022612 Corinth E-Edition

Meet Your Local Business Owners

Welcome To Corinth Meet Your Local Business Owners

Special section inside today

Inside today: Over $100 worth of coupon savings www.dailycorinthian.com

Sunday Feb. 26, 2012 $1.50

Daily Corinthian Vol. 116, No. 49

• Corinth, Mississippi •

Mostly sunny Today

Tonight

62

38

16 pages • Two sections

4 mail processing centers to close

BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

Four mail processing centers in the state are set to close.

The U.S. Postal Service says processing services in Tupelo, Grenada, Gulfport and Hattiesburg will be transferred to other facilities with three of the four moved to sites out of state.

“This is one part of the recovery plan put in place by the Postal Service,” said Doug Kyle, spokesman for the Mississippi Postal Service District. “There are a number of things in play that end up to a comprehensive plan.”

The Postal Service also announced that three Tennessee centers (Jackson, Chattanooga,

Hospital donates to wall project

BY BRANT SAPPINGTON bsappington@dailycorinthian.com

A large donation from Magnolia Regional Health Center has boosted continuing efforts to bring the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall to Corinth for a second visit.

The three-fifths scale replica of the original Vietnam Memorial in Washington is scheduled to arrive in Corinth on June 20 and will be on display at North Corinth Baptist Church from June 21 through 24.

MRHC recently donated $2,500 to the effort to bring the wall to Corinth. Tom

and Johnson City) are in line for closure.

No specific dates were announced for any of the closings.

No closing or consolidation will take place before May 15.

If action is taken, the Tupelo and Jackson, Tn. services will both be transferred to Memphis, Tenn.; mail processing

operations in Grenada will move to Jackson; and all mail processing operations in Gulfport and Hattiesburg will move to Mobile, Ala. The proposed changes wouldn’t impact the time of mail delivery to areas currently served by the processing centers that could be closed, Kyle said.

Chief Operating Officer Megan Brennan says consolidating postal operations is necessary to keep the Postal Service afloat.

Moves were made following a study started five months ago by the Postal Service to examine mail processing at some MissisPlease see CENTERS | 2A

A Taste of the Wild

Chartres, chairman of Veterans and Family Honors Inc, the non-profit organization formed to bring the wall back to Corinth said they need to raise $15,000 to do everything they need to do to bring the wall in. He said the hospital’s donation is the largest single donation received so far and leaders are extremely grateful to the hospital and to everyone who has contributed to the project.

The wall last came to Corinth on Labor Day weekPlease see VIETNAM | 2A

Staff photo by Bobby J. Smith

Sandy Mitchell, district clerk for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alcorn County, prepares sample plates for Tuesday night’s Wildlife Tasting Supper.

Annual Wildlife Tasting Supper offers food, fun and fellowship

BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com

File photo

Visitors search for names and pay their respects at the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall during the wall’s visit to the area on Labor Day weekend 2010. Approximately 11,000 people saw the memorial during that visit and planning and fundraising efforts are currently underway to bring to the wall back to Corinth this summer.

In addition to the chance to sample some of the area’s best wildlife dishes, the 2012 Wildlife Tasting Supper — coming Tuesday night to the Crossroads Arena — is an opportunity for fun and fellowship.

Local wildlife cooking enthusiasts are working through the weekend to produce the winning dish for the 27th annual

event’s much-anticipated Dish Contest, said Sandy Mitchell, district clerk for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alcorn County.

“That’s a big thing,” Mitchell said. “Everybody wants to win.

A lot of hard work and preparation happens over the weekend.”

The Wildlife Tasting Supper features a Dish Contest that promises cash prizes for

the best cooks in a wide range of wildlife categories: Antlered (deer, elk, moose, etc.); Land Critter (rabbit, bear, opossum, raccoon, etc.); Water Critter (beaver, fish, turtle, alligator, etc.); Feathered (quail, duck, dove, goose, pheasant, etc.) and Desserts (muscadine cobbler, blackberry pie, etc.). In the Hunting Club category, all local Please see DINNER | 2A

Tuskegee Airman highlights Black History Month commemoration

BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com

Staff photo by Bobby J. Smith

Tuskegee Airmen aerial photographer Roy Robinson attended Saturday’s Black History Month activities at the Corinth Black History Museum.

Index Stocks...... 7A Classified......3B TV......6A Wisdom......1B

Weather......5A Obituaries......3A Opinion......4A Sports......8A

A local hero attended a day of activities celebrating Black History Month at the Corinth Black History Museum on Saturday.

Roy Allen “Bo Peep” Robinson, 89, a veteran who served with the famed Tuskegee Airmen, attended the event which was held to showcase the talents of a pair of black artists.

Robinson worked as an aerial photographer for the Tuskegee Airmen — the name given to the 477th Bombardment Group and the 332nd Fighter Group during World War II. They were the first African-American military aviators in the history of the United States armed forces.

As aerial photographer for the 477th Bombardment

Group, Robinson would lie in the bottom of planes flown by the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II and take photos of areas to be bombed. Later, he would accompany the pilots again on the bombing missions.

He is a resident of the Mississippi Care Center nursing home in Corinth.

Saturday’s event provided a forum for the talents of two black artists from around the region, Brian D. Crockett and Victoria Cummings Bobo.

Crockett, a 39-year-old New Albany-based artist, displayed a series of stark, black and white paintings of bluesmen — Little Walter, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Pinetop Perkins, MudPlease see HISTORY | 2A

On this day in history 150 years ago President Lincoln signs the Loan and Treasury Bill sent to him

by Congress which authorizes for the first time the issuance of official, national United States paper currency. Prior to this, the only official national money had been coin, usually gold or silver.

Local

2A • Daily Corinthian

Sunday, February 26, 2012

VIETNAM: Visit will begin with ceremony on June 22 CONTINUED FROM 1A

end of 2010. Chartres said they saw approximately 11,000 people visit the wall during its first visit, with veterans and families coming from throughout the region to view the display and pay their respects. They are anticipating around 8,000 visitors during this year’s display.

The chairman said it’s an incredibly moving thing for veterans and all those touched by the war to view the wall. The moving wall creates an opportunity for people to

experience the memorial who may not ever have the chance to travel to Washington.

This year’s visit will begin with opening ceremonies on Friday, June 22, led by Brig Gen. Bill Huff.

Bro. Bill Wages of North Corinth Baptist Church will lead a prayer, and VFW State Commander David B. Mason will serve as the featured speaker.

The ceremonies will also include patriotic music.

Bad Bob will also make a return appearance, performing his moving Missing Man tribute program honoring those who did

not return from combat.

Fundraising efforts are continuing and several upcoming events are planned, including an auction set for March 31 at the American Legion Building being organized by JC and Carlene Parker. More details about that event will be announced soon.

Donations to the project can be mailed to Veterans and Family Honors Inc, 107 N. 4th St., Booneville, MS 38829.

For more information on how to get involved and assist with the effort, call Chartres at 662-2840739.

DINNER: Wildlife culinary experts return each year CONTINUED FROM 1A Staff photo by Bobby J. Smith

Artist and poet Victoria Cummings Bobo performs her “Tribute to a Black Female Gospel Singer” at the Corinth Black History Museum on Saturday.

HISTORY: ‘I enjoyed it more than ... any exhibit’ CONTINUED FROM 1A

dy Waters and George “Harmonica” Smith.

He said his greatest experience with the arts was during a stint teaching his artistic skills to youngsters in New Albany. What struck him most was the unfaltering attention and honesty his artwork prompted from the class.

“I enjoyed it more than selling art or any exhibit — that was super-cool,” Crockett said.

He currently has exhibits of his artwork on

display in New Albany and Atlanta, Ga., in addition to the local exhibits.

Bobo is an artist and poet. The Black History Museum currently contains one of her paintings and a sculpture of “Adam and Eve.” Over a bluesy, gospel-tinged backing track with swirling organ notes, Bobo recited “Tribute to a Black Female Gospel Singer,” a selection from her spoken-word album “The Color of Diversity.”

She spoke warmly about her feelings re-

garding the opportunity to perform at Corinth’s Black History Museum.

“I love it,” she said. “I dared to dream — and a dream has come true for me.”

Bobo has been writing poems since she was 12 years old. She is the author of several volumes of poetry and numerous plays.

Where does she find her inspiration?

“The Good Lord and His creations,” she replied. “How can you not feel energized to see the beauty of nature?”

CENTERS: December moratorium was designed to allow Congress sufficient time to enact legislation CONTINUED FROM 1A

sippi District facilities.

In December 2011, the Postal Service agreed to impose a moratorium on closing or consolidating post offices and mail processing facilities prior to May 15, 2012, to give Congress and the Administration the opportunity to enact an al-

ternative plan This delay was designed to allow Congress sufficient time to enact comprehensive postal legislation. In the meantime, the Postal Service continued all necessary steps required for the review of these facilities, including public notifications, public input meetings and consideration

of public comments.

Implementation of this consolidation is contingent upon the outcome of pending rule making for a proposal to revise existing service standards.

Since 2006, the Postal Service says it has experienced a 25 percent decline in first-class mail.

The Associated Press contributed to this article.

All Stadium Seating Birthday Parties Online Tickets Sunday, Feb. 26th

TRANSFORMERS: DARKDEEDS OF THE MOON TYLER PERRY’S GOOD (PG13) 1:30(non 4:35 3-D) 7:30 (PG13) No pass 12:00, 6:50, 7:30, 10:05 ACT OF12:50, VALOR3:20, (R)4:10, 1:15 4:20 7:20 No pass THEGONE GREEN(PG13) LANTERN (PG13) 1:05(non 4:103D)7:05 No pass- 10:00 TEACHER (R) - (NON 1:20,3-D)4:20, GHOST RIDBAD ER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE (PG13)7:35, 1:10 4:159:40 7:10 No pass MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS 2:40,No4:55 THIS MEANS WAR (PG13)(PG) 1:25- 12:20, 4:30 7:20 pass HORRIBLE BOSSES (R) - 1:25, 4:30, 7:25, 9:45 JOURNEY 2 (NON 3D) (PG) 1:05 4:10 7:05 LARRY CROWNE (PG13) - 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:20, 9:40 SAFE HOUSE (R) 1:30 4:35 7:25 SUPER 8 (PG13) - 7:20, 9:50 THE VOW (PG13) 1:20 4:20 7:15 ZOOKEEPER (PG) - 1:10, 4:15, 7:00, 9:20 CHRONICLE (PG13) 1:15 4:15 7:15 CARS 2 (non 3-D) (G) - 12:15, 1:00, 3:00, 4:00, 6:45, 7:20, 9:15 THEMONTE WOMAN IN BLACK (PG13) CARLO (PG) - 1:05, 4:05, 1:25 7:05,4:25 9:307:30

dailycorinthian.com

hunting clubs are asked to compete against each other in preparing a large quantity dish.

Because of shortages in previous years’ events, participants are encouraged to bring a dish.

Many wildlife culinary experts return year after year to treat the gathering to a taste of their muchadmired dishes, Mitchell said. Local veterinarian Dr. Jim Jackson “can cook anything and wrap it in bacon — and it wins.” Alcorn County Circuit Clerk Joe Caldwell is working up an anticipated batch of Tennessee River catfish.

“His wife is also a wonderful cook,” Mitchell said. “The whole family is. Those Caldwells can cook!”

Those who attend can expect duck gumbo, wild turkey kabobs, hospitality pie and much more.

Mitchell emphasized that you don’t have to be a hunter or fisherman to contribute to the Wildlife Tasting Supper.

Many people cook storebought shrimp or catfish, and some cooks get their game from a friend or family member who does hunt. The point is that everyone is welcome.

“I don’t want anybody to feel like they can’t be a part of it,” Mitchell said.

Hot dogs and barbecue will be available for anyone who prefers not to eat wildlife.

The Wildlife Tasting Supper began in the late ’80s. About 75 people attended the first event.

Since then it has grown every year. Over 600 people attended last year’s Wildlife Tasting Supper — and the food is only one of the reasons for the event’s amazing increase in popularity.

“It’s a big social event now,” Mitchell explained.

No more ups and downs?

You can avoid the stock market’s instability as you build your financial future. Let your Modern Woodmen representative show you how a fixed annuity can help smooth the way.

Modern Woodmen of America offers financial products and fraternal benefits. Call today to learn more.

602 S. Cass St. • Corinth, MS 38834

662-287-2323 Jonathan Marsh, FIC* A name* Agent 710 Cruise St, a address Suite 102 c state city, Corinth MS 38834 662-287-4756 662-665-7904 p phone Jonathan.Marsh@mwarep.org

M Woodmen email Modern

Steven Eaton, Agent name*

Financial Representative address 710 Cruise St, city, state Suite 102 Corinth phone MS 38834 662-415-9427 662-287-0113 Modern Woodmen email steven.eaton@mwarep.org

modern-woodmen.org MAR0408 AR0408

*Registered representative. Securities offered through MWA Financial Services Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Modern Woodmen of America, 1701 1st Avenue, Rock Island, IL 61201, 309-558-3100. Member: FINRA, SIPC.

P.O. Box 1800 Corinth, MS 38835

15 00 PIZZA $ 10

2 MEDIUM

PIZZAS Anyway You

$

Want for Just

1 LARGE

Anyway You Want for Just

Home Delivery 1 year - - - - - - - $139.80 6 months - - - - - - $71.40 3 months - - - - - - $35.85

Mail Rates 1 year - - - - - - - -$195.00 6 months - - - - - - $98.70 $97.50 3 months - - - - - - $49.35 $48.75

99

A taste from the supper Country Fried Quail

Ingredients ■6

quail, split lengthwise cups of buttermilk ■ 2 cups flour ■ 1 tablespoon salt ■ 2 teaspoon black pepper ■ 1⁄8 teaspoon red pepper ■ canola oil

■ 1.5

Gravy ■ 1⁄4

cup flour ■ 2 cups milk ■ salt and pepper to taste ■ pan drippings from quail

Place quail and buttermilk in bowl or Ziploc bag overnight. Combine flour, salt and peppers in paper sack. Add quail, two pieces at a time and shake until coated. Heat oil to 350 degrees in large skillet. Lay quail pieces in hot oil carefully.

Cook five minutes and turn. Cook five minutes or until second side is browned. Remove from oil and drain on paper towel-lined platter.

You can make gravy by pouring off all but 1⁄4 cup of oil in skillet. Sprinkle 1⁄4 cup flour into hot oil and scrape up browned bits in bottom of skillet. Stir constantly until caramel in color.

Add 2 cups of milk and season to taste with salt and pepper. Stir until gravy thickens to desired consistency. Serve gravy over quail or over hot biscuits on the side. Serves 3 to 4.

— Sandy Mitchell “There’s no set program.

Fellowship is the only thing we concentrate on.

You’ll see people telling hunting stories, hear people talking about fishing, what they caught, the deer that got away. It’s a really good thing for the community to get together and fellowship. Once you get there it makes all the hard work worthwhile.”

There will be several exhibits, from antique tractors to off-road vehicles to homemade knives. A variety of door prizes will be given away during the evening. Two guns will be raffled off at the end of the Supper — and adult model (Mossberg .535 with wood stock) and a youth model (Harrington & Richardson .243 with wood stock and scope). The guns were provided by the Corinth and Alcorn County Bank Association. Another item up for raffle will be a utility trailer that was built by VoTech students to help raise money for Alcorn County 4-H Club events and activities.

An event on this scale requires many people working behind the scenes, Mitchell said.

“We have lots of support in the city and county, lots of individuals and businesses,” she said. “As hard as times are, we are very fortunate. We couldn’t have it if it wasn’t for these businesses and individuals in the community.”

Organizers encourage those who plan to attend to take advantage of the special “dish for admission” system. One wildlife dish will get one person in free. Otherwise, admission is $8 for adults and $5 for youth under 12.

The doors open and registration begins for the Dish Contest at 5 p.m. The Supper will begin at 6 p.m.

Organizers wish to thank the Crossroads Arena staff and all of the volunteers that help to make the event possible.

For more information contact Sandy Mitchell at 662-287-7223 (ext. 3) or Patrick Poindexter at 662-286-7755.

LOCAL TV VIEWING AND NO MONTHLY BILLS 100 Mile Channel Master Antenna System ________________ The best for long range reception

HOLDER’S Business #662-415-9354 Home #662-287-2717

1914 Polk St. (old Hwy. 45 N.) • Corinth, MS

To start your home delivered subscription: Call 287-6111 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

For your convenience try our office pay plans.

Miss your paper?

To report a problem or delivery change call the circulation department at 287-6111. Late, wet or missing newspaper complaints should be made before 10 a.m. to ensure redelivery to immediate Corinth area.

All other areas will be delivered the next day.

USPS 142-560 The Daily Corinthian is published daily Tuesday through Sunday by PMG, LLC. at 1607 South Harper Road, Corinth, Miss.Periodicals postage paid at Corinth, MS 38834

Postmaster: Send address changes to: P.O. Box 1800, Corinth, MS 38835

Local

3A • Daily Corinthian

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Deaths Tab Shiota GLEN — Tab Shiota died Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, at Magnolia Regional Health Center in Corinth.

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Cutshall Funeral Home of Glen.

Diane Stutts

Photos by Kim Jobe/Corinth School District

Art Smart Second-graders at Corinth Elementary School painted snowmen recently during their session of Art Smart. The program, sponsored by the school’s PTO, allows all students at the school to be exposed to art elements through hands-on art projects. Parent volunteers visit the school on Fridays to conduct the art activities.

Funeral services for Diane Ellen Gagnon Stutts, 67, of Corinth, are set for 11 a.m. Monday at Magnolia Funeral Home Chapel of Memories with burial at Hinkle Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.

Mrs. Stutts died Friday, Feb. 24, 2012, at her home. Born April 10, 1944, she was a homemaker. She was of the Catholic faith.

She was preceded in death by her father, Barnaba Edward Gagnon; her mother, Aline Lareau Gagnon; and a step-son, William Jerome Stutts.

Survivors include her husband of 35 years, James Olen “Bud” Stutts of Corinth; a daughter, Maryanne Lewerenz Lewis (Mark) of Grayslake Ill.; a son, Steven John Stutts Lewerenz of Waco, Texas; three stepsons, James Lee Stutts of Corinth, Joseph Wayne Stutts (Anna) of Swansboro, N.C., and Marvin John Stutts (Bonita) of Fort Worth, Texas; two step-daughters, Judy Ann Stutts Howells of McHenry, Ill., and Glinda Sue Stutts Parker (C.J.) of Waynesboro, Tenn.; 23 grandchildren; three brothers, Harold Joe Gagnon (Anita) of Greensboro, N.C., Donald Lee Gagnon (Gail) of McHenry, Ill., and Francis Albert Gagnon of Gilman, Ill.; two sisters, Norma Louise Gagnon Madlen (Rex) of Oblong, Ill., and Marie Elaine Gagnon Gilsmer (George) of Corinth; other relatives and a host of friends.

Bro. Mike Johnson and Judy Howells will officiate.

Visitation is today from 5 until 8 p.m. and Monday from 10 a.m. until service time. Everything will be at the funeral home.

Mike Leatherwood IUKA — Funeral services for Michael Leatherwood, 64, are set for 3 p.m. today at Poplar Springs Freewill Baptist Church with burial at Poplar Springs Cemetery.

Mr. Leatherwood died Friday, Feb. 24, 2012, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was a member of Poplar Springs Freewill Baptist Church and was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. He was formerly

DID YOU KNOW...

Say “Goodbye” to Painful, Numb Feet!

Phone: 662-415-3460

Confidential • Affordable Christian Based • Conveniently Located

James Bennett Apothecary for Free Blood Pressure Screenings!!

Alcorn Rehab Services, Inc.

662-284-4656

2049 Shiloh Road - Corinth, MS

1708 Shiloh Road • Corinth, MS

Beside Pizza Hut Hut Beside Pizza 662-279-2123 Open Mon - Sat

Open - Sat 9 amMon to 6 pm 9 am to 6 pm

Funeral services for Billy Joe Shelton, 62, of Corinth, are set for 2 p.m.

Monday at Magnolia Funeral Home Chapel of Memories.

Mr. Shelton died Friday, Feb. 24, 2012, at Magnolia Regional Health Center. Born Oct. 16, 1949, he was disabled. He was a member of Oakland Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his father, Edward Shelton; and his mother, Maxine Howard Shelton.

Survivors include a son, Matthew Shelton of Corinth; one grandchild; a sister, Becky Tilley of Corinth; a brother, Tommy Shelton (Sherry) of Burnsville); several nieces, nephews, other relatives and a host of friends.

Dr. Randy Bostick will officiate.

Visitation is Monday from 11 a.m. until service time.

Stop by

We make house calls. Transportation available.

PT does not have to be pain and torture.

Physical Therapy - the way it was meant to be at

Constitution Drive Drive Constitution Iuka, MS

Billy Joe Shelton

High Blood Pressure Increases YOUR Risk for Heart Disease!!

APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE

Counseling for: Individuals • Couples • Families Teens • Children

IUKA — Funeral services for Leon Lomenick, 72, are set for 2 p.m. today at Cutshall Funeral Home Chapel in Iuka with burial at Snowdown Cemetery.

Mr. Lomenick died Friday, Feb. 24, 2012, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was a lifelong member of Snowdown United Methodist Church and a U.S. Air Force veteran.

He also served in the National Guard.

He was a professional musician.

He was preceded in death by his father, Floyd Lomenick; his mother, Mae Carr Wallace; a brother, Buddy Lomenick; and a sister, Eloise Jeffords.

Survivors include a son, Richie Lomenick (Dee Dee) of Saltillo; three daughters, Debra Crabb (Quincy) of Iuka, Shonda Leggett (Charlie) of Iuka, and Tonya Turner (Robert) of Kossuth; a sister, Annette Malito of Florence, Ala.; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Bro. Jimmy Daniel will officiate.

That 1/3 of Deaths are from Heart Disease??

Licensed Professional Counselor 102 A N. Cass St. • Corinth, MS 38834

Leon Lomenick

DID YOU KNOW ...

You have a choice who you select as your physical therapist

Jo Ann Wilbanks

employed as Plant Manager at Procter and Gamble in Memphis, Tenn., and as a Department Manager at Alliance Compressors in Natchitoches, La. He was preceded in death by his mother, Juanita Clark Leatherwood.

Survivors include his wife, Linda Leatherwood of Iuka; two sons, Steven Leatherwood and Jeff Leatherwood, both of Iuka; his father, Chuck Leatherwood of Iuka; and three sisters, Ann Miller of Iuka, Lisa Leatherwood of Iuka, and Kay Leatherwood of Jacksonville, Fla. Bro. Russell Clouse and Bro. Malcolm Garrett will officiate.

Visitation will continue at the church until service time on Sunday.

Cutshall Funeral Home - Iuka is in charge of arrangements.

Wingback Recliner $150

Save up to 90% off MSRP

Liquidation Macy’s, Walmart, Walmart,Meijer, Meijer, Liquidation from from Macy’s, Gander CVS GanderMountain, Mountain, Amazon Amazon && CVS • Apparels for New men & women • Health & Beauty This Week • Perfumes • Apparels for men & women •• Toys Health & Beauty • Perfumes Toys •• Electronics • Housewares • Work Shoes • Electronics • Small• Small appliances • Purses appliances • Purses comforters •• Groceries • Beddings • Ride&for Kids Groceries • Fishing Rods Fishing Reels • Fishing equipment •• Jewelries OTC medicine & more!!!!!!

Furnitures & more •• Furnitures • OTC•medicine

We accept all major credit cards - We will accept EBT cards soon!!!

Casabella

Clearance Center Corinth, MS • 662-665-9965 • Located Behind Casabella Furniture

Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-7pm Sat 10am-7pm • Sun 1-6pm Financing Available Up To 12 Months Interest Free

www.dailycorinthian.com

Opinion

Reece Terry, publisher

Mark Boehler, editor

4A • Sunday, February 26, 2012

Corinth, Miss.

No blame for high gas prices Gasoline prices are rising rapidly and drivers are getting mad. We always get mad when gas prices cramp our driving lifestyles. But this time around something is missing. Have you noticed the lack of blame from the mainstream media?

In 2008, coincidentally another presidential election year, gas prices rose precipitously and the mainstream media carried stories daily blaming Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney.

After all, both men were “Big Danny Oil” men.

In a CNN interview on July Gardner 17, 2008, Nancy Pelosi said, Columnist “The price of oil is at the doorstep — $4 plus per gallon for oil, is attributed to two oil men in the White House.” I believe she meant to say, “$4 plus per gallon for gasoline,” but you get the point.

In one of the Democrat’s weekly radio addresses in 2008 Sen. Frank Lautenberg (DNJ) gave the following remarks: “When President Bush took office, gas prices were less than half of what they are today — and oil was less than one-third. Then, seven years ago, President Bush and Vice President Cheney secretly invited executives from the big oil and big energy companies to the White House to write our national energy policy.” Blame Bush, blah, blah, blah.

In the summer of 2008 then-candidate Barack Obama gave a stump speech on energy at a gas station in Indiana in which he said as president, “We’ll also take steps to reduce the price of oil and increase transparency in how prices are set so we can insure energy companies aren’t bending the rules.”

All of the steps Mr. Obama has taken to-date have apparently not worked. That may not be transparent, but it’s surely clear enough to those of us pumping our own gas.

After the 2010 BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, the Obama administration imposed a moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf.

U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman knocked down that moratorium June 22, 2010, only to have the Obama administration reinstate the moratorium …voluntarily lifting it the following October. However, the administration has still maintained a virtual moratorium by slowing the permit process dramatically.

President Obama’s energy policy of limiting domestic oil exploration and development in favor of pouring billions of dollars down the drains of failed green energy companies like Solyndra and Ener1 is certainly one major factor raising the price of gasoline, though you wouldn’t know that from the mainstream media. And, the Keystone Pipeline project is no longer in the news.

In fact, the mainstream media have not even recognized the impact high gas prices are having on inflation. “The economy is improving.” “We’re moving in the right direction.”

Really? Maybe in Washington or in the rarefied ivory towers where only elite progressives dwell! Down here on planet earth we’re paying an arm and a leg to fill up our tanks and groceries aren’t so cheap either.

The mainstream media has been reluctant to lay the blame for anything at the door of this White House, and I’d bet they’ll blame everybody except Mr. Obama for rising gas prices when people really start looking for somebody to blame.

After all, we’re in a presidential election year, and ideology and politics drives the mainstream media to favor progressive candidates in all their “news” stories. Meanwhile the rest of us will just have to bear our fair share of sacrifices at the pump.

(Daniel L. Gardner is a former resident of Corinth who now lives in Starkville. He may be contacted at Daniel@DanLGardner.com.)

Prayer for today God of all creation, fill us every day with a sense of wonder in the natural world and joy in leading a Christ-filled life. Amen.

A verse to share The Lord will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge.

— Psalm 91:4 (NRSV)

Sound Off Policy Sound Offs need to be submitted with a name, address, contact phone number and if possible, e-mail address, for author verification.

The author’s name and city of residence will be published with the Sound Off. Sound Offs will only be accepted from those who wish to have their names published with their opinion. All other Letter to the Editor rules apply for Sound Offs, including the 300-word limit.

Reece Terry publisher rterry@dailycorinthian.com

The tax collection struggle STARKVILLE — er system — the one Since 2009, Missisthat collects over 70 percent of the state’s sippi government General Fund revhas struggled with enue and processes the means and the the collection and remethods to bring the imbursement of over state’s tax collection processes and mech- Sid Salter $1 billion back to anisms into the modColumnist county and municipal governments — ern era. In effect, that was poised to crash. means to optimize the state’s ability to collect Morgan told lawmakers all the legal tax revenue that the question wasn’t “if” due from the taxpayers who the system crashed, just of owe it and to close the gap “when” the crash would ocbetween the taxpayers who cur.

The old computer softare meeting their obligations and those who are not. ware system at the DeBack in 2009, the alarms partment of Revenue was began sounding in earnest implemented over 35 years at the old State Tax Com- ago in 1974. Morgan told mission — now called the Bryant and McCoy in 2009 state Department of Rev- that the tax revenue collecenue after a reorganization tion and processing com— over a very real and im- puter software was “bromediate threat to govern- ken” and “on life support.” ment at all levels in MissisIn that same 2009 letsippi. In a letter that year to ter, Morgan told lawmakers then-Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant that Mississippi’s antiquatand then-House Speaker ed computer system was, in Billy McCoy, Department fact, leaving vital state revof Revenue Chairman Ed enues that should be colMorgan raised what he lected on the table at a time called “the nightmare sce- when the state could least afford not to collect every nario.”

Morgan told the legis- penny. lative leadership that the “In 1974, when this softstate’s antiquated comput- ware was implemented,

an agency of about 1,000 employees collected $400 million in revenues,” wrote Morgan. “In Fiscal Year 2008, we collected $7.1 billion with fewer than 700 employees using the same software. You can only handle so much volume before the levee breaks.”

The Legislature responded positively and decisively with $35 million to replace the aging computer system. But lawmakers didn’t address the concurrent request that Morgan made for additional Department of Revenue agents and analysts to take the new wealth of computer data and convert it into closing the “tax gap” between the tax revenue owed under the existing tax structure and the actual amount collected.

Both former Gov. Haley Barbour and current Gov. Phil Bryant have asked lawmakers for an additional $4.5 to $5 million for the Department of Revenue to fund additional personnel to beef up tax collection efforts and close the “tax gap.” But in this era of tight state budgets, those requests were cut during the

legislative process.

Morgan said this week that with an additional $5 million for personnel, he believed his agency over an 18-month period could collect at least an additional $25 million and realistically as much as $52 million with no new taxes levied — just a stronger effort by the state with more trained personnel to collect the existing taxes due.

With new Republican leadership in the Senate and House, the political survival of any “new tax” effort is expected to be nil.

But it would seem that funding an effort to make a fair, full and comprehensive collection of the existing tax structure from all taxpayers would be an easy sell.

Unfortunately for those diligently paying the taxes they owe, Morgan said the “accounts receivable” of uncollected taxes from the “tax gap” is growing faster than the ability of the Department of Revenue to collect those taxes.

(Sid Salter is a syndicated columnist. Contact him at 601-507-8004 or sidsalter@sidsalter.com.)

Is censorship the new pluralism? the group’s right to Pat Buchanan express itself. might have seen the Today, is censorend of the line comship the new pluraling at MSNBC when ism? last month network Actor Ben Jones, president Phil Griffin who starred as “Cootcommented on his Cal er” on the television latest book, “Suicide Thomas show “The Dukes of of a Superpower,” by Hazzard,” wrote to saying, “I don’t think Columnist tell me about a decithe ideas that (Busion by NASCAR to chanan) put forth are appropriate for the national ban the car known as the dialogue, much less on MS- “General Lee” from appearing at the Sprint Cup series NBC.” When Buchanan was let race at Phoenix next month. go recently after 10 years as The image of the Confedera commentator on the net- ate flag on the car’s roof, work, no one was surprised. said NASCAR spokesman I don’t agree with some David Higdon, “...is not of Buchanan’s ideas, es- something that should play pecially regarding Jews, an official role in our sport his questioning of whether as we continue to reach out World War II had to hap- to new fans and make NASpen or whether the United CAR more inclusive.”

Jones said in a recent States should be involved militarily in the Middle statement, “At a time when East, but he has every right tens of millions of Amerito his ideas, as we all have cans are honoring their the right to our own. It’s Union and Confederate ancestors during this Sesquicalled free speech.

The approach to free centennial of the Civil War, speech should be like the NASCAR has chosen to disone taken by the ACLU in honor those Southerners 1977 when neo-Nazis made who fought and died in that plans to march through the terrible conflict by caving to Jewish suburb of Skokie, ‘political correctness’ and Ill. While deploring their the uninformed concerns views, the ACLU defended of corporate sponsors.

Beth Cossitt

Mark Boehler

business manager bcossitt@dailycorinthian.com

editor editor@dailycorinthian.com

Willie Walker

L.W. Hodges

circulation manager circdirector@dailycorinthian.com

press foreman

“This is also an extraordinary insult to rural Southerners, who are NASCAR’s oldest and most fervent fan base, and it sends a message against inclusion and against the need for diversity.”

Is conformity the new diversity?

Jones is not only an actor, but a former Democratic member of Congress from Georgia and a strong civil rights proponent.

When the U.S. Supreme Court upholds the burning of the American flag as free speech, while the free exercise of religion is being curtailed at many levels, is this not censoring a particular category of expression?

Censorship is also moving beyond its classic definition into a new and even more dangerous area.

As The Daily Caller, a 24-hour news site founded by conservative pundit Tucker Carlson and former Cheney aide Neil Patel, has reported, a liberal group known as Media Matters has not only fed talking points to some reporters and opinion columnists, it has been campaigning to get people fired when they

World Wide Web: www.dailycorinthian.com To Sound Off: E-mail: email: news@dailycorinthian.com news@dailycorinthian.com advertising@dailycorinthian.

Circulation 287-6111 com Classified Adv. 287-6147 Classad@dailycorinthian.com

hold ideas with which the left disagrees. According to the Caller, Media Matters hired people to investigate the lives of Fox News employees and compiled an “enemies list.” Media Matters didn’t respond directly to the charges; its founder, David Brock, instead pointed to Reuters’ criticism of the Caller’s “bad journalism” and “lame propaganda” as the reason for Media Matters’ silence.

These and many other attempts to suppress speech and force people into a universal and “acceptable” belief system harm freedom.

Suppressing speech changes not a single mind. The freedom to debate ideas and present arguments in support of a position is what separates the United States from most other nations.

Do we want to become like countries that have the equivalent of “thought police,” smothering speech and penalizing anyone who refuses to toe the party line? Should I be prevented from asking this question?

(Readers may e-mail Cal Thomas at tmseditors@tribune.com.)

How to reach us -- extensions:

Newsroom.....................317 Circulation....................301 Advertising...................339 Classifieds....................302 Bookkeeping.................333

Editorials represent the voice of the Daily Corinthian. Editorial columns, letters to the editor and other articles that appear on this page represent the opinions of the writers and the Daily Corinthian may or may not agree.

Daily Corinthian • Sunday, February 26, 2012 • 5A

State House committee passes immigration bill

BY JEFF AMY Associated Press

JACKSON — Efforts to step up enforcement against illegal immigrants moved forward Friday in the Mississippi House with a bill modeled on Alabama’s crackdown, though its sponsor says his bill doesn’t include the parts that have been tied up in federal court challenges.

The House Judiciary B Committee voted 15-6 to pass House Bill 488, which now goes to the House Education Committee. It would then go to the full chamber.

The bill’s sponsor, Judiciary B Committee

Chairman Andy Gipson, R-Braxton, said the Mississippi bill should stand up to legal scrutiny. Alabama’s law is considered one of the toughest state laws against illegal immigrants.

Mississippi has a relatively small illegal immigrant population, although it appears to have grown in recent years. The Pew Hispanic Center estimated that in 2010, the state had about 45,000 illegal immigrants out of nearly 3 million total residents.

The bill is supported by Gov. Phil Bryant, a Republican who has been campaigning against il-

legal immigration since his days as state auditor. Proponents say the state spends more money providing services to immigrants than it reaps in taxes, and claim that illegal immigrants, if they leave, will vacate jobs that unemployed citizens can take.

They say the bill is about legal compliance and that they welcome legal immigrants.

“I believe that every person in Mississippi, whether they are here illegally or not, is a child of God,” Gipson said.

“We’re not trying to hurt anyone. We’re not trying to starve anyone.”

Opponents dispute those claims, emphasizing that Mississippi doesn’t need to summon any ghosts of its racist past.

“It is still about ethnic cleansing,” said Bill Chandler, executive director of the Mississippi Immigrant Rights Alliance. “It is still talking about driving people out of Mississippi.”

The new version of the bill removed an attempt to create a new crime of failing to carry immigration papers. That provision had led some opponents to nickname the measure the “papers, please” bill. Under the

change, a police officer could only check someone’s immigration status if the officer had pulled the person over for some other reason.

“The reason it was removed is not because it’s a bad idea, necessarily,” Gipson said. “The reason it has been removed is it has been enjoined by a federal court in Alabama.”

The bill still says law enforcement officials should check for immigration status when “a reasonable suspicion exists” that a person is in the country illegally. The measure bars police from considering race, color

or national origin when making that decision, although opponents still fear racial profiling.

The new version also adds an exception if a person is “an international business executive of an international corporation authorized to transact business in the state.”

In the months after the Alabama law was enacted, police there arrested a Japanese man on assignment at the state’s Honda factory and a German man who worked for the state’s Mercedes-Benz plant, spurring widespread concern that the law would scare off foreign investors.

Troopers claim racial discrimination in discipline Associated Press

JACKSON — Seven Mississippi Highway Patrol officers suspended for allegedly cheating on promotion tests have alleged in a federal lawsuit that they were told they had to be punished because most of them were white.

The Clarion-Ledger reports that the troopers are seeking to lift their suspensions, return back pay and restore their titles, positions and privileges.

Last fall, the Department of Public Safety disciplined 14 troopers for allegedly accessing or sharing questions on promotions tests. Four retired and 10 others received 30-day suspensions without pay as well

as demotions.

In addition, none of the punished troopers would be eligible for promotions for three years.

Asked about the allegations, Jon Kalahar, DPS spokesman, said he could not comment because of the litigation.

The lawsuit alleges Col. Donnell Berry, commander of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol, told troopers they were being punished because disciplining “Caucasians was necessary as evidence to refute any charge of racial discrimination by African American state troopers.”

The troopers also are appealing their suspensions to the state Personnel Board.

In documents filed with the Personnel Board, Berry wrote that the patrol had revamped its merit promotion system “to eliminate extraneous advantages not available to all individuals participating in the testing.”

Last August, patrol officials discovered a “potential breach of the new merit promotion testing system,” Berry wrote.

In their federal lawsuit, the seven troopers allege that all plaintiffs had used a file of actual questions in past tests and other study questions “with full knowledge of (Public Safety officials) ... and its administrative decision makers that such questions had been openly utilized by state troopers

studying for promotion examinations since 1997.”

The lawsuit alleges the normal practice was “to circulate study questions

troopers could utilize in preparing for examinations.”

The troopers contend the majority of the “new”

questions that troopers received were in study materials they already had — and in fact, the answers were wrong.

Total Vein Care of Mississippi

joining expertise to offer “Total Vein Care” and better serve all your treatment needs.

Frank Nichols, M.D., and Angel Rodriguez, M.D.

1-866-MS 4 VEIN - 1-866-674-8346 Hours by Appointment

6A • Sunday, February 26, 2012 • Daily Corinthian

SUNDAY EVENING C A WPTY ^ ^ WREG # # QVC $ .

WCBI

$

WMC

% %

WLMT & > WBBJ _ _ WTVA ) ) WKNO * WGN-A + ( WMAE , , WHBQ ` ` WPXX / WPIX

:

MAX

0 3

SHOW 2 HBO

4 1

MTV

5 2

ESPN

7 ?

SPIKE 8 5 USA

: 8

NICK

; C

DISC

< D

A&E

>

FSSO

? 4

BET

@ F

H&G

C H

E! HIST

D E B

ESPN2 F @ TLC G FOOD H INSP I LIFE

J =

TBN

M

AMC

N 0

FAM

O <

TCM

P

TNT

Q A

TBS

R *

GAME TOON TVLD SPEED

S T U K Z

FX

Ă&#x2020; ;

OUT VS OWN FOXN APL

Ă&#x2DC; â&#x2C6;&#x17E; Âą â&#x2030;¤ â&#x2030;Ľ

HALL

â&#x2C6;&#x201A; G

DISN

â&#x20AC;&#x153; L

SYFY

E

7 PM

7:30

FEBRUARY 26, 2012 8 PM

8:30

9 PM

9:30

Red Carpet The 84th Annual Academy Awards (N) (L)

10 PM

10:30

11 PM

11:30

ABC 24 News Channel 3 Informed Sunday Sources

(:05) Jimmy Kimmel Live (N) (L) The Amazing Race (N) The Mentalist CSI: Miami â&#x20AC;&#x153;Killer (10:52) Criminal Minds Regretsâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reckonerâ&#x20AC;?

Oreck Challenge Cooking on Q Susan Graver Style Shoe Spotlight The Amazing Race (N) The Mentalist CSI: Miami â&#x20AC;&#x153;Killer News MSU (:05) Paid (:35) Paid Regretsâ&#x20AC;?

Coachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Program Program The Celebrity ApThe Celebrity Apprentice Creating and performing News Action Matthews (:38) Law & prentice a show. (N) News 5 Order House of Sanford & Andy The Jef} â&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;ş Big Mommaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s House (00, Comedy) Martin CW30 News (N) Payne Son Griffith fersons Lawrence, Nia Long.

Red Carpet The 84th Annual Academy Awards (N) (L) News (:05) Jimmy Kimmel Live (N) (L) The Celebrity ApThe Celebrity Apprentice Creating and performing (:08) News (:38) NUMB3RS â&#x20AC;&#x153;Break- (:38) The prentice a show. (N) (N) ing Pointâ&#x20AC;?

Closer (6:00) Celtic Woman Great Performances â&#x20AC;&#x153;Memphisâ&#x20AC;? A DJ helps a singer get her big Rick Steves Europe Marathon -- Believe break. (N) How I Met How I Met How I Met How I Met News at Instant The Unit â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dedicationâ&#x20AC;?

Monk â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mr. Monk Makes Nine Replay a Friendâ&#x20AC;?

(6:00) Masterpiece Masterpiece Classic Curiosity shop. Colored Frames Moyers & Company MasterClassic piece Simpsons N. DynaFamily Guy American Fox 13 News--9PM (N) Josh Past- TMZ (N) Greyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mite Dad ner Anatomy } â&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;ş The Terminator (84) } â&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;ş Fast & Furious (09) Vin Diesel. } Backdraft (91) Friends Friends Seinfeld Seinfeld PIX News at Ten With Two and Two and Family Guy } Lethal Kaity Tong (N) Half Men Half Men Wpn. 4 Emmanu} â&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;ş Dinner for Schmucks (10, Comedy) Steve } â&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;ş Gladiator (00) Russell Crowe. A fugitive general beelle Carell, Paul Rudd. comes a gladiator in ancient Rome.

House of House of House of House of House of House of House of Californica- (:05) } â&#x20AC;ş Next Day Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies tion Air (09) Eastbound Too Short Luck Eastbound Too Short } Big Mommas: Like Luck (N) Father Teen Mom 2 Teen Mom 2 Jersey Shore Jersey Shore Pants (6:30) Track and Field: U.S. Indoor Goose (N) SportsCenter (N) (Live) SportsCenter Championships. } â&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;ş The Rundown (03, Adventure) The Rock, } â&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;ş Seven (95, Suspense) Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman. A killer dispatches Seann William Scott. his victims via the Seven Deadly Sins.

NCIS Murder of a naval NCIS â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jack Knifeâ&#x20AC;?

NCIS â&#x20AC;&#x153;Baltimoreâ&#x20AC;? } â&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;ş Troy (04) Brad Pitt. Achilles leads Greek officer. forces in the Trojan War. 70s 70s My Wife My Wife George George Friends Friends Friends Friends Gold Rush â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the Blackâ&#x20AC;? Gold Rush â&#x20AC;&#x153;Frozen Outâ&#x20AC;? Gold Rush â&#x20AC;&#x153;Judgment Gold Rush â&#x20AC;&#x153;Frozen Outâ&#x20AC;? Gold Rush â&#x20AC;&#x153;Judgment Dayâ&#x20AC;?

Dayâ&#x20AC;?

Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Wars Wars Wars Wars Wars Wars Wars Wars Wars Wars (6:30) College Basketball: Oregon at Game 365 UFC Unleashed World Poker Tour: Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College BasOregon State. (N) Season 10 ketball } Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Courage: Thomas Game Together Together Together Paid Inspir.

Holmes on Homes Holmes Inspection Holmes Inspection Property Brothers Holmes Inspection â&#x20AC;&#x153;Clean Slateâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Through the Roofâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Something Stinksâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Through the Roofâ&#x20AC;?

Khloe Ice-Coco True Hollywood Khloe Ice-Coco Ice-Coco After Party: Academy Awards Ax Men â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fists of Furyâ&#x20AC;?

Ax Men Travis earns his Full Metal Jousting (N) Top Gear â&#x20AC;&#x153;Muscle Carsâ&#x20AC;? (:01) Ax Men â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fists stripes. of Furyâ&#x20AC;? } â&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;ş Catching Hell (11) The Real Rocky Goose (N) World, Poker My 600-lb Life â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s My 600-lb Life: Melissaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Story My 600-lb Life: Melissaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Story Storyâ&#x20AC;?

Cupcake Wars â&#x20AC;&#x153;Scream Worst Cooks in America Iron Chef America â&#x20AC;&#x153;Flay Chopped â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chewing the Worst Cooks in America Festâ&#x20AC;? (N) (N) vs Hastingsâ&#x20AC;?

Caul Fatâ&#x20AC;?

Camp Camp Financial Break Camp Camp Camp Camp Financial Break } â&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;ş The Capture of the Green River Killer (08, Docudrama) Tom Cavanagh, Amy Davidson. Detec- } Capture of the Green tive David Reichert searches for a serial killer.

River Osteen Kerry Believer Creflo D. } â&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;ş Moses, the Lawgiver (76) Burt Lancaster.

The Walking Dead â&#x20AC;&#x153;Trig- The Walking Dead â&#x20AC;&#x153;18 Comic Book Men (N) The Walking Dead â&#x20AC;&#x153;18 Talking Walking gerfingerâ&#x20AC;?

Miles Outâ&#x20AC;? (N) Miles Outâ&#x20AC;?

Dead (N) Dead Ed Young (6:00) } â&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;ş Alad} â&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;ş Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (03, Action) Joel Osteen din (92) Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush. } â&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;ş The Star (52) Bette Davis, (:45) } â&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;ş What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (62, Horror) (:15) } Divorce AmeriSterling Hayden.

Bette Davis, Joan Crawford. can Style (67) (6:30) 2012 NBA All-Star Game From Amway 2012 NBA All-Star Game From Amway Arena in Orlando, Fla. Falling Arena in Orlando, Fla. (N) (Live) Skies } â&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;ş Mean Girls A teen becomes friends with (:05) } â&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;ş Mean Girls (04, Comedy) Lindsay (:05) } â&#x20AC;ş The Sweetest three cruel schoolmates.

Lohan, Rachel McAdams.

Thing (02) Are You Smarter Are You Smarter Are You Smarter Lingo Lingo Deal or No Deal Level Up Level Up King/Hill Squidbill. Chicken Fam Guy Fam Guy Chicken China, IL Aqua M*A*S*H M*A*S*H Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond King King King Wind Tunnel NASCAR Victory L. Garage Car Craz. SPEED Center NASCAR Victory L. } â&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;ş Zombieland Survivors of an apocalypse } â&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;ş Zombieland Survivors of an apocalypse } Grindhouse Presjoin forces against zombies. join forces against zombies. ents: Death Proof Hunt Adv Wild Rdtrps Hunting Bushman Hunt Legends Fear No Hunt Adv Rdtrps NHL Hockey NHL Live NHL } â&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;ş Brianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Song (71) } Brianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Song Oprahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Next Oprahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Next Master Class Oprahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Next Oprahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Next Huckabee (N) Fox News Sunday Geraldo at Large Huckabee Stossel Hillbilly Handfishinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Rattlesnake Finding Bigfoot (N) Rattlesnake Finding Bigfoot We Love We Love We Love We Love We Love We Love We Love We Love We Love We Love Lucy Lucy Lucy Lucy Lucy Lucy Lucy Lucy Lucy Lucy Austin & Shake It A.N.T. Farm Jessie Austin & Austin & A.N.T. Farm Jessie Wizards- WizardsAlly (N) Up! (N) Ally Ally Place Place (6:00) } â&#x20AC;ş Resident } â&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;ş Resident Evil: Apocalypse Survivors of a } â&#x20AC;ş The Hills Have Eyes 2 (07, Horror) Michael Evil (02) deadly virus battle zombies.

McMillian, Jessica Stroup.

Long haul to nomination if Romney loses Michigan

BY THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press

KALAMAZOO, Mich. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Losing the Michigan primary would strip the last of the varnish off the image of Mitt Romney as the inevitable GOP presidential nominee and commit him to the long march he says heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in shape for.

A victory Tuesday by rival Rick Santorum on Tuesday would be a public-relations nightmare for Romney, who was born and raised in Michigan. But Romneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campaign still would carry on with more money than any candidate and remain better organized to compete to the end. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is no doubt that if he loses Michigan, perception-wise, the wheels come off the wagon,â&#x20AC;? said Greg McNeely, a former Michigan Republican Party director whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now unaffiliated with any White House campaign. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Can he come back? Absolutely.

But it destroys the inevitability perception that has been built around the campaign.â&#x20AC;?

Santorum has shot up in state polls and even leads Romney in some.

The former Pennsylvania senator is riding a wave of momentum after winning Feb. 7 caucuses in

Associated Press

OWENSBORO, Ky. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; One area in Kentucky still wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be able to buy alcohol â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a decision made by the flip of a coin. A vote held Wednesday on whether to allow alcohol

sales in the Graham Precinct in Daviess County ended with a 21-21 tie.

So officials flipped a halfdollar coin to decide the issue, and the MessengerInquirer newspaper reports it came up tails.

David Osborne, the county clerk, said the electionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outcome was â&#x20AC;&#x153;unprecedentedâ&#x20AC;? in an vote. The county has 65 precincts where alcohol sales are legal and 17 where they are not.

ATTENTION SMOKERS!

â&#x20AC;˘

Tired of High Prices for National Brands?

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Like The Cheapo Off-Brand Smokes?

â&#x20AC;˘Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ! " # $ % & ' # Have Time to Roll Your Own At Home?

! ( ' ) * + ' â&#x20AC;˘ , * ) * " # ( - THOUSANDS of Dollars Per Year?

- ) â&#x20AC;˘

Would You Like to Save HUNDREDS If Not

-$ . "- $ ,

school where he attended kindergarten. One television ad features his father, a former Michigan governor and car executive.

Even more, he offered a prescription for the long-term revival of the all-important automotive industry, calling for union concessions and less aggressive emissions standards. Those proposals might help soften any hard feelings caused by Romneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opposition to the federal bailout of the auto industry. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I grew up with the Romney name. My parents were big Romney fans,â&#x20AC;? said Ken Leonardi, owner of a restaurant in Mount Clemens, where Romney greeted several dozen supporters.

The restaurant, The Mitt, wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t named for Romney but for the mitten shape of Michigan, although Leonardi is a Romney supporter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m planning on winning, by the way,â&#x20AC;? Romney said.

Even if Santorum beats Romney, Romney will emerge with a healthy share of delegates to add to his lead in the count, never mind fundraising and campaign organization in a race that was designed to carry into the spring.

New Nike shoe causes frenzy

BY JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press

Precinct decides alcohol sales with coin flip

Minnesota, Colorado and a nonbinding primary in Missouri.

He told tea party members in St. Clair Shores on Saturday that the race in Michigan was close and â&#x20AC;&#x153;winnable,â&#x20AC;? and dismissed as â&#x20AC;&#x153;laughableâ&#x20AC;?

Romneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s claims that Santorum wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t conservative.

Romney is responding by attacking his opponentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s credibility, a strategy used successfully against Newt Gingrich in Iowa and Florida to stop the former House speakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s momentum after winning in South Carolina.

At suburban Detroit restaurant on Friday, Romney listed positions Santorum said he had taken to support his party even though they defied his principles. Such attacks underscore the urgency of Romneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s effort to blunt Santorumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s challenge, as do the heavy concentration of television ads Romney is airing and the three campaign events he planned in the state Saturday.

Yet, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lighter touch at times. Romney reminded an audience of business leaders of his boyhood in Michigan, tossing out the name of the Detroit hospital where he was born and the

Sneaker fanatics who lined up outside stores overnight got their first crack Friday at a new outer-space themed Nike basketball shoe, getting so unruly in some cities that police were called to restore order.

In Orlando, Fla., more than 100 deputies in riot gear quelled a crowd awaiting the release of the $220 Foamposite Galaxy.

In at a mall in Hyattsville, Md., one person was arrested for disorderly conduct. And in Greenwood, Ind., police said they canceled a Nike release after 400-600 people showed up Thursday night at a mall and were â&#x20AC;&#x153;panicking to get to the front of the line.â&#x20AC;? The shoeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s release

coincides with this weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s NBA All-Star Game in Orlando.

The shoes, part of a space-themed collection, are a draw for so-called â&#x20AC;&#x153;sneakerheadsâ&#x20AC;? who collect signature sports footgear and can resell it online at a marked-up price, sometimes for hundreds more than retail.

Malls in Florida, New York and Maryland reported bringing in police to manage fans clamoring for the purple and blue shoes, which have starlike flecks of white.

Some shoppers lucky enough to get their hands on a pair immediately posted them for sale on eBay at skyrocketing prices: $1,000 and up.

Authorities did have some warning the shoe

Corinth/Alcorn County Parks & Recreation Department Adult Softball Registration Feb 21st - March 9th Registration Fee $350 in county $400 out of county

Youth Baseball/Softball Registration Feb 21st - March 2nd Registration Fee $35 per player (Grey Baseball Pants are not furnished, BUT are required)

Tryouts for ages 6-12 are Sat., March 3rd Come By Park OfďŹ ce To Register For more information Call 286-3067

could cause mayhem.

Earlier this month, police were called to a mall outside Albany after pushing and shoving broke out during a promotional event for the shoe.

Orlando resident Gaby Llanos was in the crowd waiting to buy two pairs of the shoes when the rush started outside Florida Mall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was complete havoc,â&#x20AC;? said Llanos, 23. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People were running and hiding in trees so the police wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find them.â&#x20AC;?

Nike issued a statement Friday, saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;As with the launch of all Nike products, consumer safety and security is of paramount importance.

We encourage anyone wishing to purchase our product to do so in a respectful and safe manner.â&#x20AC;?

Nike spokesman Matthew Kneller said the Nike store in New York City immediately sold out Friday. The shoes were also quickly out of stock in Cambridge, Mass., where people began lining up outside a House of Hoops by Foot Locker at 3 p.m. Thursday.

The store only had 12 pairs of the shoes, however, so it handed out tickets to the first dozen people in line, and only those people waited, store manager Terrio Lakes said.

Insurance You36Can Trust Years Experience Providing all types of personal and business insurance.

/01233

Annuities/IRAs For a Limited Time Only

3.15%* 6 Year Guarantee Period

) - 455 ' # 6 "- 7

" $ 8 - 9 - $$ 9 - 8 $ "" ) - , - . - $ : .

8 $ 8 : 6 ") - 1 - : " 8" : $ 8 6 ;- " ) .-

$$ < : . $ " = "

$ < % $

Billy Floyd

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t delay. This offer is good only until March 15. 2012.

Call for Details.

Floyd Insurance Services, LLC 1509 Highway 72 East â&#x20AC;˘ Corinth, MS 38835 â&#x20AC;˘ 662-665-7970 bfinsure@gmail.com

Daily Corinthian â&#x20AC;˘ Sunday, February 26, 2012 â&#x20AC;˘ 7A

Business

THE WEEK IN REVIEW WEEKLY DOW JONES Dow Jones industrials

CLOSED 15.82

Close: 12,982.95 1-week change: 33.08 (0.3%)

MON

13,000

TUES

-27.02

46.02

-1.74

WED

THUR

FRI

Miracle diet pill? An elusive drug

BY MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press

12,000

11,000

10,000

A

S

O

N

D

J

F

WEEKLY STOCK EXCHANGE HIGHLIGHTS NYSE

AMEX

NASDAQ

GAINERS ($2 OR MORE) GAINERS ($2 OR MORE) GAINERS ($2 OR MORE) Name NoahHldgs Prestige WhitingP pf CmtyHlt CS VS3xSlv KenCole MetroPCS CSVLgCrde DBCmdDL GramrcyC

Last Chg %Chg 8.00+1.83 +29.7 16.63+3.13 +23.2 298.00+54.30 +22.3 25.11+4.38 +21.1 55.32+9.44 +20.6 15.49+2.64 +20.5 12.01+1.67 +16.2 66.19+9.15 +16.0 12.14+1.64 +15.6 2.89 +.39 +15.6

Name

Last Chg %Chg

Name

GreenHntr 2.84+1.05 +58.7 NewConcEn 3.70+1.25 +51.0 MexcoEn 11.25+2.93 +35.2 EllieMae n 8.98+2.23 +33.0 PyramidOil 6.23+1.48 +31.2 SamsO&G 3.01 +.62 +25.9 Banro g 5.65 +.94 +20.0 Bacterin 3.07 +.48 +18.5 LucasEngy 3.03 +.46 +17.9 Metalico 4.93 +.70 +16.5

Last Chg %Chg

Vivus 22.13+10.14 +84.6 ThrshdPhm 6.08+2.55 +72.2 PlumasBc 3.90+1.60 +69.3 Corcept 4.35+1.32 +43.5 Onvia Inc 4.13+1.10 +36.3 TOP Ship rs 3.03 +.78 +34.6 DehaierMd 2.69 +.69 +34.4 Burcon g 7.35+1.85 +33.6 DiscovLab 3.40 +.77 +29.3 LeGaga 5.25+1.13 +27.4

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name

Last Chg %Chg

Name

Name

Last Chg %Chg

US Airwy GencoShip PennVa YingliGrn TrinaSolar CSVS3xInSlv GrafTech CSVInvCrd Suntech Flagstone

6.99-1.91 7.00-1.78 4.88-1.22 3.82 -.92 7.80-1.84 26.57-6.16 12.80-2.67 36.01-7.44 3.06 -.59 7.80-1.44

SynthBiol 2.32 -.48 eMagin 3.56 -.55 Medgenic n 4.91 -.75 ProlorBio 5.44 -.76 YM Bio g 2.00 -.26 PernixTh 8.70 -.97 AvalonHld 3.67 -.38 ElephTalk 2.28 -.22 HstnAEn 11.82-1.02 Lannett 4.32 -.35

GTx Inc CarverB rs CelldexTh RubiconTc CUI Gbl rs TesseraTch Daktronics Sky-mobi JetBlue Micrvisn rs

3.43-2.37 6.10-2.13 3.85-1.02 9.84-2.35 5.05-1.20 16.37-3.59 9.25-2.02 4.35 -.94 4.81-1.01 3.92 -.80

-21.5 -20.3 -20.0 -19.4 -19.1 -18.8 -17.3 -17.1 -16.2 -15.6

Last Chg %Chg -17.1 -13.4 -13.3 -12.3 -11.5 -10.0 -9.4 -8.8 -7.9 -7.5

-40.9 -25.9 -20.9 -19.3 -19.2 -18.0 -17.9 -17.8 -17.3 -16.9

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name

Vol (00) Last Chg

BkofAm 8544666 7.88 S&P500ETF 4591282136.93 SPDR Fncl 2303954 14.67 SprintNex 2196481 2.47 iShR2K 1622511 82.64 AlcatelLuc 1601728 2.59 iShEMkts 1531163 44.19 GenElec 1512897 19.24 FordM 1489411 12.23 Citigrp rs 1428919 32.35

-.14 +.52 -.12 +.17 -.15 +.14 +.26 +.13 -.52 -.57

Name

Vol (00) Last Chg

CheniereEn NovaGld g YM Bio g SamsO&G DenisnM g NA Pall g GoldStr g NwGold g Rentech TrnsatlPet

180580 155733 143079 137623 95733 89929 80066 79698 62176 62078

14.05 8.69 2.00 3.01 1.94 2.83 2.10 11.84 1.83 1.57

Name

+.05 +.26 -.26 +.62 +.09 +.18 +.10 +.36 +.01 +.20

Vol (00) Last Chg

SiriusXM 2421296 PwShs QQQ 1701676 Microsoft 1660738 Intel 1588720 Cisco 1337687 Dell Inc 1248000 FrontierCm 1118525 Oracle 953973 Vivus 900530 MicronT 869398

2.20 +.06 63.96 +.53 31.48 +.23 26.70 -.67 20.14 -.15 17.43 -.73 4.64 -.14 29.25 +.46 22.13+10.14 7.95 -.48

STOCKS OF LOCAL INTEREST Wk Wk YTD Chg %Chg%Chg

Name

Ex

Div

Last

AFLAC AT&T Inc AMD AlcatelLuc Alcoa AlliantTch Aon Corp BP PLC BcpSouth BkofAm Bar iPVix Bemis Caterpillar Cemex Checkpnt ChesEng Chevron Cisco Citigrp rs CocaCola Comcast CSVS2xVxS Deere Dell Inc DirSCBear Dover DowChm EnPro ExxonMbl FstHorizon FordM FrkUnv FredsInc FrontierCm GenElec Goodrich HewlettP iShJapn iShSilver iShEMkts iShR2K Intel IBM

NY NY NY NY NY NY NY NY NY NY NY NY NY NY NY NY NY Nasd NY NY Nasd NY NY Nasd NY NY NY NY NY NY NY NY Nasd Nasd NY NY NY NY NY NY NY Nasd NY

1.32 1.76 ... ... .12 .80 .60 1.92 .04 .04 ...

1.00 1.84 ... ... .35 3.24 .32 .04 2.04 .65 ...

1.64 ... ...

1.26 1.00 ...

1.88 .04 .20 .46 .24 .40 .68 1.16 .48 .20 ... .81 1.02 .84 3.00

46.90 -1.11 -2.3 30.34 +.33 +1.1 7.46 +.04 +0.5 2.59 +.14 +5.7 10.43 +.28 +2.8 60.54 +.77 +1.3 47.53 -.09 -0.2 46.99 -.63 -1.3 11.95 -.04 -0.3 7.88 -.14 -1.7 25.05 -1.55 -5.8 31.10 -.87 -2.7 116.00 +2.05 +1.8 7.36 -1.16 -13.6 11.39 -1.23 -9.7 25.45 +.74 +3.0 109.08 +2.42 +2.3 20.14 -.15 -0.7 32.35 -.57 -1.7 69.00 -.05 -0.1 29.19 +.02 +0.1 16.66 -.39 -2.3 83.27 -.60 -0.7 17.43 -.73 -4.0 18.39 +.05 +0.3 65.67 -.42 -0.6 33.82 -1.18 -3.4 38.04 +.30 +0.8 87.34 +1.72 +2.0 9.38 -.21 -2.2 12.23 -.52 -4.1 6.93 ... ...

14.04 -.63 -4.3 4.64 -.14 -2.9 19.24 +.13 +0.7 125.88 +.18 +0.1 26.64 -2.95 -10.0 10.07 +.10 +1.0 34.37 +2.09 +6.5 44.19 +.26 +0.6 82.64 -.15 -0.2 26.70 -.67 -2.4 197.76 +4.34 +2.2

+8.4 +.3 +38.1 +66.0 +20.6 +5.9 +1.6 +9.9 +8.4 +41.7 -29.5 +3.4 +28.0 +36.5 +4.1 +14.2 +2.5 +11.8 +23.0 -1.4 +23.1 -47.9 +7.7 +19.1 -30.6 +13.1 +17.6 +15.3 +3.0 +17.3 +13.7 +3.6 -3.7 -9.9 +7.4 +1.8 +3.4 +10.5 +27.6 +16.5 +12.1 +10.1 +7.5

Last

Wk Wk YTD Chg %Chg%Chg

Name

Ex

Div

JPMorgCh KimbClk Kroger Lowes MGM Rsts McDnlds MeadWvco MicronT Microsoft NY Times NiSource NokiaCp NorthropG Oracle Penney PepsiCo Pfizer PwShs QQQ ProctGam RadioShk RegionsFn S&P500ETF SaraLee SearsHldgs Sherwin SiriusXM SouthnCo SprintNex SPDR Fncl TecumsehB TecumsehA Trchmrk s VangEmg Vivus WalMart WeathfIntl WellsFargo Wendys Co Weyerhsr Xerox Yahoo

NY NY NY NY NY NY NY Nasd Nasd NY NY NY NY Nasd NY NY NY Nasd NY NY NY NY NY Nasd NY Nasd NY NY NY Nasd Nasd NY NY Nasd NY NY NY Nasd NY NY Nasd

1.00 38.28 -.19 -0.5 +15.1 2.80 71.81 +.24 +0.3 -2.4 .46 23.54 -.38 -1.6 -2.8 .56 27.16 -.52 -1.9 +7.0 ... 14.00 -.66 -4.5 +34.2 2.80 100.32 +.33 +0.3 ...

1.00 30.51 -.19 -0.6 +1.9 ...

7.95 -.48 -5.7 +26.4 .80 31.48 +.23 +0.7 +21.3 ...

7.13 -.16 -2.2 -7.8 .92 23.68 -.11 -0.5 -.5 1.26 5.80 +.31 +5.6 +20.3 2.00 59.92 +.34 +0.6 +2.5 .24 29.25 +.46 +1.6 +14.0 .80 41.72 -.96 -2.2 +18.7 2.06 63.31 +.63 +1.0 -4.6 .88 21.18 -.01 ... -2.1 .46 63.96 +.53 +0.8 +14.6 2.10 66.71 +1.80 +2.8 ... .50 7.18 -.70 -8.9 -26.1 .04 5.80 -.20 -3.3 +34.9 2.58 136.93 +.52 +0.4 +9.1 .46 20.27 -.02 -0.1 +7.1 .33 68.31+13.78 +25.3 +114.9 1.56 101.06 +1.13 +1.1 +13.2 ...

2.20 +.06 +2.6 +20.9 1.89 44.54 +.16 +0.4 -3.8 ...

2.47 +.17 +7.4 +5.6 .22 14.67 -.12 -0.8 +12.8 ...

4.61 -.24 -4.9 +3.6 ...

4.88 -.13 -2.6 +3.8 .60 48.80 +.08 +0.2 +12.5 .91 44.51 +.23 +0.5 +16.5 ... 22.13+10.14 +84.6 +127.0 1.46 58.79 -3.69 -5.9 -1.6 ... 16.50 -1.29 -7.3 +12.7 .48 30.18 -.91 -2.9 +9.5 .08 5.07 -.13 -2.4 -5.5 .60 21.06 +.41 +2.0 +12.8 .17 8.36 +.06 +0.7 +5.0 ... 14.89 -.12 -0.8 -7.7

AGRICULTURE FUTURES WkHigh WkLow Settle WkChg

WkHigh WkLow Settle WkChg

CORN 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel

CATTLE 40,000 lbs.- cents per lb.

Mar 12 645625Ăź;640ďŹ&#x201A;;-1 May 12 648628ďŹ&#x201A;;644 -1Ăź Jul 12 651632ďŹ&#x201A;;646ø;-1ďŹ&#x201A; Sep 12598Ăź;579ďŹ&#x201A;;588Ăź;-8ø Dec 12571ø;549Ăź;558 -10Ăź Mar 13 583Ăź;561 568 -11Ăź May 13587ø;568Ăź;575 -10ďŹ&#x201A;

Feb 12 Apr 12 Jun 12 Aug 12 Oct 12 Dec 12 Feb 13

SOYBEANS 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel

HOGS-Lean 40,000 lbs.- cents per lb.

Mar 12 1284ďŹ&#x201A;;1260 1279 +11ø May 121291ďŹ&#x201A;;1266ø;1286ďŹ&#x201A;;+13 Jul 121299ø;1274ø;1295Ăź;+13Ăź Aug 121292ďŹ&#x201A;;1270ø;1289ø;+11ø Sep 12 12821259Ăź;1278ø;+10 Nov 12 1274ø;12511270ďŹ&#x201A;;+8ďŹ&#x201A; Jan 131278ďŹ&#x201A;;1255ďŹ&#x201A;;1274ďŹ&#x201A;;+9Ăź

Apr 12 May 12 Jun 12 Jul 12 Aug 12 Oct 12 Dec 12

WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel

COTTON 2 50,000 lbs.- cents per lb.

Mar 12648ďŹ&#x201A;;623ø;641 -3 May 12 652Ăź;628641Ăź;-6ø Jul 12 665 640 653 Sep 12 680 659669ø;-7ø Dec 12698ďŹ&#x201A;;677ø;688 -6ďŹ&#x201A; Mar 13709ďŹ&#x201A;;691ø;701Ăź;-4ø May 13718ø;704Ăź;709 -7Ăź

Mar 12 May 12 Jul 12 Oct 12 Dec 12 Mar 13 May 13

-6ďŹ&#x201A;

129.77 131.50 128.92 130.65 134.20 134.65 134.90

90.97 99.00 100.25 100.52 100.05 90.00 85.95

92.24 93.79 94.98 95.16 93.99 94.68 94.51

126.90 129.30 127.60 129.72 133.10 133.77 134.30

89.40 98.02 98.90 99.20 98.75 88.77 84.47

87.46 89.01 90.29 95.04 89.56 91.06 91.37

127.55 129.50 127.75 130.20 134.15 134.62 134.90

-1.05 -1.40 -.72 ... +.50 +.02 -.15

89.72 98.72 99.17 99.20 98.85 88.90 84.70

-.65 -.18 -.20 -.55 -.87 -1.05 -1.25

89.85 90.15 91.35 91.76 90.38 91.63 91.68

-1.60 -2.50 -2.30 -2.70 -2.24 -1.84 -1.74

Tables show seven most current contracts for each future. Grains traded on Chicago Board of Trade; livestock on Chicago Mercantile Exchange; and cotton on New York Cotton Exchange.

MUTUAL FUNDS Name

Obj

PIMCO TotRetIs Vanguard TotStIdx Vanguard InstIdxI Fidelity Contra American Funds GrthAmA m American Funds CapIncBuA m Vanguard 500Adml American Funds IncAmerA m Vanguard TotStIAdm American Funds CpWldGrIA m American Funds InvCoAmA m American Funds WAMutInvA m Dodge & Cox Stock Dodge & Cox IntlStk Vanguard InstPlus FrankTemp-Franklin Income A m

CI LB LB LG LG IH LB MA LB WS LB LV LV FV LB CA

Total Assets ($Mlns) NAV 149,075 65,094 62,387 56,729 56,202 55,268 54,136 53,653 52,167 45,986 44,121 38,964 38,384 37,981 36,777 36,463

11.10 34.34 125.34 74.48 32.17 51.31 126.16 17.46 34.36 35.42 29.45 30.03 112.56 33.20 125.35 2.17

Total Return/Rank 4-wk 12-mo 5-year

Pct Min Init Load Invt

+1.7 +4.5 +4.1 +6.5 +5.8 +3.8 +4.1 +2.6 +4.5 +5.6 +4.1 +2.9 +3.9 +6.5 +4.1 +2.4

NL 1,000,000 NL 3,000 NL 5,000,000 NL 2,500 5.75 250 5.75 250 NL 10,000 5.75 250 NL 10,000 5.75 250 5.75 250 5.75 250 NL 2,500 NL 2,500 NL200,000,000 4.25 1,000

+6.5/D +6.5/B +6.8/B +7.3/B +3.1/D +6.4/A +6.8/B +6.9/A +6.6/B +0.4/C +3.6/D +9.3/A +1.3/D -5.8/C +6.8/B +3.0/E

+8.5/A +1.4/B +1.0/B +4.0/B +1.1/D +1.3/C +1.0/B +2.1/C +1.5/A +0.4/B +0.4/C +0.7/B -2.8/D -2.0/A +1.0/B +3.1/D

CA -Conservative Allocation, CI -Intermediate-Term Bond, ES -Europe Stock, FB -Foreign Large Blend, FG -Foreign LargeGrowth, FV -Foreign Large Value, IH -World Allocation, LB -Large Blend, LG -Large Growth, LV -Large Value, MA -Moderate Allocation, MB -Mid-Cap Blend, MV - Mid-Cap Value, SH -Specialty-heath, WS -World Stock, Total Return: Chng in NAV with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund performed vs. others with same objective: A is in top 20%, E in bottom 20%. Min Init Invt: Minimum $ needed to invest in fund. Source: Morningstar.

Stock Footnotes: g = Dividends and earnings in Canadian dollars. h = Does not meet continued-listing standards. lf = Late filing with SEC. n = New in past 52 weeks. pf = Preferred. rs = Stock has undergone a reverse stock split of at least 50 percent within the past year. rt = Right to buy security at a specified price. s = Stock has split by at least 20 percent within the last year. un = Units. vj = In bankruptcy or receivership. wd = When distributed. wi = When issued. wt = Warrants. Mutual Fund Footnotes: b = Fee covering market costs is paid from fund assets. d = Deferred sales charge, or redemption fee. f = front load (sales charges). m = Multiple fees are charged. NA = not available. p = previous dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s net asset value. s = fund split shares during the week. x = fund paid a distribution during the week.Gainers and Losers must be worth at least $2 to be listed in tables at left. Most Actives must be worth at least $1. Volume in hundreds of shares. Source: The Associated Press. Sales figures are unofficial.

WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The battle of the bulge has been a big, fat failure for U.S. drugmakers. But that hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stopped them from trying.

For nearly a century, scientists have struggled to make a diet pill that helps people lose weight without side effects that range from embarrassing digestive issues to dangerous heart problems.

Just last week, a government panel recommended the FDA approve the latest diet drug Qnexa. The recommendation raises hopes that the U.S. could approve the first anti-obesity drug in more than a decade.

It also highlights how challenging it is to create a pill that fights fat in a variety of people without negative side effects.

Even Qnexa was previously rejected over concerns that it can cause heart palpitations and birth defects if taken by pregnant women. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Having a drug for obesity would be like telling me you had a drug for the fever,â&#x20AC;? said Dr. Mitchell Roslin, chief of bariatric surgery at Northern Westchester Hospital in New York. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There can be millions of different reasons why someone is obese; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really a symptom of various underlying mechanisms.â&#x20AC;?

An effective and safe diet pill would be an easy sale in the U.S.: With more than 75 million obese adults, the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s obesity rate is nearing 35 percent. But the biggest problem in creating a weight-loss drug is that there appears to be no safe way to turn off one of the human bodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most fundamental functions.

For millions of years, humans have been programmed to consume calories and store them as energy, or fat. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s this biological mechanism that makes it almost impossible to quickly lose weight by not eating.

Cutting down on food in-

stead sends stronger signals to the body to store more calories. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Throughout most of human history calories were scarce and hard to get, so we have numerous natural defenses against starvation,â&#x20AC;? said Dr. David Katz of Yale Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Prevention Research Center. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have no defenses against overeating because we never needed them before.â&#x20AC;?

So, the drug industry has been on a nearly 100-year search for a drug that can help the body shed pounds. It has mostly failed to come up with an effective one and many of the experiments have proven fatal to patients: â&#x2013; Early attempts focused on speeding up metabolism, or the bodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s method for breaking down food into energy.

The speed of metabolism controls how quickly or slowly we burn calories and ultimately how much weight we take on In the 1930s, doctors prescribed an industrial chemical called dinitrophenol, which accelerated metabolism, but also caused fever, swelling and deadly toxicity in some patients. The 1938 law establishing the Food and Drug Administration was a response to untested drugs like dinitrophenol. â&#x2013; In the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;50s and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;60s, amphetamines became popular drugs because they boost metabolism and suppress appetite.

But the pills proved to be highly addictive, and doctors discovered they increase blood pressure and heart rate. The amphetamine phentermine is approved for shortterm weight loss, usually less than 12 weeks, though it is seldom prescribed because of the potential for addiction. â&#x2013; Perhaps the worst diet pill safety debacle came in the 1990s and involved the combination of phentermine and another weight loss drug marketed by Wyeth

TVA head predicts future use of fuel Associated Press

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Tennessee Valley Authority chief Tom Kilgore predicts the federal utility will one day use its spent nuclear fuel to generate electricity. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll make a prediction,â&#x20AC;? he said to a questioner who asked about spent fuel recycling. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of these days weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll go out there and start mining those dry casks,â&#x20AC;? he said.

TVA stores spent fuel rods from nuclear reactors at the sites.

Kilgore, president and CEO of TVA, spoke to Chattanooga area engineers on Thursday and noted that the process is already used elsewhere. â&#x20AC;&#x153;France does it now. We just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the political will to do it,â&#x20AC;? Kilgore said.

Kilgore delivered the keynote speech at the Chattanooga Engineers Week 2012 banquet on why nuclear power is still needed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We build nuclear to keep your rates down.

The best economic tool we have â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and we are in the economic development business â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is to keep rates low,â&#x20AC;? Kilgore said.

Kilgore also stressed TVAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s safety record. He said he was pleased with the decision of the utilityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nuclear chief to stand down work at the Watts Bar Unit 2 to get work-

ersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; attention. The decision by Mike Skaggs came after a construction crew removed a part from the operating Unit 1, rather than the unfinished reactor they were building.

TVA recently announced Unit 2 will not be competed by 2013 as expected and will exceed its $2.49 billion budget.

called fenfluramine.

The combination of the two pills, dubbed fen-phen, was never approved by the FDA. But because the agency doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t regulate doctorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; decisions about prescribing various combinations of drugs, more than 18 million fen-phen prescriptions were written by 1996.

One year later, studies suggested that up to a third of patients taking fen-phen experienced heart valve damage. In 1997, Wyeth was forced to recall two versions of fenfluramine and eventually paid more than $13 billion to settle tens of thousands of personal injury lawsuits. â&#x2013; In the last decade, drugmakers have moved toward other weight loss concoctions. Currently,

the only drug approved for long-term weight loss in the U.S. is orlistat, which is sold as the prescription drug Xenical and over the counter as alli. The drug works by blocking the absorption of fat.

When launched in 2007, alli received a high-profile marketing push from drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline, complete with TV ads and a celebrity endorsement by country singer Wynonna Judd.

But it never took off due to unpleasant side effects, including loose bowel movements. Educational pamphlets for alli even recommend people start the program when they have a few days off work, or bring an extra pair of pants to the office.

CIVIL WAR RELIC SHOW RD TH March 3 & 4

THE CROSSROADS ARENA CONVENTION CENTER

ADMISSION: $5.00 Children Under 13: $3.00 SHOW HOURS: Saturday, March 3rd 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Sunday, March 4th 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Returning to Corinth 150 years laterâ&#x20AC;Śthe sword & scabbard belonging to Colonel Rogers - the Hero of the Battle of Corinth.

www.battleofcorinth.com

Sponsored by Col. W.P. Rogers Sons of Confederate Veterans, Camp #321

PROJECT RUNWAY A fashion show presented

by Andie Grace and Sparkle Project Runway: A Fashion Show presented by Andie Grace and Sparkle -Come see al of 2012 Spring Fashions from everyday to prom

-February 26th at 2:00 -At Hillandale Country Club 13 Oakland School Rd. Corinth, MS -Door Prizes, Free Gifts, Silent Auction and Refreshments -Please call for your seat today 662-287-8624 or 662-287-6101

QuickWay CASH ADVANCES Car Title â&#x20AC;˘ Personal Check

Up to $1,000 on Title Advances Up to $410 on Check Advances

$450 Monthly Cash Drawings!

Iuka 423-6600

C rinth Co Corinth 286-2274

Boonev eviille il Booneville 728-3070

CIVIL WAR RELIC SHOW RD TH March 3 & 4

THE CROSSROADS ARENA CONVENTION CENTER

ADMISSION: $5.00 Children Under 13: $3.00 SHOW HOURS:

rd 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

th 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Returning to Corinth 150 years laterâ&#x20AC;Śthe sword & scabbard belonging to Colonel Rogers - the Hero of the Battle of Corinth.

www.battleofcorinth.com

Sponsored by Col. W.P. Rogers Sons of Confederate Veterans, Camp #321

8A • Daily Corinthian

MHSAA State Tournament All games at Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson

Friday’s Scores 2A-G: New Site 55, Bassfield 45 2A-B: S.V. Marshall 61, WilliamsSullivan 47 2A-G: Walnut 60, Taylorsville 50 2A-B: Baldwyn 53, Bay Springs 41 3A-G: Ripley 56-SE Lauderdale 44 3A-B: Booneville 59-Bailey 55

Saturday’s Scores 3A-G: Choctaw Central 63-Belmont 50 3A-B: Kemper County 62 -Aberdeen 58 1A-G: Byers 75-Bogue Chitto 39 1A-B: Biggersville 64-Durant 441A-G: Hinds AHS-Coldwater, (n) 1A-B: West Lincoln-Coldwater, (n)

Monday, Feb. 27 4A-G: Pontotoc-Bay High, 1 4A-B: Corinth-Bay High, 2:30 (WXRZ) 4A-G: Forrest AHS-Lafayette Co., 6:30 4A-B: Laurel-Amanda Elzy, 8

Tuesday, Feb. 28 5A-G: Oxford-Wayne County, 1 5A-B: Callaway-Pascagoula, 2:30 5A-G: South Jones-Center Hill, 6:30 5A-B: Wayne County-Starkville, 8

Wednesday, Feb. 29 6A-G: Horn Lake-Forest Hill, 1 6A-B: Tupelo-Biloxi, 2:30 6A-G: Hattiesburg-Southaven, 6:30 6A-B: Gulfport-Jim Hill, 8

Thursday, March 1 2A-G Championship New Site-Walnut, 1 2A-G Championship S.V. Marshall-Baldwyn, 2:30 3A-G: Championship, 1 3A-B: Championship. 2:30

Friday, March 2 1A-G: Championship, 1 1A-B: Championship, 2:30 4A-G: Championship, 7 4A-B: Championship, 8:30

Saturday, March 3 5A-G: Championship, 1 5A-B: Championship, 2:30 6A-G: Championship, 7 6A-B: Championship, 8:30

Shorts 9U Travel Team A 9 and under travel baseball team (USSSA) looks for experienced players to fill its 12-man roster. Players cannot turn 10 years of age before May 1. The team will be based out of Corinth but will travel for tournaments to places like Tupelo, Starkville, Fulton, New Albany, Booneville, Memphis, Tenn. and Jackson, Tenn. Players will have to try out and those who make the team will be expected to pay a player’s fee to cover uniforms, tournament cost, etc. Contact Keith Essary at coachessary@yahoo.com for more details.

Adult Softball The Corinth/Alcorn Co. Parks and Recreation Department will be conducting team registration for Adult Softball Leagues until March 9.

Leagues forming are Women’s, Industrial, Open, Church and Seniors. A date and time for the mandatory mangers meeting will be given upon registration. Leagues will begin play the week of March 26. League registration is $350 for teams with an Alcorn County sponsor and $400 for others.

All teams will be required to wear matching jerseys. Come by the park office to complete a registration form.

For information call 286-3067. Office hours are 8 a.m. till 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 10 a.m. till 2 p.m. on February 25.

Youth Softball/Baseball The Corinth/Alcorn Co. Parks and Recreation Department will be conducting youth baseball and youth girls softball registration until March 2. Age groups for girls are 3-4 (Coed T-Ball), 6U (Coach Pitch), 8U (Coach Pitch), 10U (Fast Pitch), 12U (Fast Pitch) and 14U (Fast Pitch). Age as of December 31, 2011 determines the age group in which the girl is eligible to play. Age groups for boys are 4-5 (Coed T-Ball), 6-year-old (Coach Pitch), 7-8 (Coach Pitch), 9-10, 11-12 and 13-15. The birth date cutoff for boys is May 1. All players without a birth certificate on file must show one before registering.

The season will begin April 2 for some age groups. The cost is $35/one child, $70/two children and $100/three children or more. To register come by the park office. For information call 2863067. Office hours are 8 a.m. till 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 10 a.m. till 2 p.m. on February 25.

Sports

Sunday, February 26, 2012

State Tournament

Staff Photo by H. Lee Smith II

Biggersville fans were out in full force Saturday at the Mississippi Coliseum.

Lions roar into 1A title game

BY H. LEE SMITH II lsmith@dailycorinthian.com

JACKSON — Biggersville won the one that counted.

The Lions flexed their collective muscles, roaring past Durant 64-44 in the fourth of six semifinal games held Saturday in the Mississippi High School Activities Association’s State Basketball Tournament.

Biggersville (28-7) will face the Coldwater-West Lincoln winner Friday at 2:30 p.m. in the Class 1A Boys’ championship.

“We’re excited to be in this position,” said first-year BHS Head Coach Cliff Little.

The two had faced off on Jan. 14 at the Premier Shootout at North Pontotoc with Durant claiming a 7068 win.

“The difference this time was that we had taken our game up a level,” said Little.

“You’ve got to hit another gear if you want to play for a championship.”

Little said having already played the Tigers provided an advantage and his club backed up that statement by jumping out to 5-0 lead and never looking back.

Biggersville held Durant Staff Photo by H. Lee Smith II scoreless for the first 2:12 Biggersville senior Blake Anderson brings the ball down and without a field goal court during Saturday’s semifinal contest. until the 4:26-mark of the

opening period. Behind seven points courtesy Dexter Stafford and a five-spot from Tevin Watson the Lions had the Tigers doubled after one at 14-7.

“We pressured the ball, which is what we like to do,” said Little. “Dexter got involved early then we had some others step up. Depth was key for us today just like it’s been every other night.”

Marquis Watson’s steal and layup gave BHS its first double-digit lead at the 5:42-mark of the second. A Stafford putback — via an athletic scoop shot — and a dunk-and-someharm by the 5-foot-9 Jaylon Gaines pushed the lead out to 15 with just under two minutes left in the half.

A 5-0 spurt — including an old-fashioned three-point play

by Daniel Simmons — over a 12-second span helped send the Lions to the break with a comfortable 31-16 lead.

Biggersville outscored Durant 17-9 in the second with the Tigers recording just one more field goal (3) than the Lions’ dunks.

Stafford, Watson and Gaines combined for 17 points in the third as Biggersville took a 5249 lead into the fourth.

“It makes my job a lot easier Please see LIONS | 9A

Henry, Williams lead Mississippi past LSU

BY DAVID BRANDT Associated Press

OXFORD, Miss. — Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy has been in Terrance Henry’s ear for weeks begging, pleading and sometimes screaming for one thing: Produce.

And the 6-foot-9 senior delivered with one of his best games of the season, pouring in 21 points as Mississippi easily beat LSU 72-48 on Saturday afternoon at Tad Smith Coliseum.

Nick Williams added 18 as

the Rebels (16-12, 6-8 Southeastern Conference) snapped a three-game losing streak.

“We were really good out of the gate and then we were able to sustain it,” Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy said.

“The biggest thing is defensively we were so much better. We never allowed them to attack us.”

Henry became the 33rd player in Ole Miss history to score 1,000 career points. He made 7 of 12 shots from the field and 6 of 7 from the free-

throw line.

The Rebels never trailed, leading 34-24 at halftime before pulling away in the second half.

It was a crushing loss for LSU (17-11, 7-7), which had played its way into the NCAA Tournament conversation with a four-game winning streak. But the Tigers had a terrible offensive game, shooting just 31 percent (18 of 58) from the field.

Storm Warren led LSU with 13 points. Andre String-

er added 10 while Johnny O’Bryant had nine points and 11 rebounds.

LSU coach Trent Johnson didn’t see the end of it, receiving back-to-back technical fouls with 7:17 remaining.

Ole Miss hit three of the four free throws assessed after the two technical to push its lead to 55-34.

Johnson was less than pleased with the officiating.

“Talk to the players, it’s an Please see WILLIAMS | 9A

Alabama romps past Mississippi State 67-50

BY JOHN ZENOR Associated Press

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Levi Randolph and Alabama’s shooters heated up, the defense clamped down and the resurgent Crimson Tide rolled along with a little help from a familiar face.

Randolph scored a careerhigh 18 points and Alabama welcomed JaMychal Green back from suspension with a superb second half in Saturday’s 67-50 win over reeling Mississippi State.

“In the second half, we had

a dominating performance all the way around,” Tide coach Anthony Grant said.

Alabama (19-9, 8-6 Southeastern Conference) has won six of eight games and weathered a storm of off-the-court troubles. Green, one of four players to serve a suspension the past couple of weeks, returned after four games to score nine points.

“It felt great to be back,” said the senior, the Tide’s leading scorer and rebounder. “It was fun. It was a great feeling being out there with

my teammates and getting a win.”

The Bulldogs (19-10, 6-8) have lost five straight and are left trying to salvage their NCAA tournament hopes.

This one was tied at halftime before Alabama dominated the second half 42-25.

The Tide shot 64 percent (16 of 25) after the half and made 5 of 7 3-pointers (71.4 percent).

Trevor Releford came off the bench for only the second time this season and had 10 points. Grant called the deci-

sion not to start him “just a time management issue.”

Releford did hit three free throws after getting fouled on a 3-point shot with fourtenths of a second left in the first half to tie the game at 25 and that momentum carried over.

“I thought we took the last play of the half into the locker room and came out in the first five minutes of the second half and played just like that,” Bulldogs coach Rick Please see ALABAMA | 9A

Scoreboard

Sunday, February 26, 2012

LIONS: Biggersville

THE FINE PRINT

scores and standings

Pro Basketball

Minnesota Edmonton

27 25 9 63 135 24 31 6 54 162 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF Phoenix 62 32 21 9 73 164 San Jose 60 32 21 7 71 174 Dallas 62 32 26 4 68 162 Los Angeles 62 28 22 12 68 133 Anaheim 61 26 25 10 62 157 Friday’s Games N.Y. Islanders 4, N.Y. Rangers 3, SO Buffalo 2, Boston 1, SO Vancouver 2, New Jersey 1 Washington 4, Montreal 1 Colorado 5, Columbus 0 Dallas 4, Minnesota 1 Saturday’s Games St. Louis 3, Winnipeg 2, SO Florida 3, Carolina 2, SO Pittsburgh 8, Tampa Bay 1 Phoenix 3, Edmonton 1 Washington 4, Toronto 2 Boston 5, Ottawa 3 N.Y. Rangers 3, Buffalo 2, OT Colorado 4, Detroit 3 Los Angeles 4, Chicago 0 Nashville 6, San Jose 2 Philadelphia at Calgary, (n) Sunday’s Games Tampa Bay at New Jersey, Noon Columbus at Pittsburgh, Noon Vancouver at Dallas, 2 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Ottawa, 4 p.m.

Montreal at Florida, 4 p.m.

San Jose at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Chicago at Anaheim, 6 p.m.

Monday’s Games New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 6:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Winnipeg, 7:30 p.m.

Anaheim at Colorado, 8 p.m.

St. Louis at Calgary, 8 p.m.

CONTINUED FROM 8A

having a kid like Dexter,” said Little.

“And I was really impressed with our guard play.”

Stafford led all scorers with 18 points, pushing his career total to 1,953. Simmons followed with 15, while Gaines and Watson tallied 11 each.

Biggersville is seeking its second state title, the first coming over Mount Olive in 1996.

(1A-B) Biggersville 64, Durant 44 Durant Biggersville

7 14

9 17

13 21

15 12

— —

44 64

DURANT (44): Theodore Haynes 18, Garmarcus Thomas 7, Kenderio Gilmore 5, Keith Reynolds 5, Dewayne Lewis 5, David Hogsett 4.

BIGGERSVILLE (64): Dexter Stafford 18, Daniel Simmons 15, Jaylon Gaines 11, Tevin Watson 11, Martonious Watson 4, Marquis Watson 4, Blake Anderson 2, Darrien Williams 1.

3-Pointers: (D) Reynolds, Haynes. (B) T. Watson, Simmons.

WILLIAMS: Tigers a little overconfident CONTINUED FROM 8A

absolute joke,” Johnson said. “For me, I have a problem. For as many years as I’ve been doing this, my team has a way of conducting themselves and they’re class kids. I got a guy worrying more about what my trainer is saying on the bench than calling the game. I have a problem with that.”

The game was a stark contrast to the first meeting between the two teams on Jan. 7, when LSU drilled the Rebels 81-55 in Baton Rouge, La. Stringer said the Tigers might have been a little overconfident.

“We came out thinking we had this game won,” Stringer said. “So we’ve got no excuses, they just played a lot better than we did.”

Ole Miss took the lead immediately on Henry’s pull-up 3-pointer and never let up. Henry had 13 first-half points, reaching the 1,000-point mark on a pair of free throws. He’s just the second Ole Miss player to have 1,000 career points and 100 career blocks.

Henry’s had an up-and-down senior season, with some spectacular games mixed with virtual no-shows. But he played to his strengths against LSU, finishing with his left hand on drives to the basket and making open jumpers.

He came into averaging a team-high 11.9 points.

“After the Tennessee loss, we were disgusted,” Henry said. “People just thought we were going to lay down, so we wanted to show we still had fight in us.”

Williams added 12 points in the first half, shooting 5 of 5 from the field, including two 3-pointers. Ole Miss kept rolling in the second half. The Rebels stretched their lead to 43-26 on a short jumper by Williams with 13:04 remaining and were never threatened, rolling to a rare easy victory.

LSU is used to playing low-scoring games, winning each of its previous four games with scores in the 60s. But the Tigers couldn’t get into any sort of offensive rhythm against the Rebels’ suffocating half-court defense.

LSU’s leading scorer is 7-footer Justin Hamilton — who was averaging 13.6 points per game — didn’t score until late in the second half when the game was already decided. He had 23 points and 16 rebounds in the first meeting.

NBA standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Philadelphia 20 14 .588 New York 17 18 .486 Boston 15 17 .469 Toronto 10 23 .303 New Jersey 10 25 .286 Southeast Division W L Pct Miami 27 7 .794 Orlando 22 13 .629 Atlanta 20 14 .588 Washington 7 26 .212 Charlotte 4 28 .125 Central Division W L Pct Chicago 27 8 .771 Indiana 21 12 .636 Cleveland 13 18 .419 Milwaukee 13 20 .394 Detroit 11 24 .314 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 24 10 .706 Dallas 21 13 .618 Houston 20 14 .588 Memphis 19 15 .559 New Orleans 8 25 .242 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 27 7 .794 Portland 18 16 .529 Denver 18 17 .514 Minnesota 17 17 .500 Utah 15 17 .469 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Clippers 20 11 .645 L.A. Lakers 20 14 .588 Golden State 13 17 .433 Phoenix 14 20 .412 Sacramento 11 22 .333 ––– All-Star break

GB — 3½ 4 9½ 10½ GB — 5½ 7 19½ 22 GB — 5 12 13 16 GB — 3 4 5 15½ GB — 9 9½ 10 11 GB — 1½ 6½ 7½ 10

160 181 GA 155 155 169 135 173

College Basketball Saturday’s men’s scores

Hockey NHL standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF N.Y. Rangers 60 39 15 6 84 167 Pittsburgh 61 35 21 5 75 194 New Jersey 60 35 21 4 74 169 Philadelphia 60 33 20 7 73 198 N.Y. Islanders 61 26 27 8 60 144 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF Boston 60 37 20 3 77 200 Ottawa 63 32 23 8 72 193 Toronto 62 29 26 7 65 184 Buffalo 62 27 27 8 62 154 Montreal 62 24 28 10 58 161 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF Florida 60 28 20 12 68 149 Winnipeg 64 30 26 8 68 163 Washington 62 31 26 5 67 169 Tampa Bay 61 27 28 6 60 170 Carolina 62 23 26 13 59 162 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF Detroit 63 41 19 3 85 197 St. Louis 62 38 17 7 83 158 Nashville 62 36 19 7 79 176 Chicago 63 33 23 7 73 192 Columbus 61 18 36 7 43 142 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF Vancouver 62 40 16 6 86 201 Colorado 63 32 27 4 68 164 Calgary 61 28 23 10 66 146

61 61

GA 124 161 164 183 179 GA 139 190 190 180 171 GA 167 181 176 209 187 GA 149 125 160 186 203 GA 151 172 165

EAST American U. 76, Lafayette 69< Boston U. 64, Hartford 55< Brown 94, Columbia 78< Bucknell 64, Navy 55< Buffalo 84, Miami (Ohio) 74< CCSU 78, Wagner 61< Delaware 82, Northeastern 72< Fairleigh Dickinson 45, St. Francis (NY) 44< Fordham 67, La Salle 62< George Washington 56, Duquesne 51< Georgetown 67, Villanova 46< Hofstra 93, UNC Wilmington 64< Holy Cross 65, Colgate 58< Lehigh 74, Army 72, OT< Monmouth (NJ) 106, LIU 78< Mount St. Mary’s 71, Bryant 62< NJIT 94, Longwood 51< Penn 55, Harvard 54< Princeton 85, Dartmouth 61< Quinnipiac 73, Robert Morris 69< Rhode Island 64, Saint Louis 62< Rutgers 77, Seton Hall 72, OT< Sacred Heart 72, St. Francis (Pa.) 57< Saint Joseph’s 82, Temple 72< St. John’s 61, Notre Dame 58< Vermont 80, UMBC 49< Yale 71, Cornell 40< SOUTH Alabama 67, Mississippi St. 50< Alcorn St. 60, Southern U. 40< Ark.-Pine Bluff 46, Jackson St. 44< Arkansas 77, Auburn 71< Austin Peay 68, SE Missouri 59< Belmont 62, Mercer 61< Charleston Southern 65, Radford 59< Chattanooga 86, Samford 78< Clemson 72, NC State 69, OT< Coastal Carolina 81, VMI 64< Coll. of Charleston 55, The Citadel 47< Davidson 71, Georgia Southern 54< Delaware St. 63, Howard 46<

Drexel 73, Old Dominion 72< Duke 70, Virginia Tech 65, OT< E. Kentucky 86, E. Illinois 74< ETSU 84, Florida Gulf Coast 71< Elon 93, UNC Greensboro 79< FIU 81, South Alabama 74< Georgia 76, Florida 62< Georgia St. 64, William & Mary 60< Georgia Tech 63, Maryland 61< Hampton 74, Florida A&M 59< Jacksonville St. 77, UT-Martin 46< James Madison 65, Towson 59< Kentucky 83, Vanderbilt 74< Liberty 49, Campbell 41< Lipscomb 74, Kennesaw St. 71< Louisiana Tech 84, Hawaii 67< Louisiana-Monroe 78, Louisiana-Lafayette 60< MVSU 79, Grambling St. 60< Md.-Eastern Shore 58, Morgan St. 57< Memphis 87, Marshall 67< Mississippi 72, LSU 48< Morehead St. 76, SIU-Edwardsville 61< Murray St. 69, Tennessee Tech 64< NC A&T 79, SC State 75< Nicholls St. 78, McNeese St. 75< Norfolk St. 75, Bethune-Cookman 72< North Carolina 54, Virginia 51< Presbyterian 68, Gardner-Webb 62< SC-Upstate 90, Stetson 72< Savannah St. 60, NC Central 47< Southern Miss. 58, Rice 56< St. Bonaventure 72, Charlotte 56< Tennessee 73, South Carolina 64< Troy 83, FAU 82< Tulsa 73, Tulane 69< UAB 61, East Carolina 57< UCF 63, UTEP 45< UNC Asheville 67, Winthrop 55< VCU 89, George Mason 77< W. Carolina 83, Appalachian St. 75< W. Kentucky 73, Middle Tennessee 67< Wake Forest 85, Boston College 56< Wofford 67, Furman 52< MIDWEST Bowling Green 74, Kent St. 58< Cleveland St. 77, Wright St. 55< Creighton 61, Indiana St. 60< Dayton 76, UMass 43< Detroit 76, Youngstown St. 74< E. Michigan 61, Ball St. 50< Evansville 75, Missouri St. 70, OT< Green Bay 71, Ill.-Chicago 63< IPFW 76, UMKC 73< Illinois St. 54, Bradley 53< Iowa St. 65, Kansas St. 61< Kansas 87, Missouri 86, OT< Michigan St. 62, Nebraska 34< Milwaukee 78, Loyola of Chicago 69< N. Iowa 65, S. Illinois 61< North Dakota 66, Houston Baptist 62< Oakland 84, South Dakota 77< Providence 73, DePaul 71< Purdue 75, Michigan 61< S. Dakota St. 75, IUPUI 64< Toledo 83, W. Michigan 74< Urbana 59, Chicago St. 55< W. Illinois 77, N. Dakota St. 64< Wichita St. 81, Drake 58< Xavier 65, Richmond 57<

Gonzaga 65, San Diego 57< Long Beach St. 64, UC Riverside 40< Sacramento St. 70, Idaho St. 67< UNLV 68, Air Force 58< Utah 58, Stanford 57< Washington 59, Washington St. 55< Wyoming 64, Boise St. 54<

Women’s scores Saturday’s Top 25 results 1. Baylor (29-0) did not play. Next: at No. 14 Texas A&M, Monday.

2. Stanford (26-1) beat Utah 69-42. Next: vs. Seattle, Wednesday.

3. Notre Dame (27-2) beat South Florida 8068. Next: at No. 4 UConn, Monday.

4. UConn (26-3) beat Marquette 85-45.

Next: vs. No. 3 Notre Dame, Monday.

5. Miami (24-4) did not play. Next: vs. Boston College, Sunday.

6. Maryland (24-4) did not play. Next: at N.C. State, Sunday.

7. Duke (23-4) did not play. Next: at North Carolina, Sunday.

8. Ohio State (24-4) did not play. Next: at No. 23 Nebraska, Sunday.

9. Delaware (25-1) did not play. Next: vs.

Northeastern, Sunday.

10. Tennessee (20-8) did not play. Next: vs.

Florida, Sunday.

11. Penn State (22-5) did not play. Next: vs.

Minnesota, Sunday.

12. Green Bay (25-1) beat Butler 78-53.

Next: at Loyola of Chicago, Wednesday.

13. Kentucky (23-5) did not play. Next: at Mississippi State, Sunday.

14. Texas A&M (20-7) beat Texas Tech 7951. Next: vs. No. 1 Baylor, Monday.

15. Georgetown (22-6) beat Syracuse 6562. Next: vs. No. 20 St. John’s, Monday.

16. Louisville (20-8) beat No. 21 DePaul 7562. Next: at Seton Hall, Monday.

17. Georgia Tech (21-7) did not play. Next: vs. Clemson, Sunday.

18. Georgia (21-7) did not play. Next: vs.

LSU, Sunday.

19. St. Bonaventure (27-2) beat Rhode Island 58-32. Next: Atlantic 10 tournament, Saturday.

20. St. John’s (20-8) beat Villanova 69-49.

Next: at No. 15 Georgetown, Monday.

21. DePaul (20-9) lost to No. 16 Louisville 75-62. Next: vs. Cincinnati, Monday.

22. Purdue (20-8) did not play. Next: vs. Indiana, Sunday.

23. Nebraska (20-7) did not play. Next: vs.

No. 8 Ohio State, Sunday.

24. Rutgers (20-8) beat Providence 68-47.

Next: vs. Marquette, Monday.

25. Gonzaga (25-4) beat BYU 77-60. Next: WCC tournament, Friday or Saturday.

Misc.

Transactions BASEBALL National League HOUSTON ASTROS — Agreed to terms with RHP Rhiner Cruz, RHP Aneury Rodriguez and RHP Kyle Weiland on one-year contracts.

North American League MCALLEN THUNDER — Re-signed LHP Frank James and P Bryan Smith.

SOUTHWEST Baylor 70, Oklahoma 60< Cent. Arkansas 64, SE Louisiana 63< Houston 62, SMU 59< Lamar 72, Sam Houston St. 49< Oklahoma St. 60, Texas A&M 42< Prairie View 60, Alabama A&M 52< Stephen F. Austin 74, Texas A&M-CC 41< TCU 83, New Mexico 64< Texas 71, Texas Tech 67, OT< Texas Southern 67, Alabama St. 59< Texas St. 66, UTSA 52< Texas-Arlington 79, Northwestern St. 70< UALR 62, Arkansas St. 60<

HOCKEY National Hockey League COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Assigned D David Savard to Springfield (AHL).

FLORIDA PANTHERS — Reassigned RW Michal Repik to San Antonio (AHL).

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Waived LW Eric Boulton. Assigned D Peter Harrold to Albany (AHL).

NEW YORK RANGERS — Reassigned D Blake Parlett from Connecticut (AHL) to Greenville (ECHL). Traded F Wojtek Wolski to Florida for D Michael Vernace and a 2013 third-round draft pick.

FAR WEST Arizona 65, UCLA 63< Arizona St. 56, Southern Cal 52< BYU 76, Portland 66<

ALABAMA: ‘They seemed like they were just catching and shooting,’ Moultrie said CONTINUED FROM 8A

Stansbury said. “That was the ball game.

“From there, we were just trying to battle back.”

Randolph also had seven rebounds, four assists and three steals with no turnovers. The freshman’s previous scoring high was 13 points against Vanderbilt, and he matched that in the second half.

“Over the course of the year, Levi has had some struggles offensively,” Grant said. “I’ve always said this about freshmen: Sometimes they just need to see the ball go in a few times.

“Once that happened tonight, he really loosened up and was aggressive out there.”

Dee Bost and Renardo Sidney had 14 points apiece for

Mississippi State.

Starter Rodney Hood missed the game with a deep bone bruise in his left knee.

The SEC’s leading rebounder, Arnett Moultrie, had seven points and eight rebounds, well below his season averages. He attempted only three field goals as Alabama mostly denied him the ball around the basket.

Moultrie had 25 points and 13 rebounds in the previous meeting. The difference?

“Two or three weeks ago, I was more involved in the offense,” he said.

Green said the last game gave Alabama extra motivation in defending Moultrie, too.

“We took it personal to defend him tonight,” he said, “and I think we did a great job.”

The Bulldogs managed a season-low in points and shot 38.2 percent (18 of 47). Alabama took the same number of shots but made 25 (53.2 percent).

The Tide started a 21-7 run at the end of the first half to take a 43-32 lead when Green hit 1 of 2 free throws with 12:57 left.

Sidney then hit a basket and foul shot and Jalen Steele drilled a 3-pointer to slice the margin to five points. Then things got away from the Bulldogs again.

“They seemed like they were just catching and shooting,” Moultrie said. “They got a 10-point lead and that pretty much sealed the game.”

Alabama answered with two straight Releford drives to start a 14-1 run and retake control of the game. A previ-

Grisham Insurance

NOW OPEN!

(662)286-9835

CORINTH COIN LAUNDRY

“Call me for your insurance needs” Final Expense • Life Insurance • Long Term Care Medicare Supplements • Part D Prescription Plan

Need Dental and Vision?

Brand New Maytag Equipment! • Open 24/7 Offering the largest washers & dryers in North MS for Comforters, quilts, sleeping bags, etc.

Attendant on duty Mon-Fri 7:30am - 5:00pm We offer a drop off and ironing service!

TV’s, WiFi, change machine, soap machine, and security cameras.

Coverage available for all ages.

Call Me for a free quote today.

Chris Grisham

Daily Corinthian • 9A

“I will always try to get you the best rates available”

1801 South Harper Road Harper Square Mall • Corinth, MS 38834

2200 Hwy 72 East

ously scoreless Charles Hankerson hit for seven straight points to end the spurt, helping Alabama roll to an 18-point margin.

Those were his only points of the game in 10 minutes of action. The Tide got 32 points from its bench compared to just four from Mississippi State reserves.

Alabama guard Trevor Lacey started, but with five minutes left in the first half he aggravated a sprained right ankle sustained two nights earlier at Arkansas. He hobbled off the court and didn’t play again.

Green entered the game to loud applause with 13:58 left in the first half. He didn’t appear too rusty, managing a quick assist at the end of a fast-break layup.

He made 3 of 4 baskets.

Now Open To The Public

DJ’ss Steak & More,, LLC

Call us for Weddings, Parties and Catering

at

Hillandale Country Club

Call-In Orders Welcome

13 Oakland School Rd., Corinth MS 662-284-5999 • Wed.-Sat. 4 pm - 9 pm

(across Hwy 72 from Harper Square Mall, next to All American Diner) J7NÂ<H;;Ã?DL;IJ?D=

Tax Refund? Put it to work!

tqxÃ;:K97J?EDÃI7L?D=IÃFB7D <?N;:Ã?D9EC; I H;J?H;C;DJÃFB7DD?D=

Bowling * Billiards Gameroom * Restaurant

Bring this ad in for ONE FREE GAME One coupon per person, per day, expires 3/31/12

Plaza Bowling Lanes “Where we roll out the red carpet just for you!” 2001 Shiloh Rd. • Corinth, MS 662-286-8105 Bowling-America’s #1 Participation Sport!

:L?9;Å<EHÅOEKHÅH;J?H;C;DJ If you’re not at your old job, your 401K

• • • •

Own Your Own Franchise Guaranteed Customers Guaranteed Support Guaranteed Financing

shouldn’t be either. Chuck Counce of BancorpSouth Investment Services, Inc., specializes in retirement plan rollovers.

Call him for a free consultation on rollover options and other investment

Plans As Low As $950 Down

products and services. Contact Chuck at 662-396-6016.

Call Today: (508) 869-2232 224 Starlyn Ave New Albany, MS 38652 (662) 534-4448

Investment Services, Inc. Not FDIC No bank guarantee. insured.

May lose value.

87D9EHFIEKJ> 9ECÃÃ

KIJÅH?=>JÅ<EHÅOEK

Ã

10A • Sunday, February 26, 2012 • Daily Corinthian

Community Events Indoor Motocross

Civil War relic show

The Crossroads Arena is presenting Indoor Motocross on Saturday, March 3. Practice will begin at noon and the main event gets underway at 7 p.m. Admission is $12. Children 6 years and under will be admitted free.

The Corinth Civil War Relic and Militaria Show and Sale is being held Saturday and Sunday, March 3 and 4 at the Crossroads Arena Convention Center, 2800 S. Harper Rd., Corinth. Show and sale tables are $55; $60, day of show.

Show hours are Saturday, March 3, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, March 4, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

For more information, call Buddy Ellis, 662-286-6779 (evenings) or visit www.battleofcorinth.com.

Hee-Haw 2012 The McNairy County HeeHaw show will be ThursdaySaturday, March 1-3 at the MCHS Little Theater. All shows start at 6:30 p.m. Admission for adults is $5; ages 7-12, $3 and six and under, free.

All proceeds go to The American Cancer Society.

Activity center The Bishop Activity Center is having the following activities this week: Monday, Feb. 27 -- Birthday celebration, Southern Care Hospice; Tuesday, Feb. 28 -- Exercise; Wednesday, Feb. 29 -- Bible study with Robert Ross of Alcorn MB Church; Thursday, March 1 -- Bingo, table games and puzzles; and Friday, March 2 -Rogers’ supermarket, grocery shopping.

Senior citizens, age 60 and above, are welcome and encouraged to attend. Daily activities include crafts, jigsaw puzzles, quilting, table games (Dominoes & Rook), washer games and Rolo Golf.

Special meeting The Col. William P. Rogers Sons of Confederate Veterans, in conjunction with the 3rd Annual Corinth Civil War Show, will hold a special meeting on Friday, March 2 at Martha’s Menu, 302 Taylor St., Corinth at 7 p.m. The speaker will be Grady Howell from Jackson, presenting a program on “Chimney Town, the Civil War in Jackson, Miss.” The program is open to the public at no charge.

For more information, contact Larry Mangus at 2870766 or visit the website at www.battleofcorinth.com.

Blood drive United Blood Services is having the following local blood drive: Thursday, March 1 -- 3-7:30 p.m., Oakland Baptist Church gym, Corinth.

Jazz dinner/concert Northeast Mississippi Community College’s jazz band and chamber choir will hold its annual jazz band dinner concert on Thursday, March 8. The program will start at 7 p.m. inside the Claude Wright Room on the second floor of the Haney Union.

This year Northeast will treat participants to The Red Stone Project from Huntsville, Ala. In addition to the members of the Army Materiel Command Band performing, Northeast’s own jazz band will put on a show for the crowd as well as the Northeast Chamber Choir.

Tickets are $20 and include a plated meal and the program. Reservations should be made in the Northeast Business Office in Stringer Hall by Thursday, March 1. Seating is limited to 200. For phone orders with a credit card, call 662-720-7340. For more information on the Northeast Jazz Band Dinner Concert, contact Jason Beghtol at 1-800-5552154, ext. 7360, locally at 720-7360 or by e-mail at jwbeghtol@nemcc.edu.

Relay for Life The McNairy County 2012 Relay for Life Season Kick Off

is Saturday, March 3. Relay teams have been invited to participate in a Chili Cook Off at the Selmer Democratic Headquarters on Main Street from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Entries will be judged by local officials and prizes will be awarded in the categories of Healthiest Chili, Hottest Chili and Traditional Chili. Votes for the crowd favorite will also be accepted.

This family friendly event is free to the public with donations encouraged, and as always, survivors are invited to participate free of charge.

All donations accepted at this event will benefit the American Cancer Society’s efforts in McNairy County.

For more information, contact Relay Chair Cheryl Prather at 731-645- 4629 or Media Chair Laura Prestwich at 731632-0911, ext. 4120.

Audition dates Auditions for Corinth Theatre-Arts production of “On Shiloh Hill: A Musical Resurrection of the American Civil War” by Bill Schustik, will continue today at 2 p.m. at the Crossroads Playhouse, 303 Fulton Drive in Corinth.

The time is now and the scene is a mythical American attic. In the attic, using actual music, memories and images of the past, players guided by the troubadour will resurrect and then become the longdeparted spirits of those who endured the American Civil War. There will be roles for ages 16 and up. No experience necessary. Participants should have a brief song ready to sing and may bring a CD or an instrument for the audition.

Piano available. Call 287-2995 for more information.

Girl Scout cookies

up for this 100th year of Girl Scouting. The new cookie is a lemon cookie called Savannah Smiles.

Cookie sales will continue into March, and Corinth residents can look for booth sales at Wal-Mart, Lowe’s, Kroger, Belk, Gardner’s and the Corinth Service Center at Harper Square this weekend and the weekends of March 2, 9 and 16.

Wildlife Tasting Supper At the upcoming 2012 Wildlife Tasting Supper, participants are encouraged to bring one wildlife dish which will get one person in free. Otherwise, admission is $8 for adults and $5 for youth under 12. Organized annually by local agriculture and forestry agencies, the Wildlife Tasting Supper will be held Tuesday, Feb. 28, at the Crossroads Arena.

At 5 p.m. the doors open and registration begins for the Dish Contest. The supper will begin at 6 p.m. Categories for the Wildlife Tasting Supper and Dish Contest are: Antlered, Land Critter, Water Critter, Feathered, Hunting Club and Dessert.

In addition to the supper and Dish Contest, many door prizes will be given away throughout the evening.

Agriculture agencies, local taxidermists and outdoor specialty businesses will set up displays featuring their services and products for attendees to view. Tickets sold at the door will be available for a youth and adult gun raffle.

The Alcorn County 4-H will sell tickets on a custom-built utility trailer to be given away.

To become a sponsor or for more information contact Sandy Mitchell at 662-287-7223, Ext. 3 or Patrick Poindexter at 662-286-7755.

Scholarships offered Local Girl Scouts are taking cookie orders now. Still selling for $3.50 a box, the cookies come in eight varieties, and the cookie program supports a variety of activities for girls.

A new cookie joins the line-

Call Attorney Ken A. Weeden today for your FREE initial consultation!

In keeping with its motto of “Care Today - Character Tomorrow,” the Junior Auxiliary of Corinth offers two types of financial aid scholarships to allow local students to pursue

The Weeden Law Firm Serving Northeast Mississippi’s legal needs...

♦ Chapter 7 Bankruptcy starting at $750.00 ♦ Bankruptcy (Payment Plans available) Stop Foreclosures and Collections We are a Debt Relief Agency under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code

♦ Personal Injury/Auto Accidents ♦ Call us about your other legal needs

501 Cruise Street • Corinth, MS 662-665-4665 Listing of these previously mentioned areas of practice does not indicate any certification of expertise therein. Background information available upon request.

their college educations.

The Grant-in-Aid Scholarship, an award of $750, is available to students who demonstrate the potential to achieve, but are financially challenged.

The Glenn Davis Gray Scholarship, an award of $1,000, is available to students who are pursuing a medically related field. Scholarships are not automatically renewed from year to year and students must complete the application process annually in order to be considered for that year’s available scholarships.

All applicants for Junior Auxiliary scholarships must be residents of Alcorn County and must be U.S. citizens.

Those eligible to apply include graduating high school seniors, students currently attending college or medical school, and older students returning to college or medical school.

All applicants must plan to attend college or medical school at the institution of their choice during the 2012-2013 school year. The scholarship award selection is based on financial need, academic performance, letters of recommendation, community involvement, and the applicant’s statement of objectives.

Applications for the Grantin-Aid and Glenn Davis Gray scholarships are available from all high school guidance counselors and also from the Corinth Public Library and Northeast Mississippi Community College.

Applicants are asked to send three copies of their application to the Junior Auxiliary scholarship chairman. An original copy is kept on file, and all identifying information (applicant’s name, parents’ names, etc.) is removed from the copy that goes to the selection committee.

Applications and letters of recommendation must be postmarked by Tuesday, Feb. 28 and mailed directly to JA Scholarship Chair, 3025 Wynbrooke Drive, Corinth, MS 38834.

Wisdom

1B • Daily Corinthian

Today in history Feb. 26, 1266 Battle of Benevento

Feb. 26, 1531 Earthquake in Lisbon Spain, kills 20,00030,000

opens (pneumatic powered)

Feb. 26, 1881 -27] Natal: British troops under gen-major Colley occupy Majuba Hill

Feb. 26, 1534

Feb. 26, 1881

Pope Paul II affirms George van Egmond as bishop of Utrecht

SS Ceylon begins 1st round-the-world cruise from Liverpool

Feb. 26, 1590 Mauritius of Nassaus sails to Breda

Feb. 26, 1884 British & Portuguese treaty signed in Congo by Leopold II

Feb. 26, 1616 Spanish Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo

Feb. 26, 1885 Congress of Berlin, gives Congo to Belgium & Nigeria to England

Feb. 26, 1732 1st mass celebrated in 1st American Catholic church, Philadelphia

Feb. 26, 1773 Construction authorized for Walnut St jail (Phila) (1st solitary)

Feb. 26, 1804 Vice-admiral William Bligh ends siege of Fort Amsterdam, Willemstad

Feb. 26, 1891 1st buffalo purchased for Golden Gate Park

Feb. 26, 1893 2 Clydesdale horses set record by pulling 48 tons on a sledge, Mich

Feb. 26, 1893 Einar Halvorsen skates world record 500m (48 sec)

Feb. 26, 1815

Feb. 26, 1895

Napoleon & 1,200 leave Elba to start 100-day re-conquest of France

Michael Owens of Toledo, Ohio patents a glass-blowing machine

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Student seeks parents’ support DEAR ABBY: I’m a sophomore at a religious university that is well regarded in both secular and religious circles.

I came here to become a doctor because the premed program has an outstanding acceptance rate to medical school.

However, in my third quarter I took a religious studies course and fell in love with the department. I’d like to pursue a career in this field, perhaps as a professor.

I have an excellent GPA and am working three jobs.

My problem is that my parents are not supportive. They think I’m being impractical and will end up working in a fast-food restaurant for the rest of my life. I thought they’d be thrilled I have taken such an interest in our faith. Becoming a doctor no longer interests me.

How can I convince them that I can major in religious studies and not live in poverty? -- REBEL IN CALIFORNIA DEAR REBEL: You shouldn’t pursue a career in medicine unless your

heart is in it because if it isn’t, you won’t make a very good doctor.

Abigail U n l e s s Van Buren you plan to take Dear Abby a vow of poverty, a career in religion doesn’t mean you’ll end up living hand-to-mouth. While money is important, it’s more important that you devote your life to something that gives you emotional gratification.

DEAR ABBY: As a divorced dad, I’m hoping you’ll address a problem I have encountered in trying to co-parent my children. My daughters are often invited to parties and sleepovers, which sometimes happen during my parenting time, as well as during my ex-wife’s parenting time. The invitations to these events, however, are almost always sent to my ex-wife’s home or email address.

Aside from the problems that have occurred

because the information wasn’t forwarded to me in a timely manner, I think it’s sexist for invitations to be sent only to the mother. It reinforces the outdated notion that a woman’s role is to raise children, and a father can’t be an active parent.

Would you please remind your readers that the most appropriate way of inviting a child who has two households is to send the invitation to both parents? -- MODERN DAD IN ROSWELL, GA. DEAR MODERN DAD: I think you have delivered that message very clearly. However, if not every reader takes it to heart, make a point of discussing with your exwife what activities may have been scheduled for your daughters while they’re with you. That way they won’t miss out on anything.

DEAR ABBY: I was recently diagnosed with a cancerous tumor on my tongue that has made it extremely difficult and painful to talk. The problem is I don’t know how to handle encounters

with strangers in public places -- i.e., grocery stores, libraries, etc. I have always been polite and courteous, but now I can do no more than nod.

What would you suggest in this situation? -- SUDDENLY SILENCED IN FLORIDA DEAR SUDDENLY SILENCED: Make eye contact with the people you would normally greet verbally and give them a smile as you are already doing. If someone tries to engage you in conversation, point to your throat, shake you head “no,” and mouth the words “can’t talk.”

If you feel further explanation is necessary, have cards printed that state, “I am unable to speak.” That way, no one should take offense.

(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.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.)

Feb. 26, 1907 Feb. 26, 1832 Polish constitution abolished/replaced by Czar Nicholas I

Royal Oil & Shell merge to form British Petroleum (BP)

Feb. 26, 1907 Feb. 26, 1834 1st US interstate crime compact (NY-NJ) ratified

Feb. 26, 1839 Jem Mason on Lottery wins 1st Grand National Steeplechase (Britain)

Feb. 26, 1848 2nd French Republic proclaimed

US Congress raised their own salaries to $7500

Feb. 26, 1912 Coal miners strike in England (settle on 03/01)

Feb. 26, 1914 New York Museum of Science & Industry incorporated

Feb. 26, 1848 2nd French Republic forms

Feb. 26, 1848 Marx & Engels publish “Communist Manifesto”

Feb. 26, 1852 British frigate Birkenhead sinks off South Africa-458 die

Feb. 26, 1859 Paul Morphy’s chess match vs Augustus Mongredien begins; Morphy wins

Feb. 26, 1862 Battle of Woodburn, KY

Feb. 26, 1915 Malancourt, Argonnen (1st (German) flamethrower

Feb. 26, 1916 Germans sink French transport ship Provence II, killing 930

Feb. 26, 1916 Mutual signs Charlie Chaplin to a film contract

Feb. 26, 1916 Russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia

Feb. 26, 1918 Stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse & burn, killing 604

Feb. 26, 1863 Lincoln signs National Currency Act

Feb. 26, 1866 New York Legislature forms NYC Metropolitan Board of Health

Feb. 26, 1869 15th Amendment guaranteeing right to vote sent to states

Feb. 26, 1869

Feb. 26, 1919 Acadia National Park forms (as Lafayette N P), Maine

Feb. 26, 1919

2012

crossroads wedding planner Daily Corinthian

Feb. 26, 1923 Italian nationalist & fascists merge (blueshirts & black-shirts)

Feb. 26, 1924

Feb. 26, 1870

Trial against Hitler in Munich begins

1st NYC subway line

Alcorn County students on Chancellor’s honor roll OXFORD — The following University of Mississippi students are listed on the Chancellor’s Honor Roll for the fall 2011 semester. For the honor, a grade-point average of from 3.75 through 4.0 is required of full-time students carrying at least 12 semester hours: Corinth -- Alan Lee Blunt, Ben Thomas Woodhouse, Cody Ryan Swindle, James Kyle Cooper, David Kimble Wilbanks, Jennybeth

Northeast Mississippi Community College students receiving certification to qualify for licensure in practical nursing education during the pinning ceremony in December in the Hargett Hall auditorium included (l-r): Ashton Portis of Ingomar, Bridget Gann of Tishomingo, Gretta Richardson of Rienzi, Tammy Bishop of Corinth, Alicia Callahan of Walnut and Shana Holliday of Ripley. The 12-month program requires 395 hours of lecture, 195 hours of laboratory practice and 322 hours of clinical experience. Practical nursing education instructors are Mary Sue Perrigo BSN, RN; Kimberly Gramling MSN, RN; Paula Stennett MSN, RN; and Patti Cooper MSN, RN, director of Practical Nursing Education.

Congress forms Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona

Franz Schubert’s “4th Tragic,” premieres

Special to the Daily Corinthian

Northeast pins December PNE graduates

Seabrook Hendrick, Allie Kaitlyn Winters, Michael Ginn, Alaina Brooke King, Channing Elizabeth Palmer, Lauren Anne Foropoulos, Jenny Lynn Armstrong, Corey Jordan Peters, Jill Elaina Haley, Jennifer Lynn Settlemires, Charlene Key, Megan Lindsay Smith, Erica Paige Melvin Glen -- Morgan Bradley Rienzi -- Cassandra D. Stewart, Lacona Lorrell Blunt, Leah Warren, Wendy Conner

The Best Local Wedding Resources: “local experts for planning your perfect day” We at the Daily Corinthian are proud to present a very select choice of local businesses to help make your wedding event a great success.

Local businesses make sense and offer you a personal touch you’d be hard pressed to find from a large, out-of-market company.

Pick up your 2012 Crossroads Wedding Planner today at the following locations:

Ann’s • B&J Formals • Daily Corinthian Ginger’s • Huffoto • Pennie Lanes in Savannah

2B • Sunday, February, 2012 • Daily Corinthian

Critics pick ‘The Artist’ for top Oscar wins

BY CHRISTY LEMIRE AND DAVID GERMAIN Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Associated Press movie writers David Germain and Christy Lemire are boringly in lockstep on their picks for this season’s top Academy Awards categories, depriving them of their usual snide debate over who’s going to win.

Both predict the silent film “The Artist” will win for best-picture prize and for director Michel Hazanavicius. They also expect “The Artist” star Jean Dujardin to claim best actor, with “The Help” co-stars Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer earning the actress honors and Christopher Plummer taking supporting actor for “Beginners.”

Here are their thoughts, with both sounding off on best picture, Lemire offering their take on best actor and supporting actress, and Germain giving their opinion on best director, actress and supporting actor.

Best Picture Nominees: Best Picture: “The Artist,” ‘’The Descendants,” ‘’Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close,” ‘’The Help,” ‘’Hugo,” ‘’Midnight in Paris,” ‘’Moneyball,” ‘’The Tree of Life,” ‘’War Horse.”

GERMAIN: The buzz began at Cannes, as last May’s crowd considered the prospects of “The Artist,” a last-minute addition to the world’s most prestigious film festival competition. Here’s what the Cannes festival program promised for this throwback to silent cinema: “Hollywood 1927.

George Valentin is a silent movie superstar. The

advent of the talkies will sound the death knell for his career and see him fall into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller, it seems the sky’s the limit — major movie stardom awaits.” Before “The Artist” premiered, Cannes critics asked one another, “Do you suppose it’s really silent?” And they thought: “How unlike the usual Cannes snoot-fest.

This one actually could be fun.” Well, “The Artist” has been great fun ever since, winning Jean Dujardin the Cannes bestactor prize as George, launching him and fellow Oscar nominee Berenice Bejo to worldwide celebrity, and charming fans with its grand black-andwhite visuals, its sweet comic melodrama, its rich score and sound effects, its show-stopping dance numbers, and its adorable canine co-star Uggie.

Writer-director Michel Hazanavicius delivers a glorious dose of nostalgia with hip, modern flair, creating what will be the only silent film to win best picture since the first year at the Oscars 83 years ago.

For the principals of “The Artist” — Hazanavicius, Dujardin, Bejo, Uggie — major movie stardom no longer awaits. It’s here.

LEMIRE: I am not nearly as enamored of “The Artist” as Dave is. I think it’s a very lovingly crafted, meticulously detailed gimmick. It’s sweet but it drags; the dog is the best part. But everyone in this town is clinging to the nostalgia this film offers, pining for the moment in history that it captures, so I’m just going to have to surrender to the juggernaut and acknowledge that it’s going to win best picture. For a little while last year, it looked

like “The Descendants” was your front-runner; many consider it Alexander Payne’s best film. If it were up to me, “The Tree of Life” would win; Terrence Malick’s gorgeous meditation on the origin of the universe is the real accomplishment here — gorgeous, ambitious and challenging. I’m just happy it was nominated.

“Hugo,” Martin Scorsese’s first film in beautifully immersive 3-D, is a great visual achievement and should do well in the technical categories (it leads all films with 11 nominations). The heavyhanded “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” doesn’t even belong here.

Best Director Nominees: Michel Hazanavicius, “The Artist”; Alexander Payne, “The Descendants”; Martin Scorsese, “Hugo”; Woody Allen, “Midnight in Paris”; Terrence Malick, “The Tree of Life.”

GERMAIN: At the Screen Actors Guild Awards, Kristen Wiig and her “Bridesmaids” costars Maya Rudolph and Melissa McCarthy came up with a funny drinking game involving the last name of Martin Scorsese, whose pronunciation they hilariously debated. Good thing awards season has given presenters plenty of chances to practice pronouncing the name of the directing front-runner Scorsese’s up against. Michel Hazanavicius (hazahn-a-VISH’-us) has gone from solid success at home in France with his “OSS 117” spy romps to international innovator for his crazy little idea to resurrect the silent film. Hazanavicius came up with a lovely story lovingly told,

Horoscopes Sunday, February 26, 2012

BY HOLIDAY MATHIS Creators Syndicate

The Taurus moon is a hungry moon.

Pisces influences overhead could have us confusing different types of hunger. Emotional needs cannot be met through food and drink. Physical hunger can’t be satisfied by love and good intentions. Take a moment to assess the need so that you can assign the correct remedy.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’ll feel the elasticity of time. It’s almost as though your internal clock is set to a counting system different from the one dictated by the clock on the wall.

For this reason, being punctual will take extra effort.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You may feel that your labor output exceeds your job benefits. This will be especially true if you don’t even have a job. The rigors of your familial role are sometimes thankless, which makes self-appreciation necessary.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Usually you project your personality in such a way as to give others a solid idea of who you are. You’ll benefit from a more private approach now.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). It is a rare gift to be able to see yourself as others see you. You possess this gift.

The honest people around you help, too. You’ll enjoy ease in relating to others and will create a healthy interpersonal dynamic.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You can’t force things to happen, and yet your attention makes a huge difference in the way things develop. So stay alert to the subtle changes taking place around you, and let others know that

you’re watching.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It will be your pleasure to stave off the creeping malaise that threatens your domestic scene. Proactive attention does the trick. The work you do to make your home beautiful is especially important.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The first answer that comes to mind may not be the correct one. Be willing to go through the entire problem-solving process.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Your live-and-let-live attitude makes you attractive to others, and they’ll be generous with you, too. There will be a happy balance between what you expect out of your relationships and what you actually receive.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

Keep your cool in the midst of upheaval. You may actually enjoy the flurry of activity around you precisely because you don’t get caught up in it.

Instead of taking risks, hold off until a storm blows over.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

You are a pillar of stability. You sometimes forget that in order to continue to withstand the pressures of day-today living, you need love. Hugs and praise are important factors in your well-being.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You are inclined to be intolerant of your own mistakes. Where others are concerned, you’re more lenient. Treat yourself with the same gentleness you extend to others.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Share what you’re doing with others and, what you’d like to be doing. Friends will connect you with your next amazing opportunity.

Cryptoquip

combining sumptuous music, stylish costumes, gorgeous black-andwhite images and only the barest whisper of spoken dialogue into an experience that’s nothing short of transporting. Charles Chaplin continued making silent films well into the sound era, and Mel Brooks scored a comic hit with his spoof “Silent Movie.” But no filmmaker of modern times really took silence seriously until Hazanavicius, who bucked every trend of kaleidoscopic color, earshattering sound and digitized 3-D visual spectacle to make old Hollywood fresh and new again. For that, and for the great film he made, he’ll get his Oscar.

Best Actor Nominees: Demian Bichir, “A Better Life”; George Clooney, “The Descendants”; Jean Dujardin, “The Artist”; Gary Oldman, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”; Brad Pitt, “Moneyball.”

LEMIRE: A month ago, I would have picked George Clooney to win this. His performance as a father struggling to raise his two daughters while their mother is in a coma — while also accepting the revelation that she’s been having an affair and deciding how to handle an important land deal that will alter his family’s royal Hawaiian legacy — felt like a rare regular-guy role. He was finally an ordinary, middle-aged man dealing with ordinary, middle-aged problems, and it’s some of the best work of his eclectic, sterling career. But then Jean Dujardin won the Screen Actors Guild Award for best actor — beating

Clooney, among others — and the tidal wave of love that showered over him that night was an indication that this town is firmly behind “The Artist” in every way. It is an impressive performance in a demanding role, and Dujardin is charming; he’s got this young Gene-Kelly thing going. And so a win for Dujardin will be part of a big night for this little movie. (For the record, I’d love to see Brad Pitt win. His performance in “Moneyball” allows him to show everything he can do, and he’s due.)

Best Actress Nominees: Glenn Close, “Albert Nobbs”; Viola Davis, “The Help”; Rooney Mara, “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”; Meryl Streep, “The Iron Lady”; Michelle Williams, “My Week With Marilyn.”

GERMAIN: It’ll be sad to see Meryl Streep go home a loser again. The performer with a record 17 acting nominations has won twice, but it’s been 29 years since her last victory, and Streep’s impeccable transformation into former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher looked like her best shot for a third Oscar. Likewise, Michelle Williams’ remarkable embodiment of Marilyn Monroe is her own best chance after three nominations and an opportunity for Hollywood to pay some respect-byassociation to Monroe, who never was nominated for an Oscar herself.

But Viola Davis will mop up Sunday night. Davis, Streep’s co-star and fellow nominee for 2008’s “Doubt,” brings boundless grace, humor, fierceness and resilience to her

role as a black maid in the 1960s Deep South who joins other housekeepers in sharing tales of life with their haughty, racist white employers.

Best Supporting Actor Nominees: Kenneth Branagh, “My Week With Marilyn”; Jonah Hill, “Moneyball”; Nick Nolte, “Warrior”; Christopher Plummer, “Beginners”; Max von Sydow, “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.”

GERMAIN: When Christopher Plummer was quoting “Hamlet” in the “original Klingon” 20 years ago in “Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country,” the esteemed Shakespearean actor clearly had a grand time hamming up the Bard in outer space.

Yet with Plummer’s bumpy Klingon cranium and eye-patch riveted to his skull, he looked like a guy resigned never to earn his critical due in Hollywood. After a nearly 60-year career that includes roles in such Oscar winners and contenders as “The Sound of Music,” ‘’The Insider” and “A Beautiful Mind,” Plummer finally picked up his first Oscar nomination two years ago as Leo Tolstoy in “The Last Station.”

At 82, Plummer is set to become the oldest acting winner ever for “Beginners,” a down-to-earth role that’s worlds away from the Klingon empire. Plummer is joyously genuine as a widower who lived the lie of straight family man most of his life but comes out as gay for a few twilight years of fun, frolic and finally connecting with the son who never really knew him growing up.

CLASSIFIEDS Daily Corinthian â&#x20AC;˘ Sunday, February 26, 2012 â&#x20AC;˘ 3B

DAILY CORINTHIAN

Income Tax

TAX GUIDE 2012

HOLDER ACCOUNTING FIRM â&#x20AC;˘ Electronic Filing â&#x20AC;˘ Refund Anticipation Loans â&#x20AC;˘ Audit Representation â&#x20AC;˘ Authorized IRS E-File Provider

Open all Year 1407 Harper Rd. 662-286-9946

Free Electronic Filing with paid preparation.

Fully computerized tax preparation.

Office Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8am-8pm Sat. 9am-5pm Sun. By appt. only

2003 Hwy. 72 E., Corinth 286-1040 (Old Junkers Parlar) 508 W. Chambers St., Booneville â&#x20AC;˘ 728-1080 1411-A City Ave., N. Ripley â&#x20AC;˘ 662-512-5829 1407 Battleground Dr., luka â&#x20AC;˘ 662-423-3864

IDBA>CHDC For Quality Income Tax Advertise Your Advertise Your Preparation 688DJCI>C< With A Personal Touch Â&#x2122; 6ji]dg^oZY >GH":Ă&#x192;aZ Egdk^YZg Â&#x2122; Tax Service Here Tax Service Here Â&#x2122; :aZXigdc^X ;^a^c\ Â&#x2122; Vicki Gann, 8dbejiZg egZeVgZY iVm gZijgch for CPA for >cY^k^YjVa! 8dgedgViZ (662) 462-7493 $90 EVgicZgh]^e A Month. $90 A Month.

34 County Road 523 =djgh/ -"+ B"; HVi# -"&' Corinth, MS 38834 CallDeZc nZVg"gdjcY 287-6147 for Call 287-6147 for &+%) H =VgeZg GY Â&#x2122; 8dg^ci]! BH â&#x20AC;&#x153;Referral discounts available to new & existing tax clientsâ&#x20AC;? more details. more details. ++'"'-,"&..*

Advertise Your Tax Service Here for $90 A Month.

Call 287-6147 for more details.

Advertise Your Tax Service Here for $90 A Month.

Call 287-6147 for more details.

Services

BUSINESS & SERVICE GUIDE Daily Corinthian And The Community Profiles RUN YOUR AD In TheFOR $ ONLY 200 A MONTH ON THIS PAGE (Daily Corinthian Only 165) $

CHIROPRACTOR

CHECK OUT:

Dr. Jonathan R. Cooksey

Loans $20-$20,000

Neck Pain â&#x20AC;˘ Back Pain Disc Problems Spinal Decompression Therapy Most Insurance Accepted Mon., Tues., Wed. & Fri. 9-5 3334 N. Polk Street Corinth, MS 38834 (662) 286-9950

HOUSE FOR SALE 2209 WILLOW RD. 5 BR, 3 BA. See virtual tour at www. corinthhomes.com For more information call 662-286-2255.

exposenunnelee.com (paid for by exposenunnelee.com super pac)

Community Profiles

Lunch served daily M-F from 11:00 am to 2 pm.

Ask about catering private parties, rehearsal dinners, bridal showers, corporate dinners, etc.

Our Chef will work with you.

Community Profiles

or I will split them up.

FOR EXAMPLE: Concrete cages $3.00 each Galvanized cages, $2.50 - 6 ft. cage; $2.00 - 4 ft. cage.

$1,000,000 LIABILITY INSURANCE

â&#x20AC;˘ SAME PHONE # & ADDRESS SINCE 1975 â&#x20AC;˘ 30 YEAR UP TO LIFETIME WARRANTIED OWENS CORNING SHINGLES W/ TRANSFERABLE WARRANTY (NO SECONDS) â&#x20AC;˘ METAL, TORCHDOWN, EPDM, SLATE, TILE SHAKES, COATINGS. â&#x20AC;˘ LEAK SPECIALIST WE INSTALL SKYLIGHTS & DO CARPENTRY WORK

662-665-1133 662-286-8257

JIM BERRY, OWNER/INSTALLER

Community Profiles

BUCK MARSH 662-287-2924

AUTO SALES ALES

FREE FINANCING

SELDOM YOUR LOWEST BID ALWAYS YOUR HIGHEST QUALITY

TOMATO CAGES concrete wire or galvanized wire cages, 100 metal posts, high tenure wire clamps, turn buckles, all 600 cages, wire post clamp, $1250.00

60 CR 620

3110 heated sq. ft., 3 BR, 3 full BA w/4th full bath in garage. Newly remodeled master bath, laundry room, gas fireplace w/built-ins, 24x24 metal shop w/roll-up door & 24x14 side shed.

All appliances included. On 2 acres. In Kossuth School district. By appt.

REDUCED to $199,500.

662-415-5973 or 662-587-0055

924 Fillmore St. in Historic Downtown Corinth

JIMCO ROOFING.

GARDENING

HOUSE FOR SALE

2 BR, 1 BA, stove & fridge furn., w/d hookups, clean quiet neighborhood, less than 2 minutes from Magnolia Regional Health Center. $400 mo plus deposit.

662-415-4052.

The General's Quarters

662-286-3325 or 662-286-3302

40 Years

MAGNOLIA RIDGE APTS

COME TO THE RESTAURANT AT THE INN

FOR SALE BY OWNER:

BUCK HOLLOW SUBD. AC 2 5 4 1.79 3.42 6 4.58 6.47

Community Profiles

Cost $8000 $20,000 $16,000 $7160 $13,680 $24,000 $18,240 $16,175

Down $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500

Fin. Payments Monthly $7500 36 $208.33 $19,500 72 $270 $15,500 72 $215 $6660 36 $185 $13,180 60 $219.66 $23,500 120 195.86 $17,740 60 $295.66 $15,675 96 $163

State maintained Roads 6â&#x20AC;? water line, Pickwick Electric 3 miles N.W. Corinth city limits.

662-287-2924 Buck Marsh

37 CR 252

Community Profiles

See LynnParvin Parvin Lynn General Sales Manager

JONES GM 545 Florence Road, Savannah, TN 731-925-4923 or 1-877-492-8305 www.jonesmotorcompany.com

Community Profiles

1500 sq. ft. 3 BR, 2 BA, large LR, large laundry, stainless appliances, paved drive, storage building, fenced back yard, perfect for family with small kids, visiting grandkids or pets. Best neighborhood in Alcorn County! $84,000. 662594-5733. Shown by appt. only!

4B • Sunday, February 26, 2012 • Daily Corinthian

Looking For A Career with an Excellent Income? Let’s Talk!

Does an established account list with plenty of opportunity for growth interest you?

The Daily Corinthian in Corinth has an opening in our Retail Sales department. This position requires excellent oral and written communication skills, good people skills, prior sales experience, and a good work ethic.

We offer: Excellent Income Opportunity Major Medical Insurance Dental Insurance Prescription Plan 401k Opportunity for Advancement Send Resume To: Denise Mitchell Daily Corinthian 1607 S. Harper Rd Corinth, MS 38834 “The Daily Corinthian is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability.”

0840 Auto Services

GUARANTEED Auto Sales 401 902 FARM EQUIP. AUTOMOBILES

FOR SALE

20 FT. TRAILER 2-7 K. AXLES

REDUCED $

2250

GREG SMITH

286-6702

1979 FORD LTD II SPORT LANDAU

Exc. cond. inside & out. Mechanically sound cond.

Leather seats, only 98,000 mi reg.

$7500 731-934-4434

902 AUTOMOBILES

‘01 DODGE STRATUS ES, sun roof, cold air, automatic.

$

3250

662-396-1728.

906 TRUCKS/VANS SUV’S

Put your automobile, truck, SUV, boat, tractor, motorcycle, RV & ATV here for $39.95 UNTIL SOLD! Here’s How It Works: Your ad will be composed 1 column wide and 2 inches deep. The ad will run each day in the Daily Corinthian until your vehicle sells. Ad must include photo, description, and price. You provide the photo. Certain restrictions apply.

1. No dealers. 2. Non-commercial only 3. Must pay in advance. No exceptions. 4. Single item only. 5. Categories included are auto, motorcycle, tractor. boat, RV and ATV 6. After every 30 DAYS, advertised price of listing needs to be reduced. 7. NO REFUNDS for any reason 8. NON-TRANSFERABLE. Call 287-6147 to place your ad!

906 TRUCKS/VANS SUV’S

908 RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

REDUCED

REDUCED

2005 HUMMER, 117,000 miles, leather, sunroof, 3rd row seat, am/fm/ cd player, power windows & seats, automatic,

$16,900

662-664-3940 or 662-287-6626

910 910 910 MOTORCYCLES/ MOTORCYCLES/ MOTORCYCLES/ ATV’S ATV’S ATV’S

2005 AIRSTREAM LAND YACHT

2006 GMC YUKON Exc. cond. inside & out, 106k miles, 3rd row seat, garage kept, front & rear A/C,tow pkg., loaded

30 ft., with slide out & built-in TV antenna, 2 TV’s, 7400 miles.

$75,000.

662-287-7734

$14,900

662-286-1732

‘03 HARLEY DAVIDSON HERITAGE SOFTTAIL (ANNIVERSARY MODEL)

exc. cond., dealership maintained.

$9,995

662-462-7158 home or 731-607-6699 cell

2004 KAWASAKI MULE

3010 Model #KAF650E, 1854 hrs., bench seat, tilt bed, 4 WD & windshield, well maintained. Great for farm or hunting. $6500.

731-212-9659 731-212-9661.

'97 HONDA GOLD WING, 1500 6 cylinder miles, 3003 Voyager kit.

662-287-8949

REDUCED

BUSH HOG 61” ZERO TURN, COM28 HP KOEHLER, 45 HOURS, NEW MERCIAL,

$7900 662-728-3193

CLASSIC Z, 1978 DATSUN 280Z

'03 CHEVY SILVERADO,

2007 Franklin pull camper, 36’, lots of space, 2 A/C units, 2 slide outs, 2 doors, shower & tub, 20’ awning, full kitchen, W&D, $13,000.

black, quadra steer (4-wheel steering), LT, 80k miles, loaded, leather, tow package, ext. cab.

85,000 actual miles,

$3,500

$13,000 OBO.

662-286-9476 or 662-603-5372

662-415-7063 662-415-8549

662-415-9007.

1980 HONDA 750-FRONT (TRI) 4-CYC. VOLKSWAGON

2003 YAMAHA V-STAR CLASSIC

MTR., GOOD TIRES,

$6500 OR TRADE

1979 CHEVY 1 TON DUMP TRUCK, $3500 J.C. HARRIS 700 TRENCHER,

looks & rides real good!

$3000

$4000.

Call 662-423-6872 or 662-660-3433

662-603-4786

FOR SALE 1961 CHEV. 2 dr. hardtop (bubble top), sound body, runs.

$10,000

902 AUTOMOBILES

Days only, 662-415-3408.

2008 PONTIAC

$2,995 OBO

GRAND PRIX, 35k miles, V6, auto, CD, fully loaded, new tires

235,000 miles & runs great! Serious calls only. 662-808-1185

2.5 L 5 cyl., 6-spd., Tip Tronic auto. trans., lt. green w/beige int., heated seats, RW defrost, PW, outside rear view mirrors, PDL, AM/Fm radio w/CD, MP3, traction control, sun roof, looks brand new even under hood, 14,350 mi

$

14,500

662-665-1995

black, CD player, A/C, gray int., 150,000 miles, loaded.

$11,500

662-808-1978 or

’09 Hyundai Accent

‘01 MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE GT

731-610-7241

$8650.

662-665-1995.

910 MOTORCYCLES/ ATV’S

$1,975

$4900 286-6103

662-664-3940

1998 SOFTAIL,

2005 HONDA ATV TRX 250 EX

39,000 MILES,

$2400 $2100

662-415-0084

$8500

“New” Condition

906 TRUCKS/VANS SUV’S

2006 NISSAN MAXIMA

286-3654 or cell 284-7424

2nd owner, 4 cyl., under 30,000 mi., 36 mpg, looking for payoff.

2006 YAMAHA FZI 3k miles, adult owned, corbin seat, selling due to health reasons, original owner.

250cc, just serviced, new front tire, red in color, 7,724 miles,

$9950

REDUCED

‘06 VOLKSWAGON NEW BEETLE

2007 HONDA REBEL,

REDUCED

1996 GOLD CHEVY CAPRICE CLASSIC

could use paint, alum. rims, all leather, all power, LT-1 mtr. but not cop car. Keyless remote & digital dash

2004 HONDA ACCORD, V6, auto, leather, new tires, 68k miles

2002 INTERNATIONAL, Cat. engine

$15,000 287-3448

red with new tan top, 5-speed, 4.6, V-8, Cooper 17” tires, runs great, asking price $6000.

1999 CHEROKEE SPORT 4X4, 6 cyl., all works good except for A/C

731-645-4928

662-665-1143.

$4000.

2003 Chevy Silverado SWB 1991 Ford Econoline Van, 48,000 miles, good cond., one owner, serious interest. $7000.

287-5206.

215-666-1374 662-665-0209

V8, Loaded 96k miles

2003 Honda 300 EX

$7,000 662-415-8553 731-239-4428

2007 black plastics & after market parts.

908 RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

2008 Jayco Eagle 5th Wheel 38’, 4 slides, exc. cond., $28,000 firm. Trailer located in Counce, TN. 425-503-5467

$2,000 $2,500 462-5379 1995 HARLEY DAVIDSON SPORTSTER 1200 Screaming Eagle exhaust, only 7K miles, like new,

$5,000

662-415-8135

Mtr. & Trans., New Tires, Must See

$10,500 $12,000

662-415-8623 or 287-8894 REDUCED

2005 Kawasaki 4-wheeler 4 wheel drive, Brute force, v-twin, 650 cc, 260 hrs., $3550.

662-603-9014

WITH EXTRAS, BLUE, LESS THAN 1500 MILES,

$1850

662-287-2659

For Sale:

REDUCED

2000 Custom Harley Davidson

2001 HONDA REBEL 250

‘04 Kawasaki Vulcan Classic 1500

RAZOR 08 POLARIS

30” ITP Mud Lights, sound bars, 2600 miles.

$7500

662-808-2900

8,900 miles, 45 m.p.g.

Red & Black

$5,500 Call: 662-423-5257 after 5:00 pm

’04 HONDA SHADOW 750 $

3900

662-603-4407

Daily Corinthian • Sunday, February 26, 2012 • 5B

ANNOUNCEMENTS

0107 Special Notice

GARAGE /ESTATE SALES

Garage/Estate 0151 Sales

EMPLOYMENT

Medical/ 0220 Dental FULL TIME LPN position

CLASSIFIED Medical Office. Please YARD SALE to send resumes to: P. O. ADVERTISERS Box 548, Corinth, MS When Placing Ads SPECIAL 38835.

1. Make sure your ad LOCAL MEDICAL Clinic: Job opportunity. LPN or reads the way you want ANY 3 CONSECUTIVE MA PT/PRN Position DAYS it! Make sure our Ad Available; Front office Ad must run prior to or position PT/PRN PosiConsultants reads the tion Available. Send reday of sale! ad back to you. sumes to: P.O. Box 1865, 2. Make sure your ad is (Deadline is 3 p.m. day Corinth, MS 38835 OFFICE NURSE. Mon.-Fri. in the proper classificabefore days, PT or FT. Fax read is to run!) tion. sume to 662-284-0724.

(Exception Sun. 3 pm 3. After our deadline at Fri.) 3 p.m., the ad cannot be 0228 Accounting corrected, changed or 5 LINES stopped until the next (Apprx. 20 Words) ACCOUNTANT, EXPERIENCED. Mail resume day. w/salary requirement 4. Check your ad the 1st $19.10 to P.O. Box 730, Corinth, day for errors. If error MS 38835. has been made, we will (Does not include be happy to correct it, commercial but you must call bebusiness sales) fore deadline (3 p.m.) to get that done for the ALL ADS MUST BE PREPAID next day.

We accept credit or Please call 662-287-6147 debit cards if you cannot find your ad or need to make Call Classified changes! at (662) 287-6147

Buckle Up! Seat Belts Save Lives!

0450 Livestock

Now Is The Time For Stocking

• 4-6” Channel Catfish $35 per 100 • 6-8” Channel Catfish $55 per 100 • Bluegill (Coppernose & Hybrid) • Redear • Largemouth Bass • Black Crappie (If Avail.)

• 8-11” Grass Carp • Fathead Minnows • Koi

0232 General Help

0232 General Help

"HELP WANTED - Experienced Commercial door and hardware installer of hollow metal and wood doors with applicable hardware. Experience required. Must have valid drivers license, be drug free, own your own hand tools and willing to work out of town. Pay is hourly plus bonuses.

Fax resume to 1-877-890-5968 or email resume to pgcsi-paul@yahoo.com"

MANAGER - For 27 unit Best Western hotel in IMMEDIATE PART-TIME DRIVER TRAINEES Ripley, MS. 1 BR apt. inOpenings NEEDED NOW! cluding all utilities plus Park Inc has immediate Learn to drive for compensation of openings for part time US Xpress $24,350 per year. Nice Valet Parking AttenEarn $800 per week place to work. For applidants/Shuttle Driver at our client location in No experience needed. cation call Tammy at 859-334-8662 or e-mail CDL & Job-Ready Corinth. Part-time positammyabbott@fuse.net. in 15 Days! tions are 18-30 hours weekly M-F; between Special WIA & VA 6am – 5 pm. Our drivers PETS Funding Available safely and courteously Call 1-888-540-7364 handle the parking CONTRACTING needs of hospital pa- REED trons. All candidates SERVICES, INC. is accept- 0320 Cats/Dogs/Pets are subject to a criminal ing applications for AKC ROTTWEILER pup& motor vehicle record qualified and experi- pies, 6 wks. old, check & pre-employwormed, 3 males, 4 feenced Tri Axle Dump m a l e s , $ 3 0 0 e a c h . ment drug screening.

Apply o n l i n e : Truck Drivers. Appli- 731-439-2105. www.parkinc.com. cants must be drug free with a safe driving re- FREE 2 puppies need a good home. Doxie-Pin cord. We offer life, mix. 662-603-4952 NEED SOMEONE to do health, dental, disabilironing. 287-2949 or ity, 401k, holiday pay FREE PETS: 1 cat named 293-0245. and vacation. Company Freckles; 1 lg. dog named Zebe. Not used paid life and disability t o o t h e r a n i m a l s .

0244 Trucking insurance. Call (731) 662-837-5288.

DRIVERS WANTED 689-0800 or email joOTR Van TINY YORKIE pups, 7 1/2 bapps4u@gmail.com.

Home on Weekends wks. old, S&W, CKC reg., Paid Vacation & Holiday, Reed Contracting is an teddy bear faces, $400.

Health, Vision & Dental Class A CDL/NO Hazmat Equal Employment Op- 256-810-5044. portunity Employer.

New Equipment MILAN EXPRESS Qualified females and UMBRELLA COCKATOO 800-552-2591 x3133 or $1000, 2 lovebirds $100, minorities are encour- 4 cockatiels, $40 ea, 7 3187 www.milanexpress.com aged to apply.

Parakeets, $15 ea.

286-6372.

CAUTION! ADVERTISEMENTS in this classification usually offer informational service of products designed to help FIND employment.

Before you send money to any advertiser, it is your responsibility to verify the validity of the offer. Remember: If an ad appears to sound “too good to be true”, then it may be! Inquiries can be made by contacting the Better Business Bureau at 1-800-987-8280.

0244 Trucking

0256 Hotel/Motel

FARM

0450 Livestock

FOR SALE cheap - 3 Tennessee Walking Horses.

7 yrs old. Show horses with papers. 1 Black Mare 18 hands high, 1 Gilden Color Soroll, 1 Stallion Soroll. Call Tommy Phillips 662-396-1248

MERCHANDISE

0503 Auction Sales

REAL ESTATE AUCTION. Saturday, March 3 at 10 AM. 446 acre rowcrop & timber farm, Weatherford Creek, Wayne County, Lutts, TN. 10% buyers premium. Tony Neill, TFL# 1468, MS# 1090-1091F, Savannah, TN. 731-926-3133. www.tonyneill.com

Household 0509 Goods

4 TON gas A/C unit, $450. 662-415-1281.

PORTABLE SINGER sewing machine, used very little, $75. 286-5116.

D SellFit E I I S S for Free!

A D L E C

I F Advertise your item valued I S S at $500 or less in the Daily A L AUCTION Corinthian C classifiedsIEforDFree.

F I S Your ad must include only S A one item and the item must be D L E C I priced in the ad at $500 F I S or less. The ad should be S A 20 words or less.

L C D To place your ad email it to E I F I freeads@dailycorinthian.com S S or mail the ad to A D L CFree Ads, P.O.IFBoxIE1800, Corinth,SMS 38835.

S A L C D E $300 I F I REWARD S S A D L E C I F I S S Daily Corinthian A L C Advertising that Works!

We will service you at: Alcorn County Co-Op in Corinth, MS Tuesday, March 6th from 8-9 AM To pre-order call Arkansas Pondstockers

1-800-843-4748

Walk Ups Welcome

0503 Auction Sales

MEMPHIS CITY SCHOOL

Sat., March 3rd, 9:00 A.M.

From I-40, turn at exit 8-B (Jackson South), proceed south 2 miles to Farmville, turn on Farmville & go to #1384.

Pickups, utility & van, Miller welders, Bridgeport CNC milling machine, several metal & wood machinery, some cafeteria equipment, beauty salon chairs & hair dryer chairs, Sun-car testing equipment.

For more info visit the web americanauctionusa.com or call cell 731-610-1458.

American Auction Co. Keith Moore, No buyers premium TFL #4309

0114 Happy Ads

Chelsey Grace Thrasher

celebrates her 5th birthday on Mon., Feb. 27, 2012. She is the daughter of Johnny and Katrina Thrasher from Rienzi, MS. Grandparents are Peggy Shinar of Rienzi and the late Johnny Shinar of Corinth and Tina Thrasher of Rienzi and the late Marcus Thrasher of Rienzi.

Great-grandparents are The late Grady and Jessie Parker of Corinth and the late Marjorie Kelley of Redding, CA and Jerry and Lorene Burns of Rienzi.

Chelsey celebrated her 5th birthday with a “Minnie Mouse” party at Skateworld of Corinth. Many of her family & friends were there to help her celebrate!

0142 Lost

for information leading to the safe return of a lost male Brittany Spaniel, white w/orange markings, answers to Freckles.

Last seen on Willow Road.

Call 662-808-5060

collar different now than on picture

Ads must be for private party merchandise and will exclude pets, livestock, garage sales, hay, firewood, automobiles, and pet supplies.

and does not include pets & pet supplies, livestock (incl.

Misc.

Items for chickens, ducks, cattle, 0563 goats,Sale etc), garage sales, hay, firewood, & automobiles . To take advantage of this program, readers should simply email their ad to: freeads@dailycorinthian.com , mail the ad to Free Ads, P.O. Box 1800, Corinth, MS 38835, fax to 662-287-3525 (attn.: classified) or simply drop off at 1607 S. Harper Rd. Please include your address for our records. Each ad may include only one item, the item must be priced in the ad and the price must be $500 or less. Ads may be up to approximately 20 words including the phone number and will run for five days in The Daily Corinthian, one day in The Reporter & one day in The Banner Independent.

merchandise 6B • Sunday, February 26, 2012 • Daily Corinthian

0518 Electronics

0539 Firewood

NICE 27 in. Sylvania color FIREWOOD, $90 cord deTV w/remote, $50. livered & stacked.

662-212-3432.

662-808-2727.

Lawn & Garden

0521 Equipment

OAK FIREWOOD, $85 cord., delivered & stacked. 662-603-9057.

MTD RIDER 12 HP, 36" cut, good cond. & ready SEASONED FIREWOOD, to mow. $ 3 7 5 . $75 cord. Free local delivery 10 mi. 286-1717 662-415-3967.

SEARS LEAF BLOWER, 0545 Machinery & Tools electric, used very little, $35. 286-5116.

TROYBILT 27-TON log splitter, works vertical & UNDERNEATH MOWER, horizontal, 7.0 HP, $800. fits 4100 John Deere, 662-415-9562. good cond., $400.

662-415-1281.

Wanted to

0533 Furniture

0554 Rent/Buy/Trade

M&M. CASH for junk cars ANTIQUE BABY crib, & trucks. We pick up. or wood spool design, 6 6 2 - 4 1 5 - 5 4 3 5 with mattress, good 731-239-4114. cond., $65. 662-287-8894.

0563

Misc. Items for

Sale WHITE VANITY and stool, $40. 662-212-3432.

FREE ADVERTISING. Advertise any item valued WOOD WICKER white at $500 or less for free.

BR suite w/TV cabinet & The ads must be for prijewelry box stand, night vate party or personal stand, 5-drawer chest, merchandise and does make up desk w/mirror not include pets & pet & seat; Also, antique supplies, livestock (incl. iron bed & box springs chickens, ducks, cattle, & matt. $500 for all. goats, etc), garage sales, hay, firewood, & 662-415-3600. automobiles . To take Computer advantage of this pro0515 gram, readers should simply email their ad to: freeads@dailycorinthian.com , mail the ad to Free Ads, P.O. Box 1800, Corinth, MS 38835, fax to 662-287-3525 (attn.: classified) or simply drop off at 1607 S. Harper Rd. Please include your address for our records. Each ad may include only one item, the item must be priced in the ad and the price must be $500 or less. Ads may be up to approximately 20 words including the phone number and will run for five days in The Daily Corinthian, one day in The Reporter & one day in The Banner Independent.

Misc. Items for 0563 Sale

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

LADIES BLACK genuine Unfurnished leather knee boots, size 0610 Apartments 7 1/2-8, exc. cond., 2" heel, $30. 287-7875.

2 BR, stove/refrig. furn., W&D hookup, CHA. LARGE GRILL w/burner, 287-3257. $200.

287-2509 or 808-3908.

MAGNOLIA APTS. 2 BR, MADE FOR RV, portable stove, refrig., water. gas grill, brand new, $365. 286-2256.

Vitco model #2000, BTU FREE MOVE IN (WAC): 2 rating 10,000, never BR, 1 BA, stove & refrig., used, $50. 662-750-8606. W&D hookup, CR 735, Section 8 apvd. $400 METAL CHANDELIER, 6 mo. 287-0105. lights, $25. 286-5116.

ONE HORSE wagon, WEAVER APTS 504 N. good shape, motorcycle Cass 1 br, scr.porch. wheels, buggy seat, has w/d $375+util, 286-2255

top on wagon, new paint job w/shaft and also has hitch for 0620 Homes for Rent 4-wheeler, $500.

662-287-5965, 1710 E. 6th St. 2 BR + MB 662-808-0118 o r suite w/jacuzzi bath, 2 662-808-4671. full BA, LR, kitchen, laundry room. Section 8 POWER CHAIR receiver approved. $500 mo. lift, $350. 662-223-4534 662-212-0085.

CHICKEN COOP, $200. or 662-223-0963.

287-2509 OR 808-3908.

3 BR, 2 BA, in Michie, ASSORTED GLASSWARE SET OF Magnolia dishes, $650 mo. + dep. Ref's reservice for 8, like new, and pottery, $2-$5 each. used once, includes quired. Avail. March 1st.

462-4229 b/f 9 pm. serving bowl, cake 731-439-4586.

INSULATED INCUBATOR, stand, sugar/creamer, COTTAGE STYLE, 2 BR, 4-drawers, holds 250 lg. $100. 662-603-2185. stove, refrig., D/W, eggs, great hatches, C/H/A, garage, storage, $495.

462-3976 o r SPORTSMAN CAMO seat patio, no animals, rental covers in mossy Oak 415-0146. break up, fit 2005 Ford ref. req'd. $450 mo., Superduty captains 286-6707. chairs, used 2 mo. by FOR RENT TO OWN: 2 non-smoker, like new, miles in Tenn, nice 3 BR $110. 662-284-5085. with metal garage, TWO-WHEELED TRAILER, $89,500 or $700 mo. All made from half ton rent app. to house for pickup bed, $100 obo. sale. 731-239-8040.

662-284-5085.

FOR RENT: 3BR/2BA USED NATURAL gas in- house, 2030 Hwy 72 E, sert for sale. $50. Corinth, MS, City school district. $650 mo/$600 662-423-3266. dep. 662-279-9024.

WEIDER 2 0 0 cable weight system, has leg KOSSUTH SCHOOL Dist., & pull down bar, like 149 CR 766, 2 BR, 1 BA, new, $150 firm. 284-9657 partially furn., $250 mo., $100 dep. 662-808-6168.

3-6 pm.

0228

Accounting

Homes for 0620 Rent

37 ACRES, CR 400, by LARGE COUNTRY house, Hurricane Creek WaterKossuth School Dist. shed, appx. 600' road frontage, $1800 per $500 mo. 287-5686. acre.

Will divide.

662-808-0935.

Lake/River/ 0660 Resort

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

Homes for 0710 Sale

0220 Medical/Dental

••• No-touch loads! •••

All candidates may apply in confidence at www.nmhs.net/employment North Mississippi Medical Center Employment Services Department 830 South Gloster Street Tupelo, MS 38801 (800) 793-7715 Fax: (662) 377-3552

FAST SERVICE - WHOLESALE PRICES

Smith Cabinet Shop 1505 Fulton Dr., Corinth, MS 38834 Ph. 662-287-2151

0868 Cars for Sale

'07 PONTIAC Grand Prix, 127k mi., $6400; '02 Chevy S-10, V-6, auto., ext. cab, 194k mi., $2950.

603-1290 or 603-3215.

'08 CHEVY HHR LT, ltr, moon roof, 33k, $11,900.

1-800-898-0290 or 728-5381.

FINANCIAL LEGALS HOME SERVICE DIRECTORY

Home Improvement & Repair

BUTLER, DOUG: Foundation, floor leveling, bricks cracking, rotten wood, basements, shower floor. Over 35 yrs. exp. Free est.

731-239-8945 or 662-284-6146.

Storage, Indoor/ Outdoor AMERICAN MINI STORAGE 2058 S. Tate Across from World Color

287-1024

MORRIS CRUM Mini-Stor.

72 W. 3 diff. locations, unloading docks, rental truck avail, 286-3826.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE DIRECTORY

Medical/Dental

CNA

Come Join Our Team!

FT, PT, PRN Apply Online at www.covenantdove.com

REWARD $300.00 LOST: Black and White Border Collie, name Isaac, last seen 2/6/12 on Hack Bridge Rd. in Eastview, TN. No collar.

If found, call Greg Forsyth at 731-610-0182.

EOE

0232 General Help

Production Control Clerk

Quality Kitchen and Bath Cabinets and at discount prices.

We have expert assistance with planning and layout.

Bring in your drawings and let us give you a free quote

0220

'08 DODGE RAM 1500, 4x4, crew cab, red, $23,400. 1-800-898-0290 or 728-5381.

0142 Lost

Must be licensed to practice as a RN in the State of Mississippi. The successful candidate must be able to respond rapidly to the changing needs of patients in a fast-paced environment. TNCC preferred.

Book Cases with adjustable Shelves!

Black or White finish.

Starting at $ 59.95.

FOR SALE: Spare tire donut 5-hole and jack for Subura, $18.

662-396-1326.

'05 GMC Crew Cab LTR, 38k, #1419. $16,900.

1-800-898-0290 or 728-5381.

EOE

2 RN’S 6p-6a

Furniture Style Vanities with Granite Tops!

From $ 407.95 to $ 587.95

Auto/Truck 0848 Parts & Accessories

Trucks for 0864 Sale

302 Alcorn Dr. • Corinth, MS • 662-286-2286

North Mississippi Medical Center has immediate full time openings for the following positions in our Emergency Services Department:

JUST ARRIVED!

NEW 2 BR Homes Del. & setup $25,950.00 Clayton Homes Supercenter of Corinth, 1/4 mile past hospital on 72 West.

'10 WHITE 15-pass. van, 3 to choose from.

1-800-898-0290 or 728-5381.

Cornerstone Health & Rehab of Corinth, LLC

REGIONAL REGIONAL LTL LTL DELIVERY DELIVERY POSITIONS POSITIONS NOW OPEN! NOW OPEN!

0542 Building Materials

Mobile Homes

HUD PUBLISHER’S NOTICE NEW 3 BR, 1 BA HOMES All real estate adverDel. & setup tised herein is subject $29,950.00 to the Federal Fair Clayton Homes Housing Act which Supercenter of Corinth makes it illegal to ad- 1/4 mile past hospital on 72 West. vertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, NEW 4 BR, 2 BA home color, religion, sex, Del. & setup handicap, familial status $44,500 or national origin, or inClayton Homes tention to make any Supercenter of such preferences, limiCorinth, 1/4 mi. past tations or discriminahospital on 72 West tion.

662-287-4600 State laws forbid discrimination in the sale, rental, or advertising of Manufactured real estate based on 0747 Homes for Sale factors in addition to CLEARANCE SALE those protected under on Display Homes federal law. We will not knowingly accept any Double & Singlewides available advertising for real esLarge Selection tate which is in violaWINDHAM HOMES tion of the law. All per287-6991 sons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal TRANSPORTATION opportunity basis.

Well established company looking for full-time accounting clerk.

Prior experience in accounts payable, accounts receivable and general ledger functions preferred.

Applicants must be proficient in Excel, Word, and 10 key calculator. They must be well organized for this fast paced job.

This is an hourly position with full benefits.

Qualified applicants send resume to: Accounting Clerk P.O. Box 240 Corinth, MS 38835-0240 accountingclerk@tsixroads.com

New Truckload Division

0741

for Sale RV LOT for rent, $200 mo., near J. P. Coleman 28X80 4 BR, 2 BA, 2012 St. Pk. 828-497-2113.

Clayton, huge island, hidden butler's pantry, Mobile Homes stone around tub & 0675 for Rent master bath, much more. $64,900 delivered.

662-297-4532.

ENTRY LEVEL ACCOUNTING CLERK

0244 Trucking

0734 Lots & Acreage 0860 Vans for Sale

International Converter, a progressive, growing manufacturer of energy conservation products is seeking a Production Control Clerk.

This position is responsible for providing support to the Operations team. This includes: maintaining inventory reports, manufacturing and maintenance work orders, scrap, productivity and downtime reports, safety audit and employee hazard reports; shipping records for inbound/outbound freight; assisting with hourly payroll; monitoring plant phone system and processing incoming and outgoing mail.

The successful candidate will possess the following qualifications: • High School Diploma • 3-5 years experience in a clerical position • Strong organization and communication skills • Thorough knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite with an emphasis in Excel

0232 General Help

WANTED INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS (Newspaper Carrier)

RIENZI AREA

Excellent Earnings Potential Requirements: • Driver’s License • Dependable Transportation • Light Bookwork Ability (will train) • Liability Insurance

We offer a competitive compensation and benefits program, including medical, dental, life insurance, flexible spending accounts and 401(K) plan.

Please come by the Daily Corinthian and fill out a questionaire.

To apply for this position, please email your resume and cover letter to careers@thilmany.com an Equal Opportunity Employer (m/f/d)

DAILY CORINTHIAN 1607 S. Harper Rd. Corinth, MS

Welcome To Corinth Meet Your Local Business Owners

A Special Supplement to the Daily Corinthian | February 2012

2C • Sunday, February 26, 2012 • Daily Corinthian

Brose Autoplex — ‘This is a people business’ With consumers getting into a buying mood and a family milestone coming up, 2012 is shaping up to be a big year for the Brose family and Brose Autoplex.

“This summer marks 35 years,” said Grant Brose, president of the dealership at South Parkway and Highway 72. “It’s been a fun ride through the years to see all the technology and design changes and safety features that have come along.”

The business’ roots trace to 1977, when Marvin Brose purchased a dealership in southern Ohio.

When he began searching for a new place to build a business, he was drawn to Corinth’s size and potential for growth.

In 1987, he and his sons, Greg and Grant Brose, opened the current location as a General Motors dealership.

The Brose family is deeply involved in day-today operations, striving to give customers the best experience while also being good neighbors in the community.

Most importantly, said Brose, “This is a people business.”

Brose has seen car sales increasing in recent months even as the recession lingers. Business picked up in 2011, and January and February have been very strong months at the autoplex as customers satisfy some of the pent-up demand.

“There are more old cars on the road than ever before,” said Brose. “A lot of people did not buy because of the economy. But consumer confidence is rebounding, especially in our area.”

Now that some of those nervous jitters about buying have passed, Brose has much to offer folks

The popular Nissan Pathfinder is getting a sleek overhaul. Look for the new version this fall.

The Dodge Dart is a hot new model set to hit the Brose Autoplex lot this spring. who are ready for a new or newer set of wheels with the Nissan, Jeep, Dodge and Chrysler lines.

“We’ve got the allnew Dodge Dart coming around in late May or early June,” said Brose.

“It’s a groundbreaking new mid-size car that will blend the Alpha Romeo styling with the Dodge performance. It’s just a

really cool-looking car.”

Also look for an all-new version of the popular Nissan Pathfinder in the fall.

The redesigned Nissan Versa sedan has been a big hit, and the Nissan Juke that debuted in 2011 continues to be hot.

The Nissan Altima, with its recently refreshed contours, is a perennial

bestseller.

Another big addition to the lot is the availability for the first time of Nissan certified preowned vehicles, offering car buyers the option of late-model vehicles that usually have special financing. They include an 84-month/100,000mile limited warranty.

Also soon to be available

2012

at Brose are Chrysler and Dodge certified preowned vehicles.

Technology improvements, particularly Bluetooth hands-free phone capability, continue to appear in more models.

Brose expects that trend to escalate as states and the federal government look at restrictions on texting and phone usage behind the wheel.

“At first glance, it may just seem like a gadget, but it’s a huge safety feature, just like the back-up camera,” he said. “We’re going to be stocking more new models with that.”

For folks looking to sell a used vehicle, the dealership offers the Brose Resale program, which takes the hassle out of dealing with legal documents and scheduling visits with potential buyers. With the resale program, the vehicle is parked on the lot for browsing along with all of Brose’s inventory, and it can also be listed on the web.

“It’s a real good alterna-

tive to putting one in the shopper and dealing with all the phone calls,” said Brose.

While the program has helped people sell automobiles, it has also seen success with motorcycles and even some motor homes recently.

The dealership’s service department is staffed with factory-trained technicians who are knowledgeable of the latest in automotive technology and ready to take care of anything from a routine oil change to the most complicated repairs. Look no further for hard-tofind parts with a full line available for all Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep and Nissan vehicles.

The service and parts department offers an accessory and NASCAR area with collectibles such as hats, posters and collectible cars, and accessories such as an assortment of bed liners, bug shields and bed rails.

Some improvements are coming for the Brose website, broseautoplex. com, which continues to draw shoppers from the tri-state area and beyond. More descriptive listings will be provided to improve the ability to compare and shop for vehicles. In addition to browsing the new and pre-owned inventory from the comfort of home, visitors may submit credit applications and employment applications via the website.

Staff includes Greg Brose, service manager; Eric Brose, parts manager; Mike Dooley, sales manager; Jordan East, Internet manager and used car manager; Michael Brose, Internet manager; Clyster Watkins, office manager; and Harold Hutchison, finance manager.

Daily Corinthian • Sunday, February 26, 2012 • 3C

Trinity Health Clinic−

an acute and chronic health care facility for whatever illness sneaks up on you.

We offer quality medical care, preventive screenings and wellness programs from a caring staff, all in one convenient location.

t 1FEJBUSJD "EPMFTDFOU $BSF t 8PNFO T )FBMUI $BSF t "EVMU 4FOJPS )FBMUI $BSF t %JTFBTF 4DSFFOJOH 1SFWFOUJPO t %JBCFUFT #MPPE 1SFTTVSF .BOBHFNFOU

Healthcare for all ages!

“Caring for you; body, mind & spirit”

Trinity Health Clinic: Caring for you . . . body, mind and spirit Trinity Health Clinic opened its doors under the ownership of Cynthia Pearson, ANP-BC, FNP-BC in November of 2008. Managed by Lister Healthcare Inc., Florence, Ala., Trinity’s specialty has been providing highquality healthcare with a personal touch. Patientcentered care focused on both treating problems and improving quality of life has been the ongoing goal of Pearson and her staff.

Pearson emphasizes her commitment along with her staff’s: “Since opening, we have seen our practice grow each year. Our goal for 2012 is to continue to provide our patients with the very best healthcare possible on an individual basis, with attention to the

“whole” person . . . body, mind and spirit.”

Trinity’s owner moved to Corinth in 1995 after 15 years of experience in critical care nursing to begin her nurse practitioner practice with an established local physician.

“After 13 years of collaborative practice, I felt the desire to set out on my own; to continue wherever God led me,” Pearson said. “So stepping out on faith and with the support of Lister Healthcare and many friends, Trinity was born.”

As an advanced practice nurse, Pearson focuses on providing high quality healthcare through the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of health problems.

“NP’s are unique in that we stress both ‘care’ and

Spring Fashions Arriving Daily

Downtown Corinth trendy boutique Andie Grace offers clothing lines for all ages Looking for a unique and diverse selection of clothing for all ages? Then Andie Grace is the place to shop.

The trendy, small boutique is located at 514 Fillmore Street in downtown Corinth and offers clothing for all ages.

Owner Grace Curtis invites women from throughout the Crossroads area to visit Andie Grace because they are sure to find something to suit any occasion.

Some of the major lines carried include Nick & Mo, Judith March, It Jeans, BB Dakota and Aryn K. “These brands are exclusive in this area,” Curtis says.

Andie Grace opened in September 2009.

As a business owner in downtown Corinth, Curtis is a firm believer in the Shop Corinth First promotion.

“I think it’s very important ... not only to the business owners ... but shopping in Corinth first helps everybody in the

‘cure,’ she explained. “We are ‘partners in health’ who stress wise health and lifestyle choices. I provide access to care to those who might otherwise fall through the cracks of today’s healthcare system.

My experience in healthcare, genuine care of others, and especially, my faith in God, places me in a unique position to provide healthcare, comfort, support and hope to those I serve.”

Pearson said she works with some of the finest primary care and specialist physicians in the state to provide consultation and support for her patient when needed.

“Each patient is unique in their problems and concerns, but similar in what they need — care for their mind, body and spirit.”

at

“I think it’s very important ... not only to the business owners ... but shopping in Corinth first helps everybody in the community.”

Grace Curtis Owner, Andie Grace community,” Grace says.

Besides choosing from the newest and trendiest styles around, shoppers will also enjoy perusing the selection of gift items, jewelry, purses and shoes offered at Andie Grace.

Hours are Tuesday-Friday from 10-6 and Saturday from 10-3. The telephone number is (662) 287-8624.

514 Fillmore Street • Corinth 662-287-8624 HOURS: Tues-Fri. 10:00-5:30 Sat. 10:00 - 3:00 Gift Certificates Available

Med Supply Plus — Providing local, professional, caring medical service In November of 2009, a local pharmacist and her businessman husband noticed a need in Corinth and Alcorn County.

They established Med Supply Plus in order to provide local, professional, and caring service to patients in need of home medical equipment.

More than two years and a couple thousand patients later, their reputation is solidly taking shape.

“One of the things that our team is most proud of is the fact that 100% of our Medicare patients would choose us again if they had it to do over,” said Ronnie Sleeper, owner and Administrator of the upstart medical supply company. “According to our surveys, our patients really appreciate the high level of service our team provides – from respiratory services to orthotic shoes and braces, to complete home equipment needs.”

“We are also proud of the fact that 100% of our ownership and all of our team members are from the Corinth/Alcorn County area. I think that is important, because we are treating our friends, our family members, our church folks, grandparents of our kids’ friends, etc. I love the fact that I can meet my patient on the street and I don’t have to turn my head and hide, because I know we’ve done right by everyone we have served!” said Sleeper.

Med Supply Plus is a comprehensive provider of home medical equipment.

They provide home hospital beds, oxygen concentrators, CPAP therapy, aids for daily living like shower chairs, bedside commodes, crutches, walkers, wheelchairs and canes.

“Our services aren’t limited to older patients, either. We provide equipment for children, including photolight therapy, nebulizers, children’s upright walkers, trainers and wheelchairs, and cast shoes.”

Natalie Sleeper Med Supply Plus owner, pharmacist

Med Supply Plus owners Natalie and Ronnie Sleeper But according to Natalie Sleeper, owner and staff pharmacist, “We provide so much more than the equipment alone. We like to think that we provide comfort, peace of mind, and security. With everything that is usually going

on in a patient’s life, especially if they are fighting a serious illness, we want to be a partner in their treatment – not a source of irritation.”

“Our staff is well trained in the areas of medical specialty to which they

belong. But they are also well trained on the art of customer service. And we hire kind, caring people from the start, so we don’t have to teach them that. It comes naturally for them,” Ronnie added.

“It’s nice having a team

that I know has my patient’s needs in mind first.

In fact, that is our creed – Patient First.”

“One of our home health partners called us on a Sunday night, needing a full home setup for their patient who had been sent home for his final hours with his family.

We delivered a full setup to their home at 9:00 that night and unfortunately were called back two days later to pick it all back up. He had passed away, but the family was so grateful for the comfort we helped provide their loved one in his final hours. That is why we do this – for the gratification of knowing we helped a neighbor in need,” said Ronnie.

One of their most rapidly growing areas of service is in post-mastectomy care for breast cancer patients.

They offer a wide variety of post-surgical garments, ranging from bras and compression garments, to swimsuits and lingerie.

“We work really hard to restore a woman’s confidence following the trauma of mastectomy surgery,” said Korey Frosinotes, Patient Care Coordinator and one of two of Med Supply Plus’s mastectomy fitters.

“Absolutely. We see ourselves as partners, walking down the road

to recovery with our patients, who quickly become our friends,” added Natalie Kelley, Med Supply Plus’s certified orthotic fitter. Med Supply Plus has recently piloted an inhome mastectomy fitting service as well.

“We are finding that some women are more comfortable being measured and fitted for these prosthetic forms in the comfort of their home, rather than in our store’s dressing room. We are constantly seeking ways to make them more comfortable and confident in their recovery, so if we need to go to them, that’s what we’ll do,” said Frosinotes.

“But our services aren’t limited to older patients, either. We provide equipment for children, including photolight therapy, nebulizers, children’s upright walkers, trainers and wheelchairs, and cast shoes. We pride ourselves in our vast product offering, but more so in our patient-friendly customer service!” added Sleeper.

Ronnie concluded, “I am very big into shopping locally. I firmly believe we should support our locally owned businesses FIRST! As one of those businesses in the healthcare sector, I hope patients will consider US when choosing their equipment company. We are local people, serving local families!”

4C • Sunday, February 26, 2012 • Daily Corinthian

Mississippi Farm Bureau: Top quality insurance, friendly folks Get Real auto, home, and life insurance …

For your insurance needs, you can be sure we will work hard to provide you the best coverage for your money.

Get Real insurance. Get Farm Bureau insurance.

(662) 286-6329 www.msfbins.com

Alcorn County Farm Bureau

MSMLNP40289

517 N. Cass Street Corinth, Mississippi 38834

*Mississippi Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Co. *Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co.

LipChic also known as ‘the bling store’ “If I can make them smile, that’s the thing,” LipChic owner Brenda Barbour says of her customers. “We want to make them happy when they come in.”

Customers of the downtown Corinth boutique have plenty reasons to smile.

From formal wear for a little girl’s first pageant to designer clothing and accessories for ladies of any age, LipChic is a one-stop fashion shop for any event.

“If a lady has an event, she can come here and get her entire outfit,” says Barbour.

The boutique carries a wide-range of ladies’ clothing, accessories,

shoes, undergarments, control garments and much more.

One of LipChic’s most popular lines is its extensive selection of ladies’ western boots, including Corral and Old Gringo brand.

From its humble beginnings as a makeover booth in a Corinth flea

market to the store’s current beautifully-decorated downtown headquarters — which continues to expand — LipChic stays on top of what’s hot in the world of fashion. That’s why its loyal customers call LipChic “the bling store.”

Its new additions include a section for men’s tuxedos which benefits from the knowledge and care of tuxedo specialist (and coowner) Jerry Barbour.

Also new is the opportunity to shop online at lipchicboutique.com.

For personal service and unique apparel, LipChic is the place for fashion connoisseurs who won’t settle for less than extraordinary.

Since 1947, Mississippi Farm Bureau has been offering their members of the state top quality insurance services provided by friendly local people who will be there when you need them.

Mississippi Farm Bureau is part of the community - yesterday, today and tomorrow. The offices are staffed with knowledgeable insurance professionals who are prepared to make sure every member gets the coverage they need at a price they can afford with the kind of top notch service they deserve.

Alcorn County Agency Manager Danny Crozier said they offer a complete, complimentary insurance review. The free of charge service allows people to sit down with an agent and take a care-

ful look at the coverage they have for life, auto, homeowners and other aspects of their financial program and make sure they are fully protected and that they are getting the best possible rates.

They are also focusing on auto insurance plans that can save customers up to 51 percent on the coverage.

Farm Bureau offers a full range of insurance coverages to protect the people and things that matter most in life, including life insurance, homeowners insurance, auto insurance and much more.

Crozier said the key to the Farm Bureau approach to their business is the focus on serving the customer. It’s all about knowing the people they

serve and being there for them whatever their need may be.

“It’s about that personal interaction. People want to talk to a person,” he said.

The local office is staffed with local agents who are there when customers want to walk in, sit down and talk to them about their needs. The customer is not going to get an answering service or someone in a far away office when they call, they are going to be able to talk to the people in their community who understand their needs and are there to make sure they are taken care of.

To find out what this team of friendly professionals can do for you, call them at 662-286-6329 or visit the office at 517 North Cass Street in Corinth.

Shop • SeneGenc Cosmetics • Clear Creek Pottery Handmade in MS • Tuxedo Rental • Hobo Wallets • Spray Tans • Clothing • Jewelry • Shoes & Western Boots • Free Designer Gift Wrap

1st Class & Fabulous!

116 N. Fillmore Street • Corinth 662-287-2954 | lipchicboutique.com

SOUTHBank lives up to its slogan: ‘Distinctively Personalized Banking…

With A Touch of Southern Hospitality.”

SOUTHBank, formerly United States Post Office building, built in 1912

“Distinctively Personalized Banking...

With a Touch of Southern Hospitality”

515 Fillmore St., Corinth (662) 286-4300 2222 S. Harper Rd., Corinth (662) 286-4333 904 Mulberry Ave., Selmer (731) 645-4300 or online www.southbank.com

“Distinctively Personalized Banking… With A Touch of Southern Hospitality.”

Living up to that slogan every day has been the key to SOUTHBank’s success in Corinth.

Bank President Gerald McLemore said the bank’s friendly staff is one of its biggest assets.

“We’ve got a real, true family who works together here, and it’s just a great place to work,” he said.

McLemore has been at SOUTHBank for 16 years and said he “wouldn’t go back and change a thing.”

SOUTHBank initially operated from the principal office of Fidelity Federal at 303 North Madison Street, but in February 1991, purchased the vacated Post Office building in downtown Corinth at 515 Fillmore Street. The renovations of this historic building were completed in September 1993 and it is now the home for SOUTHBank. This building is an outstanding facility in the heart of downtown Corinth and is in close proximity to the other financial institutions of this community.

“It’s a wonderful place to come to work every day,” said McLemore.

Construction of this U.S. Post Office building began in 1912, and the building is turning 100 this year. It was used continuously by the U.S. Postal Service as the main post office for Corinth until 1987, when this historic building was vacated for a new, modern facility five blocks east of the original location.

Fire gutted the original building in 1924, when

SOUTHBank tellers (from left) Dawn Carter, Emily Norton and Liz Fields are ready to assist customers at the main Corinth SOUTHBank branch at 515 Fillmore Street. downtown Corinth was almost leveled by fire.

Initially, the lobby of the building had Palladian windows and cathedral ceilings. In 1929, the exterior door facing Fillmore Street was relocated to the center of that side of the building and second floor offices were added inside the building, along with a marble staircase.

Over the years, the Palladian windows and cathedral ceilings in the lobby were replaced with flat ceilings and wrought iron which remain part of the building today. This building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on Jan. 29, 1992.

Presently, SOUTHBank has offices in Mississippi (Corinth and Oxford), Arkansas (Blytheville, Manila, and Osceola), Alabama (Huntsville and Madison), North Carolina (Raleigh), Tennessee (Selmer) and Florida (Palm Beach Gardens).

SOUTHBank is owned

by Commonwealth Savingshares, a holding company, whose sole and only stockholder is Danny L. Wiginton, a Belmont native.

The current staff at the Corinth branches include the following officers: Gerald McLemore, President of Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas Offices; Ron Herrington, City President; Pat Jacobs, Senior Vice President/Mortgage Loans; Brian McCullen, Senior Vice President/Lending; Braddock Brawner, Vice President/ Senior Lender; Peggy Gurley, Vice President/Teller Supervisor; Sheron Tennyson, Vice President/Harper Road Branch Manager; Jan Hurley, Vice President/Marketing; Ricky Howie, Vice President of Operations; Rusty Sharp, Senior Vice President of Operations; and the following employees: Andrea Boren, Cassie Taylor, Dawn Carter, Emily Norton, Gloria Johnson, Kayla Nelms, Liz Fields, Leigh Ann Hammock, Pam Scott, Peggy Moore, Priscilla Brock and Teresa Benick.

The Advisory Board Members for the Corinth area are: William C. Hussey, A.H. Taylor, III; Gerald R. McLemore; William T. Dalton, Jr.; Dr. Bernard Shipp and Danny L. Wiginton.

Daily Corinthian • Sunday, February 26, 2012 • 5C

Corinth’s newest pharmacy — Medical Plaza on Harper Medical Plaza on Harper is Corinth’s newest independently owned pharmacy. In a convenient location with two drive-thru lanes, Medical Plaza on Harper wants to help you and your family have a better quality of life.

Pharmacist Bart Doran wants to help Medical Plaza on Harper patients comply with their doctors’ orders — and will work to find ways to help their patients save money. They accept most insurance plans and offer a discount prescription plan for patients without insurance.

Medical Plaza on Harper opened in November 2011. It is the newest of the three independent pharmacies owned by pharmacist Rick Quinn.

“With two locations on Alcorn Drive, we recognized a need for expansion into the east side of Corinth,” explained pharmacist Becky Null.

“There was a small lot on Harper Road that turned out to be an ideal location.”

The small, oddly shaped lot proved to be a challenge as far as local building codes. That’s where local design-builder, Worsham Brothers, Inc. came in.

The vision for the building itself was to develop a structure that would incorporate all of the necessary spaces for both the pharmacy work area and the retail part of the building, while maximizing the usable space and energy efficiency. The building features stained and pol-

ished concrete floors and an eighteen foot tall clear story space that allows a flood of natural light.

Neighboring architecture was also a consideration in the design of the building.

“We wanted a retail environment that would be comfortable and inviting,” Null said.

Medical Plaza on Harper is a HealthMart Pharmacy. Its staff strives to give each patient individualized service while working to live up to the HealthMart motto: “Caring for you and about you.”

Another convenient aspect of Medical Plaza on Harper is its extensive selection of unique gifts for everyone on your list: men, ladies, children, babies, teachers, secret pals and brides. Medical

Plaza personnel work hard to make their gift selection fresh and exciting.

“We search through the gift markets in order to keep the latest gifts,” Null said. “We are constantly bringing in new products.”

The business also offers free gift wrapping.

When planning for the new Medical Plaza location, they needed a special feature that would increase foot traffic and help fulfill their goal to bring health and wellness to Corinth.

“We originally planned for the yogurt area to be a coffee shop,” Null said.

“Realizing that we could reach more people with frozen yogurt, Gooseberry Frozen Yogurt was born.”

Many people do not

realize the health benefits of frozen yogurt. It contains probiotics that aid in digestive health and help to replace the healthy bacteria in your digestive tract.

Gooseberry Frozen Yogurt offers Arkansasmade Honey Hills frozen yogurt. All selections are either non-fat or low-fat, with several sugar-free flavors. Nutritional information on all flavors is available inside the yogurt shop.

Customers can choose from over three-dozen toppings. Fresh strawberries, kiwi, blueberries, bananas and other fruits are available each day on the “cold bar.” Almonds, pecans, walnuts and peanuts are available for toppings — as well assorted candies, cereals, granola, sprinkles, hot caramel

and hot fudge.

Free samples of all the yogurt shop’s flavors are available to help customers choose just the right one.

After customers pick their selection and top it however they like, the yogurt is weighed and priced by the ounce.

Located at 1425 South Harper Road, Medical Plaza on Harper is open Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m.

Hours will vary for Gooseberry Frozen Yogurt. “Like” them on Facebook for updates on store hours. Extended hours are coming soon.

Visit the two other locations: Medical Plaza Pharmacy at 111 Alcorn Drive; and Prescription Shoppe at 504 Alcorn Drive.

Thymes Essentials, Jack Black for Men, Pass Christian Soap, McCarty Pottery, Kitzi Jewelry, Art by Susan Hood, Collegiate, Love and Toast, Sugar Whip, Candles, Jewelry, Blackwater Folk Art, French Bull

Pharmacy • Gifts • Frozen Yogurt 286-MEDS (6337) Mon-Sat 8-6 1425 S. Harper Rd. • Corinth, MS

COUPON • COUPON • COUPON

$1.00 off Gooseberry Frozen Yogurt

Located inside Medical Plaza on Harper • 1425 S. Harper Rd. • Corinth, MS

6C â&#x20AC;˘ Sunday, February 26, 2012 â&#x20AC;˘ Daily Corinthian

Corinth Sears store goes the distance for customers Linda Woodruff believes in going the distance for customers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Customer service is key to them coming back to your store,â&#x20AC;? said Woodruff, who owns Sears along with husband Danny. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are always going to be upfront with customers and look for ways to help them.â&#x20AC;?

The Woodruffs, nearing their fifth anniversary as owners of the store, have changed the atmosphere of the local Sears since purchasing the store according to Linda. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love to help people and share with them what is the best item for them,â&#x20AC;? said Linda. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When they are happy, they will be back again.â&#x20AC;?

Sears carries a big selection of Kenmore and all major brand appliances. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We sell more Kenmore than any other brand,â&#x20AC;? said the owner.

The store is gearing up for spring and summer with a huge variety of lawn and garden equipment. Woodruff says the store just received the new

Linda Woodruff and her staff Ashley Nunley and Ethan Taylor are ready to help customers find what they are looking for at Sears.

Craftman Zero Turn mower and has weed eaters, garden tillers ready for the season.

Sears can fill the summer season needs of individuals with Kenmore grills along with patio furniture. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We carry most things the big store has,â&#x20AC;? said Woodruff.

If they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have it in the store, customers shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fret because they can get it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If a customer sees something on sears.com, all they have to do is let us know and we can save them shipping and handling,â&#x20AC;? added the store owner.

Woodruff says the store uses

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Full of Great Finds!

Uncover irresistible treasures from like-new fun fashions to accessories at bargain prices.

Best of all we get new items in stock every day, so youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll always ďŹ nd something new for next to nothing.

New and Used Formal - Pageant - Prom Dresses in Girls, Jrs and Misses sizes

New Bale Openings Thursday & Saturday Monday 99¢ - Bale Room Only

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Miss It! ' ! #

& #$! &

its Solution Stations every day finding items for customers.

Something new for the store is Shop Your Way Rewards, also known as The New Craftman Club. Customers compile reward points when they purchase any store item. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not only does it build up reward points but discounts on Craftman products during club member days,â&#x20AC;? said manager

Ashley Nunley.

Open Monday-Saturday from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. and from 1-6 p.m. on Sunday, Sears also offers a delivery service. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are a family business that is concerned about the customer,â&#x20AC;? said Woodruff.

You can like the store on facebook at Sears Hometown Store of Corinth to receive extra coupons and discounts.

Designer Bargain Outlet has many great finds on name-brand clothing On the rack or out of the bale, Designer Bargain Outlet always has great finds on name-brand clothing.

The business at 2017 East Shiloh Road offers clothing and shoes for the entire family, both new and used, as well as purses and jewelry.

One of the newest fashion finds you can get at Designer Bargain Outlet is formal, pageant and prom dresses in girls, juniors and misses sizes. Many of these dresses are new and all are in great condition. Shop at Designer Bargain Outlet first for your next party, cruise or pageant. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We try to always offer a wide selection of quality products,â&#x20AC;? said owner Amy Kelley. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not something I would like, it usually doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go in my store.â&#x20AC;?

The business opens bales of clothing on Thursday and Saturday for the public to dig through with nothing selling for more than $5 on those days. On Mondays, items in the bale room are only 99 cents each. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We see many returning customers each week for the bale openings. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like a big reunion each week,â&#x20AC;? said Kelley.

Designer Bargain Outlet also offers plenty of deals beyond the bales. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have added monthly specials, 99-cent racks, which are changed out periodically,â&#x20AC;? said Kelley.

The business celebrated seven years of success in Corinth last year and has a family history of success in this type of business extending back 20 years.

Recently, Designer Bargain Outlet began selling T-Shirts to aid in their support of three ministries. A Childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Soul Adoption Ministry offers grants to families who need financial assistance in the adoption of a child/children. Line Upon Line Ministries is the ministry of Bro. David Miller who has been an expository preacher for the past 40 years, at least 20 of which he has served from his wheelchair and Amazima Ministries which was founded by 19 year â&#x20AC;&#x201C; old Katie Davis in 2008. This organization, based out of Brentwood, Tenn., feeds, educates and encourages orphaned and vulnerable children in the poor country of Uganda.

You may visit www.amazima.org for more information.

Chevrolet heritage continues at Corinth dealership On November 3, 1911, Billy Durant and Louis Chevrolet founded the Chevrolet Motor Car Company. This year, Chevrolet celebrates one hundred and one years.

From the very start, Chevrolet brought technology and features typically reserved for more expensive cars to its lineup of affordable cars and trucks.

In 1918, Chevroletâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first truck was introduced. In Corinth, the first Chevrolet trucks documented on film were spotted in the mid-to-late 1920â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

A photo shows several Chevys pulling huge logs on trailers around the historic downtown court square.

In the 1930â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, a Chevrolet dealership was located in downtown Corinth on Fillmore Street in the same building where KCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Espresso is located today.

The dealership served as the area hub for Chevrolet sales, service and parts.

Today, Crossroads Chevrolet Buick GMC, located at 1701Highway 72 East in Corinth, is proud to carry on the Chevrolet heritage. The electrically driven Volt leads Chevrolet into its second century and redefines what a car means. It is the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first mass-produced electric vehicle with an extended range, providing up to 379 miles of driving.

The forward-looking philosophy that nurtured Volt from concept to production is also responsible for the Equinox and Cruze. Similarly, the Camaro continue a six-decade heritage of offering high-performance values, bringing advanced technology to affordable sports cars.

Meanwhile, the Silverado still carries the badge of the longest lasting,

This 1920â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s photo shows several Chevys pulling huge logs on trailers around the historic downtown court square.

The Chevrolet tradition continues today at Crossroads Chevrolet Buick GMC, located at 1701Highway 72 East in Corinth. most dependable truck on the road.

Cruze, Sonic and Spark are products of Chevroletâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s growing global presence. Shared development procedures with engineering and design centers around the globe, help deliver better performing, safer and more efficient vehicles. The Cruze, for example, offers a segment-leading EPAestimated highway fuel economy of 43 mpg. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chevrolet is all Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever known,â&#x20AC;? said Jeff Smith, dealer/owner along with his wife, Brenda. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I got started in the business in 1985, selling Chevrolets. â&#x20AC;&#x153; Crossroads Chevrolet Buick GMC not only provides sales, service and parts all makes and models of vehicles. Smith has been at the facility since its opening in September, 2006. The Smiths took full ownership of the business in January, 2009

after the retirement of Brendaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father, Frankie Blackmon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Walk in the dealership on any day and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find a bright red, 1937 Chevrolet slant back coupe sitting on the showroom floor â&#x20AC;Ś what a beautiful Chevrolet,â&#x20AC;? noted Smith. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Around here, heritage is second only to our commitment to customer service and the community.â&#x20AC;?

Crossroads Chevrolet Buick GMC stays active in the community by taking part in local festivals, charities and events. This past Christmas marked the second year in a row the dealership has hosted a toy drive for Toys for Tots.

The dealership will also continue several popular customer promotions, including a successful promotion where four lucky people win $500 each during a four-day period several times a year, explained the owner.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;From Chevy heritage to our loyal customers, we truly do go the extra mile in everything we do,â&#x20AC;? he added.

With over 500 combined years of experience, Crossroads Chevrolet Buick GMC staff includes: Jeff and Brenda Smith, owners; Gerald Burgess, General Manager; Dewayne Clayton, General Sales Manager; Bill Gray, Finance Manager; Zack Steen, IT/Inventory Manager; Robbie Grosinske, Internet Sales Consultant; Russ Rakestraw, Internet Sales Consultant; Jody Weaver, Sales Consultant; Joe Moore, Sales Consultant; Brandon Gurley, Sales Consultant; Kathy Smith, Sales Consultant; Cody Parker, Sales Consultant; Kellie Gates, Office Manager; Amy Southern, Title Clerk; Brittney Carter, Accounts Payable; Steve Ausburn, Parts Manager; Larry Taylor, Parts Con-

In the 1930â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, a Chevrolet dealership was located in downtown Corinth on Fillmore Street in the same building where KCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Espresso is located today. sultant; Jordan Stevens, Parts Consultant; Charlie Castill, Parts Delivery; Craig Farley, Service Manager; Sammy Burcham, Service Consultant; Kati Jones, Service Consultant; Brent Newman, Service Tech; Don Dodson, Service Tech; Jim Russell, Service Tech; Frankie Elam, Service Tech; Derrick Gunn, Service Tech; Bo Russell, Service Tech; Jacob Holley, Service Tech; Brandon Camp, Service Tech; Bobby Johnson, Detail Tech; Cane Allen, Detail Tech.

The dealership also of-

fers GM Certified PreOwned Vehicles and a Certified Service and Parts department. Visit Crossroads Chevrolet Buick GMC at www.crossroadsgm.net or www. midsouthchevy.com .

Also find the dealership on Facebook by searching â&#x20AC;&#x153;Crossroads Automotive of Corinthâ&#x20AC;?.

The sales department is open Monday â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Saturday, 8am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 6pm, while the service and parts department is open Monday â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Friday 7:30am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 5pm.

For more information, call 662-287-1944 or tollfree at 800-514-3740.

Daily Corinthian • Sunday, February 26, 2012 • 7C

Custom Satisfa er ction ...it’s tops on our lis t

HIGHWAY 72 EAST • CORINTH, MS STORE HOURS: SUN-THURS 7AM TIL 10PM FRIDAY & SATURDAY 7AM TIL 11PM www.gardnerssupermarket.com

It’s all about the customer at Gardner’s Super Market.

Gardner’s Super Market customers are always first

410 CASS STREET - CORINTH, MS

SAVE CASH BY SHOPPING ROGERS’ EVERYDAY LOW PRICES STORE: MON-THURS 7AM TIL 9PM, FRI & SAT 7AM TIL 9PM, CLOSED SUN 1% To Your Church at Rogers’ www.rogerssupermarket.com

Small town welcome -- Big-time savings! Home owned and operated.

Keeping the customer first has kept Gardner’s Super Market in business for almost 50 years.

The super market — in its 47th year — continues to strive in making things better for its patrons.

“We have very loyal customers,” said manager Mark Gardner. “We wouldn’t be here without the support of the community and surrounding area.”

Gardner’s has added warehouse space which allows them to keep prices down for the customer.

“We try hard to provide friendly and courteous service,” said the manager.

Gardner’s has made several improvements over the last couple of years. The super market has installed new checkout stands and added new buggies. Gardner’s continues to provide the service of sacking each purchase by customers and taking them to their

vehicle — rain or shine.

The meat department also added sliced-to-order deli meats along with special cut steaks, roasts, chops and other meats over the past two years.

“Our produce and meat department are the finest around,” said Gardner.

Besides its top notch customer service, the market also boast a mass of experience at both Gardner’s and Roger’s.

Produce Manager Jason Orman has been with the business for 45 years.

Danny Wilbanks has

40 years experience for Gardner’s. Henry Rinehart has totaled 38 years and John Huff has put in 35 years.

O’Neal Hudson has 30 years in the grocery field. Brian Gardner has 29, meat department manager Al Ross has 28 and Elliston Yager has contributed 27 years.

Roger’s meat department manager Tim Wood and produce manager Lee McCoy are also key contributors to the staff success at each store.

“We have a great staff that makes our success possible,” said Gardner.

A total of 120 employees make up the staffs at each store.

Gardner’s opened in 1965 with 8,000 square feet and grew to 18,500 square feet by 1972. It reached 28,500 square feet in 1984 at its 1802 U.S. 72 East location.

Roger’s opened in 1970. Located at 410 South Cass Street, the store expanded in 1973 and 1983.

One type of refractive surgery, Z-LASIK, which is commonly known as bladeless LASIK, uses a Da Vinci series FEMTO second laser to gently make a thin flap in the cornea to begin the corrective procedure. This technique allows Dr. Garrett to make a flap following the natural curvature of the eye.

Garrett Eye Clinic — One eye on the past, one eye focused on the future For the Daily Corinthian

Last year at Garrett Eye Clinic was a very busy year for Dr. Jennifer Hussey Garrett, personally and professionally.

Personally, she gave birth to her second son, Jackson Harris Garrett, on April 1, 2011. Numerous patients, family, and friends jokingly questioned why she would choose April Fool’s Day to give birth to her son.

“It is so difficult to be a female physician and balance the demands of practicing medicine with the responsibilities of raising a family,” said Garrett. “I have a duty as a medical doctor to take emergency room call at Magnolia Regional Health Center every third week.

I was off call for the first two weeks of April which was near my original due date.”

Professionally, 2011 was the busiest year Garrett Eye Clinic has had since Dr. Garrett began practic-

ing almost seven years ago, despite her being on maternity leave for nearly two months.

Significant increases in the number of refractive surgeries performed, an increased patient load and a full service optical dispensary have all contributed to the overall success of Garrett Eye Clinic. One type of refractive surgery, Z-LASIK, which is commonly known as bladeless LASIK, uses a Da Vinci series FEMTO second laser to gently make a thin flap in the cornea to begin the corrective procedure.

This technique allows Dr. Garrett to make a flap following the natural curvature of the eye.

Traditional LASIK, another type of refractive surgery, was originally introduced to the crossroads area by Dr. Garrett in 2006. This technique uses a microkeratome (metal razor-like blade) to make a thicker flap in the cornea-similar to a can

opener. In the fall of 2010, Garrett began performing Z-LASIK. In 2011, she performed Z-LASIK almost exclusively.

“I was excited to offer the latest, safest techDr. Jennifer nique Garrett for performing corrective surgery for my patients,” said Garrett.

The FDA is currently testing FEMTO second lasers to be utilized in cataract surgery.

Dr. Garrett feels that building an office in a residential area has had a big impact on her success.

“I feel truly blessed when the people of Corinth and the surrounding area trust in me to care for their eyes,” she said.

She admits that sometimes her clinic has struggled to get everyone out in a timely manner due to the increased patient load.

“I will not sacrifice the amount of time needed to provide the appropriate care for my patients; however, we realize that the patient’s time is just as important as ours. I can assure you measures are being put in place to help limit the patient’s wait time,” explained Dr. Garrett, Garrett Eye Clinic began implementing electronic medical charts during her maternity leave last April. Dr. Garrett feels that this will help improve the time spent on documenting each patient’s visit which will help the overall efficiency of patient flow.

Another type of surgery Dr. Garrett performs is cataract surgery. For several decades there weren’t many advances

in this procedure. In recent years, however, when a patient needs cataract surgery, there are two exciting medical breakthroughs that can significantly improve a patient’s quality of life. First, is called toric IOL(Intraocular Lens).

This corrects a patient’s astigmatism which can fix the need for a patient to wear glasses when trying to see at a distance.

The other type is a multifocal IOL (Intraocular lens). This can eliminate the need for a patient to wear glasses while driving , working on a computer, or reading the newspaper.

Patients have been very happy with both types of lenses.

Lenard Hopkins, a local businessman, chose to have the multifocal lens inserted in the spring of 2011. “She is the best I’ve ever seen. I’ve been to everybody…here, Memphis and everywhere else. She got me where I can read

the newspaper without any glasses, just like when I was 10 years old,” said Hopkins.

Another service available at Garrett Eye Clinic is the optical dispensary.

Patients can select fashionable frames from brand names such as Coach, Gucci, Kate Spade, Tory Burch, Michael Kors, and many others. Dr. Garrett also carries premium sunglasses from Costa Del Mar, Maui Jim, Oakley, Ray Ban, Callaway. The majority of these styles are available in prescription. She also has frames for the budget-minded individual as well.

Dr. Garrett also diagnoses and treats glaucoma, macular degeneration, allergies, and dry eyes, as well as prescribing glasses and contact lenses.

For an appointment, call 662-212-9001. She is conveniently located at 1804 Shiloh Road in Corinth.

8C â&#x20AC;˘ Sunday, February 26, 2012 â&#x20AC;˘ Daily Corinthian

Taylor Heating & Air Conditioning â&#x20AC;&#x201D; serving customers for 54 years For more than 54 years, Taylor Heating & Air Conditioning has kept Corinth area residents comfortably cool in the summer and wonderfully warm in the winter.

Billy P. Taylor started the business with Carrier in 1958. It is now owned by his sons, Joel, Dennis and Dan. As Corinth has grown through the years, the business has grown from a two-man operation to a staff of 14. Taylor Heating & Air performs all operations associated with heating and air conditioning, and the second-generation owners operate the business in a handson fashion by personally overseeing daily operations and performing all system design and engineering.

No company in the area has more experience when it comes to air, whether heating, cooling, moving, managing, wetting, drying or exhausting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do projects from $2,000 to $1 million,â&#x20AC;? said Dan Taylor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the most recent projects that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done was the Alcorn County Chancery Building. We air conditioned that last summer. We still do a lot of residential new construction and existing residential homes.â&#x20AC;?

Recent commercial work has included systems at Belk and the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Center.

Taylor said the largest projects the business has done were Crowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Neck Environmental Education Center at Paden and the Crossroads Arena in Corinth.

The businessâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; fleet of vehicles includes a new 17-ton crane that allows workers to set equipment on roofs safely and efficiently. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All our service trucks or vans are completely outfitted with parts for Carrier equipment and parts that a lot of times are interchangeable on other brands of equipment,â&#x20AC;? said Taylor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In almost 90 percent of the instances, it saves the trip of having to come back to the shop and get the part. Each van is equipped with diagnostic tools, gauges, charging devices, freon removal machines and things of that nature. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like a rolling shop.

Taylor services the Carrier units it sells, as well as all HVAC equipment made my other manufacturers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are even set up to do a warranty service on several brands other that Carrier,â&#x20AC;? said Taylor.

The factory-trained service technicians are regularly schooled to keep them up to date.

The business is proud of its long association with Carrier, inventor of the air conditioning unit and the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest air conditioning manufacturer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They have a product thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been tried and proven,â&#x20AC;? said Taylor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With the correct installation, you should have the top of the line as far as the heating and air conditioning of your home.â&#x20AC;?

Taylor said homeowners and businesses â&#x20AC;&#x153;need to choose a reputable dealer. The piece of equipment that you purchase is very important, but the design, the engineering and the installation are equally, if not more, important.â&#x20AC;?

With proper engineering, a homeowner is assured the system will not leave hot or cold spots.

A periodic service check is a good idea. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It could save you a breakdown in the heat of the summer or the cold of the winter,â&#x20AC;? said Taylor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many times, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find a potential problem and correct it before it gets to be a real problem.â&#x20AC;?

Technology has brought some changes to

HVAC through the years, but Taylor said air conditioning still operates on the same basic principle â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the transfer of heat from an area where it is unwanted to an area where it is more desirable. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The technology has changed in that the units are made more efficiently now,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The design, the operation, is still pretty much the same since Willis Carrier invented the air conditioning unit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the changes weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seeing now is the

federal government is phasing out Refrigerant 22 just as they did Refrigerant 12 several years ago,â&#x20AC;? said Taylor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are going to a newer ozone-friendly refrigerant called R-410A, which Carrier calls Puron. All of the air conditioning units made after 2010 will have this new refrigerant. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are also, of course, looking at efficiency to try to get more bang for the buck and make them where the utility bills will be less expensive.â&#x20AC;?

Celebrating 53 54 Years - Corinthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Largest Heating & Air Conditioning Company

Taylor Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc.

662-286-5717

No Job Too Large... No Job Too Small Quality Work At Reasonable Prices Call Today For Free Quotes On System Upgrade And Complete Installations

# " " !" " " $ "

Serving Corinth and the Surrounding Area For 50 Years

Daily Corinthian

Daily Corinthian â&#x20AC;˘ Sunday, February 26, 2012 â&#x20AC;˘ 9C

1607 S. Harper â&#x20AC;˘ Corinth, MS â&#x20AC;˘ 662-287-6111

Delivering Local News, Sports, Events and Top Quality Publications.

2012

ner

crossroads wedding plan Daily Corinthian

Lifestyles Plus Winter 201 2

The Best Local edding Resources:

W

â&#x20AC;&#x153;local experts for planning your perfect dayâ&#x20AC;?

Classic Catering

nning, friendly For experienced pla delicious service, unbelievably oms cakes, and gro d an s de bri homemade food, tering is corating, Classic Ca a unique style of de e. lif to ion vis ur the team to bring yo

' % (

" $

#

! ! )

&

Ginger Sto â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;A Trip of a ckton: Lifetimeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

REWIND

Corinth

Visitorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Guide

2010-2011

Crossroads Woman Spring Edition 2011

2011-2012

Pickinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; On The Square

Crossroads Woman Bridal Edition

2011

Daily Corinthian Hedgih GZk^Zl

Inside: - Corinth Home & Garden Tour - Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hot This Spring - New Dietary Guidelines - Junior Auxiliary Charity Ball - Cover Story: Corinth Elementary School Principal Denise Webb-Harrell

Be Informed.

Be Inspired.

Crossroads Woman Home Edition 2011

H & H Arrive Home

Miracle story of hope

The Spirit of Corinth is YOU Our Readers!

10C • Sunday, February 26, 2012 • Daily Corinthian

Tull Brothers celebrate 50 years of business Tull Brothers Inc., the Corinth-based distributor of specialty building products, celebrated 50 years of business this month.

The business was founded in 1962 by brothers Sam and Ray Tull.

What started as a twoman glass installation business has expanded over the years and now employs 105 people. Last year, Tull Brothers did $16 million in business, with a payroll of $4.1 million.

“It doesn’t feel like we’ve been here for 50 years,” said Sam Tull.

“We’ve enjoyed the business. Corinth and the surrounding areas have been good to us.”

The brothers began the venture after serving their

clude Center for Ceramics at Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art in Biloxi (designed by renowned architect Frank Gehry); and the new tower at the Memphis airport (the third tallest in the nation at 365 feet). They are getting ready for a job installing glass on another airport tower in New Orleans.

As Sam and Ray Tull approach the 50th anniversary of the founding of their successful business, Tull Brothers remains a family business.

In 1992 Sam bought Ray’s part of the company’s stock. After a brief taste of retirement, Ray returned to the business.

Nine Tull family members are currently involved at various levels in Tull Brothers.

“It doesn’t feel like we’ve been here for 50 years. We’ve enjoyed the business. Corinth and the surrounding areas have been good to us.”

Sam Tull Tull Brothers Inc. apprenticeship period as glaziers — construction professionals who select, cut, install, replace and remove glass — with the Binswanger Glass Company of Memphis.

While working for Binswanger Glass, the brothers did glass installations at Corinth’s First United Methodist Church, the National Bank of Commerce branch office on Shiloh Road, the Wurlitzer

building and numerous storefront renovations.

After spending so much time working in Corinth, they decided it would be a good place to open a business on their own.

Corinth is also near the brothers’ childhood home near Bethel Springs, Tenn. in McNairy County.

The first Tull Brothers facility was located in the Moses Building, at the corner of U.S. Highway 72 and U.S. 45. Within a year

the had outgrown the building and moved into a different building on Tate Street. The next year they built their current headquarters on Highway 72 East.

Tull Brothers Inc. continues to expand. It currently occupies almost 200,000 square feet of office and warehouse space in Corinth. Tull Brothers Inc. also has offices in Tupelo, Jackson, Tenn., and Collierville, Tenn.

They specialize in commercial glass and glazing; overhead door and material handling; hollow metal doors and hardware; industrial maintenance; residential glass and glazing; awning and canopy; and more.

Sam said the business’ operating area is from Fort Leavenworth, Kan., to Mobile, Ala., to Columbus, Ohio.

Some of Tull Brothers’ major recent projects in-

The Turn eatery serves up great cooking in friendly atmosphere The Turn is the place to go for the best 100 percent Black Angus steak in the Crossroads, cooked by one of the area’s most beloved and best known chefs, and so much more.

Located at Shiloh Ridge Golf and Athletic Club, The Turn restaurant is owned and operated by Mark Matthews, a newcomer to the restaurant business with a long history in sales and customer service, who is focused on making sure every customer gets a great meal in a comfortable, friendly atmosphere.

The kitchen at The Turn is helmed by Chef Ben Betts, a fixture on the Corinth culinary scene for 35 years.

Matthews said the aim at The Turn is to serve classic American style food made with the highest quality ingredients and served in a semi-upscale, comfortable atmosphere.

The high quality ingredients going into the meals served at The Turn include 100 percent Black Angus beef, the restaurant’s signature item. Betts cooks the high quality beef up in the form of steaks and his legendary prime rib.

Matthews said a lot of places claim to serve only 100 percent Black Angus, but

not many put effort into actually doing it.

“We can prove it,” he said.

Their other most popular dish is Catfish Creole, a catfish filet either blackened fried or pan seared and served on a bed of Cheddar Gouda grits.

The restaurant also offers a lunch buffet on Sundays featuring 18 freshly made items sure to please any tastes.

The Turn is currently open for lunch and dinner on Thursday and Friday, dinner on Saturday night and lunch on Sunday. After spring break during the second week of March, they’ll add Tuesday and Wednesday dinner and lunch and a sandwich counter lunch for golfers at the club on Saturdays.

The end of March will also bring fresh seafood night on Thursdays with top quality seafood delivered straight from Florida and the Gulf Coast.

With dinner entree prices ranging from $10 to $32, there’s sure to be something to fit every taste and every budget, making The Turn the perfect place for a casual lunch or dinner with friends or that special romantic night out.

The restaurant also offers catering and banquet space.

Located at Shiloh Ridge Golf Course & Shiloh Road

& Catering HOURS: Thursday & Friday 11:00-2:00 & 5:30-9:00 Saturday 5:30-9:00 Join us for Sunday Lunch Buffett 11:00-2:00

287-4760

Mark Matthews, Owner • Ben Betts, Chef OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Harbin Heating and Air Conditioning will soon open office in Corinth

HARBIN HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING, INC. 11354 Hwy 57 P.O. Box 53 Counce, TN 38326

It’s time to call Harbin.

Residential Commercial YORK

Harbin Heating and Air Conditioning has served the Corinth area for more than 20 years and will soon open a new satellite office in Corinth.

In 2002, a fire took out their Corinth office, but they were back up and running within a few days and never missed a beat in serving Corinth area customers. After the fire, Harbin established another location on Highway 57 in Pickwick.

Kevin Harbin, vice president of the business, said the satellite office is set to open by April at 2682 South Harper Road.

The business employs 15, including trained technicians and installers.

“Our focus is helping people save energy on their utility bills from a residential perspective, from a commercial perspective and from an industrial perspective,” he said.

Harbin Heating and Air can help customers see savings through maintenance contracts and innovations such as tankless hot water heaters and geothermal heating and cooling systems.

“Geothermal is a big portion of our commercial and residential business,” said Harbin.

A tax credit is available for homeowners and businesses who choose geothermal.

About geothermal

731.689.3651 1.888.689.3651 Corinth 662.287.6809

Here’s how geothermal works: As the seasons change from spring to winter, temperature varies throughout the year.

Some climates can vary from sweltering summers to freezing winters; Corinth included. But there is a fairly constant temperature, regardless of climate or season, just below the ground.

The Earth’s crust absorbs 47 percent of the sun’s heat (energy) and is maintained in the ground a few feet beneath the surface.

WaterFurnace geothermal systems draw from this free heat with an earth loop. This innovative technology recovers the sun’s heat, supplying your home or office with central heating and cooling.

Using the earth loop, a WaterFurnace geothermal heat pump pulls the heat from the ground in the heating cycle.

The geothermal system sucks the heat from the loops and delivers this warmed air through a standard duct system.

Additional options include using that same heat to provide hot water and radiant floor heating are available.

The heating process is reversed in the cooling mode — creating cool, conditioned air all through the home. Instead of extracting heat from the ground, heat is taken from the air in your home and either moved back into the earth loop or used to preheat the water in your hot water tank.

Taking advantage of geothermal energy to condition your home or business with efficient, environmentally friendly geothermal power just makes sense, and choosing WaterFurnace is a smart way to go “greener.”

Some other reasons to choose geothermal:

■ The EPA concluded that geothermal energy is the most environmentally friendly heating and cooling system available.

■ The U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory determined that geothermal energy is a cost-effective and more efficient method of heating and cooling than conventional residential systems.

■ Federal, state and local governments and utilities offer many rebates and tax incentives which encourage investment in geothermal heating and cooling.

While cost savings and energy usage will vary by region and type of system a geothermal pump is replacing, a geothermal solution will usually be more cost-effective, smarter, and certainly a greener alternative.

Geothermal tax credits The Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008 (H.R. 1424) allows: ■ a one-time tax credit of 30 percent of the total investment for residents who install residential ground loop or ground water geothermal heat pumps, and ■ a one-time tax credit of 10 percent of the total investment for building owners who install a commercial geothermal system.

Qualifying systems are required to meet or exceed EnergyStar requirements.

Corinth geothermal system owners can file for the tax credit by completing the Renewable Energy Credits subsection on their federal tax return forms. Geothermal tax credits are only offered through December 2016.

Daily Corinthian • Sunday, February 26, 2012 • 11C

Dr. Erica’s Aesthetic Centers

Dr. Erica’s Aesthetic Centers — one stop place for medical, salon, spa and laser treatments Dr. Erica’s Aesthetic Centers started with a vision: to create a place that had it all, but was still small enough to make customers feel at home, to have a place where one can come for true holistic care; mind, body and spirit, in a beautiful, yet casual, Christian environment.

Dr. Erica’s is a one-stop shop for medical, salon, spa and laser treatments. They offer great results and great service from a caring and compassionate staff.

Keeping up with the latest scientific advancements, Dr. Erica’s continues to add more technology and procedures as they are released to the public.

New for 2012 from Aveda is their hair straightening treatment. As with all of Aveda products, this is eco and client friendly. There is no formaldehyde in this process. Results can last 10 weeks and the process uses toulamine to help untwist the hair to allow it to relax.

Dr. Erica’s have also altered their pricing to help clients’ pocketbooks during this economically difficult time.

Dr. Erica’s Aesthetic Center in Corinth is located at 2000 Shiloh Road. They are open weekdays, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. and can

Erica Noyes, MD

• Botox • Juvéderm • Radiesse • Skin Lifting • Tightening • Rejuvenation • Sun Spot, Wrinkle & Hair Removal • Acne • Veins • Toenail Fungus • Microderms • Facials • Massage (LMT #1873) • Hair • Nails • OBAGI • gloMinerals • DermaRx

SAVINGS CERTIFICATE COUPON

Receive Erica Noyes, M.D.

any laser treatment and any spa and salon service Valid at both locations:

be reached at 662-284-9600. Dr. Erica’s Luxury Medi-Spa on Pickwick Lake is open Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., 662-667-0012.

Dr. Erica’s Aesthetic Centers, Corinth Dr. Erica’s Luxury Medi-Spa, Pickwick Lake Call 1-877-LAZR-SPA for your appointment.

*Coupon valid until March 30, 2012 • Cannot be combined with other specials

COUPON

J. Brown’s Trading Co. offers lastest fashions at reasonable prices J. Brown’s Trading Company in downtown Corinth offers the best of both worlds — the latest fashions at reasonable prices.

The quality boutique for women is located at 412 East Waldron Street, next to KC’s Expresso.

J. Brown’s offers high fashion clothing for work or evening.

Although certainly customers of all ages are welcome, the boutique’s target customer age is 30 to 50, says owner Jennifer Brown who opened the business in October 2010. (Brown’s family has been in business in Corinth over 65 years, having owned Corinth Dry Cleaners).

Tues-Fri. 10:00-5:30 Sat 10:00-3:00

Brown worked in corporate America for the past 11 years where she shopped in high-end boutiques when she lived in Colorado and most recently Texas.

She liked shopping at such locations as Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus and Anthropologie — and she wanted to bring a taste of such clothing selections to the area where she grew up.

“My goal is to bring some of the brands that I and my friends love to our area at reasonable prices,” Brown says.

Some of the fashion lines offered include Not Your Daughters Jeans and Level 99, in addition to Velvet Heart and Pure

Handknit sweaters.

Most of J. Brown’s clothing lines can be described as “something different” and not even carried in Tupelo, Brown said.

Clothing sizes range from extra small through 3X. “We carry one line that targets a plus size ... we’re the only store in town that does,” she said.

Jewelry and some gift items are also available, along with accessories such as belts and headbands to complement any outfit.

Hours are TuesdayFriday from 10-5:30 and Saturday from 10-3. The telephone number is (662) 287-2770.

Dr. Mike Weeden and his staff at Corinth Eye Clinic, Inc. are better serving their patients with top of the line equipment.

Corinth Eye Clinic uses latest technology to open eyes of patients The Corinth Eye Clinic Inc. is using modern technology to open the eyes of patients.

“The bottom line is that technology has changed the way we practice,” said owner Michael Weeden.

One piece of equipment that the clinic has used the past 11 years is the Optomap. The Optomap retinal exam allows optometrists the ability to scan 80 percent of the retina.

Optomap works when the patient places their eye to be photographed up to the instrument and the doctor’s assistant positions the patient for a photograph and takes the picture. The Optomap captures its image in only 1/4 of a second. The photographer takes two photos and evaluates the images. If the images look good the same thing is repeated on the second eye.

In some cases the view provided by the Optomap is superior to that of pupil dilation. For example, a patient that is very light sensitive will often refuse to have their pupils dilated because of the pain they experience.

“Optomap is part of our total comprehensive

exam and I am very proud to have made that investment 11 years ago,” said Dr. Weeden. “It allows you to catch diseases of the eye a lot sooner and that’s better for everyone.”

Another valuable technology piece is the Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) scanner.

The scanner takes 3D pictures of the different layers of your eye, using technology similar to an ultra sound scan. The retinal camera used by other opticians only gives a two dimensional image, so the information is not as detailed.

“The OCT has revolutionized the way to do things,” said the eye doctor.

Visioffice is another type of equipment that has helped the clinic better serve its patients. The all-in-one dispensing unit combines a quick and accurate measurement system to obtain all individual patient parameters required, assistance and advice on selecting a frame as well as information on various lens designs and value-added features.

Weeden also stressed that the office is only one in Corinth that is capable of making lens in an hour.

The eye doctor has some advice for those with young children.

“Children should have their eyes checked the first year of their life,” he said. “If something is wrong it can be treated sooner if detected at an early stage.”

The optometrist is quick to commend his staff.

“I am really proud of the office staff ... I will put them up against anyone around,” said Weeden of his six full-time employees. “They strive for patient excellence every day and without them this couldn’t be done.”

“Advanced Eye Care Today— Better Eyesight Tomorrow”

Dr. Michael Weeden

Advanced Eyecare Specialist

• Scanning retinal lasers for earliest detection of glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic problems, and other eye diseases • Custom fit contact lenses • New generation of “No Glare” lenses

3201 Gaines Rd. • Corinth, MS 662-286-8860

12C • Sunday, February 26, 2012 • Daily Corinthian

Magnolia Regional Health Center celebrates 47 years Business motto: One patient at a time. Vision: Remembering our past, creating our future, navigating the transformation, accepting only excellence. Mission: To provide the highest standard of care…One patient at a time.

Business plan, concepts & strategy: Magnolia Regional Health Center strives to continue to provide the highest quality healthcare to those in our community and the surrounding communities that we serve. Offering expert medical care in over 27 medical specialties, including a Heart & Vascular Center, radiology, cardiology, newly renovated birthing center, a Women’s Center, Diabetes Center, Cancer Center and more, MRHC allows our patients to receive top-notch care in a state-of-the-art facility close to home.

What makes your business unique?

MRHC is a large community hospital with topnotch technology, facilities, expertise, quality of care and comprehensive service lines that you will find in any major city. We offer the highest quality, comprehensive care to our patients, close to home. We reached our goal of achieving 99% in patient satisfaction, expanding our continuity of care and service lines offered, as well as providing the most advanced treatments for patients in our community and the surrounding communities that we serve.

What makes people do business with you? Everything mentioned above that makes us unique, combined with our commitment to providing service excellence to our patients, one patient at a time. We continue to expand our facility and grow our service lines

in an effort to provide our patients and community with the highest quality care, close to home.

What changes, improvement and/ or challenges has your business gone through since 2011?

Any plans for the future?

Over the past fiscal year, MRHC has made strides to continue to increase the quality of care that we provide to our patients.

We were able to reach our goal of achieving 99% in patient satisfaction which inspires us to continuously move toward our ultimate goal of pleasing our customers. In 2011, MRHC became a member of the MHCA STEMI Network.

Mississippi is making healthcare history by being the second state in the nation to develop and adopt a state-wide system of care for heart attack patients. Similar to South Carolina’s efforts, the protocols for gold standard care for ST elevation myocardial infarctions (STEMI) were developed through the Mississippi Healthcare Alliance (MHCA). These particular types of heart attacks are the deadliest.

The Alliance, a group of cardiologists, hospital staff specializing in cardiac care, emergency medical professionals, and the State Health Department, developed these standardized protocols based on research from the American College of Cardiology and The American Heart Association.

In conjunction with efforts to promote health and wellness at Magnolia Regional Health Center and within our community, MRHC became a tobacco free campus, effective June 1, 2011. MRHC joined hospitals across Mississippi in leading the way to healthier worksites, communities and a

healthier state.

In September 2011, MRHC became an accredited 200-bed acute care facility with the issuance of a Certificate of Need (CON) by the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH). Previously licensed for 164 beds, MRHC continues to grow and better serve the healthcare needs of our community by increasing the number of acute care beds available to our patients.

As part of our goal to provide the same level of care for all patients, MRHC completed a major renovation of our women’s services and birthing center. A separate five-bed Gynecology Unit was added with newly renovated rooms that include showers in each room, big screen TV’s and plenty of room for family and visitors.

A new physician’s lounge was added to the Gynecology Unit and both the exam room for out-patient testing and the nurse’s station were completely renovated.

The nursery was expanded to include one large room, complete with an extra viewing window with new, state-of-theart warmers and cribs in cherry oak. The Labor and Delivery Unit has been completely renovated as well, including opening up the nurse’s station and centralizing supplies.

As of February 2012, MRHC has completed the renovation of three of the eight Labor & Delivery rooms. These rooms are used for delivery and post-partum patients.

The observation room has been renovated to include individual rooms for privacy of both the patient and family. The Labor and Delivery Unit waiting area has been update to include new plush leather recliners and couches,

two big screen TV’s and window treatments.

In March 2011, MRHC introduced a new cardiac screening program called Vascu-Check. The screening is scheduled through MRHC Medistat Clinic and is a method of providing an assessment of one’s general cardiovascular health. Each check will include: EKG & Heart Rate of Pulse, Blood Pressure, Body Mass Index (BMI), Ultrasound of the Aorta, Ankle Brachial Index (ABI), and Carotid Ultrasound. Vascu-Check is now being offered at a cost of $40 due at time of screening, with no insurance billing.

MRHC held its first annual Care Conference for employees, focusing on educating employees about the patient experience and ways in which we can better serve our patients and achieve service excellence.

MRHC opened the Magnolia Women’s Center at Walnut in July 2011 and the Magnolia Women’s Center at Corinth in August 2011. The Magnolia Women’s Center at Corinth is currently located in a temporary facility at 3714 Highway 72 West, adjacent to the south side of the main Magnolia Regional Health Center campus.

The new 8,000-squarefoot permanent facility is expected to open in the spring of 2012.

In the past fiscal year, five physicians joined the MRHC team to help us better serve our community and meet the healthcare needs of our patients: Sami Akram, M.D. Emergency Medicine Jason Cesario, M.D. OB/GYN Diane Evans, D.O., M.S. OB/GYN Baron Herford, D.O. Internal Medicine Quinisha Logan, M.D. OB/GYN

Any Plans for 2012?

Construction began in September 2011 and continues through 2012 to expand and renovate our current facility including a newly constructed radiology department, emergency department and a centralized registration area. The renovation will also include a new main entrance to the hospital located on the south side of the facility.

John W. Prather, PhD, M.D., F.A.C.C. became a part of the MRHC team with the opening of Magnolia Cardiology Associates in January 2012. Dr. Prather will also serve an integral role as teaching faculty for MRHC’s new Cardiology Fellowship program that will begin in June 2012.

The addition of this program will allow MRHC to further its reputation as a top-notch osteopathic medical education teaching facility, by offering prospective medical students and residents both an Internal Medicine Residency Program and a Cardiology Fellowship Program. David Pizzimenti, D.O., F.A.C.O.I., currently serves as Director of Medical Education and Internal Medicine Program Director.

As the number of heart surgeries performed at MRHC continues to grow, Magnolia Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Clinic will welcome Billy D. Parsons, M.D., F. A.C.S., in April 2012.

Dr. Parsons is board certified in both General Surgery and Thoracic Surgery. He received his medical degree from the University of Oklahoma, College of Medicine where he completed residencies in both General Surgery and Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Parsons is associated with numerous professional organizations including

the American Medical Association, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, American College of Surgeons and Southern Thoracic Surgical Association.

The Magnolia Women’s Center at Corinth will open its new 8,000-square-foot permanent facility in the spring of 2012. The Center is currently located in a temporary facility at 3714 Highway 72 West, adjacent to the south side of the main Magnolia Regional Health Center campus.

The new facility is under construction adjacent to the temporary facility.

MRHC will open a new Orthopaedic Center in mid2012 offering patients an all encompassing, comprehensive approach to orthopaedic surgery and care. The center will be located in the hospital’s main facility.

Magnolia Regional Health Center continues to offer community education and events including the annual Women’s Health Conference; an annual Cancer Conference; a Breast Cancer Awareness campaign including an education luncheon, discounted mammograms to women who qualify and educational events throughout the month of October; and Winter Wonderland. These events allow MRHC the opportunity to show gratitude to our community for its support throughout the year.

Additional information: Since 1965, Magnolia Regional Health Center has had a tradition of focusing on the local community in the provision of health, as well as having a strong commitment to those it serves. Bringing quality physicians to our area and training hometown doctors is important, creating a bond between MRHC and the community it serves.

PARDON OUR DUST as we continue to make improvements to better serve you.

Construction began in September 2011 and continues through 2012 to expand and renovate our current facility including a newly constructed radiology department, emergency department and a centralized registration area. The renovation will also include a new main entrance to the hospital located on the south side of the facility and a new Women’s Center located on Highway 72.

FREE VALET PARKING CONTINUES TO BE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT CONSTUCTION. Thank you for continually allowing us to serve the healthcare needs of our patients and the community.

611 ALCORN DRIVE | CORINTH, MISSISSIPPI 38834 | 662.293.1000 | www.MRHC.org