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Corinth names assistant fire chief BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Corinth Fire Department Capt. Todd Welch is being promoted to the assistant fire chief post. The Corinth Board of Mayor and Aldermen interviewed candidates and made the promo-

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tion last week. Welch takes the position effective Oct. 1. He follows the retiring John Wood, whose official final day is in January. He is currently taking unused leave time. Welch, a 1991 Alcorn Central High School graduate, joined the department in 1997. He

also runs Todd’s Lawn Care and Welch properties. He studied forestry at Mississippi State University. With the Mississippi State Fire Academy and National Fire Academy, he has 47 certifications totaling 1,356 hours. Welch has been serving the

fire department as the senior captain officer. Welch indicated to the board that he is interested in eventually serving as chief. The city will soon have another decision to make on fire department staffing as Chief Billy “Lucky” Briggs eyes retirement.

Briggs said he plans to retire in March, although he will officially remain a city employee until August. He became chief in January 2013 following the retirement of Rob Price. He will have 28 years with the department upon his retirement.

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BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Saturday is the day to safely get rid of old paint, batteries, chemical cleaners and other unwanted hazards lurking in closets, garages and around the house. Keep Corinth-Alcorn Beautiful will hold a Household Hazardous Waste Day disposal event from 8 a.m. to noon at the transfer station off South Harper Road near Physician’s Urgent Care. Residents can bring items at no cost thanks to a Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality grant of $25,000, which covers the cost of disposal and recycling. “Most communities normally do not have access to proper disposal,” said KCAB Director Andrea Rose. “Our goal is to have this event once a year to provide residents the opportunity to have these items properly disposed of. We don’t want them poured down the drain or dumped in the yard.” The event will again include recycling of tires, which are limited to 10 per household, and electronics. “The electronics are accepted through an R2 certified venPlease see WASTE | 2A

Basketball event grows to 17 games BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

Christian Supply about ordering flags in bulk. “It’s a matter of identity to us,” said Bro. Blackard. “Our hope is other churches around the country will do the same thing.”

The Lighthouse Foundation plans on stuffing basketball fans with plenty of roundball over two days. Two teams have recently been added to the large field, pushing the third Physician’s Urgent Care Lighthouse Thanksgiving Classic to 24 teams and 17 games. “We are already the largest basketball event in Mississippi,” said event organizer Vince Overholt during the weekly meeting of the Corinth Kiwanis Club on Tuesday. “The classic has become a lot bigger than people thought it would be.” The annual event – set for Nov. 27-28 at Corinth High School – was created to offset the general operating budget of the Lighthouse Foundation.

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Wheeler Grove Baptist Church pastor Dr. Kara Blackard folds one of the over 200 Christian flags ordered by the church in an attempt to flood the area with the flags.

Local church promotes Christian flag BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

WHEELER GROVE — An area church is sending a message through the Christian flag. Wheeler Grove Baptist Church has taken on the task to flood the region with the

flags. “We aren’t putting up flags,” said pastor Dr. Kara Blackard. “We are running testimonies up the pole.” Blackard pitched the idea to the Wheeler Grove congregation in August. The church then contacted New Life

A couple of CorinthAlcorn Animal Shelter kittens were featured on the month of April in the 2015 shelter fundrasier calendar. Photo submissions for the 2016 calendar are due at alcornpets.com by Friday.

Shelter requests entries for pet calendar contest BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

The search for “purrfect” pet photos continues at the Corinth-Alcorn Animal Shelter. Deadline is Friday to enter the shelter’s pet calendar photo contest where the top 12 lucky pets after a Facebook based voting period will be featured as a pet of the month in the 2016 calendar. “We have had a good response to our new calendar

contest,” said Volunteer Shelter Director Charlotte Doehner. “One thing I’ve learned so far is there are a lot of really cute pets in this area. Voters are going to have a hard time picking their favorite for the cover.” According to Doehner, the shelter has received around 20 entries so far. Each photo can be entered at alcornpets.com and requires a $25 donation to CAAS. Each Please see CALENDAR | 3A

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Corinth aldermen and Alcorn County supervisors approve a $4 million bond issue for Magnolia Hospital. The funds will support a major expansion including the addition of an oncology center, upgrades to the emergency department and labor and delivery and numerous other areas.

Local chancery and circuit courts will gain a fourth judge. The justice department has cleared the way for approval of a law signed earlier in the year by Gov. Haley Barbour adding an additional judge in both courts for the local district.

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Campus Country ready for first ‘Showtime’ BOONEVILLE — Northeast Mississippi Community College’s Campus Country has been working hard, but will play even harder as it opens up its 2015-16 Showtime schedule on Thursday, with a show entitled “Work Hard, Play Harder”. Campus Country’s first few weeks of rehearsals will culminate in the first performance of the year with a 26-song performance that spans a myriad of musical genres. Curtain rises on the initial Showtime at 7 p.m. with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free to Northeast faculty, staff and students with a current college identification card and is only $5 for the public. “We’ve had quite a bit of turnover from last year,” said Northeast Campus Country director Chris Dunn. “Five of our six band members are new to the group this semester. “We have had to put in some extra hours of rehearsal here and there to get this show ready, but it is paying off. We really have worked harder than usual. I’m excited to hear them play.” Campus Country’s first Showtime of the 2015-16

Northeast Mississippi Community College’s Campus Country will hold its first Showtime of the 2015-16 academic year when the group performs in the Seth Pounds Auditorium on Thursday at 7 p.m. Members of the 2015-16 edition of Campus Country includes (front row, l-r) Anna Bray of Booneville, Chasie Gentry of Baldwyn, Mary Steadman of Iuka, Savanna Loveless of Tupelo, Nathan Smith of Ripley, Chance Stanley of Marietta, Molly Thorn of Belmont, Hailey Carmack of Cairo, Hannah Knight of Iuka, Kerston Jumper of Saltillo in addition to (back row, l-r) Taylor Weeks of Tupelo, Zach Campbell of Tupelo, Adam Chabot of Waynesboro, Tenn., Northeast Campus Country director Chris Dunn, Dillon Keith of Waynesboro, Tenn., Drew Henry of Belmont, Billy Stone of Booneville. academic year will consist of a variety of songs ranging from modern country and pop/rock to classic hits in the country and rock genres. Included in the 26-song set list is a mixture of new and semi-old country songs ranging from the 1990s

to the present. Campus Country plans to “Work Hard, Play Harder,” during its opening night performance with song such as “Going Out Like That,” by Reba McEntire; “Not Ready To Make Nice,” by the Dixie Chicks, “I’m Gonna

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Cheated On You.” Campus Country fans who have grown accustomed to the contemporary Christian and gospel songs that have become a popular part of the past few Showtimes will not be disappointed as the setlist includes Rend Collective’s “Immeasurably More,” “Even So Come,” by Passion and Carrie Underwood’s rendition of “How Great Thou Art.” While the country genre will be primary focus of the show, Campus Country will display their diverse musical talents by mixing in some noncountry material as well such as Whitesnake’s “Here I Go Again” and Orleans’ “Still the One” along with Bob Seger’s “Night Moves” and The Beatles’ “Octopus’s Garden.” Music fans will recognize Seger’s “Night Moves,” from the selftitled album in 1976 that helped to launch the regional musical star to national status when “Night Moves” climbed up the Billboard Hot 100 charts and reached the fourth highest point on the chart at its peak. “Octopus’s Garden,” one of two Beatle’s compositions credited to drummer Ringo Starr, will be performed in authentic fashion with Campus Country drummer Zach Campbell of Tupelo handling vocal and drumming duties. “I think anyone and everyone would get bored playing and listening to the same style of music for hours,” Dunn said. “I know that is definitely true for me. Branching out into some non-country material helps our band stay engaged and gives our audience a few surprises.” Some of Dunn’s personal Campus Country favorites from the past

few years make a return for this Showtime such as Pistol Annies’ “Hell on Heels,” the Dixie Chicks’ “Not Ready To Make Nice,” and Underwood’s rendition of “How Great Thou Art.” Campus Country’s complete Showtime schedule for the 201516 school year will include performances on Thursday, November 19; Thursday, February 25, 2016; and Thursday, April 14, 2016. “I really do think our shows are diverse enough and our performance level is high enough that anyone, young or old, would be able to enjoy our shows,” Dunn said. “If you haven’t seen Campus Country perform in a while, we would love to see you at our show. Please come out and support the arts and music education.” For Campus Country news and event updates, “like” the NEMCC Campus Country page on Facebook (http://bit.ly/ NEMCCCampusCountry). Members of Campus Country 2015-16 include Anna Bray of Booneville (vocals), Zach Campbell of Tupelo (drums/ vocals), Hailey Carmack of Cairo (vocals), Adam Chabot of Waynesboro, Tenn. (bass), Chasie Gentry of Baldwyn (vocals), Drew Henry of Belmont (electric guitar), Kerston Jumper of Saltillo (vocals), Dillon Keith of Waynesboro, Tenn. (electric guitar/vocals), Hannah Knight of Iuka (vocals), Savanna Loveless of Tupelo (vocals), Nathan Smith of Ripley (sound), Chance Stanley of Marietta (vocals), Mary Steadman of Iuka (vocals), Billy Stone of Booneville (acoustic guitar), Molly Thorn of Belmont (vocals), and Taylor Weeks of Tupelo (keys).

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Rose encourages residents to come to the event early. If the vendors reach capacity, the event could end before noon. The fees are based on volume of materials collected. The grant is matched by the services of the event partners — Corinth, Alcorn County, Waste Connections, Caterpillar, and Extreme Signs and Graphics. For more information on acceptable items, contact The Alliance at 2875269.

ard mentioned the campaign, 118 people signed up. “It has been extremely well received,” he said. “As we watch America go in the wrong direction, we have decided we are going to be Christians in everything we do.” Blackard wants to remind individuals the United States of America was founded on God. “There might come a time when we aren’t allowed to fly the Christian flag,” he said. “It’s special to me because it is a good

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As of Tuesday, 268 flags have been ordered through the church. “All they have to do is call the church if they want one,” said Blackard. “We will order it and they can pick it up at the office.” The 3x5 nylon flags are $20. “We aren’t supporting any ministry through this,” added the pastor. “All we are saying by posting a flag is a Christian family lives here.” The first Sunday Black-

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Today in History Today is Wednesday, September 23, the 266th day of 2015. There are 99 days left in the year. Autumn arrives at 4:21 a.m. Eastern time.

Today’s Highlight in History: On September 23, 1952, in what became known as the “Checkers” speech, Sen. Richard M. Nixon, R-Calif., salvaged his vice-presidential nomination by appearing live on television to refute allegations of improper campaign fundraising.

On this date: In 1779, during the Revolutionary War, the American warship Bon Homme Richard, commanded by John Paul Jones, defeated the HMS Serapis in battle off Yorkshire, England; however, the seriously damaged Bon Homme Richard sank two days later. In 1780, British spy John Andre was captured along with papers revealing Benedict Arnold’s plot to surrender West Point to the British. In 1806, the Lewis and Clark expedition returned to St. Louis more than two years after setting out for the Pacific Northwest. In 1846, Neptune was identified as a planet by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle. In 1955, a jury in Sumner, Mississippi, acquitted two white men, Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam, of murdering black teenager Emmett Till. (The two men later admitted to the crime in an interview with Look magazine.) In 1957, nine black students who’d entered Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas were forced to withdraw because of a white mob outside. In 1973, former Argentine president Juan Peron won a landslide election victory that returned him to power; his wife, Isabel, was elected vice president. In 1999, the Mars Climate Orbiter apparently burned up as it attempted to go into orbit around the Red Planet.

Across the Region Unemployment falls in Prentiss County BOONEVILLE — Prentiss County’s unemployment rate continued to slide downward in July. Unemployment in the county fell from 6.6 percent in June to 6.4 percent in July according to the latest figures released by the Mississippi Department of Employment Security. The rate was also significantly lower than one year ago when it stood at 8.7 percent for July 2014. The number of people employed in the county rose from 10,430 in June to 10,610 in July while the number receiving unemployment benefits dropped from 740 in June to 720 in July. Prentiss’ drop was larger than the overall statewide unemployment decrease. Unemployment in the state fell from 7.0 percent in June to 6.9 percent in July. The county had the fifth lowest rate among immediately surrounding counties in July. Union County had the area’s lowest unemployment rate at 5 percent, followed by Alcorn at 5.8 percent, Lee at 6.1 percent, Itawamba at 6.2 percent and Prentiss at 6.4 percent. Tishomingo County had a rate of 6.8 percent while Tippah County continued to have the area’s highest unemployment rate at 7.1 percent. Prentiss had the 23rd lowest rate among the state’s 82 counties. Rankin County had the lowest rate in the state at 3.9 percent while Issaquena County in the Delta had the highest rate in the state at 17.1 percent.

Group holds living history programs SHILOH, Tenn. — Step back in time as Shiloh National Military Park hosts Civil War cavalry demonstrations on the battlefield. The 7th Tennessee Cavalry living history group will present interpretive programs in the Duncan Field area around Tour Stop #4 on Saturday, Sept. 26. Programs will take place at 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. Each program

will showcase 19th century cavalry tactics, saber drill, black powder firing demonstrations, and a discussion of horse soldier equipment. Visitors will also be invited to tour a period Civil War encampment and visit with troopers to learn more about the experiences of the mounted western soldier. As always, admission to the park and interpretive demonstrations is free. The park’s visitor center and bookstore will be open normal operating hours from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. (For more information call 731-689-5696, go to the park’s website at www.nps.gov/shil.)

City asks residents to sign up for alerts IUKA — City officials are asking residents to sign up to receive local alerts. Iuka and surrounding area residents can now receive free, real time public safety messages as well as other community information through Niixle. Residents can register for the program by texting your zip code to 888777 or by visiting nixle.com. Once registered, residents can customize alert settings to receive alerts from the City of Iuka, the Iuka Fire Department and the Tishomingo County Sheriff’s Department.

Senior Center sets trip for Christmas SELMER, Tenn. — The Selmer Senior Center is sponsoring a 3-day, 2-night KaLightoscope Christmas trip Dec. 6–8 to Louisville, Ky. Tour highlights include: transportation, accomodations at the beautiful Galt House Hotel, featuring Christmas Village & Mistletoe Marketplace, two dinner shows at the Derby Dinner Playhouse & Pam Tillis Dinner Show, a museum, featuring “Holidays Around the World”, admission to “KaLightoscope Christmas” plus more holiday fun. The cost is $419 per double occupancy. A $75 deposit is due by Tuesday, Oct. 1 with payment in full by Nov. 1.

(For more information contact Hollie Knight at 662-645-7843.)

MSU starts healthy options initiative STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University is joining the Partnership for a Healthier America to expand healthy options for students on campus. MSU is among 37 other institutions of higher learning which are part of the third cohort joining the PHA’s Healthier Campus Initiative, which involves a three-year commitment to adopt guidelines around food and nutrition, physical activity and programming. At the university, MSU Dining, Recreational Sports and Health Promotion and Wellness are focusing on meeting and exceeding the guidelines of the PHA’s Healthier Campus Initiative. “MSU has been promoting a healthy campus culture for many years, and we have successfully expanded options in nutrition, recreation and physical fitness and health programming,” said Regina Hyatt, MSU vice president for student affairs. “Joining the Partnership for Healthier America will help us continue to be a leader in setting healthier standards, and we are happy to be part of a national network of institutions that make healthy choices a priority.” The Partnership for a Healthier America was created in conjunction with – but independent from – First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! effort. PHA is working to ensure the health of the nation’s youth by solving the childhood obesity crisis by bringing together public, private and nonprofit leaders to broker meaningful commitments and develop strategies to end childhood obesity.

Fifth graders urged to make bike poster JACKSON — The Mississippi Department of Transportation is looking for a fifth grade student to create its new poster to promote riding bi-

cycles. It is partnering with Saris Cycling Group, a manufacturer of bike racks and cycling training products, to launch the contest. The theme for the contest this year is #longfortheride. MDOT says it is a nationwide contest and one winner will be selected from each state to receive a bike, helmet and bell. The national winner will get a trip to the 2016 National Bike Summit in Washington, D.C. and their school will receive a bicycle rack and a bike/walk tracking system. The past two years, the poster contest winner came from Mississippi. The 2014 National Poster Contest winner hailed from Starkville. The deadline for the poster contest is October 21. To participate, visit gomdot.com/bikecontest or call (601) 3597685.

SAVANNAH, Tenn. — The City of Savannah will be sponsoring their first Arts and Crafts Fair at

Tennessee Street Park on October 17th, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The fair will feature only handcrafted items by the artisans which will be coming to Savannah from Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama. The Fair will be set up along the walking trail in Tennessee Street Park. There will be live local entertainment, a pumpkin carving contest for the public and crafters will be demonstrating how they make the items that they have on display. Along with this there is the beautiful Tennessee Street Park with playgrounds, pavilions, splash pads and walking trail for the whole family to enjoy while at the arts fair. Some of the featured crafts will include handmade jewelry, gift baskets, ceramics, home crafts, pottery and planters, paintings, stained glass, fiber arts and wood creations. With a wide variety of items to be shown, there is sure to be something to catch the eye. Those who have not been able to visit Tennessee Street Park yet should take this opportunity to come out and enjoy the nice fall temperatures while walking through the Arts and Crafts Fair. Perhaps folks will be able to find that one thing that will finalize home fall decorations. The concession stand will be open during the duration of the fair with hot dogs, pizza, popcorn, candy and a variety of drinks. Tennessee Street Park has nice clean restrooms with both men’s and women’s restroom being equipped with changing tables. There are always staff members at the park to help visitors. (Those interested in participating in the fair may contact Jim Ackley by email at jackley@ cityofsavannah.org or call to Savannah City Hall at 731-925-3300 to make arrangements to reserve a space during the fair. The spaces are approximately 10’ x 15’ and are $20 each. Surplus funds from the Fair will be used to help fund future events at the park.)

dog is $65 and includes all shots and spaying or neutering of the animal. Certain restrictions apply. “We wanted to end the summer season with a big special,” said Doehner. “For everyone who has been thinking about adopting a dog, Saturday will be the perfect time.” Shelter volunteers will also host a car wash for a $20 donation from 11

a.m. to 4 p.m. A BBQ lunch will also be served all day with BBQ sandwiches $2, BBQ plates (with slaw and chips) $5, hot dogs $1 and iced tea $1. The shelter is located at 3825 Proper Street, two miles east of the Harper Road and Proper Street intersection in Corinth. (For pet calendar photo contest questions, contact 662-415-8641.)

UNA hosts evening with West, Mitchell FLORENCE, Ala. — LGBT and marriage equality advocates Clark West and Elliott Mitchell will host a discussion on the University of North Alabama campus, Monday, Sept. 28, at 7 p.m., in the GUC Performance Center. West and Mitchell will host a discussion about LGBT and civil rights issues at UNA and in the state of Alabama. The evening event is part of a two-day visit, which will consist of meetings with students, faculty and staff about LGBT issues in the 21st century. An “Evening with Clark West and Elliott Mitchell” is being cosponsored by the University of North Alabama College of Arts and Sciences and the UNA Office of Diversity and Institutional Equity. (For more information: https://www.una.edu/ history/ind.)

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entrant will receive a free calendar and all acceptable entries will be included in the calendar on several collage pages. Photos must be at least 6 megapixels/300 dpi or greater (7 inches or 2,000 pixels wide). Photos should be reasonably clear and focused. While electronic submissions are preferred,

photos will also be accepted by mail or in person. If mailing, send photos, payment and contact information to 3825 Proper Street, Corinth, MS 38834. “All acceptable photo entries will be posted on our Facebook page on Sept. 28, where people will be able to vote for their favorite photo by ‘liking’ the photo,” said Doehner. “The photo with

the most likes at the end of the voting period will be featured on the cover of the calendar, while the top 12 photos with the most likes will be featured as a pet of the month in the calendar.” Online voting will end on Oct. 9. “The calendar is one of our biggest fundraisers of the year,” added Doehner. “It’s going to be great to have the entire calendar

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Initiative 42 is about equity funding in public education STARKVILLE — As the rancor in the public debate over Initiative 42 increases, the actual issues that purport to be impacted by the decision of the voters in November become more intensely clouded Sid Salter by proponents and opponents of the measure alike. Columnist Proponents of Initiative 42 increasingly argue that voters are either “for” public education and the children or they are “against” them. Opponents argue just as stridently that adoption of the measure will have extremely ominous budget results that will be ongoing. The truth is that Initiative 42 and MAEP are really about a transfer of wealth from the state’s more affluent school districts to the more impoverished school districts. It’s a way to equalize per pupil spending between school districts as economically diverse as Madison County and, say, Noxubee County. The fact is that Initiative 42 and the Mississippi Adequate Education Program for which the initiative seeks to guarantee “full funding” is a movement that has roots in education equity funding lawsuits that gained attention in the early 1970s and again in the 1980s. Those lawsuits, principally Rodriguez v. San Antonio Independent School District in 1973 and later a series of related lawsuits that began with Edgewood Independent School District v. Kirby in the mid-1980s, challenged the equity of the school finance system in Texas. The Edgewood plaintiffs argued that because Texas had a heavy reliance on property tax as an element of education finance and because there was such a wide variance in per pupil property values, then it was necessarily so that there was a concomitant wide disparity in per pupil spending between school districts. The plaintiffs argued even if school districts with relatively poor property values levied high property tax rates, those districts would still be unable to raise sufficient revenues to finance education programs that met the state’s minimum education requirements. As a result of the Edgewood case, the prior Texas system of school finance was ruled unconstitutional based on equal protection issues and the state’s own definition of the adequacy of education provided. The court ruled in the Edgewood case that “there are glaring disparities in the abilities of the various school districts to raise revenues from property taxes because taxable property wealth varies greatly from district to district.” Those disparities in property wealth between districts lead to widely variances in amounts of spending per student, which represented a “real and meaningful impact on the educational opportunity offered” to a students in a property-poor districts. The Texas lawsuits started a revolution of sorts. Lawsuits challenging state methods of funding public schools were brought in 45 states. In addition to lawsuits, the Edgewood case set in motion a national series of state legislative attempts to avoid lawsuits similar to Edgewood by enacting equity funding formulas that headed off such litigation at the proverbial pass. While it is disingenuous to say that the entirety of the Mississippi Legislature had no serious interest in true equity funding for public education in Mississippi when they adopted MAEP, it is also true that the equity funding program would have likely died on the legislative calendar had there not been a real fear of lawsuits gearing up in Mississippi. Understanding why MAEP was initially adopted in Mississippi is part and parcel to understanding why lawmakers took a laissez faire attitude all these years – whether Democrats or Republicans controlled the Legislature - about “fully funding” the program and why legitimate disagreement remains over taking control of public education funding away from the Legislature and handing it to the judiciary. (Daily Corinthian columnist Sid Salter is syndicated across the state. Contact him at 601-507-8004 or sidsalter@sidsalter.com.)

Prayer for today Gracious Father, help me to be alert this morning and select the noblest that is in today. May I be diligent and not find in the evening that I have been unworthy of the day. Amen.

A verse to share “And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?” Luke 24:32

The left has its pope Pope Francis has created political controversy, both inside and outside the Catholic Church, by blaming capitalism for many of the problems of the poor. We can no doubt expect more of the same during his visit to the United States. Pope Francis is part of a larger trend of the rise of the political left among Catholic intellectuals. He is, in a sense, the culmination of that trend. There has long been a political left among Catholics, as among other Americans. Often they were part of the pragmatic left, as in the many old Irish-run, big city political machines that dispensed benefits to the poor in exchange for their votes, as somewhat romantically depicted in the movie classic, “The Last Hurrah.” But there has also been a more ideological left. Where the Communists had their official newspaper, “The Daily Worker,” there was also “The Catholic Worker” published by Dorothy Day. A landmark in the evolution of the ideological left among Catholics was a publication in the 1980s, by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, titled “Pastoral Letter on Catholic Social Teaching and the U.S. Economy.” Although this publication was said to be based

on Catholic teachings, one of its principal contributors, Archbishop Thomas R e m b e r t Sowell Weakland, said: “I think Columnist we should be up front and say that really we took this from the Enlightenment era.” The specifics of the Bishops’ Pastoral Letter reflect far more of the secular Enlightenment of the 18th century than of Catholic traditions. Archbishop Weakland admitted that such an Enlightenment figure as Thomas Paine “is now coming back through a strange channel.” Strange indeed. Paine rejected the teachings of “any church that I know of,” including “the Roman church.” He said: “My own mind is my own church.” Nor was Paine unusual among the leading figures of the 18th century Enlightenment. To base social or moral principles on the philosophy of the 18th century Enlightenment, and then call the result “Catholic teachings” suggests something like bait-and-switch advertising. But, putting aside religious or philosophical ques-

tions, we have more than two centuries of historical evidence of what has actually happened as the ideas of people like those Enlightenment figures were put into practice in the real world -beginning with the French Revolution and its disastrous aftermath. Both the authors of the Bishops’ Pastoral Letter in the 1980s, and Pope Francis today, blithely throw around the phrase “the poor,” and blame poverty on what other people are doing or not doing to or for “the poor.” Any serious look at the history of human beings over the millennia shows that the species began in poverty. It is not poverty, but prosperity, that needs explaining. Poverty is automatic, but prosperity requires many things -- none of which is equally distributed, even within a given society. Geographic settings are radically different, both among nations and within nations. So are demographic differences, with some nations and groups having a median age over 40 and others having a median age under 20. This means that some groups have several times as much adult work experience as others. Cultures are also radically different in many ways. As economic historian David S. Landes put it, “The

world has never been a level playing field.” But which has a better track record of helping the less fortunate -fighting for a bigger slice of the economic pie, or producing a bigger pie? In 1900, only 3 percent of American homes had electric lights but more than 99 percent had them before the end of the century. Infant mortality rates were 165 per thousand in 1900 and 7 per thousand by 1997. By 2001, most Americans living below the official poverty line had central air conditioning, a motor vehicle, cable television with multiple TV sets, and other amenities. A scholar specializing in the study of Latin America said that the official poverty level in the United States is the upper middle class in Mexico. The much criticized market economy of the United States has done far more for the poor than the ideology of the left. Pope Francis’ own native Argentina was once among the leading economies of the world, before it was ruined by the kind of ideological notions he is now promoting around the world. (Daily Corinthian columnist Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www.tsowell. com.)

Media tested by coverage of homicides OXFORD — In addition to creating horrors for all involved last week, Shannon Lamb tested the media’s ability to track and report a developing story in this new era of gushing “real time” information. Monday morning, Lamb told authorities by phone that he had shot Amy Prentiss in the Gautier home they shared near the Mississippi Gulf Coast. After that call, he shot and also killed a faculty colleague, Ethan Schmidt, at Delta State in Cleveland. Hours later he killed himself near Greenville. Overall, the scores of Mississippi media should be ranked “good.” With every tick of the clock, every development, it appeared proper verifications were obtained before updates were aired or posted on media websites. This was made possible by open and professional law enforcement and by Delta State leaders being willing to say what they knew as soon as they knew it. There are lessons all around.

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We don’t think about it much, but First Amendment doesn’t require the Charlie media to be Mitchell responsible. ProfessionColumnist alism is an ethical and business decision. How so? Fundamentally, media companies need an audience. No audience, no revenue. There are all sorts of ways to attract and keep an audience — entertain, affirm or shock to name just a few. The audience media companies want is those seeking facts, not fiction. And the keys to retaining an audience are being reliable both in terms of speed and accuracy. Many of these core factors became lost, confused or both when the Internet first started bringing every local news outlet in the nation to the screens of every information-seeker in the world. Many old-school media

people threw their rulebooks out the window and started joining the wandering conversations taking place in social media. Many law enforcement agencies simply clammed up. There were many conversations taking place on many Internet platforms starting the instant Delta State’s campus was declared on lockdown after gunshots were heard in an academic building. Students were “talking” to each other nonstop through texts, Instagram, SnapChat and otherwise. And the University was talking to its students through Twitter, giving brief, accurate, precise statements and directions about what was going on and what they needed to do. Now the media didn’t get everything right the first time. There were scattered reports of sightings of the car Lamb was driving, that he had been taken alive and such. There were isolated hints that the men were rivals for the affection of Prentiss. But all-in-all, a maturing of the media was evident.

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The contents of Facebook pages and comments and opinions seemingly being floated by every person with a keyboard and a wifi connection were not reported as news. And, crucially, police in Gautier and police and administrators at Delta State were rapid and forthcoming with information about exactly what was going on, which allowed media to relate facts instead of speculation. It is the job of media companies to maintain the values of integrity and responsibility — at least if they wish to stay in business. Journalists in Mississippi did well, and of equal if not greater importance, so did law enforcement and the leadership of Delta State University. No one wanted the test “Professor” Lamb administered that day, but those whose job was to relate the events did so responsibly and effectively. (Charlie Mitchell is a Mississippi journalist. Write to him at cmitchell43@yahoo. com.)

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Brian Williams back for pope coverage NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Brian Williams returned to the airwaves of MSNBC to anchor coverage of the visit of Pope Francis to the United States on Tuesday, his first day back at work following his suspension from NBC News and demotion for misleading viewers about his role in news stories. Dressed in a suit and blue striped tie, Williams was all business and no initial mention was made of his absence. He opened the 3 p.m. EDT hour on the news network, stationed in a Manhattan studio. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In a short time Pope Francis will arrive in the country for the first time,â&#x20AC;? he said, his voice slightly raspy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He will first travel to Washington before moving to New York and Philadelphia.â&#x20AC;? He introduced NBC White House correspondent Chris Jansing, at the airport where the pope was due to arrive, for a report, followed by short interviews with Maria Shriver and Jose Diaz-Balart. Â

Clean tech a focus for Chinese leader SEATTLE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington state Tuesday for a visit to the U.S. that will include talks on how U.S. and Chinese experts and businesses can collaborate on nuclear energy, smarter electricity use and other clean technologies.

The visit comes a year after Xi and President Barack Obama announced their nations would cooperate to fight climate change. Xiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plane landed at Paine Field in Everett, where he was welcomed by a group that included Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, former Washington governor and U.S. ambassador to China Gary Locke and Seattle Mayor Ed Murray. Wendy Hu, a native of Guangdong Province who has lived in Seattle for 20 years, brought her 11-year-old daughter, Anna Ni. â&#x20AC;&#x153;China and the U.S. are good partners now, with Boeing and Microsoft,â&#x20AC;? Hu said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love both countries.â&#x20AC;? Â

PETA: Give monkey copyright of selfies SAN FRANCISCO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A macaque monkey who took now-famous selfie photographs should be declared the copyright owner of the photos, rather than the nature photographer who positioned the camera, animal-rights activists contend in a novel lawsuit filed Tuesday. The suit was filed in federal court in San Francisco by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. It seeks a court order allowing PETA to administer all proceeds from the photos for the benefit of the monkey, which it identified as 6-year-old Naruto, and other crested macaques living in a reserve on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The photos were

taken during a 2011 trip to Sulawesi by British nature photographer David Slater. Through San Francisco-based self-publishing company Blurb, he has published a book called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wildlife Personalitiesâ&#x20AC;? that includes the â&#x20AC;&#x153;monkey selfieâ&#x20AC;? photos. Â

Senate blocks bill banning abortions WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Senate Democrats thwarted a Republican effort to ban late-term abortions on Tuesday as GOP leaders strained to avoid a government shutdown in eight days over the dispute â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all against a tangled backdrop of presidential politics. Up next, in the first of a series of choreographed steps, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., set up a showdown vote for Thursday on stopgap legislation that would keep the government operating through Dec. 11. But it would also block Planned Parenthoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s federal funds for a year, and Democrats are expected to block that measure, too, setting up subsequent votes on must-pass bills to keep the government open free of the dispute over Planned Parenthood and abortion. Abortion politics is roiling Congress and the White House campaign as well. A number of Republicans, outraged over Planned Parenthoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s procurement of fetal tissue for scientific research, are demanding definitive action from GOP leaders.

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2 arrested in rape of elderly woman VICKSBURG â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Two men have been booked with a string of felonies related to the weekend rape of a 72-year-old Vicksburg woman. The Vicksburg Post reports 27-year-old Mark Carver Jr. and 20-yearold Jacorey Thomas, both of Vicksburg, were arrested in the Saturday break-in and attack. Police Chief Walter Armstrong says Thomas, arrested Monday, faces charges of kidnapping, armed robbery, home invasion, sexual battery and rape. He says Carver, who was picked up Sunday, was charged with armed robbery, home invasion and attempted credit card fraud. The men are accused of kicking in the door of a home early Saturday, attacking the woman, and stealing items from the home. Â

IP Casino in Biloxi continues upgrades BILOXI â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The IP Casino Resort and Spa in Biloxi is continuing million-dollar upgrades to its hotel rooms. General Manager Duncan McKenzie tells WLOX-TV that managing company Boyd Gaming is spending $2.5 million to upgrade 54 of its suites. Last year, Boyd Gaming spent between $7.5 million and $8 million to refurbish more than 350 of IPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guest rooms. The casino boasts 1,088 hotel rooms. McKenzie says the goal is to bring the rooms up to first class

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NATCHEZ â&#x20AC;&#x201D; When Adams County officially opens the FEMA shelter later this year, exterior operations could still be in the dark. While the $3.4 million shelter has been fully funded through a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in-kind match was made through labor and dirt contributions â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the exterior lighting for the site is apparently not in the contract for work. The project is expected to close out this fall. County Emergency Preparedness Director Robert Bradford tells The Natchez Democrat the county is trying to come up with a solution to install lights over the parking lot area of the shelter. The site â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which was at one time an RV park

COLUMBUS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Columbus City Hall is about to undergo its first restoration since the 1980s. The Commercial Dispatch reports the city plans $1.5 million worth of work on the building thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about a century old. Columbus has already received $1 million from the state and officials plan to seek another $500,000 from the Legislature. George Irby, assistant to the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s director of community development, says heavy-duty work should start in a few weeks. Light work on the exterior has already begun. Irby says City Hall employees will move out by the end of the month and will work in part of the municipal complex for six to 10 months.

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Deaths Troy Brawner

Funeral services for Troy C. Brawner, 97, is set for 11 a.m. Thursday at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Alan Milam officiating. Burial will be in the Forrest Memorial Park. M r . Brawner died September 21, 2015, at his residence. He was born April Brawner 17, 1918, in Corinth to the late Ira Clinton and Alice Brawner. He was a member of Zion Pentecostal Church. Troy retired after 38 years as a dry cleaning delivery man and later retired after 20 years from the Alcorn County Courthouse. He enjoyed flowers and gardening. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Mody, Rufus, Doc and Arby Brawner and his sisters, Virgie Wilson and Katie Starr. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Artie Fields Brawner; daughter Debby (Mike) Ross and son, Randy (Brenda) Brawner; grandchildren, Braden Brawner, Lynsey Davis and Anthony Miller; great-grandchildren, Wesley Welker, Jace Brawner, Ella Miller, Parker Davis, and Bradley Davis; as well

as a host of other family and friends. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 5 to 8 p.m. Condolences can be left at www.memorialcorinth.com

Mary Brown

Mary Brown, a senior at Walnut High School, passed away Wednesday evening at Magnolia Regional Hospital in Corinth. Funeral services were held Sunday, September 20, 2015 at the Walnut City Park Softball field in Walnut Brown with Terrell Gatewood, Steve McKee, Jackie Buchanan, Jonathan James, Kelly Hopper, and Sarah and Lily Brown speaking. Interment followed in Oak Grove Cemetery near Pocahontas. Known to her friends and family as “Charlie”, she was the second child of Mark and Rhonda Graves Brown. Mary was born in Memphis and lived all of her life in the Middleton area. A stand-out student, she was vice-president of the senior class, a member of the Beta Club, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Wal-

Universities seek more state funds JEFF AMY Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi’s public universities and community colleges are seeking more money even as lawmakers warn that the passage of a voter initiative to increase funding for K-12 schools will mean budget cuts. The plans of the colleges and universities were often overshadowed in state budget hearings Tuesday by Republican lawmakers’ opposition to Initiative 42. The voter-proposed measure could create court oversight over Mississippi’s K-12 spending adequacy, checking lawmakers’ power to decide how much or little money to give to public schools. The showdown has been brewing since House Appropriations Committee Chairman Herb Frierson told agencies to prepare for 7.8 percent budget cuts during the current fiscal year, which ends June 30. “A funding reduction of that magnitude would undo much of that progress,” Mississippi State University President Mark Keenum told lawmakers. “It would be a body blow to our university,

a dispiriting message to both faculty and staff who work so hard to help our state.” Higher Education Commissioner Glenn Boyce said he’s not officially endorsing or opposing 42, but he told House Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, that universities are “educating” their employees, students and alumni about possible negatives. He said a 7.8 percent cut could spark more than 700 layoffs at universities statewide. Jonathan Compretta and Michael Rejebian, who manage the campaign for support group 42 For Better Schools, said lawmakers were trying to threaten agency heads. “This is just inept politics based on the equation that if you strong-arm agency heads into believing they won’t be funded, you can use them as a mouthpiece to defeat supporters of public education,” the two said in a statement. As is typical, both universities and community colleges have their own requests that will compete for the state’s cash and borrowing capacity as lawmakers write the budget for fiscal 2017, which begins July 1.

nut High School Student Council. Voted “Most Athletic” at school, she played basketball, both slow-pitch and fast-pitch girls’ softball and traveled as a member of “Rage Reloaded”. She especially enjoyed “hanging out” with all her friends and being owner of her “Jeep”. Her desire to help others was reflected by being an organ donor. Above all, Mary was a Christian and faithful member of the Oak Grove Independent Methodist Church near Essary Springs. She is survived by her parents, Mark and Rhonda Brown of Middleton; two sisters, Sarah and Lily Brown of Middleton; paternal grandfather, Eldridge (Joan) Brown of Middleton; maternal grandmother, Betty (Roy) Locke of Selmer and host of aunts, uncles, cousins and other family and friends. Mary was preceded in death by her maternal grandfather, Bobby Graves; and her paternal grandmother, Nell Brown. The family requests memorials be sent to “Anna’s Army”. Anna Hopper is the 2 year old daughter of Nick and Betsy Hopper. She recently had a malignant brain tumor removed and is starting treatments in July. For more information, please go to https://www. facebook.com/anarmyforanna/timeline.

Emmett Cannon

Emmett Cannon died Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, at his residence. Arrangements are pending with Memorial Funeral Home.

O.B. Estes

A graveside service for Mrs. O.B. Estes, 95, of Corinth is set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Antioch Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation is from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Magnolia Funeral Home. Mrs. Estes died Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, at Noland Hospital in Tuscaloosa, Ala. She was born April 26, 1922, and was a self-employed beautician and a member of Tate Baptist Church. Survivors include her brothers-in-law, John Reed (Jimmie) of West Point and George Reed (Shirley) of Jacksonville, Fla.; her sister-in-law, Dudley Ferguson of Flowood; and her cousin, Scharlotte Monroe and (James) of Glen. She was preceded in death by her husband of 59 Years, Joseph Gordon Estes; and her parents, Sam Tuberville and Caddie Honeycutt Tuberville Charlie Browning will officiate.

Robert Marshall

IUKA — Funeral services for Robert Emmett “Bob” Marshall, 87, of Iuka, Mississippi are set for 1 p.m. Thursday at Iuka United Methodist Church with Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Visitation is from 11 a.m. until service time at the church. Mr. Marshall died Monday, Sep-

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“If not for the tournament, we would really be struggling,” said Lighthouse Foundation Executive Director Gary Caveness. “We found something that helps impact kids more and more.” The basketball event is now the primary fundraiser for the foundation and makes up 20 percent of its budget. “The Lighthouse Foundation is a non-profit in the truest sense,” said Overholt. “We jump at the opportunity to tell our story any time we get the chance.” Two days of high school basketball after Thanksgiving has allowed the Lighthouse to tell its story to over 5,000 people the last two years. “We are making a difference with urban kids,” added Caveness. “We are thankful for those who are behind us and what we do.” Caveness and Overholt have brought a hoop experience to Corinth like no other around. “We want to provide an experience were people can come watch future collegiate and NBA players without having to travel,” said Overholt. “You can’t go anywhere and watch 17 games for $20.” Some top high school players in the country will be part of this year’s hoop event as six states and two countries will be represented. Michigan State commit Josh Langford, a 6-5 shooting guard, is ranked 17th by ESPN. The

Madison Academy, Ala. senior will lead his team against Columbus and Bolton, Tenn. over the two days. Alterique Gilbert, a 6-0 point guard with Miller Grove, Ga., is ranked the #28 high school senior by ESPN. Gilbert is committed to play at Connecticut. Bolton and point guard Jaylen Fisher will be back for a second year. Fisher, a 6-2 point guard, is ranked the #34 senior player by ESPN. Hamilton Heights Christian Academy’s Abdulhakim Ado, a 6-1 center at the Tennessee prep school, is rated #70 by ESPN. J.O. Johnson, Ala. has the #5 rated junior in John Petty. Petty, a 6-6 shooting guard, and J.O. Johnson are making their first visit to the area. Columbus shooting guard Robert Woodard, a 6-5 sophomore, is listed as the 20th best tenth grader by ESPN. “We have a lot of intriguing match-ups,” said Overholt. “We try to match teams so the games will be competitive.” The third classic will see something new. The Lighthouse Challenge will be held the first time on Friday night with the two winners meeting for the Challenge Championship the following night. Hamilton Heights, Tenn. will play Southwest Christian, Ark. in the first challenge contest followed by the Sunrise Christian, Kan. versus Bill Carothers, Canada game. “The Bill Carothers team can’t

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tember 21, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Iuka. He was a long-time and very active member of the Iuka United Methodist Church. He was a U. S. Navy veteran, and worked internationally for General Electric, retiring as a plant manager. He was a rockhound, and was a member of the Jackson and Huntsville Gem and Mineral Societies, as well as a member and co-founder of the Tupelo Gem and Mineral Society. He was a mason and an Eagle Scout, and was formerly a member of the Iuka Lions Club. He was a member and former board member of the Tishomingo County Development Foundation. Survivors include his two daughters, Susan Savarin of Blissfield, Mich., and Robin South (Maxey) of Iuka; three grandchildren, Heather Marks (Doug) of Blissfield, Mich., Nathan South (Hannah) of Iuka, and Erin Lovins of Iuka; and five greatgrandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruby Morris Marshall; his parents, Horace and Dorthy Jennings Marshall; and two sisters, Lynn Heller and Jean McClaskey. Memorials may be made to the Iuka United Methodist Church Memorial Fund, 101 E. Eastport St., Iuka, MS 38852 or by phone at (662) 423-6097, or to the Methodist Children’s Homes of Mississippi, online at www.mchms.org, or by phone at (601) 853-5000. The Rev. Kerry Powell will officiate. Cutshall Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

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Freedom enables people to determine goals Success is only possible with freedom. Freedom provides you with the ability to choose the path you travel. Freedom enables Bryan you to deGolden t e r m i n e your own Dare to Live goals. FreeWithout Limits dom permits you to either succeed or fail. With freedom you can control your destiny. You have the freedom to succeed and you have the freedom to fail. Freedom is not given to you, but it can be taken away. You have the right to be free. You have the right to live your life as you wish. The power of freedom

is unlimited. Free people build, create, and invent. Everyone ’s life improves as the result of freedom. You have the freedom to benet from your hard work. You have the freedom to ignore naysayers. Freedom is inspirational. Freedom is motivational. Without freedom, people no longer have the incentive to excel. The driving force behind achievement is the freedom to benet from your hard work, creativity, and ingenuity. When you are not free to live as you choose, or the fruits of your labor are taken, you have no incentive to excel. Even when living in a free country, there are people who voluntarily give up their freedom. They do this by giving

others the power to make decisions for them. This approach is fraught with peril since no one cares as much about your well-being as you do. When you abdicate responsibility for your life, you are bound to be unhappy with the results. Another way people give up freedom is by striving for acceptance at the expense of pursuing their own dreams. Because they are always concerned about what other people will say, think, or do in response to the choices they have made, their behavior is controlled by other ’s opinions. True personal freedom is only realized when you don ’t care about the opinions of others. What ’s important is to follow

your path in a moral and ethical manner. You don ’t have to convince anyone as to the legitimacy of your pursuits. When you blame others for your circumstances, you also give up freedom. People who do this develop a perpetual victim mentality. They never take responsibility for their life because they are always blaming other people or circumstances. This results in their becoming convinced that they are powerless to make any changes. You can ’t control your environment but you do have the freedom to control your response. Exercising this freedom is the difference between a satisfying life versus one of constant frustration. Success cannot be

mandated or forced. There will always be people with little or no ambition. There will always be those who don ’t want to work hard. There will always be individuals who do not have goals. Connected to the freedom to succeed is the freedom to fail. There is no way to guarantee success in life any more than a school can guarantee each student an “A. ” If a student refuses to go to class, or doesn ’t want to study and pay attention, there is nothing that can be done. To succeed academically, a student must be willing to put in whatever time and effort is required to learn the material. Although not everything you attempt works as expected, failure only

occurs when you give up. Success is simply getting up whenever you stumble or fall. Failure is the experience of learning how things don ’t work as planned. Great achievement rarely happens on the rst try. Those who persist in the face of obstacles are on the road to success. It ’s not magic. Only through hard work, perseverance, and determination combined with an unstoppable desire are goals reached. Freedom is your ticket to success. (Daily Corinthian columnist Bryan Golden is the author of “Dare to Live Without Limits. ” Contact Bryan at Bryan@columnist.com or visit www.DareToLiveWithoutLimits.com.)

School board race Whistleblowers: VA inspector general a ‘joke’ attracts no voters BY MATTHEW DALY Associated Press

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MCINTIRE, Iowa — An Iowa farmer who was running unopposed for his local school board failed to earn any votes — not even his own — but he ’ll probably still get the job. Randy Richardson, 42, didn ’t nd time to vote for himself between his full-time maintenance job at a bean processing plant in Riceville and his chores on his farm near McIntire, The Des Moines Register reported. Richardson was recruited to run by school staff, and though he said he ’s “run paper thin the way it is, ” he agreed because he has two kids in the district. Neighbor Jessie Miller said there wasn ’t any key issue to drive her to vote in the school board race. “I would ’ve voted for him! ” she said. “He ’s an awesome guy. ” Riceville is a farming community of around 500 residents near the Minnesota border. The school board district Richardson was running for is also home to a number of Amish and Mennonite farmers who typically don ’t vote. There are only 122 registered voters who could have voted for

“It’s hard to get the general public to remember when to vote for president.” Karl Fox

School board president Richardson. Across the entire school district, only 36 people voted in the Sept. 8 election. School board president Karl Fox, who also farms, said the timing of last week ’s vote was unfortunate because it ’s a busy time of year for eldwork. Fox said farmers have a hard time sacricing a day of nice weather at this time of year, and many people in the area have to drive 50 miles or more to get to work each day. “It ’s hard to get the general public to remember when to vote for president, ” Fox said. But Richardson will likely still get the job on the Riceville School Board because the board probably will appoint him to ll the seat he was running for, Fox said.

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the corruption within the VA will not be known, ” Wilkes said, calling the VA ’s ofce of inspector general a “joke. ” The ofce has not had a permanent leader since December 2013. Republicans and Democrats on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee called the testimony appalling and urged President Barack Obama to appoint a permanent inspector general at the minimum. Sen. Ron Johnson, the panel ’s chairman, said the appointment would be a “basic rst step ” to help ensure the ofce is transparent and independent. Johnson, R-Wis., said the VA “has a cultural problem ” of retaliating against whistleblowers that must be xed. Dr. Carolyn Clancy, chief medical ofcer for the Veterans Health Administration, the agency ’s health care arm, said the department ’s responsibility to protect whistleblowers “is an integral part of our obligation to provide safe, high-quality health care. Retaliation against whistleblowers who have demonstrated the moral courage to share their concerns is unacceptable and cannot be tolerated. ” But Johnson said the VA was not living up to those ideals. Whistleblower retaliation and abuse of authority by management at the Tomah, Wis., vet-

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cerned about the overmedication of many of his veteran patients. Christopher Kirkpatrick killed himself in 2009. He had been red after ling a complaint about narcotics abuse at the Tomah site. An inspector general ’s report in June 2015 noted the presence of marijuana in Kirkpatrick ’s system and made other allegations about drug use. Sean Kirkpatrick called the report “beyond offensive and disturbing for our family, ” adding: “VA acts as if it ’s above the law, and it ’s wrong. ” Johnson called the report on Chris Kirkpatrick deeply offensive and an indication that the IG ’s ofce takes the agency ’s side in reviewing whistleblower complaints. “That sounds like a reprisal to me to a dead person, ” Johnson said. Linda Halliday, the acting inspector general, said she did not write the Kirkpatrick report and did not know who did. Halliday became acting IG in July after Richard Grifn retired. The whistleblowers group and some Republican lawmakers criticized Grifn when his ofce issued a report that identied 40 patients who died while awaiting appointments at the Phoenix VA hospital, but said ofcials could not “conclusively assert ” that delays in care caused the deaths.

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Crude inventories The Energy Department millions of barrels reports its latest tally of U.S. crude oil stockpiles 6 4.7 today. 4 2.6 2.6 The nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crude oil 2 est. supplies fell two weeks -2.1 -1.7 -5.1 0 ago by 2.1 percent to 455.9 million barrels. -2 That translates to a -4 decline of about 2.1 million barrels. A drop in -6 8/7 8/14 8/21 8/28 9/4 9/11 the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crude oil Week ending inventories typically boosts the price of oil. Source: FactSet

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Deputy hears sobs, saves drowning children BY EMERY P. DALESIO Associated Press

DURHAM, N.C. — A sheriff’s deputy says he heard wailing in the darkness and plunged into an apartment complex’s pond to rescue two young girls who, police say, had been thrown there to drown by their father. Durham County Sheriff’s Deputy David Earp was off duty and says he rushed out with little more than his department T-shirt, badge and flashlight after the apartment manager called him at home around 9 p.m. Sunday to report some kind of trouble. “I heard something about children, that they might possibly be in trouble,” Earp said Tuesday.

“And after I was informed that there were kids involved, instinct took over just to go out there and rescue them.” Earp, who lives around the corner, spotted the girls in the dark with his flashlight and saw a 5-year-old floating and crying. Her 3-year-old sister was submerged. Earp says he charged into water about 5 feet deep and scooped them up, holding one in each arm. He took no notice of the girls’ father, Alan Tysheen Eugene Lassiter, 29, of Raleigh — the man who was later charged with trying to drown his kids. In the heat of the moment, Earp was focused on just one thing: trying

to save the girls’ lives. Earp said they were about 10 feet from the bank, which slopes sharply down to the pond that stretches about the length of a football field. After pulling the girls to land, Earp said, he took the 5-year-old to a nearby gazebo and asked the property manager and her son to watch over her. “I knew she was terrified and I just took her off and didn’t want her to be around her sister,” Earp said. The 5-year veteran of the sheriff’s department said he and the arriving officers from the Durham police department performed cardio-pulmonary resuscitation on the 3-year-old for about

15 minutes until medical help arrived. Police said the younger girl was in critical condition Tuesday and the older girl in good condition. According to authorities, Lassiter threw the girls into the pond surrounded by apartment buildings. Lassiter said so himself, during a 911 call Sunday night. Between expletive-laden rage and distraught sobs, he told a dispatcher that officials had tried to take away his children as he dealt with a personal problem. He can be heard on the call telling the complex’s property manager, “I just drowned my two daughters in the lake back

there.” The company that owns the apartment complex declined requests to interview the property manager. It was not immediately clear how the manager learned of the trouble before alerting Earp, who frequently drives through the complex in his marked patrol car. Lassiter, who waited passively by the pond as police arrived, was charged with three counts of attempted murder: one count for each of the girls and a third for their 7-year-old brother, who got away and ran for help. Lassiter was jailed, with bond set at $2 million, pending a hearing next month.

Durham Police Chief Jose Lopez said Lassiter did not live at the apartment complex, and apparently went there at random. Earp, 26, who has no children of his own, says the life-or-death episode continues to reverberate for him. “It plays over in my mind a lot, as I’m sure with any person,” Earp said. “Hopefully these kids will push through.” He added, “When it was all going on, I had tunnel vision. But later on, I felt like if I didn’t show up and find out where they were, they possibly could have stayed in the water for several more minutes ... I felt like I did one of the best things I could.”

Cascade of troubles ends Walker’s presidential campaign BY JULIE PACE AP White House Correspondent

WASHINGTON — For Scott Walker, it wasn’t one thing that led to the demise of his presidential campaign. It was just about everything. Financial troubles. A bloated staff. Repeated stumbles and flip flops. A candidate that professed to be a fighter, but too often, didn’t show all that much fight. The Wisconsin governor, who dropped out of the Republican race for president on Monday after only two months as a formal candidate, did so after making a litany of mistakes and missteps that could make for a “what not to do” manual for future candidates. Walker entered the 2016 race as an ostensible Republican darling, shot into the national spotlight by his victories over unions and his triumph in a recall election. With Midwestern appeal and conservative credentials, and buoyed by a rousing performance at a Republican forum in January, he rose to the top of all early polls in Iowa. That moment in Iowa proved to be Walker’s high point. As presidential primaries so often reveal, gleaming resumes

don’t equal votes or big fundraising totals. And early favorites can quickly fade. To some extent, Walker is a victim of a campaign in which voters longfrustrated with politics are turning their backs on candidates with long resumes in government. Walker insisted that he, too, would “wreak havoc” on Washington, but he was drowned out by bombastic billionaire Donald Trump. But Walker’s problems were broader than a mismatch with the electorate’s mood and were foreshadowed even during his campaign’s heady early days. On a February trade mission to Europe meant to bolster his foreign policy credentials, Walker refused to answer questions about international affairs. He also punted on a question about whether he believed in evolution. That shallow foreign policy experience and inability to deftly handle questions became more pronounced as the campaign went on. He was widely panned for arguing that his experience fighting unions in Wisconsin had prepared him for defeating the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. He said it was

“legitimate” to discuss building a wall along the U.S.-Canada border. And he gave three different answers about his position on birthright citizenship in a week. Even his efforts to separate himself from Washington fell flat. At one point, he said he isn’t a career politician — despite having held elected office for 22 straight years. “The glare of the klieg lights came early for Walker and it’s hard to be prepared for that type of scrutiny when it’s your first presidential campaign,” said Kevin Madden, who advised Mitt Romney during his second run for president in 2012. Walker also suffered from strategic and structural campaign blunders. While Iowa and its kickoff caucus gave Walker the best chance to grab an early victory, his cam-

paign built a wide network of staff and consultants in states that don’t vote until well into March. But running a national campaign is costly, and Walker and his team burned through cash faster than they could raise it. Even as donors began to grumble about the expensive operation, Walker’s team resisted scaling back or trimming salaries. Walker’s admission last week that he was shifting course and putting “all our eggs in the basket of Iowa” was a sharp departure from his campaign’s confident predictions earlier in the year about plans to rack up delegates throughout the South and Midwest late in the primary contest. In addition to refocusing on Iowa, Walker’s campaign made a lastditch effort to energize Republicans by reaching back to the issue that had

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