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Massive counterfeiting probe nets local man BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

The largest undercover operation to date by a state counterfeit goods task force led to the arrest of an Alcorn County man on multiple felony charges. Attorney General Jim Hood on Friday announced the arrest of 43-year-old Russell Haynie by investigators with the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection and Cyber Crime Divisions. The man was arrested Wednesday morning at his home in the Clear Creek community, where investigators found over $2 million worth of counterfeit goods, according to the AG’s office. Haynie is

Items discovered include Yeti-brand products, Life Proof and Otter Box phone cases, Ray Ban sunglasses, Beats by Dre, and Apple and Bose products. Investigators also found multiple high-end bags by Michael Kors, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Coach, MCM and Tory Burch. charged with one felony count of wire and mail fraud, selling counterfeit goods and felon in possession of a firearm, with more charges expected. If convicted on all existing counts, he faces up to 20 years in prison and several thousands in fines. Items discovered include Yeti-brand products, Life Proof

and Otter Box phone cases, Ray Ban sunglasses, Beats by Dre, and Apple and Bose products. Investigators also found multiple high-end bags by Michael Kors, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Coach, MCM and Tory Burch. The search of Haynie’s home was an operation of the AG’s Knock Out Knock Offs (KOKO)

Taskforce, which was formed eight years ago. Multiple agencies assisted in the investigation, including the Alcorn County Sheriff’s Department, United States Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Postal Service. Haynie was booked into the Alcorn County Jail without bond pending his initial appearance and revocation hearing. The case was investigated by Lee McDivitt and will be prosecuted by Special Assistant Attorney General Patrick Beasley, both of the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division. Individuals who may have bought counterfeit goods from Haynie or others may call the

Haynie Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Hotline at 601-3594230 or 800-281-4418.

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A Corinth woman is accused of using a Bible to introduce jail contraband. Donita Patterson, 38, of Norman Road, Officers turned discovered herself in at the tobacco Alcorn and cash County hidden Sheriff’s under the DepartBible’s ment on Thurscover. day, said Sheriff Ben Caldwell. A warrant had been issued for her arrest. The latest contraband arrest follows an inquiry by Investigator Adam Rencher and County Jail Administrator Steve Wilburn after it was determined that Patterson had attempted to introduce contraband into the county jail. During visitation day, Patterson allegedly gave a Bible and other items to jail staff to be given to a county inmate. While checking the items, officers discovered tobacco and cash hidden under the Bible’s cover, said Caldwell. Patterson was released on $5,000 bond.

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A Green Market shopper looks over handmade children’s clothing designed by Linda Fleming of K&H Handmade in Corinth.

Green Market makes a return from hiatus BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Harvey is gone and the Green Market is on today. Back after a couple of months’ hiatus, the market at the depot museum comes with a sunny weather forecast and a temperature expected to barely top 80 degrees. “Last year, we had such a good turnout when we came back in September, because people had missed the market,” said Museum Director Brandy Steen. It is set for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. A decision will be made this morning on whether the market will set up on the CARE Garden space or the pavement. The garden continued to be wet on Friday. If the market sets up on the grass, season vendors may take their normal spots, and all other spots will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

“Last year, we had such a good turnout when we came back in September, because people had missed the market.” Brandy Steen

Crossroads Museum Director If it goes to the pavement, all spots will be first-come, firstserved. Vendors should set up between 6 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. Vendors are encouraged to stay all day, with some of the best shopping happening in the last hour. The market typically features 55 to 75 vendors of locally handmade items — an eclectic mix of local and regional artisans who sell their wares in an

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Joe Duncan moves to the post of principal for grades 5-6 at Kossuth Elementary School and transportation director for the district.

open-air, grassroots setting. Fresh produce, pottery, woodwork, soaps, birdhouses, jewelry and home decor are just some of the usual offerings. The event is the main fundraiser for the Crossroads Museum. New Green Market shirts and tote bags will be available, both featuring new artwork by Katie Briggs.

IUKA — The discovery of partial human remains has led to a grid search in a wooded area of Tishomingo County. The search began around 4 p.m. Thursday after a Tishomingo County resident, on Country Road 247, reported that his dogs had a skull in his front yard and it appeared to be human, according to a report from the Tishomingo County Sheriff’s Department. Investigators with the TCSD arrived and a search was conducted until it had to be called off due to severe weather conditions. The search continued Friday with no further remains being found so far. “We have done a grid search around the house and have searched all of the log roads, ponds ... it is a very wooded area and very rough terrain,” said Sheriff John Daugherty. “The weather got so bad last night [Thursday]. We’ve been searching all morning and still haven’t found anything.” It has been noted by law enforcement that the discovery of the skull was in the same area of the county where a missing woman, Susie Rena Lanier, was last reported to have been seen. Lanier, 43, of Iuka, was reported missing by her husband on June 6. She was last seen by neighbors walking in the area around County Road 255 in Tishomingo County and law enforcement had searched the area with dogs at the time she was reported missing. Daugherty said there had been several reported sightings of her in Alabama, but nothing confirmed when law enforcePlease see REMAINS | 2

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Gas prices surge higher as drivers rush to fill their tanks BY CLAUDIA LAUER AND JEFF MARTIN Associated Press

ATLANTA — Gasoline prices rose several cents overnight amid continuing fears of shortages in Texas and other states in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey’s strike on the Gulf Coast. The national average for a gallon of regular gas rose in one day from $2.45 Thursday to $2.52 Friday, the American Automobile Association reported . At least two major pipelines — one that ships gasoline across the southern United States and to New York, and another that flows north to Chicago — have been slowed or stopped because of flooding and damage. Gas prices rose at least

15 cents in 24 hours in several metropolitan areas including Dallas; El Paso, Texas; Athens, Georgia; and Dayton, Ohio, AAA reported Friday. The average price of a gallon of gas had soared by at least .10 cents in eight states since Thursday: South Carolina, Ohio, Delaware, Maryland, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia and Texas. Among those states, the highest 24-hour rise on average was in South Carolina, AAA reported. It’s among several southern states that are heavily reliant on the Colonial Pipeline for deliveries of gasoline. Part of the pipeline that runs through Texas is shut down and inspections must be done before the entire system

can be fully operational again, Colonial Pipeline spokesman Steve Baker said Thursday. The Georgia-based company remains able to operate its pipeline from Louisiana to states east and northeast of there, though deliveries will be “intermittent,” the company said. It hopes to return more sections of the pipeline to service by Sunday. In Dallas, drivers lined up at gas pumps Thursday as some stations ran out of fuel. One Chevron station in downtown Dallas that sold regular gas for $2.29 a gallon just before the storm was charging $2.99 Thursday. Others charged well over $3, and one downtown Shell station charged $3.97 for a regular gallon of gas. The crunch prompted

QuikTrip, one of the nation’s largest convenience store chains, to temporarily halt gasoline sales at about half its 135 stores in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Instead, gasoline deliveries are going to designated stores across all parts of the metro area, QuikTrip spokesman Mike Thornbrugh said. Analysts are cautioning drivers not to panic as some gas stations run low on gasoline. If people start hoarding gas, as some have in Texas, “that’s going to make the problem worse, and prices shoot higher and the event will last longer, with more disruption and shortages,” said Patrick DeHaan, an analyst with GasBuddy.com. His advice: “Try to have a sense of calm.”

Officer who arrested nurse over blood test put on leave Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah nurse said she was scared to death when a police officer handcuffed and dragged her screaming from a hospital after she refused to allow blood to be drawn from an unconscious patient.

After Alex Wubbels and her attorneys released dramatic video of the arrest, prosecutors called for a criminal investigation and Salt Lake City police put Detective Jeff Payne on paid leave Friday. “This cop bullied me. He bullied me to the utmost

extreme,” Wubbels said in an interview with The Associated Press. “And nobody stood in his way.” The Salt Lake City police chief and mayor also apologized and changed department policies in line with the guidance Wubbels was following in

the July 26 incident. Wubbels, a former alpine skier who competed in the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics, said she adhered to her training and hospital protocols to protect the rights of a patient who could not speak for himself.

State Briefs Ex-jailer found not guilty in alleged assault on inmate NATCHEZ — A former Mississippi jailer accused of helping inmates allegedly assault another inmate has been found not guilty. The Natchez Democrat reports the Wednesday verdict concerned a former Adams County jailer facing charges of aggravated assault and conspiracy to commit it. Both counts emerged from a March 17, 2016 incident when Victor Smith allegedly helped inmates plan the assault on Joseph Sturdivant, who was reportedly found dead hanging in his cell later that day, although none of the charges were related to Sturdivant’s death. Smith’s attorneys argued no evidence proved an assault on Sturdivant occurred and Smith wasn’t connected with inmates allegedly involved. Prosecutors argued a doctor who examined Sturdivant’s body testified Sturdivant’s injuries could’ve

led to serious injury or death. Smith’s attorneys argued the origin of Sturdivant’s injuries was inconclusive.

Cleaning crew finds decomposed body inside empty house JACKSON — A cleaning crew removing and burning trash at a recently purchased home in Mississippi made a startling discovery — a body wrapped in a blue tarp. Authorities say the remains inside the empty house in Jackson were too decomposed to determine a gender. News outlets reported Thursday that police don’t know how long the remains were there and are investigating the case as a suspicious death. Hinds County coroner Sharon Grisham Stewart told police it appears the person had suffered possible trauma to the head. Police Cmdr. Tyree Jones says the previous homeowner has been located and will be asked for any information that

can be provided. He says police will canvass the neighborhood and attempt to identify the remains.

Choctaw Indians to vote soon on proposed casino JACKSON — A new casino could be coming as the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is expected to vote soon on whether to build it. The Clarion-Ledger reported Wednesday if the casino in the Red Water community is approved it would be the tribe’s fourth. Two are in Neshoba County and another in Jones County. Red Water is in Leake County roughly 6 miles (10 kilometers) south of Carthage. A tribal judge ruled in mid-August the more than 1,600 signatures on a measure for the casino were raised valid after tribal authorities had rejected enough for the requirement. Rather than appeal, Chief Phyllis Anderson said in a statement legal proceedings would stop and the tribe would vote

if the $25 million project should proceed. No date has been set for the referendum.

Hazlehurst woman faces charge of insurance fraud JACKSON — A Mississippi woman has been arrested on a charge of insurance fraud. Attorney General Jim Hood, in a news release Thursday, said 57-yearold Joyce Corley, of Hazlehurst, surrendered Wednesday to deputies at the Madison County Sheriff’s Department following her indictment by a grand jury. Her bond was set at $5,000. Hood says Corley is accused of presenting an altered Explanation of Benefits form to Southern Administrators and Benefit Consultants, Inc., of Ridgeland, in order to be reimbursed for medical expenses for which she had already received reimbursement. If convicted, Corley faces up to three years in prison and a $5,000 fine.

BY FRAZIER MOORE Associated Press

NEW YORK — Comedian Shelley Berman, who won gold records and appeared on top television shows in the 1950s and 1960s delivering wry monologues about the annoyances of everyday life, has died. He was 92. Berman died Friday at his home in Bell Canyon, California, from complications from Alzheimer’s disease, according to spokesman Glenn Schwartz. Berman was a pioneer of a new brand of comedy that could evoke laughter from such matters as air travel discomforts and small children who answer the telephone. He helped pave the way for Bob Newhart, Woody Allen, Jerry Seinfeld and other standup comedians who fashioned their routines around the follies and frustrations of modern living. Tributes came in Friday from Steve Martin, who tweeted that Berman “changed modern standup,” and Richard Lewis, who said there was “no better wordsmith.” Late in his career, he played Nat David, father of Larry David, on HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” With dialogue improvised by its cast, the comedy series gave Berman the opportunity to return to his improv roots and introduced him to a new generation of TV viewers. “I’m not a standup comedian,” Berman often insisted. “I work on a stool.” Comedy was not a childhood ambition for him. He trained as an actor, with the Goodman School of Drama in his native Chicago and with the prestigious actressteacher Uta Hagen in New York. “I had dreams of being an actor,” he said in a 1960 interview. “For 10 years I tried, picking up small jobs in summer stock and TV. I had a hard time of it.” As a last resort, he put together a 20-minute routine and auditioned at the Chicago nightclub Mister Kelly’s. He was given a job, and then he had to scramble to write more material for a halfhour show. “I was always one of those life-of-the-party boys,” he admitted, “though I never stooped to wearing women’s hats or lampshades. I was always making people laugh, in school and later in life.” Berman’s success in

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Chicago led to a booking in Las Vegas. He bombed. The gamblers didn’t laugh nor did they talk. Accustomed to slam-bang comics out of vaudeville and burlesque, they listened in amazement to the guy sitting on a stool and using big words with a routine that often consisted of one side of a make-believe phone call. He continued on the saloon circuit, honing his craft and deciding on which direction to go. He didn’t fit any category. He wasn’t a joke teller nor a “sick” comedian. He figured he was a “humanist humorist.” Berman made the first of many appearances on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1959. That year he issued his first album, “Inside Shelley Berman.” It won a gold record and received the first-ever Grammy Award for the spoken word. Two more albums achieved gold status. Along with his busy schedule in nightclubs and auditoriums, he fulfilled his first ambition to be an actor. He appeared in a Broadway play, “The Boys Against the Girls,” in 1959 and a musical, “A Family Affair,” in 1962. His film debut came in 1964 with the adaptation of Gore Vidal’s hit political stage drama “The Best Man,” starring Henry Fonda and Cliff Robertson. “Not only an accomplished comedian, actor, and author, Shelley was among the new breed of comedians who made a significant impact through recordings,” said The Recording Academy in a statement. “Shelley will be deeply missed, but the influence he exerted on our creative community will remain forever.” Berman’s comedy career stalled in 1963. He was performing his act before an audience for a documentary-style NBC show, “Comedian Backstage,” when a telephone ringing interrupted him; it was the second night it happened. He stormed backstage and ranted at everyone in sight. His outburst, edited to make him appear temperamental, was included in the telecast. “Once you’re known as being difficult, it becomes too hard to deal with management and even fellow artists,” he remarked in 1986. The bookings fell off, and Berman returned to acting, with little luck. He and his wife, Sarah, were forced to file for bankruptcy, and he began a long struggle to pay off his taxes and creditors.

At this time the skull has been turned over to Tishomingo County Coroner Mack Wilemon, but will be sent to the Forensics Lab in Jackson for analysis to identify the individual. Sheriff Daugherty asks the public to please refrain from going anywhere in the area of County Road 247 / County Road 172 during this time while the search is being conducted.

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BOONEVILLE — A Corinth woman has been charged with an attempted robbery at Booneville’s Wal-Mart store. Shyniece Shanquez Simmons Williams, 25, of 702 Boyd Dr, Apt. 30, Corinth, was charged with attempted robbery. Williams allegedly attempted to shoplift items from Wal-Mart on Aug. 18 and assaulted one of the store’s loss prevention associates who attempted to stop her. Bond was set at $25,000 in addition to a previous bond of $5,000 on a previous charge. A hold has also been placed on her by another law enforcement agency. Other recent felony arrests by the department include: • Corey Grant Saylors, 22, of 405 Miller Circle, Booneville, charged with simple assault on a police officer. Saylors is accused of assaulting an officer who was attempting to arrest him for misdemeanor offenses at Dodge’s on Second Street. He was also charged with several misdemeanor offenses. Bond was set at $10,000. • George Ronnie Scott, 64, of 400 Mimosa Street, Apt. 4C, charged with one count of felony bad check. He allegedly passed a bad check for $100 at a restaurant on Second Street. Bond was set at $1,000. He is also charged with misdemeanor bad check and also has charges pending in Lee County.

Today’s Highlight in History On September 1, 1939, World War II began as Nazi Germany invaded Poland.

On this date In 1807, former Vice President Aaron Burr was found not guilty of treason. In 1897, the first section of Boston’s new subway system was opened. In 1905, Alberta and Saskatchewan entered Confederation as the eighth and ninth provinces of Canada. In 1914, the last passenger pigeon in captivity, “Martha,” died at the Cincinnati Zoo. In 1923, the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Yokohama were devastated by an earthquake that claimed some 140,000 lives. In 1945, Americans received word of Japan’s formal surrender that ended World War II. (Because of the time difference, it was Sept. 2 in Tokyo Bay, where the ceremony took place.) In 1951, the United States, Australia and New Zealand signed a mutual defense pact, the ANZUS treaty. In 1969, a coup in Libya brought Moammar Gadhafi to power. In 1976, U.S. Rep. Wayne L. Hays, D-Ohio, resigned in the wake of a scandal in which he admitted having an affair with “secretary” Elizabeth Ray. In 1983, 269 people were killed when a Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 was shot down by a Soviet jet fighter after the airliner entered Soviet airspace. In 1987, peace demonstrator S. Brian Willson lost his lower legs when he was hit by a train at the Concord Naval Weapons Station in California while protesting weapons shipments to Central America. In 1995, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland.

Tishomingo County

Cities decide how to spend money if tax is passed TISHOMINGO COUNTY – With the special election for the possible Tishomingo County tourism tax set for Sept. 12, mayors from cities across the county were asked how tax money might be be spent if passed. Belmont leaders said they are interested in adding a community splash pad, making walking track updates and building a new community center. Golden said they would to cleanup their town and add a walking track, while Tishomingo said monies may be spent to add another mural to their downtown area as well as adding a walking track. Paden wants to build a viewing deck overlooking the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway and Burnsville mayor wants to make improvements to the boat ramp and add a fishing pier at the waterway. Iuka, the county seat, also wants to build a splash pad and make vast improvements to Mineral Springs Park including updating restrooms, playground equipment, park benches, walking track and grills.

Ten years ago Idaho Sen. Larry Craig announced his resignation, saying he would leave office on September 30, 2007, in the wake of fallout over his arrest and guilty plea in a Minnesota airport gay sex sting. Clay Buchholz threw a no-hitter in his second major league start, just hours after being called up by the Boston Red Sox. Buchholz struck out nine, walked three and hit one batter to give the Red Sox a 10-0 victory over Baltimore.

Florence

No cause given in UNA fraternity fire FLORENCE, Ala. – The cause of the fire that ravaged the back side of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house at UNA has not been determined, reported the TimesDaily. Florence Fire Department investigators returned to the Pine Street fraternity house Thurs-

day morning to investigate. Inspector Ryan Orrick said the fire started on the backside of the second floor in the area of an attached deck, but it will be more difficult to determine the cause. He took photographs of the charred house, and collected samples to be sent for analysis in hopes of finding what sparked the blaze. Orrick said the Florence Fire Department allowed fraternity members to enter the house -except the back portion where much of the fire damage was concentrated -- to remove belongings. Members of the fraternity removed boxes of personal belongings, including clothes and school items. Water dripped from a bag of school books one member carried out of the house, and another said water was still dripping from his mattress in a second-floor bedroom. Returning to the house brought some relief to fraternity members and alumni of the chapter who Wednesday watched flames come through the roof of the house for more than an hour. Bill Rogers, treasurer of the house corporation, said the house had recently passed the necessary fire inspection, and the sprinkler system inside the house worked as it should. The fire alarms could be heard outside the house Wednesday. Eight members of the fraternity lived in the house. No one was injured.

Tippah County Planning on senior citizen day begins

TIPPAH COUNTY – Planning is underway for an event aimed at improving the health and well being of senior citizens in Tippah County, reported the Southern Sentinel. The annual Senior Citizens Appreciation Day and Health Fair is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 20 this year. The event, which traditionally has taken place in September, has been moved back a month to allow for cooler, more comfortable temperatures. The Senior Day planning committee met Monday, Aug. 28 at the Tippah County Sheriff’s Department to discuss details for the event. This year’s theme is emergency weather preparedness. The Health Fair, which will include free health checks and information from various businesses and organizations, will be from 8-10 a.m. at the Tippah County Fairgrounds. There will be a program, entertainment from local musicians and meal directly following the fair. The program will be dedicated to the memory of Ripley business owner, Hazel Foster Christmas, who passed away earlier this month. Sheriff Karl Gaillard will be the master of ceremonies for the program and the Sheriff’s Department will once again be providing a meal for the seniors. Sponsors for Senior Appreciation Day include the Tippah County Sheriff’s Department, Tippah County Extension Service, Tippah County Hospital, Kindred at Home, The Peoples Bank and the Southern Sentinel. For more information for

about Senior Day contact the Tippah County Sheriff’s Department at 837-9336, the Tippah County Extension Service at 837-8184, or Merle Norton at 837-7600.

Tupelo

Hospital downsizing amid financial issues TUPELO — A Mississippi hospital seeking to offset reduced revenues is closing its skilled nursing unit and community health department in addition to scaling back its inpatient mental health center. Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports the president of North Mississippi Medical Center-Tupelo said in a statement Tuesday the decisions weren’t easy but strong financial performance is needed to continue providing “the best care.” The changes affect more than 50 NMMC employees. Hospital president David Wilson says the human resources team is identifying for all employees impacted transfer opportunities into comparable positions. The cuts come after NMMCTupelo revealed it’s losing $1 million a month from unilateral contract changes by the state’s largest private insurer. The hospital sued Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi on Aug. 24 in a Lee County state court.

Starkville

Man charged with shooting STARKVILLE – The Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man in connection with an Aug. 24 shooting on a rural road, reported the Daily Journal. Jerry Lee O’Brien, 38, of Starkville, was arrested Thursday and charged with two counts of aggravated assault and possession of a firearm by a felon. He is being held in the Oktibbeha County Jail and is expected to have an initial appearance in justice court on Friday. Around 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 24, deputies were called out to Willie Road where they found a 22-year-old man with a single gunshot wound. He was transported to the Oktibbeha County Hospital and later airlifted to University Medical Center in Jackson, where he remains in stable condition. Investigators believe the shooting was a result of an argument in the roadway. O’Brien allegedly got out of his white Chevy Malibu and fired up to four shots at the victim, striking the man and his vehicle. A 5-year-old child in the victim’s car was not injured.

Florence

Woman indicted on manslaughter FLORENCE, Ala. – A woman has been indicted on a manslaughter charge in the Feb. 2 fatal wreck of a Florence man, reported the TimesDaily. Tiffany Nicole Balentine, 33, Cypress Mill Road, was indicted in the death of Robert Todd Long, according to Lauderdale County Circuit Court documents. Balentine is free on $10,000 bail, officials said. Police said Long, 86, Florence, died from injuries sus-

Tupelo

City agrees to fund traffic light improvements TUPELO – The Tupelo City Council has agreed to use money from the general fund to pay for almost $500,000 worth of traffic signal improvements on Main Street, reported the Daily Journal. That decision follows low-key resistance offered in recent months by the Major Thoroughfare Program’s leadership at the thought of picking up the tab for traffic light upgrades. The City Council met during a work session Tuesday afternoon to discuss the matter. No vote was taken, but the clear consensus of the discussion was that Mayor Jason Shelton’s administration will include funding for the traffic signal improvements when a final budget comes before the council in September. This decision ends recent uncertainty over the future of the traffic signal project.

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Houston and the Texas Gulf Coast are devastated. Never has an area been so blasted by so much rainfall in such a short amount of time. Houston has received more rainfall than other city across the United States receivea in one entire year. So far over 51 inches of rain has fallen with more rainfall to come. Everyone in America and much of the world with a Television or computer knows about the suffering of Houston. Our prayers go out to them as well as our financial support, our manpower and anything we can do to help the millions of people who are homeless and suffering. Experts are predicting Hurricane Harvey will cost the economy 25 - 30 billion dollars because of the rain. Most of Houston is closed down due to the storm. The oil and gas industry and thousands of jobs tied to other manufacturing such as the food service giant Sysco are closed. The Port of Houston, several hospitals and both major airports are closed. Essentially the fifth largest economy in the United States is at a dead stop. The infrastructure damage to Houston will be in the billions. Reports have come from all the national media outlets on the significant number of people in Houston who do not have flood insurance. Thousands of homes will either be impossible to salvage or will cost upwards of `12-15 billions of dollars to repair according to reports. Oil refineries on the Gulf of Mexico make up nearly half of the nation’s refining capacity. If these refineries are flooded they will be difficult to repair and there will be extensive gasoline shortages in our country. We are already seeing prices go up at the pump and thus our entire economy will be impacted. Most of us will know of someone directly impacted by Hurricane Harvey. At this moment my wife’s aunt and husband are still in their house in Houston and they are not flooded which is a miracle I think. Several times a day we have text messaged or called to see how they are doing. Once her aunt face timed their neighborhood to prove to us that water had not gotten to them yet. Most likely the number of dead bodies will not be really known until days and maybe even weeks after Houstonians are into their cleanup. While the devastation of Houston is like a very scary movie it’s nothing like what we would face if one nuclear bomb fell on an American City similar to Houston. The loss of life, housing, industry and infrastructure would be far greater. Houston will be repaired and houses will be rebuilt. Rebuilding after a nuclear bomb would be a different story. Such a horrific act would create suffering across our nation like we have never felt before. Houston is hurting and Americans are pulling together from non-profits, churches and helping hands from across America. Once again it will be proven that the heart of America is helping each other. Americans do care about each other and want the best for our towns and our country. Media lately has been highlighting all the tension between a few groups of people and hatred displayed by these groups. The vast majority of Americans may disagree and argue quite a bit. However, while Hurricane Harvey Hurts our country, it will demonstrate once again that the majority of Americans want the very best for each other. We will pull together for Houston and the other neighboring towns. This is one reason why we are still The United States of America and the greatest country of all. Glenn Mollette is a syndicated columnist and author of twelve books. He is read in all fifty states.

Prayer for today My Father, what I have left out of my life I know I cannot recover now. I pray that I may give the best to what is left. Make me deliberate, that I may prove my earnestness. Make me industrious, that I may use my best resources to develop my life and further thy kingdom. Amen.

A verse to share You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. —Genesis 50:20

Arpaio pardon was appropriate President Trump’s pardon of Joe Arpaio, the former sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, has drawn predictable responses. The left, which long ago exceeded its sell-by date when it comes to ideas that work, denounced the decision as racist (that’s all they have) and a perversion of justice. Some moderates, like Sen. John McCain and Sen. Jeff Flake, both Arizona Republicans, Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, joined the critics. Arpaio, who is 85, was convicted of disobeying a 2011 federal court order to halt traffic patrols that targeted immigrants. He faced up to six months in prison. The White House issued a list of reasons for the president’s decision, which included Arpaio’s age, his service to the country, including enlistment in the military at the start of the Korean War, and his work as a police officer and special agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration. Arpaio’s defenders say he was trying to help the fed-

eral government identify people in the country illegally. His opponents say he proCal filed HisThomas panics only, and thus enColumnist gaged in racism. Given that Mexicans, according to U.S. Census Bureau data, make up the largest group of unauthorized immigrants, it made sense to focus on this group. That the number of unauthorized immigrants from Mexico has been decreasing, matters little, as the number of immigrants from Central America and Asia has increased. Even critics must acknowledge that any president has sole discretionary authority under the Constitution to pardon anyone for almost anything, except offenses against the United States and curtailing the impeachment process. It is instructive to review some of the hundreds of pardons delivered by Bill

Clinton and Barack Obama when they were president. Many were granted to people whose resumes do not come close to the services rendered to the nation by Sheriff Arpaio. President Obama issued 70 pardons during his two terms as president. He pardoned minor drug offenders, bank embezzlers, military deserters, and, according to the Chicago Tribune, a young sailor courtmartialed and demoted for taking four pounds of butter from his Navy base in 1947. Bill Clinton’s pardon list contained names of people who committed crimes a little more consequential, some even a little suspect. His most notorious pardon was granted to Marc Rich, a major donor to the Clinton campaign. The Rich pardon came during Clinton’s last hours in office and was condemned by leading Democrats, including former President Jimmy Carter. For those with short memories, Rich was indicted in the United States on federal charges of tax evasion and making controver-

sial oil deals with Iran during the Iran hostage crisis. Rich, who fled to Switzerland when he was indicted, never returned to the U.S., and died there in 2013. Clinton later said he regretted the Rich pardon. Without a hint of irony, he said, “It wasn’t worth the damage to my reputation.” Most of Clinton’s other pardons were far less controversial. They included convictions for bank fraud and “odometer rollback.” The president’s pardon of Arpaio is a far cry from those granted by Clinton and Obama. He was correct in sighting Arpaio’s age and service to the country among his reasons for granting it. His conviction had political overtones and it is perfectly fitting that the pardon addressed his conviction partially on a political level. Arpaio reached the same conclusion when he tweeted: “Thank you @realdonaldtrump for seeing my conviction for what it is: a political witch hunt by holdovers in the Obama Justice Department.”

The problem with politically correct history Malcolm X, as a member of the Nation of Islam, preached anti-Semitism and called the white man “devil.” After the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X dismissed the murder as a case of “the chickens coming home to roost.” In Spike Lee’s biographical drama, “Malcolm X,” a white teenage girl approaches the angry activist and says, “Excuse me, Mr. X. Hi. I’ve read some of your speeches, and I honestly believe that a lot of what you have to say is true. And I’m a good person, in spite of what my ancestors did, and I just -- I wanted to ask you, what can a white person like myself who isn’t prejudiced, what can I do to help you ... further your cause?” He stares sternly, and replies, “Nothing.” She leaves in tears. But Malcolm X changed. He visited Mecca, where he saw people of all colors worshipping together. It changed the way he thought. He repudiated his anger toward whites after discovering that people were more similar than they were different. He renounced the racist ideology of the Nation of Islam, and in doing so knowingly signed his own death warrant. He was assassinated by members of

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the Nation of Islam. Alabama Gov. George Wallace, in 1963, proclaimed, Larry “ S e g r e g a Elder tion now, segregation Columnist tomorrow, segregation forever,” at his inauguration, and later stood in a doorway at the University of Alabama to bar blacks from entering. Nine years later, Wallace took a wouldbe assassin’s bullet, leaving him paralyzed. Older, wiser and chastened by the attempt on his life, Wallace changed. Wallace, one day and without invitation, went to a black church where 300 black clergymen were holding a conference. He asked to speak. Wallace asked for forgiveness. He said to the church leaders, “I never had hate in my heart for any person. But I regret my support of segregation and the pain it caused the black people of our state and nation. ... I’ve learned what pain is, and I’m sorry if I’ve caused anybody else pain. Segregation was wrong -- and I am sorry.” The voters in Alabama returned the former governor to office, but this time, he received black support and

made several black appointments. The damage Wallace did through his actions and rhetoric was profound, and despite the assassination attempt, he lived long enough to undo some of it. Even a Confederate general can change. Confederate Gen. William Mahone, one of General Robert E. Lee’s most able commanders, owned slaves before the Civil War. But after the war, he led an interracial political movement. He organized and became the leader of the Readjuster Party, the most successful interracial political alliance in the post-emancipation South. In 1881, Mahone was elected to the U.S. Senate, at the time split 37-37 between Republicans and Democrats. From 1879 through 1883, Mahone’s Readjuster Party dominated Virginia, with a governor in the statehouse, two Readjusters in the U.S. Senate and Readjusters representing six of the state’s 10 congressional districts. Under Mahone’s leadership, his coalition also controlled the state legislature, the courts and many of the state’s federal offices. The Readjusters established what became Virginia State University, the first state-supported college to train black teachers. Demo-

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crats described the hated Readjusters and Republicans as advocates of “black domination.” Where does this viewing of history through the prism of modern-day feelings end? Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once gave advice to a gay young man that today would be heresy. King suggested he battle his feelings, strongly implying that the young man needed therapy and sexual re-orientation. Today, that kind of advice gets one branded a Neanderthal. President John F. Kennedy, frustrated with a high-profile Democrat who hadn’t supported his election, threatened to banish him by giving him an obscure ambassadorship to one of the, as Kennedy put it, “boogie republics” in Africa. Tell that to Black Lives Matter. History is complicated. And history requires perspective and understanding, something lacking in those who seek to erase history by imposing today’s standards of right and wrong. Larry Elder is a bestselling author and nationally syndicated radio talk-show host. To find out more about Larry Elder, or become an “Elderado,” visit www.LarryElder.com. Follow Larry on Twitter @larryelder.

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Deaths James “Jimmy” Russell

A Celebration of life service for Mr. James Leon “Jimmy” Russell, 80, of Rienzi, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Corinthian Funeral Russell Home Chapel. Bro. Steve Leggett will officiate the service. Burial will be at Juliette Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday and

Hazel Byrd Phillips

TIPPAH COUNTY — Funeral services for Hazel Byrd Phillips, 63, will be held at 3 p.m. today at Unity Baptist Church in the Biggersville Community. Burial will follow at Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery in the Theo Community. Visitation will be at the church from 12 p.m. until service time today at the church. Mrs. Phillips died

from 1 p.m. until service time Sunday at the funeral home. Mr. Russell passed from this life Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017, at Magnolia Regional Health Center. He was born May 19, 1937 to F.A. and Belle Austin Russell in Alcorn County. He was a General Contractor by trade. Those to carry on his memory includes his wife of 62 years; Florence Burcham Russell of Rienzi, his children: Sharon Russell of Morrow, Ga., Janet Russell Lindsey husband Greg of Glen, and Lamont Russell of Huntsville, Ala., two granddaughters: Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017 at the Cornerstone Health & Rehabilitation Center in Corinth following an extended illness. She was lifelong resident of North Mississippi with numerous relatives and friends in Alcorn, Tippah And Prentiss Counties. Born May 10, 1954 in Alcorn County, Mrs. Phillips was the daughter of the late John Floyd and Bonnie Isbell Byrd. She received her education in the Al-

Ashley Jenkins husband Cody of Counce, Tenn., Brandi Butler husband Johnny of Corinth, one grandson; James Miller of Corinth, four great-grandchildren: Ethan Butler, Hudson Butler, Audrey Butler, and Dylan Miller, two sisters: Louise Peters of Glen and Lucille Peters of Corinth, and his cherished pet, Roscoe. He was preceded in death by his parents, one son; Bryant Russell, and his father and mother-in-law; Howard and Ruby Burcham. Corinthian Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. corn County School System and was married to Bobby Joe Phillips, her husband of 46 years who survives. She was a Christian and a homemaker. In addition to her husband, she leaves her children, Tammy, Timothy, Leiman and Matthew Phillips, all of Corinth, one brother, five sisters and two grandchildren. The Ripley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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‘Dreamers’ decision weighs on Trump as announcement nears BY JILL COLVIN Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Midday protests. Urgent pleas. Furious campaigning. A president torn. President Donald Trump stood at the center of a frantic lobbying campaign Friday as he neared a decision on the fate of hundreds of thousands of young people brought into the country illegally as children. After months of dragging his feet, the president on Tuesday will announce his plans for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, which has given nearly 800,000 young immigrants the ability to work legally in the country and a reprieve from deportation. Despite his fiery pledges during the presidential campaign to end the program, Trump has spent the last week mulling his choices, going over his options again and again, according to several people with knowledge of the deliberations. The people spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss private conversations. “I think that this isn’t a decision that the president takes lightly and he’s taking time and diligent effort to make sure that he goes through every bit of the process,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Friday. “I think the decision itself is weighing on him, certainly.” At the same time, House Speaker Paul Ryan and a number of other legislators are urging the president to hold off on scrapping the program to give them time to come up with a legislative solution to protect those now covered by the program.

“These are kids who know no other country, who are brought here by their parents and don’t know another home. And so I really do believe that there needs to be a legislative solution,” Ryan told Wisconsin radio station WCLO. Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah also urged Trump not to revoke former President Barack Obama’s efforts to protect “individuals who entered our country unlawfully as children through no fault of their own and who have built their lives here.” Pushing the debate over to Congress would add immigration, long a thirdrail issue in Washington, to an already packed fall congressional agenda that includes must-pass measures to raise the debt ceiling, shape the federal budget and provide hurricane relief funding. Republican leaders have worried that Trump would rescind legal status for the so-called dreamers since his first day in office. Some congressional GOP lawmakers spent Inauguration Day urgently trying to reach senior White House officials about the matter after hearing rumors that Trump could roll back the deportation protections as one of his first moves. Trump had railed against the Obama program during the presidential campaign, slamming it as an illegal “amnesty” that he would immediately end. Instead, the new president left the protections in place, overruling top advisers including former chief strategist Steve Bannon and policy aide Stephen Miller. The advisers continued to press the matter occasionally in recent months, but Trump always put off the deci-

sion for another time. Then came a letter forcing Trump’s hand. A group of Republican state officials sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions in June announcing a September 5 deadline: If the president didn’t halt the program by then, the lawmakers would challenge DACA in court. As the deadline neared, anxious Republicans began urging the White House to try to persuade the group, led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, to further postpone any lawsuit. It was an approach the administration had also seriously considered earlier in the week. But Paxton made clear the date was nonnegotiable. “No, we are not going to push back the deadline,” said spokeswoman Jennifer Speller. The president also encountered countervailing pressure from those working to keep the program — including CEOs, Roman Catholic bishops and celebrities — and staging daily protests, phone banks, demonstrations and letters. There appeared to be some signs the pressure was having an impact. Late Friday, the attorney general of Tennessee, one of those who had signed the letter, announced his office was no longer interested in the lawsuit and would encourage legislation to protect the dreamers instead. “There is a human element to this, however, that is not lost on me and should not be ignored,” wrote Herbert Slatery III. “At this time, our Office has decided not to challenge DACA in the litigation, because we believe there is a better approach.”

Houston tries to safeguard areas by flooding others BY JEFF AMY AND JUAN LOZANO Associated Press

HOUSTON — Officials in Houston sought Friday to safeguard parts of their devastated city by intentionally flooding others that were inundated by Harvey, which retained enough rainmaking power to raise the risk of flooding in the middle of the country a week after it slammed into Texas. The mayor announced plans to release water from two reservoirs that could keep as many as 20,000 homes flooded for up to 15 days. In another Texas city with no drinking water, people waited in a line that stretched for more than a mile to get bottled water. And aerial video broadcast Friday evening showed a new fire at a crippled Houston-area chemical plant that was the scene of an earlier explosion and fire. Residents of the stillflooded western part of Houston were told to evacuate ahead of the planned release from two reservoirs protecting downtown. The move was expected to flood homes that were filled with water earlier in the week. Homes that are not currently flooded probably will not be affected, officials said. It could take three months for the Addicks and Barker reservoirs, which are normally dry, to drain. The Harris County Flood Control District said it had to continue releasing water to protect the reservoirs’ structural integrity and in case more heavy rain falls. Some of the affected houses have several feet

of water in them, and the water reaches to the rooftops of others, district meteorologist Jeff Lindner said. Mayor Sylvester Turner pleaded for more high-water vehicles and more search-and-rescue equipment as the nation’s fourth-largest city continued looking for any survivors or corpses that might have somehow escaped notice in flood-ravaged neighborhoods. Search teams quickly worked their way down streets, sometimes not even knocking on doors if there were obvious signs that all was well — organized debris piles or full cans of trash on the curb, for instance, or neighbors confirming that the residents had evacuated. Authorities considered it an initial search, though they did not say what subsequent searches would entail or when they would commence. Turner also asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide more workers to process applications from thousands of people seeking government help. The mayor said he will request a preliminary aid package of $75 million for debris removal alone. The storm had lost most of its tropical characteristics but remained a source of heavy rain that threatened to cause flooding as far north as Indiana. By Friday evening, Harvey had dumped more than 9 inches of rain in parts of Arkansas and Tennessee and more than 8 inches in spots in Alabama and Kentucky. Its remnants were expected to generate another 1 to 3 inches

over parts of Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and West Virginia. National Weather Service meteorologists expect Harvey to break up and merge with other weather systems over the Ohio Valley late Saturday or Sunday. More than 1,500 people were staying at shelters in Louisiana, and that number included people from communities in Texas. The state opened a seventh shelter Friday in Shreveport for up to 2,400 people, said Shauna Sanford, a spokeswoman for Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards. The Texas city of Beaumont, home to almost 120,000 people near the Louisiana state line, was trying to bring in enough bottled water for people who stayed behind after a water pumping station was overwhelmed by the swollen Neches River. Authorities raised the death toll from the storm to 39 late Thursday, while rescue workers conducted a block-by-block search of tens of thousands of Houston homes. The latest statewide damage surveys showed the extent of destruction. An estimated 156,000 dwellings in Harris County, or more than 10 percent of all structures in the county database, were damaged by flooding, according to the flood control district for the county, which includes Houston. Lindner called that a conservative estimate. Figures from the Texas Department of Public Safety indicated that nearly 87,000 homes had major or minor damage and at least 6,800 were destroyed.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PROPOSED 2017/2018 BUDGET ALCORN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI The Board of Supervisors of Alcorn County, Mississippi, will hold a public hearing on its proposed budget and proposed tax levies for fiscal year 2018, on September 14, 2017, at 9:00 A.M. in the Alcorn County Board of Supervisors Building located at 305 South Fulton Drive, Corinth, Mississippi. At this meeting, a proposed ad valorem tax effort will be considered. Alcorn County is now operating with projected total budget revenue of $17,890,862. Of that amount, 51 percent, or $9,124,339, of such revenue is obtained through ad valorem taxes. For the next fiscal year, the proposed budget has total projected revenue of $18,937,272. Of that atnount, 51 percent, or $9,658,008, is proposed to be financed through a total ad valorem tax levy. For the next fiscal year, the Alcorn County Board of Supervisors plans to keep your ad valorem tax millage the same at 116.21 mills. The millage rate attributed to county operations is 63.45 mills and the millage rate attributable to county school operations is 52.76 mills. The decision to not increase the ad valorem tax millage rate for fiscal year 2018 above the current fiscal year’s ad valorem tax millage rate means you will not pay more in ad valorem taxes on your home, automobile tag, utilities, business fixtures and equipment and rental real property, unless the assessed value of your property has increased for fiscal year 2018. A millage rate of 111.55 will produce the same amount of revenue from ad valorem taxes as was collected the prior year. The millage rate for the prior year was 116.21. Any citizen of Alcorn County, Mississippi, is invited to attend this public hearing on the proposed budget and tax levies for fiscal year 2018, and will be allowed to speak for a reasonable amount of time and offer tangible evidence before any vote is taken. A final decision on the proposed budget will be made following such public hearing. ALCORN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI By: Jimmy Tate Waldon, President Board of Supervisors

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