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Tourism board seeks new chairman BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

The Corinth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau board is looking for a new chairman. Luke Doehner stepped down from the position during a special called meeting Tuesday. “It was never intended for me to remain the chairman,” said Doehner. “I was asked by the aldermen and supervisors to step in since a whole new group was coming on board.” The tourism board member,

in his ninth year, said March 1 was his deadline to be the chairman. “My business is doing well and I don't have the time to devote to being the chairman,” he said. Doehner will continue to be part of the board. “It has been a smooth transition for this group,” he said. “They are all very talented people … I think things are going to work out well with everyone working to get on the same page

for the betterment of our city and county.” Interim director Anne Thompson said the board will elect a new chairman during a special called meeting prior to the next scheduled gathering. “The board decided to wait since two members were out,” said Thompson. Thompson agreed with Doehner in that the seven-person board is headed in the right direction. “This board is very cogni-

zant of the responsibilities they face,” she said. “They have worked really hard to do what is right … the board is going to meet its obligations very happily and sufficiently as it can.” The new board — made up of volunteers — has been on the job since being appointed by city and county officials on Jan. 4. In other tourism board business, the group approved a trio of funding requests from the Crossroads Arena.

In all the Crossroads Arena received $61,090 of funding. CACVB members granted $39,700 to be used for the Monsters Mud & Tuff Trucks event set for Friday and Saturday. A request was granted to send $5,890 to the arena for last weekend's Motocross while $15,500 was approved for the April 12-13 Lonestar Rodeo. Board members Pauline Sorrell and Danny Timmons were unable to attend the special called meeting Tuesday.

Curlee renovation gets delayed approval BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

After a lengthy delay in the planning stage, a revised contract for first-phase renovation of the Verandah-Curlee House should allow work to begin soon. The Board of Aldermen on Tuesday approved a change order to the construction contract that was awarded to Calenco LLC of Sheffield, Ala., last year. “The start of work was delayed because of the National Park Service review,” said Dave Huwe, director of community development and

planning. “Our architect is working very closely with the contractor to work out the final cost details on that.” Based on the NPS stipulations, the revised contract adds 30 days to the total contract time and allows the total cost to increase by no more than $31,000. Grant funds are in hand for the work, which includes repairing the deteriorated foundation, repairing the porch and painting the home. Grant funds that were to expire at the end of 2012 have been exPlease see CURLEE | 6A

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School board rejects CAUSE brings attention to autism principal’s resignation Sabrina Trimble plays a game with Carson Russell during a meeting of the CAUSE support group at the Corinth Sportsplex.

BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

A group of parents is out to draw the community to its CAUSE. Corinth Autism Understanding Support & Education (CAUSE) began in May of 2012. Made up of only a few parents and grandparents, the group is attempting to bring more attention to the growing problem of autism in the area. “There are so many forms of autism that we want to bring more education to the community,” said group member Sabrina Trimble. “When your child is diagnosed with autism, you feel alone and that no one knows what you are

going through,” added CAUSE member Brenda Ford. “By starting this group, we can all be here for one another.” CAUSE meets the first Monday of each month at the Corinth Sportsplex. Thus far, CAUSE is comprised of no more than 10 members. “What we want to do is be the voice of autistic children,” said Stephanie Michael. “We can’t do that until all of us come together … all we are asking for is only one hour a month to give for children.” Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by social impairments, cognitive impairments, communication

difficulties, and repetitive behaviors. It can range from very mild to very severe and occur in all ethnic, socioeconomic and age groups. Males are four times more likely to have autism than females. Some children with autism appear normal before age one or two and then suddenly regress and lose language or social skills they had previously gained. This is called the regressive type of autism. The rate of autism has steadily grown over the last 20 years. Autism now affects 1 in 88 children. About 40 percent of children with autism do not speak and 25-30 Please see CAUSE | 3A

BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

The Alcorn School District Board rejected the resignation request of a former Alcorn Central Middle School principal during a special called meeting Tuesday night. Dan Burcham, who was terminated from his position on Feb. 13, will now have an executive session hearing before Johnny C. Ross, a former chancery court judge. The hearing was originally set for March 20, but a scheduling conflict with Burcham's legal representative, Thomas O. Cooley of Langston & Lott,

will now push the hearing to another time. School board member James Voyles made the motion to reject the resignation after the board went into executive session some 20 minutes prior to discussing the matter. Board member Mary Kathryn Coleman voiced the second to the motion. Burcham was placed on administrative leave with pay on Feb. 11 while allegations were being investigated, according to a letter sent to ACMS parents by superintendent Gina Please see PRINCIPAL | 6A

Eagle photos focus of symposium For the Daily Corinthian

SELMER, Tenn. — Arts in McNairy (AiM) will kick off its annual photography contest with a special symposium featuring the Shiloh bald eagle photographers on Saturday, April 6 from noon - 3 p.m. at the McNairy County Visitor’s and Cultural Center. This symposium will be open to any photographers who would like to share their work and photography methods at this come and go event. During the event, there also will be an opportunity to travel with a group of photographers to the Shiloh National Military Park to photograph the bald eagle pair and their nesting site. Directions will also be given to the the eagle site at the event. “In conjunction with the pho-

tography contest, AiM is inviting all area photographers to come to the special event centered on the Shiloh Eagle Photographers group and Shiloh Wildlife Photographers group. We are requesting any photographer who would like to share their images of local nature, especially from McNairy County and the Shiloh National Park area, to submit ‘full-quality’ images to be shown at via PowerPoint at the event by March 31 to info@artsinmcnairy.com.,” said Dr. Ron Bell, symposium coordinator. “AiM would like for presenting photographers to include a brief description of how the picture was taken including F-stop, speed, time of day, equipment used, date of image and any

other unique information about the image. Photographers are invited to the event to talk about their images to be shown on the Latta Theater’s large presentation screen. We are restricting the number of images to 10 per photographer. If you cannot attend the event, please send detailed presentation information,” added Bell. AiM will comply with all copyright restrictions. “The Visual Arts Committee and I are excited about having this event to bring area photographers together and develop a focus group to develop a future AiM photography club,” Bell said.

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Corinth photographer Bill Avery captured this image of a Shiloh bald eagle this year. He enjoys time following the mating pair, which keep returning to Shiloh National Military Park to lay and hatch eggs and raise their young.

On this day in history 150 years ago The Detroit Race Riot erupts in Michigan as a result of the unpopular Federal Draft Act. There are several race related beatings and two deaths in what is reported as “the bloodiest day that ever dawned upon Detroit.” As a result, a full-time police force is formed.

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Today in history Today is Wednesday, March 6, the 65th day of 2013. There are 300 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On March 6, 1933, a national bank holiday declared by President Franklin D. Roosevelt aimed at calming panicked depositors went into effect. (The holiday was supposed to last four days, but was extended until it was gradually lifted starting March 13.)

On this date: In 1836, the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, fell to Mexican forces after a 13-day siege. In 1853, Verdi’s opera “La Traviata” premiered in Venice, Italy. In 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Dred Scott v. Sandford that Scott, a slave, was not an American citizen and could not sue for his freedom in federal court. In 1912, Oreo sandwich cookies were first introduced by the National Biscuit Co. In 1933, Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak, wounded in an attempt on then-President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt’s life the previous month, died at a Miami hospital at age 59. In 1944, U.S. heavy bombers staged the first full-scale American raid on Berlin during World War II. In 1953, Georgy Malenkov was named premier of the Soviet Union a day after the death of Josef Stalin. In 1967, the daughter of Josef Stalin, Svetlana Alliluyeva, appeared at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi and declared her intention to defect to the West. In 1970, a bomb being built inside a Greenwich Village townhouse by the radical Weathermen accidentally went off, destroying the house and killing three group members. In 1973, Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck, 80, died in Danby, Vt. In 1988, the board of trustees at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., a liberal arts college for the deaf, selected Elisabeth Zinser, a hearing woman, to be school president. (Outraged students shut down the campus, forcing selection of a deaf president, I. King Jordan, instead.)

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percent have some words at 12 to 18 months of age and then lose them. Others might speak, but not until later in childhood. Autism greatly varies from person to person with no two people with autism alike. “Autism goes unnoticed because our children look like any normal child,” said Trimble. “There is no easy process when a child is diagnosed with autism.” Some signs of autism include: ■ No big smiles or other warm, joyful expressions by six months or thereafter. ■ No back-and-forth sharing of sounds, smiles, or other facial expressions by nine months or thereafter. ■ No babbling by 12 months. ■ No Gesturing (pointing, waving bye-bye) by 12 months. ■ No words by 16 months. ■ No two-word mean-

ingful phrases (without imitating or repeating) by 24 months. ■ Any loss of speech or babbling or social skills at any age. “Statistics show there

is going to be one autistic child in every family,” said the group’s Leonda McDowell. “I would not be surprised if there aren’t thousands who are autistic in this area.”

Studies show early intervention is the key for progress in autism. It is treatable and not a hopeless condition. “We are lacking a lot resources in the state to help

photos or award-winning images from past AiM photo contests are not eligible. Photographs taken in McNairy County and surrounding areas will be given preference in the Environment division.

Join the Arts in McNairy Facebook Group and starting April 6 see the 2013 Photo Contest Forum in Events. In the comments section, click “Add Photo” to show us what you’re thinking of entering. This is the place to get feedback on your work before entering, ask questions and share editing tips. A full list of rules for the FB Contest will be published by March 11.

line entry, digital copies of your entries may be sent to info@artsinmcnairy. com with subject: rockabilly slideshow. The entries will display on a loop during the Rockabilly Highway Revival on June 8.

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Photography contest Those interested in participating in the 2013 AiM Photography Contest also may pick up entry forms and ask questions about the photography contest at the April 6 AiM Kickoff Photography Contest Symposium. The contest deadline for submissions is May 10. The contest will culminate with a gallery reception and awards ceremony on Saturday, July 13 from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. at the McNairy County Visitors and Cultural Center. “AiM is also adding a Facebook category to the contest this year as well as updating and broadening the competitions categories to make it more interesting for the contestants,” said Lanessa Miller, 2013 AiM Photography Contest coordinator.

Exhibit opening; awards reception All are welcome to attend the opening reception at the AiM gallery in the Latta Visitor’s and Cultural Center on Saturday, July 13 from 2-4 pm. Award winners will be notified in advance. Entries will remain on display through August. Participants are encouraged to take part in a pack-up party to claim their entries on Friday night, Aug. 30 from 6-9 p.m. or by special arrangement. Entries not claimed by the end of September will not be returned.

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Contest is open to entrants of all ages who have a connection to McNairy County, Tenn.; those who have resided or whose family have resided in McNairy County or surrounding counties at some point. Those earning a significant portion of their income through photography are not eligible. Jurors are not eligible to win. Photos taken over three years ago, previously published

Best in Show will receive $100. Four award divisions will each receive 1st Place $70, 2nd Place $35, 3rd Place and Honorable Mentions will receive 2014 entry fee waivers.

Facebook event Would you like to post a digital image for a chance to win free printing, matting and fee waiver to enter the official contest?

Clarification is needed after the recent story about the Rett Syndrome benefit at the Malco theater in Corinth from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday following the opening of Disney's “Oz the Great and Powerful,” the prequel

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to the classic, “The Wizard of Oz.” Theater General Manager Jessie Wilbanks reports calls from people who think everyone who attends dressed as an Oz character will receive free movie passes. A limited

Entry fee is $10 each for entries up to three, and $5 each for additional entries. Students receive 20% off this rate. Entry format is a print between 5x7 and 8x10 which must be matted/mounted with black or white border and without glass or frame. Entry form gives 20% off matting/mounting at locations in Selmer and Corinth. Look for participating retailers to be announced on Facebook by March 15. Completed entry form must be affixed to reverse along with confirmation of online payment or check or money order for entry fee(s) made payable to Arts in McNairy. Entry grants AiM the right to reproduce photos in any format including, but not limited to print, digital and multimedia. Although there is no on-

Photos may be color, black & white, film or digital. Digital enhancements including HDR (high dynamic range), edited or combined images are encouraged and will be considered for award in all divisions. Digital manipulation must be without deceitful intent for consideration in the Moment division. To download the free open source alternative to Photoshop go to www. gimp.org. Jurors will look for good composition and lighting, use of depth of field, point of view, and contrast, creativity and originality.

Deadline Entries submitted by mail must be postmarked by May 10 and addressed to Paige Holmes c/o AiM Photo Contest, P.O. Box 66 Selmer, Tenn. 38375. Hand-delivered entries will be accepted 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. on Monday, May 13, Tuesday, May 14, or Wednesday, May 15 at the Latta Visitor’s and Cultural Center at 205

Award divisions Portrait (close-up) - illuminates the character of the subject, which may be person, animal, plant, or object; superbly illustrates the essence of an item or entity. Environment (longshot) - evokes a remarkable sense of place, which may be rural or urban, interior or exterior; supremely conveys the atmosphere of an environment. Moment - shows impeccable timing, which may result from action, lighting, or coincidence; honestly captures a unique instant in time. Artistry - represents elaborate preparations/ extensive digital manipulation, such as combining multiple images, HDR, or inclusion of scanned elements; succeeds especially through the artistry of the photographer. Jurors will choose Best in Show and use the criteria above to assign award divisions to the remaining winners. For example, an eagle photo could win in any of the divisions, depending on the emphasis of the image. In the unlikely event that an exceptional entry defies assignment to one of the award divisions, jurors reserve the right to give an alternative award.

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CAUSE support group members Brenda Ford (right) and Stephanie Michael check out the new shirt the group is selling to raise awareness about autism.

those with autism,” said McDowell. “It has been a real challenge for me,” said the group’s Michael Reed, a single parent of an autistic six-year-old girl. “If it wasn’t for this group, I wouldn’t know what to do.” CAUSE is hoping to bring more attention to the lack of resources for autism with its Autism Day on April 13 at the Sportsplex. The fundraiser, scheduled for 8 a.m., will be a day of fun and games for children. There will be numerous activities and party jumpers. T-shirts will be available for $15 with a XXL variety costing $17. Vendors can also set up booths for $10. “Our plans are to offer fun things for autistic children throughout the year,” said Michael. For more information about CAUSE or to take part in the Autism Day as a vendor call 662-415-1340, 662-415-5160, 662-4152120 or 662-603-1414. The National Autism Association contributed to this article.

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Legislators need to say ‘no’ to some tax cuts Most everybody wants a tax cut, and most everybody, it seems lobbies the Mississippi Legislature for one. It’s hard for legislators to say no, too, for obvious reasons, since among the best way to appease political supporters, including contributors, is via a tax cut. Getting it done isn’t that difficult either when the reason given for the tax cut is jobs creation. Mississippi needs jobs to spur economic growth and most pleas for legislative tax cuts come with promises of more work opportunity, even if they can’t really prove it. But not every tax cut is a good idea, since at the end of the legislative session each year everything in the state budget must be paid for. There’s only so much the state can give, after all. House Appropriations Chairman Herb Frierson understands that very thing. As one who has figured out how the state can pay for everything the Legislature passes, Frierson noted recently what now totals $50 million in tax cuts, credits and exemptions passed so far by the House with more perhaps on the way. Frierson said that as it stands now the budget is already short. Add in the $50 million in tax cuts, and others that may be passed before the session ends in April, and there’s a significant gap between available cash and commitments for next year. It’s not that many projects are not plausible. Among those proposed for tax breaks are rural doctors, movies filmed in Mississippi, oil and gas drilling and green energy. But one has to wonder how far a cash-strapped state can go in meeting all the requests. ... ... It’s not possible for politicians to please all of the people. A group may have merit. A legislator may want to help. But how much is too much? Senate Finance Chairman Joey Fillingane, R-Sumrall, said that last year tax cuts were more limited. “Unless they could prove they would provide jobs,” he said. And that’s the larger point here. Talking about enhanced business prospects due to tax cuts is one thing. Proving through qualified research that jobs will be created is another. ... Legislators owe Mississippians a more discerning eye when it comes to requested tax cuts. They should be approved, gladly when the benefit is clear. Otherwise, many legislators need to learn to say no. — The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson

Prayer for today As the morning casts off the darkness, Lord, help us to cast aside any feelings of ill will we might harbor against those who have hurt us. Soften our hearts to work toward their conversion and ours. Amen.

A verse to share Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. — Hebrews 11:1

Voting Rights Act: Haley Barbour is correct Here we go again. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is on stage once more. This time a case emanating from Shelby County, Ala. serves as the vehicle for challenging the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. This section requires any change in any aspect of voting procedures of a jurisdiction must be approved by the United States Justice Department before such a change can go into effect. The catch is Section 5 only applies to certain states or parts of states with significant minority population and a history of racial discrimination. These include most states of the “old Confederate South” and certain counties in a few other states such as California, Florida, New York, North Carolina and South Dakota. With each passing year the resentment of many in those states known as the “Voting Rights Act States” seems to increase. Being singled out and ridiculed for conditions they believe have sufficiently changed is wearing thin with many in the affected states. Former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour said as much recently when he was quoted in USA Today as stating in “… over 50 years, we’ve gotten that behind us.” Barbour went on to make a case for equal treatment of all states when he said, “The same rules ought to apply to Massachusetts, Minnesota and Montana that apply to Mississippi.”

This line of thinking is one that has often been employed in the past to convince Marty o t h e r s t h e y Wiseman would also resent abidStennis ing by such a Institute selective law, and it should thus be eliminated altogether. However, it would seem the ideal solution in today’s political environment would be to take Gov. Barbour at his word. Rather than kill the Voting Rights Act and Section 5 along with it, simply extend the VRA to the entirety of all 50 states. Indeed a case can be made Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act is more necessary now than at any time in recent years. How can such a statement be justified? While the days of overt discriminatory action simply to deny one segment of the population access to the ballot box are past, the modern era of custom-designed electoral districts using racial demographics as markers for shaping those districts makes it very likely that inadvertent discrimination can and likely has occurred. The process of redistricting congressional and state legislative districts is arguably one of the most competitive political battles that can be fought. The stakes are high for either party. Republicans have struggled in

recent national elections to attract support of AfricanAmerican and Hispanic voters, but they have been quite successful in their efforts to gain control of legislatures and governor’s mansions. In fact, Republicans have laid claim to 30 state legislatures and 30 governors’ seats following recent elections. These are the keys to controlling congressional and legislative redistricting. Both the Democrats and Republicans have plumbed the depths of computer and mapping technology to ensure their efforts yield districts favorable to the party in power. A recent case in Texas is often cited as an example of this very scenario. Between the 2000 and 2010 censuses Texas had a 4.3 million population gain. Nearly 90 percent of this growth came from minorities. Texas gained four congressional seats. When the Republican-majority Texas legislature completed redistricting, the population growth from the largely Democratic-leaning minority yielded three Republican-dominated districts out of the four new districts. The Texas redistricting plan was held by the U.S. Justice Department to be in violation of Section 5, and a three-judge federal court panel in Washington concurred. This was not an overt attempt to discriminate, but rather an effort by the party in power to further enhance its policymak-

ing power. The 15th amendment to the United States Constitution is quite clear on this matter. After affirming the right of all citizens to vote regardless of race or prior condition of servitude, Section 2 states, “Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.” In its most recent vote on reauthorization in 2007, the Voting Rights Act passed by a vote of 98-0 in the U.S. Senate and 390-33 in the House of Representatives. Twentyfive years earlier in 1982, Mississippi Senator John C. Stennis became one of the first Southern senators to vote for the 25-year renewal of the Act. Given the continued importance of guaranteeing every citizen’s vote counts the same, it would be a reasonable approach to take Gov. Barbour up on his suggestion the Section 5 provisions of the Voting Rights Act be extended to all 50 states. With the nation steadily approaching a time where there will not be a majority population, federal oversight to ensure all minorities are treated equally as political forces jockey for position seems only reasonable. (Dr. W. Marty Wiseman is professor of political science and director of the John C. Stennis Institute of Government, Mississippi State University. His email address is marty@sig. msstate.edu.)

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Listening to tweets, chicken hawks and heroes The day the retired pope gave his last tweet, I was captive in the car for seven hours. I heard a lot of radio news, or what passes. First I listened to my usual National Public Radio allotment, and it seemed rather like a slow news day. No marauding shooters were abroad, no wars were started and nobody but the outgoing pope tweeted anything of importance. Something perverse in me wanted to hear the Other Side. So I tuned in briefly to the Radio Right to hear what theme the neocons chose for the day. As usual, life was a box of chocolates, most of them nut-centered. Chuck Hagel’s confirmation as secretary of defense was being decried, mostly because he prefers negotiation to shooting from the hip with drones. As columnist Donald Kaul wrote, “The chicken hawks are out in force.” Hagel, in case you’ve been in a cave, is a former Republican senator from Nebraska, fairly conservative, but restrained when it comes

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to waging war. That is perhaps because — unlike so many of his critics — he has Rheta been in one. Johnson A decorated Vietnam vetColumnist eran, he’s not so eager to march young men and women into war’s hellish canyon. Dwight Eisenhower was exactly the same, not to mention Georges Washington and McGovern. Hagel’s nomination process lasted two months, long enough to get ugly. That vicious typist Ann Coulter even reprised a mindless 2002 neocon attack on Georgia Democrat Max Cleland, the former senator who lost three limbs in Vietnam but got beaten by Republican Saxby Chambliss. The Republican’s ads questioned Cleland’s patriotism. Some of us fair-minded enough to think giving two legs and an arm for your country is enough still remember that travesty.

Chambliss, like his hero Dick Cheney, didn’t go to war. He obtained draft deferments, though not as many as Cheney. Coulter was angry because Cleland spoke well of Hagel. She assessed Cleland’s courage this way: “He saw a grenade on the ground and picked it up. He could have done that at Fort Dix.” In actuality, Cleland was awarded a Silver Star for gallantry in action at Khe Sanh, a fierce battle that raged four days before the explosion that cost him his limbs. On another Radio Right channel, the American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer was taking credit for ruining JC Penney with his group’s boycott of the chain that dared hire Ellen DeGeneres as its spokeswoman. He beat that homophobic drum awhile, then took time to agree with a caller who said Obamacare would not provide health care for anyone 70 or older. Then on the air was Mike Huckabee, the other former

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governor from Hope, Ark., who seemed uncharacteristically concerned about a reporter, of all things. Legendary Watergate reporter Bob Woodward claims he has been “threatened” by the Obama administration over his sequester reporting, and Huckabee suddenly is concerned about the Fourth Estate. While I think it’s certainly a bad thing when politicians try to intimidate reporters, it happens every day. I figure Bob Woodward isn’t all that worried about his job or reputation. I don’t know of a working reporter who hasn’t been “threatened” by some hollering political dog bitten by copy. There’s always someone trying to get a newspaper person fired for telling the truth. It’s part of the job description. But how nice that Mister Huckabee is concerned. (Rheta Grimsley Johnson is a resident of Tishomingo County. To find out more about her and her books, visit www.rhetagrimsleyjohnsonbooks.com.)

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Military welcomes GOP budget bill WASHINGTON — A massive House Republican measure to keep the government operating would ease some of the pain of automatic spending cuts slamming the Defense Department, the nation’s senior military leaders told Congress on Tuesday. Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff painted a dire picture of construction projects on hold, limits on aircraft carriers patrolling the waters and even a delay in the expansion of Arlington National Cemetery due to the $43 billion in across-the-board cuts that kicked in Friday. Problematic for the Pentagon has been the combination of the automatic cuts and the government still operating at last year’s spending levels. The GOP measure unveiled on Monday would give the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments sought-after flexibility in spending that other agencies lack. The military leaders embraced that prospect, a political boost for the GOP measure just days before the House votes. “It mitigates at least one-third of our problem,” said Army Gen. Raymond Odierno, who earlier told the panel that the budget cuts and last year’s spending level had left the service with an $18 billion shortfall in operation and maintenance plus $6 billion in cuts in other programs. Adm. Jonathan Greenert, the chief of Naval Operations, said the bill would be “almost night and day,” with a shortfall of $8.6 billion in operations reduced by more than half. “We can get back to the covenant that we have with the combatant commanders to get almost all of that back,” Greenert told a House Appropriations panel. “We get two carrier overhauls. We get a carrier new construction. ... We get all the military construction. Marine Corps Gen. James Amos said he was

heartened by the legislation. The GOP measure would fund day-to-day federal operations through September — and avert a potential government shutdown later this month.

Senate panel votes to OK CIA nominee WASHINGTON — The Senate Intelligence Committee voted Tuesday to approve President Barack Obama’s pick to lead the CIA after winning a behind-the-scenes battle with the White House over access to a series of top-secret legal opinions that justify the use of lethal drone strikes against terror suspects, including American citizens. John Brennan’s installation at the spy agency has been delayed as Senate Democrats and Republicans have pressed the Obama administration to allow a review of the classified documents prepared by the Justice Department. The senators have argued they can’t perform adequate oversight without reviewing the contents of the opinions, but the White House had resisted requests for full disclosure. The intelligence committee’s chairwoman, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said in a statement Tuesday that the committee voted 12-3 to send Brennan’s nomination to the full Senate for confirmation. The panel’s deliberations were held behind closed doors. Feinstein did not identify the senators who voted against Brennan. Although Brennan has made it out of the committee, Republicans have threatened to hold up his nomination unless the White House supplies them with classified information, including emails among top U.S. national security officials, detailing the Obama administration’s actions immediately following the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed

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during the raid. Feinstein said the full Senate should act quickly confirm Brennan, who spent 25 years at the CIA before becoming Obama’s top counterterrorism and homeland security adviser in the White House.

Taliban attack trends: Never mind WASHINGTON — The U.S.-led military command in Afghanistan will no longer count and publish the number of Taliban attacks, a statistical measure that it once touted as the measure of U.S. and allied success, but now dismisses as flawed. The move comes one week after the coalition, known as the International Security Assistance Force, acknowledged in response to inquiries by The Associated Press that it had incorrectly reported a 7 percent drop in Taliban attacks in 2012 compared to 2011. In fact, there was no decline at all, ISAF officials now say. The mistake, attributed by ISAF officials to a clerical error, called into question the validity of repeated statements by allied officials that the Taliban was in steep decline. Anthony Cordesman, a close observer of the war as an analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said it had been clear for months that ISAF’s figures were flawed. “The truth is they should not have published them in the first place,” he said. “A great many people realized from the start that it was a meaningless measurement” because it implies that in order to succeed the Taliban has to keep attacking rather than gaining ground by influencing ordinary Afghans. It’s that influence which needs to be overcome in order to ensure the viability of the Afghan government. Please see NATION | 6A

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New ’personhood’ initiative proposed JACKSON — Abortion opponents are pushing for another Mississippi ballot initiative that would define life as beginning at conception. It’s similar to a proposal that 58 percent of voters rejected in November 2011. Personhood Mississippi filed paperwork Tuesday with the secretary of state’s office, saying it intends to launch a new initiative. After a ballot title and summary are prepared by the attorney general’s office, the initiative’s sponsors would have one year to gather at least 107,216 signatures to get the measure on the ballot. That means the earliest likely date for a vote would be in November 2015, coinciding with the next governor’s election. A group called Parents Against Personhood says defining life as beginning at fertilization could block in vitro fertilization by granting legal rights to embryos.

Workers are eager to take over the building. They came ready to work Monday hauling boxes and unloading items into the new gift shop. “It is an exciting day for us. This is the first time we are moving some of the stuff out of the FEMA trailer and into the library and into the gift store,” HayesDavis said. Hayes-Davis is the great-great-grandson of Jefferson Davis. He became executive director of Beauvoir in July 2012. Beauvoir is the hiproofed, Gulf-front mansion where Jefferson Davis spent the last 12 years of his life. Davis’ widow, Varina Davis, left Beauvoir in 1891. Beauvoir was nearly swept away by Katrina in 2005. Workers began Monday hauling boxes and unloading items into the new gift shop. “This is the first time we are moving some of the stuff out of the FEMA trailer and into the library and into the gift store,” Hayes-Davis said. The 24,000 square

foot state of the art building also has other features that are not quite ready to show off yet, include an event room and administrative offices.

Powersite project moves forward WEST POINT — The board of supervisors has started the process toward issuing up to $10 million in bonds for development of the Prairie Belt Powersite in northern Clay County. The Daily Times Leader reports that officials with the Golden Triangle Development LINK had requested that the board be ready to issue bonds when a major industry decides to locate to Clay County. The decision came after a public hearing Monday drew no opposition. “The success that we have seen economically here throughout the region, Clay County is now a part of it,” said county economic developer Ron Maloney. “That’s partly because we’re proactive in not Please see STATE | 6A

Katrina reminders leaving Beauvoir BILOXI — Visitors arriving today at Beauvoir, the last home of the president of the Confederacy, will be greeted inside the new Jefferson Davis Presidential Library. For nearly eight years, the first building guests at Beauvoir have seen coming through the gates is a FEMA trailer, a reminder of Hurricane Katrina. “We have been working to get into the building since Katrina,” Beauvoir executive director Bertram HayesDavis told WLOX-TV in Biloxi. “We did the house, the two cottages. The library has taken about four years to build and it’s in its final stages of completion.”

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Funeral services for Frances Arnold Kilcrease, 91, are set for 1 p.m. Thursday, March 7, 2013 at Magnolia Funeral Home Chapel of Memories with burial at Forrest Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Kilcrease died Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at Cornerstone Health and Rehab. She was born Jan. 9, 1922. She was a retired factory worker who loved her family and friends and enjoyed watching baseball and football and her flower garden. She loved her church and church family and taking care of her children. She was a member of Shady Grove Baptist Mission Church. She was preceded in death by her first husband and father of her children, J.T. Arnold and her second husband, Archie Kilcrease; her son, Teddy Arnold; her daughter, Jeanette Weeks and husband, Jerry; her grandson, Todd Arnold; her son-in-law, Jimmy Ray Allen; her parents, Millard and Maudie Bain Wiginton; and her brothers, Willard Wiginton and Clifford Wiginton. She is survived by her son, Eddy “Ed” Arnold and her daughter, Claudette Allen, both of Corinth; nine grandchildren, Kathy Tyson and husband Phil, Kelly Wilder and husband Roger, Kevin Allen, Kristy Anderson, Rachel Larkin and husband Eddie, Gretchen Zmitrovich and husband Eric, Karen Crossett and husband Keith, Nicholas Arnold and Suzanne Arnold.; 12 great-grandchildren; her sister, Virginia Hendrix of Glen; her daughter-in-law, Betty Arnold of Corinth; her special caregivers at Cornerstone Health and Rehab; and other relatives and a host of friends. Pallbearers are Phil Tyson, Kevin Allen, Eddie Larkin, Roger Wilder, Eric Zmitrovich, Nicholas Arnold and Keith Crossett. Bro. Tim Edwards and Charlie Browning will officiate. Visitation is tonight from 5-8 p.m. and Thursday, March 7, 2013 from 11 a.m. until service time at Magnolia Funeral Home. Leave condolences online @www.magnoliafuneralhome.net.

Rickie Carper

Funeral services for Rickie Lee Carper, 54, are set for 2 p.m. today at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with James Vansandt officiating. Burial will be in the Hatchie Chapel Cemetery. Mr. Carper died March 4, 2013 at his residence. He was born Aug. 13, 1958 in Corinth to the late Clay Moore and Izola Carper. He was a former construction worker and attended the Kossuth Worship Center.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Keith and Edwin Carper; and his father and mother-in-law, Bill and Cindy Hastings. He is survived by his wife of 31 years, Shelia Carper; son, Ricky (Kelly) Carper Jr.; daughter, Brittnie Carper; brother, Tony Carper (Wanda); sister, Quinta Sharp (Robert); and granddaughter, Carleigh Carper, all of Corinth. Family will receive friends from 12 p.m. to service time.

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reactive. We requested this bond issuance (to have) the ability to be able to move quickly and concisely when an opportunity comes. .Instead of being 90 days behind and chasing, we’re actually ahead and can show and demonstrate to whatever company that is that this county is able to do what it says it’s going to do and do it quickly.” Maloney said the money will be used specifically for sewer, water and other infrastructure services that are needed at the site. Officials said the bond authority will be available for two years before it expires.

Workers protest support privatization JACKSON — Mississippi state workers are protesting legislative efforts to privatize the state’s child support program. Mississippi Alliance of State Employees President Brenda Scott says House Bill 1009 would likely cause state workers to lose their jobs. She says that the state tried to privatize child support services in Hinds and Warren counties in the 1990’s, but that the private entity ultimately collected less money per case. Scott says that private

vendors will ultimately go after cases of overdue child support that are most lucrative, leaving low-income families underrepresented. Scott wore a black veil as she spoke Tuesday, which she says symbolizes her state of mourning over a number of bills passing through the statehouse that will negatively impact state workers.

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Bald eagle shot, dies from injuries NEW ALBANY — A third bald eagle has been shot in Mississippi and authorities are offering a $7,500 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. State and federal wildlife officials said in a news release that because of its injuries, the eagle could not have flown far from where it was shot. The eagle had multiple shot shell pellet wounds to its wings, leg and eye and was euthanized. The eagle is believed to have been shot between Jan. 1-18. Another eagle was shot in Neshoba County in early December 2012. That eagle had to be euthanized. It was found in the Nanih Waiya Wildlife Management Area. A bald eagle was also shot and found in Stone County near Wiggins in mid-January. The eagle survived. An investigation is underway in all three cases. Officials said past cases have shown people believed they were shooting hawks or buzzards but others have said they could see the bird was an eagle by the shape of its head. Bald eagles are protected by the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection

Armed robbery conviction upheld JACKSON — The state Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of a Gulfport man for an armed robbery in which he pointed a gun at the store owner and the woman’s baby and demanded money. Christopher Thomas Lewis was sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison in 2012 after being convicted of armed robbery in Harrison County. Prosecutors say store owner Sopheak Seng was held up in 2011 by a man with a gun and wearing a mask. He forced her to clean out two cash registers. Seng identified the man as Lewis. In his appeal, Lewis says Seng could not have identified him as the masked man. The Appeals Court said Tuesday that Seng testified she recognized Lewis from his voice and because Lewis had a lazy

Settlement conference set in Winfield lawsuit JACKSON — A federal judge has scheduled a settlement conference in a sexual harassment lawsuit against the city of Vicksburg and Mayor Paul Winfield. A court filing says the settlement conference is scheduled for Monday in U.S. District Court in Natchez. The lawsuit was filed Feb. 1, 2012, by former city employee Kenya Burks. It alleges that Burks and Winfield had a consensual sexual relationship, but ended it when he became “physically abusive.” The suit says Winfield continued to make unwanted advances and offered to pay Burks overtime she didn’t earn. Burks says Winfield retaliated when he was rejected by eliminating her position as chief of staff. Winfield has denied the allegations. Winfield was indicted Feb. 20 in an unrelated federal bribery charge accusing him of seeking $10,000 for a city contract.

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Record Dow erases recession losses NEW YORK — The stock market is back. Five and a half years after the start of a frightening drop that erased $11 trillion from stock

portfolios and made investors despair of ever getting their money back, the Dow Jones industrial average has regained all the losses suffered during the Great Recession and reached a new high. The blue-chip index rose 125.95 points Tuesday and closed at 14,253.77,

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topping the previous record of 14,164.53 on Oct. 9, 2007, by 89.24 points. “It signals that things are getting back to normal,” says Nicolas Colas, chief market strategist at BNY ConvergEx, a brokerage. “Unemployment is to`o high, economic growth too sluggish, but stocks are anticipating improvement.” The new record suggests that investors who did not panic and sell

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their stocks in the 20082009 financial crisis have fully recovered. Those who have reinvested dividends or added to their holdings have done even better. Since bottoming at 6,547.05 on March 9, 2009, the Dow has risen 7,706.72 points or 118 percent. The Dow record does not include the impact of inflation. Adjusted for that, the Dow would have to reach 15,502 to match its old record.

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tended by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. This phase of work will not address the roof problems, but supporters of the house museum continue to raise money toward future work. General visiting hours have not been maintained for some time because of the declining condition of the structure. Visits can be arranged upon request. In other business: ■ At the request of Fire Chief Billy Briggs, the board approved requiring firemen to be nationally registered as first responders or emergency medical technicians in order to move up to firefighter 2 status and approved making John Beavers a reserve division grants writer. Beavers is a Glen fireman. ■ The board agreed to the police department’s revised order of 13 radios for statewide communications at a cost of $41,000 with an $11,000 local match. The revised order is for a less expensive model with an increase in quantity from 10 to 13.

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Senior participants, ages 14-18, were Tony Laudadio (second place, blue ribbon), Madison DeGraffenreid (red ribbon), Marisa Laudadio (first place, blue ribbon) and Jacob Gilmore (third place, red ribbon).

Junior II participant, ages 12-13, was An- Cloverleaf participant, ages 8-9, nalisa Laudadio who earned a first place was Kinch Posey who earned a first blue ribbon. place blue ribbon. Cloverbud participants (right), ages 5-7, were Vince Posey, Isaiah Smith, Nellie Kate Johnson, A.C. Ryan, and Colby Harris.

Junior I participants, ages 10-11, were Carter Posey (red ribbon), Goldman Butler (third place, blue ribbon), Arleigh Johnson (second place, blue ribbon) and Daniel Laudadio (first place, blue ribbon).

Mini Clover participants, (below), ages 4 and under, were Ethan Ervin and Roxy Ryan.

4-H hosts visual presentation contest The annual 4-H Cloverleaf Exhibit Contest and the 4-H Visual Presentation Contest were both held in conjunction with the monthly 4-H Saturday program, Saturday, Feb. 16, at the Alcorn County Extension Service. In the Coverleaf Exhibit Contest, 4-H members, ages 8-9, exhibit information about their

4-H project and are interviewed by the judges. Youth ages 7 and under are allowed to participate but are not judged and are not placed. The visual presentation contest allows youth ages 10-18 to present a demonstrated talk in which they share information or show others how to do something through the use of visual aids.

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Factory slowdown? The Commerce Department reports U.S. factory orders for January today. Economists anticipate that orders declined 1.5 percent from the previous month. Factory orders have been up and down for several months. That reflects uncertainty over the economy, which contracted in the last three months of 2012 even as housing and business investment improved.

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Dow sets record Itâ€™s in the history books. The Dow Jones industrial average closed at a record high of 14,253.77 Tuesday. Consumers fueled the stocks that have led the market since the Dowâ€™s last record. Home Depot, McDonaldâ€™s and Wal-Mart are among the top four performers, each rising more than 60 percent since October 2007. The strength of consumers is also reflected in the broader Standard & Poorâ€™s 500 index. Companies that supply consumer staples and discretionary goods led the 10 sectors within the index.

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Dow Jones industrials

14,320

Close: 14,253.77 Change: 125.95 (0.9%)

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10 DAYS

14,000 13,500 13,000 12,500

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Net YTD 52-wk Last Chg %Chg %Chg %Chg 14,253.77 +125.95 +.89 +8.77 +11.71 6,136.72 +92.05 +1.52 +15.64 +21.59 488.25 +2.47 +.51 +7.76 +7.89 8,978.09 +77.04 +.87 +6.33 +13.36 2,405.87 +5.30 +.22 +2.13 +.66 3,224.13 +42.10 +1.32 +6.78 +10.78 1,539.79 +14.59 +.96 +7.97 +14.62 16,258.46 +154.99 +.96 +8.43 +14.99 927.40 +10.72 +1.17 +9.19 +17.83

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14,500

4.5

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INDEXES 52-Week High Low 14,149.15 12,035.09 6,045.84 4,795.28 499.82 435.57 9,004.41 7,222.88 2,509.57 2,164.87 3,213.60 2,726.68 1,530.94 1,266.74 16,182.95 13,248.92 932.00 729.75

Seasonally adjusted percent change

109%

SOURCE: FactSet *replaced Altria Group and Honeywell, Feb. 19, â€™08; **replaced Citigroup and General Motors, June 8, â€™09; ***replaced Kraft Foods, Sept. 24, â€™12

Factory orders 5%

PERCENTAGE CHANGE SINCE OCT. 9, 2007

Home Depot (HD) IBM (IBM) McDonaldâ€™s (MCD) Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) Walt Disney (DIS) Travelers (TRV)** Coca-Cola (KO) Chevron (CVX)* Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) The Dowâ€™s all-time high Verizon Communications (VZ) 15,000 United Technologies (UTX) Previous record UnitedHealth Group (UNH)*** Oct. 9, 2007 Pfizer (PFE) 14,164.53 Caterpillar (CAT) 12,000 3M (MMM) Procter & Gamble (PG) JPMorgan Chase (JPM) 9,000 March 5, 2013 American Express (AXP) March 9, 14,253.77 2009 -2 6,547.05 -3 6,000 -6 â€™07 â€™08 â€™09 â€™10 â€™11 â€™12 -13 The broader market Consumer spending helped the -17 top-performing sectors of the S&P 500. -19 -23 Consumer discretionary 37% Industrials -6 -36 Consumer staples 37 Utilities -9 -44 Health care 22 Raw materials -9 -61 Technology 13 Telecom -13 -78 Energy -2 Financials -50 -79

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Source: FactSet

Wall Street and economists alike will be looking closely at the Federal Reserveâ€™s latest Beige Book survey. The report is a snapshot of business conditions in each of the Fedâ€™s 12 regional bank districts. The latest Beige Book, due to be released today, was prepared in advance of the Federal Open Market Committeeâ€™s two-day meeting starting March 19.

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

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PETM $65.94 PetSmart is having a year $74 $55.48 to boast about. The company, which 62 sells pet food and pet-related products, has â€™12 reported higher earnings 50 through the first three est. Operating quarters of its 2012 fiscal $0.91 $1.22 EPS year, which ended in 4Q â€™11 4Q â€™12 January. Wall Street Price-earnings ratio: 20 anticipates the company based on past 12 monthsâ€™ results will deliver another strong Dividend: $0.66 Div yield: 1.0% quarterly financial report today. Source: FactSet

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Home automation systems keep growing BY JEFF AYRES Associated Press

JACKSON — Benjamin Duncan said it’s been an uneventful year since he brought his roughly 50-year-old home into the 21st century. But the benefit of making the improvements was spelled out to him when he witnessed a neighbor’s car being stolen at gunpoint. If it had happened to him, “with this, I could have run in and called the police” the Jackson resident said, gesturing toward the central control panel of his new home-automation system. It allows him to view the inside of his home, control lighting, adjust heating and cooling and receive severeweather alerts through his mobile device. Smartphones and other mobile devices stream audio and video, take pictures, store grocery lists, bank account data and scores of other information, so using them to control many of a house’s core functions seems the next logical step in an increasingly technologyand convenience-driven world.

The home-automation systems typically are triggered by an app downloaded to a user’s mobile device. Demand is growing. ABI Research, a technology-focused market research firm, said 1.5 million home-automation systems were installed worldwide last year, almost double the amount installed in 2011. The firm projects 8 million systems will ship in 2017. “I think that it’s a ‘cool’ factor. It’s certainly not a novelty,” said David Turner, whose Sustainable Construction homebuilding firm, based in Jackson, has built eight high-end smarthomes in the metropolitan area. “There’s a lot of convenience in this,” he said. Convenience was a big selling point for Duncan. He says he likes knowing he can check in on his wife and their two dogs to make sure they’re OK while he’s away. He likes knowing voice technology will tell him when windows or doors unexpectedly open and close. He likes knowing a loud alarm will sound if threatening weather moves in

while he and his wife are asleep. He said his neighborhood is a safe place, although a pair of auto-burglary sprees have occurred there in recent years. “We had been meaning to get a burglar alarm. We (essentially) got that anyway, along with a lot of (extras),” Duncan said. The local office of Vivint, a home-security installation company, hooked up Duncan’s features. Gary Maisonnueve, a lead technician for the company, said he’s had to hire more people in the last couple of years to keep up with demand, adding he and his crews have installed “smart” features into older and newer homes alike. Turner said more people are looking at “smart” features when buying newly built homes, but he

said the demand is so far confined to high-priced homes where buyers can afford a slew of extras. He said he’s building two homes now that will feature full automation of things like lighting and temperature, with standard switches and knobs replaced by “iTouches and iPads in the walls” that not only can monitor those things but provide views over mobile devices of up to 26 cameras installed inside the houses. He said smart features can add anywhere from a few thousand to $150,000 to a home’s cost, depending on how extensively a buyer wants to monitor a house. Because of that kind of expense, builders are largely reluctant to incorporate the features into spec homes, said David Smith, who operates Ridgeland’s David Smith

Builder. Turner adds his smarthomes were custom-built. Smith said a still-difficult housing market means many builders are looking to trim where they can rather than adding new features that aren’t guaranteed to attract buyers in droves. Homebuyers, themselves still recovering from the worst of the recession, often aren’t able to afford a range of high-tech features in their homes, he said. “It’s a price option. People are still frugal. They’re going for less square footage, a smaller footprint.” Duncan said he pays roughly $70 a month for his features as part of a threeyear contract with Vivint. Turner said the cost of smart features generally should go down in coming years as competition among firms increases.

He recalled when it cost about $1,000 about a decade ago to have separate remote controls, which could easily be lost, to monitor lighting and sounds coming from inside a house. “Now, you already own the devices. All you have to do is get the app,” Turner said. And some major companies whose roots aren’t in house security are getting into home monitoring. Comcast last summer debuted in Mississippi its Xfinity Home service, in which people with Comcast Internet can remotely track a home’s doors and windows, change its temperature and adjust lighting. It’s available in Comcast’s state footprint with the exception of Bolton and Edwards, which don’t have the company’s Internet.

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