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• Corinth, Mississippi •

BY STEVE BEAVERS

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Highway 25 resident Cherrie Rhodes Plunk is proud three “No Engine Brakes” signs have been placed in the Mississippi-Tennessee stateline area in Tishomingo County, but the stay-at-home mom says the loud noise problem with truckers still exists.

Resident wages battle against noise PICKWICK, Miss. — Cherrie Rhodes Plunk relaxes on her screened-in back porch on a hill overlooking Highway 25 at the Mississippi-Tennessee stateline.

Police win blood drive contest For the Daily Corinthian

The results of the Battle of the Badges contest are in and the Corinth Police Department wins again in the effort to donate muchly need blood at United Blood Services. And for each blood donation received, it equals up to three lives saved. “This year’s Battle of the Badges was a success. We want to thank everyone who came out to show their support for their local heroes by donating blood,” said Toni Gough, United Blood Services representative. The police department won again for a third year in a row this year with 31 donations. The Corinth Fire Department came in very close with 23 donations, noted Gough. Please see DRIVE | 2A

Plunk sips an iced tea. The birds are chirping on this particular hot summer weekday and a breeze is blowing through the soft green foilage. The view from this vantage point is striking, high above the highway with a view of the Yellow Creek

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embayment at Pickwick Lake and the sprawling Auqa Yacht Harbor below, beckoning passersby to come enjoy life on the lake. Plunk, a 38-year-old stay at Please see NOISE | 3A

Dr. William R. Daggett has the answers when it comes to education. All the renowned speaker needs is an audience who cares enough to listen. Area citizens will get their chance to learn about the upcoming changes in education when Dr. Daggett, International Center for Leadership in Education CEO, speaks at the Celebration of Excellence in Education event Monday night at the Corinth Coliseum Civic Center in downtown. “His message needs to be heard by everyone in the city and county,” said CARE Foundation Chairman Sandy Williams. “When it comes to education, he and his organization think outside the box … we are fortunate to get such an impressive speaker.” “He is an internationally recognized speaker who has a powerful message about what is right with American education,” said Corinth School District Superintendent Dr. Lee Childress. “I have heard him on numerous occasions and he is able to speak about the many types of things relevant to education today.” The Commission on the Future of Alcorn County and the

C A R E Foundation, in c o o p eration with the Pierce Foundation, are sponsoring the 6:30 p.m. event. Daggett is also set to speak Daggett to city and county district educational staffs earlier in the day at the Crossroads Arena. The first session for the two staffs is scheduled for 8:30-11 a.m. “Dr. Daggett has traveled and studied education all over the word, and he has a tremendous amount of information to back up with he says,” said Dr. O. Wayne Gann, Chairman of the Mississippi State Board of Education. “The public needs to take advantage of him being here because he quiet the message … I urge people to attend Monday.” “Our focus needs to be on the Monday night session,” added Williams. Dr. Daggett, founder of the Please see MESSAGE | 2A

City cites 36 properties for cleanup work BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Nearly three dozen properties targeted for cleanup appear on the city board agenda for Tuesday, including continued hearings and a large new batch entering the process.

The Corinth Board of Mayor and Aldermen will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday. The board will consider scheduling public hearings for a new round of properties totaling 17: ■ Highway 72 — CMH Ser-

vices Inc. ■ 1805 Maple Road — A.W. Manness ■ 1217 Proper Street — Don Arnold Properties, LLC ■ 1405 East 5th Street — Henry Pollard ■ 1202 Tate Street — Stone

and Bryant ■ Highway 72 — Victory Properties, LLC ■ 1708 Pinecrest Road — Patricia Owens ■ 1908 Mississippi Street — Please see CLEANUP | 2A

Smith retires after 40 years of service to region BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com

Regions Bank in downtown Corinth celebrated the long career of Branch Manager Paula Smith with a reception on Friday. Smith is retiring after 40 years of service at the downtown bank, which during her years of employment carried the names of Deposit Guaranty, First American, AmSouth and finally Regions. Regions Northeast Mississip-

pi and Corinth City President David Dixon said Smith is an institution in the Corinth banking arena. “To me, Paula has been a real key asset for Regions Bank,” said Dixon. “Reaching a 40year milestone needs to be celebrated. She’s an excellent banker. I very much appreciate her — and so does the whole team.” Beginning her bank career straight out of college, Smith has shared her workplace with two other 40-year employees,

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Reta Baswell and Caroline Pettie, who she says are just like part of her family. She said she has always enjoyed banking, especially dealing with customers and helping them with their finances. “I like the loan part. I’m into numbers, have always been a math person. When you figure a way to make a person a loan, it’s a good feeling,” said Smith. “It’s always a good feeling to figure out how to help customers, to find a product that fits their

situation.” Smith emphasized that she has always worked well with her team at the Regions branch in downtown Corinth. She credits the bank’s success to their teamwork. The bank won the 2012 Chairman’s Award and was recognized as being in the top 15 percent of banks in the nation. “We work well together,” she said. “We have a lot of knowlPlease see RETIRE | 3A

On this day in history 150 years ago “The amount of burning, stealing, and plundering done by our army makes me ashamed of it. I would quit the service if I could, because I fear we are drifting to the worst sort of vandalism.” Major General William T. Sherman in a letter to Gen. Henry Halleck.

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Judy Henderson ■ Lot 30, Melody Park Subdivision — Shirley Jean Taylor ■ 1806 Third Street — Parker ■ 916 Allen Street — Ben and Bea Windom ■ 1219 Wick Street — Absolute Auto Acceptance, Inc. ■ Lincoln Place Subdivision — Ella Spence Estate ■ Lincoln Place Subdivision — Sylila Norman ■ 1609 Lyon Street — Lizzy Johnson, et al. ■ 1221 White Street — Shipman ■ 1426 Waldron Street — Reed The board will also consider authorizing re-entry for additional cleanup at the following addresses: ■ Corner of Penn and Tate Street — Franks ■ 104 Madison ■ Corner of Pierce and

Ross — Kozam ■ Southeast corner of White and Crater — Tom Collins Estate ■ 1223 Madison Street — Walker ■ 1409 East 5th Street — Thompson ■ Crider property ■ Van property ■ Dale Street — Bostic ■ Archambault property ■ 2223 Liddon Lake Road — Latch Continued public hearings will be held during the meeting for the Rhodes property on Highway 72, the Wren property on Droke Road and the Jackson property at 1101 Phillips Street. Adjudication of cost for property cleanup will be considered for corner of Madison and 2nd Street, 2104 Proper Street, 104 Madison Street and corner of Penn and Tate Street. Other items on the agenda:

■ The board will consider entering an agreement with the Northeast Mississippi Planning and Development District for redistricting of ward boundaries. ■ Budget requests from Crossroads Arena, Corinth Library, parks and recreation, Corinth School District and Corinth Area CVB ■ Arena request for use of bricks and mortar funds ■ FAA 2013 grant agreement ■ Reports of the department heads ■ Surplus 40 Glock G-22 pistols ■ Pay request — wastewater treatment plant ■ Pay request — Verandah-Curlee House ■ Two-year supply bids ■ Consider direct deposit agreement for payroll ■ Meeting minutes from June 18, June 19, July 2, July 19, July 25

challenging their assumptions about the purposes, benefits, and effectiveness of American schools. Dr. Daggett inspires his audiences both to embrace what is best about our education system and to make the changes necessary to meet the needs of all students in the 21st century. He is recognized worldwide for his proven ability to move pre-K-12 education systems towards more rigorous and relevant skills and knowledge for all students. He has assisted a number of states and hundreds of school districts with their school improvement initiatives. A graduate of Temple University, he has also collaborated with education ministries in several countries and with the Council of Chief State School Officers, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the National Governors Association, and many other national organizations. He serves on several advisory boards, including the NASA Education Advisory Board, since 2008, and the USA Today Education Advisory Board. Daggett, the author of numerous books about learning and education, textbooks and research studies, reports, and journal articles, is the creator of the Application Model and Rigor/Relevance Framework, a practical planning and instruc-

tional tool for determining the relevance of curriculum and assessment to real-world situations. Dr. Daggett’s Rigor/Relevance Framework has become a cornerstone of many school reform efforts throughout the United States. During the morning program, “Preparing for the Challenges and Opportunities of the Common Core State Standards”, Dr. Daggett will talk about the changes schools are set to face along with the impact on curriculum and instruction. “Not only is he a national expert when it comes to education, but his company works to put ideas in place to make education better,” said Childress. In the evening session, “Leading Change During Challenging Times–Lessons Learned from Our Nation’s Most Rapidly Improving Schools”, he will describe the implications of: ■ Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Assessments, and teacher evaluation systems, and how they will fundamentally change what and how is taught. ■ increasing financial pressure that schools will be forced to deal with. ■ challenges/opportunities that emerging technologies and tech-savvy students will pose for all K-12 educators. Doctorate Level sponsorships ($1,000 and up) was provided by Magnolia Regional Health Center, Pierce Foundation, Commission on the Future of Alcorn County, Dr. Vicki D. Gann, Daily Corinthian and CARE Community Foundation. Bachelor Level Sponsors ($500-$749) for the event include: Caterpillar, Ayrshire Electronics of Mississippi, Corinth Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Commerce National Bank, NEMCC Development Foundation, Physicians Urgent Care/ Dr. and Mrs. Pat Tucker, B&B Concrete, Briggs, Inc., Little Properties, Rotary, Alcorn County Fair Association, Farm Bureau, Bailey Williams Realty, Magnolia Cardiovascular/ Dr. Max Hutchinson and Little Foods. Associate Level sponsors ($250-$499) are Corinthian Furniture, Lamar Advertising, Long Wholesale, Corinth Brick, Brewer Oil Company, Cooley & Labas Financial Advisors, Dr. Buddy Biggers, Kiwanis, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Stanley, Edward Jones Investments, Tull Brothers, Crossroads Arena and Magnolia Orthopedics.

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“Thanks to Arby’s, Domino’s, Jimmy John’s and Papa John’s for the food and Coca-Cola of Corinth for the drinks,” noted Gough. “Thanks to Scooter for wearing our mascot ‘Ubie’! Thank you to Crossroads Chevrolet, Buick & GMC for sponsoring the promotions. Thank you to Megan Burns for coordinating the blood drive and doing a fantastic job.” “The turnout of support from the community for this drive was so great, that unfortunately, there was a wait time to donate. We want to apologize for this inconvenience,” noted Gough. “Next year, help us by remembering

to make an appointment online at www.bloodhero. com before the drive so we can know how many people to expect.” “If you cannot commit to a specific time, at least sign up saying that you would be willing to donate so we can know how many to expect and we can plan accordingly. Thank you for being patient with us, because every donation that came from this drive could save up to three lives,” noted Gough. Not only will making appointment save time, but completing the Health History Questionnaire online will too, noted Gough. “For years, our loyal blood donors have re-

quested a quicker interview process. Here it is. All you need is access to a computer and a printer. On the day of your donation, follow this link https://edhq. unitedbloodservices. org to complete the health history questionnaire on our website,” noted the spokesperson. The health history must be completed the same day as the donation, said Gough. “It cannot be completed a day or two ahead of time. “Once you’re done, print the Fast Track Donation Ticket and bring it with you to your donation. It’s that simple.”

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in History Today is Sunday, Aug. 4, the 216th day of 2013. There are 149 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight: On August 4, 1944, 15-year-old diarist Anne Frank was arrested with her sister, parents and four others by the Gestapo after hiding for two years inside a building in Amsterdam. (Anne died the following year at Bergen-Belsen.)

On this date: In 1735, a jury found John Peter Zenger of the New York Weekly Journal not guilty of committing seditious libel against the colonial governor of New York, William Cosby. In 1790, the Coast Guard had its beginnings as the Revenue Cutter Service. In 1830, plans for the city of Chicago were laid out. In 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were axed to death in their home in Fall River, Mass. Lizzie Borden, Andrew’s daughter from a previous marriage, was accused of the killings, but acquitted at trial. In 1916, the United States reached agreement with Denmark to purchase the Danish Virgin Islands for $25 million. In 1936, Jesse Owens of the U.S. won the second of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics as he prevailed in the long jump over German Luz Long, who was the first to congratulate him. In 1964, the bodies of missing civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney were found buried in an earthen dam in Mississippi. In 1972, Arthur Bremer was convicted and sentenced in Upper Marlboro, Md., to 63 years in prison for his attempt on the life of Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace (the sentence was later reduced to 53 years; Bremer was released from prison in 2007). In 1977, President Jimmy Carter signed a measure establishing the Department of Energy. In 1987, the Federal Communications Commission voted to abolish the Fairness Doctrine, which required radio and television stations to present balanced coverage of controversial issues.

edgable people who all have a lot of years with banking.” Smith was born in Chewalla, Tenn., and moved to Corinth at the age of five. She graduated from Corinth High School and Northeast Mississippi Community College. She lives in Corinth with her husband, Danny Smith, the principal of Burnsville School. They have two grown children, their daughter Johnna Smith, an occupational therapist at Magnolia Regional Hospital, and son Shay Smith, who owns a business in Corinth. Smith has one grandchild, six-year-old Taten Smith.

“I like the loan part. I’m into numbers, have always been a math person. When you figure a way to make a person a loan, it’s a good feeling.” Paula Smith Looking ahead, Smith said she just wants to enjoy every part of her life. “You get to an age that you feel like you want to enjoy your life and make the most out of every day, to spend time with the family and our grandson — and to make the best of whatever the day brings,” said Smith.

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Regions Northeast Mississippi and Corinth City President David Dixon (left) presents a plaque to Branch Manager Paula Smith in honor of her 40 years of service. They are joined by bank employees Rebecca Spence and David Cayson.

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home mom, has her conversation with a visitor interrupted by the nearby passage of a northbound log truck rumbling hammer down with a full load headed to the PCA paper mill. “See?” she asks. “All day long. They drive like crazy. And it’s so loud.” Another log truck flies southbound, its load empty. Then another. Then two more. Northbound. Southbound. Over and over. Plunk’s father was a truck driver. “That’s why I know what I’m talking about,” she explains, then the words are muffled with another passing logger. “I try to have a conversation, then we have to quit talking,” she adds. The visitor decides to count. Forty 18-wheelers go by in one hour, mostly loggers. About 1/2 appear to be going above the posted speed limit and three ignore the “No Engine Brakes” sign and give the exhaust-produced loud noise which has many cities banning such unnecessary practices. “It wakes us up at night,” explains Plunk, a resident of the hillside for seven years, living in a large brick home built by her self-employed builder husband, Michael Plunk. “We can’t sleep at times.” “I was told they would enforce it,” she says about the “No Engine Brakes” warning. “But they are not.”

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One passing trucker hits the Jake brake. The noise is deafening. “They think it’s a joke. I don’t think it’s funny,” says the Alcorn County native. “It’s so unnecessary.” Plunk recalls her mission against the noise pollution and all the phone calls made to the Mississippi Department of Transportation, law enforcement agencies and Tishomingo County. Her dilemma unfolds a complex process of why there is such a thing as an engine brake, what type of laws exist or don’t exist and just what kind of authority law enforcement may have against the noise problem. To understand Plunk’s dilemma -- which started the day the decision was made to live near a highway -- one has to understand the issue which has swept across the entire country. Many cities have outlawed compression release engine brakes, frequently called Jake brake or Jacobs brake, which is installed on some diesal engines. Once activated, it opens exhaust valves in the cylinders, releasing compressed air trapped there, which slows the vehicle. This creates a loud noise. Jacobs has made claims that “No Jake Brakes” violates their trademarks, which is probably why older signs with Jake can be seen on U.S. 45 in the Biggersville area, but the newer signs in Tishomingo County mention engine brakes. When the issue surfaced in Corinth several years ago, the debate was safety vs. noise, but oppo-

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nents to the noise claim trucks traveling posted speed limits should have no use for an engine, or Jake brake. With Plunk’s urging and persistent attitude, there are three “No Engine Brakes” signs along Highway 25 on both the northbound and southbound sides of the highway near the state line. Installed by the Mississippi Department of Transportation at the request of Tishomingo County, Plunk says the problem isn’t any better in the six months since the signs were erected. “It took us six months to even get the signs,” says Plunk. “I was so proud when it happened.” Plunk credits and thanks MDOT’s Mitch Caver for his caring attitude in the project. Tishomingo County Second District Supervisor Nickey McRae, whose district includes the stateline area at Pickwick, recalls being a part of the signs being installed. “I’ve heard of no problems since the signs went up,” says McRae, contacted on his cell phone. “I’ve heard no more about it.” “It was a bad situation, I remember that,” explains the supervisor. “I heard

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complaints from many neighbors in the area, especially the problem of noise around 2-3 a.m.” Many local towns now have signs erected, notes McRae, who lives not far from U.S. 72 and is aware of the noise associated with engine brakes. “If a truck is doing the speed limit, there is no need for a Jake brake,” adds the supervisor. McRae recalls action being taken against engine brakes several years ago, but he wasn’t sure if it was an ordinance or signs being posted. When told one stateline resident says the problem still exists, McRae said he would contact neighbors this week on the issue he thought had been resolved. In terms of an ordinance, therein lies the rub, according to the Mississippi Highway Patrol. The Jake brake ban is not a state law, according to Ronny R. Hall, public information officer with the MHP. “It would be a local ordinance from either the municipality officials or county supervisors,” re-

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sponds Hall via e-mail. “Once the ordinance is established, the enforcement of the ordinance would be at the discretion of the local governing body that enacted the ordinance.” Speed limit violations, however, are a different story, notes Hall. The MHP is aggressive in enforcing the speed limit laws, noted the public information officer. “We try our best to keep our citizens safe by enforcing the speed limit, not only commercial vehicles such as log trucks, but all vehicles,” notes Hall. The officer offers a recommendation where areas are experiencing excessive speed violators. Call either the local law enforcement agency, or as in the case along Mississippi 25 in question, contact the MHP. The numbers are 662534-8650 or *HP(47) from a mobile phone, notes Hall. Cherrie Plunk just wants a little peace and quiet. And now, she has been heard. Loudly.

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The announcement this week that the Nissan auto plant in Canton would be expanding their operations by building a new supplier park that will create 800 new jobs — 400 in the supplier park and 400 new jobs hired since June 1 at the Nissan plant – should be another blow to the ongoing United Auto Workers union

push there. That’s on top of the current 5,200 jobs the Nissan plant has created. The more than 1 million sq. ft. supplier park represents a Nissan investment of more than $50 million and is Nissan’s first major supplier park located in North America. The project is the result of a cooperative effort between Gov. Phil Bryant and the Mississippi Development Authority, the Mississippi Legislature, the Madison County Economic Development Authority and Nissan. “For a decade, Nissan has been a loyal corporate partner and has created thousands of jobs for Mississippians,” Bryant said. “The addition of the new supplier park will bring more manufacturing-related jobs to Mississippi and serves to strengthen our growing automotive sector.” When last we heard from the UAW back in May, they brought in a Washington, D.C. non-profit organization called Good Jobs First to accuse Nissan of not making good on their employment promises based on the specifics of the package of tax breaks and other economic incentives that company was granted back in 2000 and in subsequent additions to the incentives. The Mississippi Development Authority and State Auditor Stacey Pickering forcefully disputed those claims and pointed to the fact that Nissan has pumped $2 billion of their own money into the Canton operation in addition to the $1.33 billion incentive package. Hearing the UAW and their political water bearers talk about the impact of tax breaks and economic incentives for Nissan on state government is amusing at best. On July 18, the city of Detroit filed for bankruptcy protection — the largest municipal bankruptcy filing in U.S. history. The fortunes of Detroit and the UAW were intertwined. As the union poured millions upon millions of dollars in campaign contributions into Democratic Party super PACs in the 2012 elections, it became clear that Detroit’s fiscal woes were literally beyond reasonable political help. But the UAW’s role in that collapse is undeniable. As Forbes magazine reported in April, in the past three decades nearly every job lost at U.S. car factories have vanished from unionized companies. Meanwhile, job gains have come almost exclusively from non-union companies. “At its peak in 1979, the UAW boasted a membership of 1.5 million. Today, by its own admission it boasts a mere 390,000, “ the magazine reported. “In the last 12 years, the Detroit-based auto companies have shed 200,000 jobs -- three-fifths of its hourly workforce. Meanwhile, foreign-owned car companies have created some 20,000 new jobs in mostly southern factories.” The success or failure of the UAW’s forays into organizing plants like Nissan in Canton will determine in great measure whether “Detroit South” — Nissan and Toyota in Mississippi, Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai and Honda in Alabama, Kia in Georgia, BMW in South Carolina, and Nissan and Volkswagen in Tennessee — will suffer the same economic fate as the American automakers in Detroit. Nissan is stable and growing in Mississippi without UAW intervention. They provide good jobs and they spin-off good supplier jobs. Mississippi benefits and will continue to do so — unless the UAW gets their hooks into the labor force there. (Daily Corinthian and syndicated columnist Sid Salter can be contacted at 601-5078004 or sidsalter@sidsalter.com.)

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Last hurrah of the interventionists? In what a Washington Post columnist describes as a rout of Rand Paul isolationism, the Senate just voted overwhelmingly to send another $1.5 billion in foreign aid to Egypt. The House voted 400-20 to impose new sanctions on Iran’s oil exports, two days before Iran’s new president, elected on a pledge to re-engage the West on the nuclear issue, takes his oath. Do these triumphs of AIPAC and the War Party, of neocons and liberal internationalists, tell us where we are going? Or are they the last hurrahs of the interventionists, as America’s long retreat proceeds apace. If we take what Richard Nixon called “the long view,” the trend line seems unmistakable. Under President Obama, America has pulled all U.S. forces out of Iraq and has scheduled a full withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014. Despite his “red line” in Syria having allegedly been crossed, and the cawing of Hill hawks like Sens. Lindsey Graham and John McCain, Obama seems the very portrait of a reluctant warrior in Syria. A large majority of Americans, too, want no part of that civil war. On Iran, the Pentagon seems to concur with Obama, in opposition to a new Mideast war. And as

Congress votes new sanctions on Iran and new billions for an Egyptian army that Pat just arrested elected Buchanan its government, Columnist Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is laying out scenarios for reducing the size, reach and power of the U.S. military. “Without the controlling principle that the nation must maintain its objectives and its power in equilibrium, its purposes within its means, and its means equal to its purposes, its commitments related to its resources, and its resources adequate to its commitments, it is impossible to think at all about foreign affairs.” So wrote Walter Lippmann in 1943. That is our situation today. During World War II, we were united in defeating Germany and Japan. After the war, we became united on a new foreign policy -- containment of communism. Through great sacrifices we ensured that our resources were adequate to our commitments. Vietnam shattered the Cold War consensus. Yet enough of it survived for Ronald Reagan and

George H.W. Bush to lead the nation and the West to victory. Bush I then set out to build his “New World Order.” He invaded Panama, drove Iraq out of Kuwait and put U.S. troops into Somalia. The country sent him packing. After 9/11, Bush II invaded Afghanistan and Iraq and undertook to nation-build in both. The country removed his party from power in both houses of Congress in 2006 and from the presidency in 2008. George W. was going to “end tyranny in our world.” Enough said. Obama began the long retreat of American power that proceeds today despite a bellicosity on Capitol Hill redolent of the Cold War. Today, as government at all levels consumes nearly 40 percent of gross domestic product, as the deficit is growing three times as fast as the GDP, as China continues to grow at four times the U.S. rate, we need to ask ourselves: What should we fight for? Whom shall we defend? What can we afford in the way of national defense? What must we afford? Consider America’s alliances, almost all of which date to a Cold War no American under 25 can even remember. NATO was formed in 1949 to protect Western Europe

from a Soviet Bloc and a Soviet Union that disappeared a generation ago. U.S. treaties with Japan and the Philippines date to the 1950s, when Chairman Mao was exporting communist revolution. Should these treaties now require us to go to war with China to defend disputed islets in the East and South China Sea? Our treaty with South Korea dates to a war against the North that ended in a truce 60 years ago. South Korea today has twice the population of the North and 40 times the GDP. Must we still deploy a U.S. army on the Korean DMZ? Through a mindless adherence to policies that date to a long-dead past, America is forfeiting her future. Through our abandonment of economic patriotism and embrace of globalism, we have run up $10 trillion in trade deficits since Reagan. Every year we go into world financial markets to borrow tens of billions for the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and foreign aid to send to regimes that routinely vote against the us in the United Nations. Is Rand Paul really the one living in yesterday? (Daily Corinthian columnist Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?”)

Trayvon Martin was no Emmett Till Why are so many people so desperate to hold onto the idea that America is as racist as it has ever been? The phenomenon is apparent in much of the commentary on the George Zimmerman case. Facts were blithely ignored -- the fact that Zimmerman is Hispanic, not white, by current standards; the evidence that he and not his victim, Trayvon Martin, was pummeled and wounded; the failure to find any hint of anti-black bias in Zimmerman’s past. Instead there was a desperate longing to see this unhappy incident as a case of a white racist hunting down and murdering an innocent black -- with a view to establishing that this kind of thing happens all the time. It isn’t. Yes, young black men are homicide victims in large and tragic numbers. But the perpetrators are almost always other young black men. Nevertheless, journalism is full of opinion articles, many written by people who should know better, likening the death of Tray-

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von Martin to the murder of Emmett Till in Mississippi in 1955. Till was a 14-year-old Micahel black boy Barone raised in Chicago who, on Columnist a summer trip to his native Mississippi, “wolfwhistled” at a white woman. Two white men abducted and brutally murdered him. They were tried, and the all-white jury acquitted them after deliberating 67 minutes. Months later, the defendants told Look magazine’s William Bradford Huie that they had indeed killed the young man. The Emmett Till case attracted national attention, with heavy media coverage. Rep. Charles Diggs, one of three blacks in Congress, attended the trial. National magazines ran pictures of the grinning defendants. In the process, Northerners were forced to confront the brutality with which white Southerners enforced

the subjection of blacks. This went beyond the laws requiring segregated schools, buses and drinking fountains. Also in place was an unwritten code of behavior, breach of which could result in violent retaliation. This was unknown to most Northerners. As I explain in my forthcoming book, “Shaping Our Nation: How Surges of Migration Transformed America and Its Politics,” there was almost no migration between South and North in the years between the Civil War and World War II. The great genius of the civil rights movement was to make Northerners face the reality -- and the violence -- of the segregation system. The Emmett Till case was one of the first incidents that forced them to do so. It is sometimes said that laws cannot change customs. But the Civil Rights Act of 1964, banning racial discrimination in hiring and public accommodations, did in fact change behavior in the South. It not

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only ended legally enforced segregation but effectively ended the unwritten code of black subjugation. Which is to say that the America of our time -- the America of Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman -- is hugely different from and hugely better than the America of Emmett Till. Our president, twice elected with majorities of the vote, is the product of a mixed-race marriage. Black presence in neighborhoods no longer results in rapid white flight. Yet many Americans have a desperate need to believe nothing has changed. The irony is that those who claim they lead the civil rights movement today have a vested psychological interest in denying its great triumph. (Daily Corinthian columnist Michael Barone, senior political analyst for The Washington Examiner, is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a Fox News Channel contributor and a coauthor of The Almanac of American Politics.)

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Nation Briefs Dying 2-year-old is couple’s best man JEANNETTE, Pa. — Looking dapper in a tiny tan pinstripe suit and orange shirt, a 2-year-old boy with only weeks to live served as the best man Saturday afternoon for his parents’ Pennsylvania wedding. Christine Swidorsky carried Logan Stevenson on her shoulder at the Saturday afternoon wedding in Jeannette, a suburb of Pittsburgh. Logan stood with his grandmother, Debbie Stevenson, during a 12-minute ceremony uniting Logan’s mother and his father, Sean Stevenson. The boy has leukemia and other complications. The Stevensons abandoned an original wedding date of July 2014 after learning from doctors late last month that their son had two to three weeks to live. The couple wanted Logan to see them marry. Logan, who was born Oct. 22, 2010, was diagnosed shortly after his first birthday with acute myeloid leukemia. He has Fanconi anemia, a rare disease that often leads to cancer.

Republicans attack other Republicans WASHINGTON — The barbs are personal, the differences are multiplying among Republicans, a party divided over spending, foreign policy, a willingness to risk a government shutdown in order to defund the health care law and more. “I didn’t start this one and I don’t plan on starting things by criticizing other Republicans,” Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky said recently as he and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie likened one another to various cuts of a butchered pig. No matter who started it, in the past few months, one Republican called others “wacko birds,” another said some of the party’s lawmakers were “stale and moss-covered” and a third suggested one member of the GOP was a tool of the White House. A recent flare-up over defunding the health law prompted Texas Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas to question the political manhood of fellow Republicans unwilling to risk closing down the government over the future of “Obamacare,” as GOP critics call the law they want to repeal. “They’re scared of being beaten up politically,” he said.

Administration halts Apple import ban President Obama’s trade representative on Saturday vetoed a ban on imports of some Apple iPads and older iPhones, dealing a setback to rival South Korean electronics company Samsung. U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman overruled a June decision by the U.S. International Trade Commission, which had banned imports of the iPhone 4 and some variations of the iPad 2. The commission ruled that the Chinese-made Apple devices violated a patent held by Samsung and couldn’t be imported. The ban never went into effect, though, because

Addition of jobs isn’t all good news WASHINGTON — The 162,000 jobs the economy added in July were a disappointment. The quality of the jobs was even worse. A disproportionate number of the added jobs were part-time or low-paying — or both. Part-time work accounted for more than 65 percent of the positions employers added in

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the Obama administration had 60 days to decide if it would uphold the commission. Obama is against import bans on the basis of the type of patent at issue in the Samsung case. The White House has recommended that Congress limit the ITC’s ability to impose import bans in these cases.

July. Low-paying retailers, restaurants and bars supplied more than half July’s job gain. So far this year, lowpaying industries have provided 61 percent of the nation’s job growth, even though these industries represent just 39 percent of overall U.S. jobs, according to Labor Department numbers analyzed by Moody’s Analytics. Mid-paying industries have contributed just 22 percent of this year’s job gain. “The jobs that are being created are not generating much income,” Steven Ricchiuto, chief economist at Mizuho Securities USA, wrote in a note to clients. That’s one reason Americans’ pay hasn’t kept up with even historically low inflation since the Great Recession ended in June 2009. Average hourly pay fell 2 cents in July to $23.98 an hour.

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Ex-Vicksburg mayor’s bribery trial delayed NATCHEZ — A federal judge has postponed a trial for former Vicksburg Mayor Paul Winfield on charges he sought $10,000 in cash in exchange for awarding a city contract. Paul Winfield’s trial was scheduled to start Monday in Natchez. On Friday, however, U.S. District Judge David Bramlette delayed it until Sept. 30 to give prosecutors and defense attorneys more time to negotiate a possible resolution of the case. The Vicksburg Post reports that Winfield was arrested by the FBI earlier this year after he allegedly solicited a bribe from a confidential FBI informant for awarding a debris removal contract. The Democrat served one term as mayor before losing his re-election bid this year. If convicted at trial, Winfield faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Jackson getting funds for dredging PASCAGOULA — Jackson County is getting a multimilliondollar boost from the federal government to help erase the effects of Hurricane Isaac last year. The Sun Herald reports that the county will receive $10 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for dredging silt that Isaac swept into the mouths of bayous

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Tourism workshop slated in Vicksburg VICKSBURG — A tourism workshop planned Aug. 13 in Vicksburg will focus on attracting international tourists to smaller communities. The session is set for 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Lower Mississippi River Museum, 910 Washington St. Cost to attend is $25. The workshop is sponsored by the Miss-Lou Rural Tourism Association and Beacon Consultants. Partners include the Mississippi State University Stennis Institute, MSU Extension Service, Vicksburg Main Street and Mississippi Development Authority. More information on the session can be obtained by calling LSU

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Deaths Bobby Whitley

SELMER, Tenn. — Bobby Whitley, 74, died Saturday at the Regional Medical Center (MED) in Memphis. Arrangements are incomplete and will be handled by Shackelford Funeral Directors of Selmer.

Margaret King

IUKA — Funeral services for Margaret King, 92, are set for 11 a.m. Monday at the Iuka Baptist Church with burial at Oak Grove Cemetery. Mrs. King died Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, at Southern Magnolia Estates in Iuka. She was a longtime and very active member of the Iuka Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband J.B. “Toebuck” King; a grandchild, Luke King; her parents, Clarence and Lillie Scott; and a sister, Doris Willis. Survivors include one son, Lucian King (Renee) of Byhalia; two daughters, Barbara Cooper of Midway, Ga., and Sue Kirby (Jay) of Iuka; one sister, Joann Shankle of Paris, Tenn.; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Bro. Gary Watkins and Bro. Jim Manley will officiate. Visitation is today from 1 to 5 p.m. at Cutshall Funeral Home in Iuka.

Clayton Prince

COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. — Funeral services for Clayton Ozeen Prince, 77, are set for 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 10, at the T. Carl Rutledge Memorial Chapel of Collierville Funeral Home with burial at 10 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 12, at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery in Memphis. Mr. Prince died Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, at the Baptist Trinity Hospice House in Collierville. Born July 23, 1936, he was a retired Chief Master Sargent in the U.S. Air Force with 25 years of service and a retired manager with Sewell Plastics - Constar after 20 years.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Lois Mills Prince. Survivors include a daughter, Teresa Dinine Prince (Steve Baxter) of Eads, Tenn.; two sons, Clayton E. “Binky” Prince (Brenda) of Lamar, and Michael O. Prince (Kim) of Cummings, Ga.; a sister, Jane Mercer of Pocahontas, Tenn.; a brother, L.Z. Prince of Walnut; and three granddaughters. Memorial donations can be made to the Wounded Warrior Project or the Baptist Trinity Hospice House.

Dorothy Smith

Funeral services for Dorothy V. Gooch Smith, 90, are set for 2:30 p.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Directors in Selmer, Tenn., with burial at Falcon Cemetery in Selmer. Mrs. Smith died Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, in Jackson, Tenn. Born Nov. 28, 1922, in McNairy County, she retired from Wurlitzer after 28 years of service and then worked 14 years in the Smith archives room at the courthouse. She was a member of Ramer Cumberland Presbyterian Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edgar Zeb Smith; her parents, Virgil Gillian and Pauline Holmes Gooch; three sisters, Edna Dancer, Lora Pearl Gardner and Lucy May Sims; and three brothers, Elmer, Eber and Vadis Gooch. Survivors include a son, Edgar David Smith (Brenda) of Selmer, Tenn.; one granddaughter, Bridgett DeLynn Smith Andrews (Chip) of Jackson, Tenn.; and two great-grandchildren. Visitation is today from 1 p.m. until service time at Shackelford Funeral Directors in Selmer. In lieu of flowers memorial donations can be made to the American Cancer Society or a charity of choice.

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WASHINGTON — The accomplishments are few, the chaos plentiful in the 113th Congress, a discourteous model of divided government now beginning a five-week break. “Have senators sit down and shut up, OK?” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid blurted out on Thursday as lawmakers milled about noisily at a time Sen. Susan Collins was trying to speak. There was political calculation even in that. Democrats knew the Maine Republican was about rip into her own party’s leadership, and wanted to make sure her indictment could be heard. Across the Capitol, unsteady bookends tell the story of the House’s first seven months in this twoyear term. Internal dissent among Republicans nearly toppled Speaker John Boehner in January. And leadership’s grip is no surer now: A routine spending bill was pulled from the floor this week, two days before the August break, for fear it would fall in a crossfire between opposing GOP factions. There have been accomplishments since Congress convened last winter, although two of the more prominent ones merely avoided a meltdown rather than advancing the public’s preferred agenda.

George E. Coleman Sr. George E. Coleman Sr., 88, of Corinth, passed away at Magnolia Regional Health Center on Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. Born to the late Edward Lee Coleman and Bessie Brawner Coleman of Corinth on July 19, 1925, George was married almost 70 years to Sarah Wallace Coleman. George and Sarah Coleman were owners and operators of the Coleman Funeral Home in Corinth for almost 40 years. George was an Air Force Veteran of World War II and a lifelong member, Sunday school teacher and on the board of trustees of the Church of the Crossroads (formerly First Pentecostal Church)of Corinth. He was a Paul Harris Rotarian, member of the American Legion and VFW, 32nd Degree Mason, past president of the Corinth Area Chamber of Commerce and other civic organizations throughout his life. He enjoyed boating, golf and gardening during his retirement. He was preceded in death by a brother, David Lee Coleman, and a sister, Betty Jo Alexander. Survivors include his wife, Sarah Wallace Coleman; a daughter, Rebecca Coleman Phipps of Corinth; sons George E. Coleman Jr. (Harriette) of Memphis, Dr. Michael Coleman (Becky) of Greenwood, and J. Price (Meridith) of Oxford. George has eight grandchildren, Courtney Elizabeth Coleman of New York City, George Edward (Jennifer) Coleman III of Wilmington, N.C., Sarah Lyle

(Emanuel) Dampoux of Versailles, France, Michael Wallace (Crystal) Coleman Jr. of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., Dr. Lee Walker (Amy) Coleman of Greenwood, John Robert (Jennifer) Coleman of Greenwood, Dr. Sarah Grace Phipps (Dave)Hajjar of Kennesaw, Ga., and Dr. Caroline Coleman (Matt) Massey of Memphis, Tenn. George is also survived by 16 great-grandchildren and very special relatives: a nephew, Calvin (Patricia) Pierce of Corinth; a niece, Beth Coleman (Ben) Brock of Memphis, Tenn.; a nephew, David Lee (Katy) Coleman Jr. of Hartville, Ohio; a niece, Prissy Alexander (Cy) Yates of Flowermound, Texas; Jimmy (Pam) Alexander of Whitesboro, Texas, Beverly Alexander (Skip) Arnold of Boulder, Colo., and a special friend of the family, Leslie West, of Corinth. Pallbearers are Edward Coleman, Wallace Coleman, Lee Coleman, John Robert Coleman, Dave Hajjar, Wallace Pierce, David “Davey” Lee Coleman Jr. and Tucker Brock. Funeral services are set for 3 p.m. today at Church of the Crossroads, 2037 Highway 72, preceded by visitation at 1 p.m. Pastor Nelson Hight will officiate the service. Flowers may be sent to Church of the Crossroads or memorial contributions may be made to the Lighthouse Foundation or the Corinth-Alcorn Animal Shelter. Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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Moss Point debates fate of historic fire station MOSS POINT — When it comes to Moss Point’s historic Central Fire Station, it seems that city officials and historical commission members can’t agree. That disagreement may have turned into a legal challenge that is expected to come before the board of directors of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History at its August meeting. Because of a request by the city’s historical group, a decision on what is to be done with the historic building — demolition or restoration — could be delayed until the public weighs in on the issue. Mayor Billy Broomfield and the Moss Point Board of Aldermen want to demolish the 87-year-old structure. Becky Jolly Wood and the Moss Point Historical Preservation Commission want the 1926 building to become a Mississippi Landmark. MDAH will decide its fate. “They asked for permission to tear it down in the 1970s and it was denied. I’m hoping it will be denied again,” said Wood, vice president of the commission. City officials see the dilapidated building as an eyesore that needs to be removed from its location in front of Moss Point’s new $3.2 million city hall. Broomfield thinks the building does not meets historic criteria because it has been

altered to serve as several different facilities. “The authenticity has been destroyed .... That building sitting in front of a $3 million building doesn’t really look good,” said Broomfield. Aldermen voted 6-1 on July 16 meeting to tear it down and file an intent to demolish with MDAH. “We will demolish the building using the procedure of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History,” he said. Historical commission members see the structure as Moss Point history, a city-owned link between the past and the future that can be restored for public use. Wood said that the interior could be changed but not the exterior if the site is registered.

Philadelphia sets hours for alcohol sales PHILADELPHIA — Alcohol will be sold in on-premises establishments, such as restaurants, from 10 a.m. to midnight, Monday through Sunday in Philadelphia. The Neshoba Democrat reports that the hours were approved recently by the Mississippi Department of Revenue. The board of aldermen adopted in June an ordinance to allow for the sale of wine and liquor in the city. Officials expect the first package liquor stores to open in the fall. Package store hours are regulated by the state.

The ordinance allows the sale of wine and liquor of more than 5 percent alcohol by weight in restaurants and package stores. Philadelphia voters approved liquor sales on June 4.

Saunders’ post-conviction appeal petition rejected JACKSON — The Mississippi Supreme Court declined to hear a post-conviction appeal filed by Herman Saunders, who was convicted of two counts of capital murder in 1997. Thursday’s action let stand a Rankin County judge’s order in 2011 that dismissed Saunders’ petition. An inmate argues in a post-conviction that he has found new evidence — or a possible constitutional issue — that could persuade a court to order a new trial. Saunders had wanted to challenge jury instructions and sufficiency of the evidence. The Appeals Court ruled last year that Saunders had earlier been denied requests by the Supreme Court to file a post-conviction motion in circuit court. The Appeals Court said without such permission, there was nothing for the circuit court to consider. Saunders is serving two life sentences without parole for hiring two men to kill Bennie Brown, a witness to a shooting. Prosecutors said Saunders offered $3,000 each to Carlos Stewart and Danny Porter to kill Brown.

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Law requires cord blood from some teen moms BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press

JACKSON — If a girl younger than 16 gives birth and won’t name the father, a new Mississippi law — likely the first of its kind in the country — says authorities must collect umbilical cord blood and run DNA tests to prove paternity as a step toward prosecuting statutory rape cases. Supporters say the law is intended to chip away at Mississippi’s teen pregnancy rate, which has long been one of the highest in the nation. But critics say that though the procedure is painless, it invades the medical privacy of the mother, father and baby. And questions abound: At roughly $1,000 a pop, who will pay for the DNA tests in the country’s poorest state? Even after test results arrive, can prosecutors compel a potential father to submit his own DNA and possibly implicate himself in a crime? How long will the state keep the DNA on file? Republican Gov. Phil Bryant says the DNA tests could lead to prosecution

of grown men who have sex with underage girls. “It is to stop children from being raped,” said Bryant, who started his career as a deputy sheriff in the 1970s. “One of the things that go on in this state that’s always haunted me when I was a law-enforcement officer is seeing the 14- and 15-year-old girl that is raped by the neighbor next door and down the street.” But Bear Atwood, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi, said it’s an invasion of privacy to collect cord blood without consent of the mother, father and baby. She also said that an underage girl who doesn’t want to reveal the identity of her baby’s father might skip prenatal care: “Will she decide not to have the baby in a hospital where she can have a safe, happy, healthy delivery?” The law took effect July 1 but hasn’t been used yet. Cord blood samples would have to be taken immediately after birth, and the state medical examiner is setting administrative rules for how the

blood will be collected and stored. Megan Comlossy, health policy associate for the National Conference of State Legislatures, said she thinks Mississippi is the first state to enact a law authorizing the collection of blood from the umbilical cord — a painless procedure — to determine paternity. Bryant’s staff says the idea for the law came from public meetings conducted by the governor’s teen pregnancy prevention task force — a group that focuses mostly on promoting abstinence. Statistics put the state’s teen pregnancy rate among the highest in the country. In 2011 — the most recent year for which statistics are available — there were 50.2 live births in Mississippi per 1,000 females ages 15-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The nationwide rate was 31.3. And more than half Mississippi’s 82 counties reported at least one pregnancy by a 10- to 14-year-old girl in 2011, according to an Associated Press analysis of state statistics.

The governor’s staff also said it heard disheartening information from Chancery Judge Janace Harvey Goree, whose district covers four counties in central Mississippi. In an interview with the AP, Goree said she was disturbed to learn that several middle school girls had become pregnant in recent years in Holmes County, where she lives. In the poor, mostly rural county, middle school and high school students are on the same campus in some places. “Most often, it is not middle school boys that are getting the middle school girls pregnant,” Goree said. As a chancery judge, Goree oversees child support cases. “When you’re seeking child support quite often in these situations, they don’t identify the father and so quite often you don’t know until way down the road that the person who is the father is a relative or the boyfriend ... of someone else in the household,” she said. The governor said he worked with Attorney General Jim Hood, a

Democrat, on the cord blood bill. The final version passed the Senate unanimously and the House 98-17. The issue of cost received little debate. The bill’s main sponsor, Republican state Rep. Andy Gipson, said the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that DNA left on objects, such as saliva on a disposable cup, can be tested as evidence in a criminal case. He said he thinks umbilical cord blood fits that description. “We’re not taking blood from the baby,” Gipson said. “We’re not taking blood from the mother. We’re taking blood that is discarded ... literally discarded.” Gipson said he doesn’t believe a man who fathers a child with an underage girl should have a reasonable expectation of privacy. “Most cases would involve a suspect who is pretty well identified,” he said. Democratic state Rep. Adrienne Wooten voted against the bill, saying it will mostly hurt poor women and could lead a prosecution “fishing expedition to find out who the father is.” The attorney general’s

office doesn’t keep statistics on the number of cases that district attorneys pursue in Mississippi under the state’s longstanding statuary rape law, spokeswoman Jan Schaefer said. The new law says it’s reasonable to think a sex crime has been committed against a minor if the baby’s mother won’t identify the father; if she lists him as unknown, older than 21 or deceased; or if the identified father disputes paternity. The law says health care workers and facilities cannot face civil or criminal penalties for collecting cord blood, and failure to collect is a misdemeanor offense. The law doesn’t address whether the mother can refuse blood collection or what would happen to her if she does. Goree said she supports using the law to prosecute older men but is concerned it could be against teenage boys. “It’s a different problem than a 13-year-old impregnated by a 21-yearold or a 30-year-old,” she said. For the bigger age gap, Goree said, “I have no sympathy.”

Doctors view plant as likely culprit of rare muscle disease BY JANET MCCONNAUGHEY Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS — Doctors don’t know why eating crawfish or buffalo fish sometimes causes the rare muscle-destroying illness that recently sickened three members of one Mississippi family. But they believe Haff disease is caused by eating bottom-feeders that have eaten the roots of a wetland plant called water hemlock. The three people who became ill in early July after eating buffalo fish caught in the Yazoo River were Mississippi’s first cases, but Haff disease has been seen at least twice in Louisiana since

2000. And in 1997, seven people diagnosed with the disease in other states turned out to have eaten buffalo fish caught in Louisiana and Missouri. No U.S. case has been fatal. Symptoms — muscle weakness and pain, dry mouth, chest pain, nausea, vomiting, confusion, and dark urine — generally appear within 12 hours of eating buffalo fish or crawfish. The disease is caused by a toxin that destroys skeletal muscle tissue — possibly cicutoxin, which is found in water hemlock, though the connection to Haff disease has never been proved, epidemiologist Mallory Becnel wrote last year in the Louisiana

Mortality and Morbidity Report. As muscle cells break open, their contents pour into the blood. Treatment is mostly large amounts of intravenous fluid to keep the contents of the cells from clogging and destroying the kidneys. Only about 30 cases of Haff disease have been reported in the United States since 1984, the Mississippi State Department of Health said last month, though water hemlock is found throughout North America. “It’s a really common plant in wetlands and other wet places, roadside ditches,” said Gary N. Ervin, head of the plant ecology lab at Mississippi

State University. Because it generally grows in shallow water or moist areas that may flood for part of the year, it might not be readily accessible to some types of fish but would be easy for crawfish to get at, he said. Water hemlock also is called cowbane, beaver poison, muskrat weed or musquash poison. The toxin is found throughout the plant but is especially concentrated in the chambered, tuberous roots, according to the U.S. Forest Service. In the book “Weeds of the Northern U.S. and Canada: A Guide for Identification,” France Royer and Richard Dickinson describe water hemlock as the most toxic

plant in North America. In January 2012, a 62-year-old woman who had eaten buffalo fish went to a hospital because her arms, neck, back and chest were aching and she felt nauseated, Becnel wrote. The chest pain can be mistaken for a heart attack, said Dr. Raoult Ratard, Louisiana’s state epidemiologist. Seven people went to emergency rooms within one week in 2001 with chest pain, shortness of breath, nausea and sweating, according to an earlier article in in the Louisiana Mortality and Morbidity Report. Ratard said the seven were fairly young. “At

first it looked like heart attacks,” he said. But their blood didn’t show high levels of enzymes found in heart muscles and used to diagnose heart attacks. Their blood did have high levels of CPK, an enzyme found in all muscle cells. That indicated the muscle destruction called rhabdomyolysis. All had bought crawfish from the same store in the Zachary area. “By the time we knew about it, some other people had bought crawfish and nothing had happened,” Ratard said. Five of the people were hospitalized. They recovered quickly, without remaining problems, LMMR reported.

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Grandma of eight calls halt to last-minute baby-sitting DEAR ABBY: I’m a 60-year-old grandmother of eight wonderful grandchildren, ranging in age from 2 to 24. My question is about baby-sitting. I believe my children think we owe them baby-sitting duties. I don’t mind baby-sitting once in a while, when I feel like it. But I don’t feel like it when the parents want to go out and party, or they tell me at the last minute, “little Susie needs some Grandma time,” or they want to go to the gym because they don’t want to give up the freedom they had before their children came along. What are your thoughts on boundaries for this generation of parents-who-want-it-all at the expense of my generation who, back in the day, if a neighbor kid couldn’t baby-sit, we just stayed home? I know I should have set some rules at the beginning, but I’m starting to feel resentful of their expectations. -- WANTS SOME FREEDOM, TOO, IN MINNESOTA DEAR WANTS SOME FREEDOM, TOO: There is truth to the saying that “good fences make good neighbors,” and the philosophy applies to many circumstances. Setting clear boundaries makes for healthier relationships. Keep in mind that many grandparents would love to have your “problem.” But as you stated, your problem was in not setting ground rules from the beginning. Because you feel resentful,

it’s time to have a frank talk with your children and say that as much as the grandkids may “need” Abigail G r a n d m a GrandVan Buren time, ma also needs GrandDear Abby ma time. And when you do, be firm -- because unless you stand your ground, nothing will change. DEAR ABBY: I’m 62 years old and a widower. My wife passed away in July 2011. It has taken me a while to get over losing her. I realize how much she did for me as I have been learning how to be a house husband without a wife. My wife told me this was the first house she lived in that had a dishwasher. She was so proud of it! I could never understand why she would wash the dishes before putting them into the dishwasher. Now I have to do it myself, I understand why. My question is, is there a detergent that will actually clean the dishes? Also, do you have any cute readers who would like to teach an old man how to clean house? -- FENDING FOR MYSELF DEAR FENDING: I’m sorry I can’t print your name or location because if I did, you might

be crushed in the stampede. If you and your late wife were married 20 or 30 years and the dishwasher was already installed in the house when you moved in, it is now practically an antique. Because you have tried several brands of detergent and your dishes aren’t getting clean, you probably need a new dishwasher. (And I do not mean a cute, young one.) DEAR ABBY: I am not happy. No matter what I do, I am filled with emptiness and loneliness every minute of every single day. Being near friends and family lifts my spirits, but only for a little while. Then I am reminded once more of my loneliness and emptiness. I feel like I am being consumed by misery, and I don’t want to feel like this anymore. Please tell me what to do. -- SEARCHING FOR HAPPINESS DEAR SEARCHING FOR HAPPINESS: The feelings you describe can be symptoms of chronic depression, which is a treatable illness. That’s why I’m urging you to discuss them with a physician. A combination of medication and talk therapy can help you feel better again, so don’t put it off. (Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.)

Horoscopes ARIES (March 21-April 19). You have an original and creative mind, as evidenced by the choices you make today. A small thing like the color you wear or your choice of words will be the cause of interest and attraction. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Social interaction is never only what it seems to be on the surface. Attuned to the undercurrents, you will learn something that will amuse you for weeks to come. There is power in this knowledge. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You have your reasons for wanting things to stay the same around the home. But you’ll also be very adaptable when things change, as they will tomorrow. Take a few pics to document this time. CANCER (June 22-July 22). You experience what it means to be a part of a collective. You’ll speak in terms of “we” and “us,” put the group mindset at the forefront of your thoughts, and

act in accordance with what the group needs. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You don’t require that everyone think like you. You respect the way people stand by their opinions and appreciate enthusiasm for things that don’t inspire the same zeal in you. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ll be a bit distracted in a good way. Your high level of interest in a subject fuels productivity. When you take part in activities that feed your soul, you are less hungry for actual food. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The kindness you show and the way you interact with people will make a difference. The day will be better because of you. Later, when people want to show their gratitude, let them. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Roll with the changes and stay positive -- you have every reason to be! A minor loss will turn out to be a major gain, and you will

be free to find a better match. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You’re on the right path, and the rightness of it is what gives you power. People will get out of your way. You have the strength, fire and mystical presence of a benevolent dragon. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You have a skill that you can easily apply in a different arena today, and you will be lucky when you do. You will uplift others and feel better yourself for making the effort. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Those who want to repay you for your past kindnesses may give more than they can afford. You’ll accept all gifts graciously, especially the unexpected ones. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Whether to expect things or not to expect them depends on the day really. On a day like this, it’s better not to have any expectations, opting instead to let life surprise and delight you.

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