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TODAY IN hISTOrY 1802: President Thomas Jefferson signs a measure authorizing the establishment of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. 1850: Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel “The Scarlet Letter” is first published. 1915: The Federal Trade Commission begins operations. 1935: Adolf Hitler decides to break the military terms set by the Treaty of Versailles by ordering the rearming of Germany. 1968: During the Vietnam War, the My Lai (mee ly) Massacre of Vietnamese civilians is carried out by U.S. Army troops; estimates of the death toll vary between 347 and 504. 1978: Italian politician Aldo Moro is kidnapped by left-wing urban guerrillas, who later murdered him. 1985: Terry Anderson, chief Middle East correspondent for The Associated Press, is abducted in Beirut; he was released in December 1991.

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Workers were high up on Culkin Water District’s new water tower off U.S. 80 in Bovina this morning. Assembly of the 300,000-gallon tank by Caldwell Tanks of Louisville, Ky., is part of a $3.2 million project financed by the Drinking Water Systems Improvement Revolving Loan Fund administered by the Mississippi State Department of Health. The loan will be repaid over 20 years, said John Gunn, the water district’s general manager. The tower, which will be the tallest structure in Bovina, is expected to improve service to the district’s southern reaches.

A feasibility study will soon be under way to explore establishing a bike trail from Vicksburg to Natchez along power line right of ways owned by Entergy following Monday’s approval of a $2,000 contribution toward the study by the Vicksburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen. Bill Seratt, Vicksburg Convention and Visitors Bureau executive director, told the board the proposed trail would greatly enhance the local portion of the Mississippi River Trail — a recreational trail that follows the Mississippi River through 10 states, from its headwaters in Minnesota to near the river’s mouth south of New Orleans. The local portion of the MRT encompasses roadways with high vehicle traffic, such as U.S. 61 and Halls Ferry Road, that are not very accommodating for cyclists. A more scenic trail away from motorized traffic “is appealing to cyclists for both the ruggedness of the terrain, but also for the safety,” said Seratt, who was joined by Warren County Port Commission Director Wayne Mansfield in asking for the $2,000. “We’re seeing more and more traffic” on the local MRT route, said Seratt. “It’s like one of those bucket list type things, where cyclists want to ride the entire route.” Terry Eastin, MRT executive director, said the feasibility study should be complete in about six months and will be followed by an environmental impact study that will begin if the trail is found to be feasible. The feasibility study will cost $22,500, said See City, Page A7.

Scott, deputy police chief, resigns after 6 months By Steve Sanoski ssanoski@vicksburgpost.com

at liberty to discuss.” Scott did not return calls. Before joining the VPD in October, Scott had 17 Jeffrey years with Scott the Jackson department — rising through the ranks there from dispatcher to patrol officer to homicide investigator and, at the time of his departure, public information officer. “We don’t have any immediate plans for filling that

spot, but we do plan to fill it,” said Police Chief Walter Armstrong. “We’ll continue to march forward from here.” Armstrong also was silent on the specifics of Scott’s resignation, but indicated he did not foresee it coming. “He perhaps had given it some thought over the past few days, but again, what I can say at this point is that he resigned effective today,” the chief said. “Certainly, I appreciate the service he rendered while he was here and I wish him the best, but I can’t get into the details,” he said.

Last intercession begins with one-third attending

Dr. James Price said he ‘could not in good conscience’ recommend keeping intercession on the calendar.

Without explanation, the Vicksburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen accepted Deputy Chief Jeffrey Scott’s resignation in closed session Monday, effective immediately. When asked if Scott provided any reason for resigning little more than six months after quitting a job with the Jackson Police Department to join the Vicksburg force, Mayor Paul Winfield said, “That’s a personnel matter that we’re not

By Pamela Hitchins phitchins@vicksburgpost.com The final intercession period for the Vicksburg Warren School District got under way Monday and for the third straight time, student attendance decreased — just one-third of those eligible in grades 3 through 6 attended. The schools were prepared, sending out buses and bringing in teachers for extra help. “It’s slow,” confirmed Superintendent Dr. James Price, “but we’re still holding intercession. We’re not turning anybody away. For some it could make the difference between passing and failing.” Classes were held again this morning, but those initially planned for Wednesday

were changed to a regular school day for all students to make up the Feb. 12 academic day canceled by snow. School sources said 670 students in grades 3 through 6 were invited to attend remedial sessions before the next nine-week grading period began. The district prepared for the 339 whose parents said they’d be there, but only 218 came to school, 153 from the south half of the district and 65 from the north. Forty-four junior high students attended Monday’s classes, said Assistant Superintendent Debra Hullum — 26 to Vicksburg Junior High School and 18 to Warren Central Junior. At the high school level, 65 attended at Vicksburg High School and 31 at Warren Central, for a

total of 96. The district brought in 46 teachers, Hullum said, resulting in one teacher available for every eight students. Students are invited based on their need for more instruction in order to pass weekly benchmark tests, which prepare students for state-required tests at the end of the school year. Lower grade students are offered math and reading lessons, with math and English targeted at the junior highs. Review and strategies for the See Schools, Page A2.

Scott’s appointment was part of a restructuring of the police department that began when Winfield defeated Laurence Leyens in the mayoral election in June. Winfield had pledged to replace former Police Chief Tommy Moffett during his campaign, and his new vision for the force became a central point in the election after Leyens, the two-term incumbent, vowed to continue supporting Moffett. Armstrong was selected as police chief by a 2-1 mayor and aldermen vote shortly after Winfield took office

in July, and he later recommended both Scott and John Dolan as deputy chiefs. Under Moffett’s command the police department operated with one deputy chief. The mayor and aldermen unanimously signed off on Scott’s appointment to oversee department operations, while Dolan’s appointment to oversee administrative duties was approved 2-1. They were sworn in Oct. 1. Winfield said he anticipates beginning the search for Scott’s replacement “in the very near future.”

Proposals sought for jail health care By Danny Barrett Jr. dbarrett@vicksburgpost.com Proposals will be sought to complete the privatization of health care services for people held in Warren County custody. Supervisors OK’d seeking offers following a pitch by Sheriff Martin Pace, who cast it as a way for the county to save money and get out of the health care business. A single medical care provider “would provide the same service and save money,” Pace told supervisors Monday before a unanimous vote. “At this point, it’s the direction we need to go.” Information in hand from

at least one company in the business of inmate health care and calls to counties in Mississippi that have contracted for medical services figured into the decision. Pace and County Administrator John Smith consulted with Lauderdale and Madison counties in recent weeks, reporting they were satisfied with what they heard. “So far, we’ve not found one that’s been dissatisfied,” Pace said. A staff nurse has been on Warren County payroll for years, and annual costs for doctor visits and prescriptions have varied through the years but have See Jail, Page A7.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

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LOOK AT THAT Seven-yearold Jagger Ryals, center, points at a bass that his brother Gage Wilkinson, 10, just reeled in as the pair fished with their grandfather Mike Wilkinson at Lake Park Estates Monday. The boys were enjoying their time off from school.

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Murder case called ‘witch hunt,’ suspect’s obsession By Tim Doherty The Hattiesburg American PURVIS — Attorneys swapped opposing theories in their opening statements and a Lamar County deputy testified Monday as the murder trial for Jennifer Wardle, 29, began in the death of James Neal May on May 1, 2002. Stanley Alexander, special assistant attorney general, said the state would present evidence that Wardle had become obsessed with May, but May had tried to end the relationship. “Jennifer thought this was a fairy-tale relationship, and what happened shows how desperate she was to keep him in her

Four juveniles have been questioned in a vandalism at VerBeck YMCA on Oak Ridge Road Monday. A pavilion and swimming pool were damaged, Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace said. After receiving a call to the 1884 Oak Ridge Road facility at 3:52 p.m., deputies found holes in walls, a discharged fire extinguisher, spraypainted walls and drums of chlorine that had been thrown into the pool, he said. The total cost has not been tallied, but “it appears to be several thousand in damages,” said Pace. The juveniles ages 10 to 16 had not been charged this

state-mandated subject-area tests are taught at the high school intercessions. “We try to accommodate what they have a need for,” Price said. The schools’ board of trustees unanimously approved

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from staff reports morning, and another child was to be interviewed today, he said. The case will be turned over to Youth Court following the conclusion of the investigation, Pace said.

Vicksburg man held for auto burglary

ing $5 and a Visa card from a 2009 Dodge Durango in the 3500 block of Manor Drive a week ago, police Lt. Bobby Stewart said. Ford was being held without bond pending an initial appearance in court.

Sex offender jailed for not registering

address, Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace said. Investigators found the address was invalid in September and a warrant was issued in October, he said. Carter, 31, 320 Fisher Ferry Road, was being held without bond pending an initial appearance in court.

Vicksburg man jailed for methamphetamine

A Vicksburg man was in the Warren County Jail on an auto burglary charge. Demetris Ford, 22, 115 Abraham Drive, surrendered to Vicksburg officials at 4 p.m. Monday after being accused of taking a purse contain-

A Vicksburg man surrendered to Warren County deputies Monday on charges that he failed to register as a sex offender. Tyrone Carter II, who was convicted on Dec. 3, 2001, of statutory rape of a child younger than 14, is accused of registering an invalid

A Vicksburg man was in the Warren County Jail on a possession of methamphetamine charge, records showed. Sharod Wilkes, 30, 726 Central Ave., was being held without bond pending an ini-

the concept of intercession in 2007. Designed to give struggling students a chance to catch up more quickly before new material is introduced, the two- to four-day sessions were initially well-attended. But participation by eligi-

ble students declined from a high of 676 in January 2009, and at its Feb. 18 board meeting, trustees approved a calendar for 2010-2011 that does not include intercession. Given economic conditions, Price said at the meeting,

he “could not in good conscience” recommend keeping intercession on the calendar, since without student participation and the support of parents and teachers, intercession is “not costeffective.”

tial appearance in court. The charge was believed to be an old one, but calls to the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics were not returned.

Money, trailer missing in two city thefts Money and a trailer were reported missing in Vicksburg, police Lt. Bobby Stewart said. About $2 in change was reported stolen from a home in the 1500 block of Lane Street at 1:02 a.m. today. A 2006 utility trailer valued at $700 was reported stolen from the 300 block of Porters Chapel Road at 7:07 a.m. Saturday.

Weekly benchmark tests and monitoring of student, teacher and school performance will remain in place, Price told trustees, and summer school will also be offered.

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life,” Alexander said in his opening statement. “If she couldn’t have him, nobody else could.” Jim Dukes, one of Wardle’s attorneys, said his client, who was pregnant at the time May died, was being prosecuted eight years after May’s death only because “the state became involved because

sustained the objection that the written statement could not be verified as the same one Wardle wrote out that morning. “He hasn’t stated that he saw her sign it or that he got the paper back from her,” Prichard said. In interviews, the family of May, a Vicksburg native and University of Southern Mississippi senior, have said they asked the state Attorney General’s Office to review the case. On Oct. 10, 2007, Wardle was indicted. She has been free on $100,000 bail. Testimony was to continue today.

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back of his head. He said that a small group of people had gathered outside, and said that Wardle was at the scene. Although when asked if the same woman was sitting at the defense table, the best McAlpin could do was say that he believed so. McAlpin testified that he had given Wardle a standard witness statement form and told her “to just write it all down,” but that he did not get the form back from her, believing that the lead investigator who had arrived on the scene had gathered witness statements to be placed in the case file. When Alexander moved to submit Wardle’s statement as evidence, Judge R.I. Prichard

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of the political connections between Mr. May’s family in Jackson,” the state capital. “This is not a joking matter,” Dukes told the jury. “This is not a hoop-and-holler matter. This is a sad matter because there is a death. This is a sad matter because there is a child with no father. But it’s really a sad matter because it’s a witch hunt.” Dukes reminded jurors that local law enforcement did not arrest or charge Wardle and that May’s death certificate lists suicide as the cause. Deputy Billy McAlpin testified he arrived at a 4th Street mobile home about 5 a.m. and found May on a bed, dead from a single bullet wound to the

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Board delays choosing bid for Ceres house demolition By Danny Barrett Jr. dbarrett@vicksburgpost.com More time will be allotted in case anyone offers to move Ceres Plantation House, Wayne Mansfield, executive director of the Warren County Port Commission said Monday. Three of the commission’s five members met briefly and tabled competing offers to demolish the house at Ceres Research and Industrial Interplex at Flowers. Parts of the house date to 1830, but the house itself has been deemed too unauthentic by state preservationists for consideration as a Mississippi Landmark. “We’re still looking at ways

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The Ceres Plantation House to preserve the house by moving it to another location — we have a sincere desire to

do that,” Mansfield said following the panel’s discussion. One proposal to renovate

Columbus cops lose court appeal on park arrest

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Out of school for the day, and with beautiful skies and warm temperatures, Dawson Oakes, 6, plays on playground equipment at

Riverfront Park Monday afternoon. He was there with his brother and friends. Dawson is the son of Andy and Carrie Oakes.

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Two groups honor Rep. Flaggs State Rep. George Flaggs Jr. has been recognized by two organizations for his public service. The Omicron Rho Lambda chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha honored Flaggs for George his contribuFlaggs Jr. tions to the fraternity during its annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast Jan. 18 and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority presented Flaggs with the Economic Growth in the Black Family Award during the 78th annual South Eastern Region convention. The award acknowledges his work as a counselor for the Warren County Youth Court, as well as a leader for juvenile justice causes. “Anytime you can get recognized while serving, it’s highly appreciated,” said Flaggs, who has served 23 years in the Legislature. “I am honored to be recognized by these two organizations,” he said. Flaggs, who serves a major portion of Warren County in District 55, is chairman of the House Banking and Financial Services Committee and is a member of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. He also is a member of House committees on appropriations, gaming, insurance, investigating state offices, Medicaid and public health and human services. An Edwards native, Flaggs, 56, and his wife, Linda, live in Vicksburg.

Port Gibson’s Butler to take Senate seat Democrat Albert Butler of Port Gibson will be sworn in today to the Mississippi

Senate. Butler has been a Claiborne County supervisor and won a special Senate election last week. He fills a seat that’s been vacant since December, when Republican Gov. Haley Albert Barbour Butler chose Democratic Sen. Vincent Davis of Fayette to become a chancery judge. Nearly two years remain in the current four-year Senate term. The three-month legislative session is set to end in early April. Butler’s district includes all of Claiborne and Jefferson counties and parts of Copiah and Hinds counties.

Gov. Barbour vetoes wind pool legislation Gov. Haley Barbour has vetoed a wind pool bill because he says it is unnecessary. The bill did not include any money. It would’ve added two years to a plan that diverted $20 million in insurance premium tax revenues into the Mississippi Windstorm Underwriting Association Reinsurance Assistance Fund, commonly called the wind pool. The original diversion was signed into law in 2007 and is set to expire on June 30.

Sen. Gordon out of UMC, back at work State Sen. Jack Gordon of Okolona says now that he’s out of the hospital, he intends to keep up with most of his work routines at the Mississippi Capitol. The 65-year-old Democrat says he will undergo a PET

the house where it sits and use it as the centerpiece of a 19th century village and a

scan today at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. PET scans, or positron-emission tomography, use X-rays and a radioactive substance to make images of the inside the body. Gordon says physicians have found a lesion on his brain and told him he could either undergo laser surgery or take medication. Gordon was hospitalized at UMC for six days.

Counties win authority to regulate strip clubs Gov. Haley Barbour has signed a bill that gives counties authority to regulate strip clubs. The bill takes effect July 1. Counties, other than on the Gulf Coast and in Jackson, had to institute countywide zoning before they could place restrictions on the sexually oriented businesses before the change in the law. House Bill 170 gives county boards of supervisors the authority to develop regulations for local strip clubs.

COLUMBUS (AP) — Four Columbus Police officers suspended for 15 days without pay over a May incident in the Vicksburg National Military Park have lost their appeal in Circuit Court. Judge Lee Howard found the city was within its rights to suspend Wade Beard, Heath Beard, Robert Walker and Cpl. Spence Wallingford for inappropriate behavior while attending a field sobriety training course in Vicksburg in May 2009. The ruling, filed Friday, came two weeks after a February court hearing. The four officers were suspended for 15 days by the Columbus City Council May 19. They subsequently appealed to the Civil Service Commission, which upheld the suspensions on June 17. Rod Ray, the officers’ attorney, argued his clients were not suspended on good faith, and the justification for their suspensions has been inconsistent. The officers were arrested in the military park after driving with blaring music.

bed and breakfast tourism development was dismissed by commissioners last month because it didn’t fit the guidelines of what the panel asked for, which was either to move the house or tear it down. One estimate is that it would cost $1.8 million to move the house, which has had myriad uses since 1986 when the county acquired the 1,290 acres of farmland for conversion to industrial sites. A $23,500 offer from Vicksburg-based Buford Construction and another for $24,184 from Madison-based Bulldog Construction would raze the main structure and a smaller pool house. A separate offer has been

made to buy and move the house, Mansfield said, but declined to discuss specifics, except to say it would “meet the elements spelled out” in the commission’s public request for proposals. After the meeting, Chairman Johnny Moss said the possible existence of asbestos, which would be tested for under one proposal but removed at the commission’s cost, is a factor in delaying a decision, as is the oft-mentioned desire to see the interchange widened and reconfigured to encourage industrial development. No specific plans for the site have been identified by the commission.

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JACK VIX SAYS: Obama is applying the screws to get health care passed.

OLD POST FILES 120 YEARS AGO: 1890 A dispatch from Washington states that $50,000 has been allotted to strengthen the levees now endangered by high water. • The Louis Hoffman Hardware Co. receives two car loads of lawn mowers. • The steamer “Belle Memphis” arrives with 100 packages for Vicksburg. • The ladies of the Presbyterian Church have a candy pulling at the home of Mrs. W.M. Chamberlain.

110 YEARS AGO: 1900 Mrs. Sarah Whitaker dies at her old homestead in the Antioch neighborhood. • Sister Xavier is seriously ill at the convent.

100 YEARS AGO: 1910 The War Department approves the bid of the Young Bridge Company erection on the third observation tower in the park. •J.H. Scott, wealth bureau observer, is in Jackson.

90 YEARS AGO: 1920 W.J. Fitzgerald hoists the flag of the Irish Republic over his place of business on St. Patrick’s Day. • Loretto Conaty is now serving as secretary of Brunini and Hirsch law offices.

80 YEARS AGO: 1930 Income tax returns at Vicksburg are 50 percent less than last year. • Work is started on the brick store building of S.E. Teller on Cherry Street at Quin’s Alley.

70 YEARS AGO: 1940 Mrs. Cora E. Heitman dies. • Mrs. Bessie Douat is painfully injured when struck by an automobile.

60 YEARS AGO: 1950 Spring training begins at City Park for the Vicksburg Billies. • Funeral services are held for Mrs. Elsie Joseph.

50 YEARS AGO: 1960 Mrs. Ida Lee dies. • Victor Mature stars in “Escort West” at the Rivoli Drive-In Theatre. • Julie Showers is home for the week from Mississippi Southeast at Hattiesburg.

40 YEARS AGO: 1970 Glenn Ford stars in “Smith” at Showtown USA. • Mrs. Hal Moore is elected president of the Vicksburg Book Club. • Louis L. Switzer is honored with a buffet dinner on the occasion of his 85th birthday. • Paul Banchetti pledges Gamma Upsilon chapter of Sigma Chi fraternity at Mississippi State University.

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How case is decided will matter a lot Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in McDonald v. Chicago, which could be the most significant case the high court decides this year. The court will decide whether its decision 20 months ago in District of Columbia v. Heller — that the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms is an individual rather than a collective right — applies to states and municipalities as well as the federal government. That may be legalese, but it’s worth understanding. How the court arrives at its decision could be more significant than the decision itself. Aspects of the Bill of Rights and the Heller decision made this case against a municipality that has a strict ban on possession of handguns, even in the home, inevitable. The Heller case applied to the District of Columbia, a federal enclave.

And the Bill of Rights was originally written to protect individual rights against encroachment by the national government, not necessarily the state and local governments. However, the 14th Amendment, passed after the Civil War to ensure the freedom of former slaves, says, “No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.” Over the years, the Court has used the 14th Amendment to “incorporate” the protections in the Bill of Rights against state and local governments. Thus state and local governments may not violate freedom of religion or speech, conduct unreasonable searches or seizures or deny the right to a speedy trial or trial by

jury. However, the high court has not previously found the Second Amendment to be “incorporated” into state and local law. Since the Heller decision declared the right to keep and bear arms a “fundamental” right, it would be difficult to imagine that the high court will not decide that state and local governments cannot violate it, either. But how it does so may be important. Most “incorporation” decisions have relied on the due process clause, though some argued that using a procedural clause to enforce a substantive right is inappropriate. If the court uses the “privileges or immunities” clause, however, that could lead to other rights, including some not mentioned in the Bill of Rights, being considered inviolable. So pay attention to the details.

Rosemary Palermo is cast as the heroine, Nell Stanley, in “Gold in the Hills” at Parkside Playhouse. • Charles Tolliver, industrial arts teacher at Warren Central Junior High School, is named “Outstanding Teacher of the Year” by the Mississippi Industrial Arts Association during a clinic held at MSU.

20 YEARS AGO: 1990 Charlotte Ann Helgason dies. • Mayor Robert Walker is named to the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra Statewide Advisory Board. • Rep. George Flaggs says he will not support legislation to help the City of Vicksburg finance the sale of Mercy Regional Medical Center.

10 YEARS AGO: 2000 Warren Central presents “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.” • Dennis Mathews catches a 50-pound catfish in the Mississippi River just south of LeTourneau.

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MODERATELY CONFUSED by Bill Stahler

Census time means redistricting is on the horizon If you live in coastal Mississippi, do you want your vote to carry the same weight as the vote of someone living in the Appalachian foothills near Corinth? How about if you live in the tiny Delta town of Alligator — should your vote count less than the vote of someone living in one of those spiffy new high-rise apartments in downtown Jackson? U.S. Census forms are hitting mailboxes this month, and officials will use the updated population numbers when they reconfigure district lines for political offices, all with the goal of upholding the standard of one-person, one-vote. Mississippi lawmakers will redraw the lines of the 122 districts in the state House and 52 districts in the state Senate. And unless state lawmakers get tied in knots and abdicate their responsibility to the federal courts, as they did a decade ago, they’re also supposed to reconfigure the lines of Mississippi’s U.S. House districts. Local government officials will get

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Local government officials will get to redraw local district lines. City councils are in charge of municipal districts, and boards of supervisors are in charge of county districts.

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to redraw local district lines. City councils are in charge of municipal districts, and boards of supervisors are in charge of county districts. The timetable is important, and no one should be surprised if Mississippi fails to get new districts drawn and approved in time for the 2011 state elections. That could mean a 2011-2012 replay of 20 years ago, when Mississippi had state elections in 1991 in old districts and in 1992 in new ones. Census figures probably won’t be available until late 2010. Candidates’

qualifying deadline for state legislative seats is March 1, 2011. Even if Gov. Haley Barbour calls a special session for redistricting late this year — and he has said he might — lawmakers would still have to overcome significant obstacles to agree on a new plan. The process won’t be quick or easy. Legislators will have to account for populations that have shifted inland because of Hurricane Katrina. Coastal officials won’t be willing to turn loose of any power because representation equals strength equals

money. Expect to hear the argument that a loss of seaside population is only temporary, even five years after the monster storm, and that people eventually plan to return to their old homesteads. Legislators will have to carve out more state House and Senate districts for north Mississippi’s DeSoto County. The bedroom community of Memphis, Tenn., has been the fastest growing county in this state for years. Putting more districts in and around DeSoto, though, will mean other parts of the state will lose legislative seats. Rural areas with stagnant population numbers could suffer. Lawmakers will also have to take steps not to dilute black voting representation — and that’s a challenge, given that many of the majority-black districts are in the impoverished rural Delta, which has had trouble keeping a steady population level as people seek their economic futures elsewhere. Because of Mississippi’s history of racial discrimination, the U.S. Jus-

tice Department must approve any changes to the voting system. Lawmakers will readily tell you that it’s difficult to know how long Justice will examine a redistricting map before giving the thumbs-up or thumbs-down. Redrawing the congressional districts, at least, should be easier this time because Mississippi won’t be losing a seat in the U.S. House. After the 2000 Census, Mississippi lost one of its five districts because the state had grown more slowly than other states during the 1990s. Under a plan approved by federal judges, the two congressmen with the least seniority — Republican Chip Pickering and Democrat Ronnie Shows — saw most of their districts combined into a single Republican-leaning district. Pickering and Shows ran against each other in 2002, and Pickering prevailed. •

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

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LOCAL STOCKS The following quotes on local companies are provided as a service by Smith Barney Citi Group, 112-B Monument Place, 601-636-6914. Archer-Daniels (ADM)....28.61 American Fin. (AFG) .......27.43 Ameristar (ASCA) .............17.11 Auto Zone (AZO) .......... 169.00 Bally Technologies (BYI)37.83 BancorpSouth (BXS).......19.98 Britton Koontz (BKBK) ...11.99 Cracker Barrel (CBRL) .....46.30 Champion Ent. (CHB)...........20 Com. Health Svcs. ...........37.73 Computer Sci. Corp. .......53.58 Cooper Industries (CBE)46.73 CBL and Associates (CBL)14.35 CSX Corp. (CSX)................51.12 East Group Prprties ...... 37.90 El Paso Corp. (EP) ............11.08 Entergy Corp. (ETR) ........78.81

Fastenal (FAST) .................45.88 Family Dollar (FDO) ........35.44 Fred’s (FRED)......................10.54 Int’l Paper (IP) ...................24.91 Janus Capital Group ......14.00 J.C. Penney (JCP) .............30.72 Kroger Stores (KR)...........22.30 Kan. City So. (KSU) ..........35.57 Legg Mason (LM) .......... 29.12 Parkway Properties.........18.25 PepsiAmerica Inc. (PAS) 29.98 Regions Financial (RF) .... 7.23 Rowan (RDC) .....................26.96 Saks Inc. (SKS) ..................... 8.42 Sears Holdings (SHLD)104.06 Simpson-DuraVent .........28.50 Sunoco (SUN)....................29.76 Trustmark (TRMK) ...........24.47 Tyco Intn’l (TYC)...............37.36 Tyson Foods (TSN) ..........17.37 Viacom (VIA) ......................32.99 Walgreens (WAG) ............34.17 Wal-Mart (WMT) ..............55.42

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SmArT mOnEy Q: I seriously need an athome computer job. I can do anything from data entry to editing. I wanted to ask you your opinion because I learned from you many years BRUCE ago just how many scams exist, and to be cautious of any scheme that required money up front. I see many jobs advertised, but most smell like scams. — K.L., via e-mail A: You are in a large sorority. There are literally hundreds of thousands of women who would like to work from home. One of the first areas people look into is computer work. Finding a position of that kind is much more difficult. While some companies are starting to learn they can hire people on an independent-contractor arrangement — thereby

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bypassing the need for office space, Social Security, Medicare and a whole bunch of other benefits — they are often looking within their own company’s ranks for the candidates. You are correct in being skeptical. However, that doesn’t mean that they are all fraudulent. As long as you are aware that there could be a hook in that very tempting piece of bait, what do you have to lose? Consider all of these areas in which you are especially skilled. For example, you mentioned data entry. If that is your strong point, write a presentation and present it in a letter to anyone who makes the decision on hiring. I’m not talking about the Human Resources department, I’m talking about the executives who actually make the decisions. Looking for work is tough, but it has certainly paid off for many who have pursued it diligently. I hope you are one of these.

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

WASHINGTON (AP) — Debate is heating up within the Federal Reserve over how and when to signal that the days of record-low interest rates are numbered. A rate hike isn’t imminent. But at their meeting, which started this morning, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues will likely focus on how to telegraph that higher rates are coming once the economic recovery is more deeply rooted. Eventu-

ally, Fed policymakers will need to start bumping up rates to head off inflation. It will be a challenging maneuver. Ben Fed officials Bernanke will want to signal a move to higher rates in advance so borrowers and investors aren’t jarred. And they will need to send a signal

that isn’t confusing. The Fed has held rates at a record low — near zero — since December 2008. Bernanke and other Fed officials have said low rates are still needed to underpin economic growth. But they need to decide whether to keep or modify their yearlong pledge to hold rates at record lows for an “extended period.” Economists generally think “extended period” means at

least six more months. The Fed could drop that commitment altogether. Or it could pledge to keep rates low only for “some time” or vow to keep “policy accommodative.” Or it could change its language in some other way to stress that credit will be tightened when the time is right. Any such step would signal that the days of easy money are fading. Inside the Fed, debate is intensifying.

Business moratorium still in effect in Clinton CLINTON, Miss. — New businesses, including payday and title loan shops, pawnshops and tattoo parlors, still cannot open in Clinton. For the second time, Clinton aldermen have extended a 90-day moratorium on new businesses while crafting a zoning ordinance. Although the proposal is still several months from a final draft, city leaders said the affected businesses will be zoned for location in an area other than U.S. Highway 80 and the Boulevard Business District. Community development director Jerry Bounds said existing businesses will be grandfathered in. That means they won’t have to move when zoning changes, but, if they close, a similar business can’t open in that space.

Malt beverage group joins Bogue Chitto fight JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Malt Beverage Association has asked the state Supreme Court to join in an appeal of a Pike County river alcohol ban. The case is set for oral arguments on March 30. The Supreme Court has not ruled on the motion by the association. The group wants to submit a brief opposing the ban. Pike County and the owners of inner tube rental companies are in an ongoing dispute over a ban of sale of alcohol on heavily used stretches of the Bogue Chitto River and Topisaw Creek. The county enacted the ban in 2008. It was upheld by a

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS judge the same year. Ronnie Perry of Gator’s Tubing and Wendy Ryals of Dogwood Tube Rental are appealing the judge’s ruling.

L-3 Vertex wins NASA contract MADISON, Miss. — L-3 Vertex Aerospace has received a $20 million contract from NASA. L-3 Vertex will provide services for aircraft operations, maintenance and research at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., as well as operation of the Moffett Federal Airfield. The contract, considered a cost-plus, fixed-fee, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity single award, begins April 1. The base contract lasts one year and includes one two-year option and two one-year options.

Feds: MEMA misspent almost $18M in grants JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency misspent nearly $18 million in Hurricane Katrina reconstruction grants, and should pay it back — with nearly $1 million interest, federal auditors said. The bill produced by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General includes money spent to manage grants and overpayments to local governments, mainly for removing debris.

It alleged that MEMA paid $87 to $109 per hour for workers to electronically scan and code grant paperwork, adding up to $7.7 million of the alleged misspending. MEMA officials said all the reports findings were wrong. “The state of Mississippi has worked very hard to make sure that federal dollars were well accounted for,” MEMA director Mike Womack said. “The IG has the same mindset as an IRS auditor. They are going to see how much money they can take back from state and local government. I’m just opposed to that kind of mentality.”

Walnut elevator plant to lose 50 workers

senKrupp Elevator will lay off 50 workers at its manufacturing plant in Walnut in northeast Mississippi. Officials said that the layoffs will take effect in early April. Workers were notified last week. ThyssenKrupp officials said the current downturn in major construction and renovation projects has reduced demand for his company’s products and services. They said the market for new elevator equipment is about one-third of what it was three years ago. ThyssenKrupp Elevator is the largest producer of elevator equipment in North America. It employees almost 14,000 people with annual sales of about $2.8 billion.

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City Continued from Page A1. Eastin, and will be paid for by Entergy, aided by $2,000 contributions from Vicksburg, Claiborne County, Hinds County and the Natchez-Adams County Development Authority. Along with Entergy, the MRT is also working with the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to link the national bike trail with national parks and wildlife refuges, Eastin said. If the new trail becomes a reality and the Vicksburg National Military Park were tied in, Eastin said it would become a showcase section. “It would be one of our signature routes,” she said. “Our signature routes are those along which we’ve created something for the community that we are certain is going to boost tourism, provide a great rider experience, impact economic development and promote healthy living.” Eastin said the MRT route through Vicksburg and Warren County “is not a primary route of ours because there is such a high amount of traffic.” However, she added the area has a high likelihood of benefiting from

On the agenda Meeting Monday, the Vicksburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen: • OK’d meeting minutes from July 24, Aug. 19, 27 and Sept. 17, 2009. • Received a proposal from The Gibbs Company of Ridgeland outlining its qualifications as a cultural heritage tourism specialist consultant. The city is to hire a specialist in accordance with a $150,000 Preserve America grant for which it is providing a 100 percent match. The money will be used to promote the sesquicentennial of the Civil War beginning next year. • Received competing proposals from the Coca-Cola Company and Brown Bottling Group of Jackson (PepsiCo distributor) to serve their brands at city properties. • OK’d a request from the poa new route. “There have been some economic studies done there that indicate a major trail system would probably be the best opportunity to support economic development in that region,” she said of Vicksburg and Warren County.

lice department to use city vans to take at-risk youths to the Rankin County Correctional Facility for a “scared straight” tour on March 23 and 30. Police Chief Walter Armstrong said three officers will accompany about 20 students on the tours. • OK’d a memorandum of understanding with the Mississippi Wireless Communication Commission regarding the Mississippi Interoperability Channel Plan. Information Technology Specialist Bill Ford said the agreement between the city and state allows emergency responders to operate on each others’ radio channels. • OK’d an agreement with Entergy Mississippi Inc. to move the City Hall point of electrical service to a new generator and transfer system at a cost of $3,739.24. Whether the new trail from Vicksburg to Natchez becomes a reality will depend on the feasibility study and subsequent environmental impact study. However, Eastin said the project will mostly hinge on the reauthorization of the federal highway bill, which

• OK’d a resolution establishing just compensation regarding a flood buyout property. • Adopted a budget amendment in the general fund, a transfer of $3,410 from the police department capital fund to the criminal justice narcotics fund for a federal Justice Assistance Grant. • Rescinded the Oct. 23 appointment of Reginald Taylor to the Public Transportation Board, and appointed Rita Wyatt. Mayor Paul Winfield said Taylor is not eligible to be on the board because he is not a Vicksburg resident. • OK’d a new City Pavilion rules and regulation policy and application to reflect recent changes to the rental fee structure and reservation rules. • OK’d a request from the provides grant funding for transportation enhancements and is set to expire this year. The federal grants would require a 20 percent local match, but Eastin said the donation of rights of way from Entergy would count as an in-kind match. “Our hope is by the end of

American Heart Association Drive Committee for a $1,000 advertisement for a sign, T-shirts and door prizes for its 7th Annual Heart Fund Drive Golf Tournament on May 7. • OK’d a request from the Red Carpet Bowl Football Classic for a $250 advertisement. • OK’d a request from DBR Publishing Company LLC for a $550 advertisement for Vicksburg and Warren Central high schools’ football programs for the upcoming season. In closed session, the board: • OK’d hiring two umpires in the recreation department and firing one employee in the gas department. The board is scheduled to meet next at 10 a.m. March 25 in Room 109 of the City Hall Annex, 1415 Walnut St. the year that new bill will be in place,” said Eastin. “If that happens, the new funding will be in place next year and we will begin preparing communities to apply for transportation enhancement funding in 2011 or 2012.”

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On the agenda Meeting Monday, Warren County supervisors: • Approved payments for three Community Development Block Grant-funded projects — the ongoing replacement of the Haining Road bridge at the Port of Vicksburg and of the bridge at Cherry Street over Glass Bayou and bayou-clearing efforts inside Vicksburg. Payments for the Haining Road bridge work totaled $76,695.40 for contract builder Key LLC, $27,320.62 for ABMB Engineers and $4,833.33 for Jimmy G. Gouras Urban Planning Consultants. ABMB was OK’d for $24,501.89 for engineering services on the bayou-clearing project and $8,340.24 on Cherry Street. Contract builder for the smaller bridge replacement, Dozer LLC, was OK’d for $101,132.56 and Gouras Urban Planning for $7,200. The grant money is coming to the county via the Mississippi

Development Authority. • Renewed a contract with Care Environmental to coordinate this year’s Hazardous Waste Day, scheduled for June 26 at Warren Central High School. • Approved Purchasing Agent Tonga Vinson as the county’s point of contact with the Mississippi Office of Surplus Properties. • Authorized travel for District 2 Supervisor Charles Selmon to attend the Mississippi Association of Supervisors 81st annual conference in Tunica on June 14-18 and for County Administrator John Smith to attend an educational workshop for administrators and chancery clerks in Jackson April 28-29. • Accepted a request from Circuit Court Judge Isadore Patrick for transfer of any available vehicle for Drug Court. • Approved $500 in advertising for the 2010 Red Carpet Bowl football games on Aug. 20.

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Edwin Hazel Holman RUSH, Ky. — Edwin Hazel Holman, 49, of Rush, Ky., died Saturday, March 13, 2010, in Ashland, Ky., following a sudden illness. Eddie was born April 20, 1960, in Vicksburg to the late Theodore and Ruth Goode Holman. He was the youngest of eight boys and was preceded in death by a brother, Melvin Douglas Holman. Eddie was a transport driver with PAM Transport. Survivors include his wife, Crystal Miles Holman, and a daughter, Serenity Lakota Holman of Rush; six brothers, Sterling Holman (Joyce) of Augusta, Ga., Jesse Holman (Shirley) of Vicksburg, James Holman (Cynthia) of Greenwood, Ted Holman (Cam) of Vicksburg, Harold Holman of Dallas, Ga., and Alvin Holman (Carolyn) of Vicksburg; a loving sister-in-law, Sue Holman of Vicksburg; several loving nieces and nephews, Cindy, Sarah, Laura, Doug, Melanie, Heather, Patricia, Jesse Jr. (J.L.), Glen, James Jr., Dawn, Aubrey, Teddy, Chris, Ed, Chuck, Matt, Angie, Alvin Jr. and Bennie James (B.J.) Memorial services will be held Wednesday, March 17, 2010, at 1 p.m. at the Preston Family Funeral Home in Ashland, Ky. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.prestonfamilyfuneralhome.com.

John P. Mathews TALLULAH — John P. Mathews died Sunday, March 14, 2010, at Madison Parish Hospital. He was 69. Mr. Mathews was born in

Ferriday and had lived in Tallulah for more than 20 years. He was a dredge-boat operator and a member of Monclova Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Linda Faye Byrd Mathews of Tallulah; two sons, Ricky Mathews and Brad Mathews, both of Tallulah; a daughter, Kay Harvey of Tallulah; three brothers, James R. Mathews of Tallulah, Billy Mathews Sr. of Forest, La. and Alfred Sanders of Gurdon, Ark.; six grandchildren; one greatgrandchild; and numerous nieces and nephews. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Parkview Baptist Church with the Rev. John W. Rushing officiating. Burial will follow at Monclova Cemetery in Waterproof under the direction of Crothers-Glenwood Funeral Home. Visitation will be tonight from 5 until 8 at the church. Pallbearers will be Ricky “Buck” Mathews, Scott Mathews, Derek Heard, Loyd Moore, Lance Morgan and Dustin Harvey. Honorary pallbearers will be Jimmy Wright, Sheldon Ezell, Cecil Wells, Jake Moore and Sonny Morgan.

Willie Mae Ming Shields GLEN ALLAN — Willie Mae Ming Shields died Saturday, March 13, 2010, at Willis Knighton Hospital in Shreveport, La. She was 97. Born in Louisville, Miss., Mrs. Shields had been a resident of Glen Allan since 1964. She was a homemaker and a member of Lake Washington Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Perry Shields; her parents, Finis and Letha Ming; and five brothers. She is survived by one daughter, Elizabeth Ann Croxton of Hefflin, La.; three

sons, Charles B. Shields, Tommy L. Shields and James Perry Shields, all of Glen Allan; two grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Services were at 11 a.m. today at Glen Allan Baptist Church. Burial followed at County Line Cemetery in Glen Allan. Pallbearers were Gene Fulton, Alvin Shields, Robert “Shorty” Jones, Carl Dew, Larry Ming and Sam Shields.

William David Vantrease Jr. William David Vantrease Jr. died Friday, March 12, 2010, in Battle Creek, Mich. He was born in Vicksburg on April 7, 1982, and lived most of his life in Vicksburg. David was preceded in death by his grandparents, Laura and Bill Howell; and grandfather, Jimmy Van-

trease Sr. Survivors include his mother, Leah Howell Wheeless and her husband, John; his father, William David Vantrease Sr. and his wife, Twila; and his grandmother, Irene Vantrease. David was dedicated to helping people with substance abuse problems. He served as a counselor at Narconon Stone Hawk Treatment Center and as a treatment coordinator at A Forever Recovery treatment center in Battle Creek. Funeral services will be held at Fisher Funeral Home at 10:30 a.m. Thursday with the Rev. P.J. Curley officiating. Visitation will be at Fisher Funeral Home from 5 until 7 Wednesday evening. Pallbearers will be Linnie Wheeless, Sarah Wheeless Hammond, Frank Howell, Bill Howell, Jim Vantrease Jr., Eddie Ford, John George

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BY CHIEF METEOROLOGIST BARBIE BASSSETT TONIGHT

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Clouds will work in tonight and Wednesday ahead of a disturbance. This low pressure area could bring some sprinkles.

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 thursday-friday Partly cloudy; highs in the lower 70s, lows in the upper 30s

STATE FORECAST tONiGht Mostly cloudy; slight chance of showers; lows in the mid-40s wedNesday-friday Mostly cloudy; slight chance of showers Wednesday; highs in the lower 70s, lows in the mid40s

Jail risen recently due to higher medicine costs, Pace has said. Costs for those services are expected to reach $176,000 in 2009-10, according to budget estimates and recent invoices. Liability in the event of any legal issues would cover the county via the company’s own insurance, Pace assured supervisors. Warren County privatized food service for inmates in 2005. Private providers of health care to jails and detention centers are often accredited by standard-setting correctional organizations. Compensation for housing inmates held for the City of Vicksburg is paid per diem whenever space is available for them in the 128-bed jail. Most often, those detained by the city are sent to facilities in other counties, most often Issaquena, with the city responsible for medical expenses. By law, governments housing inmates are responsible for their medical expenses. Through the years, Warren County has employed several arrangements, usually involving a combination of staff and contractual services.

PRECISION FORECAST

ALmAnAC hiGhs aNd LOws High/past 24 hours............. 66º Low/past 24 hours .............. 46º Average temperature ........ 56º Normal this date .................. 58º Record low .............30º in 1988 Record high ...........85º in 1982 raiNfaLL Recorded at the Vicksburg Water Plant Past 24 hours.....................None This month .............1.20 inches Total/year............. 10.80 inches Normal/month .....3.04 inches Normal/year ....... 13.37 inches sOLuNar tabLe Most active times for fish and wildlife Wednesday: A.M. Active ........................... 6:37 A.M. Most active ..............12:26 P.M. Active ............................ 6:58 P.M. Most active ...............12:48 suNrise/suNset Sunset today ....................... 7:11 Sunset tomorrow .............. 7:12 Sunrise tomorrow ............. 7:11

RIVER DATA staGes Mississippi River at Vicksburg Current: 24.9 | Change: +0.3 Flood: 43 feet Yazoo River at Greenwood Current: 21.5 | Change: -0.7 Flood: 35 feet Yazoo River at Yazoo City Current: 22.0 | Change: -1.3 Flood: 29 feet Yazoo River at Belzoni Current: 23.9 | Change: -0.8 Flood: 34 feet Big Black River at West Current: 17.5 | Change: -1.0 Flood: 12 feet Big Black River at Bovina Current: 23.6 | Change: -0.7 Flood: 28 feet steeLe bayOu Land ...................................72.4 River ...................................72.1

mISSISSIPPI RIVER FORECAST Cairo, Ill. Wednesday .......................... 39.0 Thursday ............................... 40.5 Friday ...................................... 42.0 Arkansas City Wednesday .......................... 21.9 Thursday ............................... 23.0 Friday ...................................... 23.7 Greenville Wednesday .......................... 32.2 Thursday ............................... 34.0 Friday ...................................... 35.1 Vicksburg Wednesday .......................... 26.2 Thursday ............................... 28.2 Friday ...................................... 30.0

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

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SPORTS tue sDAY, mA rch 16, 2010 • SE C TI O N B PUZZLES B5 | CLASSIFIEDS B6

Steve Wilson, sports editor | E-mail: sports@vicksburgpost.com | Tel: 601.636.4545 ext 142

Gonzalez pitches one-hit shutout to pace Vikings By Jeff Byrd jbyrd@vicksburgpost.com

NIT schedule Jackson State at Mississippi State Today, 9 p.m. TV: ESPNU Radio: 105.5 FM Troy at Ole Miss Wednesday, 7 p.m. Radio: 1490 AM

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MADISON — When he went to revamp his pitching staff last summer, Warren Central coach Josh Abraham asked for volunteers to learn the submarine motion. Rising junior catcher Carlos Gonzalez stepped up. On Monday afternoon at Madison Central’s Big Blue Tournament, Gonzalez rewarded his coach and the Vikings with a gem. Gonzalez hurled a one-hit shutout to beat Father Ryan

pREp BaSEBaLL (Nashville, Tenn.) 2-0. Gonzalez, still the Vikings’ regular catcher, baffled the Irish with a sinker out of the sidewinding motion. “I volunteered to learn and switch my motion to bring it down,” Gonzalez said. “Coach Douglas worked with me all summer on it and it paid off. I just had a good feeling today. I was ready when I came to the ballpark.” Abraham was glad to see it. “He was the one who was open to learning it and we

started working with him all summer. It’s a pitching motion a lot of teams are just not used to seeing. But what it does is get you a lot of outs. The different motion creates more weak-hit balls,” Abraham said. Gonzalez had been used twice in relief roles, but the Father Ryan game was his first start. According to Abraham, it won’t be the last. “He’s definitely in the mix as one of our starters. I have confidence in all four of our guys in Jay (Harper), Colby Key and Dee White”, in addi-

tion to Gonzalez, Abraham said. Dylan Wooten provided all the run support Gonzalez would need. The senior first baseman ripped an RBI single in the first inning and an RBI double in the third to give the Vikings a 2-0 lead. WC may have gotten more out of their first inning, but a base-running mistake and a missed bunt took them out of a possible big rally. “We had some mental mistakes that cost us some, but we kept swinging the bat,” Abraham said.

After giving up a hit to WC’s Carter Kittrell in the fourth inning, Father Ryan’s Marshall Ussery was nearly the equal to Gonzalez. He struck out four of the next nine faced and allowed just six hits in all. Gonzalez, meanwhile, got out of his only jam of the day in the sixth after a pair of two-out walks by getting a line out to WC shortstop Beau Wallace to end the threat. In the seventh, Gonzalez used a backdoor cutter See Baseball, Page B3.

PREP BASEBALL WC vs. DeSoto Central Today, 4:30 p.m. at Madison Central

Make-a-Wish sends aguirre to spain

Varando, Warren make All-SEC team

St. Al vs. Louisville Today, 8:15 p.m. at Lake

PREP SOFTBALL VHS at Cathedral Today, 6 p.m.

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9 p.m. ESPNU - Mississippi State is in a postseason tournament, but it’s not what quite what the Bulldogs had in mind. They host SWAC regular-season champion Jackson State tonight at the Hump in the NIT.

By The Associated Press

WHO’S HOT CARLOS GONZALEZ Warren Central pitcher tossed a one-hit shutout to pace WC to a 2-0 victory over Father Ryan (Nashville, Tenn.) on Monday.

SIDELINES Woods will return at the Masters

PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods said Tuesday he will return to golf next month at the Masters, ending a four-month hiatus brought on by a sex scandal that shattered his image as the gold standard in sports. “The Masters is where I won my first major and I view this tournament with great respect,” Woods said in a statement. “After a long and necessary time away from the game, I feel like I’m ready to start my season at Augusta.” Woods has not competed since Nov. 15 when he won the Australian Masters for his 82nd victory worldwide. Twelve days later, he crashed his car into a tree outside his Florida home, setting off shocking revelations that he had been cheating on his wife. The Associated Press first reported his plans to return at Augusta National last Thursday. “The major championships have always been a special focus in my career and, as a professional, I think Augusta is where I need to be, even though it’s been a while since I last played,” Woods said. “I have undergone almost two months of inpatient therapy and I am continuing my treatment,” he said.

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La. Pick 3: 3-3-6 La. Pick 4: 7-7-6-1 Weekly results: B2

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WC soccer player and cancer survivor Andres Aguirre smiles at a party held in his honor at Sol Azteca Mexican restaurant to celebrate his family’s trip to Spain to meet his idol, Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo.

A survivor’s reward By Steve Wilson swilson@vicksburgpost.com

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When Andres Aguirre arrived for soccer practice this season for Warren Central, he always dressed for the occasion from head to toe. There was David Beckham one day. Then Cristiano Ronaldo. And not just the jerseys. The match-

ing cleats. The shorts. The socks. The only things missing would be Beckham’s tattoos or Ronaldo’s crested haircut. But now, the Warren Central sophomore midfielder and Hodgkins lymphoma survivor won’t be just wearing the uniform of one of his heroes. He’ll be meet-

ing him. Aguirre and his family left Monday on a flight to Spain to meet Ronaldo at the Spanish National Team training center in Madrid. Ronaldo, who plays on the wing for Real Madrid after being lured away from Manchester United in a $132 million deal, is the highest paid footballer in the world.

The trip was arranged by the Make-A-Wish Foundation, a charity that grants the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses. The trip was 18 months in the making. The Foundation has affiliates overseas, but the Spanish chapter had no contact with Portugal native Ronaldo. When See Reward, Page B3.

ATLANTA — Kentucky is back in a familiar place — atop the Southeastern Conference and dominating the league awards. Freshman sensation John Wall was named player of Jarvis the year Varnado and newcomer of the year on The Associated Press All-Southeastern Conference team Chris released Warren Monday, and John Calipari made it a clean sweep for the Wildcats by taking the coaching honor. Wall and another Wildcats freshman, forward DeMarcus Cousins, were both unanimous choices to the first team, as was South Carolina guard Devan Downey. The other See All-SEC, Page B3.

Hornets slip past Clippers By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Emeka Okafor did a number on Chris Kaman in the low post at both ends of the court, keeping the 7-foot center’s numbers down and keeping the New Orleans Hornets in the game long enough to pull out a victory. Okafor, the only player to start all 68 games for the injury-depleted Hornets, had 14 rebounds and 12 points to help them beat the Los Angeles Clippers 108-100 on Monday night. The victory snapped a seven-game road losing streak and completed a four-game season sweep. “Kaman is an All-Star, but Meke is one of the best defenders in this league,” Hornets rookie Darren Collison said. “Meke is big and physical, and he can go with pretty much any center in

NBa the league. So whenever he steps up to the challenge, this is what we’re going to get out of him. We were definitely conscious of Kaman, but most of the credit goes to Meke. He really did a good job of sizing him up and making it tough for him.” David West scored 24 points to help New Orleans notch its 13th straight victory over the Clippers since a 100-90 loss on Jan. 8, 2007, in Oklahoma City, which was the Hornets’ temporary home for one season because of the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. Kaman missed 10 of his first 11 shots and was 3 for 15 overall with just eight points in 31 minutes against the Hornets — the same team that ended his career-

best streak of six straight 20-point games on Nov. 9 in Los Angeles. “He just couldn’t hit a jump shot tonight. That was basically it,” teammate Eric Gordon said. “He missed so many shots, but that happens sometimes. When you miss that many shots, you put yourselves out of it and it gives them a lot more opportunities. Luckily we were still in the game.” The Clippers led 50-46 at halftime despite Kaman’s horrendous shooting, as Rasual Butler, Drew Gooden and Baron Davis all reached double digits. Kaman’s only points in the half were the result of a short turnaround hook shot with 11:50 left in the second quarter. He didn’t make another basket until Davis set him up for a dunk with 7:43 left in the third.

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New Orleans Hornets forward Emeka Okafor shoots over Los Angeles Clippers forward Drew Gooden Monday.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

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SCOREBOARD

COLLEGE BASKETBALL 6 p.m. ESPN2 - NIT, Northeastern at Connecticut 6:30 p.m. ESPN - NCAA Tournament, Ark.-Pine Bluff vs. Winthrop 8 p.m. ESPN2 - NIT, Texas Tech at Seton Hall 8:30 p.m. ESPN - NIT, William & Mary at North Carolina 9 p.m. ESPNU - Jackson State at Mississippi State 10 p.m. ESPN2 - NIT, Jacksonville at Arizona State NHL 6:30 p.m. Versus - Montreal at New York Rangers SOCCER 1:30 p.m. FSN - UEFA Champions League, Chelsea vs. Inter Milan 7 p.m. FSN - UEFA Champions League, Sevilla vs. CSKA Moskva (tape) TENNIS 9:30 p.m. FSN - ATP/WTA Tour, BNP Paribas Open

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL Iowa fires struggling coach Todd Lickliter IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa fired coach Todd Lickliter, ending a brief and disappointing tenure that included three losing seasons in a row and a parade of players leaving the once-proud program. Athletic director Gary Barta announced the firing at a news conference in Iowa City, citing Iowa’s slumping record, lagging attendance and dwindling revenue from ticket sales and contributions. The 54-year-old Lickliter had four years left on a seven-year contract that paid him $1.2 million a year. Barta said the Hawkeyes will pay Lickliter roughly $2.4 million for the remainder of the contract.

SOCCER Beckham’s torn Achilles will sideline him for Cup TURKU, Finland — David Beckham’s left Achilles’ tendon was totally torn, and the doctor who performed the surgery said the England midfielder is expected to be out of action for about six months. Orava also said it would be “four months to running” and another two months before playing. Beckham’s spokesman, Simon Oliveira, said the tendon was completely repaired, and he expected the 34-year-old midfielder to play again. The former England captain was injured in the closing minutes of AC Milan’s 1-0 win over Chievo Verona on Sunday. He was on his second loan to the Italian club from Major League Soccer’s Lox Angeles Galaxy. Orava said Beckham planned to spend the night at the clinic and likely will leave Finland on Tuesday. A statement from AC Milan said Beckham will remain under observation for a few days.

HOCKEY Ovechkin suspended for reckless hit NEW YORK — Two-time MVP Alex Ovechkin has been suspended for the Washington Capitals’ next two games for a reckless hit. The forward knocked Chicago’s Brian Campbell into the boards in the first period Sunday and received a game misconduct. With the league’s leading scorer kicked out of the game, the Capitals later came back from a 3-0 third-period deficit to win 4-3 in overtime.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS March 16 1938 — Temple defeats Colorado 60-36 in the first National Invitation Tournament, the first major postseason basketball tournament. 2001 — A record number of lowseeded teams advance in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. Indiana State, Butler, Temple, Charlotte and Fresno State join 12th-seeded Gonzaga in advancing, meaning 13 of the tournament’s 32 first-round games were won by underdogs. 2007 — Kobe Bryant scores 33 of his 65 points in the fourth quarter and overtime to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 116-111 win over Portland. 2008 — Denver sets NBA season highs for points in a half with 84 and points in a game in a 168-116 rout of the Seattle SuperSonics.

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Monday’s Games Baltimore 8, Boston 4 Philadelphia 5, Pittsburgh 1 Florida 5, Minnesota 4 Detroit 10, Toronto 7 N.Y. Mets 6, St. Louis 5 Arizona 13, Seattle 5 Milwaukee 5, Cleveland 4 Cincinnati 13, Oakland 5 L.A. Dodgers 4, L.A. Angels 0 Colorado 5, Chicago Cubs 2 Atlanta 5, Washington 2 San Francisco (ss) 8, Texas 5 San Diego 7, San Francisco (ss) 1

Warren Central...101 000 0—262 Father Ryan........000 000 0—010 WP-Carlos Gonzales (2-0), LP-Marshall Ussery. 2B-Marcus Bauer (FR), Dylan Wooten (WC). Multiple hits-Wooten (WC) 2, Carter Kittrell (WC) 2.

Kansas City 9, Chicago White Sox 1 Today’s Games Baltimore vs Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 12:05 p.m. Washington (ss) vs St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 12:05 p.m. Detroit vs Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 12:05 p.m. Boston (ss) vs Houston (ss) at Kissimmee, Fla., 12:05 p.m. Florida (ss) vs Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 12:05 p.m. Florida (ss) vs Washington (ss) at Viera, Fla., 12:05 p.m. Texas vs Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Colorado vs Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. San Francisco vs Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Cincinnati vs Arizona at Tucson, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Milwaukee vs Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. L.A. Angels vs San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Houston (ss) vs N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 6:05 p.m. Boston (ss) vs Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 6:05 p.m. Wednesday’s Games N.Y. Mets vs Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 12:05 p.m. Minnesota vs Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 12:05 p.m. Detroit vs Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 12:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees vs Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 12:05 p.m. Washington vs Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 12:05 p.m. Toronto vs Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 12:05 p.m. Atlanta vs Florida at Jupiter, Fla., 12:05 p.m. Arizona vs L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. San Francisco vs Oakland at Phoenix, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. San Diego vs Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox vs L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Milwaukee vs Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Cleveland vs Colorado at Tucson, Ariz., 3:10 p.m. Texas vs Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 9:05 p.m. Cleveland vs Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 9:05 p.m. Thursday’s Games Baltimore vs Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 12:05 p.m. Houston vs Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 12:05 p.m. Atlanta vs St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 12:05 p.m. Pittsburgh vs Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 12:05 p.m. Colorado vs Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Arizona vs Oakland at Phoenix, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs vs L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Cincinnati vs Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Tampa Bay vs N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 6:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets vs Florida at Jupiter, Fla., 6:05 p.m. Milwaukee vs Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 9:05 p.m.

Kosciusko...........000 102 0—347 St. Aloyisus.........000 223 x—761 WP-Josh Eargle (1-0). LP-Steve Hanson (1-1). 2B-Kenny Barron (K). Multiple hits-Blake Haygood (SA) 2, Regan Nosser (SA) 2.

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Team Overall SEC Vanderbilt......................14-1................................0-0 Kentucky........................13-2................................0-0 Florida............................11-3................................0-0 South Carolina..............11-4................................0-0 Tennessee.....................8-7..................................0-0 Georgia..........................8-7..................................0-0

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Team Overall SEC LSU................................13-2................................0-0 Alabama........................12-1................................0-0 Arkansas........................12-3................................0-0 Ole Miss.......................12-4................................0-0 Mississippi St..............10-6................................0-0 Auburn...........................9-5..................................0-0 Today’s Games Florida St. at Florida, 5:30 p.m. Georgia at Georgia Tech, 6 p.m. Ark.-Pine Bluff at Ole Miss, 6:30 p.m. Minnesota at Alabama, 6:35 p.m. Alabama A&M at Auburn, 6:35 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Vanderbilt at Western Kentucky, 3 p.m. Wright St. at Kentucky, 5:30 p.m. Davidson at South Carolina, 6 p.m. Morehead St. at Tennessee, 6 p.m. Nicholls St. at LSU, 6:30 p.m. Miss. Valley St. at Mississippi St., 6:30 p.m. Alabama A&M at Auburn, 6:30 p.m. Minnesota at Alabaman, 6:35 p.m. ———

Conference USA

Team Overall C-USA Southern Miss.............10-4................................0-0 Tulane............................10-6................................0-0 Houston.........................8-5..................................0-0 Rice...............................10-7................................0-0 East Carolina.................8-6..................................0-0 Central Florida...............9-7..................................0-0 Marshall.........................7-6..................................0-0 UAB...............................7-7..................................0-0 Memphis........................5-10................................0-0 Today’s Games Houston at San Francisco, 4 p.m. Gardner-Webb at East Carolina, 5 p.m. Kansas at Tulane, 6 p.m. South Florida at Central Florida, 6:05 p.m. New Orleans at Southern Miss, 6:30 p.m. South Alabama at Memphis, 6:30 p.m. Texas at Rice, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Kansas at Tulane, 1 p.m. Houston at California, 4:30 p.m. Central Florida at Stetson, 5:30 p.m. South Alabama at Memphis, 6:30 p.m. Southern Miss at Louisiana-Monroe, 6:30 p.m. Mississippi college schedule Today’s Games Spalding at Mississippi College, 11 a.m. Belhaven at Union, 4 p.m. Abilene Christian at Delta St., 6 p.m. Illinois Wesleyan at Millsaps, 6 p.m. William Carey at Southern Arkansas, 6 p.m. New Orleans at Southern Miss, 6:30 p.m. Ark.-Pine Bluff at Ole Miss, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Abilene Christian at Delta St., 2 p.m. Belhaven at Bethel, 2 p.m. William Carey at Southern Arkansas, 2 p.m. Illinois Wesleyan at Millsaps, 5 p.m. Southern Miss at Louisiana-Monroe, 6:30 p.m. Miss. Valley St. at Mississippi St., 6:30 p.m. Thursday’s Game Concordia at Jackson St., 6 p.m. Friday’s Games Concordia at Jackson St., 1 and 3 p.m. Belhaven at Mobile, 1 and 4 p.m. Texas-Dallas at Mississippi College, 2 p.m. Ole Miss at Kentucky, 5:30 p.m. Mississippi St. at Florida, 5:30 p.m. Loyola-N.O. at William Carey, 6 p.m. Southern Miss at Louisiana Tech, 6:30 p.m.

WEST REGIONAL

TERRY 7, VICKSBURG 3

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nba EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W Boston...........................42 Toronto..........................32 New York.......................24 Philadelphia...................23 New Jersey...................7

L 24 33 43 44 59

Pct GB .636 — .492 9 1/2 .358 18 1/2 .343 19 1/2 .106 35

Southeast Division

W Orlando..........................47 Atlanta...........................42 Charlotte........................34 Miami.............................35 Washington....................21

L 21 23 31 32 44

Central Division

W x-Cleveland....................52 Milwaukee......................36 Chicago.........................31 Detroit............................23 Indiana...........................21

L 15 29 34 44 45

Pct GB .691 — .646 3 1/2 .523 11 1/2 .522 11 1/2 .323 24 1/2 Pct GB .776 — .554 15 .477 20 .343 29 .318 30 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W Dallas.............................45 San Antonio...................39 Houston.........................34 Memphis........................35 New Orleans.................33

L 22 25 31 32 35

Pct GB .672 — .609 4 1/2 .523 10 .522 10 .485 12 1/2

Northwest Division

W Denver...........................45 Utah...............................43 Oklahoma City...............41 Portland.........................41 Minnesota......................14

L 22 24 24 28 53

Pct .672 .642 .631 .594 .209

Pacific Division

GB — 2 3 5 31

W L Pct GB L.A. Lakers....................49 18 .731 — Phoenix..........................41 26 .612 8 L.A. Clippers..................25 43 .368 24 1/2 Sacramento...................23 44 .343 26 Golden State.................18 48 .273 30 1/2 x-clinched playoff spot ——— Monday’s Games New York 94, Philadelphia 84 Boston 119, Detroit 93 Houston 125, Denver 123 Utah 112, Washington 89 L.A. Lakers 124, Golden State 121 New Orleans 108, L.A. Clippers 100 Today’s Games Charlotte at Indiana, 6 p.m. Cleveland at Detroit, 6:30 p.m. Atlanta at New Jersey, 6:30 p.m. San Antonio at Miami, 6:30 p.m. Chicago at Memphis, 8 p.m. Washington at Denver, 8 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Sacramento, 9 p.m. Minnesota at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Oklahoma City at Charlotte, 6 p.m. Indiana at Cleveland, 6 p.m. Atlanta at Toronto, 6 p.m. New Jersey at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. New York at Boston, 6:30 p.m. San Antonio at Orlando, 8 p.m. Chicago at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Memphis at Houston, 8:30 p.m. Minnesota at Utah, 8 p.m. New Orleans at Golden State, 9:30 p.m. Milwaukee at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

college basketball NCAA Tournament Opening Round

Today Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs. Winthrop, 6:30 p.m.

EAST REGIONAL

First Round Thursday Kentucky vs. East Tennessee St., 6:15 p.m. Marquette vs. Washington, 6:20 p.m. Texas vs. Wake Forest, 8:45 p.m. New Mexico vs. Montana, 8:50 p.m. Friday West Virginia vs. Morgan State, 11:15 a.m. Temple vs. Cornell, 11:30 a.m. Clemson vs. Missouri, 1:45 p.m. Wisconsin vs. Wofford, 2 p.m.

SOUTH REGIONAL

First Round Thursday Notre Dame vs. Old Dominion, 11:25 a.m. Villanova vs. Robert Morris, 11:30 a.m. Baylor vs. Sam Houston State, 1:55 p.m. Richmond vs. Saint Mary’s, Calif., 2 p.m. Friday Purdue vs. Siena, 1:30 p.m. Texas A&M vs. Utah State, 4 p.m. Duke vs. UAPB-Winthrop winner, 6:25 p.m. California vs. Louisville, 8:55 p.m.

MIDWEST REGIONAL

First Round Thursday UNLV vs. Northern Iowa, 6:10 p.m.

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Georgetown vs. Ohio, 6:25 p.m. Kansas vs. Lehigh, 8:40 p.m. Tennessee vs. San Diego State, 8:55 p.m. Friday Oklahoma State vs. Georgia Tech, 6:15 p.m. Michigan State vs. New Mexico State, 6:20 p.m. Ohio State vs. UC Santa Barbara, 8:45 p.m. Maryland vs. Houston, 8:50 p.m.

First Round Thursday BYU vs. Florida, 11:20 a.m. Vanderbilt vs. Murray State, 1:30 p.m. Kansas State vs. North Texas, 1:50 p.m. Butler vs. UTEP, 4 p.m. Friday Xavier vs. Minnesota, 11:25 a.m. Pittsburgh vs. Oakland, Mich., 1:55 p.m. Gonzaga vs. Florida State, 6:10 p.m. Syracuse vs. Vermont, 8:40 p.m.

National Invitation Tournament First Round

Today Northeastern at UConn, 6 p.m. N.C. State at South Florida, 7 p.m. Coastal Carolina at UAB, 7 p.m. Texas Tech at Seton Hall, 8 p.m. William & Mary at North Carolina, 8:30 p.m. Jackson State at Mississippi State, 9 p.m. Jacksonville at Arizona State, 10 p.m. Wednesday Tulsa at Kent State, 6 p.m. Illinois State at Dayton, 6 p.m. Weber State at Cincinnati, 6 p.m. Quinnipiac at Virginia Tech, 6 p.m. Northwestern at Rhode Island, 6 p.m. Troy at Ole Miss, 8 p.m. Nevada at Wichita State, 7:05 p.m. Illinois at Stony Brook, 8 p.m. St. John’s at Memphis, 8 p.m. ———

College Basketball Invitational First Round

Tuesday Va. Commonwealth at George Washington, 6 p.m. Indiana State at Saint Louis, 8 p.m. Wednesday Duquesne at Princeton, 6 p.m. IUPUI at Hofstra, 6 p.m. Wisconsin-Green Bay at Akron, 6 p.m. College of Charleston at Eastern Kentucky, 6 p.m. Morehead State at Colorado State, 8 p.m. Boston U. at Oregon State, 9 p.m. ———

CollegeInsider.com Tournament First round

Today Fairfield at George Mason, 6 p.m. Western Carolina at Marshall, 6 p.m. South Dakota at Creighton, 7:05 p.m. Wednesday Harvard at Appalachian St., 6 p.m. Middle Tennessee at Missouri St., 6:05 p.m. Portland at Northern Colorado, 8:05 p.m. Pacific at Loyola Marymount, 9:35 p.m. Thursday Southern Miss at Louisiana Tech, 7 p.m.

women’s basketball NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament DAYTON REGIONAL

First Round Saturday St. John’s (24-6) vs. Princeton (26-2), 11:21 a.m. Florida State (26-5) vs. Louisiana Tech (23-8), 30 minutes following Sunday Ohio State (30-4) vs. St. Francis, Pa. (17-14), 11:06 a.m. Mississippi State (19-12) vs. Middle Tennessee (25-5), 30 minutes following Connecticut (33-0) vs. Southern U. (23-8), 11:16 a.m. Temple (24-8) vs. James Madison (26-6), 30 minutes following Virginia (21-9) vs. Wisconsin-Green Bay (27-4), 6:21 p.m. Iowa State (23-7) vs. Lehigh (29-3), 30 minutes following

MEMPHIS REGIONAL

First Round Saturday LSU (20-9) vs. Hartford (27-4), 11:06 a.m. Duke (27-5) vs. Hampton (20-11), 30 minutes following Tennessee (30-2) vs. Austin Peay (15-17), 11:16 a.m. Dayton (24-7) vs. TCU (22-8), 30 minutes following Georgetown (25-6) vs. Marist (26-7), 7:21 p.m. Baylor (23-9) vs. Fresno State (27-6), 30 minutes following Sunday Texas (22-10) vs. San Diego State (21-10), 7:11 p.m. West Virginia (28-5) vs. Lamar (26-7), 30 minutes following

SACRAMENTO REGIONAL

First Round Saturday Oklahoma State (23-10) vs. Chattanooga (24-8), 6:11 p.m. Georgia (23-8) vs. Tulane (26-6), 30 minutes following Texas A&M (25-7) vs. Portland State (18-14), 7:06 p.m. Gonzaga (27-4) vs. North Carolina (19-11), 30 minutes following Iowa (19-13) vs. Rutgers (19-14), 7:16 p.m. Stanford (31-1) vs. UC Riverside (17-15), 30 minutes following Sunday Vanderbilt (22-10) vs. DePaul (21-11), 11:11 a.m. Xavier (27-3) vs. ETSU (23-8), 30 minutes following

KANSAS CITY REGIONAL

First Round Saturday Michigan State (22-9) vs. Bowling Green (27-6), 11:11 a.m. Kentucky (25-7) vs. Liberty (27-5), 30 minutes following Sunday Wisconsin (21-10) vs. Vermont (26-6), 11:21 a.m. Notre Dame (27-5) vs. Cleveland State (19-13), 30 minutes following Nebraska (30-1) vs. Northern Iowa (17-15), 6:06 p.m. UCLA (24-8) vs. N.C. State (20-13), 30 minutes following Georgia Tech (23-9) vs. Arkansas-Little Rock (266), 6:16 p.m. Oklahoma (23-10) vs. South Dakota State (22-10), 30 minutes following

nhl EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP Pittsburgh........69 New Jersey.....68 Philadelphia.....68 N.Y. Rangers...69 N.Y. Islanders..69

W 41 41 36 31 28

L 23 24 28 29 32

OT 5 3 4 9 9

Pts 87 85 76 71 65

Northeast Division

GP Buffalo.............67 Ottawa.............69 Montreal...........70 Boston.............68 Toronto............69

W 36 37 35 30 23

L 21 27 29 26 34

OT 10 5 6 12 12

Pts 82 79 76 72 58

Southeast Division

GP y-Washington...69 Tampa Bay......68 Atlanta.............68 Florida..............67 Carolina...........68

W 46 28 28 28 28

L 14 28 29 29 32

OT 9 12 11 10 8

Pts 101 68 67 66 64

GF 217 183 203 181 180

GA 197 164 185 188 214

GF 183 186 191 169 183

GA 170 197 194 175 234

GF 270 182 200 174 189

GA 195 209 221 193 211

GF 225 193 187 186 183

GA 170 198 186 188 226

GF 228 204 174 188 174

GA 176 179 172 197 241

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

GP Chicago...........68 Nashville..........69 Detroit..............69 St. Louis..........68 Columbus........70

W 44 38 34 32 28

L 18 26 23 27 31

OT 6 5 12 9 11

Pts 94 81 80 73 67

Northwest Division

GP Vancouver.......69 Colorado..........68 Calgary............69 Minnesota........68 Edmonton........69

W 43 39 34 33 21

L 23 23 26 29 41

OT 3 6 9 6 7

Pts 89 84 77 72 49

Pacific Division

GP San Jose.........68 Phoenix............69 Los Angeles....68 Dallas...............68 Anaheim..........68 NOTE: Two points time loss. y-clinched division

W L 43 15 42 22 40 23 29 26 31 29 for a win,

OT 10 5 5 13 8 one

Pts GF GA 96 224 172 89 187 169 85 206 182 71 191 218 70 189 209 point for over-

Monday’s Games New Jersey 3, Boston 2 Columbus 5, Edmonton 3 Detroit 2, Calgary 1 Today’s Games Boston at Carolina, 6 p.m. Buffalo at Atlanta, 6 p.m. Montreal at N.Y. Rangers, 6:30 p.m. Toronto at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m. Phoenix at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m. Washington at Florida, 6:30 p.m. Colorado at St. Louis, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Nashville, 7 p.m. Edmonton at Minnesota, 7 p.m. San Jose at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Vancouver, 9 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Pittsburgh at New Jersey, 6 p.m. Calgary at Colorado, 8 p.m. Chicago at Anaheim, 9 p.m.

nascar Sprint Cup Schedule

Through March 7 Feb. 14 — Daytona 500 (Jamie McMurray) Feb. 21 — Auto Club 500 (Jimmie Johnson) Feb. 28 — Shelby American (Jimmie Johnson) March 7 — Kobalt Tools 500 (Kurt Busch) March 21 — Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn. March 28 — Goody’s 500, Ridgeway, Va. April 10 — Subway Fresh Fit 600, Avondale, Ariz. April 18 — Samsung 500, Fort Worth, Texas April 25 — Aaron’s 499, Talladega, Ala. x-non-points race

Sprint Cup Points Leaders

Through March 7 1. Kevin Harvick.................................................. 644 2. Matt Kenseth.................................................. 618 3. Greg Biffle...................................................... 585 4. Jimmie Johnson............................................. 570 5. Clint Bowyer................................................... 558 6. Jeff Burton..................................................... 538 7. Mark Martin.................................................... 521 8. Tony Stewart.................................................. 510 9. Paul Menard.................................................. 505 10. Kurt Busch................................................... 502 11. Jeff Gordon.................................................. 482 11. Scott Speed................................................. 482 13. Dale Earnhardt Jr........................................ 475 14. Joey Logano................................................ 471 15. Kyle Busch................................................... 468 16. Brian Vickers................................................ 466 17. Kasey Kahne............................................... 447 18. David Reutimann......................................... 440 19. Jamie McMurray.......................................... 439

LOTTERY Sunday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 9-3-7 La. Pick 4: 0-2-5-4 Monday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 3-3-6 La. Pick 4: 7-7-6-1 Tuesday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 2-3-4 La. Pick 4: 7-6-9-4 Wednesday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 3-9-8 La. Pick 4: 5-7-3-5 Easy 5: 1-2-27-28-36 La. Lotto: 4-12-27-32-37-39 Powerball: 17-21-37-41-50 Powerball: 1; Power Play: 2 Thursday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 7-4-0 La. Pick 4: 8-5-4-1 Friday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 4-5-8 La. Pick 4: 3-9-3-4 Saturday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 5-5-7 La. Pick 4: 4-4-1-5 Easy 5: 9-10-12-26-32 La. Lotto: 4-12-20-21-27-40 Powerball: 6-16-20-31-36 Powerball: 8; Power play: 5

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

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UConn is tourney’s top seed All-SEC

Continued from Page B1.

By The Associated Press On their way to a record 72-game winning streak, the Connecticut Huskies have beaten just about every power program in women’s college basketball. Stanford, Duke, Notre Dame, and North Carolina haven’t posed any kind of challenge. The only test left for the Huskies is rival Tennessee. The Huskies’ path to another perfect season and seventh national championship could include a matchup with the Lady Vols. Undefeated UConn earned the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament Monday night and will open against Southern in Norfolk, Va. The two pre-eminent teams in the sport broke off their annual matchup in 2007 in a testy split. They could meet in the national semifinals in San Antonio if both come through their regions. “I’m not surprised that they would line us up with Connecticut if we both come out,” said Lady Vols’ coach Pat Summitt, whose team earned a record 20th No. 1 seed. “They want to see that matchup. We’re a long way from thinking about that matchup.” Auriemma, whose team has won 72 games, all with a determined focus on the next game only, allowed himself a peek ahead. “I would venture to say that after that game is over, if we are fortunate enough to win

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Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma, right, talks to his players during a timeout against Syracuse earlier this season. Connecticut faces Southern University on Sunday in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL it, I think there will be a lot of coaches and players on our team that will be smiling a little bit,” he said. Ten teams have entered the NCAAs unbeaten — only five have emerged that way. UConn and Auriemma have done it three times, including last season. “I’ve never gone into the NCAA tournament with an undefeated team that didn’t have a tremendously experi-

enced guard that could control the tempo and be able to get us into whatever we needed to get into,” Auriemma said. “This is the first time we don’t have that, so it’s different.” Stanford and Nebraska earned the other No. 1 seeds. The Cardinal, the last team to beat Connecticut, earned their first No. 1 seed since 1998. Tennessee earned the No. 1 seed a year after getting bounced from the tournament in the first round. And Nebraska has its first No. 1 seed in school history after winning its first 30 games

this season. The Cornhuskers lost their only game of the season in the Big 12 tournament semifinals. “All these years you coach, you see Tennessee, UConn, Stanford as no. 1 seeds. Year in and year out those are the traditional No. 1 teams,” Nebraska coach Connie Yori said. The Huskies (33-0), too, have run through their opponents this season, winning by an average of 35 points. UConn is looking to become the fifth team to win consecutive titles.

runners, both on walks, over his last four innings.

Flashes will play their fourth game against a Class 4A school in five days when they face Southeast Lauderdale. That game will be played at Northeast Lauderdale in Meridian.

Baseball Continued from Page B1. to end the game. The lone hit against him came off Marcus Bauer’s double in the third inning. Gonzalez struck out five and walked four. Warren Central returns to action today against DeSoto Central at 4:30 p.m. Vicksburg will face DeSoto at 9 a.m. and then get last year’s 5A champ Madison Central at 11:30 a.m.

Terry 7, Vicksburg 3 Michael Manley hit a walkoff grand slam with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning to hand the Gators their fourth straight loss. Manley’s bomb to straightaway center came off reliever Cody Waddell. Gator starter Cameron Cooksey had held Terry scoreless for five straight innings after a three-run first. In the seventh, Cooksey allowed a twoout hit and with the top of the line-up coming up, VHS coach Jamie Creel pulled

him. Waddell hit his first batter and then intentionally walked Deshun Dixon to load the bases and bring up Manley. “We were two mental plays from a perfect game for us. I felt a lot better with how we played for the most part. Cameron really held us in there, but then we didn’t back up the play at first base there in the seventh and it put us in tough spot,” Creel said. Vicksburg (4-5) got all of its runs in a three-run third inning to erase Terry’s 3-0 lead. Lamar Anthony hit a double to the right-center gap to score Jacob Thomas. Taylor Brocato singled to score Anthony and Jonathan Clay tied it when he scored on a wild pitch. Manley also got the pitching win for Terry. He went seven innings and scattered four hits. He allowed just two

St. Al 7, Kosciusko 3 Josh Eargle threw a complete game, and St. Aloysius took advantage of seven Kosicusko errors to hand the Class 4A Whippets their first loss of the season at the Spring Break Rush Classic. St. Al scored all of its runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings. Five of them came courtesy of five errors by Kosciusko’s middle infielders. Regan Nosser had an RBI single in the fifth inning for St. Al (7-0). Nosser and Blake Haygood each had two hits. Eargle walked six batters, but held the Whippets (7-1) to four hits. He struck out seven in earning his first victory of the season. St. Al will continue its three-day run in the tournament tonight at 8:15 against Louisville at Lake High School. On Wednesday, the

Hillcrest 16, PCA 2 Austin Hanson had three hits, including a double and a triple, and three RBIs to lead Hillcrest past Porters Chapel Academy (5-3) in the Canton Academy Tournament in Jackson. Justin Smith hit a grand slam for Hillcrest, which scored five runs in the top of the first inning and led 12-0 after three. Hillcrest pounded PCA ace Montana McDaniel for seven runs on six hits in only 1 1/3 innings. Hillcrest totaled 13 hits in the game. Matthew Warren had two hits for PCA, Caze Brewer drove in two runs with a single in the fourth inning, and Dewayne Russell had a double.

Reward

Chris Warren of Ole Miss, Jermaine Beal of Vanderbilt, Tasmin Mitchell of LSU and Wayne Chism of Tennessee. Kentucky (32-2) won the regular-season title with a 14-2 mark, then captured the SEC tournament with an overtime victory over Mississippi State in the championship game Sunday. Wall and Cousins were at their best in that thriller, which locked up a No. 1 seed and set up the Wildcats to face East Tennessee State in the opening round of the NCAAs on Thursday. Cousins sent the game to overtime with a putback off Wall’s missed 3-pointer from the corner, just beating the buzzer to cap a comeback from five points down in the final 2 1/2 minutes. Then, in the extra period, Wall scored seven of his 15 points to lead Kentucky to a 75-74 win. “They’ve been doing it all year,” Calipari said. Wall and Cousins teamed up to provide a classic insidecombination for Calipari’s first season at Kentucky. A 6-foot-4 point guard, Wall stepped out of high school to lead the SEC in assists (6.3) and finish fourth in scoring (16.9).

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Continued from Page B1. Aguirre told the Foundation of his wish, they told him it might take as long as five years for all of the arrangements to be made. Before that time was up, Aguirre would turn age 18 and no longer be eligible. But then there was a phone call. Not only was he going to meet his idol, but he and his family would be flying to Spain to do it, thanks to the work of the Spanish and Portugese affiliates. “There’s no words for it,” Aguirre said of his reaction to that fateful phone call. “It’s incredible. That’s the only way you can put it.” Aguirre was diagnosed with Hodgkins, a cancer of the white blood cells, in 2007 and he was forced to undergo both chemotherapy and radiation treatments at the University of Mississippi Children’s Cancer Clinic. At one point, the prognosis was poor as the cancer became aggressive and reached stage four, an advanced form of the disease. He returned to his native Mexico for drug therapy not available in the United States. He was given a 33 percent chance of survival when he returned to Mississippi after the therapy failed. “I remember when we

first-teamers were Jarvis Varnado of Mississippi State and Georgia’s Trey Thompkins. The 6-9 Varnado was a force in the lane for Mississippi State. He led the conference in rebounding (10.4) and blocked shots (4.8); he also finished second in field-goal percentage (.583) while averaging 13.4 points. “He’s a tremendous player,” said Cousins, who went against the Bulldogs star in the SEC title game. “That’s a tough matchup for anybody to play against. He’s just got so much length, and he’s so good as what he does. It’s just tough to score and do anything over him.” After two tumultuous seasons under Billy Gillispie, Wall and Calipari led Kentucky to its 44th regular-season SEC championship, 26th conference tournament title and a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. “I thought we’d have a successful team, but I thought we’d probably have a couple bumps in the road,” said junior forward Patrick Patterson, who was there during the tough times. “Earlier in this season, I never would have imagined us at this point we are now.” Patterson led the second team, which also included

found out that he had cancer, it was one of those days, really gray and sad,” Yesenia Aguirre, Andres’ older sister, said. “My mom (Lourdes Aguirre) got so skinny and was so sad.” Yesenia took care of her other two younger brothers, washing clothes, cooking supper and making sure homework was done while her mother took Andres to Jackson and sat with him while he received his treatments for hours at a time. Andres later received a blood stem cell transplant and was forced to spend four months in his house because, as he put it, “my immune system was like that of a baby.” He could only watch his heroes on the pitch on television, unable to indulge in his passion or even hang out with his friends. Despite going through the agony of the chemo and radiation, Aguirre found positives in his struggles, six months removed from his cancer going into remission. “I was really young and I didn’t understand much, but it’s made me a better person,” Aguirre said. “It made my whole family stronger and that’s a really good thing.” But the experience would

soon be worth it. Aguirre was declared to be in remission and he wanted to return to the soccer pitch, wearing the red and blue of Warren Central. There was one problem: there was no way with the school he missed for Aguirre to meet eligibility requirements. WC coach Greg Head applied for a dispensation and got it from the Mississippi High School Activities Association so Aguirre could play. When he returned to practice, his endurance, after four years away from the pitch, was limited, but he did what he could. He told the coaching staff he didn’t want a big deal made about it. No “win one for Andres” sentiment. He just wanted to be another player on the pitch. “They’ve been patient as he’s gone through all of this stuff,” Head said. “I knew he was going to work as hard as he could, but when he had to stop, he had to stop. It’s been an inspiration for them to see someone have to work so hard to get it back.” Even though he could only play limited stretches, Aguirre was a key contributor in the Vikings’ division title this season. Even if he couldn’t play his preferred position on the wing like Ronaldo.

As for what he’s going to do when he gets to tour the Spanish team’s practice facility and actually meet his hero, well, Aguirre hasn’t even thought of what he’d say. But he knows what he’s going to wear. All four of his Ronaldo jerseys, one on top of the other. “It’s the eighth wonder of the world,” Aguirre joked about his collection of soccer jerseys. “I’m going to be nervous. I’ll probably faint. He’s an awesome player and he’s inspired me.”

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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 Jerry Lewis, comedian-director, 84; Chuck Woolery, game show host, 69; Erik Estrada, actor, 61; Nancy Wilson, rock singer-musician, 56; Flavor Flav, rapper, 51; Lauren Graham, actress, 43; Blu Cantrell, rhythm and blues singer, 34; Wolfgang Van Halen, rock musician, 19. n DEATH Charles Moore — A civil rights-era photographer is being remembered for capturing the historic and often violent events in his home state of Alabama and across the South. Moore, who died Thursday, was 79. His photographs captured arresting images of the integration riots at Ole Miss in 1962, the fire hoses in Birmingham in 1963, and the “Bloody Sunday” assault in Selma in 1965, among many others. The Alabama native was one of the first photographers to document the civil rights leadership of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Andrews’ stalker gets 2 1/2 years in jail An Illinois insurance executive who secretly shot nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews was sentenced Monday to 2 1/2 years in prison after giving a tearful apology that was harshly rebuked by his victim. Michael David Barrett pleaded guilty in December to interstate stalking after prosecutors accused him of following the reporter to at least three cities and shooting the videos through hotel peepholes. Barrett, 48, of suburban Chicago, agreed to a 27-month prison sentence after pleading guilty but it was up to the judge to decide how long he would actually serve. Andrews urged the judge at the hearing for a harsher sentence and said she fears for her life every time she enters a hotel. “You violated me and you violated all women,” Andrews told Barrett. “You are a sexual predator, a sexual deviant and they should lock you up.” After the sentencing, she said, “Thirty months isn’t enough.”

Actress Winslet splits from husband British movie star Kate Winslet has split from her film director husband, Sam Mendes, after nearly seven years of marriage, their British law firm said Monday. With their matching Oscars and string of high-profile commercial and artistic successes, Sam Mendes and Kate Winslet and Mendes were a Winslet golden couple of Britain’s show business world. But the surprise announcement, sent in an e-mail to journalists, said they had been separated since the beginning of the year without specifying an exact date. Law firm Schillings said the split was “entirely amicable and is by mutual agreement.” Winslet, 34, married Mendes, 44, in a small, low-key ceremony in the Caribbean in May 2003. It was Winslet’s second marriage. Her first, to British director Jim Threapleton, ended in divorce in 2001. Winslet has one child from her marriage with Threapleton and another from her marriage with Mendes. The statement said both she and Mendes were “fully committed to the future joint parenting of their children.”

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Designer creates dinosaur dung watch A Swiss watchmaker is hoping to raise a stink with an expensive timepiece that eschews the trade’s standard gold, diamond or titanium fittings for a more earthy substance — dinosaur dung. Vesenaz, Switzerland-based company Artya said the watch set in fossilized feces will sell for $11,290 and comes with a strap made with skin from an American cane toad. Designer Yvan Arpa said Monday the coprolite came from a plant-eater that died about 100 million years ago in what is now the U.S.

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Rielle Hunter holds Frances Quinn, her 2-year-old daughter, fathered by John Edwards, on the cover of GQ. dent,”’ she said. Hunter said she told him he shouldn’t run for the White House and suggested he at least wait until April 2007 because her intuition and astrology suggested he would have a diffi-

cult first three months of the year. Elizabeth Edwards’ cancer returned in March of that year. Hunter s a i d Jo h n John Edwards Edwards wanted to exit the race but that Elizabeth Edwards wanted him to stay in. Hunter said Edwards’ marriage was already in shambles before their romance, declaring, “I was not the home wrecker.” She said people were wrong to believe Edwards had fallen because of the affair and its revelation. Instead, “I think that he thinks that he is a much wiser and a much better and a more truthful and a more integrated human being,” she said. John and Elizabeth Edwards

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Visits home leaving little time for friend Dear Abby: I return to my hometown at least twice a year to visit my large extended family. When I do, I have tried to make time for my oldest friend, “Judith,” whom I have known since kindergarten. In the past we have gotten together for a few hours here and there — for dinner, coffee or whatever. She’s great company, and we have fun together. I’d like to spend more time with Judith, but Mom and Dad are close to 90 and there are many other relatives on my and my husband’s side to see, which takes up most of our time. Years ago, we tried to see all our friends, but more recently we have limited it to Judith and her husband and occasionally include a mutual friend. Judith just e-mailed me telling me to “have a nice life” because if we were “truly” friends, I’d make more time with her. She won’t reply to my e-mails or return my calls. I respect her feelings, but feel pressured by the time

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constraints of our brief visits home. Judith has no children, a single brother and a married brother with whom she recently reunited. I feel like I have committed some kind of crime. I think if she was a true friend, she’d understand my predicament. Please help. — Deeply Hurt in Arizona Dear Hurt: Your pal Judith doesn’t appear to have matured much since kindergarten. Her behavior is petulant, immature and self-centered. Although you care for her, you cannot shirk your family obligations in order to placate her. If Judith can’t appreciate that you have placed your family first, it’s regrettable, but please don’t permit her to punish you for it. You’re doing the right thing

TOMORROW’S HOROSCOPE

BY BERNICE BEDE OSOL • NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION If tomorrow is your birthday: You’re likely to establish a number of new contacts in the year ahead, both in terms of business and social connections. Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20) — A good opportunity might be dumped in your lap, but you might have to prime the pump a bit to get a positive flow started. Aries (March 21-April 19) — This is an excellent time to let your thinking be known, especially with someone you’d like to impress. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — There’s no need to think that asking a friend for help makes you look inadequate or weak. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — If you are prepared to do some skillful negotiating that requires the use of all your smarts, you’ll have a far better chance of succeeding with some kind of business or financial haggling. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — It behooves you to do more listening than talking when in the company of some successful friends who are discussing ways and means to make money. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — There are better-than-usual chances for forming a joint agreement concerning an endeavor in which you offer the experience and expertise and the other person is putting up the startup funds. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Although your associates may have some good ideas, yours are likely to be better because you’ve probed the areas in depth. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Take advantage of fraternizing with co-workers away from your place of business. Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — If your main objective is to please your customer or client, business and pleasure should mix quite well. Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — You might discover that all your anxiety and reluctance to face a situation has been in vain once you confront the situation. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Give priority to matters of substance that could enhance your material security. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 9) — If someone with whom you have to deal is one who bases his/her judgment more on feelings than on logic, you might want to take what this person has to say with a grain of salt.

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BY DR. ROBERT WALLACE • NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION Dr. Wallace: I am in the 11th grade and plan to attend college after I graduate. With all the colleges and universities out there, how does one go about selecting the right school? It’s physically (and financially) impossible for me to visit a lot of campuses. Any advice will be thankfully accepted. I don’t want to wind up at a lousy school. — Jenny, Rockford, Ill. Jenny: Choosing a school can be frustrating, but the good news is that there are no bad colleges or universities out there. All of them could be rated from excellent to superior. What mainly distinguishes one from another is its relative strengths in certain disciplines. For instance, Juilliard School in New York City is a fabulous place to study the performing arts (music, drama, dance). The College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine, offers degrees in a single major: human ecology. (Courses deal with the relationship between humans and the environment.) Stanford on the West Coast and Harvard on the East Coast set the national standard with their rigorous academic programs in many fields, including engineering, science and law. When you begin your search for a school, ask yourself, “What is it that I want to achieve during my four years in college?” If you are not sure, you may wish to begin your college career at a local community college. After you discover your interests and a possible major, you can then transfer to a four-year school that meets your academic needs for your chosen field. If you already know what career path you want to pursue, then you should do some research to locate schools that offer a strong program in your chosen field. Request school catalogs and find out what the coursework includes. Then it is time to visit at least one, or two if possible, in order to get a feel for what the campus and the classrooms are like as well as the community that may be your home for possibly four years. You will be able to speak with students in your major and learn about their experiences in the classroom and on the campus as well as in the community. You also need to consider whether you would rather attend a large university that often offers large lectures, or a smaller private college with smaller classes and more student/teacher interaction. • Dr. Robert Wallace writes for Copley News Service. E-mail him at rwallace@Copley News Service.

and, although you may be hurt right now, let that be your consolation. Dear Abby: I have been involved with “Rich” for 4 1/2 years. We are now engaged. In the beginning, everything was great. What I didn’t know was that Rich had a baby on the way. I learned about it from a young woman who knocked on our door nine months later. Rich said he was sorry and that he’d handle it. I knew the situation would be hard to accept, but suppressed my feelings like I always do instead of being honest about it. Now this woman comes over whenever she wants. If she’s angry about something, she’ll say, “I don’t want my baby around HER,” meaning me. She has friends who work with me, and she has spread lies about me there. She has also called my house on several occasions and has been rude and nasty. I have tried to deal with this, but Rich’s infidelity and his having a child with another woman still hurts like it hap-

pened yesterday — and the child is now 3. Can you help me? — Not Moving On in Virginia Dear Not Moving On: I’ll try. Before things evolve any further, don’t you think that it’s time to be open and honest? You have unresolved anger issues to deal with, and rightfully so. That’s why I strongly advise you and your fiance to start premarital and couples counseling NOW. Did Rich know he had gotten a girl pregnant before she knocked on the door and told you? If so, then what other information might he also have forgotten to mention? And why would he tolerate the abusive behavior that the baby’s mama is dishing out to you? If you want to be treated with the respect you deserve, you must assert yourself. And if you don’t get it, then I advise you to ditch Rich.

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Vaccine for shingles prevention, not remedy Dear Dr. Gott: What is the treatment for shingles? I have had them for three months now. How long do I have to wait after an episode before I can get the vaccine? Dear Reader: Shingles is a viral infection. It is actually a second infection caused by the chickenpox virus. Symptoms typically begin with pain, numbness or tingling on one side of the body. It most commonly occurs on one side of the chest, wrapping around to the back. The next most common area is the face, but it can present anywhere on the body, including the eyes, which can cause permanent damage if left untreated. Usually, within two or three days, a red rash develops that slowly turns into fluid-filled blisters that break open, ooze, and crust over. Untreated, most cases will resolve within five or six weeks. Untreated shingles carry potentially serious complications depending on the location where they appear. The open sores should never be touched, as the fluid contains high levels of the virus that can be transferred easily to others. The disorder is highly contagious and can cause chickenpox in those who have never had it and shingles in those who have. Other symptoms include fatigue, headache, fever and chills, itching and a general achy feeling. There are also atypical cases in which patients develop shingles pain without the typical rash and blistering. Treating shingles can speed healing, reduce the risk of complications, and ease pain. The best results are achieved if antiviral medication is started within 72 hours of the first symptoms. For those in severe pain, narcotics, tricyclic antidepressants, anticonvulsants or numbing agents may be prescribed. Mild to moderate pain may be controlled with over-the-counter pain relievers such as ibuprofen and naproxen. Antihistamines may also help. Topical anti-itch creams may be helpful if there is an accompanying itch. Anyone concerned about having shingles or who develops pain or itching on one side of the body should see his or her physician as soon as possible. Those over the age of 60 should also consider receiving the shingles vaccine, which reduces the risk of developing this infection and may lessen symptoms, duration and intensity should an attack occur. It may also lower the risk of developing postherpetic neuralgia (continuing nerve pain after the shingles infection is over). The vaccine is not a treatment option. People with specific health concerns should not receive the vaccine,

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14. Pets & 1-800-898-0860 ) <$ $ (9- $& * 2 (6- dated February 11, 2010 and LAST WILL AND Services available to 3 " 4 TESTAMENT OF WILLIAM Livestock recorded in Book 1506 at !! " &%3 &* $ / $ *& Page 358 of the aforesaid women & children who are H. GERRARD, DECEASED # $%&'$($' "# * "$ &) "2" # victims of LILLIE FRANCES GERChancery Clerk's office; and 19. Garage & " # * &0 $ ! WHEREAS, Ocwen Loan )*)* AKC BOXER PUPPIES. RARD, EXECUTRIX domestic violence and/or 3216 Washington # Quality, Fawns and flashy PROBATE NO. 2009-131PR "## #" ! &)"# homeless: Shelter, counYard Sales Servicing, LLC, has hereto %& $. = 4 ")'3 Large shipment fawn, multiple Champi ' NOTICE TO CREDITORS seling, group support. fore substituted J. Gary &&' . =")"! > onship bloodlines. Females, + " of designer handbags & OF (Counseling available by Massey as Trustee by ! "## #" $400. 601-446-6179, 769What's going on in WILLIAM H. GERRARD instrument dated February wallets.Children & adult appt.) $ $ %& $ &" '> 234-2691. Vicksburg this weekend? NOTICE is hereby given that 17, 2010 and recorded in the 5?6 %& $ &"'> NEW DAYCARE FACILITY name brand shoes. Read The Vicksburg Post! Letters Testamentary of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk's "## #" . & ")" is looking for a qualified AKC REGISTERED For convenient home delivEstate of William H. Gerrard, Brenda Love. ?5:@:. (95@- 6?8 6@854 Office in Book 1506 at Page KEEP UP WITH all the Director. Bachelors Degree Labrador Retrievers for ery call 601-636-4545, ask deceased, were granted to %&)' )$ " "'2 ' 359; and local news and sales...preferred, but not required. sale! Born February 18 , for circulation. the undersigned by the $ "$ $ $ )$ )$ &* $ WHEREAS, default having BOW FLEX ULTIMATE subscribe to The VicksA High School diploma or will be ready for new home Chancery Court of Warren ,) $& 0 $ II. Excellent shape, $1,000. been made in the terms and burg Post Today! Call GED is required, along with on April 1 . (4) Chocolate / $ *& ' "# ")' County, Mississippi on the 318-331-1737. conditions of said deed of 601-636-4545, (4) years of verifiable males, (1) Black male and 12th day of November, 2009, $"$ ( & ")" and the entire debt seask for Circulation. experience working in a female. $250 each. Call 20. Hunting CONCESSION TRAILER, 1 2 "$ &) 2 &)- trust and all persons having cured thereby having been licensed childcare facility. 318-282-2156 if interested. * )' )! ! ")$ *& "## hot and cold water, $4000. claims against said estate declared to be due and Call 601-636-8063, leave # ! # ,& " & "$ ' payable in accordance with Runaway 601-218-0414. are hereby notified and remessage. Send resumes to: AKC/ CKC NEW! TURKEY DEAre you 12 to 17? quired to have the same pro- , $ $ ' !). the terms of said deed of Dept 3717 REGISTERED ) # ' )! $ )&$ # 0 $ ' COYS. Carry Lite â&#x20AC;&#x153;Real Alone? Scared? bated and registered by the trust, Ocwen Loan Servicing, The Vicksburg Post YORKIES, Poodles $&> "'0 ) $ "$ &)> )2 LLC, the legal holder of said Foam Pairâ&#x20AC;? (Jake/ Hen) Clerk of said Court as reCall 601-634-0640 anyP.O. Box 821668 and Schnauzers &)0 )$"# " 0 )$ . indebtedness, having re$12. 601-831-0360. quired by law within ninety time or 1-800-793-8266 Vicksburg, MS 39182 $200 to $700! , "%%# " # > ' 2 # (90) days of the date hereof. quested the undersigned We can help! at 601-218-5533, &%0 )$> ")' &) $ SUMMIT VIPER Failure to do so will forever Trustee to exeOUTREACH One child, $ &) &* $ % &; $ . ")' Substituted DISCOUNT CLIMBER tree stand. Very bar such claims. cute the trust and sell said COORDINATOR $ *& . % &%& "# one day at a time. good condition, foot rest, FURNITURE BARN WITNESS my signature this, land and property in accorin the Vicksburg area, full 0 $ %&) 2 $& side accessory bags and the 5th day of March, 2010. dance with the terms of said time. Master's degree in So601-638-7191 $ # ! # $3 $ " *& shooting arm. $150. 601/s/ Lillie Frances Gerrard $ " %& $ " ' % &! "0 4 deed of trust and for the pur- 06. Lost & Found cial Services required. Men600 Jackson St, Vicksburg 831-0360. DOG OBEDIENCE LILLIE FRANCES % &%& ' % &; $ . pose of raising the sums due tal health experience preCLASS REGISTRATION, ) # ' )! $ $ 0"$ ' thereunder, together with GERRARD ferred. Crisis experience a DYNAGLO. 12,000 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Monday, March 22 &) $ $ &) & $ . " plus. Some traveling rePublish: 3/9, 3/16, 3/23(3t) attorney's fees, trustee's fees 21. Boats, " *&##&, A 7pm, City Park Pavilion. 18,000 BTU infrared butane LOST A DOG? quired. Send resumes to: and expense of sale. heater. $75. 601-634-6121, &) $ $ ")!" Information/ Pre-RegisFound a cat? Let The Brentwood Behavioral NOW, THEREFORE, I, J. Fishing Supplies leave message. "< ,"3 B % &) tration, 601-634-0199 or Vicksburg Post help! HealthCare of MS. Fax to: Gary Massey, Substituted IN THE CHANCERY &; $ , ## % &2 ' *& 601-638-8952. Run a FREE 3 day ad! 601-936-7864 or email to: Trustee in said deed of trust, COURT OF WARREN FOR LESS THAN 45 ) , ")!" $"< ,"3 1997 RANGER BASS 601-636-SELL or e-mail diana.king@psysolutions.com will on March 30, 2010 offer COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI cents per day, have ")' % &) 4 BOAT R-80 150 Evinrude Inclassifieds@vicksburg for sale at public outcry and IN THE MATTER OF THE VICKSBURG WARREN The Vicksburg Post " # $"$ &) & 2 #"3 PHARMACY truder with trailer. $10,000. post.com sell within legal hours (being ESTATE OF &* ),"3. $ B delivered to your home. Call 601-218-2020. HUMANE SOCIETY TECHNICIAN NEEDED. between the hours of 11:00 RUFUS HUGHES, JR., % &) &; $ , ## Only $14 per month, Must be certified in Highway 61 South a.m. and 4:00 p.m.), at the LOST! DECEASED % &2 ' *& " # $"$ &) West Door of the County 7 day delivery. Louisiana. Great pay and What's going on in Vicks601-636-6631 & &2 #"3 &* ),"3. CAUSE NO. 2010-0002PR Call 601-636-4545, GRAY TABBY. CHILD'S benefit package. Please burg this weekend? Read of Warren Coun$"< ,"3 ")' "% &) 4 Courthouse NOTICE TO CREDITORS Currently housing 84 unwanted Circulation Department. pet, wearing orange collar send resume to: P.O. Box The Vicksburg Post! For ty, located at Vicksburg, %& $ # $ "# B Letters of Administration with bell and rhinestones, and abandoned animals. 672, Tallulah, LA 71284. convenient home delivery, Mississippi, to the highest ! $ )! &; $ , ## having been granted on the lost in the Openwood PlanFOR THE BEST prices call 601-636-4545, ask for and best bidder for cash the % &2 ' *& %! "' &* 25th of February, 2010, by 43 dogs & puppies tation Subdivision. 601-618on furniture at 7059 Fisher circulation. PHYSICIANS BILLING following described property " %& $ # ! $ )! B ) $ the Chancery Court of SERVICE Looking for an Ferry Road, Sandy's 3 Way 41 cats & kittens 0 )$"$ &). ) , " %& $ situated in Warren County, 9393. Warren County, Mississippi, experienced third party Convenience Store and State of Mississippi, to-wit: # ! $ )! B # $ "# to the undersigned biller. Must have at least 3 Deli, factory direct furniture 2" #$. %! "' C . All of Lot 6, Block 4 of the Administrator, of the Estate 24. Business years experience in billing C . "%% &" # ! $ resurvey of Blocks 2 and 7 of 07. Help Wanted corner of Fisher Ferry and Please adopt today! of Rufus Hughes, Jr., Medicare, Medicaid, Blue )!. !# ' #&% ")' &$ the resurvey of Meadowvale Jeff Davis Road. 601-636Services Deceased, notice is hereby Call the Shelter for more information. Cross and other insurance # $ "# ")' # ! $ )!4 Subdivision, according to a 8429. given to all persons having carriers or a college degree H AVE A H EART , S PAY ")' / $ &) B map or plat thereof which is claims against said estate to â&#x20AC;&#x153;ACEâ&#x20AC;? LARGE WHEAT DRESSin the business field. Send $ $ &) 0&2"# on file and of record in the ofOR NEUTER YOUR PETS! present the same to the Truck Driver Training Toni Walker Terrett &; $ , ## % &2 ' *& your resumes to: ER, $300. Coffee and end fice of the Chancery Clerk of Look for us on www.petfinder.com Clerk of said Court for proWith a Difference 2 3 )! ")' )! ) Dept 3715 Attorney At Law tables. 601-619-7771 4pmWarren County, Mississippi bate and registration )! / ' *& #")' " in Plat Book 116 at Page 225 The Vicksburg Post Job Placement Asst. 9pm. 601-636-1109 according to law within / $ &) ")' & $ $ &) P.O. Box 821668 Day, Night & Refresher thereof, reference to which is ninety (90) days from and 0&2"#4 â&#x20AC;˘ Bankruptcy Vicksburg, MS 39182 Classes hereby made in aid of and as after the date of the first ),"3 ")' "< ,"3 Please have Get on the Road NOW! NEW GENERATORS Chapter 7 and 13 part of this description. publication hereof, or they <$ ) &) % &; $ aI WILL PRICED TO SELL! 2 regonly such Call 1-888-430-4223 will be forever barred. , ## % &2 ' *& <$ )' title as CONVEY â&#x20AC;˘ Social Seurity Disability your pets istered Charolais bulls, very vested in me as MS Prop. Lic. 77#C124 This the 25th day of )! ),"3 ")' $"< gentle, 13 months and 14 â&#x20AC;˘ No-fault Divorce Substituted Trustee. spayed and ,"3 4 February, 2010. months old. 318-341-1795 WITNESS MY SIGNATURE &) $ $ 0 ! ) 3 ADVERTISING SALES or 318-574-3470. /s/ Johnnie Hughes neutered. on this 2nd day of March, &"' &; $ CONSULTANT Looking for JOHNNIE HUGHES

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LaBarre Lawn Service. 10 years of service, grass cutting, blowing and edging. 601-540-4395.

CENTRAL HEAT/ AIR, cable, convenient location. Deposit $200. 601-629-6070, leave message.

2 BEDROOMS, 1 BATH, NICE city location, central air/heat. $525 monthly, $300 deposit. 601-831-1728.

CLEAN 2 BEDROOMS, 1 bath. Wood floors, appliances, $650 monthly, 3321 Drummond. 601-415-9191.

MC TREE TRIMMING Services, Licensed and bonded, roofing and dirt for sale. Call 601-600-9571

NIGHTLY, WEEKLY, MONTHLY RATES. Between Ameristar and Diamond Jacks Casino. Multiple night discounts, no deposit, best prices in town. DIXIANA MOTEL 4041 WASHINGTON STREET VICKSBURG, MS.

APARTMENTS FOR RENT. 1, 2 and 3 bedrooms available. Autumn Oaks. 601636-0447.

HANDYMAN SPECIAL! 1998 28x76, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, living room, den with fireplace, kitchen island. $15,000. Call John, 601672-5146.

River City Lawn Care You grow it we mow it! Affordable and professional. Lawn and landscape maintenance. Cut, bag, trim, edge. 601-529-6168. SPRING CLEANING ON your list? Let us do the work for you! Quality Cleaning, painting, power washing. Free estimates, 601-2149805.

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DIRT AND GRAVEL hauled. 8 yard truck. 601638-6740.

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GOODWIN FLOOR FINISHING. Install, sand, refinish hardwood floors, 98 percent dust free, commercial equipment used. Free estimates. 601-636-4128, 601529-1457.

WE HAUL OFF old appliances, lawn mowers, hot water heaters, junk and abandoned cars, trucks, vans, etcetera. 601-940-5075, if no answer, please leave message.

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D&D TREE CUTTING & Trimming & Lawn Care. For free estimates, call “Big James” at 601-218-7782.

29. Unfurnished Apartments

J. JONES LAWN SERVICE. Reasonable rates. Call 601-218-7173.

29. Unfurnished Apartments

AUDUBON PLACE For those adults who like a safe community setting with the best neighbors in Vicksburg.

26. For Rent Or Lease 4216 1/2 HALLS FERRY Road, 2 story building, 1000 square foot. Call 601-6383211.

27. Rooms For Rent $270 MONTHLY, $75 deposit. $350 with private bath. Central heat, phone, cable, furnished. 601-2724564. Classified Advertising really brings big results!

Bradford Ridge Apartments

605 Cain Ridge Rd. Vicksburg, MS 39180

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601-638-2231

COMPLETELY FURNISHED CORPORATE APARTMENT All utilities paid, laundry room provided, 1 bedroom. $900 monthly. Studio apartment $750. 601-415-9027, 601-638-4386.

NOW LEASING! 1, 2 and 3 bedrooms. Magnolia Commons of Vicksburg, off Highway 61 South. 601-619-6821.

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Confederate Ridge 780 Hwy 61 North

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ONLY $475 Call for Details 601-638-0102 1 BEDROOM, Gated community. Hardwood, washer/ dryer, central heat/ air. $450 monthly. Elderly and disabled welcome. 1115 First North, 512-787-7840. 1, 2 AND 3 BEDROOM APARTMENTS, downtown. $400 to $650 monthly, deposit required. 601-638-1746. 1001 ½ FIRST EAST. 1 bedroom, appliances furnished, $325 monthly, $200 deposit required.

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FAMILY ATMOSPHERE Newly remodeled 2 and 3 bedrooms. Paid cable, water and trash.Washer, dryer and microwave included. $0 deposit. Call 601-415-8735 or 601-638-5587

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Live in a Quality Built Apartment for LESS! All brick, concrete floors and double walls provide excellent soundproofing, security, and safety.

• Rent Based On Income

Vicksburg’s Most Convenient Luxury Apartments! • Cable Furnished! • High Speed Internet Access Available! 601-636-0503 2160 S. Frontage Rd. Vicksburg, MS 39180

BEAUTIFUL LAKESIDE LIVING

601-638-1102 * 601-415-3333

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

Voted #1 Apartments in the 2009 Reader’s Choice

• 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom Apts. • Beautifully Landscaped • Lake Surrounds Community

• Pool • Fireplace • Spacious Floor Plans 601-629-6300 www.thelandingsvicksburg.com

501 Fairways Drive Vicksburg

Spring Move-In Special • 1 & 2 Bedroom Studios & Efficiencies • Utilities Paid No Utility Deposit Required

• Downtown Convenience to Fine Restaurants, Shops, Churches, Banks & Casinos

✦ From $495.00 ✦ Secure High-Rise Building • Off Street Parking • 9 1/2 Foot Ceilings • Beautiful River Views • Senior Discounts •

Score A Bullseye With One Of These Businesses! • Glass

• Construction

Barnes Glass

CONSTRUCTION

Quality Service at Competitive Prices #1 Windshield Repair & Replacement

Vans • Cars • Trucks •Insurance Claims Welcome•

AUTO • HOME • BUSINESS Jason Barnes • 601-661-0900

• Bulldozer & Construction

BUFORD CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. 601-636-4813 State Board of Contractors Approved & Bonded Haul Clay, Gravel, Dirt, Rock & Sand All Types of Dozer Work Land Clearing • Demolition Site Development & Preparation Excavation Crane Rental • Mud Jacking

• Lawn HandyMan Care Services

RIVER CITY HANDYMAN Joe Rangel - Owner 601.636.7843 • 601.529.5400 From small repair projects to home upgrades...We’re not satisfied until You are. Call today for your Free Estimate!

ROSS

New Homes

Framing, Remodeling, Cabinets, Flooring, Roofing & Vinyl Siding State Licensed & Bonded

Jon Ross 601-638-7932 ROY’S CONSTRUCTION

RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL New Construction & Remodeling

• Printing

• Signs

PATRIOTIC • FLAGS • BANNERS • BUMPER STICKERS • YARD SIGNS

Show Your Colors! Post Plaza

SPEEDIPRINT & OFFICE SUPPLY

• Business Cards • Letterhead • Envelopes • Invoices • Work Orders • Invitations (601) 638-2900

Fax (601) 636-6711 601-631-0400 CABINETS, ADDITIONS, METAL ROOFS, 1601-C North Frontage Rd 1601 N. Frontage Rd. VINYL SIDING, PATIO DECKS, Vicksburg, MS 39180 Vicksburg, MS 39180 DOZER & EXCAVATOR WORK, SEPTIC SYSTEMS, LOT CLEAN UP All Business & LICENSED

• BONDED • INSURED

DWAYNE ROY 601-415-6997 JOSHUA ROY 601-831-0558

McLaughlin Construction & Remodeling Serving Vicksburg since 1989. MS State licensed. New construction, additions, custom cabinets, flooring, siding, roofing & decks. Free estimates! 601-831-2073 or 601-638-0927

• Dirt LawnServices Care Services River City Landscaping, LLC

Service Directory Ads MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE ! WE

ACCEPT MOST MAJOR CREDIT CARDS .

2 BEDROOMS, INTERIOR freshly painted, hardwood floors, $675 monthly. 601618-5071. 3 BEDROOM, 3.5 bath brick home. 3000 plus square feet, beautiful home, excellent condition, overlooking pond. $1500 monthly. 601-529-0870. LOS COLINAS. SMALL 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath Cottage. Close in, nice. $795 monthly. 601-831-4506.

Classic Elegance in Modern Surroundings

601-636-4146

• Dozer / Trackhoe Work Dump Truck • Bush Hogging Box Blade • Demolition Lawn Maintenance Deliver Dirt•Gravel•Sand•Rock Res. & Com. • Lic. & Ins. Robert Keyes, Jr. (Owner) 601-529-0894

• CLASSIFIEDS • 601-636-7355 • www.vicksburgpost.com •

Move-In Ready-1 mile from Warren Central, 4 BR/2BA, fresh paint, updated throughout, new wood laminate floors, new carpet, new ceramic floors and countertops in kitchen & baths, 12x20 wired workshop, 1 acre lot on cul-de-sac. For appointment, 601-415-3022.

Licensed in MS and LA

Jones & Upchurch Real Estate Agency 1803 Clay Street www.jonesandupchurch.com Judy Uzzle.................601-994-4663 Mary D. Barnes.........601-966-1665 Stacie Bowers-Griffin...601-218-9134 Rip Hoxie, Land Pro....601-260-9149 Jill Waring Upchurch....601-906-5012 Carla Watson...............601-415-4179 Andrea Upchurch.......601-831-6490 Broker, GRI

601-636-6490 BUILDINGS FOR SALE! Located in Fayette, MS. Please call 601-786-3943, ask for James Shannon.

✰✰FOR LEASE✰✰

1911 Mission 66 Office or Retail Suite B-Apprx. 2450 sq. ft. Great Location! Easy Access! High Visability!

Brian Moore Realty Connie - Owner/ Agent

318-322-4000

34. Houses For Sale

Mission Park Dr. Mission 66 Commercial Lots. $50,000 Pear Orchard Offices 1,000 sq. ft. $73,500 Redwood Road, 1 acre lots, $20,000. Timberlane, 1560 sq ft. dbl wide, 5.3 acres, $110,000. Newit Vick, 6 acres, $72,500 898 National St., Duplex, $44,500 Openwood, Clubhouse Cir. & shop, 5,000 sq. ft. $69,900. Jennifer Gilliland, McMillin Real Estate 601-218-4538

Kay Odom..........601-638-2443 Kay Hobson.......601-638-8512 Jake Strait...........601-218-1258 Bob Gordon........601-831-0135 Tony Jordan........601-630-6461 Alex Monsour.....601-415-7274 Jay Hobson..........601-456-1318 Kai Mason...........601-218-5623 Sybil Caraway....601-218-2869 Catherine Roy....601-831-5790 Rick McAllister..601-218-1150 Mincer Minor.....601-529-0893 Jim Hobson.........601-415-0211

32. Mobile Homes For Sale 1998 BELMONT. 16X80, will sell and set-up as is for $13,900, needs carpet and minor repairs. Call Darren, 228-669-3505. 2001 28x80. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, new carpet and linoleum, formal dining, fireplace, huge walk-ins, big tub, large bedrooms, set-up with air conditioner. $39,900. Call Darren, 228669-3505. 3 BEDROOMS, 2 BATHS. Only $22,500. Also 28x80 4 bedrooms with land, in Bovina area. Reduced for quick sale. 601-218-5656 or 601-218-2582. 32X80. 1998 PALM Harbor, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, fireplace, huge rooms, new appliances, set up with air conditioner. $39,900. Call Darren, 228-669-3505.

1104 NOTTINGHAM ROAD Move in ready, 3 bedroom, 2 bath. Features include: Walk-in closets, eat-in kitchen, open to living room. Stainless appliances, updated bathrooms, large laundry room, ceramic tile, wood laminate flooring, scored and stained back patio, spacious back yard for kids. Located on quiet cul-de-sac in Openwood Plantation. Asking $144,900. Great floor plan, must see! Call 601415-6889 or 601-618-0845.

Eagle Lake 16665 Hwy 465 3/2, large lot, metal roof, waterfront, updated, $165,000 16853 Hwy 465 2 bedrooms u/s, apartment d/s, pier, deck, $165,000.

AND PLACE YOUR CLASSIFIED AD TODAY.

Call Bette Paul Warner, 601 218 1800. www.lakehouse.com McMillin Real Estate

29. Unfurnished Apartments

COME CHECK US OUT TODAY YOU’LL WANT TO MAKE YOUR HOME HERE Great Location, Hard-Working Staff

Ask Us. Candy Francisco FHA & VA Mortgage Originator Conventional ! Construction Mortgage ! First-time Loans Homebuyers ! !

601.630.8209

Member FDIC

2150 South Frontage Road

bkbank.com

601-638-7831 • 201 Berryman Rd

ARNER

REAL ESTATE, INC

JIM HOBSON

REALTOR®•BUILDER•APPRAISER

601-636-0502

Farm & 36.38. Farms Imple ment s/ Acreage Heavy Equipment Thinking of buying land? Check Out OUR Listings! investorsrealtyinc.net Danny Rice/Broker 601-529-2847 • 601-638-2236 Charlie Donald, 601-668-8027 Investors Realty Group, Inc.

38. Farm Imple ment s/ Heavy Equipment 1989 FORD F600 Diesel, Steel 12 foot bed, new tires, 47,000 miles. $4000. International 1600 Diesel, 10 foot bed, goose neck hitch, air bags, disk breaks, $4000. 18 foot dual tandem dump trailer with brakes, new floor, goose neck hitch, $3500. 601-954-5429.

39. Motorcycles, Bicycles 2002 HONDA GL1800 Gold Wing. Illusion blue, new tires, 4 helmets, cover. $10,500. 601-634-0644, 601-415-8682.

40. Cars & Trucks

SHAMROCK A PA RT M E N T S Be the first to live in one of our New Apartments! Available January 1st 2010 SUPERIOR QUALITY, CUSTOM OAK CABINETS, EXTRA LARGE MASTER BEDROOM, & WASHER / DRYER HOOKUPS SAFE!!! ALL UNITS HAVE SENIOR CITIZEN DISCOUNT

601-661-0765 • 601-415-3333

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

601-634-8928 2170 S. I-20 Frontage Rd. www.ColdwellBanker.com www.homesofvicksburg.net

$888 DOWN $200 per month! (Social Security Income OK) R&C Auto Sales 601-218-1150. 1998 MERCURY SABLE. Fair condition. $600 negotiable. 601-619-4533 or 601-618-5448. 2000 MAZADA 626, ONE owner, good condition, $4,500. Call 601-634-0078

McMillin Real Estate 601-636-8193 VicksburgRealEstate.com 4909 OAK RIDGE ROAD Completely rebuilt, approximately 1100 square feet, hardwood, ceramic floors, 2 car carport, all appliances included, 1 acre. Asking $110,000. 601-8312073 or 601-638-0927.

29. Unfurnished Apartments

1, 2, & 3 bedrooms and townhomes available immediately.

Call today for information on our special long term ad runs in the Business Directory. We offer specials from 3 months to 12 months at a great price deal ! 601-636-SELL (7355)

34. Houses For Sale

Daryl Hollingsworth..601-415-5549

AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM

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33. Commercial Property

ONE BEDROOM TRAILER. 1 or 2 people per trailer, no pets. 601-634-8686.

CALL 601-636-SELL

801 Clay Street • Vicksburg

BUSINESS & SERVICE DIRECTORY

WE STILL HAVE several land/ homes left in Pearl, Vicksburg and Florence. No Credit Check! Call for details, ask for Darren, 228669-3505.

31. Mobile Homes For Rent

3515 MANOR DRIVE VICKSBURG, MS

Toll Free 1-866-238-8861

WE BUY MOBILE homes! Can't sell yours? We can! All makes and models, O.K. Please, no large payoffs! Call Darren, 228-669-3505.

TAKING APPLICATIONS!! 3 bedrooms. $450. Also 4 bedrooms, $500 monthly. Refrigerator and stove furnished. $200 deposit for both. Call 601-634-8290

29. Unfurnished Apartments

TYE ASHFORD

WILL MOVE YOU easy, fast and cheaper. Just call, 601-630-9196, 601-5290809.

Commodore Apartments 1, 2 & 3 Bedrooms

SPEAK DIRECTLY TO AN ATTORNEY

Discount for Senior Citizens available

415-3333 • 638-1102 • 636-1455

2000 VOLVO S-40. $6,995. Call Vicksburg Toyota at 601-636-2855. 2002 DODGE Quad Cab, 4x4, $7995. 2001 Dodge automatic, air, $3995. R&C Auto Sales 601-218-1150.

2004 NISSAN MAXIMA SE. 1 owner, wine colored, leather, sun roof. Very nice. Was $11,900, Reduced to $9,700. 601-634-0320. 2007 NISSAN XTERRA, 35,000 miles, one owner, like new, $16,000. Call 601634-0078 2008 HYUNDAI ELANTRA SE. $13,995. Call Vicksburg Toyota at 601-636-2855. 2008 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5S Coupe. $20,995. Call Vicksburg Toyota at 601636-2855. 2008 TOYOTA AVALON Limited. 25,000 miles, Pearl white. $26,995. Call Vicksburg Toyota at 601-6362855. 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT LT. $13,995. Call Vicksburg Toyota at 601636-2855.

and

BOTTOM LINE AUTO SALES We finance! Corner of Fisher Ferry Road and Jeff Davis Road. 601-529-1195.

VICKSBURGS NEWEST, AND A WELL MAINTAINED FAVORTIE. EACH WITH SPACIOUS FLOOR PLANS AND SOPHISTICATED AMENITIES.

FOR LEASING INFO, CALL 601-636-1752 www.parkresidences.com • www.bienvilleapartments.com

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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

The Vicksburg Post

GMC TRUCK MONTH

0% APR up to 72 Months or Rebates Up To $6500 2009 GMC Envoy

2009 GMC Sierra 2500

2009 GMC Sierra

0% APR

Equipped with 6.6L Duramax Diesel, Allison transmission, SLE preferred package, steering wheel radio controls, dual zone air, bluetooth, fog lamps, adjustable power pedals, remote vehicle start, rear defogger, power heated mirrors, HD trailering equipment. #41051

Equipped with 3.73 rear axle, skid plate, SLE preferred package, steering wheel radio controls, air conditioner, bluetooth, fog lamps, 5.3L V8, 20” chrome-clad aluminum wheels, Pro-sport package and more. #41137

SLE

Ext. Cab SLE Duramax Diesel

for

72 Months

In Lieu of Rebate Equipped with Sun and Sound package, power sunroof, Bose Stereo, full size spare tire and wheel, SLE package and more. #41005

TRUCK MONTH PRICE

32,240 $ Sale Price - 30,495 $ Rebates - 3,500 M.S.R.P. -

26,995

2010 GMC Terrain

TRUCK MONTH PRICE

36,495

29,495

Equipped with V8 engine, 1 year OnStar Safe and Sound, SL package and more. #41205

Crew Cab

30,605 $ Sale Price - 28,895 $ Rebates - 3,000

25,010

24,595

Equipped with V8 engine, 1 year OnStar Safe and Sound, SLE preferred equipment package. #41281

2010 GMC Sierra

M.S.R.P. -

TRUCK MONTH PRICE

38,589 $ Sale Price - 35,995 $ Rebates - 6,500 M.S.R.P. -

2010 GMC Sierra

#41284

GMC TRUCK MONTH PRICE

45,330 $ Sale Price - 41,995 $ Rebates - 5,500 M.S.R.P. -

Extended Cab SLE

HARD TO FIND, IN STOCK NOW! M.S.R.P. -

4x4 Extended Cab SLE

GMC TRUCK MONTH PRICE

25,895

34,710 $ Sale Price - 32,535 $ Rebates - 4,000 M.S.R.P. -

GMC TRUCK MONTH PRICE

28,535

2010 GMC Sierra 2500

2010 GMC Yukon XL

2010 GMC Yukon Denali

Equipped with leather interior, Duramax Diesel, Allison transmission, 17” bright aluminum wheels, convenience package, 17” All-terrain tires, heavy duty trailering equipment. #41253

Equipped with white diamond paint, 2nd row bucket seats, SLT equipment package, heated front and 2nd row seats, power operated lift gate, 2nd row power release seat and more. #41199

Equipped with Sun and Entertainment package, rear seat entertainment, power sunroof, 1 year OnStar with Turn-by-Turn Navigation. #41283

4x4 Crew Cab Duramax Diesel

51,935 $ Sale Price - 49,495 $ Rebates - 3,000 M.S.R.P. -

50,674 $ Sale Price - 47,795 $ Rebates - 2,000 M.S.R.P. -

46,995 45,795 0% FINANCING

GMC TRUCK MONTH PRICE

55,905 Sale Price - 52,995 $ Rebates - 2,000 M.S.R.P. -

GMC TRUCK MONTH PRICE

50,995

for 60 Months* with GMAC Approved Credit

ON EVERY 2010 GMC ACADIA Herb Caldwell Clyde McKinney An experienced sales staff to Kevin Watson Curtis Dixon Bobby Bryan Baxter Morris meet all of your automotive needs. Salesman of the Tim Moody Preston Balthrop Month of February Come to George Carr, Mike Francisco Kevin Watson Zachary Balthrop Debbie Berry You’ll Be Glad You Did. For a complete listing of our used vehicles visit our website at www.georgecarr.com

GeorgeCarr BU IC K • PON T IAC • CADI LL AC • GMC

www.georgecarr.com • 601-636-7777 • 1-800-669-3620 • 2950 S. Frontage Road • Vicksburg, MS Special finance rates with GMAC approved credit. GMAC financing with approved credit. All rebates assigned to dealer. See dealer for complete details. Art for illustration purposes only, actual vehicle may vary.