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Nurse Aldermen reject rezoning request charged

BY JEBB JOHNSTON

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A former nurse has been charged with prescription fraud for allegedly illegally obtaining prescriptions from her employer.

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The Corinth Board of Aldermen on Wednesday rejected a zoning change that would have allowed apartments to be developed in an area on Sawyer Road.

Responding to opposition by area residents, aldermen voted 6-0 to deny the request for the zoning change on the Bonds property. Many concerned residents filled the board room to

find out what action would be taken.

Only one addressed the board: Dee Dee Brown, who said there are already enough apartments on Sawyer Road.

The zone would have changed from I-2 industrial to R-3 multifamily residential. It has been noted that the current zoning could allow an industrial enterprise to spring up in the neighborhood.

In other business:

■ The board gave a continuance to Jan. 15 on the cleanup of an apartment complex at North Polk Street and Little Zion Road.

■ Aldermen appointed William Dilworth to the Corinth Housing Authority Board of Directors to replace the late James Boyd.

■ The board received notice of intent to apply for tax exemption through the Corinth Opportunity Redevelopment

District at the eye clinic to be located in the building undergoing renovation at Childs and Fillmore.

With a $50,000 investment, the investor can get a threeyear city ad valorem tax exemption. The exemption increases to five years for a $100,000 investment and seven years for a $150,000 investment.

The eligible area generally encompasses the central business district.

Hurley returns home to Sportsplex

BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

Havis Hurley wasn’t looking for another job.

He had two that kept him busy.

The former executive director of the Corinth Sportsplex couldn’t pass up the chance to help bring back a place he played a big part in building.

Hurley has been hired part time by the Sportsplex board as the program director.

The facility is in a transition after going through financial issues for some time.

“I believe we can do it,” said Hurley about getting the Sportsplex back to what it was when he was executive direc-

tor from 1987-2006. “I realize it will take a while, but we are going to put the old rules back in play.”

Hurley, who drives a bus for the Corinth School District and also works at Gunn Drug Company, is already looking at starting youth and adult leagues.

“We have to let kids play and not sit on the bench,” he said. “Families also need something to do while their kids are here.”

Around five teams have signed up for a co-ed volleyball league.

“That’s a start,” said Hurley.

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Staff photo by Steve Beavers

Volunteer executive director Shane Casabella repairs a mat in the gym.

Sportsplex seeks to rebound

BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

Another shot.

It’s all the Corinth Sportsplex is asking the community.

Under new direction, the longtime facility is bidding to overcome financial issues and get back to the times the youthgeared facility was thriving.

“The Sportsplex is vital to the continued growth of young people in Alcorn County and surrounding areas,” said volunteer executive director

Shane Casabella. “It is deeply rooted in the community, and all our efforts should be centered around saving the facility.”

Casabella, North Corinth Christian Academy administrator, was approached about the school purchasing the facility in October.

“The staff and families of NCCA decided the Sportsplex was worth fighting for and they along with students have been heavily involved in the tran-

sition,” said Casabella. “The Sportsplex is still the Sportsplex, just with more organization and consistency.”

A new seven-person board has been put in place. Clint McClamroch is the chairman of the board that also consists of vice chairman Chris Porterfield, Gregg Parker, Brian Mitchell, Jacky Feazell, Joey Riggon and Eddie Rowsey.

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Havis Hurley has been hired to boost programs at the Corinth Sportsplex.

Budget key focus of new legislative session

BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com

When Mississippi’s legislators convene on Jan. 12, fourth district Sen. Rita Potts Parks will face a range of issues with far-reaching implication for the future — the most pressing of which is the state budget.

“As I enter my second year in the state Senate, I, along with my colleagues, are preparing to debate tough financial issues in every facet of our government,” Parks said. “These areas include ways and resources to fill

a $30 million deficit within the Department of Corrections and to develop a means to further reduce the amount spent on incarceration.”

Parks Funding the state’s prison system is one of the state’s top three budget items, along with Medicaid and edu-

cation.

Education is also high on the list of legislators’ priorities.

Parks said that because the education of children is critical to the state’s success, legislators will maximize education funding so achievement goals may be realized.

Toward that goal, she anticipates a debate over charter school legislation.

“I hope you will agree with me when I state that opportunities for the advancement of our children are not to be missed,”

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said Parks. “These alternative initiatives may be creative and innovative. Mississippi ranks 48th in education, and we simply must explore all options in the spirit of progress, competition and passion for the wellbeing of our children.”

The Senate will also debate the pros and cons of the Affordable Care Act — popularly known as “Obamacare” — to determine what benefits, if any, are provided to Missis-

Arena moves forward with basketball tournament

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The Crossroads Arena is ready for some more basketball.

Board members were updated on plans for a two-day

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a familiar face to the Sportsplex with the hiring of former longtime director Havis Hurley as program director. Hurley, a part-time employee, is in charge of getting the programs at the facility back and running.

“I told them I would try to help anyway possible,” said Hurley.

“Everyone equates this place with Havis,” said Casabella. “His life is tied to the Sportsplex.”

According to Casabella, NCCA began efforts to keep the Sportsplex, which received its charter as the Corinth YMCA in 1946, with a monetary investment and plenty of volunteer labor.

“The first step was cleaning it up because it was a mess,” said the volunteer director.

Casabella also said the Sportsplex had become a place where people would come in and use

the facility without paying anything.

“Members were tired of the open-door access that allowed others to just walk in,” he said.

A major cleanup project was the draining of the pool along with a leak by the pool area.

“The Sportsplex is safe and will continue to run as a local youth organization with added staff and oversight,” said Casabella. “NCCA counts it a privilege to be a small part in the revitalization process and eagerly anticipates once again seeing the Sportsplex being the place where lifelong memories are made.”

“This was all just a dream at one time,” said Susan Hutchins, Sportsplex secretary.

Hutchins began working at the Corinth YMCA in 1966 when it was located on Washington Street.

“I remember there were times when it was tough

making ends meet here in the ’60s,” she said. “It got done then, and it can be done today.”

Some of the changes planned call for the moving of the indoor baseball facility from the old gym to the old martial arts area.

“We are getting the old gym set back up to use again for youth basketball and for volleyball,” added Casabella.

Classes for Zumba, Yoga, Pilates and Body Pump are still available as well as the fitness area.

“One of the best weight rooms around is right here,” said Hurley.

There is also plans for a resource center for autistic and special-needs children.

Casabella knows it will take time to get the Sportsplex back to where it was at one time.

“There is no easy fix,” said Casabella. “But I am confident this is going to work.”

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“We are going to bring our leagues back, and that’s where Havis comes in,” said volunteer director Shane Casabella. “Everyone equates this place with him.”

The old gym is scheduled to be transformed back to a place for youth

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basketball event that will benefit the Lighthouse Foundation during a Friday meeting.

“We have presented a proposal, and I believe they will be receptive to it,” said board chairman Dr. Hardwick Kay. The board was approached by Lighthouse spokesman Vince Overholt and executive director Gary Caveness during a December meeting about hosting a national high school basketball event.

“There are some things to work out, and their board is going to meet and discuss the proposal,” said Kay. Each board member is excited about the chance to bring the event to the facility.

“I would like to have another one for our-

we want them to try us again.”

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fraudulently obtaining a controlled substance from Magnolia Regional Health Center where she was em-

ployed as a licensed practical nurse at the time of the crime. The arrest was announced in a statement

up from the 703 sold last year.

“Everything went well the first night,” said tournament director Jimmy Whitaker.

In other business, the board: ■ Agreed to let the Corinth-Alcorn Animal Shelter sell calendars during the county tournament.

“This is good PR for us and they need the money,” said Summers.

■ Voted to pay all bills through Jan. 11.

■ Members were updated on the upcoming farm show.

“People are starting to call about consignments, and that is a good thing,” said operations manager Greg Moss. The show will be Jan. 17-19.

The next meeting of the board will take place Jan. 16 at 10 a.m.

the state’s colleges and universities.

“Can we afford to continue the practice of increasing the debt by means of bond legislation to pay for recurring repairs?” Parks asked.

“A budget item proposal of $20 million dedicated to the cash payment for bridge repair is a reasonable option instead of expanding the debt.

Parks said she is eager

to listen to the opinions and views of her constituents about financial management, fiscal responsibility and realistic development opportunities for Mississippi.

“By working together we can help District 4 and the rest of Mississippi to grow and prosper,” she said.

(Email Sen. Parks at rparks@senate. ms.gov.)

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basketball and volleyball.

The gym was being used as an indoor baseball facility.

The part-time program director is also looking at a basketball league and flag football for adults.

“All we are asking for is another shot,” said Hurley. “Families have tried us in the past, and

selves, so we need to do everything we can to make it a success,” said vice chairman Alva Dalton.

“This is something that could grow,” added Jane Clark Summers.

The dates of Nov. 2930 have been set for the two days of hoop play.

The Crossroads Arena has been home to the Alcorn County Basketball Tournament since 2005. Arena officials purchased a permanent floor in 2006 after renting a floor and goals the first two years. The lone basketball events held at the facility have been the ACT and a visit by the Harlem Globetrotters.

The 2013 ACT kicked off on Thursday night.

“We sold 793 tickets the first night,” said staff member Cindy Davis.

First-night sales are

sippians. Another task is to consider a pathway dedicated to support Medicaid.

Another tough financial discussion will center on the passage of a bond bill. This bill would provide revenue for county projects such as bridge repair in rural areas or possible infrastructure upgrades at

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of Walnut, was arrested Thursday and charged with

issued by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood.

Williams faces up to five years in prison if convicted.

The investigation is led by the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and investigator Joe

Sanderson and will be prosecuted by Special Assistant Attorney General Myrick Jackson.

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Deaths Floyd Harville

GLEN — Funeral services for Floyd Waldo Harville, 82, are set for 11 a.m. Monday at Strickland Church of Christ with burial at New Hope Church of Christ Cemetery with military honors.

Mr. Harville died Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013.

Born Dec. 20, 1930, he retired from Wonder Bread Bakery with over 30 years of service. He was a U.S. Marine veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was a member of New Hope Church of Christ.

He was preceded by his wife of 52 years, Nelda Jean Harville; his parents, Allen and Maude Peterson Harville; a brother, Troy Harville; and his sisters, Edith Sims, Grace Wiginton, Sarah Yates

and Gladys Woodruff.

Survivors include a son, Michael Harville (Marilyn) of Owensboro, Ky.; a daughter, Sheila Stamper (Glenn) of Glen; seven grandchildren, Angel Wiginton (Jason), Jasmin Taylor (Sam), Josh Harville (Chessica), Nancy Beard (Randy), Ryan Keenum (Amanda), Ross Keenum and Nicholas Cliver; 10 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Deloris Cubero of Glen.

Minister Brad Dillingham, Minister Roy Cox and Michael Harville will officiate.

Visitation is today from 5 until 8 p.m. at Magnolia Funeral Home. The body will lie in state on Monday from 10 a.m. until service time at Strickland Church of Christ.

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Firefighters graduate

Firefighters Shane M. Serio and Michael S. McCandless of the Corinth Fire Department graduated Dec. 6 from the National Fire Protection Association 1001 Firefighter course at the Mississippi State Fire Academy in Jackson. This intense six-week course included classroom and practical instruction in fire behavior, fire suppression, rescue, incident command, hazardous materials and other fire-related topics. This course meets and exceeds the National Fire Protection Association for Firefighter Qualifications and the uniform minimum training standards stated in the Mississippi Code section 83-1-37. The Mississippi State Fire Academy is an extension of the Mississippi Insurance Department. Commissioner Mike Chaney and Academy Executive Director Reggie Bell conclude that firefighters, through their newly acquired skills and knowledge, will be an asset to the fire departments they represent in implementing fire protection for their community.

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Quilters help community

The Tishomingo County Needle Chasers Quilt Guild select projects each year to benefit the community.

One of the major endeavors in the past year was to make baby and child-sized quilts for the Sheriff’s Department deputies to carry in their vehicles. These are to be presented to children the deputies encounter who are experiencing a traumatic event. The Needle Chasers invited Sheriff Glen Whitlock to their recent Christmas party and presented the department with 33 quilts. Some of the quilt bags contained small stuffed animals. At this same meeting the Needle Chasers members collected cash for the Helpful Samaritan Food Pantry in lieu of exchanging gifts. The Guild voted to match up to $275 collected from the club treasury. During the year members also made “walker” bags, which members took to various nursing homes in the area. Rita Casey, community project chairwoman, recently presented the quilts to Tishomingo County Sheriff Glen Whitlock (right).

Girl Scout Cookie sales kick off Pet of the Week

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The Daily Corinthian Pet of the Week is a female mixed breed dog named Waggs. Waggs is close to 1-year old. She has a beautiful red/brown coat with white nose, chest, feet and a white tip on her curved tail. Waggs is a lightweight dog and will not be very large. She has a great personality. For information concerning pets for adoption contact the Corinth Alcorn Animal Shelter at 662-284-5800.

The Girl Scouts Heart of the South Council is gearing up to kick off pre-order cookie sales.

Girl Scouts will began taking orders this Saturday through Jan. 28. Cookies will arrive between Feb. 16 and Feb. 21. Booth sales will begin Feb. 22 and run through March 17.

Girl Scouts Heart of the South includes Girl Scout troops throughout Northeast Mississippi and the

surrounding region.

This year, Girl Scouts of the USA is celebrating the release of a new cookie box design. Feb. 8 has been designated National Girl Scout Cookie Day. The goal of this day will be to raise awareness of the five skills that Girl Scouts gain through the cookie program: goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills and business ethics.

Jenny Jones, GSHS director of marketing and communications, said: “The Girl Scout Cookie Program supports girls in their development of leadership skills and so much more. We want to thank everyone for supporting the girls as they begin this year’s program. Every time you support girls through the Girl Scout Cookie Program, you are increasing girls’ abilities to make the

world a better place in your own community.”

The Girl Scouts will again be offering the “Savannah Smiles” cookie, which debuted in 2012 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of GSUSA. Other cookie offerings include the traditional varieties: Thin Mints, Samoas, Do-Si-Dos, Tagalongs, Trefoils, Dulce de Leche and Thank You Berry Munch.

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Franks leaves behind legacy of volunteerism It’s hard to believe Joe Franks is now gone.

But what a legacy this 53-year-old community-minded spirit leaves behind. Franks, who died New Year’s Eve after a battle with cancer, treated everyone as his best friend.

Those who knew the Office Pro coowner remember him being a man of faith who showed kindness to all with whom he came in contact.

“Our community and our world have been made better because Joe Franks lived,” said his Office Pro business partner John D. Mercier last week. “Our lives will be a little less now that he’s gone home.”

So true, John D., so true. In a recent newspaper story, many community members spoke kind works about the civic work of Franks and how he treated other people. Descriptions includes such words as kind, pleasant, positive, communityminded, friend, loved, knowledgeable, contributor, real asset, amazing and volunteer.

Born June 5, 1959, Franks was a 1977 graduate of Corinth High School and an electrician for IBEW Local 852. Known for his volunteerism, he served on many boards, including Main Street Corinth, serving on the board and lining up the entertainment for the Slugburger Festival and Hog Wild barbecue cooking competition. He recently received the Jim Bynum Award for outstanding service to Main Street Corinth. He was also recently appointed to the Crossroads Arena board and was an active member of the Corinth Kiwanis Club, where he was named Kiwanian of the Year and Leon Frazier Fellow.

“He was a man who had hundreds of best friends because all of his friends were his best friends,” Mercier told the newspaper. “Joe set an example with his entire life as to how we should live and treat our fellow man.”

Joe leaves behind his wife, Sharon Patrick Franks; a daughter, Erin Grier Moss and her husband, Jeremy; a son, Zack Grier and Krystal and Audrey; and grandchildren Brynn and Presley Moss; and a ton of friends.

A dark cloud will hover over Hog Wild this fall, our first without Joe’s smiling face, helpful attitude and competitive spirit.

But Joe would be the first to tell us to move on and do the best we can.

And so we will in his memory.

Thanks, Joe, for all the great memories. We’ll leave a slab of bologna on the grill in your honor, knowing your spirit will forever be with us. As the smoke from the coals billow toward the skies, we know you are smiling down upon us in the place you so loved and called home in Corinth.

May you rest in peace, our dear friend.

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Prayer for today God, your word instructs us to be ready to give an answer for the faith that is within us.

When that time comes, Lord, make us bold to proclaim that your love surpasses human knowledge. Let our answer be actions that mirror your love. Amen.

A verse to share We . . . are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory.

— 2 Corinthians 3:18 (NIV)

Worth quoting You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Clarksdale mayoral race offers unique choices STARKVILLE – With municipal elections looming across the state in 2013, few upcoming mayoral races offers more intriguing choices than does the race for mayor of Clarksdale.

The race will pit the son of the current mayor against one of the city’s best-known entrepreneurs.

State Rep. Chuck Espy, D-Clarksdale, is the scion of one of Mississippi’s most influential black political families. He will face fellow Democrat Bill Luckett, a Clarksdale attorney, businessman and entrepreneur who lost a 2011 bid for the Democratic nomination for governor with Chuck Espy’s support.

Espy’s father, Henry Espy, is the longtime mayor of Clarksdale who is stepping down at the end of his current term. Second District U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Bolton, defeated Henry Espy in the 1993 special congressional election that first sent him to Congress as successor to Chuck Espy’s uncle, Mike Espy, who in 1987 became the first African-American to be elected to Congress

from Mississippi since Reconstruction.

President Bill Clinton appointed Mike Espy as Sid Salter the nation’s black Columnist first secretary of agriculture in 1993.

Clarksdale, with some 17,800 citizens, is a city of stark contrasts like much of the state’s Delta region.

There are pockets of extreme wealth that are notable exceptions to the pervasive overlay of decay from the city’s glory days when cotton was king.

Luckett and Espy have both been part of the successes that Clarksdale has seen in revitalization, but much work remains. The city features a rather vibrant nightlife, with some of the South’s most iconic blues clubs and a handful of unique and interesting restaurants. The annual Sunflower River Blues Festival attracts visitors from around the globe.

But the city faces urban blight and decay that notable downtown restora-

tion and reclamation efforts can’t disguise. Crime is also an issue. And the sorry state of the city’s educational system has made Clarksdale and Coahoma County part of the veritable political poster for the state’s charter school movement.

To that end, Luckett points across the Mississippi River to Helena, Ark., to the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) Delta Public Schools. It is one of the nation’s growing numbers of highly successful publicfunded charter schools.

The KIPP Delta Public Schools are performing significantly better. The KIPP School Class of 2010, the school’s first graduating class, saw 100 percent of its students graduate and 100 percent win acceptance to colleges like Vanderbilt University and the U.S. Naval Academy.

The demographics of the KIPP school mirrors those in Coahoma County. Over 95 percent of the KIPP students are African-American, over 90 percent qualify for free or reduced school meals under federal guidelines and the majority of

students come from singleparent homes.

Likewise Chuck Espy has said it’s time that children in the Delta -- the state’s poorest region -- have some of the same educational options available to children in more affluent areas of the state.

Republicans in the state have long argued on behalf of charter schools. Earlier this year, Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves led a legislative delegation to tour the KIPP School as part of his preparation for the 2012 legislative session.

Will an 80 percent black majority city elect a white mayor in order to give someone not named Espy a chance to change the city’s fortunes or will the Espy machine continue to operate with the precision that it has in Clarksdale for decades?

Few mayoral primaries statewide will draw the attention that this race will generate.

(Daily Corinthian and syndicated columnist Sid Salter can be contacted at 601-507-8004 or sidsalter@sidsalter.com.)

Ship of fools on the Hill divorced from reality

BY ROGER SIMON We used to have a ship of state, and now we have a ship of fools.

To call what happened on Capitol Hill over the last few days Kabuki is to insult Kabuki. What actually happened was more like ancient farce, when actors used to come out and hit each other over the head with socks full of cow pies.

Contrary to what you have heard, we did not face up to a financial or economic or budgetary crisis. All Congress and the White House did was slog through another political crisis.

And the way they did it was comical: a 2 a.m. vote in the Senate followed by an 11 p.m. vote in the House. This is drive-by government.

That the White House was going to win was never in doubt. Barack Obama won re-election in November by a margin of nearly 5 million votes. According to CBS News, his approval rating is at 57 percent.

The members of Congress, on the other hand, are close to being put in stocks and pelted with vegetables. According to CBS, congressional job approval is at 11 percent. Any lower than that, and Congress might as well move to Canada and try there.

One of the reasons our politicians are held in such low regard is that what they do is so divorced from reality.

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of the last election? What did both sides promise the American people? As I recall, it was jobs, jobs and more jobs. But what did the recent fiscal cliff law do about creating more jobs? Nothing.

Some politicians like nothing. Nothing is why they went to Washington. They want to shrink government, in the famous words of Grover Norquist, “down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub.”

Why? Because, as Mitt Romney said in the last campaign, 47 percent of voters “believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it.”

(If you haven’t heard much from Romney since the election, it’s probably because he has been down in the Cayman Islands visiting his money.)

In this view, the government spends far too much on “entitlements” like Medicare.

Medicare costs are strangling America, we hear, and according to the Congressional Budget Office, spending for Medicare in 2012 was a very hefty $555 billion.

But Medicare recipients are not exactly rolling in dough. In 2006, the last study my ace research team (Wikipedia) could find, the “average household income of Medicare enrollees was $22,600, compared with a U.S. median income of

$48,201.”

Yet these people are viewed as greedheads sucking up precious dollars that could better be spent on ... defense contractors!

The defense budget for 2012 was more than $600 billion, which is nearly twice as much as the rest of the planet combined. We outspend China, the next biggest military power in the world, by about 6 to 1.

Maybe this wild spending would not be so bad if it bought us quick and easy victories over ill-armed opponents. But it doesn’t. We have poured more than a trillion dollars into the war in Afghanistan over the last 11 years — to say nothing of more than 2,000 precious U.S. lives lost — and we are still fighting there.

Some say this is good for the U.S. economy because it means we have to buy more and more bullets and bombs and drones, but personally I’d rather buy more liver transplants for the 47 percent.

Yet nobody in Washington is talking about serious cuts to the defense budget. On the contrary, they are talking about ways to avoid making serious cuts to the defense budget.

In the meantime, the government borrows more and more money, which means it keeps bumping up against the debt ceiling. The debt ceiling was invented as a way to keep Congress from spending too much, but it

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doesn’t work.

So we keep raising the debt ceiling. We raised it 18 times under Ronald Reagan, four times under Bill Clinton, seven times under George W. Bush and three times, as of August 2011, under Barack Obama.

As Obama points out, the debt ceiling does not allow Congress to spend more money. It merely allows the government to pay the bills Congress has already racked up.

In just a few weeks, we will face another crisis over the debt ceiling. It shouldn’t be a crisis, but politics will make it a crisis.

It’s a broken system. It’s why Americans hate politics.

Late on Jan. 1, President Obama briefly addressed the nation from a nearly empty White House briefing room.

“The one thing that I think, hopefully, in the new year we’ll focus on is seeing if we can put a package like this together with a little bit less drama, a little less brinksmanship, not scare the heck out of folks quite as much,” he said.

A little bit less drama?

Drama is what government is about these days. Drama is the only thing our elected leaders seem good at.

So you bring the socks. I’ll bring the cow pies.

(Daily Corinthian columnist Roger Simon is chief political columnist of politico. com, an award-winning journalist and a New York Times best selling author.)

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Chaney says Bryant hands control to feds Lawmakers to decide

BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press

JACKSON — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is handing control of a state health insurance exchange over to the federal government by trying to block creation of a staterun exchange, Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney told the governor in a letter Friday.

The Associated Press obtained a copy of the letter just before state offices closed Friday. In it, Chaney tells Bryant, a fellow Republican, that the federal government will run an exchange in Mississippi if the state does not create its own.

“Phil, there is simply no legitimate reason to impede the development

of a state-based exchange in this point in time,” Chaney wrote.

Exchanges are online marketplaces where people can shop for insurance. Under the federal health law that President Barack Obama signed in 2010, every state is required to have an exchange so people can get coverage starting in January 2014, much of it federally subsidized. States that don't create their own will have one run by Washington.

Bryant's spokesman, Mick Bullock, responded Friday that the governor received Chaney's letter and stands by his own earlier position. Bryant told U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that the

insurance commissioner lacks the legal authority to create an exchange on behalf of the state. Bryant said only the governor has that power. Exchanges must be approved by Washington.

“Further, Gov. Bryant has consistently stated his opposition to furthering the implementation of ObamaCare in Mississippi, and he believes that establishing a health insurance exchange as defined by the Affordable Care Act will do just that,” Bullock said in a statement to AP. The rift over the health exchange is a rare public dispute between members of the Republican Party, which controls most statewide offices.

Chaney's office has been working on an exchange

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for months, and he has been sharply criticized by tea party conservatives who believe he is promoting big government.

Chaney disagrees with their criticism, saying exchanges are inevitable and it's in the state's best interest to have as much control as possible. He submitted a proposal to Washington in mid-November. On Thursday, the Department of Health and Human Services said it had approved exchange proposals for Washington, D.C., and 17 states, four of which have Republican governors. HHS officials said they did not act on Mississippi's request because of the split between Bryant and Chaney over who has authority to create or oversee a plan.

on borrowing in 2013

BY JEFF AMY Associated Press

JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers didn't approve any new bond debt in 2012, but they're expected to consider at least a modest package during 2013. How modest may be up to Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, whose attempt to cut borrowing last year was a key element in the decision to authorize no new debt.

State borrowing can finance a number of needs in Mississippi, including new construction and building renovation for community colleges, universities and state agencies, as well as money to aid new businesses, build new bridges on county

roads and buy fire trucks.

“If we go another year without a significant bond issue, we're in trouble,” Higher Education Commissioner Hank Bounds said in August.

Reeves, a Republican, wants the Legislature to pay for some of those needs each year using cash instead of credit. He's also aiming to trim the ability of the Mississippi Development Authority to borrow without legislative approval.

“What I hope is that we will be able to come to an agreement within the Legislature on a reasonable, rational bond package that focuses on long-term capital needs,” Reeves said.

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Strong earthquake shakes Alaska JUNEAU, Alaska — A powerful earthquake sparked a tsunami warning for hundreds of miles of Alaskan and Canadian coastline, but the alert was canceled when no damaging waves were generated.

The magnitude 7.5 quake and tsunami warning that followed caused concern in some coastal communities, with alarms sounding and people rushing to higher ground for safety.

But the Alaska Tsunami Warning Center later said the waves were too small to pose a threat, reaching just six inches above normal sea level in places such as Sitka and Port Alexander.

“Initially, in the first 15 to 20 minutes, there might have been a bit of panic,” Sitka Police Chief Sheldon Schmitt told The Associated Press in a phone interview. But he said things calmed down as the town waited for the all clear.

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PST Saturday) and was centered about 60 miles west of Craig, Alaska, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

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Obama urges action on debt ceiling HONOLULU — President Barack Obama is hailing a last-minute deal that avoids the so-called fiscal cliff but says it’s just one step in a broader effort to boost the economy and shrink federal deficits.

Obama said in his radio and Internet address Saturday that the new law — approved by Congress on New Year’s Day and signed Thursday — raises taxes on the wealthiest Americans while preventing a middle-class tax hike that could have thrown the economy back into recession.

With the “fiscal cliff” crisis barely over, Obama faces new battles in Congress over raising the country’s $16.4 trillion borrowing limit, as well as more than $100 billion in automatic spending cuts for the military and domestic programs which were delayed by two months under the compromise.

Lawmakers promise to replace those acrossthe-board cuts with more targeted steps that could take longer to implement.

Obama — speaking from Hawaii, where he is on vacation with his family — said he is willing to consider more spending cuts and tax increases

to reduce the deficit.

But he said he “will not compromise” over his insistence that Congress lift the federal debt ceiling. The nation’s credit rating was downgraded the last time lawmakers threatened inaction on the debt ceiling, in 2011.

“Our families and our businesses cannot afford that dangerous game again,” Obama said.

If elected officials from both parties “focus on the interests of our country above the interests of party, I’m convinced we can cut spending and raise revenue in a manner that reduces our deficit and protects the middle class,” Obama said.

In the Republican address, Rep. Dave Camp of Michigan said that as attention again turns to the debt limit, “we must identify responsible ways to tackle Washington’s wasteful spending.”

Pilot fails alcohol test, suspended MINNEAPOLIS — An American Eagle pilot was suspended after failing a blood-alcohol test as he prepared to fly on Friday from Minneapolis to New York City, authorities said.

Police at MinneapolisSt. Paul International Airport said officers and a Transportation Security Administration agent smelled alcohol as they passed the pilot waiting to get on an elevator.

The pilot was conducting preflight checks at about 6 a.m. when police boarded the aircraft, airport spokesman Patrick Hogan said.

Officers made him take a breath test and arrested him on suspicion of being under the influence of alcohol, Hogan said. Passengers had not yet boarded the flight to New York’s LaGuardia Airport, he said.

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2.23 +.12 +5.7 +5.2 .04 7.59 +.66 +9.5 +6.5 ... 11.95 +.16 +1.4 +.7 3.10 146.37 +6.34 +4.5 +2.8 ... 42.19 +2.69 +6.8 +2.0 1.56 158.80 +7.76 +5.1 +3.2 .05 3.10 +.21 +7.3 +7.3 1.96 44.16 +1.83 +4.3 +3.2 ...

5.92 +.32 +5.7 +4.4 .26 17.05 +.87 +5.4 +4.0 ...

4.78 +.23 +5.1 +3.9 ...

4.92 +.42 +9.3 +6.5 .60 53.46 +2.65 +5.2 +3.8 .99 45.28 +1.40 +3.2 +1.7 1.59 69.06 +1.45 +2.1 +1.2 .88 34.94 +1.03 +3.0 +2.2 .16 4.76 +.03 +0.6 +1.3 .68 29.39 +1.81 +6.6 +5.6 .17 7.11 +.42 +6.3 +4.3 ...

2.63 +.30 +12.9 +11.4

AGRICULTURE FUTURES WkHigh WkLow Settle WkChg CORN 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel Mar 13 May 13 Jul 13 Sep 13 Dec 13 Mar 14 May 14

707.25 709 705.75 627.25 605 614 621

679.50 680.25 674.25 593.50 571 582 589.25

680.25 680.75 674.75 594.50 571.75 582 589.25

WkHigh WkLow Settle WkChg CATTLE 40,000 lbs.- cents per lb.

-13.75 -16 -20 -26.75 -28 -27.50 -27.25

Feb 13 Apr 13 Jun 13 Aug 13 Oct 13 Dec 13 Feb 14

134.32 137.75 132.65 132.32 135.70 136.60 137.00

131.95 135.85 130.60 130.10 133.80 135.55 136.20

SOYBEANS 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel

HOGS-Lean 40,000 lbs.- cents per lb.

Jan 13 Mar 13 May 13 Jul 13 Aug 13 Sep 13 Nov 13

Feb 13 Apr 13 May 13 Jun 13 Jul 13 Aug 13 Oct 13

1444.25 1378 1389 -35 1435 1356 1367.25 -50.75 1423 1348 1358.50 -51 1418 1345 1355 -52.25 1392.50 1329.75 1337 -47.25 1353.75 1294.50 1304.50 -40 1321 1264.50 1277 -33.25

WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel Mar 13 May 13 Jul 13 Sep 13 Dec 13 Mar 14 May 14

788 797 802.75 815 828.75 835 831

739.75 749 755.75 768.50 780.50 792.50 795

747.25 756.75 763.25 774.75 787.50 798.25 797.75

87.42 90.95 97.27 99.45 99.20 98.20 87.50

84.85 88.50 95.55 97.80 97.35 96.27 85.70

132.95 136.77 131.92 131.75 135.00 136.30 136.70

-.62 -.45 ... +.53 +.30 +.70 +.25

86.22 89.85 96.97 98.75 98.35 97.72 87.05

-.15 -.27 -.63 -.85 -.67 -.03 -.25

75.05 75.89 76.85 79.10 78.17 79.10 80.10

+.39 +.30 +.24 +.99 +.39 +.99 +1.39

COTTON 2 50,000 lbs.- cents per lb.

-31.50 -31.75 -31.75 -33.25 -33.50 -33.75 -33.25

Mar 13 May 13 Jul 13 Sep 13 Oct 13 Dec 13 Mar 14

76.95 77.36 78.00 ... ...

79.74 80.64

73.72 74.58 75.58 ... ...

77.73 78.75

Tables show seven most current contracts for each future. Grains traded on Chicago Board of Trade; livestock on Chicago Mercantile Exchange; and cotton on New York Cotton Exchange.

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WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A patchwork extension of federal farm programs passed as part of a larger â&#x20AC;&#x153;fiscal cliffâ&#x20AC;? bill keeps the price of milk from rising but doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t include many of the goodies that farmstate lawmakers are used to getting for their rural districts.

House and Senate Agriculture Committee leaders who spent more than a year working on a halftrillion-dollar, five-year farm bill that would keep subsidies flowing had to accept in the final hours a slimmed-down, ninemonth extension of 2008 law with few extras for anyone.

With the new Congress opening Thursday, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to start the farm bill process over again, most likely with even less money for agriculture programs this year and the recognition that farm interests have lost some of the political clout they once held. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of hurt feelings, that all of this time and energy was put into it and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got nothing to show for it,â&#x20AC;? said Roger Johnson, president of the National Farmers Union.

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producers who were affected by drought, a priority for Lucas. In addition to averting the milk price spike, their bill also contained an overhaul of dairy programs, a priority for House Agricultureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top Democrat, Collin Peterson of Minnesota.

The extension Stabenow and Lucas crafted cost around $1 billion â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an amount too high and too risky for House and Senate leaders negotiating the broader fiscal cliff deal. According to aides familiar with the talks, the White House and congressional leaders wanted a farm bill extension with no major policy changes or new spending that could subject the entire fiscal cliff bill to opposition.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky added a bare-bones version of a farm bill extension that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t include money for any of the agriculture leadersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; top priorities and renewed other farm programs without any new funding.

The result, the aides said, was a farm bill extension that would keep major programs going but didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t spend any new money. Missing were dollars for some organic programs, environmental programs and several dif-

ferent energy programs for encouraging renewable fuels. Many of those programs were renewed, but without any money.

The reaction from farm-state lawmakers was swift. Stabenow went to the Senate floor called the new bill â&#x20AC;&#x153;absolutely outrageous.â&#x20AC;?

Peterson said farm-state leaders had been â&#x20AC;&#x153;disrespected.â&#x20AC;?

Stabenow, as well as Lucas, ended up voting for it, Peterson against.

The National Farmers Union issued a statement saying it was â&#x20AC;&#x153;left out in the cold.â&#x20AC;? The longpowerful National Corn Growers Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s statement said the group is â&#x20AC;&#x153;tired of the endless excuses and lack of accountability.â&#x20AC;?

Direct payments, a subsidy that costs $5 billion annually and is paid to farmers whether they farm or not, were retained in the agreement. Both a Senate bill passed in June and a House Agriculture Committee bill passed in July had cut those payments after a consensus in the farm community that those subsidies would be eliminated and redirected. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That is amazing to me, I have to say. That is absolutely amazing to me.

I want to hear someone justify that on the Senate floor,â&#x20AC;? Stabenow said.

Economy adds 155,000 jobs; rate remains 7.8%

BY CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writer

WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; U.S. employers added 155,000 jobs in December, a steady gain that shows hiring held up during the tense negotiations to resolve the fiscal cliff.

The solid job growth wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enough to push down the unemployment rate, which remained 7.8 percent last month, the Labor Department said Friday. The rate for November was revised up from an initially reported 7.7 percent. Each year in January, the government revises the rate for the previous 12 months.

The government also said hiring was stronger in the previous month than first thought. Novemberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s job gains were revised up 15,000 to 161,000. Octoberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s increase was nearly unchanged at 137,000.

The â&#x20AC;&#x153;gain is perhaps better than it looks given that firms were probably nervous about adding workers with the fiscal cliff looming,â&#x20AC;? said Paul Ashworth, an economist at Capital Economics.

Robust hiring in manufacturing and construction fueled the December job gains. Construction firms added 30,000, the most in 15 months. That increase likely reflected hiring needed to rebuild

after Superstorm Sandy and also gains in home building that have contributed to a housing recovery.

Manufacturers added 25,000 jobs, the most in nine months.

Other higher-paying industries also added jobs.

Professional and business services, which include jobs in information technology, management and architecture, gained 19,000. Financial services added 9,000, health care 55,000.

Lower-paying industry sectors were mixed. Restaurants and bars added 38,000 jobs. Retailers cut 11,300, a sign that the holiday shopping season may have been weak.

But those cuts came after three months of strong gains.

All the job gains last month came from private employers. Governments shed 13,000 jobs, mostly in local school systems.

Hiring still isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t strong enough to quickly reduce still-high unemployment.

For 2012, employers added 1.84 million jobs, an average of 153,000 jobs a month, roughly matching the job totals for 2011.

But the stable hiring last month shows that employers didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t panic during the high-stakes talks between Congress and the White House over

tax increases and spending cuts that werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t resolved until New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an encouraging sign for the coming months, because an even bigger federal budget showdown is looming.

The government must increase its $16.4 trillion borrowing limit by around late February or risk defaulting on its debt.

Republicans will likely demand deep spending cuts as the price of raising the debt limit.

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8A • Daily Corinthian

Ole Miss crushes Pitt

BY CHARLES ODUM Associated Press

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Paul Chryst said his game plan didn’t change without leading rusher Ray Graham.

Graham’s hamstring injury just made it much more difficult for Pittsburgh to execute that plan.

A rare early interception by Tino Sunseri set up the first of three touchdown passes by Mississippi’s Bo Wallace and the Rebels beat Pitt 38-17 in the BBVA Compass Bowl on Saturday.

Graham, who had 1,042 yards rushing, suffered the hamstring injury in bowl practice. The injury was disclosed before the game.

The Panthers averaged only 2.2 yards per carry without Graham. Rushel Shell had 25 carries for 79 yards.

“Obviously, it was a tough one for us,” Chryst said after completing his first season. “Give Ole Miss credit. They beat us in almost every phase. They were clearly the better team today.”

Pitt (6-7) fell behind in the opening minutes after Sunseri threw his first interception since Sept. 15 and trailed the remainder of the game.

Wallace’s 13-yard touchdown pass to Ja-Mess Logan gave the Rebels the 7-0 lead. Wallace added first-half touchdown passes to Randall Mackey, for 27 yards, and Vince Sanders, for 18 yards.

Sunseri completed 16 of 32 passes for 185 yards with two touchdowns and one interception.

Ole Miss led 24-10 at halftime and put the game away with the first two touchdowns of the second half.

Ole Miss (7-6) took a five-win improvement with first-year coach Hugh Freeze over its 2-10 finish in 2011.

“I’ve tried to learn not to make too much out of a single game either way, but no question this advances our journey a bit,” Freeze said.

“To be where we’re sitting here year one far surpasses certainly the prognosticators and whatever they had for us. Our guys really chose to buy in and determine we could be who we want to be. We don’t have to have someone else determine that.”

Wallace, chosen the game’s MVP, completed 22 of 32 passes for 151 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions.

Freeze’s no-huddle, up-tempo offense produced 38 first downs and 387 yards.

Pitt was held to 266 yards, its secondlowest total of the season.

“We just couldn’t get in a rhythm, probably because of their pressure,” said Pitt wide receiver Mike Shanahan, who had a 16-yard touchdown catch in the fourth quarter.

“We just couldn’t seem to get in good field position.”

Pitt stayed close early with Devin Street’s 10-yard pass from Sunseri in the second quarter. That was Pitt’s only touchdown until Sunseri’s scoring pass to Shanahan with only 2:23 remaining.

Kevin Harper kicked a 47-yard field goal, his longest of the season, for Pitt in the second quarter.

Sunseri’s streak of 271 passes without an interception, the nation’s longest, ended on his second throw of the Panthers’ opening drive. Senquez Golson’s interception, returned 17 yards to the Pitt 23, set up Wallace’s touchdown pass to Logan. It was only Sunseri’s third interception of the season and his first since the team’s third game against Virginia Tech.

Pitt had only one turnover in its last seven games of the regular season. It shared the nation’s lead with only eight turnovers for the season.

Sunseri lost a fumble early in the second quarter for the Panthers’ second turnover.

Pitt was making its third straight appearance in the bowl. The Panthers lost to SMU in last year’s game.

The Panthers played their last game as a Big East team. They are moving to the Atlantic Coast Conference next season.

Ole Miss backup quarterback Barry Brunetti had a 1-yard touchdown run in the third quarter and freshman running back I’Tavius Mathers added a 62-yard scoring run midway through the fourth quarter to cap the rout.

Wallace completed his first eight passes, including two for touchdowns but his hot streak ended with two second-quarter interceptions.

Bryson Rose kicked a 31-yard field goal for Ole Miss and missed from 44 and 48 yards.

Mathers led the Rebels with 96 yards rushing on only six carries. Jaylen Walton had 10 carries for 56 yards.

Freeze said a hamstring injury in the game limited Ole Miss starting running back Jeff Scott to five carries for 16 yards.

A strong turnout by Ole Miss fans within driving range of Birmingham pushed attendance to 59,135, easily a bowl record. The previous high was 42,610 for the 2010 game between South Carolina and Connecticut.

Sunday, January 6, 2013

Lady Aggies back on top

BY H. LEE SMITH II lsmith@dailycorinthian.com

Rick Howell has won his share of Prentiss County championships.

Saturday night the veteran coach earned his first Alcorn County crown with a 51-37 win over Alcorn Central in the third of four games at Crossroads Arena.

The win provided Kossuth with its 28th title since

1950, most among the girls’ programs. The Lady Aggies went back-to-back in 201011, before bowing out in the semifinals last year.

“This one is special because this is the hardest working kids I’ve ever coached,” said Howell. “They never miss a practice and believe in what we are trying to do. Now they can see the results.”

Kossuth (11-6) came out

on fire in the first quarter, making all their two-point attempts in building an 11-4 advantage.

Tournament MVP Baylee Turner scored six of her game-high 18 points in the frame, including four straight in an 11-0 run.

Central (8-8) fell behind by nine again in the second on a long deuce by Turner. The Lady Aggies would go the fi-

nal 5:42 without a field goal and manage only a pair of Jordan Dickson free throws heading into the break.

Lauren McCreless tallied five of her team-high 12 points in the second as Central cut the deficit to 15-13 at the break. The Lady Bears, seeking their 21st title and first since 2009, outscored Please see AGGIES | 9A

Photo by Donica Phifer

Corinth’s Hose Contreras is double-teamed by Biggersville’s Emmanuel Simmons and Shaun Watson during the Alcorn County Boys Championship Game. The Warriors defeated Biggersville’s 78-69 in overtime to win their seventh consecutive county title.

Warriors claim 7th straight championship

BY H. LEE SMITH II lsmith@dailycorinthian.com

Corinth had to work overtime to earn a second sevenpeat. The Warriors garnered their seventh straight title on Saturday, besting Biggersville 78-69 in the finale of the Alcorn County Tournament.

The Warriors have won 39 titles since 1950 and have taken 14 of the last 15 -- two seven-peats sandwiched around a loss in the 2006 semifinals.

Saturday’s contest was the first overtime championship game since Biggersville beat Alcorn Central 63-60 in 1998. That also marked the last Lion championship.

Biggersville (13-6) outscored Corinth (13-4) 10-2 the final 5:23 of regulation to force overtime. Daniel Simmons, who paced all scorers with 34 points, tied the contest at 65 with a steal with

1:17 remaining.

Corinth missed on its next trip, the Biggersville milked the final 1:05 off the clock with Simmons and Jaylon Gaines coming up just short on shots in the closing seconds. The Warriors hit consecutive three-pointers in a 39-second span to open up a 71-65 lead midway of the extra period. Jose Contreras, scoreless in regulation, nailed the first three-ball then Darius Gaines added his third of the night.

Biggersville was within 7369 with 1:04 remaining when the wheels came off the bus.

Lion Head Coach Cliff Little was ejected after receiving two technicals and Corinth scored the final five points of the game from the line.

After order was restored Jazz Garner, who finished with 17 points and 10 assists, hit 3-of-4 on the technical

shots. The senior, who joined Tournament MVP Raheem Sorrell on the All-Tournament team, added two more freebies with 10 seconds left.

Corinth led 44-36 at intermission. Sorrell had 13 of his team-high 23 in the first 16 minutes. Simmons paced Biggersville with 20 points at the break, including nine straight in the second quarter.

After just nine miscues in the opening half, Corinth turned the ball over six times in the third. Jaylon Gaines scored eight of his 18 in the quarter and Simmons scored the last six as the Lions closed on an 8-0 run to get back to within 59-55.

Sorrell’s eight points and a three-point play by Garner staked Corinth to a pair of 12-point leads in the third.

Corinth scored early in the fourth as Terrel Payton

converted one of his 10 rebounds.

Corinth would manage just two points the final 6:30 of regulation.

Simmons and Gaines were also named to the AllTournament team. Kossuth’s Justin Mills and Alcorn Central’s Ben McIntyre rounded out the six-man group.

(B) Corinth 78, Biggersville 69 Biggersville 17 19 19 10 4 — 69 Corinth 18 26 15 6 13 — 78

BIGGERSVILLE (69): Daniel Simmons 34, Jaylon Gaines 18, Emmanuel Simmons 6, Tyran Davis 4, Blake Stacy 4, Darian Barnett 3.

CORINTH (78): Raheem Sorrell 23, Jazz Garner 17, Darius Gaines 11, Desmin Harris 8, Terrel Payton 6, Antares Gwyn 6, Kendrick Williams 4, Jose Conteras 3.

3-Pointers: (B) D. Simmons 3, Stacy. (C) Gaines 3, Contreras.

Records: Biggersville 13-6, Corinth 13-4

Alcorn County Basketball Tournament at Crossroads Arena

Thursday’s Scores (JVB) Corinth 84, Biggersville 14 (G) Kossuth 58, Biggersville 47 (B) Corinth 74, Kossuth 38

Friday’s Scores (JVG) Corinth 54, Central 43 (JVB) Kossuth 55, Central 48 (G) Central 56, Corinth 52 (B) Biggersville 81, Central 71

Saturday’s Scores JVG-Championship Corinth 45, Kossuth 41 JVB-Championship Corinth 62, Kossuth 33 G-Championship Kossuth 51, Central 37 B-Championship Corinth 78, Biggersville 69 OT

Junior Varsity Boxes

(G) Corinth 45, Kossuth 41

KHS 4 7 13 17 — 41 CHS 11 4 17 13 — 45

KOSSUTH (41): C. Mills 32, S. Barnes 2, B. Switcher 2, A. Green 1, K. Switcher 1.

CORINTH (45): T. Gunn 8, P. Peterson 6, J. Kirk 6, A. Adams 6, N. Strickland 6, J. Jordan 4, S. Carter 4, E. Berne 3.

3-Pointers: (K) None. (C) Berne.

(B) Corinth 62, Kossuth 33

KHS 4 7 9 13 — 33 CHS 13 16 19 14 — 62

KOSSUTH (33): W. Bobo 14, C. Boyer 6, E. Potts 5, T. Davis 5, R. Hodum 2, A. Parks 2.

CORINTH (62): T. Johnson 18, D. Brown 7, H. Smith 6, D. Henson 6, J. Edmond 6, C. Curlee 5, A. Wicks 5, J. Gardner 4, D. Gunn 3, Q. Patterson 2.

3-Pointers: (K) None. (C) Henson 2, Curlee, Gunn.

Texans beat Bengals, Packers rout Vikings

BY BARRY WILNER Associated Press

More rematches ahead.

After Green Bay routed Minnesota 24-10 Saturday night, it set up a trip to San Francisco. The 49ers beat the Packers at Lambeau Field to open the season.

The Packers didn’t let 2,000-yard rusher Adrian Peterson run over them again. Indeed, Packers fullback John Kuhn had a bigger impact with two touchdowns.

And the Houston Texans are heading back to New

England, where their season began to unravel. A 1913 win over Cincinnati on Saturday in the wild-card round means the Texans have a date next Sunday in Foxborough. Arian Foster, the catalyst in the victory against the Bengals, isn’t fazed by facing the AFC East champions, who routed Houston 42-14 last month.

Houston (13-4) lost three of its last four games to blow home-field advantage in the conference, slipping to third overall.

New England (12-4) is a 91⁄2-point favorite.

“I’m not a big believer in momentum,” Foster said.

“Every Sunday you have to come out and bring your best or you can get beat on any day.”

Adrian Peterson and the Vikings didn’t bring their best to Green Bay. One week after Peterson rushed for 199 yards to lift Minnesota into the playoffs, the 2,000yard runner was held to 99.

And Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder was sidelined by an elbow injury;

backup Joe Webb couldn’t manufacture much offense.

On Sunday, the Beltway will be buzzing. First, AFC North champion Baltimore hosts Indianapolis. Then NFC East winner Washington plays Seattle.

While Houston heads to Foxborough next weekend, AFC West winner Denver (13-3) will host either Baltimore or Indianapolis next Saturday. NFC South champ Atlanta (13-3) gets either the Redskins or SePlease see NFL | 9A

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Kossuth 6-0 the final 2:57 to get back into the contest.

Kossuth pulled away in the third, outscoring Central 19-9 and building as much as an 18-point lead. Parrish Tice scored nine of her 14 points in the quarter, while she and Rachel Winters tallied Kossuth’s lone 3-pointers of the night.

After missing their final five shots in the second, Kossuth misfired on their first three tries in the third. The Lady Aggies made seven of their next eight shots, getting good looks thanks to four steals.

“We kept up the pressure and stayed with a 23-match zone because we knew they couldn’t hit from the outside,” said Howell. “We’ve got to play as a group because we’re not going to out run teams down the floor.”

Central scored the last six points of the quarter, including four by Kayla Massengill in an 11-second span, to cut the deficit to 34-22 after three.

Kossuth maintained its advantage in the fourth by hitting 7-of-11 from the charity stripe. The Lady Aggies were 8-of-11 through three in finishing 15-of22 overall.

Tice was also named to the All-Tournament team. Kennedy Hester and McCreless were the Lady Bear selections.

Biggersville’s Jada Tubbs and Corinth’s Jaynesia Johnson rounded out the six-deep unit.

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CENTRAL (37): Lauren McCreless 12, Kayla Massengill 8, Alex Madahar 8, Kennedy Hester 5, Gwyn Foster 2, Alexis Harmon 2.

KOSSUTH (51): Baylee Turner 18, Parrish Tice 14, Jordan Dickson 6, Rachel Winters 6, Marlee Sue Bradley 5, Carleigh Mills 2.

3-Pointers: (AC) McCreless. (K) Tice, Winters.

Records: Central 8-8, Kossuth 11-6

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EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 23 10 .697 — Brooklyn 19 15 .559 4½ Boston 16 17 .485 7 Philadelphia 15 20 .429 9 Toronto 12 21 .364 11 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 22 9 .710 — Atlanta 20 12 .625 2½ Orlando 12 21 .364 11 Charlotte 8 24 .250 14½ Washington 4 27 .129 18 Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 20 14 .588 — Chicago 18 13 .581 ½ Milwaukee 16 16 .500 3 Detroit 13 22 .371 7½ Cleveland 8 27 .229 12½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 27 9 .750 — Memphis 20 10 .667 4 Houston 20 14 .588 6 Dallas 13 21 .382 13 New Orleans 8 25 .242 17½ Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 25 7 .781 — Portland 18 15 .545 7½ Denver 18 16 .529 8 Utah 17 17 .500 9 Minnesota 15 15 .500 9 Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 26 8 .765 — Golden State 22 10 .688 3 L.A. Lakers 15 17 .469 10 Sacramento 13 21 .382 13 Phoenix 12 22 .353 14 Friday’s Games Cleveland 106, Charlotte 104 Sacramento 105, Toronto 96 Brooklyn 115, Washington 113,2OT Detroit 85, Atlanta 84 Portland 86, Memphis 84 Oklahoma City 109, Philadelphia 85 Boston 94, Indiana 75 Chicago 96, Miami 89 Houston 115, Milwaukee 101 Utah 87, Phoenix 80 L.A. Clippers 107, L.A. Lakers 102 Saturday’s Games Boston 89, Atlanta 81 Indiana 95, Milwaukee 80 New York 114, Orlando 106 Houston 112, Cleveland 104 Brooklyn 113, Sacramento 93 Portland 102, Minnesota 97 New Orleans 99, Dallas 96, OT San Antonio 109, Philadelphia 86 Utah 87, Phoenix 80 L.A. Clippers 107, L.A. Lakers 102 Today’s Games Oklahoma City at Toronto, Noon Washington at Miami, 5 p.m.

Charlotte at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Memphis at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Denver at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

Monday’s Games Oklahoma City at Washington, 6 p.m.

Boston at New York, 6:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Chicago, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Utah, 8 p.m.

Orlando at Portland, 9 p.m.

Memphis at Sacramento, 9 p.m.

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Texans 19, Bengals 13 Foster gained 140 yards, becoming the first player with at least 100 yards rushing in his first three postseason games. He scored on a 1-yard run and also had eight receptions.

“It only takes one week to turn things around in the NFL and we did that,” said Foster, whose team lost to Minnesota and Indianapolis to slip to the AFC’s third seed. Cincinnati (10-7) gained only 198 yards and had 12 first downs. Its touchdown came on Leon Hall’s interception return. “It’s hard to put it into words,” Hall said. “It’s disappointing. I mean, we had a good year, but it didn’t end how we wanted it to and how we planned it to. At the end of the day, they made the plays that won the game for them.”

With a second straight wild-card loss in Houston, the Bengals extended one of the NFL’s longest playoff droughts.

They haven’t won a postseason game since the 1990 season.

They got two field goals from Josh Brown, and Andy Dalton overthrew an open A.J. Green in the end zone late in the fourth quarter. Along with Foster’s touchdown, the Texans got four field goals from Shayne Graham.

Packers 24, Vikings 10 Ten receivers caught passes from Aaron Rodgers, tying a playoff record, with Kuhn scoring on a 9-yarder. DeJuan Harris also had a 9-yard TD run, and Green Bay kept Peterson in check.

It was a turnaround from what the star running back did in his last trip to Lambeau, when he rushed for 210 yards. It was Rodgers’ first home playoff victory. Minnesota’s late touchdown was a 50-yard pass to Michael Jenkins.

Next, the Packers get the Niners (11-4-1), who won 30-22 at Lambeau to start the season. San Francisco is a 3-point favorite.

“They’re different as well,” Rodgers said. “They’re a great defense. Very talented offense as well. It’s going to be a very tough challenge for us.”

EAST Bryant 78, St. Francis (Pa.) 58 Canisius 73, Marist 64 Colgate 78, Dartmouth 62 Columbia 64, Army 52 Hartford 77, Boston U. 74 Harvard 92, Rice 62 La Salle 74, Penn 57 Maine 81, UMBC 66 Mount St. Mary’s 71, Monmouth (NJ) 59 NC State 78, Boston College 73 Niagara 71, Fairfield 67 Northeastern 68, UNC Wilmington 64 Oklahoma 67, West Virginia 57 Quinnipiac 82, LIU Brooklyn 74 Rutgers 67, Pittsburgh 62 Sacred Heart 66, St. Francis (NY) 65 Stony Brook 65, New Hampshire 49 Towson 69, Drexel 66 UMass 75, E. Michigan 61 Vermont 70, Albany (NY) 45 Wagner 68, Fairleigh Dickinson 55 SOUTH Alabama 65, Oakland 45 Campbell 93, Gardner-Webb 81, 3OT Charleston Southern 81, Radford 74 Coastal Carolina 80, Longwood 72 Coll. of Charleston 60, Furman 56

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Monday, Dec. 31 Music City Bowl At Nashville, Tenn.

Vanderbilt 38, N.C. State 24 Sun Bowl At El Paso, Texas Georgia Tech 21, Southern Cal 7 Liberty Bowl At Memphis, Tenn.

Tulsa 31, Iowa State 17 Chick-fil-A Bowl At Atlanta Clemson 25, LSU 24 Tuesday, Jan. 1 Heart of Dallas Bowl At Dallas Oklahoma State 58, Purdue 14 Gator Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla. Northwestern 34, Mississippi State 20 Capital One Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Georgia 45, Nebraska 31 Outback Bowl At Tampa, Fla. South Carolina 33, Michigan 28 Rose Bowl At Pasadena, Calif.

Stanford 20, Wisconsin 14 Orange Bowl At Miami Florida State 31, Northern Illinois 10 Wednesday, jan. 2 Sugar Bowl At New Orleans Louisville 33, Florida 23 Thursday, jan. 3 Fiesta Bowl At Glendale, Ariz.

Oregon 35, Kansas State 17

Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 12 Baltimore, Indianapolis or Cincinnati at Denver, 4:30 p.m. (CBS) Green Bay at San Francisco, 8 p.m. (FOX) Sunday, Jan. 13 Washington, Seattle or Minnesota at Atlanta, 1 p.m. (FOX) Houston at New England, 3:30 p.m. (CBS)

Saturday, Jan. 5 BBVA Compass Bowl At Birmingham, Ala. Mississippi 38, Pittsburgh 17

Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 20 AFC, TBA (CBS) NFC, TBA (FOX)

Today GoDaddy.com Bowl At Mobile, Ala. Kent State (11-2) vs. Arkansas State (9-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 27 At Honolulu AFC vs. NFC, 7 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Jan. 7 BCS National Championship At Miami Notre Dame (12-0) vs. Alabama (12-1), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 3 At New Orleans AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 6 p.m.

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Saturday, Jan. 19 East-West Shrine Classic At St. Petersburg, Fla. East vs. West, 3 p.m. (NFLN)

College bowl schedule

Saturday, Jan. 26 Senior Bowl At Mobile, Ala. North vs. South, TBA (NFLN)

EAST Albany (NY) 72, Binghamton 47 Boston U. 45, Hartford 39 Cornell 70, Buffalo 43 Fairleigh Dickinson 68, Wagner 59 Georgetown 79, Providence 64 Lafayette 56, Brown 32 Lehigh 46, NJIT 45 Miami (Ohio) 54, Duquesne 49 Mount St. Mary’s 70, Monmouth (NJ) 51 Notre Dame 73, UConn 72 Quinnipiac 67, LIU Brooklyn 60 Robert Morris 65, CCSU 48 Saint Joseph’s 66, Penn 53 Seton Hall 69, Pittsburgh 56 St. Francis (NY) 56, Sacred Heart 47 St. Francis (Pa.) 81, Bryant 76 Stony Brook 48, New Hampshire 44 UMBC 54, Maine 50 Yale 82, Bucknell 62 SOUTH Cent. Arkansas 76, SE Louisiana 60 Chattanooga 76, UNC-Greensboro 46 Coastal Carolina 64, Charleston Southern 56 Coll. of Charleston 58, Georgia Southern 56 Davidson 65, Appalachian St. 49 E. Illinois 78, Morehead St. 58 ETSU 80, Lipscomb 74 Elon 65, Samford 41 FIU 63, Louisiana-Lafayette 47 Florida Gulf Coast 74, Jacksonville 57 High Point 64, Gardner-Webb 42 Lamar 71, Northwestern St. 68 Liberty 75, UNC Asheville 49 Longwood 79, Winthrop 74 Memphis 109, Wright St. 68 Mercer 71, Kennesaw St. 46 Middle Tennessee 60, South Alabama 39 Murray St. 82, UT-Martin 72 N. Kentucky 70, SC-Upstate 62 Nicholls St. 69, Oral Roberts 66 Presbyterian 68, Campbell 62, OT SIU-Edwardsville 73, E. Kentucky 69, OT Southern Miss. 69, New Orleans 59 Stetson 71, North Florida 57 Tennessee St. 88, Jacksonville St. 68 Tennessee Tech 58, Belmont 52 UALR 71, Troy 50 W. Carolina 54, Wofford 40 MIDWEST Butler 84, Ill.-Chicago 61 Creighton 70, Evansville 63 DePaul 86, Louisville 80 Green Bay 61, St. Bonaventure 42 IUPUI 55, W. Illinois 36 Loyola of Chicago 64, E. Michigan 54 Nebraska-Omaha 60, IPFW 50 North Dakota 73, Weber St. 49 Ohio 68, Xavier 62 Purdue 69, Nebraska 66, OT S. Illinois 77, Drake 70 SE Missouri 71, Austin Peay 57

Two streaking teams with sensational rookie quarterbacks, making it three such starters in action Sunday; Andrew Luck leads the Colts. Washington took its final seven games to grab its division title. QB Robert Griffin III (102.4) had the best single-season rookie passer rating in NFL history; Seattle’s Russell Wilson was next at 100.0. Griffin also set a league mark for yards rushing by a rookie QB (815).

Wilson threw 26 TD passes, tying Peyton Manning’s NFL rookie record set in 1998.

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Valparaiso 54, N. Illinois 49 SOUTHWEST McNeese St. 74, Stephen F. Austin 57 New Mexico St. 61, Texas St. 58 North Texas 79, Louisiana-Monroe 51 Oklahoma 78, Texas 70 FAR WEST BYU 80, San Francisco 58 CS Northridge 56, Cal St.-Fullerton 55 Gonzaga 79, Santa Clara 50 Montana 70, Portland St. 55 Montana St. 73, E. Washington 60 N. Colorado 71, Idaho St. 63 Saint Mary’s (Cal) 84, Loyola Marymount 77, OT San Diego 69, Portland 63 Utah St. 91, Idaho 85 Utah Valley 71, Texas-Pan American 66, OT

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Saturday, Dec. 15 New Mexico Bowl At Albuquerque Arizona 49, Nevada 48 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl At Boise, Idaho Utah State 41, Toledo 15 Thursday, Dec. 20 Poinsettia Bowl At San Diego BYU 23, San Diego State 6

Saturday’s deals

Monday, Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl At Honolulu SMU 43, Fresno State 10 Wednesday, Dec. 26 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl At Detroit Central Michigan 24, Western Kentucky 21 Thursday, Dec. 27 Military Bowl At Washington San Jose State 29, Bowling Green 20 Belk Bowl At Charlotte, N.C. Cincinnati 48, Duke 34 Holiday Bowl At San Diego Baylor 49, UCLA 26 Friday, Dec. 28 Independence Bowl At Shreveport, La. Ohio 45, Louisiana-Monroe 14 Russell Athletic Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Virginia Tech 13, Rutgers 10, OT Meineke Car Care Bowl At Houston Texas Tech 34, Minnesota 31 Saturday, Dec. 29 Armed Forces Bowl At Fort Worth, Texas Rice 33, Air Force 14 Pinstripe Bowl At New York Syracuse 38, West Virginia 14 Fight Hunger Bowl At San Francisco Arizona State 62, Navy 28 Alamo Bowl At San Antonio Texas 31, Oregon State 27 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl At Tempe, Ariz.

Michigan State 17, TCU 16

From Ray Lewis’ pending retirement to Chuck Pagano’s return to Baltimore to the history of these two franchises, this game has all kinds of intriguing story lines.

Lewis announced this week he will end his 17-year career as one of the NFL’s premier players, let alone linebackers, after the playoffs. He’s hoping for a long run duplicating the 2000 season, when he was Defensive Player of the Year and Super Bowl MVP. “That moment I walk out of that tunnel Sunday, every person that was a Ravens fan — 1996 to this day — we will all enjoy that moment,” he said.

BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX — Agreed to terms with 1B Mark Hamilton on a minor league contract.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Designated OF Chris Dickerson for assignment.

SEATTLE MARINERS — Assigned RHP D.J. Mitchell outright to Tacoma (PCL).

National League PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Released RHP Rick van den Hurk.

FOOTBALL National Football League CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed LB Kion Wilson to a reserve/future contract.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed LB Ricky Elmore and LB Marcus Benard to reserve/future contracts.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed WR Brittan Golden and TE Zach Miller to reserve/future contracts.

NEW YORK JETS — Signed DE Jay Richardson to a reserve/future contract.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Signed QB Mike Kafka and CB Cliff Harris to reserve/future contracts.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed CB Chris Hawkins to a reserve/future contract.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed DB D.J. Johnson to a reserve/future contract.

HOCKEY National Hockey League DETROIT RED WINGS — Reasigned RW Andrej Nestrasil and D Gleason Fournier from Toledo (ECHL) to Grand Rapids (AHL) and RW Willie Coetzee from Grand Rapids to Toledo.

ECHL IDAHO STEELHEADS — Agreed to terms with coach/director of hockey operations Brad Ralph on a two-year contract extension.

COLLEGE RUTGERS — Announced RB Jawan Jamison will enter the NFL draft.

“It will probably be one of the glorious moments in my life.”

Pagano spent four seasons coaching defense in Baltimore, then landed the head coaching job in Indy.

He missed 12 games while undergoing treatments for leukemia and came back last week in a win over Houston.

Now he’s back in Baltimore. And he knows all about the history of the Colts leaving for Indianapolis in Mayflower moving vans in the middle of the night in 1984.

“Yeah, because when this opportunity presented itself, I remember seeing the paper when I left town,” Pagano joked. “I was driving a Mayflower out of town, so I fully understand.

They had me in the cab, if I remember right.”

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Assistance MSA applications The Mississippi School of the Arts (MSA) is an 11th and 12th grade visual and performing arts residential, public high school located in Brookhaven. Students not only meet and exceed the traditional Mississippi high school curriculum, they receive special instruction in visual arts, vocal music, dance, literary arts and theatre. Students interested in MSA apply their sophomore year.

Last years graduating class received more than $4.2 Â million in scholarship offers for college.

For more information call 601-823-1300. Applications to attend MSA are available online at www.msa.k12.ms.us or can be requested over the phone or by email: admissions@mde.k12. ms.us. Application deadline for the 2013-2014 school year is Feb. 1.

Membership drive A membership drive is currently in progress for the Tishomingo County Historical & Genealogical Society and its old courthouse museum -- the Tishomingo County Archives & History Museum (TCAHM). Membership income is vital to the continued progress of the Society, the Museum and historical programs throughout Tishomingo County. Â Museums help connect people to ideas-- to the past and to the future. Â Four levels of membership are available: Regular/Senior, $30 yearly; I Care, $50 yearly; Business, $100 yearly; or

Lifetime, $1,000 (once time donation). Members receive four issues of Chronicles & Epitaphs, a history journal, per membership year. Â Memberships should be mailed to P.O. Box 273, Iuka, MS 38852. Contributing to the preservation of our local history is also an appropriate use of tax-free donations.

sis Group invites anyone with multiple sclerosis to come meet with them on the third Wednesday of each month at 11:30 a.m. at the Mississippi State/Alcorn County Extension Office, 2200 Levee Road, located behind the Crossroads Arena.

Contact Joy Forsyth at 662-462-7325 for more information.

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2013 Annual Day-Use Pass is now available for purchase in the amount of $30 at all Mobile District Lake and River Navigation Project Management Offices.

Holders of the Golden Age, Golden Access, Interagency Senior, or Access Passport may buy one 2013 Annual DayUse Pass for $15 with any additional passes costing $30.

The pass is valid 12 months from the day of purchase and permits the holder and all accompanying passengers in the vehicle access to boat launch ramps and designated swim beaches at any USACE- operated recreation area.

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers TennesseeTombigbee Waterway Project has announced a $2 increase in camping fees that took effect Jan. 1. This increase will affect camping fees at the following recreation areas: Blue Bluff Campground, DeWayne Hayes Campground, Town Creek Campground, Pickensville Campground, Cochrane Campground, Fulton Campground, and Piney Grove Campground.

The campgrounds will continue to honor the Federal â&#x20AC;&#x153;America the Beautifulâ&#x20AC;? passes with discounted fees. There will be no fee increase for boat launches or day use. For more information, contact the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Management Center at 662-327-2142. Reservations can be made online at www.recreation.gov or 877-444-6777.

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Shiloh museum A museum dedicated to the Battle of Shiloh and area veterans is 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 Shawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant.

The Shiloh Battlefield & World War II Museum is the home of Honor Our Veterans Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to raising money for projects to benefit area veterans. The museum features items Larry DeBerry has amassed over a lifetime of collecting Shiloh-related artifacts, as well as artifacts from the Korean War, World War II, the Vietnam War â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all the way up to the war in Afghanistan.

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 731-926-0360.

Mall at 1801 South Harper Road in Corinth.

One hundred percent of the revenue goes back into the community in helping the Lighthouse Foundation. The store is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9:30 a.m.5:30 p.m. â&#x2013; Those wanting to donate items to the Salvation Army, 1209 U.S. Hwy. 72 West, whether it be clothing or furniture can call 287-6979. The Salvation Army hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. MondaySaturday. The social service part of the agency is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Post 6 meets Perry Johns Post No. 6, American Legion will hold its regular monthly meeting every second Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Legion Hall on South Tate St., Corinth, along with the Ladiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Auxiliary and Sons of Legion Squadron No. 6.

Food ministry Bread of Life Ministries is an outreach of the Alcorn Baptist Association Food Pantry -- every Thursday from 10-10:30 a.m. at Tate Baptist Church on Harper Road.

Announcements and devotionals by various pastors and others are followed by personal attention as well as food distribution. Food donations and volunteers are welcome. For more information, call 731645-2806.

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A service of United Way of Corinth and Alcorn County, First Call for Help is a telephone service that connects callers with programs in the community available to help those in need. This information and referral program is available to the public, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Judy Smelzer leads a stretching/toning class on Mondays at 9 a.m. in the fellowship hall. There is no charge.

FPC is also hosting a Wii sports class for senior adults on Tuesdays at 9 a.m. There is no cost to participate.

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Red Cross The Northeast Mississippi Chapter of the Red Cross offers a wide variety of assistance and services, including disaster relief.

The Northeast Mississippi Chapter includes 16 counties. It is headquartered in Tupelo, with offices in Tishomingo, New Albany, Starkville and Columbus. Although Red Cross no longer has a Corinth office, the organization wants to stress it continues to offer services in Alcorn County.

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Friendship class The Friendship Class meets weekly on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the fellowship hall of the First Presbyterian Church on Shiloh Road. This group of mentally challenged adults and mentors enjoy sharing time together, games, crafts, singing and refreshments. For more information, call the church office at 286-6638.

Story Hour Pre-school Story Hour is held each Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Corinth Library. Year-round art exhibits are also on display and educational non-profit groups meet in the auditorium monthly.

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Still a country boy among metropolites

BY JIMMY REED Columnist

For someone as country as I am, Oxford, Miss., my adopted hometown, is huge. Imagine how I felt when â&#x20AC;&#x201D; after living 50 years in a Mississippi Delta hamlet, population 50 souls â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I landed a desk job as an editor in megalopolis Memphis.

At the time I was an out-of-work cotton farmer who knew as much about editing as I did about dancing the lobster quadrille, but I remembered what my mentor, the old black man everyone called Jaybird, said

about trying new things: You can do whatever you want â&#x20AC;&#x201D; long as you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.

So, when a magazine that had accepted some of my stories offered a way to keep a roof over my head, not to mention a way to keep eating, I chunked my hoe in the back of Loretta, my beloved pickup, and headed to the big city.

I soon discovered learning to edit wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t nearly as traumatic as learning to coexist with city dwellers. The first time I pulled into a gas station, I found out right quick you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t

just sign a ticket the way I did back home.

When I told the man behind the counter I was starting a new job right down the street and wanted to open an account and become one of his regular customers, he glared at me as if I was what I was â&#x20AC;&#x201D; country-come-to-town â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and pulled something from under the counter that looked more like a baseball bat than a charge booklet. Only once did he have to say â&#x20AC;&#x153;cash only.â&#x20AC;?

Driving in that carclogged, concrete, cacophonous center of commerce was terrifying.

Loretta is loaded, but one of her accessories I never had occasion to use on the streets of downtown Dunleith, Miss., was the cruise control. The manual says it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work below 40 miles per hour, and I never had any reason to go faster than that. Go 40 in Memphis and you become pavement. Folks will run over you.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been to enough funerals to figure out we all end up at the same place, so the logic of hurrying has always escaped me.

Therefore, I found the urbanitesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; need for speed especially mystifying.

At first I thought they must really love working because in the mornings they were in a mad rush to get to work. But then I noticed in the afternoon they were in an even madder rush to get away from it.

I have difficulty chewing tobacco and chopping cotton simultaneously, but the things Memphians do while driving at the same time is amazing.

Men shave, sip coffee and read the morning paper; women smoke, put on makeup and talk on the phone. Vehicular roulette â&#x20AC;Ś thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what it is.

City folks have been known to take up rural residence and adapt quite well, but what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard about not being able to take the country out of country folks is true. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still the country boy I always was, even when Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m among metropolites.

classes is Friday, Jan. 11. E-learning (on-line) classes are available and begin Monday, Jan. 14.

The Northeast Bookstore is located in the Haney Union opens from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

For additional information about admissions or financial aid, call 662720-7239 in Booneville or e-mail admitme@ nemcc.edu.

Visit Northeast on the Internet at www.nemcc. edu.

can benefit from the low impact course.

Extension educators design each class to meet the needs of all participants.

For more information and to register, call UT Extension at 731-6453598.

(Daily Corinthian columnist and Oxford resident Jimmy Reed is a newspaper columnist, author and college professor. He can be contacted at jimmycecilreedjr@gmail.com; 662832-8031.)

Community events Blood drive United Blood Services is having a blood drive on Tuesday, Jan. 15 from 8 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. at the Kossuth High School Library.

Machinery/ garden show The Alcorn County Farm Machinery and Lawn & Garden Show is being held at the Crossroads Arena, ThursdaySaturday, Jan. 17-19.

The event is the largest agricultural-based trade show in Northeast Mississippi. For more information, contact Gregg Moss, greggmoss@yahoo.com, 662-808-4734; Steve Knight, sknight@ telesouth.com, 731-6073432 or www.alcornfarmmachineryshow.com.

Guild meets The Corinth Artist Guild will have its annual meeting, Thursday, Jan. 24 at 6 p.m. at the gallery, 507 Cruise St. in Corinth. All Guild members are invited.

The meeting will include

an election of officers, a review of the events of the past year and plans discussed for the year to come.

Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; theatre classes Corinth Theatre-Arts is offering a program to teach kids the basics of acting on the stage.

Two childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shows are starting in January and the classes are being matched to go with the shows.

The two upcoming productions are â&#x20AC;&#x153;The House at Pooh Corner,â&#x20AC;? playing Feb. 22-24; and â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Wizard of Oz,â&#x20AC;? scheduled for March 2. Auditions for both shows are being held Jan. 6-8 from 4-6 p.m.

The kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; acting classes will cover basic skills, acting, storytelling and how to create characters. Classes will meet on eight Saturdays throughout the months of January, February and March, beginning Jan. 12. Budding actors can attend individual classes

or the entire session.

Cost of attendance is $15 for individual classes and $80 for all classes.

Deadline for registration is Jan. 12. For more information, contact Cristina Skinner at cristina.a.skinner@gmail. com.

Guild exhibit Jeremiah Briggsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; artistic works are the featured January exhibit at the Corinth Artist Guild Gallery.

An opening reception for Briggs, a special education teacher at North Side High School in Jackson, Tenn., is being held today at the gallery from 2-4 p.m.

The gallery is also featuring a collection of Jesse Ablesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; snow scenes during the month.

Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday-Saturday. Viewings by appointment are also available. Contact the gallery located at 507 Cruise St. in Corinth, at 662-6650520.

Prayer breakfast The American Legion Post 6 is hosting a prayer breakfast every Wednesday at 7 a.m.

Sausage, biscuits and coffee will be served. A devotional will be given by a different speaker each Wednesday. The prayer breakfasts are being held at the American Legion Building on Tate St. in Corinth. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be a post member to attend.

For more information, call 462-5815.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Just Plain Countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Just Plain Country performs at the Tishomingo County Fairgrounds in Iuka every Saturday from 7-10 p.m. Good family entertainment.

NEMCC registration Registration is now open for 2013 spring semester classes at Northeast Mississippi Community College. Classes on the Booneville and Corinth campuses begin Monday, Jan. 7. The last day to register for both traditional and on-line

Exercises for arthritis UT Extension in McNairy County is offering a free Arthritis Foundation exercise class starting Jan. 8, every Tuesday and Thursday for eight weeks. The class will be offered at the Selmer Community Center from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

This class is being taught by a certified instructor and is for arthritis sufferers of all ages and mobility levels that

Nature group meets Anyone interested in activities involving wild birds or nature can attend the next meeting of the Corinth Audubon Nature Group to be held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 15 in the Corinth Library auditorium. Guest speakers will be Cynthia and Woody Harrell, the Troverts (X & N), who will speak on â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Troverts on the Appalachian Trial 2012.â&#x20AC;?

Republicans meet Republicans who live in Farmington will be meeting at the Farmington City Hall on Monday, Jan. 21 at 6 p.m. for the purpose of electing an executive committee.

This meeting is free and open to the public.

OpenHOUSE Magnolia Regional Health Center invites our community to join us in celebrating the opening of our New Main Entrance, Emergency Department, Radiology Department, Central Scheduling Area, Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Center and Cardiology Area located on the south side of the main patient tower.

â&#x20AC;ŚExpanding to provide the best healthcare for our customers, One Patient at a Time.

Thursday, January 24, 2013 Tours will be provided from 8:00 am until 12:00 noon

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Winners of the Little Miss Division during Biggersville Elementary School’s recent pageant were (from left) First Alternate Annah-Claire Isbell, Most Beautiful Amarri Harris, and Second Alternate Ali Settlemires.

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Winners of the Tiny Miss division at Biggersville Elementary School’s recent pageant were (from left) Second Alternate Jalynn Hearn, Most Beautiful Taylor Mitchell, and First Alternate Madison Holland.

Slim chance for Medicaid expansion

BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press

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JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers can expect to be pulled in opposite directions this year on a big-dollar question of whether to expand Medicaid.

Gov. Phil Bryant and fellow Republicans who lead the House and Senate say they oppose expansion because they believe the state can't afford to put millions more dollars into the federalstate health insurance program for the needy.

On the other side, health advocates say Mississippi — one of the poorest states in the nation — can't afford to turn down billions of federal dollars that would come with expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, the federal health care law that President Barack Obama signed in 2010.

Hospitals and other providers want lawmakers to consider the economic benefits that could come from an influx of money from Washington.

The federal law gives states the option to expand Medicaid to people making 133 percent of the federal poverty level starting in January 2014.

The federal government would pay 100 percent of the expansion costs between 2014 and 2017 for the newly eligible people who enroll.

The federal share would then phase down to 90 percent for those people by 2020.

Senate Public Health Committee Chairman Dean Kirby, R-Pearl, said he doesn't think expansion will be approved this year to prepare for 2014.

Even if a bill were to pass the House and Senate, Kirby said the governor has made it clear he'd veto it.

“We do not have the votes to override a veto, I'll tell you that,” Kirby said.

Mississippi's population is about 3 million. In September, 641,573 state residents were on Medicaid.

An expansion could add an estimated 300,000 to 400,000 people. Estimates vary on how much an expansion would cost the state, and how much it would bring in over the next several years.

In October, researchers with the state Institutions of Higher Learning issued a report that

examined three possible expansion scenarios: The high rate would be for 95 percent of newly eligible people to sign up for Medicaid coverage; the medium rate would be 85 percent participation; and the low rate would be 75 percent participation.

Using the 95 percent participation rate, which researchers considered the most likely scenario, the study shows 310,039 people could be added by 2025.

In that year, Mississippi would spend $159.1 million more on Medicaid than it is spending now, while the state would receive an additional $63.3 million in revenue. That puts the state's loss of money at $95.8 million.

Bryant said he worries federal government will renege on its promise to pay expansion costs after 2020, leaving the state with a huge expense.

“I am not going put my children burdened with that type of debt into the future,” Bryant said.

A high number of uninsured residents puts Mississippi at a disadvantage in trying to attract industry because businesses want to go to places where workers are healthy, said Ed Sivak, director of the Mississippi Economic Policy Center.

The nonprofit group advocates policies to help people with low and moderate incomes. Sivak said expanding Medicaid would help people who are currently uninsured improve their health by having access to regular doctors' visits. He also said an expansion could help add thousands of health care jobs.

“It's a public health and economic opportunity,” Sivak said.

The federal government pays at least 50 percent of Medicaid expenses in all states, and poorer states get a higher federal share.

Mississippi gets the most generous federal share, roughly 73 percent.

Based on 2011 figures, a family of three would have an income of about $23,800 at 133 percent of the poverty level. Each state currently sets its own income thresholds for Medicaid eligibility.

In Mississippi, a family of three can have an annual income of no more than $8,160 a year, well below the 2011 federal poverty level of $17,916 annually.

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Rogers monuments tell unique Corinth story

BY TOM PARSON NPS Ranger

I just love monuments.

If you asked me to explain why, I couldn’t give a simple answer. It’s a combination of factors that leaves me spellbound: the timeless durability of the stone, the luster of freshly waxed bronze, the mystery of the symbolism. And no, it’s not just the Civil War monuments that hold my attention; I have spent many hours in cemeteries admiring the artwork and craftsmanship.

One of the hats I wear as a Ranger is exterior cultural resources maintenance. That’s government talk that means I’m the latest in a line of folks that have been taking care of the monuments at Shiloh. Historic preservation is a particular passion of mine and there’s no small sense of satisfaction in maintaining and repairing those silent sentinels of the battlefield.

A few summers ago I led a team of eight college kids in a project to clean all of the monuments on the two battlefields. It was probably the most rewarding task I’ve had in my 14 years with Shiloh. It was not just the satisfaction of preserving those sacred pieces of stone, it was also the joy of seeing eight young people develop the passion as well. Glen Foster, Corinth’s lead maintenance worker, was also on that project and was badly bitten by the preservation bug too. In fact this fall he graduated from the Park Service’s historic preservation training program.

Way to go, Glen!

Though Shiloh has

Corinth beat on the number of monuments on the field, Corinth is second to none in the uniqueness of its memorials. We not only have two monuments dedicated to a single individual, the soldier in question is actually buried under one of them.

Colonel William Peleg Rogers, the commanding officer of the 2nd Texas Infantry, was not a native Texan. He was born in Georgia, raised in Alabama, grew up in Mississippi, moved to Texas, and died on a hillside in Corinth. In his last hour he led three charges against the Union stronghold of Battery Robinett.

The last attempt brought him to the very walls of the fort.

He died in a hail of bullets and when the Union commander, Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans, learned of the personal bravery exhibited by Rogers he made an unusual gesture; he ordered Rogers to be buried on the field where he fell, with full military honors. Why was this so unusual? Timing.

This type of gesture was common in the early months of the war when chivalry and respect were not uncommon. By October of ’62, however, things had changed. The war had become bloodier than anyone could have imagined and the thought of acknowledging the brave acts of the enemy was a thing of the past.

Except for Colonel Rogers.

Rosecrans’ orders were carried out and William Rogers was buried on the north side of the fort, within feet of the spot

where he fell. Not far away was a mass grave, the resting place for many of his men. And the war went on and the grave was nearly forgotten. A thoughtful citizen built a small picket fence around the grave but time and neglect soon covered the site with weeds.

In May of 1894 a group of Corinthians cleaned up Rogers’ grave and reinterred his comrades to the City Cemetery. On hand for the cleanup was Mr. J. R. Wiles, a reporter for the Galveston Daily News. Wiles wrote an article “A Neglected Texan’s Grave,” and the response was overwhelming. In 1896 the United Daughters of the Confederacy, W.P. Rogers Chapter of Victoria, Texas, founded the Rogers Monument Association, with the purpose of erecting a suitable memorial for the Texas hero. A call was sent out across the country for donations of $5 to get the project rolling.

While the association was making plans for a monument, Rogers’ grave was cleaned again and the old picket fence was taken down. In its place was erected a low concrete barrier with four short obelisks on the corners and a tall stone vase at the head. It had a more permanent look than the old fence.

The ladies of South Texas were engaged in a noble task, but truth be told, there was already a monument to Rogers in Corinth. The cleanup back in 1894 had been led by Major George W. Bynum, commander of the A. S. Johnston Camp of the United Confederate

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The Rogers monument sits at the site of Battery Robinett near the Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center. In the distance is the Confederate Monument also dedicated in August 1912.

Veterans. Bynum felt the need for a lasting monument to honor Colonel Rogers and he put out a call for help “from the Northern blue and the Southern gray,” to raise a suitable memorial to the fallen Texan.

In 1896, at the cost of a thousand dollars, a

monument was unveiled in Corinth. It was a beauty. A 14-foot granite and marble base was topped with a life size Confederate soldier cast in zinc.

Oddly, the monument committee and the city chose to place the memorial smack dab in the middle of the intersection

of Waldron and Franklin Streets.

Though the monument was dedicated to Col. Rogers, the statue is of an enlisted man, a private of the Confederate army, making the memorial a tribute to all Southern Please see ROGERS | 2B

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Outdoors

Sunday, January 6, 2013

Report details growth in outdoor participation There was a period not long ago when it wasn’t unusual to hear someone say, “People just don’t hunt and fish like they used to.”

Participation in wildlife-related outdoor recreation may have taken a step backward for a short while, but according to the Final Report of the 2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife Associated Recreation recently released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, participation grew by leaps and bounds from 2006 to 2011.

At the request of the state fish and wildlife agencies, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have been sponsoring the national survey every five years since 1955. The survey is viewed as one of the nations most important wildlife related recreation databases and the definite source of information concerning participation and purchases associated with hunting, fishing and other forms of wildliferelated recreation nationwide.

The U.S. Census Bureau selected over 48,600 househ o l d s David across the Green c o u n t r y to obtain Outdoors samples of sportspersons and wildlife watchers for detailed interviews. Information was collected through computer assisted telephone and inperson interviews.

The Final Report, which follows up the August 2012 Preliminary Review and the September 2012 State Overview, provides in-depth detail on the types of activities and money spent for fishing, hunting, and wildlife watching.

Highlights in the report are many.

More than 90 million U.S. residents 16 years old and older participated in some form of wildlife related recreation in 2011; an increase of 3 percent from five years earlier.

The increase was primarily among those who fished and hunted.

Wildlife enthusiasts spent $144.7 billion in 2011 on their activities, which equated to 1 percent of the Gross Domestic Product. Of the total amount spent, $49.5 billion was spent on equipment, and $24.8 billion was spent on other items such as licenses, land leasing and ownership.

The number of sportspersons rose from 33.9 million in 2006 to 37.4 million in 2011.

Data collected shows that 33.1 million people fished, 13.7 million hunted, and 71.8 million participated in at least one type of wildlife watching activity such as observing, feeding and photographing wildlife.

There were other key findings in regards to fishing and hunting.

Out of the 13.7 million hunters that took to the field in 2011, 11.6 million hunted big game, 4.5 million hunted small game, 2.6 million hunted migratory birds, and 2.2 million

hunted other animals.

Of the 33.1 million anglers who took to the water for some fishing, 27.5 million fished in freshwater and 8.9 million saltwater fished.

While 94 percent of the U.S. population, 16 years of age and older, resided in metropolitan areas with populations of 50,000 or more, 89 percent of all anglers and 80 percent of all hunters were metropolitan residents.

Male fishermen made up 73 percent (24.2 million) of all anglers and 27 percent (8.9 million) were female. Of all hunters, 89 percent (12.2 million) were males and 11 percent (1.5 million) were females.

Outdoor wildlife related recreation is not just about hunting and fishing.

In the report, it says 71.8 million U.S. residents observed, fed, and /or photographed birds and other wildlife in 2011.

Almost 68.6 million observed wildlife around their homes, and 22.5

million people took trips of at least one mile from home primarily to watch wildlife.

Of the 46.7 million people who participated in bird watching, 88 percent did so around their homes and 38 percent on trips a mile or more away.

Other types of wildlife observing were also popular for trip takers.

It is said 13.7 million people enjoyed watching land critters such as bear, squirrel, and buffalo. Another 4 million people watched marine mammals, 6.4 million enjoyed looking at fish, and 10.1 million enjoyed watching other wildlife such as butterflies.

People spent $54.9 billion on their wildlifewatching trips, equipment, and other items in 2011. This amounted to $981 on average per spender for the year.

State reports pertaining to the survey will be prepared for release on a rolling basis beginning in December 2012 and through May of 2013.

The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working with others to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. They are a trusted leader and partner in fish and wildlife conservation known for scientific excellence, stewardship of lands and natural resources, dedicated professionalism, and commitment to public service.

(Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; for more information on the work of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the people who make it happen, visit www.fws.gov.

Daily Corinthian columnist and Alcorn County resident David Green is an avid hunter and fisherman in the Crossroads area. Anyone wishing to share a unique outdoor story or having any news to report pertaining to the outdoors, David can be contacted at dgreen_outdoors@yahoo.com.)

Dos gris allowances help boost Louisiana duck numbers

BY JOE MACALUSO The Advocate

BATON ROUGE, La. — Duck hunters were stunned in July when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a fourper-day limit for scaup.

Don’t know that species? Hunters across south Louisiana call them “dos gris,” and “bluebills” on the East Coast.

The revelation that dos gris numbers had rebounded from all-time lows of four and five years ago (when the daily limit was two), was welcomed among the folks hunting the southeastern par-

ishes, where lots of open water lures dos gris by the tens of thousands.

And because dos gris are late migrants, this species often fill limits when the more plentiful teal have evacuated the state for Central America beaches.

But dos gris are seldom found west of the Atchafalaya River delta in large numbers, which is why avid waterfowler Sam Pernici was astounded to see so many around their Pecan Island blinds.

He and his buddies hunted four days recently, but we were covered

up in scaup.

The biologists and the group that does the population counts were on target in projecting a good hatch and granting hunters a four-bird limit.

“I’ve never seen a banded scaup/bluebill in 30 years of hunting Pecan Island,” Pernici wrote.

What’s more, state biologist Shane Granier estimated 55 percent of the 1,288 ducks taken over Pointe-aux-Chenes Wildlife Management Area marshes were dos gris, which made up 7-8 percent of the take on Atchafalaya Delta, Pass a Lout-

re and Salvator WMAs. Gadwall and bluewing teal were the next-most prominent species in the open-day haul on these public lands.

What the State Waterfowl Study found earlier this month during its December aerial survey followed a trend established years ago. November’s survey turned up 24,000 scaup. This month, the count is 156,000, but that number is down from the 188,000 estimated in the state this time last year.

Here are other points Waterfowl Study leader Larry Reynolds gleaned

from the early December survey: ■ December’s estimate of 2.06 million ducks is a 41 percent increase over November’s 1.46 million, but 15 percent lower than last year’s 2.42 million.

■ The count is 10 percent lower than the most recent five-year December average of 2.3 million and 23 percent below the long-term average of 2.68 million.

■ Except for pintails, estimates for all species were similar or higher than November, with the biggest increases seen for ringnecked ducks, scaup,

mallards and canvasbacks. The estimate for pintails fell from 303,000 to 219,000 despite a big increase at Catahoula Lake because of declines in both southwest and southeast portions of coastal Louisiana.

■ Estimates for canvasbacks, scaup, and ringnecked ducks are above long-term averages.

■ Except shovelers, all dabbling ducks were below their long-term average.

The southwest continues to hold more birds than the southeastern parishes.

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soldiers who fought at Corinth. With the invention of the automobile it was decided the location in the middle of the street was an accident waiting to happen, so in 1919 the memorial was moved a few yards to the northeast and reset on the corner of the courthouse square.

(Oh, and kudos to the current W.P. Rogers Camp of the SCV, which was instrumental in giving the aging statue a much-needed facelift in 2010.)

As the years went by the fund being collected by the ladies of Texas continued to grow. In 1912 a granite obelisk was commissioned and shipped by rail to old Cross City.

On the 15th of August thousands of local citizens and sons of the Lone Star State gathered on the high ground of Battery Robinett for the dedication.

The site had changed dramatically over the years. A beautiful white picket gate graced the base of a wood arch, welcoming visitors to Confederate Park. A circular bench enclosed the towering willow oak that is still standing a century later. The old vase and wall were removed and the obelisk was erected at the head of Rogers’ grave.

A massive slab of granite was set on the north side of the monument to mark his final resting place.

The invocation was given by Rev. J. H. Felts of the Methodist Church of Corinth followed by a speech from Mrs. S.E. F. Rose, the commander of the Mississippi Division of the U.D.C. More speeches

One of the earliest known photos of the Col. Rogers gravesite shows how the grave appeared in 1875.

The first Rogers monument near the current Alcorn County Courthouse is shown in this early postcard in the middle of the dirt intersection of Waldron and Franklin.

This slightly later photo depicts the gravesite in 1895. and music led up to the big moment when two of Rogers’ great-grandchildren pulled the veil off the stone

while John A. Saunders, another greatgrandchild, flourished the Colonel’s sword over his head.

But the festivities were far from over. Margaret Bynum, granddaughter of Major Bynum, pulled the

cover from a second monument, a granite stone set to recall the valor of all the Confederates who fell in the Battle of Corinth.

The word “Remember” was inscribed deeply into the gray granite, a charge to future generations.

As the ceremonies ended the crowds pushed forward to read the inscriptions cut into the three stones. On the north side of the Rogers’ monument was a quote from Union General Rosecrans: “He was one of the bravest men that ever led a charge. Bury him with

military honors.”

As I’m writing this there is a couple up on the hill looking at the monuments. I spoke to them before they went out the back gate and learned they’re from out of state and had never heard of the Battle of Corinth.

They are next to Colonel Rogers reading the text on his stone. Amid the reminders of war and death they just learned that there was once a man so brave he was honored not only by his comrades but by his foes as well. Rest in peace, Colonel.

Celebrations/Wisdom

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Woman shocked when handout refused ‘Spirit’ begins DEAR ABBY: I spent the afternoon running errands. As I left the shopping center, I saw a young couple with a baby and a toddler holding a sign requesting help with food, as the husband had just been laid off. I drove past, then considered the children and circled back.

I had no cash with me, so I stopped and offered them our family’s dinner -- a jar of premium spaghetti sauce, a pound of fresh ground beef, a box of dried spaghetti, fruit cups that my children usually take to school for treats, and some canned soups I occasionally have for lunch.

Imagine my surprise when the couple declined my generosity. Instead, the man strongly suggested that I should go to a nearby ATM and withdraw cash to donate to them because they preferred to select their own groceries and pay their phone bills. What are your thoughts on this? -GENUINELY PUZZLED IN AUSTIN, TEXAS DEAR PUZZLED: What happened is a shame. Some families are truly in need and should

be guided to a shelter so they can receive help getting back on Abigail their feet.

Van Buren However, in some Dear Abby cities you see the same people on the same streets for long periods of time. They have staked out their “turf,” and because the money they are given is tax-free, some of them are doing quite well.

In your case, the couple you saw holding the sign may have been professional panhandlers, and the children may have been “borrowed.”

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been separated for a year and I have filed for divorce. We have reached an agreement about everything except one thing: our tortoise.

This may seem strange, but Herbert has always been our “child.” I think of him as my kid, and I believe my husband when he says he loves him that much, too.

We got Herbert as a

baby that fit into the palm of my hand. Herbert is now 9, very large and lives in the backyard in a “doghouse” structure.

The problem is, my husband still wants to see Herbert. He agrees that he will visit only when I am not at home. I don’t distrust him or worry he will try to take Herbert, but I just don’t want him here.

I know that if Herbert is mine legally, I won’t have to let anyone see him.

Once our divorce is final, I want nothing more to do with my husband and he knows that. But it’s like telling someone he could never see his kid again. I’d really like to know your thoughts. -- NICOLE IN SANFORD, FLA. DEAR NICOLE: Because you can’t split Herbert in half, why not consider shared custody?

If your husband can provide a safe place for the tortoise to stay while he’s with “Daddy,” you could work out an agreement so that you could exchange your “kid” at a neutral place -- such as your veterinarian’s office -- and you wouldn’t have to see your husband and vice

versa.

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I will celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary next summer, and we’re planning to renew our vows. I’m trying to decide if I should wear my original wedding gown. (I wore it on our 25th anniversary.)

Would it be in good taste to wear the same dress, or should I go with something else? We’ll be inviting some of the same people who attended the 25th anniversary party.

-- MARY IN ALBUQUERQUE DEAR MARY: Congratulations on your long and happy marriage. If you can still fit into your original wedding dress, by all means wear it.

I consider it an accomplishment. You’ll be the envy of most of the women at your celebration, and probably some of the men.

(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.)

Best career fits require some effort, luck

BY LINDA BREAZEALE Did you pick your career or did it pick you?

Long, hot days driving a tractor in a hay field and crack-of-dawn cattle roundups helped me decide that farming was not the life for me. Instead, I opted for an education that allowed me to get an 8-to-5 job in an air-conditioned office and earn a regular paycheck.

In college, I majored in communication with an emphasis in public relations, never intending to stay in my hometown of Starkville. I was going to a big city with all the excitement and money that I thought it would offer.

Before I graduated, one of my crazy cousins (and most of us have at least one) suggested I consider agricultural communications. He was sure my farm roots would make this a great direction for me. My cousin worked for an agricultural chemical company and had experience with ag communicators. He knew what they

were like, and he knew me.

To my young ears, that career path sounded much too narrow, so I did not give it a second thought until many years later.

After writing for my community newspaper for a couple of years, a job opportunity opened in what is now the Mississippi State University Office of Agricultural Communications. Twenty-five years later, I’m still here, and I love what I do.

Every week brings a different story that Mississippians need to hear.

They need to know that our youth are responsible citizens, hard workers and future leaders. They are raising champion livestock and helping their communities through a variety of service projects.

I remember one 4-H’er who donated his livestock earnings to a friend with huge medical expenses after a car accident. Others are exploring their own career paths as they do such things as programming robots. They

are considering careers in natural resource management through a variety of camps and programs offered by MSU’s College of Forest Resources.

Mississippians need to know that MSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine does so much more than educate the veterinarians who will care for our future extended family members. The CVM is also conducting research that benefits the state’s valuable poultry, catfish and livestock industries, as well as human medicine.

Mississippians need to know that MSU Extension Service offices are located in all 82 counties, and each one has a finger on the pulse of its community. Programs to “turn the tide on poverty” or encourage medical professionals to locate in rural areas are part of the Extension effort.

Researchers with the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station and with the Forest and Wildlife Research

Center are recognized far beyond our borders for their work that has worldwide implications. Did you know MSU hosts an internationally acclaimed insect-rearing workshop?

Mississippians need to know all that, and I’m glad to be able to tell it.

My crazy cousin was right. I have loved being in agricultural communications, telling Mississippi’s agricultural story -everything from the $2.4 billion forestry industry to a 25-acre Chickasaw County produce farm.

I’m proud of MSU’s fish hatchery and its entomology museum.

Career paths fall on pavement, gravel, dirt and grass. They take people to big cities, small communities, wooded lands, open fields and even water surfaces. I hope today’s students find the best paths for them.

(Daily Corinthian columnist Linda Breazeale is the senior news editor for MSU Ag Communications.)

Today in history Today is Sunday, Jan. 6, the sixth day of 2013.

There are 359 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 6, 1963, “Oliver!,” Lionel Bart’s musical adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel “Oliver Twist,” opened on Broadway.

On this date: In 1540, England’s King Henry VIII married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. (The marriage lasted about six months.)

In 1759, George Washington and Martha Dandridge Custis were married in New Kent County, Va. In 1838, Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail gave the first successful public demonstration of their telegraph, in Morristown, N.J. In 1912, New Mexico became the 47th state.

In 1919, the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, died in Oyster Bay, N.Y., at age 60.

In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his State of the Union address, outlined a goal

of “Four Freedoms”: Freedom of speech and expression; the freedom of people to worship God in their own way; freedom from want; freedom from fear.

In 1942, the Pan American Airways Pacific Clipper, a flying boat built

by Boeing, arrived in New York more than a month after leaving California and following a westward route.

In 1945, George Herbert Walker Bush married Barbara Pierce in Rye, N.Y. In 1950, Britain recognized the Communist government of China.

In 1963, “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom” premiered on NBC-TV. In 1982, truck driver William G. Bonin was convicted in Los Angeles of 10 of the “Freeway Killer” slayings of young men and boys. (Bonin was later convicted of four other killings; he was executed in 1996.)

In 1993, authorities rescued Jennifer Stolpa and her infant son, Clayton, after Jennifer’s husband, James, succeeded in reaching help, ending

the family’s eight-day ordeal in the snow-covered Nevada desert. Jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, 75, died in Englewood, N.J.; ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev died in suburban Paris at age 54.

Ten years ago: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein accused U.N. inspectors of engaging in “intelligence work” instead of searching for suspected nuclear, chemical and biological weapons in his country.

Thousands of Marines, sailors and soldiers headed for the Persian Gulf region, shipping out from California, Georgia and Maryland as the buildup for a war with Iraq accelerated sharply.

Five years ago: In a video posted on the Internet, al-Qaida’s American-born spokesman, Adam Gadahn, urged fighters to meet President George W. Bush with bombs during his upcoming Mideast visit.

Mikhail Saakashvili was declared winner of a second term as Georgia’s president.

One year ago: A bomb exploded at a busy Da-

new year with ‘Easy’ program Special to the Daily Corinthian

TUPELO, — Ease into 2013 with North Mississippi Medical Center Spirit of Women’s “Easy Does It: Recipes, Décor, Hospitality and More to Simplify Your Life” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, at the Summit Center in Tupelo.

Featured speaker will be Patty Roper, editorial director of Mississippi Magazine, who shares her innovative decorating, entertaining ideas and easy and delicious recipes in the magazine’s Easy Does It Entertaining, Easy Does It Project, Seasonal, Patty’s Picks, and Patty Loves departments.

Roper has authored five entertaining and recipe books: “Easy Hospitality,” “Easy Does It Entertaining,” “At the Table,” “Easy Parties and Wedding Celebrations,” and “Easy Does It - Winners and Favorites.”

A native of Jackson, Roper holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Mississippi and taught in the Jackson Public Schools for nine years. For the past several years, she has presented many programs on entertaining and gracious living in Mississippi and neighboring states. She entertains family and friends with a simple approach to

Patty Roper will share her innovative and creative ideas at NMMC’s Spirit of Women’s event Jan. 24, 6:30 p.m. at the Summit Center in Tupelo. beauty and elegance with classic Southern recipes.

Tickets for “Easy Does It” are $20 and include dinner. Spirit of Women members who have paid the lifetime $10 membership fee will also receive a free copy of Roper’s “At the Table” cookbook. For ticket information, call 1-800843-3375 or visit www. nmhs.net/spirit_of_ women.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for visiting exhibits and shopping vendors.

Several door prizes will be awarded, including the grand prize — a custom set of jewelry created especially for Spirit of Women by designer Laura Marlowe.

Ole Miss freshman receives scholarships Special to the Daily Corinthian

OXFORD — Erica Nicole Rixie of Walnut, a University of Mississippi freshman, was awarded scholarship packages for the 2012-2013 academic year based on criteria that included academic and leadership creden-

tials.

Her scholarships include LuckyDay Success Scholarship, $4,988; Caterpillar Foundation Scholarship, $2,500; Tippah County Scholarship, $1,000; Academic Excellence, $2,500; and Bledsoe Scholarship, $1,500.

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mascus intersection, killing 25 people and wounding dozens in the second major attack in the Syrian capital in as many weeks. The Obama administration expanded the FBI’s more than eight-decades-old definition of rape to count men as victims for the first time and to drop the requirement that victims physically resisted their attackers. New England Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien agreed to become Penn State’s new football coach.

Today’s Birthdays: Pollster Louis Harris is 92. Retired MLB All-Star Ralph Branca is 87. Author E.L. Doctorow is 82.

Actress Bonnie Franklin is 69. Country musician Joey, the CowPolka King (Riders in the Sky) is 64. Former FBI director Louis Freeh is 63. Rock singer-musician Kim Wilson (The Fabulous Thunderbirds) is 62. Singer Jett Williams is 60. Rock musician Malcolm Young (AC-DC) is 60. Actor-comedian Rowan Atkinson is 58. World Golf Hall of Famer Nancy Lopez is 56.

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Author offers spot in book for finding lost dog

BY BRIDGET MURPHY Associated Press

BROOKLINE, Mass. — There’s a new mystery on Dennis Lehane’s mind, and the best-selling author is offering a special reward: Find his lost dog and get a spot in his next book.

The plot kicked off Christmas Eve, when the crime novelist’s rescue beagle Tessa escaped from his yard after an outdoor gate latch didn’t lock all the way.

Since then, Lehane’s family has launched an all-out search. They’ve posted fliers, organized foot searches and used social media to try to bring

Tessa back to their home in Brookline, Mass., near Boston.

The 47-year-old author of books including “Mystic River” and “Gone, Baby, Gone” is offering a monetary reward and has said he’ll name a character in his next book after whoever finds Tessa.

Lehane said Thursday outside his home that he’s surprised by the media attention the story has attracted, and thinks it has something to do with the character offer.

But he said as word of the missing dog spread, his family has heard from people across the country on a “Finding Tessa” Face-

book page. They even got an offer of help from a dog psychic in San Francisco.

“No dog since Lassie ever got this attention ... the flip side of the comedy is, who wouldn’t do this for their dog?” he said.

The doggie dilemma comes as Lehane faces a Friday deadline for finishing a movie script based on his short story “Animal Rescue,” timing he said may be “sadistic irony.”

The movie is scheduled to begin shooting in March in New York City.

The author said he’s been spending about four hours a day searching for the tri-colored female beagle after he finishes

writing, and his wife has dedicated about 10 hours a day to the effort.

They adopted the 4-year-old beagle not long ago from a Florida rescue agency. Before that, Tessa was a stray in Georgia.

With the help of Twitter and Facebook accounts, Lehane and his wife organized two search efforts Thursday in sections of Brookline and Boston, where they suspect Tessa could be. In the beginning, there were three sightings within about two miles of their home not long after a house sitter reported that the dog was loose.

But the trail went cold

for days after a sighting near a McDonald’s restaurant. Tessa wasn’t wearing tags, but does have a microchip.

“Every dog expert we talk to is strongly suggesting that she’s in somebody’s house,” Lehane said. “That’s why we keep saturating the area with pictures. Because somebody could have her and just not know.”

Missing dog posters dotted the family’s Coolidge Corner neighborhood Thursday, including in the front windows at Durty Harry’s dog grooming shop where Tessa is a client. Shop owner Michelle Fournier

said interest in the search took off even before people knew Tessa had a famous owner.

“This is about a dog and her family. This is about a community who loves dogs,” she said.

Lehane said Thursday that Tessa is so sweet that she’d taken to spooning the family’s puppy before her disappearance. He said if someone knows where Tessa is, he only cares about a happy ending, not about knowing where she’s been.

“It’s a no-questionsasked issue,” the author said. “... Bring the dog to a shelter or call me and I will pick up the dog.”

Hollywood faces weave tale about fracking in ‘Promised Land’

BY MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — The new movie “Promised Land” digs into the fierce national debate over fracking, the technique that’s generated a boom in U.S. natural gas production while also stoking controversy over its possible impact on the environment and health.

Written by and starring Matt Damon and John Krasinski, the film comes at an opportune time for a big-screen exploration of the issues surrounding the shale gas revolution, with cheap natural gas transforming the nation’s energy landscape and “fracking” now a household word.

But viewers shouldn’t necessarily expect a realistic treatment of drilling and fracking. It’s not that kind of film.

Lending an air of authenticity, the movie was

shot in Pennsylvania, where thousands of wells have been drilled and fracked in recent years as industry heavyweights pull huge volumes of gas from the sprawling Marcellus Shale, a rock formation deep below the surface of the Earth.

But “Promised Land” spends little time explaining how energy companies actually go about pulling natural gas out of the ground, and what little explanation the movie does provide is simply not very accurate.

The Focus Features release instead concentrates on another aspect of the drilling boom — the battle for hearts and minds as gas companies seek to lease land for drilling while environmentalists warn of the perils of punching a bunch of holes in the ground. Bewildered landowners, meanwhile, are left to sort out the competing claims

and counterclaims.

It’s potentially fertile territory. In real life, drilling companies injected millions of dollars into moribund local economies, transforming sleepy villages in Pennsylvania and other states into boomtowns almost overnight. But the industry also sowed division, pitting neighbor against neighbor as some residents complained of ruined water wells and other environmental degradation. Many others heralded the prosperity that drilling creates and the abundant homegrown energy it produces.

Even here, though, the movie seeks to entertain more than enlighten, with an implausible plot twist undermining what could have been a realistic portrayal of life as it is really lived in the gas fields.

“Promised Land” follows Steve Butler (Damon), a gas company

Horoscopes Sunday, January 6, 2013

BY HOLIDAY MATHIS Creators Syndicate

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Big projects will excite you, but don’t let that cause you to rush. Leave a good amount of space between the different stages of work. It will help you to refine and improve as you go.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Someone wants to include you in a clique.

It may be enticing, but there are good reasons to resist. For starters, getting too comfortable at this point will stunt your personal and artistic growth.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). No matter how artistic or creative you consider yourself to be, elements of your environment such as color and lighting will have an enormous effect your mood now. Consider making improvements in these areas.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ll do more than your fair share of the domestic work. Because you keep doing it, it keeps getting left for you to do.

So don’t rush to clean up. Give others a chance to pitch in.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Social influence is strong now, and it’s not all bad. There are many healthy and beneficial aspects to society. Still, don’t let yourself slip entirely into the “group mind.” Remain uniquely yourself.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Coming together will be a challenge. You may find rather wide gaps between what you want and what your loved ones want. Luckily, these gaps can be closed without compromising your integrity.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’re afraid of putting your loved ones out, but don’t let loved ones off the hook so easily. Let them give to you. It will

strengthen the bond and keep them from taking you for granted.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). The natural nemesis of fire is said to be water. But fire can be put out just as well if covered in earth, and it can’t exist without air. You respect the powers of others. Strength and awareness are related.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

Must there always be a winner and a loser? Of course not. Become partners instead of opponents. Band together to find a solution in which both parties will be winners.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

Your aesthetic experience will have a strong bearing on your happiness and self-esteem. Beautiful things will happen because you’re willing to put work into making your environment better.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). The drama doesn’t involve you. You’ll feel like you’re getting away with something, but the truth is that you deserve to have your time and energy to yourself. You’ve earned it by staying out of other people’s business.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). It’s wonderful to have a chance to help.

Your anonymous and random act of kindness will have no immediate reward, but someday someone will do the same for you.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 6). You have talents you’re not using. Relationships make you see yourself differently and come more fully to life’s banquet. Finances pick up in the next six weeks. In May, partners contribute to your wealth in more ways than financial. Travel in June pays for itself because you’re so productive. Pisces and Scorpio people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 3, 1, 7, 38 and 19.

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salesman who shows up in an economically struggling town in Pennsylvania that happens to sit atop a vast reserve of gas.

His task: To get residents to sign on the dotted line, promising them they’ll become instant millionaires once the gas starts flowing from the shale underneath their land.

Standing in his way is Dustin Noble (Krasinski), an environmental activist determined to convince townsfolk they don’t want what the driller is selling.

Damon’s character repeatedly points out that drilling has brought new life to struggling towns, calls U.S. reliance on foreign sources of energy “insane,” and defends fracking as a technology with a proven record of safety. And he seems to believe it himself.

But the film leaves little doubt as to where its sympathies lie.

“Nobody’s going to be

disingenuous here. If you were expecting a profracking movie from Matt Damon, you were probably living in an alternate universe,” Focus Features CEO James Schamus said with a laugh.

Rather, he said, the movie is a Frank Caprastyle yarn about “working-class identity, about aspiration, about money and what it does to you,” with fracking as the vehicle that propels the story and a healthy dose of corporate villainy.

Krasinski says he and Damon tried to avoid too much of a political message. “We really wanted to tell a story about community, about these small towns that are going through very real situations right now, especially with the economic situation as it is,” he said.

Yet industry groups and environmental activists alike see “Promised Land” very much as a message

film about the perils of the gas boom, and are reacting accordingly.

Drillers began pushing back against “Promised Land” months ago while simultaneously noting that it is indeed a work of fiction.

The Marcellus Shale Coalition, an industry trade group, plans to run ads in 75 percent of Pennsylvania’s movie theaters, encouraging “Promised Land” audiences to visit a website that it set up earlier this year to answer questions about shale gas.

“It’s difficult to factcheck a work of fiction, so I don’t know if we’re going to be able to do that any more than we can fact-check ‘Batman,’” said spokesman Steve Forde.

“But certainly shale gas development is generating discussion around dinner tables, it’s an important discussion to have, and that’s the angle we are looking at.”

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4. Check your ad the 1st day for errors. If error has been made, we will be happy to correct it, but you must call before deadline (3 p.m.) to get that done for the next day.

Please call 662-287-6147 if you cannot find your ad or need to make changes!

(Deadline is 3 p.m. day before ad is to run!)

(Exception-Sun. deadline is 3 pm Fri.) 5 LINES (Apprx. 20 Words)

$19.10 (Does not include commercial business sales) ALL ADS MUST BE PREPAID We accept credit or debit cards Call Classified at (662) 287-6147

0180 Instruction

0244 Trucking

WORK ON JET ENGINES - DRIVER Train for hands on AviaCOMPANY TEAMS tion Career. FAA apIt's All True!! proved program. FinanGUARANTEED MILES cial aid if qualified - Job DRIVING NEW placement assistance.

EQUIPMENT!!

CALL Aviation Institute $2,000 Sign On Bonus!! of Maintenance.

-Paid Holidays!

866-455-4317.

-Benefit Choices!

-Vacation!

-Incentive Package!

EMPLOYMENT Qualifications -1 yr. OTR within last 3 -Doubles Endorsement Medical/ -Above average MVR 0220 Dental -NO Felony convictions ever FULL TIME Dental As-No DUI/DWI in last sistant position avail5 yrs, (1) lifetime able. Experience preIT'S ALL HERE!!! ferred, but not re662-996-3586 quired. Must be reliable, work well with NOW HIRING others & be a team Delivery Experts player. Send copy of reMust pass MVR check, sume to P.O. Box 465, have insurance Corinth, MS 38835. (in your name) & valid driver's license Cash paid daily 0232 General Help Hours are based on Performance CAUTION! ADVERTISENo phone calls MENTS in this classificaApply at Papa John's, tion usually offer informational service of 2019 Hwy 72 E., Corinth products designed to help FIND employment.

Before you send money to any advertiser, it is your responsibility to verify the validity of the offer. Remember: If an ad appears to sound â&#x20AC;&#x153;too good to be trueâ&#x20AC;?, then it may be! Inquiries can be made by contacting the Better Business Bureau at 1-800-987-8280.

TEAM DRIVERS - Olive Branch, Mississippi.

Good Miles/Pay/Super: Benefits/Equip./Touch Free Freight, Quarterly Bonus, Pet Friendly!

CDL-A, 2 yrs. OTR exp., Clean Criminal Background. Call HR 800-7898 4 5 1 , www.longistics.com

Part-time 0268 Employment

0244 Trucking ATTENTION DRIVER Trainees Needed Now! No Experience Necessary.

Covenant Transport needs entry-level semi drivers.

Premium equipment NOW HIRING! & benefits.

Domino's Pizza now Call Today! hiring 20 part-time 1-888-540-7364 team members. Earn up to $15/hr as a delivNO TOUCH Truckload ery driver. Must be 18 Division at Ashley Disyears old, pass backtribution Services! ground check, have a Must have a CDL A, at safe driving record, least 1 year OTR experiyour own vehicle, ence, good work hisproof of car insurance, tory and clean customer service skills, MVR/PSP Reports. We previous job history pay .34 to .36 Cents per with good references mile depending on exfor all positions, includperience with no touch ing Pizza Makers & Cusdry freight. 2,850 avertomer Service Represage Miles Per Week entatives. Apply in Perwith stop pay. Above son, 1102 Hwy 72 E., average home time, Corinth (old Kroger & well maintained equipBig Lots). ment. Paid Safety Bonus and paid vacations with a great benefit 0272 People Seeking Employment package. Make this career change your last SEEKING EMPLOYMENT. one-join the best! Call 1 Exp. forklift driver. Col-800-837-2241 8AM to lege ed. including nurs6PM CST for informa- ing program. 662-603tion and an application. 5603.

Trucking

0244

PETS

ANTIQUE HANDCRAFTED secretary/hutch circa 1800s, 5 1/2 feet long, exc. cond., $500. 662-286 COCKER SPANIEL pup-3325. pies, cute & well mannered, family Wanted to raised, $125 obo. 662665-0209 or 603-4607. 0554 Rent/Buy/Trade

0320 Cats/Dogs/Pets

FOUND: PART Lab/part Weimaraner, house trained, no chip. Orchard Lane area. 662-4151724.

FREE PUPPIES! Boxer/Lab mix, 3 males, 3 females. 662-212-3750.

Tomlinson Computers, Inc. 1604 S. Harper Rd., Corinth, MS 38834 662-287-5158

XBOX 360 Games FIFA2013 $40

While supplies last.

662-287-5158 ph.

662-287-6187 fax 0503 Auction Sales

YORKIES, CKC reg. All shapes, sizes, colors. 1 yr. old & up. 100 & up.

662-665-9379.

FARM

COMMERCIAL ADS ALLOWED!

Email ad to: freeads @dailycorinthian.com

1BR, ALL util, $500; 2BR, w/d, stv/ref, sat tv, CHA, $475. 462-8221, 415-1065.

3 BR, stove/refrig. furn., W&D hookup, CHA. 2873257.

MAGNOLIA APTS. 2 BR, stove, refrig., water. $365. 286-2256.

STUDIO APT., 1 BR, downtown, $650 mo.

287-5557.

WEAVER APTS. 504 N. Cass, 1 BR, scr.porch, w/d. $375+util, 286-2255.

Homes for 0620 Rent

2 BR, 1 BA; 3 BR, 1 BA. 284-8396.

3 BR + bonus rm., 1 1/2 BA, den, LR/kit. combo, extra lg. yard, storage bldg., 70 CR 418. $500 mo., $500 dep. Section 8. apprvd. 662-603-9002.

BRICK 2 BR, 1 BA, C/H/A, $475 + dep. CR 112, Corinth. 662-587-0224.

BUCHANAN ST., 2 BR, 1 1/2 BA, $495. 287-5557.

HOUSES, APTS., TRAILERS in city, Kossuth or Central area. Deferred dep. if qualified. Sec. 8 avail. 286-2525.

ROCKHILL, (27 CR 156), Alcorn Cent. Schl. Dist.

2BA, 1BA, lg. LR, sbs refrig. & stove furn., quiet area. $450 mo., $450 dep. 662-415-4555.

Or mail ad to Free Ads, P.O. Box 1800, Corinth, Business MS 38835, fax ad to 662- 0670 Places/Offices 287-3525 or bring ad to 1607 S. Harper Rd., Cor- BLDG. FOR RENT: 2 BA's, Household approx. 1000 sq. ft. Cass inth.

0509 Goods St. across from Sherwin 2 A/C UNITS, 110 & 220. * N O P H O N E C A L L S Williams Paint store. 662 $100 for both. 427-9894 PLEASE. INCLUDE NAME -665-1795 or 294-5904. & ADDRESS FOR OUR REMobile Homes ANTIQUE SINGER treddle CORDS. 0675 for Rent sewing machine, $350.

427-9894 or 802-9285.

HUGE LOAD of very nice 2 BR trailer, Strickland REFRIGERATOR/FREEZ- ladies' clothing, sizes 12 comm. 286-2099 or 808ER, large, good cond, & 14, beautiful. $30. 662- 2474.

643-7650. $125. 662-594-5479 2 BR, stove/refrig. furn., $250 mo., $100 dep. 2870518 Electronics HUGE LOAD of very nice 3461 or 396-1678. ladies' shoes, sizes 8 & 8 7 3 " M I T S U B I S H I T V 1/2. Great! $30. 662-643REAL ESTATE FOR SALE w/stand, HDMI 3D; Phil- 7650. lips Blu Ray DVD w/surround sound. $1200 METAL SHOP CART, $100 0710 Homes for both. 662-427-9991 Sale 427-9894 or 802-9285.

DVD RECORDER, RCA, BURNSVILLE SCHOOLS $40. 662-396-1326.

This conveniently located 4/5BR home with ILO 32 inch Analog/Diprivacy fenced back gital television with reyard is just off Hwy 72 mote & owners manual, west of Burnsville. It has exc. cond., $150. 662-462 so much space for the -8014. money & owner will inWANT TO make certain stall new floor covering Sporting 0527 Goods your ad gets attention? t o o ! R e d u c e d t o Ask about attention $ 7 4 , 0 0 0 . I n t e r e s t e d ?

MCKEE'S GUN SHOP Don't keep it a secret! getting graphics.

Buy, sell, trade, repair Call Corinth Realty & Hand gun safety classes we'll help you have a available for Tn. REAL ESTATE FOR RENT new home for the new residents. year! 662-287-7653.

731-239-5635

MERCHANDISE

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Once again we are looking for Drivers at Ashley Distribution Services in Ecru, MS. We deliver to retail furniture stores in TX, AR, LA, AL, GA, FL, SC, NC, TN

â&#x20AC;˘ Laptop Computers $399 â&#x20AC;˘ HP all-in-one PC $519 â&#x20AC;˘ LCD Monitors â&#x20AC;˘ Desktop PC starting at $499

least 1 year OTR experience, good work history and clean MVR/PSP Reports. We pay actual miles driven with stop pay. Home weekly with well - maintained equipment. Paid Safety Bonus and paid vacations with a great benefit package.

Make this career change your last one-join the

Fg%lgm[` dgY\k best!

8am to 6pm for more information and an application

Drivers Wanted Yard

Now accepting applications for CDL A qualified full time yard Drivers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 10 PM to 6 AM shift M-F. New Pay Package with shift premiums for afternoons, nights and weekends! Home daily.

1 year driving experience required with Yard Driver experience a plus. Good work history and clean MVR a must.

Call 1800-837-2241 8AM to 6PM CST for an application and details.

Used PC with new LCD monitor starting at $250

Store hours Monday-Friday 8-5

AUCTION

THURSDAY, JANUARY 17TH AT NOON

GREEN ACRES RV PARK AND LAND 215 ZifďŹ&#x201A;e Circle Savannah, TN 38372

Since 2007, Green Acres RV Park has been a proďŹ table, full service RV Park with over $80,000 in net revenue in 2011. This is great opportunity for a couple to live and work in a great environment.

SELLING ONSITE IN FIVE TRACTS. TRACTS 2,3,4,5 SELLING ABSOLUTE! Tract 1 - RV Park and Business â&#x20AC;˘ OfďŹ ce â&#x20AC;˘ 30 x 40, OfďŹ ce Space, Convenience Store, Laundry, Restroom Facilities and Showers â&#x20AC;˘ 42 Rentable RV Pads â&#x20AC;˘ 36 Additional (partially complete) RV Pads â&#x20AC;˘ Swimming Pool (20 x 40) 3 to 5 ft. deep â&#x20AC;˘ Playground â&#x20AC;˘ Partially Completed Apartments (2) â&#x20AC;˘ Passport America CertiďŹ cate Website

Misc. Items for 0563 Sale

FREE ADVERTISING Advertise one item valFREE TO GOOD HOME, ued at $500 or less for Australian Blue Heeler. free. Price must be in Call 662-284-6179 ad & will run for 5 days GREAT DANE AKC pups. 7 in Daily Corinthian, 1 w k s . F a w n w / b l a c k day in Reporter & 1 day mask. Good tempera- in Banner Independent. ment. M/F. $600/$650.

Ads may be up to ap662-279-7852. prox. 20 words includHOUNDS, 2 fe adults ing phone number. The $100. Puppy $35, Dm ads must be for private roosters $10. 427-9894 party or personal mdse. & cannot include pets & PIT BULL MIX PUPPIES, 6 supplies, livestock (incl. wks old $40 ea. 662-594- chickens, ducks, cattle, 5479 goats, etc) & supplies, PIT BULL puppies, 2 blue garage sales, hay, firefemales, 1 champagne wood, & automobiles. female, parents on site.

S&W, $200. 662-415-1645. NO BUSINESS OR

and surrounding states. Must have a CDL A, at

iPad2 16GB White $399

M&M. CASH for junk cars & trucks. We pick up.

662-415-5435 or 731-239-4114.

Unfurnished 0610 Apartments

0180 Instruction MEDICAL CAREERS begin here - Train ONLINE for Allied Health and Medical Management.

Job placement assistance. Computer available. Financial Aid if qualified. SCHEV authorized. Call 877-206-5185. www.CenturaOnline.co m

0515 Computer

iPad2

0533 Furniture

ABSOLUTE! Tract 2 - 8.53 +/- Acres - Includes two ponds, mobile home and great home sites ABSOLUTE! Tract 3 - 5.42 +/- Acres - Includes a pond and great home sites

0232 General Help

0232 General Help

WANTED INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS

WANTED INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS

(Newspaper Carrier)

(Newspaper Carrier)

Walnut Area

Kossuth Area Wenasoga/Chewalla Areas

Excellent Earnings Potential

Excellent Earnings Potential

Requirements: â&#x20AC;˘ Driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s License â&#x20AC;˘ Dependable Transportation â&#x20AC;˘ Light Bookwork Ability (will train) â&#x20AC;˘ Liability Insurance

Requirements: â&#x20AC;˘ Driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s License â&#x20AC;˘ Dependable Transportation â&#x20AC;˘ Light Bookwork Ability (will train) â&#x20AC;˘ Liability Insurance

ABSOLUTE! Tract 4 - 2.72 +/- Acres - Home site ABSOLUTE! Tract 5 - 1.8 +/- Acres - Home (partially remodeled)

Property may be viewed at any time.

Auction Representative will be on site: SATURDAY, JAN 6TH, 10 TO 3 SATURDAY, JAN 13TH 10 TO 3 10% Buyers Premium â&#x20AC;˘ TN#5248

MorrisAuctionGroup.com 901.565.7770

Please come by the Daily Corinthian and ďŹ ll out a questionaire.

Please come by the Daily Corinthian and ďŹ ll out a questionaire.

DAILY CORINTHIAN 1607 S. Harper Rd. Corinth, MS

DAILY CORINTHIAN 1607 S. Harper Rd. Corinth, MS

8B • Sunday, January 6, 2013 • Daily Corinthian

Homes for 0710 Sale

HUD PUBLISHER’S NOTICE All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or intention to make any such preferences, limitations or discrimination.

State laws forbid discrimination in the sale, rental, or advertising of real estate based on factors in addition to those protected under federal law. We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.

Income Tax

Homes for 0710 Sale

0734 Lots & Acreage 0773 Income Property

40 ACRES, Burnsville.

JUST LISTED: Move in $2000 per acre. 662-808ready 3BR, 1BA on 2.95 9313 or 415-5071.

AC w/replacement vinyl windows; arch roof; laminate and tile floors Mobile Homes & new CHA. Priced at 0741 for Sale just $68,000. Pmts.

SALE - SALE - SALE cheaper than rent, outbuilding too. For more Model Displays Must Go! New Spacious 4 BR, 2 info contact Corinth ReBA homes starting at alty, 662-287-7653. $43,500 Single Sections start at $29,500 PRICE REDUCED for Clayton Homes quick sale: This little Hwy 72 West, jewel is move-in ready Corinth, MS with hardwood floors, 2 huge BR's, Texas-styled 1/4 mile past Magnolia Hospital LR, big enough for all your family at holidays!

9 CR 105, now just $49,500. P&I pymt. un- 0747 Manufactured Homes for Sale der $300 if you qualify!

Corinth Realty can help.

SPECIAL PURCHASE Don't delay! Call 662-287 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath -7653.

ENERGY STAR PACKAGE

Sport Utility 0856 Vehicles

FABULOUS DOWNTOWN Corinth location, north of City parking lot. 2 stories with full balcony, 2200 +/- sq. ft. down plus upstairs with front & back stairway.

Priced at $169,500. For your confidential inquiry, call Corinth Realty, 662-287-7653.

JUST LISTED: Fourflex.

Each unit has 4/2/1 & 758 sq. ft.! Recent upgrades include roof, cabinets, flooring, & so much more! Walking distance to downtown Corinth. Great cash flow & priced at just $75,000.

Call Corinth Realty, 662287-7653.

(EXTRA CLEAN) '04 Ford (5) RACE cars, BMW, & Expedition, great shape, Mercedes. 662-808-9313 rear air, DVD, 3rd seat. or 662-415-5071. $9,980. 662-554-3400.

(MUST SEE!) 2012 Chrysler 300 Limited, 1995 MITSUBISHI loaded, Car-Fax, very Montero LS, 4x4, $2,980. low miles, like new, 662-554-3400. back-up camera, much more!! $24,980.00. 6622005 BUICK Rendezvous 554-3400.

CX, like new, Car-Fax, heated seats, $10,980. (MUST SEE) 2012 Kia Op662-554-3400. tima, Like New, HandsFree Communication, BlueTooth, low miles, Trucks for 0864 Sale $17,980. 662-554-3400.

(PRICED TO SELL) 2005 Ford Ranger Edge, ext. cab, pwr. equip., trailer hitch, $8980. 662-5943400.

0868 Cars for Sale

TRANSPORTATION

0868 Cars for Sale

HOME SERVICE DIRECTORY

HOME ADDITIONS AND REPAIRS. 662-212-3287.

Services Appliances A.A. Appliances, 662-2879629. We buy, sell & repair all makes & models of appliances. Will pay more than scrap metal prices for broken appliances.

1994 LINCOLN Town Car, highway miles, leather, Handyman good tires, $2980. 662554-3400.

HANDYMAN'S Home care, anything. 662-6436892.

FINANCIAL

(LIKE NEW ) 2012 Hy- 0920 Loans undai Sonata, Car-Fax, 1 o w n e r , l o w m i l e s . SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR $16,980. 662-554-3400. FHA LOANS CLOSED PRIOR TO MAY 2009. Low (LIKE NEW) 2012 Kia Op- rates, no appraisal, no tima, white, car-fax, 1 income documentation, owner, low miles, lots 4 8 0 + s c o r e . 6 0 1 - 8 2 3 of options. $17,980. 662- 3 9 0 1 . C o m p a n y L i c 554-3400. #63734.

$28,995 2x6 Walls Vinyl siding, Shingle roof, Appliances, WANT TO make certain Underpinning & More!!! your ad gets attention?

(Limited Offer) Ask about attention WINDHAM HOMES getting graphics.

1-888-287-6996

Home Improvement & Repair

LEGALS

Home Improvement & Repair

BUTLER, DOUG: Foundation, floor leveling, bricks cracking, rotten wood, basements, shower floor. Over 35 yrs. exp. Free est.

731-239-8945 or 662-284-6146.

DIVORCE WITH or without children $125.

Includes name change and property settlement agreement. SAVE hundreds. Fast and easy. Call 1-888-7337165. 24/7.

Storage, Indoor/ Outdoor AMERICAN MINI STORAGE 2058 S. Tate Across from World Color

287-1024

MORRIS CRUM MINI-STORAGE 286-3826.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE DIRECTORY

TAX GUIDE 2013 Holder Accounting Firm

1407-A Harper Road Corinth, Mississippi 38834 Kellie Holder, Owner There are several changes to our taxes for 2012.

Our staff is ready to help you.

Open year-round.

Thank you for your business and loyalty.

Telephone: 662-286-9946 Fax: 662-286-2713

TOMLINSON ACCOUNTING

Free Electronic Filing with paid preparation.

Fully computerized tax preparation.

• Authorized IRS-Efile Provider Office hours: Mon.-Fri. 8am-8pm • Individual, Corporate & Partnership Sat. 9am-5pm • Sun. By appt. only • More Than 25 Years Tax Service 2003 Hwy 72 E, Corinth, 662-286-1040 • Open year-round (Old Junkers Parlor) Hours: 8-6 M-F Sat. 8-12 508 W. Chambers St., Booneville, 1604 S Harper Road- Corinth 662-728-1080 662-287-1995 1210 City Ave., Ripley, 662-512-5829

Advertise Your Tax Service Here for $95 A Month Call 287-6147 for more details

Advertise Your Tax Service Here for $95 A Month Call 287-6147 for more details

Advertise Your Tax Service Here for $95 A Month Call 287-6147 for more details

0840 Auto Services

GUARANTEED Auto Sales 470 FARM/LAWN/ GARDEN EQUIP.

BUSH HOG 61” ZERO TURN, COMMERCIAL, 28 HP KOEHLER, 45 HOURS, NEW

$6900 662-728-3193

804 BOATS

16’ Aqua bass boat 70 HP Mercury, 4 seats, trolling motor,

$3,500 $4,000 662-287-5413 662-287-5413.

or cell 284-8678

868 AUTOMOBILES

2000 Saab, 9-3 Convertible.

123,000mi.

GREAT FUN CAR.

$2200 OBO. 662-396-1333 REDUCED!

ALUMA CRAFT 14’ BOAT, 40 H.P. JOHNSON, TROLLING MTR., GOOD COND., INCLUDES TRAILER,

$1200 OBO OR WILL TRADE.

731-610-

8901 OR EMAIL FOR PICS TO AYLASISCO@GMAIL.COM

‘65 FORD GALAXIE 500,

1959 Ford diesel tractor 3000 series, new rear tires & tubes $

4000

662-750-0607

1996 LINCOLN TOWN CAR Exc. cond., 1-family owned, 141,000 miles. $3100.

662-415-8682

99 CADILLAC DEVILLE

804 BOATS

New Toyo tires, good cond., black w/leather interior.

Asking $3250 obo.

662-415-3976

1992 FORD F-250

rebuilt trans., tool box, wired for elect. brake trailer

$1,950

662-462-8391

1985 1/2 TON SILVERADO

4dr sedan, 390 Eng., 4 bbl. carb, no broken glass, good paint, good tires, cast alum. wheels, new brake sys., everything works exc. clock, fuel gauge & inst. lights,

305 ENG., AUTO., PS, PB, AC, NEEDS PAINT, READY TO RESTORE, DRIVEN DAILY.

$2500

$3,000

731-439-1968.

868 AUTOMOBILES

864 TRUCKS/VANS SUV’S

2009 HYUNDAI ACCENT

REDUCED

287-1213 AFTER 4 P.M.

4-dr., 41,000 miles, dark blue ext. & gray int., 4 cyl. auto., CD/ XM radio, 36 mpg. payoff is

2002 Chevrolet Z-71,4-dr., 4W.D., Am.Fm cass./CD, pewter $11,054 in color, $6200.

731-610-7241 662-643-5908 or 662-643-5020

1987 Honda CRX, 40+ mpg, new paint, new leather seat covers, after market stereo, $3250 obo.

340-626-5904.

864 TRUCKS/VANS SUV’S

2000 Dodge Ram 1500 Van, too many extras to list, good travel or work van, will trade or sell.

Reduced to

$2,300

662-287-1834.

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

864 TRUCKS/VANS SUV’S

864 TRUCKS/VANS SUV’S

816 832 832 RECREATIONAL MOTORCYCLES/ MOTORCYCLES/ VEHICLES ATV’S ATV’S

REDUCED

REDUCED

REDUCED

2006 GMC YUKON Exc. cond. inside & out, 106k miles, 3rd row seat, garage kept, front & rear A/C,tow pkg., loaded

$13,995

662-286-1732

2005 Chev.

Silverado 92,500 miles, 8’ bed, bed liner, bed cover.

$10,500.

662-223-6654

2004 Ford F350 work truck, V10, underbed tool boxes, towing package, DVD. $8600 obo. Truck is in daily use. Please call for appt. to see,

340-626-5904.

2004 DODGE RAM 1500 V-8, QUAD CAB, GREAT COND.

$9000

CONTACT 662-603-1407.

‘90 RANGER BASS BOAT 361V W/MATCHING TRAILER & COVER, RASPBERRY & GRAY, EVINRUDE 150XP, 24-V TROL. MTR., 2 FISH FINDERS, NEW BATTS., NEW LED TRAILER LIGHTS, EXC. COND.,

$7,900.

662-808-0113.

1984 CHRYSLER LEBARON convertible, antique tag, 39,000 actual miles.

$5000 286-2261

2000 Chevy Venture 91,000 miles, V-6, auto., CD player, new Goodyear tires, rear heat & air, very nice van,.

$3250 662-665-1995

1991 Ford Econoline Van, 48,000 miles, good cond., one owner, serious interest. $6500 287-5206.

2000 Ford F-350

super duty, diesel, 7.3 ltr., exc. drive train, 215k miles, exc. mechanically w/body defects.

2007 Franklin 36 ft. camper, fully furnished, washer/ dryer, A/C, 2 slideouts: Sits on 2 private acres w/ playground, CABIN INCLUDED, fully furnished, lots of extras. $55,000.

662-664-3538.

662-643-3565 or 415-8549

‘10 Nissan Pathfinder

2006 Wildcat 30 ft. 5th wheel

$7800.

very low mi-29,140, 3rd row seat, black w/gray int, very nice & below Kelly Blue Book value. $16,750.

Call Gina Brown at

731-439-2363

Tow. pkg. incl, great gas mi. for lg. SUV.

camper, 2 slides, fiberglass ext., awning, holding tanks, full sofa sleeper, refrig., micro., glass shower, recliner, sleeps 6,

$18,500

2000 Custom Harley Davidson Mtr. & Trans., New Tires, Must See

$10,500 $9,500 $12,000

662-415-8623 or 287-8894

2001 Harley Wide Glide,

11,000 MILES, IMMACULATE CONDITION, $7500 662-415-5137 OR 662-286-9432.

2004 KAWASAKI MULE

3010 Model #KAF650E, 1854 hrs., bench seat, tilt bed, 4 WD & windshield, well maintained. Great for farm or hunting. $6500.

731-212-9659 731-212-9661.

662-223-0056.

2000 DODGE CARAVAN,

$1500.

731-645-0157 AFTER 4 P.M.

REDUCED

2012 STARCRAFT CAMPER fiberglass, 18 ft. bunkhouse launch, wt.

2,750 lbs, 26 gallon freshwater tank, cargo carrying capacity-895 lbs, gray & black water tanks, cable ready.

$11,000

2003 YAMAHA V-STAR CLASSIC looks & rides real good!

$3000 662-603-4786

662-396-1390.

1967 CHEVY Needs paint & body work $4000.

504-952-1230

816 RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

2008 NISSAN ROGUE S

2001 HONDA REBEL 250

Cruisemaster Motorhome by Georgieboy, 1997 GM 454 ci chassie, 37’ with slider, 45,000 miles with white Oak interior. $19,500.

662-808-7777 or 662-415-9020

WITH EXTRAS, BLUE, LESS THAN 1500 MILES,

$1850

662-287-2659

1500 Goldwing Honda

Excaliber made by Georgi Boy

78,000 original miles, new tires.

1979 30’ long motor home, new tires, Price negotiable.

Black, 42K miles, new tires, excel. cond.

$12,900

662-287-6613

$4500

662-284-9487

662-660-3433

leave message or text

1996 FORD F150 4X4 ‘96 Challenger Radical One Pro Bass Boat, 130 HP Johnson, 24v motorguide trol mtr., onboard charger for all 3 batteries, Hummingbird Fish finder, good trailer w/new tires, looks good for ‘96 model & runs good. $4500 obo.

662-286-6972 or 415-1383.

stick, camouflage, 186,200 miles (mostly interstate driving), runs good. $3000 obo.

662-607-9401

Luxury V-8 Lone Star Dodge P/U, 19.5 mpg w/low miles, 52k, 2x4 2005 Model Quad Cab, SLT w/PS, PL, AC, CD. A great Buy @

$12,980.

Call 731-239-9226.

1995 DODGE RAM 1500 4x4, Pwr. DL & Windows, Exc. Cond., Too Many Extras To List

$4500 OBO.

731-239-5770 OR 662-808-8033

2005 AIRSTREAM LAND YACHT 30 ft., with slide out & built-in TV antenna, 2 TV’s, 7400 miles.

$75,000.

662-287-7734

2007 HORNET CAMPER

27 ft., bought new, 5200 lbs., bunk beds in back, full sized bed in front.

Kept in shed.

$9200.

662-808-0653

2005 HONDA ATV TRX 250 EX “New” Condition

$1995

215-666-1374 662-665-0209

’04 HONDA SHADOW 750 $

3900

662-603-4407