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DEATHS

A Vicksburg nurse killed in a wreck Monday was remembered as loving and professional this morning as the man accused of felony aggravated DUI in the crash was headed to court. Andrea Michelle “Shelly” Guider, 34, 105 Grey Oaks Drive, was pronounced dead at the scene, Halls Ferry and North Frontage roads, by Warren County Coroner Doug Huskey. She died of severe chest and abdominal injuries, Huskey said after the wreck reported at 10:49 a.m. Julius Hebron, 62, 104

Shelly Guider

Julius Hebron

Hillside Circle, was being held without bond in the Issaquena County Jail today, police Chief Walter Armstrong said. He was scheduled for an initial appearance in Vicksburg Municipal Court at 11 today. Guider was a nurse in the intensive care unit at River Region Medical Center and loved her job, relatives said. Gaddis Guider said his sister-in-law “loved being able to help people and she took

Eli Baylis•The Vicksburg Post

Vicksburg police officers reconstruct the path of vehicles that led to a fatal crash on Halls Ferry Road Monday. her work very seriously. She was very professional.” His brother, George, and Shelly Guider had been married for seven years,

Gaddis Guider said, adding that she loved her stepsons, Kyle Guider, 11, and Peyton Guider, 15, “like they were her own children.”

Playhouse promise

• Rosie B. Blackmore • Edwin Joseph Carter • Robert McCain Sr. • Bobby Carter Smith

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Lawmakers return with GOP on top By Jeff Amy The Associated Press

TODAY IN HISTORY 1521: Martin Luther is excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Leo X. 1938: The March of Dimes campaign to fight polio is organized. 1958: The first six members of the newly formed U.S. Commission on Civil Rights holds its first meeting at the White House. 1959: Alaska becomes the 49th state as President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a proclamation. 1967: Jack Ruby, the man who shot and killed accused presidential assassin Lee Harvey OsJack Ruby wald, dies in a Dallas hospital.

“She was a very good girl, and she was an excellent wife to my brother. They

JACKSON — The curtain rose today on a new era of Republican dominance in Mississippi. House and Senate members were sworn in at • New lawmaknoon, with Lt. ers listed/A3 Gov.-elect Tate • Gunn seekReeves and ing input/A4 other statewide officers taking their oaths Thursday. Phil Bryant will be sworn in as Mississippi’s 64th governor on Jan. 10. Though Republicans swelled their majority in the state Senate, maybe the biggest change is the party’s takeover of the House. The party gained nine seats in the election and one when Donnie Bell of Fulton switched from the Democrats, giving the GOP 64 votes in the 122-seat chamber. Rep. Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, whom Republicans chose as their speaker candidate in a closed meeting in November, may get more than 64 votes when the House chooses its presiding officer today. No opponent has emerged publicly, and some Democrats have said they will vote for Gunn, including Reps. George Flaggs of Vicksburg and Steve Holland of Plantersville. Gunn’s district includes part of northeast Warren County. Rep. John Hines, D-Greenville, said he didn’t believe anyone would oppose Gunn. He said there’s little point in his party starting a fight it’s sure to lose. “They have the votes and I don’t see any reason for us to have chaos starting out the session,” Hines said. Gunn, who would be the first Republican to serve as House speaker since Reconstruction ended in 1876, said he welcomed the support of all House members. “We need to bring this thing

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Paul Ballard stands on the stage of the Vicksburg Theatre Guild’s Parkside Playhouse.

Theater hoping ‘Plaid’ is payoff for Parkside By John Surratt jsurratt@vicksburgpost.com On a night last week at the Vicksburg Theatre Guild’s Parkside Playhouse, director Paul Ballard and three members of the Four Plaids were practicing musical numbers for the guild’s January play “Forever Plaid.” “Forever Plaid,” a musical that pays homage to the close harmony male groups of the 1950s and early ’60s, is the guild’s first production of 2012, a year that also marks the 76th anniversary of the guild’s charter, the 34th anniversary of the playhouse’s opening, and, Ballard hopes, a ceremony marking the payoff of the playhouse’s mortgage. “We have now got our mortgage to under $20,000,” said Ballard, a Vicksburg dentist and guild president. “RiverHills Bank, which holds the mortgage on the building, has offered to help us with $10,000 toward the mortgage. We’re starting a fundraising campaign to pay off the balance. We’ve already gotten at least $3,500 in pledges.”

If you go The Vicksburg Theatre Guild will present “Forever Plaid” at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 20-21 and 27-28 and at 2 p.m. Jan. 22 and 29. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for those 55 and older, $7 for students and $5 for those younger than 12. Group rates are available. Shows Parkside Playhouse will be at Parkside Playhouse, 101 Iowa Ave. Call 601-636-0471 or visit www.vicksburgtheatreguild.com for tickets. RiverHills chairman Hal Gage said this morning his bank has made a $10,000 multi-year pledge to the Vicksburg Theatre Guild. Ballard said the guild was chartered in 1936 and is the oldest nonprofit arts organization in Mississippi. It is best known for its production of the melodrama “Gold in the Hills,” which celebrated its 75th anniversary in March. The play is presented each March and July. “Shortly after we received our

charter, tourism was on the rise, but Natchez had most of the old homes,” Ballard said. “We had places for people to visit, but nothing to keep them overnight, so the play was produced and presented during pilgrimage to get the tourists to stay overnight.” Before the playhouse was built at Iowa Boulevard and North Frontage Road in 1977, he said, the guild performed in school auditoriums See Theater, Page A7.

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Milan Nasif, left, 18, Chase Lungrin, middle, 19, and Kiefer Slaton, 20, play an evening game of Ultimate Frisbee at Vicksburg City Park Monday night. The three, all on holiday from college, were high school students at the same time. Lungrin attended Warren Central High School, and the other two, Vicksburg High School.

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Woman shot, but she’s not sure when it happened A Vicksburg woman was treated Monday night for gunshot wounds she believes she received early Sunday morning, Sheriff Martin Pace said today. Andrea Mason, 43, 203 Ivy Circle, went to River Region Medical Center because her leg hurt, Pace said. Hospital officials called deputies at 7:30 p.m. to report Mason had two wounds below her knee from a smallcaliber weapon, he said. The bullet is believed to have passed through and was not recovered, he said. Mason told deputies she was celebrating New Year’s Eve and drinking at several different locations and is not sure when or where she was

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from staff reports shot, but believes it happened just after midnight, said the sheriff. She noticed blood on her pants when she was returning home around 1:30 a.m., he said. Mason was treated and released, hospital spokesman Allen Karel said.

TVs, computer, camera among missing items Televisions were targeted in three residential burglaries were reported in the city over the New Year’s weekend, Lt. Sandra Williams said.

Friday at 5:06 p.m., two 31-inch flatscreen Sanyo TVs valued at $300 each, a 19-inch flat-screen TV, no brand name provided, valued at $100, a Dell laptop computer valued at $700 and a Sanyo camera valued at $100 were reported stolen from a home in the 100 block of Alcorn Drive. Friday at 7:50 p.m., a 40-inch Emerson TV valued at $400 and about $50 in coins were reported stolen from a home in the 2600 block of Oak Street. Sunday at 12:31 a.m., a 42-inch flatscreen Toshiba TV valued at $800 and a blue T-shirt were reported stolen from a home in the 800 block of Howard Street.

Vicksburg man held for state officials A Vicksburg man was being held for Mississippi Department of Corrections officials after a traffic stop Saturday night showed an outstanding warrant, Lt. Sandra Williams said. Johnny Daniel, 27, 102 Hamilton Place, was stopped by Deputy Chief John Dolan for an unspecified traffic violation in the 3500 block of Pemberton Square Boulevard, Williams said. A records check showed Daniel is wanted by the MDOC for probation violation.

Sentencing this week for two in pill scheme JACKSON, Miss. — A former south Mississippi doctor and another man are scheduled for sentencing this week for selling pain pills and anxiety medicine to people without a legitimate medical exam. Je Song, a former Stone County surgeon, is accused of writing prescriptions that ended up in the hands of people he never examined, and in some cases people he never even met. Four people in the case have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from just over two years to more than eight years. Song and Oliver Shoemaker Jr., who was described in court records as a middle man in the scheme, are both scheduled for sentencing Friday in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. Song was practicing in Saucier before his arrest. The remaining defendant, Kevin Anderson, is set for sentencing Feb. 16.

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School waiver ruling set for appeal hearing BATON ROUGE — The state is asking the Louisiana Supreme Court to reverse the decision of a Baton Rouge judge and uphold the legality of a 2010 law that lets school districts seek fouryear waivers from some education laws and rules in an effort to improve student achievement. State District Judge Mike Caldwell agreed in July with the Louisiana Federation of Teachers that the waiver law — known as the Red Tape Reduction and Local Empowerment Act — is an unconstitutional delegation of legislative authority to the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. The state argues in documents filed at the Supreme Court that BESE has been constitutionally designated as the entity to oversee Loui-

siana’s public education system. The justices are scheduled to hear the case Jan. 23.

Cop in Katrina shootings in prison in Yazoo City NEW ORLEANS — A former New Orleans police lieutenant who pleaded guilty to helping cover up deadly shootings of unarmed people on a bridge after Hurricane Katrina has started serving a four-year prison sentence. According to the Bureau of Prison’s website, 41-year-old Michael Lohman reported Monday to the federal prison in Yazoo City, Miss. Lohman was the ranking officer at the scene following the shootings on the Danziger Bridge less than a week after the 2005 hurricane. Police shot and killed two people and wounded four others as they responded to an officer’s distress call.

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CHURCHES Mississippi Baptist Seminary and Bible College — Warren County Extension spring semester registration, 6 p.m. Thursday-Friday; classes begin at 6:45 Jan. 31 at E.D. Straughter Baptist Memorial Center, 1411 Martin L. King Jr. St.; 601-634-1982 or 601-6383075.

CLUBS Lions — Noon Wednesday; Mike Renacker, Corps of Engineers, Mississippi River Museum and Interpretive Center; Toney’s. Sons of Confederate Vet-

erans — John C. Pemberton Camp 1354; 7 p.m. Thursday, Southern Cultural Heritage Center; William Mathews to speak on edged weapons; visitors welcome. Woodmen of the World — Installation of officers, 6 p.m. Friday, Fisher Ferry Volunteer Fire Department, 302 Goodrum Road; 601-638-2495 DAR, Ashmead Chapter — 10 a.m. Saturday, Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library.

Poverty Point — 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Native American history program with pictorial historical timeline; West Carroll Parish, east of Monroe on Louisiana 577.

Thursday deadline set to end McAllister suit

New commander headed to air reserve

JACKSON, Miss. — A federal judge has set a deadline for settlement negotiations in a lawsuit between Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. and Deuce McAllister related to a car dealership the former New Orleans Saints star owned in Mississippi. U.S. Magistrate Judge Linda R. Anderson set a telephone conference for Thursday and said discovery will resume immediately if a settlement hasn’t been reached. NMAC sued McAllister and Deuce McAllister Motors LLC in October 2009 in U.S. District Court in Jackson for more than $1.5 million, alleging the dealership defaulted on payments and exceeded credit limits. In a counter claim, McAllister said Nissan knew he “was a young professional athlete inexperienced in the motor vehicle sales business” and did little to help his dealership succeed.

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. — The Air Force Reserve’s 307th Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base is getting a new commander. Col. Jonathan M. Ellis will take the reins of the unit from its outgoing commander, Brig. Gen. John J. Mooney III on Feb. 11. Ellis is the commander of the 940th Operations Group at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. Mooney, who assumed command of the former 917th Wing in March 2010 and was promoted to general one year ago, will head off to Robins Air Force Base, Ga., where he will serve as inspector general.

Intro to Spanish for Kids — 4:15-5:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Jan. 31-March 6; ages 4-7; reservations required; 601-631-2997 or e-mail info@southernculture.org.

PUBLIC PROGRAMS Senior Center — Wednesday: 10 a.m., exercises; 1 p.m., soup bingo and knitting class; 2, card games; 6-9, chess. River City Mended Hearts — 5 tonight; River Region Medical Center, rooms C and D; all members and family welcome. Serenity Overeaters Anonymous — 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, Bowmar Baptist Church, Room 102C; 601-638-0011.

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mississippi legislature The New Guys Here’s a glance at new people in the 122-member Mississippi House and 52-member Mississippi Senate. Two of the new House members, Republican Nolan Mettetal of Sardis and Democrat David Baria of Bay St. Louis, are moving over from the Senate. Otherwise, the new members are freshmen at the Capitol:

32 new House members District 2: Nick Bain, DCorinth District 3: William Tracy Arnold, R-Booneville District 4: Joey Steverson, D-Ripley District 8: John T. “Trey” Lamar, R-Senatobia District 10: Nolan Mettetal, R-Sardis District 12: Brad Mayo, ROxford District 13: Steve Massengill, R-Hickory Flat District 19: Randy Boyd, RMantachie District 20: Chris Brown, RAberdeen District 24: Kevin Horan, DGrenada District 25: Gene Alday, RWalls District 28: Tommy Taylor, R-Boyle District 35: Joey Hood, RAckerman District 40: Pat Nelson, RSouthaven District 43: Michael Evans, D-Preston District 48: Jason White, DWest District 63: Deborah B. Dixon, D-Raymond District 73: Brad Oberhousen, D-Jackson District 75: Tom Miles, DForest District 78: Randy Rushing, R-Decatur District 82: Charles Young,

D-Meridian District 84: William Shirley, R-Quitman District 93: Timmy Ladner, R-Poplarville District 101: Hank Lott, RSumrall District 105: Dennis DeBar, R-Leakesville District 107: Doug McLeod, R-Lucedale District 109: Manly Barton, R-Moss Point District 111: Charles Busby, R-Pascagoula District 118: Greg Haney, RGulfport District 119: Sonya Williams-Barnes, D-Gulfport District 121: Carolyn Crawford, R-Pass Christian District 122: David Baria, DBay St. Louis

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District 1: Chris Massey, RNesbit District 4: Rita Potts Parks, R-Corinth District 8: Russell Jolly, DHouston District 10: Steve Hale, DSenatobia District 20: Josh Harkins, RFlowood District 25: Will Longwitz, RMadison District 37: Melanie Sojourner, R-Natchez District 39: Sally Doty, RBrookhaven District 40: Angela Burks Hill, R-Picayune District 43: Phillip Gandy, RWaynesboro District 44: John Polk, RHattiesburg District 46: Philip Moran, R-Kiln District 47: Tony Smith, RPicayune District 49: Sean Tindell, RGulfport District 52: Brice Wiggins, RPascagoula

Natchez lawmaker reflects on 32-year run NATCHEZ (AP) — When Bob Dearing was a freshman senator, he received a call from a reporter asking why he hadn’t cast a vote on an important piece of legislation while it was still in committee. Dearing replied that he wasn’t a member of the committee, but the reporter protested, saying he had seen Dearing cast votes in the committee before. “I told him, ‘Oh, those are only raise your hand votes,”’ Dearing said. The committee in question, appropriations, only had room for 21 members, which meant that many senators — especially the freshmen, who hadn’t paid their proper legislative dues — were forced to sit it out. That didn’t stop Dearing from attending the meetings, or — from time to time — casting voice or hand votes.

Bob Dearing “I attended the finance and appropriations (committee) meetings to see which one I wanted to be on,” he said. “The chairman told me,

‘You’ve got better attendance than any member I have.”’ That was more than 30 years ago. Now, Dearing begins life outside of the Legislature for the first time since 1980. He lost a bid for re-election in November. Elected in 1979, Dearing said he decided to run for former Mayor Troy Watkins’ Senate seat at Watkins’ request after the then-senator decided to launch a bid for lieutenant governor. Watkins wasn’t successful, but Dearing was. When he took office, the state Capitol was under renovation, and the Legislature was meeting in the old Central High

School. It wasn’t until December 1982 that he saw the first session convene in the Capitol building, but it was a session of which he was particularly proud — the passage of the Educational Reform Act. That’s not the only piece of legislation Dearing is proud of passing. Dearing said he’s happy to be associated with the bill that created Natchez Inc., a law that has already started to pay off. “That is going to bring in several thousand construction and manufacturing jobs into the area,” he said.

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JACK VIX SAYS: New year, new sadness.

New leaders to reshape Legislature JACKSON — The Mississippi House and Senate are getting fresh leadership teams in 2012, with new presiding officers who will reward their top allies with the most prestigious committee assignments. The big question is whether the two Republican presiding officers will reach out to include Democrats in positions of responsibility. The 122 members of the House and 52 members of the Senate are sworn in today, and one of the first orders of business in the House is choosing a speaker. Republicans will hold the House majority for the first time since Reconstruction, and during a meeting in November, GOP members informally chose Philip Gunn of Clinton, who represents a EMILY portion of northeast Warren WAGSTER County, as their choice for the chamber’s top job. Gunn, an attorney, is entering his third term in the House from a district that takes in parts of Hinds, Madison, Warren and Yazoo counties. If he’s elected speaker, Gunn would take the gavel from Billy McCoy of Rienzi, a populist Democrat who’s held the position the past two terms and opted not to seek re-election to the House this time. Republicans unsuccessfully tried to oust McCoy as speaker in 2008, and he cut them out of all committee chairmanships. Committee assignments are crucial because chairmen have great influence over which bills live or die. Some Democrats say publicly that they’ll vote for Gunn for speaker. Among them is Rep. George Flaggs of Vicksburg, who was one of McCoy’s top allies. “The people who elected me, elected me to go over there and do what’s best for the state of Mississippi,” Flaggs said. “I have said publicly any number of times that I plan to work with the Republicans just like I worked with the Democrats. I’m a team player.”

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Republican Rep. Greg Snowden of Meridian, long seen as one of the more analytical members of the House, said he’s looking forward to being in the majority party. He said he’s confident Gunn will work with a broad cross-section of lawmakers. “One thing about Philip Gunn — he is truly a very humble person,” Snowden said. Gunn said that during pre-session meetings with his colleagues, he has sought support from all. “We need to bring this thing together,” he said. Gunn said he doesn’t know how much freedom he’ll give committee chairmen to singlehandedly decide the fate of bills. He also said he doesn’t know whether the GOP will try to form a united front behind closed doors before issues are debated in the House. “I just want to be fair,” Gunn said. “I want to follow the rules, and I want to have decorum.” Tate Reeves, who has been state treasurer the past eight years, won the GOP primary for lieutenant governor this past August and had no Democratic opponent in the Nov. 8 general election. He’ll be sworn in Thursday, and a spokeswoman said he will announce the Senate committee assignments Friday. Reeves spent several weeks meeting privately with new and returning senators to ask about their interests. Sen. Willie Simmons, D-Cleveland, said he’s optimistic Reeves will try to work with a broad range of people. “He did say to us that he wanted to be inclusive from a regional point of view, party, as well as male-female and race,” said Simmons, who has served since January 1993. Republican Sen. Joey Fillingane of Sumrall was chairman of one of the most powerful committees, Judiciary A, the past four years. He supported Reeves in the 2011 election, but said he has no inside information about how the committee assignments will shake out. “I’m happy to serve wherever,” Fillingane said. •

Emily Wagster-Pettus lives in Jackson and covers Mississippi for The Associated Press.

OLD POST FILES 120 YEARS AGO: 1892 Twins arrive at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman White. • Mrs. L.A. Moss is reported seriously ill. • Emma Allen of Warren County is visiting Mrs. Torian in Greenville. • Mrs. A.A. Verneuville returns from Greenwood.

110 YEARS AGO: 1902 Mrs. M. Welborn is again at the Valley Dry Goods Company’s Store. • Dr. N.H. Haralson goes to Jackson. • James D. Thames returns from Washington.

100 YEARS AGO: 1912 Reuben Groskind and Jennie Kaufman are married. • Seven hundred cards are stolen from the King Drug Store. • Nick Feld goes to the inaugural in Jackson.

90 YEARS AGO: 1922 Clara Powell is very ill and may not recover. • S.Y. Gillen, publisher, is here on a visit. • Mrs. Joe Messina learns of the death of her mother in Italy. • Claire Fox of Birmingham, Ala., is a guest of Mrs. Charles Feith.

80 YEARS AGO: 1932 Sinnett, the mastermind, begins a week’s engagement at the Saenger Theatre. • Baer and Brother announce they will go out of the shoe business after more than 50 years. • Dr. Thomas Heth, pioneer settler of Issaquena County, dies.

70 YEARS AGO: 1942 M.T. Tickell is critically ill at the Infirmary. • Mrs. Abe Simon undergoes surgery at the Sanitarium.

60 YEARS AGO: 1952 Mrs. George M. Street passes away. • Jane Hobson, mezzo soprano, is presented in

concert here by the Community Concert Association.

50 YEARS AGO: 1962 The annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce is held here with Dr. W.D. McCain, president of Mississippi Southern College, as guest speaker.

40 YEARS AGO: 1972 A new record high temperature of 80 degrees is recorded here. • Westinghouse Construction Group of Pittsburgh, Pa., announces the appointment of Bruce A. Everly as general manager of the newly formed Interior Lighting Division, which will be headquartered at Vicksburg. • David Bridgers is installed as president of the Vicksburg-Warren County Chamber of Commerce.

30 YEARS AGO: 1982 Jack Hill is promoted to chief of the Construction Operations Division of the Lower Mississippi Valley Division of the Army Corps of Engineers.

20 YEARS AGO: 1992 Billy G. Moore Jr. and George E. Lewis are pictured in their new business, Lewis Typewriter Company, on Drummond Street. • Flora Bearden Trevillion dies. • Riley Nelson Jr. shows off a brace of ducks he killed, including a banded one that earned him $100.

10 YEARS AGO: 2002 Dr. Warren Jones, president of the American Academy of Family Physicians, tours the new River Region Medical Center facility. • The 70th anniversary of the Ashmead Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Vicksburg, is celebrated at the home of Harriette T. Elrod.

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smart money Q: Can you tell me a safe place to put money that is in a CD? I am a senior citizen who has about $4,650 in a CD. In 2005 it was earning 5 percent interest. Now it is earning 0.5 percent or less. It will be coming due next month. Thanks. — Paul, via e-mail A: BRUCE Unfortunately, you are caught between a major rock and a hard spot. You ask for a “safe” place, and if you mean guaranteed no loss, you’re going to have to settle for an extremely low, almost nonexistent, return on your money. That’s the way

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the Federal Reserve is being operated now, keeping interest down to almost nothing. Unfortunately, folks such as yourself are being penalized by the actions of your government, and there’s not much that can be done about it. Consult the financial section in your local newspaper. Most newspapers give at least a weekly synopsis of various rates around the country. You might be able to get a few pennies more by checking out the various institutions around the country that are advertising higher rates. I don’t care where the bank is, as long as it’s FDIC-insured. If you are computer literate, that information is readily available. •

Bruce Williams writes for Newspaper Enterprise Association. E-mail him at bruce@brucewilliams.com.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks opened sharply higher today in the first trading of 2012 after positive economic reports from around the globe. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped more than 260 points. The gains gave the market a head start on the new year after a flat 2011. Banks and materials and industrial companies posted the largest gains. Bank of

America rose 5.4 percent and Caterpillar Inc. 4.7 percent, the biggest winners among the 30 stocks in the Dow. The gains were broad. All but one of the 30 Dow stocks, Johnson & Johnson, were higher, and nine out of the 10 industry groups in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose. Utilities, traditionally conservative stocks to own, were the only sector to fall.

In the latest sign of strength in the U.S. economy, manufacturing expanded in December at the fastest pace in six months. Construction spending jumped in November as builders spent more on single-family homes, apartments and remodeling projects. Germany, Europe’s largest economy, reported that the number of people unemployed last year was the lowest in two

decades. And a Chinese manufacturing index rose in December, reversing a November slide and raising hopes that China’s economic slowdown is under control. At 9:30 a.m., the Dow was up 242 points, or about 2 percent, at 12,459. It had been up as much as 262 points earlier in the day. The S&P 500 was up 25 points at 1,283, and the Nasdaq rose 57 to 2,662.

Woman takes her own road Supreme Court to hear to sue Honda over mileage Idaho environmental case TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) — pay $2 billion in damages. A woman who expected her No high-priced lawyers are 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid to be involved and the process is her dream car wants Honda streamlined. “I would not be surprised if to pay for not delivering the high mileage it promised. she won,” said Richard Cupp But rather than joining other Jr., who teaches product liabilowners in a class-action law- ity law at Pepperdine Universuit, she is going solo in small sity. “The judge will have a lot claims court, an unusual of discretion and the evidenmove that could offer a bigger tiary standards are relaxed in small claims court.” payout if it doesn’t backfire. A win for Peters could A trial was set for this afterencourage others noon in Torrance, where to take this American Honda simMotor Co. has pliits West fied Coast headquarroute, ters. he Heather Heather Peters, a former lawyer said. Peters said her who long ago gave up her bar card, car never has devised a unique legal vehicle came to drive Honda into court — a close to getting small claims suit that could cost the the promcompany up to $10,000 in her case ised 50 miles per and every other individual case filed gallon, in the same manner. and as its battery deterio“There’s an old saying rated, it was getting only 30 mpg. She wants Honda to pay among lawyers,” Cupp said. for her trouble and the extra “If you want real justice, go to small claims court.” money she spent on gas. But he questioned whether Peters, a former lawyer who long ago gave up her bar card, her move, supported by pubhas devised a unique legal licity on the Internet and vehicle to drive Honda into elsewhere, would start a court — a small claims suit groundswell of such suits. that could cost the company He suggested that few people up to $10,000 in her case and would want to expend the every other individual case time and energy that Peters has put into her suit when the filed in the same manner. If other claimants follow potential payoff is as little as a her lead, she estimates few thousand dollars. Honda could be forced to

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Sackett remembers what he thought when he saw the eye-popping fines of more than $30,000 a day that the Environmental Protection Agency was threatening to impose on him over a piece of Idaho property worth less than one day’s penalty. “If they do this to us, we’re going to lose everything we have,” Sackett said. The EPA said that Sackett and his wife, Chantell, illegally filled in most of their 0.63-acre lot with dirt and rocks in preparation for building a home. The agency said the property is a wetlands that cannot be disturbed without a permit. The Sacketts had none. They said they considered walking away from the property, near scenic Priest Lake, and a difficult fight with the federal government. Instead, they went to court and now the Supreme Court is hearing their case, with implications

well beyond their property. The justices are considering how and when people can challenge the kind of order the Sacketts got. The EPA issues nearly 3,000 administrative compliance orders a year that call on violators to stop what they’re doing and repair the harm they’ve caused. Major business groups, homebuilders, road builders and agricultural interests all have joined the Sacketts in urging the court to make it easier to contest EPA compliance orders issued under several environmental laws. The General Electric Co., which failed to persuade the court to hear its challenge to a similar feature of the Superfund hazardous waste site law, says the justices should use the Sacketts’ case to make clear the government must “provide a timely and meaningful hearing” before companies and individuals are forced to take expensive measures ordered by the EPA.

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Wreck Continued from Page A1. were best friends.” On her off days, he said, Shelly Guider loved shopping with her mother-in-law, Becky Guider. “They would just take off and go,” he said. “I have seven sisters and they loved her like they were their own,” her father-inlaw, Warren Guider, said this morning. Shelly Guider had been out running errands Monday morning, Gaddis Guider said. River Region chief nursing officer Linda Wymbs said Guider “exemplified what it meant to be a nurse with a caring and loving spirit. We’re deeply saddened by the tragic losses of one of our beloved nurses. Shelly will be deeply missed by all of us here at River Region.” Investigators believe her Toyota Camry was broadsided and knocked into anther car by Hebron’s pickup as he was northbound at the busy intersection. Vicksburg police Cpl. Eric Paymon said Guider and Ann Elliot, 49, no address available, were westbound on North Frontage and were beside each other at the intersection. He said Guider was in a turning lane and had entered the intersection to turn left onto Halls Ferry when Hebron came through the intersection and hit her car on the driver’s side, knocking her into a Honda Accord driven by Ann Elliot, 49, no address available. The impact spun Guider’s car, and Hebron’s truck flipped, landing upside down in the northbound lanes of Halls Ferry. The charge Hebron faces, felony aggravated DUI, carries a possible 25-year prison sentence, while a vehicular manslaughter conviction would carry a 20-year sentence, Lt. Sandra Williams said. The wreck closed the intersection for about two hours. Hebron and Elliot were taken to River Region Medical Center, where they were treated and released, hospital spokesman Allen Karel said. Guider graduated from Vicksburg High School with honors in 1995. She had a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Mississippi State University and her RN degree in 2007 from Mississippi Delta Community College in Moorehead. In addition to her husband and stepsons, survivors include her father, Tom Chapman and his wife, Tina; and two sisters, Courtney Chapman and Kristen Gough; and a niece and a nephew. Riles Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

After the Spill

BP presses on with demands on Halliburton NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP is reiterating claims first made last April that it is entitled to payment from contractor Halliburton Energy Services for expenses and lost profits resulting from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon offshore oil well disaster. BP’s latest filing was made Monday in federal court in New Orleans, where complex litigation involving various companies involved in the disaster is playing out. BP has accused Houstonbased Halliburton of botching the cement job meant to seal the well. Halliburton says BP is trying to saddle Halliburton with far more than its share of the legal burden. In Monday’s filing, BP said Halliburton has made inaccurate statements about BP’s legal claims. And BP, quoting from its own filing made last April, emphasized it is

BP has accused Houston-based Halliburton of botching the cement job meant to seal the well. Halliburton says BP is trying to saddle Halliburton with far more than its share of the legal burden. seeking damages from Halliburton, including costs and expenses for oil cleanup and remediation, lost profits and other costs. The April 20, 2010, explosion off Louisiana killed 11 rig workers and led to more than 200 million gallons of oil spewing from a well a mile beneath the sea, according to government estimates. London-based BP PLC owned the well and was leasing the Deepwater Horizon rig from Swiss-based Transocean Ltd. Amid numerous claims and counter-claims made by various parties since the well blew out, a federal civil trial in the case is set to begin in Febru-

Theater Continued from Page A1. and on the steamer Sprague. It later moved to a building on Bowmar Avenue, across from what was then Bowmar Baptist Church. “The Bowmar building was reality for us,” Ballard said. “But it sat 110 people and we had very limited space for props.” “We held our first play in the playhouse in the winter of 1978.” Since its doors opened, the playhouse has been home for the guild’s productions of Broadway musicals, dramas, comedies, seasonal plays, children’s theater and “Gold in the Hills.” It survived a 2006 electrical fire that damaged the building’s electrical units, dressing rooms and some sets. When the guild decided to build the playhouse, it began planning and organizing a fundraising campaign. “Earl Lundy, who was president of First National Bank, led the fundraising drive for the playhouse, and we raised $100,000,” Ballard said, adding plans called for a $250,000 building. The building was designed by Vicksburg architect S.J. “Skippy” Tuminello and built by Fordice Construction. “We had limited funds and limited vision, but once the project started, it got bigger and grew twice as much as we had planned, and we had a $450,000 building,” he said. The new building gave the guild seating for 250 people and more space for storage, dressing rooms and props, but it saddled the organization with a monster note.

“We had a mortgage of $4,000 a month, and our total income was $50,000 a year,” Ballard said. “That didn’t leave us much money to produce plays, and we got behind on the mortgage.” He said the guild later took steps that helped cut the mortgage. It applied $125,000 from its sale of Cedar Grove mansion in 1979 to lower the balance, and in the early 1980s refinanced the mortgage. He said a second fundraiser for the playhouse in the mid-1980s raised an additional $22,000 toward the mortgage. “We got a more favorable (interest) rate from the bank when we refinanced, and were able to reduce the mortgage to $200,000,” he said. “Our mortgage note now is $872, but we’re still living hand-to-mouth. If we have a big expense or repair, it will hurt, because we don’t have much of a reserve fund. Having that extra $872 each month would help.” Ballard said plans for the playhouse involve building a separate storage building for props and scenery. “With the playhouse, we’ve been able to have bigger plays, and we have been able to rent the playhouse out to other groups,” he said. “Dance schools in the area have used it for dance recitals, we have people who have written plays and used our facility to produce them. We’ve even had someone rent it for a birthday party. It’s good to have something really nice.”

ary to assign shares of fault to the companies involved in the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. Monday’s filing comes as

Halliburton and BP argue over the extent of BP’s indemnification of Halliburton. The Houston-based company says BP wants to avoid its legal responsibility to cover costs related to the spill. BP argues that “gross negligence” by Halliburton eliminates BP’s indemnity obligation.

GOP Continued from Page A1. together,” he said. Gunn announced his support for Rep. Greg Snowden, R-Meridian, as the secondranking House officer and also tapped Andrew Ketchings for House clerk. Ketchings is a former state House member who has worked as a legislative lobbyist for Gov. Haley Barbour. But Gunn has said he’s not likely to announce who will lead committees until a few days after the Legislature convenes. Gunn hasn’t said whether he will name any Democrats to leadership positions. Republicans were angered at their exclusion when outgoing House Speaker Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, named only Democrats to chair committees in 2008 after a bruising speaker’s race. Some Democrats hope Gunn will look past that slight. “Mississippi needs to have an inclusive and diverse set of leaders,” Hines said. Senators say they’re not sure whom the incoming lieutenant governor will tap for committees. Last week, the outgoing state treasurer said he wanted Columbus Republican Terry Brown to be president pro tem, the No. 2 post to the lieutenant governor. The 2012 session, at the start of a four-year term, lasts for 120 days. That’s longer than the 90-day sessions that will follow in the next three years. The extra time may be welcomed by an unusually large crop of new lawmakers. There will be 32 new members in the 122-seat House, and 15 new members in the 52-seat Senate. The GOP holds a 21-11 majority among House freshmen and a 13-2 majority among Senate freshmen. That large incoming class, combined with the switch of Sen. Gray Tollison of Oxford to the GOP from the Democratic Party, will give Republicans a 31-21 margin in the Senate. That’s enough to pass tax and revenue bills without any Democrats. The new members have spent the two months since

their election trying to get their bearings and picking out their desks. Republican Will Longwitz, a Madison lawyer who will be sworn in today as a state senator, said he’s still getting used to the idea of being an elected official. “It’s a doubly special session for me,” said Longwitz, who has been encouraging new senators to work together. “It’s my first experience as a legislator, but it’s also the first time the Republicans will control the Legislature since Reconstruction.” Even veterans will be adjusting. Democrats will have to learn how to be an effective opposition, Rep. Cecil Brown, D-Jackson has said. And Republicans will have to learn how to govern. “I’m going to be in a different role and need to acclimate myself about how that might feel,” said Snowden, who survived a tight re-election race only to be anointed as the likely House speaker pro tem. Among the big issues that Bryant, Reeves and lawmakers have identified for the coming year are: • Crafting a state budget challenged by tight revenues. • Broadening the state’s charter school law. • Examining new state restrictions on illegal immigrants. • Considering changes to the state’s public employee pension system. • Drawing new districts for lawmakers. • Restricting Attorney General Jim Hood’s ability to hand out lucrative legal work. With a new governor, new lieutenant governor and new speaker, Hines said it may take a while to sort out whose policy priorities will take precedence. “I think what’s going to happen is you’re going to have people trying to establish their agendas,” he said. “It will be interesting to see how many of their agenda items line up.”

Smith, formerly of Vicksburg, died Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. She was 65. Lakeview Memorial

Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.

deaths The Vicksburg Post prints obituaries in news form for area residents, their family members and for former residents at no charge. Families wishing to publish additional information or to use specific wording have the option of a paid obituary.

Rosie B. Blackmore Rosie B. Blackmore died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012, at her home. She was 78. Dillon-Chisley Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.

Edwin Joseph Carter Edwin Joseph Carter died Monday, Jan. 2, 2012, at his home. He was 60. Mr. Carter was retired from the Coca-Cola Bottling Company and had served in the Air Force. He was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witness. W.H. Jefferson Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.

Robert McCain Sr. Robert “Bob” McCain Sr. died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012, at his residence. He was 83. A native of Eupora, Miss., he had been making his home in Vicksburg for the

past 60 years. He was owner and operator of McCain’s Tree Service, a former member of the Jaycees, a former conservation officer and was a special deputy for Warren and Harrison counties. He was an avid hunter and fisherman and was of the Methodist faith. He was preceded in death by his wife, Doris McCain. He is survived by his daughter, Gail Weekly McCoy and her husband, James, of Vicksburg; three sons, Bobby McCain Jr. and his wife, Theresa, Marty McCain and Ty McCain and his wife, Tanya, all of Vicksburg; a sister, Sue Sally of Eupora; two brothers, Freddie Jones of Vicksburg and Jimmy Jones of Gulfport; 12 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, at the Glenwood Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ron Burch officiating. Interment will follow at the Greenlawn Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 tonight at the funeral home. Pallbearers will be Willie Woodrick, Jimmy Thurman, Mitch Martin, Chad Weekly,

Dusty McCain and Rob McCain.

Bobby Carter Smith JACKSON — Bobby Carter

PRECISION FORECAST BY CHIEF METEOROLOGIST BARBIE BASSSETT TONIGHT

Wednesday

25°

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Mostly clear tonight, lows in the mid-20s; mostly sunny Wednesday, highs in the lower 60s

WEATHER This weather package is compiled from historical records and information provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the City of Vicksburg and The Associated Press.

LOCAL FORECAST Wednesday-Thursday

Partly cloudy Wednesday night, lows in the upper 30s; sunny Thursday, highs in the lower 60s

STATE FORECAST TONIGHT Mostly clear, lows in the mid-20s Wednesday-Thursday

Partly cloudy Wednesday night, lows in the upper 30s; sunny Thursday, highs in the lower 60s

Almanac Highs and Lows High/past 24 hours............. 50º Low/past 24 hours............... 29º Average temperature......... 40º Normal this date................... 47º Record low..............10º in 1887 Record high............79º in 1982 Rainfall Recorded at the Vicksburg Water Plant Past 24 hours.................0.0 inch This month................ 0.0 inches Total/year.............. 00.00 inches Normal/month......0.55 inches Normal/year...........0.55 inches Solunar table Most active times for fish and wildlife Wednesday: A.M. Active..........................12:42 A.M. Most active................. 6:54 P.M. Active............................. 1:05 P.M. Most active.................. 7:17 Sunrise/sunset Sunset today........................ 5:09 Sunset tomorrow............... 5:09 Sunrise tomorrow.............. 7:04

RIVER DATA Stages Mississippi River at Vicksburg Current: 35.9 | Change: -0.3 Flood: 43 feet Yazoo River at Greenwood Current: 24.1 | Change: -0.4 Flood: 35 feet Yazoo River at Yazoo City Current: 23.3 | Change: -0.6 Flood: 29 feet Yazoo River at Belzoni Current: 23.4 | Change: -0.4 Flood: 34 feet Big Black River at West Current: 9.0 | Change: -4.8 Flood: 12 feet Big Black River at Bovina Current: 14.9 | Change: -1.3 Flood: 28 feet StEELE BAYOU Land....................................84.4 River....................................83.7

MISSISSIPPI RIVER Forecast Cairo, Ill. Wednesday........................... 38.0 Thursday................................ 37.5 Friday....................................... 36.4 Memphis Wednesday........................... 21.5 Thursday................................ 21.5 Friday....................................... 21.4 Greenville Wednesday........................... 39.0 Thursday................................ 38.9 Friday....................................... 38.8 Vicksburg Wednesday........................... 35.8 Thursday................................ 35.6 Friday....................................... 35.5

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GOP chatter loud as clock winds down to Iowa caucuses DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — In the kickoff contest of the 2012 presidential race, Republican candidates were arguing right up to today’s finish line in Iowa over which candidate the voters can trust and who they can count on to defeat President Barack Obama. With large numbers of likely Iowa caucus-goers still undecided or willing to change

their minds, a confident-butcautious frontrunner, Mitt Romney, said in an interview this morning on NBC that he’s poised to claim “the kind of send-off we need for a pretty long campaign season.” In a fluid race that has elevated and then discarded a dizzying assortment of frontrunners, many of Iowa’s GOP voters still hadn’t settled on a

favorite candidate just hours before they cast the first ballots of the 2012 presidential contest. The caucuses were set to begin at 7 tonight. “It might come down to the speeches at the caucuses,” Phil Ubben of Sioux City said. “I want to support someone who can go all the way.” The candidates pinned their final hopes on such voters.

“I think anybody can come in first,” Gingrich said on CBS’ “The Early Show.” Training their sights on the pack leader, Gingrich and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum questioned Romney’s conservative credentials and predicted Obama would, to use Gingrich’s words, “tear him apart.” The two who appeared most

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Kim Jong Un, second from left, mingles with military leaders. more than two weeks ago. He led the country for 17 years after the death of North Korea founder Kim Il Sung. North Korea’s neighbors and the United States are keeping close watch on the younger Kim’s rise amid uncertainty

about how the country will manage a change of leadership during a time of sensitive negotiations over North Korea’s nuclear program. Pyongyang and Washington had been engaged in discussions about offering food aid

in exchange for nuclear disarmament when Kim died Dec. 17. Very little was known about Kim Jong Un, in his late 20s, before he was introduced to the world last year when his father made him a fourstar general.

Body found at British royals’ estate LONDON — British police today were treating the discovery of a body on the queen’s Sandringham estate as murder. A woman’s body was found on the vast estate in eastern England on New Year’s Day, and Detective Chief Inspector Jes Fry said authorities were examining missing person reports and unsolved cases around the country to see if there are any links. An autopsy was being performed today. “We are at the very early stages of the investigation and it could be a complex inquiry,” Fry said today. Buckingham Palace referred all questions about the body’s discovery back to police. A member of the public found the body in a woodland at Anmer, a tiny village 115 miles northeast of London.

candidate they can trust.” Tonight, Republicans will gather in living rooms, high school gymnasiums and local libraries for caucuses that start the process of picking the 2012 GOP nominee. In each precinct caucus, voters will tout a preferred candidate. Twenty-five delegates are at stake in Iowa, of 1,144 needed to win the GOP nomination.

End to gas subsidy has Nigeria raging

New leader mingles with Korean troops PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Pumping their fists and chanting, tens of thousands of North Koreans packed the snowy main square of the capital today to pledge their loyalty to new leader Kim Jong Un as the campaign to consolidate his power deepened. State television also aired footage of Kim’s recent visit to an elite tank unit with family and historical ties that showed him interacting with ease with soldiers and carrying out inspections much like his father and grandfather did before him. Soldiers cheered and chanted his name as Kim made an inaugural solo trip to provide “on-the-spot guidance” in the first official documentary of the new leader shown on North Korean TV. The succession campaign to install the third-generation Kim as leader has hastened since Kim Jong Il died

likely to challenge Romney for victory in Iowa were Santorum and libertarian Rep. Ron Paul of Texas — neither of whom is likely to present as serious a challenge to Romney over the long haul as would Gingrich or Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Santorum, on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” said Iowans are “looking for the

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The village is part of the Sandringham estate where the royal family spends some of its holidays. The hamlet of Anmer is home to several dozen people and sits around three miles from Sandringham House, which has served as a private residence for British monarchs since 1862.

National park closed for probe of deaths MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. — Mount Rainier National Park remained closed today following the discovery of the body of the suspected gunman in the fatal shooting of a park ranger that has devastated the close-knit group of park workers.

The park, which sees more than 1.5 million visitors annually, has been off-limits since Margaret Anderson was killed Sunday morning. The body of the man suspected of killing her was found Monday morning by a plane searching the rugged, snowy area. “We have been through a horrific experience,” said park superintendent Randy King. “We’re going to need a little time to regroup.” Benjamin Colton Barnes, 24, was lying partially submerged in a frigid mountain creek. Barnes, an Iraq War veteran, did not have any external wounds and appears to have died from the elements, Troyer said. According to police and court documents, Barnes had a troubled transition to civilian life, with his former

girlfriend saying in a custody dispute over their toddler daughter that he was suicidal.

German, 24, arrested in Los Angeles arsons LOS ANGELES — Authorities have arrested a German man in dozens of suspected arson attacks that destroyed parked cars, scorched buildings and rattled much of the nation’s second-largest city over the New Year’s weekend. Harry Burkhart, 24, was booked Monday for investigation of arson of an inhabited dwelling and was being held without bail, authorities said. He is a German national, but authorities said they didn’t know how long he’s been in the United States. Police said he told arresting officers he’s from Frankfurt.

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — An angry mob protesting spiraling fuel prices assaulted a soldier today while police shot another man at the demonstration, a sign of growing unrest over the government’s hugely unpopular decision to end a subsidy program that had kept gas costs down for more than two decades. A n As s o c i at e d P r e s s reporter at the scene said the protest had started with activists wielding signs and walking down a major expressway, but before long angry protesters lit bonfires and vandalized at least three gas stations. A wounded man later ran along the road shouting: “The police shot me; take me to hospital!” The Nigerian government’s quiet announcement over the long holiday weekend that the popular subsidy was being ended already has led to organizing in major cities across Africa’s most populous nation

of 160 million. Nigeria’s government says it will use $8 billion in savings to make much-needed infrastructure improvements. But union leader Oladipo Fashina has described the move as “immoral and politically suicidal” and he has urged Nigerians to resist “with everything they have.” Previous attempts to even tamper with the subsidy have been met with nationwide protests. Protesters today were going from gas station to station, telling owners not to sell gas at the spiked prices of about $3.50 a gallon. A gallon of gasoline in Vicksburg today was a little over $3. The price in Nigeria is more than double what consumers paid only days ago for the fuel desperately needed to power the generators that keep many businesses running in Nigeria, where the national electricity supplyis sporadic at best.

Tonight Sugar Bowl / Michigan (10-2) vs. Virginia Tech (11-2)/ 7 p.m. ESPN Saturday BBVA Compass Bowl/ Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. SMU (7-5)/ 11 a.m. ESPN Wednesday Orange Bowl / West Virginia (9-3) vs. Clemson (10-3)/ 7 p.m. ESPN Sunday GoDaddy.com Bowl/ Arkansas State (10-2) vs. Northern Illinois/ 8 p.m. ESPN Friday Cotton Bowl / Kansas St. (10-2) vs. Arkansas (10-2) / 7 p.m. Fox Monday BCS Championship/ LSU (13-0) vs. Alabama (11-1)/ 7:30 p.m. ESPN

Sugar Bowl

Michigan (10-2) vs. Virginia Tech (11-2)

7 Tonight TV: ESPN

Orange Bowl

West Virginia (9-3) vs. Clemson (10-3)

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Kansas State (10-2) vs. Arkansas (10-2)

7 p.m. Friday TV: Fox

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Playoff loss, not success, fuels Saints By Brett Martel The Associated Press

Bowl bonanza Oregon, Michigan State win with wild finishes on busy bowl day Bowl roundup/B3

Schedule PREP SOCCER

Vicksburg at Clinton Today, 5:30 p.m. St. Aloysius hosts Crystal Springs Today, 5:30 p.m.

PREP BASKETBALL

Warren Central at Clinton Today, 6 p.m.

On TV 8 p.m. FSN - Ole Miss gets back into the swing of things on the basketball court, when it hosts SMU tonight at the Tad Pad.

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San Francisco 49ers linebacker and former Ole Miss star was selected to his fourth consecutive Pro Bowl last week. The game is Jan. 30 in Honolulu.

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Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze announced Monday that running backs coach Derrick Nix will return to the program next season. Nix has been the Rebels’ running backs coach the past four seasons. During his tenure, the team has finished in the top three in the Southeastern Conference in rushing twice. The 31-year-old Nix played at Southern Miss, where he was one of the top rushers in school history. He later coached the running backs, tight ends and served as a defensive graduate assistant at Southern Miss from 2003-06.

LOTTERY Sunday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 8-3-1 La. Pick 4: 9-5-9-2 Monday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 5-0-1 La. Pick 4: 6-8-0-1 Weekly results: B2

NEW ORLEANS — If Sean Payton’s New Orleans Saints are inclined to reflect back on anything from 2011, it’s not so much their recently concluded record-breaking regular season as their disappointing first-round playoff loss to Seattle last January. “You understand in our game that when you line up in the postseason, there’s a finality to it,” Payton said Monday as the Saints began preparations for their playoff opener against Detroit. “There’s a lot of things that were positive and a lot of things that were accomplished with the season we just had, and yet the reason you try to win as many games as you can is to prepare yourself for what we’re getting ready to accomplish now,” Payton continued. “I don’t think you reflect now. You are still driven by the challenge ahead.” The 2011 Saints might be better than the 2009 team that won the Super Bowl. Both were 13-3 in the regular season, and this season’s squad set several NFL and franchise records, mostly on offense. The Saints’ 7,474 offensive yards set a new league mark by 399 yards. Drew Brees’ 5,476 yards passing was the most for any quarterback by more than 200 yards, while his 468 completions and 71.2 completion rate also set new league highs. Darren Sproles’ 2,696 combined yards rushing, receiving and on returns also established a new NFL single-season best. Those records were only a sampling of the history New Orleans made this season, though all that will mean a lot less if they suffer an early exit from the playoffs. Last season, the Saints won 11 games and were expected to roll past a Seahawks squad that was the first division winner in NFL

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New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees throws a pass this season against Minnesota. Brees and the Saints will play Detroit in an NFC wild-card playoff game Saturday night in the Superdome.

On the air Saturday, 7 p.m. Detroit at New Orleans TV: NBC Radio: 1490 AM history with a losing record. The Seahawks wound up celebrating an upset, and the Saints like to think now that they learned from it. “It helps that you’ve been through it and experienced a tough loss in a game you were expected to win in a crucial time,” safety Roman Harper said. “If you don’t show up and play with a sense of urgency and discipline, a team can beat you. ... If you don’t come prepared with a sense of urgency, you will get your tail kicked in

this league.” The Saints have been building momentum for two months now, winning eight straight games, including six by double digits. They’ve outscored their last three opponents 132-53 combined. Two of those victories came against division foes who had been playing well lately in Atlanta and Carolina. On Sunday against the Panthers, the Saints could have begun resting starters early in the second half, when their chances of improving their No. 3 seeding diminished as second-seed San Francisco pulled away from St. Louis. Instead, the Saints chose an aggressive approach that turned a one-score halftime See Saints, Page B3.

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Rams, Bucs dismiss coaches By The Associated Press Let the NFL coaching changes begin. The St. Louis Rams and Tampa Bay Buccaneers are the latest teams to fire their coaches, bringing to five the number of NFL clubs looking for the right man for the job. The Rams fired Steve Spagnuolo and general manager Billy Devaney on Monday, and about an hour later the Bucs fired Raheem Morris and his entire staff. Both were first-time head coaches, and both lasted

three seasons. Spagnuolo leaves with a 10-38 record; Morris with a 17-31 mark. Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay said Monday he hasn’t decided whether to retain Jim Caldwell after Indy finished 2-14 without Peyton Manning in the lineup. Irsay, however, fired vice chairman Bill Polian and general manager Chris Polian. The Jacksonville Jaguars started the coaching carousel by firing Jack Del Rio on Nov. 29; two weeks later the Miami Dolphins fired Tony Sparano and the Kansas City Chiefs dismissed Todd Haley.

Okie State fends off Stanford in Fiesta

DSU hires Chadwell as next head coach

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From staff reports

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Oklahoma State has its chance to be in the national championship conversation. All the Cowboys need now is a little help from Alabama. Surviving a missed field goal at the end of regulation and getting a big kick of its own in overtime, No. 3 Oklahoma State opened the door for the chance at a split national championship with a wildly entertaining 41-38 win over No. 4 Stanford on Monday night. “There is nothing we can do from here,” said Oklahoma State receiver Justin

Blackmon, who tied the Fiesta Bowl record with three touchdown catches. “I do think we do have the best team in the nation.” Oklahoma State (12-1) kept pace with Andrew Luck and the high-scoring Cardinal, getting huge performances from its two stars, Brandon Weeden and Blackmon, in their final college game. Weeden threw for 399 yards and the three touchdowns to Blackmon, who announced he’s leaving for the NFL after catching eight passes for 186 yards. All that and the Cowboys’ See Fiesta, Page B3.

Oklahoma State players Brodrick Brown (19), Colton Chelf, center, and Shaun Lewis celebrate a missed field goal by Stanford during Monday’s Fiesta Bowl. Oklahoma State won 41-38 in overtime.

Delta State has hired North Greenville University’s Jamey Chadwell as its head football coach. Delta State announced the hire on Monday, and will introduce Chadwell at a press conference in Cleveland on Wednesday. The 35-year-old Chadwell went 22-14 in three seasons at North Greenville. He wwon 20 games over the past two years. North Greenville averaged 40.1 points and 434.1 yards of total offense per game this season with its spread option attack. The Crusaders went

11-3 and reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division II playoffs — where, ironically, they were ousted Jamey by Delta Chadwell State. Chadwell has also been an assistant coach at Charleston Southern and East Tennessee State. He played quarterback in college at ETSU. Chadwell will replace Ron Roberts, who resigned Dec. 19 to take the head coaching job at Southeastern Louisiana.

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COLLEGE FOOTBALL 7:30 p.m. ESPN - Sugar Bowl, Michigan vs. Virginia Tech, at New Orleans COLLEGE BASKETBALL 5:30 p.m. Big Ten - Nebraska at Ohio State 6 p.m. ESPN2 - Michigan State at Wisconsin 6 p.m. FSN - UAB at Florida 6 p.m. ESPNU - Louisville at St. John’s 8 p.m. ESPNU - Alabama at Ga. Tech 8 p.m. FSN - SMU at Ole Miss MOTORSPORTS 12:30 a.m. NBCSP - Dakar Rally, San Rafael to San Juan, Argentina (tape) NHL 7 p.m. NBCSP - Detroit at Dallas SOCCER 1:55 p.m. ESPN2 - Premier League, Liverpool at Manchester City

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College basketball Virginia fends off upset bid by LSU BATON ROUGE, La. — Sammy Zeglinski and Joe Harris hit big 3-pointers in the final minutes to enable No. 21 Virginia to beat LSU 57-52 in a non-conference game Monday night. With their lead at one point, Zeglinski made his fourth 3 of the game to put the Cavaliers on top 51-47 with 3:25 remaining. A 3-pointer by Anthony Hickey again reduced Virginia’s lead to a single point before Harris made his 3-pointer with 1:30 left. The Tigers cut their deficit in half at 54-52 on a field goal by Justin Hamilton with 51 seconds remaining. LSU had several chances to score in the final minute, but committed a turnover and missed a 3-pointer on its next two possessions.

Baylor extends winning streak to 14 WACO, Texas — Perry Jones III had 14 points with 12 rebounds and fourth-ranked Baylor remained undefeated with a 61-52 victory over Texas A&M in the Big 12 opener for both teams Monday night. The Bears (14-0) have started the season with the first 14-game winning streak in school history. Baylor led throughout after scoring the game’s first eight points, and led by as many as 19 points in the second half. Elston Turner had 21 points for Texas A&M (9-4), which has lost three of its last four games. Khris Middleton had 14 points.

NBA Jefferson, Harris lead Jazz past Hornets SALT LAKE CITY — Al Jefferson scored 22 points and Devin Harris added 19, including a 3-pointer and three free throws down the stretch as the Utah Jazz beat the New Orleans Hornets 94-90 on Monday night. The Jazz (2-3) have won two at home to offset three blowout losses on the road. Jarrett Jack scored a season-high 27 points for New Orleans (2-3), which dropped its third straight. Utah outscored New Orleans 50-32 in the paint. New Orleans also went just 3-of-10 from 3-point range.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Jan. 3 1920 — Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sells pitcher-outfielder Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees for $125,000 plus a $350,000 loan. The loan is used to turn the play “No, No, Nannette” into a hit. 1993 — The Buffalo Bills stage pro football’s biggest comeback to beat the Houston Oilers 41-38 in overtime in the first round of the NFL playoffs. Buffalo trailed 35-3 early in the second half before rallying. 2003 — Ohio State completes an unbeaten run to its first national title in 34 years with a 31-24 doubleovertime win over Miami at the Fiesta Bowl. The Buckeyes’ upset ends the Hurricanes’ bid for a second straight title and their winning streak at 34. 2010 — Chris Johnson rushes for 134 yards and two touchdowns in Tennessee’s 17-13 win over Seattle and finishes the year with 2,006 yards. He is the sixth player in NFL history to rush for 2,000 yards in a season.

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NFL Playoffs

SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE

Wild-card round

Saturday’s Games Cincinnati at Houston, 3:30 p.m. Detroit at New Orleans, 7 p.m. Sunday’s Games Atlanta at New York Giants, Noon Pittsburgh at Denver, 3:30 p.m.

Divisional Playoffs

Jan. 14 Atlanta, N.Y. Giants or New Orleans at San Francisco, 3:30 p.m. Cincinnati, Pittsburgh or Denver at New England, 7 p.m. Jan. 15 Pittsburgh, Denver or Houston at Baltimore, Noon Detroit, Atlanta or N.Y. Giants at Green Bay, 3:30 p.m.

Conference Championships Jan. 22

Teams TBD

Super Bowl

Feb. 5 At Indianapolis Teams TBD, 5:30 p.m. ———

NFL Draft Order

April 26-28 Team’s record in parentheses First Round 1. Indianapolis Colts (2-14) 2. St. Louis Rams (2-14) 3. Minnesota Vikings (3-13) 4. Cleveland Browns (4-12) 5. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-12) 6. Washington Redskins (5-11) 7. Jacksonville Jaguars (5-11) 8. Carolina Panthers-x (6-10) 9. Miami Dolphins-x (6-10) 10. Buffalo Bills (6-10) 11. Kansas City Chiefs-x (7-9) 12. Seattle Seahawks-x (7-9) 13. Arizona Cardinals (8-8) 14. Dallas Cowboys (8-8) 15. Philadelphia Eagles (8-8) 16. New York Jets (8-8) 17. Oakland Raiders (8-8) 18. San Diego Chargers (8-8) 19. Chicago Bears (8-8) 20. Tennessee Titans (9-7) 21. Denver Broncos-y (8-8) 22. Cincinnati Bengals-y (9-7) 23. New York Giants-y (9-7) 24. Houston Texans-y (10-6) 25. Atlanta Falcons-y (10-6) 26. Detroit Lions-y (10-6) 27. Baltimore Ravens-y (12-4) 28. Pittsburgh Steelers-y (12-4) 29. New Orleans Saints-y (13-3) 30. New England Patriots-y,x (13-3) 31. San Francisco 49ers-y,x (13-3) 32. Green Bay Packers-y (15-1)

CONFERENCE USA

Conference All Games W L PCT W L PCT Southern Miss.. 0 0 .000 13 2 .867 0 Tulane................. 0 .000 12 2 .857 UCF.................... 0 0 .000 10 3 .769 East Carolina...... 0 0 .000 9 4 .692 Marshall.............. 0 0 .000 9 4 .692 Rice.................... 0 0 .000 9 5 .643 Memphis............. 0 0 .000 8 5 .615 SMU.................... 0 0 .000 8 5 .615 Houston.............. 0 0 .000 7 5 .583 Tulsa................... 0 0 .000 7 7 .500 UTEP.................. 0 0 .000 7 7 .500 UAB.................... 0 0 .000 5 7 .417 Monday’s Games No games scheduled Today’s Games UAB at Florida, 6 p.m. SMU at Ole Miss, 8 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Tulane at Central Florida, 6 p.m. UTEP at Marshall, 7 p.m. Rice at TCU, 7 p.m. Tulsa at Houston, 7 p.m. Tennessee at Memphis, 7 p.m. East Carolina at Southern Miss, 7 p.m. ———

SWAC

x-Subject to coin flip y-Subject to playoffs

nba EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W Philadelphia...................2 Boston...........................3 Toronto..........................2 New York.......................2 New Jersey...................1

L 2 3 3 3 5

Pct .500 .500 .400 .400 .167

Southeast Division

W Miami.............................5 Atlanta...........................4 Orlando..........................4 Charlotte........................1 Washington....................0

L 1 1 2 3 5

Central Division

W Indiana...........................4 Chicago.........................4 Cleveland.......................2 Milwaukee......................2 Detroit............................2

L 1 1 2 2 3

W San Antonio...................3 Houston.........................2 New Orleans.................2 Dallas.............................2 Memphis........................1

L 2 2 3 4 3

GB — 1/2 1 3 4 1/2

Pct .800 .800 .500 .500 .400

GB — — 1 1/2 1 1/2 2

Pct .600 .500 .400 .333 .250

Northwest Division

W Oklahoma City...............5 Portland.........................3 Denver...........................4 Minnesota......................2 Utah...............................2

L 1 1 2 3 3

GB — — 1/2 1/2 2

Pct .833 .800 .667 .250 .000

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

GB — 1/2 1 1 1/2 1 1/2

Pct .833 .750 .667 .400 .400

GB — 1 1 2 1/2 2 1/2

W L Pct L.A. Clippers..................2 2 .500 L.A. Lakers....................3 3 .500 Phoenix..........................2 3 .400 Sacramento...................2 3 .400 Golden State.................2 3 .400 ——— Monday’s Games Phoenix 102, Golden State 91 Boston 100, Washington 92 Indiana 108, New Jersey 94 Detroit 89, Orlando 78 Atlanta 100, Miami 92 Toronto 90, New York 85 Minnesota 106, San Antonio 96 Dallas 100, Oklahoma City 87 Denver 91, Milwaukee 86 Utah 94, New Orleans 90 Today’s Games Charlotte at Cleveland, 6 p.m. Atlanta at Chicago, 7 p.m. Portland at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m. Sacramento at Memphis, 7 p.m. Milwaukee at Utah, 8 p.m. Houston at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Cleveland at Toronto, 6 p.m. Washington at Orlando, 6 p.m. New Jersey at Boston, 6:30 p.m. Chicago at Detroit, 6:30 p.m. Indiana at Miami, 6:30 p.m. Charlotte at New York, 6:30 p.m. Philadelphia at New Orleans, 7 p.m. Memphis at Minnesota, 7 p.m. Phoenix at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. Golden State at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m. Sacramento at Denver, 8 p.m. Houston at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

GB — — 1/2 1/2 1/2

Pacific Division

JAZZ 94, HORNETS 90

Conference All Games W L PCT W L PCT Kentucky............. 0 0 .000 13 1 .929 Mississippi St... 0 0 .000 13 2 .867 Florida................. 0 0 .000 11 3 .786 Alabama............. 0 0 .000 10 3 .769 Arkansas............. 0 0 .000 10 3 .769 Auburn................ 0 0 .000 10 3 .769 LSU..................... 0 0 .000 10 4 .714 Vanderbilt........... 0 0 .000 10 4 .714 Ole Miss............ 0 0 .000 9 4 .692 Georgia............... 0 0 .000 9 5 .643 South Carolina... 0 0 .000 7 6 .538 Tennessee.......... 0 0 .000 7 6 .538 Monday’s Games Virginia 57, LSU 52 Tennessee 76, Chattanooga 63 Auburn 67, Bethune-Cookman 41 Vanderbilt 69, Miami (Ohio) 62 Today’s Games UAB at Florida, 6 p.m. Ark.-Little Rock at Kentucky, 6 p.m. SC State at South Carolina, 6 p.m. Savannah St. at Arkansas, 7 p.m. SMU at Ole Miss, 8 p.m. Alabama at Georgia Tech, 8 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Auburn at Florida St., 6 p.m. Tennessee at Memphis, 7 p.m. ———

NEW ORLEANS (90) Ariza 2-4 0-0 4, Landry 1-4 1-2 3, Okafor 3-8 1-2 7, Jack 11-17 4-4 27, Belinelli 2-9 0-0 6, Smith 8-13 0-0 16, Kaman 6-7 2-2 14, Aminu 3-6 5-6 11, T.Johnson 1-2 0-0 2, Vasquez 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 37-74 13-16 90. UTAH (94) Hayward 1-3 1-1 3, Millsap 3-7 0-0 6, Jefferson 11-18 0-1 22, Harris 5-9 6-10 19, Bell 0-2 0-0 0, Watson 1-3 0-0 2, Kanter 2-4 0-1 4, Favors 4-6 1-2 9, Howard 3-8 7-8 13, Burks 2-4 0-0 5, Miles 5-12 0-0 11. Totals 37-76 15-23 94. New Orleans 22 25 27 16 — 90 Utah 18 32 20 24 — 94 3-Point Goals—New Orleans 3-10 (Belinelli 2-4, Jack 1-3, Smith 0-1, Aminu 0-2), Utah 5-15 (Harris 3-6, Burks 1-1, Miles 1-2, Watson 0-1, Millsap 0-1, Hayward 0-2, Bell 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—New Orleans 43 (Smith 8), Utah 44 (Jefferson, Millsap 6). Assists—New Orleans 22 (Jack 11), Utah 20 (Watson 7). Total Fouls—New Orleans 24, Utah 18. A—19,159 (19,911).

Conference All Games W L PCT W L PCT Prairie View........ 0 0 .000 4 9 .308 Southern U......... 0 0 .000 4 9 .308 Alcorn St........... 0 0 .000 3 9 .250 Alabama A&M.... 0 0 .000 2 7 .222 Alabama St......... 0 0 .000 2 9 .182 Jackson St........ 0 0 .000 2 10 .167 MVSU................. 0 0 .000 1 11 .083 Texas Southern.. 0 0 .000 1 11 .083 Ark.-Pine Bluff.... 0 0 .000 1 12 .077 Grambling St...... 0 0 .000 0 10 .000 Monday’s Games No games scheduled Today’s Games Alabama A&M at Jackson St., 7:30 p.m. Ark.-Pine Bluff at MVSU, 7:30 p.m. Southern U. at Prairie View, 7:30 p.m. Alabama St. at Grambling St., 8 p.m. Alcorn St. at Texas Southern, 8 p.m. Wednesday’s Games No games scheduled ———

Top 25 Schedule

Monday’s Games No. 4 Baylor 61, Texas A&M 52 No. 21 Virginia 57, LSU 52 Today’s Games No. 2 Kentucky vs. Ark-Little Rock, 6 p.m. No. 6 Ohio St. vs. Nebraska, 5:30 p.m. No. 7 Missouri vs. Oklahoma, 7 p.m. No. 8 Connecticut at Seton Hall, 6 p.m. No. 10 Michigan St. at No. 18 Wisconsin, 6 p.m. No. 11 Louisville at St. John’s, 6 p.m. No. 13 Florida vs. UAB, 6 p.m. No. 22 Harvard at Fordham, 6 p.m. Wednesday’s Games No. 1 Syracuse at Providence, 8 p.m. No. 5 Duke at Temple, 6 p.m. No. 9 Georgetown vs. No. 20 Marquette, 6 p.m. No. 14 Kansas vs. No. 23 Kansas St., 7 p.m. No. 19 Murray St. vs. Eastern Kentucky, 7 p.m. ———

Mississippi college schedule

Monday’s Game Rhodes 62, Millsaps 46 Today’s Games Southern-N.O. at Tougaloo, 7:30 p.m. Alabama A&M at Jackson St., 7:30 p.m. Ark.-Pine Bluff at Mississippi Valley St., 7:30 p.m. SMU at Ole Miss, 8 p.m. Alcorn St. at Texas Southern, 8 p.m. Wednesday’s Games No games scheduled ———

The AP Top 25

By The Associated Press The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 1, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Record Pts Prv 1. Syracuse (60)........................15-0 1,618 1 2. Kentucky (5)...........................13-1 1,554 3 3. North Carolina........................13-2 1,451 5 4. Baylor.....................................13-0 1,389 6 5. Duke.......................................12-1 1,354 7 6. Ohio St...................................13-2 1,277 2 7. Missouri..................................13-0 1,255 8 8. Connecticut............................12-1 1,199 9 9. Georgetown............................12-1 1,072 12 10. Michigan St..........................13-2 992 16 11. Louisville..............................12-2 977 4 12. Indiana.................................13-1 974 13 13. Florida..................................11-3 753 10 14. Kansas.................................10-3 663 17 15. Mississippi St.....................13-2 644 15 16. Michigan...............................12-2 641 18 17. UNLV....................................15-2 611 19 18. Wisconsin.............................12-3 506 11 19. Murray St.............................14-0 454 20 20. Marquette.............................12-2 447 14 21. Virginia.................................12-1 292 23 22. Harvard................................12-1 269 24 23. Kansas St............................11-1 229 — 24. San Diego St.......................12-2 196 25 25. Gonzaga...............................11-2 121 — Others receiving votes: Creighton 86, Ohio 28, Stanford 12, Pittsburgh 8, Vanderbilt 8, Xavier 8,

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2011-12 Bowl schedule Dec. 17 New Mexico Bowl.............................................................................Temple 37, Wyoming 15 Dec. 17 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl............................................................. Ohio 24, Utah State 23 Dec. 17 New Orleans Bowl..............................................................La.-Lafayette 32, San Diego St. 30 Dec. 20 Beef ’O’Brady’s Bowl............................................................................ Marshall 20, FIU 10 Dec. 21 Poinsettia Bowl.............................................................................TCU 31, Louisiana Tech 24 Dec. 22 MAACO Bowl..........................................................................Boise State 56, Arizona State 24 Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl....................................................................................Southern Miss 24, Nevada 17 Dec. 26 Independence Bowl.......................................................................Missouri 41, North Carolina 24 Dec. 27 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl....................................................... Purdue 37,Western Michigan 32 Dec. 27 Belk Bowl............................................................................. North Carolina St. 31, Louisville 24 Dec. 28 Military Bowl........................................................................................... Toledo 42, Air Force 41 Dec. 28 Holiday Bowl............................................................................................ Texas 21, California 10 Dec. 29 Champs Sports Bowl.....................................................................Florida St. 18, Notre Dame 14 Dec. 29 Alamo Bowl.............................................................................................Baylor 67, Washington 56 Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec.

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Armed Forces Bowl.....................................................................................BYU 24, Tulsa 21 Pinstripe Bowl..................................................................................... Rutgers 27, Iowa State 13 Music City Bowl...........................................................Mississippi State 23, Wake Forest 17 Insight Bowl..............................................................................................Oklahoma 31, Iowa 14

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Meinke Car Care Bowl................................................................ Texas A&M 33, Northwestern 22 Sun Bowl........................................................................................ Utah 30, Georgia Tech 27, OT Liberty Bowl....................................................................................... Cincinnati 31, Vanderbilt 24 Fight Hunger Bowl...................................................................................... Illinois 20, UCLA 14 Chick-fil-A Bowl........................................................................................Auburn 43, Virginia 24

Jan. 2 TicketCity Bowl...........................................................................................Houston 30, Penn St. 14 Jan. 2 Capital One Bowl...........................................................................South Carolina 30, Nebraska 13 Jan. 2 Outback Bowl...............................................................................Michigan St. 33, Georgia 30, 3OT Jan. 2 Gator Bowl.....................................................................................................Florida 24, Ohio St. 17 Jan. 2 Rose Bowl..................................................................................................Oregon 45, Wisconsin 38 Jan. 2 Fiesta Bowl..................................................................................Oklahoma St. 41, Stanford 38, OT Jan. 3 Sugar Bowl

Michigan (10-2) vs. Virginia Tech (11-2)...................7 p.m. ESPN

Jan. 4 Orange Bowl

West Virginia (9-3) vs. Clemson (10-3)....................7 p.m. ESPN

Jan. 6 Cotton Bowl

Kansas St. (10-2) vs. Arkansas (10-2)....................7 p.m. Fox

Jan. 7 BBVA Compass Bowl Jan. 8 GoDaddy.com Bowl

Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. SMU (7-5).........................11 a.m. ESPN Arkansas St. (10-2) vs. Northern Illinois (10-3)..............8 p.m. ESPN

Jan. 9 BCS National Championship

LSU (13-0) vs. Alabama (11-1).....................7:30 p.m. ESPN

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Cincinnati 6, New Mexico 6, Purdue 6, Saint Louis 6, Texas A&M 4, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 3, California 2, Seton Hall 2, Alabama 1, Wagner 1. Ballots Online: http://tinyurl.com/43u6jr6

USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Poll The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 1, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Syracuse (30)........................15-0 774 1 2. Kentucky (1)...........................13-1 739 3 3. Duke.......................................12-1 679 5 4. North Carolina........................13-2 670 6 5. Baylor.....................................13-0 638 7 6. Missouri..................................13-0 620 8 7. Ohio St...................................13-2 593 2 8. Connecticut............................12-1 580 9 9. Georgetown............................12-1 515 12 10. Louisville..............................12-2 454 4 11. Michigan St..........................13-2 442 17 12. Indiana.................................13-1 423 15 13. Michigan...............................12-2 368 16 14. Florida..................................11-3 367 10 15. Kansas.................................10-3 318 18 16. Mississippi St.....................13-2 300 14 17. UNLV....................................15-2 263 20 18. Murray St.............................14-0 236 21 19. Wisconsin.............................12-3 230 11 20. Marquette.............................12-2 196 13 21. Harvard................................12-1 156 23 22. Kansas St............................11-1 127 25 23. Virginia.................................12-1 125 24 24. Creighton..............................11-2 67 19 25. San Diego St.......................12-2 60 NR Others receiving votes: Gonzaga 57; Saint Mary’s 17; Vanderbilt 16; Middle Tennessee 9; New Mexico 9; Stanford 7; Pittsburgh 6; Alabama 3; Purdue 3; Seton Hall 3; Saint Louis 2; Southern Miss 2; Illinois 1. ———

Monday’s Scores EAST Albany (NY) 88, Hartford 63 American U. 70, Brown 61 Columbia 67, Fairleigh Dickinson 52 Maine 76, Binghamton 61 Marist 71, St. Peter’s 67 Niagara 66, Loyola (Md.) 61 Northeastern 57, Towson 48 Rhode Island 78, Boston College 72, 2OT Rider 88, Manhattan 77 Stony Brook 65, Vermont 59 Va. Commonwealth 80, Hofstra 63

SOUTH Auburn 67, Bethune-Cookman 41 Belmont 83, North Florida 53 Campbell 70, Coastal Carolina 65, OT George Mason 70, William & Mary 56 Georgia Southern 88, Brewton-Parker 60 Georgia St. 58, Drexel 44 High Point 88, Charleston Southern 78 Lipscomb 77, Jacksonville 71 Mercer 76, Florida Gulf Coast 54 Miami 99, UNC Greensboro 89 Old Dominion 67, James Madison 61, OT Presbyterian 63, Liberty 56 Stetson 66, Kennesaw St. 62 Tennessee 76, Chattanooga 63 The Citadel 91, Virginia-Wise 74 UNC Asheville 66, Radford 56 UNC Wilmington 80, Delaware 75 VMI 76, Gardner-Webb 72 Vanderbilt 69, Miami (Ohio) 62 Virginia 57, LSU 52 Wofford 56, Wake Forest 52

MIDWEST Kent St. 90, Shawnee St. 65 Robert Morris 70, Ohio 67 SE Missouri 74, Jacksonville St. 56

SOUTHWEST Baylor 61, Texas A&M 52 Sam Houston St. 83, Jarvis Christian 49

FAR WEST CS Northridge 63, UC Riverside 52 Cal St.-Fullerton 78, Pacific 73 Fresno St. 72, Boise St. 59 Idaho St. 57, N. Colorado 55 Long Beach St. 74, UC Irvine 60 New Mexico St. 73, CS Bakersfield 72 UC Santa Barbara 58, Cal Poly 57

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Monday’s Games 5 Maryland 91, Florida St. 70 7 Duke 77, Virginia 66 8 Ohio St. 84, Iowa 71 25 North Carolina 65, No. 12 Miami 63 18 Purdue 64, Illinois 63 22 Penn St. 82, Wisconsin 49 Today’s Games 6 Tennessee vs. Chattanooga, 6 p.m. 10 Rutgers vs. Syracuse, 8 p.m. 14 Louisville vs. Marquette, 6 p.m. 15 Georgetown vs. No. 20 DePaul, 6 p.m. Wednesday’s Games 1 Baylor vs. Missouri, 7 p.m. 2 Connecticut vs. West Virginia, 6 p.m. 3 Notre Dame at Seton Hall, 6 p.m. 9 Texas A&M at Kansas St., 7 p.m. 13 Texas Tech vs. Oklahoma St., 7 p.m. 23 Texas vs. Kansas, 8 p.m. ———

Monday’s Scores EAST Boston College 57, CCSU 49 La Salle 75, Northeastern 60 Manhattan 59, Rider 45 Miami (Ohio) 61, Robert Morris 50 Siena 67, Canisius 61 Stony Brook 54, Vermont 47

SOUTH Austin Peay 66, E. Kentucky 63 Belmont 54, North Florida 37 Campbell 82, UNC Asheville 62 Charleston Southern 83, Winthrop 78 Coppin St. 73, Longwood 51 Duke 77, Virginia 66 Florida A&M 69, UAB 59 Florida Gulf Coast 98, Mercer 50 Georgia Southern 56, Wofford 48 Georgia St. 66, Bethune-Cookman 50 Georgia Tech 76, NC State 66 Hampton 76, East Carolina 48 Jacksonville 81, Lipscomb 75, OT Maryland 91, Florida St. 70 Norfolk St. 60, George Mason 57 North Carolina 65, Miami 63 Northwestern St. 63, LSU-Shreveport 40 Stetson 65, Kennesaw St. 55 Virginia Tech 55, Clemson 33 W. Carolina 63, SC-Upstate 58 Wingate 69, Coll. of Charleston 60

LOTTERY Sunday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 8-3-1 La. Pick 4: 9-5-9-2 Monday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 5-0-1 La. Pick 4: 6-8-0-1 Tuesday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 0-5-6 La. Pick 4: 8-1-0-9 Wednesday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 8-7-8 La. Pick 4: 9-0-9-5 Easy 5: 1-32-33-35-36 La. Lotto: 5-13-15-29-30-36 Powerball: 16-21-27-41-45 Powerball: 14; Power play: 2 Thursday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 5-1-0 La. Pick 4: 4-3-4-3 Friday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 9-9-5 La. Pick 4: 8-5-4-0 Saturday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 9-3-9 La. Pick 4: 0-9-6-6 Easy 5: 3-9-11-15-35 La. Lotto: 3-6-9-17-24-35 Powerball: 5-23-25-28-40 Powerball: 34; Power play: 4

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

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college football

Oregon hangs on in wild Rose Bowl Virginia Tech seeking elusive BCS victory

By The Associated Press The Oregon Ducks had waited 95 years to win another Rose Bowl, and the last few seconds stretched for an eternity. The players in mirrored helmets held each other back on the sideline, waiting on tiptoes for video review to confirm Wisconsin was out of time. The call went Oregon’s way. The Ducks stormed the hallowed field. The most futuristic team in college football had buried another bit of history, and that revolutionary offense finally has a shiny trophy that will look right at home among those eye-catching uniforms. Darron Thomas passed for three touchdowns, De’Anthony Thomas scored on runs of 91 and 64 yards, and the No. 6 Ducks earned their first bowl victory under coach Chip Kelly, holding off the Badgers 45-38 Monday night in the highest-scoring Rose Bowl ever played. The 98 combined points shattered the previous record of 80, set by Washington and Iowa in 1991. “We had no doubt this year that we were going to come out and do big things,” said Darron Thomas, who passed for 268 yards. “It’s a big statement for the Oregon program.” Indeed: The last time Oregon won the Rose Bowl, beating Penn 14-0 in 1917, the players wore leather helmets, not those shiny numbers that exemplify every innovation the Ducks have created during Kelly’s three-year tenure. Oregon (12-2) showed off that creativity with 621 total yards — second-most in Rose Bowl history — against the tough Badgers, playing at its usual frantic pace until the final whistle. Lavasier Tuinei caught eight passes for 158 yards and two TDs for the Ducks, who had no postseason success to show for Kelly’s otherwise wildly successful three-year tenure until this landmark offensive performance. “None of us were around 95 years ago, and we never talked about it,” Kelly said. “We’re a forward-thinking operation, and we’re always looking ahead.” Maybe so, but it’s unlikely anybody from Oregon will forget how this one ended. With two long passes, Russell Wilson moved the Badgers to the Oregon 25, but with 2 seconds left and no timeouts. After waiting for the ball to be set, he spiked it to set up a lastditch heave to the end zone, but the clock hit zeros while he did it. The Ducks were winners

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Oregon’s David Paulson (42) hurdles Wisconsin’s Marcus Cromartie in the first half of Monday’s Rose Bowl. Oregon won the game, 45-38, for its first Rose Bowl victory in 95 years. after video review, holding Wisconsin scoreless in the fourth quarter. “It would have been nice to have a chance there,” said Wilson, who passed for 296 yards and two scores. “With 1 second left, I think we could have capitalized.”

Outback Bowl Michigan St. 33, Georgia 30 Kirk Cousins threw for 300 yards and one touchdown and Dan Conroy kicked a 28-yard field goal in the third overtime to give No. 12 Michigan State (11-3) its first bowl victory since 2001. Georgia’s Blair Walsh became the Southeastern Conference’s career scoring leader with a field goal in the second extra period. But he missed a 42-yarder in the first overtime after conservative play-calling and had a 47-yard attempt blocked on the final play of the game. No. 18 Georgia (10-4) finished on a two-game losing streak, including a lopsided loss to top-ranked LSU in the SEC championship game. Georgia cornerback Brandon Boykin scored a safety, returned a punt 92 yards for a touchdown and caught a 13-yard TD pass that helped the Bulldogs take a late lead.

TicketCity Bowl Houston 30, Penn St. 14 Penn State’s tumultuous year ended with a loss, a dispiriting finish to a season in which coach Joe Paterno was fired as part of a child sexabuse scandal that shook college sports. The Nittany Lions were picked apart by Houston star Case Keenum, who threw for 532 yards and three TDs. Penn State was allowing 162 yards passing per game, but Keenum threw for more than double that by halftime. He burned the Nittany Lions’ veteran secondary with touchdown passes of 40 and 75 yards to build a 24-7 lead by halftime.

Capital One Bowl South Carolina 30, Nebraska 13 Connor Shaw threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score, and No. 10 South Carolina had six sacks as the Gamecocks shut out No. 21 Nebraska over the final three quarters. The victory gave South Carolina 11 wins for the first time in school history and snapped a string of three straight bowl losses.

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lead into a 45-17 blowout. In the process, they solidified their credentials as a playoff favorite, even if they didn’t get a top-two seeding in the NFC and will have to win three postseason games to get back to the Super Bowl. “Sean’s been saying for a couple of weeks now that if we just continue to play like we’re playing and continue in the path we’re on, that a lot of teams are not going to want to face us,” Harper said. “You can say that now, but then if we go out and lose a game, it doesn’t really mean anything.” Saints right tackle Zach Strief also was guarded about the significance of the Saints’ recent string of lopsided wins. “This is a game that can turn quickly on you,” Strief said. “Us playing well the last few weeks doesn’t give us anything but confidence going in. It doesn’t give us a win.” Payton said he was happy to see his players being recognized both for individual and team records. For now, though, his message to his players is that they need to maintain the team chemistry that helped them win big lately and forget about the accolades already accrued — at least until the postseason ends. “It’s such a team sport,” Payton said. “It seems like the last two weeks there’s been a lot of talk about individual accomplishments, as there should be with the passing record, Darren Sproles. ... (But) this is the time of year when the focus really shifts to us playing our best football as a team.”

fortunes came down to two legs, those of Stanford kicker Jordan Williamson and their own Jordan Sharp. Williamson couldn’t come through. The redshirt freshman missed a 35-yard field goal wide left as time expired in regulation and another from 43 yards to open overtime. Given a chip shot after Weeden hit Colton Chelf on a 24-yard pass — initially ruled a touchdown but overturned on review — Sharp came through, sending his 22-yard field goal through the uprights and the Cowboys charging onto the field. Should Alabama knock off topranked LSU in next week’s BCS title game, Oklahoma State will be right there, ready to stake its claim at being No. 1 in The Associated Press poll. “We feel like we could beat anyone in the country,” Chelf said. Stanford (11-2) had its chances. The Cardinal had 590 yards of offense — nearly 200 more than Oklahoma State — got another stellar game from Luck before he heads to the NFL, and ran over Oklahoma State’s defense behind Stepfan Taylor. They just couldn’t finish it off. Luck calmly led Stanford 63 yards over the final 2:35 of regulation to set up a chance at winning its second BCS bowl game in two years. Instead, Williamson missed in regulation,

Nebraska lost its second consecutive bowl game and dropped to 12-6 all-time in bowl matchups against SEC foes. Both teams lost standout players in the third quarter when Gamecocks’ leading receiver Alshon Jeffrey and Cornhuskers’ cornerback Alfonso Dennard were ejected for a post-play skirmish in which both players threw punches. Jeffrey had four catches for 148 yards and a touchdown.

Gator Bowl Florida 24, Ohio St. 17 Andre Debose returned a kickoff 99 yards — the longest scoring play in Gator Bowl history — and Chris Rainey blocked a punt that was returned for a touchdown for Florida. The speedsters helped the Gators (7-6) avoid their first losing season since 1979 and pick up some much-needed momentum after losing six of their previous eight games. Ohio State (6-7) finished below .500 for the first time since 1986. The Buckeyes also fell to 0-10 in bowl games against teams from the SEC. They beat Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl last year, but that victory was vacated because of NCAA sanctions.

again in overtime and was left sobbing in front of his locker while his coaches and teammates tried to shoulder some of the blame. “In the end, we lost, and I’m as much to blame as anyone,” Luck said. Taylor ran for 177 yards and a pair of scores. Luck was his usual steady self, completing 27 of 31 passes for 347 yards and two touchdowns with an interception. The Cardinal held Oklahoma State to 15 yards rushing on 13 carries and didn’t give up the lead until the final play. Still, it wasn’t enough, the Cardinal’s hopes sailing wide left off the right foot of Williamson, who missed three field goals after missing three all season. “There’s an old saying that adversity reveals character — and that’s not just for him, that’s for all of us,” Stanford coach David Shaw said. Taylor put Stanford up 38-31 with 41⁄2 minutes left, ducking behind Stanford’s massive offensive line for a 1-yard TD. Oklahoma State answered quickly, moving 67 yards in less than two minutes to tie it on Joseph Randle’s 4-yard touchdown run. The Cowboys left too much time for Luck, but Stanford’s luck ran out when Williamson couldn’t come through in regulation and again in overtime.

NEW ORLEANS — A couple decades ago, few in college football would have dreamed of placing Virginia Tech in the same elite class as Michigan. As the two teams collide in tonight’s Sugar Bowl, however, the team more associated with sustained success in recent years won’t be wearing maize and blue. Virginia Tech (11-2) has won no fewer than 10 games in eight straight seasons. The Hokies are the ones whose 19th straight bowl appearance represents one of the longest streaks in the country. If Virginia Tech has been short on anything since the program’s landmark victory over Texas in the Sugar Bowl that capped the 1995 season, it has been victories in BCS bowls. The Hokies have lost four of five BCS bowl appearances, including twice in the Sugar Bowl — once against national champion Florida State in the 1999 season and once against unbeaten Auburn in 2004-05. “We’ve had some great wins and we’ve done a great job getting here,” longtime Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer said Monday before posing for photos with Michigan coach Brady Hoke and the Sugar Bowl trophy. “Now we need to take that next step and get our share of the BCS wins. ... The challenge to Virginia Tech and to the ACC right now is not only get here, but get a win.” Beamer has already shown how serious he is about players emphasizing winning over partying, having sent home place kicker Tyler Weiss for a curfew violation. That left Tech thin at the position because top kicker Cody Journell had not even made the trip after his recent arrest in an alleged home invasion. Still, this might be the right year for Virginia Tech to catch Michigan (10-2) in a BCS bowl, at least in terms of facing a Wolverines squad with relatively little experience in such an arena. Michigan has not been to a BCS bowl since losing to Southern California in the Rose Bowl to conclude the 2006 season. Current Wolverines are in only their second bowl in four years, and none of them have a bowl victory to their name. “We broke every record you didn’t want to break as a team,” Michigan senior defensive end Ryan Van Bergen said. “We were the team that snapped the (33-year) bowl streak. We were seven (straight) losses

On TV 7 p.m. ESPN Sugar Bowl Virginia Tech vs. Michigan against Ohio (State). We had done pretty much everything incorrectly.” However, Hoke, in only his first season as head coach, has been able to re-establish a foundation of toughness and confidence at Michigan, an institution he has revered since childhood, despite growing up in Ohio. Hoke was part of a national championship-winning coaching staff at Michigan under Lloyd Carr in 1997. When he returned to Ann Arbor in 2011 after leading San Diego State to a rare bowl victory, Michigan players responded to Hoke’s passion for their program and its traditions. Hoke never seemed to believe he was taking over a team that had diminished in stature, even if it had been a little thin on wins lately. He made that clear when asked whether, with a Sugar Bowl triumph, Michigan would “be back,” as a national power. “I don’t think Michigan ever left,” Hoke said. “There was some — maybe a lean year or two. But Michigan was always Michigan — and will be.” The Wolverines have played 10 other bowl teams this season, so no one is accusing Michigan of playing a soft schedule. The same cannot be said for Virginia Tech, which opened the season with victories over Appalachian State, East Carolina, Arkansas State and Marshall before being pounded by Clemson, which crushed the Hokies a second time in the ACC title game. The second loss to Clemson left many questioning whether the Hokies deserved to be in a BCS bowl at all, and Virginia Tech players and coaches arrived in New Orleans talking about redemption and validation. “Every last game leaves an impression on you,” Beamer began, adding that the Hokies’ previous game “is not a very good impression of who we are.” Senior wide receiver Danny Coale, who has been a reliable target for first-year starting quarterback Logan Thomas, called the loss to Clemson “embarrassing.” “You never want to go out in a game like that,” Coale said. “So coming into this one, we want to play better.”

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

‘always curiosity’

TONIGHT ON TV n MOVIE “3:10 to Yuma” — A rancher, Christian Bale, and the captive outlaw, Russell Crowe, in his charge learn to respect each other on a dangerous journey to catch a train./7 on Sleuth n SPORTS College football — Many experts believed neither Michigan nor Virginia Tech deserved to play in a BCS bowl. Both teams get a chance to prove them wrong when they meet in the Sugar Bowl tonight in New Orleans./7:30 on ESPN n PRIMETIME Russell Crowe “Work It” — When unemployed best friends Lee and Angel land sales jobs by dressing up as women, they realize they have a lot to learn if they’re going to keep up the ruse./7:30 on ABC

THIS WEEK’S LINEUP n EXPANDED LISTINGS TV TIMES — Network, cable and satellite programs appear in Sunday’s TV Times magazine and online at www.vicksburgpost. com

MILESTONES n BIRTHDAYS Robert Loggia, actor, 82; Dabney Coleman, actor, 80; Stephen Stills, musician, 67; Mel Gibson, actor-director, 56; James Carter, jazz musician, 43; Jason Marsden, actor, 37; Danica McKellar, actress, 37; Kimberley Locke, singer, 34; Lloyd, rhythmand-blues singer, 26; Alex D. Linz, actor, 23. n DEATHS Dr. Adoph H. “Buddy” Giesecke Jr. — The anesthesiologist who attached a heart monitor to President John F. Kennedy in a Dallas hospital’s emergency room and interviewed wounded Texas Gov. John Connally for surgery has died at 79. The doctor’s son, Martin Giesecke said his father died Dec. 24 at his home in the Dallas suburb of Irving. The elder Giesecke was working at Parkland Hospital on Nov. 22, 1963, when Kennedy was assassinated and Connally was struck while riding in the same vehicle. The son says Dr. Giesecke recalled that the president didn’t flinch while he inserted heart probes into Kennedy’s skin. Jerzy Kluger — A Polish-born Jew who was a lifetime friend and childhood playmate of the late Pope John Paul II and who lost much of his family to Nazi death camps has died in a Rome clinic at 90, his widow said Monday. Irene Kluger said that her husband died on Dec. 31 after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease for three years and was buried Monday. The couple lived in Rome for decades, but at John Paul’s urging, Kluger, a World War II veteran, occasionally returned to visit Wadowice, the southern Polish town where the two spent their boyhoods, his widow said.

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Franklin is engaged to longtime friend Aretha Franklin is engaged to longtime friend William “Willie” Wilkerson. The Grammy-winning singer said in a statement Monday that she and Wilkerson are considering a summer wedding, perhaps in Miami Beach, Fla. The Queen of Soul wants to follow the ceremony with a reception on a private yacht. Aretha The 69-year-old jokes: “No, I’m not pregnant.” Franklin Franklin and Wilkerson became engaged over the holidays. She is considering Vera Wang, Valentino and Donna Karan to design her dress. Franklin has been married twice before.

Walk this way, again: Tyler is engaged Steven Tyler is ready to walk this way, again: The 63-year-old singer is engaged. Tyler’s representative confirmed Monday that the Aerosmith frontman is engaged to Erin Brady. No other details were provided. Tyler has been married and divorced twice. Erin Brady and Steven Tyler He is one of the judges on the hit Fox TV show “American Idol.”

‘Idol’ finalist James Durbin marries “American Idol” finalist James Durbin has married longtime girlfriend Heidi Lowe in a New Year’s Eve ceremony at the edge of a California redwood forest. The couple said in a statement that the wedding in a Santa Cruz Mountains chapel was a perfect way to kick off 2012. The 85 guests included their 2-year-old son, Hunter, who was the ring bearer. Other guests included fellow “American Idol” alums Haley Reinhart, Stefano Langone and Casey Abrams. The “Idol” season 10 finalist turns 23 Friday. His debut album, “Memories of a Beautiful Disaster,” was released in November.

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Official: Prisoner escapes in fire engine An inmate escaped from a state prison in San Diego County by stealing the prison fire engine on New Year’s Day, an official said. Authorities are seeking 51-year-old Thomas Kelley, a convicted car thief who was jailed at Donovan state prison in November for a parole violation. Prison spokesman Lt. Patrick Logan said Kelley worked as a firefighter at the prison near the Mexican border. He was discovered missing Sunday night from the minimum security section. Logan said at about the same time, sheriff’s deputies saw a fire engine being driven erratically about 10 miles from the prison.

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Media mogul Murdoch takes to Twitter LONDON (AP) — Rupert Murdoch has begun the new year by setting up in a new field of communications — he’s started tweeting. The media mogul, who is recovering from perhaps his most difficult year in the business, is posting on Twitter under the handle rupertmurdoch, spokeswoman Daisy Dunlop at News International confirmed Monday. The account was opened over the New Year’s holiday, but many doubted its authenticity because Murdoch, 80, has generally tried to stay out of the spotlight as his media empire comes under increased scrutiny because of widespread phone hacking at his U.K. newspapers. Murdoch faced harsh questioning in Parliament last summer and might face additional questions from the wide-ranging Leveson Inquiry into media practices later this year, but he makes no mention of these troubles in his tweets, which include the News Corp. chief’s New Year’s resolutions. “My resolutions, try to maintain humility and always curiosity,” he tweets. “And of course diet!” Murdoch had attracted more than 46,000 followers by Monday morning, just two days after he started tweeting. His wife, Wendi Deng, has also started tweeting — she’s wendi—deng. She refers to the setbacks of the last year in her tweets: “A lot of bad things happened in 2011 but I hope in 2012 we can put them all behind us and sail

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Chairman of News Corp. business empire Rupert Murdoch on to a bright future for everyone Wxx.” She also gently reminds fellow tweeters to spell her first name with an “i” at the end, not a “y.” The Murdochs’ entry into the world of Twitter was met with some bemusement and some hostility by its denizens. John Prescott, former U.K. deputy prime minister, came up with one of the wittier responses to Murdoch’s unexpected surfacing at the very public, very popular microblogging site. “Welcome to Twitter,” he writes to the mogul, whose

reporters were skilled at hacking into telephone messaging systems. “I’ve left you a Happy New Year message on my voicemail!” Others express fears that the wealthy Murdoch will buy the Twitter site. Murdoch also deleted a tweet in which he suggested that Britons might have too many public holidays for a country facing tough times. At times in his tweets Murdoch sounds bored with his New Year’s holiday. He complains that there are “too many people” on the island of St. Bart’s, an exclusive Carib-

bean hideaway. “Back to work tomorrow,” he says. “Enough idling!” Murdoch also tweets that some of his friends are “frightened” by what he might say. He also praises Mike Bloomberg, the Republican mayor of New York City, and Rick Santorum, a Republican presidential candidate. Murdoch tweeted his wishes for a happy new year and said it would probably exceed expectations. “Happy 2012,” he says. “May it be better than all experts predict. Has to be! Must must change everything to create jobs for all, especially young.” His Twitter profile is accompanied by a snapshot showing Murdoch grimacing. He is wearing a casual white T-shirt with a light blue sweater. Murdoch was forced to close the News of the World last year because of widespread phone hacking at the tabloid. The victims included celebrities, sports stars, and a murdered teenager whose voicemails had been hacked. The scandal has damaged Murdoch’s financial holdings and raised doubts about whether his family can retain control of the company, which has substantial interests in newspapers, magazines, movies, television and book publishing.

Cruise’s ‘Mission’ maintains altitude with $38.3M LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tom Cruise is off to a good start for the new year with a secondstraight No. 1 weekend at the box office. Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol” took in an estimated $38.3 million domestically over the long holiday weekend from Friday to Monday. That raised its total to $141.2 million. “Ghost Protocol” also pulled in $37 million overseas to push its international total to $225.3 million and worldwide haul to $366.5 million. The movie helped lift distributor Paramount to a record $5.17 billion in worldwide box office for 2011, topping the previous high of $4.8 billion set by Warner Bros. in 2010. Paramount’s 2011 hits included “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” which took in $1.1 billion worldwide, along with “Thor,” “Captain America: The First Avenger,” “Kung Fu Panda 2,” “Puss in Boots” and “Rango.” Finishing second again for the weekend was Robert Downey Jr.’s “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” with $26.5 million. “Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked” came in third with $21 million. Rounding out the top-five were “War Horse” and “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” at No. 5.

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Tom Cruise, from left, Paula Patton, Simon Pegg and Jeremy Renner in “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol”

Top 10 1. “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol,” Paramount, $38,325,000, 3,455 locations, $11,093 average, $141,214,000, three weeks. 2. “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,” Warner Bros., $26,510,000, 3,703 locations, $7,159 average, $136,514,000, three weeks. 3. “Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked,” Fox, $21,000,000, 3,724 locations, $5,639 average, $97,359,335, three weeks. 4. “War Horse,” Disney, $19,219,000, 2,547 locations, $7,546 average, $45,248,000, two weeks. 5. “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” Sony, $19,000,000, 2,914 locations, $6,520 average,

$60,011,000, two weeks. 6. “We Bought a Zoo,” Fox, $16,500,000, 3,163 locations, $5,217 average, $43,987,317, two weeks. 7. “The Adventures of Tintin,” Paramount, $15,000,000, 3,087 locations, $4,859 average, $50,841,000, two weeks. 8. “New Year’s Eve,” Warner Bros., $7,735,000, 2,225 locations, $3,476 average, $47,397,000, four weeks. 9. “The Darkest Hour,” Summit, $5,250,000, 2,327 locations, $2,256 average, $14,228,000, two weeks. 10. “The Descendants,” Fox Searchlight, $4,250,000, 758 locations, $5,607 average, $40,274,646, seven weeks.

Movie sword-fight master Bob Anderson dies at 89 LONDON (AP) — Olympic fencer and movie sword master Bob Anderson appeared in some of film’s most famous dueling scenes — though few viewers knew it. Anderson, who has died at age 89, donned Darth Vader’s black helmet and fought light saber battles in two of the three original “Star Wars” films, “The Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi.” Anderson, who worked with actors from Errol Flynn to Antonio Banderas during five decades as a sword master, fight director and stunt performer, died early New Year’s Day at an English hospital, the British Academy of Fencing said Monday. Vader, “Star Wars”’ intergalactic arch-villain, was voiced by James Earl Jones and

played by six foot six former weightlifter David Prowse, but Anderson stepped in during the key fight scenes. Bob “David Anderson Prowse wasn’t very good with a sword and Bob couldn’t get him to do the moves,” said Anderson’s former assistant, Leon Hill. “Fortunately Bob could just don the costume and do it himself.” The scenes worked beautifully, although Anderson, then nearing 60, was several inches shorter than Prowse. Few knew of Anderson’s role until Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker, said in a 1983

interview that “Bob Anderson was the man who actually did Vader’s fighting.” “It was always supposed to be a secret, but I finally told (director) George (Lucas) I didn’t think it was fair any more,” Hamill told Starlog magazine. “Bob worked so bloody hard that he deserves some recognition. It’s ridiculous to preserve the myth that it’s all done by one man.” Robert James Gilbert Anderson was born in Hampshire, southern England, in 1922, and was drawn to fencing from an early age. “I never took up the sword,” he said in an interview for the 2009 documentary “Reclaiming the Blade.” “I think the sword took me up.” Anderson joined the Royal Marines before World War II,

teaching fencing aboard warships and winning several combined services titles in the sport.

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

The Vicksburg Post

Fate of frozen embryos puts couple at crossroads Dear Abby: My husband and I have been married 11 years. We went through eight years of fertility treatments before having our twins. When they were a year old, we discovered I was pregnant with our third child. The twins are now 2 1/2 and the baby is almost a year old. For the first time in our marriage, my husband and I are at an impasse. We have two embryos left and need to decide what to do. We either use them or destroy them. I think we need to give the embryos the chance they were meant to have. However, my husband is concerned only with the financial side of it as we have been living on one salary and things are tight. My heart aches over this. Do I do what I believe is right and stand by my religious and moral beliefs, and take the chance my husband will resent me for the rest of our marriage? I’m afraid I’ll resent him if I have to destroy them. I’d appreciate some words

DEAR ABBY ABIGAIL

VAN BUREN

of wisdom. — Deadlocked in New Jersey Dear Deadlocked: This isn’t an either/or question. I discussed it with Diane Goodman, the past president of the Academy of California Family Formation Lawyers, who suggests a third option. Your embryos could be donated for embryo adoption by a couple who have been unable to conceive, and who would love to raise them. For more information, you should contact an attorney who specializes in family formation, or contact the Snowflakes Frozen Embryo Adoption and Donation Program. Its phone number is 714-6935437 and its website is www. nightlight.org. Dear Abby: I am 29 and met

TOMORROW’S HOROSCOPE

BY BERNICE BEDE OSOL • NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Instead of weighing you down, challenges tend to stimulate you. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — You won’t be content with the way things are being done if you believe you can do them better. Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20) — Even if you feel that doing things a different way would benefit the other guy more than it would you, you’ll do what is best for the majority. You wouldn’t be content otherwise. Aries (March 21-April 19) — If you need to make a few extra bucks, focus on some different ways to gain additional income. Chances are you’ll come up with something that’ll suit you perfectly. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — When you see that something isn’t being properly managed, volunteer your services. No one is better at doing what needs to be done to get things on the right track. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Regardless of how tough the job in question, you’ll not hesitate to jump in and take control. Once you come up with a strategy, you’ll unblinkingly focus on victory. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — You’ll listen to what others have to say but won’t embrace their suggestions without first taking some time to digest it. It you like what you hear, you’ll try it. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Although your financial aspects look exceptionally good, you will still have to earn what’s due you. If you don’t view things as difficulties, you can have lots of fun. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Whether you’re selling, teaching or merely conveying information, you’ll be exceptionally good at getting your points across. Any little morsel of wisdom you offer will be helpful. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Although some unexpected changes could buffet you about a bit, you’ll hold steady. Once the turbulence subsides, the going should be smooth as glass and you’ll slide right into port. Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Operating independently of others would suit you best, but that doesn’t mean you wouldn’t do well working with a group. You’re up to accepting whatever life throws at you. Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Regardless of the toughness of the objectives you need to handle, you’ll know they are achievable.

TWEEN 12 & 20

BY DR. ROBERT WALLACE • NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION Dr. Wallace: My grandfather and grandmother moved into a house next to ours. They had been living in Boston, but my mom convinced her parents it would be much better if they moved closer and it would be better for our family because Grandma and Grandpa are super people. We all love them very much. Both of them were born in Ireland. They still talk with a lilting Irish brogue. Grandma doesn’t smoke, but Grandpa smokes like a chimney. We all have tried to get him to stop smoking for health reasons, but being a stubborn Irishman, he puffs away. Grandpa is a big John Wayne fan. My mother remembers a column you wrote some time back when you interviewed John Wayne when he was dying of lung cancer. Will you please print that interview again? It just might cause Grandpa to decide that his family is more important than cigarettes. Thanks. — Patty, Rochester, N.Y. Patty: I am well aware how stubborn an Irishman can be. My father was also born in Ireland. Let’s hope the following words from John Wayne encourage Grandpa to end his tobacco habit. It’s never too late to stop smoking. The following is part of my response to a young lady, a smoker, who felt too much time is wasted talking about the evils of tobacco. She didn’t believe smoking was a health hazard: Quite a few years ago, I had a wonderful experience of interviewing the famous John Wayne in Newport Beach, Calif. The visit was arranged for me by the editor of The Orange County Register. At the time of the interview, I was told that John had only two months left to live. He was a heavy smoker. A few minutes into the interview, after I asked him his favorite film (“The Quiet Man”) and favorite actress (“all of them”), he smiled and said, “Bob, I’ve followed your column in The Register for a long time. You have a huge responsibility to guide our precious young people. Someday when you are writing a column about the evils of smoking, remind them that it got the Duke. I saved many a damsel in distress and drove the herd through the Red River Valley, but I couldn’t beat a simple cigarette — nobody can!” Five weeks after my best interview ever, John Wayne left this Earth to meet his Maker. • Dr. Robert Wallace writes for Copley News Service. E-mail him at rwallace@Copley News Service.

my birth mother last month for the first time. She abandoned two other children besides me. “Angie” is an alcoholic and has cirrhosis of the liver. When I met her she was in rehab and had been sober for two weeks. The day after she was released she was rearrested for driving with a revoked license. The following day she was arrested for DUI. It’s obvious that my birth mother has a major addiction, and my heart breaks for her because she has no support system. Should I reach out and help her or continue on with my life? My friends and family are afraid I’ll get hurt, but it’s hard to sit back and do nothing. Any words of wisdom will help. — Confused and Torn in St. Louis Dear Confused and Torn: Before involving yourself any further with Angie, take some time to visit Al-Anon (listed in your phone directory) and Adult Children of Alcoholics (adultchildren.org). That you

want to help her is laudable, but it’s important that you fully understand what you’re letting yourself in for if you do. Much as you might wish to, you cannot “fix” other people — only they can do that. The Serenity Prayer from AA says it clearly: “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” It applies to you. Dear Abby: My ex-wife, from whom I was divorced for many years, died recently. Our middle-aged daughter, who grew up in her mother’s care, was unhappy that I chose not to attend the funeral. (Actually, I never considered going.) Not only would plane fare have been a financial burden, my ex and I hadn’t communicated with each other for more than 30 years. She remarried and I didn’t. Was I wrong for not being there? I don’t understand our daughter’s feelings in the

Heart disease preventable by following healthy rules Dear Doctor K: For years I thought I was at lower risk for heart disease than men because I was a woman. Now I know better. I’d like to take steps to reduce my chances of developing it. What can I do? Dear Reader: Heart disease has carried a reputation as a “man’s disease” for years. But it is not now — nor was it ever — a disease that mainly targets men. In fact, these days more women die each year of cardiovascular disease than men. (Cardiovascular disease refers to heart disease, stroke and related blood vessel conditions.) Like you, a lot of my patients don’t think of heart disease as a problem for women. Here’s a pop quiz: Are women more likely to die of breast cancer or heart disease? The answer: More women die of heart disease each year in the United States than from all types of cancer combined. That includes breast, ovarian and cervical cancer, plus lung, stomach and colon cancer, plus leukemias, lymphomas and melanoma — all types of cancer. Why do I make such a point of heart disease being the No. 1 killer of women? Some disease has to be No. 1, you might say. The reason is that many deaths from heart disease in women are preventable. The American Heart Association (AHA) offers advice for women like you who want to prevent heart disease. The guidelines aren’t for women who already have heart disease or early warning signs of it. Although many of the recommendations would also apply to those women, they generally need more intense efforts to prevent a heart attack or stroke. The AHA urges women to talk with their doctors about their risk for developing heart disease. The guidelines stress lifestyle changes over medications. The updated prevention guidelines for women list strategies proven to work and those that probably work. Virtually all of these apply to men, too. Proven Strategies • Avoid tobacco. • Exercise for at least 30 minutes a day, more if trying to lose weight. • Adopt a healthy eating plan. • Maintain a healthy weight (a body mass index between 18.5 and 24.9). • Control blood pressure, with medication if needed. • Control cholesterol, with a statin if needed. • Control blood sugar with exercise, dietary changes and medications if needed. Probably effective • Screening for depression. • Raising protective HDL with medications such as niacin or a fibrate.

ASK DOCTOR K Dr. Anthony L.

Komaroff

In the past, some practices were recommended for heart disease prevention that I don’t think have stood the test of time: vitamin E, beta carotene, folic acid and aspirin (in women under age 65). There is still controversy about hormone therapy and heart disease (to be discussed in a future column).

• Write to Dr. Komaroff in care of United Media, 200 Madison Ave., 4th fl., New York, NY 10016, or send questions to his website, www.AskDoctorK.com.

matter. — Meant No Disrespect, Mesa, Ariz. Dear Meant No Disrespect: Funerals aren’t for the deceased as much as they are for the living. Because you didn’t mention whether you had maintained contact with your daughter since your divorce from her mother, I can only guess that she felt she needed your emotional sup-

port during that sad time, and that would explain her reaction to your absence.

• 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.Dear Abby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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PUBLIC NOTICE RURAL GENERAL PUBLIC (5311) JOB ACCESS REVERSE COMMUTE (JARC)(5316) ELDERLY AND DISABLED (5310) NEW FREEDOM (5317) TRANSPORTATION APPLICATIONS The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) is soliciting applications for the following formula grant transportation programs through the Public Transit Division: Section 5311 Eligible applicants include state agencies, institutions of higher learning, local governments, public corporations and non-profit organizations. Private operators of public transportation systems may also be eligible under special contractual arrangements. Although an applicant's proposal may target specific client groups, services for the general public must be targeted. Applicants are reminded that participation in a local coordinated planning process must be clearly documented. Consequently, projects must be derived from an approved local Human Service Public Transportation Coordination Plan. This program encourages the maintenance, development and improvement of passenger transportation service in areas less than 50,000 population. Approximately $11,000,000 is expected to be available. Eligible project includes capital, administrative and operating costs. There is also a requirement that federal funds be considered to support intercity transportation services in rural and small urban areas. Eligible intercity bus activities include planning and marketing for intercity bus transportation, capital grants, and coordination of rural connections between rural transit projects and intercity carriers. Section 5316 (JARC) The JARC program is intended to improve access to employment and employment related activities for low-income individuals and to transport residents of urbanized areas and nonurbanized areas to suburban employment opportunities. Approximately $1,200,000 in capital and operating funding is expected to be available. Projects must be derived from an approved locally-developed Human Service Public Transportation Coordination Plan. Eligible applicants include: Private non-profit organizations; State or local governmental authorities; and operators of public transportation services including private operators of public transportation services; Eligible activities include capital, planning, and operating expenses related to: Late-night. and weekend service; Guaranteed ride home service; Shuttle service; Expanding fixed route public transit routes; Demand-responsive van service; Ridesharing and carpooling activities; Promotion, through marketing efforts. 5310 Elderly and Disabled Transportation Program. This program provides funding to assist private nonprofit groups in meeting the transportation needs of the elderly and persons with disabilities when the existing service is unavailable, insufficient, or inappropriate to meeting these needs. Capital awards will be provided from approximately $1,500,000 in federal funds made available by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). Eligible applicants include private non-profit organizations or public bodies that coordinate services for the elderly and disabled. Applicants must document that they can provide the local match for capital equipment purchases along with all necessary operating costs. Local match funds may be derived from state, local or certain other federal funds. Projects must be included in a locally developed coordinated plan. Section 5317 Program The New Freedom grant program seeks to reduce barriers to transportation services and expand the transportation mobility options available to people with disabilities beyond the requirement~ of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. Eligible applicants include: Private non-profit organizations; State or local governmental authority; and operators of public transportation services including private operators of public transportation services. Projects must be included in a locally developed coordinated plan. Eligible activities include capital and operating expenses that support new public transportation services and/or new public transportation alternatives beyond those required by the ADA designed to assist individuals with disabilities with accessing transportation services. New services and new alternatives are required to go beyond the requirements of the ADA and must (1) be targeted toward individuals with disabilities; and (2) meet the intent of the program b) removing barriers to transportation. Approximately $580,000 in capital and operating funding i~ expected to be available. It is the policy of the MDOT and the FTA that no persons or groups shall, on the grounds of race, color creed, national origin, sex, age, or disability be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance_ For more information about these programs and the respective application process, please contact Charles Carr, Director, Office of Intermodal Planning, Mississippi Department of Transportation at P. 0 Box 1850, Mail Code 61-01, Jackson, MS 39215-1850. You may also contact Shirley Wilson, Director, Public Transit by telephone at (601) 359-7800, by fax at (601) 359-7777, or by email at swilson@mdot.state.ms.us. The Public Transit Division has scheduled a 5311/5316 on January 18, and a 5310/5317 application workshop on . January 19,2011 for perspective applicants at the JSU Mississippi E-Center located a 1230 Raymond Rd, Jackson, MS 39204. 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01. Legals SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE WHEREAS, on September 24, 2009, R. Stacy Douglas, executed a deed of trust to Robert B. Andrews, Trustee for the benefit of RiverHills Bank, which deed of trust was recorded in Book 1703 at Page 300 in the office of the Chancery Clerk of the County of Warren, State of Mississippi; and WHEREAS, on November 29, 2011, RiverHills Bank, substituted Robert G. Ellis as trustee in the Deed of Trust in place of Robert B. Andrews, and any subsequently appointed Trustee by instrument recorded in Book 1530 at Page 280 in the office of the Chancery Clerk of the County of Warren, State of Mississippi; and WHEREAS, default having been made in the terms and conditions of said deeds of trust and the entire debt secured thereby, having been declared to be due and payable in accordance with the terms of said deeds of trust, and the legal holder of said indebtedness, RiverHills Bank, having requested the undersigned Substituted Trustee to execute the trust and sell said land and property in accordance with the terms of said deeds of trust for the purpose of raising the sums due thereunder, together with attorney's fees, Trustee's fees and expense of sale; NOW THEREFORE, I, Robert G. Ellis, Substituted Trustee in said deed of trust, will on the 11th day of January, 2012, offer for sale at public outcry for cash to the highest bidder, and sell within legal hours (being between the hours of 11:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M.) at the West Front door of the County Courthouse at Vicksburg, County of Warren, State of Mississippi, the following described property situated in the County of Warren, State of Mississippi, to-wit: The following real property located in the City of Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, and more particularly described as follows: PARCEL 1: Lot Fifty-Six (56) of the Thrift Survey in said City, the Plat of which survey is of record at Page 129 of Deed Book UU of the records of said County. The above described property is subject to the following exceptions, reservations and restrictions, to wit: Excepted from the warranty of this conveyance are any and all easements, dedications rights of way, mineral reservations and mineral conveyances and restrictive covenants of record pertaining to or affecting the usage of the herein described property. This is the same property conveyed by warranty deed from Sylvester Gaines, Sr. and Sylvester Gaines, Jr. and Geraldine Turner Gaines to Geraldine Turner Gaines dated March 21, 1984 and recorded in Book 716 at Page 107 of the Warren County, Mississippi Land Records. I WILL CONVEY only such title as is vested in me as Substituted Trustee. WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, this the 15th day of December, 2011. //s// Robert G. Ellis Robert G. Ellis, Substituted Trustee Ellis, Braddock & Dees, Ltd. 901 Belmont Street Vicksburg, MS 39180 Telephone 601-636-5433 Publish: 12/20, 12/27, 1/3, 1/10(4t)

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INVITATION FOR BIDS FOREST PRODUCTS FOR SALE NOTICE Sealed bids will be received by the Vicksburg Warren Schools up to and no later than 10:00 a.m., January 18, 2012 for the right to cut and remove all timber, standing or down, designated for that purpose on Section 16, Township 7 North, Range 4 West Section 16, Township 18 North, Range 5 East Warren County, Mississippi. Before bids are submitted, full information concerning the material for sale, conditions of sale and submission of bids should be obtained from Tommy Walker, Mississippi Forestry Commission Office, Vicksburg, Mississippi, phone number 601-927-9383. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved. Publish: 12/27, 1/3, 1/10, 1/17(4t)

ENDING HOMELESSNESS. WOMEN with children or without are you in need of shelter? Mountain of Faith Ministries/ Women's Restoration Shelter. Certain restrictions apply, 601-661-8990. Life coaching available by appointment.

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COUNSELOR NEEDED FOR a juvenile group home. Must have a Master's degree in counseling, social work or related field. Must have experience working in the substance abuse field. Please fax your resume to 318-5744093, attention Janet.

PUBLIC NOTICE- Warren County. Mabrie Gilmor will be applying for a full pardon 30 days from posting for the crime of vehicular manslaughter committed 6/1990 charged in this county and has lived a law abiding life since, forgiveness is sought. If there are objections to granting of this pardon, please contact the Parole Board by phone at (601) 576-3520 or fax (601) 5763528. Publish: 12/8, 12/9, 12/10, 12/11, 12/12, 12/13, 12/14, 12/15, 12/16, 12/17, 12/18, 12/19, 12/20, 12/21, 12/22, 12/23, 12/24, 12/25/26, 12/27, 12/28, 12/29, 12/30, 12/31, 1/1, 1/ 2, 1/3, 1/ 4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/7, 1/8(30t)

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18. Miscellaneous For Sale TWIN MATTRESS SETS $175, Full sets $199. New sofa love seat $675. 601638-7191. Discount Furniture Barn. USED TIRES! LIGHT trucks and SUV's, 16's, 17's, 18's, 19's, 20's. A few matching sets! Call TD's, 601-638-3252.

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Call our Circulation Department for CONVENIENT Home Delivery and/ or our On-line Subscription. Monday- Friday, 8am-5pm, 601-636-4545.

MANAGER TRAINEESBEST Value Rental, an eight Store Rent to Own chain has an immediate opening for a Manager Trainee in Vicksburg. If you have previous sales, collections, or management experience, we would like to talk with you. All applicants must have valid drivers license and be able to lift 75 pounds without assistance. Five day, 40 hour work week. Excellent training provided, pay commensurate with experience. Apply in person to Best Value Rental, 1904 Clay Street, Vicksburg. EOE , No phone call, please! MASSAGE THERAPIST POSITION. Local salon has opening for massage therapist. Part or full time. 601-415-8205.

EXPERIENCED MECHANIC NEEDED

15. Auction OUR ON-LINE SUBSCRIPTION keeps you â&#x20AC;&#x153;pluggedâ&#x20AC;? in to all the local news, sports, community events. Call Circulation, 601-636-4545.

21. Boats, Fishing Supplies What's going on in Vicksburg? Read The Vicksburg Post! For convenient home delivery, call 601-636-4545, ask for circulation.

16. Antiques STACY DOUGLAS ANTIQUES

New Shipment from New Orleans! 619 Crawford Street

24. Business Services

(beneath Cinnamon Tree)

504-427-4071

CLARKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CONSTRUCTION

Dozer, Track hoe, Form setting, Concrete, Demolition work.

17. Wanted To Buy

601-218-9233 â&#x20AC;˘ 601-638-9233

Sheffield Rentals 1255 Hwy 61 South Vicksburg.

NO PHONE CALLS, PLEASE NOW HIRING SHIP fitters, Flux Core Welders, Short Arc Welders, Stick Welders, Pipe Welders, and Pipe Fitters. Must have 3 or more years experience. Work located along Louisiana/ Gulf Coast area. Please call 985-542-7881 or Fax resumes to 985-3467882. EOE PART TIME ON-SITE apartment manager needed for small local apartment complex. Must be honest, dependable, work well with public, must have good clerical skills, experience a plus. Serious inquiries only, fax resume to: 318-3521929. PROCESS MEDICAL CLAIMS from home! Use your own computer! Find out how to spot a medical billing scam from The Federal Trade Commission. 1-877-FTC-HELP. A message from The Vicksburg Post and The FTC.

10. Loans And Investments â&#x20AC;&#x153;WE CAN ERASE your bad credit- 100% guaranteed.â&#x20AC;? The Federal Trade Commission says the only legitimate credit repair starts and ends with you. It takes time and a conscious effort to pay your debts. Any company that claims to be able to fix your credit legally is lying. Learn about managing credit and debt at ftc.gov/credit A message from The Vicksburg Post and the FTC.

12. Schools & Instruction EARN COLLEGE DEGREE ONLINE. *Medical, *Business, *Criminal Justice. Job placement assistance. Computer available. Financial aid if qualified. SCHEV certified. Call 877-206-5185. www.CenturaOnline.com WORK ON JET Engines. Train for hands on Aviation Career. FAA approved program. Financial aid if qualified. Job placement assistance. CALL Aviation Institute of Maintenance 866455-4317.

14. Pets & Livestock Vicksburg Warren Humane Society & MS - Span Low Cost Spay & Neuter Program CATS: Male . .$25 Female ........$35 DOGS (UNDER 40 LBS): Male . .$55 Female ........$65 â&#x20AC;˘ For the above category of animals, pick up applications at the Humane Society DOGS (OVER 40 LBS): Male . .$70 Female ........$80 â&#x20AC;˘ For dogs over 40 lbs, call 866-901-7729 for appt.

Hwy 61 S - 601-636-6631

Find a Honey of a Deal in the Classifieds...Zero in on that most wanted or hard to find item.

Toni Walker Terrett Attorney At Law 601-636-1109 PLEASE CALL THE Gentleman of Junk for all your junk vehicle needs. Just in time for extra Christmas cash, Please leave message if no answer. 601-868-2781.

â&#x20AC;˘ Bankruptcy Chapter 7 and 13 â&#x20AC;˘ Social Seurity Disability â&#x20AC;˘ No-fault Divorce Classifieds Really Work!

29. Unfurnished Apartments WE HAUL OFF old appliances, old batteries, lawn mowers, hot water heaters, junk and abandoned cars, trucks, vans, etcetera. 601940-5075, if no answer, please leave message.

18. Miscellaneous For Sale

HOME COMPUTER SERVICE and repair. Reasonable prices. Pick up available .601502-5265, 601-636-7376. KENMORE ELITE SIDE by side black refrigerator, black Kenmore microwave, black Kenmore dishwasher. 601-638-4791.

THE PET SHOP â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vicksburgâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pet Boutiqueâ&#x20AC;? 3508 South Washington Street Pond fish, Gold fish, Koi, fish food aquarium needs, bird food, designer collars, harnesses & leads, loads of pet supplies! Bring your Baby in for a fitting today!

THE BEST WAY to bargain hunt is to check the Classifieds Daily. We make it easy with our convenient home delivery. For details call 601-636-4545, Circulation.

Discover a new world of opportunity with The Vicksburg Post Classifieds.

29. Unfurnished Apartments

29. Unfurnished Apartments 2 BEDROOM Duplex, $400. 4 bedroom duplex, $500. With stove and refrigerator. $200 deposit. 601-634-8290.

THE COVE Stop looking, Start living! Paid cable, water and trash. Washer, Dryer and built-in microwave furnished.

Ask about our Holiday special! 601-638-5587 1-601-686-0635

DIRT, SAND, CLAY gravel, 6/10. Anywhere and Anytime. 601-218-9233, 601-638-9233.

River City Lawn Care You grow it - we mow it! Affordable and professional. Lawn and landscape maintenance. Cut, bag, trim, edge. 601-529-6168.

26. For Rent Or Lease

BEAUTIFUL LAKESIDE LIVING

â&#x20AC;˘ 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom Apts. â&#x20AC;˘ Beautifully Landscaped â&#x20AC;˘ Lake Surrounds Community

â&#x20AC;˘ Pool â&#x20AC;˘ Fireplace â&#x20AC;˘ Spacious Floor Plans 601-629-6300 www.thelandingsvicksburg.com

501 Fairways Drive Vicksburg

Commodore Apartments 1, 2 & 3 Bedrooms

(INCLUDING CORPORATE APARTMENTS) CALL 601-618-5180 caldwell@vicksburg.com

605 Cain Ridge Rd. Vicksburg, MS 39180

2 OR 4 bedroom apartment for rent. Section 8 welcome. Recently remodeled. 601-6364338, 601-218-1210.

No matter what type of homek youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seeking, the Classifieds can help you find it!

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601-638-7831â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘201 201Berryman Berryman Rd 601-638-7831 Rd.

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3 BEDROOMS, 2 baths. Formal dining/ living, den, hardwood floors, workshop, $975 monthly. 601-831-0066. LOS COLINAS. SMALL 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath Cottage. Close in, nice. $795 monthly. 601-831-4506.

32. Mobile Homes For Sale

RICHARD M. CALDWELL BROKER SPECIALIZING IN RENTALS

28. Furnished Apartments

3 BEDROOM HOUSE. Freshly painted, hardwood floors, Central air/ heat $575, $250 deposit. 601-618-5071.

MEADOWBROOK PROPERTIES. 2 or 3 bedroom mobile homes, south county. Deposit required. 601-619-9789.

I-PHONE REPAIR. Buy, sell and repair. Arcue Sanchez - 601-618-9916.

PLUMBING SERVICES24 hour emergency- broken water lines- hot water heaters- toilets- faucetssinks. Pressure Washingsidewalk- house- mobile homes- vinyl siding- brick homes. 601-618-8466.

1621 BROADHILL, 2 bedroom, 1 bath, $650. 118 Fleur De Lis, 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath, $1300. Call Andrea, Jones & Upchurch, 601-831-6490.

118 RIDGEVIEW. COUNTRY lot. Nice, 3 bedroom 2 bath. $575 plus deposit and references. 601-638-6660.

TREY GORDON ROOFING & RESTORATION â&#x20AC;˘Roof & Home Repair (all types!) â&#x20AC;˘30 yrs exp â&#x20AC;˘1,000â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of ref Licensed â&#x20AC;˘ Insured 601-618-0367 â&#x20AC;˘ 601-456-4133

KATHY'S CARE SERVICES. Let me lighten your load!House cleaning, errands, pet care. Rates available on request! 601-831-6170.

30. Houses For Rent

31. Mobile Homes For Rent

FREE ESTIMATES

State licensed and Bonded

Apply in person only at:

601-638-2231

FOUR BEDROOM DOUBLE WIDE. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, all appliances, central air. $29,900! Call 662-417-2354, 601-916-9796. KEEP UP WITH ALL THE LOCAL NEWS AND SALES... SUBSCRIBE TO THE VICKSBURG POST TODAY! CALL 601-636-4545, ASK FOR CIRCULATION. OWNER FINANCE, NO CREDIT CHECK! 5 bedrooms, 3 baths with land. Must have $5,000 deposit. Call Buddy, 601-941-2952.

32. Mobile Homes For Sale USED 16X80. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, glamor bath, all appliances, extra clean! Only $12,900. 662-417-2354, 601-916-9796.

33. Commercial Property COMMERCIAL BUILDING or Turn- Key restaurant with 2 lots for sale at Eagle Lake. Call 850-683-1085.

34. Houses For Sale 3 BEDROOMS, 2 baths. South county, carport, basement. $35,000. 601529-0829. CARY, MS. 3 bed, 2 bath home, 4.5 lots. Shown by appointment only. Asking $115,000. 601-824-0270.

Open Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30am-5:30pm

601-634-8928 2170 S. I-20 Frontage Rd. www.ColdwellBanker.com www.homesofvicksburg.net Eagle Lake - 16853 Hwy 465, 2 story apartment 2BR/1BA upstairs, 1BR /1BA downstairs, lakefront, deck, pier, completely furnished, reduced, make offer. 50 Sullivan Cove - 2 story, 2BR/1BA up, 1BR down, everything new, flooring to roof, deck, community pier, boat launch, 2 lots, $130,000 Bette Paul Warner 601-218-1800 McMillin Real Estate FOR SALE BY owner! 4 bedroom, 2 bath, Garage, Updated kitchen and bathroom. Overlooking Windy Lake. $179,500. Seller pays closing. MUST SEE! Call for appointment. 601-619-1510.

29. Unfurnished Apartments

Enjoy the convenience of downtown living at

The Vicksburg Apartments UTILITIES PAID! 1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments Studios & Efficiencies 801 Clay Street 601-630-2921

HOUSES FOR SALE 1862 MLK 807 First North LAND FOR SALE 801 First North Farmer St. Bl. 3 Call 601-942-1838 gspencerprater@aol.com

Licensed in MS and LA

Jones & Upchurch Real Estate Agency 1803 Clay Street www.jonesandupchurch.com Mary D. Barnes .........601-966-1665 Stacie Bowers-Griffin...601-218-9134 Jill WaringUpchurch....601-906-5012 Carla Watson...............601-415-4179 Andrea Upchurch.......601-831-6490 Broker, GRI

601-636-6490 Kay Odom..........601-638-2443 Kay Hobson.......601-638-8512 Jake Strait...........601-218-1258 Alex Monsour.....601-415-7274 Jay Hobson..........601-456-1318 Daryl Hollingsworth..601-415-5549

USED 16X80. 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, all appliances, central air, some furniture. Delivery, setup and tie down. $17,900. 662-417-2354, 601-916-9796.

NEED AN APARTMENT?

34. Houses For Sale

Sybil Caraway....601-218-2869 Catherine Roy....601-831-5790 Mincer Minor.....601-529-0893 Jim Hobson.........601-415-0211

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40. Cars & Trucks YEAR END SPECIAL!!

2003 Buick Rendevous $955 Down $176 Bi -Weekly Garyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cars 601-883-9995 Garyscfl.com

29. Unfurnished Apartments

MAGNOLIA MANOR APARTMENTS Elderly & Disabled 3515 Manor Drive Vicksburg, Ms. 601-636-3625 Equal Housing Opportunity

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A Word from one of our loyal readers........

CUSTOM CABINETS, EXTRA LARGE MASTER BDRM, & WASHER / DRYER HOOKUPS. SAFE!! SENIOR CITIZEN DISCOUNT

601-661-0765 â&#x20AC;˘ 601-415-3333

Bradford Ridge Apartments Live in a Quality Built Apartment for LESS! All brick, concrete floors and double walls provide excellent soundproofing, security, and safety. 601-638-1102 â&#x20AC;˘ 601-415-3333

Bienville Apartments The Park Residences at Bienville 1, 2 & 3 bedrooms and townhomes available immediately.

and

VICKSBURGS NEWEST, AND A WELL MAINTAINED FAVORITE. EACH WITH SPACIOUS FLOOR PLANS AND SOPHISTICATED AMENITIES. EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

FOR LEASING INFO, CALL 601-636-1752

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