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Treading near hallowed ground
Logging clearing bluffs of Chickasaw By Danny Barrett Jr.
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Robert “Boo” Keyes Jr. has some heady plans for his 85 acres of land that tower above North Washington Street, which divides the high bluffs once known as Walnut Hills from the swampy lowlands generally defined as Chickasaw Bayou. “I plan to build me a house one day up there,” said Keyes, who purchased extra land from Anderson-Tully Co. last year after dirt was used from his land to protect the company’s lumber yard and sawmill from the Mississippi River Flood of 2011. Some of Keyes’ land is being cleared for eventual development, he said. “(Anderson-Tully) reserved the right to cut timber on it for 12 months,” Keyes said. “I’ll just be left with a dirt pit and the ground once they’re done.” But he might also have history. The area is where Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman led a charge against Confederates in December 1862, covering areas between the present-day Yazoo Diversion Canal and North Washington Street, along both sides of the highway and up what is now U.S. 61 North to the Mississippi 3 exit, said Terry Winschel, historian for Vicksburg National Military Park. None of the battlefield is in the park’s footprint and won’t be anytime soon — short of an act of Congress. Clearing trees on private property in the vast Chickasaw Bayou Battlefield on the park’s periphery is fine in the government’s eyes, regardless of how the histories of the winter and spring of 1862-63 are tied together. “It’s private property,” park superintendent Mike Madell said. “They can do what they want.” On Dec. 26, 1862, Sherman led three Union divisions down the river as part of Maj. Gen. Ulysses See Chickasaw, Page A9.
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Robert “Boo” Keyes Jr., above, talks on his phone as he stands with his dog, Big Boy, on the bluffs of his Chickasaw Bayou property overlooking the historic site of the Chickasaw Bayou Battle off North Washington Street; at left, a clearing from logging by AndersonTully Company; and below, vehicles on North Washington Street pass a marker explaining the historic significance of the area.
WASHINGTON — Fuzzy math, Illinois State University’s president called it. “Political theater of the worst sort,” said the University of Washington’s head. President Barack Obama’s new plan to force colleges and universities President to contain Barack Obama tuition or face losing federal dollars is raising alarm among education leaders who worry about the threat of government overreach. Particularly sharp words came from the presidents of public universities; they’re already frustrated by increasing state budget cuts. The reality, said Illinois State’s Al Bowman, is that simple changes cannot easily overcome deficits at many public schools. He said he was happy to hear Obama, in a speech Friday at the University of Michigan, urge state-level support of public universities. But, Bowman said, given the decreases in See College, Page A9.
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Mitt Romney would rank among richest U.S. presidents By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Just how rich is Mitt Romney? Add up the wealth of the last eight presidents, from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama. Then double that number. Now you’re in Romney territory. He would be among the richest presidents in American history if elected — probably Mitt in the top Romeny four. He couldn’t top George Washington who, with nearly 60,000 acres and more than 300 slaves, is considered the big daddy of presidential wealth. After that, it gets complicated, depending how See Romney, Page A9.
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Meth explosions taking toll on hospital resources Some burn centers forced to close due to high cost of treatment ST. LOUIS (AP) — A crude of their burns. Larger meth labs have been method of making methamphetamine poses a risk even to bursting into flame for years, Americans who never get any- usually in basements, backwhere near the drug: It is fill- yard sheds or other private ing hospitals with thousands spaces. But those were fires of uninsured burn patients that people could usually requiring millions of dollars escape. Using the shake-andbake method, in advanced treatment — The average treatment drugmakers hold a burden so costs $6,000 per day. typically the concoction costly that it’s And the average meth up close, causcontributing burns from to the closure patient’s hospital stay ing the waist to the of some burn costs $130,000 — 60 face. units. “You’re holdSo-called percent more than other ing a flameshake-andburn patients thrower in your bake meth is hands,” said produced by Jason Grellner combining raw, unstable ingredients in of the Franklin County, Mo., a 2-liter soda bottle. But if Sheriff’s Department. Also known as the “one-pot” the person mixing the noxious brew makes the slight- approach, the method is popuest error, such as removing lar because it uses less pseuthe cap too soon or acciden- doephedrine — a common tally perforating the plastic, component in some cold and the concoction can explode, allergy pills. It also yields searing flesh and causing per- meth in minutes rather than manent disfigurement, blind- hours, and it’s cheaper and easier to conceal. Meth cooks ness or even death. An Associated Press survey can carry all the ingredients of key hospitals in the nation’s in a backpack. The improvised system most active meth states showed that up to a third of first emerged several years patients in some burn units ago, partly in response to were hurt while making meth, attempts by many states to and most were uninsured. The limit or forbid over-the-counaverage treatment costs $6,000 ter access to pseudoephedper day. And the average meth rine. Since then, the shakepatient’s hospital stay costs and-bake recipe has spread to $130,000 — 60 percent more become the method of choice. By 2010, about 80 percent than other burn patients, according to a study by doc- of labs busted by the federal tors at a burn center in Kala- Drug Enforcement Administration were using shakemazoo, Mich. At least seven burn units and-bake recipes, said Pat across the nation have shut Johnakin, a DEA agent spedown over the past six years, cializing in meth. So instead of a large lab that partly due to consolidation but also because of the cost of supplies many users, there treating uninsured patients, are now more people making many of whom are connected meth for their personal use. The consequences are showto methamphetamine. Burn experts agree the ing up in emergency rooms annual cost to taxpayers is and burn wards. “From what we see on the well into the tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars, medical side, that’s the prialthough it is impossible to mary reason the numbers determine a more accurate seem to be going up: greater number because so many numbers of producers making meth users lie about the cause smaller batches,” said Dr.
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Firefighters in Franklin County, Mo., battle a blaze from a shake-and-bake meth lab explosion in January 2010
The interior of a home in Clarksville, Tenn., after being damaged by a shake-and-bake meth lab explosion in December. Michael Smock, director of the burn unit at Mercy Hospital St. Louis. It’s impossible to know precisely how many people are burned while making shakeand-bake meth. Some avoid medical treatment, and no one keeps exact track of those who go to the hospital. But many burn centers in the nation’s
most active meth-producing states report sharp spikes in the number of patients linked to meth. And experts say the trend goes well beyond those facilities, easily involving thousands of drug users. Researchers at the University of Iowa found that people burned while making meth typically have longer hospi-
tal stays and more expensive bills than other burn patients — bills that are frequently absorbed by the hospital since a vast majority of the methmakers lack insurance. Medicaid provides reimbursement for many patients lacking private insurance, but experts say it amounts to pennies on the dollar. Doctors at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, Mich., performed a five-year study of meth patients in the early 2000s, then a follow-up study in 2009-2010. Their investigation concurred with the Iowa findings. The Kalamazoo study also found that meth burn victims were more likely to suffer damage to the lungs and windpipe, spent more time on ventilators and needed surgery more often. That report also found that only about 10 percent of meth patients had private insurance coverage, compared with 59 percent of other patients. And in many cases, their injuries leave them unable to work.
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Bible College — 6 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, registration for spring semester of the Warren County Extension of the Mississippi Baptist Seminary and Bible College; classes begin 6:45 p.m. Tuesday; Straughter Baptist Memorial Center, 1411 Martin Luther King St.; 601-634-1982 or 601638-3075. Mount Olive M.B. Church of Villa Nova — Adults Valentine dinner, 5:30 p.m. Feb. 11; tickets $7 from any member; Oak Ridge Community.
PUBLIC PROGRAMS Tuesday Vicksburg AlAnon — Noon Tuesday; second floor, First Presbyterian
Church, 1501 Cherry St.; 601634-0152. After School Program — For grades K-12; Central MS Prevention Services; Emma Roberts, 601-631-0102. Career Center — Job opportunities for Vicksburg Housing Authority residents only; Manney Murphy, 601-638-1661 or 601-738-8140. NAMI — Free 12-week mental health education course for families or individuals suffering from depression, bipolar, schizophrenia, anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and other brain disorders; classes begin in February; registration required; Ann Jensen, 1-800-357-0388. Care of Houseplants — 10 a.m. Tuesday; presented by Donna Beleich, Rankin County Horticulturist Agent; WC Extension Service, 1100-C Grove St.; 601-636-5442. Serenity Overeaters Anonymous — 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, Bowmar Baptist Church, Room 102C; 601-638-0011. I See Red — Noon-1 p.m. Thursday; care and handling
of red roses and party planning techniques for February; for materials list 601-6365442; Lyneete McDougald, instructor; WC Extension Service, 1100C Grove St. Holly Days Arts and Crafts Show— Vendor applications now being accepted for Dec. 1 show; limited space; applications available at www.southernculture.org, e-mail info@ southernculture.org or 601631-2997. Senior Center — Monday: 9 a.m., curtis bridge; 10, chair exercises; 1 p.m., hand and foot tournament, and scratch art; 5:30, line dance. GriefShare — 6 p.m. Tuesday; a Christ-centered support group for those dealing with the loss of a family member or friend; MAFAN Building, 1315 Adams St.; 601-636-2493. DivorceCare — 6 p.m. Tuesday; a Christ-centered support group for those dealing with divorce or separation; MAFAN Building, 1315 Adams St.; 601636-2493. Ballroom Dance Lessons — West Coast Swing; 5-6
p.m. Feb. 12 and 26; James Frechette, presenter; $10 per person; SCHC, 601-631-2997. Blood Drive — Noon-6 p.m. Thursday; all donors receive a T-shirt; Walmart. Jackson Audubon Society — 8 a.m.-noon Saturday bird walk; LeFleur’s Bluff State Park, 115 Lakeland Terrace, Jackson; 601-956-7444. Vicksburg Warren School District Career Fair — Feb. 7, Vicksburg Convention Center; cluster explorations, career options, colleges, 80 exhibitors; Warren Central students, 8:30-10 a.m.; Grove Street, private and regional students, 10-11:30 a.m.; Vicksburg High students, noon-1:30 p.m.; Henrietta M. Spates, coordinator, 601-831-2423 or 601-6384091.
CLUBS Exchange Club — 12:30 p.m. Monday; Shoney’s. Vicksburg Kiwanis — Noon Tuesday, Jacques’ Cafe; Sheriff Martin Pace, speaker. Blue Icez Highsteppers — Dance team tryouts, 5:30-8
p.m. Tuesday; ages 5-13; Paula Cox, 601-415-4057; Jackson Street Community Center. Lions Club — Noon Wednesday; Dorothy Brasfield and Darcie Bishop, “Music Education in Warren County”; Toney’s. Vicksburg Toastmasters Club No. 2052 — Noon Thursday; IT Lab, Porters Chapel Road; Derek Wilson 601634-4174. Port City Kiwanis — 7 a.m. Thursday; Dr. Briggs Hopson, speaker; Shoney’s. Army/Navy Club — 7 p.m. Thursday; steak dinner at the clubhouse.
boil water Eagle Lake The Eagle Lake Water District has lifted a boil water alert for customers who get their drinking water from the district. Tests performed by the Mississippi Department of Health’s laboratory indicate that the water is safe to drink.
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Gingrich vows to stay in race until convention Obama to senators: Change the way you do business
Herman Cain throws support behind Newt PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — On the weekend before the pivotal Florida primary, Newt Gingrich vowed Saturday to stay in the race for the Republican presidential nomination until the national convention this summer even if he loses Tuesday. Front-runner Mitt Romney poured on the criticism of his rival in television ads airing across the state. Gingrich’s pledge, followed several hours later by an endorsement from campaign dropout Herman Cain, raised the prospect of an extended struggle inside the party as Republicans work to defeat President Barack Obama in the fall. “You just had two national polls that show me ahead,” he said. “Why don’t you ask Gov. Romney what he will do if he loses” in Florida. The former Massachusetts governor countered a few hours later while in Panama City. “I think we are going to win here, I sure hope so,” he said. As the two rivals made their appeals to Hispanic, Jewish and tea party voters, veterans of the armed forces and others, all known indicators pointed to a good day for Romney in the primary. He and his allies held a 3-1 advantage in money spent on television advertising in the race’s final days. Robust early vote and absentee ballot totals followed a pre-primary turnout operation by his campaign. Even the schedules the two men kept underscored the shape of the race — moderate for Romney, heavy for Gingrich. Campaigning like a frontrunner, Romney made few ref-
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is pressing his case for changes in how the Senate does business, hoping to ease the partisan gridlock, and he wants to bar lawmakers from profiting from their service. In his radio and Internet address Saturday, Obama said many people he met during his five-state tour after his State of the Union address were optimistic but remained unsure “that the right thing will get done in Washington this year, or next year, or the year after that.” “And frankly, when you look at some of the things that go on in this town, who could blame them for being a little The associated press
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich gestures as he campaigns in Port St. Lucie, Fla., on Saturday. erences to Gingrich. Instead, he criticized Obama’s plans to cut the size of the armed forces. “He’s detached from reality,” the former Massachusetts governor said. “The foreign policy of ‘pretty please’ is not working terribly well,” he added. Romney said he wants to add 100,000 troops, not cut them. If his personal rhetoric was directed Obama’s way, the television commercials were trained on Gingrich, whose victory in last Saturday’s South Carolina primary upended the race for the nomination. A new ad released as the weekend began is devoted to the day in 1997 when Gingrich received an ethics reprimand from the House while serving as speaker and was ordered to pay a $300,000 fine. Nearly the entire 30-second ad consists of NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw’s nation-
ally broadcast description of the events on the evening news. “By an overwhelming vote, they found him guilty of ethics violations; they charged him a very large financial penalty, and they raised — several of them — raised serious questions about his future effectiveness,” Brokaw said that night, and now again on televisions across Florida. Both NBC and the former newsman registered objections. The network called on the campaign to stop using the footage and Brokaw said in a statement, “I do not want my role as a journalist compromised for political gain by any campaign.” A Romney adviser, Eric Fehrnstrom, said the campaign wasn’t likely to stop running the ad. “We believe it falls within fair use,” he said. “We didn’t take the entire broadcast; we just took the first 30 seconds.”
Whatever its impact, the ad represented part of a barrage that Gingrich could not match. A second Romney ad said Gingrich had “cashed in” as a Washington insider while the housing crisis was hitting Florida particularly hard. Figures made available to The Associated Press showed Romney was spending $2.8 million to air television commercials in the final week of the Florida campaign. In addition, a group supporting him, Restore Our Future, was spending $4 million more, for a combined total of $6.8 million. By contrast, Gingrich was spending about $700,000, and Winning Our Future, a group backing him, an additional $1.5 million. That was about one-third the amount for the pro-Romney tandem.
Justice Department turns over docs in Fast and Furious WA S H I N GT O N ( A P ) — Newly released Justice Department e-mails sent to Capitol Hill for a congressional inquiry into a gun-smuggling operation indicate that the head of the department’s criminal division suggested letting some illicit “straw” weapons buyers in the U.S. transport their guns across the border into Mexico where they could be arrested. According to the e-mails turned over to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, the Justice official, Lanny Breuer, made the suggestion to Mexican officials because it “may send a strong
message to arms traffickers.” Mexico has stringent gun control laws with long prison terms as opposed to the U.S., where small-time “straw” buyers working for major traffickers seldom face jail time. Breuer made the remarks in February 2011, around the time that agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were telling congressional investigators that the ATF had allowed hundreds of illicitly purchased guns in the operation known as Fast and Furious flow into Mexico — a controversial tactic known as “gun-walking” aimed at fol-
lowing gun buyers to major traffickers. In Fast and Furious, the ATF lost track of the guns and many were eventually recovered from crime scenes in the U.S. and Mexico, including one
location near Nogales, Ariz., where U.S. border patrol agent Brian Terry was slain on Dec. 14, 2010. Two guns found at the murder scene were connected to Operation Fast and Furious.
cynical?” Obama said. The president reiterated his calls for government reform made in Tuesday’s address, saying he wants the Senate to pass a rule that requires a yes-or-no vote for judicial and public service nominations after 90 days. . Obama said he also wants Congress to pass legislation to ban insider trading by lawmakers and prohibit lawmakers from owning securities in companies that have business before their committees. In addition, the president is seeking to prohibit people who “bundle” campaign contributions from other donors for members of Congress from lobbying Congress.
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Moving forward Bryant, Obama speeches highlight nation’s divide In a four-hour span on Tuesday night, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant delivered his State of the State address and President Barack Obama held forth on the State of the Union. How the two executives see governing shows the chasm in a divided country where many want limited government interference and free-market solutions against the nanny-state, government-knows-best solutions. Among the most defining topics were energy, jobs and taxes.
Gov. Bryant’s merit pay plan has a long-standing political pedigree
Energy Bryant advocated for offshore drilling for natural gas in the Gulf of Mexico. He unveiled an ambitious plan to begin converting the state’s vehicle fleet to natural gas. Bryant said he wanted Mississippi to be a national leader in energy production. Obama wants to double-down on clean energy solutions. But to get to the day when clean energy is viable and affordable, the use of fossil fuels, especially oil, will be paramount in making the transition. He did not mention his denial of a permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline that would stretch from Canada to Texas. With escalating tensions in Iran and threats to close a key waterway for oil, his denying the permit is vexing. Not only will it create jobs immediately, it will provide America a consistent source of oil from our closest ally for years to come.
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Bryant said his first goal is to make sure every Mississippian has a job. With a state unemployment rate at more than 10 percent, that will be a difficult sell. Bryant’s predecessor, Haley Barbour, made job creation one of his top priorities and attracted several large corporations to the state. Obama offered incentives to busi-
nesses to return to the U.S. jobs lost overseas. “Ask yourselves, ‘What you can do to bring jobs back to your country,’ and your country will do everything we can to help you succeed,” he said. The federal government should not be in the game of picking winners and losers. If Obama had a more business-friendly climate, the corporations might return. With the federal health care law set to ratchet up in 2014, many businesses are wary of expanding here because of the unknowns involved in the massive legislation.
Taxes Bryant thanked the taxpayers in attendance — likely the more affluent Mississippians who would attend such an event. He expressed a desire to create an executive budget recommendation that would take 2 percent of the state’s revenue to replenish the rainy day fund. He also lauded fiscal conservatives in the House and Senate whose goal is to keep spending in check. That
thinking flies in direct contrast with that of the president, who has racked up incredible federal debt in his three years and with few signs of the spending binge slowing. Obama again played the class-warfare card in pushing for a 5.4 percent “millionaire’s surtax.” The top 1 percent of all taxpayers pay 37 percent of the freight, while the bottom 50 percent of earners pay 2.25 percent. Is that equal? No matter the issue, the president’s view and the governor’s view of the future just do not jibe. November’s presidential election will be a referendum on whether America as it was founded — land of opportunity where anyone can make it or fail on one’s own accords — will continue, or if the push for “economic equality” will continue this country on a path toward a socialistic society, much the same as Greece. The election is just over 11 months away. It is sure to be a wild campaign season.
‘Pardon-gate’ shows no signs of letting up It could be a case of when did the attorney general’s office know and what did he do? Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, under fire for issuing about 200 pardons to convicted felons in his final days in office, is claiming that a member of Attorney General Jim Hood’s staff not only knew about the upcoming pardons, but gave advice to assist the convicts in securing their release. In response, Hood spokeswoman Jan Schaeffer said the claims had, “absolutely no merit” and that they would be argued in court at a proper time. Hood’s refusal to address the claims directly has to open the possibility that his office knew in advance. If the AG’s office was aware before the pardons were issued, could Hood’s frequent press conferences and outrage be politically motivated? It is no secret that Hood, the state’s only Democratic statewide office-
holder, and Barbour, the former twoterm Republican governor, have butted heads for years. Their political battles certainly call into question the political motivations behind both the pardons and the outrage that followed. While the political mudslinging shows no signs of letting up, Hinds County Circuit Judge Tommie Green is mulling a Hood challenge based on the constitutionality of the pardons. Hood is taking on the provision that requires placement of legal notices in a newspaper in the county in which the crime was committed. The notice has to be placed for 30 days in daily newspapers or five times in a weekly newspaper, Hood has said. He has said that of the 203 pardons Barbour granted, 168 had no publication or insufficient publications. Many of those released have claimed that they received vague instructions from the state parole board
and local newspapers. Parole Board spokeswoman Shannon Warnock said she “informally” told people to publish notices in the paper “for a month.” Convicts claim, though, that many weekly newspapers told applicants they could publish once a week for four weeks. Hood said, “The law clearly says 30 days. Four weeks is 28 days.” Hood wants those who were freed returned to prison. Green has scheduled a hearing on Friday to consider the motions. We hope the attorney general — the top law enforcement agent in the state — is not playing politics with such an issue. To know that, though, the people need to know what those in his office were saying and when. So far, Hood has refused to answer direct questions from The Associated Press as to what, if any, advice his office gave. We have not heard the last of this
Economic news a boon to the city The American Queen soon will be docked at Vicksburg’s City Front, while the nation’s largest off-price clothing and housewares franchise will occupy space in the former Kroger building on Pemberton Square Boulevard. Both will be a boon to the city and their upcoming presence shows that, despite a faltering economy, business is happening in Vicksburg. The American Queen is scheduled to dock in the city on April 17, nearly four years since it last docked in the River City. The Great American Steam-
Merit pay is performance-related pay for teachers based on outcomes or based on the performance of their students — usually in the realm of standardized tests.
boat Company purchased the boat in August and will offer day excursions in Vicksburg. Plans are for Civil War excursions beginning in August, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. Vicksburg, referred to then as “The Gibraltar of the Confederacy,” surrendered in July 1863, but Vicksburg became a focus for the Union in the winter of 1862. Getting the Queen — and the visitors onboard — to make the city a destination can only have a positive effect on the local economy. The city should immediately prepare by making the
city as aesthetically beautiful and welcoming to visitors as possible. Also pleasing to see is the T.J. Maxx announcement. That will put three substantial retailers — Citi Trends, Petsense and T.J. Maxx — at the old Kroger. Improvements to the Vicksburg Mall and retail stores along Pemberton Square Boulevard show a commitment to Vicksburg. We applaud the recent moves and are anticipating the sweet sounds of the calliope as the American Queen eases up and down the river.
STARKVILLE — During his “State of the State” address, Gov. Phil Bryant unveiled a merit pay plan for teachers, saying he would “recommend a ‘Pay for Performance’ program for our teachers based on student attainments and not on subjective evaluations. It is time we started paying for quality, not longevity.” Merit pay is performance-related pay for teachers based on outcomes or based on the performance of their students — usually in the realm of standardized tests. Teachers and teacher unions have resisted merit pay both nationally and in Mississippi based on claims that there is little evidence that the incentives improve performance beyond “teaching to the test,” that administering such programs are expensive and that such programs produce low teacher morale. While the topic is as politically sensitive as ever among the state’s teacher unions and for individual educators as well, the concept is gaining momentum in the political arena from the top down. The U.S. government has long been in the performance-pay experiment. The feds provided significant funding for school systems to pilot programs that offered incentive pay for teachers. In 2010, the U.S. Department of Education reported that 62 school districts and nonprofit groups received $442 million in funding from the federal Teacher Incentive Fund. State governments have also been in the performSID ance or merit pay mix, along with individual school districts. In the past, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, North Carolina and Texas have utilized varied performance pay programs either as pilot or regular programs in their public schools. Within the last year, Kentucky, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Maine and Nevada state governments have debated similar plans. That Bryant would embrace merit pay for teachers is not surprising. When Bryant was a freshman state representative from Rankin County in 1996, the Democratic leadership in state government — House Speaker Tim Ford, Lt. Gov. Ronnie Musgrove and House Appropriations Committee chairman Rep. Charlie Capps — had an ambitious $52 million teacher pay hike plan on the agenda as the 1997 session took shape. One of the mightiest voices opposing that plan was then-Gov. Kirk Fordice. Fordice was a proponent of merit pay for teachers, writing in a 1997 veto message: “Philosophically, I do not believe that spending more money on public education will automatically result in higher student test scores. Even the most ardent promoters of increased education funding must admit that a district’s funding level is only one factor that influences the success of its students.” Fordice was Phil Bryant’s Republican political godfather. The merit pay concept is one that’s been a favorite of legislative conservatives for more than 20 years in Mississippi politics. Now, Republicans control both houses of the Legislature and the Governor’s Mansion. Bryant’s proposed education reforms line up with reforms proposed by other GOP governors across the country. During the administration of former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove, the Legislature passed a six-year phased, $336 million comprehensive teacher pay hike. The Legislature loosely linked performance of the school districts to that pay hike bill. Back when Bryant was a freshman state legislator in the minority in the House, merit pay was little more than a throwaway line in Kirk Fordice’s veto messages — vetoes that were routinely and almost summarily overridden. But the legislative numbers, an ailing state budget and public sentiment finely attuned to accountability make merit pay an issue that may well get traction during the 2012 session. •
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Sid Salter is a syndicated columnist. Contact him at 601-507-8004 or sidsalter@sidsalter.com
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WEEK IN Vicksburg Vicksburg tasted spring during the week as high temps were steady in the 60s and 70s. Overnight lows ranged from 40 degrees to the low 60s. Nearly 2.5 inches of rain fell during the week. Ed Claypool, one of 80 civilian employees of the Corps of Engineers’ Vicksburg District supplementing forces in the Middle East, has returned from his fourth trip to the war zone. He served mainly as a technical adviser on building bases to military specifications. Jeralyn Stuart, 19, was crowned Miss Vicksburg and Alexis Stevenson, 16, was crowned Miss Vicksburg Outstanding Teen. Also winning titles at the pageant held at the Vicksburg Auditorium were Julie Falgout of Hattiesburg, who was named Miss Riverbend, and Clinton’s Katie Pinkard, who was named Miss Riverbend Outstanding Teen. The Warren Central Vikings won the Red Carpet Basketball Classic with a win over Bailey Magnet. It was the Vikings’ first win in the annual tournament since 2006. The nation’s largest offprice retailer of brand-name clothing, T.J. Maxx, plans to lease space in the old Kroger grocery complex on Pemberton Square Boulevard, according to the property’s owners. The store would be flanked by Citi Trends and Petsense and is tentatively scheduled to be open by May. Wyn Pratt and Jennifer George Grey were named the Chamber of Commerce’s Educators of the Year at the Chamber’s annual membership banquet and awards ceremony. Pratt is Redwood Elementary’s music teacher, and Grey is a government and history teacher at Vicksburg High School. The drive to erect a transitional shelter for homeless at the former ParkView Regional Medical Center has been scrapped, though organizers say they will look for another site. Representatives of Mountain of Faith Ministries, which proposed the center, said owners of the former hospital property advised they were no longer interested in making the site available. Steven J. Jones, a paralegal and Jones County native, was appointed by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen as the sixth member of the Vicksburg Board of Zoning Appeals. He was selected to fill the spot left vacant with Casey Fisher’s resignation in 2010. Joseph H. Poindexter of Newton was killed when he was struck by a pickup as he walked along Interstate 20 near Bovina. Poindexter is believed to have been walking to get help for his brokendown car. Rodney Smith, suspended in November from his position as Warren Central High School principal, was denied reinstatement by the Vicksburg Warren School District Board of Trustees. Smith told the board that he was the target of retaliation and lies after he filed a complaint against a district employee; board members voted for Smith to continue in his reclassified position as “administrator on assignment.” The Vicksburg Convention and Visitors Bureau kicked in $10,000 in support of the city’s 25th Riverfest spring festival. The money, double the amount offered last year, will be paid from the VCVB’s local event sponsorship fund. Local deaths during the week were Anita Ahner Riddle, Edwin Robert “Bob” Copeland, James “Joker” Jackson Jr., Fred Douglas Shields, Dyanna Lee Miles and Nancy B. Walker.
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Bryant will head efforts to harvest offshore energy OXFORD — Mississippi can catapult out of the doldrums, Gov. Phil Bryant says. One emphasis he suggests, as he did while a candidate, is assisting the growth of Jackson’s impressive array of medical facilities. St. Dominic, Baptist and University medical centers could be the core of a regional health care supercenter. Bryant has seen the numbers on Houston’s hospitals and clinics and their economic impact in Texas. We’re talking thousands of jobs, billions of dollars. Another, he said, should be offshore energy exploration, which could be almost as big. In his first State of the State message, Bryant also paraded the usual suspects. He said he wants to address the lingering issues that hold Mississippi back — too little education, too much welfare, too many teen pregnancies. All who served before him had the same goals, but there are no rapid, sweeping governmental solutions for what are, in many ways, personal problems. If progress comes at all, it’s incremental. Not so with energy. “To enhance and grow our energy economy, we should look no further than our own Gulf of Mexico,” Bryant said. “We are proceeding on a thoughtful, steady course for offshore energy recovery in a limited area primarily southeast of Mississippi’s barrier islands. This recovery effort could produce 350 billion cubic feet of natural gas to help fuel America and Mississippi’s economy.” Any specific steps toward opening the area will attract opposition and, perhaps, litigation. People have an affinity for the oceans and there’s instant hostility toward human intrusion — especially when that intrusion means derricks in the sunset. While natural gas fields do not pose the same risks of pollution that crude rigs do — and with which Gulf Coast residents and businesses are very familiar — it is hazardous work. The chance of fires and explosions is higher with the more volatile gas. It’s worth the risks, Bryant said. He pointed out that Louisiana and Alabama have long had rigs offshore, but didn’t mention that proposals to explore off other scenic coasts, including Florida, have been shouted down time and again. To prove he’s learned from politicians past, he tossed in the kiddies. Taxes on gas from the Gulf would “generate hundreds of millions of dollars ... is critical to our children’s
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People have an affinity for the oceans and there’s instant hostility toward human intrusion — especially when that intrusion means derricks in the sunset.
future,” he said. Bryant called for a calm and rational discussion of opening up new areas for energy exploration, but he made no attempt to mask his belief that government has gone too far with job- and business-killing regulations. His proposed Mississippi Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Act demonstrates that. If enacted, every state agency would review and eliminate meaningless regulations and regulations found to be necessary for a legitimate government purpose would have to be measured against the impact on jobs. Bryant pounced on President Barack Obama’s tacit veto earlier this month of plans for the Key-
stone XL pipeline that would funnel oil from Canada to refineries in Oklahoma and Texas. “Last week Americans saw the largest potential economic development project in America terminated by regulators and politicians in Washington. In Mississippi, I won’t stand for jobkilling regulations,” Bryant said. “I believe we can modify many government rules to be more business friendly without destroying our planet or endangering lives.” In terms of broad-based planning, leading Mississippians have not been sitting on their hands regarding America’s energy future and, more specifically, how to position Mississippi. Almost three years ago, a coalition dubbed Advance
Newt Gingrich: Fundamentalist WASHINGTON — Some persistence is merely dogged. Newt Gingrich’s persistence is a form of confidence — the firm belief that, given enough time and enough debates, his skills will prevail. He knows how to probe an opponent’s weakness, how to humiliate a journalist and how to parry an uncomfortable question. The anti-Romneys who came before him were chosen at random. Gingrich has earned his surge that produced a 13-point victory in South Carolina on Saturday. Yet Gingrich is more than a performer. He is the GOP’s chief diagnostician, specializing in the vivid explanation of public challenges. The ability to think in public is a rare political gift — more common in Britain than in America. Bill Clinton would shine during prime minister’s question time. So would Gingrich. But Gingrich regularly gets into trouble when moving from analysis to prescription. Nearly every problem that crosses the threshold of his attention becomes historically urgent, requiring a fundamental solution. This is the reason for his most revealing verbal habit. Systems are “fundamentally broken” and require “fundamental change.” Opposing views are “fundamentally a lie” and “fundamentally alien to American tradition.” Only the biggest ideas are sufficient to his selfregard. So Gingrich diagnoses the genuine threat of terrorism and radical Islam. Then he calls for a federal law against Shariah, which would address a nonexistent crisis while stigmatizing an entire faith. He makes a strong case for early work experience in low-income communities. Then he goes further to dismiss child labor laws
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as “truly stupid” and urges the employment of students as assistant janitors. Gingrich acknowledges the problem of climate change — or at least he once did. But he proposed to combat it through geoengineering — the risky manipulation of the planet’s environment by pumping nitrogen into the oceans or deflecting the sun’s rays with vast mirrors. Gingrich’s proposals for fundamental change are generally dismissed as Newt being Newt — the hits and misses of a fertile mind. But his misses are frequent, revealing a pattern of poor judgment. And eccentricities in a candidate become troubling when considered in a president. The former speaker’s challenge to judicial supremacy is a case in point. As usual, Gingrich diagnoses a real problem. Judges are perfectly capable of serious overreach. They have sometimes encroached on legislative functions or imposed an intolerant theology of public secularism. Also as usual, Gingrich presses several steps too far in both rhetoric and policy. Judicial activists are “grotesquely dictatorial” and “radically anti-American.” They should be subpoenaed by Congress and compelled by marshals to testify. The president should
have the right to ignore their rulings and abolish circuit courts entirely. When Gingrich was called out by conservative legal scholars on the radical implications of his proposal, his response was both typical and alarming. He doubled down. After all, he said, “I taught a short course in this at the University of Georgia Law School.” And this: “I would suggest to you, actually as a historian, I may understand this better than lawyers.” This is not just a presidential candidate using a strident applause line. This is a presidential candidate promising a constitutional crisis, then arrogantly dismissing the criticism of his recklessness. Currently many conservatives are exercising not just their franchise but their imaginations. They picture a debate between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama and they yawn. They envision Gingrich going after the president, the media and the fundamental failures of liberalism — and their pulses race. But Republicans need to imagine just a little further — electing a president with no history of prudence. •
Michael Gerson’s email address is michaelgerson@washpost.com.
Mississippi was formed to engage in analysis and planning. Its chairman has been Glenn McCullough Jr., former mayor of Tupelo and former chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority board. Among findings is that coal is just about the only resource rare around here. Other resources, including nuclear and biomass — which Bryant also mentioned in his State of the State message — have great potential. Even using the flow of the Mississippi River to spin turbines (pardon) is not dead in the water. Mississippi environmental preservationists are not as well-funded or vocal as those on the East or West coasts, but the reach of big organizations is national. Serious traction toward more offshore gas wells in the Gulf of Mexico, especially if they are in view of land, will attract their attention. Bryant might see his goal of riches from the sea, but not without a fight. •
Charlie Mitchell is a Mississippi journalist. Write to him at Box 1, University, MS 38677, or e-mail cmitchell43@yahoo.com.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Voters fouled up by electing Brown to tax assessor post Is it just me or doesn’t anyone care about this deal with the new tax assessor? I read an article a week or so ago titled, “Tax assessor seeks OK on $550K for hired help.” Does Brown, after working in that office for 12 years, not know how to run it? It would appear to me that you voters — and I say you voters because I did not vote for Brown — have just put someone in office who doesn’t know pea turkey about how to do the job. I would think after 12 years of working in that office something would have stuck with her, but evidently it didn’t. It’s going to cost taxpayers thousands and thousands of dollars to teach this person how to be a tax assessor. This isn’t the first article in the newspaper about Brown. She’s hired people, from another county, to come in and set the office up for her so that it will run “effectively and efficiently.” Again I say to you, what’s wrong with this person who has run for an office she can’t set up and run herself “effectively and efficiently?” In all my years, I can’t remember ever electing an official who had to have someone come in and show him or her how to do his or her job. Why would she want to run for a post that she knew she couldn’t do? Was this just for spite? I certainly hope not. All of her colleagues who worked with her either retired or were fired. What’s her problem? Ms. Brown, I wish you the best of luck because you’re really going to need it. People please pay attention when you vote. It’s not a popularity contest, vote for the person who can do the job, not just because you like someone. Peggy Stokes Vicksburg
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Arab League halts mission in Syria Private investors near deal on Greek debt BEIRUT — The Arab League halted its observer mission in Syria on Saturday because of escalating violence that killed nearly 100 people the past three days, as pro-Assad forces battled dissident soldiers in a belt of suburbs on the eastern edge of Damascus in the most intense fighting yet so close to the capital. The rising bloodshed has added urgency to new attempts by Arab and Western countries to find a resolution to the 10 months of violence that according to the United Nations has killed at least 5,400 people as Assad seeks to crush persistent protests demanding an end to his rule. The United Nations is holding talks on a new resolution on Syria and next week will discuss an Arab peace plan aimed at ending the crisis. But the initiatives face two major obstacles: Damascus’ rejection of an Arab peace plan which it says impinges on its sovereignty, and Russia’s willingness to use its U.N. Security Council veto to protect Syria from sanctions. Syria’s Interior Minister Mohammed Shaar vowed the crackdown would go on, telling families of security members killed in the past months that security forces
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A disorderly and potentially devastating Greek debt default is looking much less likely. Greece and investors who have bought its bonds have reached a tentative deal to significantly reduce the country’s debt and pave the way for it to receive a much-needed $172 billion bailout.
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Syrian army defectors stand guard on a rooftop to secure an anti-Syrian regime protest in the Deir Baghlaba area in Homs province on Saturday.
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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS “will continue their struggle to clean Syria’s soil of the outlaws.” Government forces launched a heavy assault on a string of villages near Damascus, aiming to uproot protesters and dissident soldiers who have joined the opposition, activists said.
Peru: 26 killed in rehab center fire LIMA, Peru — A fire swept through a two-story private rehabilitation center for addicts in a poor part of
Peru’s capital on Saturday, killing at least 26 people as firefighters punched holes through walls to rescue residents locked inside. The “Christ is Love” center for drug and alcohol addicts was unlicensed and overcrowded and its residents were apparently kept inside “like prisoners,” Health Minister Alberto Tejada told The Associated Press. Six men rescued from the building were hospitalized in critical condition, said Peru’s fire chief, Antonio Zavala, adding that most of the victims died of asphyxiation. All the victims appeared to be male.
Under the agreement, the $272 billion worth of Greek bonds that investors own would be exchanged for new bonds worth 60 percent less. The deal would reduce Greece’s annual interest expense on the bonds from about $10 billion to about $4 billion. And when the bonds mature, instead of paying
bondholders $272 billion, Greece will have to pay only $136 billion. Without the deal, which would reduce Greece’s debt load by at least $158 billion, the bonds held by banks, insurance companies and hedge funds would likely become worthless.
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Felon out on bond charged with gun possession By John Surratt jsurratt@vicksburgpost.com
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Maybe ‘fair’ should be ‘an excuse’
Here’s a prediction — at the end of this year when the word of the year is announced, it will be “fair.” Over the next 10 months, especially in the world of perpetual presidential campaigning, the word will be ballyhooed around thousands of times. It will be used as a dividing tool to pit one against another. It will be used the bring “justice” to this America that, if we listen hard enough, just isn’t very fair anymore. But what is fair? In baseball, if the ball lands on the field side of the white line, or the line, it’s in play. If the ball hits the big pole down each baseline, it is fair. Unlike baseball, though, the definition in life is not so cut and dry. Picture a track meet with 10 runners. Each lines up in the blocks for a 100-yard dash. Each runner has to cover the same distance wearing basically the same equipment. That is fair. Now, if the runner in Lane 1 has been consistently faster than the runners in the other lanes, should the Lane 1 runner have to run 110 yards? Well, if the others can’t keep up, wouldn’t it be fair to make the faster runner run farther to give everyone a chance at winning? Absurd. So the runner in Lane 1 finishes first and receives a gold medal. Maybe the second two get medals, as well. The losing seven do not deserve medals, even though many will say that it is fair to recognize the others for “trying just as hard as the rest.” Did they? Maybe runner 1 ran up and down muddy levees in boots, or through a swimming pool with weighted arms and legs. Maybe he trained three hours longer each day, or worked — not tried — harder than everyone else. So why would anyone want to punish that hard work? America has been, and always will be, the land of opportunity — not the land of fairness. For many years, opportunities for certain groups were denied for myriad reasons, but in today’s society, the opportunity to succeed is there. Is it difficult at times? Certainly. But think of how much more satisfying it is to climb a mountain on foot rather than driving up the slope in a car. Climb the mountain and the air is dewey sweet and the sense of satisfaction is beyond words. Drive up the mountain, though, and it’s little more than a great view. We will hear about economic fairness and wanting everyone to be winners. With fairness, failure is not an option, but if anything can motivate a person to win it’s failure. That motivation is being stripped under the guise of fairness. No one can fail. Everyone gets a medal. And if you are faster than your competitors, you have to run 110 yards. •
Sean P. Murphy is web editor. He can be reached at smurphy@vicksburgpost. com
A convicted felon was back in jail Saturday night accused of possession of a weapon by a convicted felon. Vicksburg police Capt. Bobby Stewart said officers arrested Albert Brisco Jr., 23, 900 Wabash Ave., about 1:21 p.m. Saturday after they found a .357 Magnum revolver on the back floor of his car during a traffic stop
at Confederate Avenue and Halls Ferry Road for a seat belt violation. He was in the Issaquena County Jail Saturday night without bond. District Attorney Ricky Smith said a Warren County grand jury in October indicted Brisco for manslaughter in the Feb. 20 death of Latoshia Haggan, 31. He said Brisco was released on $75,000 bond after his arraignment, which was earlier this month.
Haggan was killed when Brisco, driving her Dodge Durango, sped through a roadblock set up by Warren County deputies, careened off a hill near Old Highway 27 and North Frontage Road and landed on Kansas City Southern Railway tracks. Brisco and two passengers, Nicholas M. Smith and Jerome M. Massey, were taken to River Region Medical Center. Brisco was taken to a Jackson hospital.
Brisco, who was on parole for a 2007 burglary conviction at the time of the accident, was charged after the accident with possession of a weapon by a convicted felon after a .25-caliber handgun was found in the car. He was returned to prison to complete his sentence. Smith said Brisco was not charged with manslaughter immediately after the accident because authorities were waiting for an accident
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reconstruction report by the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol. Brisco pleaded guilty in August 2007 in Warren County Circuit Court to residential burglary and received a suspended sixyear sentence on the condition he complete the Drug Court program. The sentence was revoked and he went to prison in 2008. The reason for the revocation was not clear.
E-mails reveal BP veiled spill rate By The Associated Press
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Alisha Creel, top left, and Twisted Sisters teammate Sherrie Williams dish up some of their team’s finished product during the third annual Chili for Children cook-off on Saturday morning at Guaranty Bank and Trust on Cherry Street. At left, Bill Fleming, left, his son Bryce Fleming, 14, right, and his friend, Austin Muirhead, 14, pour their chili into a serving bowl. Austin is the son of Angie Brown and Kevin Muirhead. Bryce is the son of Keely Fleming and Bill Fleming. The event, sponsored by K-Hits 104.5 FM and Guaranty Bank, raised $4,250 for the Warren County Children’s Shelter. Jo Jo Grammar won first place and donated his $150 prize to the shelter. The Voodoo Blues took second place and Oasis Pools and Spas captured third place.
Post ad department wins 14 press association awards The Vicksburg Post advertising department is the winner of 14 awards from the statewide Mississippi Press Association. The awards, including four first place honors in competition with newspapers of similar circulation across the state, were announced Saturday during the MPA’s annual mid-winter conference in Jackson. “I think this again is an indication of the reach that this newspaper has for our advertisers and the quality produced by our staff,” said publisher Pat Cashman. “These are judged by
out-of-state peers and it’s exceptional to be judged so highly by others in our business,” he said. Winners of first-place awards were: creative services representative Quin Geary and retail saleswoman Angela Ross in the Service category for a Mothers Day ad placed by the Center for Pregnancy Choices; creative services director David Girard in the Institutional category for an entry advertising Vicksburg Catholic School; to Girard and sales rep Sheila Mantz for an ad in the Service category for United Rehab Associates. For
the same advertisement, Girard and Mantz took a first place in the Magazine category. Winning second-place awards were: Geary and Ross in the Retail Black & White category; retail saleswoman Janet Rantisi in the Grocery or Restaurant Black & White category; Girard and Rantisi in the Magazine category; Girard and Mantz in the Retail category; and Geary in the Theme Page category. Third-place awards went to: the advertising staff in the Editorial Special Section category; Geary and
advertising director Barney Partridge in the Editorial House Ad category; Girard and Mantz in Retail Advertising; and Rantisi and Geary in Grocery or Restaurant Color category. In addition, the advertising department received a third-place award in the Advertising Excellence category for daily newspapers of about the same size. The Mississippi Press Association is the trade group for more than 120 newspapers in the state. This year’s president of the organization is Jimmy Clark, general manager of The Vicksburg Post.
NEW ORLEANS — On the day the Deepwater Horizon sank, BP officials warned in an internal memo that if the well was not protected by the blow-out preventer at the drill site, crude oil could burst into the Gulf of Mexico at a rate of 3.4 million gallons a day, an amount a million gallons higher than what the government later believed spilled daily from the site. The e-mail conversation, which BP agreed to release as part of federal court proceedings, suggests BP managers recognized the potential of the disaster in its early hours, and company officials sought to make sure that the model-developed information wasn’t shared with outsiders. The e-mails also suggest BP was having heated discussions with Coast Guard officials over the potential of the oil spill. The memo was released as part of the court proceedings to determine the division of responsibility for the nation’s worst offshore oil disaster, which began when the BPleased Deepwater Horizon exploded April 20, 2010, killing 11 men about 50 miles southeast of the Louisiana coast. The first phase of the trial is set to start Feb. 27. BP officials declined to See Spill, Page A8.
Controlled burns planned at military park From staff reports The Vicksburg National Military Park and workers from the Natchez Trace Parkway will be conducting a series of controlled burns involving about 56 acres in the military park Monday and Tuesday, weather permitting. In addition to Fort Hill, controlled burns will be set in the vicinity of Fort Garrott and the Railroad Redoubt on the park’s south loop, and Graveyard Road and Thayer’s Approach on the north loop, said Rick Martin, chief of operations at the park. Martin said National Park Service wildfire specialists supervised by a specialist from the Natchez Trace will conduct the burns. The controlled fires are used to help maintain the park, eliminate invasive plant species and provide a more historically accurate view of the park.
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4th suspect in Jan. 9 armed robbery arrested A Vicksburg man, one of four men suspected in the Jan. 9 armed robbery of two men in an apartment complex parking lot, was in jail Saturday facing robbery and drug charges, Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace said. Jeffery Tyrone Langston, 22, 800 Hickory St., was arrested at 8:30 Saturday morning as deputies served an arrest warrant at the home he shared with relatives. While looking for Langston, Pace said deputies smelled and saw marijuana in Langston’s bedroom. They secured the room, sent another deputy to get a search warrant from Justice Court, then returned to find less than an ounce of marijuana, packaging materials, scales and
Spill Continued from Page A7. comment. The official amount of oil that flowed from the well was pegged at 206 million gallons from at least April 22 until the well was capped on July 15, a period of 85 days. That’s a daily flow rate of about 2.4 million gallons — two-thirds of the way to BP’s projection of what could leak from the well if it was an “open hole.” BP has disputed the govern-
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from staff reports $5,400 in cash, Pace said. Pace said relatives were at the home when the marijuana was found, but no other arrests were made. Langston and three others — Jacoby Johnson, 22, Bryant Kevin Williams, 19, and Domonic Rashard Turner, 20 — are accused of robbing two men in the parking lot of the Apple Orchard Apartments, 902 Blossom Lane, on Jan. 9 in which two gold chains, two cell phones and $15 were reported stolen, Pace said. During a traffic stop Jan. 9, Johnson, Williams and Turner were arrested, but Langston fled on foot, Pace said. The cell phones and one of the chains were recovered ment’s estimates. Having an accurate flow rate estimate is needed to determine how much in civil and criminal penalties BP and the other companies drilling the well face under the Clean Water Act. In the memo, a BP official urges not to share the flowrate projections and refers to the “difficult discussions” the company was having at the time with the Coast Guard. Gary Imm, a BP manager, told Rob Marshall, BP’s subsea manager in the Gulf,
Local public meetings this week State of the City address
Monday • Warren County Board of Supervisors, 8:30 a.m., Board of Supervisors building, rear conference room
Tuesday • Grand Gulf Nuclear Station License Renewal meetings; Port Gibson City Hall; 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
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Mayor Paul Winfield will give his State of the City address at 6 p.m. Tuesday at City Auditorium, 901 Monroe St. Winfield said the address will include a PowerPoint presentation covering the board’s accomplishments over the past three years.
from the vehicle. The other chain reported stolen was recovered in the parking lot. Johnson and Williams are out of jail on bond, while Turner remains in the Warren County Jail on $10,000 bond, records showed.
Morning traffic stop leads to drug arrest A Saturday morning traffic stop for a seat belt violation at Cherry and Harrison streets led to the arrest of a Vicksburg man for possession of cocaine, Vicksburg police Capt. Bobby Stewart said. David Burden, 27, 2532 Oak St., was arrested at 9:24 after officers stopped the car and saw cocaine on the front passenger seat, Stewart said. to tell the modeler doing the estimates “not to communicate to anyone on this.” “A number of people have been looking at this we already have had difficult discussions with the USCG on the numbers,” Imm said in the e-mail string, referring to the Coast Guard and flow estimates. On April 23, 2010, the Coast Guard, relying on BP’s remotely operated vehicles, said no oil was leaking from the well a mile under the sea. A day later, Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry
Burden was released on $15,000 bond.
16-year-old faces statutory rape charge A 16-year-old boy is charged with statutory rape involving an incident with a girl under 14 years old, Vicksburg police Capt. Bobby Stewart said. He said Demarequette Foster, 118 Kendra Drive, accompanied by his mother, turned himself in at the Vicksburg Police Department at 11:23 a.m. Saturday. Foster was later released on $5,000 bond. Stewart said Foster was charged in an affidavit filed on Dec. 19 by the girl’s mother.
saidoil was leaking an estimated rate of 42,000 gallons a day. In the second week, the official flow rate was increased to 210,000 gallons a day, an estimate the feds continued to use until May 27. On May 24, BP told Congress they used an “undisclosed method to generate much higher figures” than the official estimates, according to a report from a presidential commission investigating the spill. BP estimated that the flow rates were between 210,000 gallons and 1.6 million gallons a day.
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Continued from Page A1. S. Grant’s initial order to move on Vicksburg, a prime Confederate stronghold. They disembarked on the Yazoo River at Johnson’s Plantation — burned by Union forces three days earlier — and approached from the northeast; a fourth division landed farther upstream a day later. Confederate defenses just 6,000 strong compared to Sherman’s 32,000 men held Walnut Hills during two days of fighting that ended in Confederate victory Dec. 29, 1862. Casualties mounted to 1,776 for the Union forces, while Confederate forces lost 207, according to the National Park Service. “The Confederates had a defense of depth all the way up the east side (of modern-day North Washington Street),” Winschel said. Logging on seemingly hal-
Romney Continued from Page A1. one rates Thomas Jefferson’s plantation, Herbert Hoover’s millions from mining or John F. Kennedy’s share of the vast family fortune, as well as the finer points of factors like inflation adjustment. But it’s safe to say the Roosevelts had nothing on Romney, and the Bushes are nowhere close. The former Massachusetts governor has disclosed only the broad outlines of his wealth, putting it somewhere from $190 million to $250 million. That easily could make him 50 times richer than Obama, who falls in the stillimpressive-to-most-of-us range of $2.2 million to $7.5 million. “I think it’s almost hard to conceptualize what $250 million means,” said Shamus
College Continued from Page A1. state aid, tying federal support to tuition prices is a product of fuzzy math. Illinois has lowered public support for higher education by about one-third over the past decade when adjusted for inflation. Illinois State, with 21,000 students, has raised tuition almost 47 percent since 2007, from $6,150 a year for an in-state undergraduate student to $9,030. “Most people, including the president, assume if universities were simply more efficient they would be able to operate with much smaller state subsidies, and I believe there are certainly efficiency gains that can be realized,” Bowman said. “But they pale in comparison to the loss in state support.” Bowman said the undergraduate experience can be made cheaper, but there are trade-offs. “You could hire mostly part-time, adjunct faculty. You could teach in much larger lecture halls, but the
lowed ground won’t create problems for ATCO or Keyes, as the legislation that created the park in 1899 limited the park’s mission to that which commemorates “the campaign and siege and defense of Vicksburg.” “Campaign, siege and defense are the operative words there,” Winschel said. In essence, it’s a definition that starts with Grant’s orders on March 29, 1863, to move downriver to take Vicksburg. The city was surrendered by the Confederates on July 4, 1863. “Consequently, the significant action that took place along the banks of Chickasaw Bayou, in December 1862, did not fall into the time range of the campaign as established by the War Department,” Winschel said. “Thus, the battlefield
at Chickasaw Bayou was not included in the legislation.” Grant’s Canal site, behind the mainline levee near Delta, La., also was excluded from the park’s reach because work on the concept, a canal for Union boats to cross DeSoto point, was abandoned before March 29, 1863. In 1990, Public Law 101-442 expanded the interpretive mandate of the park “from April 1862 to July
4, 1863, and the history of Vicksburg under Union occupation during the Civil War and Reconstruction.” No similar effort has ever been afforded to the vast Chickasaw Bayou battleground, Madell said. History has a way of unearthing itself despite boundaries, political or otherwise. Pottery, artillery and projectiles of all sorts have been dug up for years around
where Keyes wants to build a home, he said. Clearing land anywhere near important battle sites comes with caution, said Norman Davis, president of Anderson-Tully, the firm’s land and timber arm. “There’s quite a lot of property we cut around those,” Davis said. “But, we keep an eye out for cemeteries, trenches, those things.”
Khan, a Columbia University sociologist who studies the wealthy. “People say Romney made $50,000 a day while not working last year. What do you do with all that money? I can’t even imagine spending it. Well, maybe ...” Of course, an unbelievable boatload of bucks is just one way to think of Romney’s net worth, and the 44 U.S. presidents make up a pretty small pond for him to swim in. Put alongside America’s 400 or so billionaires, Romney wouldn’t make a ripple. So here’s a look where Romney’s riches rank — among the most flush Americans, the White House contenders, and the rest of us: • Within the 1 percent: “Romney is small potatoes compared with the ultra-wealthy,” said Jeffrey Winters, a political scientist at Northwestern University who studies the nation’s elites.
After all, even in the rarefied world of the top 1 percent, there’s a big difference between life at the top and at the bottom. A household needs to bring in roughly $400,000 per year to make the cut. Romney and his wife, Ann, have been making 50 times that — more than $20 million a year. In 2009, only 8,274 federal tax filers had income above $10 million. Romney is solidly within that elite 0.006 percent of all U.S. taxpayers. At the top of the wealth pile sits Bill Gates, worth $59 billion, according to Forbes magazine’s estimates. • As a potential president: Romney clearly stands out here. America’s super rich generally don’t jockey to live in the White House. A few have toyed with the idea, most notably New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, whom Forbes ranks as the 12th richest American, worth
$19.5 billion. A lesser billionaire, Ross Perot, bankrolled his own third-party campaigns in 1992 and 1996. Many presidents weren’t particularly well-off, especially 19th century leaders such as Abraham Lincoln, James Buchanan and Ulysses S. Grant. Nor was the 33rd president, Harry Truman. “These things ebb and flow,” said sociologist Khan. “It’s not the case that all presidents were always rich.” A few former chief executives died in debt, including Thomas Jefferson, ranked in a Forbes study as the thirdwealthiest president. Comparing the landlocked wealth of early Americans such as Washington, Jefferson and James Madison, with today’s millionaires is tricky, even setting aside the lack of documentation and economic changes over two centuries.
Research by 24/7 Wall St., a news and analysis website, estimated Washington’s wealth at the equivalent of $525 million in 2010 dollars. • How does Romney stand next to a regular Joe? He’s roughly 1,800 times richer. The typical U.S. household was worth $120,300 in 2007, according to the Census Bureau’s most recent data, although that number is sure to have dropped since the recession. A typical family’s income is $50,000. Calculations from 24/7 Wall St. of the peak lifetime wealth (or peak so far) of Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Obama add up to a total $128 million — while Romney reports assets of up to $250 million.
things that would allow you achieve the greatest levels of efficiency would dilute the product and would make it something I wouldn’t be willing to be part of,” he said. At Washington, President Mike Young said Obama showed he did not understand how the budgets of public universities work. Young said the total cost to educate college students in his state, which is paid for by both tuition and state government dollars, has gone down because of efficiencies on campus. While universities are tightening costs, the state is cutting their subsidies and authorizing tuition increases to make up for the loss. “They really should know better,” Young said. “This really is political theater of the worst sort.” Obama’s plan would need approval by Congress, a hard sell in an atmosphere of partisan gridlock. In his State of the Union address Tuesday, Obama described meeting with university presidents who explained how some schools curtailed costs through technology and redesign-
ing courses to help students finish more quickly. He said more schools need to take such steps. Obama said at Michigan that higher education has become an imperative for success in America, but the cost has grown unrealistic for too many families and the debt burden unbearable. He said states should properly fund colleges and universities. “We are putting colleges on notice,” Obama told an arena packed with cheering students. “You can’t assume that you’ll just jack up tuition every single year. If you can’t stop tuition from going up, then the funding you get from taxpayers each year will go down.” Obama is targeting only a small part of the financial aid picture: the $3 billion known as campus-based aid that flows through college administrators to students. He is proposing to increase that amount to $10 billion and change how it is distributed to reward schools that hold down costs and ensure that more poor students complete their education.
The bulk of the more than $140 billion in federal grants and loans goes directly to students and would not be affected. The average in-state tuition and fees at four-year public colleges this school year rose 8.3 percent and with room and board now exceed $17,000 a year, according to the College Board. Rising tuition costs have been attributed to a variety of factors, among them a decline in state dollars and competition for the best facilities and professors. Critics say some higher education institutions are attempting to wait out the economic downturn and have been too reluctant to make large-scale changes that would cut costs such as offering three-year degree programs. The federal government’s leverage to take on the rising cost of college is limited because higher education is decentralized, with most student aid following the student. The response to Obama’s plan wasn’t all negative. Many university presidents said they welcome a conver-
sation about making college more affordable and efficient. In Missouri, where Gov. Jay Nixon has proposed a 12.5 percent funding cut for higher education in the coming fiscal year, Obama’s proposal could put even more pressure on public colleges and universities to limit tuition increases. By state law, schools must limit such increases to the annual inflation rate unless they receive permission for larger ones. Nixon has warned schools that he doesn’t want to see a tuition increase of more than 3 percent, the latest Consumer Price Index increase. “The president’s message isn’t inconsistent with the agenda that we’ve been pursuing here in Missouri,” said Paul Wagner, deputy commissioner of the state Department of Higher Education. “It’s good to see him put the focus on the same things.”
deaths Herbert Curry Herbert Curry of Brookhaven, a former resident of Vicksburg, died Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 at Kings Daughters Medical Center in Brookhaven. He was 54. Lakeview Memorial Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
Magaret B. Hite Margaret B. Hite died Friday, Jan.27, 2012, at her home. She was 85. Born in the Oak Ridge community, she was the daughter of the late Herman Bryant and Josie Bigby Bryant. Mrs. Hite was a Budget Analyst for the Vicksburg District Corps of Engineers, retiring in 1995. She was a member of the Presbyterian faith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John E. Hite Sr; a son, Lawrence “Larry” Hite; a sister, Chesley Bryant;
six brothers, Marvin Bryant, Jimmy Bryant, Bill Bryant, Wes Bryant, Floyd Bryant and Goff Bryant. Survivors include a daughter, Deborah Hubal (Joseph) of Ocean Springs, Miss.; two sons, John E. Hite Jr. (Cheryl) of Vicksburg and Richard Hite of Ridgeland, Miss.; six Grandchildren, Joseph Hubal III, Lauren Wallace, Andrew Hite, Philip Hite, Christopher Hite and Daryl Hite; a greatgranddaughter, Avery Wallace; a sister, Judy Hallberg of Memphis, Tenn.; a brother, Kelly Bryant Sr. of Vicksburg; and numerous nieces and nephews. Services will be 2:30 p.m. Monday in Greenlawn Gardens Cemetery with the Rev. Tim Brown, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Visitation will be at Riles Funeral Home from 1 p.m. until the hour of the service. Memorials may be made to charities of choice.
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Sunny with a high in the upper 50s and a low in the upper 20s Eli Baylis•The Vicksburg Post
Equipment and vehicles dot the North Washington Street spot where loggers are based while cutting timber at the bluffs near Chickasaw Bayou.
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 monday-wednesday Chance of showers and thunderstorms beginning on Wednesday; highs in the lower 70s; lows in the mid-40s
STATE FORECAST TOday Sunny; highs in the upper 50s; lows in the upper 20s monday-wednesday Chance of showers and thunderstorms beginning on Wednesday; highs in the lower 70s; lows in the mid-40s
Almanac Highs and Lows High/past 24 hours............. 57º Low/past 24 hours............... 39º Average temperature......... 48º Normal this date................... 48º Record low..............14º in 1966 Record high..80º before 1886 Rainfall Recorded at the Vicksburg Water Plant Past 24 hours.........................N/A This month..............4.28 inches Total/year.................4.28 inches Normal/month......5.13 inches Normal/year...........5.13 inches Solunar table Most active times for fish and wildlife Monday: A.M. Active..........................10:21 A.M. Most active................. 4:10 P.M. Active...........................10:44 P.M. Most active.................. 4:32 Sunrise/sunset Sunset today........................ 5:32 Sunset tomorrow............... 5:33 Sunrise tomorrow.............. 6:58
RIVER DATA Stages Mississippi River at Vicksburg Current: 29.3 | Change: 1.3 Flood: 43 feet Yazoo River at Greenwood Current: 20.9 | Change: NC Flood: 35 feet Yazoo River at Yazoo City Current: 16.5 | Change: 0.4 Flood: 29 feet Yazoo River at Belzoni Current: 19.0 | Change: 0.1 Flood: 34 feet Big Black River at West Current: 8.9 | Change: 0.3 Flood: 12 feet Big Black River at Bovina Current: 13.0 | Change: 1.3 Flood: 28 feet StEELE BAYOU Land....................................76.6 River....................................76.4
MISSISSIPPI RIVER Forecast Cairo, Ill. Monday.................................. 40.8 Tuesday.................................. 41.6 Wednesday........................... 42.3 Memphis Monday.................................. 22.4 Tuesday.................................. 23.3 Wednesday........................... 24.4 Greenville Monday.................................. 37.9 Tuesday.................................. 38.7 Wednesday........................... 39.5 Vicksburg Monday.................................. 31.9 Tuesday.................................. 32.9 Wednesday........................... 33.6
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Thousands salute troops in St. Louis ST. LOUIS (AP) — Thousands of people lining downtown streets cheered wildly as veterans, some wiping away tears, marched through St. Louis on Saturday during the nation’s first big welcomehome parade for Iraq War veterans. Several hundred veterans, many dressed in camouflage, walked alongside military vehicles, marching bands and even the Budweiser Clydesdales. People in the crowd held signs reading “Welcome Home” and “God Bless Our Troops,” and fire trucks with aerial ladders hoisted three huge American flags along the route. “It’s not necessarily overdue. It’s just the right thing,” said Maj. Rich Radford, who became a symbol of the event thanks to a photo of his young daughter taking his hand while welcoming him home from his second tour in Iraq in 2010. Since the war ended, there has been little fanfare for returning veterans aside from gatherings at airports and military bases — no ticker-tape parades or large public celebrations — so two friends from St. Louis decided to change that. They sought donations,
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Spectators line a downtown street as a parade to honor Iraq War veterans passes Saturday in St. Louis. launched a Facebook page, met with the mayor and mapped a route in a grassroots effort that raised about $35,000. More than half came from Anheuser-Busch and the Mayflower moving company, which both have St. Louis ties. On Saturday, the work paid off — and the biggest cheers clearly were for the veterans. People standing along the route waved small American flags and wildly cheered as groups of troops walked by, with some veterans wiping away tears as they acknowledged the support.
Gayla Gibson, a 38-year-old Air Force master sergeant, was proud that her hometown was the first to honor Iraq War veterans. Gibson spent four months there in 2003 working as a medical technician. “We saw some horrible things,” she said. “Amputations. Broken bones. Severe burns from IEDSs.” Gibson said she was moved by the turnout and the patriotic fervor. “I think it’s great when people come out to support those who gave their lives and put their lives on the line for this country,” she added.
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Sunday, Januar y 29, 2012 • SE C TI O N B PUZZLES B8 Steve Wilson, sports editor | E-mail: sports@vicksburgpost.com | Tel: 601.636.4545 ext 142
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In close games on the road against good teams, there are two things Mississippi State coach Rick Stansbury believes teams just can’t do. Commit turnovers and miss free throws. The No. 18 Bulldogs did both in a 69-57 loss at No. 14 Florida on Saturday. Arnett Moultrie and Dee Bost scored 12 points apiece, but it wasn’t nearly enough to overcome 14 turnovers and six missed free throws. Stansbury gave Florida all the credit. But he also blamed his team for causing some its own woes. “When you’re on the road fighting against a real quality team like Florida, you have to take advantage of all those situations,” Stansbury said. “It’s a fine line on the road as the visiting team.”
Schedule PREP BASKETBALL
Vicksburg hosts Yazoo City Tuesday, 6 p.m. St. Aloysius at Hinds AHS Tuesday, 6 p.m. Warren Central at Murrah Tuesday, 6 p.m.
On TV 6 p.m. NBC - New Orleans Saints stars Drew Brees and Jimmy Graham get a chance to shine in the sun in the NFL’s all-star game, the Pro Bowl. Preview/B4
Who’s hot BEN WELP St. Aloysius guard scored 18 points in a loss to University Christian on Saturday.
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Azarenka wins Open in rout
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Victoria Azarenka started celebrating, then suddenly did a double-take to ask her coach, “What happened?” The answer: She had just produced one of the most lopsided Australian Open final victories to capture a Grand Slam title and the No. 1 ranking for the first time. Azarenka routed threetime Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-0 in 1 hour, 22 minutes on Saturday night, winning 12 of the last 13 games after dropping her first service game and falling behind 2-0. “It’s a dream come true,” she said. “I have been dreaming and working so hard to win the Grand Slam, and being No. 1 is pretty good bonus. Just the perfect ending and the perfect position to be in.” Azarenka had won 11 straight matches, including a run to the Sydney International title, and reached her first Grand Slam final. Her previous best performance at a major was a semifinal loss to Petra Kvitova at Wimbledon last year. Sharapova had all the experience, being in her sixth major final and having won three — dating to her 2004 Wimbledon title. But it didn’t unnerve the 22-year-old Azarenka, the first woman from Belarus to win a singles major.
LOTTERY La. Pick 3: 2-4-0 La. Pick 4: 3-0-6-2 Easy 5: 2-3-7-22-36 La. Lotto: 9-14-32-35-37-3 Powerball: 5-33-41-54-59 Powerball: 13 Weekly results: B2
Rebels fend off Gamecock surge
Bulldogs fall flat to Gators
By David Brandt The Associated Press
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Florida’s Will Yeguete (15) and Bradley Beal (23) try to stop Mississippi State’s Arnett Moultrie from shooting Saturday. Florida won 69-57. Coming off a physical game Thursday night at Ole Miss, the Gators (17-4, 5-1 Southeastern Conference) started a little sluggish Saturday, but really got
things rolling in the second half. An 11-0 run sparked by Bradley Beal’s third 3-pointer and highlighted See MSU, Page B3.
OXFORD — Terrance Henry scored 15 points, Murphy Holloway added 14 points and Ole Miss edged South Carolina 66-62 on Saturday night. Ole Miss (14-7, 4-3 Southeastern Conference) led for most of the night, but had to fend off a late South Carolina rally to win. Henry made a 3-pointer from the corner with 16 seconds left that sealed the victory. Nick Williams scored 12 points and Jelan Kendrick added a career-high 11 off the bench. South Carolina (9-11, 1-5) was led by Malik Cooke’s 17 points. Brenton Williams added 15 as the Gamecocks lost for the fifth time in six games. As expected, it was a halfcourt, deliberate game featuring two teams that specialize in defense and struggle to put the ball in the basket.
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Flashes fall in home finale By Jeff Byrd jbyrd@vicksburgpost.com Both University Christian and St. Aloysius were without its best players Saturday. The visiting Flames found enough scoring from other players to turn back St. Al 58-45 in the final home game for the Flashes. University Christian (9-11) was playing its third game without its top scorer, K-Shun Evans, who was out with a knee injury. Last year, Evans helped the Flames beat Porters Chapel Academy in three of the team’s four meetings. St. Al has been without Elliott Bexley, its leading scorer, since Jan. 13 with a knee injury. The Flashes were humbled last week by PCA in the Red Carpet Classic, but against the Flames, they found some spark from Ben Welp. The sophomore guard hit three 3-pointers in the first quarter and then added a conventional 3-point play a minute into the second quarter to make it a 19-16 game. St. Al went ice cold. The Flashes (1-20) made just two of their next 27 shots. University Christian, while missing Evans, managed to get layups from Javous Nicks and Caleb Shufelt to ease out to a 39-22 lead after three quarters. University Christian coach John Dorman said his team made do without its star forward. “He (Evans) leads us in so many ways, but we still have to lace it up and go out there,” Dorman said. “We shot free throws well enough and made enough early shots to get a lead.” Unlike against PCA, St. Al battled down to the end. Charles Pendleton made a pair of free throws and Welp’s fifth 3-pointer with 1:06 left made it 54-43. A layup by Shufelt and two free throws by Graham Yeatman sealed it for the Flames. St. Al coach Delvin Thompson said his team showed some heart. “They gave me effort
Ole Miss forward Reginald Buckner dunks against South Carolina’s Anthony Gill Saturday. Ole Miss won 66-62. Ole Miss had 18 turnovers, but made up for that ugly number by shooting 49 percent from the field (24 of See Ole Miss, Page B3.
Golden Eagles roll over Knights By The Associated Press
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St. Aloysius forward Max Loving knocks the ball from University Christian’s Caleb Shufelt Saturday. today,” Thompson said. “Ben made some shots and, as a team, they keep improving.” Welp finished with 18 points and two steals. Kameron Reed had seven points and 11 rebounds. Connor Smith had seven points and three assists. Shufelt paced the Flames with 20 points while Nicks
and Yeatman had 16 apiece.
(G) Univ. Christian 45, St. Aloysius 39 Futility at the free throw line doomed St. Aloysius. The Lady Flashes (8-13) shot 34 free throws, but made just nine and it cost them in their final home game of the
season. “We were just horrible with our free throws,” St. Al coach Cookie Johnson said. “It’s something we practice every day on, and yet we missed 30 free throws.” It was actually 25. Ann Garrison Thomas See St. Al, Page B3.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Neil Watson scored 23 points and Darnell Dodson added 22 to lead Southern Miss a 78-65 victory over Central Florida on Saturday night. Southern Miss (19-3, 6-1 Conference USA) ended UCF’s 16-game home win streak. Keith Clanton led the Knights (15-6, 5-3) with 21 points and six rebounds. Marcus Jordan was the only other UCF player to score in double figures with 11. Watson and Dodson, both reserves, provided the spark as Southern Miss rallied from a 12-point deficit to win easily. The two combined to hits 11 of 22 shots, including five of nine from 3-point territory. Watson had six assists and Dodson eight rebounds. “Neil and Darnell obviously were very, very good tonight,” Southern Miss coach Larry Eustachy said. “We haven’t seen that kind of production from them, but we knew they were capable of it, so it was really nice to see.” Watson hit four 3-pointers, three in the second half. He and Dodson were a combined 12-14 from the free throw line in the final two minutes of the game. UCF ran off 14 straight points during a stretch of the first half and led 31-19 after P.J. Gaynor’s drive in the lane with 2:45 left in the half. Southern Miss closed the half with an 11-0 run to make it 31-30 at halftime. “I thought we were playing with a nice rhythm in the first half,” UCF coach Donnie Jones said. “But we didn’t respond in the second half and Southern Miss did. That’s why they’re sitting at the top of our league.” The Golden Eagles gained control with a 19-7 run midway through the second See USM, Page B3.
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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AUTO RACING 8 a.m. Speed - Rolex Sports Car Series, 24 Hours at Daytona BOWLING 11:30 a.m. ESPN - PBA, USBC Masters EXTREME SPORTS 1 p.m. ESPN - Winter X Games 8 p.m. ESPN - Winter X Games FIGURE SKATING 2 p.m. NBC - U.S. Championships GOLF Noon TGC - PGA Tour, Farmers Insurance Open 2 p.m. CBS - PGA Tour, Farmers Insurance Open COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon CBS - Michigan at Ohio St. 5:30 p.m. FSN - Oregon St. at Oregon 7:30 p.m. FSN - Stanford at California NBA 2:30 p.m. ABC - Chicago at Miami 5:30 p.m. ESPN - San Antonio at Dallas NFL 6 p.m. NBC - Pro Bowl, at Honolulu NHL 3 p.m. NBC Sports Network All-Star Game SOCCER 8 p.m. NBC Sports NetworkWomen’s, Olympic Qualifying Tournament WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 11 a.m. FSN - Marshall at Tulane 1 p.m. FSN - Iowa St. at Texas A&M 2 p.m. ESPN2 - Penn St. at Michigan St. 3 p.m. FSN - UCLA at Colorado 4 p.m. ESPN2 - Tennessee at Georgia
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POWERLIFTING Warren Central wins first meet The Warren Central power lifting team won the first meet in school history Saturday. The Vikings totaled 51 points to slip past Clinton’s 47 point effort. Vicksburg was third with 30 and Greenville-Weston had 27. Warren Central had five weight division winners led by super heavyweight Gary Williams. Other winners were Greg King (165 lbs.), Taylor Thompson (114), Joseph Davis (275), Brandon Smith (308). Weight division winners for the Gators were Darius Youngblood (181) and D’Shea Harris (148).
MLB Selig to decide Epstein compensation CHICAGO — Commissioner Bud Selig will decide what compensation the Boston Red Sox will receive for Theo Epstein’s move to the Chicago Cubs. Epstein left as Boston’s general manager with a year left on his contract to become president of baseball operations for the Cubs.
NBA Bucks’ Stephen Jackson suspended NEW YORK — Milwaukee Bucks forward Stephen Jackson was suspended for one game by the NBA on Saturday for verbal abuse of a game official and failure to leave the court in a timely manner. Jackson was sanctioned for his actions at the end of the Bucks’ 107100 loss at Chicago on Friday night.
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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Jan. 29 1958 — The St. Louis Cardinals give Stan Musial a contract for $100,000, making him the highest paid player in the National League. 2000 — Utah’s Karl Malone becomes the third player in NBA history to score 30,000 points when he makes a layup with 8:53 left in the third quarter of a 96-94 loss to Minnesota. 2007 — Kevin Garnett almost single-handedly snaps the Phoenix Suns’ 17-game winning streak, scoring 44 points and grabbing 11 rebounds in Minnesota’s 121-112 victory. 2009 — Serena Williams, by reaching two finals at the Australian Open, breaks golf star Annika Sorenstam’s record for career prize money by a female athlete with nearly $23 million. Williams pairs with older sister Venus to win the Australian doubles title, surpassing Sorenstam’s total of $22.5 million.
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Philadelphia 95, Detroit 74 Houston 97, New York 84 Milwaukee 100, L.A. Lakers 89 Memphis at Phoenix, (n) Sacramento at Utah, (n) Today’s Games Chicago at Miami, 2:30 p.m. Cleveland at Boston, 5 p.m. Toronto at New Jersey, 5 p.m. Indiana at Orlando, 5 p.m. San Antonio at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Atlanta at New Orleans, 6 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Minnesota, 6 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Denver, 7 p.m. Monday’s Games Chicago at Washington, 6 p.m. Orlando at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. New Orleans at Miami, 6:30 p.m. Minnesota at Houston, 7 p.m. San Antonio at Memphis, 7 p.m. Detroit at Milwaukee, 7 p.m. Dallas at Phoenix, 8 p.m. Portland at Utah, 8 p.m. Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.
NFL Playoffs
Wild-card round
Jan. 7 Houston 31, Cincinnati 10 New Orleans 45, Detroit 28 Jan. 8 N.Y. Giants 24, Atlanta 2 Denver 29, Pittsburgh 23, OT
Divisional Playoffs
Jan. 14 San Francisco 36, New Orleans 32 New England 45, Denver 10 Jan. 15 Baltimore 20, Houston 13 N.Y. Giants 37, Green Bay 20
Conference Championships
Jan. 22 New England 23, Baltimore 20 N.Y. Giants 20, San Francisco 17, OT
Pro Bowl
Today At Honolulu NFC vs. AFC, 6 p.m.
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Super Bowl
Feb. 5 At Indianapolis N.Y. Giants vs. New England, 5:30 p.m. ———
Pro Bowl MVPs
Most Outstanding Player Award-winners since the Pro Bowl began in 1971 (in 1971 and 72, an outstanding back and an outstanding lineman were chosen): 2011 — DeAngelo Hall, CB, Washington 2010 — Matt Schaub, QB, Houston 2009 — Larry Fitzgerald, WR, Arizona 2008 — Adrian Peterson, RB, Minnesota 2007 — Carson Palmer, QB, Cincinnati 2006 — Derrick Brooks, LB, Tampa Bay 2005 — Peyton Manning, QB, Indianapolis 2004 — Marc Bulger, QB, St. Louis 2003 — Ricky Williams, RB, Miami 2002 — Rich Gannon, QB, Oakland 2001 — Rich Gannon, QB, Oakland 2000 — Randy Moss, WR, Minnesota 1999 — Keyshawn Johnson, WR, New York Jets, and Ty Law, CB, New England 1998 — Warren Moon, QB, Seattle 1997 — Mark Brunell, QB, Jacksonville 1996 — Jerry Rice, WR, San Francisco 1995 — Marshall Faulk, RB, Indianapolis 1994 — Andre Rison, WR, Atlanta 1993 — Steve Tasker, WR, Buffalo 1992 — Michael Irvin, WR, Dallas 1991 — Jim Kelly, QB, Buffalo 1990 — Jerry Gray, CB, Los Angeles Rams 1989 — Randall Cunningham, QB, Philadelphia 1988 — Bruce Smith, DE, Buffalo 1987 — Reggie White, DE, Philadelphia 1986 — Phil Simms, QB, New York Giants 1985 — Mark Gastineau, DE, New York Jets 1984 — Joe Theismann, QB, Washington 1983 — Dan Fouts, QB, San Diego, and John Jefferson, WR, Green Bay 1982 — Lee Roy Selmon, DE, Tampa Bay, and Kellen Winslow, TE, San Diego 1981 — Ed Murray, PK, Detroit 1980 — Chuck Muncie, RB, New Orleans 1979 — Ahmad Rashad, WR, Minnesota 1978 — Walter Payton, RB, Chicago 1977 — Mel Blount, DB, Pittsburgh 1976 — Billy Johnson, WR, Houston 1975 — James Harris, QB, Los Angeles 1974 — Garo Yepremian, PK, Miami 1973 — O.J Simpson, RB, Buffalo 1972 — Back-Jan Stenerud, PK, Kansas City; Lineman-Willie Lanier, LB, Kansas City 1971 — Back-Mel Renfro, WR, Dallas; LinemanFred Carr, LB, Green Bay ———
Pro Bowl Results 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971
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41 34 21 30 28 17 27 52 20 30 17 31 10 24 23, OT 13 13 3 20, OT 15 21 21 3 6 6 24 14 3 19 13 7 27 7 13 14 20 10 13 28 13 6
L 6 9 13 13 14 L 5 6 7 16 18
Central Division
W Chicago.........................17 Indiana...........................12 Milwaukee......................8 Cleveland.......................7 Detroit............................4
L 4 6 11 11 17
Pct .700 .500 .350 .350 .300
GB — 4 7 7 8
Pct GB .737 — .700 1/2 .632 2 .200 10 1/2 .143 12 Pct .810 .667 .421 .389 .190
Southwest Division L 8 8 8 8 15
Pct .600 .600 .600 .556 .211
Northwest Division
W Oklahoma City...............16 Denver...........................14 Portland.........................12 Utah...............................10 Minnesota......................9
L 3 5 8 7 10
Pacific Division
W L.A. Clippers..................10 L.A. Lakers....................11 Phoenix..........................6 Golden State.................6 Sacramento...................6
L 6 9 12 12 13
Saturday’s Games Washington 102, Charlotte 99
SWAC
Conference W L PCT 8 0 1.000 7 2 .778 6 2 .750 5 3 .625 4 4 .500 3 5 .375 3 5 .375 2 6 .250 2 7 .222 1 7 .125
All Games W L PCT 9 11 .450 11 11 .500 7 13 .350 9 12 .429 7 13 .350 5 15 .250 3 15 .167 4 13 .235 5 16 .238 2 19 .095
Mississippi college schedule
GB — 3 1/2 8 8 1/2 13
WESTERN CONFERENCE W Houston.........................12 San Antonio...................12 Dallas.............................12 Memphis........................10 New Orleans.................4
CONFERENCE USA
Conference All Games W L PCT W L PCT Southern Miss. 6 1 .857 19 3 .864 Memphis 5 1 .833 14 6 .700 Tulsa 6 2 .750 13 9 .591 Marshall 4 2 .667 13 7 .650 UCF 5 3 .625 15 6 .714 Rice 3 4 .429 12 10 .545 Houston 3 4 .429 10 9 .526 UTEP 3 4 .429 10 11 .476 Tulane 2 5 .286 14 7 .667 SMU 2 5 .286 10 11 .476 UAB 2 5 .286 7 13 .350 East Carolina 1 6 .143 10 10 .500 Saturday’s Games Tulsa 66, SMU 60 Southern Miss. 78, UCF 65 Rice 88, Tulane 74 Houston 81, UTEP 76, OT East Carolina 73, UAB 66 Marshall at Memphis, (n) Today’s Games No games scheduled ——— MVSU Southern U. Texas Southern Prairie View Alabama St. Jackson St Grambling St. Alabama A&M Alcorn St. Ark.-Pine Bluff
GB — — — 1 7 1/2
Pct .842 .737 .600 .588 .474
GB — 2 4 1/2 5 7
Pct .625 .550 .333 .333 .316
GB — 1 5 5 5 1/2
OLE MISS 66, SOUTH CAROLINA 62
SOUTH CAROLINA (9-11) Gill 4-5 2-2 10, Cooke 6-14 2-3 17, Harris 3-3 0-0 6, Ellington 4-16 0-0 9, Leonard 1-8 0-0 3, Williams 5-9 2-2 15, Jackson 0-2 0-0 0, Slawson 0-2 0-0 0, Geathers 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 24-60 6-7 62. OLE MISS (14-7) Henry 4-6 6-6 15, Buckner 3-6 1-2 7, Holloway 4-7 6-13 14, Williams 5-14 0-1 12, Summers 1-3 0-0 3, Cox 1-1 0-2 2, White 1-2 0-0 2, Aniefiok 0-1 0-0 0, Kendrick 5-9 0-0 11. Totals 24-49 13-24 66. Halftime—Ole Miss 31-28. 3-Point Goals—South Carolina 8-21 (Cooke 3-3, Williams 3-6, Ellington 1-5, Leonard 1-7), Ole Miss 5-13 (Williams 2-6, Summers 1-1, Henry 1-2, Kendrick 1-3, White 0-1). Fouled Out—Harris. Rebounds—South Carolina 28 (Cooke 7), Ole Miss 38 (Holloway 11). Assists—South Carolina 15 (Ellington 5), Ole Miss 15 (Summers 5). Total Fouls—South Carolina 17, Ole Miss 12. A—7,396.
MISS. VALLEY ST. 60, JACKSON ST. 54
JACKSON ST. (5-15) Taylor 3-5 4-6 10, Howard 8-18 3-4 21, Williams 5-13 0-0 13, Lewis 0-3 0-1 0, Jones 2-5 0-0 4, Stewart 0-1 0-0 0, Coleman 0-1 0-0 0, Readus 3-10 0-0 6. Totals 21-56 7-11 54. MVSU (9-11) Joyner 2-12 2-5 8, Studivant 2-4 2-4 6, Jones 1-6 0-0 3, Burwell 1-5 2-2 4, Crosby 4-6 4-6 12, Pugh 1-4 2-2 4, Pajkovic 0-1 0-0 0, Arrington 2-4 4-5 8, Cox 6-11 2-2 15. Totals 19-53 18-26 60. Halftime—MVSU 24-23. 3-Point Goals—Jackson St. 5-14 (Williams 3-5, Howard 2-8, Stewart 0-1), MVSU 4-21 (Joyner 2-11, Cox 1-2, Jones 1-4, Pajkovic 0-1, Arrington 0-1, Pugh 0-2). Fouled Out—Crosby. Rebounds—Jackson St. 33 (Howard, Taylor 7), MVSU 44 (Crosby 12). Assists— Jackson St. 9 (Readus 4), MVSU 9 (Burwell 4). Total Fouls—Jackson St. 19, MVSU 16. Technicals—Taylor, Arrington. A—5,301.
SOUTHERN U. 65, ALCORN ST. 54
Saturday’s Games No. 1 Kentucky 74, LSU 50 No. 2 Missouri 63, Texas Tech 50 No. 3 Syracuse 63, West Virginia 61 Iowa St. 72, No. 5 Kansas 64 No. 6 Baylor 76, Texas 71 No. 8 Duke 83, St. John’s 76 Pittsburgh 72, No. 9 Georgetown 60 No. 11 Murray St. 73, E. Illinois 58 No. 12 UNLV at Air Force, (n) Colorado St. 77, No. 13 San Diego St. 60 No. 14 Florida 69, No. 18 Mississippi St. 57 No. 15 Creighton 73, Bradley 59 No. 17 Marquette 82, Villanova 78 No. 19 Virginia 61, NC State 60 No. 21 St. Mary’s 80, BYU 66 Oklahoma 63, No. 22 Kansas St. 60 Today’s Games No. 4 Ohio St. vs. No. 20 Michigan, Noon No. 7 North Carolina vs. Georgia Tech, 5 p.m. No. 16 Indiana vs. Iowa, 5 p.m. No. 24 Connecticut vs. Notre Dame, 11 a.m. ———
Southeast Division
W Miami.............................14 Atlanta...........................14 Orlando..........................12 Washington....................4 Charlotte........................3
Saturday’s Games Alabama 72, Arkansas 66 Florida 69, Mississippi St. 57 Vanderbilt 84, Middle Tennessee 77 Kentucky 74, LSU 50 Tennessee 64, Auburn 49 Ole Miss 66, South Carolina 62 Today’s Games No games scheduled ———
Top 25 Schedule
EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division
All Games W L PCT 21 1 .955 17 4 .810 16 5 .762 17 5 .773 14 7 .667 15 6 .714 14 7 .667 10 11 .476 12 9 .571 12 9 .571 10 10 .500 9 11 .450
Saturday’s Games Southern U. 65, Alcorn St. 54 Miss. Valley St. 60, Jackson St. 54 Texas Southern 73, Alabama A&M 61 Prairie View 64, Alabama St. 57 Grambling St. 60, Ark.-Pine Bluff 55 Today’s Games No games scheduled ———
nba W Philadelphia...................14 Boston...........................9 New York.......................7 New Jersey...................7 Toronto..........................6
Conference W L PCT Kentucky 7 0 1.000 Florida 5 1 .833 Vanderbilt 5 1 .833 Mississippi St. 4 3 .571 Ole Miss 4 3 .571 Arkansas 3 3 .500 Alabama 3 4 .429 Tennessee 2 4 .333 Auburn 2 5 .286 LSU 2 5 .286 Georgia 1 5 .167 South Carolina 1 5 .167
(Watson 6), UCF 13 (Sykes 5). Total Fouls— Southern Miss. 18, UCF 21. Technicals—Pelham, Southern Miss. Bench. A—7,790.
Saturday’s Games Florida 69, Mississippi St. 57 William Carey 56, Union University 55 Texas-Tyler 58, Mississippi College 57 Belhaven, 79, Spring Hill 62s Southern U. 65, Alcorn St. 54 Christian Brothers 75, Delta St. 46 Miss. Valley St. 60, Jackson St. 54 Ole Miss 66, South Carolina 62 Southern Miss. 78, UCF 65 Today’s Game Millsaps at Trinity University, 2 p.m. ———
FLORIDA 69, MISSISSIPPI ST. 57
MISSISSIPPI ST. (17-5) Sidney 2-7 1-2 5, Moultrie 4-10 4-8 12, Bost 4-7 2-2 12, Hood 3-6 0-0 7, Bryant 5-6 0-0 11, Steele 3-9 0-0 9, Lewis 0-3 1-2 1. Totals 21-48 8-14 57. FLORIDA (17-4) Yeguete 2-3 0-2 4, Murphy 5-9 0-0 14, Boynton 1-6 0-0 2, Walker 4-10 0-1 10, Beal 6-9 4-4 19, Rosario 2-5 0-0 5, Young 6-11 0-0 12, Wilbekin 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 27-56 4-7 69. Halftime—Florida 30-27. 3-Point Goals—Mississippi St. 7-16 (Steele 3-6, Bost 2-4, Bryant 1-1, Hood 1-3, Sidney 0-2), Florida 11-24 (Murphy 4-7, Beal 3-4, Walker 2-6, Rosario 1-2, Wilbekin 1-2, Boynton 0-3). Fouled Out—Moultrie. Rebounds— Mississippi St. 34 (Moultrie 13), Florida 26 (Yeguete 7). Assists—Mississippi St. 10 (Bost 4), Florida 15 (Boynton 5). Total Fouls—Mississippi St. 14, Florida 11. A—12,045.
SOUTHERN MISS 78, UCF 65
SOUTHERN MISS (19-3) Bolden 4-7 0-0 8, Mills 3-4 1-3 7, Page 1-7 0-0 3, McGill 0-0 0-0 0, Johnson 4-11 0-1 9, Dodson 6-11 9-11 22, Watson 5-11 9-12 23, Jenkins 1-2 0-0 2, Pelham 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 26-56 19-27 78. UCF (15-6) Sykes 2-8 3-4 7, Clanton 9-12 2-2 21, Crittle 1-3 6-6 8, Rompza 3-11 0-0 8, Jordan 4-11 3-4 11, Spurlock 1-8 2-2 5, Gaynor 2-2 1-2 5, Wilson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-55 17-20 65. Halftime—UCF 31-30. 3-Point Goals—Southern Miss. 7-21 (Watson 4-7, Johnson 1-2, Dodson 1-2, Page 1-6, Jenkins 0-1, Pelham 0-1, Bolden 0-2), UCF 4-14 (Rompza 2-6, Clanton 1-3, Spurlock 1-4, Jordan 0-1). Fouled Out—Clanton. Rebounds—Southern Miss. 35 (Dodson 8), UCF 33 (Spurlock 8). Assists—Southern Miss. 13
ALCORN ST. (4-16) McDonald 1-6 3-4 5, Oakley 0-6 4-4 4, Nieves 3-16 5-8 11, Rimmer 4-12 6-7 14, Sullivan 0-5 4-4 4, Hawkins 3-8 0-0 7, Moore 0-0 0-0 0, Tufono 0-1 0-0 0, Sanders 0-0 0-0 0, Francis 4-6 1-1 9, Starks 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 15-60 23-28 54. SOUTHERN U. (11-11) Beltran 4-9 4-6 14, Grace 3-8 3-4 10, Monroe 1-7 0-0 2, Doggett 4-6 1-2 9, F. Coleman 6-10 0-2 12, Marshall 1-3 4-4 6, Celestin 5-10 0-0 12, Hill 0-2 0-0 0, Bol 0-2 0-2 0, Webb 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 24-58 12-20 65. Halftime—Southern U. 31-13. 3-Point Goals— Alcorn St. 1-14 (Hawkins 1-4, Tufono 0-1, McDonald 0-1, Rimmer 0-2, Nieves 0-2, Oakley 0-4), Southern U. 5-11 (Beltran 2-2, Celestin 2-5, Grace 1-2, Hill 0-1, Bol 0-1). Fouled Out—Sullivan. Rebounds—Alcorn St. 38 (Sullivan 10), Southern U. 47 (F. Coleman 14). Assists—Alcorn St. 1 (Sullivan 1), Southern U. 11 (Celestin, Doggett, Grace, Monroe, Webb 2). Total Fouls—Alcorn St. 18, Southern U. 20. A—2,282.
Oral Roberts 77, UMKC 67 Rice 88, Tulane 74 Stephen F. Austin 64, Texas A&M-CC 49 Texas A&M 76, Oklahoma St. 61 Texas-Arlington 82, Texas St. 79 Texas-Pan American 81, Houston Baptist 71 Tulsa 66, SMU 60 UALR 64, Denver 57 UTSA 78, Sam Houston St. 66 FAR WEST Arizona St. 71, Washington St. 67 Colorado St. 77, San Diego St. 60 Idaho St. 64, Weber St. 62 New Mexico 71, TCU 54 UC Irvine 65, UC Riverside 57 UC Santa Barbara 56, Pacific 53 UCLA 77, Colorado 60 Utah St. 82, San Jose St. 65 Washington 69, Arizona 67 Wyoming 75, Boise St. 64
women’s basketball Women’s Top 25 Schedule
Saturday’s Games No. 1 Baylor 74, Kansas 46 No. 2 Notre Dame 71, St. John’s 56 No. 3 Connecticut 77, South Florida 62 No. 4 Stanford 74, California 71 No. 12 Green Bay 65, Valparaiso 37 Iowa 59, No. 13 Purdue 42 No. 16 Louisville 62, Villanova 58 No. 21 Texas Tech 75, Texas 71 No. 22 Gonzaga 75, Saint Mary’s 70 No. 23 BYU 74, Santa Clara 64 No. 23 DePaul 71, Seton Hall 59 Today’s Games No. 6 Kentucky vs. Alabama, 1 p.m. No. 7 Tennessee at No. 17 Georgia, 4 p.m. No. 9 Ohio St. at Minnesota, Noon No. 10 Miami at Boston College, 4 p.m. No. 11 Rutgers at No. 20 Georgetown, 12:30 p.m. No. 14 Texas A&M vs. Iowa St., 1 p.m. No. 15 Delaware at James Madison, 1 p.m. No. 18 Penn St. at Michigan St., 2 p.m. No. 19 Nebraska at Illinois, Noon No. 25 North Carolina at Wake Forest, 1 p.m.
prep basketball Girls UNV. CHRISTIAN 45, ST. AL 39
UCS 12 12 12 9 — 45 St. Aloysius 2 12 11 14 — 39 University Christian (45) Lauren McDaniel 16, Rachel Wilson 12, Brown 6, Cantrell 4, Parkman 2, Moore 2. St. Aloysius (39) Ann Garrison Thomas 12, Willis 8, Alexa Engel 7, Welp 4, Parman 4, Embry 3, Miller 1.
Boys UNV. CHRISTIAN 58, ST. AL 45
UCS 19 10 10 19 — 58 St. Aloysius 13 6 3 23 — 45 University Christian (58) Caleb Shufelt 20, Javeous Nicks 16, Graham Yeatman 16, Elliott 4, Warner 2, Davis 1. St. Aloysius (45) Ben Welp 18, Reed 7, Smith 7, Pendleton 4, Loving 2, Smithhart 2.
Saturday’s Scores
EAST Albany (NY) 72, Hartford 60 American U. 69, Lafayette 61 Bucknell 66, Navy 51 CCSU 69, Fairleigh Dickinson 62 Cornell 65, Columbia 60 Drexel 71, Delaware 55 Fordham 63, George Washington 58 Harvard 68, Brown 59 Holy Cross 76, Colgate 60 LIU 97, St. Francis (Pa.) 76 La Salle 71, Duquesne 68 Louisville 60, Seton Hall 51 Maine 67, Binghamton 59 Marquette 82, Villanova 78 Monmouth (NJ) 78, Bryant 68 Mount St. Mary’s 81, Sacred Heart 80, 2OT Northeastern 58, Hofstra 51 Pittsburgh 72, Georgetown 60 Rutgers 61, Cincinnati 54 St. Bonaventure 62, Richmond 47 St. Francis (NY) 81, Robert Morris 68 Syracuse 63, West Virginia 61 Temple 78, Saint Joseph’s 60 Towson 66, UNC Wilmington 61 UMass 72, Saint Louis 59 Wagner 51, Quinnipiac 50 Yale 62, Dartmouth 52 SOUTH Alabama 72, Arkansas 66 Appalachian St. 81, Elon 66 Austin Peay 92, UT-Martin 73 Belmont 85, Jacksonville 71 Charleston Southern 75, Presbyterian 64 Clemson 71, Wake Forest 60 Coastal Carolina 70, Gardner-Webb 56 Coppin St. 73, Hampton 70 Delaware St. 76, NC Central 70 Duke 83, St. John’s 76 East Carolina 73, UAB 66 Florida 69, Mississippi St. 57 Florida A&M 68, Bethune-Cookman 62 Florida Gulf Coast 92, Kennesaw St. 74 Furman 67, The Citadel 58 George Mason 89, James Madison 79 Georgia Southern 75, Chattanooga 72 High Point 52, Winthrop 47 Jacksonville St. 76, SIU-Edwardsville 65 Kentucky 74, LSU 50 Liberty 67, Radford 65 Louisiana-Lafayette 67, Louisiana-Monroe 60 MVSU 60, Jackson St. 54 Maryland 73, Virginia Tech 69 Mercer 75, Stetson 64 Ole Miss 66, South Carolina 62 Morehead St. 56, Tennessee Tech 50 Murray St. 73, E. Illinois 58 NC A&T 91, Md.-Eastern Shore 66 Nevada 65, Louisiana Tech 63 Norfolk St. 76, Morgan St. 59 North Florida 71, Lipscomb 59 Northwestern St. 55, SE Louisiana 38 Old Dominion 68, William & Mary 44 Prairie View 64, Alabama St. 57 Samford 77, Davidson 74 Savannah St. 71, Howard 50 Southern Miss. 78, UCF 65 Southern U. 65, Alcorn St. 54 Tennessee 64, Auburn 49 Tennessee St. 91, E. Kentucky 85, 2OT Texas Southern 73, Alabama A&M 61 UNC Asheville 95, Campbell 84 UNC Greensboro 89, W. Carolina 86, OT VCU 59, Georgia St. 58 Vanderbilt 84, Middle Tennessee 77 Virginia 61, NC State 60 W. Kentucky 61, FIU 51 Wofford 68, Coll. of Charleston 59 Xavier 74, Charlotte 70 MIDWEST Akron 74, Cent. Michigan 64 Buffalo 74, N. Illinois 59 Cleveland St. 67, Youngstown St. 47 Creighton 73, Bradley 59 E. Michigan 55, Bowling Green 50 Green Bay 80, Butler 68 Illinois St. 60, S. Illinois 40 Iowa St. 72, Kansas 64 Kent St. 77, Toledo 61 Minnesota 77, Illinois 72, OT Missouri 63, Texas Tech 50 Missouri St. 63, N. Iowa 51 N. Dakota St. 78, Oakland 75 North Dakota 71, Chicago St. 61 Ohio 59, Ball St. 55 Oklahoma 63, Kansas St. 60 Purdue 58, Northwestern 56 Rhode Island 86, Dayton 81 S. Dakota St. 74, IPFW 43 Valparaiso 55, Milwaukee 52 W. Illinois 57, IUPUI 55 W. Michigan 73, Miami (Ohio) 64 SOUTHWEST Baylor 76, Texas 71 Grambling St. 60, Ark.-Pine Bluff 55 Houston 81, UTEP 76, OT Lamar 80, Nicholls St. 56 North Texas 76, Arkansas St. 64
nhl EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division
GP N.Y. Rangers...47 Philadelphia.....48 Pittsburgh........49 New Jersey.....48 N.Y. Islanders..48
W 31 29 28 26 19
L 12 14 17 19 22
OT 4 5 4 3 7
Pts 66 63 60 55 45
Northeast Division
GP Boston.............47 Ottawa.............52 Toronto............49 Montreal...........49 Buffalo.............49
W 31 27 25 19 20
L 14 19 19 21 24
OT 2 6 5 9 5
Pts 64 60 55 47 45
Southeast Division
GP Washington......48 Florida..............48 Winnipeg..........50 Tampa Bay......48 Carolina...........51
W 26 22 22 21 18
L 19 15 22 23 24
OT 3 11 6 4 9
Pts 55 55 50 46 45
WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division
GP Detroit..............50 St. Louis..........49 Nashville..........50 Chicago...........50 Columbus........49
W 33 29 30 29 13
L 16 13 16 15 30
OT 1 7 4 6 6
Pts 67 65 64 64 32
Northwest Division
GP Vancouver.......49 Minnesota........49 Colorado..........51 Calgary............50 Edmonton........49
W 30 24 26 23 18
L 15 18 23 21 26
OT 4 7 2 6 5
Pts 64 55 54 52 41
Pacific Division
GF 132 162 152 129 115
GA 96 142 127 136 143
GF 171 157 151 130 119
GA 102 160 147 134 149
GF 136 122 124 136 130
GA 137 136 143 165 159
GF 160 124 140 162 115
GA 117 102 127 144 163
GF 158 115 131 120 122
GA 122 126 144 137 142
GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose.........47 27 14 6 60 131 110 Los Angeles....50 24 16 10 58 111 111 Dallas...............48 25 21 2 52 126 136 Phoenix............50 22 20 8 52 130 134 Anaheim..........48 18 23 7 43 124 144 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Saturday’s Games No games scheduled Today’s Game All-Star Game, at Ottawa, 3 p.m. Monday’s Games No games scheduled
LOTTERY Sunday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 9-5-0 La. Pick 4: 7-4-0-9 Monday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 1-5-7 La. Pick 4: 9-9-5-0 Tuesday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 2-4-1 La. Pick 4: 3-6-5-1 Mega Millions: 10-22-24-36-49 Megaball: 33; Megaplier; 4 Wednesday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 0-8-0 La. Pick 4: 0-3-3-2 Easy 5: 2-10-13-19-35 La. Lotto: 9-10-13-31-37-39 Powerball: 4-19-28-29-47 Powerball: 5 Thursday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 8-2-4 La. Pick 4: 5-0-8-6 Friday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 9-8-8 La. Pick 4: 7-0-0-1 Mega Millions: 3-5-30-36-48 Megaball: 23; Megaplier; 4 Saturday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 2-4-0 La. Pick 4: 3-0-6-2 Easy 5: 2-3-7-22-36 La. Lotto: 9-14-32-35-37-3 Powerball: 5-33-41-54-59 Powerball: 13
Sunday, January 29, 2012
The Vicksburg Post
college basketball
Alabama snaps four-game losing streak By The Associated Press Trevor Releford scored 18 points and Alabama snapped a four-game losing streak, beating Arkansas 72-66 on Saturday. JaMychal Green finished with 14 points and eight rebounds for Crimson Tide (14-7, 3-4 Southeastern Conference), who won their 500th game in Coleman Coliseum. Tony Mitchell and Andrew Steele each scored 11 points. Steele also had a career-high six assists and six rebounds. The four players who scored in double-digits were the most this season since Alabama put five players in double digits during an 82-45 victory over Alabama A&M on Nov. 23. Ricky Scott had 18 points for the Razorbacks (15-6, 3-3) remain winless on the road. Mardracus Wade 12 points
and BJ Young 11 points and six assists. After trailing by five points on four occasions, Alabama grabbed its first lead 28-26 at the 7:11 mark when Releford made a three-point shot from the corner. “The way we closed the first half with a seven point lead (enabled us) to have good momentum,” Alabama coach Anthony Grant said. The Crimson Tide stayed in front for the remainder of the half, extending their lead to 37-30 at halftime when Releford scored on a driving layup. The Razorbacks went on a 17-8 run to take a 47-45 lead on a score by Devonta Abron with 13:41 remaining, after Abron had tied the game on a dunk. Trailing 56-54 with 6:59 left to play, Alabama outscored Arkansas 18-10 down
the stretch to secure the win. “I think we had better energy on the defensive end. We executed and made some plays down the stretch,” Releford said. “We played with a sense of urgency. We were on a four-game losing streak and I think just to get our confidence back we needed to win.” Steele said, Alabama connected on 25-of50 shots from the field, marking the seventh time this season the Crimson Tide has shot 50 percent or better in a game. Alabama scored 40 of its 72 points in the paint, while connecting on 20-of-25 free throws (80.0 percent) — the third most the Tide has registered from the foul line this season. “Obviously they must have wanted it more than we did,” Arkansas coach Mike Anderson said. “They did a good job
making free throws down the stretch, and we didn’t execute down the stretch. The game went as scripted. They made more plays than we did. That’s life on the road.”
Tennessee 64, Auburn 49 Tennessee struggled to hit its shots against Auburn, so it relied on its defense and rebounding efforts to pull it through instead. It worked. By the end of the game, the Volunteers had a season-high 53 rebounds — four more boards than the number of points scored by the Tigers — and came away with a win. “Like I told the guys, we shot under 40 percent from the field and won the game because we rebounded and defended,” Tennessee coach Cuonzo Martin said.
Kentucky pulls away late from LSU By The Associated Press Terrence Jones highlighted a 27-point performance with a 13-0 run on his own and No. 1 Kentucky pulled away in the second half for a 74-50 win over struggling LSU Saturday night. Anthony Davis had 16 points and 10 rebounds despite briefly leaving the game when he hurt his right shoulder in a scramble for a loose ball. Darius Miller added 13 points including three 3-pointers for Kentucky (21-1 7-0 Southeastern), which has won 13 straight games. Johnny O’Bryant III had 12 points and nine rebounds for LSU (12-9, 2-5), which has lost four of its last five. Storm Warren had 11 points for the Tigers, including an alley-oop dunk that briefly got the Tigers within a point at 25-24 late in the first half, before the Wildcats pulled away. Jones scored the last four points of the first half, then helped Kentucky break the game open by scoring the first nine of the second half on two dunks, a fastbreak layup and another basket inside as he was fouled. His last of 13 straight points in the game gave Kentucky a 44-26 lead. A few minutes later, Jones made his ninth field goal in 11 shots on a short jumper in the lane that gave him 21 points and put the Wildcats up 51-30. LSU missed its first five shots, and 11 of its first 15. Davis went down hard on his back during a scramble for a loose ball in the first half and remained down after the play before getting up grimacing and holding his right shoulder. While he was gone, LSU went on an 8-1 run capped when Warren finished a fast break by taking lob from Hickey to cut Kentucky’s lead to a point.
Southern U. 65, Alcorn State 54 Derick Beltran led four Southern University players in double figures with 14 points and the Jaguars defeated Alcorn State. Frederick Coleman tallied a double-double with 12 points and 14 rebounds, Mike Celestin scored 12 points and Jameel Grace added 10 for Southern (11-11, 7-2 Southwestern Athletic Conference). The Jaguars led the entire way after scoring the game’s first six points, four by Quinton Doggett. Southern led 31-13 at half-
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St. Al Continued from Page B1. missed 11 of 12 in the first half, but did come back to make three of four in the second half. The misses spoiled an otherwise solid game for Thomas. She finished with 12 points, 11 rebounds and six assists. St. Al trailed by 10 after one quarter, but cut the spread to five in the third quarter after a basket by Avery Parman.
Down nine with 3:09 left, Allie Willis hit a 3-pointer and a basket by Thomas off a steal made it 43-39 with 16 seconds left. Two free throws by Rachel Wilson sealed it for the Flames (6-14). Lauren McDaniel had 16 points for the Flames. Wilson added 12. Alexa Engel had seven points and seven rebounds for St. Al.
MSU Continued from Page B1. by Patric Young’s two dunks turned a tight game into a double-digit affair. Mississippi State (17-5, 4-3) trailed 62-47 after the spurt and never got the lead to single digits. The Gators made enough plays down the stretch to secure their second win in six games against the Bulldogs. Florida also improved to 5-1 in short-turnaround games (Thursday-Saturday) over the last three seasons. Mississippi State is the only conference team better, posting a 5-0 mark in those kind of games. “It is difficult,” Stansbury said. “It’s better when you’re at home. ... As a coach, none of us likes that scenario. But it’s part of it. Most of us in this league have to do it.” Moultrie added 13 rebounds, notching his league-leading
13th double-double of the season before fouling out with 2:04 remaining. Beal led the Gators with 19 points. Young finished with 12, many of them coming on crowd-rousing plays in the second half. Florida used a pressing, trapping defense to dictate tempo and force the Bulldogs into all those turnovers. “They had a lot to do with us not playing our best,” Stansbury said. Florida trapped Bost on every pick-and-roll play, often forcing the ball out of his hands and trying to wear him down. “They were communicating with each other and were out there on defense talking amongst themselves,” Bost said. “That’s a sign of a really good team.”
Ole Miss Continued from Page B1. 49) and outrebounding the Gamecocks 38-28. The Rebels led 60-53 with 5:55 remaining, but South Carolina made a run. The Gamecocks pulled within 63-62 with 48 seconds left, but Cooke missed a free throw that could have tied the game. On the next possession, Ole Miss point guard Jarvis Summers found Henry in the corner for a wide-open 3-pointer, and it splashed through the hoop to seal the win. Holloway added 11 rebounds for a double-double against his former team. In a strange odyssey, he left Ole Miss after his sophomore season in 2010, transferring to South Carolina to be closer to his family which lives just outside of Columbia, S.C. He
sat out last season because of NCAA transfer rules and then decided that he wanted to transfer back to Ole Miss. It wasn’t clear if Holloway would be allowed to play this season until the fall, when the NCAA and SEC cleared his return to the Rebels. He’s been outstanding this season, epitomizing the Rebels’ hard-nosed approach. He came into the game averaging 10.2 points and 9.3 rebounds despite an unorthodox left-handed shooting stroke, relying instead on relentless energy around the basket. Against the Gamecocks, he made 4 of 7 shots from the field but shot just 6 of 13 from the free-throw line. Ole Miss led by as many as 10 points in the first half, but had to settle for a 31-28 halftime lead.
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LSU guard Andre Stringer drives to the basket past Kentucky forward Terrence Jones Saturday. Kentucky won 74-50. time after holding the Braves (4-16, 2-7) to just 3-of-27 shooting in the first half. Alcorn made it 6-2 on Ian Francis’ layup with 16:16 left in the first half and wouldn’t hit another field goal for 10:44, when JaMichael Hawkins’ layup made it 19-7. Southern took its biggest lead, 40-17, on Beltran’s 3 with 14:35 to play. Xavian Rimmer led Alcorn State with 14 points, Anthony Nieves added 11 and KeDorian Sullivan chipped in 10 rebounds.
Missouri 63, Texas Tech 50 Kim English scored 19 points in the first half, Marcus Denmon added 13 after the break and second-ranked Missouri had just enough to avoid a second straight upset with a shaky victory over Texas Tech. Jaye Crockett had 11 points and 11 rebounds and Ty Nurse
scored 13 for Texas Tech (7-13, 0-8 Big 12), which shaved a 15-point deficit to seven on Clark Lammert’s 3-pointer off the glass at the shot-clock buzzer with 2:36 to go.
Syracuse 63, West Virginia 61 Brandon Triche had 18 points, including a pair of free throws that broke the final tie with 88 seconds left, and thirdranked Syracuse beat West Virginia.
Iowa State 72, Kansas 64 Royce White had 18 points and nine rebounds as Iowa State upset fifth-ranked Kansas, snapping the Jayhawks’ winning streak at 10 games. Melvin Ejim added 15 points for the Cyclones (15-6, 5-3 Big 12), who had lost 13 straight to Kansas since their last victory in 2005.
Baylor 76, Texas 71 Perry Jones III scored 22 points and grabbed a careerhigh 14 rebounds, Pierre Jackson hit the go-ahead 3-pointer and No. 6 Baylor withstood a second-half rally to beat Texas. Baylor (19-2, 6-2 Big 12) led by 12 early in the second half before J’Covan Brown led a charge that helped the Longhorns tie the game.
Duke 83, St. John’s 76 Mason Plumlee had 15 points and a career-high 17 rebounds to help No. 8 Duke hold off St. John’s.
Pitt 72, Georgetown 60 Nasir Robinson scored 23 points and made all nine of his field goal attempts to lead Pittsburgh past ninth-ranked Georgetown.
Continued from Page B1. half. Watson started the run with a 3-pointer, Dodson followed that with a 3-point play and finished it with a free throw after being fouled hard on an offensive rebound. Watson contributed another 3-pointer during the run and had three of his assists during the stretch that gave the Golden Eagles a 56-44 lead with 9:03 left in the game. UCF did cut the deficit to
seven on four occasions after that, but never got closer. “We’ve been searching for an identity all season and I think we found one tonight,” Eustachy said. “We were really physical and showed the kind of toughness we’ve been talking about all year. Winning in a place where they won 16 straight isn’t easy so I’m really happy with what our guys did tonight.”
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Wilfork clogs middle for Patriots’ defense FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Try to shove massive Vince Wilfork out of the middle. Tough to do, isn’t it? The 325-pound Pro Bowl tackle keeps sticking around. Wilfork is the only defensive starter left from the New England Patriots last Super Bowl team four years ago. This season, he’s rarely come off the field. And why should he? He’s earned all that playing time by crunching runners, charging quarterbacks and clogging holes that offensive linemen struggle to open. “He’s been huge,” coach Bill Belichick said. “Vince has had a great year for us. He’s had obviously a great career, had an outstanding year last year, but this year it’s even gone a step higher.” Now he has a chance to reach the top in one climactic game. Wilfork, as usual, will be in the center of the action at the Super Bowl against the New York Giants on Feb. 5. “I don’t care how many Super Bowls you’ve been to or won. Every chance (you) get to play at this level is the biggest game of your career,” he said, but “it’s still a football game and they’re going to have to line up between the lines and play. “I think the more we can focus on that end and just block everything else out the better we’ll be as a team. But it’s no question in my mind, these guys will do that.” The leadership and inspiration Wilfork provides as a captain — with his hard-hitting play as much as his soft voice — pushes teammates to compete despite season-long criticism of their defense that allowed the second most yards in the regular season. But runners who challenge the heart of that defense encounter Wilfork’s wide body.
“He is definitely hard to move,” Giants running back Brandon Jacobs said. “He is strong and he is quick for his Vince size. You can’t Wilfork (figure out) one way where he is going to this or he is going to that. He is not one-dimensional. He makes it really hard for people to figure out how they are going to block him.” In the 23-20 win over Baltimore in the AFC championship game, Wilfork had one sack and six tackles, including a stop of Ray Rice for a 3-yard loss that might have pushed the Ravens out of fieldgoal range with about 3 minutes left. Wilfork has been primarily a nose tackle since being drafted out of Miami with the 21st pick in 2004. But this season he also lined up at end and tackle in a 4-3 alignment. And he has developed into an every-down player. “You rarely see a defensive lineman playing 90 percent of the snaps,” linebacker Jerod Mayo said. “He’s one of those guys, I don’t want to say his weight on camera, but he’s a big guy, you can all see that. That’s very impressive in its own right.” So are his imitations of fleet, 180-pound cornerbacks. Wilfork, athletic and fast despite his size, had the first two interceptions of his career in the first four games this season. He rambled 36 yards with the first to set up a field goal on the last play before halftime of a 35-21 win over San Diego. Two weeks later he grabbed another pass, returning it 19 yards in the fourth quarter of a 31-19 win over Oakland. “Legendary,” Belichick called those picks.
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YMCA Biddyball registration open The Vicksburg YMCA is accepting registrations for its Biddy Basketball program until Feb. 4. The six-week introductory program is for children in grades K-2 and focuses on fundamentals. There will be four sessions available on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 4:15 to 5 p.m. and 5:15 to 6 p.m. The sessions will be held at the Purks YMCA. To register, visit the Purks YMCA or go online to www. vicksburgymca.com. For information, call 638-1071.
Clear Creek Women’s Golf Club The Clear Creek Women’s Golf Club will be registering players for a nine-hole golf league through Feb. 27. The spring league will begin March 5 and end June 10. Registration fee is $10 per player. Handicaps and flights will be established by April 1. All ages welcome. To register, sign up at the Clear Creek clubhouse, call Karen Carroll at 601-831-1522 or e-mail her at ccwgc9@aol. com
Parks and recreation softball umpires The Vicksburg Parks and Recreation Department is looking for softball umpires for both the youth fast-pitch and adult slow-pitch season. Prospective umpires need to fill out city employment
forms, which can be picked up at the parks and recreation office on 100 ArmyNavy Drive. For information, call Joseph Graves at 601-634-4514.
AJGT Oak Wing Junior Golf Classic Junior golfers ages 11-18 are invited to compete in the Arrowhead Junior Golf Tour Oak Wing Junior Classic in Alexandria, La. on Feb. 25-26 .The two-day, 36-hole tournament is ranked by the National Junior Golf Scoreboard and hosted by the Arrowhead Junior Golf Tour. The entry fee includes two days of green fees, tee gifts, and trophies in four age divisions. The tournament registration deadline is Feb. 22 at noon. To enter the event, call 318-402-2446 or enter online at www.arrowheadjgt.com.
Run Thru History registration The 33rd annual Run Thru History is scheduled for March 3 at the Vicksburg National Military Park at 8:30 a.m. The fees are $25 for the 10K run, $25 for the 5K walk and $12 for the one-mile fun run for ages 15 and under before Feb. 27. After that, it is $30 for the 10K and $30 for the 5K walk. Raceday registration begins at 7 a.m. and concludes at 8 a.m. Race packets can be picked up from 5 until 8 p.m. at the Battlefield Inn or at registration on race day. Runners and walkers will receive a T-shirt, refreshments and live music. For information, visit runthruhistory.org, call Casey Custer at 601-638-1071 or e-mail him at caseycuster@ vicksburgymca.com.
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AFC teammates, from left, San Diego Chargers running back Ryan Mathews, New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis, Houston Texans cornerback Johnathan Joseph, Denver Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey and Jacksonville Jaguars running back/special-teams Montell Owens pose after the AFC team practice Friday.
Pro Bowl is a numbers game KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AP) — The Pro Bowl has turned into a numbers game. The AFC features five players who wear No. 24, including three corners, which has caused some confusion with autograph seekers and photographers leading up to today’s all-star game. The quintet of 24s include New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis, Denver Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey, Houston Texans cornerback Johnathan Joseph, San Diego Chargers running back Ryan Mathews and Jacksonville Jaguars special teamer Montell Owens. They all posed for photos together after Friday’s practice. So will real No. 24 please stand up? “They’re all the real No. 24s on their own team,” Mathews
On TV 6 p.m. NBC, Sunday Pro Bowl said. “On the Chargers, I’m the real No. 24.” Mathews wore No. 21 at Fresno State, but changed to 24 when he arrived at San Diego. “(LaDainian Tomlinson) was No. 21, so I had to change my number,” he said. “I’m sure he wouldn’t have minded if I wore it, though. But that’s L.T.’s number. I wanted to make my own brand.” Numbers often become a part of a player’s brand or identity, especially for superstars in their respective sports. Michael Jordan is 23, even though he also wore 45. Besides serving as a player’s brand, numbers often carry a
story behind it and can represent something they’ve carried since childhood, the number of a player they admired or simply a special number. Or it could mean nothing at all. “It’s my first year wearing 24 and I made it to the Pro Bowl,” said Joseph, who switched from 22 when he left the Cincinnati Bengals after five seasons and joined the Texans. “I wouldn’t say it’s my lucky number, but it’s working for me.” Bailey, on the other hand, is making his 11th Pro Bowl and has worn 24 since joining the NFL 13 years ago. He wore No. 4 at Georgia. Bailey acknowledges having so many 24s may create some confusion with fans, but not with the coaches or players. “We all know each other and we’re all going to represent the number real well,”
he said. At Friday’s practice on the grounds of the players’ hotel at the Ko Olina Resort, Revis played the left side while Bailey was on the right. Revis said there are some similarities between the 24s. “All of us are great at we do and that’s play great football,” he said. While some are selective about their numbers, Owens was willing to take whatever he could get after playing his collegiate ball as No. 33 at Maine. “I noticed all the 24s out here, but for me, it wasn’t even the number I selected at Jacksonville. It was given to me,” he said. “I was a guy who came out undrafted and so when you come out undrafted, you better take any number they give you.”
Country expressions starting to lose their meaning The grandboys spent the night last Friday, and woke up Saturday morning ready for juice and scones in bed whilst they educated their Grunk (short for Granddaddy Uncle Bob) on the pleasures of watching a cartoon character called Scooby Doo. This is an aside, but I never did that as a kid. We didn’t watch much TV, although some Mule Gypsies came through one summer putting up TV antennas, the which offer Big Robert took them up on, though it was three years later before we got a TV. But folks would drive by the house and remark in admiration, “Well, the Neills have got TV!” Because there was an antenna on our house, see? Sean sat up at one point to reach for another scone, and I noticed a lock of hair standing up on the back of his head. “You’ve got a cowlick,” I declared. He had no idea what I was talking about. When I was a shirttail boy, there were times when I was sent out to milk the cow, whenever Coney, our yardman, might be off visiting somewhere else. I learned early on to wear a cap turned backwards (before it became fashionable) to keep the cow from turning to lick the back of my head, making my hair stand up. When’s the last time you saw a milk cow? We still live in the country, but haven’t had a milk cow since I was in high school, I guess. I do remember that the first time I ever drank pasteurized milk from a carton was when they built a new juniorhigh cafeteria after the old school burned down. Our milk came straight from the cow, set up whilst the cream rises to the top, which was then skimmed off for Momma to churn our butter from. Times have changed, which I reckon ain’t all bad. However, kids of today will never be fully
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able to visualize “he’s runnin’ around like a chicken with his head cut off,” or “mad as a wet hen,” or “scarce as hen’s teeth.” Modern kids’ idea of chickens is that they’re fistsized pieces of meat covered with brown crunchy crust that come in red-and-white buckets. Try telling them that chickens used to be covered in feathers, pecked bugs out of the garden, and laid eggs. A reader recently actually wrote to thank me for using the “country vernacular” expression “wanted to get shut of” something.
The language must change, to mean anything. “He’s grinnin’ like a mule eatin’ briars” doesn’t convey any image to someone who has never seen a mule nor a sawbriar patch. Troy and I once actually peeled and tasted a length of sawbriar, to see why a mule would draw his lips back to avoid the thorns. Still don’t know. In the old days country folks had chickens, cows, mules, pigs, and poultry around the house and yard — and we lived off of them. Eggs and milk were daily products that entailed taking care of the animals and birds involved, but for bacon, ham, steaks, roasts, and southern fried chicken, termination was required before table fare, even though the family often had gotten attached to the (gulp) pet. Yet “clumsy as a hog on ice” brought to mind the winter the
stock pond froze over and the pigs, desperate for water, ventured onto the ice. A pig was raised to be fattened before conversion to bacon and ham, therefore it had a permanent smile, so “happy as a dead pig in the sunshine” meant something! Country vernacular may be passing from the scene, yet that may not entirely be a cause for mourning. After all, who amongst us modern Americans can really miss the image conveyed by the country expression, “built like a brick outhouse”? Flush toilets, electric lights, microwave ovens, computers, surround sound CDs, eggs in foam cartons, fried chicken in red-and-white buckets: better times?
• Robert Hitt Neill is an outdoors writer. He lives in Leland, Miss.
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TONIGHT ON TV n MOVIE “Jumanji” — A magic boardgame brings forth African perils and a guy, Robin Williams, who disappeared in 1969 while playing it./6:30 on Hallmark n SPORTS NFL — The NFL’s best — or, at least, the best that aren’t injured, playing in next week’s Super Bowl, or have anything better to do — hit the field in Honolulu’s Aloha Stadium for the annual Pro Bowl./6 on NBC n PRIMETIME “Undercover Boss” — President Rick Tigner of KendallJackson Wine Estates goes un- Robin Williams der cover to see what it is like on the front lines of the luxury wine company./7 on CBS
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 Tom Selleck, actor, 67; Bettye LaVette, rhythm-and-blues singer, 66; Ann Jillian, actress, 62; Tommy Ramone, rock musician, 60; Oprah Winfrey, talk show host, 58; Nicholas Turturro, actor, 50; Edward Burns, actor-director, 44; Heather Graham, actress, 42; Sara Gilbert, actress, 37; Jonny Lang, blues musician, 31; Adam Lambert, pop-rock singer, 30. n DEATH Dimitra Arliss — Actress who played a hired killer alongside Robert Redford and Paul Newman in the caper comedy "The Sting," was 79. Arliss died Jan. 26 at the Woodland Hills facility of complications from a stroke. After appearing as a "hit lady" in the 1973 hit "The Sting," she was seen in "Xanadu," starring Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly.
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Etta James remembered as a trailblazer Rev. Al Sharpton says Etta James should be remembered as a woman and an artist who “turned her pain into power.” Sharpton eulogized the rhythm and blues singer at a memorial service Saturday in which he highlighted James’ vocal talent but also her bluntness and ability to break down racial and cultural barriers. James died Jan. 20 after battling leukemia and other ailments.
Jackson doctor seeks early release The doctor convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson’s death asked a judge Friday to release him from jail pending his appeal. Dr. Conrad Murray, who is serving a four-year jail sentence, said in a declaration that he should be released either on his own recognizance or on bail with electronic monitoring. His lawyer, J. Michael Flanagan, said Murray knows he cannot work as a doctor but would find other employment. He suggested the sentence and Murray’s mode of confinement is extremely severe for a man with no prior criminal record.
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N.Y. inmate guilty of tax fraud A jury has convicted a New York prison inmate of falsely filing tax returns seeking $890 million in refunds. Prosecutors said the man filed the bogus returns from 2006 to 2010 while at various state prisons. They say he even was issued a refund for $327,000 — but prison officials intercepted the check and returned it to the Internal Revenue Service, which led the investigation. The man was convicted Thursday of 11 counts of filing false claims and one count of helping another inmate file bogus returns. He was serving two to four years for possession of stolen property when he was charged last February. He faces up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 on each count.
TOMORROW’S HOROSCOPE
BY BERNICE BEDE OSOL • NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — It’s erroneous to believe, as others say, that a very important arrangement is slipping from your control. Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20) — You’re presently in a very good cycle for fulfilling your desires and expectations, but good things can only happen if you believe in yourself. Aries (March 21-April 19) — Although initially you might not believe it, the odds are slanted in your favor. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Your powers of observation are extremely astute, so carefully observe a role model handle a situation similar to one of which you must take care. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — For whatever reason, your dealings with male pals will be easier to handle than any involvements you might have with the ladies. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — The proof you’ve been looking for regarding the loyalty and/or support of your associates will be made clear to you. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Any sincere effort you put forth to protect a critical matter for another will work well. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Someone who is in a position of power is apt to sense a kinship with you. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Normally it isn’t too smart to have too many irons in the fire simultaneously, but your case might be an exception. Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — It won’t be because you’ll be more forceful or assertive than usual that you’ll have a greater impact on others; it will be because your enthusiastic manner is so uplifting. Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Don’t be indifferent about situations that are running smoothly and producing good results for you. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Your ability to evaluate and use information so well is likely to be the envy of all your associates.
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Mississippi teen in ’American Idol’ top 40 JACKSON (AP) — A 17-year-old Brandon girl is one of the top 40 candidates on Fox’s American Idol. Skylar Laine Harden was one of the top 40 contestants who advanced to the singing competition’s Hollywood round, placing her one step closer to making her debut on a stage that has launched the careers of stars such as Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood. Skylar’s mother, Mary
Harden, has been with her daughter during the entire Idol process — from her first time meeting judges Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler to her recent venture to Tinseltown. “She’s ready for this,” her mother said said. And so far, Skylar’s blend of country and Southern rock has helped push her forward as the competition has narrowed from thousands. Sky-
lar’s grandfather, Malcolm Massey, raised her on country legends like Marty Stuart and Patsy Cline, Harden says. But her childhood years were spent on stage, belting out tunes in traveling productions of hit Broadway shows. “She could sing when she was 2,” said Skylar’s grandmother, Carolyn Massey. “She toured with Annie for a while, and then with Les Miserables when she was 6.”
The Masseys are owners of a Jackson mainstay, Beatty Street Grocery. And customers can see photos of Skylar throughout the years from her time working with the touring musicals. “She traveled to China and all sorts of places,” Carolyn Massey said. “She’s got a really strong voice. She has to be good to have been singing all this time.”
‘a cool, weird book store’
‘Portlandia’: A state of mind, laughs on IFC By Lynn Elber AP television writer LOS ANGELES — When Fred Armisen of “Saturday Night Live” and musician Carrie Brownstein found themselves with time and creativity on their hands, the longtime friends decided to conspire on a few videos. “Our goal wasn’t to be funny, just to make these odd little pieces,” Armisen said. It was the two of them, a cameraman and no particular expectations. “Then some ambition did start to creep in,” Armisen recalled. “We said, ‘Wait a minute, this has the elements of what a TV show would be,’” Armisen recalled. The result is “Portlandia,” the IFC series that’s in its second season (9 p.m. Fridays). It’s a collection of sketches set in a partly real, partly mythic version of Portland that stands in for a certain mindset and community. Think of “a cool, weird book store” and a record shop, a restaurant with “really, really good seafood” and a movie theater dedicated to indie films, suggests Armisen. With that backdrop, and with its stars taking on a variety of roles (and sometimes wigs), “Portlandia” sends up city life, pop culture, success-oriented parenting and slivers of obsessive behavior that veer from charming to unnerving — such as the smiling couple who decorate every available surface with bird designs. In one episode, “Cool Wedding,” militant bike messenger Spyke and his fiancee seek a unique ceremony, and a grocery store shopper (guest star Jack McBrayer of “30 Rock”) is scorned when he forgets his reusable bag. A must-see
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“Portlandia” creators and co-stars Fred Armisen, left, and Carrie Brownstein perform with actor Kyle MacLachlan in New York.
On TV “Portlandia” is shown on IFC at 9 p.m. on Fridays.
repeat is highlighted by Portland’s annual Allergy Pride Parade — all allergy sufferers welcome — and Jeff Goldblum as a knot store owner. The series has quickly developed a small but avid following, with two important fans at the front of the pack: Jennifer Caserta, IFC’s executive vice president and general manager, and mega-producer Lorne Michaels (“Saturday Night Live,” ‘’30 Rock”). “Portlandia” is “a perfect fit for IFC,” said Caserta. The channel had been expanding its original programming and “an alternative comedy was something we were honing in on, something that our audi-
ence wanted from us,” she said. Co-created by Jonathan Krisel, the show and its stars “felt very right for us and different from any sketch show we’ve seen before,” Caserta said. It’s a match for IFC’s programming that is “irresistibly on the fringes of what of what you would normally find elsewhere.” Michaels, executive producer of “Portlandia,” calls it “so inventive” and applauds IFC for letting the creative team keep the show’s concept pure and laser-focused. “They’re only doing it for the audience that wants it. No other audience need apply,” he said, laughing. “And it found an audience: It’s a little hit. I notice that, because people will go out of their way to mention the show to me.” And that includes the city and its residents, who provide
the starting point for parody. “You have to see it in Portland! They love it,” Michaels said. “I went out there this summer and spent a few days with (the production team). The show soaks up what’s happening there and celebrates it and has a nice way of being funny about it without betraying anything.” Season two was crafted with more emphasis on relationships, Armisen said, especially on couples who “work as a unit” and speak in the same voice. There’s Portlandstyle bicycle action, of course, including bicycle movers and a bicycle valet. Brownstein and Armisen, who met in 2003, share indierock music roots. The two also have a similar “fear of stillness,” said Brownstein, which set them on the path to “Portlandia.”
Man wants to cook up storm without thunder from wife Dear Abby: I’m fortunate to be married to an amazing woman. There’s just one problem. She’s convinced that I’m going to burn down the house. She constantly nags me when I’m cooking, even when I’m literally standing over the pots. I find her tone — and the idea that I don’t know how to use a stove — insulting. She insists I have the burner on too high when I’m making spaghetti, and it will somehow result in a catastrophe far worse than a ruined meal. I find it extremely annoying because I am 30, served my country honorably in Iraq, have been making spaghetti since I was 12 and have never caused any sort of kitchen fire. My wife hasn’t cooked for me in more than a year. That doesn’t upset me because I know she works hard to earn money for our family. But if she doesn’t cook for me and I’m not allowed to cook for me, then how am I supposed to eat? Is there anything I can do to make my wife understand that I can be trusted to make a simple meal on a simple stove? — Pasta Guy in Philly Dear Pasta Guy: Probably not, if you haven’t been able to convey that message in more than a year. So insist that she stay out of the kitchen while you’re cooking, or prepare your meals after she has left for work. Or expand your repertoire beyond spaghetti and make a salad instead. Dear Abby: I’m a 15-year-
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old high school student with a wonderful life, but I’m not happy. I get good grades, have many great friends, a weekend job and an amazing boyfriend. (He’s 17.) The problem is I’m bored. I have had only one technical boyfriend besides the one I have now. I had two “flings” where I got involved with guys without an official or physical relationship. I know most teenagers would kill for a boyfriend like mine who buys them things and tells them they’re beautiful. But I want a relationship with ups and downs — drama and fighting. Am I crazy to want to date other people, or is this normal? — Lost in Love Dear Lost in Love: You’re not crazy. It is normal for some teenage girls to want variety.
However, please don’t equate the kind of drama you see on TV and in films with what real life is supposed to be about. Relationships filled with drama and fighting do not have happy outcomes. They can lead to bruised hearts and sometimes violence. If you want to end the relationship with your boyfriend, by all means do so. But before you become involved in the kind of relationship you think would be exciting, please discuss it with your mother or another trusted adult, because a mature person with insight should share some of it with you. Dear Abby: My mother gives gifts — sometimes very generous ones — but always with strings attached. She also keeps a record of which recipients have responded with appropriate gratitude (cards, phone calls) and those
who have not. Those individuals on the “not” list are ridiculed behind their backs and slighted in other ways. My mother considers herself a “good Christian,” but I believe her actions are selfish, and I have conflicting emotions when I receive gifts from her. What do you think? — Conflicted in Wisconsin Dear Conflicted: I think you should always thank your mother graciously and appropriately for her generosity when she gives you a gift, if only because it is considered good manners.
• 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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An employee views a computer screen at the Israeli Electric Company headquarters in Tel Aviv.
Low-speed Israel sets its sights on next-generation Internet JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is often referred to as a “Startup Nation,” thanks to its long history of high-tech breakthroughs produced by scrappy little companies. But in one critical area, the speed of Internet connections, Israel has fallen behind other techsavvy countries. In the coming months, Israel’s state-owned electric company hopes to change this by rolling out a nationwide, high-speed broadband network. Exploiting the small size of the densely populated country, the effort aims to put Israel at the forefront of the next generation of Internet technology. Experts say the fiber-optic lines can provide connections of 10 times to 100 times current speeds, transforming the way the Internet is used in such areas as entertainment, business and health care. “All the developing countries that have a vision for 10 years ahead, or 20 years ahead, understand that the name of the game will be communications, broadband communications, very fast communications,” said Tzvi Harpak, the electric company’s senior vice president for logistics. The technology is known as “fiber to the home,” or FTTH. Using fiber optic lines, it can provide connection speeds of 100 megabits to a blazing 1 gigabit per second. Today, the typical broadband user in the developed world connects at five megabits to 10 megabits using older cable and DSL connections. Oliver Johnson, chief executive of British research firm Point Topic, said FTTH technology is the “gold standard” of the next generation of broadband service. Although cable and DSL lines can be upgraded to higher speeds, FTTH has smoother transmission of data and a much higher upside in terms of speed, he said. “It’s easier to go higher. It’s future-proofed,” he said. The added bandwidth could transform the way the Internet is used. Massive video files will be downloaded instantly, opening the door for high-definition and 3D movies to be delivered more easily. Since the system will have equally fast upload speeds, individuals or businesses will also be able to deliver pictures, videos and other large files. In South Korea, where FTTH lines are common, users rave of the lightning fast downloads and crystal clear Skype connections. This could mean muchimproved videoconferences in the workplace, easy sharing of information in complicated engineering tasks, doctors monitoring their patients or assisting in operations by long distance. It will also likely speed up the migration of information, photos and video from personal computers to the “cloud,” making it easy for users to access their information from any Internet connection. Around the world, decision-makers are reaching the conclusion that faster con-
Around the world, decision-makers are reaching the conclusion that faster connections will be essential for economic growth. nections will be essential for economic growth. A number of countries are engaged in a gold rush of sorts as they build new networks with FTTH technology. “Everyone feels that bandwidth will be this commodity down the road. If you don’t have it, you’ll be out of luck,” said David St. John, spokesman for the FTTH Council, an industry trade group based in the U.S. FTTH technology was introduced more than a decade ago, but adoption has generally been slow because of its high costs. As costs have gradually come down, particularly in densely populated areas, it has begun to take off. And
when new networks are rolled out, it makes more sense to go with the new technology. According to the council, heavily urbanized South Korea leads the world with just over half of households connected to FTTH lines, followed by Japan and Hong Kong, both at about 40 percent. In the U.S., about 7.1 million homes, or 6.6 percent, have the technology through services like Verizon’s FiOS. Not surprisingly, South Korea leads the world in average broadband connection speed at 13.8 mbps, followed by Hong Kong and Japan, according to Akamai Technologies Inc.’s closely watched “State of the Internet” report. The U.S. is ranked 16th. Israel, dominated by DSL and cable broadband services, is No. 28, with an average connection speed of about 4.5 megabits per second. According to Point Topic, 92 percent of Israeli homes have broadband connections, a respectable number but only about 19th in the world.
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Health, sleep among book topics this week Customer Service The Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library reports on new books regularly. • “Ask Me Why I Hurt” by Randy Christensen with Rene Denfeld discusses the kids nobody wants and the doctor who heals them. Trained as a pediatrician, he works not in a typical ho spital setting but, rather, in a 38-foot Winnebago that has been refitted as a doctor’s office on wheels. His patients are the city’s homeless adolescents and children. In the shadow of one affluent American city, Dr. Christiensen has dedicated his life to caring for society’s throwaway kids — the oftenabused, unloved children who live on the streets without access to proper health care, all the while fending off constant threats from thugs, gangs, pimps, and other predators. With the Winnebago as his moveable medical center, Christensen and his team travel around the outskirts of Phoenix attending to the children and teens that need him most. • “Tired but Wired” by Dr Nerina Ramlakhan is the essential sleep tool kit on how to overcome your sleep problems. Sleep problems such as difficulty in falling asleep, waking up through the night, lying awake worrying about all the things you have to do tomorrow are universal and with the pressure of new technology it can seem as if you will never sleep properly again. This book describes the science behind sleep and how to find your natural sleep rhythms and provides the Sleep Toolkit Programme that anyone can use, adjusting it for your own lifestyle, needs and personality to provide all the essential habits and routines you need for brilliant sleep. • “Final Jeopardy” by Stephen Baker discusses man vs. machine and the quest to know everything. For centuries, people have dreamed of creating a machine that thinks like a human. Scientists have made progress: computers can now beat chess grandmasters and help prevent terrorist attacks. Yet we still await a machine that exhibits the rich complexity of human thought — one that doesn’t just crunch num-
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bers, or take us to a relevant Web page, but understands us and gives us what we need. That vision has driven a team of engineers at IBM. Over three years, they created Watson and prepared it for a showdown Jeopardy!, where it would take on two of the game’s alltime champions, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, in a nationally televised event. “Final Jeopardy” is the entertaining, illuminating story of that computer and that epic match. • “The Good Girl’s Guide to Getting Lost” by Rachel Friedman is a memoir of three continents, two friends, and one unexpected adventure. Rachel Friedman has always been the consummate good girl who does well in school and plays it safe, so the college grad surprises no one more than herself when, on a whim (and in an effort t o e s c ap e impending life decisions), she buys a ticket to Ireland, a place she has never visited. There she forms an unlikely bond with a free-spirited Australian girl, a born adventurer who spurs Rachel on to a yearlong odyssey that takes her to three continents, fills her life with newfound friends and gives birth to a previously unrealized passion for adventure. • “Checkout Girl” by Ana Sam tells of life
behind the register. Millions of people work in supermarkets throughout the world, and you’re about to meet one of them. The wise and witty voice of the collegeeducated, underpaid retail worker, Anna Sam offers an insider’s peek at what really goes on at the grocery store. Meet the customer looking for a sympathetic soul (read: captive audience) to hear her latest plight; the jovial drunkard who thinks he’s Santa Claus; the
excessively communicative God boss; the neurotic Opening Time couple; the sluggardly Closing Time couple; and the notorious coupon-hoarding, receipt inspecting Bargain Hunter. Sam also warns newbie cashiers about line-cutting tactics, different types of thieves on the prowl and snarky “comedians.” •“Cardboard Gods” by Josh Wilker is his memoir of his unconventional and heartbreakingly comic childhood. The 1970s were marked by Vietnam, Watergate, counterculture, sexual liberation and stadium rock. For Josh, it was a time spent navigating a challenging childhood in which his only real comfort came from his prized baseball card collection, which offered him the hope that his own winning season would one day present itself. • “When Gadgets Betray Us” by Robert Vamosi explores the dark side of our infatuation with new technologies. He uncovers a secret world of privacy loss that most of us never consider — that is, until something goes terribly wrong. From iPads to BlackBerry devices, online banking to keyless entry systems, we’re increasingly giving over the management of our crucial information to the latest and greatest gadgets. Vamosi helps us comprehend the technology in our everyday lives and develop a commonsense approach about how to protect ourselves. • “Johnny Appleseed” by Howard Means tells of the man, the myth and the American story. No American folk hero — not Davy Crockett, not even Daniel Boone — is better known than Johnny Appleseed, and none has become more trapped in his own legends. The fact is, John Chapman — the historical Johnny Appleseed — might well be the best-known figure from our national past about whom most people know almost nothing real at all. One early historian called Chapman “the oddest character in all our history,” and not without cause. Chapman was an animal whisperer, a vegetarian in a raw country where it was easier to kill game than grow a crop, a pacifist in a place ruled by gun, knife and fist. Some settlers considered Chapman a New World saint. Others thought he had been kicked in the head by a horse. And yet he was welcomed almost everywhere, and stories about him floated from cabin to cabin, village to village, just as he did.
• “Bird, Bee, & Bug Houses” by Derek Jones explains all yo u n e e d t o k n ow about how to create the perfect house for a whole host of creatures, including a bonus section on bat boxes. You can transform your garden into a wildlife haven with this book of simple and attractive nestbox projects. Only basic woodworking skills are n ee d e d t o create these unique and quirky houses, all of which are explained and illustrated clearly. Detailed information is given on tools and where to find source materials, many of which can be recycled or scavenged. You will also find out where and how to hang each different type of house to give it the best chance of being inhabited.
• Denise Hogan is reference interlibrary loan librarian at the Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library. Write to her at 700 Veto St., Vicksburg, MS 39180.
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‘The flood set us back’
GASOLINE PRICES Average regular unleaded self-service prices as of Friday: Jackson..............................$3.18 Vicksburg..................$3.20 Tallulah..............................$3.25 Sources: Jackson AAA, Vicksburg and Tallulah, Automotive. com
PORTFOLIO Johnson certified in Defense at Corps Teresa Johnson, a security specialist with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Teresa in Vicksburg, Johnson has received her security fundamentals professional certification from the Defense Security Service. The certification is awarded for successfully completing a 100-question exam. Johnson, who works with foreign disclosure and industrial security issues, received her certificate and a commemorative coin from ERDC commander Col. Kevin Wilson.
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A barge unloads at the Port of Vicksburg building.
Port shipments drop for third straight year By Danny Barrett Jr. dbarrett@vicksburgpost.com
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Wall-breaching work gets GSL team award A five-member research team from the Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center in Vicksburg Dr. Ramón has been J. Moral selected for the 2011 Army Modeling and Simulation Award. The team, Dr. Stephen A. Akers, Dr. Jay Q. Ehrgott, Denis D. Rickman, Timothy W. Shelton and Dr. Ramón J. Moral, developed a onestep, contact wall breaching method.
Shields is top chef at Ameristar Casino James Shields has been named executive chef for Ameristar Casino Hotel in Vicksburg. Shields will work in food and beverage operations and oversee all restaurant and banquet events. Shields studied at the Culinary Institute of America in New York. He was the James executive chef Shields at Paragon Casino Resort in Marksville, La. He also worked for ITT Sheraton, the former Fairmont (Roosevelt) Hotel and Harrah’s Hotel and Casino, both in New Orleans.
Raw material unloaded at the Port of Vicksburg dropped for the third straight year in 2011, but the last five months outperformed the same time in 2010. Loads of ore, steel coils, lumber and soybeans reached 145,390 tons for the year, down from 161,222 in 2010. In 2008, loads totaled 203,699 after activity ceased for much of 2007 after the T-dock loading platform was replaced. In December, shipments of steel, ore and grain amassed 41,319 tons, dwarfing the
Mineral ore shipments from DuPont are expected to continue through next fall, as part of a contract with port operator Kinder Morgan. Company officials have cited the DuPont deal for the upshot in cargo to close the year. It was key to the port authority extending the chemical products and services company’s operating lease through June 2013.
15,700 tons that came off barges during the same time in 2010. Cargo from August through December averaged nearly 24,800 tons, more than double the 10,397 for the same time frame in 2010. April, May and June produced a scant 2,908 tons, including zero in May when
Mississippi River’s historic flood shuttered the port. “We’ve come a long way the last few years, with the completion of a new T-dock and rail improvements up there,” Warren County Port Commission executive director Wayne Mansfield said. “The flood set us back, but
we continue to move forward with it.” Mineral ore shipments from DuPont are expected to continue through next fall, as part of a contract with port operator Kinder Morgan. Company officials have cited the DuPont deal for the upshot in cargo to close the year. It was key to the port authority extending the chemical products and services company’s operating lease through June 2013. Base rent paid by the terminal operator equals $135,000 annually with tonnage incentives built in. If revenue surpasses $1 million, the firm kicks in 8 percent. If it ever
tops $1.4 million, they pay 15 percent. Revenue in 2011 surpassed $900,000, above last year’s $810,979. It last topped $1 million in 2009. Rates are variable by material types and travel routes. Flood damage to two office spaces and restrooms in a terminal warehouse is estimated around $30,000. Repair quotes have been slow in coming, but are expected to come up for a vote in February. An extensive reconstruction of Industrial Drive is also in the works this year, funded by a federal highway grant.
U.S. cybersecurity efforts trigger privacy concerns The government ‘runs the risk of establishing a program akin to wiretapping’ By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The federal government’s plan to expand computer security protections into critical parts of private industry is raising concerns that the move will threaten Americans’ civil liberties. In a report for release Friday, The Constitution Project warns that as the Obama administration partners more with the energy, financial, communications and health care industries to monitor and protect networks, sensitive personal information of people who
work for or communicate with those companies could be improperly or inadvertently disclosed. While the government might have good intentions, it “runs the risk of establishing a program akin to wiretapping all network users’ communications,” the nonpartisan legal think tank said. Cybersecurity has become a rapidly expanding priority for the government as federal agencies, private companies and everyday people come under persistent and increasingly sophisticated computer attacks. The threat
is diverse, ranging from computer hackers going after banking and financial accounts to terrorists or other nations breaching government networks to steal sensitive data or sabotage critical systems such as the electrical grid, nuclear plants or Wall Street. Privacy has been a hotly debated issue, particularly as the Pentagon broadens its pilot program to help defense contractors protect their networks and systems. Several companies, including critical jet fighter and drone programs, have been attacked, although the Pentagon has
said that no classified information was lost. And there are plans for the Homeland Security Department to use the defense program as a model to prevent hackers and hostile nations from breaching critical infrastructure. Officials have suggested that Congress needs to craft legislation that would protect companies from certain privacy and other laws in order to share information with the government for cybersecurity purposes. DHS spokesman Matt Chandler said the legislative proposals reflect the administration’s commitment to
privacy protections and contain standards to minimize contact with personal information while dealing with cybersecurity threats. “DHS builds strong privacy protections into the core of all cybersecurity programs and initiatives,” Chandler said, adding that the agency realizes that providing assistance to private companies is a sensitive task that requires “trust and strict confidentiality.” The Constitution Project report recommends that officials limit the amount and See Security, Page B10.
Get ready for some planting: It’s time for the tree giveaway Well, these six years sure blew by in a hurry. How come nobody told me time goes by faster during relaxed retirement years than decades of going to the job every day? Anyway, it is nice to be back in The Vicksburg Post. This time my weekly writing is on behalf of the Warren County Soil and Water Conservation District. My plan is for this column to be a lot like the one I had before: to write about agriculture and natural resources and to often narrow those big topics down to our yards and gardens. I might start out one week with worldwide soil erosion and wind up naming an ugly plant fungus or griping about armadillos. For the
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record, deer are no longer my main nemesis. I fenced ’em out. I couldn’t have asked for an easier first week’s topic. That’s because Friday is the local annual tree seedling giveaway to celebrate Arbor Day. Each year, the Soil and Water Conservation District purchases tree seedlings in bulk. Students from the FFA Chapter spend hours putting one each of the six tree spe-
cies in bags to give to county residents who want a few trees to plant. It’s a freebie to promote residential treeplanting. This year’s packet will contain one each of Southern magnolia, live oak, red maple, river birch, crape myrtle and native persimmon. Additionally, residents can get a handful of Loblolly Pine seedlings. The limit of one of each species, except pine, is the only practical and fair way to convert huge bundles of seedlings for distribution. Residents wanting a packet may get it Friday morning at the United States Department of Agriculture parking lot, 2660 Sherman Ave. Seedlings will be avail-
able from 8 a.m. until noon or until they are gone, whichever comes first. After the handout, District personnel and volunteers will conduct Arbor Day plantings at several elementary schools. Our official Mississippi Arbor Day is Feb. 10, but observances will be going on around the state this week and next. National Arbor Day is not until April 27, but I am confident I know the reason for the different dates. You see, Arbor Day began in Nebraska, and they won’t thaw out for a while. And late April is way past the best time to plant trees here. The best we can tell, this is the 30th year that the Soil
and Water Conservation has conducted the program. I wonder if there are those among us who have 30-yearold Arbor Day free trees in the yard they recall planting. My best advice for handling the seedlings is to immediately rehydrate the roots. Whether you take them home or back to the office until quitting time, get the roots some moisture. Wrapping the whole wad of roots snuggly in wet paper will do, as will setting them in water in an empty, plastic, jumbo, fruity drink cup fetched from the trash.
• Terry Rector writes for the Warren County Soil and Water Conservation District, 601-636-7679 ext. 3.
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sales tax revenue The City of Vicksburg receives 18.5 percent of all sales taxes collected by businesses in the city limits. Revenues to the city lag actual sales tax collections by
two months, that is, receipts for April reflect sales taxes collected on sales in February. Here are the latest monthly receipts:
November 2011........$610,313 Fiscal year 2010-11 to date... $1,212,325
November 2010........$563,786 2010-11 fiscal year to date..... $1,132,403
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Members of the 2012 Warren County Forestry Association Board of Directors are , above, from left, Mike Mikell, vice president; Thurman Nelson, immediate past president; Randy Sherard, treasurer; and Marcez Mitchell, president. Advisory Committee officers are, top right, from left, Wesley Purvis, Mississippi State University Extension Service co-director; Jim Horan, Rob Riggin and Raymond Joyner, and right, from left, Landman Teller, Glen White, Judge Jim Chaney and Glynn Brown.
Security Continued from Page B9. nature of personal information shared between the public and private sectors. And it calls for strict oversight of the cyber programs by Congress and independent audits, to ensure that privacy rights have not been violated. “The government should not be permitted to conduct an end-run around Fourth Amendment safeguards by relying upon private companies to monitor networks,” it said.
land transfer The following commercial land transfer was recorded in the Chancery Clerk’s Office for the week ending Jan. 27, 2012: • Blair J. Plaisance to C.J. Christina Inc.; parts of Sections 13, 18 and 19, Township 17N, Range 5E; 155.6 acres off Redwood Road
Vicksburg’s five casinos pay a 3.2 percent revenue tax to the State of Mississippi that is divided — with 10 percent going to schools, 25 percent to Warren County and 65 percent to the city. A second revenue tax is a 0.8 percent share of the state’s 8.8 percent
revenue tax. It is split based on population proportions between Vicksburg and Warren County. Each casino is also required to pay $150 for each gaming device annually to the city. To date, two casinos have paid the gaming device fee. These are the latest receipts:
December 2011 City...................................$454,021 County............................$211,911 Schools..............................$58,213
December 2010 City...................................$404,244 County............................$190,925 Schools..............................$51,754
Fiscal year 2011-12 to date City............................... $1,361,472 County............................$658,198 Schools..............................$58,213
Fiscal year 2010-11 to date City............................... $1,327,072 County............................$596,768 Schools...........................$162,254
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Cooking with Herbs coming to SCHC The Southern Cultural Heritage Center has a Cooking with Herbs Workshop scheduled for Feb. 21, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Participants will learn simple techniques and recipes with herbs including washing, drying and freezing. William Furlong, who serves as the food and beverage manager at DiamondJacks Casino, will be the instructor. Registration is $20 for members and $25 for nonmembers, and supplies are included. Space is limited, and reservations are required. The workshop is the first in a series of events included in the Hobbs Freeman Arts and Nature Festival in 2012. For information, call 601-631-2997 or e-mail info@southernculture.org. The SCHC is located at 1302 Adams St.
Celebrity chef Paula Deen recently announced that she has Type 2 diabetes. By The Associated Press
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Mardis Gras carnaval planned for Feb. 18 The Vicksburg Foundation for Historic Preservation has planned Vicksburg’s first Carnaval de Mardi Gras for Feb. 18 at the Southern Cultural Heritage Center from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. The festival will include a Cajun gumbo cook-off, live music, dancing and children’s activities. Admission is $5 and may be paid at the door. Teams for the gumbo cookoff are now being accepted. The entry fee is $40 and includes three team members. The first-place winner will receive $200. For information, call 601636-5010.
Miss. College to host Evangelism Lectures The Evangelism Lectures at Mississippi College are scheduled for Feb. 6-7. Dr. Gene Wilkes, pastor of Legacy Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, will be the guest speaker. Wilkes graduated from Baylor University with a masters of divinity and a doctorate in philosophy and New Testament Studies from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He also has authored numerous books, including “Jesus on Leadership.” The lectures are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Feb. 6 in Provine Chapel, 200 W. College St., Clinton. Wilkes also will speak at the spring 2012 chapel lineup at 10:50 a.m. Feb. 7 at First Baptist Church in Clinton. For information, call 601925-3292.
Campbell plans benefit concert in Jackson Country Music Hall of Famer Glen Campbell is scheduled to perform a benefit concert at Thalia Mara Hall in Jackson. The show, set for 6:30 p.m. on Feb.26, is one of Campbell’s final performances in his “Goodbye Tour” and is planned to benefit the Memory Impairment and Neurodegenerative Dementia Research Center, which is a cutting-edge Alzheimer’s disease research center located at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Campbell announced in June that he had Alzheimer’s. Tickets are $39, $49 and $59, plus fees, and are available at ticketmaster.com. Thalia Mara Hall is located at 255 E. Pascagoula St.
NEW YORK — Paula Deen’s diabetes revelation pretty much sums it up: Kitchen pros at all levels struggle with obesity and its dangerous aftertaste in the high-presn be seen sure, high-calorie world of food. Fat Chef ca etwork The queen of Southern comfort cookdN on the Foo o channel ing, now a spokeswoman for a diabeVide (Vicksburg tes drugmaker’s health initiative, recently ays h 65) T ursd announced that she hid her Type 2 diabetes for at 8 p.m. about three years while continuing to cook up deep-fried cheesecake and bacon-and-egg burgers between doughnuts on TV. Choosing to digest her ill health privately all those years, Deen’s story is familiar to those in chef’s jackets who already had gone public with the question few in their world love to talk about: How do you stay healthy while trying to earn a living making food? A dozen obese chefs, restaurant owners, caterers and others will search for the answer as the Food Network’s “Fat Chef” follows participants for 16 weeks as they struggle to lose weight and learn a healthier way of life with the help of trainers, nutritionists and therapists. “You have this abundance of food all around you,” said pastry chef Michael Mignano, who’s one of the dozen. “You’re doing parties, you have weddings. There’s always a lot of food left over. You’re constantly tasting, working late hours, eating late.” Mignano, 36, owns a bakery in Port Washington, N.Y. At 6 foot 2, he weighed about 500 pounds soon after he was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2010, before “Fat Chef” went into production last October. His resolve to do something about his weight grew stronger as the result of a different Food Network show on which he appeared in September, “Sweet Genius.” “I wasn’t nervous about that show, but I was nervous about whether the jacket would fit me,” said Mignano, who now weighs about 400 pounds and has a long road ahead to reach his goal weight of 250. “Watching myself on that show, I was the fat guy. That’s all I saw. I felt almost like a drunk seeing himself on the floor passed out.” Going public with his weightloss journey hasn’t been easy for Mignano and others in similar unhealthy dire straits. As chefs, the constant food stimulation by sight, smell and taste was compounded by personal struggles and family obligations. Art Smith, who doesn’t appear on the show, is a child of fried chicken and other South-
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Chef Art Smith in February 2011.
Chef Art Smith in 2007.
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App for iPhone, iPad rewards being a couch potato By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Want to earn stuff by watching TV? An app for that is set to debut Wednesday. When you tap the screen, Viggle’s software for iPhones and iPads listens to what’s on, recognizes what you’re watching and gives you credit at roughly two points per minute. It even works for shows you’ve saved on a digital video recorder. Rack up 7,500 points, and you’ll be rewarded with a $5 gift card from retailers such as Burger King, Starbucks, Apple’s iTunes, Best Buy and CVS, which you can redeem directly from your device. With some back-of-thenapkin math, you can figure
With some back-of-the-napkin math, you can figure that it would take three weeks of watching TV every night for three hours to earn enough for a latte at Starbucks. that it would take three weeks of watching TV every night for three hours to earn enough for a latte at Starbucks. But the company plans to offer bonus points for checking into certain shows such as “American Idol” and 1,500 points for signing up. You can also get extra points for watching an ad on your device. The beta version awarded 100 points for watching a 15-second ad from Verizon Wireless. “Viggle is the first loyalty program for TV,” said Chris Stephenson, president of the company behind Viggle,
Function (X) Inc. “We’re basically allowing people to get rewards for doing something they’re doing already and that they love to do.” The idea behind Viggle is that by giving people an added reason to watch TV, the size of the audience will increase, thereby allowing makers of shows to earn more money from advertisers. Advertisers such as Burger King, Pepsi and Gatorade have also agreed to pay to have point-hungry users watch their ads on a mobile device. In exchange, users earn points, which Viggle con-
verts into real value by buying gift cards at a slight discount from retailers. If the company gets the point-count economy right, it can end up making more money from advertisers and networks than it gives away in rewards. The app will also give the company valuable insight into who is watching what, as redeeming rewards requires putting in your age, gender, email address and See Rewards, Page C4.
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Dr. Seuss celebration at Jackson museum The Mississippi Children’s Museum in Jackson is scheduled to celebrate Dr. Seuss’ Silly Birthday March 3, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will include a visit from a few of Dr. Seuss’ characters, including the Cat in the Hat, Thing One and Thing Two. Various activities will be set up in the museum’s galleries and children can make Oobleck, learn about the crazy rhyming vocabulary used by Dr. Seuss and watch a local chef demonstrate the art of green eggs and ham. For information, call 601-7098964.
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from staff reports The museum is at 2145 Highland Dr.
Monroe art gallery seeking artists The Masur Museum of Art in Monroe, La., will offer exhibitions, activities and is seeking artists for the 49th Annual Juried Exhibition. The exhibits are scheduled for Feb. 10 through April 21. The work will reflect the historic importance and power of murals as an expression of societal change.
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Other events at the gallery are: • Feb. 23, 5:15 p.m. - Panel discussion on The Power of Murals with exhibiting artists from Outside In, along with Curator Benjamin Hickey and Director Evelyn Stewart. The program is free. • Feb. 11, March 3 and April 7, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. each day. - Free Children’s Drop-In Activities, an opportunity for parents and children to interact creatively while making an art project. • March 18: Submissions for 49th annual Juried Exhibition For entry forms visit www.
masurmuseum.org. For more information, call 318-329-2237, e-mail info@ masurmuseum.org or visit www.masurmuseum.org. The museum is located at 1400 S. Grand, Monroe. The gallery hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday
Oxford eatery sets wine pairing Oxford restaurant The Ravine has scheduled a wine pairing on Wednesday as a training for Valentine’s Day. The Ravine, 53 Pea Ridge
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52nd annual Lebanese Dinner
West Coast Swing: 5-6 p.m. Sunday; James Frechette, instructor; $10 per person; Mardi Gras wreath workshop: 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday; Beau Lutz, instructor; $55 for members, $60 for nonmembers; bring wire cutters; 4-day beginner stained glass workshop: Rev. Mark Bleakley, instructor; 5:30 beginning Feb. 6; Mardi Gras mask workshop: 4-5:15 p.m. Feb. 15; Karen Biedenharn, instructor; $10; reservations required. For information, contact 601-631-2997, e-mail info@southernculture.org, or visit www.southernculture.org.
11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5-7 p.m. Feb. 6 at St. George Anitochian Orthodox Christian Church, 2709 Washington St.; cabbage rolls, kibbee, Lebanese green beans, tabooli and Lebanese pastries; $10; tickets, from church members, 601-636-2483, at the door for the first serving; 601-638-5779, 601-415-7273;
out of town Audubon Society bird watch 8 a.m.-noon Saturday; Lefleur’s’ Bluff State Park, 2140 Riverside Dr.; free, but there is a $3 per car park entrance fee; 601-9567444, or jacksonaudubonsociety.org.
7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 1 p.m. Saturday; $7; tickets can be purchased by cast members or at the door; Warren Central High School, 1000 Mississippi 27; 601-638-3372.
Poverty Point 4th annual Health walk
Lorelei Books book-signing and reception
Narratives: Inside and Out
Book-signing: 4- 8 p.m. Feb. 10; Leslie Criss, author; 1103 Washington St.; Reception: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Attic Gallery; 1101 Washington St.; 601-634-8624.
Arbor Day Foundation free trees Through Wednesday for members; $10 membership; 100 Arbor Day Foundation, 100 Arbor Ave., Nebraska City, NE 68410, arborday.org; 888-488-7337.
Battlefield Inn seeking vendors for shows 83rd semi-annual Vicksburg Coin Show: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Feb. 5; free; vendor tables, $100; space is limited; 601-638-1195; 20th annual Civil War Show of Vicksburg: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. April 14; admission $2; vendor tables $35; 601-8798196, 601-638-1195; 4137 North Frontage Road.
Warren County Extension Office one-day computer classes Computer classes: Dr. John Giesemann, instructor; $20, preregistration required; Adobe Photoshop elements, Feb. 16-17; Intro to Word & Graphics, April 19-20; Merge in Word, May 9-10; Introduction to Excel, June 4-5; Data Management in Excel, July 1112; Powerpoint, Aug. 8-9; Photos in Powerpoint, Sept. 6-7; Microsoft Publisher, Oct. 17-18; File and Folder Management, Nov. 14-15; 1100 C Grove St., 601-636-5442, warren@ext.msstate. edu.
11th annual Mardi Gras Parade 4 p.m. Feb. 18; $25 for nonprofit and civic groups, $50 for businesses by Feb. 3; $50 and $100 after Feb. 3; 601-634-4527, kimh@vicksburg.org.
Vicksburg Theatre Guild Performances: “Forever Plaid,” 2 p.m. today; “Ten-Minute Play Project,” Friday and Saturday; “Gold in the Hills,” March 16-31; “The Foreigner,” May 4-13; Auditions: “The Foreigner,” Feb. 1112 for May 4-6 and 11-13 shows; “Fairy Tale Theatre,” to be announced, for June shows; Tickets for main-stage plays: $12 for adults, $10 for 55 and older, $7 for students and $5 for younger than 12; tickets for “Gold in the Hills,” and other shows vary; Contact: Parkside Playhouse, 101 Iowa Ave.; 601-636-0471 or www.vicksburgtheatreguild.com.
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Chef Michael Mignano in October 2011.
Continued from Page C1. ern staples like his old pal Deen. Like Deen, he was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes about three years ago. Also 6 foot 2, Smith ballooned to 325 pounds while gorging on refined sugar, caffeine, PB&Js — anything that gave him an instant energy boost or filled him up at the end of an exhausting day as a chef for Oprah Winfrey. Exercise? He could barely walk a block, until he decided to turn it all around and lost 118 pounds. Now 51, the Jasper, Fla., native, restaurant owner, cookbook author and food TV personality has kept the weight off. Smith has run marathons, eats oatmeal and egg whites for breakfast, drinks plenty of water and has expanded Common Threads, his healthy eating initiative for low-income kids. He declares:
MSU seeks students for med program Mississippi State University is seeking applications for a five-week Rural Medical Scholars summer program
for high school juniors considering medical careers. The program is scheduled for May 30 through July 2 and applications must be submitted by March 21. Applicants must have an ACT composite score of at least 25. Selected students will receive tuition, housing and textbooks during the program. A $60 registration fee is required after acceptance and students will be responsible for their food expenses. For information, visit www.RMS.msucares. com.
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Warren Central High School “Music Man” production
Road, will offer a five-course, five-wine dinner featuring aphrodisiacs including oysters and chocolate paired with wines. The event is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. and the cost is $30 per person. Early reservations are suggested. For more information, call 662-234-4555.
Afternoons through May 31; West Carroll Parish on Louisiana 577; 888-926-5492.
10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays through Feb. 18 at Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Center of Arts and Education; works by local artists Ellen Langford, Earl Wayne Simmons, Kennith Humphrey, Lesley Silver and Jean Blue; Duckett Gallery, 1600 Government St., Ocean Springs; free; 228-369-4967, mhardycre8@cableone. net.
Mississippi Invitational winners 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Feb. 5; Mississippi Museum of Art, 380 S. Lamar St., Jackson; $5 for adults, $4 for seniors, $3 for students, free for museum members; 601-9601515, 866-843-9278, or www.msmuseumart.org.
For kids River Kids 3:45-5 p.m. Thursdays through May 10; Karen Biedenharn and Regina Renot, instructors; first-sixth grades; free; Southern Cultural Heritage Center; 601-631-2997, info@southernculture.org, www.southernculture.org, also on Facebook.
Mississippi School for the Arts Applications accepted through Wednesday; 355 W. Monticello St., Brookhaven; 601-823-1300, or www.msa.k12.ms.us.
Nightlife Beechwood Restaurant & Lounge 4451 Clay St., 601-636-3761 On stage, with a cover charge, at 9:15 p.m.: • Crossin Dixon — Saturday. • U.S. — Feb. 11. • Snazz — Feb. 17-18. • Trade Mark — Feb. 24-25. • Stone Cold Country — March 2-3. • Easy Eddie — March 9-10. • Snazz — March 23-24. • Back 40 — March 30-31
Ameristar Casino 4116 Washington St. 601-638-1000, www.ameristar.com Free at Cabaret Lounge: • Terry Mike Jeffrey — Variety; Friday-Saturday. • Area Code — Variety; Feb.10-11. • Nu Corp — R&B/Variety; Feb. 17-18. • Sinamon Leaf — Variety; Feb. 24-25.
Eddie Monsour’s at the Biscuit Company 1100 Washington St., 601-638-1571 • 8-11 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays — Karaoke. • 8 p.m. Wednesdays — Biscuit & Jam; open mic. • Thursdays — Ladies night.
Jacques’ Cafe at Battlefield Inn 4137 N. Frontage Road, 601-661-6264 • 9 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday — Karaoke.
LD’s Kitchen
Intro to Spanish for Kids 4:15-5:30 p.m. Tuesdays through March 6; Olivia Foshee, instructor; $70 members, $75 nonmembers; Southern Cultural Heritage Center; 601-631-2997, info@southernculture.org, www. southernculture.org, also on Facebook.
1111 Mulberry St., 601-636-9838 • 8:30 p.m. each second and fourth Tuesday — Central Mississippi Blues Society Band, local artists; free. • 8:30 p.m. each first and third Tuesday — Soul Unlimited and Sounds Unlimited; free.
FitZone Elite Cheer Spring Schedule
Roca Restaurant & Bar
Through May 24; cheer and tumble: various times MondaysThursdays; fee $55, registration $25; POWERKIDZ: 4:15-5:15 p.m. Mondays for ages 4-9; fee $35, registration $25; Handspring: 6:15-7:15 p.m. Mondays for ages 6 and older; fee $65, registration $25; Open gym play: 4:15-5:15 p.m. Wednesdays, for ages 3-11; fee $9 per session; Thursdays-Feb. 16; cheer tryout prep class: 6:15-7:15 p.m. for ages 11 and older; fee $125; Location: next to Tantastic in the Big Lots parking area; 601 638-3778, www.fitzonegym.com.
16th annual Pasta Tales writing contest Through today; 50-250 word essay; first-12th grades; 954-7761999, www.olivegarden.com.
“I’ve got my sexy back!” Obviously not all chefs struggle with obesity and serious health threats like diabetes, but most do think about weight and how to hold back the extra pounds. Allison Adato, a senior editor and former food beat writer for People magazine, is out in April with a book, “Smart Chefs Stay Slim,” offering insights and tips from three dozen of the biggest names in the industry. “Paula Deen’s revelation may mark a turning point for some viewers and diners,” Adato said. “My hope is that this moment creates a broader awareness that the way a person eats does have an impact on his or her health. Fortunately, there are a lot of chefs who have already thought about how to balance a healthy lifestyle with enjoying food.” Surrounded by rich, decadent food and their need to earn a living from it, Adato’s chefs stay fit by keeping
hyper-aware of every calorie. Some balance out their food excesses over a few days, indulging one day, but “eating clean” the next. They know the difference between tasting the food they prepare without gorging, and exactly how much dessert to enjoy. As a pastry chef, Mignano said his problem wasn’t so much the chocolate he was surrounded by. It was the junk food he’d slam down before and after work. Ally Vitella, 41, a New York City caterer, discovered she had Type 2 diabetes at the first health check-in for “Fat Chef.” At 5-9, she weighed 345 pounds and was forced to sit by as her husband and mother-in-law lugged catering ovens and other equipment up and down the stairs of their Manhattan clients. After a job, “You’re kind of a scavenger. I was eating hors d’oeuvres for lunch and dinner. I would scoop up half a tray of food and eat it. We were ordering pizza and Chi-
127 Country Club Drive, 601-638-0800 • 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays — Ben Shaw. • 7-10 p.m. Fridays — Dustin.
The Upper End Lounge 1306 Washington St., 601-634-8333 With a $3 cover charge: • 7-11 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays — Karaoke. • 7-9 p.m. Thursdays — Ladies night. • 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays — D.J.
nese food at home because we were exhausted all the time,” she said. “We cook things you’re supposed to eat once in a while, but I was eating them every day.” Vitella, who lives in North Caldwell, N.J., dropped from a size 28 to a size 16 during the show, losing nearly 60 pounds. Her goal weight is 190, but the important thing, she said, is she can play again with her 7-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter. “I’ve learn that tasting means tasting, not tasting the same dish five times,” Vitella said. Escalation of Type 2 disease in the U.S. has been tied to obesity. Roughly 23 million Americans are believed to have the most common Type 2 diabetes; patients’ bodies either do not produce enough insulin or do not use it efficiently, allowing excess sugar, or glucose, to accumulate in the blood. Deen, who’s made a lucrative living as a TV chef by
going over the top with butter, cream and sugar, faced a torrent of criticism when she disclosed her diabetes diagnosis and her contract to lend her face and recipes to “Diabetes in New Light,” a project of the drugmaker Novo Nordisk. The campaign’s website includes detailed information about Victoza, the drug Deen has taken for nearly five months. Smith calls Deen’s endorsement deal “a mistake, ill advised” but said her personal health and her style of cooking “are her own business.” He said he dropped the weight and redefined his lifestyle for himself, but also to show the public that it CAN be done. “At this moment, chefs in America, particularly those fortunate enough to be embraced by the public as celebrities, have enormous influence,” he wrote in the foreword to Adato’s book. “I’ve tried to use mine responsibly.”
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Mr. Hall, Miss Beard exchange vows Dec. 10
Drs. Chase and Angela Atwood The bride is the former Angela Adell Briggs
Dr. Briggs, Dr. Atwood are wed in Maryland Dr. Angela Adell Briggs and Dr. Emmett Chase Atwood, both of Cordova, Tenn., were married at 6 p.m. Aug. 27, 2011, at Potomac United Methodist Church in Potomac, Md. The Rev. Carol Armstrong-Moore officiated at the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Carol and Bill Briggs of Potomac. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Yates of Needmore, Pa., Mr. and Mrs. Monte Loeb of Potomac and Mr. and Mrs. William Lawrence Briggs of Waldorf, Md. The groom is the son of Valerie and Ray Atwood of Vicksburg. He is the grandson of Joy Dupuy and the late Don McVan Sr., Vivian Atwood and Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Ray Atwood Sr., all of Vicksburg. Given in marriage by her father, the bride’s chosen colors were navy and silver. Wedding coordinator was Mrs. Becky Green and organist was Mrs. Rosemary Dyer. Maid of honor was Danielle Marie Briggs of Rockville, Md. Bridesmaids were Brittney Joy Atwood of Starkville; Kimberly Ann Wright of Baltimore; Dr. Elizabeth Blanche Ezelle of Baton Rouge; Nancy Carson Dennis of Charleston; Dr. Jodi Rochelle Griswold of Nashville; Dr. Melissa
Mae Healy of Memphis; and Pamela Jean Servello Briggs of Frederick, Md. Emmett Ray Atwood Jr. of Vicksburg served as best man. Groomsmen were Jonathan Baxter Wing of Dayton, Ohio; Benjamin Terrell Smith of Charleston; Dr. Mark Hayes Crawford of Baton Rouge; Thomas Blakely Miller of Starkville; William Joseph Briggs II of Frederick, Md.; Jason Abbott Noffsinger of Memphis; and Dr. Ben Hunter Butler of Nashville. Ushers were Matthew Colton Briggs of Potomac; James William Weaver of Gulfport; and John Michael Pela and Patrick William D’Addabbo, both of Memphis. Lisa Marie Allen and Kristina Nicole Allen of Urbana, Md., served as book and program attendants. Readers were Maria Moreno of Tacoma Park, Md., and Don McVan Jr. of Vicksburg. A reception was held at the Hyatt Regency in Bethesda, Md. They will make their home in Cordova. The bride is a veterinarian at Southwind Animal Hospital in Memphis, and the groom is a surgical resident at Memphis Veterinary Specialists.
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forms proviDed through the vicksburg post Bobby and Catherine McComas announce the birth of an 8-pound, 8-ounce daughter, Vivian Grace, on Jan. 11, 2012, at River Oaks Woman’s
Hospital. Grandparents are Nick and Karen Jones and Richard and Dinah McComas.
Are you planning a wedding? The Vicksburg Post will publish an engagement announcement before the wedding date. The Sunday before the wedding, we will list your wedding in a roundup of those planned for the week. The wedding writeup and photo will run, as space allows, as soon as possible after the wedding. Wedding information submitted more than two months after the ceremony is too late for use. There is no charge to publish any of the announcements submitted within our time limits. Brides who submit information past the deadline or who wish to include additional details not requested on our forms (such as dress descriptions or decorations) may do so at a cost of 50 cents per word. A $100 fee will be charged to include a photo if the information is posted after our deadline. Information for engagement and wedding announcements should be submitted on forms provided by The Vicksburg Post. They are available at the newspaper office, 1601 N. Frontage Road, or online at vicksburgpost.com. Forms should be filled out in full, typewritten when possible or legibly written. A phone number on the form is required. Photos of the bride or couple should be close-ups when possible; unfiltered, glossy images in 5-by-7 or 4-by-6 reproduce best. Inferior quality photos will be refused. For more information, call 601-636-4545, ext. 131.
Christopher Robert Allen Hall and Candis Marie Beard were married at 6 p.m. Dec. 10, 2011, at Highland Baptist Church. The Rev. Brian Joseph Ivey Sr. officiated at the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Michael Beard of Vicksburg. She is the granddaughter of Shirley Doyle of Vicksburg and the late Allyn Ralph Doyle, Mr. and Mrs. A.L. Harris of Waynesboro and Mr. and Mrs. Charlie McNeil Beard of Cuthbert, Ga. The groom is the son of Ladora Hall and the late William Elliot Hall of Brandon. He is the grandson of Doris Parker and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hall, all of Brandon, and Mr. and Mrs. Alton Parker of Camden. Given in marriage by her father, the bride’s chosen colors were silver, black and white. Nuptial music was presented by Dr. Lara Teal Clement, violinist; Mr. and Mrs. Steve Bennett, handbells; and a pianist and soloists. Maids of honor were Crystal Noel McAllister of Athens, Ga., and Kimberly Ann Dowe of Vicksburg. Bridesmaids were Janet Elias Rantisi, Lynsey Danielle Smith and Susan Whittenburg, all of Vicksburg; Lindsey Junkin O’Nan of Starkville; Destin Walker Westmoreland of Hernando; Valerie Boyd Pate of Pearl; and Megan Margaret Walker of Brandon. Jeffrey Ryan Reed of Brandon served as best man. Groomsmen were Joshua Davis Tyrone and Timothy Paul Williams, both of Brandon; Kevin Douglas Eskew of Alexandria, Va.; Kyle Sinclair Dodson of Nashville, Tenn.; Zachary Charles Carr of Jackson; Bernard James McLeod of
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Robert Allen Hall The bride is the former Candis Marie Beard Pearl; and Alvin James Beard of Vicksburg. Ushers were Warner Lee Wiles, Shaun Robert Stanton, Curtis Richmond Robertson and David Austin Henry, all of Vicksburg; Bryan Andrew Wiles of Starkville; and Garret Alton Parker and Brayden Michael Parker, both of Brandon. Flower girl was Kinsley Rose Doyle of Northport, Ala. Ring bearer was William Tanner Carlisle of Brandon. Amanda Nicole Smith of Birmingham, Ala., served as the bride’s proxy. Program attendant was Carla Mackenzie Parker of Brandon. Special wedding assistant was Mrs. Coy Flanagan. A reception followed on the lower level at the Vicksburg Convention Center. Hosts were Mr. and Mrs. Michael Nassour, Mr. and Mrs. Mickey
Maggi Lauren Boone Engaged to marry Joshua Wade McCarthy
Simmons, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. Keith Gordon, Alice Jones and Ellie Sills. For a wedding trip, the couple traveled to Sandals Grande Rivera Beach Resort and Villa in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. They will make their home in Brandon. The bride is a radiology technician for River Region Health System and Mississippi Baptist Medical Center. The groom is regional manager for Reed Food Technology. Groom’s lunch The groom’s family entertained his attendants with a barbecue lunch at Courtyard by Marriott on the day of the wedding. Brunch On the morning of the wedding, the bride’s family honored her attendants with a brunch at Willingham’s and
pampering by the staff of A Wild Hair. Rehearsal dinner On the eve of the wedding, the groom’s mother entertained the wedding party and their guests with a rehearsal dinner at Roca restaurant. The bride and groom chose this time to present gifts to their attendants. Bachelorette party Friends and attendants of the bride hosted a bachelorette weekend in Panama City Beach, Fla. Bachelor party The groom was honored by his attendants with a weekend at the Ultimate Man Cave in Biloxi. Showers The bride was honored with a miscellaneous shower at Highland Baptist Church. Hostesses were Janice Nassour, Donna Simmons, Carla Ivey, Tracey Boyd and Linda Wainwright. Laura Wells, Dale Junkin, Nancy Warnock, Martha Pettway and Sherri Smith hosted a kitchen shower at The Crossings clubhouse. The bride and groom were honored with a couples cookout at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Jones. Hostesses were Anna Jones, Betsy Bailey, Karie Lynch, Gwen Robertson, Christina Wiles, Katie Robertson, Cindy Noble and Dixie Henry. The bride was honored with a miscellaneous shower at the Vicksburg Suites. Hostesses were Mary Rantisi, Bo Whittenburg, Jennifer Coulter, Susan Mims, Judy Nasif and Dianna Balthrop. An around-the-house shower was held at the home of Lana Cox. Hostesses were Pat Randal, Laronda Parker, Jamie Carlisle and Pat McLeod.
Sheryl Cameron Rawlings Engaged to marry George Patterson Jr.
Boone to wed McCarthy Rawlings to wed Patterson Maggi Lauren Boone and Joshua Wade McCarthy, both of Vicksburg, will be married at 2 p.m. Feb. 11, 2012, at St. Alban’s Church. A reception will follow at Unique Impressions Banquet Hall, 4226 Mississippi 27. All relatives and friends are invited to attend. Miss Boone is the daughter of Kenny and Tammi Boone of Vicksburg. She is the granddaughter of Margaret Andrews of Vicksburg.
Mr. McCarthy is the son of Jerry and Debbie McCarthy of Vicksburg. He is the grandson of Ottie and T.W. Saucier. The bride-elect is a 2003 graduate of Warren Central High School. She received an associate degree in graphic design from Antonelli College and is employed at Kroger. The prospective groom is a 2008 graduate of Vicksburg High School. He is employed at Kroger.
The engagement of Sheryl Cameron Rawlings to George Patterson Jr., both of Vicksburg is announced today. Vows will be exchanged at 4 p.m. Feb. 18, 2012, at Kings Community Empowerment Center, 224 R.L. Chase Circle. A reception will follow. All relatives and friends are invited to attend. Ms. Rawlings is the daughter of Deloris Gooden of Vicksburg and Willie Cameron of
New Orleans. Mr. Patterson is the son of George Sr. and Barbara Patterson of Vicksburg. The bride-elect attended Vicksburg High School and Hinds Junior College. She is employed at Sherman Avenue Elementary. The prospective groom attended Vicksburg High School and is employed with the Vicksburg Warren School District.
Jones to marry Horne at Cedar Grove Mansion Mike and Alice Jones of Vicksburg announce the engagement of their daughter, Holly Cathryn of Hattiesburg, to Ronald “Ron” Lee Horne, also of Hattiesburg. Mr. Horne is the son of Darryl and Phyllis Horne of Fairhope, Ala. Miss Jones is the granddaughter of Hazel Myers and Troy Myers Sr. and Marlene Jones and the late David Jones, all of Vicksburg. Mr. Horne is the grandson of the late Lee and Ethel Parker of Fairhope and the late Ronald “Ron” and Marie Horne of British Columbia. The bride-elect is a 2006 graduate of Vicksburg High School, where she was a member of the National Honor Society, Key Club and swim team. She was a member of the Vicksburg Cotillion Club and Rebelettes service club. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing
from the University of Southern Mississippi, where she was a member of Phi Mu sorority. Miss Jones is a registered nurse at Forrest General Hospital. The prospective groom is a 2004 graduate of Bayside Academy, where he served as president of the Boys Service Club and was a member of the inaugural varsity football team. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in construction engineering technology from the University of Southern Mississippi, where he was a member of USM Student Constructors and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Mr. Horne is assistant project manager for W.G. Yates & Sons. The wedding will be at 5:30 p.m. March 24, 2012, at Cedar Grove Mansion. A reception will follow at the B’nai B’rith Literary Club.
Holly Cathryn Jones Engaged to marry Ronald Lee Horne
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Vicksburg girls among 23 Mississippi debutantes Three Vicksburg girls were among 23 debutantes introduced at the Debutante Club of Mississippi’s annual presentation held in November at the Hilton Jackson Hotel. • Ann Avery Burrell is the daughter of Jack L. Jr. and Virginia Wilkerson Burrell of Vicksburg. She is a sophomore anthropology major at Columbia University, where she serves as vice president of the Canterbury Club and a health educator with Peer Health Exchange. She is a member of the Columbia ballroom dance team and Alpha Chi Omega sorority. A graduate of St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, she is the granddaugh-
Ann Avery Burrell ter of Mrs. Robert Crump Wilkerson III of Vicksburg and the late Mr. Wilkerson and James
Katharine Halpin DeRossette E. Day Jr. of Dallas and the late Harriet Boedeker Burrell
Caroline Derivaux Kemp Day. • Katharine Halpin DeRossette is the daughter of Timo-
thy Q. and Lucy Halpin DeRossette of Vicksburg. She is a sophomore pre-nursing major at the University of Mississippi, where she is a Provost Scholar and Ole Miss Ambassador. She serves as an Ole Miss orientation leader and a Freshman Focus mentor. She is a member of Gamma Beta Phi honor society, Cardinal Club and Kappa Delta sorority. An honor graduate of St. Aloysius High School, she is the granddaughter of Mrs. John Francis Halpin III and the late Mr. Halpin and the late Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Casebolt DeRossette Sr., all of Vicksburg. • Caroline Derivaux Kemp
is the daughter of William T. III and Diane Derivaux Kemp of Vicksburg. She is a sophomore accounting major at Millsaps College, where she received the Presidential and Mississippi Legacy scholarships. She serves as co-editor of the “Bobashela” and is a member of Kappa Delta sorority and the Catholic Student Association. An honor graduate of St. Aloysius High School, she is the granddaughter of Mrs. William Thomas Kemp Jr. of Noxapater and the late Mr. Kemp and the late Mr. and Mrs. John Allen Derivaux Sr. of Vicksburg.
Teens migrating to Twitter — sometimes for privacy CHICAGO (AP) — Teens don’t tweet, will never tweet — too public, too many older users. Not cool. That’s been the prediction for a while now, born of numbers showing that fewer than one in 10 teens were using Twitter early on. But then their parents, grandparents, neighbors, parents’ friends and anyone in-between started friending them on Facebook, the social networking site of choice for many — and a curious thing began to happen. Suddenly, their space wasn’t just theirs anymore. So more young people have started shifting to Twitter, almost hiding in plain sight. “I love twitter, it’s the only thing I have to myself.cause my parents don’t have one,” Britteny Praznik, a 17-year-old who lives outside Milwaukee, gleefully tweeted recently. While she still has a Facebook account, she joined Twitter last summer, after more people at her high school did the same. “It just sort of caught on,” she says. Teens tout the ease of use and the ability to send the equivalent of a text message to a circle of friends, often a smaller one than they have on crowded Facebook accounts. They can have multiple accounts and don’t have to use their real names. They also can follow their favorite celebrities and, for those interested in doing so, use Twitter as a soapbox. The growing popularity teens report fits with findings from the Pew Internet & American Life Project, a nonprofit organization that monitors people’s tech-based habits. The
Teens tout the ease of use and the ability to send the equivalent of a text message to a circle of friends, often a smaller one than they have on crowded Facebook accounts. They can have multiple accounts and don’t have to use their real names. They also can follow their favorite celebrities and, for those interested in doing so, use Twitter as a soapbox.
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Taylor Smith checks her Twitter feed at her home in Kirkwood, Mo. migration has been slow, but steady. A Pew survey last July found that 16 percent of young people, ages 12 to 17, said they used Twitter. Two years earlier, that percentage was just 8 percent. “That doubling is definitely a significant increase,” says Mary Madden, a senior research specialist at Pew. And she suspects it’s even higher now. Meanwhile, a Pew survey found that nearly one in five 18to 29-yearolds have taken a liking to the micro-blogging service, which allows them to tweet, or post, their thoughts 130 characters at a time. Early on, Twitter had a reputation that many didn’t think fit the online habits of teens — well over half of whom were already using Facebook or other social networking services in 2006, when Twitter launched. “The first group to colonize Twitter were people in the
technology industry — consummate self-promoters,” says Alice Marwick, a postdoctoral researcher at Microsoft Research, who tracks young people’s online habits. For teens, self-promotion isn’t usually the goal. At least until they go to college and start thinking about careers, social networking is, well, social. But as Twitter has grown, so have the ways people, and communities, use it. For one, though some don’t realize it, tweets don’t have to be public. A lot of teens like using locked, private accounts. And whether they lock them or not, many also use pseudonyms, so that only their friends know who they are. “Facebook is like shouting into a crowd. Twitter is like speaking into a room” — that’s what one teen said when he was participating in a focus group at Microsoft Research, Marwick says. Other teens have told Pew researchers that they feel “social pressure,” to friend people on Facebook — “for
instance, friending everyone in your school or that friend of a friend you met at a football game,” Pew researcher Madden says. Twitter’s more fluid and anonymous setup, teens say, gives them more freedom to avoid friends of friends of friends — not that they’re saying anything particularly earth-shattering. They just don’t want everyone to see it. Praznik, for instance, tweets anything from complaints and random thoughts to angst and longing. “i hate snow i hate winter. Moving to California as soon as i can,” one recent post from the Wisconsin teen read. “Dont add me as a friend for a day just to check up on me and then delete me again and then you wonder why im mad at you.duhhh,” read another. And one more: “I wish you were mine but you don’t know wht you want. Till you figure out what you want I’m going to do my own thing.” Different teenagers use Twitter for different reasons. Some monitor celebrities. “Twitter is like a backstage
Ne-Yo wants to integrate music as new Motown A&R VP music
By Mesfin Fekadu The Associated Press NEW YORK — Ne-Yo has a dream: He believes the record industry is segregated, and has hopes of changing that as the new senior vice president of artists and repertoire for Motown Records. Even though Motown’s legend is rooted in black music, it was music that appealed to everyone, helping to unite a nation in sometimes divisive times. As a top exec at Motown, Ne-Yo wants to unite people musically once again. “I want to get back to a place where everybody’s listening to the same thing no matter what race, color, creed you are,” the Grammy-winning singer said in an interview Wednesday after Universal Music made the announcement. “(Now) there’s music that’s specifically for black people and there’s music that’s specifically for white people, and I feel like the essence of ... music is lost when you do that.” The 32-year-old Grammy winner, who has multiple hits of his own and has also written smashes for others like Rihanna and Beyonce, says
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Actor and recording artist Ne-Yo he is looking to sign artists that have a drive and a tremendous work ethic, not just
one-hit wonders. “I definitely plan on making sure the people I bring to
the industry are going to be an asset to the industry as opposed to a liability,” said Ne-Yo, who also has his own label imprint called Compound Entertainment. “It’s more than ‘She looks good in a short skirt’ or ‘He looks good with his shirt off’ — it’s about somebody that has a talent.” Ne-Yo, who is planning to release his fifth album this summer, will also move to the Motown Records roster. He has released his four albums on Island Def Jam Music Group; both Motown and Def Jam are subsidiaries of Universal Music. He’s also an actor: Ne-Yo appears in the new George Lucas film “Red Tails” about the Tuskegee Airmen, who were the first black fighter pilots to serve in the U.S. military. It debuted at No. 2 with $19.2 million last weekend, despite some concerns that a black-themed film would not appeal to a mainstream audience. “It always feels good to beat the odds,” he said.
pass to a concert,” says Jason Hennessey, CEO of Everspark Interactive, a tech-based marketing agency in Atlanta. “You could send a tweet to Justin Bieber 10 minutes before the concert, and there’s a chance he might tweet you back.” A few teens use it as a platform to share opinions, keeping their accounts public for all the world to see, as many adults do. Taylor Smith, a 14-year-old in St. Louis, is one who uses Twitter to monitor the news and to get her own “small points across.” Recently, that has included her dislike for strawberry Pop Tarts and her admiration for a video that features the accomplishments of young female scientists. She started tweeting 18 months ago after her dad opened his own account. He gave her his blessing, though he watches her account closely. “Once or twice I used bad language and he never let me hear the end of it,” Smith says. Even so, she appreciates the chance to vent and to be heard and thinks it’s only a matter of time before her friends realize that Twitter is the cool place to be — always an important factor with teens. They need to “realize it’s time to get in the game,” Smith say, though she notes that some don’t have smart phones or their own laptops — or their parents don’t want them to tweet, feeling they’re too young.
Pam Praznik, Britteny’s mother, keeps track of her daughter’s Facebook accounts. But Britteny asked that she not follow her on Twitter — and her mom is fine with that, as long as the tweets remain between friends. “She could text her friends anyway, without me knowing,” Mom says. Marwick at Microsoft thinks that’s a good call. “Parents should kind of chill and give them that space,” she says. Still, teens and parents shouldn’t assume that even locked accounts are completely private, says Ananda Mitra, a professor of communication at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. Online privacy, he says, is “mythical privacy.” Someone with a public Twitter account might, for instance, retweet a posting made on a friend’s locked account, allowing anyone to see it. It happens all the time. Mitra has coined the term “narb” to describe the narrative bits people reveal about themselves online — age, gender, location and opinions, based on interactions with their friends. So true privacy, he says, “literally means withdrawing” from textual communication online or on phones — in essence, using this technology in very limited ways.
Rewards Continued from Page C1. ZIP code. “It really shows what social TV is going to evolve into,” said Michael Gartenberg, a technology analyst at research firm Gartner. “For folks behind the scenes, this is a great way of seeing who really is watching.” The company hopes that user activity will grow by word of mouth, especially by offering a 200-point bonus to people who successfully get their friends to try out the service. The app made its debut in Apple Inc.’s app store on Wednesday. Versions for Android devices and computers are in the works. The company has put in some safeguards. You must watch a show at least 10 min-
utes to earn bonus points. And you can’t watch the same ad over and over again to earn more points; there’s a one-ad-view-per-person rule. Function (X) is owned and led by entertainment entrepreneur Robert F.X. Sillerman, who once owned a big stake in “American Idol” owner CKx Inc. That gives the company deep and broad connections in the entertainment business. Function (X) has brought in $100 million in investment capital, and its stock trades on the Pink Sheets, a platform that allows people to buy shares but doesn’t require the company release its financial results. Function (X) currently has a market value of about $1 billion.
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‘War Horse’ star one of Hollywood’s equine elites ACTON, Calif. (AP) — One star of Steven Spielberg’s latest epic likes to end his workday by rolling around in the dirt, kicking his legs in the air and flaring his nostrils. Finder, a 12-year-old thoroughbred, is among more than 150 equine performers featured in the Oscar-nominated “War Horse,” and one of 14 who play the scene-stealing Joey. He lives on a ranch about 45 miles northeast of Hollywood with veteran horse trainer Bobby Lovgren, who oversaw all the equine action on “War Horse.” “Plowing, riding, chasing — you name it, it’s in there,” said Lovgren, who calls the film “the biggest horse movie ever made.” Lovgren is the protégé of legendary Hollywood horseman Glenn Randall, who trained Roy Rogers’ Trigger. Thanks to the enduring appeal of horses on screen, Lovgren, Finder and “War Horse” continue a longtime tradition of Hollywood horses that began with the earliest motion pictures. “Bobby and his team literally performed miracles with the horses on this film,” Spielberg said. “I wanted it to feel like the horses were performing their parts as much as (actors) Emily Watson or Peter Mullan, and that is what happened. There were times during production when the horses reacted in ways I had never imagined a horse could react. You just sit back and thank your lucky stars that these horses are so cognizant that they are able to give everything to a moment.” Those moments took months of training and a 22-member
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Finder, the star of the film “War Horse,” frolics in the dirt.
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‘I wanted it to feel like the horses were performing their parts as much as (actors) Emily Watson or Peter Mullan, and that is what happened.’
team of trainers, handlers and yes, equine makeup artists. Set in England during World War I, “War Horse” centers on the enduring relationship between Joey and the farm boy who trained him. When Joey is sold to soldiers heading into battle, the horse begins a journey that brings him through various fighting factions and into the lives of soldiers and civilians who are moved by his strength and spirit. The film has been nominated for six Academy Awards, including cinematography and best picture.
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As the film’s “horse master,” Lovgren oversaw everything horse-related. His team prepared the equine actors for their various duties. Some became expert jumpers, others learned to stumble or feign a struggle. There were horses for riding and horses for pulling, and even stand-ins for the star horses while shots
RFK’s wife stars in daughter’s ’Ethel’ at Sundance PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Ethel Kennedy prefers coming to the Sundance Film Festival when she’s not the star of a movie. She has been to Sundance in the past to see films by her daughter, documentary filmmaker Rory Kennedy. This time, the widow of U.S. Sen. Robert Kennedy is the focus of her daughter’s film, the Sundance premiere “Ethel.” Ethel Kennedy said she likes it better coming to Sundance “just to see Rory’s films.” Though reluctant when her daughter proposed the documentary, Ethel Kennedy opens up on screen with candid recollections about the family, including falling in love at first sight with her future husband on a ski trip to Canada. “He was standing in front of an open fireplace,” she said in an interview alongside her daughter. “I walked in the door and turned and saw him, and I thought, ‘whoa.”’ In the film, Ethel Kennedy discusses campaigning for her husband and his brother, President John F. Kennedy, the similarities and differences between her family and the Kennedy clan, and raising 11 children after her husband’s assassination in 1968. At the time, she was pregnant with Rory, her youngest, who was born six months after her father’s death. As a widow with such a big family, Ethel Kennedy said she coped simply by going about what she needed to do in tending her children. “After Rory was born, it was — life just happened to take care of daily living, which almost had practically nothing to do with me,” she said. “I just started taking carpools in the morning, and by the time I was finished dropping the last child off, I’d pick up the first one. And then, you know, I’m putting on all the galoshes. Well, you get the idea.” In “Ethel,” airing later this year on HBO, Rory Kennedy coaxes sweet, sad and funny anecdotes out of her mother and her siblings. The Kennedys recollect their mother’s devotion to steeping the children in world affairs, her mischievous sense of humor and her rebellious streak that led to run-ins with the law, such as the time she was charged with rustling horses after freeing some mistreated animals.
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Rory Kennedy, left, and Ethel Kennedy Through photos and home movies, the film offers an intimate look at the life of the Kennedys, the family relating how Robert Kennedy and his children slid down a bannister in the White House after his brother was elected and how the president once cautioned his fun-loving sisterin-law not to push his Cabinet
members into the swimming pool anymore. In front of her daughter’s camera, Ethel Kennedy is unable to discuss the grief over her husband’s death. “When we lost Daddy ...” she begins, then tears up and tells her daughter, “Talk about something else.”
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were being set. Lovgren’s team was also responsible for teaching the actors how to ride and handle the animals. “We all became incredibly attached to the horses,” said cast member Patrick Kennedy. “Getting to know these horses and learning to ride them was the greatest privilege I’ve ever had.”
None of the horses are credited by name in the film, and the filmmakers wouldn’t say why. Lovgren said it’s not uncommon: “Sometimes they’ll put a few of the horses’ names, but you know it’s very difficult to say that there was one hero Joey.” Though Lovgren doesn’t typically work with his own horses on set (he owns three, including Finder), he said he was lucky on this film that Finder was the right color. (Finder and the other horses playing Joey relied on makeup to make them look identical, with four white socks and a white star on their heads.)
Lovgren met Finder while working on “Seabiscuit” and loved him so much that he bought him. The thoroughbred is more expressive than most horses, Lovgren said, which makes him an ideal movie star. Plus, he can play both genders. Finder played the mother in an early scene in the film showing the birth of Joey. That sequence and working with a foal was among the most difficult, Lovgren said. “They’re very young, so you don’t have much time to train them.” Almost everything in “War Horse” was shot with real horses, except for a few scenes that would have caused injury to the animals. Lovgren praised Spielberg’s team for their respectful approach to the horses. The toughest part of Lovgren’s job isn’t working with the animals, but communicating with filmmakers and other workers on set about what the horses need and what they can and can’t do. Once filming begins, “it’s more about communication skills than it is about training. That’s something I’ve had to really learn,” he said. “Obviously, I started working with animals because I don’t work well with people (laughs), so that’s been very important to learn to do that.” So with all the challenges of “War Horse,” is it harder working with four-legged performers or two-legged Hollywood types? “I’m not going to answer that!” Lovgren said with a smile. “We all know that answer, but I’m not going to answer that.”
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CLASSIFIEDS PHOTOS BY OUR READERS Darlene Lorinc
Martha Leese
Martha Leese of Vicksburg did not have to travel far to find the stunning red berries of a Nandina bush glistening in raindrops.
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Darlene Lorinc of Vicksburg was in Calico Rock, Ark., when she found this scenic view of the White River. Martha Williams of Vicksburg showed that the goldfinch in her yard have started turning yellow for spring.
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Magen Hartley Magen Hartley of Vicksburg found her kitten, Baby, snuggled in a blanket of like markings.
Nancy Curtis of Vicksburg was in Destin, Fla., when she snapped this setting sun over the Gulf of Mexico.
GIVE US YOUR BEST SHOT! The Vicksburg Post will accept for publication photos submitted by readers. The photos should be current and of interest to the public, either because of their subject matter or their oddity, or the photographic skill shown. These are the criteria that will be used in determining which photos will be published. Submitted photos should be accompanied by complete caption information and include a phone number for the photographer, which will not be published. Photos may be submitted electronically at newsreleases@vicksburgpost.com, in person at Post Plaza or by mail to The Vicksburg Post, News photos, P.O. Box 821668, Vicksburg, MS 39182.
01. Legals Job Position: Vicksburg Farmers Market Assistant Manager/Marketing Director QUALIFICATIONS Minimum high school degree required, advanced degrees preferred Must be able to lift 25+ pounds Must be able to work outside and in all types of weather conditions Required skills: Computing n word processing, spreadsheets/database programs Social media (Twitter/ Facebook) Required experience: Writing and editing Public speaking Marketing Preferred experience: Fundraising Previous work with local food markets Recruitment of agricultural vendors The City of Vicksburg is seeking a part-time Assistant Manager/Marketing Director for the Vicksburg Farmers Market. This program is made possible with funding provided by the USDA, Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP). This part-time contractual employee is expected to implement the program in accordance with the requirements set forth in the Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP) Grant General Terms and Conditions. The Assistant Manager/Marketing Director will assist the Manager with on-site market management, vendor training, fundraising initiatives, including grants, and with preparation of programmatic and financial reports. The Assistant Manager will be responsible for maintaining and updating the VFM website, sending out weekly email blasts and working closely with the Manager, City of Vicksburg and project partners to implement an on-going advertising/promotional campaign for the Vicksburg Farmers Market. Individuals interested in applying for this part-time contractual position should submit a current Resume and/or Statement of Qualifications that includes the following: SUBMITTAL INFORMATION Description of the individual's skills, experience and
01. Legals education; and Three or more professional references. Deadline for submission: Monday, February 06, 2012. The City of Vicksburg is glad to respond to inquiries. The City reserves the right to ask respondents to provide supplemental information. The City will invite selected applicants to participate in an interview process. In the event that the City determines not to enter into a contractual agreement with any of the respondents, the City assumes no liability whatsoever for any costs or expenses incurred in connection with this effort. Those interested in submitting a Resume should either mail or hand deliver an original and one (1) copy of the submittal information in a sealed envelope clearly marked Vicksburg Farmers Market Assistant Manager/Marketing Director
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Job Position: Vicksburg Farmers Market Manager QUALIFICATIONS Minimum high school degree required, advanced degrees preferred Must be able to lift 25+ pounds Must be able to work outside and in all types of weather conditions Required skills: Computing n word processing, spreadsheets/database programs Social media (Twitter/Facebook) Quickbooks or other packaged accounting software Required experience: Writing and editing Public speaking Marketing Preferred experience but not required: Fundraising, including grants Previous work with local food markets
Recruitment of agricultural vendors The City of Vicksburg seeks a motivated self starter with an interest in agri-business for a part-time managerial contract position for the Vicksburg Farmers Market Promotion Program. This program is made possible with funding provided by the USDA, Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP). The selected individual will be required to implement the program in accordance with the requirements set forth in the Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP) Grant General Terms and Conditions. The Farmers Market Manager is expected to oversee the day-to-day operation of the Vicksburg Farmers Market and is responsible for recruitment and certification of farms/vendors; scheduling and implementing vendor training workshops; main-
taining a supply inventory; conducting customer counts and satisfaction surveys; and maintaining accurate programmatic and financial records. The Manager will work closely with the Assistant Market Manager/Marketing Director,
the City of Vicksburg, and project partners to implement the VFM project. Individuals interested in applying for this part-time contractual position should submit a current Resume and/or Statement of Qualifications that includes
the following: SUBMITTAL INFORMATION Description of the individual's skills, experience and education; and Three or more professional references. Deadline for submission: Monday, February 06, 2012.
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PHYSICAL THERAPIST OR PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT HUMAN RESOURCES REPRESENTATIVE LEAD SECURITY OFFICER DROP/COUNT SUPERVISOR DROP/COUNT TEAM MEMBER ROCKY’S BARTENDER ROCKY’S SERVER HOSTESS/CASHIER GUEST SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE BUFFET SERVER LEAD MAIN BANKER FOOD AND BEVERAGE SUPERVISOR Candidates who submitted an application more than 90 days ago should complete a new application If you want to be part of the excitement and are an experienced customer service professional, visit our website at www.riverwalkvicksburg.com and click on “work for us” to complete an application or stop by our Human Resources office at 200 Warrenton Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180 (next to Waffle House & Days Inn) Monday-Friday 9:00am–4:30 pm
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With your experience and appropriate Mississippi licensure, you can join a leader in the Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Industry. Promise Hospital of Vicksburg provides rewarding opportunities, a great environment and a chance to play a key role with our growing, caring team. Promise Hospital also provides competitive compensation and a top tier benefits package. See more about Promise at www.promisehealthcare.com. Contact our Human Resources Department TODAY at (601) 833-3445 or Fax (601) 883-3643. Or write to:
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Qualifications that includes the following: SUBMITTAL INFORMATION Description of the individual's skills, C8 experience and education; and Three or more professional references. Deadline for submission: Monday, February 06, 2012. The City of Vicksburg is glad to respond to inquiries. The City reserves the right to ask respondents to provide supplemental information. The City will invite selected applicants to participate in an interview process. In the event that the City determines not to enter into a contractual agreement with any of the respondents, the City assumes no liability whatsoever for any costs or expenses incurred in connection with this effort. Those interested in submitting a Resume should either mail or hand deliver an original and one (1) copy of the submittal information in a sealed envelope clearly marked Vicksburg Farmers Market Manager by 9:00 a.m., Monday, February 06, 2012, to the City Clerk's Office, located at 1401 Walnut Street, P.O. Box 150, Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180. Submittals will be formally accepted and taken under advisement in a board meeting at 10:00 a.m., on Monday, February 06, 2012. Those submitting Resumes are cautioned that the City Clerk does not receive the daily U.S. Mail on or before 9:00 a.m. Statements will be time-stamped upon receipt according to City Clerk's time clock. For more information, please contact Marcia Weaver, Special Projects Director, at (601)634-4509. The City of Vicksburg is an equal opportunity employer. Walter W. Osborne, Jr., City Clerk Publish: 1/29(1t)
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06. Lost & Found REWARD $150 FAMILY loved pet. Female black Labrador- Large, very friendly. Blind in one eye. Needs medication. Has been treated for red mange. Spayed, was wearing pink collar when she went missing. Chases deer, not traffic smart. Always sleeps inside. Missing from Timberlane area. Was seen on Halls Ferry. If seen please call 601-415-2284, 601-6368774.
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BODYMAN NEEDED. AT LEAST 2 years experience. Must have own tools. Apply in person at Jerry's Collision Center. 601-638-9248.
HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC needed. Engine experience required. Sam Estis, 318-348-7947.
06. Lost & Found LOST A DOG? Found a cat? Let The Vicksburg Post help! Run a FREE 3 day ad! 601-636-SELL or e-mail classifieds@vicksburg post.com
07. Help Wanted $2,000 Sign-On Bonus Now hiring at ALL Locations. • Searcy, AR • Cresson, TX • Winnsboro, TX Class A CDL Driver Tanker Endorsement & 1 year verifiable CDL Exp. Apply Online www.texastransco.com or call: 817-396-4706
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EXPANDING $15 HOUR + bonus. Retailer needs 6 individuals in our Display and Advertising Department. No experience required. Must have reliable transportation. High school diploma required. Part and Full time available. Call 601936-0133 Monday – Friday, between 11am-3pm. FRONT DESK CLERK needed at best Western. Applications taken 10am2pm Monday – Friday at 2445 North Frontage Road. Absolutely NO phone calls! GROWING INDUSTRIAL COMPANY is looking for an HR Assistant to assist with recruitment, new hire development and employee scheduling. Excellent benefits, 50 hour work week. Send resumes to: Dept. 3777, The Vicksburg Post, P.O. Box 821668, Vicksburg, MS 39182.
MS Prop. Lic. 77#C124 AVON- NEED INCOME now? Start your Avon Business! Earn good money! Call 601-259-2157. BECOME A CERTIFIED pharmacy technician today! Call 601-540-3062 for more information. CHEF/ COOK FOR full service restaurant. Experience required. Send resumes to: Dept. 3780, The Vicksburg Post, P.O. Box 821668, Vicksburg, MS 39182. DRIVER. LOOKING For a new job for the New year? Tango has immediate openings for Regional and OTR Drivers! Top Pay, Excellent Benefits and Great Hometime. CDL-A and 15 months OTR experience required. Apply by phone. MondayFriday 8am- 5pm and Sunday 1pm- 5pm CST. 877826-4605 or online at www.drivefortango.com. Please email resumes to: recruiting@tangotransport.com
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TEMPORARY FISH FARM WORKERS (30) Phillips Brothers Farm, Yazoo City, MS & Dutch Brake Fisheries, Isola, MS. Work outside in 4 foot- 4.5 foot water in catfish pond, handle live fish, seine ponds, feed fish, observe condition, monitor/ correct oxygen levels, typical farm maintenenace, levee repair, pull weeds, mow grass, clean and s tre equipment. Uses eins, dip nets, waders. Work outside, heavy lifting, ž of work period guaranteed, tools/ equipment provided, housing provided at no cost and transportation/ subsistence expenses to the work site reimbursed after 50% contract time to workers out of commuting area. 01/30/2012 11/22/2012. Monday- Friday 7am- 4pm. $9.30 per hour. EOE Proof of eligibility to work in U.S. Apply local State Employment Office, Fax applications to Y. Deleeuw 601-321-5429, Job Order Number MS 43736.
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Volunteers experienced with construction and design are needed to assist the LTRC in various projects supporting 2011 Flood victims in Warren County. Please call 601-636-1788 to offer support. 83RD VICKSBURG COIN SHOW, February 4th & 5th. Battlefield Inn. Information 601-638-1195 Sponsored by Vicksburg Coin Club. 36 Outstanding Dealers attending.
Center For Pregnancy Choices Free Pregnancy Tests (non-medical facility)
¡ Education on All Options ¡ Confidential Counseling Call 601-638-2778 for appt www.vicksburgpregnancy.com 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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SEATRAX MARINE CRANES now hiring field service technicians, machinists and electricians. Apply at 218 Gunther Lane, Bell Chasse, LA 70037 or call Cindy at 504-394-4600 extension 233.
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CALL 601-636-7535 $10 START UP KIT VICKSBURG VIDEO HAS a job opening for a part-time Field Technician (20 hours per week). Applicants can come to our office, 900 Highway 61 North, to fill out applications or fax a resume to 601-636-3797.
14. Pets & Livestock
14. Pets & Livestock
Vicksburg Warren Humane Society & MS - Span Low Cost Spay & Neuter Program
8 WEEK OLD 100% Razor Edge puppies. Purple ribbon bred. UKC registered. 3 males, 1 female, $600. 601638-6711, 601-529-9149.
CATS: Male . .$25 Female ........$35 DOGS (UNDER 40 LBS): Male . .$55 Female ........$65 • For the above category of animals, pick up applications at the Humane Society DOGS (OVER 40 LBS): Male . .$70 Female ........$80 • For dogs over 40 lbs, call 866-901-7729 for appt.
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MALTESE/ POODLE PUPPIES (Malti-Poos). White and white/ cream. 6 weeks old, $200 each. 601529-6608.
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If you are feeding a stray or feral cat and need help with spaying or neutering, please call 601-529-1535.
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PART TIME CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED Must be computer literate, have a pleasant telephone manner and be good with customers. Please send resume to: Dept. 3779, The Vicksburg Post, P.O. Box 821668 Vicksburg, MS 39182 or e-mail to classifieds@vicksburgpost.com Please note Dept. 3779 in the subject line.
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Announcement of Job Opening For Warren County Road Manager The Warren County Board of Supervisors is seeking a qualified person for the position of Road Manager. Those interested in this position are requested to submit a detailed resume’ to Donna Hardy, Warren County Chancery Clerk, located on the first floor of the Warren County Courthouse, 1009 Cherry Street, Vicksburg, MS 39183. Her office is open Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Resumes should be sealed and marked “Resume- Position of Road Manager� on the outside of the envelope. The deadline to submit your resume’ is Friday, February 3, 2012 by 5:00 PM. The resume’ must arrive in the Chancery Clerk’s Office by the deadline. Any resume’ received after the deadline will not be considered. This position is employed by and works under the direction of the Warren County Board of Supervisors. Qualifications include a minimum five (5) years experience in all phases of maintenance and construction of roads, bridges, and drainage. You must have good working knowledge of repair and maintenance of road equipment. Engineering experience is preferred but not essential. Personnel Management experience is required due to managing a work force of approximately 70 employees. You must be capable of maintaining schedules, reports, and operating within a set budget. You must be capable of dealing with the general public in a courteous and professional manner. A college degree is preferred. You must be computer literate (Digital Photo experience preferred). You must be bondable. Resume’ should include job history and salary requirement. If you wish to obtain a copy of the complete Job Description for the Warren County Road Manager, please contact the Chancery Clerk’s Office at (601) 636-4415. If you have any questions, please contact John C. Smith, County Administrator, at (601) 634-8073.
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18. Miscellaneous For Sale
BANDSAW BLADES. ONE ¼ inch x 80 inch metal cutting, one 3/16 inch x 80 inch skip raker 4 TPL wood blade, one ½ inch x 80 inch hook rake 3 TPL wood blade. Brand new, all three for $25. 601-634-6121. CEMETERY PLOT. GREEN Lawn Gardens Cemetery (1 space). 225294-3061 or e-mail: thomp son4815@bellsouth.net
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. 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.
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!
WE BUY ESTATES. Households and quality goods. Best prices. You call, we haul! 601-415-3121, 601-661-6074. www.msauctionservice.com
MATCHING COUCH AND love seat. Black cloth, good condition $200. 601831-0248.
WE PAY CASH for junk. Cars, trucks. Vans, SUVs, and old dump trucks. 601-638-5946 or 601-529-8249.
OUR ON-LINE SUBSCRIPTION keeps you “plugged” in to all the local news, sports, community events. Call Circulation, 601-636-4545.
Ask us how to “Post Size” your ad with some great clip art! Call the Classified Ladies at 601-636-Sell (7355).
29. Unfurnished Apartments
29. Unfurnished Apartments
Child’s Name:____________________________
Large family home in county! Features large family/ media room, kitchen has been updated with new cabintry and granite slab countertops, has breakfast nook, living/ dining room, guest and master bath updated with new vanity and granite countertops. Large master bedroom which leads out to new deck and pool!! $179,900.
McMillin Real Estate Bette@Vicksburgrealestate.com
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.
Show off your grandchildren to everyone this Valentine’s Day! Just bring or mail your grandchilds photo by February 9th, along with completed form and $20 per child to: The Vicksburg Post Classified Dept. P.O. Box 821668 Vicksburg, MS 39182
601-636-5947
www.leechrealestate.net
THE PET SHOP “Vicksburg’s Pet Boutique”
Proud Grandparents
Vanessa Leech, Broker • 601-415-4114 Andrea Lewis • 601-218-0644 Nina Rocconi • 601-415-4503 Mindy Hall • 601-631-4144 Tommy Shelton • 601-415-2507 Richard Engel • 601-831-2597 Cathy Mitchell • 601-218-2763
Home for Sale? Show it to the world at www.vicksburgrealestate.com
52 INCH RCA HDTV, wide screen, $285. 52 inch RCA standard definition TV, $175. Call 601-634-6898.
PLEASE CALL THE Gentleman of Junk for all your junk vehicle needs. Make like a magician and turn your junk vehicles into cash. Please leave message if no answer. 601-868-2781.
A Reputable Real Estate Company with Proven Results
19. Garage & Yard Sales
24. Business Services
SALE! AUNT WENDYS this and that. 43C Fisher Ferry Road 50% off clothing Some exceptions apply. January 18th- 31 st. Monday-Thursday 10am- 6pm. Friday 10am- 4pm. Closed Saturday and Sunday.
DIRT AND GRAVEL hauled. 8 yard truck. 601638-6740.
STILL HAVE STUFF after your Garage Sale? Donate your items to The Salvation Army, we pick-up! Call 601-636-2706. What's going on in Vicksburg this weekend? Read The Vicksburg Post! For convenient home delivery call 601-636-4545, ask for circulation.
20. Hunting 19. Garage & Yard Sales Call our Circulation Department for CONVENIENT Home Delivery and/ or our On-line Subscription. Monday- Friday, 8am-5pm, 601-636-4545.
NEED AN APARTMENT? Enjoy the convenience of downtown living at
The Vicksburg Apartments UTILITIES PAID! 1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments Studios & Efficiencies 801 Clay Street 601-630-2921 www.the-vicksburg.com
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 • 601-415-3333
Address:_____________________________
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.
24. Business Services D & D TREE CUTTING •Trimming • Lawn Care • Dirt Hauled • Insured For FREE Estimates Call “Big James” 601-218-7782
FREE ESTIMATES TREY GORDON ROOFING & RESTORATION •Roof & Home Repair (all types!) •30 yrs exp •1,000’s of ref Licensed • Insured 601-618-0367 • 601-456-4133 I CLEAN HOMES! Over 20 years experience. Excellent references. 601-6312482, 601-831-6052. LEAVES, GUTTERS, HEDGES, exterior window cleaning, and mowing. General yard, patio and driveway clean-up. Good rates. Free estimates. 601-2184415. PLUMBING SERVICES24 hour emergency- broken water lines- hot water heaters- toilets- faucetssinks. Pressure Washingsidewalk- house- mobile homes- vinyl siding- brick homes. 601-618-8466.
STEELE PAINTING SERVICE LLC Specialize in painting/ sheet rock. All home improvements Free Estimates 601-634-0948. Chris Steele/ Owner
ALL MOBILE HOME OWNERS! Single or double wide. Insulate with a new mobile home roof over kit. 2" foam insulation on top of your home with 29 gauge steel roofing. Guaranteed to save 25- 30% on heating/ cooling bill. 20 colors to choose from. Financing available with no money down. Also custom insulated mobile home windows. Free estimate. Donnie Grubbs. Toll free 1-888-339-5992 www.donniegrubbs.com
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29. Unfurnished Apartments
29. Unfurnished Apartments
MAGNOLIA MANOR APARTMENTS Elderly & Disabled 3515 Manor Drive Vicksburg, Ms. 601-636-3625 Equal Housing Opportunity
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CROSS OVER Grandparents:_____________________________
INTO THE GOOD LIFE!
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Children’s pictures will print on Tuesday, February 14th! DEADLINE IS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH AT 3PM.
Apartment Homes
Spacious 1, 2, and 3 bedroom apartment homes! • CABLE FURNISHED • HIGH SPEED INTERNET ACCESS AVAILABLE • NUMEROUS LAVISH AMENITIES • SPARKLING SWIMMING POOL • BASKETBALL COURT • VOLLEYBALL COURT www.gfprop.com
601-636-0503
• 2160 S. Frontage Rd.
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24. Business Services I-PHONE REPAIR. Buy, sell and repair. Arcue Sanchez - 601-618-9916.
26. For Rent Or Lease RICHARD M. CALDWELL BROKER SPECIALIZING IN RENTALS (INCLUDING CORPORATE APARTMENTS) CALL 601-618-5180 caldwell@vicksburg.com
For lease-10,000 SF Warehouse/ Office 165 North Corridor Sterlington LA 5.6 Acres- Fenced Owner/ Agent 318-345-3450
27. Rooms For Rent ROOM FOR RENT. Special rate for out of towner's. Cable, washer/ dryer, community kitchen. 601-4295031, 601-529-7146.
29. Unfurnished Apartments 1 BEDROOM, UPSTAIRS in antebellum home near downtown, river view. All electric, off street parking, alarm. $500 monthly, $250 deposit. 504-4274071.
32. Mobile Homes For Sale
33. Commercial Property
½ ACRE LAKE front property with 2 decks, and covered back porch. 4 bedroom, 2 bath fixer upper house. $45,000. 601-5725300, 601-573-5029.
7800 SQUARE FOOT office/ multi purpose building. On-site parking. $6.75/ square foot. 601-634-6669.
16x80 3 BEDROOM, 2 bath. Assumable loan, $308 per month. Very good condition. 601-415-1206.
960 SQUARE FOOT Deluxe office space on Wisconsin Avenue. $675 monthly. Call 601-634-6669.
2005 28x64. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths. Tons of upgrades. $34,900. 601-572-5300, 601-573-5029.
FOR LEASE. WAREHOUSE space, 12,000 square feet, south county, zoned for manufacturing. 601-638-3214.
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! Nice homes with land. Must have $5,000 deposit Total payments from $750. Call Bobby 601-941-6788.
Finding the home you want in the Classifieds is easy, but now it’s practically automatic, since we’ve put our listings online.
34. Houses For Sale
34. Houses For Sale CARY, MS. 3 bed, 2 bath home, 4.5 lots. Shown by appointment only. Asking $115,000. 601-824-0270.
34. Houses For Sale
34. Houses For Sale
39. Motorcycles, Bicycles
Licensed in MS and LA
EAGLE LAKE. 1120 Eagle Lake Shore Road, 3 bedrooms, 2 large baths, furnished, lake front! $240,000. 601-218-1800. Bette Paul Warner, McMillin Real Estate.
2007 HONDA SPIRIT 1100. Garage kept, 2000 miles. MUST SELL. $5500 or best offer. 601-301-0432.
Jones & Upchurch Real Estate Agency 1803 Clay Street www.jonesandupchurch.com Stacie Bowers-Griffin...601-218-9134 Jill WaringUpchurch....601-906-5012 Carla Watson...............601-415-4179 Mary D. Barnes .........601-966-1665 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
Sybil Caraway....601-218-2869 Catherine Roy....601-831-5790 Mincer Minor.....601-529-0893 Jim Hobson.........601-415-0211
Open Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30am-5:30pm
601-634-8928 2170 S. I-20 Frontage Rd. www.ColdwellBanker.com www.homesofvicksburg.net CALL 601-636-SELL AND PLACE YOUR CLASSIFIED AD TODAY.
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601-636-0502 Classified Advertising really brings big results!
1600 Highway 61 N 4800 Sq Ft - $250,000 100 Wigwam 4BR, 2 BA - $82,900 3350 Eagle Lake Shore 3BR, 2BA, pier, boat lift Call Jennifer Gilliland 601-218-4538 McMillin Real Estate
36. Farms & Acreage
40. Cars & Trucks
2002 DODGE DURANGO. Only 35,000 original miles! One-of-a-kind! Call 601-218-9654 days, 601636-0658 nights. Dealer.
21.5 ACRES/ BARN Northeast of Edwards. 5.5 acres- 3 bedroom home, deck, greenhouse, lake, lots of extras, near Edwards. 376 acres- hunting land – Holmes County. Joan Vickers Real Estate, 601-969-20422.
READ THE CLASSIFIEDS daily!
34. Houses For Sale
34. Houses For Sale
2002 LINCOLN TOWN Car. Driven by elderly couple. Fine Car! Call 601-2189654 days, 601-636-0658 nights. Dealer.
Please call one of these Coldwell Banker professionals today:
www.thelandingsvicksburg.com
501 Fairways Drive Vicksburg
Jimmy Ball 601-218-3541 Carl Carson 601-218-3375 Gidget Comans 601-529-5654 Reatha Crear 601-831-1742 Tim DeRossette 601-301-0625 Caffie Ellis 601-415-7010 Herb Jones 601-831-1840 Connie Norwood 601-415-3738 Valorie Spiller 601-618-6688 Kim Steen 601-218-7318 Harley Caldwell, broker 601-634-8928
Over 50 Vehicles to Choose From With 3 Month - 3,000 Mile Warranty! We Accept Good, Bad, or No Credit
CONFEDERATE RIDGE 780 Highway 61 North Fall In LOVE With
Our 2 Bedroom SPECIAL! Call for Details 601-638-0102
Commodore Apartments 1, 2 & 3 Bedrooms 605 Cain Ridge Rd. Vicksburg, MS 39180
601-638-2231
30. Houses For Rent 1455 PARKSIDE, 3/ 2. 1865 Martin Luther King, 3/ 1. 123 Roseland 4/ 2. 2606 Oak Street, 2/ 1. $750 and up! 732-768-5743. 3/ 4 BEDROOMS, 2.5 baths. Kid friendly neighborhood. $1400 monthly, deposit/ references required. 601-218-6301. EAGLE LAKE. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, furnished, largest pier on lake. Beautiful view. $1,250 monthly, DirectTV included. 601-218-5348.
31. Mobile Homes For Rent HILLVIEW ESTATES “Vicksburg’s Premier Rental Community” Hillview Estates is a family oriented community featuring an ON SITE MANAGER for 24/7 response to your every need. The grounds are meticulously maintained by our professional staff. WITH ONLY A FEW HOMES AVAILABLE NOW, PLEASE COME TOUR OUR COMMUNITY AND MEET YOUR NEW NEIGHBORS.
Please call our resident manager Bobby Allen 601-941-6788 MEADOWBROOK PROPERTIES. 2 or 3 bedroom mobile homes, south county. Deposit required. 601-619-9789.
With Our “Rent To Own” or Special Financing Programs You Can Re-Establish Your Credit Garyscfl.com
2005 DODGE RAM 1500. Black, one owner, 80,000 miles. Excellent condition! $9,900. 601-415-0883.
Hwy 61 S
AUTO WORLD. Come see us at George Carr Rental building. Buy here, pay here. Call 601-831-2000 after 3pm. 1995 Chevy II Blazer. $1600. 601-529-1195.
FIXER-UPPER SALE. 1992 Ford F-150, $750, needs shift cable, battery and bond. 1995 Ford Explorer, $700. Needs head gasket. 1995 T-Bird, $700. Needs transmission. 1994 Cadillac DeVille, $1200. Needs fuel pump. AUTO WORLD. Come see us at George Carr Rental building. Call 601-831-2000 after 3pm.
Call 601-636-SELL to sell your Car or Truck!
YOU ARE APPROVED! START REBUILDING YOUR CREDIT HERE! NO CREDIT APP REFUSED!!!
601-883-9995
S ALES/ R ENTALS Get a Late Model Car With a Low Down Payment S S CASH CARS AR H C CAR S CASH CARS CA SH A C CASH CARS CASH CARS A C
• Pool • Fireplace • Spacious Floor Plans 601-629-6300
2006 BUICK LACROSSE Local trade-in, great car! Call 601-218-9654 days, 601-636-0658 nights. Dealer.
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We Make Car Buying Fun • Lake Surrounds Community
2000 STRETCH LIMOUSINE. Seats 8, has 1000 miles. $12,000 firm. 601661-9747.
1996 CROWN VICTORIA LT. Good condition, Automatic, key-less entry, heat/ air. $3,000. 601-636-5838.
Gary’s Cars for Less
• 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom Apts. • Beautifully Landscaped
40. Cars & Trucks
2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER LE. Fully loaded, 73,000 miles, white, 20 inch rims, tan leather, new tires, sunroof, tinted windows. $13,700. 601-2185336, 601-636-7737.
2170 I-20 S. Frontage Rd Vicksburg, MS www.homesofvicksburg.com
BEAUTIFUL LAKESIDE LIVING
40. Cars & Trucks
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2 BEDROOM ALL electric. Water furnished, $450 monthly. 4 BEDROOM duplex Both $200 deposit, $500 monthly. Refrigerator, stove furnished. 601-634-8290.
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Ford Truck XLT (Brown)...... $1488 Ford Truck (Tan).................. $3888 Dodge Dakota......................$4488 Mercury Mountaineer..........$3888 Chevy Tahoe (extra nice!).... $4488 Chevy Tahoe (4dr. green)..... $3888 Ford Taurus (Red)................. $3888 Ford Taurus (Red)................. $4888 Ford Taurus (Gray/Green).... $4888 Chevy Malibu (White)........... $5888 Chevy Lumina (Cream)........ $2888 Mitsubishi Eclipse (Red)..... $1288 Hyundai Elantra (Silver)....... $1488 Mazda 626 (Blue)................... $3888 Mercury Grand Marquis..... $3888 Ford Crown Vic (Tan)........... $4888 Ford Focus.......................... $4888
601-636-3147 2970 Hwy 61 North • Vicksburg Monday - Saturday 8am-7pm www.okcarsandtrucks.webs.com
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