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Murder suspect bond set at $500,000 BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

A Corinth man was formally charged with murder Monday afternoon in the weekend shooting death of Tavarus Holland. Norman Tyrone Mitchell, 36, of Martin Luther King Drive, appeared in Corinth Municipal Court for arraignment and was formally charged with murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Judge John

outside the American Legion post on South Tate Street between midnight Friday night and 1 a.m. Saturday. The building had been rented

Police continue investigation after man was fatally shot at weekend party outside Legion Ross Jr. set bond at $500,000 and appointed Clay Nails to serve as counsel for Mitchell, who made no statements before the court. The suspect was on probation with the Mississippi Department of Corrections on a sale of

cocaine charge. Although the 29-year-old victim had an address on Dickey Street in Corinth, he is from Holly Springs, where funeral services will be held at J.F. Brittenum & Son Funeral Home, according to Coroner Jay Jones.

Detective Capt. Ralph Dance said the Corinth Police Department is continuing its investigation with several more witnesses being sought for questioning. The department is also looking at phone records. The shooting happened

Mitchell

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City targets over dozen properties for cleanup BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

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The M&M Girls Relay for Life team get ready to ‘Iron Out a Cure’ at their upcoming golf tournament. Pictured from left are (front) the original M&M Girls, Martha Howell and Marla Shettles; and (standing) Melinda Billingsley, Ann Cooper, Janice Knighton, Pam Verdung, Kim Davis, Barbara Mitchell and Mary Beth Anderson.

M &M Girls ‘Iron Out a Cure’ BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com

The M&M Girls Relay for Life team invite the community to “Iron Out a Cure” at their upcoming golf tournament. The team’s first annual Relay for Life golf tournament — an 18-hole, four-person scramble — will be held Friday, May 11, at Pickwick Landing State Park. Registration will begin at

noon, and at 1 p.m. a shotgun blast will signal the start for the teams spread out across 18 holes. The tournament will also include a putting contest, Closest to the Pin contest, Longest Drive, Circle of Hope contest, along with drawings and prizes for a fun day to celebrate, remember and fight back. In the hole-in-one contest, golfers will aim to sink the ball

in one swing to win a car donated by Brose Autoplex. Deadline for golfer registration is May 4. The M&M Girls are also seeking sponsorships for the event. Business/individual hole sponsorships are available for $100. Sponsorships can be dedicated in honor or in memory of a person whose life was touched by cancer. All proceeds from the event

will go to benefit the American Cancer Society. “We are passionate about finding a cure and helping people celebrate more birthdays,” said Martha Howell, a cancer survivor and one of the original M&M Girls. After working in team development in previous years’ Relay events, Howell decided Please see CURE | 2

Hundreds showing support for wreck victim

More than a dozen addresses are targeted in the City of Corinth’s next round of property cleanup. The Community Development and Planning office recently sent letters to the property owners notifying them of the city’s desire to see the properties cleaned. Three are located on Proper Street, but the new group of addresses is not concentrated in any particular area. Overgrown lots, a fallen tree and a burnedout home are among the issues identified at these addresses. “There are other properties that are being assessed, and letters are going out very soon,” said Code Enforcement Officer Kim Ratliff. “We ask that if residents know their property needs some attention to do the easiest and the right thing by bringing their property into compliance.” Notices went to the following: ■ 2104 Proper St. — A burned structure that needs to be sePlease see CLEANUP | 2

Shiloh battlefield celebrates special week BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com

SELMER, Tenn. — Larron King has worked tirelessly to help young cancer patients and their families. Now the founder of Lauren King Ministries and his family are the ones in need. King was seriously injured in an automobile accident coming home from work last week. He was transported to the Regional Medical Center (Med) and remains in ICU with a severe spinal injury. Hundreds of supporters came together to pray for the family at the Selmer City Park on Thursday night. The “Pack the Park Prayer Meeting” lifted up the King family through music and devotionals. “He (Larron) usually isn’t on the end of receiving, it’s usually him giving,” said King’s sister

Staff photo by Steve Beavers

Shiloh National Military Park is offering different activities each day this week in observance of National Park Week. “The National Park Service celebrates National Park Week every year about this time, around Earth Day, in all 397 national parks,” explained Park Ranger Chris Mekow. “It’s an opportunity for people to come out and see what their country has to offer.” Today’s offering, “From Slave to Soldier,” will explore the life of Andrew Jackson Smith. Smith began life as a slave in Kentucky and would go on to be an eyewitness of the Battle of Shiloh, a Union soldier and a posthumous recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions during the Civil War. The 30-minute programs will begin at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. On Wednesday, visitors to the park can join Ranger Charlie Spearman on a car tour of the

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Becky Smith writes down some words of encouragement for traffic accident victim Larron King and his family.

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Index Stocks........7 Classified......14 Comics...... 11 Wisdom...... 10

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

On this day in history 150 years ago The Battle of New Orleans. Convinced the bombardment of Forts Jackson and St. Phillip has been ineffective, Adm. David G. Farragut runs his ships past the forts and sweeps aside the enemy gunboat fleet. Several Union ships are damaged, but only one is sunk.

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Things to do Today Walking tours In observance of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the Corinth Area Visitors & Convention Bureau is offering free guided tours of the city’s Civil War-related sites. A tour will begin tonight at 6 p.m. at the Corinth Depot. For more information, visit corinthcivilwar.com or call the Tourism Office at 287-8300.

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Larron King supporters Mike Maness (from left), Becky Smith and Chris Whitten drop cards with words of encouragement in a box to be read by the King family.

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Sheila Henry. “He would be humbled and overwhelmed to know all of you have come together.” King started the ministry in memory of his daughter, Lauren, with his wife, Anita, and son, Wes, all heavily involved. Lauren King died in 1997 at the age one year and eight days. She was born on Mother’s Day May 12, 1996 and was taken to St. Jude six hours after she was delivered, suffering with AML Leukemia. For over 10 years the family and their friends

have made their way to the Ronald McDonald House in Memphis. Once a month they provided a meal to the families at the house along with a children’s activity and worship service. Larron and Anita have at times spent their own money to make sure the families staying at the RMH have a great meal. Supporters had a chance to send cards of encouragement to the family on Thursday night. A bright spot of the night was Anita and Wes were able to see the crowd praying for Larron through a video phone connection.

“They need a miracle,” said one of the event organizers, Chris Whitten. “The family has had tragedy in their life before and turned that tragedy into a positive ... they have helped so many and if anyone can turn this around it’s Larron and Anita.” Those wanting to donate to the family can do so at any Regions Bank by mailing the donation to Larron R. King Special Account or by contacting Whitten at 901-8260923. Writer Jeff York contributed to this story.

On Friday, park visitors will have the opportunity to join Ranger Mekow for “Tending the Wounded and Burying the Dead,” a car caravan that will explore the aftermath of the Battle of Shiloh. Slated for 1 to 3:30 p.m., the tour will focus on the first front-line surgical hospital of the war, the medical care offered to the troops and the burial of thousands of dead soldiers. The tour will end with a walk around Shiloh National Cemetery. Visitors should meet at the tent hospital site, tour stop #14, at 1 p.m. Saturday’s program, “Uniform of the Civil War Soldier,” will be presented at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Rang-

er Timothy Arnold will showcase and discuss the uniforms and personal items of both Union and Confederate soldiers. The 30-minute programs will show examples of materials used for uniforms, the construction of garments and distribution of clothing to the armies. The programs will be held on the lawn in front of the Visitor Center. Rain or severe weather will cancel scheduled programs. For the latest updates — including weather information and schedule changes — go to Shiloh National Military Park’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/shilohNMP or call the Visitor Center at 731-689-5696.

Overgrown; an associated lot on Fifth Street has received some attention, but more work is needed. ■ 3008 North Polk St. — some progress noted ■ 1605 East Fifth St.and 1405 East Third Street (same owner) — some progress noted When property owners do not cooperate or do not respond, the Board of Aldermen can order the property to be cleaned and add the cost to the owner’s tax bill. Ratliff said the city has seen some good progress this year thanks to property owners working with the city. “Since we have had such warm weather, our efforts did not slow down the way it generally would in the late fall and winter,” said Ratliff.

But, since grass started growing early, that may make it challenging to keep up with the overgrown lots this spring, he said. While the current batch of addresses is scattered, Ratliff said a focus on the Wick, Tate and Ross street areas is planned later in the year. Last week, the Board of Aldermen gave a continuance to May 1 for property at 213 North Parkway, where some cleanup work has been done. On a burned property that has been condemned at the corner of Fourth and Madison, Building Inspector Philip Verdung reported that a new owner is working to bring the property up to code before putting it up for sale.

shot him with a handgun as he left the party. Holland was struck by a round that entered his upper chest area and exited from his back. Holland was taken to Magnolia Regional Health Center, where he died a short time later.

Mitchell left the scene of the shooting, and police obtained a warrant for his arrest for murder. The department received information that led to his arrest around noon Saturday at an apartment on Meeks Street.

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battlefield. The tour will stop at important sites and include discussions of the strategy and tactics of Shiloh. The Car Caravan Tour is scheduled for 1 to 3:30 p.m. “Life at the Shiloh Indian Mound Village” — a hike around the ancient Indian village with Ranger Marcus Johnson — will be conducted on Thursday. Tour participants will discover the people of 1100 AD, the foods they ate, games they played and how they interacted with other villages. Two hikes are scheduled from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and 2 to 3 p.m. Participants will meet at the Indian Mounds Kiosk.

Join Havis Hurley and the Corinth Hope Dream Center as they raise money for the homeless/emergency shelter for women and children at Sweet Peppers in Corinth tonight from 5-8 p.m. If you can’t come to dinner, donations can be made at BancorpSouth Bank, Hope Dream Center Mission account.

National Park Week In commemoration of National Park Week, Shiloh National Military Park is hosting several special programs and tours about the bloody battle of Shiloh, the Civil War, and the Shiloh Indian Mounds. Programs will be offered through Saturday April 28. For more information visit the park website at www.nps.gov/shil, find Shiloh on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ ShilohNMP, or call the Visitor Center at 731689-5696. Rain or severe weather will cancel scheduled programs.

Library exhibit The Corinth Artist

Guild Gallery is displaying computer enhanced photographs by Ray Tinsley at The Corinth Public Library. Also on display at the library are the paintings of Dot Courson, Florence Milam, Bruce Biglow, Judy Ferguson and Toni Spink.

has the 2012 Official MS Golf Guide and brochures for golf courses throughout the state including the Corinth recreational guide insert. The Mississippi Wildlife & Fisheries DVD will play throughout the month featuring state parks with golf courses.

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The Bishop Activity Center is having the following activities this week: Today — Exercise. Senior Citizens 60 and older are welcome and encouraged to attend. Daily activities include crafts, jigsaw puzzles, quilting, table games (Dominoes & Rook), washer games and Rolo Golf.

A collection of “Civil War Impressions” is featured at the Corinth Artist Guild Gallery to coincide with ongoing sesquicentennial activities. The featured artists are Jesse Ables, Tony Bullard, Kenneth Lee, Victor Moore, David Rickman and Ray Tinsley. The exhibit also includes “The Key to Corinth,” a commissioned work by Keith Rocco depicting Col. William P. Rogers at Battery Robinett. Prints and some of the originals will be for sale. Art gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Senior activities The First Presbyterian Senior Adult Ministry is hosting a Wii sports class for senior adults on Tuesdays at 9 a.m. There is no cost to participate. Call the church office at 286-6638 to register or Kimberly Grantham at 284-7498.

Golf Month The Alcorn County Welcome Center is ready for golf. Stop in and register for a drawing for certificates to be given away at the end of the month provided by the Natchez Trace Golf Club in Saltillo. The Corinth Area Convention & Visitors Bureau has provided golf tee’s with their website information on them for random giveaways for the month. The Welcome Center

Zumba classes From now through June, Baptist Memorial Hospital-Booneville will sponsor a free Zumba class at the Westside Community Center every Tuesday starting at 6 p.m. Doors will open 30 minutes before the class begins — no one will be allowed to enter after the class starts. For more information, contact Sergio Warren at 720-5432 or sergio.warren@bmhcc. org; or Susan Henson at 212-2745 or slhenson2009@hotmail. com.

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cured ■ 1805 Proper St. — Overgrown lot and roof of home falling in ■ 2201 Proper St. — Debris strewn and overgrown ■ 1116 Meigg St. — Overgrown ■ 5 Sunny Wood Lane — Overgrown ■ 1515 Meigg and an empty lot just to the east — Overgrown ■ 1205 Sixth St. — Overgrown ■ 1216 Shiloh Road — Overgrown ■ 1002 Douglas St. — Overgrown ■ 1017 Linden St. ■ Corner of Dunlap and Crater — Overgrown ■ 1103 Tate St. — House damaged by fallen tree ■ 1510 Meeks St. —

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for a party where alcohol was being illegally served. Dance said Mitchell apparently believed the victim had “snitched” on him. He waited for Holland outside the building and

Staff photo by Mark Boehler

Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall donation Luke Doehner, owner of the Generals’ Quarters Bed and Breakfast Inn and Pittsburgh Landing Grill, presents $900 to Bobby McDaniel of the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall committee. The money will go toward the $15,000 goal by the local 501 c3 charity U.S. Veteran Volunteers and Family Honors group to return the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall to Corinth on June 2225. Doehner donated a percentage of his sales between Thanksgiving and Christmas to the cause, plus he agreed to provide room and board to “Bad” Bob Couch, a Vietnam War reenactor who will perform during opening ceremonies at the site of the local wall on June 22 on the grounds of North Corinth Baptist Church. An estimated 11,000 people visited the traveling wall when it came to Corinth on Sept. 1-6, 2010. For additional information on how to help the effort, contact Tom Charters at 662-284-0739.

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it was time to participate in a new position. “This is the first year for us to have our own team,” she said. “When I worked in team development it looked like so much fun, and we wanted to give it a try.” The team met Friday at KC’s Espresso to discuss the success of their recent Fish Fry and make plans for the golf tournament. The fish fry was a huge fundraising success, with more than 500 plates sold. “There were so many people that showed up to

support us — it was just wild!” exclaimed team member Janice Knighton. For the original M&M Girls, Howell and Marla Shettles, finding a cure for cancer is a cause they take very personally. Howell was diagnosed with cancer in 2007 and is currently clear of the disease. Shettles was diagnosed in 2009, and is now going through her third round of treatments. “It’s a club we don’t want anybody else to have to join,” said Howell. “We don’t want another mother to have to face

the thought of leaving her babies,” added Shettles, a mother of two. Entry fee for the golf tournament is $75 per golfer. The entry fee covers green fee, cart, lunch, range golf balls and one mulligan. Make checks payable to M&M Girls Relay for Life, P.O. Box 242, Corinth, MS 38834. For tournament information and/or hole sponsorships contact Tournament Chair Martha Howell at 662-4151805; Ann Cooper at 662-415-9999; or Pickwick Landing State Park Pro-shop at 731-6893149.

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Deaths Ruby Rogers

BOONEVILLE — Ruby Rogers, 72, died Sunday, April 22, 2012, at Sanctuary Hospice in Tupelo. Arrangements are pending with Patterson Memorial Chapel of Corinth.

Betty Jo Ballard

IUKA — Funeral services for Betty Jo Ballard, 84, are set for 12 noon Wednesday at Ludlam Funeral Home with burial at Corinth National Cemetery. Mrs. Ballard died Sunday, April 22, 2012. Survivors include one son, Gary Ballard (Linda) of Iuka; two brothers, Maxell Hinchey of Dyersburg, Tenn., and Rayborn Hinchey (Peggy) of Anchorage, Alaska; one sister, Emma Thompson (Bill) of Shelby; and six grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jay ballard; her parents, Oscar and Effie Hinchey; and one sister, Maxine Franklin. Visitation is Wednesday from 11 a.m. until service time.

Sam Dean

Funeral services for Samuel L. “Sam” Dean, 83, of Corinth, are set for 11 a.m. Wednesday at Cutshall Funeral Home Chapel in Iuka with burial at Oak Grove Cemetery. Mr. Dean died Sunday, April 22, 2012, at Magnolia Regional Health Center. He was a member of Rocky Springs United Methodist Church. He was a Mason and a steward of the Memphis area Teamsters Union for more than 40 years. He taught school at the Central Grammar School. Survivors include four daughters, Wanda Harmon (the Rev. Terry Sr.) of Corinth, Martha Davis (Lonnie) of Horn Lake, Patricia Gaffney of Mountain View, Ark., and Rebecca Dean of Corinth; two stepsons, Eric and Maurice Taylor, both of Memphis, Tenn.; two sisters, Mary Dean Hall and Sarah Harvey (Paul), both of Iuka; 13 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Reginald and Victoria Dean; his wife, Charlene Bullard Dean; and his brother, H.W. “Duck” Dean. The Rev. Terry L. Harmon II and Jerry Guillory will officiate the service. Visitation is today from 5 until 9 p.m.

Jim Walker

Funeral services for James “Jim” Walker, 78, of Corinth, are set for 1 p.m. Wednesday at Corinthian Funeral Home with burial at Forrest Memorial Park. Mr. Walker, owner of Jim’s Auto Supply, died Monday, April 23, 2012, at Darlington Oaks Hospice in Verona. He was a military veteran and was on the executive council of Freed-Hardeman College. He was a member of Northside Church of Christ. Survivors include his wife, Velda Jean Walker of Corinth; a son, Tony Walker (Cindy) of Cordova, Tenn.; two daughters, Myra Dawson (Billy) and Lisa Walker Horner (Greg), both of Corinth; a brother, Johnny Walker of Ohio; three sisters, Bernice Latch (Bob) of Corinth, Betty Sue Holloway (Ray Gene) of Kossuth and Brenda Walker of Ohio; and grandchildren Whitney Walker Cook (Zach), James “Drew” Dawson, Colby Horner and Connor Horner. He was preceded in death by his parents, Wilfred and Bessie Gammill Walker; three brothers, Ray, Carl and Fred Walker; and a sister, Dorothy Fike. Bron. Tim Nall will officiate the service. Visitation is today from 6 until 8 p.m.

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Culture Trip Alcorn Central High School Theatre and Art students, under the direction of Mrs. Leanne Williams and Mrs. Julie Pittman, recently enjoyed a day full of culture, Memphis style. The group began their day at the Orpheum Theatre where they watched the ballet “Cinderella” performed by Ballet Memphis. The groups enjoyed both the neo-classical sets of this production which were purchased from the London Ballet Company, as well as the amazing architecture of the theatre itself. After the ballet they dined at one of the highly regarded local Mexican restaurants, Mi Toro Loco and then traveled on to the Brooks Museum in Overton Square. There the students were led on a docent guided tour of the gallery’s permanent exhibit. Finally the Alcorn Central students were given an opportunity to create some of their own art. After viewing and discussing, “Man, Spirit, Mask” a triptych created by American artist Willie Cole, students created their own version of “Man, Spirit, Mask” reminiscent of Cole’s style.

Coming Up ■ An Iuka group is working to drum up interest in a Battle of Iuka reenactment to be held later this year with the city’s annual festival. Watch for staff writer Jebb Johnston’s story coming this week. ■ Crews from APAC have started work on a $1.2 million taxiway rehabilitation project at the Corinth-Alcorn County Airport. Look for the upcoming story and photos by staff writer/photographer Bobby J. Smith. ■ The 15th Annual Leon Frazier Memorial

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In real life, federal chumps don’t change BY ROGER SIMON The space shuttle Discovery was flown last Tuesday on the back of a modified Boeing 747 from the Kennedy Space Center near Cape Canaveral, Fla., to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum annex near Dulles Airport, outside Washington, D.C., for a delivery fee of $11 million. I am not complaining about the cost, though I do find it -- only small pun intended -- astronomical. Getting the Discovery, which weighs 83 tons, aboard the 747 requires special equipment, and getting it off will require two cranes -- but still: $11 million for one flight of about 800 miles? But as I say, I am not complaining about the cost. The Discovery will be on display at one of the most extraordinary museums in the world, the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Fairfax County, Va., a place well worth visiting. The Washington Post did a really nice article recently on the planned transfer of the Discovery. The story was rich in detail and well-written, and I read it all the way to the end, an effort I usually reserve only for my own articles. So that is why, four paragraphs from the end, I found this: “NASA calculated a delivery fee of $11 million, but the intragovernment transfer of funds ‘just got too complicated,’ said (Valerie) Neal (curator of human spaceflight at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum). So NASA waived the charges.” This is what I am complaining about. The bookkeeping of one government agency paying another government agency was so hugely complicated that nobody in the entire federal government could figure out how to do it, and so an $11 million fee was simply “waived.” In Washington, this did not cause a ripple of interest. After all, the late U.S. Sen. Everett Dirksen of Illinois allegedly once said, “A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon, you’re talking real money.” And Washington is the place where the Buffett Rule, which would raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans, is sneered at because it would raise only a pathetic $47 billion over 10 years. So, you see, Ev Dirksen was wrong. In Washington, a “billion here, a billion there” is not considered “real” money at all. But if somebody owed you $11 million like the Smithsonian owed the NASA, I bet you could have figured out a way to get it. Me, I would have asked for a check (certified, if possible) or a wire transfer. A U-Haul truck full of cash would have been gratefully accepted. Imagine if this $11 million had existed in your real life instead of the fantasy life of Washington. (The scene opens at the kitchen table of Henry and Martha. The table is covered with a red-and-white checkered oilcloth. The morning sun weakly lights the room as Henry mops up the last of his sunny-side-up egg with a piece of toast and Martha sips her coffee from a chipped mug that says, “World’s Greatest Grandma.” The kitchen could be in Des Moines or Butte or Macon or Spokane or a thousand other U.S. cities or towns.) Henry (wiping his mouth with a paper napkin): “Martha, if I owed you $11 million, would you find a way to collect it?” Martha (putting down her cup): “Henry, if you owed me 11 hundred dollars, I’d sell you to the circus if I thought they’d pay that much for you.” (The scene is the sleek, yet comfortable boardroom of Kraft Foods in Northfield, Ill., a suburb of Chicago. Around a sleek, yet comfortable conference table sit seven sleek, yet comfortable vice presidents and the CEO.) CEO: “What seems to be the problem?” Vice President for Macaroni: “The cheese division owes us $11 million and won’t pay.” Vice President for Cheese: “It’s not that we won’t pay; we can’t figure out how to pay. So we suggest the macaroni division just waive the $11 million.” CEO: “You’re fired. Next up is Oreos. Is there a problem? Vice President for Cookies: “No, sir!” Vice President for White Stuff: “No, sir!” But that’s real life. That’s not the government. In the government, everything is a problem, including how to transfer money from one pocket to another. As I write this, I am watching the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on C-SPAN. It is investigating how the General Services Administration, which has 12,000 employees and an annual budget of more than $26 billion, blew through $800,000 on a lavish and vulgar party for some of its employees in Las Vegas in 2010. That kind of money is just chump change, of course. And I am guessing that the investigation of the misspending of $800,000 will probably cost the government more than $800,000. But it is necessary. In Washington, we call this reform. (Roger Simon is chief political columnist of politico.com, an award-winning journalist and a New York Times best selling author.)

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State ‘move over’ expands to utilities BY JACK ELLIOTT JACKSON — Mississippi’s existing “Move Over Law” now protects utility crews working alongside busy highways and local roads. Since 2007, the law has safeguarded law enforcement, fire and highway construction workers. The expanded legislation, with protection for utility crews, takes effect July 1. Other states, including Tennessee and North Carolina, have made changes to their laws in recent years. Mississippi’s law the past five years has required motorists to move at least one lane away or slow down when they approach emergency vehicles that are parked on the roadside with lights flashing. If drivers don’t make room, they risk getting ticketed. The new law will give electricity, water, gas and telecommunications workers laboring at roadside with emergency lights flashing on their trucks

the same protection while working close to passing traffic. It’s a question of public safety. And that, says Ron Stewart, senior vice president of cooperative services for Electric Power Associations of Mississippi, is what got the 26 power associations involved. “In past years, not so much recently, we have had our folks injured just because they were working on the side of road. It is a matter of safety for our employees who many times are working in adverse conditions, at night or just on the roadside.” House Public Utilities Committee Chairman Jim Beckett, R-Bruce, said the issue is about public safety for motorists and workers. “We’re talking about workers who are out late at night with their equipment and they’re moving around their vehicles ... it was best for use to provide for both their protection and the

public,” Beckett said. The amendment to the “move over” law is the most recent effort by the Legislature, the Mississippi Department of Transportation and other advocates to make roads safer. Lawmakers in the past few years have strengthened Mississippi DUI laws, required seat belt usage and cranked up the penalty for passing a stopped school bus. They also have reduced the speed limit in work zones to 60 miles an hour and doubled the fines for violators. A 2010 state law requires motorists to give cyclists a clearance of at least three feet. MDOT kicks off this week a public awareness campaign for what it calls “Don’t Barrel Through Work Zones. Drive Smart to Arrive Alive.” The agency wants to help save lives and reduce work zone related injuries, said Southern District Transportation Commissioner Tom King.

MDOT also will be setting up displays at welcome centers across the state, except Itawamba County, in support of Go Orange for National Work Zone Awareness Week. King said the purpose of the laws is to keep a safe environment for the work crews and the public. That has not always worked out. King said two years ago two MDOT workers were killed at a work site near Lumberton. Another worker was killed recently at a construction site in southwest Mississippi. “I think we probably have the laws in place that we need. What we need is for people to please obey the law and respect the laws in construction areas,” said King, who was chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee before winning election to the MDOT commission in 2011. Jack Elliott writes for The Associated Press out of Jackson.

The media provoke racism in shooting case Whatever the ultimate outcome of the case against George Zimmerman for his shooting of Trayvon Martin, what has happened already is enough to turn the stomach of anyone who believes in either truth or justice. An amazing proportion of the media has given us a painful demonstration of the thinking -- and lack of thinking -- that prevailed back in the days of the old Jim Crow South, where complexion counted more than facts in determining how people were treated. One of the first things presented in the media was a transcript of a conversation between George Zimmerman and a police dispatcher. The last line in most of the transcripts shown on TV was that of the police dispatcher telling Zimmerman not to continue following Trayvon Martin. That became the basis of many media criticisms of Zimmerman for continuing to follow him. Only later did I see a transcript of that conversation on the Sean Hannity program that included Zimmerman’s reply to the police dispatcher: “O.K.” That reply removed the only basis for assuming that Zimmerman did in fact continue to follow Trayvon

Martin. At this point, neither I nor the people who assumed that he continThomas ued to follow the teenager Sowell have any Columnist basis in fact for believing that he did or didn’t. Why was that reply edited out by so many in the media? Because too many people in the media see their role as filtering and slanting the news to fit their own vision of the world. The issue is not one of being “fair” to “both sides” but, more fundamentally, of being honest with their audience. NBC News carried the editing even further, removing one of the police dispatcher’s questions, to which Zimmerman was responding, in order to feed the vision of Zimmerman as a racist. In the same vein were the repeated references to Zimmerman as a “white Hispanic.” Zimmerman is half-white. So is Barack Obama. But does anyone refer to Obama as a “white African?” All these verbal games grow out of the notion that complexion tells you who is to be blamed and who is

not. It is a dangerous game because race is no game. If the tragic history of the old Jim Crow South in this country is not enough to show that, the history of racial and ethnic tragedies is written in blood in countries around the world. Millions have lost their lives because they looked different, talked differently or belonged to a different religion. In the midst of the Florida tragedy, there was a book published with the unwieldy title, “No Matter What ... They’ll Call This Book Racist.” Obviously it was written well before the shooting in Florida, but its message -- that there is rampant hypocrisy and irrationality in public discussions of race -- could not have been better timed. Author Harry Stein, a self-described “reformed white liberal,” raised by parents who were even further left, exposes the illogic and outright fraudulence that lies behind so much of what is said about race in the media, in politics and in our educational institutions. He asks a very fundamental question: “Why, even after the Duke University rape fiasco, does the media continue to give credence to every charge of

racism?” Harry Stein credits Shelby Steele’s book “White Guilt” with opening his eyes to one of the sources of many counterproductive things said and done about race today -- namely, guilt about what was done to blacks and other minorities in the past. Let us talk sense, like adults. Nothing that is done to George Zimmerman -- justly or unjustly -will unlynch a single black man who was tortured and killed in the Jim Crow South for a crime he didn’t commit. Letting hoodlums get away with hoodlumism today does not undo a single injustice of the past. It is not even a favor to the hoodlums, for many of whom hoodlumism is just the first step on a path that leads to the penitentiary, and maybe to the execution chamber. Winston Churchill said, “If the past sits in judgment on the present, the future will be lost.” He wasn’t talking about racial issues, but what he said applies especially where race is involved. (Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www.tsowell.com.)

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State Briefs Town aims to inspire future teachers OCEAN SPRINGS (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Starting this fall, Ocean Springs High School will offer a new program that introduces young people to the teaching profession. Officials tell WLOX-TV that students now wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to wait until their senior year or even college to decide if they want to pursue a career in teaching. The school system will offer what is called Teacher Academy I and II. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are always on the lookout for quality teachers and we feel like our quality students in Ocean Springs are going to be our best candidates. So we can start them early in tenth grade and introduce them to the profession. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to grow our own teachers so to speak,â&#x20AC;? said Jan Griffin, principal of the Keys Technology Center. Students in the twoyear program will get to

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to court documents. The incident occurred in February of 2009. Ashford was fired from his job in August of 2009.

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ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A former South Delta High School teacher is back in jail for violating his probation from a 2009 statutory rape conviction. The Vicksburg Post reports that Rodney Ashford of Rolling Fork, was found guilty this past week of violating his probation for a conviction for statutory rape. Circuit Judge Isadore Patrick sentenced Ashford to complete an alcohol and drug treatment program followed by probation for a period not to exceed his original 10-year sentence. Ashford was convicted Dec. 2, 2009, of statutory rape for having sex in his classroom with a 14-yearold student, according

JACKSON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Mississippi Sierra Club is warning that regulators may give Mississippi Power the ability to spend more money building its coal-fired Kemper County power plant. Mississippi Power Co., a unit of Atlanta-based Southern Co., is building what is supposed to be a $2.4 billion plant. In March, the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled the commission failed to adequately explain reasons for easing financial restrictions. But March 30, the PSC gave temporary approval to keep building, citing financial losses if construction stopped. Critics said that approval exceeded the PSCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s authority to give

temporary permissions. The Sierra Club said Monday that it expects the PSC to give new final permission to Mississippi Power Tuesday. The group says the company is trying to get the PSC to lift the current $2.88 billion cost cap.

American Queen again visiting Natchez port NATCHEZ (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; It was absent from Natchez for nearly five years. But the American Queen steamboat is back. The American Queen made its first stop in Natchez under new ownership last week and was on its way back Monday. The boat began its second cruise in New Orleans Thursday and has

stopped in Oak Alley and St. Francisville, La., on its way to Natchez, according to The Natchez Democrat. Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s visit will be the last for the Queen for several weeks. The steamboat will do three tours on the upper Mississippi River, visiting Memphis and Cincinnati before it returns to Natchez on May 18. After that the steamboat will dock in Natchez weekly through late June.

Tradition â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;blessing of the fleetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; returns PASS CHRISTIAN (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fishermen in Pass Christian hope this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 36th annual blessing of the fleet will bring bountiful catches after the hardships of the BP oil spill. Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ceremony

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marked a return to tradition for the blessing. In recent years, priests have blessed the boats while staying aboard a yacht with judges who decided awards for best decorated boats. This year, they returned to the tradition of visiting boats on foot. The Rev. Chris Colby of Trinity Episcopal Church and Rev. Khoa Vo of Holy Family Catholic Church walked the docks and sprinkled each boat with holy water. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been up and down for the last few years,â&#x20AC;? said Jesse Shifalo. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had a boat for 10 years. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been fishing, commercial fishing and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been up and down. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a part of it, part of being a fisherman.â&#x20AC;?

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