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Rinehart pleads guilty

BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Stemming from vehicle purchases for the sheriff’s department, former sheriff Charles Rinehart and two others entered guilty pleas to two counts of conspiracy to defraud and two counts of fraud against Alcorn County on Wednesday.

Rinehart entered an Alford plea in which

the defendant pleads guilty but does not admit to the criminal act.

The pleas came in Pontotoc County Circuit Court. District Attorney John Weddle said the defendants were there for hearings on motions before Judge Thomas Gardner in anticipation of a trial next week in Alcorn Please see RINEHART | 2

Unborn child dies in crash on Hwy 45 Staff reports

A Monday night crash on Highway 45 south of Corinth has been upgraded to a fatality because of the death of an unborn child.

The Mississippi Highway Patrol said in a release to media outlets that Briana Bryan, 19, of Walnut, was approximately eight months Please see CRASH | 6

Basket Fund goes to $1,605 The spirit of giving this Christmas season is alive and well in the Alcorn County area.

Donations are now arriving for the 21st Annual Corinth Rotary Club / Daily Corinthian Christmas Basket Fund.

A $23,000 fund raising goal was set so 1,000 food baskets can be given to local families on Saturday, Dec. 17 at the Crossroads Arena.

The newspaper has received $1,605 in donations so far.

Donations include $500 from the Hampton Inn in honor of Janie Little.

Christmas Basket Fund donations can be made “in honor of” or “in memory of” a special person or persons. The tribute will be published in the Daily Corinthian.

Donations can be brought by the newspaper office or mailed to: Daily Corinthian, Attn.:Christmas Basket Fund, P.O. Box 1800, Corinth, MS 38835.

Corinth police search for man in robbery

BY MARK BOEHLER editor@dailycorinthian.com

Staff photo by Zack Steen

A Tractor Supply team member shows off the Corinth-Alcorn Animal Shelter Angel Paws Christmas tree at the local store.

Shelter creates Angel Paws

BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

Paws for a good cause.

The Corinth-Alcorn Animal Shelter is wishing for a Christmas filled with donated gifts for their four-legged friends.

The shelter is hosting Angel Paws, a fundraiser where Christmas trees filled with Christmas wishes were placed at five local

Church presents country Christmas dinner theater

BY BOBBY J. SMITH bsmith@dailycorinthian.com

It’s going to be a country Christmas at Pleasant Hill United Pentecostal Church.

The church will present its dinner theater featuring the children’s musical “It All Happened in the Country” beginning at 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

The nights will begin with a home cooked meal at 6 p.m. followed by dinner at 7.

“People can come and have a meal and then see the play or they can just come to the play, whichever way they would like,” said Pat Grossell, Sunday school director at Pleasant Hill and director of the play.

Anyone who wishes to be a part of the meal is asked to make reservations to make sure there will be enough room in the fellowship hall, Grossell said.

“It All Happened in the Country” is the musical story of two city kids who find themselves stuck in the coun-

businesses throughout the Crossroads area.

“On each tree are handmade ornaments with a photo of a shelter animal on one side and a list of needed items on the other side,” said Volunteer Shelter Director Charlotte Doehner. “It’s a lot like the popular Angel Trees, but ours are just for fur-babies.”

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All available Corinth patrol units were searching for an armed robbery suspect Wednesday night.

A woman was robbed of $80 cash about 5 p.m. in a vacant packing lot at the corner of Fillmore and Cass streets, Sgt. Chad Harville told the Daily Corinthian.

The suspect was described as a young black male wearing a black coat over a green hoodie and black pants, he said.

The woman told police she was sitting in her vehicle and was picking up an item which had fallen to the vehicle floorboard. When she raised back up, a man was holding a revolver to her head, said Harville.

“We have all units out searching for the suspect,” he said.

People of the Crossroads Tommy Watson, Kossuth

try at Granny’s house after their car breaks down.

“Their city ways and the country ways of Granny and Uncle Yule and the country cousin just don’t mix really well,” Grossell said. “What happens is the city kids learn the meaning of Christmas through song and through Uncle Yule and Granny.”

The production will feature older members of the church playing the roles of Granny and Uncle Yule, with other roles by teenagers and the kids choir kids from first to fifth grades.

Grossell said church members have been working on the play since October. She gives special credit to Kristen Whitley, the director of the children’s choir.

“She has worked really hard in getting the kids prepared and working with them,” Grossell said.

Admission is $6 for kids and $7 for adults.

(For more information contact Pat Grossell at 415-9953.)

Staff photo by Bobby J. Smith

“We’re a bunch of veterans who want to serve our country,” said Tommy Watson, the 63-year-old commander of the American Legion Post #6. “Just because we finished serving our country doesn’t mean we stepped out of service. Now we want to serve our community.”

Reared in Lee County, Watson attended high school in Shannon and went on to earn a bachelors in engineering from Mississippi State and a masters in industrial engineering from the University of Tennessee. He retired from the Air Force in 1997, after working in weapons development — equipping the planes that protected America from the Russian Bear — and moved to Kossuth. He stays busy these days tinkering around the house, helping out at Wheeler Grove Baptist Church, and serving area veterans at the American Legion, where he’s helped by wife Debbie and daughter Chelsea, a junior at Kossuth High School.

25 years ago The first steel beams go up for the start of construction of NASA’s planned solid rocket motor plant near Iuka.

10 years ago The 14th Annual Main Street Corinth Christmas ornament features the Alcorn Chancery Building, built in 1925 as the Corinth Bank and Trust Company.

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City adopts new sewer rate

BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

City Honors Elliott Mayor Tommy Irwin and the Board of Aldermen recognized retiring First Presbyterian Church pastor Don Elliott during Tuesday’s meeting. The board passed a resolution recognizing Elliott for his service to the community. He is retiring as pastor after more than 30 years with the church. Aldermen present were (from left) Chip Wood, Ben Albarracin, Mike Hopkins, J.C. Hill and Michael McFall.

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After several months of looking at options, the Corinth Board of Mayor and Aldermen on Tuesday adopted a sewer rate increase.

The rate hike is in response to an annual shortfall of about $800,000 resulting largely from a substantial decline in revenue from industrial customers that could wipe out the sewer enterprise fund by 2018.

The increase affects both the customer base rate and usage rate.

The monthly residential base rate goes from $5 to $10; the commercial base rate rises from $10 to $20; and the industrial base rate goes from $10 to $25.

The usage rate will go up by 20 cents per 100 cubic feet per year during the next three years.

It has already increased by that amount in each of the last five years. It could continue to increase beyond the three years, but the board hopes to be able to revisit the rates for possible reductions in the future if volume picks up.

The base rate increase will kick in at a date yet to be determined. The usage rate increases will come in July of 2017, 2018 and 2019.

“I think it’s important to shift a good bit of our income over into the base rate so that our revenue

doesn’t get undermined by conservation efforts,” David Huwe, director of community development and planning, recently told the board.

The current average residential bill is $21.23.

The city has debt payments for the major treatment plant rehabilitation and sewer collection assessment and repairs — investments totaling $23 million.

Usage among six of the largest customers fell from just shy of 50 million cubic feet in fiscal 2010 to 33.3 million in fiscal 2016. The loss of Quad Graphics was a major factor, taking 3.8 million cubic feet per year of usage and $112,000 annual revenue with it.

Another factor was a water recycling and fiber reclamation project at Kimberly-Clark, which cut its usage by about 30 percent, or $300,000 in revenue at current rates.

The plant also saved about $250,000 annually with the improved condition of its effluent stream.

The city also speculates that other industries tried to limit their usage following the 2012 rate increase.

Usage is trending slightly downward on the residential side. One likely factor, the city believes, is the gradual replacement of toilets and appliances with more efficient models.

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County but decided to go ahead and plead guilty.

Each of the the three were sentenced to 20 years but will be placed in the house arrest program as an alternative to incarceration.

Rinehart, 75, of Rolling Wood Circle, Corinth, was placed in the house arrest program for two years followed by five years of probation upon successful completion of house arrest.

Pamela Denise Null, 48, of Norman Road, Corinth, was placed in the house arrest program for two years followed by five years of probation.

Teddy Cleveland Null, 51, of Norman Road, Corinth, was placed in the house arrest program for one year followed by five years of probation.

D. Null During a lengthy investigation by the State Auditor’s Office centering around Dal Nelms, the former Second District supervisor, auditor investigators discovered what appeared to be fraudulent bids for the purchase of multiple vehicles by the county from Cars For Less, a business operated by Teddy and Denise Null. Further investigation revealed that Rinehart submitted to Alcorn County the Cars For Less bids T. Null along with fraudulent competitive bids prepared by Denise Null.

“Although the investigation did not produce additional charges involving stolen parts or proof that Rinehart benefitted from the transactions or that the county paid more for the vehicles than they should have,” said Weddle, “the bid laws are there for a reason, and violation of those laws should and did result in the defendants accepting reRinehart sponsibility for their actions.”

Rinehart’s attorney, Tony Farese, said the former sheriff always maintained his innocence.

“His actions in this matter was to try to provide the best cars at the cheapest price to save the county money,” said Farese. “He decided to purchase wrecked or salvage vehicles through Teddy Null, which, in the four counts that he pled guilty to and the 10 counts he was indicted for, it’s uncontradicted that Cars for Less was the cheapest bid. Unfortunately, Mr. Rinehart did err in relying on the Nulls to obtain legitimate second bids.”

He said Denise Null obtained the other bids through Copart, an online service.

All of the cars involved are still in service today, he said, except for a 2010 Crown Victoria that was wrecked while in service.

Farese said Rinehart felt the plea was in the best interest of his family.

“This is a result of not following the correct letter of the law in the bid process,” he said, “and for that error, Mr. Rinehart is certainly sorry and accepted responsibility since he was, in fact, responsibile as sheriff.”

The four counts on which the subjects entered pleas involved a 2009 Chevrolet Trailblazer and a 2012 Chevrolet Tahoe.

The state auditor’s civil demand against Rinehart remains a separate matter, said Weddle, who expressed appreciation for the auditor’s office’s work in the case.

“The work they have done has resulted in numerous violations resolved before the court,” he said.

State Auditor Stacey Pickering thanked the DA’s staff for their work on the case.

“Without committed prosecutors, our job would not be effective. This case proves that no one is above the law, including sheriffs,” he said.

Rinehart, who served eight years as sheriff, and the Nulls were arrested in June 2015 following grand jury indictments.

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Across the Region Blue Mountain Native inspires BMC to give thanks during holidays

Today is Thursday, Dec. 8, the 343rd day of 2016. There are 23 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 8, 1941, the United States entered World War II as Congress declared war against Imperial Japan, a day after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

On this date: In 1854, Pope Pius IX proclaimed the Catholic dogma of the Immaculate Conception, which holds that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was free of original sin from the moment of her own conception.

In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued his Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction for the South.

In 1972, a United Airlines Boeing 737 crashed while attempting to land at Chicago-Midway Airport, killing 43 of the 61 people on board, as well as two people on the ground; among the dead were Dorothy Hunt, wife of Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt, U.S. Rep. George W. Collins, D-Ill., and CBS News correspondent Michele Clark.

In 1980, rock star John Lennon was shot to death outside his New York City apartment building by an apparently deranged fan.

In 1987, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev signed a treaty calling for destruction of intermediate-range nuclear missiles.

BLUE MOUNTAIN — Dr. Don Newcomb, and his wife Emily, recently made a $300,000 contribution to Blue Mountain College.

Don Newcomb grew up in the small community of Blue Mountain, which has been home to the college since 1873. He worked throughout his school years as a “soda jerk” at City Drug in Ripley. He practiced dentistry for many years in Oxford, but he never could shake his love for the food industry.

So in 1989, he founded McAlister’s Deli, which has grown into a nationwide success.

Along with his business partners, he later created another boom in the restaurant industry by starting Newk’s Eatery.

Dr. Barbara C. McMillin, BMC president, said, “It is so fitting for us to announce his gracious gift during the season of giving. What a joy it is for us to share in the Newcomb’s passion for education and love for their hometown. We are deeply grateful for their abundant generosity.”

When Dr. Newcomb presented the College with this amazing gift he shared the following simple, yet profound words, “I believe in you guys.”

Jody Hill, Blue Mountain College director of development, continued, “It is so encouraging to know that the Newcombs believe in Christ-centered education, while having confidence in us to enhance that mission at Blue Mountain College.”

The gift will strengthen the College’s seven year strategic enrollment plan entitled Grow BMC. They have a record enrollment of 571 students this fall and have set a target of having 1,000 students by their 150 year anniversary in 2023.

McMillin said, “Enrollment enhancement is paramount to

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That is why this gift is such a blessing to our College.”

Booneville Prentiss supervisors lift ban on burning BOONEVILLE — Prentiss County Supervisors voted Monday to lift a ban on burning in the county.

Several recent rounds of steady rain have greatly reduced the risk of wildfires, noted board members in terminating the countywide ban on outdoor burning. The move comes after Governor Phil Bryant lifted a statewide ban on burning last Friday.

The board agreed to consider options for significant equipment upgrades needed at the county’s E-911 dispatch center. Melissa Hamlin told the board their main system has not been updated in 12 years and the current equipment is no longer made and almost impossible to repair.

They are considering several options to update the system to current standards and board members agreed to look at pro-

posals and the available budget to determine the best way to proceed.

In other business, the board: • approved the hiring of Kristin Lambert as deputy justice court clerk and Cody Thomas as a full-time uncertified jailer.

• agreed to consider a recent attorney general’s office opinion regarding late fees on garbage accounts to determine how best to match the county’s policies with the law.

The next regular meeting of the board will be at 10 a.m.

Dec. 21 at the county chancery building.

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Art professor’s article published in society papers HENDERSON, Tenn. — An article by a Freed-Hardeman University art professor is included in the most recent volume of “The West Tennessee Historical Society Papers.” Laquita Thomson’s work is titled “Major William Stanley’s Path Through Tennessee.”

Stanley was the first person of European descent who can be documented in the West Tennessee counties of McNairy, Chester, Henderson and

Benton. He visited in 1798.

“This is significant because it places him in the interior of West Tennessee where no person of European descent had ever been recorded before,” Thomson wrote. He traveled an old buffalo and Indian trail on the Western Natchez Trace, identified on 1820s maps as the Road to Natchez.

Thomson, who is interested in local history, had seen a portrait of Stanley wearing a bearskin coat in the Cincinnati Museum Center. In the portrait, she said, he is depicted as “a middleaged man, clear-eyed and confident, wearing a shaggy animal skin coat, the kind of covering used by packhorse men traveling the Natchez Trace.” The painting likely was completed after his time on the Trace was over, according to Thomson.

With degrees in painting and printmaking, Thomson teaches art and art history courses at Freed-Hardeman University. She has presented numerous solo art shows in multiple states, and her art is permanently included in many museums across the South. Historical research is another of her interests.

Oxford Alabama man sentenced in child exploitation case OXFORD (AP) — A federal judge sentenced a 25-year-old Alabama man to 10 years for child exploitation and for crossing state lines to engage in sexual activity with a minor.

U.S. Attorney Felicia C. Adams of the Northern District of Mississippi said in a news release that Wesley Scott Greene, of Opelika, Alabama, will also serve 10 years of supervised release following his incarceration. Greene was remanded to the custody of the United States Marshals Service Tuesday to begin his sentence.

He pleaded guilty to both charges in July.

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When the truth doesn’t matter The Emperor With No Clothes is lumbering at his full speed toward the highest office in the free world, pulling behind him to help guard the hens the largest collection of miscreants, misogynists Rheta and thieves since Alcatraz Johnson closed shop.

And all along the route, Columnist fools with their baseball caps on backward are cheering the swaggering parade, shouting hallelujahs and playing the occasional game of kick-the-can with liberty, justice and the messenger.

At a friend’s birthday party recently, two well-meaning acquaintances who still read newspapers asked why I haven’t been writing about politics. I’ve been thinking about the honest question since.

I am not writing about politics because there is nothing left to say. Not for me, anyhow. The voters -- or nearly half of them -- have spoken. At least they have brayed a response to a torturously long call for intolerance, injustice and insanity.

The news these days depresses me to the point that I can’t follow it. For the first time in my adult life, I am not interested in current events. Not if it involves Jeff Sessions’ face in high definition. Wake me when the nightmare’s over.

Seven times more people in my home county voted for a crude, tweeting racist than for the other candidate, who was not perfect but at least did not base her campaign on hate.

If I dwell on that, I’ll go crazy. And, there’s nowhere to move.

Many thinking people I know are hurting because they find it hard to believe that so many of their fellow Americans were harboring such grudges against minorities that they were carved like soft soap into a coalition of hate. A powerful coalition of hate that will rule our world.

The country is fundamentally changed.

The decent, world-saving country I was born into when Eisenhower was president and the middle class mattered is gone. The optimistic citizens who asked not what their country could do for them but what they could do for their country are beaten. The humble leaders who left office and built houses for the homeless are woefully out of style.

The prospect of another minority or woman president has vanished, at least in my lifetime.

This is a new day, and not a bright one. The officers on this sinking ship already are singing “Nearer My God To Thee.”

My profession, which I’ve diligently pursued in some form or fashion for 40 years, is, for practical purposes, gone, too. Trump and his ilk see no need for a free press, what’s left of it. They have no need for facts that cannot be made up and fed to the gullible. They are making real plans to rule without the ultimate check and balance of the truth.

I was not as surprised as some about the outcome of the election. I had a preview. The mail I get from The Other Side had turned vicious. I’ve always heard with regularity from those who disagree with my politics, but never before had it been written in crayon and covered with drool.

I no longer read my mail. Save your stamps and your bile. You have elected a man with effective ways to stop any opposing views. Sit back and enjoy the ride on greased rails.

As for me, I’m sticking my head in the shifting sand and trying to focus on other things.

When the truth doesn’t matter, little else does.

Rheta Grimsley Johnson’s most recent book is “Hank Hung the Moon ... And Warmed Our Cold, Cold Hearts.” Comments are welcomed at rhetagrimsley@aol.com.

Prayer for today Lord God, help me to take in the glory of life, that my spirit may never be lonely, even though I may have to be much alone. I pray that thou wilt spare me the loneliness and the solitude that may be brought on by selfishness. Make me considerate of others. May I soar above the disappointments and losses that may come to me, and stay where I may have thy companionship. Amen.

A verse to share Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

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Fake news and war party lies “I have in my possession a secret map, made in Germany by Hitler’s government -- by the planners of the New World Order,” FDR told the nation in his Navy Day radio address of Oct. 27, 1941.

“It is a map of South America as Hitler proposes to reorganize it. The geographical experts of Berlin, however, have ruthlessly obliterated all the existing boundary lines ... bringing the whole continent under their domination,” said Roosevelt. “This map makes clear the Nazi design not only against South America but against the United States as well.”

Our leader had another terrifying secret document, “made in Germany by Hitler’s government. ...

“It is a plan to abolish all existing religions -- Protestant, Catholic, Mohammedan, Hindu, Buddhist and Jewish alike. ... In the place of the churches of our civilization, there is to be set up an international Nazi Church...

“In the place of the Bible, the words of ‘Mein Kampf’ will be imposed and enforced as Holy Writ. And in place of the cross of Christ will be put two symbols -the swastika and the naked sword. ... A god of blood and iron will take the place of the God of love and mercy.”

The source of these as-

tounding secret Nazi plans?

They were forgeries by British agents in Pat New York Buchanan o p e r a t i n g under WilColumnist liam Stephenson, Churchill’s “Man Called Intrepid,” whose assignment was to do whatever necessary to bring the U.S. into Britain’s war.

FDR began his address by describing two German submarine attacks on U.S. destroyers Greer and Kearny, the later of which had been torpedoed with a loss of 11 American lives.

Said FDR: “We have wished to avoid shooting.

But the shooting has started. And history has recorded who fired the first shot.”

The truth: Greer and Kearny had been tracking German subs for British planes dropping depth charges.

It was FDR who desperately wanted war with Germany, while, for all his crimes, Hitler desperately wanted to avoid war with the United States.

Said Cong. Clare Boothe Luce, FDR “lied us into war because he did not have the political courage to lead us into it.”

By late 1941, most Americans still wanted to stay out

of the war. They believed “lying British propaganda” about Belgian babies being tossed around on German bayonets had sucked us into World War I, from which the British Empire had benefited mightily.

What brings these episodes to mind is the wave of indignation sweeping this capital over “fake news” allegedly created by Vladimir Putin’s old KGB comrades, and regurgitated by U.S. individuals, websites and magazines that are anti-interventionist and anti-war.

Ohio Sen. Rob Portman says the “propaganda and disinformation threat” against America is real, and we must “counter and combat it.” Congress is working up a $160 million State Department program.

Now, Americans should be on guard against “fake news” and foreign meddling in U.S. elections.

Yet it is often our own allies, like the Brits, and our own leaders who mislead and lie us into unnecessary wars. And is not meddling in the internal affairs, including the elections, of regimes we do not like, pretty much the job description of the CIA and the National Endowment for Democracy?

History suggests it is our own War Party that bears watching.

Consider Operation Iraqi

Freedom.

Who misled, deceived, and lied about Saddam’s weapons of mass destruction, the “fake news” that sucked us into one of our country’s greatest strategic blunders?

Who lied for years about an Iranian nuclear weapons program, which almost dragged us into a war, before all 16 U.S. intelligence agencies debunked that propaganda?

One can go back deeper into American history.

Was Assistant Navy Secretary Theodore Roosevelt telling us the truth when he said of our blasted battleship in Havana harbor, “The Maine was sunk by an act of dirty treachery on the part of the Spaniards”?

No one ever proved that the Spanish caused the explosion.

Yet America got out of his war what T.R. wanted -- Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines, an empire of our own.

“In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.”

So said Winston Churchill, the grandmaster of fake news.

Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of the new book “The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority.”

The left gambles with people’s lives Sometimes life forces us to make decisions, even when we don’t have enough information to know how the decision will turn out.

The risks may be even greater when people make decisions for other people.

Yet there are some who are not only willing, but eager, to take decisions away from those directly affected.

Something as personal as what doctor we want to go to has been taken out of our hands by ObamaCare. What job offer, at what pay rate, someone wants to accept has been taken by minimum wage laws.

Sick people who are dying are prevented from trying a medication that has not yet completed all the long years of tests required by federal regulations -- even if the medication has been used for years in other countries without ill effects.

One by one, innumerable decisions have been taken out of the hands of those directly affected. This is not just something that has happened. It is a central part of the agenda of the political left, even though they describe what they are doing in terms of the bad things

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M i n i Thomas mum wage Sowell laws are described Columnist as preventing workers from being “exploited” by employers who pay less than what third parties want them to pay. But would people accept wages that third parties don’t like if there were better alternatives available?

This is an issue that is very personal to me. When I left home at the age of 17, going out into the world as a black high school dropout with very little experience and no skills, the minimum wage law had been rendered meaningless by ten years of inflation since the law was passed. In other words, there was no minimum wage law in effect, for all practical purposes.

It was far easier for me to find jobs then than it is for teenage black high school dropouts today. After the minimum wage was raised

to keep up with inflation, for decades the unemployment rate for black male 17-year-olds never fell below TRIPLE what it was for me -- and in some years their unemployment rate was as much as five times what it was when I was a teenager.

Yet many people on the left were able to feel good about themselves for having prevented “exploitation” -- that is, wage rates less than what third parties would like to see. No employer in his right mind was going to pay me what third parties wanted paid, when I had nothing to contribute, except in the simplest jobs.

In short, the left has been gambling with other people’s livelihoods -- and the left pays no price when that gamble fails.

It is the same story when the left prevents dying people from getting medications that have been used for years in other countries, without dire effects, but have not yet gotten through the maze of federal “safety” regulations in the U.S. People have died from such “safety.” Police are dying from restrictions that keep criminals safe.

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San Francisco is currently trying to impose more restrictions on police, restrictions that will prevent them from shooting at a moving car, except under special conditions that they will have to think about when they have a split second to make a decision that can cost them their own lives.

But the left will pay no price.

One of the most zealous crusades of the left has been to prevent law-abiding citizens from having guns, even though gun control laws have little or no effect on criminals who violate laws in general. You can read through reams of rhetoric from gun control advocates without encountering a single hard fact showing gun control laws reducing crime. Such hard evidence as exists points in the opposite direction.

But the gun control gamble with other people’s lives is undeterred. And the left still pays no price when they are wrong.

Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.

His website is www.tsowell.com.

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Corinth native earns MSU Alumni Fellow For the Daily Corinthian

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Max Jobe is presented with Alumni Fellows recognition by Dr. Richard Blackbourn, dean of the MSU College of Education.

STARKVILLE — Dr. Max E. Jobe of Kingwood, Texas, formally of Corinth, was among eight prominent graduates named as MSU 2016 Alumni Fellows.

For more than a quartercentury, the fellows program has brought former students of distinction back to campus to meet with those currently enrolled and share experiences of their successful careers.

Fellows carry the designation for life.

Gathering on the MSU campus on Thursday, Nov. 3 and Saturday, Nov. 5, the group had the opportunity to meet with faculty and staff members as they reminisced about their collegiate years.

Sponsored and organized by the MSU Alumni Association, the annual recognition includes one representative from each college of the 138-year-old land-grant

institution. They are chosen by their respective academic units to make presentations in both classroom and informal settings.

“The Alumni Association proudly works with the academic colleges of Mississippi State to bring dedicated alumni back to our campus to share their success stories, mentor and enrich the lives of current students,” said Jeff Davis, the international organization’s executive director.

“Through the years, we have had many top-caliber graduates selected as Alumni Fellows, and the annual experience strengthens this group’s ties with our campus and enables them to become stronger alumni leaders from this point forward,” Davis added.

Recognized among MSU’s more than 135,000 living graduates, the 2016 honoree is a College of Education graduate.

After receiving an industrial education degree in 1954, he went on to a 14 year-career with the Mississippi National Guard, from which he retired at the rank of captain.

He also holds a master’s degree from Our Lady of the Lake College in Louisiana and a doctorate from the University of Georgia, both in education.

In addition to several high schools and institutions of higher learning, Dr. Jobe has served on the Maryland State Advisory Council on Vocational and Technical Education and with the U.S. Office of Education. He spent 25 years at Texas A&M University-Commerce, where he now is a professor emeritus.

(For detailed biographies of the 2016 alumni fellows, along with information about the MSU Alumni Association and its programs, visit www. alumni.msstate.edu.)

UM museum unveils holiday ornament For the Daily Corinthian

OXFORD – For the 16th year, the University of Mississippi Museum is offering a new keepsake ornament for the holidays.

This year’s design features the Ole Miss powder blue football helmet.

“As with our 2012 Walk of Champions gateway design, we celebrate the traditions of Ole Miss athletics and campus life in these ornaments, and we’re grateful to have such collegial partners in athletics as we develop these keepsakes,” said Robert Saarnio, museum director.

The team wore the color until 1977 and then again from 1983 to ‘94. The nostalgic color is often associated with the “golden age” of Ole Miss football, having been worn by notable players such as Billy Brewer, Jake Gibbs and Archie Manning.

In 2014, the university renamed Coliseum Drive in honor of Chucky Mul-

lins. In addition to this commemoration, the powder blue helmet, which Mullins wore, saw its second revival on the field.

“The powder blue helmet has a long history with the Ole Miss Rebels football,” said Melanie Munns, the museum’s antiquities collections manager. “While the University of Mississippi chose Yale’s navy and Harvard’s crimson as its official colors, the powder blue has become a signature color of the team.

“Legend attributes the first iteration in 1948 as an accident in production, which Coach Johnny Vaught chose to embrace.”

The Ole Miss Powder Blue Helmet commemorative ornament is available for $25, plus tax.

(Museum visiting hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays.

For information about events and exhibits, visit http://museum.olemiss. edu or call 662-915-7073.)

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Deaths Mary Frances “Sally” Plaxico

A service to celebrate the life of Mary Frances “Sally” Plaxico, 89, of Corinth, is set for 12 noon Friday at West Corinth Baptist Church with Bro. Seth Kirkland officiating. Burial will follow in Henry Cemetery.

Visitation is Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m. at West Corinth Baptist Church and from 10 a.m. until the service on Friday.

Mrs. Plaxico died on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016, at her residence. She was born in Alcorn County on March 8, 1927, to the late John V. and Maggie Paysinger Haynes. She was an active member of West Corinth Baptist Church for 75 years. She was retired from the Mississippi Employment Department office and was a homemaker. In her spare time she volunteered as a “pink lady” at Magnolia Hospital. She was a loving mother and grandmother, and her favorite quote was, “Your family and health are the most important things, but you have to love God first.”

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William Howard Plaxico; an infant daughter, Sylvia Plaxico; and a brother, Verdell Haynes.

Survivors are her sons, Bill Plaxico and wife Becky, Stan Plaxico and wife Julie, and Buz Plaxico and wife Stacy, all of Corinth; grandchildren Kristi Pittman, Will Plaxico, Sallie Ann Plaxico, Sylvia “Tootles” Moore (Paul), Jennifer Plaxico, Von Culver (Jennifer), and Caroline Miller (Brandon); great-grandchildren Jay Moore, Tyler Moore, Tripp Pittman, William Pittman, Andrew Pittman, Bradley Bingham, Ava Marcle, Jaken Culver, Riley Culver, Alexander Culver, Aidan Whiteaker ane Elliott Tedford; her close friend and sitter, Bernice Stafford; and a host of other family and friends.

Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Online guestbook: memorialcorinth.com

Casey Hastings

A memorial service for Casey Travis Hastings, 37, of Corinth, is set for 3 p.m.

Saturday at River of Life Church. Visitation is Saturday at the church from 2 p.m. until the service.

Mr. Hastings died Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, at his home.

Magnolia Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Leroy Tate

BOONEVILLE — Funeral services for Leroy Tate, 70, are set for 11 a.m. Saturday at New Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church with burial at the church cemetery.

Visitation is Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the church.

Mr. Tate died Sunday,

Dec. 4, 2016, at North Mississippi Medical Center. Born Feb. 21, 1946, he attended New Tabernacle Church.

Survivors are his wife, Betty Tate; children Linda Smith, Patricia Tate, Leroy Tate Jr. and Joseph Cummings; siblings Mildred Billups, Stella Holland, Jimmy Holland, Cassie Grizzard, Bobby Beene, Mary Ann Davis and Carolyn Harris; six grandchildren; and eight greatgrandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Nannie Tate and Wilson Holland, and three siblings, James Tate, Robert Tate and M.C. Marshall.

Patterson Memorial Chapel of Corinth is in charge of arrangements.

Trump picks hardliner Cabinet

BY JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press

NEW YORK — Donald Trump embraced new Cabinet officers Wednesday whose backgrounds suggest he’s primed to put tough actions behind his campaign rhetoric on immigration and the environment, even as he seemed to soften his yearlong stance on immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children.

It’s clearer by the day, underscored by Trump’s at-times contradictory words, that his actual policies as president won’t be settled until after he takes his seat in the Oval Office.

Retired Marine Gen. John Kelly has been selected to head the Department of Homeland Security, and Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, a climate-change denier whose policies have helped fossil fuel companies, is to be announced as head of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Separately, Trump named the

former chief executive of World Wrestling Entertainment, Linda McMahon, to head the Small Business Administration.

Trump’s long presidential campaign was in large part defined by searing rhetoric and his steadfast promises to build an impenetrable wall on the border with Mexico and crack down on immigrants living in the U.S. illegally. But he struck a softer tone in an interview published Wednesday after he was named Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year.”

“We’re going to work something out that’s going to make people happy and proud,” Trump said. “They got brought here at a very young age; they’ve worked here, they’ve gone to school here.

Some were good students. Some have wonderful jobs. And they’re in never-never land because they don’t know what’s going to happen.”

He offered no details about a policy that would make that clear.

During the campaign, Trump’s tough comments — including a vow to overturn President Barack Obama’s executive orders on immigration — have led to fears among immigrant advocates that he will end Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Hundreds of thousands of young immigrants have gained work permits and temporary protection from deportation under the 2012 program, which aides to Trump have said would be revisited.

Others continue to press the immigrants’ case. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel presented Trump a letter Wednesday from 14 big city mayors urging him to keep the program intact.

“They were working hard toward the American dream,” Emmanuel told reporters in lobby of Trump’s skyscraper. “It’s no fault of their own their parents came here. They are something we should hold up and embrace.”

2 juveniles charged in Tennessee wildfires

BY JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Authorities on Wednesday charged two juveniles in an East Tennessee wildfire that killed 14 people and destroyed or damaged more than 1,700 buildings in an iconic tourism spot at the foot of the Great Smoky Mountains.

Officials offered few other specifics about how they think the two started a fire that leveled buildings into charred scraps, carving a deadly path through the Gatlinburg area.

People scrambled in terror to

try to flee on foot or drive out of the inferno that often cloaked them from all sides, shooting hot embers through the winds. Some spent days hoping for good news about their missing loved ones.

Many learned they would soon be planning funerals.

The juveniles face aggravated arson charges in the fire in the Chimney Tops area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Nov. 23. That fire grew amid drought conditions and ultimately rode winds exceeding 87 miles per hour into the Gatlinburg area early

last week. Authorities have not yet announced a dollar amount on the damaged caused by the wildfire.

The two are being held in the Sevier County juvenile detention center.

“Our promise is that we will do every effort to help bring closure to those who have lost so much,” said Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director Mark Gwyn.

The juveniles are from Tennessee, but not Sevier County, where the fires spread. Otherwise, officials said state law prevents releasing more information about them.

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Some of the items on the wish list include dog food, cat food, kitten food, garbage bags, brooms, heavy duty tarps, food bowls, litter scoops, litter boxes, pet

shampoo, hand sanitizer, spray bottles, pet crates, rubber gloves, old bedsheets, newspapers, mops, Walmart gift cards and cash donations.

The trees were donated and decorated by shelter volunteer Donna

Orlick.

Trees are located at Tractor Supply, Pet Sense, Vet Med, Corinth Animal Care Center and Jackson Animal Clinic.

The shelter has also placed Christmas donation cans at businesses

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Revelation 1:5 identifies Jesus as “the ruler of the kings of the earth.”(American Standard Version, 1901). If the historical record is correct, the first Christians who read John’s “Revelation,” were living in the last decade of the first century, under the Roman Emperor, Domitian. “He demanded worship for himself, and insisted on being hailed as Dominus et Deus.” (Merrill C. Tenney; “New Testament Survey”, p 11) Tenney goes ahead to say that “Both Jews and Christians refused to accord worship to Domitian. In A.D. 93 he executed some Christians for refusing to offer sacrifice before his image.”

(Tenney, p. 12) It is in the midst of this kind of trial and suffering that John affirms that Jesus is “the ruler of the kings of the earth.” What a comfort to those who suffered at the hands of powerful and evil men!

On the Day of Pentecost, Peter affirmed that Jesus of Nazareth was “approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you”, and that he was delivered to them “by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God,” and that “God raised him up.” (Acts 2:22-24) Again, in verse 32, Peter says that God raised him up, and that he was at the “right hand of God exalted”, and, finally, “that God hath made that same Jesus whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.”(Acts 2:36) Jesus never assumed a place of honor for himself, but the New Testament repeatedly affirms that his place of authority at the right hand of God the Father, was given to him because he “humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross, wherefore God hath highly exalted him, and given him a name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow, …..and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”(Philippians 2:8-11 All emphasis mine.TC) Jesus said to the apostles just before his ascension back to the Father: “All authority has been given unto me in heaven and in earth.” (Matthew 28:18) No power, no authority, no man on earth today, or in any other era, is comparable to that of Jesus Christ. None is so loving and merciful, and able to wash away our sins and save us eternally, as he, “the ruler of the kings of the earth.” We invite you to study and worship with us at the Danville church of Christ.

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throughout Corinth.

“Students from Corinth Middle School decorated the donation cans for us to hopefully gather some extra coins from folks while they are doing their Christmas shopping,” added Doehner.

Another upcoming shelter fundraiser, the McDaniel’s Christmas, will take place on Saturday.

Held at the home of Bobby McDaniel located at 25 County Road 105, just off Kendrick Road, in Corinth, the event will also include free photos with Santa, a puppy kissing booth and refreshments.

The event will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Doehner also said the annual shelter fundraiser calendar will soon be back from the printer.

“Our 2017 calendar is wonderful,” she said.

“With more than 75 local animals featured throughout the calendar, I can’t wait for everyone to see it.”

Calendars are excepted to be in by Dec. 15.

Cost is $15.

The local animal shelter is a no-kill, non-profit organization on a mission to save the abused, neglected, abandoned and injured animals of Corinth and Alcorn County.

(For more information or to make a donation to shelter, contact 662-284-5800, email alcornpets@gmail.com or visit alcornpets.com.)

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pregnant. Bryan was taken to Regional One in Memphis following the approximately 6 p.m. crash.

MHP said an 18-wheeler leaving the 45 Truck Stop attempted to cross the highway and it appeared the driver failed to yield the right of way, entering the path of the southbound 2005 Jeep Liberty driven by Bryan, causing her vehicle to collide with the trailer.

The driver of the 2013 Kenworth tractor trailer was Stanley Bramer, 29, of Eureka, Mo. He was not injured, according to MHP.

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Girlfriend seeks the best way to nudge boy out of dad’s bed D E A R ABBY: My boyfriend and I have been together for two years.

I moved in him Abigail with a year Van Buren about ago.

He has a Dear Abby 9-year-old son, “Todd,” who stays with us every other week.

Todd is a great kid, but he has a genetic disorder and still often wets his bed.

When it happens, he changes his pajamas and then climbs into bed with us. I don’t mind, but I have told my boyfriend we need to start the process of his son not getting in bed with us three to four times a week.

Because I know it’s going to be a process that is going to take time, I’m trying to get it started now. I really don’t want an 11- or 12-year-old sleeping in our bed.

How should I get this process started without nagging my boyfriend? -- GREAT KID, BUT ...

DEAR GREAT KID, BUT ...: You have a point. Todd is a little too old to be climbing into bed with the two of you. What needs to be addressed -- with the boy’s pediatrician and possibly a urologist -- is the issue of

the bedwetting. After that’s been resolved, suggest that your boyfriend have a talk with Todd and explain that he’s old enough to sleep in his own bed.

DEAR ABBY: I am a single, 55-year-old man.

During the last year, I have felt lost.

My mother, my last close relative, passed away. My brother and sister died years ago, as did my father. We were a very close family. Now I am an orphan!

I don’t have children and I’m not sure what I need to do. I’m in the process of selling the family home/office where I worked for the last 30 years, but I feel guilty about it.

There’s so much stuff to sort through -- both business and personal -- that I don’t know where to start. I’m overwhelmed and having so many anxiety attacks I can’t get the things done that I need to.

When I sell this place, I know I’m going to be devastated. I have been suffering with depression for more than 20 years, but now I seem to have hit bottom.

My business is failing. I have a couple of friends, but they have their own families and problems.

This is affecting my physical and mental health.

How can I get past it?

I’m not a religious person. --

ALONE AND SAD DEAR ALONE AND SAD: Please accept my sympathy for the loss of your mother. Grief after the death of a loved one is a normal emotion, and you might find comfort by joining a grief support group. This would not only give you a safe place to talk about your feelings, but also help you to feel less isolated.

If you haven’t already done so, schedule an appointment with the physician who has been treating your chronic depression (assuming it has been treated) and ask to have your medications reviewed. If you have not received treatment, tell your doctor what has been going on and ask for a referral to a licensed therapist who works with a psychiatrist who can prescribe something appropriate.

And remember that while selling the house/office is closing a chapter in your life, it is also signaling the beginning of a new one. It may give you the renewed energy -- as well as the financial means -- to salvage your business or start one. Please know I wish you a happy future.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Horoscopes ARIES (March 21-April 19).

It’s hard to imagine that the ability to move and the freedom to roam could ever get old to you, but it will. It’s the boundaries, rules and obstacles that keep it fresh.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

Historically, the attention of an important person has made you feel brilliant, special, vivid and amazing. Now, if you could only re-create that feeling without the external stimuli. Today’s fulfilling pursuit may be just the ticket.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). No one has a golden life; everyone has unique challenges, and that particular loveliness that you wish you had is not the happilyever-after it appears to be. But if knowing that doesn’t make you want it less, go for it.

CANCER (June 22-July 22).

Figuratively, it’s like you’re pointing to the moon and they’re looking at your finger. Don’t worry, they’ll catch on in time. For now, be patient. Maybe stop pointing. Gaze and admire and they’ll look, too.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). When you’re too good for too long, it’s as though your virtuosity is a feather tickling under the chin of a sleeping party goblin inside who wants to break out and do as the wild things do.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It’s not about doing OK anymore; it’s about doing better than your Facebook friends. To be happy, either stop comparing yourself or get more diversity in your social media feed so there’s a fuller range of comparisons to make.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

Your loved ones need help balancing the basics of sleep, good nutrition and exercise. If their energy dips, poor decisions and troublemaking will happen. Lead by example and the day will bring many high points.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

Money and your ability to earn it -- that’s what’s on your mind today. What can bump you into the next level? The answer will be both financially and personally fulfilling.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Though spiritual fulfillment is where it’s at, dealing with your physical environment is how to get there. Cleaning and organizing will be a most effective form of meditation, and the benefits will be immediate.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). An amazing thing will happen once you release the need to be impressive and important: You’ll get a rush of energy you can apply toward making a difference in the world.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

If you could tap your life with the magic wand of transformation, where would you apply it? Today you could turn a hobby into a business, a friendship into a romance or one positive behavior into a habit.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

The current drama will not wash over like a wave. It’s more like a riptide with its own agenda. Your choices: Resist and get carried away, or swim parallel to the shore and eventually you’ll find your way out of it.

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Small companies are back in a big way.

While U.S. stocks have rallied since the presidential election last month, the gains for smaller companies have been especially dramatic.

The Russell 2000 index of small-company stocks reached record highs in November as it rose for 15 days in a row, its longest winning streak in 20 years. Smaller stocks are far outperforming their big brethren this year.

Investors are hopeful that President-elect Donald Trump’s focus on looser regulation and greater government spending will help the U.S. economy grow faster. That could help smaller companies more than large ones.

“They are usually leaner and meaner, and so improvements in revenues tend to become magnified when brought down to the bottom line,” said Sam Stovall, U.S. equity strategist for S&P Capital IQ. The strong dollar is also aiding that rally. A strong dollar can hurt U.S. companies that do a lot of business overseas, but smaller companies are much more domestically focused than larger ones.

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Vol (00)

GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

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NYSE DIARY Advanced Declined Unchanged

2,289 Total issues 711 New Highs 85 New Lows Volume

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NASDAQ DIARY 3,085 Advanced 432 Declined 12 Unchanged

4,348,422,758

Still struggling?

Layoffs proxy

New quarterly results from Hovnanian Enterprises should provide insight into how the homebuilder's sales are faring.

While sales of new U.S. homes are running ahead of where they were last year, Hovnanian has struggled to remain profitable this year. Financial analysts expect the company will report today that its earnings declined in its fiscal fourth quarter, even as revenue increased.

The Labor Department reports today its latest weekly tally of applications for unemployment benefits.

The applications are a proxy for layoffs, because when fewer people seek benefits it suggests that employers are keeping their workers. Applications for unemployment aid increased two weeks ago to a seasonally adjusted 268,000.

Even so, claims remain at historically low levels that suggest a stable environment for jobseekers.

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FNSR $32.24 Wall Street anticipates $35 ’16 that Finisar’s latest 25 quarterly report card improved from a year ago. 15 The fiber optic compo$12.46 5 nent supplier is due to serve up its fiscal est.

Operating second-quarter results $0.25 $0.46 EPS today. Financial analysts Q2 ’15 Q2 ’16 expect higher earnings Price-earnings ratio: 63 and revenue for the based on past 12-month results August-October period.

Finisar posted strong gains Dividend: none in the first quarter.

Source: FactSet

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Variety

Thursday, December 8, 2016

Crossword

BEETLE BAILEY

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

BLONDIE

HI & LOIS

BC

ACROSS 1 Throws the first pitch 7 Find fault 11 Bygone Ford 14 They may be hard 15 Tavern 17 Hunt’s TV co-star 18 “Next subject” 19 Made dinner at home 20 “Sold!”

21 CIA predecessor 22 Historic Potomac estate 25 Son-gun connection 26 __ land: disputed territory 31 Rueful word 35 Quick snack 37 Simple home 38 With 40-Across, NPR broadcast since 1979 40 See 38-Across 42 Word with box or light 43 Levelheaded 45 Timer drizzler 46 Mussel habitat 48 Uno plus due 49 “Life of Brian” comedy group 56 Plant studied by Mendel 59 With 41-Down, tries for a long pass, in football lingo 60 Odor 61 First or last quarter ... and, literally, what can be found on either end of 18-, 22-, 38-/40- and 49-Across 63 Action scenes 64 Get-out-of-jail card?

65 Museum guide 66 32-Down contents 67 Fruity coolers 68 “Nothing to it!”

DOWN 1 Make a run for it 2 Connect with 3 Parting mot 4 Lacquer ingredient

5 Former Senator Lott 6 Lat. or Lith., once 7 Traffic enforcement devices 8 Take out __ 9 Love Is On makeup maker 10 Upsilon follower 11 Hauls 12 Menu possessive linked to the Qing dynasty 13 Place in the woods 16 Tokyo-born artist 20 Gets the mist off 23 World Cup skiing champ Lindsey 24 “Moi?!”

27 Citi Field squad 28 Polynesian capital 29 Bright sign 30 Text command 31 “Time’s Arrow” author 32 66-Across source 33 Covent Garden solo 34 Pretentious sort 36 Eight British kings

39 Agenda listing 41 See 59-Across 44 Shows up 47 Give to charity, say 50 Peter of Herman’s Hermits 51 Webmail option 52 Copy exactly 53 Old Testament prophet 54 Future foretellers

55 Really bad 56 Carson forerunner 57 Nobelist Wiesel 58 Duck mascot company, on the NYSE 61 Starz rival 62 Kellogg School deg.

63 Some retirement acct. holdings

ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE:

xwordeditor@aol.com

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12/08/16

12/08/16

Too busy to be a friend hurts others WIZARD OF ID

DILBERT

GARFIELD

FORT KNOX

PICKLES

Dear Annie: I have Type 2 diabetes, and I went through a near-death experience this summer — with kidney failure, congestive heart failure and other problems. I had to have surgery. While I recovered in the hospital, my son brought me my laptop. I posted my story on Facebook.

While my other friends were offering messages of sympathy over my illness, my friend “Jill” was posting about an art show she was having. She paid no attention to my post.

After a couple of weeks, I texted her husband, “Jack,” and asked whether Jill had seen my post. I repeated my whole story.

He said that Jill was too busy to talk, that she had an upcoming art show and their son was getting married. After another couple of weeks, I texted, “How was the wedding?”

I found that the wedding was not for another two weeks. Yet Jill has not said anything about my brush with death.

I still have a tiny amount of fluid in my pericardium, and my left ventricle is still enlarged.

What happened in June could recur, and next time, I might not be so lucky. I recently read that when we are handed bad news that is too much for us to handle, our minds settle on lesser problems

Dear Annie that we can focus our grief and anger on. This made a lot of sense to me. I cannot wrap my head around dying, so I can be angry with my self-absorbed friends.

But what should I do?

Jill was a good friend.

She may have a chip on her shoulder about having flunked grad school while some of us went on to have exciting tech jobs.

She found her niche later in life, maybe in her 50s, and has fallen into a habit of dismissing those of us who are retired. — Miffed Dear Miffed: Yes, you’re probably focusing so much on Jill because it’s easier to be angry at something tangible. You hit that square on the head.

Then you went right back to resenting her.

You need to break this cycle of blame and judgment — not for Jill’s sake but for your own. When recovering from surgery and battling chronic illness, attitude is everything.

Start a gratitude journal, and list 10 things you’re grateful for every morning. Spend time with friends and

family who make you feel loved.

Jill may come around eventually and apologize for not being there. She may not. Your mood can’t depend on it. Forgive her in your heart and free yourself to experience more joy. I wish you good health.

Dear Annie: A woman wrote to you asking for advice on how to deal with a husband who rarely showers or changes his clothes. You recommended that the wife (or a doctor) provide information that might get the husband to change his ways.

You missed the mark. The wife needs to take an active approach.

With men (in general), actions speak much louder than words. Assuming that he does not sleep in his clothes, the wife needs to gather up his clothes once he has taken them off and put them in the wash. He will have no choice but to wear clean clothes every day. Further, she should decline to be intimate with him unless he has showered that day. Finally, if their house layout allows, she should sleep in another room. If she takes those three steps, she will both improve the quality of her life immediately and, I suspect, change his showering frequency in very short order.

Sports

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Local Scoreboard HS Basketball From Tuesday, December 6 (G) McNairy Central 46 Alcorn Central 34 MCHS 8 7 18 13 - 46 ACHS 6 7 7 14 - 34

McNairy Central sweeps AC The road was kind to some teams Tuesday evening, while others weren’t as fortunate.

High School Basketball

(MCHS) Selika McCord 14, Khyla Wade-Warren 11, Hannah Hughes 8 (ACHS) No scoring info reported (B) McNairy Central 57 Alcorn Central 33 MCHS 9 15 13 20 - 57 ACHS 9 6 12 6 - 33

(MCHS) Brandon Walker 19, Vinnie White 13, Jeremiah Sanders 8 (ACHS) Tayton Smith 13 (G) Itawamba AHS 48 Corinth 26 IAHS 13 13 15 7 - 48 CHS 4 7 6 9 - 26

(CHS) Allison Greene 7, Kristen Herman 5, Sarah Burns 4 (B) Corinth 65 Itawamba AHS 52 CHS 11 20 18 16 - 65 IAHS 20 8 17 7 - 52

(CHS) Jon D Warren 30, Tada Strickland 17 (G) Wheeler 41 Biggersville 39 WHS 11 8 10 12 - 41 BHS 10 12 11 6 - 39

(BHS) Aunesty Dilworth 21, Caynasia Barton 8 (B) Wheeler 80 Biggersville 77

Thursday, December 8, 2016

Kent Mohundro Sports Editor

McNairy C e n t r a l trekked across the state line to face Alcorn Central and took a pair of games from the Bears.

(G) McNairy Central 46 Alcorn Central 34 The Lady Bobcats played cat-and-mouse with the Lady Bears thru the first half, holding a slim 15-13 lead after 16 minutes.

It was the third quarter that eventually did ACHS in as MCHS outscored them 18-7 to move ahead 33-20. Coach Charlette Foster’s Lady Bears

kept it respectable in the fourth but couldn’t make the push they needed to get back in the game.

Selika McCord paced the Lady Bobcats with a gamehigh 14 points, followed by freshman Khyla Wade-Warren’s 11.

No other scoring information was available from the Lady Bears.

(B) McNairy Central 57 Alcorn Central 33 The Bobcats secured the road sweep by using big second and fourth quarter runs to win 57-33.

Brandon Walker paced MCHS with a game-high 19 points, while Vinnie White chipped in 13.

Tayton Smith was steady once again for the young but growing Bears, scoring 13.

Corinth traveled to Fulton and split a pair of games with Itawamba AHS.

(G) Itawamba AHS 48 Corinth 26 The Lady Indians, a yearly factor in the Division 1-4A womens race, built a 26-11 halftime cushion and cruised from there on their way to a 48-26 win.

On a bright note, the Lady Warriors didn’t go quietly and won the fourth quarter 9-7 to keep it closer than it could have been.

Allison Greene led Corinth with seven points. Kristen Herman added five and Sarah Burns had four.

(B) Corinth 65 Itawamba AHS 52 The Warriors chalked up another ‘w’ as they bounced back from a 20-11 first-quarter deficit to rally and beat the Indians.

CHS used a 20-8 secondquarter run to stake a twopoint HT lead and put it away

in the fourth by outscoring IAHS by nine.

Jon D Warren had a career game, leading the Warriors with 30, followed by Tada Strickland’s 17.

An old rivalry was renewed just across the Prentiss County line as Biggersville traveled to Wheeler and dropped both contests: but just barely.

(G) Wheeler 41 Biggersville 39 The Lady Lions are getting a little better every time they step on the court, and against the Lady Eagles they nearly pulled out what would have been a huge road win.

They led 22-19 at the break and stretched their advantage to four points after three. But WHS rallied for a 12-6 run in the fourth to pull out the 41-39 win.

Biggersville’s Aunesty DilPlease see SWEEPS | 11

WHS 23 21 18 18 - 80 BHS 12 17 24 24 - 77

(BHS) Jordan Strickland 15, Devonte Spears 15, Xae Neal 12, Qua Davis 9 (B) Mooreville 54 Tishomingo County 53 MHS 4 22 10 18 - 54 TCHS 6 21 17 9 - 53

(TCHS) Caleb McCalmoen 16, Tucker Hill 15, Jermaine Duckett 14 (G) Mooreville 47 Tishomingo County 44 MHS 10 7 15 15 - 47 TCHS 13 12 6 13 - 44

(TCHS) Molly Pardue 16, Madelyn Griffin 8 (The Lady Braves let an eight-point halftime lead slip away in the second half) (G) Kossuth 52 East Union 42 KHS 15 10 10 17 - 52 EUHS 1 12 11 18 - 42

(KHS) Morgan Hodum 18, Kaylee Bonds 10, Elizabeth Ingram 8 JC Basketball From Monday, December 5 (W) Northeast 76 Coahoma 56 NEMCC 20 25 14 17 - 76 CCC 16 16 8 19 - 56

(NE) Timaya Stewart 20, Shelby Wilbanks 19,, Aundrea Adams 16 (M) Northeast 72 Coahoma 65 NEMCC 31 41 - 72 CCC 36 29 - 65

(NE) Darius Williams 20, Kendarius Smith 15, Leroy Buchanan 11 HS Bowling From Monday, December 5 (G) Myrtle 1298 Corinth 1071 (B) Corinth 2582 Myrtle 2349 (CHS) Landon Poindexter 539 series; High game of 221.

Local Schedule Today HS Basketball Kossuth @ Tishomingo Co., 6 (G) Walnut @ Myrtle Invitational JC Basketball Northeast @ East Central, 5:30

Friday, December 9 HS Basketball Corinth @ Pontotoc, 6 Baldwyn @ Alcorn Central, 6 (WXRZ) Jumpertown @ Biggersville, 6 Hardin County @ McNairy Central, 6 Thrasher @ Pine Grove, 6 Tishomingo County @ Shannon, 6 (G) Walnut at Myrtle Invitational Soccer New Albany @ Corinth (5, 7)

Photo courtesy of Bruce Ingram

Kossuth’s Morgan Hodum secures the ball and calls for a timeout in recent action. The Lady Aggies won their game Tuesday over East Union, 52-42, as Hodum poured in 18 points.

Raiders visit Chiefs with playoff implications The Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Raiders and Chiefs are such bitter foes that not even a late-season game between losing teams with no hope of a division title or playoff berth would take away the importance of a matchup.

Now, consider the stakes when they meet Thursday night.

The Raiders are 10-2 and leading the AFC West, one of the surprise teams in the NFL, while the Chiefs are 9-3, with a win over Oakland

already in their pocket. The winner of their prime-time matchup at frosty Arrowhead Stadium will have the inside track on ending a lengthy division title drought, not to mention the potential for a first-round playoff bye and a home game in the second round.

“We know the type of game it is, big game,” Chiefs wide receiver Albert Wilson said.

“The Chiefs and Raiders have a long history against each other. You understand the importance and what you’re

playing for, but you have to treat it like any other game.”

Good luck with that.

The Raiders are trying to win their seventh straight for the first time since 1976, when they later beat the Vikings in the Super Bowl. And they’re trying to reach the 11win plateau for the first time since 2002, a season that also ended in the Super Bowl with a loss to the Buccaneers.

The Chiefs have won seven of their last eight, a stretch that began with a 26-10 win in Oakland on Oct. 16,

and have won four straight against their old AFL rivals.

And while the Raiders are chasing their first division title since 2002 , the Chiefs are trying for their first since 2010 .

Significant stakes, to be sure. Just like in the 1960s, when the Raiders and Chiefs were often in contention.

“We always have old players come in and talk to us and tell us how violent the games used to be, and how physical Please see RAIDERS | 11

Saturday, December 10 Kossuth @ Hatley Tournament (Boys & Girls) Soccer Corinth @ Tishomingo Co. (Girls & JV only)

Tuesday, December 13 HS Basketball Tishomingo Co. @ Corinth, 6 (WXRZ) Baldwyn @ Biggersville, 6 Itawamba AHS @ Kossuth, 6 Middleton @ McNairy Central, 6 Wheeler @ Thrasher, 6 Booneville @ Walnut, 6 Soccer Ripley @ Corinth (5, 7)

Thursday, December 15 HS Basketball Amory @ Corinth, 6 New Site @ Tishomingo Co., 6 Thrasher @ Blue Mountain, 6

Photo by Michael H. Miller

Friday, December 16

Adams leads Northeast to big win

HS Basketball Tishomingo Co vs Heritage Academy (Fed Ex Forum, Memphis), 1

Northeast freshman forward Aundrea Adams — a former Corinth High School standout — scored 16 points Monday to help lead the Lady Tigers to a 76-59 road win over Coahoma. The victory evened the women’s record at 3-3, and they now are 1-0 in division play.

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worth had a monster game with 21 points to lead the maroon and white.

Caynasia Barton was next with eight.

(B) Wheeler 80 Biggersville 77 It was just like old times between these two nemesis as they put on a scoring clinic in a razorclose 80-77 Eagle victory.

It was just another in a long line of high-flying, high-scoring contests between these two traditional small-school powers. It was also a tale of two halves.

Wheeler jumped on Biggersville early and led 23-12 after a quarter of fast-paced action. They moved that advantage to 44-29 at the half.

But coach Cliff Little’s squad showed everyone why they will be a team to contend with again this season as they pushed back mightily over the final 16 minutes to get to within three. But that was as close as they could get before the final horn sounded.

Jordan Strickland and Devonte Spears shared team honors, each scoring 15 points to lead the Lions. Xae Neal finished with 12.

There were several other teams on the court Tuesday but some games were not not reported.

Here are the ones that were.

(G) Kossuth 52 East Union 42 The Lady Aggies enjoyed early success, racing to a 15-1 advantage after the first quarter.

The Lady Urchins woke up in the second period and outscored Kossuth by two to trail 25-13 at the intermission.

KHS dropped the final two frames by a point apiece, but the damage had been done by then.

Morgan Hodum scored 18 to lead the Lady Aggies while Kaylee Bonds added 10 and Elizabeth Ingram chipped in with eight.

No information was received from the boys game.

(B) Mooreville 54 Tishomingo County 53 This tilt was literally decided at the buzzer, as the Troopers rallied from an eight-point thirdquarter hole to pull out the improbable win.

Basketball National Basketball Association

The Braves had turned a 27-26 halftime lead into a 44-36 advantage after three, but Mooreville did what they had to do to barely edge past TCHS at the buzzer.

Caleb McCalmon led the Braves once more by pumping in 16. Tucker Hill followed closely with 15 and Jermaine Duckett added 14.

No information was received for the girls contest.

• Walnut was scheduled to play at Thrasher Tuesday but efforts to reach anyone at both schools went unanswered.

JC Basketball Northeast returned to the hardwood Monday night with a pair of road games at Coahoma.

(W) Northeast 76 Coahoma 56 The Lady Tigers evened their season record at 3-3 and moved to 1-0 in division play with the 20-point win over the Coahoma, who also happens to sport a Tiger as their mascot.

Timaya Stewart paced coach Brenda Mayes’ squad with a game-high 20 points, followed by Walnut’s Shelby Wilbanks with 19.

Corinth product Aundrea Adams added 16 for Northeast.

(M) Northeast 72 Coahoma 65 The Tigers cemented the sweep by rallying from a five-point halftime deficit to win 72-65.

Darius Williams led Northeast with a gamehigh 20, while Kendarius Smith added 15. Leroy Buchanan managed 11.

The Tigers improve to 6-1 with the win and continue to receive votes in the national NJCAA poll.

High School Bowling Also from Monday, the Corinth bowling teams traveled to New Albany and split their boys and girls matches with Myrtle.

In girls action, the Lady Hawks outscored the Lady Warriors 1,2981,071. The Warriors earned the split by outrolling the Hawks 2,5822,349. Landon Poindexter had a high game of 221 to lead CHS. No scores were reported for the girls games.

(Kent Mohundro is the sports editor for the Daily Corinthian)

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 14 7 .667 Boston 12 9 .571 New York 12 9 .571 Brooklyn 5 15 .250 Philadelphia 4 18 .182 Southeast Division W L Pct Charlotte 12 9 .571 Atlanta 10 12 .455 Orlando 10 12 .455 Washington 7 13 .350 Miami 7 14 .333 Central Division W L Pct Cleveland 14 5 .737 Milwaukee 10 9 .526 Chicago 11 10 .524 Detroit 12 11 .522 Indiana 10 11 .476 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 18 4 .818 Houston 14 7 .667 Memphis 15 8 .652 New Orleans 7 15 .318 Dallas 4 16 .200 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 14 8 .636 Utah 13 9 .591 Portland 12 10 .545 Denver 8 13 .381 Minnesota 6 15 .286 Pacific Division W L Pct Golden State 18 3 .857 L.A. Clippers 16 6 .727 L.A. Lakers 10 13 .435 Sacramento 7 13 .350 Phoenix 6 14 .300

GB — 2 2 8½ 10½ GB — 2½ 2½ 4½ 5 GB — 4 4 4 5 GB — 3½ 3½ 11 13 GB — 1 2 5½ 7½ GB — 2½ 9 10½ 11½

Tuesday’s Games Orlando 124, Washington 116 Detroit 102, Chicago 91 New York 114, Miami 103 Memphis 96, Philadelphia 91 San Antonio 105, Minnesota 91 Utah 112, Phoenix 105 Wednesday’s Games Boston at Orlando Detroit at Charlotte Denver at Brooklyn Miami at Atlanta Cleveland at New York L.A. Lakers at Houston Portland at Milwaukee Sacramento at Dallas Indiana at Phoenix Golden State at L.A. Clippers Today’s Games Denver at Washington, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Portland at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Golden State at Utah, 8 p.m.

San Antonio at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games Orlando at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Miami at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m.

Toronto at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Houston at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Indiana at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

New York at Sacramento, 9:30 p.m.

Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Denver at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Milwaukee at Washington, 6 p.m.

Portland at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Charlotte at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m.

Dallas at Houston, 7 p.m.

Golden State at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Miami at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Brooklyn at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Utah, 8 p.m.

New Orleans at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

College

48, Tennessee 31, California 30, Auburn 28, Green Bay 22, Texas A&M 22, Northwestern 17, Marquette 15, Gonzaga 8, Oklahoma St. 8, Michigan St. 6, Boise St. 6, Southern Cal 5, Vanderbilt 1.

Football National Football League x-clinched playoff spot American Conference East W L T Pct PF PA New England 10 2 0 .833 319 207 Miami 7 5 0 .583 255 278 Buffalo 6 6 0 .500 305 274 N.Y. Jets 3 9 0 .250 206 307 South W L T Pct PF PA Houston 6 6 0 .500 207 257 Indianapolis 6 6 0 .500 311 311 Tennessee 6 6 0 .500 308 296 Jacksonville 2 10 0 .167 224 313 North W L T Pct PF PA Baltimore 7 5 0 .583 256 207 Pittsburgh 7 5 0 .583 290 236 Cincinnati 4 7 1 .375 245 259 Cleveland 0 12 0 .000 197 352 West W L T Pct PF PA Oakland 10 2 0 .833 345 299 Kansas City 9 3 0 .750 281 242 Denver 8 4 0 .667 286 229 San Diego 5 7 0 .417 334 319 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA x-Dallas 11 1 0 .917 333 228 N.Y. Giants 8 4 0 .667 245 237 Washington 6 5 1 .542 303 295 Philadelphia 5 7 0 .417 268 245 South W L T Pct PF PA Atlanta 7 5 0 .583 386 331 Tampa Bay 7 5 0 .583 277 285 New Orleans 5 7 0 .417 347 335 Carolina 4 8 0 .333 283 321 North W L T Pct PF PA Detroit 8 4 0 .667 275 251 Green Bay 6 6 0 .500 295 302 Minnesota 6 6 0 .500 233 209 Chicago 3 9 0 .250 204 270 West W L T Pct PF PA Seattle 8 3 1 .708 264 194 Arizona 5 6 1 .458 276 251 Los Angeles 4 8 0 .333 180 262 San Francisco 1 11 0 .083 234 370 Monday’s Game Indianapolis 41, N.Y. Jets 10 Thursday’s Game Oakland at Kansas City, 7:25 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 11 Denver at Tennessee, Noon Cincinnati at Cleveland, Noon Minnesota at Jacksonville, Noon Arizona at Miami, Noon Houston at Indianapolis, Noon Washington at Philadelphia, Noon Pittsburgh at Buffalo, Noon San Diego at Carolina, Noon Chicago at Detroit, Noon N.Y. Jets at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m.

New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 3:25 p.m.

Seattle at Green Bay, 3:25 p.m.

Atlanta at Los Angeles, 3:25 p.m.

Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 12 Baltimore at New England, 7:30 p.m.

Atlanta. Next: TBD. No. 2 Ohio State (11-1) did not play.

Next: TBD. No. 3 Clemson (11-1) vs. No. 19 Virginia Tech, ACC championship at Orlando, Fla.. Next: TBD. No. 4 Washington (12-1) beat No. 9 Colorado 41-10, Pac-12 championship, Friday. Next: TBD. No. 5 Michigan (10-2) did not play.

Next: TBD. No. 6 Wisconsin (10-2) vs. No. 8 Penn State, Big Ten championship at Indianapolis. Next: TBD. No. 7 Oklahoma (10-2) beat No. 11 Oklahoma State 38-20. Next: TBD. No. 8 Penn State (10-2) vs. No. 6 Wisconsin, Big Ten championship at Indianapolis. Next: TBD. No. 9 Colorado (10-3) lost to. No. 4 Washington 41-10, Pac-12 championship, Friday. Next: TBD. No. 10 Southern Cal (9-3) did not play. Next: TBD. No. 11 Oklahoma State (9-3) lost to at No. 7 Oklahoma 38-20. Next: TBD. No. 12 Florida State (9-3) did not play. Next: TBD. No. 13 Western Michigan (13-0) beat Ohio 29-23, MAC championship, Friday.

Next: TBD. No. 14 West Virginia (10-2) beat Baylor 24-21. Next: TBD. No. 15 Florida (8-4) lost to No. 1 Alabama 54-16, SEC championship at Atlanta. Next: TBD. No. 16 Louisville (9-3) did not play.

Next: TBD. No. 17 Stanford (9-3) did not play.

Next: TBD. No. 18 Auburn (8-4) did not play.

Next: TBD. No. 19 Virginia Tech (9-3) vs. No. 3 Clemson, ACC championship at Orlando, Fla.. Next: TBD. No. 20 Navy (9-3) lost to Temple 3410, AAC championship. Next: vs. Army, Baltimore, Saturday, Dec. 10.

No. 21 LSU (7-4) did not play. Next: TBD. No. 22 Iowa (8-4) did not play. Next: TBD. No. 23 Nebraska (9-3) did not play.

Next: TBD. No. 24 Pittsburgh (8-4) did not play.

Next: TBD. No. 24 South Florida (10-2) did not play. Next: TBD.

The Top Twenty Five The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with firstplace votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 4, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking: Rec Pts Prv 1. Villanova (57) 8-0 1613 2 2. UCLA (2) 9-0 1478 11 3. Kansas 7-1 1458 4 4. Baylor (6) 8-0 1437 9 5. Duke 8-1 1389 5 6. Kentucky 7-1 1274 1 7. North Carolina 8-1 1234 3 8. Gonzaga 8-0 1198 8 9. Indiana 7-1 1103 13 10. Creighton 8-0 1003 10 11. Louisville 7-1 901 14 12. St. Mary’s (Cal) 6-0 899 12 13. Xavier 7-1 784 7 14. Virginia 7-1 758 6 15. West Virginia 6-1 729 25 16. Butler 8-0 691 18 17. Wisconsin 7-2 655 17 18. Purdue 6-2 485 15 19. South Carolina 8-0 476 20 20. Arizona 6-2 320 16 21. Florida 7-1 285 24 22. Cincinnati 7-1 258 — 23. Notre Dame 8-0 197 — 24. Oregon 7-2 175 23 25. Iowa St. 5-2 95 19 Others receiving votes: Syracuse 45, Southern Cal 43, Ohio St. 40, TCU 33, Florida St. 18, Virginia Tech 11, California 10, Maryland 9, Valparaiso 7, Wichita St. 5, Temple 3, Michigan St. 3, Minnesota 1, IPFW 1, UNC Wilmington 1.

The Women’s Top Twenty Five The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 4, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking Rec Pts Prv 1. UConn (18) 7-0 809 2 2. Notre Dame (15) 8-0 807 1 3. Baylor 9-1 750 4 4. Maryland 8-0 732 5 5. Mississippi St. 8-0 668 6 6. South Carolina 6-1 660 3 7. Florida St. 8-1 613 8 8. Louisville 7-2 574 7 9. UCLA 6-1 564 10 10. Stanford 8-1 525 11 11. Washington 8-1 487 13 12. Ohio St. 6-3 403 9 13. West Virginia 9-0 401 16 14. Miami 7-1 398 18 15. Kentucky 6-2 338 17 16. DePaul 5-2 252 15 17. Texas 2-4 249 14 18. Colorado 8-0 231 21 19. Oklahoma 5-2 187 12 20. Syracuse 6-3 161 20 21. Duke 9-1 158 22. South Florida 6-0 109 23. Florida 6-2 105 19 24. Oregon St. 5-1 70 24 25. Virginia Tech 7-0 66 Others receiving votes: Oregon 65, Arizona St. 48, Kansas St 48, Michigan

The AP Top 25 Fared No. 1 Alabama (13-0) beat No. 15 Florida 54-16, SEC championship at

COLLEGE BASKETBALL 6:30 p.m. — (FS1) Fordham at St. John’s 7:30 p.m. — (CBSSN) Vanderbilt at Middle Tennessee 8 p.m. — (ESPN2) Iowa St. at Iowa 9 p.m. — (ESPNU) Nicholls at Florida St. COLLEGE FOOTBALL 7 p.m. — (ESPN) College Football Awards show, at Atlanta GOLF 2 p.m. — (GOLF) PGA Tour, Franklin Templeton Shootout, first round, at Naples, Fla. 9 p.m. — (GOLF) European Tour, UBS Hong Kong Open, second round, at Hong Kong 1 a.m. — (GOLF) European Tour, UBS Hong Kong Open, second round, at Hong Kong 4 a.m. — (GOLF) Ladies European Tour, Omega Dubai Masters, third round, at Dubai, United Arab Emirates

a 38-24 victory.

Then, consider the weather: The forecast calls for temperatures in the teens at kickoff, with a wind chill that could dip into the single digits by the fourth quarter.

It should make for an old-school matchup with stakes that couldn’t be much higher .

“You have to get ready for the team. You can’t worry about all that,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. “You spend all your energy studying the team and getting yourself to know the game plan. Anything short of that I think you’re short-changing yourself, if you’re worried about magnitudes and all that stuff.”

As the Raiders and Chiefs prepare to meet for the 116th time, here are

some key story lines: Maclin in the saddle: Chiefs wide receiver Jeremy Maclin has missed four games with a groin injury, but he’s been practicing the past couple of weeks and there’s optimism he’ll be available. “If that’s the case, it’ll be an awesome addition,” Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith said. “Jeremy is a special player.”

Series dominance: The Chiefs have won six of the last seven in the series, Raiders coach Jack Del Rio is winless against Kansas City in three tries with the silver and black, and Smith is 8-1 against the Raiders in his career.

“I don’t know if you can lump them together,” Smith said. “You try to play the chess game here in the rematch: what is

different, what can we change?”

Gimmicky? Sure: Del Rio took some heat from Chiefs fans for calling Smith’s play “gimmicky” after their first meeting, but he intended it as a compliment. The constant shifts, unorthodox lineups and fake handoffs kept getting Oakland out of position. “Those are effective plays. You can call it what you want,” Del Rio said.

“If the word is something they don’t like, too bad.”

Double trouble: While Mack gets the attention on Oakland’s defense with sacks in seven straight games, and back-to-back games with strip-sacks and recoveries, linebacker Bruce Irvin also must be feared. He has sacks in three straight games.

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they used to be,” Raiders quarterback Derek Carr said , “and obviously, they talk about how the game’s changed and things like that, as all past players do. That’s really the main thing that sticks out — how violent and physical the games were. They would always talk about that.”

There’s a good chance Thursday night’s game looks similar.

First, the Chiefs have ferocious linebacker Justin Houston back from the knee injury that sidelined him for the first matchup.

And the Raiders counter with a defense led by Khalil Mack that shut out Buffalo for most of the second half last week, allowing Oakland to rally for

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Bowl season gives SEC opportunity to restore its reputation The Associated Press

The upcoming bowl games provide the Southeastern Conference a chance at redemption.

A league that prides itself as the nation’s strongest has only one team — No. 1 Alabama — ranked higher than 17th in the Top 25 . The SEC went just 6-8 in nonconference games against other Power Five teams during the regular season, including a 3-6 mark against the Atlantic Coast Conference.

With 12 of its 14 members playing in bowl games, this is a chance

for the SEC to restore its reputation.

“We are the SEC, and obviously we have a higher benchmark than other conferences out there,” Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason said. “People expect certain things out of the SEC.” Although the bowl season starts Dec. 17, SEC teams won’t get involved until Dec. 26, when Mississippi State faces Miami (Ohio) in the St. Petersburg Bowl and Vanderbilt meets North Carolina State in the Independence Bowl .

The SEC would love to see this year’s bowls turn out as well for the league as last year’s postseason.

One year ago, the SEC encountered similar criticism after only one of its members - Alabama, again - was ranked in the top 15 at the end of the regular season. Before 2015, the last time the SEC had only one top-15 team was in the final poll of the 2000 season.

The SEC bounced back last year by going 9-2 in bowl games, including Alabama’s victory over Clemson in the College

Football Playoff championship game. The SEC set an NCAA record for bowl victories in a season.

“I think bowl games are a big indicator of conference strength,” Tennessee defensive end LaTroy Lewis said. “Last year everybody scrutinized the SEC, and we had great success in the bowl games.”

The SEC isn’t the only conferences have much at stake this postseason.

The Big 12 has an opportunity to prove its worth in lesser bowl games after getting left

out of the playoff for the second time in three years.

The Big Ten wants to solidify a banner year as it enters the postseason with four teams ranked eighth or higher. The ACC heads into bowl season with its highest nonconference winning percentage (.750) since 1990.

But there’s particular pressure on the SEC due to its status as the nation’s premier conference for the last decade.

SEC teams have won eight of the last 10 na-

tional championships.

“I would remind and caution everyone that you’re judging us against the standard which we set, and we set that standard over 10 years - actually probably 12 years - in a continuing manner,” SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said last week when he was asked about the league’s relative struggles this season.

“We’ve got one year that we’ll talk about and we’ll analyze, but our expectations for excellence don’t change at all.”

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