition hair the day of the wedding. Intricate styles tend to stay better when hair has a little grip. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dirtyâ&#x20AC;? hair is easier to work with than shiny, freshly washed locks. If you must wash, remember to thoroughly dry your hair before going to your appointment.

DO wear a little extra makeup than you are accustomed to wearing because it will show up better in photos. However, do not wear so much

that you look clownish.

A makeup artist can help you achieve the right balance.

DONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T have bridesmaids wear makeup that is bolder than yours, especially red lips. No one should upstage the bride.

DO experiment with any products you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t used before to test for allergic reactions and see how well they wear.

DONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T wear too much under-eye concealer or one that is too light of a shade. This can draw more attention to problem areas than remedy them.

DO bring a pain relief medication in case a tight hairstyle or headpiece causes a headache.

DONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T forget that men need a little help as well.

Exfoliation and moisturization can help dry skin. Guys should use a new razor and plenty of cream before shaving to avoid irritation. A dusting of finishing powder can banish shiny noses and foreheads for photoready faces.

Chances are more photographs will be taken of a newlywed couple than at any other moment in their lives. Certain beauty dos and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ts should be followed so couples put their best faces forward.

Avoid common wedding music mistakes Wedding guests are usually anxious to head to the reception, where they can let loose and party. Music is an essential component of a lively and fun wedding reception, and there are some musical miscues couples should look to avoid to ensure the music is not memorable for all the wrong reasons. â&#x20AC;˘ Blocks of silence: Nothing makes time seem interminable more than silence. Always have a constant flow of music to avoid awkward silences. This includes the time guests are waiting prior to the ceremony as well as when theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re entering the cocktail hour.

Music will help everyone feel comfortable, and it creates a pleasing atmosphere, so make sure music plays throughout the festivities. â&#x20AC;˘ Second-guessing a professional: In an effort to curb costs, some couples provide their own

Nothing makes time seem interminable more than silence.

Always have a constant flow of music to avoid awkward silences. playlists via an mp3 player or a streaming service for the music. This is often a mistake. Hiring a professional means you will not have to worry about managing music on top of your many other wedding day responsibilities. A band or deejay usually also serves as the emcee for the event, announcing key moments of the reception as well as getting guests up on the dance floor. â&#x20AC;˘ Playing only one type of music: Playing too

many songs from one genre of music will alienate some of the guests who simply are not interested in that type of music. Professional deejays or performers know how to offer a great mix that will appeal to the masses, and they are often well worth the cost.

Try to span different decades and genres to keep as many of your guests on the dance floor as possible. â&#x20AC;˘ Failure to make a song list: Some songs you may feel are essential to the wedding and others may be on a donot-play list and are associated with negative memories. Band leaders and deejays are not mind readers. Give your band leader or deejay ample time to review your requests so that he or she has time to find a song that may not be in his or her collection. â&#x20AC;˘ Dancing to long songs: Pay attention

to a songâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s length, and choose spotlight dance songs wisely.

Remember that guests will be watching you dance with parents or each other, and a fiveminute song can seem neverending while others are waiting around.

Avoid very long songs, as the mix of music should be upbeat. The wedding isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the time to play â&#x20AC;&#x153;American Pieâ&#x20AC;? by Don McClean, Queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bohemian Rhapsodyâ&#x20AC;? or Lynyrd Skynyrdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Free Bird.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ Inappropriate lyrics and volume: Keep the music at an acceptable volume, and avoid songs with suggestive language or curse words that are inappropriate in a family setting.

Music is a key element of any good party, including a wedding reception, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s essential that couples take steps to avoid any musical miscues.

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Review: ‘The Interview’ deserves to be seen

BY JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer

That I was one of the relative few to see “The Interview” is not a boast I take any pleasure in.

It’s with heavy sadness, not pride, that I review Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s North Korean farce. The film has been shelved just a week ahead of its planned release due to terrorist threats by hackers said to be connected to North Korea.

The movie’s prospects of ever seeing the light of day are very much in doubt.

Yet “The Interview” is already assured of cinematic infamy. Whatever its future, it will go down as the satire that provoked an authoritarian dictatorship, roiled Sony Pictures in a massive hacking attack and prompted new questions of cyber warfare, corporate risk-tasking and comedic audacity.

The movie’s fate is a travesty, regardless of its merits. But what of its

merits?

Though “The Interview,” directed by Rogen and Goldberg, never quite manages the duo’s calibrated blend of sincerity and over-the-top crudeness, it nevertheless usually pulses with an unpredictable absurdity and can-you-believewe’re-doing-this glee. Its greatest charm is that it so happily brings the silliest, most ludicrous of knives (a preening James Franco, lots of butt jokes) to North Korea’s militarized gunfight.

Rogen plays Aaron Rapoport, a journalismschool grad who has found himself, ignobly, producing an “Extra!”like entertainment news show, “Skylark Tonight,” hosted by his friend Dave Skylark (Franco). The show traffics in the fluff of celebrity with occasional scoops. (Eminem makes a funny cameo as himself with the out-of-the-blue confession that he’s gay.)

When it’s learned that North Korea leader Kim

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Jong Un is a fan of the show, they maneuver to land an interview for a kind of modern “Frost/ Nixon” televised tete-atete, though one with the same penchant for ascots.

(Franco’s Skylark is an extreme dandy who speaks largely in over-used slang and has a strange obsession with “Lord of the Rings.”)

Before their trip to Pyongyang, a CIA agent (Lizzy Caplan) recruits the pair with the mission to turn their big interview into an assassination. “Take him out,” she instructs before putting them through training.

Like another comedy about the wrong Americans sent overseas, Bill Murray’s “Stripes,” ‘‘The Interview” is better on American soil and on less sure footing once it lands in North Korea.

This is partly logistical.

Though “The Interview” obviously couldn’t have shot on location and had limited images to draw on for its sets, the movie

fails to create even a halfplausible North Korean atmosphere and is left claustrophobically meandering almost entirely in palace interiors.

Their first meeting with Kim (Randall Park) isn’t a regal pageant; he just knocks softly on Skylark’s door and eagerly introduces himself as a “huge fan.”

One of the real disappointments of the film’s cancellation is that people may never get to see Park’s performance. His Kim is more complex than the broad caricature you’d expect: He’s a jovial young leader haunted by daddy issues, having been called soft by his father for adoring American pop culture. He’s a surprisingly agile basketball player and a lover of Katy Perry songs.

Even in North Korea, Rogen and company are more at home in American pop: Western civilization is more the target of “The Interview” than the DPRK.

(like his Alien in “Spring Breakers”), he’s here in full, grinning Jerry Lewis-mode, a rubber-faced infotainment parody. His chemistry with Rogen is predictably solid.

Charlie Chaplin, Ernst Lubitsch and the “South Park” guys have all tried before to find comedy in the shadow of evil and thereby do a little to disarm it. “The Interview” struggles to really illuminate anything about the stranger-than-fiction Orwellian nightmare that is North Korea, but its attempt is admirable. It deserves to be seen.

And, yes, having your film taken down by a totalitarian regime wins you an extra star.

“The Interview,” a Sony Pictures release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for “pervasive language, crude and sexual humor, nudity, some drug use and bloody violence.”

Running time: 112 minutes. Three stars out of four.

Paul McCartney reflects on yesterday, today and tomorrow

BY HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer

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As Skylark’s interview nears, their assassination attempts fail and ethical quandaries mount.

Skylark and Kim (“a cool guy,” pleads Skylark) become fast friends, palling around together and shooting off tanks. If anything, the film, written by Dan Sterling from the story by Goldberg and Rogen (their second time directing after the better “This Is the End”), verges on making Kim too likable.

And while the movie leads to a fiery end and a slow reveal of the famine Kim inflicts on his people, most who see “The Interview” will say to themselves: THIS is what prompted an international incident? There’s nothing scandalous about “The Interview,” unless you happen to believe Kim is a god who rides around on unicorns.

Despite the large presence of Park’s dictator, this is really Franco’s movie. Seemingly energized by his more outlandish performances

NEW YORK — Sir Paul McCartney is 72, and only the wrinkles give his years away.

Interviewed recently at his midtown Manhattan office suite, he seems as boyish and light-footed as he was on stage decades ago for “The Ed Sullivan Show,” his manner informal, his build slender and well suited for jeans and a form-fitting sweater. He’s so young in his thoughts that he will dismiss the idea of a memoir as a project for his 70s, catch himself, and dismiss a book again as if time were still a distant bother.

Memories can be found in his otherwise bright and modern office, from a small black and white photo taken of him by his late wife, Linda, to the abstract paintings by his late friend Willem de Kooning. But he is here to promote the present, a score he completed for Destiny, a first-person shooter game for PlayStation and Xbox. The premise was intriguing partly because he is no more adept at video games than he is at reading sheet music (many rock stars can’t), and because the closing song he wrote, the ballad “Hope for the Future,” captures how he looks upon the world.

“I thought, ‘Seeing it’s a shoot-em-up game, I will be the optimistic hope for the future,’” he says. “I will write something that sums up that side of the game.”

Writing songs on commission has been a pastime for McCartney since his years with the Beatles, when he composed the soundtrack for the 1966 film “The Family Way.” He likes the challenge of

fitting a piece of music into a pre-existing narrative, comparing it to solving a crossword puzzle.

“It’s like ‘Live and Let Die,’ how the hell am I am going to write a song like that?” he says. “I can’t change the title. I can’t say I’m going to write a song, ‘Live and Let Fish.’

Then you sit around and go, ‘OK, “You used to say ‘Live and let live’ ...’” You work out a whole hypothesis.”

McCartney doesn’t think of himself as a personal writer in the tradition of his former collaborator, John Lennon.

His songs often are less about his own life than about assuming a mood or identity. At times he takes on social causes, or at least tries. Having written “Blackbird” for the civil rights movement in the ’60s, he attempted a song about police killings in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York City.

“I was thinking recently about all these protests in New York and around the country. I thought it would be great to put something down about that, just to add my voice to the thousands of people walking in the streets,” he says. “I thought it through and it just didn’t come easily. I’m not giving up on it, but it didn’t come easily, whereas some other emotions might come easily to me.”

While forever a Beatle in the hearts of millions, he keeps his mind open to all moments. He sends out tweets on occasion and texts his friends, although the fine points of Spotify are beyond him (that’s what lawyers are for).

McCartney makes frequent visits to his native Liverpool, where he

helped found The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts on the site of the school he and George Harrison attended as boys. And he keeps in close touch with family members and past associates, enjoying local gossip or joking with Beatles producer Sir George Martin.

Loved ones speak to him from beyond. McCartney finds himself remembering his late father’s pet expressions, like “Get stripped, you’re on next,” meaning asking a guest to take his coat off.

While working on a song — the melodies come to him constantly — he might summon the spirit of Lennon.

“I imagine myself back into a room with John, and I’ll think (about a lyric), ‘Ugh, that’s no good.’

And I’ll imagine him saying, ‘No, can’t do that.’ So I’m using him as a sort of judge of what I’m doing,” McCartney says.

History — the Beatles, England, childhood — follows him everywhere, whether to a White House party where young friends of the Obamas gushed like the kids of old, or a birthday party in Tokyo for his current wife, Nancy. The entertainment was Queen and Beatles tribute bands.

“I had a kind of very emotional moment when we were sitting there — it could have been the alcohol,” he says. “And I’m thinking, ‘My God.’ The power of British music finally came home to me.

“I should know that we’ve had that effect, because it’s historically true. But it doesn’t always come home to you in quite the way it did that night. I was welling up and I was (thinking) ‘I can’t well up to a Queen tribute band.’”

‘School of Rock’ heading to Broadway Associated Press

NEW YORK — Rockers, rejoice: The Broadway musical “Rock of Ages” may be going, but get ready for “The School of Rock.”

Producers said Thursday that a musical version of the 2003 film starring Jack Black will start in early November, with an opening set for Dec. 6. Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Glenn Slater will write new music to be added to some songs featured in the movie.

The story — about a rocker who poses as a substitute teacher at a tony prep school — will

be adapted by Julian Fellowes, who created “Downton Abbey,” as well as writing the stage musical of “Mary Poppins” and the film “Gosford Park,” and be directed by Laurence Connor, who codirected the latest “Les Miserables” on Broadway and “Miss Saigon” in London. JoAnn M. Hunter will handle choreography.

Casting will begin in January in cities across the country, including New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. The show will take over the massive Winter Garden, which recently housed “Rocky,” another musical based on a film that underper-

formed.

The stage version of “The School of Rock” will stay close to the plot of the film, in which a wannabe rocker enlists his fifth-graders to form a rock group and conquer the Battle of the Bands.

The film featured songs

by The Doors, Cream, The Black Keys and Led Zeppelin.

Slater co-created Disney’s 2010 hit film “Tangled” and supplied lyrics for “Sister Act” on Broadway. Lloyd Webber is the producer-composer behind such massive hits as “Cats,” ‘‘Jesus Christ Superstar” and “The Phantom of the Opera.”

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Call 662-415-2285 or 662-287-7525 for an appointment.

Priced at $210,000!

TRI-LEVEL HOME FOR SALE BY OWNER 3,893 SQ. FT. 33 CR 151 CORINTH, MS 38834.

FOR APPOINTMENT CALL (662)287-2357 OR VIEW AT: WWW. 33 CR 151 CORINTH, MS 38834.ZILLOW

$139,900

House and remaining contents 2 BR/1BA with Extra Lot 1911 Rosedale Corinth, MS 38834 $60,000 For more information call: 731-334-1667

PICKWICK RENTAL 3BR/2BA Home Fireplace, Carport $900 per month plus utilities.

Requires references & credit check.

Pet’s are negotiable, Renters insurance required.

731-689-8657

FOR SALE

BY OWNER

52 CR 731

(2 miles from the hospital) Beautiful 4 Bedroom, 2.5 Bath Custom Built home. Hardwood, Vaulted ceilings, Designer Ceramic tile showers. Lots of high end details in this home. Sitting on 2 acres with 2 additional acres available.

$228,500

Call Ronnie: 662-287-8111

Patti's Property Rentals 467 CR 306 Strickland 2 Bed - 1 Bath Lge Garage & Storage Shed. $600 Mo./$500 Dep. 9 CR 128 3 Bed - 1.5 Bath Central School District Large Garage $675 Mo/$500 Dep. Both Have Central Heat & Air

662-279-7453

8B • Sunday, December 21, 2014 • Daily Corinthian

s e l a S GUARANTEEDAuto Advertise your CAR, TRUCK, SUV, BOAT, TRACTOR, MOTORCYCLE, RV & ATV here for $39.95 UNTIL SOLD! Ad should include photo, description and price. PLEASE NO DEALERS & NON-TRANSFERABLE! NO REFUNDS. Single item only. Payment in advance. Call 287-6147 to place your ad.

868 AUTOMOBILES

868 AUTOMOBILES

864 TRUCKS/VANS SUV’S

864 TRUCKS/VANS SUV’S

CED U D E R

1996 VW Cabrio Convertible 178,000 Approx.

Miles $3000.

2002 Saturn 4Cyl, Automatic Transmission 32 MPG All New Electrical System

$1500.00 662-423-8449

White 2006 Wrangler X

Mint Condition! Straight 6- automatic- with 44,100 miles.

Trail Certified, but never been off-road.

Mickey Thompson wheels with BF Goodrich Tires (35’s)- less than 15K miles on them. Black Hard top currently on it & Bikini top comes with it. Tan Leather Interior, Stereo Sound Bar, Custom Jeep Cover, and Custom Bumpers. Serviced regularly.

4\” lift with 2\” body lift. Title in Hand- $22,000.

Cashier’s Check or Cash only, extra pictures available. Serious Buyers Only, located in Corinth, MS. Call Randy: 662-415-5462

2013 Nissan Frontier Desert Runner 2x4 4 door, Silver 1350 Miles

$25,000 $26,000

662-415-8881

1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee 283,000 Approx.

Miles $3000.

662-396-1182

COMMERCIAL

D Tires New RE100K 500 6,Miles Never $BeeWrecked $8200 OBO 662-664-0357

2011 Nissan Sentra SL Super Black, beige interior, 80,000 miles, Super Clean, Sunroof, loaded, navigation system, blue tooth

$12,900 662-401-2474

2000 GMC Jimmy

4x4 • 150K leather, sunroof, 4.3 vortec good tires $1,600.00 OBO

662-319-7145

2007 White Toyota Tundra double cab, 5.7 V8 SR5, Aluminum wheels, 64,135 miles, lots of extras, $19,000.

Call 662-603-9304

804 BOATS

ED C U D RE KUBOTA TRACTOR TRACTOR KUBOTA

Hyster Forklift Narrow Aisle 24 Volt Battery 3650.00 287-1464

ED C U D RE 2006 Jeep Liberty UCED

470 TRACTORS/ FARM EQUIP.

L4630 46 HP, 4wd, 295 Hours L4630 46 6’ HP,LMC 4wd,Bush 295Hog Hours $13,900.00 5’King Cutter Tiller All $17,500.00 Will Separate Call: 662-415-2340 Call: 662-415-2340

D REDUCE

Clark Forklift 8,000 lbs, outside tires Good Condition $15,000

662-287-1464

2013 KUBOTA 3800 SERIES TRACTOR BUSH HOG, BACKHOE, FRONT LOADER AND BOX BLADE

$23,500

WILL TRADE

662-643-3565

ALUMINUM BOAT FOR SALE 16FT./5FT. 115 HP. EVINRUDE. NEW TROLLING MOTOR TRAILER NEWLY REWIRED ALL TIRES NEW NEW WINCH

804 BOATS

2000 MERCURY Optimax, 225 H.P. Imagine owning a likenew, water tested, never launched, powerhouse outboard motor with a High Five stainless prop,

ASKING $7500.00 CALL 662-427-9591 MADE IN LOUISIANA. THIS IS WHAT SWAMP PEOPLE USE.

2003 FORD VAN

15 Passenger 41,000 Miles Excellent Condition $8500.00

662-286-6662

for only $7995.

Call John Bond of Paul Seaton Boat Sales in Counce, TN for details.

731-689-4050 or 901-605-6571

1989 FOXCRAFT

18’ long, 120 HP Johnson mtr., trailer & mtr., new paint, new transel, 2 live wells, hot foot control.

$6500.

662-596-5053 816 RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

2006 FORD F-250 4x4 4 Door, 1 Owner New tires Kept in A-1 shape $14,500 662-419-1587

2010 Chevy Equinox LS

2003 White 2004 White Ford 250 Ford 250 5.4 Titan Engine Goose neck Hitch

130K Miles, Fully Loaded GREAT Condition!

Xtended Cab Short Bed

$10,000 $10,500 662-415-8343 or 415-7205

$8,000.00

662-415-3600

2005 Chevy 1997 Van New Holland 15 Passenger 3930 Tractor 71,000 Miles Excellent 1400 Hours Big Boy Forklift Condition $ 1250 $8500.00 Great for a small $11,500 warehouse 662-286-6662 662-287-1464 731-926-0006

Loweline Boat

14’ flat bottom boat. Includes trailer, motor and all.

Call

662-415-9461 or

662-554-5503

‘07 Dolphin LX RV, 37’

gas burner, workhorse eng., 2 slideouts, full body paint, walk-in shower, SS sinks & s/s refrig w/ im, Onar Marq gold 7000 gen., 3-ton cntrl. unit, back-up camera, auto. leveling, 2-flat screen TVs, Allison 6-spd. A.T., 10 cd stereo w/s.s, 2-leather capt. seats & 1 lthr recliner, auto. awning, qn bed, table & couch (fold into bed), micro/conv oven, less than 5k mi.

$85,000 662-415-0590

864 TRUCKS/VANS SUV’S

2006 Wilderness Camper

2003 VW Beetle Automatic, Cold Air Good Tires Paint and Body Good Condition Extra Clean 139,989 Miles

$5900.00 662-287-5929

Antique 1986 FORD F350 XL- Dualley, 7.3 Diesel, new tires, Paint, Lots of Extras, 164,803 Miles, Motor runs well, 2nd Owner, $4000.00 662-287-8894

5th Wheel 29.5ft w/ large one side slide out non-smoking owner fully equip.

IUKA 662-423-1727

2001 Nissan Xterra FOR SALE Needs a little work.

Good Bargain!

Call: 662-643-3084

1993 John Deere 5300 Tractor

Toyota Forklift 5,000 lbs Good Condition

662-287-1464

w/ John Deere loader.

2900 Hours

$10,500

731-926-0006

1993 BAYLINER CLASSIC

19’6” LONG FIBERGLASS INCLUDES TRAILER THIS BOAT IS KEPT INSIDE AND IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION NEW 4 CYL MOTOR

PRICE IS NEGOTIABLE CALL 662-660-3433

REDUCED

2005 AIRSTREAM LAND YACHT

30 ft., with slide out & built-in TV antenna, 2 TV’s, 7400 miles.

$75,000.

662-287-7734

832 MOTORCYCLES/ ATV’S

Tractor For Sale!

John Deere 16-30 New injectors & Fuel Pump Good Tires

$6500.00 662-419-1587

2000 Chevy Express RV

Handicap Van w/ Extra Heavy Duty Wheelchair Lift 101,538 Miles

$8,000 OBO OBO $ ,000 662-287-7403

TRACTOR FOR SALE JOHN DEERE 40-20 NEW PUMPS, GOOD TIRES RETIRED FROM FARMING $14,000 662-419-1587

Excaliber made by Georgi Boy

1991 CUSTOM FORD VAN 48,000 ONE OWNER MILES POWER EVERYTHING

$4995.

CALL: 662-808-5005

TOYOTA FORKLIFT

5,000 lbs, Good Condition

$6500.00

662-287-1464

1985 30’ long motor home, new tires, Price negotiable.

662-660-3433

Bass Boat 2005 Nitro 882 18’+ w/ 150 HP Mercury upgraded electronics, low hours Nice condition $14,000 OBO 665-0958 Leave a message

CED U D E R 2005 Yamaha V-star 1100 Silverado

Loaded with Chrome, 32,000 Miles, factory cover with extras

$2,700.00

662-396-1098

804 BOATS

1999 Dodge Ram 1500 V-8 Extended Cab Long Wheel Base Auto Transmission Runs Good

2012 Jeep Wrangler 4WD 9,600 Miles, Red Garage Kept, it has been babied.

All maintenance records available.

Call or Text:

$ 00.00

662-427-9022

662-594-5830

Little Guy Campers

1997 Mustang GT

All different Styles

Black Like new on the inside and out.

Runs Great, good tires, 114K miles

and Sizesstyles All different andorSizes Collegiate, Solid colors

Collegiate, or Solid colors Available Available Perfect for tail-gating or Perfect for tail-gating or camping trips! camping trips!

Phone 662-808-9916

$

6,200.00

662-664-0357

VERY SHARP TORCH RED C-4 CORVETTE 1984 MODEL W/ TARGA TOP DAILY DRIVER GOOD TIRES. $7500.

662-462-8391 OR 662-279-1568

2010 Black Nissan Titan Pro4x

Off Road 5.6 V-8 4 Door 93,000 Miles

$25,000 662-415-8869 or 662-415-8868

53’ GOOSE NECK TRAILER STEP DECK BOOMS, CHAINS AND LOTS OF ACCESSORIES $12,000/OBO 731-453-5031 1989 Mercedes Benz 300 CE 145K miles, Rear bucket seats, Champagne color, Excellent Condition.

Diligently maintained. $5000.00 662-415-2657

1984 DODGE RAM CLASSIC CUSTOMIZED CALL FOR DETAILS 731-239-8803

2001 Volvo S40

OLD S$20,000

4WD, Loaded 60K Miles

731-610-3793

99 Ford F-150

Burgundy, V-6, 4.2 liter 5 Speed, Manual door locks and windows Regular cab, 115K miles

103,000 miles,brilliant red with black leather, 4cylinder, automatic power sunroof,cd player, runs and drives great and gets about 30mpg.

3850.00

662-665-1995

3500.00 662-665-1781 $

662-750-0199

2009 TT45A New Holland Tractor 335 Hours 8 x 2 Speed, non-Synchro Mesh Transmission. Roll over protective structure, hydrolic power lift. Like New Condition, owner deceased, Kossuth Area. $12,500- 662-424-3701

2012 Lowe Pontoon 90 H.P. Mercury w/ Trailer Still under warranty.

Includes HUGE tube $19,300 662-427-9063

ED C U D RE

1996 CROWNLINE CUDY Custom Built Crappie Boat w/ 50hp Honda Motor, Tilt & Trim, completely loaded. $

8500.00 FIRM

662-287-2703 or 662-415-3133

2012 Banshee Bighorn

1994 Ford F-150 302 Auto 163K Miles $3200 OBO

2004 F & F 17.5 ft.

2007 Avalanche LTZ Great Hunting Truck or Work Truck 1997 Dodge Ram Pickup Extended Cab, 4x4, 2yr transmission 175k Miles Used as a work truck at Pickwick past 10 years.

Runs Good $3000 731-438-2304

15 FT Grumman Flat Bottom Boat 25 HP Motor $2700.00 Ask for Brad: 284-4826

Side-by-Side 4 X 4 w/ Wench AM/FM w/ CD

$7200.00 OBO

662-664-0357

23’ on trailer & cover 5.7 liter engine runs & works great.

1500 Goldwing Honda 78,000 original miles,new tires.

$4500

662-284-9487

ED EDUC R 2007 Yamaha 1300 V-Star Bike

$10,000 $6,000.00

w/removable (three bolts) trike kit.

6400 miles, excellent condition. $

731-607-3172

662-808-9662 or 662-808-2020

UCED RED1996

7500.00

Honda 4 wheeler 2005 Mazda Red, Good Tribute 137K Miles Condition $4500 $2200.00 662-415-8731 415-2769

Daily Corinthian â&#x20AC;˘ Sunday, December 21, 2014 â&#x20AC;˘ 1C

North Half Drama Festival honors Congratulations to the Corinth High School 43-member cast of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The 10 Worst Breakups of All Timeâ&#x20AC;? for its recent honors at the North Half Drama Festival hosted at Mississippi State University. The CHS cast will advance to the State Drama Festival to be held at the Ford Center on the University of Mississippi campus Jan. 1618. The schools advancing from the North were Corinth, Oxford, Jackson Prep and Hernando. Schools advancing from the South were Picayune, Oak Grove, Gautier and Pearl River Central. Shelby McElwain of CHS was named All-Star Cast.

Alcohol calorie counts to be on menus by 2015

BY MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press

WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to be confronted with the number of calories in that margarita or craft beer? Then avoid the menu and order at the bar.

New menu labeling rules from the Food and Drug Administration will require chain restaurants with 20 or more outlets to list the amount of calories in alcoholic drinks, along with other foods, on menus by next November. The idea is that people often donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or even think about â&#x20AC;&#x201D; how many calories they are imbibing.

But the rules donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t apply to drinks ordered at the bar or any drinks that arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t listed on the main menu. The wine list will also be guilt-free â&#x20AC;&#x201D; individual calorie amounts arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t required there either. And unlike other beverages and foods, most bottles and cans of alcohol donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to list full nutritional information.

After years of lobbying for more nutritional information on alcoholic beverages, public health advocates say the menu labeling rules are a first step. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Alcoholic beverages are a key contributor to the calories Americans are consuming, and most of the time when people have a drink they have absolutely no idea what its caloric impact is,â&#x20AC;? says Margo Wootan of the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

Her group petitioned the government more than a decade ago to require that bottles and cans be labeled with robust nutritional information.

The FDAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposed menu labeling rules in 2011 exempted alcohol.

But FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said the agency decided to include it in the final rules this year after those who commented on the rule were largely in favor of such labeling because of its potential impact on public health.

The beer, wine and spirits industries objected, arguing that they were regulated by the Treasury Department, not the FDA, a setup that dates back to Prohibition. Treasuryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oversight, which includes minimal input from FDA, has â&#x20AC;&#x153;well served the consuming public,â&#x20AC;? a coalition of alcohol groups wrote in a 2011 comment asking to be left out of the menu labeling rules.

The new rules are designed to not be too burdensome for the alcohol industries or restaurants.

Endless combinations of mixed drinks wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be labeled at bars, unless they are listed on a menu, and the FDA is al-

lowing restaurants to use estimates of calories and ranges of calories without listing the exact amount in every different drink.

That means menus are required to list the average amount of calories in a glass of red or white wine, but wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to list calories by every brand of wine on the wine list unless they choose to do so. Same with beers and spirits.

So most wineries and craft breweries selling to chain restaurants wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to pay to have their productsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; nutritional content analyzed â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for now, at least.

The labeling rules have â&#x20AC;&#x153;more of an indirect effect on our business,â&#x20AC;? says Wendell Lee of the California-based Wine Institute. Lee says brandspecific menu calorie labels could be especially burdensome on the wine industry, where every vintage and varietal is different.

Craft brewers, with many varied brands and styles, have similar concerns.

The regulations â&#x20AC;&#x153;could have a slight chilling effectâ&#x20AC;? on small breweries if some restaurants decide to list calories for individual beers, said Paul Gatza of the Brewers Association, which represents craft breweries.

The rules could have advantages too, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The more customers know about a brewery, the more they feel connected with it,â&#x20AC;? Gatza said.

Off the menu, labeling rules appear further away.

For years, most alcohol companies have tried to put off mandatory bottle and can nutrition labeling as public health advocates have fought for it. Rules proposed in 2007 would have made such labels mandatory, but Treasury never made the rules final.

Last year, Treasuryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alcohol and Tobacco Trade and Tax Bureau said for the first time that beer, wine and spirits companies could use labels that include serving size, servings per container, calories, carbohydrates, protein and fat per serving.

The labels are voluntary and will likely be used mostly by liquor companies touting low calories and low carbohydrates in their products.

Current labeling law for bottles and cans is complicated.

Wines containing 14 percent or more alcohol by volume must list alcohol content. Wines that are 7 percent to 14 percent alcohol by volume may list alcohol content or put â&#x20AC;&#x153;lightâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;tableâ&#x20AC;? wine on the label. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lightâ&#x20AC;? beers must list calorie and carbohydrate content. Liquor must list percent alcohol content by volume and may also list proof,

a measure of alcoholic strength.

Wine, beer and liquor manufacturers donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to list ingredients

but must list substances people might be sensitive to, such as sulfites, certain food colorings and aspartame.

Tom Hogue of the Tobacco Trade and Tax Bureau said the current goal is to make sure that companies that want to label

may do so, and that labeling is consistent. It is important that labels â&#x20AC;&#x153;donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mislead the consumer,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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