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District plans no ad valorem tax increase BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

The Corinth School District plans no ad valorem tax increase for the upcoming budget year. The school district millage rate will continue at 59.2. It has been at that level since the 2006-2007 school year, when it decreased from 59.4 mills. The district board of trustees held a public hearing on the budget this week and will consider adopting it in a regular meeting on Aug. 6. Superintendent Lee Chil-

dress noted the district is holding taxes steady despite rising costs, such as a 10.2 percent insurance premium increase and greater food expenditures. The district found that some people were confused by a paid advertisement that the district placed in the newspaper regarding the tax levy for the upcoming year. Childress said it was legally required to be worded as it was. “While we are asking for the same dollar amount as last year,” he said, “we had to run

the advertisement because if the millage yields more dollars than it did this year and if we don’t run that advertisement, then we have to escrow that, and we would have to reduce next year’s tax request by that amount of dollars.” The district is requesting $4,942,009 from local tax revenue. The district is benefiting financially from rising student enrollment, which is boosting state funding for the district. State revenue for the year will be

$10,912,159, about a 7.5 percent increase from last year. That has helped the district avoid a tax increase, Childress said. The district ended the last school year with 2,299 students, an increase of 566 since the 2001-2002 school year. The district has worked to hold taxes level despite a growing student body, the superintendent said, and in the last few years has absorbed the decline of ad valorem tax reduction funds from the state, which are down to zero for the coming year.

Revenue from other sources, such as gate receipts and cafeteria sales, is projected to be $618,000. Revenue for the year will total about $22.8 million, with state sources making up 49 percent; federal, 19 percent; local city, 22 percent; and other sources making up the rest. The district will spend about $11.8 million on instruction, $5.9 million on support services and $853,000 on other non-instructional costs, such as cafeteria operations.

Shelter’s goal is to be no-kill

Caterpillar to celebrate 30th year

BY JEBB JOHNSTON

Heritage Festival The 25th Annual Iuka Heritage Festival will begin the morning of Saturday, Sept. 1, in Jay Bird Park with the Northeast Mississippi Car

In 1982, Caterpillar Inc. – then known as Caterpillar Tractor Co. – moved its remanufacturing headquarters from Bettendorf, Iowa, to Corinth. What began with just 11 employees has grown into a total workforce of approximately 1,600 – 90 added in 2012 alone – in facilities and warehouses located in Corinth and Booneville. Today, the Mississippi operations remain Caterpillar’s cornerstone for remanufacturing, and the company is now a global leader in remanufacturing with 17 facilities spread across seven countries. “The Corinth team is proud to have been an early part of Caterpillar’s journey in this business that’s good for customers, good for business and good for the environment,” said Mississippi Remanufacturing Operations Manager Roberto Ortega. “Cat dealers from around the world travel to Mississippi to learn about the benefits of remanufacturing, and while here many also visit the great local landmarks our communities have to offer.” The Mississippi facilities remanufacture engines and large engine components, in addition to serving as the company's center for salvage development technologies. Operations expanded in 1989 to a second location in Corinth, which provides global core processing and dealer support. Continued growth led to the opening of the Booneville, Mississippi, facility in 1996.. Cat Reman® returns endof-life components to “sameas-when-new” condition in

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Leaders of the Corinth-Alcorn Animal Shelter hope to see the organization end the practice of euthanasia. Board President and Shelter Director Charlotte Doehner said the group has crafted a new mission statement that includes the goal to become a nokill shelter by the end of 2013. “We feel strongly with the goals we have established that we will be able to achieve it,” she said. The shelter is proud to have already made progress, she said, by reducing the number of animals euthanized from 422 in 2011 to 179 currently. The mission statement further says, “Our shelter will provide a safe place for the homeless and unwanted animals of Alcorn County. We will provide food, medical attention, loving care and a sanitary shelter for these animals.” Doehner said becoming a nokill shelter will open up a number of new grant opportunities. The shelter is working to reduce the occurrence of euthanasia by increasing the number of local adoptions through its website and social media; providing a complete health evaluation of animals at intake, including shots, skin care, deworming and flea medication, along with follow-up medical care as needed; and establishing an adoption rate of $65 for dogs and $40 for cats, including spay and neuter. The shelter is also working with rescue groups scattered throughout the country and using the Internet to increase adoptions outside the county. Please see SHELTER | 2A

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Adam Loehemes (left) and Robby Blackard of the 48th Tenn. Infantry reenactment regiment prepare for the 150th Anniversary Battle of Iuka reenactment this Labor Day weekend.

Iuka plans for big day in September BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com

The Iuka Heritage Festival and the Iuka Battlefield Commission have joined forces with Tishomingo County Tourism and Tishomingo County Archives & History to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Heritage Festival and to

commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Iuka. “We’re trying to have the biggest day for Iuka in our lifetimes,” said Event Coordinator Lee Ann Robertson. “I believe the number of visitors we’ll have will bump 20,000.” The Heritage Festival and the reenactment will be held

during Labor Day weekend.

Pre-Kindergarten Academy still has openings for 2012-13 school year BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com

There is still time to register children for the Alcorn School District’s Pre-Kindergarten Academy for the 2012-2013 school year. “We started pre-K this year, and we’re starting with two locations,” explained Kim Hamm, federal programs director for the district. “We’re going to see how the response goes to know if we need to increase it in the

future.” The pre-K classes will be held at Rienzi Elementary School and Glendale Elementary School. Both were chosen for their locations and smaller numbers of students. Classes will be in session from 7:45 a.m. until 2:45 p.m. Classes end early to give parents time to pick up their children attending other schools in the district. Pre-K classes will be free of charge. Classes will be conduct-

ed by certified teachers and an assistant for each classroom. Maximum class size is 20 students. The two locations are open to students from throughout Alcorn County. No releases will be required. To be eligible for the PreKindergarten Academy, students must: (1) reside within the boundaries of the Alcorn School District; (2) must be four years old on or before Sept.

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1; (3) must be potty-trained (no pull-ups permitted); and (4) the parent or guardian must be able to provide transportation. Required documents for enrollment include: Pre-K Academy Application; the child’s original, up-to-date Mississippi immunization certificate (Form 121); child’s certified birth certificate; child’s Social Security card; two proofs of residency (must have the parent/guardian’s name and address show-

ing that they reside in the Alcorn School District. Applications are available at all of the district’s elementary schools and online at www.alcorn.k12.ms.us. The Alcorn School District Pre-Kindergarten Academy is a federally funded program for four-year-old children. For more information contact Kim Hamm at the Alcorn School District Administrative Offices at 286-5591.

On this day in history 150 years ago Gen. John Pope tells a newspaper his “headquarters will be in the saddle.” General Robert E. Lee later reads the newspaper and quips, “General Pope doesn’t know his headquarters from his hindquarters.”

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Club’s annual Heritage Day Car Show and an opening ceremony at Mineral Springs Park. Later the Cherokee of Mississippi will host a Native American Pow Wow. Musical entertainment will begin in the afternoon with Frank & Eddie Thomas and will also include Lost Cause, The Unity 4 and Smokehouse Band. Heritage Festival will also include party inflata-

The Battle of Iuka The 150th Anniversary Battle of Iuka reenactment — and its accompanying activities — will begin Friday, Aug. 31, and continue through Sunday, Sept. 2. “This is a three-day commemoration of the battle,” said Harold Lomenick of the Battle of Iuka Commission. “With a battle, you don’t celebrate

it — you commemorate it.” The main site for the event is a 250-acre plot off Chicken Run Road in Iuka. The first day’s activities include school demonstrations, live music with Lost Cause and a greeting at Twin Magnolias from Fielding Tyler — a descendant of Confederate Gen. Henry Little, who will portray his ancestor throughout the weekend. Little was killed in the Battle of Iuka. Other activities Friday

ing no change from the city, which included the shelter in its budget at $67,500 in the current fiscal year. The shelter will seek an increase from the City of Farmington and Alcorn County. Other executive board members are Kelli Holder, vice president and chief financial officer, and Tina Vastlik, vice president and

recording secretary. The advisory board includes Drs. Doug Locke and Matt McGee, veterinary advisors; Jack Griffith, grant advisor; Phyllis Driver, media adoption and rescue advisor; Shandra Marshal, volunteer coordinator and fundraising activities; and Luke Doehner, Mississippi animal rights laws.

employees in Mississippi have enabled this facility to grow for three decades. We appreciate their commitment to keeping Caterpillar strong in Corinth for years to come, and thank all those who have been part of the team for their contributions.” In addition to serving customers, since the beginning, the workforce has shown a strong commitment to community service. This year, the team supports United Way, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the food pantries and Angel Tree programs in Corinth and Booneville, and area schools. The facilities partner with Northeast Mississippi Community College and local schools to help develop future generations as a skilled workforce for Mississippi employers. Caterpillar sponsors area students competing in the Mississippi BEST Robotics competition and this year donated engines to

Northeast Mississippi and Itawamba Community Colleges for use in their diesel engine programs. In 2011, Caterpillar honored employees in its Mississippi remanufacturing facilities with the company’s Community Service Award for a U.S. team. For more than 85 years, Caterpillar Inc. has been making sustainable progress possible and driving positive change on every continent. With 2011 sales and revenues of $60.138 billion, Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. The company also is a leading services provider through Caterpillar Financial Services, Caterpillar Remanufacturing Services, Caterpillar Logistics Services and Progress Rail Services.

bles for the kids, over 100 arts and crafts vendors and a wide variety of food.

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The shelter has 46 active volunteers and is recruiting more to help walk the dogs, play with the cats, clean cages and work fundraisers, said Doehner. The organization presented its proposed budget to the Corinth Board of Mayor and Aldermen on Tuesday. It is request-

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terms of reliability, durability and performance. Remanufacturing reduces waste, minimizes the need for raw materials to produce new parts and helps provide customers with the lowest life cycle cost over the life of a product. An advanced form of recycling, the remanufacturing process saves more than 100 million tons of material from landfills each year. On Friday, Caterpillar will celebrate 30 years of remanufacturing operations in Mississippi with a banquet for employees. Ortega will join other Caterpillar leaders in recognizing those who contribute daily to the facilities' success. “While technologies have changed in the past 30 years, the key to Caterpillar’s success remains the same: people,” said Ortega. “The skills, work ethic and focus on continuous improvement demonstrated by

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gathering of descendants of the men who fought in the Battle of Iuka at the Confederate Monument downtown, and a Grand Ball featuring the 52nd Regimental String Band. Sunday’s reenactment events will begin with a non-denominational church service at the battle site, with the main reenactment event beginning in the afternoon. District 1 Rep. Bubba Carpenter said the event will bring visitors to Iuka and revenue into the local

economy. “This is going to be a great event for Tishomingo County,” Carpenter said. “Tourism dollars bring back seven times the investment. Thousands of people are going to be buying gas, merchandise and motel rooms. Iuka needs something to lift its spirits and get the economy booming, and this just might be our trampoline. For more information about the Battle of Iuka reenactment, visit www. battleofiuka.com.

Get ready now for bow season BY BRIAN BROOM Associated Press

JACKSON — With the clock winding down, it's time to get bow season in your sights. “Retuning bows, new strings, new arrows,” it's time for all of that said Tim Renfroe of B&B Archery in Pearl. Aside from opening day, Renfroe said another event compounds the situation. “The Wildlife Extravaganza is in three weeks and once that happens, it gets busy,” he said. The Mississippi Wildlife Extravaganza marks the unofficial start of hunting season. The event is the Mississippi Wildlife Federation's biggest fundraising event, drawing more than 200 vendors and 30,000 visitors. The event begins at 3 p.m. Aug. 3. As the demand for archery equipment and services rises, Renfroe said waiting too long

could lead to disappointment for some. B&B Archery co-owner Becky Clark said checking equipment for children is also very important. “If you have a kid, you need to make sure the bow still fits and the arrows are long enough,” said Clark. “If the arrows are too short, they can come through the rest and injure their hand.” Troy Ruiz of the Headhunters TV television series said if your bow has been collecting dust for the last six months, it needs to be checked out professionally. “A bow that sits in a closet is like a house that doesn't get lived in. Something can go wrong,” said Ruiz. Having an inspection can help detect problems the bow owner might miss, said Ruiz: “The last thing I want to see is a guy who goes out and pulls back his bow and a

limb cracks and he loses his front teeth.” Ruiz also stressed the importance of inspecting carbon arrows. Structurally compromised, Ruiz said these arrows can break when fired under the pressure of a compound bow and injure the archer: “I've seen it several times this year and witnessed it once.” In the incident Ruiz witnessed, he said the arrow was damaged and broke when it was released and “the back quarter of the arrow went through his hand.” Now's the time to put in some range time. While compound bows do not require the same muscle memory and repetitive shooting that traditional bows require for the bowhunter to remain proficient, Ruiz said it is still best to start shooting well before the season opens. “Practice is practice and practice makes perfect.”

Renasant Corp.’s 2nd quarter profits rise Associated Press

TUPELO — Regional bank Renasant Corp. said profit in 2012's second quarter rose 10 percent from the same three months of 2011, thanks to lower interest payments to savers. Renasant said Tuesday it posted quarterly profit of $6.34 million, or 25 cents per share, up from

$5.76 billion or 23 cents per share in 2011's second quarter. Analysts polled by FactSet had estimated 24 cents per share, on average. The bank increased the amount of deposits that it doesn't pay interest on, pushing up basic profitability despite low interest rates being paid to the

bank on loans. “We have continued to increase our net interest income and net interest margin through the restructuring of our funding mix and through the deployment of cash into higher yielding alternatives,” Chairman and CEO E. Robinson McGraw said in a statement.

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are a public speaking from a living history portrayal of Gov. John M. Stone, a military escort of Gen. Little’s body along Quitman Street and a Grand Illumination with over 2,000 luminaries in Jay Bird Park. On Saturday the reenactment will begin with a skirmish at the main site. Throughout the day there will be buggy rides, an antique car and tractor show, the historic Iuka self-guided walking tour, living history demonstration every half-hour, a

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Civil War exhibit The Crossroads Museum at the Historic Depot at 221 North Fillmore Street (across from Joe’s Shoes) in downtown Corinth has a special Civil War Archives exhibit to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Corinth, Battle of Shiloh and the Civil War. Along with the Civil War exhibit, the museum also houses fossils, American Indian artifacts, depot and railroad industry history displays and aviation memorabilia. The museum is open Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sunday,

1-4 p.m. Admission is adults, $5; over 50, $3; and children under 16, free. For more information, contact the museum at 662-287-3120 or visit www.crossroadsmuseum. com.

Prussia exhibit Dogwood Plantation resident and artist Alice Prussia has 25 additional paintings added to her exhibit at Dogwood Plantation Assisted Living bring her total collection to 75 paintings. Visitors are welcomed to view the exhibit at Dogwood Plantation, 1101 Levee Rd., Corinth

Story Hour Pre-school Story Hour is held each Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Corinth Library. Year-round art ex-

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hibits are also on display and educational non-profit groups meet in the auditorium monthly. The Corinth Friends of the Library hold their ongoing book sale inside the library. Hardback, paperback and audio books, and VHS and DVD donations to the library are always appreciated. For more information, call 287-2441.

Activity center The Bishop Activity Center is having the following activities today: Pet Therapy-Corinth Animal Shelter. Senior Citizens age 60 and above are welcome and encouraged to attend. Daily activities include crafts, jigsaw puzzles, quilting, table games (Dominoes & Rook), washer games and Rolo Golf.

Shiloh museum A museum dedicated to the Battle of Shiloh and area veterans is now open next to Shiloh National Military Park. It is located at the intersection of state Route 22 and Route 142 in Shiloh, across from Ed Shaw’s Restaurant. The Shiloh Battlefield & World War II Museum is open Monday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. For more information call Larry DeBerry at 731-9260360.

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Breaking Grass celebrates release of latest album BY BRANT SAPPINGTON bsappington@dailycorinthian.com

Local bluegrass stars Breaking Grass will celebrate the release of their latest album with a CD release party. The band will mark the official release of its sophomore album “Running with the Moon” with a concert and celebration tonight at 7 p.m. in the Claude Wright room of the Frank Haney Union on the Northeast Mississippi Community College campus. The event is free and open to the public. The new album features 12 tracks of original material written by the band’s

main lead singer Cody Farrar and showcases the diversity of their unique take on traditional and modern bluegrass. The upcoming party will include a concert by the band along with the opportunity for fans to meet the members and purchase copies of the new CD. The band has had a huge year since the 2011 release of its self-titled debut album. In the past year it has won top awards at numerous music festivals, including first place at the State of Mississippi Bluegrass Band Championship in New Albany, first place in the Athens Old Time

Fiddler’s Bluegrass Band Competition in Alabama and first place in the Uncle Dave Macon Days Bluegrass Band Competition in Murfreesboro, Tenn. It has also been honored with the BORN (Band on the Rise Nationally) award. Breaking Grass includes lead vocalist and guitarist Cody Farrar of Booneville, who also composes most of the bands original songs, fiddle standout Tyler White, who has won numerous awards for his playing, bassist Britt Sheffield of Corinth, Dennis-based mandolin virtuoso Zach Wooten and veteran performer Thel-

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Breaking Glass will mark the official release of its sophomore album “Running with the Moon” with a concert and celebration tonight at 7 p.m. ton Vanderford of Alcorn County on the banjo.

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Deaths Martha Mask

Funeral services for Martha Adline Mask, 91, of Corinth, are set for 1 p.m. Friday at Magnolia Funeral Home Chaple of Memories with burial at Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Mask d i e d Tuesd a y , July 17, 2012, at Magnolia R e Mask gional Health Center. Born Aug. 5, 1920, she was a home-

Fleta Mae Holt

Fleta Mae Farris Holt, 83, of Corinth, died Wednesday, July 18, 2012, at Magnolia Regional Health Center. Funeral services are set for 11 a.m. Saturday at Magnolia Funeral Home. Visitation is Friday from 5 until 8 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. until service time at the funeral home. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Magnolia Funeral Home.

Johnny Wilkins

Johnny Milton Wilkins died Wednesday, July 18, 2012, at Magnolia Regional Health Center. Arrangements are incomplete and will be an-

maker. She loved her family, especially her grandchildren and her friends. She was always willing to go the extra mile to help someone. She was a member of Tuscumbia Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jewell Mask; a son, Randy Mask; her parents, Ramer and Jenny Dixon Wooten; her brothers, Chris Wooten, Shirley Wooten, George Wooten, Vester Wooten, James Wooten, Alex Wooten, Earl Wooten and Bluford Wooten; and her sisters, Lola Mae Gifford and Minnie Wooten. Survivors include her son, Bobby Mask and

wife, Wanda, of Selmer, Tenn.; her daughters, Hazel Brown and husband Arvolle of Corinth, and Evelyn Mathis and husband Danny of Corinth; her grandchildren, Todd Mask and wife Natalie of Nashville, Tenn., Jill Parker and husband Todd of Selmer, Tenn., Ginger Slocum of Senatobia, and Justin Mathis of Ft. Collins, Colo.; her great-grandchildren, Lauren Mask, Ava Mask, Adeline Slocum and Seth Slocum; other relatives and a host of friends. Bro. Phillip Caples will officiate. Pallbearers will be David Wooten, Vernon Wooten, Gilbert Wooten,

nounced by Memorial Funeral Home.

son (Charlene), Selwyn Johnson (Michelle), Jeremiah Johnson and Cornelius Williams; and his siblings, Alfred Motton, Barbara Anne Scott, Clara Guy and Shirley Howard. Rev. Ada Christain will officiate.

Steven D. Johnson

Funeral services for Steven D. Johnson, 64, are set for 3 p.m. Saturday at Patterson Memorial Chapel with burial at Corinth National Cemetery on Monday. Mr. Burress died Sunday, July 15, 2012, at the VA Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Born Jan. 25, 1948, he attended Wick Anderson High School. He was a disabled veteran of the United States Marine Corps. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ida Bell and Alfred Motton. Survivors include his wife, Marjore Johnson; his children, Steven John-

Trevor M. Burress

BOONEVILLE — Funeral services for Trevor M. Burress, 39, are set for 11 a.m. Saturday at Beckley Chapel with burial at Corinth National Cemetery at 11 a.m. on Monday. Mr. Burress died Sunday, July 15, 2012, in Booneville. Born March 10, 1973, he was of the Baptist Faith. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps.

Keith Wooten, Jerry Gifford and David Gifford. Visitation is today from 5 until 9 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. until service time. Online condolences can be left at www.magnoliafuneralhome.net.

Bingham Wade

Funeral services of Bingham Wade, of Corinth, are set for 3 p.m. today at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Blake Nichols and Terry Smith officiating. Burial will be at Forrest Memorial Park. Mr. Wade died Tuesday at Magnolia Regional Health Center. He was a member of Foote Street Church of He was preceded in death by his mother, Tisha Burress; and his grandparents, Willie and Indiana Huff, and John and Mary V. Burress. Survivors include one son, Devon Burress of Austin, Texas; his father, John E. Burress; and his step-mother, Cheryl Burress. Rev. Charles Shack will officiate. Visitation is Friday from 5 until 7 p.m.

Ruby Mullins

RIENZI — Funeral services for Ruby Nell McDonald Mullins, 75, are set for 11 a.m. Friday at Magnolia Funeral Home Chapel of Memories with burial at New Hope United Methodist Church in

Christ, a graduate of Corinth High School Class of 1958. He was a retired employee of Kansas City Railroad after 38 years of service and a member of Sons of Confederate Veterans, Col. William P. Rogers Camp #321. He enjoyed doing geneology. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ardan and Elsie Bingham Wade; his brother, Bill Wade; his sister, Betty Wade Walker; his brothers-in-law, Charlie Walker, Harold Strickland and Lawrence Blackwell. He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Mary Jewel Leatherwood Wade of Corinth; his sisters, Evelyn Wade Claiborne (Jack)

of Dyersburg, Tenn., Martha Wade Strickland of Germantown, Tenn.; his sister-in-law, Nell Martin (Claude) of Memphis, Tenn., Edith Leatherwood McCoy (Billy) of Booneville, Glenda Leatherwood Lee (Stan) of Cordova, Tenn., Joyce Blackwell of Byhalia; his brothersin-law, James Blackwell (Vel) of Buena Park, Calif., Charles Leatherwood (Ann) of Slayden, and Wayne Leatherwood (Sarah) of Corinth; and a host of nieces, nephews, greatnieces and great-nephews. His nephews will serve as pallbearers. Visitation is today from noon until 3 p.m. at the funeral home.

Guys, Tenn. Mrs. Mullins died Tuesday, July 17, 2012, at Magnolia Regional Health Center. B o r n J u n e 2 1 , 1938, she was a reMullins tired factory worker. She was a member of Mills Community Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Deborah Smith; a son, Larry Smith; a grandson, Billy; her parents, Charlie and Minnie McDonald; her brothers, Leonard Mc-

Donald and Johnny McDonald; and her sisters, Jewel Coleman and Jessie Hall. Survivors include her husband of 13 years, David C. Mullins of Rienzi; her daughter, Beverly Smith; her step-son, Benny Mullins of Ripley; her step-daughters, Brenda Mullins of Ripley, and Beverly Rogers of Falkner; six grandchildren, Rae Ann, MaKayla, Haley, Anna, Amanda and Brandon; her greatgranddaughter, Autumn; and a brother, Sammy McDonald of Guys, Tenn. Bro. Donnie Davis will officiate. Visitation is today from 5 until 8 p.m. and Friday from 10 a.m. until service time at the funeral home.

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Letter to the editor CT-A has been a successful organization for 44 years To the editor: Though not originally from Corinth, I’ve been transplanted here since 1987, and have grown to love this beautiful town full of history and wonderful people. As it is in most towns, people who live here don’t value the things Corinth has to offer. They think you have to go somewhere else to shop and to see things of importance or relevance. Thank you, Daily Corinthian, for covering the featured article on Corinth in the “Mississippi” magazine. I had read it earlier in the week and couldn’t help noticing some glaring omissions. While I think the Corinth Area Convention and Visitor’s Bureau did a good job of covering a lot of things Corinth has to offer, they forgot to mention a treasure: Corinth Theatre-Arts. Founded in 1968 and running continuously for the past 44 years (yes, I said 44), Corinth Theatre-Arts (CT-A) is a successful organization run almost exclusively by community volunteers. If you have never visited this theatre, let me encourage you to do so as an audience member or maybe as a volunteer to get involved onstage or backstage. With a dynamic 2012-13 season scheduled, CT-A will perform eight productions for a total of 24 performances in the next 12-months and will offer something for everyone. Visit their website at www.corinththeatrearts.com. Twila Bridges Liddon Lake Road, Corinth

Keeping in touch State: Sen. Rita Potts Parks Alcorn, Tishomingo, Tippah counties 662-287-6323 (H) 662-415-4793 (cell) rparks@senate.m.s.gov Rep. Nick Bain Alcorn county 662-287-1620 (H) 601-953-2994 (Capitol) nbain@house.ms.gov Rep. Lester “Bubba” Carpenter Alcorn, Tishoming counties 601-359-3374 (Capitol) 662-427-8281 (H) lcarpenter@huse.ms.gov Rep. William Tracy Arnold Alcorn, Prentiss counties 662-728-9951 (H) warnold@house.ms.gov All state legislators can be reached via mail: c/o Capitol P.O. Box 1018 Jackson, Miss. 39215 Federal: U.S. Rep. Alan Nunnelee 202-225-4306 (Washington D.C.) Fax: 202-225-3549 662-327-0748 (Columbus) Fax: 662-328-5982 U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran 202-224-5054 (Washington D.C.) Fax: 202-224-9450 601-965-4459 (Jackson) 662-236-1018 (Oxford) Sen. Roger Wicker 202- 224-6253 (Washington D.C.) Fax: 202-228-0378 601-965-4644 (Jackson) Fax: 601-965-4007

Prayer for today Thank you, dear God for providing us with second chances. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

A verse to share Remember your leaders, those who spoke the word of God to you; consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith. — Hebrews 13:7 (NRSV)

Worth quoting A man travels the world in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. — George Edward Moore

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Is Mitt Romney serious about Condi Rice? The first criterion in choosing a vice president, it is said, is that he or she must be qualified to be president. Yet there is another yardstick by which candidates measure running mates. Do they bring something to the table? Can they help with a critical voting bloc? Can they bring a crucial state? Lyndon Johnson is regarded as a brilliant choice by JFK, though his brother Bobby, among others in the Kennedy camp, loathed LBJ. LBJ locked up Texas and helped bring home five other former Confederate states for the Roman Catholic nominee from Boston. In deciding on a vice president candidate, many considerations have to be running through Mitt Romney’s mind. His choice must be seen as ready to be president or at least able to attain that status in short order, and augment his strength with a strategic constituency or help corral a major state he would otherwise have difficulty winning. Then there is the iron rule of the Hippocratic Oath: Primum non nocere. First, do no harm. The VP candidate also should be conversant with a panoply of issues, fully prepared to defend the nominee’s positions on domestic, foreign and economic policies. Such considerations suggest that whoever in Rom-

ney’s camp floated the name of Condi Rice to The Drudge Report last weekend was Pat more conBuchanan cerned with changing the Columnist subject from Bain Capital and the Caymans than in signaling where the candidate’s head and heart are today. That Rice is accomplished and competent is not in dispute. But should Romney choose her, within hours we would be re-litigating the Iraq War. It was, recall, Rice who slapped down skeptics of that war by implying their reluctance to invade Iraq might just be risking a nuclear surprise attack on the United States. “There will always be some uncertainty about how quickly Saddam can acquire nuclear weapons,” said Rice. “But we don’t want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud.” Rice was George W. Bush’s leading saleslady for a war that cost America $1 trillion, 4,500 dead and 35,000 wounded, and cost the Republican Party both houses of Congress in 2006 and the presidency in 2008. That war is today regarded by many U.S. foreign policy scholars as among the greatest strategic blunders in American history.

Should Rice be chosen, she will be spending much of the campaign defending her role in that war. And Gov. Romney will find himself defending, or disagreeing with, what George W. Bush did a decade ago. Rice is by her own admission “mildly pro-choice” on abortion, a position mildly anathema to religious conservatives, the foot soldiers of the party, many of whom have been only lately won over to the governor himself. Most Republicans have no idea where Condi stands or what she believes about right to life, gay marriage, affirmative action and the Arizona immigration law. Asked whom she voted for in 2008, Rice reportedly said, “I just want to acknowledge that when the (2008) election took place and after the election took place, it was a special time for Americans.” Did the candidacy of John McCain make it a “special time?” My friend and former White House colleague Peggy Noonan says that when she mentioned the possibility of Condi Rice as vice president to a gathering of business types, “spontaneous applause burst forth.” Condi’s nomination, she wrote, would be truly “exciting.” Peggy’s got that right. The right is boiling with excitement already. But would it be wise for Romney, who bears no re-

sponsibility for the record of George W. Bush, to choose a running mate who would force him to defend a Wilsonian policy of compulsive interventions across the globe “to end tyranny in our world?” The choice of Rice would be a Romney endorsement of the Bush foreign policy of which she was co-architect, having spent four years as the national security adviser and four as secretary of state. Tim Pawlenty could help carry Minnesota. Sen. Rob Portman could help secure Ohio. Sen. Marco Rubio would likely deliver Florida and help in a Hispanic community that is 16 percent of the U.S. population and may in 2012 constitute 9 percent of the vote. When a candidate is facing what seems an insurmountable lead, he will often consider a roll of the dice. Ronald Reagan’s team, 20 points down, considered putting ex-president Gerald Ford on the ticket. Walter Mondale, 20 points down, picked a congresswoman from Queens whom America did not know. John McCain picked Sarah Palin. But candidates who are running even tend not to take huge risks. Surely there are other ways to shift the subject from Bain Capital. (Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?”)

Why are race riots not news? When I first saw a book with the title “White Girl Bleed A Lot” by Colin Flaherty, I instantly knew what it was about, even though I had not seen the book reviewed anywhere, and knew nothing about the author. That is because I had encountered that phrase before, while doing research for the four new chapters on intellectuals and race that I added to the revised edition of my book “Intellectuals and Society,” published this year. That phrase was spoken by a member of a mob of young blacks who attacked whites at random at a Fourth of July celebration in Milwaukee last year. What I was appalled to learn, in the course of my research, was that such race riots have occurred in other cities across the United States in recent years — and that the national mainstream media usually ignore these riots. Where the violence is too widespread and too widely known locally to be ignored, both the local media and public officials often describe what happened as unspecified “young people” attacking unspecified victims for unspecified reasons.

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But videos of the attacks often reveal both the racial nature of these attacks and the raThomas cial hostility Sowell expressed by the attackers. Columnist Are race riots not news? Ignoring racial violence only guarantees that it will get worse. The Chicago Tribune has publicly rationalized its filtering out of any racial identification of attackers and their victims, even though the media do not hesitate to mention race when decrying statistical disparities in arrest or imprisonment rates. Such mob attacks have become so frequent in Chicago that officials promoting conventions recently complained to the mayor that the city is going to lose business if such violence is not brought under control. But neither these officials nor the mayor nor most of the media use that fourletter word, “race.” It would not be politically correct or politically convenient in an election year. Reading Colin Flaherty’s

book made painfully clear to me that the magnitude of this problem is even greater than I had discovered from my own research. He documents both the race riots and the media and political evasions in dozens of cities across America. Flaherty’s previous writings have won him praise and awards, but this book has been met largely with silence or abuse. However much ignoring the ugly realities that his book reveals may serve the interests of the media or politicians, a cover-up is a huge disservice to everyone else. The dangers to the nation are a bigger problem. The truth has a way of coming out, in spite of media silence and politicians’ spin. If the truth becomes known, and a white backlash follows, turning one-way race riots into two-way race riots, then a cycle of revenge and counter-revenge can spiral out of control, as has already happened in too many other countries around the world. Most blacks and most whites in the United States today get along with each other. But what is chilling is how often in history racial or ethnic groups that co-exist-

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ed peacefully for generations — often as neighbors — have suddenly turned on each other with lethal violence. In the middle of the 20th century, Sri Lanka had a level of mutual respect and even friendship between its majority and minority communities that was rightly held up to the world as a model. Yet this situation degenerated over the years into polarization and violence that escalated into a civil war that lasted for decades. All it took were clever demagogues and gullible followers. We already have both. What it will take to nip in the bud the small but widely spreading race riots will be some serious leadership in many quarters and that rarest of all things in politics, honesty. Race hustlers and mob inciters like Al Sharpton represent such polarizing forces in America today. Yet Sharpton has become a White House adviser, and Attorney General Eric Holder has been photographed literally embracing him. (Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www.tsowell.com.)

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State Briefs Inmate’s appeal denied JACKSON — A postconviction petition by Mississippi death row inmate Willie Jerome Manning was filed too late to be heard in state courts, a federal appeals court panel has ruled. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit of Appeals dismissed Manning’s petition on Tuesday. The panel said the judgment against Manning became final on April 5, 1999, when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal. In a post-conviction petition, an inmate argues he has found new evidence — or a possible constitutional issue — that could persuade a court to order a new trial. The panel said that under state law, Manning had until April 5, 2000, to file such a claim. Court records show Manning did not file anything with the Mississippi Supreme Court until Oct. 8, 2001. The 5th Circuit said Manning did nothing to further his case for 19 months, and it could not consider a petition that was filed outside established guidelines.

Manning received two death sentences for the 1992 slayings of two Mississippi State University students. A jury in Oktibbeha County convicted Manning in 1994 for killing Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller. On Dec. 11, 1992, the bodies of Miller and Steckler were discovered in rural Oktibbeha County. Both students had been shot to death and Miller’s car was missing. The vehicle was found the next morning. Prosecutors said Manning was arrested after he attempted to sell certain items belonging to the victims.

Officials warn people to stay off sandbars NATCHEZ — Mississippi and Louisiana officials are telling people to say off sandbars that have appeared with the low-water levels along the Mississippi River. U.S. Coast Guard Master Chief Randy Merrick tells the Natchez Democrat that differentiating between the bottom of the river and a recently exposed sandbar is difficult. “These sandbars just

drop off at some point,” Merrick said. “They don’t really fade out gradually like most people think they do — they just drop, so it’s kind of deceiving. And just because the river levels are low, doesn’t mean the river doesn’t have a current.” Adams County Emergency Management Director Stan Owens said no incidents involving residents, or barges, affected by the river at Natchez have occurred yet, but that shouldn’t lower the threat of something occurring. “These sandbars essentially build up on top of an underwater river channel, so they can collapse at any time,” Owens said. “People just need to be careful at all times when dealing with the river.” Across the river from Natchez in Vidalia, La., Mayor Hyram Copeland said residents who venture out onto sandbars or close to the river present a safety issue. “We’ve told people not to come on the sand areas near the riverfront because it could collapse, and it’s an extremely dangerous factor,” Copeland said. “It’s a verbal warning

right now, but if residents don’t comply, we’ll start writing tickets. “I don’t want to lose any lives like that.” The National Weather Service said river levels at Natchez and Vidalia are projected to reach 10 feet in August — with lower levels possible in September.

Nurse sentenced to 1 year in prison HOUSTON — A Mathiston woman has been sentenced to serve a year in prison after pleading guilty to taking prescriptions from patients and using them herself. The attorney general’s office says 34-year-old Carrie McCain pleaded guilty Monday in Chickasaw County Circuit Court to two counts of acquiring possession of a controlled substance by misrepresentation. Prosecutors say she was working as a home health nurse out of Tupelo when the thefts occurred. Prosecutors say McCain would pick up prescriptions for pain medication at the pharmacy for the patient. They say

she would take some of the pills for herself, and deliver the pills without giving the patient the bottle to conceal the actual prescription dosage and how many she had taken.

Cal-Maine to buy Pilgrim’s Pride plants JACKSON — Egg producer Cal-Maine Foods says it will buy two Texas plants from Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. Terms were not disclosed. The sale is expected to close in August. Mississippi-based

Cal-Maine says it’s the largest producer and distributor of shell eggs in the United States, doing business in 29 states. Cal-Maine said the two egg plans near Pilgrim’s Pride headquarters in Pittsburg, Texas, will add to Cal-Maine’s Texas business. The plants can hold 1.4 million hens. Egg production for grocers and foodservice users has been a sideline for Pilgrim’s Pride, the second-largest U.S. chicken producer behind Tyson Foods. Brazil’s JBS SA owns 75 percent of Pilgrim’s Pride. J7NÂ<H;;Ã?DL;IJ?D= tqxÃ;:K97J?EDÃI7L?D=IÃFB7D <?N;:Ã?D9EC; I H;J?H;C;DJÃFB7DD?D=

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