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Barbour Winds topple trees decision across the county a surprise By Emily Wagster Pettus The Associated Press JACKSON — Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour ruled out a 2012 presidential bid on Monday, saying he lacked the necessary “absolute fire in the belly” to run and wasn’t ready for the “allconsuming effort.” The Gov. Haley Barbour announcement was unexpected, given the two-term governor’s recent visits to several states with early presidential contests, including Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. He also had lined up political advisers for a possible run, and he had tested an economy-focused campaign speech in Chicago last month. The governor had even lost some weight as advisers had suggested. “I will not be a candidate for president next year,” the Republican, 63, said in a news release. “This has been a difficult, personal decision, and I am very grateful to my family for their total support of my going forward, had that been what I decided.” “A candidate for president today is embracing a 10-year commitment to an all-consuming effort, to the virtual exclusion of all else,” Barbour said in his statement. “His (or her) supporters expect and deserve no less than absolute fire in the belly from their candidate. I cannot offer that with certainty, and total certainty is required.” Barbour, a fiscal and social conservative and an accomplished fundraiser, would have been a formidable contender had he entered the race. But his hurdles to the GOP nomination would have been high, too. He’s a former lobbyist and former Republican National Committee chairman who would have tried to woo a GOP primary electorate that’s underwhelmed by Washington insiders. Wrote Barbour: “Hundreds of people have encouraged me to run and offered both to give and raise money for a presidential campaign. Many volunteers have organized events in support

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work crews cleaned up from this morning’s storm. Downed trees and power lines knocked out power and blocked traffic on several city and county roads. Reports of fallen trees came from U.S.

Thunderstorms and gusty winds are expected to continue in Vicksburg, Warren County and across the region tonight and Wednesday, hours after residents and

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KATIE CARTER•The Vicksburg Post

Eugene Graves surveys the damage left by a downed oak tree in his yard at 1429 Porters Chapel Road this morning. The tree hit another tree on the way down, but not Graves’ house.

‘WORSE THAN 1973’

Mayor adds secretary for third less than Burks was paid By Manivanh Chanprasith mchan@vicksburgpost.com

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Doug Jeter, left, and Tom McKnight move farm equipment from Chickasaw fields Monday.

Crest prediction jumps another foot By Danny Barrett Jr. dbarrett@vicksburgpost.com Moving farm equipment to higher, drier ground was the goal for farmers Doug Jeter and Tom McKnight Monday as record crest forecasts for the Mississippi River moved higher and later. “There’s not going to be anything left,” Jeter said as the men drove tractors and other equipment from the 400 acres of land they farm in the Chickasaw area north of Vicksburg to higher ground along North Washington Street. “This is going to be worse than 1973.” The river stood at 39.6 feet in Vicksburg this morning, up fourtenths of a foot since Monday. River forecasters late Monday predicted the river will reach 53.5 feet by May 18, a foot higher and five days later than was forecast earlier in the day. The river’s second crest at Vicksburg this spring would top the 1937

A new secretary will begin work today in the mayor’s office, just a week after the elimination of the $72,000-per-year position of the mayor’s chief of staff who oversaw the office’s daily operations. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted in Monday’s closed session following its regular meeting to hire Jacqueline Walker as a secretary to Mayor Paul Winfield. Walker was hired at a rate of $12.12 per hour, or $25,209.60 per year, interim human resources director Walterine Langford said, and will perform secretarial duties in the office including clerical work and coordinating the mayor’s schedule. Walker’s position is not a supervisory one. Winfield said Walker is not related to former Vicksburg Mayor Robert Walker. Last week, the mayor’s chief of staff, Kenya Burks, who performed daily functions in the mayor’s office to “further the administration’s agenda,” was left without a job when the board eliminated her position. Winfield abstained from that vote. The termination came two weeks after the board’s decision to pay Burks See City, Page A8.

Boehner open to cutting breaks for oil companies By The Associated Press

City Sewer Department employee Eric Scott closes one of several storm valves next to the Yazoo River Diversion Canal Monday. level of 53.2 feet. In 2008, the river topped out at 50.9 feet, the highest since 1973 when it reached 51.6 feet. The benchmark 1927 flood reached

56.2 feet on today’s gauges and 62 feet had levees held. Snow melt from the upper MidSee Flood, Page A7.

WASHINGTON — House Speaker John Boehner said Monday that Congress should “take a look at” repealing the multibillion-dollar tax subsidies enjoyed by the major oil companies. The Ohio Republican said the government is low on revenues and that oil companies “ought to be paying their fair share.” A gallon of gasoHouse Speaker line exceeds $4 in some John Boehner parts of the country. “We certainly ought to take a look at it,” Boehner said. “We’re at a time when the federal government’s short on revenues.

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TODAY IN HISTORY 1607: English colonists go ashore at present-day Cape Henry, Va., on an expedition to establish the first permanent English settlement in the Western Hemisphere. 1785: American naturalist, hunter and artist John James Audubon is born in present-day Haiti. 1865: John Wilkes Booth, the assas-

sin of President Abraham Lincoln, is surrounded by federal troops and killed. 1986: A major nuclear accident occurs at the Chernobyl plant in Ukraine as an explosion and fire cause radioactive fallout. At least 31 people die fighting the plant fire, but the number of other deaths resulting from the disaster remains in dispute.

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Cary resident dies in Louisiana wreck

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A Cary man died Sunday night on Interstate 20 in Lincoln Parish, La., when he was struck by a vehicle after a wreck, said Mark Dennis, Louisiana state trooper first class. Jacques Luckett, 27, address unavailable, was driving a 2003 Nissan Altima west on I-20 around 11:50 p.m. when his vehicle rear-ended a 2010 Toyota Yaris, Dennis said. The Toyota veered off the road onto the south side of the Interstate, while Luckett stopped on the I-20 shoulder

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Shirley House rededication Wednesday From staff reports For the first time in 70 years, the Shirley House — sole surviving structure from the Civil War era within the boundaries of the Vicksburg National Military Park — will be open for public tours as it is rededicated Wednesday at a ceremony and reception from 3 to 5 p.m. The speaker will be U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss. The Shirley House has been restored through funds made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Built in the 1830s, it was named Wexford Lodge by its builder, Nicholas Gray. It was turned over to Judge James Shirley in 1851 and during the war was headquarters to the 45th Illinois Infantry, all the while referred to as “the white house” by Union troops. Union forces also used the home as a smallpox hospital in 1864. After the establishment of the VNMP in 1899, the Shirley House was used for a time as a park visitor center and employee residence. The Shirley House is located at Tour Stop 2 on the park road. Refreshments will be served and Civil War-era music will be performed by the Mississippi Old Time Music Society of Vicksburg. Admission to the park is free for those attending the rededication, but the normal gate charges will be in effect for those wishing to tour the rest of the park.

A Vicksburg man in jail since April 8 for drug possession now faces an additional felony charge, said police Sgt. Sandra Williams. Marquis McCroy, 29, 2908 Arcadia Place, has been charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a weapon, Williams said. A .38-caliber handgun was found in McCroy’s possession when he was initially arrested following an undercover investigation, she said. Investigators later confirmed that McCroy previously had been convicted in 2001 of armed bank robbery of Mutual Credit Union, formerly at 3903 Halls Ferry Road, in federal court. McCroy also was free on bond from a Sept. 25 arrest and charge of felony eluding. He was accused of fleeing on foot after leading Warren County Sheriff’s deputies on a 4-mile car chase through the city and county, and was indicted in January by the grand jury. He was being held without bond in the Warren County Jail.

City woman charged with pot possession

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If you go The historic Shirley House in the Vicksburg National Military Park, recently restored, will be rededicated Wednesday from 3 to 5

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A Vicksburg woman was released Monday from the Warren County Jail after being charged earlier that day with possession of marijuana, said police Sgt. Sandra Williams. Kristin Prentiss, 30, 1209 Main St., was arrested at 9:21 a.m. at her home after police

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served a warrant following an undercover investigation of drug activity in the area, said Williams. She was released on a $5,000 bond.

Two held at jail for drug court A Vicksburg man and teen were in the Warren County Jail this morning after being arrested Monday on separate drug court violations. Forrest Beard, 21, 1239 Boy Scout Road, was arrested by Warren County Sheriff’s deputies at 3 p.m. and Thomas Dearman, 17, 1206 Cherry St., was arrested at 12:30 p.m. Both were held without bond.

Cash, electronics missing in city Two auto burglaries and a residential burglary were reported Monday in the city. A brown wallet containing $30 in cash was reported missing at 11:43 a.m. from a 1998 Buick LeSabre in the 1300 block of East Avenue. A purse containing $40 in cash was reported missing at 1:26 p.m. from a 2007 Nissan Altima in the 700 block of Veto Street. A Toshiba laptop computer valued at $585 and a 25-inch Toshiba flat-screen TV valued at $400 were reported missing at 9:36 p.m. from a home in the 1700 block of Military Avenue.

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on the north side of the road. Dennis said Luckett then apparently got out of his vehicle and lay down in the road. Shortly after, a 2010 Chevolet Impala traveling west and not associated with the original wreck hit Luckett. Luckett was pronounced dead at the scene by the Lincoln Parish Coroner’s office, Dennis said. The driver of the Impala, 36-year-old Rodney Roberts from Louisville, Miss., was not injured, nor was the driver of the Toyota Yaris.

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Three refineries, chemical plant lose power in Texas City TEXAS CITY, Texas (AP) — Three refineries, including a BP unit where a 2005 explosion killed 15 people, and a Dow Chemical plant lost electricity in outages that led to shelter-in-place emergency alerts and the cancellation of public schools today in Texas City. The source of the power out-

ages was still being sought, emergency officials said. A second shelter-in-place alert, advising residents to stay indoors, was issued around 5:30 this morning after a Valero refinery also lost power, Texas City Homeland Security coordinator Bruce Clawson said. A BP refinery, site of the

deadly March 2005 accident that also left 170 people hurt, and the Dow Chemical plant lost power around 11 p.m. Monday. The initial shelter-in-place order took effect after those two outages, but was lifted around 3 this morning, Clawson said. Around 4:40 this morning,

electricity was lost at the Valero and Marathon Oil refineries, which activated their flare systems. Marathon quickly brought its power situation under control, Clawson said. BP spokesman Michael Marr said a fire broke out at the refinery shortly after the power went out but crews

LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE

Budget at top of ledger as session begins By The Associated Press BATON ROUGE — Bitter redistricting work behind them, Louisiana’s lawmakers opened a new two-month session Monday for their next unpleasant task: balancing next year’s budget and closing a $1.6 billion shortfall. In an opening speech to the House and Senate, Gov. Bobby Jindal offered few details about his financial recommendations and didn’t weigh in on the most divisive proposals facing lawmakers. Instead, he gave a vigorous defense of his opposition to tax increases in an address that resembled more of a stump speech than legislative guidance. “Tax increases kill jobs. Tax increases kill opportunities. Tax increases hurt economic development. Tax increases hurt our ability to attract new businesses to Louisiana,” Jindal said. He added, “The people of Louisiana trust themselves with Rep. Brett their money Geymann more than they trust us.” The Republican governor spent much of his 21-minute talk recapping achievements and railing against Washington, D.C., spending and debt levels, as he campaigns for re-election this fall. Lawmakers from both parties said they had hoped to hear more about how Jindal was approaching one of the toughest fiscal years the Legislature has faced in decades. “Typically, we’d hope to get more details about the plans for the session, about the plans for the budget,” said Sen. Mike Michot, R-Lafayette, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.

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Gov. Bobby Jindal addresses the Louisiana Legislature Monday in Baton Rouge. “I expected to hear more specifics,” said Rep. Brett Geymann, R-Lake Charles. The governor didn’t talk about his proposals to sell three state prisons to drum up one-time cash for the budget, to again raise tuition on college students and to merge the historically black Southern University at New Orleans with the nearby University of New Orleans. Asked to describe Jindal’s speech, Sen. Lydia Jackson, D-Shreveport, called it “total avoidance,” saying the governor missed an opportunity to talk to state residents about reductions of services and programs. “It might be easy to run against Washington. Unfortunately, we need governance in Louisiana,” Jackson said. The session must end by June 23. Jindal has proposed a budget approaching $25 billion that would cut funds for charity hospital care, education programs for at-risk

Jindal report shows $9.5M on hand BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal has boosted his campaign’s bottom line, reporting $9.5 million in his campaign account six months before the fall election.

The Republican governor’s latest finance report shows Jindal has raised $1.7 million from January through April 15 and spent $1.3 million.

youth, parks and museums, and state employees. To make the numbers work, Jindal’s spending plan anticipates millions of dollars that still need separate legislative approval and, in one case, backing from voters in a statewide referendum this fall. The governor briefly described his budget as preserving funding for education and avoiding another round of cuts to the rates paid to private health care providers for taking care of Medicaid patients. He said it reduces the use of one-time money for ongoing expenses, though lawmakers in the House still worry that the amount proposed is too high. “This is a good budget that protects our priorities and allows us to continue to move forward, allows us to continue to create jobs for our children and grandchildren,” Jindal said.

Jindal’s insurance plan comes under scrutiny Gov. Bobby Jindal’s proposal to hire a private company to run health insurance programs for state workers and retirees is getting legislative scrutiny. The Jindal administration said the hiring of an outside firm to run programs overseen by the Office of Group Benefits will save money. But the proposal, which needs legislative approval, has rankled current and former state employees and lawmakers who say the savings will be short-lived and the changes could increase premiums over time. The Senate Retirement Committee will hear today from the governor’s financial advisers and state employee and retiree associations. The Office of Group Benefits provides health insurance and life insurance to more than 148,000 state workers and retirees.

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were able to put it out. There were no injuries at the refinery, Marr said. The city and BP reported no emissions of hazardous materials in the area, said George Fuller, assistant emergency management coordinator for the city. “There was constant monitoring going on at all times

and it did not reveal anything, although there’s a strong smell of hydrocarbons in the air,” Clawson told The Associated Press. At the BP plant, workers were seen going into the plant around sunrise today, reporting for their shifts.

Lumber company seeks tax exemption MCCOMB (AP) — Pike County supervisors said they will meet with representatives of Weyerhaeuser to discuss the company request for a free port warehouse tax exemption for its sawmill in Magnolia. Since 2003, the state has allowed counties to phase out the property tax levied on goods shipped out of state. The phase-in would be over 10 years to reduce the impact of the loss of local revenue. Officials have described the tax as a burden on companies that store goods for later distribution. Weyerhaeuser’s request came this past week in a letter in which the company cited high taxes and a decline in business. The company said the saw-

mill operated at 52 percent capacity in 2010. The company said it is looking at ways to reduce its fixed costs, such as property taxes. Weyerhaeuser said its mills in Neshoba and Calhoun counties compete with the Magnolia plant for production. It said those mills have lower operating costs in part because of lower taxes. Board of Supervisors attorney Wayne Dowdy said Weyerhaeuser was denied a similar request in 2009. He said supervisors found the exemption would reduce revenue to the county, the town of Magnolia and the South Pike School District. Dowdy said he doesn’t believe Weyerhaeuser qualifies for the free port exemption.

Research lab director to retire OCEAN SPRINGS (AP) — After about a decade at the helm of the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, William “Bill” Hawkins plans to retire at the end of June. Hawkins has served as director since March 2008 and was executive director for six years before that. Hawkins is the seventh GCRL director. Hawkins, 64, has led the University of Southern Mississippi facility through Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

“We’ve been on the frontlines of probably the two major environmental events in the nation over a pretty long span of time,” he said. “Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill both had pretty profound impacts. A 25-foot high storm surge from Katrina in 2005 flooded every building with the exception of the Howse Oceanography Building and modular building behind it, he said. “There is so much to be proud of our response,” Hawkins said.

Death at VA hospital being investigated JACKSON (AP) — A hospital accrediting commission says it will look into a complaint filed over the April 1 death of a patient at the G.V. “Sonny” Montgomery Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Jackson. Officials said 55-year-old Johnnie W. Lee, who also

worked at the hospital, died shortly after leg surgery. The American Federation of Government Employees Union filed the complaint to Joint Commission in Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Lee’s family has given the hospital notice of possible legal action.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

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JACK VIX SAYS: More storms are on the way.

OLD POST FILES 120 YEARS AGO: 1891 Charles Muldon completes repairs on the Refuge Oil Mill. • J.H. Stuart Shaw has a lumber yard on Pearl Street and is doing good business.

110 YEARS AGO: 1901 Mayor W.L. Trowbridge will ride in the carriage with President and Mrs. William McKinley. • Jennie Peatross secures from the Valley Dry Goods Company a fan awarded to the one who sold the most tickets to Prentiss Camp Woodman ball.

100 YEARS AGO: 1911 Joe Bonelli returns from New Orleans. • Moncure Dabney is orator for the Confederate Memorial Day exercises. • Frank Houston is here looking after his sawmill business. • Judge J.F. Mounger leaves for Rolling Fork.

90 YEARS AGO: 1921 Jaywalking on Washington Street is made unlawful. • Rabbi Sol Kory, Dr. S. Myers and Simon Sartorius leave for Dallas to attend the B’nai B’rith convention.

80 YEARS AGO: 1931 Robert R. Richardson, employed at the railroad shop, dies. • Joe Lavecchia assumes charge of the National Park Hotel. • Col. R.E. Foster, prominent resident of Fitler, dies at Brandon.

70 YEARS AGO: 1941 James Chandler, train master of the I.C. Division, is guest of honor at a farewell banquet given by railroad ofﬁcers and employees. He is being promoted to the road’s Chicago ofﬁce.

60 YEARS AGO: 1951

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Donald J. Parker is promoted to sergeant ﬁrst class at Fort Jackson, S.C. • James Harper and Marvis McMillan are matched in the lead roles of the Jett High School senior play, a three-act mystery.

Courage

50 YEARS AGO: 1961 Services are held for Mrs. Bessie Pettway. • Charlton Heston stars in “Ben Hur” at the Joy Theatre. • Mrs. Mamie Watson dies. • The annual membership campaign of the Vicksburg Community Concert Association draws to a successful conclusion.

The two competing budget plans The nation now has competing visions for its ﬁnancial future — and that’s progress. But don’t expect a bipartisan road map anytime soon. President Barack Obama’s combative speech announcing his budget plan and Rep. Paul Ryan’s tart rejoinder signal more politicking and game-playing. The best hope may lie with the bipartisan Gang of Six in the Senate, which seemed to be making progress until Obama emerged after months of dawdling to give himself a do-over. A marriage of approaches is needed, and each plan has promising elements.

The Ryan Plan Give Ryan high marks for effort: His is the clearest expression of conservative budgeting since the late Jack Kemp roamed the halls of Congress. It’s also deeply flawed, relying more on sacrifice from seniors and the poor than from the wealthy. Ryan says his plan would trim federal deficits by $4.4 trillion over 10 years. Over time, Ryan would convert

Medicare to a voucher system. Those 55 and older could keep the traditional single-payer plan; everyone else would receive government assistance to buy private health insurance. Ryan also would do away with the health care reform law — a bad idea. We’d improve it, not eliminate it. Medicaid block grants, which Ryan recommends, probably would force efﬁciency on the states and might lead to creative approaches. But states also might drop vulnerable people from the rolls or raise taxes. It’s an intriguing idea, but it would require exceptions for regional disparities and economic downturns. Ryan calls for responsible budgeting but then avoids cuts to the military, and he skirts politically explosive questions about Social Security and tax loopholes. How is that responsible?

The Obama Plan The president is ﬁnally in the game after releasing a yawner of a budget in February that didn’t even meet the deﬁcit targets he

set for his deficit-reduction commission last year. Obama now says he would cut the deficit by $4 trillion over 12 years. The president would raise taxes on wealthy Americans, which is worth considering now that the economy has recovered. Obama vows to cut $400 billion in military spending, twice what the Pentagon thinks it can handle, as well as farm subsidies and other pet federal projects. We’d cut inefficient programs such as ethanol subsidies, too. Obama’s plan wisely includes a trigger that would require acrossthe-board spending cuts in 2014 if the federal debt is still rising, but an even earlier trigger would be even better. Obama would eliminate some tax deductions. Americans deserve an honest debate, and they might even get one. But while both men’s supporters often speak of them in admiring tones, we haven’t seen enough courage from either one so far. Sitting down together and soberly drawing up a fiscally sustainable road map — now that would be courageous.

40 YEARS AGO: 1971 Mrs. Katherine Kennedy is named “Secretary of the Year” by the Vicksburg Chapter of the National Secretaries Club.

30 YEARS AGO: 1981 Tony Horvath’s mother, Elizabeth arrives in Vicksburg from Budapest Hungary, to visit, having not seen her son in 10 years, and meets his wife, Loretta, for the ﬁrst time.

20 YEARS AGO: 1991 The city’s first new fire station in decades opens in Kings. • Will H. Williams, 72, of Jackson dies as the result of an apparent heart attack after a boating accident while fishing at Eagle Lake.

10 YEARS AGO: 2001 Katiya Vitaya-Udom is elected Student Government Association president at Mississippi University for Women. • Kappa Delta alumni donate 24 teddy bears to the Warren County Sheriff’s Department.

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MODERATELY CONFUSED by Bill Stahler

Renewing state’s death penalty debate no simple matter With Mississippi headed toward at least three executions among the state’s death row prison population this year, the debate has renewed over the propriety, morality and fairness of the ultimate punishment for heinous crimes in the states. The debate divides people of faith with moral objections to the imposition of the death penalty and the families of crime victims who continue to cry out for what they believe to be justice for their slain loved ones. Those who see this interminable debate as a simple one ignore many crucial factors — some legal, some political and some moral. In protesting the state’s continued imposition of the death penalty for the most heinous crimes, the inmates’ families, death penalty opponents and human rights organizations see a Mississippi criminal justice system plagued by police and judicial error, race and class discrimination and moral objections to the death penalty. Those opponents see a state that

SID

SALTER

The majority of Mississippians favor the death penalty and no amount of protests will change that reality. Politicians will maintain the death penalty for no other reason than that.

has been slow to fund competent modern death investigation techniques, mandate and fund DNA testing and evidence storage and provide adequate funding for postconviction appeals and indigent defense at trial. Yet the families of victims of violent crime see an appeals system mired in costly, never-ending appeals in the state and federal courts that can place as many as 30 years between the commission of a murder and the imposition of the execution mandated by the state’s current laws as punishment. I understand the debate from

both perspectives. I’ve watched men put to death by the state — both in the gas chamber and by lethal injection. It’s not a game. The state of Mississippi is slated on May 10 to execute Benny Joe Stevens, 52, who was sentenced to death in 1999 for killing his exwife and her husband, his 11-yearold son and his son’s 10-year-old friend in Marion County. A May 17 execution date has been set for Rodney Gray, 38, who was sentenced to death in 1996 for the 1994 rape and murder of 79-year-old Grace Blackwell of Louin. Blackwell, who had last been seen withdrawing a large

amount of money from her bank, was found shot multiple times in Newton County. Investigators determined that Blackwell had been killed by a shotgun blast to the mouth. Attorney General Jim Hood had requested an April 20 execution date for Robert Simon Jr., who was sentenced to death for the killings of three members of a Quitman County family, but his attorneys said a fall has rendered him incompetent for execution. Simon was sentenced in 1990 for the Feb. 2, 1990, murders of Carl and Bobbie Joe Parker, and their children, Charlotte and Gregory Parker. The killings occurred a few hours after the family had returned to their rural Quitman County home from church services. The victims variously had been sexually assaulted, tortured and burned. Mississippi is ﬁnally taking steps in the right direction toward modernizing death investigations, providing post-conviction appeal support, improving indigent defense

and implementing a modern DNA testing and storage system. But the state still has work to do to make the criminal justice system more accountable in terms of utilizing the death penalty. The fact is that it’s election year in Mississippi. The majority of Mississippians favor the death penalty and no amount of protests will change that reality. Politicians will maintain the death penalty for no other reason than that. Executions will continue. Where the protesters might do some good is trying to force the Legislature to pay for leveling the playing ﬁeld between poor or indigent defendants and those with the means to pay for a credible defense — and to pay for medical examiners, crime lab technicians, DNA analysts and other professionals to help ensure that Mississippi doesn’t continue to run the very real risk — as we do now — of executing the innocent. • Sid Salter is a syndicated columnist. Contact him at 662-325-2506 or ssalter@library.msstate. edu.

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Unity the theme on Chernobyl’s 25th Officials: World must join to avoid nuclear disasters KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev today called on the international community to work out unified guidelines to prevent accidents such as the Chernobyl disaster 25 years ago while continuing to develop nuclear energy. Medvedev and his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych spoke at a memorial ceremony outside Chernobyl’s ravaged 4th nuclear reactor that exploded on April 26, 1986, spewing a cloud of radioactive fallout over much of Europe and forced hundreds of thousands from their homes in the most heavily hit areas in Ukraine, Belarus and western Russia.

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A Ukrainian man lights candles during a Chernobyl ceremony in Slavutich. “It’s of utmost importance that we understand what kind of force humankind is dealing with so that our solutions ... meet the challenges of nuclear energy,” Medvedev said. He added that he has invited world leaders to take part in developing a set of rules for

safer nuclear energy. Medvedev and Yanukovych took part in a religious memorial service led by Orthodox Patriarch Kirill near the Chernobyl plant, laid the first stone of a monument to Chernobyl cleanup workers and laid bouquets of red roses at another

monument to Chernobyl victims. Yanukovych stressed that nuclear accidents such as Chernobyl and the nuclear explosion at Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant affect the whole planet and renewed calls for money to build a new, safer shelter over the damaged reactor. Ukraine must still raise some $300 million to cover up the plant, which remains a no-go zone a quarter century after the disaster. “The whole world has become convinced that such catastrophes have no boundaries and Fukushima-1 serves as a bitter example of that,” Yanukovych said. “No nation can battle such catastrophes alone.”

Afghans round up 65 of 480 Taliban escapees KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan forces have recaptured at least 65 of the prisoners who escaped from the south’s largest prison, the government said today as it scrambled to recover from the massive security breach that allowed 480 inmates to be spirited out in a stunning jailbreak. Prison officials discovered early Monday morning that the convicts — nearly all of them Taliban militants — were missing from their cells, and then found the tunnel through which they appeared to have made their getaway. The Taliban said the prison break was five months in the making, with diggers starting

the tunnel from under a nearby house while they arranged for inmates to get cell keys so that they could open their cells on the night of the escape. The Kandahar provincial governor’s office said that Afghan and international forces are working together to find the missing convicts and re-arrest them. It said the troops have already caught 65 and killed two who tried to resist. Authorities have biometric data on each prisoner, which aids in their identification. But even if a sizable number of the convicts are recaptured, the already weak provincial government will likely continue to struggle to recover from the blow to its image.

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SMART MONEY Q: What reverse mortgage company will keep paying you on your reverse mortgage when it is already upside down? I’m sure a value was agreed upon and the payments will come until this amount is reached. Credit cards don’t work when they are maxed out. — G.G., via e-mail A: You raise an interesting point. Reverse mortgages work like this, assuming there are no other mortgages on a piece of property when making the application and these can be dealt with as well. The mortgage company agrees to pay you in lump sum or installments of a fixed amount of money. This fixed amount ordinarily gives them a very substantial cushion with regard to the overall value of the property, perhaps 50 or 60 percent of the then value. They are committed until you pass away or leave the premises allowing you to stay there as long as the insurance and taxes are paid. The fact that their investment is

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upside down is of no interest to you. The person with the mortgage (since he is “stuck” BRUCE with it) ordinarily will have allowed enough cushion there so he is not in jeopardy. The major jeopardy is, if the person who is granted the mortgage lives an ordinate amount of time, since the amount loaned is in part predicated on the life expectancy when the mortgage is issued. Your analogy about credit cards while seemingly makes sense, does not apply. Once the mortgage is issued, as long as the mortgagee meets his obligations, the mortgage company is on it. •

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

Grades among first Ford posts best 1Q profit in 13 years for alternately DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) to $2.6 billion, its best first— Ford posted its best first- quarter performance in over powered vehicles quarter profit in 13 years, as a decade, since 1998. DETROIT (AP) — The Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf got top safety ratings in some of the first-ever tests of electric cars by an insurer-funded research group. Both cars earned top scores for front, side and rear-impact crashes and for rollover crash protection, according to results released today by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. While both the Leaf and Volt are classified as small cars, the institute said their heavy battery packs put their weight closer to large sedans. The Volt, for example, weighs 3,760 pounds, which is close to the weight of the Chevro-

its new, more fuel-efficient vehicles reached showrooms during a surge in gasoline prices. New arrivals such as the Ford Explorer and Fiesta small car are selling well. Company profits are growing around the world. And Ford is charging more for its cars, helping offset higher commodity costs. Ford Motor Co. said today its profit rose 22 percent

It was the company’s eighth straight quarterly profit in its long climb back from nearbankruptcy five years ago. Ford’s quarterly revenues rose 18 percent to $33.1 billion, far higher than the $30.5 billion analysts were projecting. The company saw especially strong growth in Asia, where revenues jumped 31 percent to $2.1 billion.

let Impala. The Leaf weighs 3,370 pounds, which is similar to a Nissan Altima midsize car. That extra mass helps protect their occupants, since

heavier cars are less likely to be pushed around in a crash. The Leaf runs solely on battery power and has a range of around 100 miles. The Volt can go around 40 miles on an elec-

Facebook launches service that offers group coupons By The Associated Press What happens when you cross the world’s largest social network with one of the hottest business models in e-commerce? Facebook wants to find out. Facebook is launching a deals program today in five U.S. cities, following the popularity of Groupon and other services that offer deep discounts — for example: $50 in food at a local eatery for $25. By allowing small businesses to leverage the Internet while helping consumers score great deals, these group-couponing services have become some of the fastest-growing businesses in the world. Facebook now wants a part of that. It hopes to exploit its existing networks of friends and family when it begins testing offers in San Diego, San Francisco, Atlanta, Dallas and Austin, Texas. Many deals sites have a social component. For instance, if you get three friends to buy a LivingSocial voucher, yours is

free. Groupon’s offers become valid only after a certain number of people buy them. But the deals are circulated to users through e-mail, and the community aspect is secondary. Facebook is hoping to change that. “We’re building a product that is social from the ground up,” says Emily White, director of local for Facebook. “All of these deals are things you want to do with friends, so no teeth whitening, but yes to river rafting.” Starting today, when Facebook users in the five test markets log in to the site, they will see a deals insignia at the bottom of the page. Clicking on it brings up a list of offers. A user can buy one, click the “like” button to recommend it to others or share the offer with friends through Facebook’s private messaging system. When users purchase or “like” a deal, it shows up in their friends’ news feed. “The discovery of the product can happen in lots of different places,” White said.

tric charge before a small gas engine kicks in. The institute said it was the first time it has tested roadworthy plug-in cars. Two golf cart-like electric vehicles, the Gem e2 and Wheego Whip, were tested for research purposes but performed poorly in side-impact tests, the group said. But those cars run at very low speeds and aren’t required to meet federal safety standards. The federal government hasn’t yet released crash-test results for the Volt and Leaf. “What powers the wheels is different, but the level of safety for the Volt and Leaf is as high as any of our other top crash test performers,” said Joe Nolan, the institute’s chief administrative officer. The institute, which is funded by insurance companies, buys the cars it tests directly from dealers.

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Flood

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Continued from Page A1. west is a contributor to flooding on the Lower Mississippi River, as it has been during high water in Vicksburg in three of the last four years, said Marty Pope, senior service hydrologist with the National Weather Service in Jackson. “It’s just getting downriver now, north of St. Louis,” Pope said. Two to 5 inches of rain are forecast over parts of southern Arkansas and western Tennessee through Wednesday, adding to a “prolonged event” through current crest dates for river recording stations in Mississippi, Pope said. About 10 inches of rain in southern Missouri have swollen the Black River and have the Army Corps of Engineers considering breaching a levee on the Black River to reduce water flowing to the Mississippi. Crews with the Vicksburg

Mississippi River Today’s stage: 39.6 24-hour change: +0.4 Crest predicted for May 18: 53.5 feet Flood stage: 43 feet

By the numbers Peak water stages during recent and benchmark years when the Mississippi River neared or topped flood stage of 43 feet at Vicksburg: Sewer Department closed drain valves at eight sites along the city’s flood wall by midday Monday, the second time this spring they’ve been closed. Logs used as barricades in past floods at various points will be employed to hold the wall when crest predictions approach 45.2 feet, department supervi-

• March 31, 2011 . . . . 43.3 • May 26, 2010 . . . . . . 42.8 • May 27, 2009 . . . . . . 47.5 • April 19, 2008 . . . . . 50.9 • Jan. 31, 2005 . . . . . . 44.5 • May 29, 2003 . . . . . . 43.0 • June 3, 2002 . . . . . . 45.4 • May 14, 1998 . . . . . . 43.6 • March 22, 1997 . . . . 49.1 • May 27, 1983 . . . . . . 49.3 • May 13, 1973 . . . . . . 51.6 • Feb. 21, 1937 . . . . . . 53.2 • June 6, 1929 . . . . . . 52.8 • May 4, 1927 . . . . . . 56.2 • April 28, 1922 . . . . . 52.5 sor Willie McCroy said. Lowlying Chickasaw, Ziegler and Laney Camp roads are expected to be overtaken by the first signs of high water and will be closed by week’s end, Warren County Road Manager Richard Winans said. No roads in the city have been closed. Jackson Lane,

in Kings, usually becomes impassible when stages hit the 43-foot local flood stage. Restrictions issued Monday by the U.S. Coast Guard limit transit through river bridges in Vicksburg, Greenville and Memphis to daylight hours, unless tows are less than 110 feet wide and are pushed with a 280-horsepower vessel. No size- or timerelated limits were placed on northbound tows, but they must maintain at least 3 mph for two miles leading up to the Vicksburg and Memphis bridges, or either be assisted upriver or drop barges from the tow to meet the speed. Four barge strikes to bridge support piers were reported on the Lower Mississippi between March 20 and March 30, two in Vicksburg. The second hit, on March 23, involved a 30-barge tow that broke apart after slamming both bridges. One barge was

lodged below Interstate 20 for 22 days before crews contracted by the Coast Guard lifted it from the water and hauled it to the Port of Vicksburg. Gates at the Steele Bayou Control Structure on Mississippi 465 north of Vicksburg were closed Monday, said Wayland Hill, civil engineering technician with Army Corps Water Control Division in Vicksburg. The land side water level was at 87.1 feet this morning, up twotenths, and the river side was at 87.3 feet, up four-tenths. The gates remain closed until the river side stage is lower than the level in the 4,093-square-mile Yazoo Backwater Area. Crests are expected Wednesday on the land side near 91 feet and 103 feet on the river side around May 18. Low-lying crops go under at about 86 feet.

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A large tree narrowly missed a home at 306 McAuley Drive this morning. reportedly sparked on Dabney Avenue near Oak Street, and city power outages included commercial and residential areas around Clay Street and Mission 66, said city emergency management director Anna Booth. The National Weather Service was forecasting a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight with

winds from the south from 15 to 25 mph. From a high near 87 today, tonight’s low will be around 70 degrees. Significant amounts of rainfall were not expected. Showers and thunderstorms are likely to continue Wednesday, the NWS forecasted, with a south wind 20 to 25 mph and a 60 percent chance of rain. The high will

be near 84, with a low around 51. The weather will clear Wednesday night into Thursday, which is forecast to be sunny, with a high near 75 and north northwest wind between 5 and 10 mph. Regionally, Alabama faces the thread of supercell thunderstorms capable of spawning long-lasting tornadoes.

National Weather Service forecasters say the threat of tornadoes will be greatest on Wednesday, although storms today also hold the potential for twisters. Severe storms that began early last week have hammered a swath of the nation’s midsection without letup. Again Monday, powerful storms ravaged Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Texas, Tennessee and other states. Authorities said at least seven people were killed in Arkansas — three of them when floodwaters swept two vehicles off roadways and four when a likely twister tore through the small town of Vilonia. The storm system was expected to move into Illinois and Wisconsin today, said Greg Carbin, a meteorologist with the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla. At the same time, a second storm system will start along the same path, meaning several more days of rain. That system will continue east through Thursday, he said. Governors in both Arkansas and Kentucky declared states of emergency. In Kentucky, historic flooding is expected over the next few days, partly because of a double-whammy — both the Ohio and Mississippi rivers significantly above flood stage. Several dozen residents were evacuated near the confluence of the rivers at Cairo, Ill.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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James Y. Perkins PORT GIBSON — James Y. Perkins died Tuesday, April 19, 2011, at Patient’s Choice Hospital in Port Gibson. He was 80. Mr. Perkins was preceded in death by his wife, Myrtle Perkins; his parents, J.C. Armstead and Nannie L. Jones; his stepmother, Annie Armstead; his foster parents, Jack and Mattie Perkins; a son, Frank Perkins; a brother, Frank Jones; and two sisters, Nettie Mae Kirkman and Ella Mae Boddie. He is survived by four sons, Gregory Yarbrough of Waukegan, Ill., Craig Perkins of North Chicago, Marvin Yarbrough of Kansas City, Mo., and James Perkins Jr. of Las Vegas; three daughters, Denise Perez and Nannette Glass, both of Waukegan, and Veda Perkins of Oakland, Calif.; four stepchildren, Johnie Barnes of Lathrop, Calif., Delores Gross of Oakland, Cynthia Harding of Richmond, Calif., and Lorene Carmichael of Stockton, Calif.; 18 grandchildren;

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Breezy tonight, mostly cloudy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, lows in the lower 70s; breezy Wednesday, showers and thunderstorms likely, highs in the mid-80s

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

LOCAL FORECAST WEdnesday-Thursday Partly cloudy Wednesday night, chance of showers, lows in the lower 50s; sunny Thursday, highs in the mid-70s

STATE FORECAST

Continued from Page A1. 80, Mississippi 27, Sherman Avenue, McAuley Drive and Lee, Oak Ridge, Tiffintown and Porters Chapel roads. Trash cans blew over and debris, branches and leaves littered Drummond and other city streets in the aftermath of winds that gusted to 50 mph. “Between 4 and 8 a.m., our deputies responded to 38 calls about trees down and blocking all or part of a road,” said Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace. Entergy spokesman Don Arnold said 3,000 customers were without power. Four utility poles were down in the Halls Ferry-Lee Road area, Arnold said. Work crews were being pulled in from other areas, but it was expected to be early evening before power is restored to all customers, he said. No injuries or structural damage were reported, said Pace. The most significant traffic backups resulting from downed trees and poles were on Lee Road, where a fallen tree took out power lines and two poles, and on Sherman Avenue. A driver on Glass Road struck a tree but was not injured, he said. Other reports of trees and power poles down came in from Gowall, Grange Hall, Jeffers Hollow, Warriors Trail, Birdsong, Cain Ridge and Halls Ferry roads; Woodstock, Laredo and Chapel Hills at Lakewood drives; Grammar Street; and Lovers Lane. A downed power line

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21 great-grandchildren; and nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends, including Clara McGriggs of Port Gibson. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Luke Christian Church in Pattison with the Rev. Jeremiah Lutch officiating. Burial will follow at Good Hope Baptist Church Cemetery in Florence, Ala. Visitation will be from 1 until 6 today with family hour from 6 until 7 p.m. at Thompson Funeral Home of Port Gibson and Wednesday at the church from 10 a.m. until the service.

Gloria J. Rankin Gloria J. Rankin died Sunday, April 24, 2011, at her home. She was 67. Lakeview Memorial Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.

Inez Reeder Wright Mrs. Inez “Polly” Reeder Wright died Sunday, April 24, 2011, at the Olive Branch Senior Care Center in Tallulah. She was 90. Born in Memphis, Tenn., Mrs. Wright had been a resident of Vicksburg most of her life. She was the daughter of the late Joseph Reeder and Inez Cross Reeder. Mrs. Wright was a member of

Bowmar Baptist Church. She is survived by a son, Morris C. Wright (Lynn Kleinman Wright) of Clinton; two grandchildren, Terri J. Wright (David Massey) of Oxford and Andrew M. Wright (Elizabeth) of Purvis; great-granddaughter, Caro-

line Wright; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, Clyde M. Wright; a sister; and two brothers. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Cedar Hill Cemetery under

the direction of Riles Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. Wednesday until the service. Pallbearers will be Robert Reeder, Joe Reeder, David Massey, Bob Lowe, Albert Kleinman and Ramie Villere.

TONIGHT

Breezy tonight, mostly cloudy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, lows in the lower 70s

WEdnesday-Thursday Partly cloudy Wednesday night, chance of showers, lows in the lower 50s; sunny Thursday, highs in the mid-70s

Almanac Highs and Lows High/past 24 hours............. 86º Low/past 24 hours............... 70º Average temperature......... 78º Normal this date................... 69º Record low..............40º in 1910 Record high............85º in 1934 Rainfall Recorded at the Vicksburg Water Plant Past 24 hours............ 0.0 inches This month..............2.62 inches Total/year.............. 17.31 inches Normal/month......4.95 inches Normal/year........ 21.64 inches Solunar table Most active times for fish and wildlife Wednesday: A.M. Active............................ 1:34 A.M. Most active................. 7:44 P.M. Active............................. 1:54 P.M. Most active.................. 8:04 Sunrise/sunset Sunset today........................ 7:39 Sunset tomorrow............... 7:40 Sunrise tomorrow.............. 6:21

RIVER DATA Stages Mississippi River at Vicksburg Current: 39.6 | Change: 0.4 Flood: 43 feet Yazoo River at Greenwood Current: 18.5 | Change: -1.5 Flood: 35 feet Yazoo River at Yazoo City Current: 24.3 | Change: 0.1 Flood: 29 feet Yazoo River at Belzoni Current: 20.5 | Change: -1.1 Flood: 34 feet Big Black River at West Current: 18.1 | Change: -1.0 Flood: 12 feet Big Black River at Bovina Current: 26.2 | Change: 1.1 Flood: 28 feet StEELE BAYOU Land....................................87.1 River....................................87.3

MISSISSIPPI RIVER Forecast Cairo, Ill. Wednesday........................... 58.3 Thursday................................ 59.6 Friday....................................... 60.3 Memphis Wednesday........................... 34.7 Thursday................................ 36.6 Friday....................................... 38.5 Greenville Wednesday........................... 46.4 Thursday................................ 47.5 Friday....................................... 48.8 Vicksburg Wednesday........................... 40.2 Thursday................................ 41.0 Friday....................................... 42.1

City Continued from Page A1. $9,701.59 in overtime pay for hours she logged from June 2009 through January 2011. In addition to Walker, the mayor’s staff includes Marie Thompson, the city’s director of intergovernmental policy, and Seyshan Lewis, a Jackson State University student who was hired a month ago in a part-time position at minimum wage. In other business, the board OK’d Monday the purchase of six new patrol cruisers for the Vicksburg Police Department for $125,724 — bringing the police department’s number of cars to 82. Six 2011 Dodge Chargers are being purchased from Howard Wilson ChryslerJeep in Jackson, a state contractor — a purchase allocated in the department’s $6.1 million budget. “We’re very grateful for the six that we are getting,” Vicksburg police Chief Walter Armstrong said, adding he had requested 12 vehicles. “These six cars will not put us where we need to be. New cars need to be purchased every year to maintain a workable fleet.” During the last fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30, the city purchased 16 new police

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

On the agenda Meeting Monday, the Board of Mayor and Aldermen: • Received the following sealed bids: for water treatment plant chemicals and city pool chemicals — Harcros Chemicals Inc. of Vicksburg, seven line items, and Thatcher Chemical of Deland, Fla., seven line items; for gas meters — HD Supply from Jackson, 15 line items. Board took bids under advisement until next board meeting. • Awarded a sealed bid to Cook Tractor Inc. of Vicksburg for the purchase of a tractor/backhoe for Cedar Hill Cemetery for $28,700; and the sale of a 1986 IHC fuel truck to Jim Hankins of Jackson for $12,009. • OK’d City Clerk to advertise sealed bids for sand/gravel/rock and traffic management supplies. • Tabled action to allow City Clerk to advertise sealed proposal request for qualifications for energy performance contract. • OK’d the following budget amendments: transferred $40,879 from federal grants fund into the capital moveable equipment in ambulance capital account for the acquirement of four power stretchers; moved $4,879 from ambulance capital and supplies to administrative services for the city’s match of acquiring the four power stretchers; transferred $340,000 from state grants fund into the airport capital improvement account for the acquirement of a fuel farm; transferred $135,000 from federal grants fund into the airport capital improvement fund for the instillation of an aviation weather system called Automated Weather Observing System; transferred $32,392 from federal grants fund into airport capital im-

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provement fund for the installation of a Precision Approach Path Indicator; transferred $4,500 from federal grants fund into the Preserve America account as a result of donations from Entergy and AT&T to purchase food for the media conference hosted by the City of Vicksburg more than a week ago; and increased the Vicksburg Senior Center’s expense account by $2,100 for the seniors’ trip to New Orleans set for May 19. • OK’d a resolution to prepare and submit an application to the Mississippi Development Authority Disaster Recovery Division under the 2008 Supplemental Disaster Recovery Fund Community Development Block Grant program. The application is seeking $138,250 and it requires no local match. • OK’d an annual contract with Frank May for aircraft fueling and general services for $4,850 per month. May had been contracted on a monthly basis. • OK’d two requests for payment from parks and recreation for adult softball for the following: $525 Amateur Softball Association affiliation fees and $5,460 for ASA insurance. • OK’d a $17,500 allocation to Warren County Soil and Water Conservation District. • OK’d bank letters from Trustmark Bank and BancorpSouth. • OK’d the following account reports: city sexton, privilege license, mayor and treasure, tax collection, delinquent tax collection, accepted tax settlement and detail budget. • OK’d the claims docket. In closed session, the board: • Discussed two potential litigation matters. The board meets next at 10 a.m. Monday at City Hall Annex room 109.

cars. The new vehicles will replace cruisers that have logged more than 100,000

miles, Armstrong said. The replaced vehicles might be used as spare cars,

given to low-ranking officers or be sold at the next city auction.

2003, and his first term was defined by Hurricane Katrina, which left a wide swath of destruction across south Mississippi when it struck in August 2005. He persuaded federal officials to give Mississippi billions of dollars for storm recovery, and he easily won a second term in November 2007. As chairman of the Republican Governors Association from June 2009 through November 2010, Barbour traveled to dozens of states

to campaign for GOP candidates, and it was widely believed he would use that perch to run for president. Barbour, a native of Yazoo City, was political director for the Reagan White House in the mid-1980s, then helped found the Washington lobbying firm Barbour Griffith & Rogers in 1991. The firm’s client list included a range of corporate interests, from Microsoft to tobacco and utility companies. Barbour was RNC chair-

man from 1993 to 1997. In 1994, he helped the GOP take control of both the U.S. House and Senate for the first time in 40 years. While building his political and lobbying career, Barbour split his time between Mississippi and Washington. His wife, Marsha, remained in Yazoo City to raise their two sons, who are now grown.

Barbour Continued from Page A1. of my pursuing the race. Some have dedicated virtually full time to setting up preliminary organizations in critical, early states and to helping plan what has been several months of intensive activity. “I greatly appreciate each and every one of them and all their outstanding efforts. If I have disappointed any of them in this decision, I sincerely regret it,” he added. Barbour was first elected Mississippi governor in

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South Panola knocks out Gators

Grizzly attack Memphis blows out San Antonio 104-86 to take a commanding 3-1 lead over the Spurs. NBA roundup/B3

By Ernest Bowker ebowker@vicksburgpost.com

Schedule

PREP BASEBALL PCA at Heidelberg Thursday, 4 p.m.

WC at Madison Central Friday, 7 p.m.

PREP SOFTBALL

WC at Madison Central Friday, 5:30 p.m. VHS hosts NW Rankin Friday, 5:30 p.m.

On TV 7 p.m. TNT - The Indiana Pacers square off with the Chicago Bulls in the early game, but the main event is Chris Paul and the New Orleans Hornets, who aim to keep up the pressure on a hobbling Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers in the late contest, a pivotal Game 5. The Hornets-Lakers series is tied 2-2.

Who’s hot LAMAR ANTHONY

Vicksburg outfielder went 3-for-3 with seven RBIs and two home runs, one a grand slam, in a Game 3 loss to South Panola on Monday.

Sidelines Judge lifts NFL lockout

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The NFL is a long way from playing football again — even if players are welcomed back to work with no lockout to stop them. U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson granted the players’ request for an injunction to lift the lockout on Monday, ending the NFL’s work stoppage in its 45th day but prompting an immediate notice from the league that it will appeal. And players? They were told to show up ready for work — or workouts — on Tuesday. Carolina Panthers kicker John Kasay was holding a sheet of paper when he arrived at Bank of America Stadium on Tuesday morning. Kasay, who served as the team’s union player representative before decertification on March 11, spent about 10 minutes inside the facility.

LOTTERY Pick 3: 4-7-2 Pick 4: 6-3-1-7 Weekly results: B2

David Jackson•The Vicksburg Post

Porters Chapel courtesy runner Jake Boyd dives to home plate, but is tagged out by Heidelberg Academy catcher Walter Davis during Monday’s game at Pierce Field. PCA won 7-4.

McDaniel lifts Eagles to win PCA beats Heidelberg Academy in opener of second-round series By Steve Wilson swilson@vicksburgpost.com

When Porters Chapel needs a big performance, the Eagles look to their senior ace on the hill. And as he has done so many times in the past four years, Montana McDaniel came through again. McDaniel threw a complete-game, 121-pitch outing — striking out 11 — to pace PCA to a 7-4 win over Heidelberg Academy in Game 1 of a best-of-three MAIS Class A second round playoff series. He scattered four runs and four hits in a gutty performance. “We threw a very good game,” PCA coach Jerry Bourne said. “He had a stretch where he had some control issues, but he took care of those. We made some errors behind him and that’s high school baseball. He stepped up when he had to.” The bats gave McDaniel some needed support. But no swing was bigger than Jonah Masterson’s in the fifth, with the game tied at 3. Montana McDaniel and Matthew Warren led off the frame for PCA (19-6) with back-to-back doubles to put runners on second and third. After Kawayne Gaston was

Porters Chapel pitcher Montana McDaniel prepares to throw to first base. thrown out on a controversial play at first for the first out and Cameron Upton walked, next batter Masterson’s bunt attempt with one strike trickled just foul, taking the squeeze play out of the equation. He fouled off a couple of pitches and then

finally got the fastball he was looking for from Heidelberg pitcher Cory Kitchen, blasting it into the outfield to hang two big runs on the board and ignite a rally. “That was a huge at-bat in this game,” Bourne said. “I won’t say it put the game out

of reach, because it’s never out of reach, but it really stuck in the dagger and gave Montana some runs to work with.” The next batter, Sam Staggs, plucked another piece of high-hanging fruit, sending a line shot to the wall to drive in a pair and give PCA a 7-3 advantage. Staggs finished the game with two hits and three RBIs to pace PCA’s offense. Game 2 will be Thursday in Heidelberg at 4 p.m., with Game 3 following immediately afterwards if necessary. The Rebels (20-3) were forced to use three pitchers in the contest and didn’t even throw ace Tyler Jones, who will get the start in Game 2. “I think we can handle them,” Masterson said. “I think we’re playing more as a team than we were during the season and we’re hitting the ball well.” In the first, the Rebels dented the scoreboard after a throwing error by McDaniel put Hunter Walters on. He stole second, advanced to third on a curveball in the dirt and took home on a controversial balk call. But McDaniel recovered with a strikeout and induced a See PCA, Page B3.

MADISON — It was, quite simply, an epic. It was the type of game in which wills are tested, unforgettable memories made and dreams shattered. Where Herculean efforts are forgotten in the blink of an eye, because of deeds decided by a matter of inches. Where someone rises and shouts for joy, and someone else stares blankly into space and wonders how the world can be so cruel. Where a player like Bobby Epps, down to his last strike and millimeters away from taking it, can reach out and hit a ball that lands an inch inside the right field line, bringing his South Panola teammates storming out of the dugout in celebration and their opponents from Vicksburg crumbling to the ground in despair and disgust. Epps’ single in the bottom of the seventh inning finished off a comeback for the ages Monday night, and wrote a worthy final chapter to an incredible game. It was the last piece of a six-run rally by South Panola in the final inning that sent it home with a 14-13 victory in the decisive Game 3 of its first-round Class 6A playoff series with Vicksburg. “Hats off to our guys for extending the season and giving ourselves a chance. But these kinds of losses will haunt you the rest of your life,” Vicksburg coach Cody Zumbro said. South Panola advanced to the second round to face Horn Lake beginning Friday, while Vicksburg began a long offseason of wondering how this series got away. The Gators won Game 2 See VHS, Page B3.

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Brunetti cleared to play for Rebels By David Brandt The Associated Press The NCAA has cleared Barry Brunetti to play football immediately at Ole Miss, giving the Rebels three scholarship quarterbacks for the upcoming season. Brunetti, a transfer from West Virginia who is from Memphis, came to Ole Miss in part because of his ailing mother. The NCAA usually requires transfers to sit out one season but can grant a waiver if there is a family hardship. Ole Miss is about 75 miles from Memphis. Brunetti said he spent Easter weekend in Memphis with his mother, who was injured in a car wreck in 2002 and has suffered declining health ever since. The two discussed the NCAA waiver, and mom’s advice was simple

— stay positive. On Monday morning, he received an e-mail from the Ole Miss compliance office requesting he call. “I was hoping and praying it was good news,” Brunetti said. “It was.” Brunetti, a 6-foot, 213-pound sophomore, is one of three quarterbacks — along with Randall Mackey and Zack Stoudt — competing for the starting job. He threw for 211 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions in the Rebels’ spring game on April 16. Brunetti is the only quarterback on the roster who has played at the Football Bowl Subdivision level, though that experience was brief. He completed 4-of-9 passes for six yards in four games as the Mountaineers’ backup in the fall.

rogelio solis•The associated press

Ole Miss quarterback Barry Brunetti is knocked out of bounds by safety Joshua Shipp during the Grove Bowl on April 16. The NCAA has cleared Brunetti to play football immediately at Ole Miss, giving the Rebels three scholarship quarterbacks for the upcoming season. Mackey, a 5-foot-11, 195pound junior, redshirted last season after transferring from East Mississippi Community College. Stoudt, a 6-foot-4, 222-pound junior, arrived on campus in January after transferring from

Iowa Western Community College. The team’s most experienced quarterback, junior Nathan Stanley, left the school earlier this month after falling to fourth on the Rebels’ depth chart.

Brunetti said the looming NCAA decision was stressful, and might have affected his play during the spring. Now with eligibility in hand, he said there would be “no excuses.”

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 6 p.m. MLB - Chicago White Sox at New York Yankees 7 p.m. WGN - Colorado at Chicago Cubs 9 p.m. MLB - Atlanta at San Diego COLLEGE BASEBALL 6 p.m. FSN - Louisville at Kentucky NBA PLAYOFFS 6:30 p.m. NBA - Atlanta at Orlando, Game 5 7 p.m. TNT - Indiana at Chicago, Game 5 9:30 p.m. TNT - New Orleans at Los Angeles Lakers, Game 5 NHL PLAYOFFS 6:30 p.m. Versus - Buffalo at Philadelphia, Game 7 9 p.m. Versus - Chicago at Vancouver, Game 7

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from staff & AP reports

Prep tennis Warren Central falls in playoffs Northwest Rankin won five of the seven matches to beat Warren Central in a first round Class 6A team tennis playoff match Monday at Halls Ferry Tennis Courts. The loss ends the Vikings season at 11-3. Northwest advanced to the 6A quarterfinals. Warren Central got a straight sets win in No. 1 boys doubles as Marcus Renner and Jalen Daghler won 6-0, 6-4. The other point came from Lauren Pratt in girls singles, where she outlasted Northwest’s Isis Dawson 4-6, 6-2 (10-8). Northwest got wins in boys singles and No. 2 boys doubles to even the match. WC’s mixed doubles pair of Darin Bhitka and Shelby Claire Liddell split sets against NWR’s Brittany DeCamp and Calder Cleary but lost the tiebreaker 10-7 to put the Cougars ahead 3-2. Northwest then got a straight sets win in both girls doubles matches to gain the 5-2 final. WC’s Kaylee Kilgo and Elizabeth Wooten put up a battle in No. 1 girls doubles but fell to NWR’s Kelsey Shultz and Jennifer Smith 7-6, 6-4. In No. 2 doubles, NWR’s Jamie Douglas and Harley Butler beat WC’s Katie Humphries and Rachel Rhett 6-0, 6-3.

College Golf Chase Smith makes All-Gulf South team Delta State and former St. Aloysius golfer Chase Smith was named to the All-Gulf South Conference first team on Monday. Smith was named second team all-conference in 2008 and 2010.

College Football NCAA slams Jim Tressell COLUMBUS, Ohio — In a sharply worded rebuke of Ohio State’s Jim Tressel, the NCAA accused the 10-year coach of withholding information and lying to keep Buckeyes players on the field who had accepted improper benefits from the owner of a tattoo parlor. In a “notice of allegations” sent to the school, the NCAA said Monday the violations relating to the coach are considered “potential major violations.” Ohio State was not cited for the most serious of institutional breaches since Tressel hid information from his superiors for more than nine months.

flashback

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS April 26 1905 — Jack McCarthy of the Cubs becomes the only outfielder in major league history to throw out three runners at the plate, each of whom become the second out of a double play, in a 2-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. 2005 — Alex Rodriguez hits three home runs and drives in a careerhigh 10 runs to lead the New York Yankees over the Los Angeles Angels 12-4. 2008 — Michigan tackle Jake Long is selected by the Miami Dolphins with the top pick in the NFL draft. St. Louis selects Chris Long of Virginia second. 2009 — French swimmer Frederick Bousquet sets a world record in the 50-meter freestyle, becoming the first person to break the 21-second barrier. Bousquet breaks the record at the French championships finishing in 20.94 seconds.

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SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE East

American League

All Games W L Florida............................31 10 South Carolina..............31 8 Vanderbilt......................35 5 Georgia..........................21 20 Tennessee.....................22 17 Kentucky........................19 22

SEC W 14 14 14 11 5 4

East Division

L 4 4 4 7 13 14

West

All Games SEC W L W Arkansas........................28 11 9 Auburn...........................22 17 9 Ole Miss.......................24 17 9 Alabama........................25 18 8 Mississippi St..............24 16 7 LSU................................24 17 4 Monday’s Games No games scheduled Today’s Games Alabama at Southern Miss, 6 p.m. Samford at Auburn, 6 p.m. Vanderbilt at Western Kentucky, 6 p.m. Georgia vs. Georgia Tech, at Atlanta, 6 p.m. Louisville at Kentucky, 6 p.m. Middle Tennessee at Tennessee, 6 p.m. Nicholls St. at LSU, 6:30 p.m. Saint Louis at Arkansas, 6:35 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Texas Southern at Auburn, 6 p.m. Tennessee at Tennessee Tech, 6 p.m. Ark.-Pine Bluff at Ole Miss, 6:30 p.m.

L 9 9 9 10 11 14

CONFERENCE USA

All Games C-USA W L W L Southern Miss.............30 9 9 3 Rice...............................28 16 9 6 Memphis........................24 17 7 5 Houston.........................20 21 7 5 East Carolina.................27 13 8 7 UAB...............................23 17 8 7 UCF...............................26 15 6 9 Tulane............................23 17 4 8 Marshall.........................15 23 2 10 Monday’s Games No games scheduled Today’s Games Morehead St. at Marshall, 2 p.m. Houston at Stephen F. Austin, 3 p.m. East Carolina at Old Dominion, 5 p.m. Alabama at Southern Miss, 6 p.m. Troy at UAB, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday’s Games North Carolina at East Carolina, 5 p.m. Jackson St. at Tulane, 6 p.m. Memphis at Austin Peay, 6 p.m. Houston at Lamar, 6:30 p.m.

——— Mississippi schedule

Monday’s Games No games scheduled Today’s Games Delta St. at Mississippi Valley St., 4 p.m. Alabama at Southern Miss, 6 p.m. Tougaloo at Mississippi College, 6 p.m. Alcorn St. at Southern University, 6 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Jackson St. at Tulane, 6 p.m. Central Arkansas at Miss. Valley St., 6 p.m. Ark.-Pine Bluff at Ole Miss, 6:30 p.m.

——— Baseball America Top 25

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The top 25 teams in the Baseball America poll with records through April 24 and previous ranking (voting by the staff of Baseball America): Record Pvs 1. Virginia...............................40-4..........................1 2. South Carolina...................31-8..........................2 3. Oregon St..........................29-8..........................3 4. Vanderbilt...........................35-5..........................4 5. Florida..............................31-10..........................5 6. Texas A&M......................29-11..........................6 7. Texas...............................30-10..........................7 8. Arizona St..........................28-9..........................9 9. Florida St.........................31-10........................10 10. Cal St. Fullerton.............28-11..........................8 11. TCU................................29-11........................11 12. Georgia Tech.................30-11........................13 13. Fresno St.........................28-7........................12 14. Oklahoma.......................29-11........................17 15. Southern Miss................30-9........................19 16. Miami..............................27-13........................25 17. Stetson.............................31-9........................18 18. North Carolina................32-10........................14 19. Oklahoma St..................28-12........................16 20. California........................24-12........................15 21. Stanford..........................19-13........................— 22. Troy................................30-10........................— 23. Connecticut....................26-12........................— 24. UCLA..............................21-14........................20 25. Rice................................28-16........................22

Collegiate Baseball Poll

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The Collegiate Baseball poll with records through April 24, points and previous rank. Voting is done by coaches, sports writers and sports information directors: Record Pts Pvs 1. Virginia...................................40-4 496 1 2. South Carolina.......................31-8 494 2 3. Vanderbilt...............................35-5 493 3 4. Texas....................................30-10 490 4 5. Florida...................................31-10 488 6 6. Oregon St..............................29-8 486 7 7. TCU.......................................29-11 484 10 8. Texas A&M...........................29-11 483 8 9. Georgia Tech........................30-11 481 9 10. Arizona St............................28-9 480 12 11. Cal St. Fullerton..................28-11 477 5 12. Florida St............................31-10 474 18 13. UCLA...................................21-14 468 11 14. Miami...................................27-13 465 20 15. Oklahoma............................29-11 463 16 16. Fresno St.............................28-7 460 13 17. North Carolina.....................32-10 458 14 18. Connecticut....................... 26-12-1 455 26 19. Southern Miss....................30-9 450 22 20. UC Irvine.............................26-10 448 24 21. Oklahoma St.......................28-12 447 15 22. Arkansas.............................28-11 445 17 23. Stetson.................................31-9 444 21 24. California.............................24-12 442 19 25. Clemson..............................25-14 439 —

prep baseball VICKSBURG 7, SOUTH PANOLA 0

Vicksburg.................................000 300 4 — 7 8 1 South Panola...........................000 000 0 — 0 1 2 WP-Clyde Kendrick. LP-Lee Self. HR-Kendrick (V). 2B-Taylor Brocato (V). Multiple hits-Brocato (V) 3, Kendrick (V) 2.

SOUTH PANOLA 14, VICKSBURG 13

Vicksburg.........................035 004 1 — 13 11 3 South Panola...................001 340 6 — 14 10 1 WP-Taylor Meek. LP-Clyde Kendrick. HR-Lamar Anthony (V) 2, Chris Townsend (SP). 2B-Cameron Cooksey (V), Mitchel Babb (SP). Multiple hits-Anthony (V) 3, Jonathan Clay (V) 3, Bobby Epps (SP) 3, Cody Waddell (V) 2, Townsend (SP) 2, Lee Self (SP) 2. Note: South Panola wins best-of-three series 2-1.

PCA 7, HEIDELBERG ACADEMY 4

Heidelberg................................101 1001 – 4 4 2 Porters Chapel.........................020 140X – 7 8 3 WP- Montana McDaniel. LP- Cory Kitchen 2B- Jeff Hearn (PCA), Montana McDaniel (PCA), Matthew Warren (PCA), Jonah Masterson (PCA). Multiple hits – Walter Davis (HA) 2. Sam Staggs (PCA) 2. Note: PCA leads the best-of-three series 1-0.

W New York.......................12 Tampa Bay....................11 Boston...........................10 Toronto..........................10 Baltimore.......................8

L 7 11 11 12 12

Central Division

W Cleveland.......................13 Detroit............................12 Kansas City...................12 Minnesota......................9 Chicago.........................9

L 8 10 10 12 14

West Division

W Texas.............................14 Los Angeles..................13 Oakland.........................11 Seattle...........................8

L 8 10 12 15

Pct .632 .500 .476 .455 .400

GB — 2 1/2 3 3 1/2 4 1/2

Pct .619 .545 .545 .429 .391

GB — 1 1/2 1 1/2 4 5

Pct .636 .565 .478 .348

GB — 1 1/2 3 1/2 6 1/2

Monday’s Games Chicago White Sox 2, N.Y. Yankees 0 Toronto 6, Texas 4 L.A. Angels 5, Oakland 0 Today’s Games Boston (C.Buchholz 1-2) at Baltimore (Britton 3-1), 6:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Floyd 2-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Nova 1-2), 6:05 p.m. Kansas City (Hochevar 2-2) at Cleveland (Masterson 4-0), 6:05 p.m. Seattle (F.Hernandez 2-2) at Detroit (Coke 1-3), 6:05 p.m. Toronto (Litsch 1-1) at Texas (Harrison 3-1), 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (W.Davis 2-2) at Minnesota (Liriano 1-3), 7:10 p.m. Oakland (McCarthy 1-1) at L.A. Angels (Chatwood 1-1), 10:05 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Boston (Beckett 2-1) at Baltimore (Guthrie 1-3), 6:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 1-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Colon 1-1), 6:05 p.m. Kansas City (Francis 0-2) at Cleveland (Tomlin 3-0), 6:05 p.m. Oakland (T.Ross 1-2) at L.A. Angels (Haren 4-1), 6:05 p.m. Seattle (Bedard 0-4) at Detroit (Verlander 2-2), 6:05 p.m. Toronto (Jo-.Reyes 0-2) at Texas (Holland 3-1), 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Niemann 0-3) at Minnesota (Blackburn 1-3), 7:10 p.m.

National League East Division

W Philadelphia...................15 Florida............................14 Washington....................10 Atlanta...........................11 New York.......................9

L 7 7 11 13 13

Central Division

W St. Louis........................12 Cincinnati.......................12 Milwaukee......................11 Chicago.........................10 Pittsburgh......................10 Houston.........................8

L 10 11 11 12 12 14

West Division

W Colorado........................15 Los Angeles..................12 San Francisco...............10 Arizona..........................9 San Diego.....................9

L 7 12 11 12 14

Pct .682 .667 .476 .458 .409

GB — 1/2 4 1/2 5 6

Pct .545 .522 .500 .455 .455 .364

GB — 1/2 1 2 2 4

Pct .682 .500 .476 .429 .391

GB — 4 4 1/2 5 1/2 6 1/2

Monday’s Games Pittsburgh 4, Washington 2 Florida 5, L.A. Dodgers 4 Colorado 5, Chicago Cubs 3 Cincinnati 9, Milwaukee 5 Arizona 4, Philadelphia 0 San Diego 5, Atlanta 3, 13 innings Today’s Games N.Y. Mets (C.Young 1-0) at Washington (Zimmermann 1-3), 6:05 p.m. San Francisco (Cain 2-1) at Pittsburgh (Morton 2-1), 6:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 2-2) at Florida (Volstad 1-1), 6:10 p.m. Colorado (De La Rosa 3-0) at Chicago Cubs (J.Russell 1-2), 7:05 p.m. St. Louis (J.Garcia 3-0) at Houston (Norris 1-1), 7:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Leake 3-0) at Milwaukee (Estrada 1-0), 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Oswalt 3-0) at Arizona (D.Hudson 0-4), 9:40 p.m. Atlanta (Jurrjens 1-0) at San Diego (Harang 4-0), 10:05 p.m. Wednesday’s Games L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 2-1) at Florida (Ani.Sanchez 1-1), 11:10 a.m. Cincinnati (LeCure 0-1) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 2-1), 12:10 p.m. Colorado (Chacin 3-1) at Chicago Cubs (C.Coleman 1-1), 1:20 p.m. Atlanta (Hanson 2-3) at San Diego (Latos 0-3), 2:35 p.m. Philadelphia (Hamels 2-1) at Arizona (J.Saunders 0-2), 2:40 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Dickey 1-3) at Washington (Gorzelanny 0-2), 6:05 p.m. San Francisco (Bumgarner 0-3) at Pittsburgh (Ja. McDonald 0-2), 6:05 p.m. St. Louis (Lohse 3-1) at Houston (Happ 1-3), 7:05 p.m.

PADRES 5, BRAVES 3, 13 innings

Atlanta San Diego ab r h bi ab r h bi Prado lf 6 0 0 0 Maybin cf 4 1 0 0 Heywrd rf 5 1 1 1 Bartlett ss 5 0 1 0 C.Jones 3b 5 0 1 0 Headly 3b 6 0 0 0 Hicks pr-3b 0 0 0 0 Hundly c 5 1 1 1 McCnn c 5 0 0 0 Ludwck lf 6 2 2 3 Uggla 2b 5 0 1 0 OHudsn 2b 4 1 1 0 Fremn 1b 5 1 1 0 Hawpe 1b 5 0 2 0 AlGnzlz ss 5 1 2 1 Luebke p 0 0 0 0 McLoth cf 5 0 1 0 Venale rf 2 0 0 1 D.Lowe p 2 0 1 1 Denorfi ph-rf 2 0 0 0 OFlhrt p 0 0 0 0 Mosely p 2 0 0 0 Linernk p 0 0 0 0 EPtrsn ph 1 0 0 0 Hinske ph 1 0 0 0 Qualls p 0 0 0 0 Venters p 0 0 0 0 Adams p 0 0 0 0 Gearrin p 0 0 0 0 H.Bell p 0 0 0 0 Conrad ph 1 0 0 0 Cantu ph 1 0 0 0 CMrtnz p 1 0 0 0 Grgrsn p 0 0 0 0 Frieri p 0 0 0 0 AlGnzlz 1b 1 0 0 0 Totals 46 3 8 3 Totals 44 5 7 5 Atlanta....................100 020 000 000 0 — 3 San Diego...............011 000 100 000 2 — 5 One out when winning run scored. E—C.Jones (2), Venters (1). DP—Atlanta 1, San

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Diego 1. LOB—Atlanta 4, San Diego 8. 2B—C. Jones (7), Freeman (5), Hundley (4), Hawpe (2). HR—Heyward (6), Ludwick 2 (4). SB—O.Hudson (8). S—Bartlett. IP H R ER BB SO Atlanta D.Lowe 6 5 2 2 3 8 O’Flaherty H,3 2-3 0 1 1 1 1 Linebrink BS,1-1 1-3 1 0 0 0 0 Venters 1 0 0 0 0 1 Gearrin 2 0 0 0 0 2 C.Martinez L,0-2 2 1-3 1 2 2 1 0 San Diego Moseley 6 4 3 3 0 2 Qualls 1 0 0 0 0 0 Adams 1 0 0 0 0 2 H.Bell 1 0 0 0 0 1 Gregerson 1 1 0 0 0 1 Frieri 1 0 0 0 0 2 Luebke W,1-1 2 3 0 0 0 2 Umpires—Home, Brian Gorman; First, Larry Vanover; Second, Tony Randazzo; Third, Dan Bellino.

Buffalo 3, Philadelphia 3 April 14: Buffalo 1, Philadelphia 0 April 16: Philadelphia 5, Buffalo 4 April 18: Philadelphia 4, Buffalo 2 April 20: Buffalo 1, Philadelphia 0 April 22: Buffalo 4, Philadelphia 3, OT April 24: Philadelphia 5, Buffalo 4, OT Today: Buffalo at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m. Boston 3, Montreal 2 April 14: Montreal 2, Boston 0 April 16: Montreal 3, Boston 1 April 18: Boston 4, Montreal 2 April 21: Boston 5, Montreal 4, OT April 23: Boston 2, Montreal 1, 2OT Today: Boston at Montreal, 6 p.m. x-Wednesday: Montreal at Boston TBA Washington 4, New York Rangers 1 April 13: Washington 2, N.Y. Rangers 1, OT April 15: Washington 2, N.Y. Rangers 0 April 17: N.Y. Rangers 3, Washington 2 April 20: Washington 4, N.Y. Rangers 3, 2OT April 23: Washington 3, N.Y. Rangers 1

minor league baseball

San Jose 4, Los Angeles 2 April 14: San Jose 3, Los Angeles 2, OT April 16: Los Angeles 4, San Jose 0 April 19: San Jose 6, Los Angeles 5, OT April 21: San Jose 6, Los Angeles 3 Saturday: Los Angeles 3, San Jose 1 Monday: San Jose 4, Los Angeles 3, OT, San Jose wins series 4-2 Vancouver 3, Chicago 3 April 13: Vancouver 2, Chicago 0 April 15: Vancouver 4, Chicago 3 April 17: Vancouver 3, Chicago 2 April 19: Chicago 7, Vancouver 2 April 21: Chicago 5, Vancouver 0 April 24: Chicago 4, Vancouver 3, OT Today: Chicago at Vancouver, 9 p.m. Detroit 4, Phoenix 0 April 13: Detroit 4, Phoenix 2 April 16: Detroit 4, Phoenix 3 April 18: Detroit 4, Phoenix 2 April 20: Detroit 6, Phoenix 3 Nashville 4, Anaheim 2 April 13: Nashville 4, Anaheim 1 April 15: Anaheim 5, Nashville 3 April 17: Nashville 4, Anaheim 3 April 20: Anaheim 6, Nashville 3 April 22: Nashville 4, Anaheim 3, OT Sunday: Nashville 4, Anaheim 2

Southern League North Division

W Huntsville (Brewers)......12 Tennessee (Cubs).........12 Chattanooga (Dodgers).10 Jackson (Mariners)........8 Carolina (Reds).............5

L 6 6 8 10 13

South Division

W Mobile (Diamondbacks).12 B-ham (White Sox).......10 Jacksonville (Marlins)....9 Mississippi (Braves)...6 Montgomery (Rays).......6

L 6 8 9 12 12

Pct. .667 .667 .556 .444 .278

GB — — 2 4 7

Pct. .667 .556 .500 .333 .333

GB — 2 3 6 6

Monday’s Games Birmingham 6, Huntsville 2 Jacksonville 8, Tennessee 4 Mobile 7, Jackson 5, 12 innings Montgomery 5, Mississippi 3, 10 innings Carolina 6, Chattanooga 4 Today’s Games Birmingham at Huntsville, 6:43 p.m. Tennessee at Jacksonville, 6:05 p.m. Mobile at Jackson, 7:05 p.m. Montgomery at Mississippi, 7:05 p.m. Chattanooga at Carolina, 7:15 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Birmingham at Huntsville, 11:43 a.m. Mobile at Jackson, 12:05 p.m. Montgomery at Mississippi, 12:05 p.m. Tennessee at Jacksonville, 1:05 p.m. Chattanooga at Carolina, 7:15 p.m.

nba NBA Playoffs

FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary)

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Chicago 3, Indiana 1 April 16: Chicago 104, Indiana 99 April 18: Chicago 96, Indiana 90 April 21: Chicago 88, Indiana 84 April 23: Indiana 89, Chicago 84 Today: Indiana at Chicago, 7 p.m. x-Thursday: Chicago at Indiana, 7 p.m. x-Saturday: Indiana at Chicago, TBA Miami 3, Philadelphia 1 April 16: Miami 97, Philadelphia 89 April 18: Miami 94, Philadelphia 73 April 21: Miami 100, Philadelphia 94 April 24: Philadelphia 86, Miami 82 Wednesday: Philadelphia at Miami, 6 or 7 p.m. x-Friday: Miami at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. x-May 1: Philadelphia at Miami, TBA Atlanta 3, Orlando 1 April 16: Atlanta 103, Orlando 93 April 19: Orlando 88, Atlanta 82 April 22: Atlanta 88, Orlando 84 April 24: Atlanta 88, Orlando 85 Today: Atlanta at Orlando, 6:30 p.m. x-Thursday: Orlando at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m. x-April 30: Atlanta at Orlando, TBA Boston 4, New York 0 April 17: Boston 87, New York 85 April 19: Boston 96, New York 93 April 22: Boston 113, New York 96 April 24: Boston 101, New York 89

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Memphis 3, San Antonio 1 April 17: Memphis 101, San Antonio 98 April 20: San Antonio 93, Memphis 87 April 23: Memphis 91, San Antonio 88 Monday: Memphis 104, San Antonio 86, Memphis leads series 3-1 Wednesday: Memphis at San Antonio, TBA x-Friday: San Antonio at Memphis, 7 p.m. x-May 1: Memphis at San Antonio, TBA L.A. Lakers 2, New Orleans 2 April 17: New Orleans 109, L.A. Lakers 100 April 20: L.A. Lakers 87, New Orleans 78 April 22: L.A. Lakers 100, New Orleans 86 April 24: New Orleans 93, L.A. Lakers 88 Today: New Orleans at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m. x-Thursday: L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m. x-Saturday: New Orleans at L.A. Lakers, TBA Dallas 3, Portland 2 April 16: Dallas 89, Portland 81 April 19: Dallas 101, Portland 89 April 21: Portland 97, Dallas 92 April 23: Portland 84, Dallas 82 Monday: Dallas 93, Portland 82, Dallas leads series 3-2 Thursday: Dallas at Portland, 9 p.m. x-Saturday: Portland at Dallas, TBA Oklahoma City 3, Denver 1 April 17: Oklahoma City 107, Denver 103 April 20: Oklahoma City 106, Denver 89 April 23: Oklahoma City 97, Denver 94 Monday: Denver 104, Oklahoma City 101, Oklahoma City leads series 3-1 x-Wednesday: Denver at Oklahoma City, 7 or 8:30 p.m. x-Friday: Oklahoma City at Denver, 9:30 p.m. x-May 1: Denver at Oklahoma City, TBA

nhl NHL Playoffs

FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary)

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Pittsburgh 3, Tampa Bay 3 April 13: Pittsburgh 3, Tampa Bay 0 April 15: Tampa Bay 5, Pittsburgh 1 April 18: Pittsburgh 3, Tampa Bay 2 April 20: Pittsburgh 3, Tampa Bay 2, 2OT April 23: Tampa Bay 8, Pittsburgh 2 Monday: Tampa Bay 4, Pittsburgh 2, series tied 3-3 Wednesday: Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, TBA

WESTERN CONFERENCE

nascar Sprint Cup schedule April 3 — Goody’s Fast Relief 500 (Kevin Harvick) April 9 — Samsung Mobile 500 (Matt Kenseth) April 17 — Aaron’s 499 (Jimmie Johnson) April 30 — Crown Royal Presents The Matthew & Daniel Hansen 400, Richmond, Va. May 7 — Showtime Southern 500, Darlington, S.C. May 15 — Dover 400, Dover, Del. May 21 — x-Sprint All-Star Race, Concord, N.C. May 21 — x-Sprint Showdown, Concord, N.C. May 29 — Coca-Cola 600, Concord, N.C.

Sprint Cup standings 1. Carl Edwards.................................................. 295 2. Jimmie Johnson............................................. 290 3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.......................................... 276 4. Kevin Harvick................................................. 268 5. Kurt Busch..................................................... 267 6. Kyle Busch..................................................... 257 7. Ryan Newman............................................... 253 8. Matt Kenseth.................................................. 252 9. Juan Pablo Montoya...................................... 246 10. Clint Bowyer................................................. 245 11. Paul Menard................................................ 242 12. Tony Stewart................................................ 240 13. Jeff Gordon.................................................. 234 14. Mark Martin.................................................. 226 15. A J Allmendinger......................................... 226 16. Greg Biffle.................................................... 221 17. Denny Hamlin.............................................. 195 18. Kasey Kahne............................................... 194 19. Martin Truex Jr............................................ 192 20. David Ragan................................................ 191 ———

Nationwide Series schedule April 8 — O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 (Carl Edwards) April 16 — Aaron’s 312 (Kyle Busch) April 23 — Nashville 300 (Carl Edwards) April 29 — BUBBA burger 250, Richmond, Va. May 6 — Royal Purple 200, Darlington, S.C. May 14 — 5-hour ENERGY 200, Dover, Del. May 22 — Iowa 250, Newton, Iowa May 28 — Top Gear 300, Concord, N.C.

Nationwide Series standings 1. Justin Allgaier................................................. 264 2. Ricky Stenhouse Jr....................................... 264 3. Jason Leffler.................................................. 262 4. Reed Sorenson.............................................. 260 5. Trevor Bayne................................................. 260 6. Elliott Sadler................................................... 259 7. Aric Almirola................................................... 257 8. Brian Scott..................................................... 228 9. Kenny Wallace............................................... 216 10. Michael Annett............................................. 184

LOTTERY Sunday’s drawing La. Pick 3: No drawing La. Pick 4: No drawing Monday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 4-7-2 La. Pick 4: 6-3-1-7 Tuesday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 4-2-8 La. Pick 4: 0-6-3-8 Wednesday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 6-1-8 La. Pick 4: 6-8-0-8 Easy 5: 3-20-22-29-31 La. Lotto: 2-3-5-13-37-38 Powerball: 9-24-34-36-43 Powerball: 27; Power play: 3 Thursday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 3-6-7 La. Pick 4: 2-4-3-2 Friday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 0-9-8 La. Pick 4: 0-0-9-7 Saturday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 6-2-0 La. Pick 4: 1-8-8-7 Easy 5: 8-9-10-25-26 La. Lotto: 5-13-14-22-28-32 Powerball: 3-11-47-48-58 Powerball: 19; Power play: 3

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

The Vicksburg Post

nba

baseball

Grizzlies stomp Spurs in Game 4

Padres clip Braves in extra innings

By The Associated Press The Memphis Grizzlies are one win away from more franchise history, and Shane Battier is expecting quite a fight from the San Antonio Spurs. The Grizzlies routed the Spurs 104-86 on Monday night and need just one victory to become the second No. 8 seed to knock off the top seed in a best-of-seven series in the NBA playoffs. Game 5 is Wednesday night in San Antonio, and Battier is trying to prepare his younger teammates for what lies ahead. “It’s a very difficult situation,” he said. “These guys know this could be it. They are going to fight as hard as they have ever fought before as a group. We have to be able to match that intensity and surpass it.” The Spurs won 61 games in the regular season and only lost the NBA’s best record by dropping the final two games. But the four-time NBA champs are on the verge of losing their opening playoff series 4-1 for the second time in three years. Battier thinks that makes Wednesday night very dangerous. “I’d feel better if it was against someone other than the Spurs,” he said. “They are very capable of winning three straight in a playoff series. All we’ve done is held home court.” Memphis made franchise history by winning the series opener for its first playoff victory, then added its first playoff win at home. A win Wednesday night would put the Grizzlies alongside the 2007 Golden State Warriors as the only No. 8 seeds to eliminate the top team since the NBA expanded to a best-ofseven series. “I know a lot of people didn’t expect us to be here,” Grizzlies guard Mike Conley said. “It’s not like we were expected to be up 3-1 at this point. In our locker room, we’re just playing it game by game. We want to come into San Antonio looking to end it there. We’re focused and want to be able to move onto the next round.” The Spurs now are placing

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San Antonio Spurs guard Gary Neal falls after being fouled by Memphis Grizzlies forward Shane Battier during the second half of Game 4 Monday. The Grizzlies won 104-86 to take a 3-1 lead in the series. at the basket. The combination helped the Mavericks pull away.

Holding another doubledigit lead going into the fourth quarter, the Dallas Mavericks found a great way to protect it. They just stood and watched the Portland Trail Blazers miss 10 straight shots. Dirk Nowitzki scored 11 of his 25 points in the third quarter and the Dallas Mavericks avoided another late collapse to beat the Portland Trail Blazers to take a 3-2 lead in their first-round series.

Tyson Chandler had 14 points and 20 rebounds — his most ever in a playoff game — and Jason Kidd had 14 assists to make sure Dallas bounced back strong from blowing a 23-point lead over the final 14 minutes of Game 4. Now the Mavericks have two days to rest up before trying to close out the series in Game 6 on Thursday night in Portland. It won’t be easy as the Trail Blazers have won all four meetings there this season. History is certainly on Dallas’ side to pull out the series. Of the previous 157 series tied at 2, the Game 5 winner has come out on top 83 percent of the time. Portland led for much of the first half and was within 75-65 when Game 4 star Brandon Roy made an open jumper at the start of the fourth quarter. But then the Trail Blazers began missing shot after shot. Some were contested, but many were good looks

throw to second bounced into the outfield, allowing Upton to score. Masterson beat the relay throw to knot the contest at 2. PCA jumped ahead to stay in the fourth, as Staggs drove in Masterson, who reached on a walk, with a single to left. Next batter Stephen Purvis walked and a wild

pitch advanced the pair into scoring position, but Kitchen, who had come on in relief of starter Owen Tuminello, induced a pair of groundouts to escape any further damage. After PCA’s big inning in the fifth, McDaniel flirted with danger and made the big pitches he needed to

escape each time. The Rebels only managed one run off a wild pitch in the seventh in the final three innings. “This win gives us a whole lot of confidence going over there,” McDaniel said. “All we have to do is win one and I believe we can do it.”

their hopes in making a stand Wednesday night on their home court. Coach Gregg Popovich pulled his starters with 5:43 left to start resting them for that game. Conley had 15 points and seven assists. Darrell Arthur added 14 points for Memphis. Tony Allen scored 12, and Zach Randolph and O.J. Mayo each had 11 points.

Mavericks 93, Trail Blazers 82

Nuggets 104, Thunder 101 Ty Lawson scored a career playoff-high 27 points and J.R. Smith and Danilo Gallinari hit clutch shots down the stretch to help Denver beat the Thunder to avoid being swept in the first round. The series resumes Wednesday night with Game 5 in Oklahoma City. The Nuggets still face a huge challenge in trying to become the first NBA team ever to overcome a 3-0 series deficit, but they finally found a formula for beating their nemesis. Oklahoma City had beaten Denver five times this month, the Nuggets unable to figure out All-Stars Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and their amazing supporting cast.

PCA

SAN DIEGO (AP) — These extra-innings games are getting tough on Atlanta Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez. “I hope it changes soon,” Gonzalez said after Ryan Ludwick’s second homer of the night, a 2-run shot with one out in the 13th inning, lifted the San Diego Padres to a 5-3 win against the Braves on Monday night. “I don’t know if my gut can take it another extra-inning game.” Atlanta went extra innings for the third time in five games. The Braves are 1-2 in those games. Ludwick’s winning shot, his fourth of the year, came on an 0-1 pitch from Cristhian Martinez (0-2). It was the fourth game-winning homer of his career. Nick Hundley, who tied the game with an RBI double in the seventh, was aboard on a one-out walk. Cory Luebke (1-1) pitched two innings. Chipper Jones hit his 500th career double leading off the 12th and was replaced by pinch-runner Brandon Hicks. Brian McCann hit a dribbler back to Luebke, who threw out Hicks trying to take third. Dan Uggla singled to put runners on first and second before Freddie Freeman and Alex Gonzalez struck out. Going into that inning, the Padres had retired 19 of 20 batters since Braves starter Derek Lowe hit an RBI single

with two outs in the fifth. “Any time you play 13 innings, it’s tough to lose,” Lowe said. “It’s not the ideal situation. But we have an off day in two days, so we just have to dig deep.” Atlanta’s Nate McLouth singled leading off the 13th. Once again the Padres erased the lead runner when Luebke fielded Martinez’s bunt and forced McLouth at second. Right fielder Chris Denorfia made a spectacular, diving, rolling catch of Martin Prado’s fly ball, then got up and doubled Martinez off first to end the inning. Hundley hit an RBI double off former Padres reliever Scott Linebrink with two outs in the seventh to tie the game at 3. It brought in Cameron Maybin, who opened the inning by walking off Eric O’Flaherty. Atlanta’s Jason Heyward homered on Dustin Moseley’s fifth pitch of the game, an opposite-field solo shot to left with one out in the first. The Padres hadn’t scored a run in Moseley’s previous four starts while he was in the game. They finally snapped that streak when Will Venable’s tying groundout brought in Orlando Hudson, who hit a leadoff single and advanced on Brad Hawpe’s double to left. Ludwick then gave the Padres a 2-1 lead when he homered to left with two outs in the third, his third.

Biscuits broil Mississippi with 10th-inning comeback From staff reports Paul Clemens held the Montgomery Biscuits hitless through 52⁄3 innings, but they came back to beat the Mississippi Brave, 5-3, in 10 innings on Monday night at Trustmark Park. At the end of five innings, the Braves (6-12) led Montgomery (6-12) 3-0, but Henry Wrigley’s two-out, three-run home run tied the game. The home run came off of reliever Luis Avilan, who suffered his third

blown save of the season. Wrigley wasn’t finished. In the top of the 10th inning with runners on second and third, game tied at 3, he hit a soft blooper into right field. Cory Harrilchak dove and tipped the ball but couldn’t make the play. Two runs scored on the double, putting the Biscuits ahead 5-3. Wrigley went 2-for-5 at the plate and was responsible for driving in all five runs for Montgomery on the night.

Continued from Page B1. flyout to center to evade further damage. PCA didn’t get on the board until the bottom of the third, when Upton was hit by a pitch, stole second and later took third as a hard-hit chopper by Masterson lipped out of Rebel shortstop Austin Brasher’s glove. Bourne called a double steal and the

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Continued from Page B1. on Monday, 7-0, then jumped out to an 8-0 lead after 2 ½ innings of Game 3. South Panola chipped away at that deficit and tied the game in the fifth inning, but Vicksburg once again went ahead on a three-run homer by Lamar Anthony in the sixth. The lead was extended to 13-8 entering the bottom of the seventh, before South Panola used four walks, two wild pitches and a dropped third strike that would’ve ended the game to set the stage for Epps’ winning hit. “We had a lot of chances to win the game. We didn’t do it,” Anthony said. Anthony went 3-for-3 with seven RBIs in Game 3. In addition to his three-run homer in the sixth, he hit a grand slam in the third inning that put Vicksburg ahead 8-0. His fine performance wasn’t the only one lost in the horrific ending the Gators endured. Clyde Kendrick was the starting pitcher for Game 2 — the first half of Monday’s doubleheader that lasted 5 ½

hours — and almost singlehandedly carried Vicksburg into the deciding game. The junior left-hander struck out 12 batters, allowed only one hit on a tough infield single, and hit a three-run homer to ice the victory. After three other pitchers struggled to keep South Panola in check in Game 3, Kendrick returned to the mound to again be the Gators’ savior. He got three groundouts to retire the side in order in the sixth inning and coaxed a weak pop-up from pinch-hitter Blake Darby to start the seventh. “I’m not trying to hurt anybody, but I’ve got a whole team telling me give Clyde the ball. He’s conditioned to where I think he could throw a million and not get hurt,” Zumbro said. “It’s the first time all year I’ve had somebody come to me and tell me they want the ball, so it’s hard to deny that. Especially when the team believes in him.” Then, perhaps with the strain of nearly 150 pitches

beginning to crack his armor, Kendrick ran into trouble. He walked two straight batters and gave up a hit to Chris Townsend to load the bases. He recovered to strike out Mitchel Babb for out No. 2, and got Lee Self to chase strike three. The pitch was in the dirt, though, and skipped past catcher Taylor Brocato. Brocato gathered the ball and desperately fired it to the plate, but Kendrick bobbled it as J.W. Willis slid into home. Two more bases-loaded walks and a run-scoring wild pitch followed, hacking the once-insurmountable 13-8 advantage to a single run. Kendrick seemed to recover, getting a couple of quick strikes on Epps. Two more fastballs, though, barely missed their mark. On the next one, Epps threw his bat toward the outside corner of the plate and connected. The ball floated toward an empty patch of grass along the right field line, the Gators’ only hope

that it would drop foul. “Me catching for the umpire, I kind of know where the strike zone is. I was just waiting for my pitch and waiting on one I can drive and possibly score some runs. I was just looking for a hit,” said Epps, who went 3-for-5 with three RBIs. “As soon as I hit it I was praying for it to stay fair.” That prayer and a gusting south wind made certain the ball would land in fair territory, less than an inch inside the line. Townsend scored easily from third. Self hustled home from second. The Tigers celebrated. The Gators wept. In an instant, everything changed for both sides as one lived to fight another day and the other’s season perished. “It’s been that way all year. We just can’t finish a game,” Zumbro said. “We’ve done everything we could to put them in a position to win, but it comes to a point where you’ve just got to get it done. Either you can or you can’t, and we couldn’t tonight.”

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HERE COME THE BETS

TONIGHT ON TV ■ MOVIE “FeardotCom” — A detective, Stephen Dorff, searches for a madman, Stephen Rea, who runs a Web site that features torture, murder and the death of its browsers./7 on Sleuth ■ SPORTS NBA — The Chicago Bulls, back to their old winning form, try to close out their firstround playoff series against the Indiana Pacers in Game 5 tonight./7 on TNT Stephen Dorff ■ PRIMETIME “The Biggest Loser” — The contestants must each pull a car for half a mile; season seven contestant Tara Costa returns to compete in the car-pulling challenge; NASCAR driver Clint Bowyer visits; former contestants Sam Poueu and Ali Vincent help motivate the players./7 on NBC

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

MILESTONES ■ BIRTHDAYS Carol Burnett, actress-comedian, 78; Bobby Rydell, singer, 69; Michael Damian, actor-singer, 49; Jet Li, actor, 48; Kevin James, actor-comedian, 46; T-Boz, rapper, 41; Jay DeMarcus, country musician, 40; Tom Welling, actor, 34; Jordana Brewster, actress, 31; Channing Tatum, actor, 31; Aaron Weeks, actor, 25. ■ DEATHS Phoebe Snow — A singer, guitarist and songwriter whose song “Poetry Man” was a defining hit of the 1970s, has died. Rick Miramontez, her longtime friend and public relations representative, said Snow, 58, died this morning in New York. He said she died of complications from a brain hemorrhage she suffered in January 2010. Shortly after Snow’s “Poetry Man” reached No. 5 on the pop singles chart in 1975, her daughter was born with severe brain damage. Snow decided to care for her at home. Her daughter died in 2007 as age 31. Poly Styrene — The energetic singer with 1970s punk band XRay Spex has died at 53 in London. Styrene, whose real name was Marion Elliott-Said, had been suffering from cancer. The band released just one album, 1978’s “Germ Free Adolescents.” But its aggressively catchy single “Oh Bondage, Up Yours!” became an enduring punk anthem. Styrene later joined the Hare Krishna movement and released several solo albums. She once said she would like to be remembered for something spiritual, but “I know I’ll probably be remembered for ’Oh Bondage, Up Yours!”’

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La. unit gets free country fest tickets The 2011 Bayou Country Superfest, featuring Tim McGraw, Sugarland and Kenny Chesney, is giving Louisiana’s injured soldiers tickets to the second annual Memorial Day Weekend event. Organizers said they’re providing the servicemen and women, including soldiers wounded in both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars from all branches of the military, with complimentary tickets to the festival being held May 28-29 at Tiger Stadium on LSU’s campus in Baton Rouge. This year’s lineup also includes Trace Adkins, Luke Bryan, Josh Thompson, Zac Brown Band, Billy Currington, Jason Michael Carroll and Lee Brice.

Reiser show axed after only 2 weeks NBC has yanked “The Paul Reiser Show” after just two little-watched airings. The comedy, which attempted a TV comeback for the former star of “Mad About You,” attracted a dismal 3.4 million viewers to its premiere. That same week TV’s highest-rated comedy, “Modern Family” on ABC, had 9.6 million viewers. The “Reiser” audience then dropped last week to 2.4 million viewers.

Royal wedding fuels wagers in Britain LONDON (AP) — How long will Kate make William wait at the aisle? What color will the queen wear to the wedding? And will Harry be sober enough to deliver the best man’s speech? As betting-happy Britons shell out on their favorite royal wedding-themed wagers, the country’s bookmakers hope to make a mint. “In terms of royal betting, the wedding blows it out the window,” said Rupert Adams, a spokesman for bookmaker William Hill. “I think we will take the same amount as we’ve taken on royal betting in 30 years.” The betting industry can be difficult to forecast, in part because most gamblers place their bets in the 24 hours preceding the event, but British bookmakers say that they could see more than $1.6 million worth of wagers on the royal wedding. That’s small change compared to what’s bet on sports but a hefty sum by the standards of nearly everything else in Britain’s betting industry. For example, the figure is 10 times the amount typically staked on “The X Factor,” Britain’s mostwatched TV talent show. “As a nonsports event that will be second to only our pope-betting in 2005,” said Paddy Power spokesman Darren Haines, referring to the election that followed Pope John Paul II’s death in 2005. Britons have been swapping bets on royal foibles for decades — many gambled on the name Diana would choose for her eldest son — but recent years have seen an expansion in the scope of the bets offered by mainstream bookmakers. William Hill has bets out on whether Middleton will get a kiss on the cheek or on the lips when the couple appear at the Buckingham Palace balcony, whether her father will cry as he walks her down the aisle, and whether Prince Harry will catch her bouquet. Among the less likely bets: That the happy couple car’s will break down outside Westminster Abbey, that Middleton will jilt William at the altar, or that Prince Harry will be too drunk to finish his speech.

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Tourists wait to take a tour of Westminster Abbey in central London Monday.

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That last option pays out 25 pounds for every pound wagered. It all might sound a bit farfetched. But in this country’s sometimes wacky betting industry, bookies accept wagers and set odds on whatever fanciful idea crops up in a gambler’s head — from predicting showbiz split-ups to the discovery of extraterrestrial life. Retiree Robert Foster, who was standing outside the abbey, said his “favorite bet” was the wager that William and Middleton would stay together. “I can’t see the car breaking down at all, and I can’t really see them parting because they’re a good-looking couple,”

he said. The whens and the wheres of the wedding — which produced a surge of betting in the immediate aftermath of the engagement announcement — have already been settled. But some important questions — such as the kind of dress Middleton will wear on the day in question — are still up for grabs, at least at some bookmakers. Paddy Power’s website put the odds of Sarah Burton designing the dress at one to two, meaning that it was twice as likely as not that Burton would be the one chosen by Middleton to design the dress. Other possible designers include Bruce Oldfield and Jasper Conran.

Vick, Humane Society say app glorifies dogfighting

Farrell marks Lollapalooza’s 20th year By The Asssociated Press

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Johnston to pen tell-all book on Palins Levi Johnston is promising to set the record straight about the Palin family. Touchstone Publishing has a fall publication date for Johnston’s book, “Deer in the Headlights: My Life in Sarah Palin’s Crosshairs.” Johnston fathered a child with Bristol Palin, the daughter of the former Alaska governor, when they were teenagers. The pregnancy was Levi announced days after Palin was selected as the Johnston 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate. The couple broke up after the birth of their son, Tripp, and reconciled briefly. He’s had a contentious relationship with the Palins. Johnston said the book, first reported by People.com Monday, will “tell the truth” about that relationship, including his “sense of Sarah and my perplexing fall from grace.” He said he’s doing it “for me, for my boy Tripp and the country.”

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Misaddressed pot goes to elderly couple An elderly Pennsylvania couple was the unintended recipient of a very seedy delivery: a 5-pound brick of marijuana, police said. Police in Upper Darby, just outside Philadelphia, said the couple paid little attention to the package when it was delivered last week. Not recognizing the name, they left it on their porch, expecting it to be picked up. When nobody claimed the package, the couple opened it to find what police say was $10,000 in high-grade marijuana. Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood said the couple gave the package to police, who determined the return address in Tollison, Ariz., was fake.

Perry Farrell will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Lollapalooza with an eclectic lineup this summer in Chicago that knows no boundaries, from rock and rap and even pop, to dance music and experimental sounds that can’t be described in a few words. Tens of thousands of fans will feel the grass between their toes as they relax under the trees in Grant Park, snacking on festival haute cuisine imagined by one of the Windy City’s top chefs. There will be a place for kids to play, the chance to learn about socially conscious initiatives and the opportunity to live in harmony for three days. This is definitely not the Lollapalooza Farrell founded in 1991, but he loves what it has become. “I want to take care of my people,” Farrell said. “They’ve been with me for 20 years. That’s how I go. It’s a familyrun business at this point.” Some of the top names in music are among the Aug. 5-7 festival headliners announced today, including Eminem, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, Muse, My Morning Jacket, Deadmau5 and Cee Lo Green. Farrell said he’s looking forward to hearing Green sing, hanging with his new friends from Muse, seeing if Eminem remembers his wife, Etty, a former video dancer for the rapper, and reliving childhood memories with The Cars. “It might’ve been my first or second concert ever,” he said of

Paddy Power competitor Ladbrokes isn’t offering odds on the dress’s designer, but royal watchers can still bet on the weather (odds of rain are 3-to1) or the color of the queen’s headgear (yellow is the clear favorite.) So will gamblers be rolling in the dough? Or do the bookmakers see the wedding as a chance to clean up? Neither, said Adams. Gamblers were most likely to place “a small bet for a joke,” for example by placing 10 pounds on William splitting his trousers or Prince Philip falling asleep. The average royal bets tend to be between 2 pounds and 6 pounds, he said.

Perry Farrell the first time he saw The Cars live. “Yeah, I loved their music when I was growing up.” Farrell noted that The Cars were reluctant to play the festival because of the size of the crowd. Farrell also is pleased there’s space on the big stage reserved for dance music, a passion of his. “I can tell you I’m excited for somebody like Deadmau5 because we’ve got now dance music in a headlining slot, and out on a main stage instead of in a dance tent,” Farrell said. While not the first festival when it launched July 18, 1991, in Phoenix, Lollapalooza was the ambitious archetype for the modern mega-festivals that have popped up since — Bonnaroo, Coachella and a legion of smaller multi-day parties.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Michael Vick and the Humane Society said Monday that an application built to run on Google Inc.’s Android software glorifies dogfighting. The cellphone app is called “Dog Wars” and lets players feed, water, train and fight their virtual dogs against others. “I’ve come to learn the hard way that dogfighting is a dead-end street,” Vick said in a statement posted on the Humane Society’s website. “Now, I am on the right side of this issue, and I think it’s important to send the smart message to kids, and not glorify this form of animal cruelty, even in an Android app.” The app is by Kage Games, whose website features an illustration of a pit bull with a bloody muzzle next to the ‘Dog Wars’ logo. A website where the app can be downloaded stresses that it is only a video game. “Perhaps one day we will make gerbil wars or beta fish wars for people who can’t understand fantasy role-play games,” it says. Humane Society President Wayne Pacelle said, however, the game could be used as virtual training ground for would-be dogfighters.

“Android should drop ‘Dog Wars’ from its online market and join the national movement to save dogs Michael from this vioVick lent practice,” Pacelle said in a statement. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and other groups also called for the app to be pulled. Vick was once the NFL’s highest-paid player but was arrested in 2007 and convicted on dogfighting charges, for which he served 18 months in federal prison. He returned to the league in 2009 and is now a star quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles. Google did not respond to messages seeking comment.

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Freebies from charities can be used without guilt Dear Abby: I’m writing in response to “Feeling Guilty in North Carolina” (March 18), who feels guilty using address labels, calendars and notepads from organizations soliciting donations. Last year, for about six months, I collected all the requests for donations I received. Abby, the total was 532 requests from 119 organizations! Yes, I’m overwhelmed, and I no longer feel guilty about tossing them. I sent all of them letters requesting they delete my name from their lists. One hundred eighteen ignored my request. One asked how often I want information from them. I give the notepads and other enclosures to Goodwill and shred the labels. Ironically, I receive more labels now than ever before, even though I pay most bills online and e-mail rather than write. I donate less than I ever have in the past because I feel so hounded, so in my case, it has worked

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against them. — Karen H. in Fort Collins, Colo. Dear Karen: Thanks for the input. Letters from readers complaining about charitable donation requests with labels arrive in my office on a daily basis, so you can imagine the mail I have received in response to the one I printed from “Feeling Guilty.” Read on: Dear Abby: I, too, receive many “gifts” from organizations soliciting for donations. My view is, if they’re using my donation to send gifts, then they really don’t need my money. They should be using donations to help whomever or whatever it is they’re solic-

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BY BERNICE BEDE OSOL • NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION If tomorrow is your birthday: New and exciting experiences will play a role in advancing your popularity in the year ahead. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — You won’t have any trouble delegating jobs to others if you first find out that they can handle the tasks. Remember, what comes easy to you doesn’t necessarily do so for others. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Turn to the same people with whom you’ve been lucky previously if you need a bit of luck again, especially if what you want involves a commercial endeavor. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — As long as you’re fair with your counterpart, it’s an especially good day to negotiate a significant matter. In fact, by being reasonable, you may even benefit more than you hoped. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Opportunities involving your work or career are likely to be greater than usual, so don’t believe that you have to settle for mere tuppence for the job you do. Be realistic, but think big. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Don’t listen to others when it comes to a stressful development that could cause serious unrest. Follow your own muse, and things will eventually sort themselves out. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — The impression you make on others is usually of a lasting, favorable nature. In fact, your actions and demeanor will actually draw people to you at this juncture. Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — It’s an especially good day to seek closure or tie down financial concerns on important matters. Don’t put them off. Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Don’t bury yourself under a lot of work that deprives you from having a little fun. Excitement is waiting for you out where the bright lights are shining. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — If you think you have the Midas touch, be sure to exercise it. There are numerous opportunities and possibilities for large material gain at this time. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Now and then you can be quite intuitive, and it might be one of those days, especially with issues that pertain to your material affairs. Follow your gut. Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20) — Getting out and mixing with others could be especially advantageous for you. Expressing yourself in friendly ways can benefit you more than usual. Aries (March 21-April 19) — If you see that conditions are receptive, plant seeds now if you want to grow and develop a special relationship. Once planted, however, remember to keep tending your garden.

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BY DR. ROBERT WALLACE • NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION Dr. Wallace: I am 16 and recently started dating. My parents set the rule that I could have one date per month, and I kind of agreed. Well, my first date was fun with Allen, but since then I have met a super guy named Ted and he asked me out. My parents won’t let me go because of the one-date-per-month rule. Now that I think about it, one date per month isn’t very much. Please tell me how I can convince my parents of this. If I don’t go out with Ted, he might never ask me out again. Help! — Corina, Hackensack, N.J. Corina: Ask mom if you can have Ted visit you at your house. It’s possible to see a guy and not go out on a date with him. Be satisfied for the time being with the one-date-per-month rule. It’s 100 percent better than no dates per month. After you have been dating for three months, ask your parents if your dating limit might be raised to two per month. At this time, Mom and Dad will have time to evaluate your maturity and trust. And since they will be of the highest standards possible (they will, won’t they?), Mom and Dad should gladly raise the limit. • Dr. Robert Wallace writes for Copley News Service. E-mail him at rwallace@Copley News Service.

iting for. I don’t feel guilty in the least for using the labels, gifts, etc. I give to organizations that do not send out freebies; that’s how I direct my charitable donations. — Sabrina W., Southgate, Mich. Dear Abby: I’m a professional fundraiser and I, too, receive the pads and address labels. I do not give to every organization that sends them, but I do use what they send. No one should feel guilty for doing so. Nonprofits buy and rent lists from companies, and they don’t expect everyone to respond. Nonprofits aren’t trying to make anyone feel guilty or trick them; they just want to do the work of the causes you love to support. — Suzanne L., Staten Island, N.Y. Dear Abby: Many solicitation letters have a small box at the bottom asking you to indicate if you would like to be taken off their mailing list. It’s worth the 44 cents to return

it. Some areas recycle junk mail. After removing the address labels, the rest can be put in the recycling bin with newspapers. Note pads, greeting cards and calendar gifts could be donated to a military personnel drive, thrift store, nursing home or community center. — Mary F., Stuart, Fla. Dear Abby: We contacted the post office and were instructed not to open the envelope, to write “Refused — Return to Sender” on the front and put it back in the mailbox. The post office can then decide what to do with it. — Sandra M., Mukwonago, Wis.

• Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.Dear Abby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Superbugs are attacking health facilities nationwide Dear Dr. Gott: While watching television, I saw an article on a new form of bug that has invaded our country. Can you elaborate on what they refer to as CRKP? Dear Reader: Actually, it’s not so new. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention began tracking CRKP in 2009. CRKP stands for Carbapenemresistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. It is a gram-negative bacteria known to cause infection in the bloodstream, at surgical or wound sites and in cases of pneumonia and meningitis in health care settings, specifically nursing homes and longterm-care hospitals. This bacterial infection is emerging as a major challenge for control because it is resistant to almost all available antimicrobial agents. Infections have been linked with high rates of morbidity and mortality, particularly in people with central venous catheters or on ventilators. The bacteria live harmlessly in human intestines. “Superbugs” only occur when bacteria mutate to the point where antibiotics that were once effective are no longer working. According to ABC News, the CDC has indicated that the bacteria are more difficult to treat than MRSA (methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus) and that healthy people are not in danger of the bacteria but the aged, frail and otherwise ill patient is. The bacteria have been reported in 35 states at the time of this writing, but I am sure that number will rise before things are brought under control. It appears the hardest-hit area is Los Angeles County, Calif., with more than 350 reported cases. The situation is further complicated because many patients have numerous other health issues to deal with. Columbia University Medical Center reported that of the 42 percent of those patients in New York who were infected, half had organ transplants. The bacteria are most easily spread by hand-to-hand contact, such as from shaking

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01. Legals Invitation For Bids Mississippi Food Network P.O. Box 411 Jackson, MS 39205 (601) 973-7079 The Mississippi Food Network will accept sealed written proposals until 9 a.m. on Monday, May 2, 2011 for the following services: Preparation and delivery of lunch meals for the Summer Food Service Program at We Care Community Services, located at 909 Walnut St., Vicksburg, Mississippi. Meals must meet the minimum meal pattern requirements as defined by Section 225.7 (c) of the SFSP regulations for summer meal service. Milk need not be included in the proposal, as the sponsor will be supplying the fluid milk component of the meal. The program is scheduled to start June 6, 2011 and end July 29, 2011 with meal service held Monday through Friday for the duration of the program. The MS Food Network reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Further details pertaining to the IFB may be obtained by contacting: Summer Food Service Program Mississippi Food Network P.O. Box 411 Jackson, MS 39205 (601)973-7079 Publish: 4/25, 4/26, 4/27, 4/28, 4/29(5t) NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S SALE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI) COUNTY OF WARREN) WHEREAS, on April 28, 2005, Carmine Lancellotti executed a promissory note payable to the order of Novastar Mortgage, Inc.; and WHEREAS, the aforesaid promissory note was secured by a Deed of Trust dated April 28, 2005, executed by Carmine Lancellotti and Linda Lancellotti and being recorded in Book 1529, Page 302, and as Instrument No. 221815 of the records of the Chancery Clerk of Warren County, Mississippi; and which aforesaid Instrument conveys to Alan Derivaux, Trustee and to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Nominee for Novastar Mortgage, Inc. as Beneficiary, the hereinafter described property; and WHEREAS, said Deed of Trust was assigned to The Bank of New York Mellon, as Successor Trustee under Novastar Mortgage Funding Trust, Series 2005-2, by an Assignment filed of record on October 28, 2010, and recorded in Book 1514, Page 782, in the office of the Clerk of the Chancery Court of Warren County, Mississippi; and WHEREAS, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Successor Trustee under Novastar Mortgage Funding Trust, Series 2005-2, having executed a Substitution of Trustee to substitute Floyd Healy as trustee in the place and stead of Alan Derivaux the same having been recorded in Book 1514, Page 783, of the records of the Chancery Clerk of Warren County, Mississippi; and WHEREAS, default having occurred under the terms and conditions of said promissory note and Deed of Trust and the holder having declared the entire balance due and payable; and WHEREAS, Floyd Healy, Substituted Trustee in said Deed of Trust will on the 4th day of May, 2011 between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., offer for sale and will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash at the Main West steps of the Warren County Courthouse in Vicksburg, Mississippi, the following described property located and situated in Warren County, Mississippi, to wit: PARCEL ONE: Part of Section 43, Township 14 North, Range 3 East, Warren County, Mississippi, more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the northwest corner of Section 43, Township 14 North, Range 3 East, Warren County, Mississippi, being an iron bolt; thence South, 3148 feet, more or less to a 4 inch boiler tube; thence S 83-30 E, 2199.22 feet to a point on the north right-of-way of Dogwood Road; thence North, 473.77 feet; thence N 46-00-00 E, 1076.66 feet to an existing steel shaft, being the point of beginning of the herein described parcel; thence N 57-00-00 E, 483.57 feet to the West right-of-way of Hankinson Road; thence with the West right-of-way of Hankinson Road, S 24-30-11 E, 239.99 feet to the North right-of-way of Dogwood Road; thence with the North right-of-way of Dogwood Road, S 56-29-48 W, 438.06 feet; thence leaving said right-of-way, N 35-23-25 W, 241.41 feet to the point of beginning, containing 2.5 acres, more or less. PARCEL TWO: Part of Section 43, Township 14 North, Range 3 East, Warren County, Mississippi, more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the Northwest corner of Section 43, Township 14 North, Range 3 East, Warren County, Mississippi, being an iron bolt; thence South 3148 feet, more or less to a 4 inch boiler tube; thence South 83-30 East, 2199.22 feet to a point in the North

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Warren County, Mississippi; and WHEREAS, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Successor Trustee under Novastar Mortgage Funding Trust, Series 2005-2, having executed a Substitution of Trustee to substitute Floyd Healy as trustee in the place and stead of Alan Derivaux the same having been recorded in Book 1514, Page 783, of the records of the Chancery Clerk of Warren County, Mississippi; and WHEREAS, default having occurred under the terms and conditions of said promissory note and Deed of Trust and the holder having declared the entire balance due and payable; and WHEREAS, Floyd Healy, Substituted Trustee in said Deed of Trust will on the 4th day of May, 2011 between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., offer for sale and will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash at the Main West steps of the Warren County Courthouse in Vicksburg, Mississippi, the following described property located and situated in Warren County, Mississippi, to wit: PARCEL ONE: Part of Section 43, Township 14 North, Range 3 East, Warren County, Mississippi, more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the northwest corner of Section 43, Township 14 North, Range 3 East, Warren County, Mississippi, being an iron bolt; thence South, 3148 feet, more or less to a 4 inch boiler tube; thence S 83-30 E, 2199.22 feet to a point on the north right-of-way of Dogwood Road; thence North, 473.77 feet; thence N 46-00-00 E, 1076.66 feet to an existing steel shaft, being the point of beginning of the herein described parcel; thence N 57-00-00 E, 483.57 feet to the West right-of-way of Hankinson Road; thence with the West right-of-way of Hankinson Road, S 24-30-11 E, 239.99 feet to the North right-of-way of Dogwood Road; thence with the North right-of-way of Dogwood Road, S 56-29-48 W, 438.06 feet; thence leaving said right-of-way, N 35-23-25 W, 241.41 feet to the point of beginning, containing 2.5 acres, more or less. PARCEL TWO: Part of Section 43, Township 14 North, Range 3 East, Warren County, Mississippi, more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the Northwest corner of Section 43, Township 14 North, Range 3 East, Warren County, Mississippi, being an iron bolt; thence South 3148 feet, more or less to a 4 inch boiler tube; thence South 83-30 East, 2199.22 feet to a point in the North right-of-way of Dogwood Road; thence North, 473.77 feet; thence North 46-00 East, 250.00 feet to the point of beginning of the herein described parcel; thence North 46-00-00 East, 608.63 feet to an existing iron rod; thence North 46-00-00 East, 218.03 feet to an existing steel shaft; thence South 35-23-25 East, 241.41 feet to the North right-of-way of Dogwood road; thence with the North right-of-way of Dogwood Road, South 42-49-54 West, 141.47 feet; thence with the North right-of-way of Dogwood Road, South 42-49-54 West, 202.37 feet; thence with the North right-of-way of Dogwood Road, South 29-07-10 West, 281.74 feet; thence with the North right-of-way of Dogwood Road, South 49-22-48 West, 107.35 feet; thence leaving said right-of-way, North 55-56-19 West, 340.54 feet to the point of beginning, containing 5.0 acres, more or less. More commonly known as: 2355 Hankinson Road, Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180 Subject to the rights of way and easement for public roads and public utilities, and to any prior conveyance or reservation of mineral of every kind and character, including but not limited to oil, gas, sand and gravel in or under subject property. A copy of the above Notice of Sale has this day been mailed to the Internal Revenue Service at 1555 Poydras Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112. The property will be sold subject to the interest of the Internal Revenue Service by virtue of a Federal Tax Lien filed in the Real Estate records of Warren County, Mississippi on June 19, 2009. As the undersigned Substituted Trustee, I will convey only such title as is vested in me under said Deed of Trust. This 4th day of April, 2011 Prepared by: Floyd Healy Substituted Trustee Floyd Healy ______________________ 1405 N. Pierce, Suite 306 Little Rock, Arkansas 72207 Publish: 4/12, 4/19, 4/26, 5/3 (4t)

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IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF WARREN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MINNIE MAE MITCHELL, DECEASED JAMES E. MITCHELL, ADMINISTRATOR CAUSE NO.: 2009-064PR JAMES E. MITCHELL PETITIONER VS. THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AND WRONGFUL DEATH BENEFICIARIES OF MINNIE MAE MITCHELL, DECEASED, IF ANY, AND ALL PERSONS OR ENTITIES UNKNOWN CLAIMING ANY INTEREST IN THE ESTATE OF MINNIE MAE MITCHELL, DECEASED RESPONDENTS SUMMONS THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO: The unknown heirs-at-law and wrongful death beneficiaries of Minnie Mae Mitchell, deceased You have been made a Defendant in the suit filed in this Court by James E. Mitchell, Petitioner, seeking to have James E. Mitchell, Lillie B. Morris, Charles Lee Mitchell, Geraldine Knight, Roosevelt Mitchell and the Estate of Bertha Faye Davis established as the sole heirs-at-law and wrongful death beneficiaries of Minnie Mae Mitchell, deceased. You are summoned to appear and defend against the petition filed against you in this action at 10:30 A.M. on the 8th day of June, 2011, in the courtroom of the Warren County Courthouse at Vicksburg, Mississippi, and in case of your failure to appear and defend a judgment will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition, thereby barring the claims of any other relatives of the decedent. You are not required to file

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PETITIONER VS. THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AND WRONGFUL DEATH BENEFICIARIES OF MINNIE MAE MITCHELL, DECEASED, IF ANY, AND ALL PERSONS OR ENTITIES UNKNOWN CLAIMING ANY INTEREST IN THE ESTATE OF MINNIE MAE MITCHELL, DECEASED RESPONDENTS SUMMONS THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO: The unknown heirs-at-law and wrongful death beneficiaries of Minnie Mae Mitchell, deceased You have been made a Defendant in the suit filed in this Court by James E. Mitchell, Petitioner, seeking to have James E. Mitchell, Lillie B. Morris, Charles Lee Mitchell, Geraldine Knight, Roosevelt Mitchell and the Estate of Bertha Faye Davis established as the sole heirs-at-law and wrongful death beneficiaries of Minnie Mae Mitchell, deceased. You are summoned to appear and defend against the petition filed against you in this action at 10:30 A.M. on the 8th day of June, 2011, in the courtroom of the Warren County Courthouse at Vicksburg, Mississippi, and in case of your failure to appear and defend a judgment will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition, thereby barring the claims of any other relatives of the decedent. You are not required to file an answer or other pleading but you may do so if you desire. ISSUED UNDER MY HAND AND THE SEAL of said Court, this 20th day of April, 2011. DOT McGEE Chancery Clerk of Warren County, Mississippi Post Office Box 351 Vicksburg, MS 39181 BY: Denise Bailey, D.C. Of Counsel: STEPHEN B. JACKSON (MB #10693) Glover, Young, Walton & Simmons, PLLC 1724A - 23rd Avenue (P. O. Box 5514) Meridian, MS 39302-5514 Telephone: (601) 693-1301 Publish: 4/26, 5/3, 5/10(3t)

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LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLICATION OF FINAL SETTLEMENT OF CONTRACT Notice is hereby given that the contract between the Board of Supervisors of Warren County, Mississippi, on the one part, and APAC - MS, Inc. on the other part, dated 05/18/2009, for the construction of Project No. SAP-75(18)M being a section of Eagle Lake Shore Road in Warren County, Mississippi, has been fully and completely performed and final settlement thereunder has been made on 02/10/2011. This notice is given under Section 31-5-53, Mississippi Code of 1972, in pursuance of the authority conferred upon me by order of the Board of Supervisors of Warren County, in Minute Book 43, Page 7. Dated, this 3rd day of March, 2011. Dot McGee, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors Warren County, Mississippi By: S. Tompkins D. C. Publish: 4/26(1t)

attorney's and trustee's fees, and expenses of sale; NOW, THEREFORE, I, Mark S. Mayfield, Trustee for said Deed of Trust, Tuesday, will on May 3, April 26, 2011 2011, offer for sale at public outcry, and sell within legal hours (being between the hours of 11:00 A.M., and 4:00 P.M.), at the west main door of the Warren County Horseback Birthday Parties Courthouse, located in Vicksburg, MS, to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property situated in Warren County, MS, to-wit: Lot 4, Openwood Plantation Silver Creek Equestrian S/D, Pt.1, Warren County, 601-638-8988 Mississippi. silvercreekarena.com Lot Four (4) of Openwood Plantation Subdivision, Part Center For 1 as shown by plat in Plat Book 1 at Page 96 of the Pregnancy Choices Land Records of Warren Free Pregnancy Tests County, Mississippi. (non-medical facility) I will convey only such title Âˇ Education on All as is vested in me, with no Options express or implied Âˇ Confidential Counwarranties. seling WITNESS my signature this April 12, 2011. Call 601-638-2778 /s/ MARK S. MAYFIELD for appt MARK S. MAYFIELD, www.vicksburgpregnanTrustee cy.com Mark S. Mayfield, PLLC, Riverhill Tower Building, 1675 Lakeland Dr., Suite 306, Jackson, MS 39216, EMERGENCY Phone 601-948-3590, CA$H mailto: MayfieldAttys@aol.com BORROW $100.00 Publish: 4/12, 4/19, 4/26(3t) PAYBACK $105.00 BEST DEAL IN TOWN IN THE CHANCERY VALID CHECKING COURT OF WARREN ACCOUNT REQUIRED COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI FOR DETAILS CALL IN THE MATTER OF

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ESTATE OF RONALD LEE THORNTON, DECEASED NO. 2011-030PR NOTICE TO CREDITORS Letters of Administration upon the Estate of Ronald Lee Thornton, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 4th day of April, 2011, by the Chancery Court of Warren County, Mississippi, notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against said estate to present the same to the Clerk of said Court for probate and registration, according to law, within 90 days from the first publication of this notice or they will be forever barred. Dated this the 6th day of April, 2011. Gladys M. Thornton, Administratrix of the Estate of Ronald Lee Thornton, Deceased Publish: 4/12, 4/19, 4/26(3t) IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF WARREN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI IN THE MATTER OF THE INTEREST OF WILLIAM DAVIS WRIGHT WALTERS, A MINOR CAUSE NO. 2011-125GN SUMMONS (Service by Publication) Residence Unknown THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO: JOEL EARL WALTERS You have been made a Party to the Petition filed in this Court by HELEN WRIGHT ASHLEY, Petitioner, seeking Termination of Parental Rights of the minor child named in said petition. NOTICE TO DEFENDANT THE PETITION WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THIS SUMMONS IS IMPORTANT AND YOU MUST TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS. You are summoned to appear and defend against the PETITION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, filed herein, on the 1st day of June, 2011 at 10:30 a.m in the Warren County Chancery Courtroom, Warren County Courthouse, Vicksburg, Mississippi, and in case of your failure to appear and defend the relief sought in said Complaint will be awarded to the Petitioner. You must also file the original of your Response with the Clerk of this Court within a reasonable time afterward. Issued under my hand and the seal of said Court, this 20th day of April, 2011. DOT McGEE CLERK OF THE CHANCERY COURT OF WARREN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI By: /s/ Denise Bailey DEPUTY CLERK WREN C WAY, attorney for Plaintiff (SEAL) Publish: 4/26, 5/3, 5/10(3t)

TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE WHEREAS, on May 31, 2006, Delonda L. Smith, a single woman and G. Tyronne Haggard, a single man, executed a Deed of Trust to T. Harris Collier, III, as Trustee for Trustmark National Bank, as Lender, and for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS), as Beneficiary, which is recorded in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Warren County, MS, in Book 1593 Page 572; WHEREAS, on March 8, 2011, said Deed of Trust was assigned from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS) to Trustmark National Bank, as recorded in Book 1520 Page 374; WHEREAS, on March 8, 2011, Trustmark National Bank substituted Mark S. Mayfield as Trustee, as recorded in Book 1520 Page 375 and re-recorded in Book 1520 Page466; WHEREAS, there being a default in the terms and conditions of the Deed of Trust and the entire debt secured having been declared to be due and payable in accordance with its terms, Trustmark National Bank, the holder of the debt FREE PUPPIES TO good has requested the Trustee to homes. Blood hound/ execute the trust and sell Labrador mix. 5 males, 7 said land and property weeks old. 601-629-4371. pursuant to its terms in order to raise the sums due, with KEEP UP WITH all the loattorney's and trustee's fees, cal news and sales...Suband expenses of sale; scribe to The Vicksburg NOW, THEREFORE, I, Mark Post TODAY!! Call 601S. Mayfield, Trustee for said 636-4545, Circulation. Deed of Trust, will on May 3, 2011, offer for sale at public outcry, and sell within legal CALL 601-636-SELL hours (being between the AND PLACE hours of 11:00 A.M., and YOUR CLASSIFIED AD TODAY. 4:00 P.M.), at the west main door of the Warren County Courthouse, located in Vicksburg, MS, to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property situated in Warren County, MS, to-wit: Lot 4, Openwood Plantation S/D, Pt.1, Warren County, Mississippi. Lot Four (4) of Openwood Plantation Subdivision, Part 1 as shown by plat in Plat Book 1 at Page 96 of the Land Records of Warren County, Mississippi. I will convey only such title as is vested in me, with no express or implied Qualified Class â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aâ&#x20AC;? CDL Drivers warranties. WITNESS my signature in the this Vicksburg area. April 12, 2011. Drivers Home Daily /s/ MARK S. MAYFIELD MARK S. MAYFIELD, Requirements: Trustee Mark S. Mayfield, PLLC, â&#x20AC;˘ Minimum 2 years tractor/ trailer experience Riverhill Tower Building, 1675 within Lakeland Suite theDr.,last 5 years 306, Jackson, MS 39216, â&#x20AC;˘ At least 23 years Phone 601-948-3590, of age mailto: â&#x20AC;˘ Must have good driving/ work history MayfieldAttys@aol.com Publish: 4/12, 4/19, 4/26(3t)

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THE ART OF MAKING A DIFFERENCE Join us at Hinds Community College in Vicksburg for an art show featuring art from local public schools. Donation of ANY amount are welcome. ALL DONATIONS GO DIRECTLY TO THE WARREN COUNTY CHILDREN'S SHELTER. A silent auction will also be held on donated art. Location: Hinds Community College Vicksburg Campus in the Multi Purpose Building- Room 51. Date: April 28, 2011 Time: 5:00pm-8:00pm. This is a great opportunity to show our community that we support them. Sponsored by Leadership 1823 students: Brandy Bedgood, John Reeves, and April Stokes.

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Must be computer literate, long term care medicaid/ medicare billing experience preferred, must be able to multi-task, work with deadlines, have good people skills. Mail resume to: P.O. Box 820485 Vicksburg, MS 39181

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24 HOUR EMERGENCY heating and plumbing. Broken water lines, hot water heaters, toilets, faucets, sinks. 601-618-8466.

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PROFESSIONAL OFFICE SPACE. Great location. Utilities and janitorial service included. $600/month. 601-638-4050.

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S HAMROCK A PA RT M E N T S SUPERIOR QUALITY, CUSTOM CABINETS, EXTRA LARGE MASTER BDRM, & WASHER / DRYER HOOKUPS. SAFE!! SENIOR CITIZEN DISCOUNT

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BEAUTIFUL LAKESIDE LIVING

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

LOS COLINAS. SMALL 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath Cottage. Close in, nice. $795 monthly. 601-831-4506.

www.thelandingsvicksburg.com

501 Fairways Drive Vicksburg

CLEAN 2 BEDROOMS, 1 bath. Wood floors, appliances, $700 monthly, 3321 Drummond. 601-415-9191.

Commodore Apartments 1, 2 & 3 Bedrooms 605 Cain Ridge Rd. Vicksburg, MS 39180

601-638-2231 CYPRESS HILL APARTMENTS- 402 Locust- 1 bedroom- $250 bi-weekly, utilities, no electricity $350/ month. 601-456-3842. SPACIOUS 2 BEDROOM apartment. 61 South area. 601-619-9789.

AVAILABLE FIRST FLOOR office space. Mission 66. $495 to $1200. Call 601291-1148 or 601-629-7305.

31. Mobile Homes For Rent

OFFICE BUILDING 1010 Monroe Street, For Sale, please call 270-839-2804

16X60 2 BEDROOM, 1 BATH, 12x60 porch. No pets. $200 deposit, $600 monthly. 601-631-1942.

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2 BEDROOM, 1 BATH. Stove, refrigerator, washer and dryer, no pets. $200 deposit, $450 monthly. 601638-6239.

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

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1995 CAPPAERT 16X80. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. $11,500. Must move. 601529-6175.

Completely Updated 4 Bedroom, 2 Bath. Wired workshop, Warren Central area. For appointment, 601-415-3022

Place your classified line ad at

Errors

Daryl Hollingsworth..601-415-5549

McMillin Mis-Classification Real Estate

Sybil Carraway...601-218-2869 Catherine Roy....601-831-5790 Mincer Minor.....601-529-0893 No ad will be deliberately mis-classified. Jim Hobson.........601-415-0211 601-636-8193

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The Vicksburg Post classified department is the VicksburgRealEstate.com sole judge of the proper classification for each ad.

ARNER

REAL ESTATE, INC

Discover why over 17 million homeowners trust State Farm. ÂŽ

Robyn Lea, Agent 2170 S Frontage Road Vicksburg, MS 39180 Bus: 601-636-4555 www.robynlea.com

With your new home comes new responsibilities - like protecting your new investment with the right amount of homeowners

JIM HOBSON

REALTORÂŽâ&#x20AC;˘BUILDERâ&#x20AC;˘APPRAISER

601-636-0502

36. Farms & Acreage

insurance. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where I can help. Like a good neighbor State Farm is there.ÂŽ CALL ME TODAY.

State FarmÂŽ State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, State Farm General Insurance Company, Bloomington, IL 0907507

3BRs, 2BA, 2 lots, deck. EVERYHING NEW! 50 Sullivan Cove $139,500 Bette Paul Warner 601-218-1800 McMillin Real Estate www.Lakehouse.com

42 ACRES. ROLLING, open pasture with lake, mostly fenced, all usable. 8 miles from I-20, 5930 Fisher Ferry. $249,900. 601-529-9395 Realtor.

37. Recreational Vehicles GOOD AS NEW! 2005 Yahama Kodiak 400 for sale. Low mileage on demand, 4 wheel drive, in great shape. $3,100 Call 601-415-5441.

40. Cars & Trucks Licensed in MS and LA

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

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

Andrea Upchurch.......601-831-6490

601-634-8928

601-636-6490

Broker, GRI

EASY FINANCING Look NO Further! 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee $1393 Down payment $330 per month

G a ry â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s C a r s Hwy 61 South 601-883-9995 For pre-approval:www.garyscfl.com

2170 S. I-20 Frontage Rd. www.ColdwellBanker.com www.homesofvicksburg.net Rental including Corporate Apartments Available

OWNER FINANCE, STOP renting!! Bad creditNo credit check. Own your home and land today! $5,000 down/ $750 monthly. 28X52 mobile home with land, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. 601-573-5029 Joe.

The Classified Marketplace... Classified Advertising really brings big results!

812 POLK STREET. $55,000- spacious 3 bedroom, 2 bath home. Ward Real Estate, 601-634-6898.

http://www.vicksburgpost.com

601.630.8209

2150 South Frontage Road

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Kay Odom..........601-638-2443 OPEN HOUSE APRIL 30th. Kay Hobson.......601-638-8512 530 Inglewood Drive Jake Strait...........601-218-1258 OakPark. 3100 Square feet Bob Gordon........601-831-0135 priced to sell at $145,000. Call 601-529-5300 for Tony Jordan........601-630-6461 details. .....601-415-7274 Alex Monsour In the event of errors, please call the very first day Jay Hobson your ad appears. The Vicksburg Post.......... will601-456-1318 not be ..........insertion. 601-218-5623 Kai Mason. responsible for more than one incorrect

EAGLE LAKE

OWNER FINANCESTOP renting!! Bad creditNo credit check, $5000 down/ $550 monthly. Own your own Home and Land today! 14X70, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. 601-573-5029, Joe.

â&#x20AC;˘ Lake Surrounds Community

â&#x20AC;˘ Pool â&#x20AC;˘ Fireplace â&#x20AC;˘ Spacious Floor Plans 601-629-6300

Internet

33. Commercial Property

32. Mobile Homes For Sale

Specialize in painting/ sheet rock. All home improvements Free Estimates 601-634-0948.

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Starting at 1-4 Lines, 1 Day for $8.28

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

STEELE PAINTING SERVICE LLC

26. For Rent Or Lease

Classified Classified Line Ads:

UNIT FOR RENT. Downtown Starting 1-4 Lines, 1 Day for $8.32 area. 1 bedroomat$400 monthly, REPO- REPO- REPO! no pets. Immediate occupancy. 2006 Clayton 28x76, 4 bedst Security deposit , 1 month rent rooms, 2 baths, open floor Classified line ads are charged according to the required. 601-446-2957 living room/ kitchen, number of lines. Forplan, complete pricing stone fireplace in entertainVAN GUARD APARTment room. 601-574-5029, information contact a Classified Sales MENTS. 2 bedroom town Joe house, Representative $500. Washer/ dryer today at 601-636-SELL. hookup. $300 deposit. ManREPO- REPO- REPO! agement 601-631-0805. 2006 Southern 28x80are CusAds cancelled before expiration date ordered tom 4 bedroom, 2 bath, cuscharged at prevailing rate only days actually room, run, tom for entertainment custom closet charge. in master, 44line minimum lineminimum minimumcharge charge.$8.32 $8.28 minimum charge. stone fireplace. A must see home! $59,900, I will deliver! 601-573-5029, Joe. 2 BEDROOM, 1 bath, South county. Large yard to maintain. References required. $550 monthly, $200 deposit. No pets. 601-6362533.

Bovina Area rentals available. No pets, security deposit and references required. 601638-2786.

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

21. Boats, Fishing Supplies

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

$4,500 CIVIL WAR CANNON REPLICA. Non firing static display. Would look great in hotel or business lobby. Over 10 feet in total length, 42 inches tall. For information call 601-661-6042, 601-218-9090.

The Vicksburg Post

USED TIRES! LIGHT trucks and SUV's, 16's, 17's, 18's, 19's, 20's. A few matching sets! Call TD's, 601-638-3252.

19. Garage & Yard Sales

$ I BUY JUNK CARS $ I will pickup your junk car and pay you cash today! Call 601-618-6441.

of opportunity with

D&D Tree Cutting

Deadline 5 p.m., Thursday 3 p.m., Friday Unfurnished 329.p.m., Monday Apartments 3 p.m., Tuesday 3 $450 p.m.,MONTHLY! Wednesday GATED Has it all. Thursday 1 bedroom, 11 a.m., washer/dryer included. 1115 First 512-787-7840. 11North. a.m., Thursday THE COVE

Chris Steele/ Owner

15. Auction

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DUPLEX 3 bedroom fully furnished $1050, water,electric, DirectTV included. 601-218-5348.

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Where buyers and sellers meet.

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BUY HERE, PAY HERE. Located at George Carr old Rental Building. Come check us out.

Call 601-636-SELL to sell your Car or Truck!

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

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

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Enjoy the convenience of downtown living at

The Vicksburg Apartments UTILITIES PAID! 1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments Studios & Efficiencies 801 Clay Street 601-630-2921 www.the-vicksburg.com

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