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Hungarians visit Kossuth Documentary film crew shares information on freedom fighter

County pursues bridge projects

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KOSSUTH — A Hungarian news documentary team arrived ready to be educated. The quartet of Hungarians stopped in the rural Alcorn County town to absorb all it could about the name of Kossuth. The two cameraman and two editor crew were gathering footage to be aired as part of the 160th anniversary of when Hungarian patriot Lajos (Louis) Kossuth arrived in the United States to ask President Millard Fillmore to abandon the country’s non-intervention policies when it came to European affairs and recognize Hungary's independence. “They are here to see the Hungarian connection to the town and school,” said Kossuth teacher Sandra Talley. “We want to show them how much pride we have in Kossuth.” The team was certainly impressed. “I am very amazed to see his name (Louis Kossuth) on so many things here,” said editor Tamas Szeles. “This is a very nice town that I hope the students are proud of.” The documentary team will spend 45 days visiting places that bear the name Kossuth. Following their stop in Kossuth, they were scheduled to head to Oklahoma. “Kossuth is a family oriented school and the town at one time was much larger than Corinth,” said Talley

Alcorn County supervisors on Monday began the process of seeking two bridge replacement projects through the state aid program. County Engineer Kent Geno said a deteriorated bridge on County Road 100 could be replaced with either a box culvert or bridge, depending on what Cook Coggin’s assessment finds. The other bridge is on County Road 346 in the second district over the Redmont Railroad. Supervisor Dal Nelms said the bridge has been partially collapsed and out of use for the last six years. It would be replaced by a twolane concrete bridge.

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Kossuth Town Clerk Randy Holt (right) shares information with two of the Hungarian news documentary team.

Supervisors OK new jail hires BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

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Kossuth teacher Sandra Talley presents Tamas Szeles a print of the school and town of Kossuth.

County supervisors approved several new hires for the Alcorn County Justice Center jail facilities on Monday. Robert Keith Latch began work this week as chief of security. “He’s got all kinds of experience in the security field,” said Warden Doug Mullins. “He will be a great asset to Alcorn County.” Latch previously worked for the Marshall County Correctional Facility and will be able to provide staff training, said Sheriff Charles Rinehart. Other hires include Janet Childs as LPN and Jeff Dilworth as a correctional officer. Mullins reported that the regional jail population is averaging 296 to 300, while the county and city jail is holding 80 to 100. In other business: ■ The board declared the 710 Bradley Road property most recently occupied by Our RePlease see JAIL | 3A

Symphony presents Green Market kicks off new season Saturday ‘History’ concert “We’re going to have a really, really BY BOBBY J. SMITH

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Event organizers have announced details for “The Power of History,” the Corinth Symphony Orchestra’s upcoming Civil War concert. The orchestra will close the concert season with a pairing of the music of Antonin Dvorak and the music of the Civil War era. “It’s going to be a powerful concert,” said Lee Ann Story Sikora, president of the Corinth Symphony Orchestra’s board of directors. “The Power of History” will feature the full symphony orchestra performing a variety of musical selections from and inspired by the era of the American Civil War, including Dvorak’s “Symphony Number Nine in E minor,” “American Salute” (based on the song “When Johnny Comes Marching Home”) and selections from the films “Glory” and “The Civil War: A Film by Ken Burns.” The concert’s producers hope the material will appeal to history buffs and music lovers alike, said Sikora. “The area is so steeped in history, and this concert is a chance to really get a feel that era,” she said. “This music has the power to bring history to life and really move people.” Unlike other productions that feature smaller sections of the group, the Civil War concert will be performed by a full orchestra. “The sound — there’s nothing like it — you’ve got to hear it to believe it if you’ve never been to a full orchestra concert. Oakland Baptist has graciously allowed us to use their space, and it has some really wonderful acoustics,” Please see CONCERT | 3A

The arrival of Spring means it is Green Market time at last. The popular and awardwinning Green Market at the Corinth Depot will kick off its fourth season on Saturday. O v e r 40 vendors have signed up for the season’s first Green Marketday, and many more are expected by this weekend, said Program Director Karen Beth Martin. “We’re going to have a really, really great market,” Martin said. “It’s going to be a really good turnout for the kickoff.” For the 2012 Green Market season, the requirement that vendors live within a specific radius has been dropped. Now, anyone from anywhere where sell their products at the Green Market. Established in 2009, the Green Market provides an opportunity for

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great market. It’s going to be a really good turnout for the kickoff.” Karen Beth Martin Program Director

farmers, gardeners, artisans and craftsmen to sell their wares in an open-air, grassroots setting. The Green Market was selected as a top fair or festival in Mississippi by Mississippi Magazine readers and voted Best Small Event by the Mississippi Tourism Association. It encourages buying and selling locally, stimulates the economy and provides a place for residents and visitors to gather and share their goods. Items must be handmade and homegrown. Examples of items sold at the Green Market include beaded and stonework jewelry, baked goods, plants and produce, fourposter dog beds, repurposed furniture, embroidered towels, wooden

airplanes, birdhouses, pottery, hand-poured candles, goat milk lotion, dog treats, herb plants, stringyour-own beads and much more. Vendors wishing to sell baked goods should call the Tourism Office to make sure they are in compliance with Health Department regulations. The kickoff event will be held in conjunction with the annual Crossroads Chili Cook-off. Event organizers are expecting a large crowd and many people going back and forth between the two events at the Corinth Depot. The cookoff includes an entertainment lineup. “We expect there will be a lot more people, because some people like chili, other people like crafts, and

they’ll visit the other one while they’re here,” Martin said. “It’s always a good way to kick off the season.” Green Market season will continue on the first Saturday of each month through October, and wrap up in November with the special holiday-themed RED Green Market. Buyer and vendor participation has increased steadily each year. “It keeps growing and growing and growing,” Martin said. Green Market brand coffee, T-shirts and reusable shopping bags will be available for purchase. The fee for vendors is $10. Vendors who register after 10 a.m. on Friday will be charged an extra $5 late fee. Any vendor selling 90 percent self-grown produce will not have to pay the vendor fee. The season’s first Green Market at the Corinth Depot will be open for business on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, a season schedule or to download a vendor application visit greenmarket. corinth.net or call Karen Beth Martin at 287-8300.

On this day in history 150 years ago The Confederate advance from Corinth to Pittsburg Landing continues throughout the day. Heavy rains slow the march, forcing General Johnston to delay the attack against Grant’s army.

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AIKEN, S.C. — Chad Austin Brown, 33, died Friday, March 30, 2012, in Aiken, S.C. Arrangements in Aiken, S.C., are being handled by Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home. All local arrangements are incomplete and will be handled by Magnolia Funeral Home in Corinth.

Willie Pearl Rodgers of Corinth died Monday, April 2, 2012, at Magnolia Regional Health Center of a lengthy illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Grayson’s Funeral Services.

Jesse Onous Greer

Jesse Onous Greer, 80, of Corinth, died Sunday, April 1, 2012, at Sanctuary Hospice in Tupelo. Born May 25, 1931, he was a self-employed small engine and TV repairman. He was of the Pentecostal faith. He was preceded in death by his father, Jesse Earl Greer; his mother, Edna Mae Walker Greer; a brother, Richard Greer; and a sister, Minnie Jane Greer. Survivors include two sons, Jesse Earl Greer of Kosciusko, and Dennis Onous Greer of Alabama; two daughters, Edna Kay Gibson and Renea Greer, both of Kosciusko; two brothers, W.O. Greer (Dorothy) of Corinth, and Frank Greer of Corinth; other relatives and a host of friends. Per Mr. Greer’s request and wishes there will be no services and he will be cremated. Magnolia Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Gladys Heard

Gladys Heard, 89, of Corinth, died Tuesday, April 3, 2012, at Whitfield Nursing Home. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Patterson Memorial Chapel.

Randy Hill

Randy Hill, 50, of Corinth, died Tuesday, April 3, 2012, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Patterson Memorial Chapel.

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Funeral services for Patricia Diane Trimble of Corinth are incomplete and will be announced by McPeters Funeral Directors. Visitation is today from 5 until 8 p.m. at McPeters Funeral Directors.

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CONCERT day, April 28, at Oakland Baptist Church on Harper Road. Tickets will be $15 for adults, $10 for students and seniors age 55 and over. Active military will get in free. Locations for ticket sales are yet to be determined. More information will soon be released. For more information call Lee Ann Story Sikora at 662-603-7147.

Sikora said. Sikora expressed the orchestra’s gratitude to the Corinth Area Convention & Visitors Bureau. “We’re always grateful for the Tourism Office helping us out,” she said. “We don’t know what we would do without their help.” The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Satur-

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as she presented a print to Szeles. Editor Ferenc Vojtko and cameramen Gabor Mathe and Janos Lakatos were also part of the team. Kossuth town clerk Randy Holt and other town historians were interviewed for the documentary. “We were part of their tour of places that had been named after Louis Kossuth,” said Holt. “They wanted to know how the town got its name and wanted to film

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The board also had a discussion with Geno and Ricky Newcomb, the former county engineer, about the time line for the transition of some existing projects from Newcomb to Cook Coggin. In other business: ■ VFW Post 3962 got approval to take on maintenance of the rock garden and main flagpole and flags on the courthouse grounds. The rock garden has previously been managed by 4-H. “What we would like

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source Center as surplus and agreed to sell it. The property is jointly owned by the city and county, and the city has expressed a desire to reduce the number of properties it owns. The lot encompasses 1.25 acres and includes a wood frame house. The board also received a letter notifying the county of the closing of Our Resource Center because of a grant cut by the Mississip-

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to do at no expense to the county is put stone with the emblem of each branch of the service — Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard — where the old 4-H stone garden is,” said Bill Parker, representing the VFW post. He said the VFW will dig up and rework the garden with the branch emblems and a VFW post emblem while retaining the existing obelisk emblem. The VFW will handle installation and continual upkeep. Parker said people

sometimes complain to the VFW about the condition of the flag at court square. “We are offering at no cost to the county to take care of any maintenance on that flagpole and replace both the American flag and the state flag at regular intervals and properly retire the old flags,” he said. Supervisors accepted both offers. In another item concerning the courthouse grounds, the board gave approval for Boy Scout Andy Clausel with Troop 123 to refurbish and

repaint the benches at court square as his Eagle Scout project. ■ The board had a discussion with representatives of Crossroads Arena and the construction contractor for the recent drainage project about cost overages, which were attributed to difficulties in locating utilities. The board approved using up to $46,500 of excess funds in the arena debt retirement account toward the expenses. The arena’s request also went before the Board of Aldermen Tuesday evening.

pi Department of Mental Health. Our Resource Center donated all of its materials and equipment to the Hope Dream Center. ■ Supervisors appointed Hal Dilworth to the board of directors of the CorinthAlcorn County Airport to complete the term of William Bell through April 2014. ■ The board gave travel authorization for supervisors, the chancery clerk and purchase clerk to attend the Mississippi Asso-

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Senate passes many bills to improve quality of life BY SEN. RITA POTTS PARKS State Senator

As we journey through the 2012 legislative session, my first communication is to present information about legislation that has been passed in the Senate. It is an amazing yet humbling learning experience as I participate in the process of the formation and progression of a bill. In the Senate committee, I contribute to the development of the bill – from its creation to a debate on its merit to a vote to move it to the Senate floor. Once the bill has passed in the Senate, the legislation travels to the House for review, debate and vote. This process also occurs in reverse where a bill can begin in the House and is then delivered to the Senate. This is a very exciting time for me, the Mississippi legislature and you as together we move our state into a new era for progress and prosperity. Here are the efforts of the State Senate to improve the quality of life for our citizens and to improve the efficiency and use of our tax dollars. These pieces of legislation were passed in the Senate during the week of March 16, 2012 and will be moved for consideration by the House. Revenue: We are working to maintain the services that we all expect and enjoy while reducing the waste and the repetition of expenses that are unnecessary. This week, the Senate passed Bill 2917 and several others listed below, which embrace those goals and highlights the priority of cost effectiveness and responsible budget management. Senate Bill 2917: ■ Currently, Mississippi has 7,412 vehicles. Bill 2917 declares a one-year moratorium on the purchase of new vehicles that could save up to $12.5 million. ■ Is expected to save $408,000 in fuel costs by having agencies with a fleet of 40 vehicles or more gradually reduce inventory. ■ The purchase of needed public safety and emergency vehicles and school buses will not be affected. Senate Bill 2912 allows the state Fair Commission to permit advertising on the fairgrounds which will generate revenue. Senate Bill 2748 will save millions of dollars annually through the data management and telecommunications services for state agencies that will be provided by the Department of Information Technology. This action reduces the amount of spending for technology vendors and contract services. Government Transparency: Senate Bill 2734, also known as the Public Records Act, provides measures to make government more transparent. This act requires public information be reproduced at minimal costs to persons who make records requests. This action eliminates previous excessive fees such as $1 per sheet for documents provided, or charging labor costs for employees’ time used to gather documents/ information. Education: Senate Bill 2792 provides the opportunity for dual enrollment for high school students. Because of this bill, high school students who do not anticipate attending a four-year college, will be able to take vocational and technical courses at a community or junior college while working toward a high school diploma. Senate Bill 2737 will allow the state Board of Education to administratively consolidate low performing schools and school districts in emergency situations. Industry and Employment: Senate Bill 2784 is an industry recruiting measure. The Public Service Commission will have jurisdiction for rates provided by the Tennessee Valley Authority for electricity to industrial customers. Senate Bill 2622 requires that Mississippians are considered first for jobs originating from federal disasters such as the BP Gulf Oil Spill. Senate Bill 2380 removes state employees from the protection of the State Personnel Board for a period of two years, so department heads may reduce their workforce as necessary. General Legislation: Senate Bill 2786 will allow the Secretary of State to negotiate the lease of property at Parchman for wind power generation projects. Senate Bill 2552 allows members of the military to vote absentee ballots using fax or email. (Rita Potts Parks serves District 4 in the Senate. This includes almost all of Alcorn County and portions of Tishomingo and Tippah counties. She can be reached via email to RParks@senate.ms.gov or phone 662415-4793.)

It’s all about racial conflict now If it had been a white teenager who was shot, and a 28-year-old black guy who shot him, the black guy would have been arrested. So assert those demanding the arrest of George Zimmerman, who shot and killed Trayvon Martin. And they may be right. Yet if Trayvon had been shot dead by a black neighborhood watch volunteer, Jesse Jackson would not have been in a pulpit in Sanford, Fla., howling that he had been “murdered and martyred.” Maxine Waters would not be screaming “hate crime.” Rep. Hank Johnson would not be raging that Trayvon had been “executed.” And ex-Black Panther Bobby Rush would not have been wearing a hoodie in the well of the House. Which tells you what this whipped-up hysteria is all about. It is not about finding the truth about what happened that night in Sanford when Zimmerman followed Trayvon in his SUV, and the two wound up in a fight, with Trayvon dead. It is about the exacerbation of and the exploitation of racial conflict.

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ecutions and convictions of criminal acts. Had Zimmerman seen a black woman or older man in his neighborhood, he likely would never have tensed up or called in. For all the abuse he has received, Geraldo Rivera had a point. Whenever cable TV runs hidden-camera footage of a liquor or convenience store being held up and someone behind the counter being shot, the perp is often a black male wearing a hoodie. Listening to the heated rhetoric coming from demonstrations around the country, from the Black Caucus and TV talkers -about how America is a terrifying place for young black males to grow up in because of the constant danger from white vigilantes -- one wonders what country of the mind these people are living in. The real America is a country where the black crime rate is seven times as high as the white rate. It is a country where white criminals choose black victims in three percent of their crimes, but black criminals choose

white victims in 45 percent of their crimes. Black journalists point to the racism manifest even in progressive cities, where cabs deliberately pass them by to pick up white folks down the block. That this happens is undeniable. But, again, what is behind it? As Heather Mac Donald of the Manhattan Institute has written, from January to June 2008 in New York City, 83 percent of all identified gun assailants were black and 15 percent were Hispanics. Together, blacks and Hispanics accounted for 98 percent of gun assaults. Translated: If a cabdriver is going to be mugged or murdered in New York City by a fare, 49 times out of 50 his assailant or killer will be black or Hispanic. Fernando Mateo of the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers has told his drivers, “Profile your passengers” for your own protection. “The God’s honest truth is that 99 percent of the people that are robbing, stealing, killing these guys are blacks and Hispanics.” Fernando Mateo is himself black and Hispanic.

Roosevelt remembered, his vision forgotten WASHINGTON, D.C. — Pink confetti, the remains of the celebrated cherry blossoms, floats in the pools beneath the waterfalls of the expansive Franklin Delano Roosevelt memorial. The memorial has been here since 1997, but I have not had the chance to see it before today. FDR is, in most ways, my favorite president. He did not want a fancy monument. But then, he didn’t want a fourth term, either. Ambling through the outdoor rooms defined by granite etched with FDR’s silver-tongued quotes is like having a good dream you cannot quite describe the next morning. It makes you glad and sad all at once. Glad that FDR is remembered. Sad that his vision for our country seems forgotten. To paraphrase Faulkner, history is never dead. It’s not even history. The sculptor’s interpretation of a Great Depression breadline, for instance, is

both a poignant portrait of the past and eerily prophetic. And FDR’s quotes seem Rheta as relevant toJohnson day as when our most eloColumnist quent leader uttered them. “The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” You have to wonder if today’s Washington leaders and lobbyists might not happen by on some moonlit night and read those word, slap their foreheads and declare, “Wait a minute! We seem to have strayed. The rich are getting richer, the poor poorer. A great canyon has been carved, and the middle class swallowed into it. We are failing the test.” What would FDR have done? The writing is on the walls. How would the man

who created Social Security, saved farms and bank deposits and created parks, art and public buildings by putting people back to work , how might he have handled today’s crises born of greed and apathy and abuse of power? “Better the occasional faults of a Government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a Government frozen in the ice of its own indifference.” That’s certainly not how we approach charity these days. We despise those who need and receive government help, unless it’s money that is flowing our own way. Those charities -- Medicare, Social Security, farm subsidies -- those we don’t count. “It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic modern nation that it have free and independent labor unions.” Tell that to the Wisconsin legislature. Tell that to American corporations sending our jobs and manufacturing talents to foreign

shores with human tides of cheap labor. “The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.” State legislatures across the land obviously need to read FDR daily, like devotionals. Today’s subject: schools. Tomorrow’s: greed. “Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.” These are the words of a wealthy man who might have retired to his palatial estate and counted his gold but instead, despite physical handicap, worked tirelessly for his country and spoke unfailingly of its endurance. If there is anything left of a national conscience, if it’s anything other than a granite memory, there might yet be hope. (To find out more about Rheta Grimsley Johnson and her books, visit www. rhetagrimsleyjohnsonbooks.com.)

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Prayer for today We praise you, Father, for always taking care of us, here on earth and in eternity. Amen.

And it is about an irreconcilable conflict of visions about what the real America is in Pat the year 2012. Buchanan Zimmerman “proColumnist filed” Trayvon, we are told. And perhaps he did. But why? What did George Zimmerman, selfstyled protector of his gated community, see that night from the wheel of his SUV? He saw a male. And males are 90 percent of prison inmates. He saw a stranger over six feet tall. And he saw a black man or youth with a hood over his head. Why would this raise Zimmerman’s antennae? Perhaps because black males between 16 and 36, though only two to three percent of the population, are responsible for a third of all our crimes. In some cities, 40 percent of all black males are in jail or prison, on probation or parole, or have criminal records. This is not a product of white racism but of pros-

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JACKSON — Authorities in three states are investigating a traveling Baptist minister they say is suspected of making secret videos of women in bathrooms. Sam “Sammy” Nuckolls, 33, has been charged with felony counts of voyeurism in Mississippi and Arkansas and authorities in Texas also are investigating. Nuckolls’ lawyer, Ronald Michael, was in court Tuesday and didn’t immediately respond to a message. A message left at listing for Nuckolls in Germantown, Tenn., wasn’t immediately returned. Desoto County, Miss., prosecutor Steven Jubera said Nuckolls was indicted there Feb. 14 for recording 13 women at his home in Olive Branch, near Memphis, Tenn. Jubera said the women were Nuckolls’ friends or acquaintances and ranged in age from 17 to 26. Jubera declined to describe exactly how the videos were taken for fear of compromising the investigation and rules of court conduct. Jubera described Nuckolls as a traveling evangelist and contract pastor, ministering at religious

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functions in several states. Nuckolls had worked as a pastor for LifeWay Christian Resources, a Nashville, Tenn., organization that runs the popular Centrifuge youth camps affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, according to Lifeway’s website. LifeWay officials did not immediately respond to messages, but a statement on the organization’s website said Nuckolls is no longer a part of its programs. The statement said investigations have not turned up any evidence that Nuckolls taped people at LifeWay

events, where he was a camp pastor from 2003 to 2006 and a contract pastor from 2007 to 2011. “Because of current legal accusations, LifeWay will not be using Nuckolls, and he has been relieved of all current speaking commitments,” said the website statement. Nuckolls first drew scrutiny in Arkansas in October 2011 and the investigation spread to other states. Gosnell, Ark., Assistant Police Chief Darrell Watkins said Nuckolls was charged on Oct. 25 with one count of voyeurism when he was in town for a religious gathering.

BY JEFF AMY Associated Press

JACKSON — There would be no more earlyAugust starts for Mississippi public schools under a bill lawmakers are considering. House Bill 707, as amended Tuesday by the Senate Education Committee, would require that schools start no earlier than the third Monday in August, which would be anywhere from Aug. 15 to Aug. 21. Advocates say that pushing back the beginning of school means families would be likely to take more summer

trips, pumping money into the state’s tourism industry. They say a delayed start also means schools would spend less on air conditioning and students would swelter less in sports, in band and on school buses. Opponents say the bill strips away local autonomy and that helping the tourism industry is a bad reason to change the school calendar. “I don’t have a problem if the local districts want to do it, but they don’t want it,” said Sen. Videt Carmichael, R-Meridian. The Gulf Coast Business Council, a Gulfport-

based business group, has been pushing the issue for a number of years. The council wrote in a 2010 study that a later start date would raise tourism spending by $100 million in Mississippi, as well as create another $40 million in indirect benefits, as money is passed through the economy. “The business community is engaged in this issue based on the very significant economic impact on tourism,” said Norris, who said the issue bubbled up from individual tourism businesses that are council members.

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