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Tennessee set to launch new Powerball game BY JEFF YORK For the Daily Corinthian

The Tennessee Lottery’s “new” Powerball game launches on January 15 and will feature bigger jackpots, better odds and is expected to create more million-dollar winners. “There has been great excitement and anticipation over the

launch of the ‘Bigger, Better, More’ Powerball game,” said Rebecca Hargrove, President and CEO of the Tennessee Lottery. “With the start of the rolldown, we’re pleased to officially begin the process that will take us to the start of the new game.” Powerball is a popular draw-

ing-style lottery game sold in 44 jurisdictions across the United States. Since the game’s launch in Tennessee in April 2004, Powerball players in the state have won more than $294.6 million in prizes (as of 11/30/2011). Details about the redesigned game include:

■ Jackpots starting at $40 million rather than $20 million ■ Ticket cost of $2 ■ Better overall odds of winning a prize (going from 1-in-35 to 1-in-32) ■ Second highest prize level increases from $200,000 to $1 million “We think these changes to

Powerball will prove highly successful. Players love the larger jackpots and will appreciate the bigger prizes and better odds,” added Hargrove. “At the same time, we’re hopeful that proceeds from the new game will increase the Lottery’s contriPlease see POWERBALL | 2

New year provides fresh start Citizens vow to do better in 2012 Staff Reports

A new year brings a fresh start. What happened the previous 365 days is history and a chance to make things better in 2012 started early Sunday morning. Most individuals begin the new year with a resolution or commitment to do better in certain areas of the their lives. For most the new season brings a chance to draw closer to God and family. “I’m not a new year’s resolutionist in the traditional sense,” said City of Corinth Projects Coordinator Kim Ratliff. “I believe as a person seeks to be in God’s will for their life, their direction will always be set on the path they need to be on.” Living Free Ministries Director Tommy Wilson is also striving to spend more time with God and loved ones. “I hope to grow closer to the Lord and my family this year,” said the director. Mona Lisa Grady doesn’t ever recall making a resolution in the past, but offered a scripture to live by. “Whatever you do, work at it with your whole heart, as in service to the Lord rather than man,” said the CARE Foundation Executive Director of the verse found in Colossians 3:23.

Family time Jan Hurley is committed to more personal time with family. “My resolution for this year … spend more time with family one-on-one, face-to-face, not on my phone or computer,” said the SOUTHBank Vice President of Marketing. “It may be a simple one, but it means a lot to me since I feel like most of the contact I have with my friends and family was increasingly by email, phone or text. What ever happened to sitting down and talking?” Tourism Director Kristy White also has a similar resolution when it comes to loved ones. “I resolve to make more time for my friends and family,” said White. The new year brings a time to be more grateful. “This new year I will be focused on thankfulness,” said Alliance Community Development Director Andrea Rose. “Sometimes we can get so caught up in what we think we need or want, that we don’t realize the multitude of blessings that we already have.” Rose will bypass the traditional resolutions. “I’d love to say that I’d exercise more or eat more vegetables, but I would just break those,” she said. “So, I am resolving to be more aware of

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Betty Plunk, of Stantonville, Tenn., gets 2012 off to a good start by cooking some black-eyed peas for her family on Sunday. The first day of January also had many individuals committing to bettering things in their life during the year with resolutions. and thankful for everything in my life, starting today: Family, friends, health — these are all things that I am exceedingly grateful for.”

Simple things For others it’s a time to value the simple things. “This year, my New Year’s resolution is to simply enjoy where I am right now,” said Boys & Girls Club Unite Director Christy Grice. “I am surrounded by people who really care about each other and their communities.” Grice is also striving to make a difference to others. “I want to really focus on the important things in life like, enjoy people, make meaningful connections, take time for others, work hard, help out and be kind,” she said. “I want to pause to see the beauty all around, have a positive attitude and be thankful for all of the good things in life.” Grice, who was named unit director in the summer, says

everyone improves when they make goals to help others. “The more I make the effort to do these things, the better director I am, and the better person I am,” she said. “I want to thank the good people of Corinth, for giving me an opportunity to serve you. It is my greatest intent to help our members of the Boys and Girls Club excel and we’re getting there, one step at a time.”

Slowing down Some individuals just want to slow down during the new year. “It’s hard to believe that another year has come and gone and I’ve never been one to make resolutions for the new year. However, the older I get, it seems that time passes much faster and that my two sons are growing before my very eyes,” said Mississippi Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs Executive Director Thomas Norman. “So, I would say that my ‘resolution’ would be to try to slow down from the hectic daily schedules

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of life, worry less about things that I have no control over, spend more quality time with my family and enjoy the blessings of life.” Jaylene Whitehurst isn’t wild about making resolutions either. “I don’t make New Year’s resolutions as the year changes.” said the professional counselor and artist. “I just keep doing what I do year around, reflect on my life, set on-going intentions to be open-hearted and creative, and express gratitude for the abundance I experience. I trust that everyday process to carry me through another year. So far, it works.” Making resolutions or keeping them isn’t a strong area for Lisha Hopper. “I’m not very good at that, but I am all into hope,” she said. “I have the standard hopes — I hope the economy improves and our elected officials use the resources we do have wisely. I have the world peace hopes — that our armed forces and families are safe whereever they

are and that peace would truly come and people everywhere would receive the blessings we, as Americans, have.” Hopper’s biggest dream is be more aware of the benefits of life. “I have the selfish hope that I am always able to see the blessings the Lord gives us,” said Hopper. “Our seventh grandchild arrived on Christmas Eve, making the hurried holidays even more hectic, but even more special. With each birth and each new smile, I realize how truly blessed our family is and I have the personal hope that those blessings will continue and we are all here this time next year to share in those blessings.”

Getting healthy The traditional resolutions of losing weight and getting healthier are still around. “My resolution is to eat healthier and walk more,” said Please see RESOLUTIONS | 2

On this day in history 150 years ago Jan. 3 — President Davis expresses concern to Gov. Pettus of Mississippi about Federal troops on Ship Island, realizing the movement “no doubt is intended against Mobile or New Orleans.”

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Achievement gap threatens city, schools districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future The Associated Press

TUPELO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; White students in Tupelo score better than white students in most Mississippi school districts on state tests. Black students in Tupelo lag far behind. That discrepancy is a major reason that a school system once considered among the finest in Mississippi is now ranked in the middle of the state. Addressing it quickly is critical for the city and school district to maintain their historic success. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is tremendously important to the future of this community,â&#x20AC;? said Jack Reed Sr., longtime community leader and education advocate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is no underestimating that.â&#x20AC;? The â&#x20AC;&#x153;achievement gapâ&#x20AC;? is not unique to Tupelo. School districts across the state and the nation face discrepancies in test scores between students of different racial and economic subgroups. Demographic changes in Tupelo make addressing its local gap as critical as it has ever been in the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and the school districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history. When Tupeloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s schools were integrated in 1970, about 80 percent of the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s students were white. Today, those schools are about 44 percent white, 50 percent black and 6 percent other minorities. Furthermore, analysis of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s demographics indicates Tupeloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next generation is a racially balanced mixture. Seventy-three percent of Tupelo school district residents over age 30 are white. That drops to 54 percent for those under 30.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Schools wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be successful, the community wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be successful and economic development wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be successful. The system is not going to be successful if everyone is not wellserved.â&#x20AC;? Billy Crews CREATE Foundation committee member It is becoming increasingly clear the city must successfully educate a demographic that will play such a large role in its future. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is absolutely imperative that we do so,â&#x20AC;? said the Rev. Charles Penson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The demographics of our community are changing at a more rapid pace in our schools. If we want to maintain the credibility and output of our schools, we have to address this issue.â&#x20AC;? The Daily Journal analyzed scores from this springâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mississippi Curriculum Test, Second Edition, the standardized test taken by all third- to eighth-grade students in the state. The newspaper averaged the scores of the 12 tests taken in every school district â&#x20AC;&#x201D; English and math for each of the six grades â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and broke down the results by race and by economics. The average is slightly skewed because it assumes that exactly the same number of students took the test in every grade. In Tupelo, 74.5 percent of white students scored at least proficient, a level educators recognize as performing well on the test. That percentage ranks in the top 30 of 150 school districts in

the state for test scores by white students. Meanwhile, 39 percent of the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s black students scored proficient, a total that ranks in the bottom 40 for black students in the 150 districts. The 35.5 percentage point gap between the two groups was the fourth largest in the state. The economic gap was not much different. Seventy-five percent of students who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t live in poverty scored proficient, but only 39 percent of those receiving federal school meal subsidies reached that mark. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are now becoming aware that if everyone is not well-served, we wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be successful as a whole,â&#x20AC;? said Billy Crews, longtime education advocate and a member of a committee recently formed by the CREATE Foundation to study the achievement gap in Northeast Mississippi. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Schools wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be successful, the community wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be successful and economic development wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be successful. The system is not going to be successful if everyone is not well-served.â&#x20AC;? Closing the achievement gap doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean moving both higher- and lower-performing stu-

dents into the middle, education experts say. Instead, it means studying systems, supports and community involvement to find ways to better reach lower-scoring demographics, and pushing everyone to score higher. Tupelo School Board Vice President Eddie Prather, a former school superintendent and cochairman of the CREATE committee studying the achievement gap, said the key is actually raising standards for all students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you have high standards for high-performing students, students on the bottom will go up,â&#x20AC;? Prather said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And if you have high standards for lower-performing students, students on the top will go up. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some people think you may be talking about lowering rigor, but I really think it is the opposite.â&#x20AC;? Although the issue involves schools and students, possible solutions are much broader, those interviewed said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it is a community problem and not just a school problem,â&#x20AC;? said Claude Hartley, a former Tupelo school board member and current member of the state Board of Education. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It has to become a priority for the community and not just the school.â&#x20AC;? Tupelo has long been a community that has prided itself on having a strong public school system with widespread community support. That support is now at a crossroads, and is also critically needed, as the system faces the challenge of successfully educating both black and white students.

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Prosecutor Stanton targeting gangs BY ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press

MEMPHIS, Tenn. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; In his 17 months as U.S. attorney for West Tennessee, lifelong Memphian Edward Stanton has taken a tough stance against sex traffickers and drug rings, while also showing a willingness to get personally involved in the regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most serious cases. Now, he plans to take on Memphisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; gangs. In an interview with The Associated Press, Stanton said his office was working on forming a federal unit to fight gangs, to go along with an existing task force on organized crime and drug traffickers. The new gang unit will involve law enforcement agencies from the local, state and federal level and should be up and running in 2012, he said. Like other U.S., cities, Memphis has its share of organized gangs who deal drugs and commit acts of violence, and Stanton says he will try to eradicate them from the city and the region. An official announcement of the gang unitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s formation is expected later this year, Stanton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Purposefully, we have been relatively quiet about our efforts because we want to make sure that once it rolls out, that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s effective as well as efficient,â&#x20AC;? Stanton said in an interview last week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Until we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a gang problem at all, we will continue to be very aggressive.â&#x20AC;? Stanton was born and raised in Memphis, attending the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s public schools and the Uni-

versity of Memphisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; law school. As a youngster, he worked at the ice cream shop and gift store across the street from the Graceland mansion, the longtime home of Elvis Presley. A former litigator for Memphis-based FedEx Corp., Stanton was nominated to be U.S. Attorney by President Barack Obama. The U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination in August 2010. Since then Stanton has occupied a corner office on the eighth floor of Memphisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; federal building. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Things are going well,â&#x20AC;? Stanton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never the same day, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always something new every day on this job. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going very quickly, I can tell you that.â&#x20AC;? The pace is not likely to slow down for Stanton. One of the first challenges for Stanton and his team of prosecutors will be the trial of the two remaining defendants accused of being part of a drug ring led by Craig Petties that moved narcotics from Mexico into several U.S. states. Petties has pleaded guilty and is awaiting sentencing on several charges, including racketeering and four murders-for-hire. A handful of other men charged with being drug ring members also have pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing. Two remaining defendants, Martin Lewis and Clinton Lewis, are set to stand trial starting Jan. 17. The case is fraught with logistics issues, including security and a large number of witnesses.

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Sonny Boatman, president, Corinth Artist Guild Gallery. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Instead of driving to the gallery, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll sometimes walk to the gallery.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am sure my New Years Resolution is the same as many others,â&#x20AC;? said Megan Burns with the Corinth Police Department. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am vowing to eat healthier, lose 20 pounds and work out regularly to get in shape! I continue to hear it is important to look how you desire when you turn 30 because it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get any easier.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to walk a mile at least four times a week, getting back in touch with

friends I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t talked to in the last year and staying in touch,â&#x20AC;? added Crossroads Arena employee Lanell Coln. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Your health and good friends are important parts of our life.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Health is very important and I resolve to make 2012 a year to work on improving my health in all aspects â&#x20AC;&#x201D; physical, emotional, spiritual,â&#x20AC;? said Lee Ann Story Sikora, Crossroads Symphony Orchestra board president.

Humble vows A trio of locals have unique but humble vows. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My new yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resolution is not to have to

buy a new heating and air unit, because I had to buy two this year,â&#x20AC;? said Beth Whitehurst, executive director, United Way of Corinth and Alcorn County. Brandy Steen, executive director, of the Crossroads Museum threw out a resolution for the museum â&#x20AC;&#x153;The museum is resolving to have more community involvement in the coming year,â&#x20AC;? said the director. Carol Humphreys is hoping for more time to help with her resolution. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I resolve to do more writing this year.â&#x20AC;?

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The desire to not get flustered and look to the future is the fancy of some. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My resolutions for the New Year are to have more patience with my little girl, Greenlee; play with her more; and work a little less,â&#x20AC;? said Mollie Virginia Ann Pace of the Crossroads Quickstop. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Also, to be a better friend to the ones that deserve it and stop always giving in to worries I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t control and to call my mother more often.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;My New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resolution is to let go of everything that is holding me back. To stop and appreciate the beauty that surrounds me, take a deep

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Deaths Mary Helen Meier

Funeral services for Mary Helen Meier, 82, of Corinth, are set for 2 p.m. today at Corinthian Funeral Home with burial in Olive Hill Cemetery in Guys, Tn. Mrs. Meier, formerly of Guys, died Sunday, Dec. 31, 2011, at Sanctuary Hospice House after a long illness. Born July 12, 1929, she was a homemaker and member of Olive Hill Baptist Church. Mrs. Meier was preceded in death by her parents, Elbert and Minnie Robertson; a daughter, Wanda Sanders; a son, Chester Sanders, a grandson, Leroy Caldwell; and a brother, Author Robertson. Mrs. Meier is survived by a son, Doug Meier (Kris) of Decatur, Ala.; two brothers, Marlin Robertson of Hanover, Ill., and Ray Robertson (Tina) of Guys; three sisters, Nellie Smith of Chewalla, Tn., Alcie Murphy (James) of Rochelle, Ill., and Sandra Wilton (Dewayne) of Rochelle, Ill.; four grandchildren, Logan Meier, Ethan Meier, Audra Sanders and Billy Caldwell; a sister-in-law, Katie Robertson of Chewalla; and numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers are Dewayne Wilton, Melvin Wilton, Donald Wilton, Christopher Smith, Logan Meier and Ethan Meier. Bro. Warren Jones will officiate. Visitation is 11 a.m. until service time at the funeral home.

Dorothy Lorene Conn Phillips

Funeral services for Dorothy Lorene Conn Phillips, 85, of Corinth, are set for 11 a.m. Wednesday at Magnolia Funeral Home Chapel of Memories with burial in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Phillips died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012, at her residence. Born July 31, 1926, she was captain of her high school basketball team and Valedictorian of her graduating class. She was retired from Wurlitzer with 27 years of service. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. She loved working in her flowers and listening to country and gospel music. She played the French harp and loved spending time with her family and friends especially, her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Sarah Finch

IUKA – Funeral services for Sarah Jane Hinton Finch, 75, are set for 1 p.m. Wednesday at McPeters Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Ed Kennedy officiating. Burial will be in the Henry Cemetery. Visitation is 11 a.m. until service time at the funeral home.

Rita Davis

Funeral services for Rita Kaye Hughes Davis, 58, of Corinth, are set for 1 p.m. today at Magnolia Funeral Home C h a pel of Memor i e s w i t h burial in Dogwood C e m - Davis etery. Mrs. Davis died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012, at her residence. Born Nov. 1, 1953, she worked at ITT for several years and was a member of Strickland Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Mickey Davis; and her father, William Lonnie Hughes. Survivors include a son, William Curtis Davis and his wife Denise of Corinth; a daughter, Christie Cummings and her husband Darren of Corinth; her mother, Gladys Earline Hughes of Corinth; seven grandchildren, Sheree Mills Moss and her husband Weston, Steven Mills, Jessica Mills, Holly Mills, Haley Davis, Brandon Davis, and Jacob Lambert;

one great granddaughter, Kimber Moss; four brothers, Larry Hughes of Counce, Tn., Dennis Hughes and his wife Sherry of Corinth, Tony Hughes and his wife Margie of Corinth, and Stevie Hughes and his wife Nelda of Corinth; and two sisters, Diane Slaughter and her husband Billy of Shiloh, Tn., and Vickie Sanders and her husband Dewayne of Shiloh, Tn. Charlie Browning and Bro. Harold Burcham will officiate. Visitation is 10 a.m. until service time today at the funeral home.

Willie Meeks

BALDWYN – Funeral services for Willie Meeks were held Monday at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Precious Memories Cemetery. Mr. Meeks died Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, at Baldwyn Nursing Facility. He enjoyed the Special Olympics, baseball and watching westerns and loved to meet real people. He was preceded in death by his mother and daddy, Pauline (Choate) and Millard Haynie; his father C.R. Meeks; a brother, Lawrence Meeks; and his grandparents, George and Elma Choate and Jake and Ada Meeks. Survivors include two sisters, Peggy Markle (Charles) and Tana Meeks; four brothers, Jimmy Haynie (Sharon), Raybon Haynie (Rhonda), Rickey Meeks (Hope), and Gary Meeks (Paulette). Bro. Bill Wages officiated.

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She was preceded in death by her father, Henry Wood Conn; her mother, Mary Ellen Ford Conn; four sisters, Nellie Stegall, Myra McGee, Elmer Hutchenson and Flora Sykes; and four brothers, J.B. Conn, Preston Conn, Garland Conn and William Roy Conn. Survivors include her husband of 67 years, John Thomas Phillips of Corinth; a son, Thomas Kent Phillips and his wife Ouida of Charlotte, N.C.; a daughter, Wanda Kay Bailey and her husband Art of Benton Ark.; four grandchildren, Jon Bret Bailey and his wife Jane of Benton, Ark., Cara Phillips Brown and her Phillips husband Matt of Colorado, Molly Phillips Curland and her husband Brian of Pennsylvania, and Matthew Phillips and his wife Allison of California; 10 great grandchildren, Kaitlyn Bailey, Jackson Bailey, Faith Brown, Hope Brown, Lincoln Brown, Noah Curland, Nica Curland, Christian Phillips, David Phillips, and Anna Phillips; a sister, Ann Mae Pell of Pascagoula; and other relatives and a host of friends. Pallbearers are Bobby Warren, Steve Thompson, Bob McAfee, Gene Calvary, Gilbert Wooten and Jimmy Burrell. Art Bailey, Ouida Phillips and Thomas Phillips will officiate. Visitation is 5-8 p.m. tonight and from 10 a.m. until service time Wednesday at the funeral home. Online condolences can be made at www.magnoliafuneralhome.net

Bill Stahl

Funeral services for William “Bill” Stahl, 87, of Corinth, are set for 1 p.m. today at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. J. B. Barnes officiating. Burial will be in the White Sulphur Cemetery located in Pickwick State Park. Mr. Stahl died on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. He was born and completed grade and high school in Siloam Springs, Ar. He served as a radio operator and a mechanic on a B-29 bomber in the Pacific Theater dur-

ing WWII, completing 35 missions against main land Japan, operated a 75 watt transmitter in both voice and code and was based in Guam, Marianna Islands, Scott Field, IL, and Madison, WI. Among other decorations, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with Three Oak Leaf Clusters. After his discharge, he finished his pre-law studies at Arkansas Tech University and obtained his law degree from the University of Arkansas. In 1950, he was elected city attorney of Siloam Springs, but only served a few months before being recalled to active duty. During this tour, he served for three years during the Korean War as an Army Judge Advocate. Upon his second discharge, he practiced law in West Memphis, AR for 10 years. During this time he was named as the “Outstanding Young Man in West Memphis” in 1958, served as Arkansas Judge Advocate of the VFW, local and state President of the Arkansas Jaycees and as President of the Crittenden County Bar Association. In 1964, he accepted a position as an attorney for the Army Corps of Engineers, and after assignments in various states, he came to Iuka as the Chief of Real Estate for the divide cut of the Tombigbee Waterway. After his retirement from the Corps of Engineers, he returned to Iuka where he served in numerous volunteer capacities. He was President of the Friends of the Iuka Library for over 10 years and named the outstanding “Friends Volunteer” for the State of Mississippi in 1980. Other office’s included a term on the City Planning Commission, various offices in the United Methodist Church, teacher of the Young Adults Sunday School Class, President of the Iuka Rotary Club and was awarded the Paul Harris Fellowship. He is survived by his wife, Bonnie Barnes Stahl; one son, Dana Stahl and wife Linda; one daughter, Margaret Sanders and husband Maury; four stepsons, Monte Strong and wife Barbara, Tim, Stan, and Jon Sutton; eight grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren. Visitation is from 11 a.m. until service time at the funeral home.

Program offers emotional support for storm victims The Associated Press

JACKSON, Tenn. — A program that offers emotional support for people affected by natural disasters — including severe storms and flooding in 2010 and 2011 — continues to offer aid. The Tennessee Recovery Project is a nonprofit organization that has offices in Jackson, Nashville and Memphis. Erin Bellinger, a crisis counselor and team leader in Jackson, says the services provided are confidential and free.

“Our main goal is to go in and see the individuals who were affected by storms and floods since May of 2010,” she said. “We are working on helping victims of this year’s flood.” She told The Jackson Sun that team leaders conducting interviews, presentations and public service announcements to find people who still need aid. “A lot of people don’t want to admit that they are anxious during flash floods and tornado warn-

ings,” she said. “We want people to know that their emotions and reactions are completely normal.” She said the program, which is in its second year, can assist people by providing emotional support and helping them locate resources they might need. “(Centers) are located across the state,” she said. “We help people with their coping skills and check in on their emotional wellbeing. We allow someone to address their feelings. Every little bit helps.” Crisis counselor Nata-

lie Perry said a team of people from the Tennessee Recovery Project usually goes door-to-door in a community after a severe storm hits. “In the helping relationship we try to deliver,” she said. “We want to help people understand their coping strategies and their options as far as receiving assistance. One of our major goals is to create a selfhelp group in the community. That way, people would be more organized and have a plan in the face of a disaster.”

Fondling counts against ex-bus driver grow The Associated Press

JACKSON — A 70-year-old former Clinton School District bus driver is facing charges that he fondled three girls. The Clarion-Ledger reports that Shepard Ray Havens of Bolton initially faced charges involving one girl, but Hinds County Sheriff’s Department officials said two other girls have come forward. Havens is scheduled to be arraigned in Hinds County Circuit Court Wednesday on six counts of gratification of lust and one count of sexual battery. Each count carries a maximum 15 years in prison upon conviction. Havens faces a maximum of 20 years to life on the sexu-

al battery charge. Havens is out of jail on a $100,000 bond. It will be up to Circuit Judge Winston Kidd whether to allow Havens to remain free on the bond. Four counts of gratification of lust and one count of sexual battery involve the same 10-year-old girl. He is also charged with one count each of gratification of lust involving two younger girls, according to his indictment. Hinds County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Jeffery Scott said at the time of Havens’ arrest that the investigation began after the first girl told her parents what Havens allegedly did and they contacted Clinton

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Voters want growth, not income redistribution BY MICHAEL BARONE “A 2008 election widely regarded as heralding a shift toward the more governmentfriendly public sentiment of the New Deal and Great Society eras seems to have yielded just the reverse.” So writes William Galston, Brookings Institution scholar and deputy domestic adviser in the Clinton White House, in the New Republic. Galston, one of the smartest political and policy analysts around, has strong evidence for this conclusion. He cites a recent Gallup poll showing that while 82 percent of Americans think it’s extremely or very important to “grow and expand the economy” and 70 percent say it’s similarly important to “increase equality of opportunity for people to get ahead,” only 46 percent say it’s important to “reduce the income and wealth gap between the rich and the poor,” and 54 percent say this is only somewhat or not important. In addition, by a 52 to 45 percent margin, Americans see the gap between the rich and the poor as an acceptable part of the economic system rather than a problem that needs to be fixed. As Galston notes, these findings suggest that Obama’s much-praised speech at Osawatomie, Kan., decrying inequality, “may well reduce his chances of prevailing in a close race.” Class warfare politics, as I have noted, hasn’t produced a Democratic presidential victory in a long, long time. Where Galston misses a step, I think, is that he seems to regard the move away from redistributionist politics in this time of economic stagnation as an anomaly in need of explanation. He seems to share the Obama Democrats’ assumption that economic distress would make Americans more supportive of, or amenable to, big government policies. That is what we have all been taught by the great and widely read New Deal historians, and that lesson has been absorbed by generations of politicians and political pundits. I believe that historians have taught the wrong lessons about the 1930s. And I believe there is a plausible and probably correct reason why economic distress has apparently moved Americans to be less rather than more supportive of big government. To understand the lessons of the 1930s, you need to read the election returns. Franklin Roosevelt’s victory in 1932 was a massive rejection of Republicans across the board. Republicans lost huge ground in urban and rural areas, in the West and Midwest and most of the East. In 1936, FDR won re-election by a slightly larger margin, but with a different coalition. The rural and small town North returned to its long Republican allegiance, while Democrats made further big gains among immigrants and blue-collar workers. The New Deal historians attributed these gains to Roosevelt’s economic redistribution measures: high tax rates on high earners, the pro-union Wagner Act, Social Security. These laws — the so-called Second New Deal — were passed in 1935. They replaced the different, non-redistributionist policies of the First New Deal that stopped the deflationary downward spiral underway when Roosevelt took office. The problem with the historians’ claims is that the shifts in the electorate apparent in 1936 also are apparent in the 1934 off-year elections. Democrats won big that year, but compared to 1932, they lost ground in rural areas and small towns and gained much ground in big cities and factory towns. So why should voters be leery of economic redistribution in times of economic distress? Perhaps because they realize that they stand to gain much more from a vibrantly growing economy than from redistribution of a stagnant economic pie. A growing economy produces many unanticipated opportunities. Redistribution edges toward a zero-sum game. Roosevelt’s 1934 and 1936 victories were won in periods of growth. After the economy shifted into recession in 1937, New Deal Democrats fared much worse, and Roosevelt won his third and fourth terms as a seasoned wartime leader, not an economic redistributor. Lesson: If you want redistribution, you’d better first produce growth. Which the Obama Democrats’ policies have failed to do. (Michael Barone, senior political analyst for The Washington Examiner, www.washingtonexaminer.com, is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a Fox News Channel contributor and a co-author of The Almanac of American Politics.)

Prayer for today Thank you, God, for the priceless treasures you reveal to us as we read the Bible. Amen.

A verse to share Jesus said, “What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops.” — Matthew 10:27 (NRSV)

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New leaders to reshape Miss. Legislature JACKSON (AP) — The Mississippi House and Senate are getting fresh leadership teams in 2012, with new presiding officers who will reward their top allies with the most prestigious committee assignments. The big question is whether the two Republican presiding officers will reach out to include Democrats in positions of responsibility. The 122 members of the House and 52 members of the Senate are sworn in Tuesday, and one of the first orders of business in the House is choosing a speaker. Republicans will hold the House majority for the first time since Reconstruction, and during a meeting in November, GOP members informally chose Philip Gunn of Clinton as their choice for the chamber’s top job. Gunn, an attorney, is entering his third term in the House from a district that takes in parts of Hinds, Madison, Warren and Yazoo counties. If he’s elected speaker, Gunn would take the gavel from Billy McCoy of Rienzi, a populist Democrat who’s

held the position the past two terms and opted not to seek re-election to the House Emily this time. Wagster Republicans Pettus u n s u c c e s s fully tried to Capitol Dome oust McCoy as speaker in 2008, and he cut them out of all committee chairmanships. Committee assignments are crucial because chairman have great influence over which bills live or die. Some Democrats say publicly that they’ll vote for Gunn for speaker. Among them is Rep. George Flaggs of Vicksburg, who was one of McCoy’s top allies. “The people who elected me, elected me to go over there and do what’s best for the state of Mississippi,” Flaggs said. “I have said publicly any number of times that I plan to work with the Republicans just like I worked with the Democrats. I’m a team player.” Republican Rep. Greg

Snowden of Meridian, long seen as one of the more analytical members of the House, said he’s looking forward to being in the majority party. He said he’s confident Gunn will work with a broad cross-section of lawmakers. “One thing about Philip Gunn — he is truly a very humble person,” Snowden said. Gunn said that during pre-session meetings with his colleagues, he has sought support from all. “We need to bring this thing together,” he said. Gunn said he doesn’t know how much freedom he’ll give committee chairman to singlehandedly decide the fate of bills. He also said he doesn’t know whether Republicans will try to form a united front behind closed doors before issues are debated in the entire House. “I just want to be fair,” Gunn said. “I want to follow the rules, and I want to have decorum.” Tate Reeves, who has been state treasurer the past eight years, won the Republican primary for lieutenant gov-

ernor this past August and had no Democratic opponent in the Nov. 8 general election. He’ll be sworn in Thursday, and a spokeswoman said he will announce the Senate committee assignments Friday. Reeves spent several weeks meeting privately with new and returning senators to ask about their interests. Sen. Willie Simmons, D-Cleveland, said he’s optimistic Reeves will try to work with a broad range of people. “He did say to us that he wanted to be inclusive from a regional point of view, party, as well as male-female and race,” said Simmons, who has served since January 1993. Republican Sen. Joey Fillingane of Sumrall was chairman of one of the most powerful committees, Judiciary A, the past four years. He supported Reeves in the 2011 election, but said he has no inside information about how the committee assignments will shake out. “I’m happy to serve wherever,” Fillingane said.

The Justice Department’s identity problem Is there, or should there ever be, a point when a state is no longer penalized for its discriminatory past? Not according to the Department of Justice, which Friday, Dec. 23 rejected a South Carolina law that would have required voters show a valid photo ID before casting their ballots. Justice says the law discriminates against minorities. The Obama administration said, “South Carolina’s law didn’t meet the burden under the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which outlawed discriminatory practices preventing blacks from voting.” Why South Carolina? Because, the Justice Department contends, it’s tasked with approving voting changes in states that have failed in the past to protect the rights of blacks. Are they serious? There are two African Americans representing South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives, One is Tim Scott, a freshman Republican. The other is 10term Rep. James Clyburn, the current assistant Democratic leader. There are numerous minority members of the S.C. state legislature and Governor Nikki Haley who is Indian-American. This is not your grandfather’s South Carolina. This is not the South Carolina of

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the then-segregationist and Dixiecrat presidential candidate Strom Thurmond. YesCal t e r d a y ’ s Thomas South Carolina had segreColumnist gated schools, lunch counters, restrooms and buses and a dominant Democratic Party. Today’s South Carolina is a modern, integrated, forward-looking, dual-party state. If Justice thinks proving who one is by showing valid photo ID discriminates against minorities, how does it explain the election of so many minority legislators? Are only whites voting for them? Democrats, especially, should be sensitive to states and people who have demonstrated that they have changed. It was the Democratic Party of the late 19th century that resisted integration throughout the South, passing Jim Crow laws that frustrated blacks who wanted to vote. Those were Southern Democrats who stood in schoolhouse doors, barring blacks from entering. Today, many members of that same party refuse to allow poor minority students to leave failing

government schools as part of the school voucher system because they, apparently, value political contributions from teachers unions more than they value educational achievement. The South Carolina law that offends the Justice Department anticipated objections that some poor minorities might not have driver’s licenses (and certainly not a passport) because they might not own cars. So the state will provide free voter ID cards with a picture of the voter on it. All someone has to do is prove who they claim to be. A birth certificate will do nicely. A utility bill can be used to prove residency. Not requiring a voter to prove his or her citizenship and residence is a recipe for voter fraud. Democrats like to accuse Republicans of trying to keep minorities from voting because they know most will vote for Democrats. Even if that were true (and it’s debatable) the reverse is probably truer. Some Democrats have allegedly encouraged people to vote who were not eligible, some more than once. Without a valid ID, how can we stop this? The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law has compiled a list of new voter identification laws passed this year. In addition to the

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one in South Carolina, all require some form of photo identification. Will Justice go after all of them, as well? According to the Brennan Center, a new law in Kansas, effective Jan. 1, 2012, requires a photo ID, with certain exceptions such as a physical disability that makes it impossible for the person to travel to a government office to acquire one, though they must have “qualified for permanent advance voting status...” A new Texas law, which took effect on Sept. 1, requires a photo ID in order to vote, or another form of personal ID card issued by the Department of Public Safety. Even historically liberal Wisconsin passed a new law this year requiring voters to prove who they are, in most cases with a photo ID. Governor Haley and South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson vow to fight the Justice Department ruling. They should. Photo IDs are required when flying on commercial aircraft or cashing a check. That discriminates against no one. Neither does requiring people to prove who they are before voting, unless, of course, there’s another agenda, like “stuffing” the ballot box. (Readers may e-mail Cal Thomas at tmseditors@tribune.com.)

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Local Judge sets settlement deadline in McAllister suit BY HOLBROOK MOHR The Associated Press

JACKSON — A federal judge has set a deadline for settlement negotiations in a lawsuit between Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. and Deuce McAllister related to a car dealership the former New Orleans Saints star owned in Mississippi. U.S. Magistrate Judge Linda R. Anderson set a telephone conference for Jan. 5 and said discovery will resume immediately if a settlement hasn’t been reached.

NMAC sued McAllister and Deuce McAllister Motors LLC in October 2009 in U.S. District Court in Jackson for more than $1.5 million, alleging the dealership defaulted on payments and exceeded credit limits. In a counter claim, McAllister said Nissan knew he “was a young professional athlete inexperienced in the motor vehicle sales business” and did little to help his dealership succeed. “We’re just trying to get it worked out. Everyone’s

trying to get it worked out,” McAllister attorney Joe Roberts said of the settlement talks. He declined to comment further, saying that could be counterproductive to the ongoing discussions. An attorney for NMAC, Chad Hammons, didn’t immediately respond to a message. NMAC spokesman Fred Standish has told The Associated Press the company doesn’t comment on litigation. McAllister was a football star at the University of Mississippi and spent

Wild hogs make a mess in park The Associated Press

VICKSBURG — Wild hogs are making a mess in the Vicksburg National Military Park. Since a mass migration of hogs, alligators, coyotes and other wildlife moved down the Mississippi River as it reached record flood marks in May, wild hogs have made the northern third of the 1,800-acre park their rooting grounds, according to The Vicksburg Post. “We’ve removed 11 so far since mid-October,” said Mike Madell, the park’s superintendent. “And we’ve just sighted the group of seven. It’s definitely a problem.” The park has enlisted the help of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to trap and shoot the nuisance animals to head off any

movement south or east where they could cross paths with joggers on the tour road. “We can’t transport them live,” said Virginia DuBowy, the park’s natural resources manager. “So, we do it in a humane way.” Wild swine weigh up to about 200 pounds and can be aggressive, usually around piglets. They may be hunted in Mississippi year-round without firearm restrictions. Concealed weapons may be carried in the park, but must remain inside one’s vehicle, said Rick Martin, the park’s chief of operations. Wild boars spotted at Riverfront Park in Vicksburg forced the city to close the park for nearly two days in the week leading up to the river’s record 57.1-foot crest May 19.

Park officials saw an initial wave of hogs as the river rose and fell slowly. Some were believed to be the last of a group that had escaped from farmland near the park about two years ago, DuBowy said. “The food source for them is tremendous, with the grubs and plants,” she said. “They’ve got a lot of water and a lot of cover. It’s hard to get to — but the pigs don’t seem to have a problem with it. It’s an inviting place for them.” Extensive crossbreeding has varied the appearance of wild boars, in terms of shape and coat color, according to a report issued by USDA in August. The agency says estimates of the U.S. feral pig population in 2010 reached 5 million over 37 states, up from 16 states in 1982.

eight seasons as one of the Saints’ most popular players. He has invested heavily in his native Mississippi, including the Nissan business, a luxury car dealership and high-end real estate. McAllister also had a used-car business when he opened the Nissan store. Deuce McAllister Nissan of Jackson ran into financial trouble. NMAC said in court records that it found problems with the dealership during its 2008 audit, then sent a monitor there and reinstated its credit. But, the lawsuit

said, the dealership continued to sell cars and not pay NMAC back and the debts grew. The dealership operated in Chapter 11 for a time and agreed to liquidate its remaining assets through Chapter 7 bankruptcy in May. NMAC sued McAllister in U.S. District Court in Jackson, claiming the dealership defaulted on hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments in 2008 and exceeded its credit limits even more. In his counter claim,

McAllister said that rather than helping, NMAC withheld information that the dealership wouldn’t be profitable in the area and neglected to warn him that one of his partners had done business with a Nissan-related dealership before and “was unsuitable for the management position.” As a result of the failed business, McAllister’s counterclaim says he lost money and “incurred damage to his business relationships and reputation, and has suffered mental anguish and anxiety.”

Starkville football player shot and killed The Associated Press

WEST POINT — Police say a 16-year-old Starkville High School football player was shot and killed by a 31-yearold man early Sunday morning. The Commercial Dispatch reports that Devin Mitchell, a junior, was shot and killed at about 2:55 a.m. Mitchell was taken to the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo where he died, according to West Point Police Chief Tim Brinkley. Police arrested Tavaris F. Collins and charged him with murder. Brinkley said a motive was still under investigation. Mitchell was a member of the Starkville High football team that reached the Class 5A state title game this season. Mitchell, a tight

end and linebacker, led Starkville with 34 catches for 772 yards and 10 touchdowns. “It is such a tragedy,” said Stan Miller, Starkville High athletics director. “He was a straight A-B student, a churchgoer, a fine young man ... I’m just sick. I’m torn up.” Starkville School District Interim Superintendent Beth Sewell called Mitchell “a student of

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