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Corinth Theatre Arts returns to Shiloh Hill Civil War musical returns to coliseum stage BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Local thespians are preparing to charge Shiloh Hill. Twenty-five years ago, audiences packed the Coliseum Civic Center for a well-received production of Bill Schustik’s “On Shiloh Hill: A Musical Resurrection of the American Civil War,” which was staged during observance of the 125th anniversary of the Battle of Shiloh. Corinth Theatre-Arts is bringing it back with performances at 7:30 p.m. this Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. next Sunday, all at the coliseum at 404 Taylor Street. “It was such a success 25 years ago and, since this is the 150th anniversary of Shiloh, it seemed only natural to do it again,” said Sonny Boatman, producer, who has found that people involved in the 1987 production have many fond memories of the experi-
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Julia (Lesley Petty) gets Billy (John Huwe) ready to go off to war in On Shiloh Hill: A Musical Resurrection of the American Civil War. The production returns to the ColiPlease see HILL | 2A seum Civic Center after playing 25 years ago.
Museum photos going online BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
The extensive photo holdings of the Crossroads Museum are beginning to go online, giving the public the opportunity to take a virtual tour at any time. The first photos went up a couple of weeks ago at Crossroadsmuseum.com. The images number around 100 thus far, and the number is expected to grow into the thousands as new photos are uploaded. “These are photos from the archives that the public does not see in a casual visit to the museum,” said Director Brandy Steen. “It’s a great way to connect to the community and for people to get a taste of what Corinth looked like in the early days.” Gathered from many different sources through the years, some are photos, and some of the images are photocopies of original photos. Many are considered rare. The first batch of photos to hit the web are divided into sections on the Civil War, including the Battle of Corinth, Civil War soldiers and Civil War camps, and famous Corinthians, including aviator Roscoe Turner, baseball player Don Blasingame and opera singer Ruby Elzy. Upcoming galleries include World War I and II, local citizens, buildings and homes, trains and depots, the 1954 centennial celebration, the courthouse and downtown. The next batch to go online will likely be photos from the centennial, and Steen said many other interesting subjects are coming up. “We have some Corinth Elementary school day photos from 1949 all the way up to 1960 with various classes and people,” she said. “We also have some black-and-white bride and wedding photos taken by Grady Perry for the Daily Corinthian.” Please see CROSSROADS | 3A
History comes to life in Bullard’s artwork BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com
Tony Bullard is bringing history to life. The 44-year-old Corinth artist’s most recent canvas creation, “Grant at the Cherry Mansion,” takes its viewers back to the prelude of one of the defining battles of the War Between the States. The painting depicts Union General Ulysses S. Grant the morning of the Battle of Shiloh. “What I want to do is capture General Grant at the Cherry Mansion right before Shiloh erupted,” explained Bullard. “It’s at daybreak, he’s by himself contemplating what’s about to hit. He’s got a serious look, a pensive look, kind of at peace — but still an uncertain look.” Bullard began his research for the work in December 2011, when he traveled to the Cherry Mansion in Savannah, Tenn., and took a series of snapshots from different angles. For his depiction of Grant, Bullard searched online for photographs of the stern-faced Union commander from the time of the April 1862 battle. The painting is done in oil paint. Oil and pencil are Bullard’s two favorite mediums to work with. Bullard will unveil the painting at a ceremony at the Cherry Mansion in Sa-
vannah on the morning of April 6 — the 150th anniversary of the event depicted in his artwork. “Grant at the Cherry Mansion” is the first of several paintings Bullard plans to do in 2012. With the anniversaries of the battles of Shiloh and Corinth upcoming, he has no shortage of timely material. Another of Bullard’s artworks-in-progress is along the same lines as his painting of Grant in Savannah — except from the Confederate side. “It’s basically the other side of the coin,” Bullard said. It’s going to show the main Confederate generals at the train tracks with Corinth in the background. In the backdrop, there’s a storm coming in from the north.” The painting “Preparing for the Northern Storm” shows three Confederate generals who commanded at Shiloh — Braxton Bragg, P.G.T. Beauregard and Albert Sidney Johnston — discussing the struggle ahead while standing next to a railroad track in Corinth. The background is a historically-accurate rendering of Corinth as it appeared during the war based on wartime photographs. Bullard plans to do another painting
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Corinth artist Tony Bullard stands at the downtown Corinth site of his current artwork-in-progress, “Preparing for the Northern Storm.”
Group hosts readings to mark poetry month BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com
KC’s Espresso is the place for poetry every Friday night this month. In honor of National Poetry Month, the Crossroads Poetry Project is holding free poetry readings every Friday night in the month of April. “We just get up and read and have a good time,” said Milton Wallis, vice-president of the group. There is not sign up sheet. Anyone who wants to get up
and read is welcome. Poems can be original or the work of an established poet. The only requirement is to keep it clean. “It’s all family-oriented,” Wallis explained. “We don’t get vulgar. “ The Crossroads Poetry Project is also celebrating National Poetry Month with displays featuring poems that were submitted for the group’s annual poetry concert. These displays will be at the library and KC’s Espresso throughout the month of April.
Hikes offer unique glimpse of Shiloh BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com
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Donna Janzen reads a poem by Lord Byron during poetry night at KC’s Espresso. Wallis praised the poems submitted for the contest. Please see POETRY | 10A
Index Stocks...... 7A Classified......6B Outdoors......3B Wisdom......4B
Weather......5A Obituaries......3A Opinion......4A Sports......8A
Shiloh National Military Park continues its celebration of the battle’s anniversary with ranger-led hikes to the sites where the events unfolded 150 years ago. On Friday — the anniversary of the battle’s first day — hundreds of people from across the nation and around the globe signed up for the battlefield tours. “We started out with over
300 people at Fraley Field at 5:00 this morning and it hasn’t slowed down yet,” said Park Superintendent Woody Harrell. Another 300 signed on for a tour of the Hornet’s Nest, long considered the battle’s most important site, with Park Ranger Chris Mekow. On most years the anniversary hikes draw between 30 and 40 participants each, according to James F. Gentsch, Please see HIKES | 10A
On this day in history 150 years ago Col. Nathan B. Forrest is wounded in a skirmish at Fallen Timbers in Tennessee, the last casualty of the Battle of Shiloh. Defenders surrender Island No. 10 on the Mississippi River allowing Union gunboats to proceed as far south as Fort Pillow, Tenn.
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ence. “When people talk about it, it seems as if they are carried back in time,” he said. The musical came to Corinth in 1987 after a couple of Corinthians saw “On Shiloh Hill” presented at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., and persuaded the playwright to allow CTA to present it in Corinth in conjunction with the battle anniversary. Described as a “modern-day troubadour,” the playwright began assembling a collection of songs, skits and tales about the Civil War in 1976. Another eight years of writing and research culminated in the production at Ford’s Theatre, although it was originally a oneman reconstruction of the war by Schustik. President Ronald Reagan is among those who saw “On Shiloh Hill” at Ford’s Theater. Embracing folk instrumentation, his style is shaped by a love for traditional American lore and
his experiences singing in school, in the church choir and on family camping trips. In the play, “The setting is today,” explained Boatman, “with today’s people rummaging through an attic and putting on bits and pieces of uniforms and costumes that they find there.” Guided by the troubadour, the players become the long-departed spirits of those who endured the Civil War. The prose was gathered directly from letters, memoirs, diaries and other written collections and combined with music from the period. “The troubadour introduces the story and is the tie between all of the different vignettes as the characters do their performances,” said Boatman. In the 1987 production, Schustik came to Corinth and portrayed the troubadour. The 2012 production is directed by Myra Byrnes. Lobby music will be provided by Skyler Ruth Norcom, a 12-year-old
violinist whose mother, Marilyn Ruth Norcom, was choreographer and portrayed Jessie in 1987. Tickets cost $12 for adults and $6 for students. Seating is open. The cast includes: Troubadour — R.T. Rinehart Preacher, patriot, officer — Randy Duke Driscoll — Greg Younger Johnny — Dan Marsh Billy Yank — John Huwe Nat — Ben Strickland Joudan — Isaac Patterson Julia — Lesley Petty Jessie — Anna WardDuck Decca — Leah Petty Oola — Beverly Harris Union soldiers — Caleb Pace, Kaitlyn Mathis Confederate officer — Mike Byrd Rebel soldiers — Anna Brock, Witt Lucas Additional singers — Anna Brock, Jenny Jordan, Kaitlyn Mathis Music by Lost Cause and the Smokehouse Band — Ernie Welch, Mike Byrd, Neal Byrd, Victor McIntire, Roger Jones, Keith Letson
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Center. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her mother and step-father; Annie and Alvis Hivley. Survivors include three sons, William Parmely of Saltillo, Bobby Parmely of Moscow, Tn., and Charles Parmely of Ripley; four daughters, Linda Grimes, Brenda Parmely and Sharon Parmely all of Corinth, and Becky Wilson of Russellville, Al.; 15 grandchildren; and 22 great grandchildren. Bro. Philip Caples will officiate. Visitation is 5-9 p.m. tonight and 11 a.m. until service time Monday.
Marie Martin, of Corinth, died Friday, April 6, 2012 at Savannah Health and Rehab. All other arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Memorial Funeral Home.
Connie Arnold
RIENZI — Funeral services for Connie Arnold, 69, are set for 2 p.m. today at McMillan Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Pisgah Cemetery. Mr. Arnold died Friday, April 6, 2012 at Magnolia Regional Health Center in Corinth. Born October 13, 1942, he was a Mason and member of Lodge 847 in Rienzi. He was preceded in death by his parents; I.C. and Ruby Mullins Arnold; a sister, Ellie Mae Stokes; and two brothers, Gene and Sammy Arnold. He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Lula Ann Arnold; a daughter, Mellisa Ann (David) Killough of Biggersville; two sons, Jeffery Gene (Amie) Arnold of Rienzi and Joe Ray (Lane) Arnold of Ripley; a sister, Evelyn Smith of Pisgah; two brothers, Olen (Dorothy) Arnold and Donnie (Paula) Arnold both of Rienzi; seven grandchildren, Cody Arnold, Shannon Arnold, Emma Arnold, Drew Akins, Eli Akins, Cory Killough, and Brittney Killough; one great-grandchild, Gabriella Killough. Bro. Donnie Davis will officiate. Visitation is until service time on today at the funeral home. Condolences may be left at www.mcmillanfuneralhome.com
COLLINS — A judge has ruled that a January raid on a zoo in Collins and the seizure of animals there was unconstitutional. Circuit Judge William
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Funeral services for Willie Pearl Rodgers, 68, of Corinth, are set for 1 p.m. Monday at Central Grove in Kossuth with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Rodgers died Monday, April 2, 2012 at Magnolia Regional Health Center. Born Aug. 15, 1943, she was a housewife and graduate of Easom High School. She was a member of Macedonia M.B. Rodgers Church. She was preceded in death by a son, Robert James Rodgers; her parents, Ora Lee and William Boyd; and a sister, Clara Patterson. Survivors include her husband, James Rodgers of Corinth; three children, Ethel (Junior) McGaha, Nathaniel (Angelia) Rodgers, and Johnny Ray (Toshia) Rodgers all of Corinth; five sisters, Deloris Walker, Edna Randall, Judy (Johnny) Ware, Theresa Patterson, and Dortha Harris all of Corinth; two brothers, Leonard Boyd of Atlanta, Ga. and James Norman of Corinth; and 11 grandchildren; and one great grandchild. Rev. Kevin Cummings will officiate. Visitation is 5-7 p.m. tonight at Grayson’s Funeral Home.
Funeral services for Onella “Nell” Berry, 83, of Corinth, are set for 3 p.m. Monday at McPeters Funeral Directors Chapel with burial in the City Cemetery. Mrs. Berry died Saturday, April 7, 2012 at the Cornerstone Health and Rehabilitation. A native of Corinth, she was a member of the United Methodist Church, a former employee of the Wurtlitzerr Company and she and her late husband owned Jo-Lee Ceramics on Kendrick Road. She was preceded in death by her parents, J.T. and Cordie Hughes; four sisters, Velma Dees, Bertha Brown, Lelia Lewis and Effie Childers; and three brothers, Lonnie Hughes, Audie Hughes and Howard Hughes. Visitation will be noon until service time. McPeters Funeral Directors in charge of arrangements.
Gladys Motley
Funeral services for Gladys Irene Motley, of Corinth, are set for 1 p.m. Monday at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Motley died Friday, April 6, 2012 at North Mississippi Medical
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Among the photos now online is this 1934 photo of actress Jean Harlow greeting aviator Roscoe Turner.
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The digital archive will also include some photos taken by William Sharpe, a Corinth resident, in Hiroshima, Japan, following
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more of a personal level, with scenes such as kids interacting with the soldiers.” Steen encourages residents to check the website often for updates.
Anniversary Corinth Civil War Scenes calendar. The calendar features Bullard’s depictions of battle flags and scenes related to the Corinth area’s Civil War history. A limited edition of 150 calendars were printed. They are available at the Corinth Art Guild Gallery and the Crossroads Museum for $30. Bullard, a 1985 gradu-
ate of Alcorn Central High School, began his pursuit of art as a child. “I’ve been drawing all my life — ever since I could hold a pencil,” he said. Largely self-taught, Bullard would practice his techniques for up to eight hours each day after getting home from school, he said. He lives in Corinth.
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featuring Grant and one with Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest in the near future. His tentative plan for the finale of his Civil War 150th Anniversary series is to depict the surrender ceremony at Appamattox, Va. Another Civil War-related project is Bullard’s Corinth Civil War 150th
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Bonnie Raggett
MUNFORD, Tenn. — Funeral services for Bonnie Raggett, 75, are set for 11 a.m. Monday at Munford Chapel. Mrs. Raggett died Friday, April 6, 2012 at Baptist Memorial Hospital. She was a member of Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church and a loving mother. Survivors include her husband of 54 years, Jim Raggett, a daughter, Leigh (Greg) Bartram; a son, Neal (Tracy) Raggett, a brother, Weldon Brooks; three grandchildren, Kelly L. Ford, J.P. Bartram, and Derrick Bartram; and two great grandchildren, Colton Ford and Samuel Bartram. Visitation is 5-8 p.m. tonight at the funeral home.
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Immigration, inventory tax have local impact BY NICK BAIN Last week was a busy week at the Capitol, and two important measures took center stage both on the statewide and local level. The first issue was that of immigration reform. The House passed a bill a couple of weeks ago that would require persons arrested for a crime to present proof of citizenship. This bill does not provide for profiling, nor does it require or allow for unlawful search or detention of people based on simple speculation. In its original form, the bill was not something that I could support. It was too much like the Arizona and Alabama laws, both of which have proven to be troublesome to local economies and an undue burden on law enforcement agencies who had to cope with unfunded mandates while already dealing with a shortage of officers and equipment. I supported every amendment offered to help clean up that bill and pass legislation that made sense to Mississippi. We are not a border state, and we do not face the same kinds of problems as Arizona. Just as former Gov. Haley Barbour did not believe Mississippi needed a bill like Arizona, neither do I. There is much concern over illegal immigration and the impact of this bill. On one side, you have people who believe we have a serious illegal immigration problem that needs to be addressed. On the other side, you have a group of people who believe such an immigration bill will hurt the state economy by scaring off immigrants who are here legally, thus causing a vacuum in the workforce needed in industries such as the poultry industry. These concerns were tantamount to my votes on this bill and the amendments offered. I want to ensure that immigrants who come to work in Mississippi do so properly. At the same time, we must be responsible not to pass a law that would cause fear and anxiety in and harassment the immigrant workers who are here legally. I am confident Sen. Bryant handled the situation appropriately. Just as many local leaders were visiting the Capitol and calling me on the immigration bill last week, they were doing the same over the inventory tax rebate bill. In Mississippi, corporations are charged a tax on the inventory they maintain. This inventory tax is used by local governments — both municipal and county — to funded important services and to maintain infrastructure key to economic development. The bill in question would offer a tax rebate from the state to these companies who pay an inventory tax. Our local government leaders expressed their support of the passage of this bill because the tax would still be collected and any rebates would come from state funds and not from local funds. This is a huge economic development opportunity for us as we now can compete directly with Tennessee, which does not charge an inventory tax. We have many businesses who incorporate in Tennessee and then come across the border to do business with us simply because of the lack of an inventory tax in the Volunteer State. My only concern with this bill is that it could be the first step in completely repealing the inventory tax. If that was to happen, then our local governments would lose hundreds of millions of tax dollars. Such a move would require either the cutting of vital local services or additional taxes on individuals. Local leaders would not support such a bill, and neither would I. In the coming weeks, we will continue to work on budget bills and legislation that came to us from the Senate. One upcoming issue to watch is how we handle the Personnel Board and any proposed changes to PERS. I will not support changes to PERS, and I will not vote for anything that strips state employees of commonsense protection from political pressures. (Nick Bain is the state representative serving Corinth and Alcorn County. He may be reached at nbain@house.ms.gov or 662-287-1620.)
Prayer for today O God, help us to open ourselves to your transforming love seen in Jesus. Amen.
A verse to share I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. — Galatians 2:20
Worth quoting Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith. — Henry Ward Beecher
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Reeves: Boy to man, he lived with courage STARKVILLE— Life is messy and inconvenient. No one knew that better than my friend Rusty Van Reeves. This week, we lost Rusty. He was a few days shy of his 52nd birthday. I met him when we were boys in the early 1970s at Camp Binachi, the sprawling Boy Sid Salter Scout camp Columnist southeast of Meridian near the Whynot community. We were fast friends. There was cockiness, a selfassurance about him that drew friends to him but at heart he was a country boy whose life was all out there ahead of him. Physically, he was a truly gifted athlete. There was not an ounce of fat on him. Tan, tightly muscled and brown from summers spent in the sun, Rusty’s hair was shoulder length and he walked like a coiled spring. That Rusty would become a middle linebacker on his
high school football team as a freshman was almost a given. He was strong as an ox and loved both contact and confrontation. Adored by the girls, envied by the boys, Reeves was at age 15 in a small Mississippi town in the mid1970s what passed for a god - smart, funny, athletic and popular. He was an Eagle Scout and a lifeguard. But the popular, competitive jock’s life changed on Oct. 10, 1975, in the third quarter of a football game between Reeves’ Newton High Tigers and the Forest Bearcats at L.O. Atkins Field in Forest. The Bearcats ran a reverse. Reeves moved in for a touchdown-saving tackle. The collision was so violent that Reeves’ helmet and mouthpiece sailed 15 yards past the point of impact. Reeves suffered a severed spinal column at the C4 level. He almost died on the field. He never walked again after the injury. But he never stopped trying to walk and to live. Rusty lived in a wheel-
chair for nearly four decades. Reeves knew a little something about loss — but he knew far more about hope. He also knows something about waiting. During those years, Reeves waited for medical science to advance sufficiently to give him back his freedom, his mobility, his life. He didn’t mark time. Despite his disability, he wrote five books, a newspaper column, screenplays, and poetry. Despite his disability, he mastered computers, email and social media. Rusty continued his lifelong interest in art and music. Despite his disability, Rusty knew not only the love of his mother and brother — his defenders and caregivers — but also of a compassionate woman. He reached out to friends — sending them notes, CDs he’d burned or poems. Rusty fought hard for political causes that he believed in and feared no man in those pursuits. In short, Rusty Reeves was put on a hard road when he was 15 years old and he faced it all
with courage, grit, and determination. The journalist in me has not confirmed exactly how Rusty came to meet the fate of drowning after his complex motorized wheelchair carried him into his backyard swimming pool. The friend in me doesn’t think the answer to that question particularly matters. Life is messy and inconvenient. Despite his heroism, I will not remember the middleaged man in the motorized wheelchair. I will remember the muscular linebacker — the Eagle Scout shirtless in the summer sun — teaching younger Scouts how to row their canoes across the lake at Camp Binachi and loving every minute of it. In 1975, at Baptist Hospital in Jackson, Rusty told me while still attached to the “halo” after his injury: “I’m still in here. I’m still me.” To the end, Rusty remained true to those defiant words. (Sid Salter is a syndicated columnist. Contact him at 601-507-8004 or sidsalter@sidsalter.com.)
A nation arms itself — for what? With the shooting death of Trayvon Martin by a neighborhood watch volunteer who was legally carrying a 9-millimeter handgun, the familiar wail has arisen from our cultural and media elite: America has too many guns! “Open carry” and “concealed carry” laws should be repealed. Florida’s “Stand-yourground” law, Pat replicated in Buchanan two dozen states, threatColumnist ens to turn America into the Tombstone of Doc Holiday and Wyatt Earp. This is insane! The United Nations agrees. This year, the world body takes up the global control of firearms, including small arms in the hands of citizens. According to Sen. Rand Paul, the U.N. “Small Arms Treaty” will almost surely mandate tougher licensing requirements to own a gun, require the confiscation and destruction of unauthorized civilian firearms, call for a ban on the trade, sale and private ownership of semi-automatic weapons, and create an international gun registry. No more Colt .45s in the top drawer or M-1 rifles in the closet. Memo to the U.N.: Lots of luck.
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Forty-five Republican and 12 Democratic senators have declared their opposition to any such U.N. treaty, which means it is dead in the water the moment it is launched from Turtle Bay. For when it comes to Second Amendment rights, Middle America has spoken — at the ballot box and the gun store. And Congress, most state legislatures and the federal courts have all come down on the side of the Silent Majority. In District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), the Supreme Court struck down one of the most restrictive gun laws in the nation, assuring district citizens of their right to keep a gun in the home. U.S. Judge Benson E. Legg just struck down the section of Maryland’s gun law that left it to local authorities to decide if a citizen could carry a gun outside his house. Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, mentioned as a running mate for Mitt Romney, just signed a law striking down a 20-year ban that kept residents from buying more than one pistol per month. In Virginia’s legislature in 1993, McDonnell had voted in favor of the one-gun-permonth rule. The new law ignited New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, who calls Virginia “the No. 1 out-of-state source of crime guns in New York and one of the top suppliers of crime guns nation-
ally.” Two New York cops have been shot this year, one fatally, with guns from Virginia. But there is another side to the gun story, and University of Houston Professor Larry Bell relates it: “Law-abiding citizens in America used guns in selfdefense 2.5 million times in 1993 (about 6,825 times per day), and actually shot and killed two and a half times as many criminals as police did (1,527 to 606). “These self-defense shootings resulted in less than one-fifth as many incidents as police where an innocent person was mistakenly identified as a criminal (2 percent versus 11 percent).” The figures tell the story. Along with rising incarceration rates, the proliferation of guns in the hands of the lawabiding has been a factor in the nation’s falling crime rate. And that proliferation has accelerated under President Obama. According to ammo.net, tax revenues from the sale of firearms and ammunition have gone up 48 percent since 2008, with Iowa, North Carolina and Utah registering revenue gains of over 100 percent. On Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, there were 129,666 background checks of individuals seeking to buy a gun, the highest one-day search in history This exceeded by 32,000
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the number of background checks by gun dealers on Black Friday 2010. Background searches in December broke the all-time monthly record set in November, as 1,534,414 inquiries were made to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System about prospective gun-buyers. Half a million inquiries came in the six days before Christmas. Why are Americans arming themselves? More and more citizens, says the National Rifle Association, fear that if or when they confront a threat to their family, lives or property, the police will not be there. Reports of home invasions and flash mobs have firmed up the market for firearms. After the 1992 Los Angeles riot, when Californians found themselves defenseless in homes and shops, gun sales soared. Others argue that a fear of new laws in an Obama second term, or even the possible confiscation of handguns, is driving sales. Gun-control organizations claim that gun ownership is actually declining, that fewer and fewer people are buying more and more of these guns. But the numbers seem to contradict the gun-controllers. A 2005 Gallup survey found that three in 10 Americans own a gun, that 40 percent had a gun in the house.
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Accident reports available on Internet JACKSON — Reports on accident investigated by the Mississippi Highway Patrol can be purchased over the Internet. Public Safety Commissioner Albert Santa Cruz says the system underwent several weeks of testing and went live April 2. He says the records are accessible with the case identification number or using other criteria. The records may be downloaded from www. reportbeam.com. Select the public access option and follow the prompts. The fees will be transmitted with a credit/debit card through a secure
portal. According to state law, accident reports can only be accessed by the crash victim, the victim's family or the victim's representative. Violators can be fined up to $2,500 and/or six months in jail.
Woman sentenced for child deprivation NATCHEZ — A Natchez woman has been sentenced to one year of house arrest after pleading guilty to felony child deprivation. Venicia Firley was arrested in June 2011 after an investigation into an incident involving her two children. Prosecutors say Firley left her 2-year-old and 4-year-old children alone
at their Natchez home in May 2011. While she was away, the house caught on fire, and firefighters found the two children covered in soot and unresponsive in a room of the home. Prosecutors say the children were treated for smoke inhalation, but were not burned in the fire. Adams County Circuit Judge Forrest “Al” Johnson this week gave her a five-year suspended sentence and one year house arrest.
DeSoto Co. gas line explosion injures 2 HERNANDO — Authorities said a natural gas line fire burned two workers in DeSoto County and temporarily shut down a
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Deputy envisions new K-9 program JACKSON — The Hinds County Sheriff's Office is shutting down its K-9 program because its two dogs are retiring and there's no money to replace them. The Clarion-Ledger reports reports that Chief Deputy Chris Picou, a veteran K-9 trainer and drug interdiction officer, wants to remedy that as quickly as possible. “I'll be starting from scratch,” said Picou. Picou says the county drug dogs, Chico and Bubba, are not physically able to work.
Chico, a Belgian Malinois, was purchased by the Hinds County in 2010 with a $7,500 donation from BancorpSouth. He is now 12. “Twelve years old is up there in age for a dog to be working the streets,” Picou said. The industry standard for purchase of a trained law enforcement K-9 is when the dog is 18 months to 2.5 years, Picou said. Chico's vet says problems with his hips “are not allowing him to be as mobile as he needs to be,” Picou said. “It is painful for him. “The dog is so driven that he will fight through the pain. He would keep on working, but that would be inhumane.”
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GOP superdelegates: It’s over, Romney is nominee BY STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press
WASHINGTON — It's over, and Mitt Romney is going to be the GOP nominee for president. That's the growing consensus among Republican National Committee members who will automatically attend the party's national convention this summer and can support any candidate they choose. Even some members who support other candidates begrudgingly say the math doesn't add up for anyone but the former Massachusetts governor. “I would be surprised if Romney doesn't get the number he needs,” said Jeff Johnson of Minnesota, who supports former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Bob Bennett of Ohio was more blunt. “Look, Gov. Romney's going to be the nominee, and he's going to have enough votes,” said Bennett, who is publicly neutral but said he supported Romney four years ago. Romney's chief rival, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, is pledging to stay in the race, hoping a victory in his home state's primary April 24 will give his campaign new life. But Santorum has fallen far behind Romney in the race for convention delegates, and RNC members are taking notice, even though
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oming. An unidentified man placed the winning bid at auction Thursday. As owner of the place along Interstate 80, he will get a gas station and convenience store, a schoolhouse from 1905, a cabin, a garage, 10 acres of land,
and a three-bedroom home. The town has had just one inhabitant, Don Sammons. He plans to retire from his unofficial title as “mayor” of the unincorporated community and write a book.
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‘Defiance’ cause of Calif. suspensions LOS ANGELES — School suspensions used to be for serious offenses such as fighting or bringing weapons and drugs on campus, but these days they're just as likely for talking back to a teacher, cursing, walking into class late or even eye rolling. More than 40 percent of suspensions in California are for “willful defiance,” or anything that disrupts class, and critics say it needs to be eliminated because it's overused for trivial offenses, disproportionately used against black and Latino boys and alienates the students who need most to stay in school. Assemblyman Roger Dickinson (D-Sacramento) earlier this year introduced a bill to remove willful defiance as a reason for suspension and expulsion. His bill, AB 2242, would replace that category with specific behaviors such as harassment, threats or intimidation.
New law inspired by Caylee's death TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed a bill inspired by 2-year-old Caylee Anthony's death. The law increases the maximum penalty from a year in jail to five years in prison for knowingly making a false statement to police about a missing child. Caylee's mother, Casey Anthony, was acquitted last year of murdering her daughter but convicted on four counts of lying to investigators Caylee wasn't reported missing until 31 days after she vanished in 2008 in Orlando. Casey Anthony completed her four-year maximum sentence while awaiting trial on the murder charge. She could have gotten up to 20 years in prison if the bill had been in effect at that time.
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Wyoming town, pop. 1, sells for $900,000 BUFORD, Wyo. — A Wyoming town advertised as the smallest in the United States has sold at auction for $900,000. Buford is located between Cheyenne and Laramie in southeast Wy-
most are publicly staying neutral, preferring to let primary voters decide the nominee. The Associated Press has polled 114 of the 120 superdelegates, party members who can support any candidate for president they choose at the national convention in August, regardless of what happens in primaries or caucuses. In the latest survey, conducted Tuesday to Friday, Romney has 35 endorsements, far more than anyone else but a modest figure for the apparent nominee. Gingrich has four endorsements, Santorum has two and Texas Rep. Ron Paul got one. RNC members have been slowly embracing Romney. He picked up 11 new endorsements since the last AP survey a month ago, after the Super Tuesday contests. Over the course of the campaign, however, Romney methodically has added endorsements from every region of the country. In the U.S. territories, where voters help decide the nominee but can't vote in the general election, Romney has dominated. Romney has endorsements from all three RNC members in Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands. He was endorsed by two of the
Painter Thomas Kinkade dies in Calif. SAN FRANCISCO — Artist Thomas Kinkade, whose brushwork
paintings of idyllic landscapes, cottages and churches have been big sellers for dealers across the United States, died Friday, a family spokesman said. Kinkade, 54, died at his home in Los Gatos in the San Francisco Bay Area of what appeared to be natural causes, David Satterfield said. Kinkade called himself the “Painter of Light,” and his sentimental paintings, with their scenes of country gardens and churches in dewy morning light, were beloved by many but reviled by the art establishment. He claimed to be the nation's most collected living artist, and his paintings and spin-off products were said to fetch some $100 million a year in sales, and to be in 10 million homes in the United States. Those light-infused renderings are often prominently displayed in buildings, malls, and on products — generally depicting tranquil scenes with lush landscaping and streams running nearby. Many contain images from Bible passages. “I'm a warrior for light,” Kinkade, a self-described devout Christian, told the San Jose Mercury News in 2002, a reference to the medieval practice of using light to symbolize the divine. “With whatever talent and resources I have, I'm trying to bring light to penetrate the darkness many people feel.” Before Kinkade's Media Arts Group went private in the middle of the past decade, the company took in $32 million per quarter from 4,500 dealers across the country, according to the Mercury News. The cost of his paintings range from hundreds of dollars to more than $10,000. According to his website, Kinkade's paintings have been reproduced in hand-signed lithographs, canvas prints, books, posters, calendars, magazine covers, cards, collector plates and figurines. The website touts his Disney collection and offers a gallery locator, where fans can find
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Mega Millions winner will stay anonymous TOPEKA, Kan.— Kansas Lottery officials say the winner of a share of a $656 million Mega Millions jackpot wants to remain anonymous. Lottery Director Dennis Wilson says the person came to the agency's Topeka headquarters Friday morning with an attorney and some financial advisers. Wilson says the person does not want to be identified, even by gender. The winner did not take part in the lottery's news conference Friday afternoon. Wilson says the winning ticket for the March 30 drawing was bought at a Casey's General Store in Ottawa, about 40 miles southeast of Topeka. The person is taking the winnings in a lump sum of almost $158 million, or roughly $110 million after taxes.
No immunity for cartel lieutenant CHICAGO — A Chicago federal judge issued a ruling Thursday denying a sensational claim by an admitted Mexican cartel lieutenant imprisoned in Michigan that the U.S. government granted him blanket immunity that gave him carte blanche to smuggle cocaine over the border. Lawyers for Vicente Zambada claimed U.S. agents granted him and other cartel leaders the immunity in exchange for intelligence about rival cartels engaged in bloody turf wars in Mexico. In his 11-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Ruben Castillo wrote that he examined public and sealed documents from U.S. agents that deny ever conferring immunity directly or indirectly on Zambada. “The court's independent review of these documents established that none of these classified documents support defendant's legal position,” Castillo wrote. Prosecutors have acknowledged that DEA agents encountered Zambada when a cartel lawyer brought him to a hotel meeting against the agents' instructions.
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-.34 -1.02 -.26 -.01 -.21 -.58 -1.23 +1.08 -.09 -1.76
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Vol (00) Last Chg
Vringo CheniereEn NwGold g NovaGld g ParaG&S Rentech GoldStr g UraniumEn RareEle g BarcGSOil
471464 187338 176335 155450 85012 75356 67549 58845 58642 58417
2.66 16.39 9.51 6.81 2.47 2.14 1.74 3.28 5.85 25.87
Name
+1.01 +1.41 -.37 -.37 +.21 +.06 -.12 -.62 -.43 -.01
Vol (00) Last Chg
SiriusXM 3951823 2.35 +.04 Microsoft 1728754 31.52 -.74 PwShs QQQ 1714532 67.72 +.17 Cisco 1666507 20.22 -.85 RschMotn 1331666 12.67 -2.03 Oracle 1302045 29.56 +.40 MicronT 1244828 7.59 -.51 Intel 1146195 28.07 -.05 Apple Inc 916855633.68+34.13 Yahoo 651183 15.07 -.16
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Ex
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NY 1.32 NY 1.76 NY ... NY .12 NY .80 NY ... NY .60 Nasd10.60 NY .92 NY 1.92 NY .04 NY .04 NY ... NY 1.00 NY 1.84 NY ... NY 3.24 Nasd .32 NY .04 NY 2.04 Nasd .65 NY 1.84 NY ... NY 1.26 NY 1.00 NY ... NY ... NY 1.88 NY .04 NY .20 NY .46 Nasd .24 NY .68 NY 1.16 NY ... NY .77 NY .81 NY 1.71 NY 1.10 Nasd .84 NY 3.00 NY .84 NY 1.20
Div
Last
Wk Wk YTD Chg %Chg%Chg
44.80 -1.19 -2.6 30.94 +.15 +0.5 2.15 -.12 -5.3 9.63 -.39 -3.9 49.32 -.80 -1.6 32.89 +2.06 +6.7 48.41 -.65 -1.3 633.68+34.13 +5.7 23.42 +4.06 +21.0 43.37 -1.63 -3.6 13.02 -.45 -3.3 9.23 -.34 -3.6 17.86 +1.08 +6.4 32.05 -.24 -0.7 105.87 -.65 -0.6 11.05 -.23 -2.0 104.75 -2.46 -2.3 20.22 -.85 -4.0 34.79 -1.76 -4.8 73.47 -.54 -0.7 29.56 -.29 -1.0 81.83 +.93 +1.1 18.45 +.77 +4.4 61.39 -1.55 -2.5 33.42 -1.22 -3.5 28.94 -.94 -3.1 40.68 -.42 -1.0 84.82 -1.91 -2.2 10.17 -.21 -2.0 12.47 -.01 ... 7.01 +.13 +1.9 13.89 -.72 -4.9 19.49 -.58 -2.9 125.15 -.29 -0.2 30.72 -.66 -2.1 37.00 +.34 +0.9 42.74 -.21 -0.5 53.02 -1.87 -3.4 81.58 -1.23 -1.5 28.07 -.05 -0.2 205.47 -3.18 -1.5 18.08 -1.10 -5.7 44.34 -1.34 -2.9
+3.6 +2.3 +37.8 +11.3 -13.7 +41.8 +3.4 +56.5 +34.1 +1.5 +18.1 +66.0 -49.7 +6.5 +16.9 +1.0 -1.6 +12.2 +32.2 +5.0 +24.7 +5.8 -30.3 +5.8 +16.2 +34.4 +23.3 +.1 +27.1 +15.9 +4.8 -4.7 +8.8 +1.2 +14.0 +6.1 +12.7 +7.0 +10.6 +15.8 +11.7 -2.6 +33.4
Last
Wk Wk YTD Chg %Chg%Chg
Name
Ex
Div
KimbClk Kroger Lowes MktVGold McDnlds MeadWvco MicronT Microsoft MorgStan NY Times NiSource NokiaCp NorthropG Oracle Penney PepsiCo Pfizer PwShs QQQ ProctGam RadioShk RegionsFn RschMotn S&P500ETF SaraLee Schwab SearsHldgs Sherwin SiriusXM SouthnCo SprintNex SPDR Fncl TecumsehB TecumsehA Trchmrk s Vale SA VangEmg WalMart WellsFargo Wendys Co Weyerhsr Xerox
NY NY NY NY NY NY Nasd Nasd NY NY NY NY NY Nasd NY NY NY Nasd NY NY NY Nasd NY NY NY Nasd NY Nasd NY NY NY Nasd Nasd NY NY NY NY NY Nasd NY NY
2.96 74.37 +.48 +0.6 +1.1 .46 23.84 -.39 -1.6 -1.6 .56 31.35 -.03 -0.1 +23.5 .15 46.20 -3.34 -6.7 -10.2 2.80 98.62 +.52 +0.5 -1.7 1.00 31.32 -.27 -0.9 +4.6 ... 7.59 -.51 -6.2 +20.7 .80 31.52 -.74 -2.3 +21.4 .20 18.39 -1.25 -6.4 +21.5 ... 6.58 -.21 -3.1 -14.9 .92 24.50 +.15 +0.6 +2.9 1.26 5.11 -.38 -6.9 +6.0 2.00 60.85 -.23 -0.4 +4.1 .24 29.56 +.40 +1.4 +15.2 .80 34.97 -.26 -0.7 -.5 2.06 66.15 -.20 -0.3 -.3 .88 22.34 -.31 -1.3 +3.2 .49 67.72 +.17 +0.3 +21.3 2.10 67.31 +.10 +0.1 +.9 .50 6.05 -.17 -2.7 -37.7 .04 6.43 -.16 -2.4 +49.5 ... 12.67 -2.03 -13.8 -12.6 2.64 139.79 -1.02 -0.7 +11.4 .46 21.51 -.02 -0.1 +13.7 .24 14.25 -.12 -0.8 +26.6 .33 62.19 -4.06 -6.1 +95.7 1.56 110.77 +2.10 +1.9 +24.1 ... 2.35 +.04 +1.7 +29.1 1.89 44.97 +.04 +0.1 -2.9 ... 2.76 -.09 -3.2 +17.9 .22 15.54 -.26 -1.6 +19.5 ... 4.20 +.20 +5.0 -5.6 ... 4.13 +.11 +2.7 -12.1 .60 49.08 -.62 -1.2 +13.1 1.55 22.91 -.42 -1.8 +6.8 .91 43.17 -.30 -0.7 +13.0 1.59 60.67 -.53 -0.9 +1.5 .88 33.73 -.41 -1.2 +22.4 .08 4.99 -.02 -0.4 -6.9 .60 21.51 -.41 -1.9 +15.2 .17 7.87 -.21 -2.5 -1.1
AGRICULTURE FUTURES WkHigh WkLow Settle WkChg CORN 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel May 12 Jul 12 Sep 12 Dec 12 Mar 13 May 13 Jul 13
666 659 575 551 562 570 576ß
646ø 642 556ß 535 546 555 559
658Ăź 652Ăź 569Ăź 550Ăź 561 569 576Ăź
1434ß 1406ø 1439ß 1411 1430 1406 1409ø 1383ø 1397 1360 1391ø 1355ß 1375 1338
1434 1437 1429ß 1402ø 1381ø 1380ß 1365
+14ß +9 +6 +10 +9ß +9ß +11ø
666ø 679ß 694ß 715 728 729ß 735
635ø 645 657ø 679 695 708 710ß
638ø 646ß 659ß 680 697 712ß 715ß
Apr 12 Jun 12 Aug 12 Oct 12 Dec 12 Feb 13 Apr 13
121.25 117.15 120.50 126.37 128.12 128.65 129.40
117.55 114.40 117.50 123.20 125.20 125.95 127.05
118.32 115.82 118.47 123.97 125.97 126.82 127.72
-2.13 -.33 -1.20 -1.63 -1.13 -1.03 -.88
84.50 94.22 93.52 93.30 93.85 85.35 82.25
+1.08 +2.30 +3.12 +1.65 +2.00 +2.45 +2.38
88.54 88.39 88.66 87.54 88.58 88.84 89.45
-4.98 -5.53 -4.18 -3.46 -3.04 -2.67 -1.91
HOGS-Lean 40,000 lbs.- cents per lb. +31 +29ø +28 +26ø +23ø +25 +27
WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel May 12 Jul 12 Sep 12 Dec 12 Mar 13 May 13 Jul 13
WkHigh WkLow Settle WkChg CATTLE 40,000 lbs.- cents per lb.
SOYBEANS 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel May 12 Jul 12 Aug 12 Sep 12 Nov 12 Jan 13 Mar 13
Renasant names Bostick as new banking officer in Corinth
Apr 12 May 12 Jun 12 Jul 12 Aug 12 Oct 12 Dec 12
84.85 94.37 93.55 93.45 93.90 85.50 82.30
83.17 91.75 90.70 91.42 91.77 83.00 80.00
COTTON 2 50,000 lbs.- cents per lb. -22ß -27 -30 -31ß -30 -22 -16ø
May 12 Jul 12 Oct 12 Dec 12 Mar 13 May 13 Jul 13
93.80 94.00 93.50 91.00 91.54 91.47 91.45
88.20 88.12 88.66 87.46 88.50 88.84 88.98
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.
MUTUAL FUNDS Name
Obj
PIMCO TotRetIs Vanguard TotStIdx Vanguard InstIdxI Fidelity Contra American Funds GrthAmA m Vanguard 500Adml American Funds CapIncBuA m Vanguard TotStIAdm American Funds IncAmerA m American Funds CpWldGrIA m American Funds InvCoAmA m Vanguard InstPlus American Funds WAMutInvA m Dodge & Cox IntlStk Dodge & Cox Stock FrankTemp-Franklin Income A m
CI LB LB LG LG LB IH LB MA WS LB LB LV FV LV CA
Total Assets ($Mlns) NAV 151,030 69,995 67,783 60,967 58,599 58,095 57,179 56,340 55,422 47,942 46,242 43,245 40,556 40,102 39,840 37,556
11.10 34.93 128.07 77.77 32.66 128.91 50.92 34.93 17.36 35.00 29.70 128.08 30.24 32.01 112.50 2.15
Total Return/Rank 4-wk 12-mo 5-year
Pct Min Init Load Invt
0.0 +6.0/D +2.5 +5.7/B +2.7 +7.2/A +4.3 +9.3/B +2.2 +2.1/D +2.7 +7.2/A -0.1 +3.4/A +2.5 +5.8/B +0.3 +4.5/B -0.5 -3.3/C +1.4 +3.3/C +2.7 +7.2/A +1.4 +7.2/A -2.1 -11.3/C +1.2 -0.1/D +0.1 +1.6/E
NL 1,000,000 NL 3,000 NL 5,000,000 NL 2,500 5.75 250 NL 10,000 5.75 250 NL 10,000 5.75 250 5.75 250 5.75 250 NL200,000,000 5.75 250 NL 2,500 NL 2,500 4.25 1,000
+8.4/A +1.9/A +1.6/B +4.9/B +1.3/D +1.6/B +0.9/D +2.0/A +1.9/D 0.0/B +0.5/C +1.6/B +1.0/B -3.0/A -2.7/E +2.9/D
CA -Conservative Allocation, CI -Intermediate-Term Bond, ES -Europe Stock, FB -Foreign Large Blend, FG -Foreign LargeGrowth, FV -Foreign Large Value, IH -World Allocation, LB -Large Blend, LG -Large Growth, LV -Large Value, MA -Moderate Allocation, MB -Mid-Cap Blend, MV - Mid-Cap Value, SH -Specialty-heath, WS -World Stock, Total Return: Chng in NAV with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund performed vs. others with same objective: A is in top 20%, E in bottom 20%. Min Init Invt: Minimum $ needed to invest in fund. Source: Morningstar. Stock Footnotes: g = Dividends and earnings in Canadian dollars. h = Does not meet continued-listing standards. lf = Late filing with SEC. n = New in past 52 weeks. pf = Preferred. rs = Stock has undergone a reverse stock split of at least 50 percent within the past year. rt = Right to buy security at a specified price. s = Stock has split by at least 20 percent within the last year. un = Units. vj = In bankruptcy or receivership. wd = When distributed. wi = When issued. wt = Warrants. Mutual Fund Footnotes: b = Fee covering market costs is paid from fund assets. d = Deferred sales charge, or redemption fee. f = front load (sales charges). m = Multiple fees are charged. NA = not available. p = previous day’s net asset value. s = fund split shares during the week. x = fund paid a distribution during the week.Gainers and Losers must be worth at least $2 to be listed in tables at left. Most Actives must be worth at least $1. Volume in hundreds of shares. Source: The Associated Press. Sales figures are unofficial.
TUPELO — Following a recent meeting of the Board of Directors of Renasant Bank, E. Robinson McGraw, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, announced that Reid Bostick has been elected Banking Officer for Renasant Bank in Corinth. Bostick has been with Renasant since January, 2011, serving in the Department of Credit Administration at Renasant Bank’s Corporate Headquarters in Tupelo. Prior to joining the Renasant Bank team, Bostick was employed with U.S. Senator Roger Wicker. In his new role with the bank,
Bostick will be responsible for Consumer and Commercial Lending in the Corinth area. Bostick attended Mississippi State University, graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration. He also received a Master’s Degree in Public Policy & Administration from Mississippi State University while being inducted into Pi Alpha Alpha, which is a National Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration for Graduate Students. Bostick contributes to his Alcorn County community through organizations such as Kiwanis Club, Leadership Alcorn,
Corinth Young Professionals, and serves on the Community Development Council Board for the Alliance. He and his wife, Hayli, are active members of Oakland Baptist Church and reside in Corinth. ABOUT RENASANT CORPORATION: Renasant Corporation, a 108-year-old financial services institution, is the parent of Renasant Bank and Renasant Insurance. Renasant has assets of approximately $4.2 billion and operates over 75 banking, mortgage, financial services and insurance offices in Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia.
Reid Bostick
Woo customers with online coupons BY MARIAH SMITH MSU Computer Applications and Services
Small businesses can entice local customers with online coupons and discounts just like the big box stores do. Online companies, such as Wildfire and Woobox, offer entrepreneurs the opportunity to connect online coupons to their businesses’ Facebook and Twitter accounts. Woobox, for example, allows users to create free coupons, QR codes and discounts that have a customer limit and an expiration date. Business owners can email the URL address for the coupon to an existing e-mail listserv, allowing customers to access the coupon, print it and take it to the store. Also, the coupon can be posted on the business’s Facebook page, where customers can “like�
or refer friends to the page to receive a discount. While this software sounds complicated and expensive, it is relatively easy to set up. Start with something small. Gain confidence in the software and your ability to manage coupons and discounts before jumping into a buy-one-getone free deal. You want to attract customers with the coupons and discounts, not annoy them because you ran out of merchandise or were not adequately prepared to handle the demand. Let’s take my favorite local veterinarian as an example. This veterinarian’s office has a Facebook page, which they use to communicate with their clientele. The veterinarian could use the online software provided by Woobox (http://woobox. com) to create a 10 per-
cent discount on a spay or neuter procedure. If they were trying to build their fan base on Facebook, they could make the coupon available only to clients who get five friends to “like� the page. Software like Woobox also works for entrepreneurs like my friends down at the farmers’ market. They can place a coupon or discount on their Facebook page (or e-mail it to me), and I can print it to take it with me or scan it on my smartphone. Of course, if they limited the number of coupons that could be printed, I’d have to get to the farmer’s market even earlier to beat everybody else there with a coupon. To get started with Woobox, you will need to visit the website and login using your Facebook username and password. Once you do, it will ask you if you will allow the Woobox
app. Left-click allow. Next, you will need to enter your business information, such as name, address, e-mail and phone. By default, your account settings are set to “free.� In the upper right-hand column, left-click Promotions and then left-click Add Offer. Select the type of offer you wish to create. Enter the information for the online offer and then left-click Add Coupon. Left-click Offers in the upper right-hand corner, and the coupon has been created. Either copy or paste the URL address for the coupon into an e-mail or post to Facebook. Use the Install Facebook tab to create a section on your page for coupons. Attracting customers through online discounts and coupons is an easy way to build customer loyalty.
Spring: A time for flowers, high gasoline prices JONATHAN FAHEY Associated Press
NEW YORK — Ahh, spring. The days get longer, flowers bloom, and gasoline gets more expensive. It's a galling time for drivers, and it's more maddening than usual this year. The average price of gasoline could surpass $4 per gallon nationwide as early as this week. It's already $3.93 per gallon, a record for this time of year. Why the seasonal spike? It's the time of year refineries reduce output to repair equipment and start making a cleaner, more expensive blend of gasoline for summer. Since 2000, pump prices have risen every year between early February and late May. The annual increase has boosted prices by 27 percent on average, according to the National Association of Convenience Stores. This year, prices have risen 14 percent, or 48 cents per gallon, since Feb. 1. “There's always built-in increase, and it's going to be accentuated this year,� said Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst at Oil Price Information Service. Gasoline was expensive even before the seasonal run-up. Strong global demand, heightened tensions with Iran and a smattering of supply disruptions have kept crude oil prices elevated for months. The oil used to make most of the gasoline in the U.S. has averaged $120 per barrel this year. This year's spring surge is more extreme than usual because three refineries that serve the East Coast were shut down last
fall and another one may be closed in July. That's threatening supplies in one of the country's most densely populated regions, and pushing prices higher everywhere. Demand for gasoline tends to drop off in winter. That makes it the perfect time for refineries to get ready for summer, when the objective is to produce as much fuel as possible. The catch is that the refining industry's version of spring cleaning causes supplies to shrink and prices to rise. To be specific: â– Refineries need major maintenance once every four years, on average. On a practical level, that means one-fourth of the nation's refining capacity is temporarily shut down in the first quarter of every year. Because the U.S. has half the number of refineries it did in 1980, a delay in getting one or two back up and running has a greater impact than in the past. â– To comply with the Clean Air Act and limit smog, refiners have to
make a special blend of gasoline that doesn't easily evaporate in the warm summer air. The fuel is 5 to 15 cents a gallon more expensive to make because of raw material costs. â– The nationwide fuel
supply can't be transformed overnight. Between April 1, when refiners must start making the summer blend, and June 1, when retailers have to be selling it, supplies become uncertain, and prices at the pump rise.
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Guillen Arkansas AD: Petrino review ongoing apologizes for comment Associated Press
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CINCINNATI — Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen apologized on Saturday for telling a magazine that he loves Fidel Castro, a comment that prompted to team to issue a statement denouncing the Cuban dictator. Guillen told Time magazine that he loves Castro and respects him for staying in power so long. When Guillen read his comments Friday, he said he felt sick because he knew how people would react. Guillen called the team’s beat writers for a closed-door meeting before a game against the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday night and apologized. “I will apologize if I hurt somebody’s feelings, or I hurt somebody’s thought,” Guillen told the writers. “I want them to know I’m against everything 100 percent — I repeat it again — the way this man (been) treating people for the last 60 years.” In response to the magazine story, the Marlins released a statement saying, “There is nothing to respect about Fidel Castro. “He is a brutal dictator who has caused unthinkable pain for more than 50 years. We live in a community filled with victims of this dictatorship, and the people in Cuba continue to suffer today.” It’s not the first time Guillen, from Venezuela, has made a strong comment about a controversial leader. During his first news conference as Marlins manager in September, he bristled at a suggestion he supports Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. “Don’t tell my wife that, because she hates that man. She hates him to death,” Guillen said. “I supported Chavez? If I was supporting Chavez, do you think I would be manager of the Marlins? I never supported Chavez.” Guillen said he has never spoken to Chavez, but in fact he appeared on the Venezuelan leader’s national radio show twice in October 2005, when Guillen led the Chicago White Sox to the World Series title. At the time, Guillen said: “Not too many people like the president. I do. My mom will kill me, but it’s an honor to talk to the president.”
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long made it perfectly clear what he expects from his staff as he put coach Bobby Petrino on leave for keeping him in the dark about a sordid-looking relationship with a female employee. “It’s difficult any time that we have a coach, an employee that makes a misstep, it’s disappointing to me,” Long said. “We have high expectations. I think every coach and every administrator and every staff
person knows we have high expectations. Certainly, I’m disappointed.” Those expectations are squarely in the spotlight at Arkansas and for Long, who told The Associated Press on Saturday that he continues to work on the review of Petrino’s conduct throughout the weekend and likely into Easter Sunday. Long didn’t offer a timetable for the conclusion of the review, which is examining a variety of issues surrounding Petrino’s motorcycle acci-
dent last weekend. Most notably, Thursday’s revelation through a police report that the 51-year-old Petrino was riding with a 25-year-old female employee at the time of the wreck. Petrino initially said he was alone during the accident before admitting to Long on Thursday that he wasn’t. As Long’s investigation continued Saturday, so too did the speculation surrounding the exact nature and timeframe of Petrino’s relationship with Jessica Dorrell, the
Please see PETRINO | 9A
Braves still struggling Associated Press
Local Schedule Monday, April 9 Baseball Blue Mountain @ Biggersville, 5 Central @ Biggersville, 7 Softball Biggersville @ Pine Grove, 5 Booneville @ Corinth, 6 Tuesday, April 10 Baseball Biggersville @ Wheeler, 6 Itawamba @ Corinth, 7 Kossuth @ Ripley, 7 Central @ Belmont Softball Falkner @ Biggersville, 5 Corinth @ Tish County, 5 Kossuth @ Central, 5:30 Tennis TCPS @ Central, 4 Thursday, April 12 Softball Booneville @ Kossuth, 5 Jumpertown @ Biggersville, 5 Corinth @ Pontotoc, 6 Tennis Central @ Booneville, 4 Friday, April 13 Baseball Pine Grove @ Biggersville, 6:30 Belmont @ Kossuth, 7 Corinth @ Itawamba, 7 Booneville @ Central Softball Kossuth @ Corinth, 6 Tennis Tish County @ Central, 4 Saturday, April 14 Baseball Wheeler @ Biggersville, 2 Corinth @ Belmont, 6 South Pontotoc @ Kossuth, 7 South Pontotoc @ Central Tennis AC @ South Pontotoc Tourn. Monday, April 16 Baseball Corinth @ Tish County, 6 Softball Thrasher @ Biggersville, 5 Tuesday, April 17 Baseball Biggersville @ Falkner, 4:30 Tish County @ Corinth, 7 Booneville @ Kossuth, 7 Central @ Pine Grove Softball Corinth @ Amory, 5 Tennis Division 1-3A @ ICC, 8:30 a.m. Track Division 1-3A @ Tish Co.
football department employee who was riding with the coach. Petrino, who is married with four children, was noticeably vague in his statement on Thursday — saying only that he had acknowledged a “previous inappropriate relationship” without naming Dorrell as the other party in that relationship. Messages for the former Arkansas volleyball player and Razorback Foundation
Photo by H. Lee Smith II
Softball Slate Corinth’s Stennett Smith throws a pitch to the plate during recent fast-pitch softball action. After taking the Easter weekend off, Alcorn County teams will jump back into action on Monday with a full state set for Tuesday.
NEW YORK — Michael Bourn broke for the plate, determined to score Atlanta’s first run of the season. Not so fast, pal. The three-time NL stolen base champ was tagged out on a quick toss from catcher Josh Thole to pitcher R.A. Dickey, and the Braves managed little else Saturday in a 4-2 loss to the New York Mets. Two games, two runs. That’s the grand total this year as the Braves, whose hitters disappeared during a late collapse last season that cost them a playoff spot, again struggled to find their stroke. “We’re not panicking,” Braves outfielder Jason Heyward said. “The first two games, it hasn’t happened.” Martin Prado hit a tworun homer for Atlanta. His shot in the fifth ended the Braves’ longest seasonopening shutout streak since 1980 — even so, this is their first 0-2 start in four years. Bourn tried to put Atlanta ahead from the get-go. He led off the game with a double, moved to third on a grounder and bolted home when a pitch deflected off Thole’s mitt and skittered away. But Thole pounced on it and threw a fastball to Dickey, and the knuckleballer tagged Bourn. “A big percentage of the team that scores first wins,” Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez offered. “Bourn hesitated,” he said. “You can’t fault him on that. The two guys made a play.” The Braves got a final chance in the ninth, putting runners on first and second with two outs. Mets closer Please see BRAVES | 9A
Hanson holds off charge by Phil Mickelson Associated Press
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Phil Mickelson raised the putter in his right hand and slammed down his left fist to celebrate a 20-foot eagle putt that shook Augusta National with the loudest roar on a day filled with them. Peter Hanson knew what was going on behind him without looking Saturday. He also knew exactly what he had to do. The 34-year-old Swede, playing in only his second Masters, answered by making four birdies over the last five holes for a 7-under 65, the lowest score of the tournament, to take a one-shot lead
into the final round. “I’m standing in the middle of the fairway and I feel him breathing down my neck a little bit,” Hanson said. He followed with an approach into 2 feet for birdie, a 15-foot putt from the fringe on the 15th, a 30-foot birdie putt over the ridge on the 17th and one last birdie at the 18th with a shot that stopped inside 3 feet from the cup. What a finish — and it’s all just beginning. The advantage going into Sunday belongs to Mickelson, a three-time Masters champion who thrilled the sunbaked crowd with some magical shots. Mickelson shot 30
on the back nine, including a birdie on the par-5 15th when he played a full flop shot with a 64-degree wedge — no one even thinks about hitting a shot like that — to 4 feet. He wound up with a 66 and was in the final group at the Masters for the fourth time in the last nine years. Mickelson won the last three times he was in that spot, and on Sunday he faces a Swede whom he trounced in the Ryder Cup two years ago in Wales. “I love it here, and I love nothing more than being in the last group on Sunday at the Masters,” Mickelson said. “It’s the great thing in professional golf.”
Hanson, who has never been closer than seven shots going into the lead at any major, was at 9-under 207. Mickelson gave the leaderboard some star power when so many others faded or, in the case of Tiger Woods, never came close to getting there. Woods now has gone 26 consecutive holes on the back nine at Augusta without a birdie. He had to settle for a 72 and was 12 shots behind, his largest 54-hole deficit ever at the Masters. But he wasn’t alone. U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy, who started the day Please see MASTERS | 9A
Filmmaker defends release of Williams recording Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS — A documentary filmmaker says he had the right to release a recording of then-Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams exhorting his players to physically punish targeted San Francisco players. In a statement posted on his promotional website, Sean Pamphilon says he and former Saints special teams standout Steve Gleason “have a production agree-
ment that I have followed.” Gleason, who has ALS, had been allowing Pamphilon to document his struggle against the incurable disease. The Saints, who’ve supported Gleason’s efforts to raise awareness about ALS, gave Pamphilon behindthe-scenes access, which allowed him to record Williams speech ahead of New Orleans’ 36-32 playoff loss to the 49ers in January. Gleason said Friday that
the Williams recording should not have been released without his permission, which he never gave. Williams is suspended indefinitely for his admitted role overseeing a bounty system that rewarded Saints defenders with cash for painful hits during his tenure with the team from 2009 to 2011. The assistant coach left New Orleans after the playoff loss and was hired as defensive coordinator by the St. Louis
Rams. The recording purports to capture Williams telling players to “put a lick” on 49ers receiver Kyle Williams to see if he had lingering effects from a concussion. Williams also tells his players to “beat (running back) Frank Gore’s head,” and “lay out” quarterback Alex Smith. The coach also reminds his players that receiver Michael Please see SAINTS | 9A
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N.L. standings, schedule East Division W L Pct GB 2 0 1.000 — 2 0 1.000 — 1 1 .500 1 1 2 .333 1½ 0 2 .000 2 Central Division W L Pct GB St. Louis 2 1 .667 — Cincinnati 1 1 .500 ½ Houston 1 1 .500 ½ Milwaukee 1 1 .500 ½ Pittsburgh 1 1 .500 ½ Chicago 0 2 .000 1½ West Division W L Pct GB Arizona 2 0 1.000 — Los Angeles 2 0 1.000 — Colorado 1 1 .500 1 San Diego 0 2 .000 2 San Francisco 0 2 .000 2 ––– Friday’s Games St. Louis 11, Milwaukee 5 Colorado 5, Houston 3 Arizona 5, San Francisco 4 L.A. Dodgers 6, San Diego 0 Saturday’s Games Washington 7, Chicago Cubs 4 N.Y. Mets 4, Atlanta 2 Milwaukee 6, St. Louis 0 Arizona 5, San Francisco 4 Houston 7, Colorado 3 Pittsburgh 2, Philadelphia 1, 10 innings Miami 8, Cincinnati 3 L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, (n) Sunday’s Games Atlanta (Minor 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 0-0), 12:10 p.m. Miami (Zambrano 0-0) at Cincinnati (Arroyo 0-0), 12:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Worley 0-0) at Pittsburgh (McDonald 0-0), 12:35 p.m. Colorado (Nicasio 0-0) at Houston (Norris 0-0), 1:05 p.m. St. Louis (Lynn 0-0) at Milwaukee (Wolf 0-0), 1:10 p.m. Washington (Zimmermann 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 0-0), 1:20 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Harang 0-0) at San Diego (Richard 0-0), 3:05 p.m. San Francisco (Cain 0-0) at Arizona (Collmenter 0-0), 3:10 p.m. Monday’s Games Miami at Philadelphia, 12:05 p.m. San Francisco at Colorado, 3:10 p.m. Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 6:05 p.m. St. Louis at Cincinnati, 6:10 p.m. Washington at N.Y. Mets, 6:10 p.m. Atlanta at Houston, 7:05 p.m.
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fundraiser, who was hired by Petrino on March 28, have yet to be returned. A former Razorbacks volleyball player and friend of Dorrell’s, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Saturday the volleyball program’s alumni have reached out to Dorrell. “We feel like we have to do all we can right now to protect her,” the person said. “She’s done so many great things, but all of that is wiped out in the eyes of some people now. She’s not a bad person.” The person said Dorrell hasn’t returned calls from friends since the police report was released Thursday. “She’s in safe mode right now,” the person said. “Everyone has made mistakes. Everyone has dirty laundry, but not everyone has their dirty laundry shown on national television.” Like it or not, coaches are expected to be positive role models for their players and their programs. It doesn’t always work out that way, though. Petrino is hardly the first major college coach to be caught in relationship scandal. Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino admitted to having sex with Karen Cunagin Sypher in a Louisville restaurant before becoming the victim of an extortion attempt by Sypher, who was later convicted. Pitino kept his job despite a morals clause in his contract that would have allowed Louisville to fire him. Petrino has a similar conduct clause, and Arkansas is now faced with the decision of whether to keep the highly successful coach who is 21-5 over the past two seasons, 34-17 overall in four.
American League Baltimore Tampa Bay Toronto Boston New York Detroit Chicago
East Division W L 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 Central Division W L 2 0 1 1
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1 1 .500 1 0 2 .000 2 0 2 .000 2 West Division W L Pct GB Seattle 2 1 .667 — Los Angeles 1 1 .500 ½ Texas 1 1 .500 ½ Oakland 1 2 .333 1 ––– Friday’s Games Texas 3, Chicago White Sox 2 Baltimore 4, Minnesota 2 Tampa Bay 7, N.Y. Yankees 6 L.A. Angels 5, Kansas City 0 Seattle 7, Oakland 3 Saturday’s Games Toronto 7, Cleveland 4, 12 innings Detroit 10, Boston 0 Kansas City 6, L.A. Angels 3 Baltimore 8, Minnesota 2 Tampa Bay 8, N.Y. Yankees 6 Chicago White Sox 4, Texas 3 Seattle at Oakland, (n) Sunday’s Games Boston (Buchholz 0-0) at Detroit (Scherzer 0-0), 12:05 p.m. Toronto (Carreno 0-0) at Cleveland (Lowe 0-0), 12:05 p.m. Minnesota (Swarzak 0-0) at Baltimore (Hammel 0-0), 12:35 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Hughes 0-0) at Tampa Bay (Hellickson 0-0), 12:40 p.m. Kansas City (Sanchez 0-0) at L.A. Angels (E.Santana 0-0), 2:35 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Floyd 0-0) at Texas (Harrison 0-0), 7:05 p.m. Monday’s Games L.A. Angels at Minnesota, 3:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 6:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m. Boston at Toronto, 6:07 p.m. Seattle at Texas, 7:05 p.m. Kansas City at Oakland, 9:05 p.m.
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Minnesota 25 32 .439 16 Golden State 21 33 .389 18½ Sacramento 19 36 .345 21 New Orleans 15 41 .268 25½ d-division leader x-clinched playoff spot ––– Friday’s Games Indiana 103, Oklahoma City 98 Atlanta 101, Detroit 96 Memphis 97, Miami 82 New Jersey 110, Washington 98 Cleveland 84, Toronto 80 Portland 99, Dallas 97, OT San Antonio 128, New Orleans 103 Milwaukee 95, Charlotte 90 Denver 105, Phoenix 99 Utah 104, Golden State 98 Houston 112, L.A. Lakers 107 Saturday’s Games Boston 86, Indiana 72 New Orleans 99, Minnesota 90 Memphis 94, Dallas 89 Atlanta 116, Charlotte 96 Orlando 88, Philadelphia 82 Milwaukee 116, Portland 94 L.A. Lakers at Phoenix, (n) Denver at Golden State, (n) Sacramento at L.A. Clippers, (n) Sunday’s Games Chicago at New York, Noon Philadelphia at Boston, 5 p.m. Detroit at Miami, 5 p.m. Cleveland at New Jersey, 5 p.m. Toronto at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m. Utah at San Antonio, 6 p.m. Houston at Sacramento, 8 p.m. Monday’s Games Washington at Charlotte, 6 p.m. Toronto at Indiana, 6 p.m. Detroit at Orlando, 6 p.m. L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, 7 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 7 p.m. Oklahoma City at Milwaukee, 7 p.m. Golden State at Denver, 8 p.m. San Antonio at Utah, 8 p.m. Phoenix at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Houston at Portland, 9 p.m.
NBA standings, schedule EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct x-Chicago 43 13 .768 x-Miami 39 15 .722 Indiana 34 22 .607 d-Boston 31 24 .564 Atlanta 34 23 .596 Orlando 33 23 .589 Philadelphia 29 26 .527 New York 28 27 .509 Milwaukee 28 28 .500 Detroit 21 34 .382 Toronto 20 36 .357 New Jersey 20 37 .351 Cleveland 18 35 .340 Washington 12 44 .214 Charlotte 7 47 .130 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct d-San Antonio 39 14 .736 x-Oklahoma City 40 15 .727 d-L.A. Lakers 35 21 .625 L.A. Clippers 33 22 .600 Memphis 32 23 .582 Houston 30 25 .545 Denver 30 25 .545 Dallas 31 26 .544 Utah 29 27 .518 Phoenix 28 27 .509 Portland 27 30 .474
GB — 3 9 11½ 9½ 10 13½ 14½ 15 21½ 23 23½ 23½ 31 35 GB — — 5½ 7 8 10 10 10 11½ 12 14
Hockey NHL standings, schedule EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts z-N.Y. Rangers 82 51 24 7 109 y-Boston 82 49 29 4 102 y-Florida 82 38 26 18 94 x-Pittsburgh 82 51 25 6 108 x-Philadelphia 82 47 26 9 103 x-New Jersey 82 48 28 6 102 x-Washington 82 42 32 8 92 x-Ottawa 82 41 31 10 92 Buffalo 82 39 32 11 89 Tampa Bay 82 38 36 8 84 Winnipeg 82 37 35 10 84 Carolina 82 33 33 16 82 Toronto 82 35 37 10 80 N.Y. Islanders 82 34 37 11 79 Montreal 82 31 35 16 78 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts y-St. Louis 82 49 22 11 109 y-Vancouver 81 50 22 9 109 x-Phoenix 82 42 27 13 97 x-Nashville 81 47 26 8 102 x-Detroit 82 48 28 6 102 x-Chicago 82 45 26 11 101
GF GA 226 187 269 202 203 227 282 221 264 232 228 209 222 230 249 240 218 230 235 281 225 246 213 243 231 264 203 255 212 226 GF GA 210 165 246 198 216 204 231 209 248 203 248 238
x-Los Angeles 81 40 27 14 94 192 176 x-San Jose 81 42 29 10 94 225 208 Calgary 82 37 29 16 90 202 226 Dallas 82 42 35 5 89 211 222 Colorado 81 41 34 6 88 207 214 Minnesota 82 35 36 11 81 177 226 Anaheim 82 34 36 12 80 204 231 Edmonton 81 32 39 10 74 212 236 Columbus 82 29 46 7 65 202 262 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference Saturday’s Games Chicago 3, Detroit 2, SO Boston 4, Buffalo 3, SO New Jersey 4, Ottawa 2 Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 2 Calgary 5, Anaheim 2 Washington 4, N.Y. Rangers 1 Montreal 4, Toronto 1 Tampa Bay 4, Winnipeg 3, OT Columbus 7, N.Y. Islanders 3 Florida 4, Carolina 1 Phoenix 4, Minnesota 1 St. Louis 3, Dallas 2 Nashville at Colorado, 9 p.m. Edmonton at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Los Angeles at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Sunday’s Games No games scheduled.
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Miscellaneous Transactions BASEBALL National League CHICAGO CUBS–Selected the contract of Rodrigo Lopez Iowa (PCL). Sent INF Luis Valbuena outright to Iowa. NEW YORK METS–Agreed to terms with RHP Jonathon Niese on a five-year contract. Recalled OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis from Buffalo (IL). Frontier League EVANSVILLE OTTERS–Signed RHP Kevin Ocampo. TRAVERSE CITY BEACH BUMS– Signed OF Kyle Colligan and C Marcus Nidiffer. FOOTBALL National Football League OAKLAND RAIDERS–Signed DE Dave Tollefson. HOCKEY National Hockey League CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS–Agreed to terms with G Ray Emery on a one-year contract extension. WASHINGTON CAPITALS–Recalled G Dany Sabourin from Hershey (AHL).
Saturday at Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Ga. Yardage: 7,435; Par: 72 Third round (a-amateur) Peter Hanson 68-74-65—207 -9 Phil Mickelson 74-68-66—208 -8 Louis Oosthuizen 68-72-69—209 -7 Bubba Watson 69-71-70—210 -6 Matt Kuchar 71-70-70—211 -5 Padraig Harrington 71-73-68—212 -4 Hunter Mahan 72-72-68—212 -4 Henrik Stenson 71-71-70—212 -4 Lee Westwood 67-73-72—212 -4 Paul Lawrie 69-72-72—213 -3 Fred Couples 72-67-75—214 -2 Ben Crane 69-73-72—214 -2 Jason Dufner 69-70-75—214 -2 Sean O’Hair 73-70-71—214 -2 Fredrik Jacobson 76-68-70—214 -2 Francesco Molinari 69-75-70—214 -2 Ian Poulter 72-72-70—214 -2 Nick Watney 71-71-72—214 -2 Sang-Moon Bae 75-71-69—215 -1 Jonthan Byrd 72-71-72—215 -1 Jim Furyk 70-73-72—215 -1 Sergio Garcia 72-68-75—215 -1 Brandt Snedeker 72-75-68—215 -1 Charles Howell III 72-70-74—216 E Justin Rose 72-72-72—216 E Webb Simpson 72-74-70—216 E Miguel Angel Jimenez 69-72-76—217 +1 a-Hideki Matsuyama 71-74-72—217 +1 Rory McIlroy 71-69-77—217 +1 Geoff Oglilvy 74-72-71—217 +1 Scott Stallings 70-77-70—217 +1 Kevin Chappell 71-76-71—218 +2 Graeme McDowell 75-72-71—218 +2 Kevin Na 71-75-72—218 +2 Adam Scott 75-70-73—218 +2 Vijay Singh 70-72-76—218 +2 Y.E. Yang 73-70-75—218 +2 Aaron Baddeley 71-71-77—219 +3
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tional bump-and-run up the slope to a green that runs quickly toward the hole. Hanson went just over the green, and had to make a 15-foot putt. Mickelson took out his 64-degree wedge — he carries that club for moments like this — and played a full flop shot that landed softly and trickled to 4 feet below the cup for a birdie. How tough was the shot? Even Mickelson said it was risky. “It was possible to slide underneath it, so I leveled out my weight a little bit so that I would not take too deep a divot and the ball popped up nicely,” Mickelson said,
describing the shot as if giving a clinic. Hanson was on the 16th hole when all this unfolded. “To be honest, I never saw that high flop shot from there,” he said. “He’s just amazing with the wedge and the way he plays those shots. When I ended up in that same spot on 15, I just sought the bump-andrun and get it past the hole and leave myself an uphill putt. He goes up and just hits a full swing and goes straight up in the air.” But it was a lesson for Hanson, especially for the final round: Don’t watch, just play.
ECHL ECHL–Suspended Idaho’s Matt Case three games and fined him an undisclosed amount for an illegal check to the head of an opponent during an April 6 game at Ontario. Suspended Ontario’s Benn Olson one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for being s assessed a fighting major. Fined Ontario’s Geoff Irwin and J.D. Watt and Idaho’s Kory Scoran undisclosed amounts as a result of their actions at the conclusion of the April 6 game. Fined Elmira’s Dustin Gazley and Corey Cowick undisclosed amounts as a result of their actions an April 6 game against Reading.
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one shot out of the lead, made double bogey from the trees on the first hole and it only got worse from there. He had three 6s on his card and went out in 42, finishing with a 77 that left him 10 shots behind. He played with Sergio Garcia, who shot 75. Neither made a birdie until No. 12, and they hugged each other on the green to celebrate. Fred Couples, at 52 the oldest player atop the leaderboard going into the weekend at Augusta, bogeyed his first two holes and tried to stay in the game. He wound up with a 75 and was seven shots behind. A win would give Mickelson his fourth green jacket, same as Woods and Arnold Palmer. But this is far from a
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Frank Francisco earned his second save when pinch-hitter Matt Diaz struck out swinging, leaving the Braves at 0 for 10 with runners in scoring position this season. Jair Jurrjens (0-1) gave up three runs on seven hits and three walks in 4 1-3 innings. He made the All-Star team last year, but won just one of his final seven starts and didn’t pitch in September because of an injured right knee. Jurrjens’ start was his shortest since he went 3 2-3 innings on Sept. 9, 2010, against St. Louis. Lucas Duda homered twice and became the first player to take advantage of the pulled-in fences at Citi Field as the Mets improved to 2-0 for the first time since 2009. David Wright kept hitting with a homer and two singles. Coming off a down year and injuryinterrupted spring training, the All-Star had two hits and drove in the only run in Thursday’s opener against Atlanta. Josh Thole lined a go-ahead single with two outs in the fifth inning off well-traveled Livan Hernandez, making his first regular-season relief appearance since his major league debut in 1996. With hot dog wrappers blowing around the field, Duda launched a drive to right-center field in the fourth. The ball flew over the new fence, yet several feet in front of where the old wall still stands. Duda hit another solo shot run in the seventh off Chad Durbin, a drive to right that would’ve been a home run in any year. Wright’s homer in the first was an opposite-field shot to rightcenter.
two-man race. Former British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen rode his sweet swing to a 69 and was only two shots behind. Bubba Watson birdied the last hole for a 70 and was three shots back, followed by Matt Kuchar, who joined Mickelson as the first players in 13 years to birdie the 18th hole each of the first three rounds. The group at 4-under 212 included Lee Westwood (72) and Padraig Harrington, who shot 68 and summed up what awaits on Sunday. “It’s not the player that plays the most consistent that wins at the Masters. The player who plays probably some of the most exciting golf wins at the Masters,” Harrington said. “You only have to look at the way Phil has won some of his majors. You’ve
got to take on golf shots. Fortune favors the brave at times here.” And to think Mickelson almost lost this Masters on the opening day. With a lost ball and a triple bogey on the 10th hole, he was 4-over par through 12 holes on Thursday and hitting the ball in places even he had never seen at Augusta. Only his short game saved him that day, and he escaped with a 74. He has been on the move ever since, and Lefty was at his best on Saturday. If there was one shot that showed why he has an imagination unlike others, it came from behind the green on the par-5 15th. Moments earlier, Hanson was in about the same spot and played a conven-
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Crabtree “becomes human when we ... take out that outside ACL,” a reference to the anterior cruciate ligament in the receiver’s knee. Pamphilon, who said he received no money for releasing the audio, posted it on the promotional website for one of his films on the same day that Saints coach Sean Payton, general manager Mickey Loomis and other team offi-
cials appeared before NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for an appeal hearing of their punishment stemming from the bounty scandal. “It is true that from the beginning Steve and his wife were opposed to releasing this audio and I felt strongly that the public had a right to hear this material and judge for themselves,” Pamphilon said. Pamphilon added that both he and Gleason agreed to let a
third-party they both trust “mediate and advise us on the final decision,” and that person, whom Pamphilon did not name, said to release the recording. “I can’t understand why Steve would think it’s in his best interest to prevent me from releasing the truth about Gregg Williams,” Pamphilon wrote. “I feel as strongly today as I have from the beginning that the audio speaks for itself and that the public had a right to hear it.”
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Philip Alderton, a keen student of America’s Civil War from Oxford, England, tramped the woods of Shiloh on several of Friday’s battlefield hikes.
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Crossing a stream gives the tour group an idea of the challenges faced by soldiers during the battle.
History professor James F. Gentsch led a hike to sites near Shiloh Church and explained the decimation of Rebel Gen. Patrick Cleburne’s Brigade.
a history professor at the University of West Alabama who led Friday’s hikes to sites near Shiloh Church during a program that explained how Confederate General Patrick Cleburne’s Brigade was almost completely obliterated during the first day’s fighting. Gentsch said he had to quickly amend the tour he’d originally planned when he learned about the unprecedented level of participation Friday morning. The anniversary events drew visitors from far and wide, like Philip Alderton, a young Englishman who crossed the Atlantic to immerse himself in the Shiloh Sesquicentennial. Last weekend Alderton — an avid American
Civil War reenactor in his native Oxford, England — donned the Federal blue and participated in the Blue-Gray Shiloh 150th Reenactment. This weekend he’s hiking the battlefield and getting a better understanding of the Battle of Shiloh. “It’s better to actually tramp the land than to read about it in a book,” Alderton said. You get so much more to actually see where the men were.” Alderton said he’s been impressed by a the “really good atmosphere” during his stay and was pleased to find local residents with a passion for the area’s history. Friday also saw the premiere of the new Visitor Center movie, “Shiloh: Fiery Trial,” that is replacing the 56-year-old “Shi-
loh: Portrait of a Battle.” Harrell said the new movie is getting an “extremely good response” from its first viewers. Both movies packaged together are available for purchase in the park Visitor Center or online at eparks.com The Battlefield Hikes continue today with a car caravan to Fallen Timbers, site of Confederate Col. Nathan Bedford Forrest’s rear-guard action on April 8, 1862 — and the last shots fired in battle at Shiloh. Participants will meet at the Visitor Center at 10 a.m. and drive to several sites outside the battlefield. The program will be end around noon. Participants are asked to register in advance by calling the Shiloh Visitor Center at 731-689-5696.
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‘On Shiloh Hill’
United Blood is having the following local blood drives: Tuesday, April 10 — 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Biggersville High School library; and Thursday, April 12 -- 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Tishomingo County High School, Tri-State Building, Iuka.
Corinth Theatre-Arts production of “On Shiloh Hill: A Musical Resurrection of the American Civil War” by Bill Schustik will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 13-14 and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 15 at the Coliseum Civic Center in downtown Corinth. Call the Crossroads Playhouse at 287-2995 for more information. There is open seating at the Coliseum, so no reservations are necessary.
Mended Hearts Mended Hearts will be meeting Monday, April 9 at 10 a.m. at the Magnolia Community Service Complex in the Cardiac Rehab Conference Room, 1001 South Harper Road, Corinth. Shirlee Taylor, child nutritionist and food director of the Booneville School District for 20 years, will be speaking on “Heart Healthy Eating” and will have sample snacks. Mended Hearts is a support group open to all heart patients, their families and others impacted by heart disease. Its purpose is to inspire hope in heart disease patients and their families through visits and sharing experiences of recovery and returning to an active life. Healthcare professionals join the mission by providing their expertise and support. Mended Hearts meets the second Monday of every month.
Battlefield hikes Three days of in-depth battlefield hikes are being led by park rangers at Shiloh Park. During the April 6-8 anniversary weekend, participants will have a chance to learn the stories of the men who fought the battle while walking the ground where the events occurred exactly 150 years ago. Each hike will last approximately two hours and will cover easy to difficult terrain. For hike schedules check the Shiloh Park website at www.nps.gov/shil.
Photo contest Local photographers are invited to participate in Arts in McNairy’s sixth annual Amateur Photo Contest. The final day for submissions is Friday, April 13 from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Photos should be dropped off at the UT Martin/Selmer facility in Tennessee just off U.S. 45 North. Photos mailed must be postmarked by Monday, April 9 to: Attention George Souders, c/o AiM Photo Contest, UT Martin/ Selmer, 1269 Tennessee Ave., Selmer, Tenn. 38375. Entry forms are available at the photo-center at Wal-Mart in Selmer, Tenn. For more information and qualifications or to request an entry form by mail contact George Souders at 731-610-1365.
made of Native American music. The exhibit is available for viewing through April 13. The Museum is open to the public Tuesday-Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Personnel meet The Alcorn County Chapter of the Retired Education Personnel of Mississippi (REPM) will host the District I REPM meeting on Wednesday, April 11 at Taylor's Escape Restaurant, 1401 Hwy. 72 West, in Corinth. Registration will begin at 9 a.m. and the meeting will begin at 10 a.m. Mr. William McMullin, Northeast Regional Library System director will be the guest speaker. Lunch is $13 for a choice of chicken or fish. Contact Linda Turner at 662-415-5856 as soon as possible for an accurate count for the luncheon. District I is comprised of Alcorn, Chickasaw, Clay, Itawamba, Pontotoc, Monroe, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo, Tupelo-Lee and Union Counties. Local education retirees are encouraged to attend the district meeting.
light lunch is provided with admission.
Student art show Northeast Mississippi Community College Art Department is exhibiting its annual Student Art Show, now through April 27. Categories include: painting, drawing, computer graphics, black & white photography, 2D design and ceramics. Gallery Hours are Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.- 3 p.m. For more information, contact gallery director Terry Anderson at 662720-7336 or tfanderson@nemcc.edu.
Republicans meet Republicans will be meeting at the Corinth City Library on Thursday April 12, with a meet and greet at 5:30 p.m. and a speaking at 6 p.m. The guest
speaker is Chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party Joe Nosef. The meeting is free. For more information, call Mike Stewart at 662-808-0291.
Activity center The Bishop Activity Center is having the following activities April 9 - April 13: Monday — health program; Tuesday — exercise; Wednesday — Bible study with Robert Ross of Alcorn M.B. Church; Thursday -Bingo; and Friday — grocery shopping at Rogers’ supermarket. Senior citizens, age 60 and above are welcome and encouraged to attend Bishop Activity Center. Daily activities include crafts, jigsaw puzzles, quilting, table games (Dominoes and Rook), washer games and Rolo Golf.
Registration held Registration for students who plan to attend kindergarten and 1st grade at Glendale Elementary School for the 20122013 school year is being held on Thursday, April 12 from 12-4 p.m. Children registering for kindergarten must be five years old on or before Sept. 1. Registration requirements include child’s certified birth certificate, Social Security Card and shot compliance with all shots up to date from the health department or family doctor, and two proofs of residency verification -- electric bill, water bill, telephone bill, etc. Children registering for 1st grade must be six years old on or before Sept. 1. Children enrolled in kindergarten this year at Glendale will not need to register for 1st grade.
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LuAnne Parrish (left) and Jesse Ables have compiled a book about the history of Corinth through images.
Pictorial history of Corinth Two locals help publish ‘Images of America’ book BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
Corinth has a story to tell. Corinthians Jesse Ables and LuAnne Parrish have taken on the responsibly of sharing parts of the town’s history with their book “Corinth” the newest edition of Arcadia Publishing’s popular “Images of America” series. “Corinth is such a special city,” said Ables. “There is a ton of stuff to be told and we hope people can use the book to remember something from.” It took the pair six months to compile over 200 photos from the past. “The book is a love letter to Corinth from an aging baby boomer,” said Parrish. “My mother (Nelda Boatman Parrish) would be very happy with it because she loved Corinth.” The book is dedicated to Nelda Parrish -- the first female realtor in Corinth and Alcorn County and also the first appointed female justice of the peace. “Corinth has a strong history background with a talent like most small towns of storytelling,” said Ables. “LuAnne is so good at telling those stories.” “I was fortunate to be born into a family of extraordinary storytellers,” added Parrish. “I heard tales of Corinth on a daily basis.” The duo collected between 600-700 images for the publication with most coming from the Crossroads Museum. “The museum gave us every opportunity to use photos in the book,” said the lifelong Corinthian Parrish. On the cover of the glance back into history is a 1916 photo of a pair of switch engines in the Corinth rail yard along with the engine’s fiveman crew. “Everything that hap-
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The Tishomingo Hotel in downtown Corinth was overflowing with sick and dying soldiers following the Battle of Shiloh.
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This is the only existing photo of Corona College. pened in Corinth is because of the rail road,” added Parrish for the reason to have the photo as the cover. Corinth’s story is told in three chapters. Genesis and the Coming of the War is the first chapter. A Center of Commerce, Industry, and Culture along with Celebrities, Celebrations, and CHS makeup
the final two chapters of the book. “We didn’t even scratch the surface of the history and important people of Corinth,” said Ables. “We are hoping to get people to archive all of the old photos that are still out there ... it would be nice to have those stories told.” Ables, a native of South Texas, studied art at Tex-
as State University and worked 45 years in the commercial printing industry prior to coming to Corinth. “I want people to feel the warmth of Corinth like I did,” said Ables who now is proud to hold dual citizenship as a Texan and Corinthian. “I felt there was no town better as a newcomer.”
Parrish, a fourth-generation Corinthian, received her bachelor of science in history from Mississippi University for Women in 1978. She has been a living history reenactor for more than 20 years and shares her mother’s assessment -- “If I miss Heaven, at least I got to live in Corinth, Mississippi.”
“I feel a sense of accomplishment because there is so much history to Corinth,” she said. (Corinth is available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at www.arcadiapublishing.com on April 16. Cost of the 128-page book is $21.99.)
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Sunday, April 8, 2012
Golden Sawmill had lasting impact on Mississippi (A study of the Golden Sawmill, written by Harold R. Russell. This is part 1 of a two-part series.) The Golden Sawmill was set up about 1920 and had a powerful and long lasting impact on northern Mississippi. Not only did the mill bring an end to vast stands of virgin timber, but brought about an economic surge in a poor area and also attracted laborers from elsewhere to the area. There are many people in this Mississippi/Alabama area whose families came here with the advent of the Golden Sawmill. Thousands of acres of virgin timber were cut by the mill. Hassell Leath-
ers tells about lying across a stump in the Chubby Creek botRaNae tom when Vaughn he was a child with Historically his feet Speaking hooked on one side of the stump and his fingers hooked over the other side. According to him this stump was at least 5-1/2 feet across and was only one of many such all across north Mississippi. Hazel Cromeans tells about a picture of her father, Gus Woods who logged for the Golden
Sawmill, taken by the side of one being hauled to the mill. The log was so big only one could be hauled on the wagon and that log tested the strength of the oxen pulling the wagon. Evidence of the rail lines used to haul the massive logs to the mill in Golden still exists. Railroad spurs were built over North Mississippi and into the Freedom Hills. I remember talking to the late F.J. Horn, who began working in the woods for the sawmill when he was about 15. He worked as a logger in this area for several years. He said the main line in Itawamba County ran from Golden to south of
Burntfields on the edge of Mud Creek. This line ran parallel with Highway 25 and you can still see stretches of the roadbed and filled in places and even cuts in the hills where the standard gauge railway was built. The main line was built with steam-powered drag line mounted on rail cars. The rail line was built and finished in 20 foot sections. According to Coot Horn the trees were laid top to butt along the ground and covered with dirt to form a raised road bed. From the main line, spurs were built to give access to big timber stands. Sawmill camps pro-
vided housing for the loggers and woodcutters. The camp made of one and two room shot-gun houses were located near the timber stands. Families moved into northern Mississippi and located in these little sawmill camps. There was one near the Salem Church and another set up by Aussie Wallace in the woods west of Fairview Church. The men working at the mill usually lived near Golden. E.R. Warren, who talked to Jerry Martin, when he was writing “A Place Called Belmont,” recalled doing a man’s work at 15. He earned $2.25 per day feeding the flooring machine. The men doing
common labor were paid $2 per day. At the peak of production the mill sawed 60,000 board feet per day (compare to TMA Mill) and worked two crews, a day crew and a night crew. About 350 men were required at the mill and in the woods. At one time, when hands were needed, the company advertised for sawmillers for $3.50 for a 10-hour day. (RaNae Vaughn is board member and in charge of marketing and publications for the Tishomingo County Historical & Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 203, Iuka, MS 38852.)
Farmington boasts rich history, including Civil War years BY TOM PARSON NPS Ranger
(This is the third part of a nine-part series of frequently overlooked Civil War sites in and around Corinth.) Don’t bother to tell me, I already know; Farmington is NOT a part of the City of Corinth. If I was to mention such a thing down at the Farmington Town Hall, Mayor Dale Fortenberry would give me a stern lecture on the history of his community. I have…and he did! So why should it be included in a story of the Civil War in Corinth? There is a long, rich history between our two towns, and if we’re not immediate family, at least we’re kin. What few folks know, and even fewer will admit, is that Farmington is older than Corinth. In the 1830’s the Choctaws and Chickasaws were forced out of Mississippi and settlers poured in. When they arrived they found the community of Farmington was already well established, the Farmington Baptist Church having been constructed way back in 1800 (give or a take a few years). Officially, the Town of Farmington was established on May 1, 1837, but this was just a bit of legal documentation for the folks in Jackson. As far as the residents were concerned, Farmington had already been around for a couple of generations. The town was a thriving community as they
Artist sketches are scenes of Farmington during its Civil War years. entered the 1840’s. The Farmington Academy stood near the church as well as several homes, general stores, a U.S. Post Office, a blacksmith shop and a saddle and harness shop. Unfortunately the new Memphis & Charleston Railroad missed the town by a good two and a half miles and in 1857 several budding businesses chose to uproot and move to Cross City (as Corinth was known back then). Farmington might well have slipped into obscurity over the next few decades had not the war come along and hurried up the
process. After the Battle of Shiloh, on the banks of the Tennessee, three Union armies made an advance into Mississippi to wrest control of Corinth’s vital railroad junction. The Armies of the Tennessee and Ohio approached from the north and north east, while Major General John Pope’s Army of the Mississippi came in from the east. Between Pope’s men and Corinth lay the town of Farmington. On the 4th of May, 1862, Pope’s army moved into Farmington and skirmished with Confederates who had established
a camp in the community. To Pope’s right (that’s north to you and me) was General Buell’s Army of the Ohio, or at least it should have been there. Buell was moving much slower and could not move up into position to support the gains made by Pope’s army. The Army of the Mississippi had to move back beyond Seven Mile Creek (out past Kimberly Clark on Kendrick Road) and wait for Buell to catch up. On the 8th of May, the Federals returned to Farmington, but again Pope was forced to move back and cool his heels.
Francesco Petrarca crowned in Rome
April 8, 1766
1st fire escape patented, wicker basket on a pulley & chain
April 8, 1378
Bartolomeo Prignano elected as Pope Urban VI
April 8, 1500
Battle at Novara: King Louis XII beats duke Ludovico Sforza
April 8, 1513
April 8, 1716
Duke Karel Leopold of Mecklenburg-Schwerin signs covenant with Russia & marries Czar Peter the Great’s niece
April 8, 1861
April 8, 1783
April 8, 1789
John D Lynde patents aerosol dispenser
Catharina II of Russia annexes the Krim House of Representives 1st meeting
April 8, 1801
Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain
Battle at Xaquixaguana, Peru: Pedro de la Gasca beats Gonzalo Pizarro US mint at Dahlonega, Georgia seized by confederacy
April 8, 1455
Alfonso de Borgia elected as Pope Callistus III
April 8, 1848
April 8, 1781
Premiere of Mozart’s violin sonata K379
Soldiers riot in Bucharest kill 128 Jews
April 8, 1862
French Protestant church becomes statesupported & -controlled
April 8, 1832
Charles Darwin begins trip through Rio de Janeiro
Battle of Mansfield, La., Federals routed by Gen. Richard Taylor General Robert E Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House in Virginia
April 8, 1869
American Museum of Natural History opens (NYC)
April 8, 1730
1st Jewish congregation in US forms synagogue, “Shearith Israel, NYC”
April 8, 1759
British troops chase French out of Masulipatam India
April 8, 1838
Steamship “Great Western” maiden voyage (Bristol England to NYC)
April 8, 1848
1st battle at Gioto: Sardinia-Piemonte beats Austrians
Grief support A grief support group for anyone who has lost a loved one or may have a sick family member and needs someone who will understand what your going through is meeting at Real Life Church, (next to Fred’s in Corinth), every Monday from 6-7 p.m. For one on one meetings, contact Sherry Scott at 662-415-7173.
April 8, 1864
April 8, 1865
April 8, 1802
(For more information on locating the sites in Farmington, come by the Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center. The center is located at 501 West Linden Street and is open 8 to 5 daily. Park staff can be reached at 662287-9273.)
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A single brigade was left near the town to keep an eye on the enemy. General Beauregard, the Confederate commander, saw an opportunity. His army was much too small to defeat the Federals in open battle, so he watched and waited for a chance to strike at an exposed part of the Union line. On the morning of the 9th, he attacked with an overwhelming number of screaming Confederates. Fortunately for the Federals, a second brigade was approaching town as the Southern attack struck home.
The Union troops, outnumbered seven to one, managed to hold out for five hours before safely pulling back to the protection of their own lines. There were hundreds of casualties and the town was left in absolute shambles. Over the next few weeks there were four more skirmishes in Farmington, but the damage was already done. For the next three years, the town pretty much ceased to exist. In its place were shattered trees, burned buildings and miles of earthworks. But like the story of the phoenix rising from its own ashes, Farmington made a comeback in the post-war years. It may not be the size of Corinth, but it has just as much heart. I know, I lived there for a spell. There are plenty of Civil War sites to see in Farmington; Union earthworks, fields of battle and a rebuilt Farmington Baptist Church. If you haven’t been to the annual “Battle of Farmington” reenactment, you are missing out on one of the premier events in our community. This year’s event will be held Sept. 15-16.
April 8, 1876
Amiliare Ponchielli’s opera “La Gioconda,” premieres in Milan
April 8, 1879
Khedive Ismael of Egypt fires French/British ministers
Cemetery donations
Road in Corinth. One hundred percent of the revenue goes back into the community in helping the Lighthouse Foundation. The store is open Tuesday-Saturday from 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. ■ 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. Monday-Friday.
Antioch Free Will Baptist Church, Burnsville, is in need of cemetery donations for upkeep of the cemetery. The cost of paying for mowing and maintenance is covered through donations to the cemetery fund. The fund is currently low. Any donations to add to the fund will be appreciated. Mail to: Doyle Rorie, 146 CR 219, Burnsville, MS 38833.
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 Ladies’ Auxiliary and Sons of Legion Squadron No. 6.
Thrift stores
Friday night music
■ The Lighthouse Family Thrift Store is located in the Harper Square Mall at 1801 South Harper
Post 6 meets
There is bluegrass, country and gospel music at the Iuka American Legion Post No. 15,
across from the National Guard Armory, Friday nights at 7. Membership is not required to attend shows. The Heartland Band plays, along with other guest entertainers. There is coffee, drinks, cake and food available. Admission is $3 for singles and $5 for couples. This is a family-friendly environment.
Country music night The Joe Rickman Band will be playing on Thursday nights from 6:309:30 p.m. at the Burnsville city park building. Admission is $3, single and $5, couple. There will be concessions. The event is family-friendly with no smoking or alcohol. Proceeds go toward the community center. For more information, call 662-287-3437.
Pickin’ on the Square Pickin’ on the Square has moved back to the Alcorn County Courthouse Square in Corinth. Admission is free but donations are accepted to help pay rent.
Outdoors
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Volunteers make wild turkey report possible The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, in conjunction with the Mississippi Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation, recently made available its annual report on the status of Mississippi’s wild turkey population. This full-color publication, entitled “Spittin’ & Drummin’,� is available for viewing at http:// www.mdwfp.com/turkey. The Wild Turkey Report contains a wealth of information on trends in turkey population numbers from around the state, habitat management ad-
vice for hunters and landowners, and other accounts of conserDavid vation efGreen forts relating to wild Outdoors turkeys. Much of the information presented in the report was made possible by data collected from some of Mississippi’s dedicated turkey hunters. Participating individuals were requested to share observations of what they saw, heard and
harvested during the past spring season as a part of the Spring Gobbler Hunting Survey (SGHS). Since the survey’s inception in 1996, MDWFP turkey program biologist have worked with willing hunters to better understand the state’s turkey population, and currently there are over 1,400 volunteer turkey hunters enrolled in the SGHS program. Biologists however would like to see an even greater involvement. “We have strong participation across much of the state, but we need additional information from
certain counties, so we need more participants to increase the reliability of the data in those areas,� said Dave Godwin, MDWFP Wild Turkey program coordinator. According to prior reports from the MDWFP, Turkey Program biologists have expressed a dire need for more participants in Region 1 located in North-Central and Northeast Mississippi. The 21-county region has long had a history of poor participation in the Spring Hunter Gobbler Survey, which can cause turkey observations to be
US Senate approves RESTORE Act BY JAMES L. CUMMINS Conservation corner
Last month, the U.S. Senate demonstrated its commitment to restoring the Gulf of Mexico’s economy and environment by approving the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies (RESTORE) of the Gulf Coast Act as an amendment to the Senate transportation bill. The RESTORE Act must next make it through the U.S. House of Representatives. Co-sponsored by Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker and Congressman Steven Palazzo, the RESTORE Act represents extraordinary bipartisan consensus among lawmakers and is a crucial measure that ensures that 80 percent of the funds from the Clean Water Act and other pen-
alties assessed in the wake of the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill are used to pay for economic and environmental restoration projects in Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. One provision in RESTORE establishes a research, science and technology program aimed at improving Gulf fisheries management and monitoring. It is important to note that this legislation only directs funding from the Clean Water Act penalties charged to BP for the disaster and does not direct new federal spending. This act also includes a major increase in funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). The LWCF provides money to federal, state and local governments for the acquisition of land and water to benefit conservation and
recreation. The provision would double current funding to $700 million for each of the next two years and reauthorize it until 2022, for a total of $1.4 billion. The amendment requires that 1.5 percent of those funds be used to improve hunting and fishing access on existing public lands. This access component was a major initiative of the Boone and Crockett Club. Saltwater recreational fishing contributes more than $8 billion in economic output in the Gulf Coast region annually and supports approximately 82,000 jobs. The Gulf of Mexico is one of the most popular areas for recreational fishing in the United States with 3.6 million saltwater anglers spending more than 42.5 million days on the water each year. Beyond recre-
ational fishing, the Gulf is an engine of commerce. It produces roughly 40 percent of all the seafood in the lower 48 states. The region is home to 10 of the nation’s 15 largest ports, while over 25 percent of the nation’s waterborne exports pass through Louisiana ports alone If the Transportation Bill with the RESTORE Act should win final passage, these two doses of conservation funding would represent, by some estimates, the largest boost in conservation funding in U.S. history! (James L. Cummins is executive director of Wildlife Mississippi, a non-profit, conservation organization founded to conserve, restore and enhance fish, wildlife and plant resources throughout Mississippi. Their web site is www.wildlifemiss.org.)
biased as a result of limited sample sizes. In an effort to increase participation in the SGHS, the Mississippi Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation, the MDWFP and the Mississippi Foundation for Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks will sponsor a raffle for survey participants in which two shotguns will be given away this year during this promotion. A general drawing will be open to all hunters who participate in the SGHS and provide data to the MDWFP, and an additional drawing will
be held for those hunters who recruit a new survey participant during 2012. (To learn more about the SGHS or volunteer to become a participant, log onto the MDWFP Wild Turkey Program homepage at http://www. mdwfp.com or call 662325-5119. Alcorn County resident David Green is an avid hunter and fisherman in the Crossroads area. Anyone wishing to share their own unique outdoor story or have any news to report pertaining to the outdoors, David can be contacted at dgreen_ outdoors@yahoo.com.)
Fisheries Bureau offers dozen pond management workshops For the Daily Corinthian
JACKSON — Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) Fisheries Bureau and the Mississippi State University Extension Service will host 12 pond management workshops across Mississippi in 2012. The workshops are designed to provide pond owners and future pond owners with information regarding the management of small lakes. “Our fisheries biologists receive hundreds of calls each year from pond owners who have questions ranging from growing bigger fish to controlling aquatic vegetation�, said MDWFP Fisheries Bureau Assistant Director Larry Pugh. “The workshops will allow biologists and pond owners across the State to interact and pro-
vide participants with management strategies.� An hour-long presentation will be given at each workshop. Topics will include pond design, fish stocking, harvest, vegetation control, liming, fertilizing. A question-and-answer period will follow to address additional topics. Those interested in attending are encouraged to register. Contact information for registration, along with the location, date, and time for each workshop will be posted on the MDWFP website. (For more information regarding fishing in Mississippi, please visit www.mdwfp.com or call 601-432-2199. Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ mdwfp or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/MDWFPonline.)
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DEAR ABBY: My husband served in Vietnam and proudly wears a Vietnam veteran insignia on his jacket or cap everywhere he goes. People approach him all the time and thank him for his service, which is wonderful. The big question is, how should he respond? He isn’t quite sure what to say back to them -- “You’re welcome”? “It was my honor to serve”? “Thank you for caring”? I’m not sure of the right response, either. So I told my husband I’d ask you. What’s the proper thing to say when someone is kind enough to take a minute and say thanks? -- VET’S WIFE IN PHOENIX DEAR VET’S WIFE: I’m sure being thanked for his service in Vietnam is music to your husband’s ears. When members of the military returned from Vietnam, many of them were treated with hostility. A proper response when someone thanks him for his service would be any of those you offered, or a simple, “Thanks for saying that. I appreciate it.” DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have dear friends who live in another country. They also have a vacation home in a very nice part of the U.S. They have often invited us to use their vacation place while they’re away, since it stands empty 11 months of the year.
Aimee Elizabeth Dearman, Jimmy “Jimmer” Loyd Fowler Jr.
Dearman — Fowler Miss Aimee Elizabeth Dearman and Mr. Jimmy “Jimmer” Loyd Fowler Jr. will exchange wedding vows on the evening of April 21, 2012 at ParisYates Chapel at Ole Miss in Oxford. The bride-elect is the daughter of William and Charlotte Dearman of Tupelo. She is the granddaughter of Charles and Dorothy Rogers of Saltillo and Laverne and the late Glen Dearman of Tupelo. The prospective bridegroom is the son of Mary and Jimmy Fowler Sr. of Corinth. He is the grandson of Paul and the late Roxie Singleton of Vina, Ala. and the late Jack and Fannie Fowler of Corinth. Miss Dearman is graduate of Tupelo High School. She received her AAS of business and marketing management from Itawamba Community College. She also attended the University of Mississippi. Her honors in high school include graduating with honors, member of NHS, FBLA and Anchor Club; and in college, member of Delta Epsilon Chi and awarded an art scholarship. She is presently employed as a legal assistant for Hall, Booth, Smith and Slover. Mr. Fowler is a graduate of Corinth High School and The University of Mississippi where he received his bachelor’s of human resource management. He is presently employed at Travelers. A wedding reception will be held at the Oxford Conference Center Magnolia Room & Terrace in Oxford.
James Kendall Gregory Jr., Ginger Suzanne Simpson
Simpson — Gregory Miss Ginger Suzanne Simpson and Mr. James Kendall Gregory Jr. will exchange wedding vows at 6 p.m. on April 14 in Oxford. The bride-elect is the daughter of Mrs. Margaret Edge Simpson and Dr. Don Everette Simpson. She is the granddaughter of Mrs. Gloria Madeline Simpson and the late Mr. James Thomas Simpson of Monroe, La. and the late Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Allen Edge Jr. of Tupelo. The prospective bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Kendall Gregory. He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Murry Donald Reeves of
Nashville, Tenn. and the late Mr. and Mrs. James Taylor Gregory of Nashville, Tenn. Miss Simpson is a 2001 graduate of Corinth High School. She received her master’s degree from Mississippi State University in 2006. She is presently employed at The National Food Service Management Institute (NFSMI) in Oxford. Mr. Gregory is a1999 graduate of Franklin Road Academy and a 2005 graduate of Trevecca Nazarene University where he received his bachelor’s degree. He is presently the owner of Oxford Adventure Boot Camp.
I have hesitated in the past because I know we would Abigail use utiliVan Buren ties and it would be Dear Abby of some expense to them. They are insistent that they will not let us pay for the use. We would love to spend some time there. Is there anything we could do to show our appreciation without paying them? -APPRECIATIVE, BUT ... DEAR APPRECIATIVE: Yes. After spending time in their vacation home, write a letter thanking them and describing the experience. Consider sending them an album of photographs you took during your vacation there, or buy a gift for their vacation home. That way you will have repaid them without “paying” them. DEAR ABBY: My little sister is almost 12. She has been having a lot of behavior problems. I thought it was the stupid videos she watches that made her act like that, but she’s getting worse. One night, her mood was terrible and I noticed she was texting. So while she slept I took her cellphone and started reading the messages. Her texts were about her being a skank, drunk, sexually active, depressed,
cutting herself and moving away soon. No one in the family knows or would ever allow this. I feel the right thing to do is to tell our parents, but I don’t want to make the situation worse. Her behavior and attitude stress us out, and her “friends” are the wrong crowd for her. I know it was bad for me to invade her privacy, but something needs to be done. What can I do? -- SISTER WHO CARES IN TEXAS DEAR CARING SISTER: Tell your parents what you have learned. Your sister’s behavior problems and angry or depressed mood must have been noticed by them as well as you. Ask them not to reveal that you looked at the messages, but to insist on some answers from her until they get to the bottom of what’s happening. If even half of what your sister is writing and receiving is true, she is headed for serious trouble and is overdue for an intervention. TO MY CHRISTIAN READERS: Happy Easter, one and all! (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.)
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5 great winners of best original song Oscar BY CHRISTY LEMIRE Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — It’s been stuck in my head for weeks like a psychotic episode: “My Heart Will Go On,” Celine Dion’s big, bombastic ballad from “Titanic.” Now that James Cameron has finally released the 3-D redo of his 1997 shipwreck epic — the winner of 11 Academy Awards, including best original song — it still won’t go away. It goes on ... and on ... But we’re all about turning a negative into a positive around here, so we’re using this as an opportunity to talk about five other great winners of the best original song Oscar. There are dozens to choose from so you’ll have some favorites of your own, but these are sure to keep you hum-
ming along: ■ “Over the Rainbow” from “The Wizard of Oz” (1939): One of the greatest songs ever from one of the greatest movies ever. A favorite from childhood that’s just as moving for grown-ups, it’s full of girlish innocence and melancholy longing. Written by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg, it’s been copied and covered endlessly by singers ranging from Frank Sinatra to Kylie Minogue. Sam Harris became a minor star by belting out a soaring version of it on “Star Search” in the mid-’80s, and Katharine McPhee made it one of her signature tunes on “American Idol.” But of course it will always belong to Judy Garland. She performs it early in the film when she’s still a naive farm girl, before
all the tornadic activity and house-dropping that inspire her journey down the yellow brick road. ■ “When You Wish Upon a Star” from “Pinocchio” (1940): A personal choice, since this is the song my mother supposedly sang to me when I was a baby. Or so goes the lore — I was too young to remember. Written by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington and sung by Cliff Edwards in the voice of perky sidekick Jiminy Cricket, this is probably the greatest song ever to come from a Disney animated movie. It’s certainly the most identifiable with the studio, since it plays along with the logo before every Disney film. It’s hopeful and earnest and unabashedly sentimental. And like the song that inspired this week’s list, this one will
really get stuck in your head. It also provided inspiration for one of the more daring episodes of “Family Guy,” titled “When You Wish Upon a Weinstein.” ■ “Moon River” from “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” (1961): When Audrey Hepburn sings it alone on the fire escape of her Manhattan apartment, it’s intimate, sweet and plaintive, an indication of the insecure woman looking for love that she tries to suppress through her glamorous persona and wild nights. When it swells during the film’s climactic conclusion — in an alley in the pouring rain, as Hepburn finds the cat she cast aside and clutches it to her chest while giving George Peppard a passionate kiss — it’s heartbreaking. I cry every time in a
matter of seconds. Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer — they did not screw around. (Chevy Chase also felt prompted to belt out this song during an especially thorough doctor’s exam in “Fletch.”) ■ “Theme From ‘Shaft”’ (1971): He’s a bad mother ... so how do you NOT choose this song among the top five? It has such great energy and is such a fabulously funky reflection of its time: the horns, the driving chicka-chicka, the staccato strings. Isaac Hayes is at his smooth, soulful best here, crooning lyrics that seemed so racy in their day about Richard Roundtree’s character, “the black private dick that’s a sex machine to all the chicks.” This was a bold pick from the Academy, and it made
Hayes the first black person to win an Academy Award outside of the acting categories. Can you dig it? ■ “Lose Yourself” from “8 Mile” (2002): So catchy. Such vivid visuals. And so crucial to the story as an exploration of the main character’s fears and ambitions. Who knows whether Eminem can actually act, but he did a great job of playing a version of himself in Curtis Hanson’s drama about an aspiring rapper battling his demons as he struggles to make it out of his working-class Detroit neighborhood. I love what an unconventional choice this was for the Academy. And I think it’s hilarious that forever more, we can describe Eminem as Academy Award winner Marshall Mathers.
Dunham charts 20-something confusion in funny ‘Girls’ BY JAKE COYLE Associated Press
NEW YORK — Lena Dunham is deconstructing femininity right across the table. Having spiffed up for some behind-the-scenes featurettes for her upcoming HBO series, “Girls,” Dunham has relaxed into her seat at a Tribeca restaurant not far from where she grew up. Shortly after shedding her overcoat, she pulls off her fake eyelashes, too, apologizing for her manners and lamenting the forthright revelation of a women’s “secret” to a member of the opposite sex. “There’s a certain point when I’ve had them on all day, I just want to be free
of them,” she says, laughing. “I want to be naked but for my own lashes. It upsets your friends if you pull them out and just hand them to them. They’re not exactly sure what’s going on.” Inhibition and a comical preference for naturalism run deep in Dunham and her work. She’s a self-declared “over-sharer” whose Twitter feed is a steady stream of selfdeprecating wit. (“I was lying totally still on the shower floor and really hurt my knee. And that, my friends, is proof I can do anything.”) Her work (two features, a few Web series and now the TV show) is heavily personal, like her break-
out film, 2010’s “Tiny Furniture,” an indie she made for just $25,000 starring herself, her mother (the photographer and artist Laurie Simmons) and her younger sister, Grace. (Her father, the painter Carroll Dunham, typically abstains.) “In many ways, my work acts as my journal,” she says. “When I had a journal as a kid, I was constantly leaving it open, hoping somebody would find it. I just didn’t understand the purpose.” Not yet 26, Dunham has already been profiled by the New Yorker, had “Tiny Furniture” released on DVD by the esteemed Criterion Collection and attracted the interest of
Horoscopes Sunday, April 8, 2012 BY HOLIDAY MATHIS Creators Syndicate
The Aries sun has a way of stirring up tempers. Yesterday, Venus and Mars formed a terse angle, and the residual tension still lingers. To get on with things, someone may have to apologize. For those hiding Easter eggs, you can bet they won’t all be found in a day. The Scorpio moon has a way of making things invisible. ARIES (March 21-April 19). Talking only about oneself is a bad habit that a friend has been guilty of on many occasions. It’s your turn to talk today, and you should gladly take it. You’ve earned the right. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Your words reveal your level of experience in the world. Others will make decisions about how to interact with you based on your vocabulary. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The thing about getting what you want is that it’s always going to change your world. It’s wise to consider the many effects that will happen, good and bad, and weigh your desire against them. CANCER (June 22-July 22). It’s polite to make as little noise as possible in many public arenas. But where you’re going, it’s only appropriate to add noise to the arena in the form of cheers and applause. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Maybe your ultimate ambition is so lofty that few have achieved it. You’ll be happiest when your goals that lead up to that place are realistic. Set small achievable goals so you can feel good along the way. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It’s the
perfect time to update your contacts, addresses and calendar. You’ll have to be ultra-organized to take advantage of the interesting opportunities in the week ahead. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Problems and troubles are not the same thing. Today you’ll realize that you have problems, not troubles. Everything will work out. It’s just an equation that needs to be solved. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). In order to get where you want to go, you’ll have to change your attitude. The good news is that this will make your life better on many levels. You’ll love what happens next. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Our caveman and cavewoman ancestors didn’t live as long as we do now, and their courtships were proportionately brief. You, however, can take your time instead of rushing in like a Neanderthal. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). A desire to impress someone can be healthy for a relationship up to a point. If this desire is exaggerated, it becomes destructive. You’ll find a graceful balance. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You want to be well thought of as much as the next person, but you’re not about to let that stop you from contributing freely to the social milieu. You may make a mistake and discover that others don’t care so much. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Do what’s necessary to get to a smiling, laughing place. There will be a situation that has you unsure, but you’ll interpret things in a positive way, demonstrating the difference between a happy person and an unhappy person.
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comedy producer and filmmaker Judd Apatow, executive producer of “Girls.” Considering her unblemished good fortune, Apatow has advised Dunham to get a T-shirt that reads “The Inevitable Backlash.” “Girls,” which Dunham wrote, stars in and produced, premieres Sunday, April 15, but it’s already captured the zeitgeist, sparking a dialogue about 20-something adulthood, femininity and sexuality. The show follows four young women (Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke and Zosia Mamet) in post-collegiate drift, struggling in a difficult New York job market, chafing at conventional
ideas of womanhood and dealing with male counterparts on a different wavelength. Dunham is the subject of op-eds and the topic of considerable blogosphere debate. She’s been lauded for inverting the usual representations of female bodies by having no shyness in portraying her, as she terms it, “not exactly model-esque body” in unflattering sex scenes. But one critic suggested Dunham would lose her “narrative propellant” if she dropped 30 pounds. “If I lost 30 pounds, I’d die,” she says. “Not to quibble with him about what overweight means, but I can’t even lose 30 pounds!”
Most, though, recognize in Dunham the genuine article: an uncommonly mature storyteller with natural instincts for autobiographical filmmaking and neurotic portraits of her self-absorbed 20-something generation. In a memorable scene in the first episode, Dunham’s character, having arrived in New York an aspiring writer, tells her visiting parents that she believes she’s the voice of her generation, “or a voice of a generation.” It’s particularly fitting because it’s both true and a self-parody — a balance of sympathy and critique for Millenials that runs throughout “Girls.”