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• Corinth, Mississippi • 16 pages • 1 section

Man of murdered family finds and shares forgiveness

Water line accident

BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

Staff photo by Steve Beavers

Work on a drainage project in the Alcorn Drive area Friday morning resulted in a severed water line. Gas & Water Department Manager John Rhodes said it took about 90 minutes to make repairs. Some water customers on Alcorn Drive and U.S. 72 had a brief service outage as a result of the accident, including some nearby medical facilities. Traffic also had to be rerouted.

Terry Caffey had everything taken away from him on March 1, 2008. His wife and two sons were murdered with Caffey shot five times and left for dead that early morning in Alba, Texas. The story took another tragic turn when investigators determined the triple murders were orchestrated by Caffey’s own daughter. “His story is one of forgiveness,” said Tate Baptist Church pastor Brother Mickey Trammel. “Those who are harboring hatred in their heart need to hear what he says.” Caffey has since remarried and is father to a pair of stepsons. His message is how he came to forgive his daughter and three others charged with the brutal crime. He is slated

to speak at Tate Baptist at 10:45 a.m. Sunday. Caffey — whose book “Terror by Night” details that night of crime — uses his Across America Ministries to visit churches and schools around the country, encouraging youth to take a stand for Christ. He encourages them to commit by taking a stand to be different by not following the crowd; saying no to drugs, alcohol and saving themselves for marriage; obeying their parents; and staying in school and getting a good education. “His story was in the national news for some time,” added Trammel. “His daughter got hooked up with the wrong crowd and had her boyfriend and his friend try to kill the whole family then burn the house.” Around 3 a.m. on March 1, Please see CAFFEY | 2

Wheelchair competitor ready to break 10K record BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

Michael Mills has won the Corinth Coca-Classic 10K. The Amory native is now coming back to Mississippi for a record. Mills, the 2006 winner in the wheelchair division, is shooting to break the record-time of friend Doug Price in the 31st running of the event.

“I lived in Mississippi most of my life and have done the Corinth 10K three or four times,” said the Social Security Administration employee in Covington, Ga. “I couldn’t pick a better place to come back home and race than Corinth.” Mills, paralyzed from the waist down after his car got hit head-on by a drunk driver in 1993, is aiming to break Price’s

mark of 31:46 on May 5. The Hatley High School graduate finished second to his mentor Price in 1996 and turned in a third place showing in 2003. “I am hoping I do pretty well,” said Mills. “Right now I am under 26 minutes.” The wheelchair competitor -- training for the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games in

London scheduled for August 29 through September 9 -- has been friends with the 2011 defending champ since he was paralyzed coming home from a friend’s home. “It’s guys like him that got me started in racing,” said Mills. “He is such a humble guy ... I couldn’t ask for a better person to teach me.” Mills would drive from Tupe-

lo to Corinth three times a week to train with Price when he first started racing. The goal was for Mills and Price, a nine-time winner of the 10K, to race together this year. Price’s schedule won’t allow it to happen this year. “The course has changed a little bit since the last time I was Please see RECORD | 2

‘Pratt Brats’ fight cancer with fun-filled day BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

The Pratt Brats are giving Relay for Life its best shot. Employees of the Pratt Family Medical Clinic are sponsoring a Relay for Life Fun Day to raise money for the American Cancer Society today from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the clinic. “We are going to have a little bit of everything,” said clinic LPN Kristy Yarbrough. There will be live music and plenty of games during the carnival-festival setting on the north side of the clinic. Hamburger and hot dog plates, which includes baked beans, slaw, chips, dessert and drink, will be available for $7 and $5, respectively. A bake sale with all kinds of cakes, pies, cookies and cupcakes are also slated for the fun day. “We see so many patients who have cancer, we decided

we really needed to get involved with Relay for Life,” said Yarbrough of the first-year team. Faith, Hope and Love Tshirts designed by Yarbrough will be sold for $10. A wooden cross and a three table top vase fountain are two of the items in the team’s silent auction. Raffle tickets on a rocker and quilt to be given away on Relay night will also be sold today. “There is going to be all kinds of kid stuff for the games,” said the LPN. “It’s going to be a jampacked day of fun.” Yarbrough says the clinic is also trying to get a dunking booth and mechanic bull lined up for today. “This week the excitement of being involved has snowballed,” she said. “Everyone has really been excited about the day.” All proceeds from the event will go to Relay for Life and its fight against cancer.

Staff photo by Steve Beavers

Kristy Yarbrough, a Pratts Brats Relay for Life team member, gets prizes ready for the fun day.

Index Stocks........7 Classified......14 Comics...... 13 Wisdom...... 12

Weather........5 Obituaries........ 3 Opinion........4 Sports...... 10

On this day in history 150 years ago Confederate forces at Fort Jackson and Fort St. Phillip, cut off by the loss of New Orleans, mutiny against their commanding officer and surrender 900 men and the two forts to the Union.

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there,” said the 2006 winner. “I am a sprinter and the course is now better built for me.”

The racer has set a goal of finishing at 28 minutes on the first weekend in May. Should he reach his mark, it would best Price’s

record by over three minutes. “If I do set the record the first thing I am going to do is send him a message saying ‘I told you I

could do it,’” he said. Participants have until 7 p.m. May 4 to register for the 10K since there is no race day registration this year.

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Erin Caffey, the 16 yearold daughter of Terry and Penny Caffey, had her boyfriend and his accomplice shoot her parents. The Caffey’s two sons, Matthew and Tyler, were also killed when they came from their rooms after hearing shots. Terry Caffey, shot several times, managed to crawl 400 yards from his burning home to a neighbor’s house for help. Charlie James “Charlie” Wilkinson, Charles Allan Waid, Bobbie Gale Johnson and Erin Caffey were all charged in the crime. Investigators determined that Erin Caffey had been planning the crime after her parents made her breakup with Wilkin-

son. Wilkinson and Waid were each sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Johnson and Erin Caffey both pleaded guilty to murder. Johnson was sentenced to two 40-year concurrent sentences, and Erin was given two consecutive life sentences, plus 25 years. Johnson will be eligible for parole in 22 years. Erin will not be eligible until she serves roughly 40 years of her sentence. “This will be a big service for us,” said Trammel. “I hope people who have hatred in their heart can hear Terry’s message and forgive ... they need to realize the only person they are hurting is themselves if they don’t have forgiveness.”

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Coming Up ■ Inmates from the Corinth Correctional Facility will be assisting the Eason Outreach Foundation in cleanup efforts today at the former South Corinth School. Editor Mark Boehler will be taking photos of the cleanup efforts and he will talk with foundation director Samuel Crayton and other community volunteers about the efforts to gain control of the former school and pass a public health inspection by June 4. See the story on Sunday. ■ The Corinth Rotary Club gave out awards this week and staff writer/photographer Bobby J. Smith was on hand to capture the event in words and photos to be presented Sunday. ■ See all those vehicles at the Dinner Bell Friday morning? Excitement is running high as Ole Miss has a new football coach. Staff writer/photographer Bobby J. Smith takes a ride on the Rebel

Road Trip when it visits Corinth. Smith rubs elbows with Ole Miss faithful and we will present photos and a story on Sunday. National Day of Prayer will be observed locally on downtown court square from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. next Thursday. Staff writer/photographer Steve Beavers interviews Don Elliott of First Presbyterian Church about the changes in this year’s event as people are encouraged to come together to pray for our country and our local elected leaders. See the story on Sunday. ■

■ Mother’s Day is just around the corner. Editor Mark Boehler encourages readers to reflect on the mothers and grandmothers who have made an impact on our lives and asks people to step forward to share their stories. See his letter to the reader on Sunday for more details and how to participate.

Things to do Today Drug Take Back Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Take Back Initiative to safely dispose of medications will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at two drop-off points in Alcorn County -- the sheriff’s department at the new justice center on South Harper Road and the new Medical Plaza on Harper pharmacy. The opportunity is offered with “no questions asked.” Citizens can drop off prescription and over-the-counter medications in pill and liquid form. Liquids should be tightly sealed in the original container. Identifying information should be removed from prescription pill bottles. Intravenous solutions, injectables and needles will not be accepted.

ing presented at 7:30 p.m. tonight at Oakland Baptist Church on Harper Road in Corinth. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students and seniors age 55 and over. Active military will get in free. Beginning at 5 p.m. today, tickets will be available at the Daily Corinthian office, down the street from the church. For more information, call Lee Ann Story Sikora at 662-603-7147.

Senior Sounds Alcorn Central High School seniors are presenting “Top of the World Tonight,” tonight at 7 p.m. at the Corinth Coliseum-Civic Center, 404 Taylor St., downtown Corinth. Admission is $10 each. Tickets are on sale at the door.

Deaths Funeral services for Alonzo Huggins “Lon” Taylor, Jr., Corinth, are set for 2 p.m. Sunday at First Presbyterian Church with Dr. Don Elliott officiating. Burial will be in Henry Cemetery. Mr. Taylor died on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born April 16, 1923 to the late A.H. and Annie Lou Biggers Taylor. He was a graduate of the University of Mississippi, where he was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. He served his country in the United States Army, was a very active member of the Kiwanis Club and helped found Corinth Theater Arts. Mr. Taylor Taylor was a lifetime member and Elder Emeritus of the First Presbyterian Church. He was also a partner in Biggers Hardware. Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by his loving wife of 62 years, Betty Bowen Taylor; and his grandson, Collin Parker Counce. He is survived by his son, A.H. “Lon” Taylor III and wife Teresa of Corinth; four daughters, Annette Thomas and husband Larry of Clinton, Kim Smith and husband Scott of Houston, Tx., Carole Counce and husband Mike of Cordova, Tn., and Gayle Webster and husband Ruston of Nashville, Tn.; five grandchildren, Matt and Neal Thomas and Hannah, Jacob, and Drew Webster; five great-grandchildren, Nathan, Hayden, Elise, Case, and Ella Thomas; and a host of friends. The family would like to recognize, honor and thank his very special caregivers at Loving Care. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. on Sunday in the fellowship hall of First Presbyterian Church. Memorials may be made to: First Presbyterian Church, 919 Shiloh Road, Corinth, Ms. 38834, www. fpccorinth.com; St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, Tn. 38105, www.stjude.org; French Camp Academy, One Fine Place, French Camp, Ms. 39745, www.frenchcamp. org Condolences may be left at www.mcpetersfuneraldirectors.com

Gospel singing raises money for American Cancer Society A gospel singing and fund-raiser for the American Cancer Society will be held at the American Legion on South Tate Street today. The schedule includes appearances by emergency responders, including Air-Evac, the Corinth Fire Department and Magnolia Regional Health Cen-

ter ambulance service from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.; food and auction from 5 until 6 p.m.; and gospel singing at 6 p.m. Performers include the Downs family of Booneville, Unity Four from Iuka, The Revelations from Tishomingo County and The Waylighters from Alabama.

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IUKA — A memorial service for Dorothy JoAnn Tucker, 82, formerly of Memphis, Tn. will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Cuthsall Funeral Home. Ms. Tucker died Thursday, April 12, 2012 at her residence. She enjoyed crocheting and making lap throws for the Disabled American Veterans. She was a Native American and was of the Cherokee and Choctaw descent. She was preceded in death by a son, Richard Tucker; her mother, Nola Gray; her stepfather, Clifford Gray; a brother, Charles Smith; and grandson, Michael DeClue. Survivors include two sons, Leon Tucker of Brunswick, Ga., and Bill Tucker of Horn Lake; three daughters, Sheryl Perkins of Horn Lake, Vicki Danford of Southaven and DiAnn Grady of Memphis; 11 grandchildren; and eight great grandchildren.

Dimple S. Underwood MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. — Funeral services for Dimple S. Underwood, 92, are set for 11 a.m. today at Cutshall Funeral Home in Iuka with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Underwood died Thursday, April 26, 2012 at Florence Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was preceded in death by her husband, Auby Underwood; a son, Charles A. Underwood; her parents, Jim and Lela Smith; and seven siblings.

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IUKA — A memorial service for Russell Bond, 32, will be held 2 p.m. today at Fifth Street Baptist Church in Iuka. Mr. Bond died Thursday, April 26, 2012. He was preceded in death by his father, Richard Bond; and his mother, Eunice Johnson. Survivors include his wife, Katie Bond of Iuka; a son, Dylan Bond of Iuka; a daughter, Bailey Bond of Iuka; three brothers, Eric Bond and wife Deirdra of Belmont, Corey Johnson of Saucier, and Richard Bond, Jr. of Perkinston; two sisters, Heather Bond Cox and husband Scott of Columbus, and Melissa Schoeder of Perkinston. Bro. Tony Curtis will officiate. Ludlam Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.

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Other factors ignored in liquor sales debate To the editor: I am always amazed at the reasoning people put forward to try and justify making liquor more available. In Wednesday’s Daily Corinthian, it was stated that in wet counties versus dry counties there is higher graduation rates from high school, higher median income, lower divorce rates and lower DUI rates. This is like global warming believers saying if there are more hurricanes than usual or fewer hurricanes than usual, it is the result of global warming. There are obviously other factors being ignored. Liquor is one of very few products in the world where proponents argue that making it more available will result in lower consumption. If such were the case, they would not be pushing to make it more available. James Eley N. Fillmore St., Corinth

Marco Rubio: tomorrow’s or yesterday’s man

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Eating contest promoting obesity? I was disappointed to see that the Corinth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau is contributing $7,000 to Main Street Corinth to promote and help sponsor a professional eating contest during the Slugburger Festival this year. This seems to fly in the face of all the efforts to teach healthy eating habits and reduce the obesity problem we face in Mississippi. Ann White Corinth

Prayer for today Remind us, Lord, that everything you have created is holy. Forgive us when we abuse your creation. Amen.

A verse to share In all your ways acknowledge the Lord, and he will make your paths straight. — Proverbs 3:6 (NIV)

Worth quoting “We do not count heads before enforcing the First Amendment.” — Sandra Day O’Connor

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Among the GOP victories in 2010, none was sweeter than that of Marco Rubio. The charismatic young Cuban-American challenged Gov. Charlie Crist in a Senate primary, ran him out of the party and swept to victory by 19 points in a three-way race. A m o n g those mentioned as running mates for Mitt Pat Romney, it Buchanan is Rubio who generates the Columnist most excitement. That he is young, Hispanic and conservative, and his place on the ticket might secure Florida, are the cards he brings to the table. So it was a surprise this week to see Rubio being chaperoned over to the Brookings Institution by Sen. Joe Lieberman to take final vows as the newest neoconservative. John Quincy Adams' declaration that America goes not “abroad in search of monsters to destroy,” says Rubio, is an idea that he rejects. A wiser guide, said the senator, is Bob Kagan, Barack Obama's favorite neocon, who calls it a myth that America is in decline and who urges a more robust and interventionist foreign policy. Rubio says that on arrival in the Senate, he was astonished to find conservative

colleagues advocating “withdrawal from Afghanistan and staying out of Libya.” “Today in the U.S. Senate, on foreign policy, if you go far enough to the right, you wind up on the left,” Rubio joked. But is it leftist for senators, after 10 years of fighting two wars, with 6,500 dead, 40,000 wounded, $2 trillion sunk and a harvest of hatred reaped, to think that perhaps it may not have been wise to plunge into Mesopotamia and the Hindu Kush? “I always start,” said Rubio, “by reminding people that what happens all over the world is our business. ... The security of our cities is connected to the security of small hamlets in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia.” This is not a bold new idea. It is an old cliche. We must fight them over there so we do not have to fight them over here. But it misses a fundamental point. They are over here because we are over there. Osama bin Laden declared war on us because U.S. troops were sitting on the same sacred soil as Mecca and Medina, in his country, Saudi Arabia. Like most neocons, Rubio is fixated on Iran. “The goal of preventing a dominant Iran is so important that every regional policy we adopt should be crafted with that overriding goal in mind. ... We should also be preparing our allies, and the world, for the reality that

... if all else fails, preventing a nuclear Iran may require a military solution.” But as Iran's neighbor Turkey is more powerful, and there are 300 million Arabs to 75 million Iranians, and one-third of all Iranians are Azeri, Baluch, Arab and Kurd, why is this our problem? We may have to deal militarily with Syria, too, says Rubio. With Turkey and the Arab League, we should “create a safe haven” for the opposition to Bashar Assad and consider equipping it with weapons. But if we have survived Bashar and were allied with his more ruthless father during Desert Storm, why is his departure vital? Oddly for a man under consideration for vice president, Rubio is positively insulting to Vladimir Putin, who will be leading the world's largest nation and second-largest nuclear power for the next six years. “Putin might talk tough,” says Rubio, “but he knows he is weak. Everywhere he looks, he sees threats to his rule, real and imagined. And so he uses state-owned media to preach paranoia and anti-Western sentiments to Russians.” We should ignore him, says Rubio, and move ahead with “the continued enlargement of NATO.” Now, as NATO already encompasses Poland and the Baltic states, what additional nations would Rubio bring in under our nuclear umbrella?

It is the George W. Bush idea of bringing Ukraine and Georgia into NATO, which would commit us to war with Russia over who owns the Crimean Peninsula and who is sovereign in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. What vital U.S. interest is wrapped up in these regions that most Americans could not find on a map? Absolutely none. All belonged to the old Soviet Union. Not even the toughest U.S. Cold War presidents dreamed of going to war over them. “Faced with historic deficits and a dangerous national debt, there has been increasing talk of reducing our foreign aid budget,” says Rubio. Yes, and some of that talk has come from Mitt. But Rubio is having none of it. “Foreign aid is a very cost-effective way not only to export our values, but to advance our security and economic interests.” Yet, with $5 trillion in deficits in one Obama term and a national debt larger than our gross national product, does it make sense to borrow tens of billions annually from China to send to Third World regimes that vote against us and with China in the United Nations? Is Marco Rubio tomorrow's man. Or is he just an echo of yesterday? (Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?”)

Rich guys proud of their honest accomplishments Mitt Romney says he will not apologize for being a rich guy who lives large and can buy whatever he wants by writing checks from his offshore bank account in the Caymans. The former governor of Massachusetts believes that what he and his father before him Bill accomplished O’Reilly — that is, rakThe O’Reilly ing in the big Factor bucks — is to be celebrated. Perhaps Romney's campaign slogan should be: “I'm rich. Deal with it.” As a rich guy myself, I completely understand Romney's mindset. Somehow I have managed to become a 1 percenter, and while I don't care very much about material wealth, I am proud that I made my money honestly through hard work.

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When I graduated from Boston University in 1975, I was broke. I had to borrow money to travel to Scranton, Pa., for my first job in television. Over the years, I sacrificed much to become a proficient TV news guy, and I also took some big risks. That has paid off. Class envy is a fact of life everywhere. That's what drives socialism and communism. Why should one human being have more than another? That is a divisive moral question that is certainly relevant in this year's presidential election. Barack Obama apparently believes that the fix is in as far as American capitalism is concerned. The president thinks his Republican opposition wants to help greed heads at the expense of working folks. That is what Obama is putting out there. Maybe his slogan should be: “Greed is good.

Just ask Mitt Romney.” According to the polls, most Americans believe the wealthy should pay more in taxes, and I don't disagree. The United States must bring down the record-breaking $16 trillion debt, and this 1 percenter is ready to help out. But, like any reasonable investor, I want to see exactly where my money is going. So far, President Obama has not told me that. Here is a partial list of things I do not want my tax money going toward: n Vegas junkets featuring hot tubs and $4 shrimp appetizers for federal bureaucrats. ■ Seed money for the president's environmental friends and donors. ■ The Chevy Volt. ■ A swanky condo in London for corrupt Afghan President Hamid Karzai. ■ Hillary Clinton's hairdresser. Unlike Romney, my fa-

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ther did not succeed in building wealth. He was a spaghetti-and-clam-sauce guy who counted every penny. In his entire life, my dad never bought a new car or a big-screen TV. But I do believe my late father would be proud of my success and would not be supporting the class warfare tone that Obama has embraced. William O'Reilly Sr. had no use for the swells; he openly mocked material showoffs. But he admired honest accomplishment, and I believe he would look Romney in the eye and tell him he has nothing for which to apologize. But he'd also tell the governor to go easy on the Cadillacs. (Veteran TV news anchor Bill O'Reilly is host of the Fox News show “The O'Reilly Factor” and author of the book “Pinheads and Patriots: Where You Stand in the Age of Obama.”)

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