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Vol. 119, No. 303
• Corinth, Mississippi • 20 pages • One section
‘A Christmas to remember’
Photos by Michael H. Miller
This single-engine turboprop plane crashed landed shortly after takeoff on Christmas Eve at the Corinth-Alcorn County Airport. It caught fire after the crash.
Single-engine plane crash lands near airport BY MARK BOEHLER
“They are very blessed.”
editor@dailycorinthian.com
MARSH TOWN — Some are calling it the Christmas Eve miracle. Dr. David Chase and four family members escaped serious injury after their singleengine turboprop plane went down shortly after takeoff from the Corinth-Alcorn County Airport on Christmas Eve morning. The 8:45 a.m. Dec. 24 crash landing happened just south of the Corinth-Alcorn County Airport on County Road 504 just off Highway 2. Alcorn County Emergency Management Director Ricky Gibens said the total loss wreckage was loaded onto a flatbed truck about noon Christmas Day to be transported to a recovery team hangar in Springfield, Tenn., where officials from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will determine the malfunction which caused the crash landing. “They will determine the cause of the crash,” he said. Dr. Chase was pilot of the plane and escaped injury, said
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Staff photo by Steve Beavers
Karla White (right) gives K-Mart Human Resource Manager Mandy Cornelius a hug after the store presented her with $500 in merchandise and a $500 gift card from the store. Photos by Michael H. Miller
Firefighters put out the fire on a plane which crash landed just south of the airport, above. The plane missed hitting a vacant house by just a few feet. Ashley Rider of Biggersville Fire and Rescue comforts a plane crash survivor, below.
Karla White and her new baby, Henry Dalton Byrd, are surrounded by gifts from K-Mart.
K-Mart Human Resource Manager Mandy Cornelius and store assistant manager Jasmine Davis present Karla White with Christmas gifts.
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ed between Kossuth and Corinth. The airport is known locally as Roscoe Turner Field, named after the famous 1930s fast speed pilot from Corinth
who flew with a lion named Gilmore. Clay Turner of Turner Aviation at the airport was contacted and acknowledged he was the first person to arrive at the crash site. Officials
said Turner helped get the Chase family out of the burning plane. He declined comment. Firefighters from Biggersville, Kossuth and Corinth assisted at the scene, as did law en-
forcement officers from Corinth, Alcorn County and Mississippi Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Magnolia EMS also responded with several units.
Church hosts Nightwatch BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
Grace Community Church is starting the New Year in the right place. The church will hold a Watchnight Service on Dec. 31 at its 1527 Highway 72 location – next to Zaxby’s. The special service begins at 7 p.m. and concludes at midnight. “Our churches need prayer warriors and this will be a good time for
prayer, preaching, restoration and celebration,� said church pastor Bro. Tim Alvis. A chili supper will be provided. Guest speakers include Bro. Warren Jones of Crossroads Baptist Church, Bro. Zack Howell of Kendrick Baptist Church and Alvis. Daniel Burkeen of East Corinth Baptist Church will be in charge of music.
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Workers aid mom who had baby in store parking lot BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers @ dailycorinthian.com
K-Mart came bearing gifts. Three employees representing the store played the part of Santa Claus on Christmas Eve with a bag full of gifts for new mom Karla White. White’s baby – Henry Dalton Byrd – was delivered by Corinth Police Department Sgt. Ken Walker early Monday in the parking lot of the store. “She made our Christmas more special and we hope to make her Christmas special too,� said store manager Scott Harris. “They are part of
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our family now.� Harris, assistant manager Jasmine Davis and store human resource manager Mandy Cornelius presented White the gifts prior to her being released from Magnolia Regional Health Center. “I don’t know what to say,� said White of the boxes of diapers, wipes and baby clothing. “I love y’all and really appreciate all of this.� White received $500 in merchandise and a $500 gift card from the store. Walker was given a $100 gift card. White and her mother, Lisa Worsham, were headed to Magnolia Regional Health Center when the baby decided it was time to come into the world. The local story was picked up by the Associated Press, making headlines across the country. Walker was across the road from K-Mart when the call was dispatched by 911. “This will be a good start to helping her out,� said Harris. “It has been a good week at the store and all of the other associates are eager to meet the baby.� White and the father, Joel Byrd, have two others sons, Noah and Jonah. “We can’t wait to spend Christmas with our other two kinds,� said White. “It has all been so amazing and we will have some crazy stories to tell Henry when he is older.�
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Today in History Today is Saturday, Dec. 26, the 360th day of 2015. There are five days left in the year. The seven-day African-American holiday Kwanzaa begins today. This is Boxing Day.
Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 26, 1799, former President George Washington was eulogized by Col. Henry Lee as “first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen.”
On this date: In 1865, James H. Nason of Franklin, Massachusetts, received a patent for “an improved coffee percolator.” In 1944, during the World War II Battle of the Bulge, the embattled U.S. 101st Airborne Division in Bastogne, Belgium, was relieved by units of the 4th Armored Division. In 2000, Michael McDermott, an employee at an Internet firm in Wakefield, Massachusetts, shot and killed seven co-workers. (McDermott was later convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole.) In 2004, more than 230,000 people, mostly in southern Asia, were killed by a 100-foot-high tsunami triggered by a 9.1-magnitude earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean.
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Officials search for 2 escaped inmates tion Center early Christmas Day. WCBI-TV reports Sheriff Randy Tolar says Dustin Shook and Chad Strange slipped away before daybreak.
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BOONEVILLE — Prentiss County authorities are searching for a pair of men who escaped from the Prentiss County Deten-
Shook is around 6 feet 1 and 140 pounds with brown hair. Strange is 5 feet 6, around 150 pounds and has multiple tattoos on his neck and forehead area.
Strange was being held on robbery charges and was awaiting a court appearance before he escaped. Shook was being held for Drug Court.
Across the Region Booneville to reissue tax bills after error
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Association executive director, and his wife, Dixie. In the mid1990s, the couples frequently traveled together to northern Europe on Alumni Associationsponsored trips. “When we got to a new hotel, we’d help everyone with their luggage and some Ole Miss alumni, particularly the ladies, had several bags, to say the least. So we would unload the luggage and get everyone settled and then sneak away to get a pizza wherever we were in the world.” The Warners say it’s the experiences they had and relationships they built through the Alumni Association that inspired them to create the University of Mississippi Life Member Endowment with a $1 million planned gift. “Bob and Mary Ellen are two of the kindest, most genuine people I’ve had the pleasure of knowing,” said Sheila Dossett, interim executive director of alumni affairs. “We greatly appreciate their involvement in the Alumni Association through the years and their amazing generosity.” Bob Warner received a biology degree from Ole Miss in 1979 and his medical degree four years later from the UM School of Medicine. In an effort to help others have a similar UMMC opportunity, the Warners have established the Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Warner Jr. University Medical Center Scholarship Endowment in addition to their designated gift to the Alumni Association.
BOONEVILLE — Some Booneville residents got a major shock in their tax statements last week thanks to a problem with the software used to calculate their bills. City Clerk Jana Lindsey said approximately 1,800 parcels in the city received incorrectly calculated tax bills when the annual statements were sent out last week. New bills with the correct figures were scheduled to be mailed out this week before the Christmas holiday. Lindsey said the city recently changed software providers for its tax system and an error was made when the information was transferred between the old and new systems, resulting in the bills being calculated at a significantly higher millage rate for the affected parcels which are primarily in the annexed area of the city. She said they apologize for any confusion the issue may have caused and are taking steps to make sure it doesn’t occur again in the future.
Warners designate gifts for alumni, scholarships OXFORD — Dr. Bob and Mary Ellen Warner always manage to find a way to serve others, even on vacation. “Herb, Dixie, Mary Ellen and I had a little routine,” Bob Warner said, referring to Herb Dewees, former Ole Miss Alumni
Officers hand out goodwill and cash TUPELO — Tupelo Police officers pulled over a handful of cars Tuesday morning, but it wasn’t to give out tickets. It was to hand out $100 bills. For the second year, a local business decided to give back, anonymously, as a Secret Santa. “It gives you a warm fuzzy feeling,” said the business owner, who requested to remain anonymous. “I heard good things about it last year, so I put the money in the budget this year.” The event also gives officers like Sgt. Brett Moyer a chance to show off their softer side as they picked out vehicles with a parent and a child. “I don’t want to see your license, I want to see you smile,” Moyer said to a surprised Stacey Johnson and his 13-year-old son Jordan. Johnson thought he might have been speeding because he had never heard of police handing out money. But the money would come in handy to buy a present for his wife. Wykhela Shannon had her three daughters in the car
when she was stopped. “I was terrified when I saw those (blue) lights and heard the siren,” Shannon said. “But I want to say ‘Thank you.’ I’m going to go get my girls some shoes now. “And I have a testimony now. I can’t wait to tell folks, ‘Guess what happened to me?’” Lakendria Maxwell was shaken at first, but quickly asked Moyer for a hug. He graciously complied. “I don’t always get to see folks when they are at their best,” Moyer said. “It’s great to be able to interact with people in a positive manner and show them that we are people too.”
Tupelo air service to resume in March TUPELO (AP) — Commercial air service in Tupelo, Mississippi, will resume in March. The U.S. Department of Transportation selected Corporate Flight Management to provide service in Tupelo with 30 nonstop round trips per week to Nashville International Airport. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports Tupelo has been without an air carrier since Oct. 27, when SeaPort Airlines prematurely ended its service following nearly year-long complaints about its poor service. The Tupelo Airport Authority unanimously selected Smyrna, Tennessee-based CFM to provide air taxi service using ninepassenger Jetstream planes.
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Families begin recovery process By Associated Press
Barbara Perkins and her husband were hunkered down inside a closet when violent winds peeled the roof off their Mississippi home. The storm sucked the central air conditioning unit beside the couple straight up from the floor and into the howling sky. As the couple surveyed the damage Thursday, broken glass and mud covered most of their home’s interior. Many of their belongings had been thrown hundreds of feet away into the woods. A visiting insurance
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west of Walnut as it crossed U.S. 72 on Wednesday. “We were in the perfect spot to see this large tornado,” said Canaday. “It was approximately 3⁄4 of a mile or a mile wide. It was moving very fast and the rotation was insane. Wind speeds in the tornado were estimated around 190-220 m.p.h.” Canaday, certified by the National Weather Service as an Advanced Skywarn Spotter, got within 400 yards of the twister and at one point was standing in the outer circulation of the tornado. “It was a little too close for comfort,” said the weather spotter. Alcorn County escaped major damage or reports of injuries, but one of the deaths from Benton County was confirmed at Magnolia Regional Health Center. Alcorn County Coroner Jay Jones pronounced the death of 69-year-old Max Croxton who had a Hamilton Road, Falkner address, but lived in Benton County. “He and his wife were inside a mobile home when the tornado hit,” said Jones. “His wife (Ellen) died at the scene.” The Croxton’s were two of at least three fatalities in Benton County.
Severe weather and unseasonable warm weather continued in the Crossroads area on Christmas Day with heavy rain, thunderstorms, flash flood watch and high temperatures in the 60s. Today’s high temperature in Corinth is expected to reach 76, which may end up being a new record for Dec. 26. Gibens said Alcorn County had some power outages and wind damage on Wednesday, but “we’ve dodged a bullet once again.” Christmas Day brought some flooding, including County Road 504 where the plane crash occurred, he said.
agent told them the house was a total loss. Newly homeless, Perkins said she was happy just to be alive — especially after learning two of her neighbors had died in the storm. “You kind of stop and realize what Christmas is all about,” Perkins said. The unseasonably violent weather that spawned deadly tornadoes Wednesday in the Southeast forced families to spend Christmas Eve taking stock of their losses. At least 14 people were confirmed dead — seven of them in Mississippi, including a 7-year-old boy who perished while riding in a car that was swept up and tossed by storm winds. Six people were killed in Tennessee and one in Arkansas. Dozens of homes were damaged or destroyed. Unseasonably warm weather Wednesday helped spawn twisters from Arkansas to Michigan. The line of springlike storms continued marching east Thursday, dumping torrential rain that flooded roads in Alabama and caused a mudslide in the mountains of Georgia. Dozens of people were injured in the storms, some seriously, said Greg Flynn, spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.
Search teams combed damaged homes and businesses for people still missing, a hunt made complicated because so many had left for the holidays. “Until they know for sure where those folks are, they’re going to keep looking, because we’ve had in some cases houses leveled, and they’re just not there anymore,” Flynn said. In Benton County, relatives helped Daisy and Charles Johnson clean up after the storm flattened their house. They carried some of the couple’s belongings past a Santa Clause figure on a table. Daisy Johnson, 68, said she and her husband rushed along with other relatives to their storm shelter across the street after they heard a tornado was headed their way. “We looked straight west of us, and there it was. It was yellow and it was roaring, lightning just continually, and it was making a terrible noise,” she said. “I never want to hear that again for as long as I live.” Mona Ables, 43, was driving home when the storm hit. She abandoned her car, ran to a house and banged on a window, seeking shelter. The startled man inside couldn’t open the door, which appeared to be blocked, Ables said. She huddled next to the house as another stranger
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pulled up, also looking for shelter. “He and I just huddled together and saw trees fly past us, and a shipping container flip over,” Ables said. “And as the debris started hitting us, he just covered me, and within a minute it was all over and there was destruction all around us and we were fine.” Peak tornado season in the South is in the spring, but such storms can happen at any time. Exactly a year ago, tornadoes hit Mississippi, killing five people and injuring dozens. Glenda Hunt, 69, was cooking chicken and making dressing Wednesday night at her Benton County home, where Christmas Eve lunch is a family tradition, when her daughter called to warn her of the approaching storm. Hunt and her husband ducked into their storm shelter and wrestled the door shut against the wind’s powerful suction. She started praying when she heard sheet metal hitting trees. On Thursday, heavy farm equipment and corn were strewn across the couple’s property. Their house sustained heavy structural damage but was still standing. “We’re OK and that’s all that matters,” Hunt said. “But the Lord did save my furniture.”
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Black caucus turns back on its children The omnibus spending bill just passed by Congress is, if nothing else, in the spirit of the season. It’s a huge Christmas tree: a grand structure on which every political interest imaginable has hung its own pet program. This is to the tune of $1.1 trillion to $1.8 trillion in explicit spending and another $622 billion in indirect spending through “tax extenders.” Yet, as lobbyists in Washington showed up en masse for their shares of the fruitcake, one group was elbowed out and left with coal for its stocking. That would be minority children in our nation’s capital. The D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, which for Star 10 years has provided vouchParker ers for low-income minority Columnist children in Washington, D.C., to escape from one of the nation’s worst public school systems and attend a private school, was not reauthorized in this latest spending orgy. The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice reported in 2014, regarding this program, that “98.8 percent of students helped this year alone were students of color, most low-income; voucher students were 25 percent more likely to enroll in college than their peers; (there was a) 91 percent graduation rate, making voucher students 21 percent more likely to graduate than their counterparts.” The program started in 2004 under President George W. Bush. Four years ago President Obama tried to kill the program, but it was saved by Speaker John Boehner. Now we are hearing some harsh words about the failure of Republicans to save the D.C. scholarship program from hostile Democrats this time around. But why isn’t anyone asking the more logical question? Where are the black leaders? Why aren’t they looking out for the interests of their own children? The 46-member-strong Congressional Black Caucus supposedly exists to watch for the unique interests of America’s black community. CBC Chairman G. K. Butterfield, DN.C., issued a press release indicating opposition to the omnibus bill. This spending bill increases both overall spending and the deficit. Nevertheless, the D.C. voucher program is cut and the Congressional Black Caucus does nothing. The explanation is that the Black Caucus is more interested in the politics and economics of union power – the teachers unions oppose voucher programs – than in the education of black children. Last month, Hillary Clinton, who as the prospective Democrat presidential candidate can likely count on 90 percent of the black vote, pulled her support for charter schools (which are also opposed by the teachers unions who have endorsed her). “I am ... fully aware that there are a lot of substandard public schools,” she said. “But part of the reason for that is that policymakers and local politicians will not fund schools in poor areas that take care of poor children to the level that they need to be.” But D.C.’s public schools are among the best-funded as well as among the worstperforming in the nation. According to the Cato Institute, D.C. public schools have been spending $30,000 per student in recent years. This compared to an average voucher cost of less than $9,000 per student, with better results than public schools. As we watch the ongoing stories of crime and violence in urban areas, and the outcries and allegations of racism that supposedly drive all this, let’s keep in mind the deepest problem in black America. Their political leadership is corrupt and too busy feathering their nests to take care of their own children. (Star Parker is an author and president of CURE, the Center for Urban Renewal and Education. Contact her at www.urbancure.org.)
Prayer for today Gracious Father, give me the courage to live my life, and the endurance to overcome the disappointments that may come to me. May I not be neglectful of the great opportunities of which I am privileged to take advantage. May I not be pretentious of what I have not done, or boastful of what I am, but with my best ability live in truth. Amen.
A verse to share “It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,” — Psalm 92:1-2
Agriculture remains a $7.4 billion industry STARKVILLE — No matter the digital distractions, it’s difficult to drive in any direction in Mississippi and not spend at least some time contemplating the state of agriculture and forestry in this state. Despite the push for manufacturing jobs, agriculture/ forestry is still Mississippi’s top industry. Based on data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, around 260,000 Mississippians – roughly 17 percent of the state’s total workforce – derive their income from agriculture directly or indirectly. There are 10.9 million acres in the state dedicated to agriculture and another 19.7 million acres in timber production. There are some 37,100 farms in the state, with an average size of around 290 acres – but about 4,500 of those farms are larger than 500 acres. For perspective, in 1910 there were an estimated 275,000 farms in Mississippi. But there are challenges facing Mississippi agriculture. In 2014, Mississippi agriculture was a $7.9 billion industry. The Office of Agricultural Communications at the Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service at Mississippi State University at year-end each year produc-
es a highlyanticipated series of crop reports and analyses that reflect specific details Sid Salter on the state’s Columnist year in agriculture broken down by major commodities. What the combined work of those writers reflect is that while agriculture remains a powerhouse in Mississippi’s economy, market forces had an impact on overall agricultural values. For a detailed look at the year-end crop reports, visit http://msucares.com/ news/print/headlines.html MSU agricultural economist Brian Williams told MCES writers: “Yields are down nearly across the board from last year’s records. It’s not that the yields were necessarily bad this year; rather, the bar was set very high last year in terms of yields,” he said. “Additionally, most prices are at or below year-ago prices.” Government payments added $199 million to the state’s agricultural value. When these funds are included, agriculture brought an estimated $7.4 billion to the state, down 4.5 percent
from 2014’s $7.9 billion performance. Poultry ($3.2 billion, up 3.4 percent) and forestry ($1.16 billion, up 13.5 percent) continue to be Mississippi’s leading cash crops. Soybeans were the state’s top row crop and third best agricultural commodity at ($930 million, down 26 percent), but lost some $370 million in value from 2014’s performance. Among other crops, Williams reported peanuts and sweet potatoes were increasingly successful crops in the state and the both were expected to see increases next year. MSU associate forestry professor James Henderson told MCES writers that an increase in new home construction was credited with increases in the state’s forestry values in 2015: “Continued improvement in the U.S. economy has resulted in an improvement in the U.S. housing market, which has been the biggest influence on the rise in the value of forest products. As of October, housing starts have more than doubled from the record low following the Great Recession of 2007-2009.” Record yields (46 bushels per acre in 2015 compared
to 52 bushels per acre in 2014) in the state’s soybean crops for the past four consecutive growing seasons impacted prices, which Williams said fell precipitously this year: “We are expecting a marketing year average of around $8.87 per bushel compared to $11.10 a bushel in 2014.” What does it all mean? Consider what Mississippi looks like without the $7.4 billion impact of agriculture and forestry, plus the additional $2.7 billion annual economic impact of hunting, fishing and other outdoor activities. The rural farm and timber sites visible from our windshields in Mississippi aren’t really pastoral scenery, they are the livelihoods of one-in-five Mississippians. And a thought for the new year – it is estimated that if everyone in Mississippi bought $5 a week in Mississippi farm produce, the state’s economy would improve by some $774 million in new farm revenue. Eat local, buy local, indeed. (Daily Corinthian columnist Sid Salter is syndicated across the state. Contact him at 601-507-8004 or sidsalter@sidsalter.com.)
America first or World War III “If you’re in favor of World War III, you have your candidate.” So said Rand Paul, looking directly at Gov. Chris Christie, who had just responded to a question from CNN’s Wolf Blitzer as to whether he would shoot down a Russian plane that violated his no-fly zone in Syria. “Not only would I be prepared to do it, I would do it,” blurted Christie: “I would talk to Vladimir Putin ... I’d say to him, ‘Listen, Mr. President, there’s a nofly zone in Syria; you fly in, it applies to you.’ “Yes, we would shoot down the planes of Russian pilots if in fact they were stupid enough to think that this president was the same feckless weakling ... we have in the Oval Office ... right now.” Ex-Gov. George Pataki and ex-Sen. Rick Santorum would also impose a no-fly zone and shoot down Russian planes that violated it. Said Gov. John Kasich, “It’s time we punched the Russians in the nose.” Carly Fiorina would impose a no-fly zone and not even talk to Putin until we’ve conducted “military exercises in the Baltic States” on Russia’s border. Jeb Bush, too, would impose a no-fly zone. These warhawks apparently assume that President Putin is a coward who, if you shoot down his warplanes, will back away from
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is taking center stage in the Republican presidential campaign, rejecting the knee-jerk hostility to working with Putin. Not only does Rand Paul belong to this school, so, apparently, do Donald Trump and his strongest challenger, Sen. Ted Cruz. Cruz had previously disparaged the legacy of the “neocons” who prodded Bush into war in Iraq and championed a democracy crusade in the Middle East. In Las Vegas, he spoke of a new national-interestbased foreign policy, a policy that puts “America First.” “If we topple Assad ... ISIS will take over Syria, and it will worsen national security interests. And the approach – instead of being .. a democracy promoter, we ought to hunt down our enemies and kill ISIS rather than creating opportunities for ISIS to control new countries.” Cruz rejects the Manichaean worldview of the neocons and their reflexive hostility to Russia, and appears willing to work with a Russian autocrat to crush a monstrous evil like ISIS, as U.S. presidents did in working with anti-Communist dictators to win the Cold War. Midway through the debate, Trump cut loose with a sweeping indictment of mindless American interventionism in the Middle
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East: “We’ve spent $4 trillion trying to topple various people that, frankly, if they were there and if we could have spent that $4 trillion in the United States to fix our roads, our bridges, and all of the other problems – our airports and all the other problems we have – we would have been a lot better off. ... “We have done a tremendous disservice not only to the Middle East – we’ve done a tremendous disservice to humanity. The people that have been killed, the people that have been wiped away – and for what? It’s not like we had victory. It’s a mess. The Middle East is totally destabilized, a total and complete mess. I wish we had the 4 trillion dollars or 5 trillion dollars. I wish it were spent right here in the United States on schools, hospitals, roads, airports, and everything else that are all falling apart!” If we do not want Syria in 2016 to become what Sarajevo became in 1914, the powder keg that explodes into a world war, the War Party Republicans, who have learned nothing from the past, should be relegated to the past. (Daily Corinthian columnist Pat Buchanan is an American conservative political commentator, author, syndicated columnist, politician and broadcaster.)
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Christmas Basket Fund climbs past $14,000 The spirit of giving the holiday season is alive and well in the Alcorn County area. Donations continue to pour in for the 20th 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. 5. Baskets were given away based upon faith the goal will be reached.
So far $14,030 has been raised, meaning $10,970 still has to be raised to meet the goal. Recent donations include $50 from Stella Comer in memory of Charles “Buck” Comer and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Thompson; $200 from Dr. Tom and Bobbie Smith in memory of their mothers, Ota Mayhard and Marguerite Truitt; $100 from Gunn Drug Co. in memory of David Kitchens; $100 anonymous
gift; $200 from John U. Potts in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Potts and Mr. and Mrs. T.R. Dilworth; $50 from Florence Glisson in memory of Billy Glisson; $100 from Jimmy R. Howie in memory of his wife for 47 years, Betty J. Howie; and $100 from Mary A. Walters in memory of Erin Sanders and Era “Mule” Walters. 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 daily 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. Donations will be accepted until the end of the year.
Kossuth FFA team earns bronze medal at national contest BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
KOSSUTH — Some Kossuth High School students have the ability to communicate ideas. They have the award to prove it. KHS’ FFA Parliamentary Procedure Team took part in the National FFA Parliamentary Procedure Career Development event during the 88th National FFA Convention & Expo in Louisville, Ky. Kossuth’s six-person team competed against 234 other members across the country and was awarded a bronze emblem. “The National FFA Parliamentary Procedure CDE tests students ability
to effectively communicate ideas during a meeting,” said Kossuth FFA advisor Brad Gillmore. “Components included a general knowledge exam of parliamentary law, a 10-minute demonstration of parliamentary procedure, oral questions, written minutes of the demonstration as well as a team problem solving activity.” Members of Kossuth’s team are Mallorie Waldon, Ashley Tullis, Kaitlin Crum, Ainsley Renfrow, Kayla Mercer and Matt Rowland. Each team competed on both local and state levels to earn the chance to represent their state at the national event.
Members of the Kossuth High School FFA Parliamentary Procedure Team are (from left) Brad Gillmore – advisor, Kaitlin Crum, Kayla Mercer, Matt Rowland, Ashley Tullis, Mallorie Waldon and Ainsley Renfrow. “The national event is one of the many educational activities FFA members can practice the lesson taught in agricultural education classes,” added Gillmore. The National FFA Organization is a national
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Remembering Mr. McPeters at Christmastime When Christmastime rolls around, I always remember the day in 2010 when I got a call from Bill McPeters. He had a Christmas memory to share and wanted me to be the one to write it up. Needless to say, I was anxious to oblige because I always loved to hear his stories and watch him as he opened his heart to everyone he came in contact with. Five years have passed since he Lora Ann shared his childHuff hood memories, and I don’t want the peoBack Porch ple in our Corinth area to forget the man. McPeters was such a fixture in our town for so many years – it just doesn’t seem fair not to see him running around doing his Christmas deliveries this week. Corinth’s Christmas scene will never be quite the same without Mr. Bill! A common sight around town was Bill’s car parked in a driveway or beside a business, with one door swung open and motor running. We knew he was delivering a Christmas gift to someone on his list. There’s no telling
A common sight around town was Bill’s car parked in a driveway or beside a business, with one door swung open and motor running. We knew he was delivering a Christmas gift to someone on his list. how much money he spent as he spread his Christmas cheer every year among friends and neighbors. And of course, the holiday was not the only time Mr. McPeters was thoughtful. He sent flowers to the hospital when friends were sick, he paid for meals in local cafes, he dropped off keepsakes for birthdays – whatever he dreamed up to do, he just did it without second guessing and changing his mind like a lot of us do. I recently opened a small box and looked again at the beautiful heartshaped silver music box which Mr. McPeters delivered to my house on Christmas Eve after I wrote the article about his growing-up years in the upstairs apartment over his father’s funeral home on Waldron Street. I’ll always treasure the token of appreciation and have tagged the keepsake so my children will re-
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Red Cross bring Christmas spirit to victims of storm Associated Press
HOLLY SPRINGS — Some Mississippi residents spent their Christmas giving rather than receiving this year. The American Red Cross of North Mississippi’s disaster program manager, Nicholas Garbacz, says members of the Marine Corps on Friday helped turn the Eddie Smith MultiPurpose Center in Holly Springs into a substitute Santa’s Workshop. The Marines donated bundles of toys for those who lost every-
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Alcorn County jobless rate dips to 5.2 percent BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@ dailycorinthian.com
Alcorn County unemployment moved down slightly to 5.2 percent in November, comparing favorably with last month and a year ago. October’s revised unadjusted rate was 5.4 percent, and the year-ago figure was 5.8 percent, according to labor data released Tuesday by the Mississippi Department of Employment Security. Mississippi’s unadjusted rate moved down from 5.9 percent in October to 5.8 percent, while the seasonally adjusted rate increased from 5.9 percent to 6 percent. The county had 820 jobless for the month, compared to 840 in October and 860 in No-
vember 2014. The number counted as employed was 14,920, compared to 14,840 in October and 14,050 a year earlier. The month brought 74 new claims for unemployment insurance, compared to 70 a year ago, and 453 continued claims, compared to 477 a year ago. Benefits paid in the county totaled $56,072, compared to $67,091 a year ago. Mississippi’s not seasonally adjusted nonfarm employment decreased 800 over the month but was 10,100 higher than one year ago. Industry sectors registering the largest monthly employment losses were government and professional & business services. Rankin County led
the state at 3.7 percent, while Issaquena County had the highest rate at 14.2 percent. Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Twenty-seven states had unemployment rate decreases from October; 11 states had increases; and 12 states and the District of Columbia had no change. Forty-five states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate decreases from a year earlier; four states had increases; and one state had no change. The national jobless rate was unchanged from October at 5 percent and was 0.8 percentage point lower than in November 2014.
Carson looks for campaign balance on foreign affairs BY BILL BARROW Associated Press
STORM LAKE, Iowa — Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson rode his outsider image, calm demeanor and compelling life story to the top of a chaotic GOP field earlier this fall. Since then, however, the retired neurosurgeon has fumbled on foreign policy, lashed out publicly at scrutiny of his life story and has had to referee a tug-of-war among his closest advisers -- all while watching his rivals capitalize on his troubles. But six weeks before voting begins, Carson’s campaign insists that he is still poised to win in first-to-vote Iowa, where Carson plans to concentrate his campaign through to the Feb. 1 caucus. The blitz comes amid lingering questions about his overall readiness for the job. His aides acknowledge that national front-runner Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who some polls show as the new leader in Iowa, have commandeered the spotlight in a Republican race, the focus of which has shifted to national security following mass attacks at home and abroad. The candidate himself remains unwavering. “It doesn’t matter; all I have to do is tell the truth,� the Carson said Friday -- day two of a weeklong swing through Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, the first three states voting for a would-be nominee. Campaign manager
Barry Bennett said Carson maintains a broad appeal and has teams mobilizing on his behalf in Iowa and South Carolina, states where evangelical and antiestablishment conservatives are in excess. That, Bennett said, guarantees Carson will perform well enough in February balloting to be strong heading into March, when more than half of the delegates required to win the nomination will be at stake. Bennett said Carson’s Iowa staff still has 35,000 firm commitments from Republicans who say they will attend caucuses on his behalf. If Carson actually attracts that much support on Feb. 1, he’d almost certainly finish at or near the top: Mike Huckabee drew 40,000 caucus-goers to win the state in 2008; Rick Santorum needed just less than 30,000 to nip Mitt Romney four years later. “We’ve been working on our data for six months or so,� Bennett said. “We know who they are. I feel good about Iowa. I feel good about South Carolina.� Reflecting where the campaign believes Carson’s advantage rests, Bennett says the effort in both states will focus heavily on churches and their members who consider themselves evangelical voters. Yet some of the same candidates outflanking Carson on foreign policy also have strength among evangelicals, support from whom the doctor is banking on.
Cruz has endorsements from Iowa power broker, Bob Vander Plaats, who backed surprise caucus winner Santorum in 2012, and the influential Focus on the Family founder James Dobson, among others. When asked about Carson claims to have of 35,000 committed Iowa supporters, Cruz spokeswoman Catherine Frazier said, “I have no response to thatâ€? and walked away. It’s fragile equilibrium for Carson. He must sell himself as a credible commander-in-chief and, even if he does, he could still lose while campaigning on his perceived strength among evangelicals. Carson isn’t completely ceding the foreign policy front. He often reassures backers he will surround himself with able advisers, while quipping that his opponents ΓÇÜ senators, governors and nonelected officials ΓÇÜ also lack practical experience on the world stage. After drawing criticism for blunders like suggesting China was militarily engaged in Syria’s civil war, Carson began peppering many of his campaign speeches with details on world affairs. At several recent campaign stops, he spent several minutes on the tactical details of how coalition forces could retake the city of Raqqa, Syria, the Islamic State’s de-facto capital. He’s published foreign policy op-eds in The Washington Post and The Telegraph of London.
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Funeral services for Bradford “Brad� Carroll Bingham, 55, are set for 2 p.m. Sunday at McPeters Inc. Funeral Directors Chapel with Minster Ricky fields officiating. Burial will be in the Fraley’s Chapel Church of Christ Cemetery. Brad died Dec. 22, 2015, at his residence. He was born Oct. 3, 1960, in Corinth, to the late Kenneth and Jessie Bingham. He was a member of Fraley’s Chapel Church of Christ and a 1979 graduate of Alcorn Central High School. He was a pipe-fitter by trade. Brad en- Bingham joyed spending time with his family and friends, having few enemies. He was preceded in death by his father parents; grandparents, James and Rhoda Hamilton, Luther and Maude Bingham. He is survived by his brothers, James Phil Bingham, Danny O ‘Neal Bingham (Judy) and Kenneth “Kit� Larry Bingham and sister, Robbie Kay Kennedy; nephews and niece, Casey (Kate) Bingham, Allen (Jenny) Johnson and Angie Payne (Gene Thorne); and a host of other family and friends. Pallbearers are Allen Johnson, Dan Carroll, Todd Moss, George Romine, Dewayne Carmon and Randy James. The family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. today and from 1 p.m.until service time Sunday. Condolences can be left at www.mcpetersfuneraldirectors.com
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BOONEVILLE — Ernest Olen Hughes Jr, 85, died Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015, at his residence in Rienzi. He was born July 25, 1930, in Booneville to the late Ernest Olen Hughes and Delphia Stanford Hughes. He was a retired technician for the Chrysler Corporation, and a veteran of the Korean War. Olen was a deacon of the Sardis Primitive Baptist Church. Services will be held at 2 p.m., Sunday at the Booneville Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. James “Pete� Perry, Bro. Cecil Woodruff, and Bro. Steve Leggett officiating. Burial will be in the
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Funeral services for Genelle Katherine Evans Lamb, 91, of Corinth are set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Kara Blackard officiating. Burial will follow in Wheeler Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be held from noon until 2 p.m. on Sunday. Ms. Lamb died on Dec. 22, 2015, at Northside Health Care and Rehab Cen-
Sardis Cemetery. Booneville Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. He is survived by his wife Betty S. Richardson Hughes of Booneville; four sons, Ricky McLemore (Marie), Timmy McLemore (Evelyn), and Phil McLemore (Vicki), all of Rienzi, and Randy McLemore (Lou Ann) of Bethel Springs, Tenn., 12 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and 11 greatgreat-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; and two brothers, Billy Hughes and Harmon Hughes. Pallbearers will be Brent McLemore, Justin McLemore, Nicky Moore, Jonathan Hughes, Ethan Boggs and Keith Hughes. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. For online condolences visit boonevillefuneralhome.net.
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BOONEVILLE — Emit L. McGaughy, 88, died Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015, at his residence. He was born Nov. 10, 1927, in Prentiss County to the late W. F. “Fate� McGaughy and Ethel McGaughy. He was a riverboat pilot and a cattle farmer. Emit was of the Church of God belief. Private graveside services will be held at 3:30 p.m., on Monday at the Snowdown Cemetery with Minister Don Green officiating. Booneville Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Clare Taylor McGaughy of Snowdown; three daughters, Evelyn White Lambert (Dainie), Helen Bryant (Rick), and Dot Worley (Dennis), all of Booneville; two granddaughters, Rachel Boothe (Michael) and Allison Worley (Bradley Hooper) ,both of Booneville, two grandsons, Jeffrey White (Stephanie) of Nokomis, Fla. and Stephen Keele (Sara) of Moselle, two great-granddaughters, Madalyn Carpenter of Booneville and Taylor Keele of Moselle, and one greatgrandson, Henry White of Nokomis, Fla. He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters and five brothers; a granddaughter, Sarah Keele and a sonin-law, Roy E. White. Visitation will be Monday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Booneville Funeral Home. Condolences may be made to the family at boonevillefuneralhome.net. ter in Murfreesboro, Tenn. She was a member of Wheeler Grove Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, Bobby Lamb of Murfreesboro, Tenn., sons, Clyde Evans of Chicago, Ill., Joe Evans of Murfreesboro, Tenn. and daughters, Lynda Thomas of Murfreesboro, Tenn., Kay Morrison Quesenberry (Sam) of Murfreesboro, Tenn.; grandchildren, Julie Morrison Peppers (Rick), Jeff Morrison, David McCallister, Eric Evans (Krysta), Jason Evans, Brandi Evans, Heather Evans, Kimberly Evans and Joey Evans; and several great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her first husband, George Frank Evans; parents, Clyde and Mary Sappington Jones and a brother. Charles Jones.
Alabama tornado adds to storm woes Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A Christmastime wave of severe weather continued Friday as a tornado touched down in Jefferson County, Alabama, including through the southwest portion of Birmingham, the state’s largest city. Witnesses spotted the funnel outside the city about 5 p.m. An hour later, the National Weather Service confirmed that first responders were on the scene along Jefferson Avenue in a working class neighborhood about eight miles from downtown Birmingham. Lt. Sean Edwards, a Birmingham police spokesman, said trees are down and people were trapped inside damaged houses but there were no imme-
diate reports of injuries or deaths. “Details are still sketchy,� said Jason Holmes, a National Weather Service meteorologist. Weather radar Friday evening showed an intense system along the Interstate 20/59 corridor west of Birmingham, with the storm moving eastward. Flooding was reported in counties throughout the region, as heavy rain continued to fall. The Alabama tornado is the latest development in an ongoing series of storms that has hammered the South during Christmas week. Elsewhere in the region, where the weather had calmed, dozens of people faced Christmas having lost their homes and pos-
sessions. But many they said they were thankful to see another Christmas. Tony Goodwin ducked into a storm shelter with seven others as a storm pounded Tennessee and other states in the southeastern U.S. He emerged to find his house in Linden had been knocked off its foundation and hurled down a hill by high winds. Goodwin’s neighbors weren’t so fortunate. Two people in one home were killed. “It makes you thankful to be alive with your family,� he said. Unseasonably warm weather on Wednesday helped spawn torrential rain and deadly tornadoes that left at least 14 people and left dozens of families homeless by Christmas Eve.
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Firefighters help Santa after car fire SALT LAKE CITY — A stranded Santa Claus whose car caught fire Christmas morning is sure to put one northern Utah fire department on his nice list next year. Steven Macey, a Santa-for-hire dressed in a red suit and beard, was on his way to deliver presents at a home when his car overheated and caught fire around 6:30 a.m. Friday, according to Lone Peak Fire Battalion Chief Joseph McRae. Macey, 66, was not injured. He has been portraying Santa for decades. After making appearances at Christmas Eve parties until 1 a.m., he headed to an early Christmas morning appointment at a home in Alpine, a city about 30 miles south of Salt Lake City. Macey said his older car began smoking after he climbed a snowy hill. He got out of the car and retrieved his St. Nick coat, belt and bells before moving away and calling 911. A passing driver stopped and let him wait in their vehicle until firefighters arrived. “They were stunned when I came walking down the road — a Santa,� Macey said. “They all wanted pictures.� Fire crews extinguished the blaze, but the car was destroyed. “He’s going to have to go back to using his sleigh,� McRae said.
Twain coin will be boon for museums HANNIBAL, Mo. — Mark Twain once quipped, “The lack of money is the root of all evil.� But starting early next year, some of Twain’s favorite places — his Missouri hometown, the New England community where he spent a big part of his adult life and two universities — all stand to benefit from the U.S. Mint’s gold and silver coins honoring the author and humorist. Up to 100,000 gold coins and 350,000 silver coins bearing Twain’s mug will be available throughout
2016 or until they are sold out, U.S. Mint spokesman Mike White said. Each year, the mint strikes two commemorative coins to benefit nonprofit organizations. As collectables, the coins are worth far more than their $1 face value for silver and $5 for gold. For example, 2015 commemorative silver coins recently were priced at about $52, gold for about $360. Each carries a surcharge — $35 for gold, $10 for silver — to be divided evenly among the Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford, Connecticut; University of California, Berkeley, for a program to study and promote the legacy of Twain; Elmira College in Elmira, New York; and the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum in Hannibal, Missouri. It’s a potentially big windfall. “If the entire issue is sold, it could be well in excess of $1 million for each of the sites,â€? said Henry Sweets, executive director of the Hannibal museum, which has an annual budget (including its properties) of about $850,000. Â
Eigrant kids explain their solo travel MISSION, Texas — The seven children had just crossed the river, shoes still caked with mud, when U.S. Border Patrol agents stopped them. The youngest was 6, Jon Smith Figueroa Acosta, he said, and he’d made the 2,000mile journey from Honduras. He did not know to what city or state he was headed, but he had a phone number for his father in the United States. “Estoy solo,� he said, meaning, “I’m alone.� It was unclear how long the group had been traveling together, or who had brought them across the Rio Grande. There were two teenage siblings whose mother had sent for them after their elderly grandmother in Honduras could no longer care for them, and two teenage Nicaraguans. Luis Arias Dubon, 15, said the trip required that he walk through much of Mexico for
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nearly a month. He left San Pedro Sula, Honduras, when he was threatened by members of the deadly 18th Street gang. “They tried to force me into the gang,â€? he said, adding that he was afraid they’d kill him. The recent spike in the number of unaccompanied minors crossing the border brought U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske to the Rio Grande Valley sector this month. “Historically the numbers would not be at the levels we see right now,â€? Kerlikowske said, while standing in a warehouse where about 20 migrant children rested on large green mattresses, wrapped in reflective plastic blankets. “The concerning part is, are we seeing the new normal?â€? Â
Gun rule changes get mixed reaction TRENTON, N.J. — Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie has received mixed reviews among gun rights advocates in a key primary state for regulatory changes he backed this week in his home state of New Jersey. Two groups said the proposals show his continued progress in promoting gun rights. Another said they didn’t amount to anything. Christie, who has been seeking to counter his image among some voters as weak on gun rights, endorsed the recommendations of a commission he established to examine his state’s strict permitting and purchase regulations. The panel proposed that the attorney general set uniform standards for processing gun applications. It found residents face uneven wait times across the state, sometimes exceeding the statutory limit. Another recommended change would clarify what constitutes “justifiable need� in applications for concealed carry permits. It’s the latest in a line of actions Christie has taken, including pardoning out-of-state residents charged with violating the state’s strict carry laws, that contrast with his earlier positions on firearms.
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Woman eyes job as Oxford firefighter OXFORD — A softball coach from North Carolina is the first female hired by the Oxford Fire Department with hopes of becoming a full-time firefighter. The Oxford Eagle reports 27-year-old Brittany McKinney moved to Oxford about four months ago and in October applied to become a firefighter. She has no previous experience and will spend the next six months working at the fire department helping the firefighters, attending training classes and learning the ins and outs of being a firefighter. In April, she will attend the firefighter academy and, if she passes, she will be the city’s first female firefighter. Fire Chief Cary Sallis said McKinney is one of four women who applied but was the only one who passed the Candidate Physical Ability Test. “She impressed everyone during her interview,â€? Sallis said. “Her ability to complete the CPAT and her determination in doing that put her above some of the other candidates. No one had any reservations in selecting her.â€? She was officially hired Nov. 30. McKinney was a Division I softball coach at North Carolina State and UNC-Greensboro. She played softball for UNCChapel Hill. “It’s always been my passion to be a servant to the community,â€? McKinney said. “I was coaching and playing softball professionally because it was what I always knew. But I also knew this was the career path I wanted to follow.â€? Â
“With my dad passing in February, I want to spend more time with my mom,â€? Long said. Long is leaving a department where he started as the first officer hired by the city. Now 61, Long worked his way up through the ranks and was appointed chief in 1989. “It is rare that you ever see a city start a police department from scratch. Most law enforcement agencies have been around hundreds of years. It was very exciting because it was a chance to do everything right the first time. You didn’t have to inherit the mistakes of everybody else,â€? said Long. Long was one of four officers on the force. That was in 1980 and he said Southaven was “wide openâ€? with lounges dotting U.S. 51. With them, he said, came crime. “We worked so hard because remember for so long, all the lounges and gambling places had never had law enforcement supervision,â€? he said. “I think the city fathers and the citizens had a vision that they wanted for their city and it didn’t include most of those things.â€? Â
Charter group will delay 1 of 2 schools JACKSON — Mississippi’s fourth charter school will delay its opening until fall 2017. Marian Schutte, executive director of the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board, said operator RePublic Schools notified the board of the delay earlier this month. RePublic, based in Nashville, Tennessee, will proceed with plans
to open a school serving grades 5-8 in north Jackson. However, it will delay plans to open a second school serving grades K-8 on the same campus. The second school, to be called Joel E. Smilow Collegiate, would be the organization’s first school serving lower elementary grades. RePublic Founding Director Ravi Gupta said the group wants more time to refine its plans for teaching younger children. “Elementary is a new model for us,� Gupta said. “We haven’t done elementary before, and I’m just not sure we have an airtight plant to start an excellent school.� Gupta said RePublic is examining school models to allow for more creativity and collaboration, different than its strictly structured middle schools. The organization opened Reimagine Prep, one of Mississippi’s first two charter schools, in south Jackson in August. That school has only fifth-graders this year but plans to serve grades 5-8. A second 5-8 school, Midtown Public Charter School, also opened in Jackson in August. The delay comes as state leaders could consider easing some rules governing charter schools. Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves and other charter school supporters say they want to allow students to cross district lines to attend charter schools in other public school districts. Because many Mississippi districts are small, the prohibition on crossing district lines is one factor making locations in rural areas unattractive to charter schools.
Southaven’s police chief will retire SOUTHAVEN — For more than three decades Southaven citizens have looked to Police Chief Tom Long for protection. But that’s about to change. On Jan. 22, Long is retiring after 26 years as chief of the third-largest city in Mississippi and 38 years in law enforcement. He says it’s time for him to turn his attention to serving someone closer to home.
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AP picks Pharoah as top story BY RACHEL COHEN AP Sports Writer
NEW YORK — American Pharoah’s sweep of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes for horse racing’s first Triple Crown since 1978 was selected the sports story of the year Thursday in an annual vote conducted by The Associated Press. Eighty-two ballots were submitted from U.S. editors and news directors. Voters were asked to rank the top five sports stories of the year, with the firstplace story receiving five points, the second-place story four points and so on. American Pharoah’s Triple Crown win received 317 points and 43 firstplace votes. The No. 2 sports story, the “Deflategate” scandal that ensnared Super Bowl-winning Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, had 191 points and 13 firstplace votes. Here are 2015’s top 10 stories: 1. TRIPLE CROWN: In the 37 years since Affirmed became the 11th Triple Crown winner — the longest drought in the sport’s history — an unlucky 13 horses had won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness only to fail to complete the sweep at the Belmont Stakes. But American Pharoah took the lead from the start of the grueling 1 1/2-mile race and kept extending it. The bay colt with the unusually short tail went on to win by 5 1/2 lengths for jockey Victor Espinoza, trainer Bob Baffert and owner Ahmed Zayat. It was Baffert’s fourth Triple Crown try and Espinoza’s third, both records. American Pharoah went on to cap his spectacular year with a victory in the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic. He then retired at age 3 and will stand at stud for $200,000, one of the highest prices for a horse in his first year as a stallion. 2. DEFLATEGATE: The New England Patriots routed the Indianapolis Colts 45-7 in the AFC championship game Jan. 18 to return to the Super Bowl, but the on-field action was soon overshadowed by the scandal dubbed “Deflategate.” The NFL would go on to spend more than $3 million for the investigation by Ted Wells, whose 243-page report found it was “more probable than not” that two Patriots employees deliberately released air from Patriots game balls to below the league-mandated minimum at the game and Brady “was at least generally aware.” Brady, who had earned Super Bowl MVP honors when the Patriots won their fourth title, would be suspended four games. But a judge lifted the ban a week before the season, criticizing NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for dispensing “his own brand of industrial justice.” 3. FIFA CORRUPTION: In an earlymorning raid of a Zurich luxury hotel May 27, the U.S. government started a chain reaction that would take down soccer leaders around the world. The 47-count indictment for racketeering and bribery was just the beginning. By year’s end, FIFA’s president, Sepp Blatter, and his one-time likely successor, UEFA President Michel Platini, had been suspended for eight years for unethical conduct by the sport’s governing body. 4. WARRIORS WIN: Too small, not athletic enough. That was the knock both on the Golden State Warriors as a whole and on their star, Stephen Curry. Instead, the sweet-shooting Warriors won their first NBA title in four decades behind the league’s MVP, beating LeBron James’ Cleveland Cavaliers in six games. Turns out that Golden State can play even better. The Warriors opened the following season with a record 24-0 start. 5. SPIETH CHASES GRAND SLAM: No one had gone wire to wire at the Masters in nearly four decades, but that victory was just the start of the year for 21-year-old Jordan Spieth. He won the first two legs of a Grand Slam, halfway to becoming the first modern player to complete the feat. The only other men since 1960 to get that far were Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods — and none of them came as close to the third leg as Spieth, who was tied for the British Open lead with two holes to play before finishing one shot out of a playoff. He was also in the final group of the PGA Championship, where he was runner-up by three shots to Jason Day. 6. SERENA CHASES GRAND SLAM, TOO: In tennis, a player was even closPlease see STORY | 8
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USM goes from 0-12 to bowl The Associated Press
DALLAS — Southern Mississippi was coming off a 12win season and Conference USA championship when cornerback Kalan Reed decided to join the Golden Eagles. Unlike most everyone else in that 2012 signing class, Reed stayed through the ensuing 0-12 season and a coaching change. He gets to play his final game in a bowl at a historic site. Conference USA runner-up Southern Miss (9-4) closes out its season today against the Pac-12’s Washington (66) in the Heart of Dallas Bowl at Cotton Bowl Stadium. “Kalan has stuck with it when a lot of our guys didn’t. As we tried to change over the culture and tried to change things and keep building, a lot of guys left,” third-year Southern Miss coach Todd Monken said. “Shame on them. They missed out on this unbelievable opportunity and team we had this year.” Reed, who has 19 pass breakups and four interceptions as a senior, said he never considered leaving. But it was admittedly difficult going without a win as a freshman and being 4-32 overall his first three seasons
at the school where Super Bowl quarterback Brett Favre played from 1987-90. “We talked about turning the program around because it hasn’t been where we know it should be lately,” Reed said. “It means everything to get nine wins.” Washington won its last two games to get bowl eligible. The Huskies are playing in their sixth different bowl over a six-season span after seven years without a postseason game, including their own 0-12 season in 2008. “We didn’t know if we’d be going to a bowl. Really proud of our team to keep fighting and battling and get a chance to come to this historic place,” said coach Chris Petersen, wrapping up his second season with the Huskies after eight bowls in a row with Boise State. “And to get matched up with a really, re-
ally good opponent, I mean, that’s what bowl games are supposed to be about.” Some things to watch in the sixth Heart of Dallas Bowl: OFFENSIVE ERUPTION: After scuffling through the early part of the season, Washington’s offense scored 52 points against Oregon State and 45 against Washington State (though helped by three defensive touchdowns) in the final two games the Huskies had to win to become bowl eligible. The offensive improvement actually started in a loss at Arizona State on Nov. 14 when Washington had a season-high 547 total yards but committed four turnovers in the 27-17 loss. RUNNING WILD: Southern Miss quarterback Nick Mullens and his 4,000-plus passing yards get a lot of the hype, but the Golden Eagles’ offense is just as reliant on a very effective running game. Jalen Richard (1,098 yards) and Ito Smith (1,088) make Southern Miss one of just two teams nationally with two 1,000-yard rushers — the other is Nevada. MYLES AND MILES: Washington running back Myles Gaskin put in the finest season by a freshman in school
history, rushing for 1,121 yards and 10 touchdowns even though he didn’t fully take over as the featured ball carrier until the fifth game. Gaskin closed the regular season rushing for at least 100 yards in his final three games and six of the last eight. He had 138 yards and two touchdowns against Washington State and now faces a Southern Miss defense that gave up just 141 yards per game on the ground. SOME HISTORY: This is the first meeting ever between Washington and Southern Miss, though Petersen has faced the Golden Eagles four times — and beat them each time from 2007-13, the last a 60-7 win by Boise State in 2013. SHUT-DOWN SECONDARY: Led by all-Pac-12 selections Budda Baker and Sidney Jones, Washington’s secondary became the backbone of a surprisingly strong defense. The Huskies led the Pac-12 in total defense (349.9 yards per game) and scoring defense (17.8) and was second in the conference at stopping the pass. Jones was tied for the conference lead with 13 passes defended and third with four interceptions.
Warriors prevail in NBA Finals rematch The Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. — Draymond Green had 22 points and 15 rebounds and the Golden State Warriors got defensive in their NBA Finals rematch against Cleveland, beating the Cavaliers 89-83 on Friday. Stephen Curry added 19 points and Klay Thompson had 18 for the Warriors, who improved to 28-1 by winning their 32nd straight regularseason home game. Instead of doing it with 3-pointers, defending champion Golden State maintained its edge over Cleveland by limiting the Cavaliers to 32 percent shooting. LeBron James scored 25 points to lead the Cavaliers. They had their six-game winning streak snapped. The Cavaliers were shorthanded when they lost the final to the Warriors in six games, missing power forward Kevin Love the entire
series with a shoulder injury and losing point guard Kyrie Irving to a knee injury late in the first game. Having both those players healthy for the rematch did little to help Cleveland. Love scored just 10 points on 5-for-16 shooting, and Irving missed 11 of 15 shots in a 13-point game. With those two struggling, the Warriors built a 10-point lead midway through the fourth quarter following a jumper by Thompson and a layup from Green. But James responded with a pair of dunks and a blocked shot on Thompson before Love’s tip-in made it 81-77 with just over 2 minutes to play. James missed two free throws after Cleveland got
another stop and Curry responded with a pair of layups around J.R. Smith’s 3-pointer to make it 85-80 with 57.6 seconds to play. James shot an air ball from 3 with 12.7 seconds to play to end Cleveland’s comeback attempt. Elsewhere: HEAT 94, PELICANS 88, OT — At Miami, Chris Bosh had 30 points and 10 rebounds, Dwyane Wade added 19 points to move into No. 3 on the NBA’s Christmas Day list and Miami survived some shaky moments to beat New Orleans. Hassan Whiteside grabbed 17 rebounds for the Heat, an NBA-best 10-2 on the holiday. Wade’s tough jumper with 1:45 left in overtime gave him 273 points on Christmas, one
more than Shaquille O’Neal for No. 3, and Bosh followed that about a minute later with a three-point play. Anthony Davis led the Pelicans with 29 points and 15 rebounds. But he missed a contested jumper on New Orleans’ final possession of regulation, and the Heat took control in the extra session. BULLS 105, THUNDER 96. — Oklahoma City, Jimmy Butler scored 23 points, and Pau Gasol had 21 points and 13 rebounds in Chicago’s victory over Oklahoma City. Derrick Rose added 19 points, and Taj Gibson had 13 points and 10 rebounds to help the Bulls snap a threegame losing streak. Kevin Durant had 29 points, nine rebounds and seven assists for Oklahoma City, and Russell Westbrook added 26 points, eight assists and seven rebounds. The Thunder had won three straight and nine of 10.
At Clemson, religion and football converge BY RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer
CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney pats Howard’s Rock and then leads his team down the hill into a hyped Memorial Stadium. There are few pregame rituals in college football as recognizable as the Tigers’ blood-pumping entrance. But before Death Valley becomes one of the most raucous sites in sports, it falls as quiet as church while a prayer is said by a local religious leader over the public address system. Faith and football go together at Clemson, as they do at many universities. Here, though, where Swinney’s devotion to Christianity is a pronounced part of his and the team’s identity, may be one of most prominent displays of religion at a public university. “As a Christian I hope a light shines through me,” Swinney said. “I don’t want to be persecuted for that and I don’t try to persecute somebody else because they have different beliefs.” The convergence of religion and football has its critics. There has been scrutiny — and a re-examination of rules — for how Christianity has been interwoven into the program at Clemson. Swinney said his faith has helped build a culture that is the foundation for the team’s success. The top-ranked Tigers enter the College Football Playoff semifinal at the
“I try to be who I am. I try to be transparent. I try to live my life in a way that I hope is pleasing to my maker.” Dabo Swinney Clemson head coach Orange Bowl on Dec. 31 against Oklahoma in search of the school’s first national title since 1981. “I try to be who I am. I try to be transparent. I try to live my life in a way that I hope is pleasing to my maker,” Swinney said. “As a program, we try to challenge these guys to be the best that they can be every day.” Swinney was raised in a family with divorced parents. He said he went to church when his mother dragged him there. In high school, when he was searching for guidance, Swinney found his way to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. The turning point was an FCA talk by one of his idols, former Alabama wide receiver Joey Jones, who is now the head coach at South Alabama. “I thought he was going to talk about touchdowns and all the money he made playing for the Falcons and for the USFL Stallions,” Swinney said. “All he talked about
was his faith in Christ and his relationship there. If you’re not saved and you want to be saved here’s what you have to do. I realized I wasn’t saved. “Joey Jones led me to the Lord that night.” Swinney dismisses any suggestion that he and his staff cross the divide between church and state, and Clemson athletic director Dan Radakovich said a review by the school in 2014 supported his coach. Radakovich points out careful guidelines are followed and the pregame invocation is submitted to school officials for approval before it is read on Saturday. “People who are doing this, they live in today’s world and they know and understand that this is a unique, special honor for them to be able to do that and they understand what the audience is and what the law of the state is,” Radakovich said. While Swinney said his program is welcoming to all, there is no doubt it has a strong attraction for those who have similar beliefs to the man in charge. “I know for me personally, I’m a Christian, and I don’t have to be somebody different whenever I come into work,” co-offensive coordinator Jeff Scott said. All-America quarterback Deshaun Watson, a cross hanging from the chain he wears around his neck, said his faith played a small part in his deciding to attend Clem-
son. “But it was a part of it, of course, knowing that my coach is a man of God,” Watson said. Former Clemson receiver Aaron Kelly played for the Tigers when Swinney was receivers coach and when he first became head coach in 2008. Kelly, a Jehovah’s Witness, said he didn’t feel comfortable going to church with the team or taking part in Bible studies and it was never a problem. “You just knew that that’s something that was important to him. It wasn’t something he hid or shied away from. You knew it up front, but it was nothing that he ever forced on us and made us feel like we had to do that,” Kelly said. Swinney did not bring Christianity to Clemson football. In fact, in some ways it is what led him to Clemson. His predecessor and first boss at Clemson, Tommy Bowden, was also a devout Christian. When Bowden offered Swinney the job as receivers coach in 2003, they both agreed to pray on it before he accepted. Clemson’s at-times overt displays of Christianity — including a player being baptized after practice with coaches and teammates watching — drew the attention of the nonprofit watchdog group Freedom From Religion Foundation in 2014. Please see CLEMSON | 8
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Bobbitt, Hawaii top Auburn The Associated Press
HONOLULU — Roderick Bobbitt scored 22 of his 30 points in the second half and Hawaii beat Auburn 79-67 on Friday in the third-place game in the Diamond Head Classic. Bobbitt was 6 of 7 from 3-point range, 8 of 13 overall and made all eight of his free throws. Stefan
Jankovic added 21 points, hitting three 3-pointers, and had eight rebounds for the Rainbow Warriors (9-2). Kareem Canty led Auburn (6-5) with 22 points and eight assists. Bryce Brown added 20 points, and Tyler Harris had 15 points and nine rebounds. Auburn led 30-29 at the half.
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er to completing a Grand Slam. Serena Williams was two victories from becoming the first since Steffi Graf in 1988 to win the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open in the same year. But in one of the sport’s biggest upsets, unseeded Roberta Vinci stunned the 21time major champion in the semifinals in New York. Getting that far hadn’t been easy, though. Eleven of Williams’ victories at the majors came in three sets, including eight when she rallied from a set down. Hobbled by injuries all season, she was so sick in the final days of the French Open she considered withdrawing — yet somehow pulled out three-set wins in the semis and final. 7. WOMEN’S WORLD CUP: Four years after a heartbreaking loss to Japan in the Women’s World Cup final, Carli Lloyd and her U.S. teammates made absolutely sure there would be no repeat in the rematch. Lloyd scored a hat trick in the first 16 minutes as the Americans won 5-2 in Canada for their first title since 1999. With record TV audiences back home watching the prime-time matches, the U.S. looked shaky early in the tournament before some timely lineup changes by coach Jill Ellis put Lloyd in position for a scoring spree. All-time goals leader Abby Wambach got to end her career
with her first World Cup championship. 8. ROYALS CROWNED: Kansas City was one win from a world championship in 2014, yet the small-ball Royals weren’t considered favorites in 2015. The players in the clubhouse knew better, and they came from behind yet again in Game 5 of the World Series to beat the New York Mets in 12 innings for their first title since 1985. 9. MISSOURI FOOTBALL: Just two days after Missouri’s football players threatened to boycott a game, the president of the university system stepped down. Tensions about race and other student welfare issues had been simmering for weeks before the athletes joined the protest in support of a graduate student who was holding a hunger strike. As Tigers defensive end Charles Harris put it: “Let this be a testament to all of the athletes across the country that you do have power.” 10. OHIO STATE TAKES FIRST CFP TITLE: The first College Football Playoff did exactly what it was supposed to, awarding a championship chance to a squad that seemed eliminated from title contention after an early-season loss and whose presence in the new four-team bracket was widely debated. Behind thirdstring quarterback Cardale Jones, Ohio State upset No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Oregon to kick off a new era in the sport.
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FFRF sent a letter of complaint to Clemson, saying the football program promotes Christianity in a way that violates constitutional guidelines. An attorney for Clemson responded to the complaint, writing the foundation “misconstrued important facts and made incorrect statements of the law.” Radakovich said after receiving the complaint the university called on its legal counsel to ensure policies were being followed. “In that review, we found that we were,” Radakovich said. Radakovich said Swinney and his staff did not need to change their practices, but the review was an opportunity to provide some clarification as to what is a mandatory team activity. “We go back and make sure in this particular case that voluntary is there. Where it may have been understood before and spoken you don’t want to have a team sheet, a calendar or other pieces of paper out there that says this activity without that word there, even though it’s understood,” Radakovich said. “Saying what we mean, I think is real important to be able to go through.” Another report by the Freedom From Religion
Foundation earlier this year cited football programs at 25 universities, including Clemson, most of the Southeastern Conference, Florida State, Wisconsin and Washington, as employing team chaplains in ways that are inappropriate for public schools. “One of the problems with a program like this at a public school it’s not just those who participate in it but those who are excluded from it,” said Patrick Elliott, a staff attorney for FFRF. “If I were an atheist player I would not go to Clemson University.” Radakovich doesn’t necessarily see that as a problem. “You’re not drafted to Clemson,” he said. “You have choices and you choose to come and go to this academic institution and you choose to play for these coaches.” As for Swinney, he hopes to build more than winning football teams, but he also knows that wins and losses determine whether he stays employed. “We’re going to play the best football players. We don’t play the best Christians. I can assure you that,” he said. “We probably wouldn’t have five 10-plus win seasons if that was the standard.” Follow Ralph D. Russo at www.Twitter.com/ralphDrussoAP
Basketball NBA standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 18 12 .600 — Boston 16 13 .552 1½ New York 14 16 .467 4 Brooklyn 8 21 .276 9½ Philadelphia 1 30 .032 17½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 19 12 .613 — Miami 17 11 .607 ½ Orlando 17 12 .586 1 Charlotte 15 13 .536 2½ Washington 13 14 .481 4 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 19 8 .704 — Chicago 16 11 .593 3 Indiana 16 12 .571 3½ Detroit 17 13 .567 3½ Milwaukee 12 18 .400 8½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 25 5 .833 — Dallas 16 13 .552 8½ Memphis 16 15 .516 9½ Houston 15 15 .500 10 New Orleans 9 20 .310 15½ Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 20 10 .667 — Utah 12 15 .444 6½ Denver 12 17 .414 7½ Minnesota 11 18 .379 8½ Portland 11 20 .355 9½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 28 1 .966 — L.A. Clippers 16 13 .552 12 Sacramento 12 17 .414 16 Phoenix 12 19 .387 17 L.A. Lakers 5 24 .172 23 ___ Thursday’s Games No games scheduled Friday’s Games Miami 94, New Orleans 88, OT Chicago 105, Oklahoma City 96 Golden State 89, Cleveland 83 San Antonio at Houston, (n) L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers, (n) Today’s Games Washington at Brooklyn, 3 p.m. Toronto at Milwaukee, 4 p.m. Houston at New Orleans, 6 p.m. Miami at Orlando, 6 p.m. Memphis at Charlotte, 6 p.m. Boston at Detroit, 6:30 p.m. New York at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m. Indiana at Minnesota, 7 p.m. Denver at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Utah, 8 p.m. Philadelphia at Phoenix, 8 p.m. Cleveland at Portland, 9 p.m. Sunday’s Games L.A. Lakers at Memphis, 5 p.m. Denver at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m. New York at Boston, 6 p.m. Portland at Sacramento, 8 p.m.
Football NFL standings AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF y-New England 12 2 0 .857 435 N.Y. Jets 9 5 0 .643 344 Buffalo 6 8 0 .429 341 Miami 5 9 0 .357 278 South W L T Pct PF Houston 7 7 0 .500 275 Indianapolis 6 8 0 .429 285 Jacksonville 5 9 0 .357 343 Tennessee 3 11 0 .214 269 North W L T Pct PF x-Cincinnati 11 3 0 .786 378 Pittsburgh 9 5 0 .643 378 Baltimore 4 10 0 .286 292 Cleveland 3 11 0 .214 253 West W L T Pct PF Denver 10 4 0 .714 308 Kansas City 9 5 0 .643 365 Oakland 7 8 0 .467 342 San Diego 4 11 0 .267 300 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Washington 7 7 0 .500 316 Philadelphia 6 8 0 .429 318 N.Y. Giants 6 8 0 .429 373 Dallas 4 10 0 .286 246 South W L T Pct PF y-Carolina 14 0 0 1.000 449 Atlanta 7 7 0 .500 302 Tampa Bay 6 8 0 .429 311 New Orleans 5 9 0 .357 350 North W L T Pct PF x-Green Bay 10 4 0 .714 347 Minnesota 9 5 0 .643 296 Detroit 5 9 0 .357 302 Chicago 5 9 0 .357 289 West
PA 269 272 336 361 PA 301 372 380 359 PA 243 287 360 387 PA 259 257 376 371 PA 332 362 358 324 PA 278 312 353 432 PA 265 272 363 352
W L T Pct PF PA y-Arizona 12 2 0 .857 445 269 x-Seattle 9 5 0 .643 370 248 St. Louis 6 8 0 .429 241 294 San Francisco 4 10 0 .286 202 339 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division ___ Thursday’s Game Oakland 23, San Diego 20, OT Today’s Game Washington at Philadelphia, 7:25 p.m. Sunday’s Games Houston at Tennessee, Noon Cleveland at Kansas City, Noon New England at N.Y. Jets, Noon Indianapolis at Miami, Noon San Francisco at Detroit, Noon Dallas at Buffalo, Noon Chicago at Tampa Bay, Noon Carolina at Atlanta, Noon Pittsburgh at Baltimore, Noon Jacksonville at New Orleans, 3:05 p.m. St. Louis at Seattle, 3:25 p.m. Green Bay at Arizona, 3:25 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m. Monday’s Game Cincinnati at Denver, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 3 Jacksonville at Houston, Noon Oakland at Kansas City, Noon Washington at Dallas, Noon Detroit at Chicago, Noon Minnesota at Green Bay, Noon N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, Noon New England at Miami, Noon Tampa Bay at Carolina, Noon New Orleans at Atlanta, Noon Baltimore at Cincinnati, Noon Pittsburgh at Cleveland, Noon Tennessee at Indianapolis, Noon Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, Noon St. Louis at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m. San Diego at Denver, 3:25 p.m. Seattle at Arizona, 3:25 p.m.
NFL playoff scenarios Week 16 AFC CLINCHED: New England: AFC East and first-round bye; Cincinnati: playoff berth. NEW ENGLAND (at N.Y. Jets, Sunday) Clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs withw: ■ Win or ■ Tie and Cincinnati loss or tie CINCINNATI (at Denver, Monday) Clinches AFC North with: ■ Win or tie, or ■ Pittsburgh loss or tie Clinches first-round bye with: ■ Win or tie DENVER (vs. Cincinnati, Monday) Clinches AFC West with: ■ Win and Kansas City loss or tie, or ■ Tie and Kansas City loss Clinches playoff spot with: ■ Win and N.Y. Jets or Pittsburgh loss or tie, or ■ Tie and N.Y. Jets or Pittsburgh loss HOUSTON (at Tennessee, Sunday) Clinches AFC South with: ■ Win and clinches strength of victory tiebreaker over Indianapolis, or ■ Win and Indianapolis loss or tie, or ■ Tie and Indianapolis loss KANSAS CITY (vs. Cleveland, Sunday) Clinches playoff spot with: ■ Win and N.Y. Jets or Pittsburgh loss PITTSBURGH (at Baltimore, Sunday) Clinches playoff spot with: ■ Win and N.Y. Jets loss NFC CLINCHED: Carolina: NFC South and first-round bye; Arizona: NFC West; Green Bay: playoff berth; Seattle: playoff berth. CAROLINA (at Atlanta, Sunday) Clinches home-field advantage throughout NFC playoffs with: ■ Win or tie, or ■ Arizona loss or tie ARIZONA (vs. Green Bay, Sunday) Clinches first-round bye with: ■ Win or tie GREEN BAY (at Arizona, Sunday) Clinches NFC North with: ■ Win and Minnesota loss or tie, or ■ Tie and Minnesota loss MINNESOTA (vs. N.Y. Giants, Sunday) Clinches playoff spot with: ■ Win or tie, or ■ Atlanta loss or tie, or ■ Seattle win or tie WASHINGTON (at Philadelphia, Saturday) Clinches NFC East with: ■ Win, or ■ Tie and N.Y. Giants loss
Bowl schedule SATURDAY, DEC. 19 Celebration Bowl Atlanta NC A&T 41, Alcorn State 34 New Mexico Bowl Albuquerque Arizona 45, New Mexico 37 Las Vegas Bowl Utah 35, Brigham Young 28 Camelia Bowl Montgomery, Ala. Appalachian State 31, Ohio 29 Cure Bowl Orlando, Fla. San Jose State 27, Georgia State 16
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New Orleans Bowl Louisiana Tech 47, Arkansas State 28 MONDAY, DEC. 21 Miami Beach Bowl Western Kentucky 45, South Florida 35 TUESDAY, DEC. 22 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Boise Akron 23, Utah State 21 Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl Toledo 32, Temple 17 WEDNESDAY, DEC. 23 Poinsettia Bowl San Diego Boise State 55, Northern Illinois 7 GoDaddy Bowl Mobile, Ala. Georgia Southern 58, Bowling Green 27 THURSDAY Bahamas Bowl Nassau Western Michigan 45, Middle Tennessee 31 Hawaii Bowl Honolulu San Diego State 42, Cincinnati 7 TODAY St. Petersburg (Fla.) Bowl Marshall (9-3) vs. UConn (6-6), 10 a.m. (ESPN) Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas Miami (8-4) vs. Washington State (8-4), 1 p.m. (CBS) Heart of Dallas Bowl Washington (6-6) vs. Southern Mississippi (9-4), 2:20 p.m. (ESPN) Pinstripe Bowl Bronx, N.Y. Duke (7-5) vs. Indiana (6-6), 2:30 p.m. (ABC) Independence Bowl Shreveport, La. Virginia Tech (6-6) vs. Tulsa (6-6), 4:45 p.m. (ESPN) Foster Farms Bowl Santa Clara, Calif. Nebraska (5-7) vs. UCLA (8-4), 8:15 p.m. (ESPN) MONDAY, DEC. 28 Military Bowl Annapolis, Md. Navy (9-2) vs. Pittsburgh (8-4), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN) Quick Lane Bowl Detroit Central Michigan (7-5) vs. Minnesota (5-7), 4 p.m. (ESPN2) TUESDAY, DEC. 29 Armed Forces Bowl Fort Worth, Texas Air Force (8-5) vs. California (7-5), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Russell Athletic Bowl Orlando, Fla. North Carolina (11-2) vs. Baylor (9-3), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Arizona Bowl Tucson Nevada (6-6) vs. Colorado State (7-5), 6:30 p.m. (TBA) Texas Bowl Houston Texas Tech (7-5) vs. LSU (8-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN) WEDNESDAY, DEC. 30 Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl Auburn (6-6) vs. Memphis (9-3), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Belk Bowl Charlotte, N.C. NC State (7-5) vs. Mississippi St. (8-4), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Music City Bowl Nashville, Tenn. Louisville (7-5) vs. Texas A&M (8-4), 6 p.m. (ESPN) Holiday Bowl San Diego Wisconsin (9-3) vs. Southern Cal (8-5), 9:30 p.m. (ESPN) THURSDAY, DEC. 31 Peach Bowl Atlanta Houston (12-1) vs. Florida State (10-2), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Orange Bowl (Playoff Semifinal) Miami Gardens, Fla. Clemson (13-0) vs. Oklahoma (11-1), 3 p.m. (ESPN) Cotton Bowl Classic (Playoff Semifinal) Arlington, Texas Alabama (12-1) vs. Michigan State (121), 7 p.m. (ESPN) FRIDAY, JAN. 1 Outback Bowl Tampa, Fla. Northwestern (10-2) vs. Tennessee (84), 11 a.m. (ESPN2) Citrus Bowl Orlando, Fla. Michigan (9-3) vs. Florida (10-3), Noon (ABC) Fiesta Bowl Glendale, Ariz.
Notre Dame (10-2) vs. Ohio State (111), Noon (ESPN) Rose Bowl Pasadena, Calif. Iowa (12-1) vs. Stanford (11-2), 4 p.m. (ESPN) Sugar Bowl New Orleans Oklahoma State (10-2) vs. Mississippi (9-3), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) SATURDAY, JAN. 2 TaxSlayer Bowl Jacksonville, Fla. Penn St. (7-5) vs. Georgia (9-3), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Liberty Bowl Memphis, Tenn. Kansas St. (6-6) vs. Arkansas (7-5), 2:20 p.m. (ESPN) Alamo Bowl San Antonio Oregon (9-3) vs. TCU (10-2), 5:45 p.m. (ESPN) Cactus Bowl Phoenix West Virginia (7-5) vs. Arizona State (66), 9:15 p.m. (ESPN) MONDAY, JAN. 11 College Football Championship Game Glendale, Ariz. Orange Bowl winner vs. Cotton Bowl winner, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) SATURDAY, JAN. 23 East-West Shrine Classic At St. Petersburg, Fla. East vs. West, 3 p.m. (NFLN) NFLPA Collegiate Bowl At Carson, Calif. National vs. American, 5 p.m. (ESPN2) SATURDAY, JAN. 30 Senior Bowl At Mobile, Ala. North vs. South, 1:30 p.m. (NFLN)
Hockey NHL standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 36 20 13 3 43 105 89 Boston 33 19 10 4 42 104 85 Florida 35 19 12 4 42 95 81 Detroit 34 17 10 7 41 89 89 Ottawa 35 17 12 6 40 105 104 Tampa Bay 35 17 15 3 37 87 82 Buffalo 34 14 16 4 32 79 89 Toronto 33 12 14 7 31 86 93 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 33 25 6 2 52 105 71 N.Y. Rangers 36 20 12 4 44 104 93 N.Y. Islanders 35 19 11 5 43 96 82 New Jersey 35 17 13 5 39 83 87 Philadelphia 34 15 12 7 37 74 92 Pittsburgh 33 16 14 3 35 76 84 Carolina 34 13 16 5 31 80 101 Columbus 36 13 20 3 29 88 112 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas 35 26 7 2 54 124 88 St. Louis 36 21 11 4 46 92 85 Chicago 36 20 12 4 44 96 87 Minnesota 33 18 9 6 42 91 80 Nashville 34 17 11 6 40 90 86 Colorado 35 17 17 1 35 99 97 Winnipeg 34 15 17 2 32 92 104 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 33 20 11 2 42 84 76 San Jose 34 17 15 2 36 93 94 Vancouver 36 13 14 9 35 91 103 Arizona 33 16 15 2 34 90 104 Calgary 34 16 16 2 34 91 113 Edmonton 35 15 18 2 32 91 106 Anaheim 33 12 15 6 30 62 85 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Friday No games scheduled Today’s Games Buffalo at Boston, 6 p.m. Columbus at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m. Montreal at Washington, 6 p.m. New Jersey at Carolina, 6 p.m. Dallas at St. Louis, 7 p.m. Detroit at Nashville, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Minnesota, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Arizona, 8 p.m. Edmonton at Vancouver, 9 p.m.
Transactions Friday’s deals FOOTBALL National Football League DALLAS COWBOYS — Placed TE Gavin Escobar and QB Tony Romo on injured reserve. Signed QB Jameill Showers and DT Casey Walker from the practice squad. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Waived RB Toben Opurum. Signed WR Seantavius Jones from the practice squad and OT Bryan Witzmann to the practice squad. NEW YORK GIANTS — Placed DT Markus Kuhn and LB James Morris on injured reserve. Signed DE Brad Bars and TE Matt LaCosse from the practice squad.
Spartans relish underdog role vs. Tide BY NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Perhaps it’s appropriate that Michigan State’s opponent in a playoff semifinal will be Alabama — the one program that makes pretty much everyone look like an underdog. Throughout the Spartans’ rise under coach Mark Dantonio, they have been fueled by an unyielding sense that no matter what they accomplish, there will always be doubters. Sometimes the disrespect toward Michigan State is obvious for everyone to see, and other times it feels a bit more contrived — but there’s no denying that Dantonio’s players feed off it. “I would rather be the underdog, I guess,” Spartans defensive back Demetrious Cox said. “It’s a better feeling when you have to prove people wrong.” To understand Michigan State’s attitude — the perpetual chip on the program’s shoulder — you must first look about 65 miles down the road at the school’s biggest rival. Michigan, with all its tradition and national prestige, dominated its series with the Spartans for about 40 years, and the Wolver-
ines do not even consider Michigan State their top rival. That distinction, of course, belongs to Ohio State. After Dantonio took over in East Lansing, he lost his first meeting with Michigan in 2007. Following that game, Wolverines running back Mike Hart infamously compared Michigan State to a “little brother” and the Spartans have won seven of eight in the series since. “When you come here, and you’re an out-of-state guy, you really don’t know about the Michigan rivalry like that,” said Cox, who is from Pennsylvania. “You know about it, but you don’t really know until you get here and you see the ‘little brother’ video, and you see all the videos that they play in meeting rooms.” Last year, after the Spartans beat the Wolverines 35-11, Michigan State was upset because a Michigan player had driven a tent stake into the ground before the game in an effort to fire up his teammates. The gesture went largely unnoticed until the Spartans made a big issue of it. When the Wolverines are involved, there may be no slight too small to get
Michigan State’s attention. Now the Spartans have to beat Alabama, the national champion in 2009, 2011 and 2012. Dantonio has downplayed his team’s penchant for using an opponent’s lofty reputation as motivation. “Everybody keeps saying we have a chip on our shoulder all the time. Maybe it’s because I don’t smile up here often enough,” Dantonio said. “The chip on our shoulder is relative to us, how we play, how we respond. Has nothing to do with who we are playing against, because we have a great deal of respect for everybody we play against. But the chip on our shoulder is for — it’s just, we need to get ourselves ready to play.” But Michigan State can always find critics to silence. This is a team that has won 38 of its last 42 games, yet nobody needs to remind the Spartans who is supposed to contend for national championships and who isn’t. For example, Michigan State’s last five recruiting classes were ranked 27th, 37th, 47th, 19th and 18th by Scout.com. Alabama’s were ranked seventh, second, fourth, first and
second. So even though the Spartans have earned plenty of respect this year as playoff participants, don’t expect all this glamour to change Michigan State’s approach. “We weren’t recruited that way, so that mindset never kind of set in for us — to think that we’re owed anything,” defensive lineman Joel Heath said. “I think you’ve got to be aware of that with younger guys, guys coming in thinking that they’re entitled to something, but as of now, we don’t really have that mindset.” True to form, Michigan State has done some of its best work this season as an underdog. The Spartans won at Michigan when the Wolverines botched a punt on the final play, and Michigan State beat Ohio State despite an injury that prevented star quarterback Connor Cook from playing. After winning as a favorite in the Big Ten title game against Iowa, third-ranked Michigan State is back to being the underdog against second-ranked Alabama in Thursday night’s matchup. Against Michigan State, Alabama opened as a 91⁄2-point favorite. Business as usual for the Tide.
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APOSTOLIC Jesus Christ Church of the Second Chance, 1206 Wood St., Corinth. Bishop Willie Davis. S.S 10am; Worship 11am; Wed. worship 7 pm. “We care and are in the neighborhood to be a service.� Christ Temple Church, Hwy. 72 W. in Walnut, MS. Rev. J.C. Hall, ; Clay Hall, Asst. Pastor. Services Sun. 10am & 6pm; Wed. 7:30pm Community Tabernacle, 18 CR 647, Kossuth, MS. Pastor: Kelley Zellner (662) 284-4602 Services Sun. 10am & 5 pm, Thurs. 7:00 pm Grace Apostolic Church, CR 473 on left off Hwy 45 S. approx 2 1/2 mi. S. of Biggersville, Bro. Charles Cooper, Pastor; Sun. Service 10am, Sun. Evening 6 pm; Thurs. night 7 pm; 462-5374. Holy Assembly Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ, 201 Martin Luther King Dr., Booneville, MS; Pastor: Bishop Jimmy Gunn, Sr.; 1st Sun.: SS 10am, Worship 11:45am; 2nd Sun: Pastoral Day 11:45am; 3rd Sun: Missionary Serv. 11:45am; Wed. Bible Study 7pm Souls’ Harbor Apostolic Church, 26701 Hwy 15 S. A., Walnut, MS; Pastor: Rev. Jesse Cutrer; Service Times Sun 10am and 6pm, Wed 7:30pm ASSEMBLY OF GOD Canaan Assembly of God, 2306 E. Chambers Dr. 728-3363, Pastor Ricky & Sarah Peebles, Deaf Ministry: Michael Woods 728-0396. S.S. 9:30 am; Children’s Church 10:30 am; Worship 10:30 am & 6 pm; Wed. 7 pm. Christian Assembly of God, Hwy 2, Rev. Skip Alexander pastor. S.S. 9:45am; Worship 10:45am & 6pm. Wed. Bible Study & Youth 7pm First Assembly of God, Jason Pellizzer, pastor, 310 Second St., S.S. 9:45am; Worship 10:45am & 6pm; Wed. 7pm.
BAPTIST Alcorn Baptist Church, CR 355 Kossuth, MS; Rev. Larry Gillard, Pastor, S.S. 9:30am; Worship 11am; Wed. Bible Study 6pm. Antioch Baptist Church, Galda Stricklen, pastor. S.S. 10am; Worship 11am & 6:30pm; Wed. 6:30pm. Antioch Baptist Church No. 2, County Rd. 518. Bro. David George, pastor. S.S. 9:45am,Worship 11:00am, D.T. 5:00pm-6:00pm, Wed. Service 6:30pm, Wed. Prayer Mtg.7:00pm, Sun Night Service DT 5pm, Preaching 5:45pm Bethlehem Baptist Church, S.S. 10am; Worship 11am, DT 5:30pm, Worship 6:30pm; Wed. Prayer 7pm; WMU 1st Sun. monthly 4pm; Brotherhood 1st Sun. monthly 7am; Youth Night Every 4th Wed. Biggersville First Baptist Church, S.S. 10am; Worship 11am & 7pm. Training Union 6pm, Wed. 7pm. Brush Creek Baptist Church, Off Hwy. 72 West. Bro. Cody Hill, pastor. S.S. 10am; Service 11am & 6pm, Wed. Service 6:30pm. Butler’s Chapel Baptist Church, Bro. Wayne McKee, Pastor. S.S. 10am; Worship 10:45am & 6pm DT 5:30pm; Wed. Service 7pm. Calvary Baptist Church, 501 Norman Rd. Hwy. 72 West (1 block South of Buck’s 66 Station). Bro. Joe Marsh, pastor. Morning Worship 9:45am, S.S. 10:45am, Wed Bible Study/Children-Youth Missions 6:30pm, Stump the Preacher 7pm Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, Burnsville. Bro. John Cain, Pastor. S.S. 10am; Worship 11am & 6pm; Wed. Prayer Meeting 7pm; Ladies’ Auxiliary 2nd & 4th Tuesday 6pm. Center Hill Baptist Church, Keith Driskell, pastor. S.S. 10am. Worship 10:55am & 6:30pm Church Training 6pm Prayer Mtg 7pm. Central Grove Baptist Church, County Road 614, Kossuth, MS, 287-4085. S.S. 10:15 am; Worship Service 11:00 am; Wednesday Night 6:30 pm, Bible Class and Usher Board Meeting immediately following Central Missionary Baptist Church, Central School Rd, Bro. Frank Wilson, pastor. S.S. 9:45am.; Worship 10:45 am & 6pm. Wed. Prayer Service 7pm Chewalla Baptistt Church, Chewalla, TN. Richard Doyle, pastor, 239-9802. S.S. 9:45am; Worship 10:45am & 6:15pm; AWANA 5pm; Discipleship Training 5:30 pm; Wed. Bible Study-Youth-Children’s Choir 7pm County Line Baptist Church, 8 CR 600, Walnut, MS, Sunday School 9am, Morning Worship Service 10am Covenant Baptist Church, 6515 Hwy 57 E, Miche, TN; Pastor K. Brian Rainey Sun Worship 10am and 6pm, Wed. Night 7pm Crossroads Baptist Church, Salem Rd (CR 400), Warren Jones, pastor. S.S. 9:45am.; Worship 10:45 am & 6pm. Wed. Prayer Service 7pm P.O. Box 2104 • Corinth, MS 662-287-4995 • Fax: 662-287-4903 Danville Baptist Church, Danville Rd., Interim Pastor: Roger Wood. corinthchar ters@bellsouth.net S.S.10am; Worship 11am & 5pm; Wed. Prayer 7pm. www.corinthchar ters.com East Fifth Street Missionary Baptist Church, Rev. Richard Wade, pastor Specializing in Business, Student, Church & Family Group Travel S.S. 9:30am. Worship 10:45am; Wed. bible study & prayer meeting 6pm. Choir Rehearsal Saturday 11am. East Corinth Baptist Church, 4303 Shiloh Road. 286-2094. Pastor Ralph Culp, S.S. 9:30am; Service 10:45am & 6:30pm. Wed.Service 6:30pm. Eastview Baptist Church, Ramer, TN. S.S. 10am; Worship 11am; Wed. Bible Study 7pm.; all youth organizations Wed. 7pm. Farmington Baptist Church, 84 CR 106A, Corinth. SS 10am, Worship 10:45am, Wednesday Awana, Youth & classes for all ages 6:15-7:30pm Fellowship Baptist Church, 1308 High School Rd., Selmer, TN. Pastor, Bro. J.D. Matlock. S.S. 10am; Serv. 11am & 6pm.; Wed. 7pm. First Baptist Church, Corinth, 501 Main. Rev. Dennis Smith, Pastor. Sun. Worship Service 8:20am;Bible Study 9:30am; Worship 10:45am & 7pm Judd & Robin Chapman & Staff Youth Choir Rehearsal 4:45pm DT 5:30pm; Wed. Prayer Mtg. & Bible Study 6:30pm; Adult choir rhrsl. 7:30pm. First Baptist Church, Burnsville. S.S. 10-10:50am. Worship 11am & 6pm; DT 5:30pm; Wed.Bible Study 7pm. First Baptist Church, Michie, Tn. Pastor: Ben Martin; S.S. 10am; Sun. Morn. Worship 11am; Sun. Evening Worship 6:00pm; Wed. Night Discipleship Training 7pm. First Baptist Church of Counce, Counce, TN. Bro. Jimmy McChristial. S.S. J. B. Darnell 9am; Worship 10:15am & 6pm; Prayer Meeting Wed. 6:30pm. 1400 1400 " Harper Road Harper Road Friendship Baptist Church, CR 614, Corinth; Craig Wilbanks, Pastor; Early $ $ " #%" Corinth MS 38834 Morn Service 9:30am; S.S. 10:00 am; Worship 11:00am; Wed. night 6:30pm. MS 38834 "! " Corinth, & " $ (662) 287-5297
Grace Community Church, 1527 Highway 72. Pastor: Bro. Tim Alvis, S.S. 9:30 (662) 287-5297 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wed. Bible Study, 6 p.m. Glendale Baptist Church, US 72 East, Glen. Pastor: Bro. Jon Haimes, Minister of Music: Bro. Richard Yarber; Awana Program: Sunday Nights 5:30; S.S. 9:45am;Worship 11am & 6:30pm; Discipleship Training 5:30pm; Choir Practice: Sunday, Children & Youth 5pm, Adults: 7:30pm; Wed. Prayer Mtg. & Movie Rentals - TV Repair Bible Study 7pm. We now have discount groceries! Hinkle Baptist Church, Internim Pastor Paul Stacey. Min. of Music Beverly Castile, S.S. 9am; Worship 11am & 7pm; Church Training 6pm; Wed. 7pm. 1960 East 3rd Street Holly Baptist Church, Holly Church Rd. 8:45 am- Early Morning (662) 287-3808 Worship, 10:00 am S.S., 11:00 am Late Worship, 6:00 pm Evening Worship, Wed. Service 6:30 pm Adult Prayer & Bible Study, Children & Youth Activities, www.hollybaptist.org Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church, Physical: 464 Hwy 356, Rienzi. Mailing: P.O. Box 129, Rienzi, 38865. Church: 662-462-8598, Life Center: 662-462-4159. Rev. Gabe Jolly III, Pastor; S.S. 9am; Children’s Church 10am; Worship 10am; Bible Certifi ed Public Accountants Study Wed 6:30pm; Communion 1st Sunday every three months; Meals on A. BRADDOCK BRAWNER, CPA Wheels 1st Saturday of each month. Web: hopewellchurchrienzi.com Email: M. ELIZABETH COSSITT, CPA hopewellmbchurch@yahoo.com Facebook: Hopewell MB Church 515 E. Waldron Street • P.O. Box 458 Jacinto Baptist Church, Ken White, Pastor. S.S. 10 am; Worship 11am & Corinth, MS 38834 6:30pm; Wed. service 6:30pm. Tel. (662) 286-7082 Fax (662) 286¡3365 Kemps Chapel Baptist Church, Bro. David Heg, pastor. Rt. 1, Rienzi. S.S. 10am; Whp 11am & 6:15pm; Church Trng. 5:30 pm; Wed. Bible Study. 7 pm. Kendrick Baptist Church, Bro. Zack Howell, pastor. S.S. 9:30 am; Worship 10:30am, & 6:30pm; Church Trng. 5:30pm, Wed. 7pm. Kossuth First Baptist Church, 893 Hwy 2; SS 10am; Worship 11am& 6pm; Wed Bible Study, 6:30pm; Lakeview Missionary Baptist Church, Charles Martin, pastor. 5402 Shiloh Rd. 287-2177 S.S. 10am; Worship 11am& 6pm; 5910 Hwy 57 Counce, TN (731) 689-3651 Wed. Adult Bible Study, Youth Min. 7pm. Corinth, MS (662) 287-6809 Liberty Hill Baptist Church, S.S. 10am; Worship 11am & 5:00pm; Wed. 7:00 pm. Little Flock Primitive Baptist Church, 4 mi. so. of Burnsville off Hwy. 365. Turn west at sign. Pastor: Elder Johnathan Wise. Sun. Bible Study 2106 Hwy 72 W Corinth, MS 9:45 am; Worship 10:30am. 662-287-1407 Little Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 3395 N Polk St, Pastor - Christopher Fax 662-287-7409 Traylor; Sunday School - 9am; Worship 10:15 am - Communion - 1st Sunday at 11am; Bible Study - Wednesday Night at 6:00 pm Lone Oak Baptist Church, Bro. Jay Knight, pastor. S.S. 10am; Worship 11am; holidayi@tsixroads.com Prayer Service 5pm; Wed. 7pm. www.hiexpress.com/corinthms Love Joy Baptist Church, on the Glen-Jacinto Road, Hwy 367. Pastor, Bro. David Robbins, S.S. 10am; Worship 11am & 6 pm. Macedonia Baptist Church, 715 Martin Luther King Dr.; Bro. Lawrence Morris. 9:30am; Worship 11am; Wed. Worship. 6pm REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER _________________________________ REGIONAL HOME Mason St. Luke Baptist Church, Pastor: Rev. Ricky Grigg; Mason St. Luke Rd. HOME HEALTH & HOSPICE HEALTH & HOSPICE We accept Medicare, Medicaid and most other 287-1656. S.S. 9:45 am Worship 11am.; Wed. 6:30pm. Marquetta L. Trice, L.P.N, LBSW, MPH, MBA Director Providing Excellent Care in the Home Baptist Chapel, Rt.1 Pocahontas,TN Pastor, Rev. Johnny Sparks commercial including662.293.1405 MS CAN. McCalip 2034 East Shiloh insurance Road Services Sunday 11am & 6p.m. Call Ann Walker, RN, BSN, MBA Corinth, MS 38834 Fax: 662.293.1414 Michie Primitive Baptist Church, Michie Tenn. Pastor: Elder Ricky Taylor. mtrice@mrhc.org www.mrhc.org 662-293-105 Director Worship Service Sunday 10:30 am. Everyone is cordially invited. Mills Commuity Baptist Church, 397 CR 550 Rienzi, MS. Bro. Robby Johnson, pastor. S. S. 10am, Sun. Worship 11am & Sun. Night 5pm; Wed. Bible Stdy. 6:30pm New Covenant Baptist Church, 1402 E. 4th St., Pastor David Harris, pastor, Sunday School 9:45am; Worship 11am, Bible Study Wed 6:30 pm. New Lebanon Free Will Baptist Church, 1195 Hwy. 364, Cairo 1506 Fulton Dr Community; Jack Whitley, Jr, pastor; 462-8069 or 462-7591; 10am S.S. Corinth, MS for all ages; Worship, 11am Children’s Church, 5pm; Choir Practice, 6pm; Evening Worship, Wed. 7 pm Midweek Bible Study & Prayer Meeting, 7pm;Young People Bible Classes. North Corinth Baptist Church, 3311 N. Polk Street.Bro.. Bill Wages, pastor. S.S. 10am; Worship 11am & 6pm; Wed. 7pm 662-287-1984 Oakland Baptist Church, 1101 S. Harper Rd., Dr. Randy Bostick, Pastor. SS all ages 9am; Worship Serv. 10:15am & 6:20pm; Sun. Orchestra Reh. Lister Healthcare Corp. DBA Trinity Health Clinic 4pm; Student Choir & Handbells 5pm; Children’s Choir (age 4-Grade 6) 5:15pm; Wed. AWANA clubs (during school year) 6pm; Prayer & Praise 6:30pm; Student “XTREME Lifeâ€? Worship Service 6:45pm; “Life Instituteâ€? Small Group Classes 7pm; Sanctuary choir reh. 8:05pm 662-287-6200 Olive Hill West, Guys, TN; Pastor, Robert Huton;S.S. 10am; Worship 11 am & 6pm; Training 5:30; Wed. 7pm Monday-Thursday: 8:00am - 6:00pm • Closed Friday Pinecrest Baptist Church, 313 Pinecrest Rd., Corinth, Bro. Jeff Haney, pastor. S.S.9:30am; Worship 10:30am; Sun. Serv. 6:00pm; Wed. Worship Serv. 6:00pm Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church,Inc., 1572 Wenasoga Rd, Corinth; Pastor Allen Watson. Sunday School - 9:45am; Worship Serv. - Sun 11am; Bible Class & Prayer Service-Wed 6pm; Every second Sunday 6PM (Need a ride to Church - Don Wallace 286-6588)
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Saint Luke Missionary Baptist Church, 140 Rd 418., Pastor, John Pams, Jr. ; S.S. 9am; Worship 10:30am; Wed. Bible Study 6:30pm St. Mark Baptist Church, 1105 White St. Kim Ratliff, Pastor, 662-287-6718, 407 Waldron St./P.O.Box 789 Corinth, MS 38834-0789 church phone 662-286-6260. S.S. 10am; Worship Service 11am; Wed. Prayer Service & Bible Study 6:30pm. 662-286-6621 • Fax 662-287-6676 Shady Grove Baptist Church, 19 CR 417, Bro. Jimmy Lancaster, Pastor, Bro. Tim Edwards, Youth Minister;. S.S. 10am; Worship 11am; Sun. Night Service 5pm; Wed. Prayer Service 7pm. Shiloh Baptist Church, U.S. 72 West. Rev. Phillip Caples, pastor S.S. 10am; Worship 11am & 7pm; Church Training 6pm; Wed. 7pm. South Corinth Baptist Church, 300 Miller Rd., Charles Stephenson, Pastor SS 10am; Worship Service 11am & 6pm, Wed. Prayer & Bible Study 6 pm St. Rest M.B. Church, Guys TN Avence Pitman, Jr., pastor. Sun.Worship 11am; S.S. 9:45am; Wed. Bible study 6:00pm. Strickland Baptist Church, 554 CR 306 Corinth, MS., SS 10am, Worship Service 11am, Sunday Night 6pm, Wed Night 7pm. Synagogue M.B. Church, 182 Hwy. 45, Rieniz, 462-3867 Steven W. Roberson, pastor. S.S. 10 am, Morning Worship & Praise 11 am, Community Bible Study (Tues.) 11 am, Evening Bible Study (Wed.) 7 p.m. Tate Baptist Church, 1201 N. Harper Rd. 286-2935; Mickey Trammel, pastor Sun.: SS 9:30am; Morn. Worship, Preschool Church; Children’s Worship (grades 1-4) 10:45am; Worship 6pm; Wed., Fellowship Meal 4:45 pm, Nursery, Mission Friends, Tater Chips (grades 1-4), Big House (grades 5-8), Youth (grades 9-12), Adult Bible Study/ Prayer 6 PM; Adult Choir Rehearsal 7 PM Tishomingo Chapel Baptist Church, 136 CR 634, Pastor: Bro. Bruce Ingram: S.S. 10am, Sun. Worship 11am, Discipleship Training 5pm, Worship 6pm, 4th Sunday Worship at 5pm, Wed. Bible Study 6:30 pm Trinity Baptist Church, Michie, Tenn., 901-239-2133, Pastor: Bro. George Kyle; S. S.10am; Sun. Worship 11am & 6:30pm; Prayer Service Wed. 6:30pm. Tuscumbia Baptist Church, S.S. 10am; Worship 11am & 7pm; Church Training 6pm; Prayer Service Wed. pm. Union Baptist Church, Rayborn Richardson, pastor. S.S. 10 am. Church Training 5pm. Evening Worship 5pm; Wed. Prayer Service 6:30pm. Unity Baptist Church, 5 CR 408, Hwy. 45 South Biggersville. Excail Burleson, 903 Hwy 72 • Corinth, MS • 286-3539 Pastor. S.S. 10 am; Worship 11 am & 6 pm; Wed. Bible Study 6:30 pm. Unity Baptist Church, 825 Unity Church Rd, Ramer, TN, Dr. Ronald Meeks, Mattie Beavers Pastor; Bro. Andrew Williams, Music Director; Jason Webb, Youth Minister; Janice Lawson, Pianist; Sunday: Men’s Prayer 9:45am; SS 10am, Morning Worship 11am, Evening Worship 6pm; Wed. AWANA-Prayer Meeting 6:30pm. West Corinth Baptist Church, 308 School St., Bro. Seth Kirkland, Pastor; Andy Reeves, Youth Pastor; Worship 9am & 6pm; S.S. 10am Wed Awana 6:30pm, Bible Study 6:45pm. Wheeler Grove Baptist Church, Kara Blackard, pastor. S.S. 9am. Worship Service10am & 6:30pm; Wed. prayer mtg. & classes 6:30pm. 402 W. Tate St CATHOLIC CHURCH (662) 286-5717 St. James Catholic Church, 3189 Harper Rd., 287-1051 - Office; 284-9300. Pastor: Fr. Mario Solorzano. Sun. Mass: 11 am in English and 1:30 pm in Spanish CHRISTIAN CHURCH Charity Christian Church, Jacinto. Minister, Bro. Travis Smith S.S. 10am;Worship 11am; Bible Study 5pm; Wed. 7pm. Guys Christian Church, Guys, Tenn. 38339. S.S. 10am; Worship 11am. Oak Hill Christian Church, Kendrick Rd. At Tn. Line, Frank Williams, Evangelist, Bible School 10am; Worship 11am & 5pm (Winter); 6pm (Summer) 1000 S. Harper Rd • Corinth, MS Salem Christian Church, 1030 CR 400, Dennis Smith, minister. SS 9 am, 662-286-5800 Morning Worship 10am, Evening Service 5pm (Standard time) 6pm (Daylight Saving time). Need a ride? - Bro. Smith at 662-396-4051 Waldron Street Christian Church, Drew Foster, Minister. S.S. 9:30am; Worship10:45am & 6pm; Youth Mtgs. 6 pm; Wed. 6pm. CHURCH OF CHRIST Acton Church of Christ, 3 miles north of Corinth city limits on Hwy. 22. Shawn Weaver, Minister; Michael Harvill, Youth Min. S.S. 10am; Worship 10:50am & 5 p.m; Wed. Bible Study 7:00pm. Berea Church of Christ, Guys, TN. Minister Will Luster. Sun. School 10am, Worship Service 11am. Central Church of Christ, 306 CR 318, Corinth, Don Bassett, Minister, Sun. Bible Study 9:30am; Sun. Worship 10:30am & 5p.m., Wed. Bible Study 6p.m. CORINTH GAS & WATER Clear Creek Church of Christ, Waukomis Lake Rd. Duane Ellis, Minister. DEPARTMENT Worship 9am & 5pm; Bible School 10am; Wed. 6:30pm. 305 W. Waldron St. Danville Church of Christ, 287-0312, 481 CR 409. Tim Carothers, Minister. Corinth; Sunday Bible Study 10am; Worship 11am & 5pm; Wed. 7pm. Corinth, MS 38834 East Corinth Church of Christ, 1801 Cruise Ronald Choate, Minister. S.S. 662-286-2263 9:45 a.m. Worship 10:30am & 5pm;Wed. Bible Study 7pm. www.corinthgasandwater.com Foote Street Church of Christ, Red Swindle, Minister., Mason Cothren, Remember to call 811 before you dig. Youth Minister; S.S. 9am; Worship 10am & 6pm; Wed. Bible Study 7pm.
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This Devotional & Directory are made possible by these businesses who encourage all of us to attend worship services. Burnsville United Methodist Church, 118 Front St., Burnsville. 423-1758. Tobes Chapel Pentecostal Church, 520 CR 400, Pastor: Rev. J.C. Wayne Napier, Pastor, S.S. 10 a.m. Worship 9 a.m. Killough, SS. 10am, Sun. Worship 11am, Sun. Even. 5:30am, Wed. Danville CME Methodist Church, Rev. James Agnew, Pastor, Sun. S.S. 10 am, Worship Service 11 am, Bible classes Wed. night 6:30 to 7:30. Bible Study 7pm, 462-8183. Christ United Methodist Church, 3161 Shiloh Rd. Pastor: Dr. Danny Walnut United Pentecostal Church, Hwy. 72 W. S.S. 10 am; Rowland; 286-3298. S.S. 9:45 am (all ages); Fellowship 10:45am; Worship Worship 11 am & 6 pm; Wed. Bible Study 7 pm. Rev. James Sims. 11am (nursery provided). Mons: Boy Scouts 5pm; Witness/Evangelism West Corinth U.P.C., 5th & Nelson St., Rev. Merl Dixon, Minister, work 6pm; Tues: Cub Scouts 5:30pm; Weds: Gather & Worship 5:30pm S.S. 10 am. Worship 11 am.; Prayer meeting 5:30 pm., Evang. Serv. City Road Temple (C.M.E.) Church, Martin Luther King Dr., Rev. Jeffrey 6 pm., Wed. 7 pm. Freeman, S.S. 9:30 am; Worship 11:00 am; Wed. Youth Meeting 5 pm. Soul’s Harbor Apostolic Church, Walnut, Worship Sun. Services First United Methodist Church, Rev. Roger Shock, Pastor; Ken 10 a.m. & 6, Wed. 7:30 p.m., Rev. Jesse Cuter, pastor, Prayer Lancaster, Music Dir.; S.S. 9am, Worship 10 am; Wed. Family Supper 5pm, Request, call 223-4003. Bible Study 6pm; Choir Practice 7pm (Televised Cablevision Channel 16) Zion Pentecostal Church In Christ., 145 N. on Little Zion Rd. Wed. Worship Service; Haley Lowery, Family & Children’s Minister Bld 31, Rev. Allen Milam, Pastor, S.S. 10am. Worship 11am.; Gaines Chapel United Methodist Church, 1802 Hwy 72 W, Rev. Trey Evang. Service 6pm, Wed. 7pm. Lambert, Pastor, S.S. 9:45 am. Worship 10:45am & 6:30pm; Children’s Activities 5pm, Youth 6:30pm & Wed. Night Children/Youth Activities and PRESBYTERIAN Adult Bible Study 6:00pm Covenant Presbyterian Church, Tennessee St. at North Parkway; Hopewell United Methodist Church, 4572 CR 200; Jonathan E Cagle, S.S.10 am; Worship 11 am. 594-5067 or 210-2991. Pastor; SS 9 a.m.; Worship 10 a.m.; Sun night Bible Study 5 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, EPC, 919 Shiloh Rd., Dr. Donald A. Indian Springs United Methodist Church, Rev. Richard C Wells, Jr. Elliot, Min. Gregg Parker, Director of Youth & Fellowship. Pastor; Sun: SS 9am, Worship 10am; Youth 5pm; Worship 6:30 pm; S.S. 9:30 a.m.; Morning Worship 10:45; Fellowship 5 & 6 pm. Wed: Youth 5pm, Bible Study 6:30pm Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church, off U.S. 72 W. Rev. Kossuth United Methodist Church, Mark Nail, pastor, Sunday Brenda Laurence. S.S. 10 a.m. Worship 11 a.m. Bible Study 6 p.m. School 10:00 a.m., Worship Service 11am & 6pm. The New Hope Presbyterian Church, Biggersville. Nicholas Mt. Moriah United Methodist Church, Meigg St., S.S. 9:30 a.m. Worship B. Phillips, pastor; Sunday School for all ages 9:45 am 10:30 a.m. Wed. night bible study 6 p.m. Children & Youth for Christ Sat. Morning Worship 10:45 am. 9:30 a.m. Sapada Thomas Pastor. Trinity Presbyterian Church (PCA), 4175 No Harper Rd; Sun. Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church, Bro. John Cagle, pastor. S.S. 10:30am Morn. Worship 9:30 am; Sunday school, 11:00 am, Wed. Bible Worship Service 11am; Wed night prayer service 6pm; Wed night Christ’s study, 5:30 p.m., http://www.tpccorinth.org. Kids (age 3-12) 6pm. Oak Grove C.M.E. Church, Alcorn County Road 514, West of Biggersville, SATURDAY SABBATH MS, Rev. Ida Price, Pastor Sunday School 9:30am, Worship services Spirit & Truth Ministries, 408 Hwy 72 W. (across from Gateway Fraley’s Chapel Church of Christ, Minister, James Pasley. Bible Study 10:45am, Bible Study Wed. Night 7pm Tires) P.O. Box 245, Corinth, MS 38835-0245 662-603-2764 ; 9:30am; Worship 10:30am & 5pm. Wed. Bible Study7pm. Pickwick United Methodist Church, 10575 Hwy 57 So., Pickwick Dam, Sat. 10:30 am Service Jacinto Church of Christ, 1290 Hwy 356, Rienzi, Jerry Childs, Minister, TN 731-689-5358, Worship Services: Sun 8 a.m. & 11 a.m., SS 10 a.m. S.S. 10am; Worship 11am; Wed. Bible Study 6:30pm. Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church, Mark Nail, pastor, Sun SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST Jerusalem Church of Christ, Farmington Rd. Clint Horton, Minister. S.S. Services, Worship 9:15am, Sunday School 10:30am, Evening 5pm. Seventh-day Adventist Church, 2150 Hwy.72 E., Sean Day, 10am; Church 10:45am; Sun. Bible Study & Worship, 5pm. Saulter’s Chapel CME Church, Acton, TN; Rev.James Agnew, pastor. S.S. Minister. Sat. Services: Bible Study 10am-11:10, Worship 11:20amKossuth Church of Christ, Duane Estill, Minister, 287-8930. S.S. 10am; 10 a.m. Service 11 a.m.; Bible Study, Wednesday 7:30 p.m. 12:30pm; Prayer Meeting: Tuesday 7:00pm Worship 11am & 6 pm; Wed. Bible Study 7pm. Shady Grove United Methodist Church, Rod Taylor, pastor, S.S. SOUTHERN BAPTIST Meeks St. Church of Christ, 1201 Meeks St; Evg: Chuck Richardson, 10 a.m. Worship 11 a.m., Sunday night 6:30, Wed night 6:30 287-2187 or 286-9660; S.S. 9am; Wed. 7pm. Stantonville United Methodist Church, 8351 Hwy 142, Stantonville, TN; Crossroads Church, 1020 CR 400 Salem Rd; Warren Jones, Pastor; Sun. -Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship/Preaching 10 a.m. Meigg Street Church of Christ, 914 Meigg St. Will Luster, Jr., David Harstin, pastor, S.S.10 a.m. Worship 11 a.m. Minister. S.S. 9:30 am; Worship Service 10:30am & 6pm; Wed. 7pm. New Hope Methodist Church, New Hope & Sticine Rd., Guys/Michie, TN; Victory Baptist Church, 9 CR 256., Alan Parker, Pastor. S.S. 9am; Worship 10am. Church Training 5:30pm; Worship 6:30pm; Wed. Pastor David Harstin; Services: Sun. Worship 10 am, S.S. 11 am, Wed. New Hope Church of Christ, Glen, MS, Minister, Roy Cox .S.S. 9:30am; 6:30pm Bible Study 6:30 pm. Worship Service 10:30am & 5pm; Wed. Bible Study 7pm. North Rienzi Church of Christ, Located in Rienzi by Shell Station on 356 MORMON Minister, Wade Davis, Sun. 10am, & 6pm., Wed. 7:00pm The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Corinth Ward. Hwy. 2 Northside Church of Christ, Harper Rd., Lennis Nowell, Minister. S.S. Old Worsham Bros. Building Sun, 9:00 a.m. til noon, Wed. 6:30 pm. 9:45am; Worship 10:35am & 6pm; Wed. Bible Study 7pm. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 204 George E. Allen Pleasant Grove Church of Christ, 123 CR 304, Doskie, MS, Craig Dr. Booneville, MS. Services: Booneville Ward 9-12 am Wed 6:30 pm Chandler, Minister-287-1001; S.S. 9:45am; Worship 10:45am. South Parkway Church of Christ, 501 S. Parkway St., Bro. Andrew NON-DENOMINATIONAL Blackwell,Minister, S.S. 9:30am; Worship 10:30am & 6pm; Wed. 7pm. Agape World Overcoming Christian Center, 1311 Lyons St. Pastor Doris Strickland Church of Christ, Central Sch. Rd. at Hwy. 72 E., Brad Day. S.S. 9:45 a.m. Corporate Worship 11:30 a.m., Tues. Night Prayer/Bible COPPER • BRASS ALUMINUM • STAINLESS STEEL Dillingham, Minister, S.S. 10am;Worship 10:45am & 5pm; Wed. 7pm. Study 7pm Theo Church of Christ, Ron Adams, minister. Hwy. 72 W. Bible Brand New Life Church, 2079 Hwy 72 E, Corinth MS 38834 (in the old Call the Professionals Study 9am; Worship 10am & 5pm; Wed. Bible Study pm. WITH OVER Wenasoga Church of Christ, G.W. Childs, Pastor. Worship Service 9am & Marty’s Steak house) Pastors John & Sally Wilbanks; Sunday Service 10:30am. 2760 Harper St • 662-665-0069 Another Chance Ministries, 2066 Tate St, Corinth, MS 662-284-0801 or 50 YEARS EXPERIENCE 5pm; Bible Class 10am; Wed. 7pm. 662-284-0802. Prayer Serv. 8am, Praise & Worship 9am, Mid-Week Bible West Corinth Church of Christ, Hwy 45 No. at Henson Rd. Blake Nicholas, Minister S.S. 9:45am; Worship service 10:40am & 5pm; Wed 7pm. study 7pm. Bishop Perry and Dimple Carroll (Pastors), Overseers - A Christ Centered, Spirit Filled, New Creation Church. New Sun morning service 8:00am. Come out and be blessed. PEST CONTROL CHURCH OF GOD “The Little Critter Gitter!” Corinth Church of God, 1703 Levee. Pastors: Bro. Al and Nancy Crawford. Bethel Church, CR 654-A, Walnut (72W to Durhams Gro, left at store, follow signs), Sun. Morn 10am; Sun. Worship 5pm; Thurs. Service 6pm. CALL THE PROFESSIONALS S.S. 10 a.m. Worship services 11 a.m. Wed. Night Bible Study 7 p.m. Brush Creek House of Prayer, 478 CR 600 (just out of Kossuth) Walnut, WITH OVER 50 YEARS EXPERIENCE. Church of God of Prophecy, Bell School Rd. S.S. 10 a.m. Worship MS. Pastor Bro. Jeff and Sister Lisa Wilbanks. services 11 a.m. Wed. Night Bible Study 7 p.m. Pastor James Gray. Burnsville Tabernacle Church, Bro. Sheldon Lambert, pastor. Sunday 662-287-3521 Hilltop Church of God, 46 Hwy 356 - 603-4567, Pastor, Donald McCoy School 10a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m., Eve. Worship 5p.m., Wed Service 7 SS 10am, Sun. Worship 10:45am, Sun. Even. 5pm, Wed. 7pm. p.m. New Mission Church of God in Christ, 608 Wick St. Pastor Elder Yarbro. Church of the Crossroads, Hwy 72 E., Nelson Hight, pastor, 286-6838, 1st Landmark Nursing & S.S. 10 a.m. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., & 7 p.m. Wed. & Fri. 7pm. Morn. Worship 8:30, 2nd Worship 10am, 3rd Worship 11:30am; SS 10 am & New Life Church of God in Christ, 305 West View Dr., Pastor Elder Rehab Center Life Groups 5pm; Wed. 6:30 pm Life Groups & Childrens Services Willie Hoyle, 286-5301. Sun. Prayer 9:45 am, S.S. 10 am, Worship Cicero AME Church, 420 Martin Luther King Dr., Corinth, MS 286-2310 S.S. 11:30 am, Thurs. Worship 7:30 pm, Wed. night worship services 7 pm, 100 Lauren Dr, Booneville 9:30 am; Worship 11am & 7pm; Wed. Bible Study 7pm “The Little Critter Gitter!” YPWW 1st & 3rd Sunday 6 pm. City of Refuge, 300 Emmons Rd. & Hwy 64, Selmer, TN. 731-645-7053 or Phone:(662) 720-0972 St. James Church of God in Christ, 1101 Gloster St. S.S. 10 a.m. 731-610-1883. Pastor C. A. Jackson. Sun. Morn. 10am, Sun. Evening 6pm, Worship Services 11:30 a.m.; Youth/Adult Bible Study Thurs. 7pm Wed. Bible Study 7pm. Pastor Elder Anthony Fox. Christ Gospel Church, Junction 367 & 356, 1 1/2 miles east of Jacinto. Rev. St. James Church of God in Christ-Ripley, 719 Ashland Rd, Ripley, MS, Bobby Lytal, pastor, S.S. 10 a.m. Sun 6:30 p.m. Wed 7 p.m. Fri Night 7 p.m. 662-837-9509; Sun. Worship Morning Glory 8am; SS 9am; Worship 11am; Church On Fire Dream Center, Intersection of Holt Ave. & Hwy 365 Thurday is Holy Ghost night 7pm; Superintendent Bernell Hoyle, Pastor. North, Burnsville. Michael Roberts, pastor, Sun. Morn. Worship 10am, Church of God of Union Assembly, 347 Hwy 2, (4 miles from Hwy 45 662-415-4890(cell) bypass going East to 350), North Gospel Preaching and singing. Services City of Refuge Church, 706 School Street, Corinth, MS Special Rates for Church Groups Wed. 6:30 pm , Sun.Evening Service 6:30 pm, Sun. morning 10:30 am. Pastor, Harvern Davis; Sun Prayer Service 10 am; Worship 10:30 am Everyone invited to come and worship with us. Pastor Brother David Wednesday Service, 7 pm 2001 Shiloh Rd. 662-286-8105 Bledsoe; 286-2909 or 287-3769 Cornerstone Christian Fellowship, 145 South. Services: Sun. 10am The Church of God , Hwy 57, West of four-way in Michie, TN. Youth and Home Meetings, Wednesday Night. Billy Joe Young, pastor. k You Official Paster Joe McLemore, 731-926-5674. FaithPointe Church, Lead Pastor, Mike Sweeney. 440 Hwy. 64 E. Cleaning Company of the Wings of Mercy Church, 1703 Levee St. (Just off 45 S. at Harper Exit). Adamsville, TN. Sun. 9 am SS,10:30 am Morn. Worship; Wed. Bible Study PGA TOUR Church: 287-4900; Pastor: James Tipton, Sunday Morn. 10:30am, Sunday 7 p.m. (all ages) Website: faithpointechurch.com Evening 5:00pm, Wednesday Bible Study 7:00pm Full Gospel House of Prayer, 2 miles S. of Hightown. Ancel Hancock, Minister, Jane Dillingham, Assoc., Serv every Mon. night 7pm COMMERCIAL CLEANING SERVICES Foundation of Truth Christian Fellowship, 718 S. Tate St., Corinth, MS, EPISCOPAL Greg & Regina Gurley Frederick C. Patterson Sr, pastor, S.S. 9:30 a.m. Worship Service 11 p.m. St. Paul’s Episcopal, Hwy. 2 at N. Shiloh Rd. Rev. Ann B. Fraser, Priest; Authorized Franchise Owners Wed. Bible Study 7 p.m. 9:30am Holy Eucharist followed by Welcome & Coffee; 10:45am Sunday Direct (662) 286-3246 God’s Church, 565 Hwy 45 S, Biggersville; Pastor David Mills, Asso. Pastor School. Nursery opens at 9:15am. Paul Peterson; SS 10am; Sun Worship 11am; Wed. Night 7pm Kossuth Worship Center, Hwy. 2, Kossuth. Pastor Bro. Larry Murphy. S.S. FREE WILL BAPTIST Calvary Free Will Baptist Mission, Old Jacinto Supply Building, Jacinto. 10 a.m. Worship 11 a.m. & 6 p.m. Wed. Services 6:00 p.m. 287-5686 Life in the Word Fellowship Church, Pastor Merle Spearman. 706 School S.S. 10 am Worship 11 am & 5 pm Wed. Service 7 pm. St, Worship Sun. 10:30 am & 6:00 pm; Wed. 7:00 pm. Life Gate Free Will Baptist Church, 377 CR 218, Corinth, MS, Mt. Zion Church, Highway 365 N. of Burnsville. Pastor Billy Powers. 462-8353, S.S. 10am, Worship Serv 10:45 am & 6 pm. Wed. Bible Study 662-416-2300 Worship Service 2 pm; Wed. Serv 7 pm. 7pm. Mt. Carmel Non-Denominational Church, Wenasoga Rd. Macedonia Freewill Baptist Church, 9 miles S. of Corinth on Owners: Tracy & April Burns Pastor Bro. Jason Abbatoy. Sunday Morning Service 11:00 am CR 400. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Pastor: Rev. Nathaniel Bullard; Sun River of Life Worship Center, 2401 Hwy 72 E on Skylark Drive Sun. 10:30 Worship 11 a.m& 6 pm; Wednesday 6 p.m. a.m. and 5:30 p.m.; Wed. 6 p.m.; Pastor Jacob Dawson Rutherford Chapel, CR 755, Theo Community, Rev. Casey Rutherford, HOLINESS Pastor, Sun. 10:30 am Worship & 6 pm; Thurs. 7 p.m. 662-396-1967 By Faith Holiness Church, 137 CR 430, Ritenzi, MS, 662-554-9897/462 Still Hope Ministries, Main St, Rienzi; Pastor: Bro. Chris Franks, 662-603 7287; Pastor: Eddie Huggins; Sun 10am& 6pm; Thurs. 7pm Full Gospel Jesus Name Church, Located 3 miles on CR 400, (Salem Rd) 3596. Services: Sun 2pm; Fri. 7pm. The Anchor Holds Church, Hwy 348 of Blue Springs, MS. 662-869-5314, Old Jehvohah Witness Church. Pastor: Larry Jackson; Sunday Evening Pastor Mike Sanders, Sun. School 9:30 a.m; Sun. Morning Worship 10:30 2pm. 662-728-8612. am; Sun. Evening Worship 5:00 p.m; Wed. Service 7:00 p.m; Nursery Glen Jesus Name Holiness Church, CR 248 Glen, Bro. Jimmy Jones, Provided For Ages 0-3; Children Church For Ages 4-10; Youth Program For Pastor; Sun. Service 10 am, Evening 6 pm; Wed. night 7 pm; 287-6993 Ages 11-21; Anointed Choir and Worship Team Theo Holiness Church, Hwy. 72 West, Corinth. Pastor: Rev. Ronald TISHOMINGO MANOR SKILLED Triumph Church, Corner of Dunlap & King St. S.S. 10:00 a.m. Worship Wilbanks, Phone:662-223-5330; Senior Pastor: Rev. Rufus Barnes; SS NURSING & REHAB 11:30 a.m. Tuesday night worship 7:00 p.m. 10am, Worship Service 11am, and 6:30 pm, Wed. Prayer Meeting 7 pm Triumphs To The Church and Kingdom of God in Christ, Rev. Billy T., True Holiness Church, 1223 Tate St, 287-5659 or 808-0347, Pastor: Willie • Private rooms for short stay rehab Kirk, pastor S.S. of Wisdom 10 a.m. Regular Services 11:30 a.m. Tuesday & Saffore; S.S. 10 am, Sun. Worship 11:30 am, Tues/Fri Prayer Service 9am; Thursday 7:30p.m. • PT, OT & ST services Prayer & Bible Band Wed. 7pm. Word Outreach Ministries, Hwy. 45 North, MS-TN State Line. Pastor • Long term Care Elworth Mabry. Sun. Bible Study 10am, Worship 11am, Wed. 6:30pm. Phone: 662-423-9112 662-423-9113 Fax: 662-423-9121 INDEPENDENT BAPTIST PENTECOSTAL Brigman Hill Baptist Church, Pastor Bob Harris, S.S. 10am; Sun Worship Calvary Apostolic Church, Larry W. McDonald, Pastor, 1622 Bunch St. 11 am & 5 pm.; 7 mi. E. on Farmington Rd.; 256-503-7438 Services Sun 10am & 6pm, Tues 7:30 pm For info. 287-3591. Grace Bible Baptist Church, Hwy. 145 No. Donald Sculley, pastor. Central Pentecostal Church, Central School Road. Sunday Worship 286-5760, S.S.10 a.m. Worship 11 a.m & 6 p.m. Wed. 7 p.m., Children’s 10 am; Evangelistic Service 5 pm; Wed. Bible Study Bible Club 7 p.m. 7 pm; Terry Harmon II, Pastor. Juliette Independent Missionary Baptist Church, Interim Pastor, Apostolic Life Tabernacle, Hwy. 45 S. Sunday Worship & S.S. 10 am & Harold Talley, S.S.10 a.m. Preaching 11 a.m. Evening Service 5 p.m. 6 p.m. Thurs. Prayer Meeting 7:15pm Mike Brown, pastor. 287-4983. Maranatha Baptist Church, CR 106, Bro. Scotty Wood, Pastor. S.S.10 Biggersville Pentecostal Church, U.S. 45 N., Biggersville. Rev. T.G, Ramsy, a.m. Sun Worship 11am & 6pm; Wed. Bible Study 7:15 p.m. pastor. S.S. 10 a.m. Youth Services, Sunday 5 p.m. Evangelistic Jones Chapel Free Will Baptist Church, S.S. 10 a.m. Sun. Worship Service 6 p.m. Bible Study Wednesday 7 p.m. Services 11 a.m. & 5 p.m. Wed. Night Bible Study 7 p.m. Burnsville United Pentecostal Church, Highway 72 West of Burnsville. L. Strickland Baptist Church, 514 Strickland Rd., Glen MS 38846, Pastor Rich, pastor. S.S. 10 am; Worship Service 11 am and 6:30 pm; Youth Harold Burcham; Sunday School 10 a.m.; Sunday Services 11 a.m& 6 pm; Service 5:30 pm; Wed Prayer and Bible Study 7:15 pm. Wed. Bible Study 7 p.m. Community Pentecostal Church, Sun. Worship 10am & 5:30pm; Wed. Acts Class 6pm; Wed. Night 7:15pm INDEPENDENT FULL GOSPEL Counce, Tenn. First Pentecostal Church, State Route 57, Rev. G.R. Harvest Church, 349 Hwy 45 S., Guys, TN. Pastor Roger Reece; Miller, pastor. S.S. 10 a.m. Evening Worship 6 p.m. Wed 7 p.m. 731-239-2621. S.S. 10 a.m. Worship & Children’s Church 11am; Eastview United Pentecostal Church, Rev. Wayne Isbell, pastor. 287-8277 (pastor), (662) 645-9751 (church) S.S. 10 am; Worship Service Evening Service 6 p.m., Wed. 7 p.m. 11am & 6pm; Wed. Bible Study 7:15 p.m. Gospel Tabernacle, Glover Drive. Rev. Josh Hodum, pastor. S.S. 10 am INDEPENDENT METHODIST Worship 11am & 6pm; Wed. Service 7 p.m. Clausel Hill Independent Methodist Church, 8 miles S. of Burnsville, just off 365 in Cairo Community. Pastor, Gary Redd. S.S. 10 a.m. Morning Greater Life United Pentecostal Church, 750 Hwy. 45 S. Rev. Tommy Callahan, Pastor; SS 10am, Sun. Morn. Worship 11am, Sun. Even. Worship Worship 11:15 a.m. Evening Worship 5:00 p.m. Wed. Night Prayer 6pm; Wed. Night 7:15pm Meeting 6:45 p.m. Life Tabernacle Apostolic Pentecostal, 286-5317, Mathis Subd. Chapel Hill Methodist Church, , 2 1/2 mi. W. of Burnsville. CR 944. Sunday Worship 10am&6:30pm;Wed. Bible Study 7 p.m. Scotty McCay, pastor. S.S. 10 am, Sunday Worship, 11 am. & 5 pm. Little Chapel Pentecostal Church, Canal St., Selmer, Tenn., Sun. Worship 10 am & 5 pm., Thurs. 7 p.m. LUTHERAN Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod. 4203 Shiloh Rd. 287 Pleasant Hill Pentecostal Church, C.D. Kirk, pastor, Hwy. 2, 1037, Divine Worship 10:00 a.m. Holy Communion celebrated on the first, S.S. 10am, Adult Worship 10am, Sun. Night Explosion 6pm & Wed. night 7:30pm third and fifth Sunday. Christian Ed. 9 a.m. Mike Dixon, Pastor. Rockhill Apostolic, 156 CR 157, 662-287-1089, Pastor Steve Findley SS. 10am, Sun. Morn. 11am, Sun. Night 6pm, Wed night 7:15pm METHODIST Bethel United Methodist, Jerry Kelly, pastor. Worship 10 am S.S. 11 am Sanctuary of Hope 1108 Proper St,, Sun. 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Some military discharges mean no benefits BY JIM SALTER Associated Press
ST. LOUIS — No medical or mental health care. No subsidized college or work training. For many who leave the U.S. military with less-than-honorable discharges, including thousands who suffered injuries and anguish in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, standard veterans benefits are off limits. The discharge serves as a scarlet letter of dishonor, and the effects can be severe: Exmilitary members with mental health problems or post-traumatic stress disorder can’t turn to Veterans Affairs hospitals or clinics; those who want to go to college aren’t eligible for the GI Bill; the jobless get no assistance for career training; the homeless are excluded from vouchers. “It’s an indelible mark of their service that follows them for the rest of their lives into the workforce, through background checks, social relationships, and it precludes them from getting the kind of support that most veterans enjoy,� said Phil Carter, an Iraq War vet and senior fellow at the Center for A New American Security. The Department of Defense said of nearly 207,000 people who left the military last year, just 9 percent received what’s referred to as “bad paper.� Still, that’s more than 18,000 people last year and more than 352,000 since 2000, Defense Department data shows. U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, a
“The vast majority of this population was discharged administratively, generally because of some minor misconduct.� Phil Carter Iraq War vet and senior fellow at the Center for A New American Security Colorado Republican who’s on the House Armed Services Committee, believes many of those men and women suffered battle-related problems that affected their behavior, especially PTSD and traumatic brain injury. A 2005 study showed Marines deployed to combat who were diagnosed with PTSD were 11 times more likely to receive less-than-honorable discharges, said Brad Adams, an attorney who works with the San Francisco-based organization Swords to Plowshares. Josh Redmyer, 30, served in the Marines for seven years, including three stints in Iraq, where he watched a close friend die and developed PTSD. Redmyer said he developed alcohol and drug addictions that led to bad behavior, and he received an other-than-honorable discharge in 2012. He said he’s survived suicide attempts and “near-death� overdoses. Now living in California, Redmyer’s working as a delivery driver and trying to restore his VA medical benefits. He said he takes responsibility for “mistake after mistake after mis-
take,� but can’t understand how someone who risked his life for his country can’t get treatment for PTSD. “What it did to my life after what I gave to them, I don’t think it’s ethical or moral or fair,� he said. Varying levels of bad paper discharges exist. A general discharge is for those whose service was generally satisfactory, but who engaged in minor misconduct or received non-judicial punishment. Recipients are usually eligible for VA medical and dental services, VA home loans and burial in national cemeteries, but can’t receive educational benefits through the GI Bill. Virtually no post-military benefits are available below that level. An other-than-honorable discharge is an administrative action for those with behavior problems such as violence or use of illegal drugs. A bad conduct discharge is punishment for a military crime, and dishonorable discharges are for offenses such as murder or desertion. With those discharges,
the VA doesn’t consider the former service members veterans for the purposes of VA benefits. “There is a small percentage of folks who were court-martialed and convicted, and they have earned their bad paper,� Carter said. “The vast majority of this population was discharged administratively, generally because of some minor misconduct.� Maj. Ben Sakrisson, a Defense Department spokesman, said there is “substantial due process� for all cases where people receive a less-than-honorable discharge. Its statistics show that last year, 4,143 service members received otherthan-honorable discharges, 637 received bad conduct discharges and 157 were dishonorably discharged. Once people are discharged, the Department of Veterans Affairs can extend medical and mental health benefits on a case-by-case basis to those whose disabilities were serviceconnected, the VA said. But Adams said that recourse is help to very few. “The onus is on the veteran,� he said. “The standards have imposed a very high burden.� Studies show those who are less-than-honorably discharged are far more likely to end up in prison than honorably discharged veterans, and more likely to be suicidal. Jobs are harder to get because background checks highlight an undesirable military discharge. “They have a hard time main-
taining employment and navigating the transition back to civilian life,� said Jamison Fargo, associate professor of psychology at Utah State University. An analysis published this fall in the Journal of the American Medical Association, which Fargo co-wrote, tracked nearly 450,000 VA patients who served in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2001 to 2011. While 5.6 percent had general discharges for misconduct, they accounted for 28.1 percent of those who’d been homeless within their first year out of the military. That didn’t even take into account those with discharges that made them ineligible for VA care, and who were potentially more likely to be homeless. Sakrisson said the Defense Department has made a “concerted effort� to assist those with PTSD who seek to have their discharge upgraded, through media campaigns, outreach to advocacy groups and military service organizations, even tracking down homeless ex-service members identified by the VA. Coffman said a better approach would be for the military to work with troubled service members earlier, so more leave with honorable discharges. And while being discharged for bad behavior might draw little sympathy, Adams said, “We’re talking about people who have deployed multiple times, served in combat. That has to account for something.�
Historic preservation tax credits help businesses BY TED CARTER Mississippi Business Journal
JACKSON — Mississippi’s historic preservation tax credits make it possible for Neil and Mike Juneau to look at the campus of Gulfport’s long-closed Department of Veterans Affairs hospital and see a Holiday Inn Resort surrounded by a community of apartments, shops, restaurants and offices. In Greenville, the tax credits allow Bill Boykin to see a new commercial life for the circa 1940s Sears building, a threestory structure that anchors downtown and stayed vacant for 20 years until Boykin bought it from the city three years
ago. Likewise, Water Valley’s Main Street maestro Mickey Howley thinks of the credits as a way to continue a series of a half dozen downtown restorations. Together, the state historic preservation tax credits and federal credits can cover up to 45 percent of a preservation project’s cost, primarily for construction, with 25 percent coming from the state credits and the remaining from the federal credits. “The state HPC and the fed HPC combined are one of the few incentives small downtown economic developers like myself and the other 50 towns on Mississippi Main Street
nesses that employ 28 people. “That’s in retail, medical and light manufacturing,� he said in an email. These are buildings that were vacant for years and “literally falling in on themselves,� Howley noted. Water Valley’s Main Street has had 29 buildings restored but the owners used the preservation tax credits on only the six. “We use the credit sparingly and in critical situations where the HPC are literally the difference in getting a project off the ground,� he added. Restoration of another three buildings has been on hold awaiting the Legislature’s replenishing of
have to work with,� said Howley, who as director of the Water Valley Main Street Association has helped his association bag about every achievement award the state Main Street Association offers. Neither the state nor federal credits are sufficient to accomplish a restoration on their own, according to Howley. The Main Street chief is looking to continue what so far have been six restorations completed with about $135,000 in preservation credits and $2.6 million in private investment. The projects, Howley said, have created space in 120-year-old buildings for four Main Street busi-
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Woman is upset over weight comments Abigail Van Buren Dear Abby
D E A R ABBY: I recently went on a cruise with several other women. I was friendly with one of them, but didn’t know the others. I am over-
weight. One of the other women, “Dolores,” was also overweight, heavier than me, in fact. She’s very proud of being Christian, but she made the comment, in front of several other people, that she didn’t mind going places with me because with me around she didn’t feel so fat. I was so stunned I remained silent. Actually, I was afraid that if I spoke I’d say too much, but I felt very hurt and ashamed. Even though I have tried to ignore it, this has bothered me for months and I don’t know what to do. Should I say something to Dolores or continue to ignore it? I don’t really want to be friends with her now because I don’t know what kind of snide remark may come out of her mouth
next. And I certainly don’t want to go anywhere with her again. -- TAKEN ABACK IN TEXAS DEAR TAKEN ABACK: When mankind was created, a delete button should have been installed at the end of our tongues. However, it’s possible our creator thought common sense would suffice. Obviously, Dolores was elsewhere when it was handed out. While her comment was tactless, it says far more about how she feels about herself than it does about you. Because this is still bothering you, I don’t think it would be at all out of line for you to tell her how hurtful her comment was. DEAR ABBY: I’m 17 and just started my junior year. I’m in an advanced program that my school offers because I want to get into an international college and need to take these classes to get noticed. I’m just over a month in, and I’m losing it. I have a job, I play soccer and I’m the lead in a school production. On top of that, I have an insane workload I wasn’t prepared for and I’m trying to cope with discovering that I’m not straight. With everything going on, I’ve been having meltdowns nearly every day. I leave class
sometimes just to hide in the bathroom. I spend hours doing homework and still don’t get everything done I need to. Last year, four or five of my classmates left school because of mental breakdowns in this program. I’m afraid I’m burning out, too. What should I do? Should I drop out of the program or seek help? -- SCARED AND STRESSED IN NEW YORK DEAR SCARED: The first thing to do is talk about all of this with a counselor at your school. If you are at the point where you must leave class and “hide,” you need more help than I can offer in a letter. If counseling is available, or your course load can be modified, you should go in that direction. But dropping out should be your last resort and only after having discussed it with your parents and your counselor, because there may be other options. 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). One advertisement suggests that life hurts. That’s true for some of the time. Upon reflection, there’s a lot more pleasure than pain, though, and that’s where you’re dwelling these days. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). “That’s cute” is what you say when it’s clearly not cute and woven together with a thinking that is many experiences below your own. Your mild reaction will make a point. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). In the neighborhood where you live there are several religions, beliefs and cultural identities very different from your own. Getting to know a little about each will grow you. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Those who do nothing will never be criticized. That’s not your style. You’ll make your move and many will love what you do. A few won’t love it, and truly that’s their problem!
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Problems take up mental space. Solutions free you. Truth-telling time: Maybe they free you to find other problems. No one has a problem-free life. What would be the point? VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). There are those who think it’s a virtue to oppose your passions, but the wiser ones work with their leanings. What would you do if you could do nothing else? You’ll have the opportunity to focus. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Chances are that you’ll disagree more or less completely with the other person. You’ll still try to see the truth and beauty in this view, if indeed there is any, and that’s what will set you apart. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Greatness and perfection are not the same thing. Greatness often comes in a less-thanperfect form. Your greatness will come this way. Don’t be ashamed; be proud and soak in
the applause. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The feeling of responsibility is weightier than lead. But if you don’t raise yourself to the highest standards, who will? This is what will make you strong. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You built it. Now you get to watch others climb inside it. Today you’ll have the opportunity to sit back and enjoy what you’ve built. This is an exciting moment. Commemorate privately. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). The people you are drawn to are interesting, even if they don’t possess genius to match your own. Put your hand out. Then follow-up. This is a time to gather allies. It’s too soon to know how you’ll utilize them. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’ve seen things, but you’re not jaded. This is the beauty of your mind. It’s good for you. Who else is it good for? Many, including a Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn.
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Dear Annie: Normally I don’t respond to newspaper columns, but I felt compelled to reply to the letter from “Please Leave Animals at Home.” She said her grandson was allergic to animals, and asked why people bring their pets into stores and place them in the carts where children sit. She said she’d had dogs, cats, pigs and horses and would never take them into a store. She mentioned one particular woman who had a dog wrapped in a blanket, seated in the cart. First, animals are not allowed in the store unless they are service animals. Some stores require that you put these animals on the floor and others require that you put them in your cart. She didn’t mention whether this woman’s dog was a service animal. Service animals must be trained, and you must have a written note from your doctor. The animal must also have a vest and tags. Many people are physically dependent on their animals. When I go into a store, 99 percent of the people love my dog and talk to me about him, and I cheerfully talk back. I’m not required to tell them the medical reason for my animal, but I will. If store management asks whether the dog is a service animal, I am required to show the paperwork.
Annie’s Mailbox My dog does not shed. He does hospital and nursing home visits with me, attends church and is a youth group leader animal. I also have him certified as a therapy dog so it’s official when we visit. He has sat for 12 hours with people who are in their last hours of life. We always ask before we go into a room to see whether someone wants a visit so we don’t upset anyone or approach those with allergies. “Leave” should mind her own business. She should make a donation to an animal shelter or other charity of her choice. Thank you for letting me vent and tell the other side of the story. — A. Dear A.: Service animals are a medical necessity. They are trained and clearly identifiable. They are not a problem, and we don’t believe “Leave” thought so, either. Some stores do allow dogs of any kind, but there is a third variety known as “comfort animals.” These are important companions for people with severe emotional problems. Unfortunately, many
people claim their pets are comfort animals when, in fact, they are not trained at all. Store owners and other proprietors are reluctant to argue with customers who insist that their dogs be allowed on the premises for fear that they will be sued for discriminating against those with disabilities. These issues need to be cleared up so that genuine comfort animals are recognized as such. Here’s one more from an angry reader: Dear Annie: A simple Google search will reveal all stores and restaurants where dogs are allowed. If her grandson is that allergic, she should check each place she visits so she can prevent him from having an attack. For people who don’t have children, animals are their babies. If you don’t want to see animals, stay at home. — Hate Dealing with Stupid People Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.
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Kiddie tablets ‘grow up’ as competition grows BY BREE FOWLER NEW YORK — Kiddie tablets have grown up. Tablets designed just for kids are getting more sophisticated as they face increased competition from regular tablets. The new products also have better screens, speedier chips and fashionably slim bodies. They let older children do more, yet hold their hands until they’re ready for unsupervised access. Although many of the tablets were originally conceived as educational toys for kids as old as middle schoolers, they’ve been more popular with younger children. Older kids have been apt to reject them in favor of their parents’ tablet or smartphone. That shift has prompted companies to focus more on preschoolers and kindergarteners, as they create super-durable products that can withstand repeated abuse and develop games and apps that teach reading and math. But now, some of those companies are looking to take back some of the sales to older kids that they’ve lost over the years, offering premium products — most with price tags of over $100 — that look and perform less like toys and more like the ones adults use. LeapFrog, maker of the toylike LeapPad, released its first
Aaron Bromberg Senior manager of product management for Amazon Devices Android tablet this year. And Kurio is branching out to Windows 10 and includes a full version of Microsoft Office in a new tablet-laptop combination. The use of Android and Windows software, in place of the more basic, custom-made systems used in toy tablets, allows for more sophisticated apps and games and a range of content from standard app stores. Monica Brown, LeapFrog’s vice president for product marketing, said the company aimed to “create something that was kind of sleek and more tech forward for kids who were looking for something that felt like their parents’ tablet.” But parents still want educational content and safety features that come with a tablet designed purely for kids. LeapFrog’s Epic, along with the
FBI: Man robs bank, buys Christmas tree Associated Press
BEND, Ore. — The FBI says a 28-year-old man faces federal and state charges after he robbed a credit union in Bend, then went on a shopping spree that included buying a Christmas tree he later used to try and hide from police. The Oregonian reports that the FBI says Brett Gillispie-Comstock went into a Selco Community Credit Union twice on Dec. 16 before he walked to a teller, told her he was ready to open an account and handed her a note demanding $5,000. He left with $1,373 in an envelope. The newspaper reports that Bend police officers found Gillispie-Comstock nearby about 40 minutes after the robbery and arrested him. Authorities say Gillespie-Comstock told investigators that he and
teens have with smartphones as a prime example. Meanwhile, most parents won’t spend money on kidsonly gadgets unless they believe they offer significant educational benefits. “If they’re just looking for something to entertain their kid, then why wouldn’t they just hand over their smartphone?” she asked. Kurio aims to answer that question with the Smart, a device that let kids do things they previously might have needed their parents’ laptop for, such as typing up and saving their homework online or playing video on their TV through an HDMI cable. The Smart is a Windows 10 laptop with a detachable screen and comes with a free year of Microsoft Office. Eric Levin, Kurio’s strategic director, said kids using children’s tablets are getting younger, as older kids gravitate toward adult products. Four years ago, he said, most Kurio users ranged from ages 6 to 12. Now, half of them are 3 to 5. Although older kids may be ready for adult tablets, the shift has left those 8 to 12 without age-appropriate devices, Levin says. The Smart tries to fix that. Other makers of kids tablets have also gone high-end this year. Fuhu bills the Nabi Elev8 as a premium, 8-inch tablet. But the company ran into finan-
“While I appreciate that might have led other companies to adjust their products, we’re upping our game based on what customers want in the best kid experience.”
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other new tablets for kids, are attempts to bridge that gap. The Epic looks like a regular Android tablet, but comes with a removable bright-green bumper. It is much faster than a LeapPad and can run versions of popular Android games such as “Fruit Ninja” and “Doodle Jump.” There’s access to the Internet, but it’s limited to about 10,000 kid-safe websites (though parents can add others). Parents can also limit and track how much time a child spends watching videos, playing games or reading. Lynn Schofield Clark, a professor of media studies at the University of Denver, said kids tablets are a tough sell these days. “Kids are always aspirational in their ages, and they’re always interested in what older kids are doing,” Clark said, pointing to the fascination that many pre-
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2006 Jeep Liberty
6 cyl., 5 speed 2004 Cadillac Convertible Seville SLS Leather Seat Covers Loaded, leather, sunroof, chrome New Tires All Original wheels. 100K Miles Electric Windows 89,000 Miles Never BeeWrecked & Seats $5500. $5,000 88,000 miles $7500.00 OBO $8200 OBO
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145K miles, Rear 2005 Honda Element Convertible, EX, 4D, bucket seats, Mileage 7500 !! VIN 5J6YH18645L001419, Champagne color, Milage, 107,400, one owner, Second owner local, Pwr Locks, Windows, Excellent Condition. Steering, RW defogger, A/C, Last year Rear window wiper, Cruise, Tilt. of carburetor, Diligently AM/FM Stereo. Premium sound sys, Anti-lock brakes, Alum All original. maintained. Alloy wheels, Sat radio, CD, Pwr mirrors, Bucket seats, MP3 $16,500 $4000.00 $5000.00 player, Keyless entry. $6250. 662-287-4848 662-415-2657 662 287 4848
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For Sale or Trade 1978 Mercedes 6.9 Motor 135,000 miles. Only made 450 that year. $2,500. OBO Selling due to health reasons. Harry Dixon 286-6359
1996 Dodge Dakota One Owner, Bought New in Booneville, MS. 139,000 miles, Xtra Cab, Leer Bed liner with cover, Back seat has storage under the seat. 318 Magnum Engine.
$ , 00.00 662-672-0222 662-750-1949
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1976 F115 428 Motor
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95’ 2001 Nissan Xterra CHEVY FOR SALE ASTRO Needs a little work. Cargo Van Good Bargain! Good, Sound Van Call: $2700 662-643-3084 872-3070
06 Chevy Trailblazer 1987 Power FORD 250 DIESEL 1994 Nissan Quest everything! New Lifters, UTILITY SERVICE TRUCK Good heat Cam, Head, $4000. and Air Struts and Shocks. IN GOOD CONDITION $2000. $3,250 OBO 731-645-8339 OR Call 603-9446 662-319-7145 731-453-5239 832 Motorcycles/ATV’S
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$4500
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136,200 mi. Well Maintained Looks & Runs Great
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662-287-7415 662-415-5163
$5900.00 OBO $7200.00 OBO
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2000 POLARIS MAGNUM 325 4X4 4 WHEELER
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2012 Banshee Bighorn Side-by-Side 4 X 4 w/ Wench AM/FM w/ CD
VORTEC 8100 V8 ALLISON TRANSMISSION EXCEL. COND. 32K MILES
YAMAHA V STAR 650 22,883 MILES $2,650.00 665-1288
2nd Owner, Great Condition Has a Mossy Oak Cover over the body put on when it was bought new. Everything Works. Used for hunting & around the house, Never for mud riding. $1500 Firm. If I don’t answer, text me and I will contact you. 662-415-7154
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2006 Harley Davidson Street Glide 103 Screaming Eagle Engine 9700 Actual Miles-Showroom Condition-Fully Chromed and Customized-Rinehart True Dual Exhaust-Stage1 Breather Kit-10K Mile Full Factory Service Just Compled$14,000.00 Firm-
662-212-0362
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308 miles 4 Seater w/seat belts Phone charger outlet Driven approx. 10 times Excellent Condition Wench (front bumper)
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Study: Some cardiac arrest victims ignore signs BY LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer
WASHINGTON — Sudden cardiac arrest may not always be so sudden: New research suggests a lot of people may ignore potentially life-saving warning signs hours, days, even a few weeks before they collapse. Cardiac arrest claims about 350,000 U.S. lives a year. It’s not a heart attack, but worse: The heart abruptly stops beating, its electrical activity knocked out of rhythm. CPR can buy critical time, but so few patients survive that it’s been hard to tell if the longtime medical belief is correct that it’s a strike with little or no advance warning. An unusual study that has closely tracked sudden cardiac arrest in
Portland, Oregon, for over a decade got around that roadblock, using interviews with witnesses, family and friends after patients collapse and tracking down their medical records. About half of middleaged patients for whom symptom information could be found had experienced warning signs, mostly chest pain or shortness of breath, in the month before suffering a cardiac arrest, researchers reported Monday. The research offers the possibility of one day preventing some cardiac arrests if doctors could figure out how to find and treat the people most at risk. “By the time the 911 call is made, it’s much too late for at least 90 percent of people,” said Dr. Sumeet Chugh of the Cedars-
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Sinai Heart Institute in Los Angeles, who led the study reported in Annals of Internal Medicine. “There’s this window of opportunity that we really didn’t know existed.” Importantly, a fraction of patients considered their symptoms bad enough to call 911 before they collapsed, and they were most likely to survive. That’s a reminder to the public not to ignore possible signs of heart trouble in hopes they’re just indigestion, said University of Pittsburgh emergency medicine specialist Dr. Clifton Callaway, who wasn’t involved in Monday’s study but praised it. “Chest pain, shortness of breath — those are things you should come in the middle of the night to the emergency depart-
ment and get checked out,” said Callaway, who chairs the American Heart Association’s emergency care committee. “We strongly recommend you don’t try to ride it out at home.” Previous heart attacks, coronary heart disease, and certain inherited disorders that affect heartbeat all can increase the risk of sudden cardiac arrest. People known to be at high risk may receive an implanted defibrillator to shock the heart back into rhythm. But cardiac arrest is such a public health problem that the Institute of Medicine last summer urged a national campaign to teach CPR, so more bystanders know how to help. Monday’s data from the Oregon Sudden Un-
expected Death Study examined records for nearly 1,100 people ages 35 to 65 who suffered a cardiac arrest between 2002 and 2012. For about a quarter of patients, researchers could find no information about whether they experienced symptoms — making it impossible to say just how common warning signs really are. But of the remaining 839 patients, half had evidence of at least one symptom in the previous month, the study found. For most, the symptoms began within 24 hours of their collapse, although some came a week before and a few up to a month. Chest pain was most common in men, while women were more likely to experience shortness of breath. Other symptoms
included fainting and heart palpitations. Chugh had no way to determine symptom severity. But only 19 percent of patients called 911 about symptoms, mostly people with already diagnosed heart disease or who were having recurrent symptoms. Their survival was 32 percent, compared with 6 percent for other patients. Partly that’s because a fifth of those 911 callers had their cardiac arrest in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. Stay tuned: The study is just the start of more research to better predict who is at highest risk for cardiac arrest, and determine how to target them without panicking people who’d do fine with general heart disease treatment, Chugh cautioned.
X-ray vision? Technology makes it reality for $300 Associated Press
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — X-ray vision, a comic book fantasy for decades, is becoming a reality in a lab at MIT. A group of researchers led by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Dina Katabi has developed software that uses variations in radio signals to recognize human silhouettes through walls and track their movements. Researchers say the technology will be able to help health care providers and families keep closer tabs on toddlers and the elderly, and it could be a new strategic tool for law enforcement and the military. “Think of it just like cameras, except that it’s not a camera,” said Fadel Adib, a researcher on the MIT team developing the device. “It’s a sensor that can monitor people and allow you to control de-
vices just by pointing at them,” he said. Work began in 2012 to determine how wireless signals could be used to “see” what’s happening in another room, said Katabi, who directs the MIT Wireless Center. “At first we were just interested ... can you at all use wireless signals to detect what’s happening in occluded spaces, behind a wall, couch, something like that,” Katabi said. “It turned out that we were able to detect that. And when we figured out we could detect that, we started asking more advanced questions: Could we use it to detect exactly how people are moving in a space if they are behind a wall?” The device displays the signal on a screen, where the person’s movements can be tracked in real time. It depicts the target as a red dot moving around the room, occupying a
chair and speeding up or slowing down. The wireless signals used to track a person’s motions also can measure the individual’s breathing and heart rate — and potentially identify the person based on the shape of his or her skeleton, said researcher Zach Kabelac. “The person won’t be wearing anything on them, and the person it’s tracking doesn’t even need to know the device is there,” Kabelac said. “If something unfortunate happens to them, like a fall, the device will contact the caregiver that they chose to alert” by generating a text message or an email, he added. That makes health care applications especially interesting, Katabi said. But she also sees military and law enforcement possibilities — particularly in hostage situations.
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