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Alcorn school board member dies

BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Alcorn Central has lost one of its biggest supporters.

Peggy Bain, a member of the Alcorn School District Board of Education, died on Wednesday.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Alcorn Central High School with burial following at Lovejoy Cemetery.

Other arrangements are pending with McPeters Funeral Directors.

Bain had a successful heart procedure on Tuesday but died

“She’s pretty much an icon for Alcorn Central. She was an excellent advocate for all of the kids and schools.�

Stacy Suggs Alcorn Schools superintendent suddenly Wednesday morning.

She had served on the county school board for a year, taking office last January for the second district seat.

Alcorn Central High School

Principal Tim Littlejohn recalled that when he came to the school in the 1970s, the Bain family was already well-known for its involvement on the campus.

“We’ve lost a great lady today,� said Littlejohn. “She was a leader and a mentor. I can honestly say that nobody cared about Alcorn Central like she did. She was at every ball game you could be at, and she was an outstanding board member as well. She stood for every one of these kids. Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to the family from all of the faculty, staff and students.�

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Northeast implements campus smoking ban

BY BRANT SAPPINGTON bsappington@dailycorinthian.com

Staff photo by Steve Beavers

Emily Nooner and her family continue a family tradition by selling fireworks around the New Year’s holiday at their stand on U.S. 72 just east of Corinth. Shooting fireworks is a huge Crossroads area tradition around the end of the year, including the evenings of New Year’s Eve on Saturday and New Year’s Day on Sunday. The legal New Year’s Day holiday this year is Monday, Jan. 2.

Officials stress fireworks safety

BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

With a mild New Year’s Eve in the forecast, many firecrackers, bottle rockets and sparklers are likely to be ignited this

weekend.

Public safety officials encourage people to keep it safe by having proper supervision for children and following common sense safety practices.

Fireworks are prohibited in the Corinth city limits. “Conditions are pretty damp, so it’s not going to be as danPlease see FIREWORKS | 2A

Northeast Mississippi Community College will start the new year with a new emphasis on health as the school implements a complete ban on the use of tobacco products on its property.

The ban, which will apply to all college property and locations including the Booneville main campus and the college’s extension centers at Corinth and New Albany, will prohibit the use of tobacco in any form at any time.

College President Dr. Johnny Allen said the decision to restrict the use of tobacco comes out of a concern for public health and is part of the school’s overall efforts to create a healthy and safe environment for all who visit their facilities. He noted smoking has been prohibited inside campus buildings for several years and this move simply extends that restriction to the entire campus.

The president said they want to encourage better health in all aspects of life and this move is another way for them to do so. “I think it is the right thing to do to encourage people to live healthy lives,� he said.

Allen said they want to em-

phasize that the ban is in no way meant to make those who use tobacco products feel unwelcome, and they want to continue to maintain a campus that is open to all. “Citizens who use tobacco products are welcome on our campuses, we just ask that they not use it while they’re here,� he said.

He said they hope that all those who come to the campus will respect the new rule and he expects to have few problems. He said that the school will not be heavy-handed about the policy but will continue to treat everyone who comes on campus with respect. “We want to handle it in a very professional and respectful way,� he said.

The decision to ban tobacco at the college was made last year and the college has conducted an extensive campaign to communicate the change to its staff, employees, students and the community. Signs have been posted throughout the campus since that time announcing the move.

The school has also taken steps to help those who wish to quit using tobacco.

Resources have been made available through the school’s counseling center.

CT-A to search for artistic director Company to close Stephenson at least 100 stores resigns due to health reasons

BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com

Corinth Theatre-Arts will soon begin the search for a new artistic director.

Former Artistic Director Tyson Stephenson was recently forced to resign from the position and return to Oregon due to ongoing health issues, confirmed Linda Dixon, president of CT-A’s board of directors.

Dixon, a longtime participant in the local theatre company, filled in as artistic director for the CT-A production of “A Christmas Carol: Scrooge & Marley.�

Other CT-A regulars will act as substitute artistic directors in upcoming performances until

someone is found to permanently fill the position.

The community theatre’s board will actively begin the search for a new artistic director after the first of the year.

Upcoming Auditions In other CT-A news, the search is on for young actors to take the stage in two upcoming productions.

Auditions for “The Fisherman and His Wife� and “The Emperor’s New Clothes� will be held Monday, Jan. 2, and Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012, beginning at 4 p.m. at the Crossroads Playhouse.

Tryouts for both productions will be held on both dates. “We’re looking for youth of all ages through 19,� said CT-A Managing Director Tommy Ledbetter. “No preparation or experience is required — all you’ve got to do is show up for the audition and read a page of the script.� “The Fisherman and His Wife� is based on one of the Broth-

ers Grimm’s most famous fairy tales, the story of a good man content with very little and the destruction caused by his dissatisfied wife after an encounter with a magical fish with the power to grant wishes. The cast will require approximately 12 actors. Sponsored by Northside Mini Storage and LINK, “The Fisherman and His Wife will be performed on Friday, Feb. 24, at 7:30 p.m. It is also a traveling production, and will be taken to several schools in Alcorn County. “The Emperor’s New Clothes� is a classic, comic tale of blindness and arrogance. Sponsored

by Physicians Urgent Care, it will be performed at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 17 and 18, and 2 p.m. on Feb. 19. The play calls for eight male and four female cast members.

Following the cast selection process, rehearsal will begin in mid-January and require about four evenings each week.

Staff, wire reports

NEW YORK — After a disastrous holiday shopping season, the parent company of Sears and Kmart will close at least 100 stores to raise cash — a move that sparked speculation about whether the 125-year-old retailer can avoid a death spiral fed by declining sales and deteriorating stores.

Sears Holdings Corp., a pillar of American retailing that famously began with a mailorder catalog in the 1880s, declared Tuesday that it would no longer prop up “marginally performing� locations. The company pledged to refocus its efforts on stores that make money.

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Sears’ stock quickly plunged, dropping 27 percent.

Kmart management in Corinth declined comment when asked about the status of the local store, saying the local store’s status would be made public when Sears Holdings Corp. releases the closed store list.

The Corinth store closed after the May 1 destructive flood in 2010, but reopened in February this year after store renovations.

As the result of the ninemonth closure, Kmart filed a lawsuit against various private companies and government agencies, but the issue Please see SEARS | 2A

On this day in history 150 years ago Dec. 29 — Union soldiers at Camp Holt, Indiana, sought amusement by firing their muskets at the USS Tyler anchored in the Ohio River.

The captain of the Tyler moved his gunboat several times but the sharpshooters continued for two days before they were ordered to stop firing.

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Mr. and Miss Alcorn Central High School Dalton Johnson and Gracie Wilbanks have been named Mr. and Miss Alcorn Central High School for the 2011-12 school year. Dalton is the son of Rick and Tammy Johnson and the brother of Brent Johnson. He is the Student Government Asociation president. He was elected Best School Spirit and a member of the Hall of Fame this year. He is a member of Oakland Baptist Church. During high school, he has been class secretary and now president, FFA president, and participated in FFA and FBLA competitions. He plays soccer and is captain for his team. Gracie is the daughter of Lisa Wilbanks and Barry Wilbanks and the sister of Rich Wilbanks and Zach Wilbanks. It’s her sixth and final year of being a member of the ACHS Purple Pride High School Band and 2011/2012 Drumline Captain. She is a member of the Farmington Baptist Church, where she participates in the adult choir and the youth group. During high school, she had been a member of the soccor team, FCA leadership and Indoor Drumline.

UNA partners with National Park Service Special to the Daily Corinthian

FLORENCE, Ala. — The University of North Alabama Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation and the Natchez Trace Parkway with the National Park Service are partnering to offer a full week of Wildland Firefighter Training courses to students, professionals, and community members March 26-30 in Flowers Hall.

Dr. Tom Coates, chair of the Department of HPER,

said the certified courses will be offered during spring break from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The courses offered will include Basic Wildland Fire Orientation, Wildland Firefighter Training, Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior, Human Factors on the Fireline, ICS Orientation, and Lookouts, Communication, Escape Routes and Safety Zones (LCES).

“The advantage for our students is they would already have this training when

they begin their job search,” Coates said. “Very few students that graduate from college already have this kind of training on their resume.

This opportunity will also be a community service because we will be inviting local, volunteer firefighters to take the courses as well.”

Coates said the courses are certified through the federal government and give anyone the basic training they would need to respond to wildland fires. The courses also fulfill

the basic class work a person would need to become a federal or state wildland firefighter.

Officials will also offer the Pack Test during the afternoon of March 30 for individuals who are interested in fulfilling the physical requirement to conduct the job of a wildland firefighter. The free test includes a three-mile walk with a 45-pound pack/vest that must be completed in 45 minutes or less.

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ate was active in booster club and PTC activities through the years.

Bain was retired after selling real estate for many years. She had also worked as a teacher’s aide

at Biggersville.

Superintendent Stacy Suggs said he enjoyed working with Bain.

“She’s pretty much an icon for Alcorn Central,” he said. “She was an excellent advocate for all of the kids and schools.”

In October 2010, Bain told the Daily Corinthian that she decided to run for the school board post after being encouraged by a number of people when it appeared that no one was going to qualify to run for the seat. She

ran unopposed for the post.

Five years remain on her term of office. An appointment will likely be made to the board and a special election held on the November general election ballot.

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2012 Productions Corinth Theatre-Arts will conclude its current season of theatrical offerings with two more productions.

“On Shiloh Hill: A Musical Resurrection of the American Civil War” will be staged in April.

The play is a guided trip

through America’s darkest days. Guided by a troubadour, “On Shiloh Hill” takes place in an attic, with period music establishing the mood and all of the words taken from letters, memoirs, diaries and other sources that reveal the War Between the States as seen by the men who fought it.

Auditions are set for Feb. 27-28, and “On Shiloh Hill” will be performed April 13-15.

Set in small-town Louisiana, “Steel Magnolias “ is the story of a close-knit circle of friends whose lives come together in Truvy’s Beauty Parlor.

With comedic and tragic elements intertwined,

“Steel Magnolias” features sharp dialogue and serious themes.

Auditions for “Steel Magnolias” are set for April 23-24, and the performances are scheduled for June 1-3.

For more information contact CT-A at 287-2995 or visit corinththeatrearts. com

has not been resolved.

The Sears store in Corinth is a locallyowned independent dealer and won’t be affected by Sears Holdings closures.

The national closings are the latest and most visible move by Eddie Lampert, the handson chairman who has struggled to reverse the company’s fortunes.

As rivals Wal-Mart and Target Corp. spruced up stores in recent years, Sears Holdings struggled with falling sales and perceptions of dowdy merchandise.

Some analysts wondered if it was already too late, questioning whether the retailer can afford to upgrade stores as it burns through its cash reserves.

The sales weakness “begins and some would argue ends with Sears’ reluctance to invest in stores and service,” Credit Suisse analyst Gary Balter wrote in a note to clients.

Sears and Kmart were both retail pioneers.

Sears’ catalog and department stores were fixtures of American life stretching back to the 19th century before being hurt in recent years by competition from steep discounters and by missteps that included forays into financial services and the decision to sell off a lucrative credit card business.

Kmart helped create the discount-store format that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. came to dominate.

Sears Holdings has watched its cash and short-term investments plummet by nearly half since Jan. 31, from about $1.3 billion to about $700 million.

The projected closings represent only about 3 percent of Sears Holdings’ U.S. stores.

And the company has actually added stores since the Sears-Kmart merger in 2005. It has about 3,560 stores in the U.S., up from 3,500 right after the merger, thanks to the addition of more small stores.

But the company hinted that more closings could be on the horizon as it focuses on honing the better-performing stores.

The store closings were expected to generate $140 million to $170 million in cash as the company sells down their inventory. Selling or subleasing the prop-

erties could generate more money.

Spokesman Chris Brathwaite said the company had not determined which stores would close or how many jobs might be cut.

He disputed speculation that the company will have problems surviving, noting it still has $2.9 billion available under its credit lines.

“While our operating performance has not met our expectations, we have significant assets,” including inventory, real estate and proprietary brands like Kenmore and Craftsman, Brathwaite said.

Still, the company’s announcements were grim. In addition to the closings, it announced that revenue at stores open at least a year fell 5.2 percent for the eight weeks ended Dec. 25, a crucial time because of the holiday shopping season.

Kmart’s layaway program, meant to help cash-strapped customers buy presents by paying for them a little at a time, faltered as WalMart and Toy R Us introduced or expanded competing programs.

Sears stores reported softer sales of home appliances, usually a strength.

The company predicted that fourth-quarter adjusted earnings will be less than half the $933 million reported for the same quarter last year. It also expects a non-cash charge of $1.6 billion to $1.8 billion in the quarter to write off the value of carriedover tax deductions it now doesn’t expect to be profitable enough to use.

Part of Sears Holdings’ problem is the weak economy that is hurting virtually all retailers that cater to lowand middle-income shoppers, who are being forced to cut back on spending.

But both Lampert and Lou D’Ambrosio, who was named CEO in February, have said the company needs to keep up with the changing retail landscape, where shoppers are going online for convenience and finding better prices on their smartphones even once they’re in the store.

Andrew Jassin, at clothing consultant Jassin Consulting Group, said his clients that sell to Sears aren’t limiting orders, but they’re watching to see what steps the company will take next.

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gerous as it would be if it were dry,” said Ricky Gibens, county fire coordinator. “But if you do have a fire or something

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lands on a house and you see a spark, it’s best to call 911 to get the fire department to check it out.”

It’s best to use open fields, he said, and avoid shooting fireworks in subdivisions with houses close together.

“For children, it’s best to use sparklers and roman candles, those types of things,” he said. “You should use a tube for bot-

tle rockets and not hold them. Light the fuse and get back.”

Most injuries from sparklers involve children under the age of 14, according to the National Council on Fireworks Safety.

Some other recommendations from the American Pyrotechnics Association: ■ Don’t mix alcohol and

fireworks. If people are drinking, have a sober person handle the fireworks.

■ Have some water available in a bucket or a garden hose in case something needs to be extinguished.

■ Do not reignite fireworks that malfunction.

Douse them in water before disposing.

■ Read and follow the

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including cherry bombs, tubular salutes, repeating bombs, aerial bombs and torpedoes. The sale of fireworks is allowed from June 15 through July 5 and from Dec. 5 through Jan. 2.

“Fireworks are pretty to see as long as you follow all of the precautions set forth by the manufacturers and the law,” said Gibens.

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■ Light fireworks one at a time.

■ Never use fireworks indoors.

■ Stay out of the line of fire and never aim fireworks at another person.

■ Wear eye protection and never put part of your body over a firework.

Mississippi state law prohibits some fireworks

An error appeared in the front page story Wednesday about Earskin Evetts, who will turn 106 years old on Jan. 9. Evetts was born in 1906.

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McFall honored as student of month Haley McFall, the daughter of Michael and Paige McFall, was named Corinth Rotary Club Student of the Month for November for the Corinth School District.

McFall is ranked first in her senior class at Corinth High School where she currently maintains a 4.1304 grade point average and scored a 31 on the ACT. Active at CHS, McFall has been a member of the National Honor Society for four years, Academic Team for four years, Historical Society for three years, Science Club for four years, Key Club for four years, Spanish Club for three years, Interact Club for three years, Mu Alpha Theta Society for three years and served as representative, Environmental Club for four years and served as vice president, C-Club for four years and served as secretary/treasurer, and Pep Club for four years and served as president.

Haley McFall McFall has been named to the Principal’s Honor Roll for three years. She has earned first place honors in numerous subjects throughout high school. She made a perfect score on the state Algebra test and tested advanced on the state English test, with a perfect score on the writing section, and tested advanced on the state

history test. She earned the Woodmen of the World History Award.

McFall was co-producer of the Homecoming video and chosen to attend the Rotary Leadership Conference. She served as C-Club Sweetheart in the 2011 Homecoming Court. McFall was also named to the CHS Hall of Fame.

An athlete, McFall has been a member of the Cross Country team, where she received the Varsity Newcomer award in eighth grade, Peter Huwe Award of Excellence in 11th grade, and was voted by team to receive the state runner-up trophy in the 11th grade. She also served as captain of the squad her senior year.

McFall has also been a member of the CHS Women’s Soccer team.

McFall was also a Wendy’s Heisman School Winner during her senior year.

Active in her community, McFall earned the Alliance Youth Leadership Award. She

participated in Junior Leadership Alcorn and served on the Northeast Mississippi Youth Foundation. She also has volunteered with Crosswind Ministries, the annual Coca-Cola 10K Race, the Run with Rotary 5K, and worked with the Sportsplex soccer camp.

McFall has worked with the Soles 4 Souls project and has spent 60 hours mentoring and tutoring young girls.

She has also worked with Project Phoebe to help establish intergenerational relationships with senior citizens.

A member of First United Methodist Church, McFall has been a Vacation Bible School volunteer and Children’s Church leader. She is also active in the Youth House Ministries at First Presbyterian Church.

Following graduation from CHS, McFall plans to attend the University of Mississippi where she will be enrolled in the Honors College.

Summer of 1862 brought high temps Source: Alcorn County Family History, Volume I Federals Occupy Corinth (Part 2) Summer came in with a vengeance in 1862.

Temperatures soared, shallow wells and small streams went dry, dust thickened, flies, mosquitoes, fleas and lice tormented men and animals. A convalescent hospital was established there and every effort was made to improve men’s diet.

Another hospital was set up at Farmington with “Mother” Mary Ann Bickerdyke in charge.

“Mother” believed in soap, soup, fresh fruit and fresh air. A brigade was sent to Rienzi and Cavalry units to Jacinto, Blackland and Booneville. Needless to say, there was a significant drop in the sick list.

During the next three months the soldiers began plying their peacetime trades, ferriers, gunsmiths, photographers, carpenters and some shopkeepers set up businesses and at least two newspapers were published. “The Corinth War Eagle,” a weekly, edited and published by E.D. Fenn began July 31st and lasted until December. Major General Henry W. Halleck’s last order from Corinth was printed in the first issue. (President Abraham Lincoln had appointed Halleck as general-in-chief of the United States land forces.)

A second paper, “The Corinth Chanticleer” was edited and published by C.W. Hildreth of the 2nd Iowa Infantry.

General Grant was named to succeed Halleck. For the first time General Rosecrans was

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brought into contact with General G r a n t .

Civil and military matters occupied their time during the remainder of the

summer.

When dealing with the remaining citizens, Rosecrans was very effective. He had Union sympathizers take an oath of allegiance to the United States; citizens of Confederate persuasion he requested to pledge themselves to abstain from mischief or to leave the country.

Grant, meanwhile, was supervising the new line of defense begun by General Halleck. These were Batteries A through F extending from the southwest below the Memphis & Charleston westward and then north to the Memphis & Charleston. It is supposed these batteries were to be connected by breastworks later.

General Rosecrans thought these defenses were too extended and that a line of batteries along the ridge which extended from east of Corona College and then northward toward the Mobile & Ohio Railroad would be more easily defended. General Grant looked over the terrain and ordered Colonel F.E. Prime to construct five open batteries; Robinett, Williams, Phillips, Tannrath and Lothropon these low hills.

During the last week of July, CSA General Bragg began transferring most of his forces from Tupelo to Chattanooga. Earlier he had sent Van Dorn’s and

Breckinridge’s troops to Vicksburg. General Price was left in Tupelo with instructions to watch Grant in Corinth.

Price’s army consisted of two divisions. The Missouri division was under Henry Little. Dabney Maury commanded the division composed of Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas regiments.

Under these two able commanders the two divisions had become efficient, well drilled and thoroughly disciplined soldiers-they had always been fierce fighters. In addition, Frank C. Armstrong commanded a cavalry brigade of 1500 troops. The total force numbered a little more than 15,000 and these men had with them some forty pieces of artillery.

Conflicting reports and rumors bedeviled both Union and Confederate armies in early September. CSA Bragg was in Tennessee planning to move into Kentucky.

Buell moved his Federal troops from north Alabama to Murfreesboro near Nashville. Bragg believed Rosecrans would reinforce Buell; so, he wrote Price to prevent the junction of the two Union forces.

Accordingly Price moved from Baldwyn to Iuka where he routed the small Federal garrison left to guard that place, But, when he learned Rosecrans was still in north Mississippi, he felt it imprudent to cross the Tennessee River and waited in Iuka. On the 18th Price received two dispatches. One from Armstrong reporting Federal forces were advancing upon him and the second from Van Dorn requesting that he move back to Baldwyn in order to form a junc-

tion with his army. Price replied that he would move to Baldwyn immediately and ordered his troops to prepare at once for the move.

The following day, September 19th, the battle of Iuka occurred.

Henry Little was killed and was replaced by General Louis Herbert.

That night Price retreated down the Fulton Road to Baldwyn.

After several days rest, he marched northwest to Ripley where on September 28th he finally linked with Van Dorn.

In conference with Van Dorn and General Mansfield Lovell, Price advised against attacking Corinth until the Confederates were reinforced by 15,000 exchanged prisoners then in Jackson, Mississippi.

Because of the recent battle at Iuka, Price realized how rapidly the Federals could concentrate their forces. Van Dorn argued that the Federals would have time to strengthen the defenses at Corinth and to bring in reinforcements if they delayed until the exchanged prisoners could be brought up and armed.

Price agreed “that the importance of Corinth was so great it warranted more than the usual hazards of battle.” He presented the facts as he knew them and offered his considered advice.

Vicki Burress Roach is a professional genealogist and special columnist for the Daily Corinthian. Send queries to: Alcorn County Genealogical Society, Attention: Vicki B. Roach, P.O. Box 1808, Corinth, Miss. 38835-1808.The Alcorn County Genealogical Society’s website is www.avsia.com/ acgs.

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Peggy Bain

Funeral services for Peggy Bain are set for 11 a.m.

Saturday at Alcorn Central High School with burial at Lovejoy Cemetery.

She died Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. McPeters Funeral Directors is in charge of arrangements.

Carl Bayne III

Carl Pruitt Bayne III, 69, of Corinth, died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, at Magnolia Regional Health Center. A memorial service will be held at a later date.

Born July 25, 1942, he was a truck driver and a Baptist.

Survivors include a son, Shannon Bayne of Auburn, Ga.; a daughter, Paula Gail Gonzalez (Jorge) of Auburn, Ga.; sisters Jimmie Carloptte Owens (Carl) and Jan Davis (Johnny Ray), both of Stuttgart, Ark.; and three grandchildren, Jaiden Gonzalez, Johnny Gonzalez and Marcello Gonzalez.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Carl Pruitt Bayne Jr. and Gladys Doris Haskins Bayne.

Magnolia Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Things to do today Pickin’ on the Square Thursday nights from Wayne Jerrolds and Savannah Grass will be at Pickin’ on the Square this Thursday, Dec. 29.

Pickin’ on the courthouse square has moved to a new location for the winter months to the old East Corinth School auditorium, corner of Third and Meeks Streets.

Admission is free but a donation is taken for heating expenses to be able to get into a good warm place for the winter months.

Pickin’ starts at 7 p.m. every Thursday night.

Country music night The Joe Rickman Band will be playing on

Those ages 55 and up are invited to join Animal Rescue & Care for Senior Bingo every Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at Arby’s, 706 U.S. Hwy. 72 East. There is no charge to participate.

BY JEFF YORK For the Daily Corinthian

SELMER, Tenn. – For the first time in three years, McNairy County has recorded two consecutive months of an unemployment rate under 10 percent. The county had registered almost three straight years of doubledigit unemployment last month.

Tennessee’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development figures said McNairy County had an unemployment rate of 9.6 percent in November, a drop of 0.3 percent from the October total of 9.9 percent.

The county had a labor force of 10,840 in November and 9,810 of those had jobs during the month.

This left 1,040 potential workers without jobs in November.

Tennessee’s unemployment rate for November fell to 9.1 percent, down from the October rate of 9.5.

“This is the lowest unemployment rate Tennessee has experienced since January of 2009 at 9.0 percent,” Tennessee Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development Karla Davis said. “After seasonal adjustments were made, nearly 10,000 jobs were created since

October with positive job growth in the service sector such as retail trade and temporary jobs.”

Lincoln County had the lowest unemployment rate in the state at 5.6 percent. Scott County had the largest unemployment rate in the state at 15.2 percent. Obion County had the highest unemployment rate in West Tennessee at 15.2 percent, most likely the result of the shutdown of the Goodyear tire manufacturing facility in Union City.

Tennessee had 79 counties show a decrease in unemployment during November while 12 counties had an increase and four counties remained the same as the previous month.

McNairy County fared well when compared to their neighboring counties in Tennessee. Hardeman County had a jobless rate of 11.8 percent, Hardin County had a rate of 9.8 percent and Chester County registered the lowest rate of 8.7 percent.

The state’s unemployment rate is seasonally adjusted to account for the hiring and layoff patterns that accompany regular events such as the winter holiday season and the summer vacation season.

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Federal court must address redistricting A three-judge federal panel did what the 2011 Legislature could not, and produced a congressional district map.

As The Associated Press reported, “Notwithstanding the movement or potential movement of 146,000 persons, we made as few changes to the current districts as possible,” the three federal judges wrote in releasing the plan Monday.

The foremost feature of the new map is that the lone Mississippi congressional Democrat, U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, prevailed in not having Adams County added to his predominately black voting age district. As long as his 2nd District stays essentially intact, he’s likely to stay in office as long as he likes.

There were no radical changes, which raises the question: Should there be? Lumping black voters into the 2nd District virtually assures a black, Democrat district, but it also concentrates white voters and Republicans elsewhere.

Another question: Why is it that the Legislature, charged with the redistricting task, is unable to do its job?

Given the small amount of fiddling involved, if lawmakers wanted to play it safe, it should have been an easy task. And it was — by the courts. But it should be remembered, that a federal court did the job the last time 10 years ago, too, because partisan battles ended in stalemate.

So, we have a decade-old federal court-ordered map being amended by a federal court for Mississippi elections for another 10 years, and not popularly elected leaders doing the job they were elected to do. And we must ask: How representative are these districts?

The 2nd District may intentionally be favorable to a Democrat, but the 3rd District, represented by Rep. Gregg Harper, R-Pearl, was drawn to favor a white Republican.

Is that representative? Or just facts of life?

Partisan, political life.

We have another 10 years to ponder such issues, now.

— The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson

Miss. state economy ... we’re not there yet Over the last couple of years, the Mississippi economy first dipped and then flattened out. Everyone’s eager for business in the state to begin growing again, but statistics released this week say we’re not there yet.

The two statistics are vastly different ones, but they provide fairly good signals about the state of the economy. One is the unemployment rate; the other is the amount of money taken in by casinos.

Unemployment actually declined in November, to 10.5 percent, but unfortunately that’s because about 2,000 people withdrew from the labor force — not because there were new jobs available.

This reduction in the labor force reverses a trend in which more people have been actively looking for work in the state. The number of available workers is 4 percent higher than when the recession began. There simply are not enough jobs for everyone.

There was one bright spot: A separate survey indicated there are 10,500 more jobs in the state than there were a year ago. However, business payrolls are about 55,000 jobs below their peak before the recession began in 2008.

As for the casinos, they had a bad November compared to a year ago, taking eight percent less from gamblers than they did in 2010.

Obviously part of the problem is that fewer people have extra money to spend on entertainment. Another part could be increased competition. ...

State budget writers had forecast a 2 percent increase in gambling revenue for the current fiscal year. So far, that has not happened.

Things may change. There are, while still mixed, some hopeful signs in the national economy. Employers are adding jobs again, the holiday shopping numbers are coming in higher than predicted, gas is cheaper, and consumer confidence is on the rise. ...

— Greenwood Commonwealth

Prayer for today Lord, may we not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith. Amen.

A verse to share For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Reece Terry publisher rterry@dailycorinthian.com

Random thoughts on the passing scene Talk show host Dennis Miller said, “I don’t dig polo. It’s like miniature golf meets the Kentucky Derby.”

Nothing illustrates the superficiality of our times better than the enthusiasm for electric cars, because they are supposed to greatly reduce air pollution. But the electricity that ultimately powers these cars has to be generated somewhere — and nearly half the electricity generated in this country is generated by burning coal.

The 2012 Republican primaries may be a rerun of the 2008 primaries, where the various conservative candidates split the conservative vote so many ways that the candidate of the mushy middle got the nomination — and then lost the election.

Because morality does not always prevail, by any means, too many of the intelligentsia act as if it has no effect. But, even in Nazi Germany, thousands of Germans hid Jews during the war, at the risk of their own lives, because it was the right thing to do.

In recent times, Christmas has brought not only holiday cheer but also attacks on the very word “Christmas,” chasing it from the vocabulary of institutions and even from most “holi-

day cards.”

Like many other social crusades, this one is based on a lie — namely that the ConThomas stitution puts Sowell a wall of sepColumnist aration between church and state. It also shows how easily intimidated we are by strident zealots.

If you don’t like growing older, don’t worry about it. You may not be growing older much longer.

What do you call it when someone steals someone else’s money secretly?

Theft. What do you call it when someone takes someone else’s money openly by force? Robbery. What do you call it when a politician takes someone else’s money in taxes and gives it to someone who is more likely to vote for him? Social Justice.

When an organization has more of its decisions made by committees, that gives more influence to those who have more time available to attend committee meetings and to drag out each meeting longer. In other words, it reduces the influence of those who have work to do, and are doing it,

while making those who are less productive more influential.

Anyone who studies the history of ideas should notice how much more often people on the political left, more so than others, denigrate and demonize those who disagree with them — instead of answering their arguments.

The wisest and most knowledgeable human being on the planet is utterly incompetent to make even 10 percent of the consequential decisions that have to be made in a modern nation. Yet all sorts of people want to decide how much money other people can make or keep, and to micromanage how other people live their lives.

The real egalitarians are not the people who want to redistribute wealth to the poor, but those who want to extend to the poor the ability to create their own wealth, to lift themselves up, instead of trying to tear others down. Earning respect, including selfrespect, is better than being a parasite.

Of all the arguments for giving amnesty to illegal immigrants, the most foolish is the argument that we can’t find and expel all of them. There is not a law on

the books that someone has not violated, including laws against murder, and we certainly have not found and prosecuted all the violators — whether murderers or traffic law violators. But do we then legalize all the illegalities we haven’t been able to detect and prosecute?

In the 1920s, Congressman Thomas S. Adams referred to “the ease with which the income tax may be legally avoided” but also said some congressmen “so fervently believe that the rich ought to pay 40 or 50 per cent of their incomes” in taxes that they would rather make this a law, even if the government would get more revenue from a lower tax rate that people actually pay.

Some also prefer class warfare politics that brings in votes, if not revenue.

Can you imagine a man who had never run any kind of organization, large or small, taking it upon himself to fundamentally change all kinds of organizations in a huge and complex economy? Yet that is what Barack Obama did when he said, “We are going to change the United States of America!”

This was not “The Audacity of Hope.” It was the audacity of hype.

Choosing a loser as a winner in Iowa The Iowa caucuses may be over by the time you read this. But it doesn’t matter.

The caucuses are the second-most fraudulent event on the nation’s political calendar.

The first, of course, is the Ames Straw Poll. It’s entirely meaningless, but political reporters pay attention to it because if they didn’t, their editors would make them cover a real story, like a meeting of the local water board.

Quick! Who won the Ames Straw Poll in August?

Did you forget already? I thought so.

Michele Bachmann won it and was immediately anointed a serious contender for the presidency.

That’s of the United States, mind you. By Thanksgiving, her candidacy had shrunk to Lilliputian proportions.

Told you so.

The Iowa caucuses are the oddest oddball of the political year. They have virtually no predictive value, but reporters and commentators act as though they do. Historically, they are as apt to choose a loser as a winner.

Don’t believe me? Here are some of the people who have won the caucuses that preceded presidential elections past: Democrats Tom

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Harkin and Dick Gephardt, and Republicans Mike Huckabee and Pat Robertson.

Donald None of them Kaul ever got within spitting Other Words distance of their party’s nomination. Bob Dole won the Iowa caucuses once. It wasn’t the year he secured the GOP nomination.

In 1988, Democrat Mike Dukakis and Republican George H. W. Bush both finished third in their respective party caucuses and went on to win their nominations. In 1980, Ronald Reagan finished second in Iowa and first in the hearts of his countrymen.

The first President Bush won Iowa the year he lost the nomination to Reagan.

He lost it in 1988, the year he defeated Dukakis.

In 1976, Democrats put up a strong array of strong candidates. The contenders for their party’s nomination included Sen. Birch Bayh of Indiana, former Sen. Fred Harris of Oklahoma, Rep. Morris Udall of Arizona, Sen. Scoop Jackson of Washington state, and Sargent Shriver, who had been

George McGovern’s running mate four years earlier. Oh, and the relatively unknown former governor of Georgia, Jimmy Carter.

Carter finished ahead of them all in Iowa and was propelled to a successful run for the presidency, more’s the pity. In fairness to Iowa voters, it should be pointed out that Carter finished second to “uncommitted.”

The rules for the caucuses — one set for Democrats, another for Republicans — are almost impossible to fully understand, though in my many years of covering them as a reporter and newspaper columnist I always found that drinking helped. The Democrats keep breaking apart into ever-smaller groups with more emphasis on making sure every group, gender, race, and sexual preference is represented than on whom the candidate should be.

The Republicans, as I understand it, vote in their precincts on caucus night, pass the results on to the press, then forget about them. Months later, at the state convention where delegates to the national convention are actually chosen, everyone votes for whom-

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ever they choose without reference to the caucuses.

These things take place at hundreds of venues in the dead of an Iowa winter and can consume as much as two or three hours, with no absentee voting. Nor is there a secret ballot.

It’s no more or less democratic than a Russian election, I suppose.

Out of this mess comes an avalanche of stories. I’m guessing that many will have headlines such as this one: “Newt Gingrich has seized the reins of the campaign.”

The best thing about the caucuses is that they are really fun. Iowa campaigns are retail politics at their most charming, and the people are great.

I remember one caucus at which Orville Armstrong, a legendary if rough-hewn Polk County supervisor, became incensed at what the speaker in front of him was saying, so he punched him between the shoulder blades, sending him flying over a row of chairs. You don’t get action like that with a secret ballot.

As far as being a crystal ball into the future, however, reporters would be better served by reading the entrails of frogs.

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BY JEFF AMY Associated Press

JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers and Gov.elect Phil Bryant will face a difficult task in crafting a state budget for the fiscal year that starts on July 1.

Bryant will propose a budget after taking office in January, but he has been vague about his plans. Lt. Gov.-elect Tate Reeves and likely House Speaker Philip Gunn also have made no specific proposals.

One legislative proposal would retain funding levels for public elementary and secondary schools as well as community colleges, but imposes funding cuts for other agencies that outgoing Gov. Haley Barbour said are unrealistically deep.

Lawmakers also will have to decide whether to renew a tax on hospital beds that funds Medicaid, and whether they want to change the state’s Public Employees Retirement System. The Legislature convenes on Tuesday.

An overarching tone is likely to be whether Bryant and the Republican-controlled Legislature move toward more spending cuts, or raid state reserves to patch together a budget.

Because the state is spending the last of its federal stimulus money this year, spending will likely shrink in the new budget year. The Joint Legislative Budget Committee has proposed a 2.3

percent decrease, while outgoing Gov. Haley Barbour proposed a 2.9 percent cut.

The situation is more unpredictable because there will be a new governor, lieutenant governor, House speaker and budget committee leaders.

Bryant spokesman Mick Bullock said the Republican governor-in-waiting regards work done to date on a new budget as only a “conversation starter.”

Bryant will issue his own proposal after taking office. Bullock said top priorities will continue to be education, public safety, economic development and health care.

The legislative plan already floated seeks to hold funding levels for K-12 schools and community colleges, but cuts university funding by 1.93 percent. Reeves and Gunn, R-Clinton, echoed Bryant’s preference to protect schools.

“We’ve got to make sure we don’t compromise the quality of education we’ve got,” Gunn said.

“I believe you will see bills that pass the Senate

that encourage more efficiency in our education spending and I expect an effort to improve funding for our schools,” Reeves said.

Rep. Cecil Brown, DJackson, who sat on the panel that wrote the legislative proposal, said members chose to reduce funding for some agencies to spend on schools.

For example, he said, a proposed 19.6 percent cut in the state Health Department’s budget is an unrealistic number used to make ends meet.

Another area of concern is Medicaid. Brown said a 7 percent decrease in funding also is probably not achievable. Compounding worries about Medicaid, a tax on hospital beds that Barbour pushed through the Legislature in 2009 over the objection of the state’s hospitals expires at the end of the current budget year. Lawmakers will have to vote to renew that tax or find $60 million in additional cuts.

“They intentionally underfunded expenditures that we all know have to

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be funded,” Reeves said.

In his budget, Barbour took aim at proposals that lawmakers used to balance their plan. For example, he described the deletion of all unfilled state employee positions as “bad budgeting policy and simply unrealistic.”

“The Legislature has no intention of deleting all unfilled positions in state government,” the outgoing governor wrote. Barbour instead proposed cutting 25 percent of vacant positions in the current budget year, and 25 percent more in 2013.

It’s unclear whether Barbour will have much influence this year. His budget document rehashes proposals, such as school and university consolidation, that originally won little legislative support.

Most agree that Mississippi will have to tap some existing savings and find more one-time money to prevent searing cuts.

For several years, the state has used federal stimulus money approved

by Congress when it was controlled by Democrats

to prop up the Mississippi budget. But the last $126 million will be gone after the current budget year.

Barbour says the state’s reserve is likely to fall to about $240 million by the end of the current budget year, down from $800 million five years before.

He wants the nest egg to be rebuilt, in accordance with a law that requires setting aside 2 percent of state revenue.

The Legislature proposes to override the 2 percent reserve law, as it is legally allowed to do.

Even Reeves, who said he wants to use “recurring revenues for recurring expenses,” said “the budget situation we are inheriting is such that it will take several years to reach this goal.”

Lawmakers would rely on slight improvements in revenue, delays of some obligations and savings to spend about $367 million more than they otherwise could. For example, both Barbour’s proposal and the legislative plan would spend the $97.4 million remaining in a health care trust fund. Legislators

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Barbour also is trying to renew a discussion of requiring schools, community colleges and universities to spend their own reserves to ease pressure on the state.

Lawmakers searching for cuts also could freeze or reduce the cost-of-living adjustment for those drawing benefits from the Public Employees Retirement System. One idea floated has been to freeze the annual 3 percent adjustment for three years.

Proponents say that could save about $40 million a year.

Such a move would face opposition, said Rep. George Flaggs, DVicksburg. “I don’t think that’s something the Legislature’s going to hang its hat on.”

Reeves said he hoped lawmakers would review recommendations with an eye toward shoring up the retirement system.

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Six years later, Katrina victims fight FEMA debts

BY MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS — When the Federal Emergency Management Agency mailed out 83,000 debt notices this year to victims of Hurricane Katrina and other 2005 storms, one of the letters showed up in David Bellinger’s mailbox.

Bellinger, who is blind, needed a friend to read it and break the news that FEMA wants him to pay back more than $3,200 in federal aid he received after Katrina.

“I nearly had a stroke,” recalls the 63-year-old, who moved to Atlanta after the storm wrecked his New Orleans home. “I’m totally blind. I subsist entirely on a Social Security disability check. If I have to pay this money back, it would pretty much wipe out all the savings I have.”

Many other Gulf Coast hurricane victims are in the same position, angry and frustrated at the prospect of repaying money they spent years ago.

FEMA is seeking to recover more than $385 million it says was improperly paid to victims of hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma. The debts, which average about $4,622 per recipient, represent slightly less than 5 percent of the roughly $8 billion that FEMA distrib-

uted after the storms. At least some of the overpayments were due to FEMA employees’ own mistakes, ranging from clerical errors to failing to interview applicants, according to congressional testimony.

But the agency says it is required by law to make an effort to recover improper payments, even if the recipient wasn’t at fault. Last week, however, Congress approved legislation that would allow FEMA to waive many of the debts. President Barack Obama signed the measure — part of a $1 trillion spending package — into law last Friday.

FEMA spokeswoman Rachel Racusen said the agency is reviewing the law’s provisions and developing a plan to implement them. It remains to be seen how many recipients of FEMA money could benefit from the change.

Sen. Mary Landrieu, a Louisiana Democrat who sponsored the provision, said disaster victims shouldn’t be punished because FEMA was “dysfunctional.”

“They have significantly improved the process.

This is very unlikely to happen again.”

Racusen said the agency has implemented “strong protections” to avoid making improper payments, reducing its

error rate from about 14 percent after Katrina to less than 1 percent for more recent disasters.

“We have also worked to significantly improve the recoupment process so that it is more understandable and provides due process for both disaster survivors and taxpayers,” she said in a statement.

FEMA’s collection efforts aren’t limited to the 2005 storms. The agency has mailed out more than 6,000 debt letters to survivors of other recent disasters, including floods.

Approximately 2,500 recipients, including 930 victims of the 2005 hurricanes, have appealed their debt notices. FEMA says about 30 percent of those appeals successfully erased at least some of the debt. Recipients also can ask for a waiver due to economic hardship.

“It is important for any individual who has received a recoupment notice to know that these letters are the start of a conversation with FEMA, not the end,” Racusen said.

This isn’t the first time Bellinger has tangled with FEMA over funds he received to pay for renting an apartment in Atlanta.

He was a plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit over the agency’s decision to end housing subsidies.

Abortion, immigration changes among new 2012 laws

BY ANDREW WELSHHUGGINS Associated Press

Girls seeking abortions in New Hampshire must first tell their parents or a judge, employers in Alabama must verify new workers’ U.S. residency, and California students will be the first in the country to receive mandatory lessons about the contributions of gays and lesbians under the set of state laws set to take effect at the start of 2012.

Many laws reflect the nation’s concerns over immigration, the cost of government and the best way to protect and benefit young people, including regulations on sports concussions.

Alabama, with the country’s toughest immigration law, is enacting a key provision requiring all employers who do business with any government entity to use a

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Georgia,” Paul Bridges, mayor of the onion-farming town of Uvalda, said in November. He is part of a lawsuit challenging the new law.

Tennessee will also require businesses to ensure employees are legally authorized to work in the U.S. but exempts employers with five or fewer workers and allows them to keep a copy of the new hire’s driver’s license instead of using E-Verify.

A South Carolina law would require police to ask criminal suspects or individuals stopped for traffic violations about immigration status. The law is the subject of a federal lawsuit, and a judge has said he’ll decide by Saturday which parts of the law will go into effect.

The law also creates a new illegal immigration law enforcement unit.

California is also addressing illegal immigra-

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federal system known as E-Verify to check that all new employees are in the country legally.

Georgia is putting a similar law into effect requiring any business with 500 or more employees to use E-Verify to check the employment eligibility of new hires. The requirement is being phased in, with all employers with more than 10 employees to be included by July 2013.

Supporters said they wanted to deter illegal immigrants from coming to Georgia by making it tougher for them to work. Critics said that changes to immigration law should come at the federal level and that portions of the law already in effect are already hurting Georgia.

“It is destroying Georgia’s economy and it is destroying the fabric of our social network in South

tion, but with a bill that allows students who entered the country illegally to receive private financial aid at public colleges.

Many laws aim to protect young people. In Colorado, coaches will be required to bench players as young as 11 when they’re believed to have suffered a head injury. The young athletes will also need medical clearance to return to play.

The law also requires coaches in public and private schools and even volunteer Little League and Pop Warner football coaches to take free annual online training to recognize the symptoms of a concussion. At least a dozen other states have enacted similar laws with the support of the National Football League.

People 18 and under in Illinois will have to wear seat belts while riding in taxis for school-related

purposes, and Illinois school boards can now suspend or expel students who make explicit threats on websites against other students or school employees.

Florida will take control of lunch and other school food programs from the federal government, allowing the state to put more Florida-grown fresh fruit and vegetables on school menus. Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam says the change will help children eat healthier.

A California law will add gays and lesbians and people with disabilities to the list of social and ethnic groups whose contributions must be taught in history lessons in public schools. The law also bans teaching materials that reflect poorly on gays or particular religions.

Opponents have filed five potential initiatives

to repeal the requirement outright or let parents remove their children while gays’ contributions are being taught.

In New Hampshire, a law requiring girls seeking abortions to tell their parents or a judge first was reinstated by conservative Republicans over a gubernatorial veto. The state enacted a similar law eight years ago, but it was never enforced following a series of lawsuits.

In Arkansas, facilities that perform 10 or more nonsurgical abortions a month must be licensed by the state Health Department and be subject to inspections by the department, the same requirements faced by facilities that offer surgical abortions in the state.

It affects two Planned Parenthood facilities that offer the abortion pill, though they’re not singled out in the statute.

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The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage hit a record low of 3.91 percent last week. Governmentcontrolled mortgage company Freddie Mac releases the latest weekly average rates today. Another dip would be the fourth time this year that the average weekly rate has hit a new low and the fourth consecutive weekly decline. The question is: Will even lower rates motivate homebuyers who have been put off by falling home prices and uncertainty over the economy?

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-.65 -.22 -.42 -.12 -.34

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2.28 +.43 +23.2 22.93 +3.94 +20.7 3.83 +.61 +18.9 3.49 +.44 +14.4 2.33 +.28 +13.7

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DIARY Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume

Last

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE) Name

3.21 -.42 -11.6 14.65 -1.48 -9.2 2.86 -.28 -8.9 4.33 -.41 -8.6 2.22 -.21 -8.6

Vol (00)

GAINERS ($2 OR MORE) Name

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Another new low?

364

Chg

2.22 +.25 +12.7 2.50 +.16 +6.8 2.20 +.14 +6.8 27.58 +1.49 +5.7 2.00 +.10 +5.3

DIARY Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume

Last

GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE) Name

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GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

368

Dec.

12,876.00 5,627.85 467.09 8,718.25 2,490.51 2,887.75 1,370.58 14,562.01 868.57

Net Chg

Last

11,500

374 (est.)

Nov.

Name

12,000

385

16

Low

12,500

396

9

High

13,000

404

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David Pitt, Jenni Sohn â&#x20AC;˘ AP

Close: 12,151.41 Change: -139.94 (-1.1%)

400

25

Financial services -$387 million (loss)

Breaking down Altriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s revenue this year: $17.67 billion

Dow Jones industrials

week ending, thousands

18

Cigarettes $16.07 billion

52-Week

Initial jobless claims

360

Cigars Wine $435 million $349 million

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380

Smokeless Products $1.21 billion

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and Lorillard, 13 percent. All other brands capture the remaining 5 percent.

Marlboroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s share of the market fell nearly 1 percentage point in the third quarter, but it still had nearly 42 percent.

Altriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stock is still up 21 percent this year â&#x20AC;&#x201C; while the S&P 500 is down 0.6 percent.

That climb has made some financial analysts wary. Stifel, Nicolaus analyst Christopher Growe downgraded the stock to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Holdâ&#x20AC;? from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Buyâ&#x20AC;? last week. He believes Altriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s advance will start losing momentum because it has risen so much.

But Citiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vivien Azer recommends the stock. She likes its yield. And she notes Altriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s earnings per share, which has been rising since 2008.

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DIARY 150 303 38 491 21 15 83,938,504

Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume

524 2,088 86 2,698 27 78 1,062,725,886

30-year fixed-rate mortgage average percent 4.00

4.0

3.99

3.98

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3.91 3.90

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Pending home sales Some clues about how home sales will trend over the next couple of months are due out today.

The National Association of Realtors releases its pending home sales index for November. The index rose sharply in October as more people signed contracts to buy homes. Another increase could signal a pickup in home sales in coming weeks â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but it isn't a sure bet, because some buyers end up canceling their contracts.

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41.48 -0.92 -16.3

NewHoriz

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NewIncome

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4.81

SmCpStk

+1.4

31.02 -0.63 -0.8

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12.27 -0.01 +3.8

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12.15 +0.04 +9.6

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11.30 +0.03+13.5

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26.22 -0.46 -15.9

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16.31 -0.07 +1.2

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21.24 -0.24 -3.1

LifeMod

19.33 -0.14 -0.4

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19.51 -0.31 -2.8

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19.55 -0.31 -2.7

Morg

17.38 -0.24 -3.1

MuHYAdml 10.70 +0.02+10.8 MuInt

14.01 +0.03 +9.4

MuIntAdml

14.01 +0.03 +9.5

MuLTAdml

11.32 +0.03+10.6

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+1.7

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61.31 -0.78 -2.5

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10.59 +0.01 +2.8

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10.63 +0.01 +1.8

STGradeAd 10.63 +0.01 +1.9 STsryAdml

10.83

SelValu d

18.48 -0.29 +0.2

+2.2

SmCapIdx

33.10 -0.66 -3.6

SmCpIdAdm 33.11 -0.67 -3.5 SmCpIdIst

33.11 -0.66 -3.5

Star

18.93 -0.13 +0.1

TgtRe2010

22.94 -0.12 +2.8

TgtRe2015

12.55 -0.09 +1.0

TgtRe2020

22.07 -0.19 -0.1

TgtRe2030

21.22 -0.24 -2.1

TgtRe2035

12.68 -0.16 -3.1

TgtRe2040

20.76 -0.27 -3.4

TgtRe2045

13.04 -0.17 -3.4

TgtRetInc

11.62 -0.03 +4.8

Tgtet2025

12.47 -0.13 -1.2

TotBdAdml

10.98 +0.04 +7.5

TotBdInst

10.98 +0.04 +7.5

TotBdMkInv 10.98 +0.04 +7.3 TotBdMkSig 10.98 +0.04 +7.5 TotIntl d

12.85 -0.21 -15.9

TotStIAdm

31.08 -0.43 +0.4

TotStIIns

31.08 -0.43 +0.4

TotStISig

30.00 -0.41 +0.4

TotStIdx

31.07 -0.43 +0.3

WellsI

22.83 -0.01 +9.2

WellsIAdm

55.30 -0.04 +9.2

Welltn

31.13 -0.21 +3.2

WelltnAdm

53.77 -0.35 +3.3

WndsIIAdm 45.45 -0.54 +2.1 Wndsr

12.66 -0.17 -4.8

WndsrAdml 42.70 -0.59 -4.8 WndsrII 25.61 -0.30 +2.0 Waddell & Reed Adv AccumA m

7.31 -0.09 -2.4

SciTechA m 8.84 -0.15 -6.9 Yacktman Focused d 18.85 -0.18 +6.6 Yacktman d 17.61 -0.20 +6.5

Pending home sales index 94 93.3

92 90 90.9 89.7 88.6

88 86 84

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Sources: FactSet, Freddie Mac

8 • Daily Corinthian

Sports

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Local schedule Today Basketball AC Holiday Hoops High School (G) Corinth-TCPS, 11 a.m.

(G) Tish Co.-MHEA, 12:30 (B) Central-MHEA, 2 (G) Central-MAHS, 3:30 (B) Corinth-Cordova, 5 (B) Kossuth-Hardin Co., 6:30 Middle School (G) Center Hill-Franklin Co., 11 a.m.

(B) Center Hill-Belmont, 12:30 (B) TCPS-McNairy, 2 (B) Tish Co.-Kingsbury, 3:30 (G) Kossuth-Hardin Co., 5 Kiwanis Christmas Classic Northeast MS Community College (B) Houston-Water Valley, 2:30 (G) Houston-Holly Springs, 4 (G) Pine Grove-Nettleton, 5:30 (B) Olive Branch-Aberdeen, 7 (B) Pine Grove-Nettleton, 8:30 Booneville High School (B) Shannon-Ripley, 2:30 (G) Olive Branch-Ripley, 4 (G) Booneville-Water Valley, 5:30 (B) North Pontotoc-Holly Springs, 7 (B) Booneville-Bruce, 8:30 Baldwyn Rotary Classic (G) Biggersville-Saltillo, 3 (B) Biggersville-Saltillo, 4:30 McNairy Christmas Classic (G) North Side-Crockett Co., 3:30 (B) North Side-Collierville, 5 (G) McNairy-Middleton, 6:30 (B) Adamsville-Union City, 8

Friday Basketball Kiwanis Christmas Classic Northeast MS Community College (G) Olive Branch-South Pontotoc, 2:30 (B) Ripley-South Pontotoc, 4 (B) Olive Branch-Shannon, 5:30 (G) Ripley-Baldwyn, 7 (B) North Pontotoc-Mooreville, 8:30 Booneville High School (G) Nettleton-Calhoun City, 2:30 (B) Houston-Nettleton, 4 (B) Biggersville-Calhoun City, 5:30 (G) Booneville-Houston, 7 (B) Booneville-Aberdeen, 8:30 McNairy Christmas Classic (B) Collierville-USJ, 2 G) Adamsville-Crockett Co., 3:30 (B) McNairy-Union City, 5 (G) McNairy -North Side, 6:30 (B) Adamsville-North Side, 8

Tuesday, Jan. 3 Basketball Thrasher @ Central, 6 Blue Mountain @ Biggersville, 6 Corinth @ Shannon, 6 Kossuth @ Lewisburg, 6 Falkner @ Walnut, 6 Chester Co. @ McNairy, 6 Soccer Tish County @ Corinth, 4:30/6

Thursday, Jan. 5 Basketball Alcorn Co. Tourney (WXRZ) Tippah Co. Tourney

Friday, Jan. 6 Basketball McNairy @ Lexington, 6 Alcorn Co. Tourney (WXRZ) Tippah Co. Tourney Soccer Corinth @ North Pontotoc, 5:30/7

Saturday, Jan. 7 Basketball McNairy @ Hardin Co., 6 Alcorn Co. Tourney (WXRZ) Tippah Co. Tourney Soccer Corinth @ Amory, 11/1

Tuesday, Jan. 10 Basketball Amory @ Corinth, 6 Central @ Booneville, 6 Kossuth @ Belmont, 6 Biggersville @ Nettleton, 6 Walnut @ Hickory Flat, 6 McNairy @ Liberty, 6

Friday, Jan. 13 Basketball Tish County @ Corinth, 6 Ripley @ Central, 6 Falkner @ Kossuth, 6 Biggersville @ Blue Mountain, 6 Strayhorn @ Walnut, 6 Bolivar @ McNairy, 6

Saturday, Jan. 14 Basketball Belmont Challenge (G) Central (G) Corinth Kossuth No. Pontotoc Shootout (B) Biggersville (B) Corinth Soccer Corinth @ DeSoto Central, 11/1

Tuesday, Jan. 17 Basketball Belmont @ Central, 6 Ripley @ Kossuth, 6 Jumpertown @ Biggersville, 6 Corinth @ Pontotoc, 6 Calhoun City @ Walnut, 6 South Side @ McNairy, 6 Soccer New Albany @ Corinth, 5/7

Staff photo by Steve Beavers

Central’s Alexis Harmon has the ball stripped from her in action versus TCPS.

AC Holiday Hoops Lady Bears give coach needed lift

BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

Charlette Foster lost her biggest fan Wednesday morning.

Her Alcorn Central squad pulled together on the hardwood to give their coach a needed lift during the difficult time.

The Lady Bears (9-5) routed TCPS 6030 on Day 2 of the Alcorn Central Holiday Hoops Tournament after learning Foster’s mother, Peggy Bain, had suddenly died Wednesday morning.

“It was the hardest game I have ever coached in my life,” said Foster after the unexpected passing of her mother.

Bain, an Alcorn County School District board member and longtime supporter of Alcorn Central, had a successful heart procedure on Tuesday but died suddenly Wednesday.

Foster, who coached with a picture of Bain in her coat pocket, was on the sideline because that’s where her mother expected her to be.

“She would have kicked my tail if I hadn’t showed up to play,” said a tearful Foster.

Foster’s two daughters also showed up to play. Katie Foster scored 18 of the

team’s 27 points in the first half as Central pulled away early. Her sister, Gwyn had a huge night on the boards, pulling down 17 rebounds.

“Her babies really played hard,” said Foster.

K. Foster keyed an 11-0 spurt in the first quarter. She scored six straight points as the Lady Bears used the run over the final four minutes of the opening period to take a 15-4 advantage.

■ The Kossuth Lady Aggies bounced back from opening day loss to Franklin County to drill MAHS 47-11.

Kossuth (7-3) scored the game’s first 17 points and held MAHS without a point the initial 10:10 of the first half.

Annaleigh Coleman scored all 10 of her points in the first period as the Lady Aggies took a 16-0 advantage after one.

Coleman knocked down a pair of triples before scoring in transition and on a baseline drive in the first eight minutes.

Rachel Winters scored a game-high 12 for Kossuth, knocking down three from distance in the rout.

MAHS, which also went scoreless in the third period, was hampered by a 13:06 scoring drought in the second half.

(G) Kossuth 47, MAHS 11 MAHS 0 7 0 4 -- 11 Kossuth 16 7 17 7 -- 47 KOSSUTH (47): Rachel Winters 12, Annaleigh Coleman 10, Parrish Tice 6, Lacy Essary 4, Clarissa

Turner 4, Ryleigh Follin 3, Allison Green 2, Carleigh Mills 2, Baylee Turner 2, Marlee Sue Bradley 1, Amanda Essary 1.

MAHS (11): Elexis Wesson 6, Quantricia Page 5.

3 pointers: (K) Winters 3, Coleman 2, Tice 2.

Record: Kossuth 7-3.

(G) Tupelo 63, Corinth 44 Tupelo 13 21 13 16 -- 63 Corinth 12 10 10 12 -- 44 CORINTH (44): Aspen Stricklen 15, Erin Frazier 12, Teosha Boyd 7, Audrianna Green 3, Alexis Jacobs 2, Sadie Johnson 2, Stennett Smith 2, Tamia Clark 1.

3-pointers: (C) Green.

Record: Corinth 3-9.

(B) Tish County 70, Kossuth 58 Tish Co. 21 16 16 17 -- 70 Kossuth 6 16 23 13 -- 58 KOSSUTH (58): Heath Wood 21, Josh Whitaker 18, Jordan Brawner 12, Matthew Stewart 6, Jacob Wilcher 1.

TISHOMINGO COUNTY (70): Davius Green 16, Adam Norvell 13, Blake Hawkins 9, Joey Shannon 8, Tanner Whitaker 8, Hunter Pounders 7, Stephen McCalmon 6, Jonathan Southward 2, Martin Southward 1.

3-pointers: (K) Wood 2, (TC) Norvell 4, Green.

Record: Kossuth 2-8.

(G) Central 60, TCPS 30 TCPS (30): Sawyer Ewing 25, Anniyah Pannell 3, Summer Williams 2.

CENTRAL (60): Katie Foster 21, Makayla Voyles 12, Gwyn Foster 4, Madison Leggett 3, Alex Madahar 3, Samantha Driver 2, Alexis Harmon 2, Kaley Crabb 2, Amber Meredith 2, Breanna Duncan 2.

3-pointers: (C) Voyles 2, Madahar.

Record: Central 9-5.

Staff photo by Steve Beavers

Annaleigh Coleman scored all 10 of her points in the opening period as Kossuth whipped MAHS.

Thursday, December 29, 2011

The Associated Press

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Southeastern Conference has unveiled its 2012 football schedule with its two newest members Missouri and Texas A&M opening play Sept. 8, and Alabama will visit LSU in a rematch of the Bowl Championship Series national championship Nov. 3.

Missouri will play the 2012 season in the SEC East and hosts Georgia on Sept. 8. Texas A&M will be in the West and hosts Florida. The first conference game will be Aug. 30 when South Carolina visits Vanderbilt.

SEC commissioner Mike Slive praised the leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s transition team and athletic directors for handling what he called â&#x20AC;&#x153;significant logistical challengesâ&#x20AC;? in putting together the schedule released Wednesday.

The 2012 SEC schedule follows divisional play of eight games with six inside the division and two outside. The SEC championship game will be Dec. 1 in Atlanta.

Athletic directors will meet in the spring to decide the formula for future schedules.

David Williams, Vanderbiltâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vice chancellor in charge of athletics, said adding Texas A&M and Missouri made it challenging to put this together consistent with the leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s desire to keep an eight-game conference schedule. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fans should keep in mind that this league schedule is only for the 2012 season ...,â&#x20AC;? Williams said in a statement.

There remain plenty of kinks to work out for 2012, though.

Texas A&M is under a 10-year contract to play Arkansas in Dallas, and Razorbacks coach Bobby Petrino said recently the Aggies want a home-and-home series now that both teams are in the SEC. Texas A&M will be the home team for the Sept.

29 game for which the site has yet to be decided. It will be the first league game between these teams since 1991 when both were in the Southwest Conference.

Arkansas released an 11-game schedule with the Razorbacks busy trying to line up a final non-conference opponent. Texas A&Mâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current schedule has 10 opponents listed. Missouri has three non-conference games to be decided, while Auburn has its non-conference opponents lined up, including Clemson in the Chick-Fil-A Kickoff Classic with dates yet to be set.

SEC schedules BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Southeastern Conference released its 2012 schedules Wednesday: ___

MISSISSIPPI Sept. 1: Central Arkansas Sept. 8: UTEP Sept. 15: Texas Sept. 22: at Tulane Sept. 29: at Alabama Oct. 6: Texas A&M Oct. 13: Auburn Oct. 27: at Arkansas Nov. 3: at Georgia Nov. 10: Vanderbilt Nov. 17: at LSU Nov. 24: Mississippi State ___

MISSISSIPPI STATE Sept. 1: Jackson St. Sept. 8: Auburn Sept. 15: at Troy Sept. 22: South Alabama Oct. 6: at Kentucky Oct. 13: Tennessee Oct. 20: Middle Tennessee Oct. 27: at Alabama Nov. 3: Texas A&M Nov. 10: at LSU Nov. 17: Arkansas Nov. 24: at Mississippi

PRO FOOTBALL NFL standings AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF y-New England 12 3 0 .800 464 N.Y. Jets 8 7 0 .533 360 Buffalo 6 9 0 .400 351 Miami 5 10 0 .333 310 South W L T Pct PF y-Houston 10 5 0 .667 359 Tennessee 8 7 0 .533 302 Jacksonville 4 11 0 .267 224 Indianapolis 2 13 0 .133 230 North W L T Pct PF x-Baltimore 11 4 0 .733 354 x-Pittsburgh 11 4 0 .733 312 Cincinnati 9 6 0 .600 328 Cleveland 4 11 0 .267 209 West W L T Pct PF Denver 8 7 0 .533 306 Oakland 8 7 0 .533 333 San Diego 7 8 0 .467 368 Kansas City 6 9 0 .400 205 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF N.Y. Giants 8 7 0 .533 363 Dallas 8 7 0 .533 355 Philadelphia 7 8 0 .467 362 Washington 5 10 0 .333 278 South W L T Pct PF y-New Orleans 12 3 0 .800 502 x-Atlanta 9 6 0 .600 357 Carolina 6 9 0 .400 389 Tampa Bay 4 11 0 .267 263 North W L T Pct PF y-Green Bay 14 1 0 .933 515 x-Detroit 10 5 0 .667 433 Chicago 7 8 0 .467 336 Minnesota 3 12 0 .200 327 West W L T Pct PF y-San Francisco 12 3 0 .800 346 Seattle 7 8 0 .467 301 Arizona 7 8 0 .467 289 St. Louis 2 13 0 .133 166 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Game New Orleans 45, Atlanta 16 â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Chicago at Minnesota, noon Carolina at New Orleans, noon Detroit at Green Bay, noon San Francisco at St. Louis, noon Tennessee at Houston, noon Buffalo at New England, noon N.Y. Jets at Miami, noon Indianapolis at Jacksonville, noon Washington at Philadelphia, noon San Diego at Oakland, 3:15 p.m.

Kansas City at Denver, 3:15 p.m.

Seattle at Arizona, 3:15 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 3:15 p.m.

Baltimore at Cincinnati, 3:15 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 3:15 p.m.

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

PA 321 344 385 296 PA 255 295 316 411 PA 250 218 299 294 PA 383 395 351 335 PA 386 316 318 333 PA 322 326 384 449 PA 318 342 328 432 PA 202 292 328 373

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with: Win AND Baltimore loss or tie AND New England loss DENVER â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Clinches AFC West Division with: Win OR Tie AND Oakland loss or tie OR Oakland loss OAKLAND â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Clinches AFC West Division with: Win AND Denver loss or tie OR Tie AND Denver loss â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Clinches wild-card spot with: Win AND Cincinnati loss AND Tennessee loss or tie OR Win AND Cincinnati loss AND N.Y. Jets win CINCINNATI â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Clinches wild-card spot with: Win or tie N.Y. Jets loss or tie AND Oakland loss or tie N.Y. Jets loss or tie AND Denver loss or tie N.Y. JETS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Clinch wild-card spot with: Win AND Cincinnati loss AND Tennessee loss or tie AND Oakland loss or tie Win AND Cincinnati loss AND Tennessee loss or tie AND Denver loss or tie TENNESSEE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Clinches wild-card spot with: Win AND Cincinnati loss AND N.Y. Jets win AND Oakland loss or tie Win AND Cincinnati loss AND N.Y. Jets win AND Denver loss or tie Win AND Cincinnati loss AND N.Y. Jets loss or tie AND Oakland win AND Denver win NFC CLINCHED: Green Bay-North Division and home-field advantage throughout NFC playoffs; New OrleansSouth Division; San Francisco-West Division; Atlantaand Detroit-wild-card spots.

SAN FRANCISCO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Clinches first-round bye with: Win OR New Orleans loss OR Tie AND New Orleans tie NEW ORLEANS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Clinches first-round bye with: Win and San Francisco loss or tie OR Tie and San Francisco loss N.Y. GIANTS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Clinch NFC East Division with: Win or tie DALLAS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Clinches NFC East Division with: Win

HOCKEY NHL standings

Playoff scenarios AFC CLINCHED: New England-East Division and first-round bye; HoustonSouth Division; Baltimore and Pittsburgh-wild-card spots.

NEW ENGLAND â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with: Win or tie OR Baltimore loss or tie AND Pittsburgh loss or tie BALTIMORE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Clinches AFC North Division and first-round bye with: Win OR Tie AND Pittsburgh loss or tie OR Pittsburgh loss â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with: Win AND New England loss PITTSBURGH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Clinches AFC North Division and first-round bye with: Win AND Baltimore loss or tie OR Tie AND Baltimore loss OR

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF N.Y. Rangers 34 22 8 4 48 102 Philadelphia 35 21 10 4 46 119 Pittsburgh 36 21 11 4 46 118 New Jersey 35 19 15 1 39 97 N.Y. Islanders 34 11 17 6 28 77 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF Boston 33 23 9 1 47 119 Toronto 36 18 14 4 40 113 Ottawa 37 17 15 5 39 113 Buffalo 35 17 15 3 37 96 Montreal 37 14 16 7 35 94 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF Florida 37 19 11 7 45 99 Winnipeg 36 17 14 5 39 100 Washington 34 17 15 2 36 100 Tampa Bay 35 15 17 3 33 95 Carolina 38 12 20 6 30 97 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF Chicago 36 23 9 4 50 122 Detroit 36 23 12 1 47 118 St. Louis 36 21 11 4 46 94 Nashville 36 18 14 4 40 96 Columbus 36 9 22 5 23 87 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF Vancouver 36 22 12 2 46 120 Minnesota 37 20 12 5 45 88 Calgary 37 18 15 4 40 92 Colorado 38 19 18 1 39 101 Edmonton 35 15 17 3 33 96

GA 72 104 93 103 111 GA 63 118 128 103 103 GA 101 105 105 117 127 GA 103 81 80 103 123 GA 88 86 99 111 96

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 33 19 11 3 41 97 80 Dallas 35 20 14 1 41 95 101 Phoenix 36 18 15 3 39 95 96 Los Angeles 36 17 14 5 39 80 88 Anaheim 35 10 19 6 26 83 115 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Calgary 2, Columbus 1, SO Pittsburgh 4, Carolina 2 Montreal 6, Ottawa 2 Tampa Bay 5, Philadelphia 1 Florida 5, Toronto 3 Detroit 3, St. Louis 2 Winnipeg 4, Colorado 1 Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Buffalo at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Washington, 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Los Angeles at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Boston at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Vancouver at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Calgary at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Carolina, 6 p.m.

Montreal at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Minnesota, 7p.m.

Los Angeles at Winnipeg, 7:30 p.m.

Columbus at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Colorado, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Anaheim, 9 p.m.

Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Buffalo at Washington, 6 p.m.

Calgary at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Florida, 6:30 p.m.

Nashville at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.

PRO BASKETBALL NBA standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct New York 1 0 1.000 New Jersey 1 1 .500 Toronto 1 1 .500 Philadelphia 0 1 .000 Boston 0 2 .000 Southeast Division W L Pct Miami 2 0 1.000 Atlanta 1 0 1.000 Charlotte 1 0 1.000 Orlando 1 1 .500 Washington 0 1 .000 Central Division W L Pct Indiana 2 0 1.000 Chicago 1 1 .500 Milwaukee 1 1 .500 Cleveland 0 1 .000 Detroit 0 1 .000 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 1 0 1.000 New Orleans 1 0 1.000 Houston 0 1 .000 Memphis 0 1 .000 Dallas 0 2 .000 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 2 0 1.000 Portland 2 0 1.000 Denver 1 0 1.000 Utah 0 1 .000 Minnesota 0 2 .000 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Clippers 1 0 1.000 Sacramento 1 1 .500 Golden State 1 1 .500 L.A. Lakers 1 2 .333 Phoenix 0 1 .000 â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Atlanta 106, New Jersey 70 Miami 115, Boston 107 Milwaukee 98, Minnesota 95 Portland 101, Sacramento 79 L.A. Lakers 96, Utah 71 Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Indiana 90, Toronto 85 Miami at Charlotte, (n) Washington at Atlanta, (n) Cleveland at Detroit, (n) Boston at New Orleans,(n) Oklahoma City at Memphis, (n)

GB â&#x20AC;&#x201D; ½ ½ 1 1½ GB â&#x20AC;&#x201D; ½ ½ 1 1½ GB â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 1 1 1½ 1½ GB â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 1 1 1½ GB â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x201D; ½ 1½ 2 GB â&#x20AC;&#x201D; ½ ½ 1 1

Daily Corinthianâ&#x20AC;˘ 9 Loyola (Md.) 72, Bucknell 67 Marist 79, Columbia 59 NJIT 66, Fairleigh Dickinson 53 Niagara 92, UMBC 75 Quinnipiac 80, Colgate 70 Saint Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 81, Morgan St. 50 Syracuse 75, Seton Hall 49

L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, (n) Utah at Denver, (n) Philadelphia at Phoenix,(n) New York at Golden State, (n)

MISC. Transactions BASEBALL American Association BASEBALL American League NEW YORK YANKEESâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Agreed to terms with LHP Hideki Okajima on a minor league contract.

OAKLAND ATHLETICSâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Traded RHP Andrew Bailey and OF Ryan Sweeney to Boston for OF Josh Reddick, 1B Miles Head and RHP Raul Alcantara.

National League WASHINGTON NATIONALSâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Agreed to terms with UT Mark DeRosa on a oneyear contract.

American Association EL PASO DIABLOSâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Signed OF Palmer Karr.

Frontier League FLORENCE FREEDOMâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Released RHP Jeff Frost, INF Kevin Haas and C Justin Holloway. Placed LHP Zeb Engle on the suspended list.

BASKETBALL NBA Development League LOS ANGELES D-FENDERSâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Signed F Gerald Green and F Malcolm Thomas.

Waived F Brian Hamilton and F Terrence Roberts.

FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLSâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Signed PK Brandon Coutu. Placed PK Dave Rayner on injured reserve.

CLEVELAND BROWNSâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Signed WR Owen Spencer to the practice squad.

MIAMI DOLPHINSâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Announced the retirement of LB Jason Taylor, effective at the end of the season.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTSâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Signed DE Aaron Lavarias and DB Ross Ventrone to the practice squad.

HOCKEY National Hockey League DALLAS STARSâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Activated G Kari Lehtonen from injured reserve. Placed D Stephane Robidas on injured reserve, retroactive to Dec. 19.

DETROIT RED WINGSâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Activated F Jan Mursak from injured reserve and assigned him to Grand Rapids (AHL) for conditioning.

LOS ANGELES KINGSâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Placed F Simon Gagne on injured reserve.

NASHVILLE PREDATORSâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Reassigned F Blake Geoffrion to Milwaukee (AHL).

American Hockey League BINGHAMTON SENATORSâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Assigned G Brian Stewart to Elmira (AHL).

CONNECTICUT WHALEâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Announced G Jason Missiaen was assigned to the team from Greenville (ECHL).

MANCHESTER MONARCHSâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Signed LW Chris Cloud to a professional tryout agreement.

PROVIDENCE BRUINSâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Signed C Bobby Robins to a professional tryout agreement.

ECHL ELMIRA JACKALSâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Signed D Jarrett Rush.

KALAMAZOO WINGSâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Waived F Avery Wilson.

SOCCER Major League Soccer SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKESâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Signed D Victor Bernardez.

Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Profressional Soccer SKY BLUE FCâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Agreed to terms with D Becky Sauerbrunn.

COLLEGE SOUTH ALABAMAâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Named Robert Matthews offensive coordinator.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Scores EAST Duquesne 86, Bowling Green 76 Lafayette 69, Monmouth (NJ) 54 Lehigh 76, St. Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 67

SOUTH Richmond 77, Liberty 61 Siena 67, FAU 60 South Carolina 57, Wofford 45 W. Carolina 86, UNC Asheville 67 MIDWEST MIDWESTOhio St. 87, Northwestern 54 SOUTHWESt Houston 71, NC A&T 67 Oklahoma St. 68, SMU 58, 2OT

COLLEGE FOOTBALL Bowl schedule Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s games Military Bowl At Washington Toledo (9-4) 42, Air Force (7-6) 41 Holiday Bowl At San Diego Texas (7-5) vs. California (7-5), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s games Champs Sports Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Florida State (8-4) vs. Notre Dame (8-4), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) Alamo Bowl At San Antonio Baylor (9-3) vs. Washington (7-5), 9 p.m.

(ESPN) Friday Armed Forces Bowl At Dallas Tulsa (8-4) vs. BYU (9-3), Noon (ESPN) Pinstripe Bowl At Bronx, N.Y. Rutgers (8-4) vs. Iowa State (6-6), 3:30 p.m.

(ESPN) Music City Bowl At Nashville, Tenn.

Mississippi State (6-6) vs. Wake Forest (6-6), 6:40 p.m. (ESPN) Insight Bowl At Tempe, Ariz.

Oklahoma (9-3) vs. Iowa (7-5), 10 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday Meineke Car Care Bowl At Houston Texas A&M (6-6) vs. Northwestern (6-6), Noon (ESPN) Sun Bowl At El Paso, Texas Georgia Tech (8-4) vs. Utah (7-5), 2 p.m. (CBS) Liberty Bowl At Memphis, Tenn.

Vanderbilt (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3), 3:30 p.m.

(ESPN) Fight Hunger Bowl At San Francisco UCLA (6-7) vs. Illinois (6-6), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) Chick-fil-A Bowl At Atlanta Virginia (8-4) vs. Auburn (7-5), 7:30 p.m.

(ESPN) Monday, Jan. 2 TicketCity Bowl At Dallas Penn State (9-3) vs. Houston (12-1), Noon (ESPNU) Capital One Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Nebraska (9-3) vs. South Carolina (10-2), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Outback Bowl At Tampa, Fla. Georgia (10-3) vs. Michigan State (10-3), 1 p.m. (ABC) Gator Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla. Florida (6-6) vs. Ohio State (6-6), 1 p.m.

(ESPN2) Rose Bowl At Pasadena, Calif.

Oregon (11-2) vs. Wisconsin (11-2), 5 p.m.

(ESPN) Fiesta Bowl At Glendale, Ariz.

Stanford (11-1) vs. Oklahoma State (11-1), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Jan. 3 Sugar Bowl At New Orleans Michigan (10-2) vs. Virginia Tech (11-2), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Terry Bowden returns to Division I with Akron The Associated Press

AKRON, Ohio â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Terry Bowden believes he is returning to Division I football after a 13 years away not just older but wiser.

The 54-year-old former Auburn coach was introduced Wednesday as the 27th coach at Akron. Bowdenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s job is to restore a program with a rich tradition, state-of-the-art stadium, but a woeful record in recent years.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hold on to your hats, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be fun,â&#x20AC;? said Bowden, who took Auburn to an 11-0 record in 1993 and is 140-622 in 18 seasons at four schools overall.

The son of former Florida State coach Bobby Bowden is confident he can turn the Zips into consistent winners though he admits it will be a challenge.

He replaces Rob Ianello, fired in November after consecutive 1-11 records the past two years

with the Mid-American Conference school. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The first thing is how are we going to dad-gum win two because we only had one last year,â&#x20AC;? Bowden said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have got to get two to have one more.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to take a lot to win, but we can have it and we will have it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I went to Auburn they had won five and I said we had to win six. We won 20 straight.â&#x20AC;?

Bowden believes the Zips can

be a force in the MAC, which sent five schools â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Northern Illinois, Ohio, Temple, Toledo and Western Michigan â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to bowls this year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is a formula to be successful,â&#x20AC;? Bowden said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will find it, find it in a hurry and compete in the MAC. You have to be a little bold in your presentation and get the players to invest in it. I believe Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m the right guy for the job, but it is not a one-man show.â&#x20AC;?

Garrettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cowboys require another road win

BY STEPHEN HAWKINS The Associated Press

IRVING, Texas â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Dallas was in desperate need of a victory when Jason Garrett made his successful head coaching debut with a win on the road against the New York Giants midway through last season.

The Cowboys are back in a similar situation, and there is even more on the line as Garrett has come full circle.

Garrettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 24th game, the finale of his first full regular season, is another trip to face the Giants. The winner Sunday night

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Now comes a winner-takeall finale that Dallas could have been able to avoid. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just sheer determination. Coach Garrett talks about will. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heart, determination,â&#x20AC;? said linebacker Bradie James.

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Drew Brees breaks Dan Marino’s passing record on last throw vs. Falcons.

Trail 17–0 at halftime vs. Fins; score on first five possessions after break.

Ride 37-year-old backup Charlie Batch to shutout win while Big Ben rests.

Post perfect 8–0 record at home for first time in 16-year franchise history.

Earn first win at Seattle since 2008; Jim Harbaugh now 2–0 vs. Pete Carroll.

Hope to stomp Packers — not on the arm but the scoreboard — in rematch.

Brandon Jacobs tells “big-mouthed,” “big-bellied” Jets coach to “shut up.”

Saints’ “running up the score” on MNF worse than 4th-and-1 failure in OT. Jerome Simpson sticks the landing after front-flipping into end zone in win.

Second straight loss handed Colts second straight win on Thursday night.

Mike Munchak secures non-losing rookie season following win over Jags.

Rex Ryan, Brandon Jacobs have postgame confrontation after loss to Giants.

Dream Team 3–0 since Mike Vick’s return after beating second-string Boys.

Tony Romo injures throwing hand, will be ready for playoff play-in at Giants.

Tim Tebow throws career-worst four INTs, falls to 5–1 on road this season.

Block FG to force overtime, Sebastian Janikowski hits FG to defeat Chiefs.

Bolts’ spark plugs fail to fire in 28-point blowout loss to Lions in Motor City.

Marshawn Lynch debuts Skittles shoes, but 49ers cash in on rainbow gold.

Comeback effort too little, too late in front of half-empty stadium at Cincy.

Cam Newton now owns rookie records for passing yards, QB rushing TDs. Kyle Orton ready to make Mile High return for showdown with Tim Tebow.

Take two INTs to the house; five pick-sixes sets team single-season record.

Place Jay Cutler, Matt Forte on IR after being eliminated from postseason.

Marine mammals let Pats off the hook; Reggie Bush tops 1,000 rush yards.

Defensive front plays “poorest game” of year, according to Mike Shanahan.

Josh Cribbs’ career-long 84-yard punt return TD highlights fifth straight loss.

Maurice Jones-Drew inches closer to league rushing crown at Tennessee.

Wave white flag early in ninth straight loss, a 32-point defeat to Panthers.

Adrian Peterson tears ACL and MCL, hopeful for Week 1 return in 2012.

Blanked for second time in four weeks; outscored 103–26 during that run.

Improve record to 10–0 all-time against Texans in games played at Indy.

Athlon Sports

AARON RODGERS, QB, PACKERS Rodgers likely tied a bow on this year’s MVP award during a 35–21 victory over the Bears on Christmas night. The 184th meeting of the NFL’s oldest rivals was the only game in town on Sunday, and the Super Bowl XLV MVP made the most of his time with the spotlight to himself — completing 21-of-29 passes for 283 yards, a career-best five TDs and zero INTs in front of the 300th consecutive sellout at Lambeau Field.

The victory locked up homefield advantage throughout the playoffs and eliminated Chicago from postseason contention.

REGGIE WAYNE, WR, COLTS In what may have been his final game as a member of the Colts at Lucas Oil Field, Wayne had eight catches for 106 yards — only his third 100-yard game of a disappointing season — and the game-winning one-yard TD from Dan Orlovsky with 19 seconds remaining in a 19–16 upset win over the AFC South champion Texans on Thursday night. In the final year of his contract, the 11th-year veteran has snagged two of his four TD catches in Indy’s two straight wins following an 0–13 start this season.

JEROD MAYO, LB, PATRIOTS While Wayne continues to wait for a new deal, Mayo inked a five-year, $50-million contract prior to playing arguably his best game of the season. The 2008 Defensive Rookie of the Year and All-Pro middle linebacker had a seasonhigh 13 tackles and a career-best two sacks as the Patriots rallied from a 17–0 halftime deficit to defeat the AFC East rival Dolphins, 27–24.

New England has now won seven consecutive games and appears to be a contender once again coming down the stretch.

DAVID AKERS, K, 49ERS The 37-year-old veteran kicker hit four FGs — from 53, 29, 44 and 39 yards, respectively — including the go-ahead boot with 2:57 left in a 19–17 defensive win at Seattle. In the process, the 13th-year man, who signed as a free-agent from Philadelphia this offseason, set an NFL record with his 42nd made FG of the season.

With one game remaining, Akers is 42-of-49 (85.7 percent) on FGs, with a long of 55 yards, and 30-of-30 on PATs, accounting for a careerbest and league-leading 156 points — which is 18 points ahead of the second-best scorer, Saints kicker John Kasay (138).

I After going undrafted in most traditional, non-dynasty fantasy leagues, Carolina rookie CAM NEWTON established himself as the waiver wire pickup of the season and was a Super Bowl MVP for many across the country in Week 16 — throwing for 171 yards, three TDs and zero INTs, while rushing for 65 yards and another score on the ground.

Award Season Postseason awards tough to decide on this season

By NATHAN RUSH Athlon Sports Editor

‘Tis the season for year-end awards in the NFL. This year, there are more players deserving of recognition than trophies to hand out. These are the select few Athlon Sports believes to be award-worthy: Most Valuable Player Aaron Rodgers, QB, Packers There’s no need for a “Discount Double-Check” on this one; Rodgers has posted historically efficient and prolific stats — completing 68.3 percent of his passes for a career-high 4,643 yards, a career-best 45 TDs and a career-low six INTs for a 122.5 passer rating, which if maintained, would break Peyton Manning’s single-season record of 121.1 in 2004.

The Super Bowl XLV MVP has also led the Packers to a 14–1 record.

Offensive Player of the Year Drew Brees, QB, Saints The leader of the Big Easy band has been putting on a show this year. With one more gig on the regular season schedule, Brees has already broken Dan Marino’s single-season passing yards record — throwing for 5,087 yards, 41 TDs and 13 INTs. Defensive Player of the Year Jason Pierre-Paul, DE, Giants In just his second season, JPP has become one of the most-feared passrushers and playmakers in the NFL. The 6'5", 278-pound athletic freak has 81 tackles, 15.5 sacks, two forced fumbles, one safety and one block of a potential game-winning field goal.

Athlon Board of Experts This Week’s Games & Experts’ Records Jets at Dolphins Bills at Patriots Titans at Texans Colts at Jaguars Redskins at Eagles Bears at Vikings Panthers at Saints 49ers at Rams Lions at Packers Ravens at Bengals Steelers at Browns Chiefs at Broncos Seahawks at Cardinals Chargers at Raiders Buccaneers at Falcons Cowboys at Giants

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Saints quarterback Drew Brees has produced numbers that usually result in MVP honors.

But this season, the Packers’ Aaron Rodgers has been the best in the business.

Offensive Rookie of the Year Cam Newton, QB, Panthers The Heisman Trophy-winning BCS national champion out of Auburn has taken the NFL by storm since going No. 1 overall in the draft — passing for 3,893 yards, 20 TDs and 16 INTs, and rushing for 674 yards and 14 TDs.

Comeback Player of the Year Matthew Stafford, QB, Lions The oft-injured signal-caller threw for 4,518 yards, 36 TDs and 14 INTs, while leading the Lions to their first playoff berth since 1999 — starting 15 games, compared to the 13 starts he totaled over his first two seasons.

Defensive Rookie of the Year Patrick Peterson, CB, Cardinals Denver edge-rusher Von Miller also deserves consideration. But Peterson takes the prize after posting 60 tackles, two INTs, one sack and an NFL record-tying four punt return TDs — including a walk-off game-winner.

Coach of the Year Jim Harbaugh, 49ers Postgame handshake controversy and Thanksgiving loss to older bro, John, aside, Harbaugh’s first year with the 49ers has been solid gold.

San Francisco is 12–3 this year — its first winning season since 2002.

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JETS (8-7) AT DOLPHINS (5-10) After all that boasting from Rex Ryan, the Jets must beat the Fins, plus hope for losses from the Bengals and Titans, as well as the Raiders or Broncos, just to punch their ticket to the postseason as a Wild Card berth.

BILLS (6-9) AT PATRIOTS (12-3) Tom Brady is being overshadowed by Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees; but don’t forget about the Pats QB when the weather gets cold.

TITANS (8-7) AT TEXANS (10-5) Houston has a problem following back-to-back losses to the Panthers and Colts. Tennessee is hoping for a miraculous postseason berth; the Titans must win, the Bengals must lose and the other dominoes must fall just right.

COLTS (2-13) AT JAGUARS (4-11) Easy there, Indy. Slow down. Fool one team, shame on the NFL; fool two teams, shame on you; fool three teams and blow your chance to draft Peyton Manning’s heir apparent, Stanford signal-caller Andrew Luck, at No. 1 overall.

REDSKINS (5-10) AT EAGLES (7-8) An 8–8 season is not what Andy Reid had in mind, but a 4–0 “fourth quarter” of the season may just save the big man’s job.

BEARS (7-8) AT VIKINGS (3-12) It’s a race to the bottom in the NFC North — which is the black-and-blue division again.

PANTHERS (6-9) AT SAINTS (12-3) Cam Newton’s rookie season is not over and neither is Drew Brees’ record-breaking year.

These two should put on an aerial show.

49ERS (12-3) AT RAMS (2-13) St. Loser is still in contention for the No. 1 pick.

San Fran will clinch a first-round bye with a win or a loss by New Orleans.

LIONS (10-5) AT PACKERS (14-1) Green Bay better rest its starters, because odds are Ndamukong Suh and Detroit’s dirty defense are angry following their Turkey Day meltdown.

RAVENS (11-4) AT BENGALS (9-6) A Baltimore win earns Ray Lewis and Co. the AFC North title, while also securing a firstround bye and at least one home playoff game.

Meanwhile, Cincy controls its own destiny and is in must-win mode. But the Bengals could still make the playoffs with a loss — if both the Jets plus either the Broncos or Raiders lose.

STEELERS (11-4) AT BROWNS (4-11) The health of the battle-tested Steelers — Big Ben in particular — heading into the playoffs is more important than a win at Cleveland.

CHIEFS (6-9) AT BRONCOS (8-7) The Broncos will stampede into the playoffs with a win over Denver’s opening day starter and Kansas City’s current leader Kyle Orton.

Otherwise, Tim Tebow will need the Al Davis-inspired Raiders to lose.

SEAHAWKS (7-8) AT CARDINALS (7-8) A birdfight between two also-rans building momentum for next season. What else is on?

CHARGERS (7-8) AT RAIDERS (8-7) Al Davis’ spirit looms large over the Black Hole as coach Hue Jackson predicts the Raiders will “find a way” to make the playoffs in honor of their owner, who passed away earlier this year.

A win plus a Denver loss or tie; or a win plus a loss by both the Bengals and Titans; or a win plus a Bengals loss and Jets win will do the trick. Either way, Oakland must win.

BUCCANEERS (4-11) AT FALCONS (9-6) The Young Bucs look to lose their 10th straight; the Dirty Birds will help them do just that.

COWBOYS (8-7) AT GIANTS (8-7) This Sunday night fight is a winner-take-all playoff play-in for the NFC East title belt. After injuring his throwing hand in a throwaway loss to the Eagles, Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo must avoid a hard-hitting Big Blue Wrecking Crew pass rush led by sack artists Justin Tuck and Jason Pierre-Paul.

Falcons’ Smith focuses on breakdowns rather than celebration

BY GEORGE HENRY The Associated Press

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Coach Mike Smith has led the Atlanta Falcons to the playoffs in three of his four seasons.

Right now, he couldn’t care less.

Smith spent Tuesday trying to find answers for major breakdowns following the Falcons’ blowout loss the night before in New Orleans.

A 45-16 defeat left him determined to fix these problems before the postseason begins in two weeks.

The Falcons (9-6) host Tampa Bay (4-11) in the regular-season finale on Sunday and will learn later that day where they will travel to open the playoffs.

But Smith has more immediate concerns after watching his team lose badly to the Saints.

“We did not match their physicality,” Smith said, “and I don’t think we played real smart either.”

Atlanta’s offense, which had scored a combined 72 points in the previous two games, was inconsistent: ■ Before the score was

lopsided, the Falcons had to settle for field goals on three red zone possessions and went three-and-out both times the defense picked off Saints quarterback Drew Brees.

■ Running back Michael Turner, the NFL’s sixth-leading rusher, finished with 39 yards on 11 carries.

■ Rookie receiver Julio Jones lost a fourth-quarter fumble that New Orleans’ Malcolm Jenkins returned for a 30-yard touchdown that put the game out of reach.

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was worse: ■ New Orleans, which leads the NFL in third down rate, converted its first nine chances and finished 10 for 13 as Atlanta failed to match the Saints’ frenetic substitution patterns.

■ The Falcons were a mess in the red zone, allowing four touchdowns in six opportunities. It seemed appropriate that Brees ended the night by setting the league’s single-season passing record with a 9-yard TD pass on second-and-goal.

■ And after falling to 2-6 against New Orleans in his tenure as Atlanta’s coach, Smith was frustrated by his team’s inability to pressure Brees consistently. He was only sacked once.

“We had a couple of opportunities with blitzes in which we had some free runners at them and we did not make the play,” he said.

“But our pass rush was not what it needs to be. You can’t give that guy time if you’re playing matchup coverages, man coverages and if he gets time, those

guys are going to get open.

That was the case on a number of occasions.”

With so much at stake in the division, right end John Abraham never believed the Falcons would begin the night playing timidly on defense.

But even though a win over New Orleans would’ve given Atlanta the chance to win the NFC South and host a playoff game, Abraham wondered if his team was overly confident after beating Jacksonville 41-14 the week before.

Daily Corinthian â&#x20AC;˘ Thursday, December 29, 2011 â&#x20AC;˘ 11

Gratitude for how rich life remains at Christmastime (Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Note: Due to some omissions when this column first published last week, it is being presented again due to loyal readersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; requests.)

Come Christmas morning, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be an extravagant pile of gifts heaped beneath our shining tree, symbolic of that wonderful line from Luke: â&#x20AC;&#x153;pressed down . . . and overflowing ...â&#x20AC;?

But all I have to do is to sit still and I am almost overwhelmed by how rich my life is.

There are the biggies to be thankful for. The little stuff, too.

I am grateful for chocolate and for pens that work and for potted plants on the windowsills in winter. For grinning dogs who are so happy when we come home.

For a home to come home to. For blue skies and for green woods. For chicken eggs that are near perfect and for leaves that turn in the fall. For oddball inventions like scissors and dental floss and twinkling Christmas lights â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and the brilliance of my fellow men and women who dream them up.

Sometimes I wish we had the money to spend a long, cold February in Southern France. Exchange one of our sweltering summers for a romp throughout New Zealand. Or sail along the coast of Norway.

But, oh, I am so grateful I can pay my bills. And head off to a clean and well lit grocery store without a second thought. And splurge on creative fun-stuff like boxes of clear Christmas balls for the kids to paint.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll hang them on the wispy cedar Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve set up in the kitchen.

I am so grateful for the morning rituals, coffee brewing, bread toasting. The risRyland ing sun. For hot water Bruhwiler and lemonColumnist scented dish detergent.

For the Do Lists and the errands and the commitments that give structure and meaning to my days.

For paper and books and emails and a host of friends with interests as varied as fox hunting and poetry and centering prayer. For the freedom to go to a church I love with its mix of ancient rituals and searching minds and open hearts.

I am grateful for the surprises. A dusting of snow in November. A new bug or the tiniest acorn I ever saw.

A call from a long-lost junior-high-school very-best bud, whose voice I should have instantly known.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so glad my brother Dean can still mimic our brother Adam and our dad and our grandparents long dead and make me laugh or cry. Grateful for the opening notes of favorite Christmas carols, for flames flickering above the candles in the Advent wreaths, for cranberry reds and orange sweet potatoes, and the aroma of brown sugar and vanilla and butter baking.

I am thankful that â&#x20AC;&#x201D; eventually â&#x20AC;&#x201D; skunk stink fades away. Even off a wet dogâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fur.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m grateful I come from a family with so rich a cast of characters, from my Auntie Lois, who could not balance her checkbook, to my cousin Daphne, one of NASAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mathematicians. I am glad

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve known them all, the buxom and the beanpoles, the athletes and the artists. Bright lawyers, gifted teachers, sweet-talking salesmen, the scientists and the nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;er-do-wells.

I love the winding roads we drive to town on and the man I drive them with.

We never turn the radio on when we head off together, enjoying a companionableness beyond words. I am so grateful for the day we met, for the courage I could hardly pull together to say yes, for the grace thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seen us through the 33 years we celebrated just a few days ago.

And for the sons he brought into my life.

When Paul, our oldest, died overseas last year from cancer, there could have been no gift more beautiful to me than those his brothers gave him of their time.

Leaving his wife and children to do Christmas without him, David took off from a demanding job during the whole of that December to support Paul through the second grueling round of chemo. Leaving the bride he had just married, Erik took over at the beginning of the new year for several weeks till Paul was strong enough to make it on his own. David returned that next summer when he knew that Paul was sinking fast.

And Mario took almost all of his vacation time so that he could say goodbye.

Some years are hard to make it through. But love like that shines in the dark.

(Ryland Bruhwiler lives on a farm in McNairy County, Tenn. A special columnist for the Daily Corinthian, she can be contacted by email at downyonder@ wildblue.net.)

Autopsies: Smoke killed 5 fire victims

BY JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN Associated Press

STAMFORD, Conn. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A Christmas morning fire that killed a couple and three of their grandchildren was devastating to firefighters who rushed into the engulfed home twice frantically looking for the victims before they were beaten back by the flames.

Stamford officials were offering counseling to the firefighters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After 37 and a half years, 38 years, on the job, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re never prepared for anything like this,â&#x20AC;? acting fire Chief Antonio Conte said Tuesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heart-breaking. I had to re-call 70 firefighters today for debriefing, and most of them broke down.â&#x20AC;?

Authorities on Tuesday described frantic, futile attempts to save the three girls and their grandparents after embers in a bag of discarded fireplace ashes started the accidental fire at the grand waterfront house, which was being renovated.

Of the seven people in the home, only two survived: the girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; mother, a New York City fashion advertising executive; and a family friend who had worked on the home as a contractor and is believed to have placed the ashes in or outside an entryway, near the trash.

Flames quickly entered the house, spread throughout the first floor and licked upstairs, trapping the girls, the grandparents, the mother and the contractor, the city fire marshal said.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when screams began to wake neighborhood residents, soon followed by the whine of fire engines.

As flames shot from the home, owner Madonna Badger climbed out a window onto scaffolding, screaming for her children and pointing to the third floor.

Firefighters used a ladder and construction scaffolding outside the house to reach the third floor, but heat and poor visibility in a hallway turned them back, said Brendan Keatley, a Stamford firefighter who was at the scene.

The family friend, Michael Borcina, told firefighters on the ground that he had taken two girls to the second floor, but that they got separated because of the heat. Firefighters then went to the second floor but again were forced out by the blazeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intensity.

There was somebody else trying to save the girls, too â&#x20AC;&#x201D; their grandfather, Lomer Johnson. One of the girls, found dead just inside a window, had been placed on a pile of books, apparently so he could reach in and grab her after he jumped out.

Instead, authorities say, Johnson fell through the roof outside the window and was found dead in the rear of the house.

He and his wife, Pauline, both of Southbury, had been visiting their daughter for the holidays.

The grandmother also died in the fire along with 10-year-old Lily and 7-year-old twins Grace and Sarah.

One girl was found dead on the third floor, and the body of another was found with the grandmotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at the bottom of the stairs leading to the third floor.

The Connecticut medical examiner says the five died of smoke inhalation, although Lomer Johnson also suffered head and neck trauma that could have resulted from a fall or being hit by an object.

Thomas Olshanski, a spokesman for the U.S. Fire Administration, the lead federal agency for fire data collection and public fire education, said the firefighters who were sent to the blaze likely will take it personally that they were unable to save the five family members. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Their desire was to get that family out and they were unable to. Totally understandable â&#x20AC;&#x201D; raging fire, people trapped inside. Sometimes the challenges are too big and it becomes personal at that point,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They feel this, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to feel this,â&#x20AC;? he added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is our belief that every fire can be prevented and that no one should lose their life to fire. When that happens, we try to figure out why.â&#x20AC;?

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Today in history Dec. 29, 1503

Dec. 29, 1862

Battle at Carigliano: Spanish army beats France

Bowling ball invented

Dec. 29, 1539 St Jacobs Church burns after being hit by lightning

Dec. 29, 1541 Isabella of Poland & King Ferdinand of Austria sign Treaty of Gyalu

Dec. 29, 1558 Charles V, German emperor, buried

Dec. 29, 1864 Fire Dept celebrates 1st annual ball

Dec. 29, 1867 1st telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck & Co, NY

Dec. 29, 1876 11 passenger cars crash in a ravine near Ashtabula Ohio, 92 die

Dec. 29, 1885 Dec. 29, 1708 Great Alliance occupies Gent

Gottlieb Daimler patents 1st bike (Germany)

Dec. 29, 1890 Dec. 29, 1778 English troops occupy Savannah, Georgia

US 7th Cavalry massacre 200+ captive Sioux at Wounded Knee, SD

Dec. 29, 1782 1st nautical almanac in US published by Samuel Stearns, Boston

Dec. 29, 1813 British burn Buffalo, NY during War of 1812

Dec. 29, 1891 Edison patents “transmission of signals electrically” (radio)

Dec. 29, 1895 Dr L S Jameson begins failed raid on Johannesburg

Dec. 29, 1837 Canadian militia destroy Caroline, a US steamboat docked at Buffalo

Dec. 29, 1837 Steam-powered threshing machine patented, Winthrop, Maine

Dec. 29, 1841 King/grand duke Willem II installs Order of Eikenkroon

Dec. 29, 1899

Dec. 29, 1848 Gas lights 1st installed at White House (Polk’s administration)

Dec. 29, 1851 1st Young Men’s Christian Association chapter opened (Boston)

Dec. 29, 1852 Emma Snodgrass arrested in Boston for wearing pants

Dec. 29, 1857 Franz Liszt’s “Die Hunnenschlacht,” premieres in Weimar

Job-changer should avoid military DEAR ABBY: I’m a 19-year-old woman, hardworking and married to my best friend. Life is amazing!

So what’s my problem?

I burn out of jobs quickly.

I’ll start a job and absolutely love it, but within six months the things that I once loved about the job start to drive me crazy.

Within a year, I hate my job and put in my twoweek notice. It’s not that I have problems finding jobs -- I’m well-groomed, speak well and I’m enthusiastic.

I have recently considered enlisting in the Air Force. (My husband is on active duty.) I am absolutely thrilled about it, but I’m afraid I’ll eventually start hating my job and it’s something I’ll be stuck with. How do I overcome this? — WANTS TO ENLIST DEAR WANTS TO ENLIST: Please stop and reread your letter. Are you aware that you’re talking about work the way a schoolgirl talks about romance — blind, grand passion until reality sets in, then on to the next

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A job isn’t like t h a t .

While it can be rewarding Abigail on many Van Buren l e v e l s , when the Dear Abby novelty fades it is still work. There are good days and ones that are less so, co-workers who are a pleasure and some who are a challenge.

Sometimes it’s stimulating and sometimes it’s an effort.

Years ago there was a letter in this column that read: “Dear Abby: I joined the Navy to see the world.

I’ve seen it. Now how do I get out?” I don’t want a letter like that from you.

Military life is rewarding, but it can also be demanding, frustrating and dangerous. It requires making a commitment and sticking with it even after the going gets tough.

With your short attention span and low tolerance for frustration, I don’t recommend you take any job that requires a signed

guarantee you won’t leave.

DEAR ABBY: My friend and I have a massage therapist, “Shelby,” whom we hire on a regular basis because she does an excellent job. However, it’s hard to get a completely relaxing massage because she likes to talk the whole time.

What’s the nicest and most polite way to inform Shelby that we prefer peace and quiet so we can enjoy the massage? — RUBBED THE WRONG WAY IN COLORADO DEAR RUBBED THE WRONG WAY: Shelby is not your buddy; she’s a professional who has been hired to perform a service. When you make your next appointment and she starts talking, say, “Shelby, when you talk during the massage, it makes it difficult for me to relax. Right now, I need to completely relax, and conversation is distracting.” If that doesn’t clearly convey your message, then you need to find a massage therapist who is less verbal.

DEAR ABBY: I hired

a pet sitter to stay in my home for two days to care for my dog. (I have used him in the past.) After 24 hours of no response to my texts or phone calls, I asked a neighbor to check on my dog. The sitter never showed up. My dog had been left alone with no food or walks.

Should I alert his other clients about what happened? I have this person’s client email list. It’s possible that other pets were also neglected. — ANGRY PET OWNER IN HOUSTON DEAR ANGRY: Pet sitting is a sacred obligation, and if the sitter is for some reason unable to fulfill that responsibility, there should be a backup plan in place in case of emergency. Unless your sitter had a life-threatening emergency, by all means warn the other clients.

(Dear Abby is written

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

Horoscopes

Dec. 29, 1900 General Viljoen surprise attack British garrison to Helvetia

Dec. 29, 1903 French Equatorial Africa separates into Gabon, Chad & UbangiShari

Dec. 29, 1845 Texas admitted as 28th state

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Dec. 29, 1906 Montreal Wanderers beat New Glasgow (NS) for Stanley Cup (2nd of 1906)

Dec. 29, 1908 Patent granted for a 4-wheel automobile brake, Clintonville, Wisc

Dec. 29, 1911 Proclamation restores “Dei Gratia” from Canada’s coins

Dec. 29, 1911 SF Symphony formed

Dec. 29, 1913 1st movie serial, “Adventures of Kathlyn,” premieres in Chicago

Dec. 29, 1862

Dec. 29, 1920

Battle of Chichasaw Bayou: Confederate armies defeat Gen Sherman

The Netherlands/ Venezuela recover diplomatic relations

THE QUEST FOR HAPPINESS For the next few days, people will be wishing each other “HAPPY NEW YEAR”. The quest for happiness is the goal of millions around the world. Happiness has been defined as, “A state of mind within us which permits us to have pleasant thoughts the greater part of time”. Millions covet happiness, but do not know how to achieve that state of mind. Many are on the wrong scent in their quest for happiness and have turned to power, wealth, pleasure, knowledge and many other things in their search. Solomon tried all of these things and then concluded that all was vanity (Eccl 2:1-11).

The first thing that we must do in our quest for happiness is to change the way that we think. Solomon revealed that we are what we are because of the way that we think. “For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he . . .” (Prov 23:7). Paul revealed that we are to think on the good. “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things” (Phil 4:8).

Before we can attain happiness, we must learn to be a giver instead of a receiver. Paul refers to the words of Christ regarding giving in Acts 20:35. “. . . remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive”. Christ was willing to give his life a ransom for many as revealed in Matthew 20:28. “Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many”.

The quest for happiness involves living one day at a time.

James reveals that we do not know what shall be on the morrow in James 4:14. “Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away”. We borrow trouble when we try to live more than one day at a time. We should make the best use of our time on a daily basis.

“Redeeming the time, because the days are evil” (Eph 5:16).

The key to happiness is getting our priorities straight. God and others should come before our own self interests. “Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others” (Phil 2:4).

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If you told Pluto he wasn’t considered a planet anymore, he simply wouldn’t believe you. On days like today, he seems to be trying to prove the point by shaking things up on a core level for the Capricorns who happen to be celebrating a birthday this week. It’s an excellent time to remember that who you are is not the same as the role you play in life.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). When you’re feeling warm, everyone around you seems to cozy up to your inner fire. That’s how it will be most of the day and into the night, so expect company.

TAURUS (April 20May 20). In your mind, there will be no emotional difference between anticipating what you’ll do, actually doing it and remembering that you did it. So today you’ll get the same amount of joy from the past, present and future.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Friends surprise you with the kind of news that leaves you momentarily speechless while your brain searches for the right thing to say. It’s probably better not to say much. Being present and willing to listen will be enough.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You might feel a little touchy today, so it’s best to avoid sadness triggers like torch songs, depressing movies or reading material that could be classified as a “total downer.”

Go for the laughs wherever you can find them.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).

As usual, you’ll find creative solutions to life’s little challenges. The difference today is that naive eyes are watching you and learning from your every move.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22). You’ll partner with someone who can help you break into a new realm of business. Things may get off to a slow start, which will allow you to gracefully ease into the groove.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). As you search for solutions to the day’s strange conundrums, a loving partner provides just the grounding agent necessary for rousing bouts of belly laughter.

Humor gets you through.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 21). You’ll enjoy the contents of your own mind. Your imaginings will amuse you to no end.

You might even prefer your own company today, and who could blame you? You’re good company indeed.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Taking in manmade beauty will be one of the most invigorating things you could do today. Art stimulates your mind and life in ways you won’t be able to explain.

It’s one of the wonderful excitements of living.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). You’ll be included in the activities that suit you best. If you’re not included in something, be glad; it’s not for you. Your fortunes will be augmented exactly where you are.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). You appreciate your self-sufficient friends. Similarly, your friends appreciate your self-sufficiency. This is a good time to be independent financially and emotionally.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). What’s happening around you might not be all that engaging, and you’ll have to make a greater effort to connect.

How will you be able to talk about your day later if you didn’t really experience it in the first place?

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec. 29). You’ll pursue your passion long after the others have given up.

You’ll spend time with people who possess a similar mental and physical toughness. In February, you’ll be rewarded for hanging in there. Life may feel out of balance through the spring, but you won’t mind because you’re so involved. Pisces and Sagittarius people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 50, 22, 15, 9 and 30.

SCORPIO POWER RESOLUTION FOR 2012: Consider choosing just one this year. You’ll find this one easy to keep and its benefits will be far reaching: Be early. There’s a lot you want to accomplish with your year, and you’ll need excellent timing in order to make things happen. One way you can take charge is to make “early” your new mantra. This applies to many areas of life.

Obviously, your meetings and appointments go better when they start off relaxed and on time. Leaving the house earlier and planning for traffic will get you there in the right

frame of mind. Waking up earlier will give you time to do the things you love in the morning instead of hurrying off to the things you have to do in order to keep your life going. Going to bed earlier will help you get up earlier. Also consider being an “early adopter” of the technology that could make your life run more smoothly.

LUCKIEST DAYS OF THE YEAR: January 5, 6, 26; February 1, 2, 3; March 14, 15, 31; April 7, 28, 29; May 4, 5, 6; June 27, 28, 29; July 1, 2, 5; August 19, 20, 21; September 3, 19, 23; October 8, 19, 20; November 25, 26, 27; December 28, 29, 30.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Capricorn Jude Law heralds from an artistic family. His parents run a drama school and theater in France, and his sister is an artist, too. The movie star and frequent stage performer has recently been nominated for a theater award for his role in “Anna Christie.”

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11 CR 329-B, Corinth.

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Open carport and fenced area for dog. $128,000. Call Vicki Mullins @ 808-6011, Mid-South Real Estate Sales & Auctions.

CANE CREEK Apts., Hwy 72W & CR 735, 2 BR, 1 BA, stove & refrig., W&D hookup, Kossuth & City Sch. Dist. $400 mo.

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CORINTH. VERY SPAMAGNOLIA APTS. 2 BR, CIOUS TWO BEDROOM, 1 stove, refrig., water. 1/2 BATH WITH LARGE $365. 286-2256.

DINING ROOM AND OPEN KITCHEN LIVING AREA. Homes for LARGE FENCED IN BACK 0620 Rent YARD. GREAT OVER2 BR, 1 BA, 3890 CR 100 SIZED LOT! $84,500. CALL MULLINS @ (Kendrick area). Newly V I C K I remodeled. $450 mo. 808-6011 - MID-SOUTH REAL ESTATE SALES & 662-665-5385.

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State laws forbid discrimination in the sale, rental, or advertising of real estate based on factors in addition to those protected under federal law. We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.

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pose of raising the sums due run South 04 degrees 15 minEast 349.00 thereunder, together at- utes 11 Dailywith Corinthian • seconds Thursday, December 29, 2011 • 15 torney's fees, trustee's fees feet along said centerline; thence run Easterly to and and expense of sale.

Legals Legals 0955 0955 the Homes for along South line of a 0955 Legals 0710 Sale NOW, THEREFORE, I, J. roadway 40 feet in width (BriGary Massey, Substituted arwood East-paved public 65 CR 107. LARGE FAMILY SUBSTITUTED Trustee in said deed of trust, road) a distance of 813.00 HOME WITH TONS OF will on January 5, 2012 offer feet to the point of beginning; TRUSTEE'S LIVING SPACE! 5 BEDfor sale at public outcry and thence run East 131.00 feet NOTICE OF SALE sell within legal hours (being along the South right-of-way ROOMS, 3 BATHROOMS, between the hours of 11:00 line of said road to a marked GAME ROOM, SPACIOUS a.m. and 4:00 p.m.), at the line; thence leaving said road LIVING ROOM WITH WHEREAS, on November South Main Door of the run South 232.67 feet to an WOOD BURNING FIRECounty Courthouse of Al- iron pipe as found on a tree 16, 2001, Shirley R. Curry and PLACE, 18X36 POOL WITH corn County, located at Cor- line and hedge row and the BARN AND METAL SHOP. inth, Mississippi, to the high- apparent North line of the Cecil E. Rhoads and W.R. CALL VICKI MULLINS @ est and best bidder for cash Barnes property; thence run Rhoads, II executed a Deed of WHEREAS, EverHome the following described prop- West 131.00 feet along a tree 808-6011 - MID-SOUTH NEW 3 BR, 1 BA HOMES Cars for Sale 0868 Del. & setup Mortgage Company has hereerty situated in Alcorn line and hedge row; thence Trust to T. Harris Collier, III, REAL ESTATE. $29,950.00 tofore substituted J. Gary County, State of Mississippi, run North 232.67 feet to the Trustee for the benefit of '08 CHEVY HHR LT, ltr, Clayton Homes 1609 JACKSON ST. ADORMassey as Trustee by instru- to-wit: point of beginning, containing Trustmark National Bank, as ABLE HOME WITH LOTS Supercenter of Corinth moon roof, 33k, $11,900. ment dated March 16, 2007 0.6997 acre, more or less.

1/4 mile past hospital 1 8 0 0 8 9 8 0 2 9 0 o r recorded in the office of the and recorded in the aforesaid Situated in the County of AlOF LIGHT! LAUNDRY, on 72 West.

Chancery Clerk's Office in Incorn, State of Mississippi, 728-5381.

BATH, BEDROOM, I WILL CONVEY only Chancery Clerk of Alcorn strument No. 200701718; and to-wit: such title as vested in me as KITCHEN, BREAKFAST County, Mississippi, in Book Substituted Trustee.

ROOM, DINING ROOM, FINANCIAL WHEREAS, default having Commencing at the North576 at Page 473, which was NEW 4 BR, 2 BA home LIVING ROOM W/GAS LOG been made in the terms and west corner of the Northeast WITNESS MY SIGNADel. & setup FP AND DEN ALL conditions of said deed of Quarter of Section 21, Town- TURE on this 9th day of De- modified by Modification of $44,500 trust and the entire debt se- ship 1 South, Range 8 East, cember, 2011.

DOWNSTAIRS. DEN Deed of Trust dated DecemClayton Homes cured thereby having been Alcorn County, Mississippi; LEGALS COULD BE USED AS A ber 27, 2004, and recorded in declared to be due and paythence run West 480.40 feet Supercenter of 4TH BEDROOM. 2 BEDable in accordance with the to the centerline of MissisCorinth, 1/4 mi. past said Chancery Clerk's office ROOMS AND BATH UPJ. Gary Massey terms of said deed of trust, sippi Highway No. 2; thence hospital on 72 West SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE STAIRS. O/S STORAGE IN in Book 672 at Page 520, refEverBank, successor by run South 12 degrees 01 min0955 Legals 662-287-4600 CARPORT. AMAZING merger to EverHome Mort- ute 42 seconds East 144.14 erence to which is hereby Shapiro & Massey, L.L.C. HOME. MUST SEE! CALL SUBSTITUTED gage Company, the legal feet along said centerline; made; and, 1910 Lakeland Drive TRUSTEE'S holder of said indebtedness, thence run South 09 degrees VICKI MULLINS @ NOTICE OF SALE having requested the under- 01 minute 08 seconds East Suite B WHEREAS, Trustmark Na808-6011 - MID-SOUTH TRANSPORTATION signed Substituted Trustee to 208.58 feet along said center- Jackson, MS 39216 REAL ESTATE SALES & tional Bank, the holder of said (601)981-9299 WHEREAS, on April 9, execute the trust and sell said line; thence run South 04 deAUCTIONS. 1996, Michael Ray Trimm and land and property in accor- grees 15 minutes 11 seconds Deed of Trust and the Note wife, Donna Lynn Trimm exe- dance with the terms of said East 332.28 feet along said Rt 10 Box 7BE OPEN HOUSE. 4 Turtle secured thereby, substituted Corinth, MS 38834 cuted a certain deed of trust deed of trust and for the purcenterline to a spike; thence Creek, Corinth. Sunday, 0860 Vans for Sale J. Mark Franklin, III as Trustee to Donald R. Downs, Trustee pose of raising the sums due run South 04 degrees 15 min- 07-0189 JC Dec. 11th, 2-4. Owner for the benefit of SouthBank, thereunder, together with at- utes 11 seconds East 349.00 therein, as authorized by the transferred. Almost '10 WHITE 15-pass. van, 3 a Federal Savings Bank, which torney's fees, trustee's fees feet along said centerline; Publication Dates: new home just $197,000. t o choose f r o m . deed of trust is of record in and expense of sale. terms thereof, by instrument thence run Easterly to and 3t 12/15, 12/22, 12/29/11 Corinth R e a l t y , 1-800-898-0290 along the South line of a 13500 o r the office of the Chancery dated August 14, 2007, and Clerk of Alcorn County, State NOW, THEREFORE, I, J. roadway 40 feet in width (Bri287-7653.

728-5381. recorded in Book Instrument of Mississippi in Book 440 at Gary Massey, Substituted arwood East-paved public Page 320; and Trustee in said deed of trust, road) a distance of 813.00 No. 200705025 at Page in will on January 5, 2012 offer feet to the point of beginning; the office of the Chancery WHEREAS, said Deed of for sale at public outcry and thence run East 131.00 feet Trust was subsequently as- sell within legal hours (being along the South right-of-way Clerk aforesaid; and, signed to EverHome Mort- between the hours of 11:00 line of said road to a marked WHEREAS, having Put your automobile, truck, SUV, tractor, motorcycle, RVroad & ATV here for $39.95 UNTIL SOLD! Here’s How default It Works: gage Company by instrument a.m. and 4:00 p.m.), at boat, the line; thence leaving said dated February 7, 2007 and South Main Door of the run South 232.67 feet to an been made in the terms Your ad be composed 1 column inches The ad will run each day in the Daily Corinthian until yourand recorded in Instrument No.will County Courthouse of Al-wide ironand pipe2 as founddeep. on a tree conditions of said Deed of 200701300 of the aforesaid corn County, located at Corline and hedge row and the You provide the photo. Certain vehicleinth, sells.

Ad must include photo, description, and price. restrictions apply.debt seMississippi, to the high- apparent North line of the Trust, and the entire Chancery Clerk's office; and est and 2. best bidder for cash only Barnes property; thence run No exceptions. 4. Single item only. 5. Categories 1.

No dealers.

Non-commercial 3.

Must pay in advance. cured thereby having been WHEREAS, EverHome the following described prop- West 131.00 feet along a tree declared to beneeds due and Mortgage Company has here- are ertyauto, situated in Alcorn andRVhedge row;6.thence included motorcycle, tractor.line boat, and ATV After every 30 DAYS, advertised price of listing to bepaytofore substituted J. Gary County, State of Mississippi, run North 232.67 feet to the able in accordance with the Massey as Trustee by instru- to-wit: beginning, containing reduced. 7. NO REFUNDS forpoint any ofreason 8. NON-TRANSFERABLE. Call 287-6147 to place your ad! terms of said Deed of Trust, ment dated March 16, 2007 0.6997 acre, more or less. and recorded in the aforesaid Situated in the County of Aland the legal holder of said inChancery corn, State of Mississippi, I WILL CONVEY 906 908only 906 Clerk's Office in In-906 902 910 902 debtedness910 having requested to-wit: such title as vested in me as strument No. 200701718; and RECREATIONAL TRUCKS/VANS TRUCKS/VANS TRUCKS/VANS AUTOMOBILES MOTORCYCLES/ Substituted Trustee.

AUTOMOBILES theMOTORCYCLES/ undersigned Substituted VEHICLES WHEREAS, default having Commencing at the NorthSUV’S SUV’S SUV’S ATV’S Trustee toATV’S execute the Trust been made in the terms and west corner of the Northeast WITNESS MY SIGNAconditions of said deed of Quarter of Section 21, Town- TURE on this 9th day of Deand sell said land and proptrust and the entire debt se- ship 1 South, Range 8 East, cember, 2011. erty in accordance with the 1979 FORD cured thereby having been Alcorn County, Mississippi; declared to be due and pay- thence run West 480.40 feet terms of said Deed of Trust LTD II SPORT able in accordance with the to the centerline of Missis- J. Gary Massey for the purpose of raising the Ford terms of said deed of trust, sippi Highway No. 1991 2; thence SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE LANDAU 2008 Jayco Eagle EverBank, successor by run South 12 degrees 01 minsums due thereunder, toEconoline Exc. cond. inside merger to EverHome2006 MortuteYUKON 42 seconds East 144.14 Shapiro & Massey,5th 2004 KAWASAKI gether with attorney’s fees, L.L.C. Wheel GMC Van, 48,000 gage Company, the legal feet along said centerline; 1910 Lakeland Drive & out. MechaniMULE 38’, 4 slides, exc.

Exc. cond. inside out, South miles, Substituted Trustee's fees and holder of said indebtedness, thence& run 09 degrees Suite B good cally sound cond.

3010 Model #KAF650E, having requested the 106k under013rd minute 08 seconds East Jackson, MS 39216 cond., $28,000 miles, row cond., one 1854 hrs., bench seat, expenses of sale; signed Substituted Trustee to 208.58 feet along said center- (601)981-9299 Leather seats, only NOW, THEREFORE, I, the firm. Trailer located kept,thence front run owner, serious execute the trust andseat, sell garage said line; South 04 detilt bed, 4 WD & 98,000 mi reg. land and property in&accorgreespkg., 15 minutes 11 seconds$7000.

Rt 10 Box 7BE in Counce, TN. windshield, well undersigned J. Mark Franklin, interest. rear A/C,tow dance with the terms of said East 332.28 feet along said Corinth, MS 38834 maintained. Great for III, being the Substituted Trus287-5206. deed of trust and for the purcenterline to a spike; thence 07-0189 JC 425-503-5467 loaded farm or hunting. $6500. pose of raising the sums due run South 04 degrees 15 mintee, do hereby give notice thereunder, together with at- utes 11 seconds East 349.00 Publication Dates: 731-212-9659 that on January 12, 2012, bePut your Put your torney's fees, trustee's fees feet along said centerline; 3t 12/15, 12/22, 12/29/11 731-212-9661. tween 11:00 o'clock a.m. and thence run Easterly to and 13500 and expense of sale. 662-286-1732 automobile, automobile, along the South line of a 4:00 o'clock p.m., being the REDUCED NOW, THEREFORE, I, J. roadway 40 feet intruck, width (Bri-SUV, truck, SUV, REDUCED Put your Gary Massey, Substituted arwood East-paved public legal hours of sale, I will proboat, tractor, boat, tractor, automobile, Trustee in said deed of trust, road) a distance of 813.00 ceed to sell at public outcry, will on January 5, 2012 offer feet to the point of beginning; motorcycle, motorcycle, truck, SUV, for sale at public outcry and thence run East 131.00 feet to the for cash, 1980highest HONDAbidder 750-FRONT RV, & ATV RV, & ATV sell tractor, within legal hours (being along the South right-of-way boat, at the South Main Door of (TRI) 4-CYC. VOLKSWAGON between the hours of 11:00 line of said road to ahere markedfor here for motorcycle, a.m. and 4:00 p.m.), at the line; thence leaving said road the Alcorn County MTR., GOOD TIRES, Court$39.95 black, CD Main Door of the run South 232.67 feet to an $39.95 RV,South & ATV 15-passenger house in$8500 Corinth, OBO. State of County Courthouse of Al- iron pipe as found on a treeSOLD UNTIL player, A/C, gray here for UNTIL SOLD Mississippi, the1 following corn County, locatedvan, at Corline and or hedge row and the 1979 CHEVY TON DUMP real for church inth, Mississippi, to the high- apparent North line ofCall the $39.95 Call propertyTRUCK, described $3500and conint., 150,000 est and best bidderdaycare for cash use, Barnesfleet property; thence run all original, almost new. veyed inJ.C.said 287-6147 UNTIL SOLDdescribed prop- West 131.00 feet along Deed700of Trust, HARRIS 287-6147 the following a tree miles, loaded. maintained erty situated in Alcorn line and hedge row; thence today! lying and TRENCHER, being situated in AlCall today!

County, State of Mississippi, run North 232.67 feet to the $4000. corn County, Mississippi, and 287-6147 to-wit: point of beginning, containing 908 910 0.6997 acre, more or less.

662-423-6872 662-808-1978 or beingCallmore particularly detoday!

RECREATIONAL Situated in the County662-213-2014 of AlMOTORCYCLES/ or as 662-660-3433 VEHICLES scribed follows, to-wit: corn, State of Mississippi, I WILL CONVEY only ATV’S D CE to-wit: such title as vested in me as DU Situated in the City of CorRE Substituted Trustee. inth, County of Alcorn, State REDUCED Commencing at the Northwest corner of the Northeast WITNESS MY SIGNAof Mississippi, to-wit: Quarter of Section 21, Town- TURE on this 9th day of Deship 1 South, Range 8 East, cember, 2011.

2005Alcorn HUMMER , Mississippi; County, A portion of the Southeast 2006 YAMAHA FZI thencemiles, run West 480.40 feet 117,000 Quarter of Section 12, Townto the centerline of MissisJ. Gary Massey 3k miles, adult ship 2 South, Range 7 East, in leather, sunroof, 3rd ‘03 HARLEY DAVIDSON sippi Highway No. 2; thence SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE row run seat,South am/fm/ owned, corbin Alcorn County, Mississippi, 12 degrees 01 minHERITAGE SOFTTAIL cd player, WITH EXTRAS, ute 42power seconds East 144.14 Shapiro & Massey, L.L.C. (ANNIVERSARY MODEL) seat, selling due described follows: Comfeet along said centerline; 1910 Lakeland Drive windows & seats, BLUE, as LESS THAN exc. cond., thence run South 09 degrees Suite B to health reasons, mencing1500 at theMILES, point of interautomatic, 01 minute 08 seconds East Jackson, MS 39216 dealership original owner. section of the North 208.58 feet along said center- (601)981-9299 line; thence run South 04 demaintained. right-of-way line of a gravel 662-664-3940 or grees 15 minutes 11 seconds Rt 10 Box 7BE road which runs along South East 332.28 feet along said Corinth, MS 38834 662-287-6626 . centerline to a spike; thence 07-0189 JC line of said section with the 662-462-7158 home run South 04 degrees 15 min906 South right-of-way line of U.S. or 731-607-6699 cell utes 11 seconds East 349.00 Publication Dates: TRUCKS/VANS feet along said centerline; Highway #72, which said 3t 12/15, 12/22, 12/29/11 SUV’S thence run Easterly to and 13500 point is near the Southeast ‘04 Kawasaki along the South line of a roadway 40 feet in width (Bricorner of said section, run '03 CHEVY Vulcan arwood East-paved public thence in a westerly direction road) a distance of 813.00 SILVERADO, withClassic the North1500 right-of-way feet to the point of beginning; East 131.00 feet black,thence quadrarun steer 8,900 miles, line of said gravel road apalong the South right-of-way (4-wheel steering), 45 m.p.g. proximately 431 feet to a line of said road to a marked LT, line; 80k thence miles, leaving said road stake at a point 210 feet East Red & Black run South 232.67 feet to an of the center of a certain loaded, leather, tow iron pipe as found on a tree INTERNATIONAL, line and ditch which crosses said road; package, ext. hedge cab. row and the apparent North line of the Cat. engine looks & rides real thence run Call: in a northerly diBarnes property; thence run $13,000 OBO. good!

662-423-5257 West 131.00 feet along a tree rection parallel with the cenline and hedge row; thence 662-415-9007.

5:00 terlineafter of said ditchpm 234 feet run North 232.67 feet to the point of beginning, containing to a stake on the South 0.6997 acre, more or less. to Donald R. Downs, Trustee for the benefit of SouthBank, a Federal Savings Bank, which deed trust is of record in 0955ofLegals Mobile Homes Trucks for the office of the Chancery 0741 for Sale 0864 Sale Clerk of Alcorn County, State of Mississippi in Book 440 at NEW 2 BR Homes '05 GMC Crew Cab LTR, Page 320; and Del. & setup 38k, #1419. $16,900. $25,950.00 WHEREAS, said Deed of 1-800-898-0290 or Trust was subsequently asClayton Homes 728-5381. signed to EverHome MortSupercenter of Corinth, 1/4 mile past hospital '08 DODGE RAM 1500, gage Company by instrument dated February 7, 2007 and on 72 West.

4x4, crew cab, red, recorded in Instrument No. $23,400. 1-800-898-0290 200701300 of the aforesaid or 728-5381.

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1999 CHEROKEE SPORT 4X4, 6 cyl., all works good except for A/C

$4000.

1990 CHEVROLET SILVERADO, 4 W.D., $2100 FIRM 662-415-0858

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$3,250

Put your Put your I WILL CONVEY only automobile, automobile, such title as vested in me as truck, SUV,Trustee. truck, SUV, Substituted boat, tractor, WITNESS MY boat, SIGNA- tractor, motorcycle, TURE on this 9th daymotorcycle, of De2011.

RV,cember, & ATV RV, & ATV here for here for J. Gary Massey $39.95 SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE $39.95 UNTIL SOLD UNTIL SOLD Shapiro & Massey, L.L.C. Call 1910 Lakeland Drive Call Suite B 287-6147 Jackson, MS 39216 287-6147 (601)981-9299 today! today!

662-665-1143.

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Put your automobile, Publication Dates: truck, SUV, 3t 12/15, 12/22, 12/29/11 13500 boat, tractor, 1961 motorcycle, & ATV STUDEBAKER RV, here for $39.95 PICKUP UNTIL SOLD Call $2850 OBO 287-6147 today!

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1996 Ford F-150

Rt 10 Box 7BE Corinth, MS 38834 07-0189 JC

FOR SALE:

170,000 mi., reg. cab, red & white (2-tone).

$2500 obo

662-423-8702

662-279-2123

662-286-5402

1993 CHEVY S-10 6 cyl, 93,000 miles, sharp, exc. condition.

286-3654 or cell 284-7424

662-665-1802

$2,800

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1961 CHEV.

Days only, 662-415-3408.

2009 YAMAHA 250YZF

$10,850

FOR SALE 2 dr. hardtop (bubble top), sound body, runs.

'97 HONDA GOLD WING, 1500 6 cylinder miles, 3003 Voyager kit.

662-287-8949

2000 FORD E-350

2006 NISSAN MAXIMA

REDUCED

2004 CADILLAC SEVILLE

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2001 HONDA REBEL 250

$10,400

30 ft., with slide out & built-in TV antenna, 2 TV’s, 7400 miles.

$75,000.

662-287-7734

REDUCED

2007 Franklin pull camper, 36’, lots of space, 2 A/C units, 2 slide outs, 2 doors, shower & tub, 20’ awning, full kitchen, W&D, $13,000.

662-415-7063 662-415-8549

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2005 AIRSTREAM LAND YACHT

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right-of-way line of U.S. Highway #72, this point being the Northeast corner of the Hutson lot; thence run in a Southeasterly direction with South right-of-way line of RAZOR 08 the said highway 438 feet, more POLARIS or less, to North right-of-way 30” ITP Mud Lights, line of said gravel road at the sound bars, 2600 point of beginning. miles.

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3900

I will convey only such title as 662-603-4407 is vested in me as Substituted Trustee.

WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, this the 12th day of December, 2011. /s/ J. Mark Franklin, III 2003 Honda J.300 MARK FRANKLIN, III EX

SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE 2007 black

plastics & after

J. Mark Franklin, III market parts.

MCKAY LAWLER FRANKLIN & FOREMAN, $2,500 PLLC 462-5379 Attorneys at Law Post Office Box 2488 Ridgeland,1995 Mississippi 39158-2488 HARLEY (601) 572-8778 DAVIDSON POSTED THIS SPORTSTER December 13, 2011 PUBLISHED: December 15, 1200 2011, December 22, 2011, Screaming December 29, 2011, and Eagle exhaust, January 5, 2012 only 7K miles, 13504

like new,

$5,000 662-415-8135

Deed of Trust and the Note by said Deed of Trust, and 16 • Thursday, December 29, 2011 • Daily the holder of the note and secured thereby, substituted J. Mark Franklin, III as Trustee Deed of Trust having retherein, as authorized by the quested the undersigned Legalsby instrument Trustee 0955 thereof, 0955 Legals so to do, I will on the terms dated August 14, 2007, and 17th day of January, 2012, ofrecorded in Book Instrument fer for sale at public outcry No. 200705025 at Page in and sell during legal hours bethe office of the Chancery tween the hours of 11:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., at the Clerk aforesaid; and, WHEREAS, default having main front door of the been made in the terms and County Courthouse of Alconditions of said Deed of corn County, at Corinth, MisTrust, and the entire debt se- sissippi, for cash to the highcured thereby having been est and best bidder, the foldeclared to be due and pay- lowing described land and able in accordance with the property, situated in Alcorn terms of said Deed of Trust, County, Mississippi, to-wit: and the legal holder of said indebtedness having requested Commencing at the Norththe undersigned Substituted west corner of Section One, Trustee to execute the Trust Township Four South, Range and sell said land and prop- Six East, Alcorn County, Miserty in accordance with the sissippi, also being the point terms of said Deed of Trust of beginning for this descripfor the purpose of raising the tion, thence run East along or sums due thereunder, to- near an existing fence, 110.87 gether with attorney’s fees, feet; thence run South 34 deSubstituted Trustee's fees and grees 57 minutes East 576.81 feet to the Northeasterly expenses of sale; NOW, THEREFORE, I, the right of way of Alcorn County undersigned J. Mark Franklin, Road #552; thence run III, being the Substituted Trus- Northwesterly along said tee, do hereby give notice right of way the following that on January 12, 2012, be- calls: North 71 degrees 21 tween 11:00 o'clock a.m. and minutes West 126.75 feet, 4:00 o'clock p.m., being the North 66 degrees 09 minutes legal hours of sale, I will pro- West 183.51 feet, North 57 ceed to sell at public outcry, degrees 35 minutes West to the highest bidder for cash, 166.00 feet, North 56 deat the South Main Door of grees 45 minutes West the Alcorn County Court- 126.29 feet; thence, leaving house in Corinth, State of said right of way, run North Mississippi, the following real 103.70 feet to an existing property described and con- fence; thence run East along veyed in said Deed of Trust, or near said fence 232.68 feet lying and being situated in Al- to the point of beginning, corn County, Mississippi, and containing 3.00 acres, more being more particularly de- or less. scribed as follows, to-wit: I will convey only such tiSituated in the City of Corinth, County of Alcorn, State tle as is vested in me as Trusof Mississippi, to-wit: tee.

A portion of the Southeast Quarter of Section 12, Township 2 South, Range 7 East, in Alcorn County, Mississippi, described as follows: Commencing at the point of intersection of the North right-of-way line of a gravel road which runs along South line of said section with the South right-of-way line of U.S. Highway #72, which said point is near the Southeast corner of said section, run thence in a westerly direction with the North right-of-way line of said gravel road approximately 431 feet to a stake at a point 210 feet East of the center of a certain ditch which crosses said road; thence run in a northerly direction parallel with the centerline of said ditch 234 feet to a stake on the South right-of-way line of U.S. Highway #72, this point being the Northeast corner of the Hutson lot; thence run in a Southeasterly direction with the South right-of-way line of said highway 438 feet, more or less, to North right-of-way line of said gravel road at the point of beginning.

I will convey only such title as is vested in me as Substituted Trustee.

WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, this the 12th day of December, 2011. /s/ J. Mark Franklin, III J. MARK FRANKLIN, III SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE J. Mark Franklin, III MCKAY LAWLER FRANKLIN & FOREMAN, PLLC Attorneys at Law Post Office Box 2488 Ridgeland, Mississippi 39158-2488 (601) 572-8778 POSTED THIS December 13, 2011 PUBLISHED: December 15, 2011, December 22, 2011, December 29, 2011, and January 5, 2012 13504 TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE

WHEREAS, on July 3, 2009, Jackie Clemmer, married and Helen Clemmer, married, executed a Deed of Trust to W. Stewart Robison, Trustee for Walter Mortgage Company, Beneficiary, which Deed of Trust is recorded in Land Deed of Trust Instrument #200906115, in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Alcorn County, Mississippi;

AND WHEREAS, default having been made in payment of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note and Deed of Trust having requested the undersigned Trustee so to do, I will on the 17th day of January, 2012, offer for General sale at public outcry Help and sell during legal hours be0232 tween the hours of 11:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., at the main front door of the County Courthouse of Alcorn County, at Corinth, Mississippi, for cash to the highest and best bidder, the following described land and property, situated in Alcorn County, Mississippi, to-wit:

property is believed to be convey only such title as is vested in me as Substitute Trustee.

Corinthian good, but I will

0955 Legals

WITNESS my signature, on this the 15th day of December, 2011.

LEM ADAMS, III SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE PREPARED BY: ADAMS & EDENS POST OFFICE BOX 400 BRANDON, MISSISSIPPI 39043 (601) 825-9508 A&E File #11-04756 PUBLISH: 12/22/2011, 12/29/2011, 01/05/2012 13510 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE WHEREAS, on the 8th day of November, 2004, Aleck Papanicolopoulos and Rhondora Papanicolopoulos, executed a Deed of Trust to T. Harris Collier, III, Trustee for the use and benefit of Trustmark National Bank, which Deed of Trust is on file and of record in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Alcorn County, Mississippi, in Deed of Trust Book 668 at Page 399 thereof; and

WHEREAS, the legal holder of the said Deed of Trust and the note secured thereby, substituted Bradley P. Jones, as Trustee therein, as authorized by the terms thereof, by instrument recorded in the office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk as Instrument No. WITNESS MY SIGNA- 201105569 thereof; and TURE, this, the 14th day of WHEREAS, default having December, 2011. been made in the performance of the conditions and /s/ W. Stewart Robison, stipulations as set forth by Trustee said Deed of Trust, and having been requested by the lePublish: gal holder of the indebtedness December 22, 29, 2011, secured and described by said January 5, and 12, 2012 Deed of Trust so to do, noThe Daily Corinthian ROBISON & HOLMES, SOLS. tice is hereby given that I, Bradley P. Jones, Substitute 13507 Trustee, by virtue of the authority conferred upon me SUBSTITUTE in said Deed of Trust, will ofTRUSTEE'S fer for sale and will sell at NOTICE OF SALE public sale and outcry to the highest and best bidder for WHEREAS, on the 20th day cash, during the legal hours of December, 2002, Alonzo J. (between the hours of 11 Patton and Leminda J. Patton, o'clock a.m. and 4 o'clock executed a Deed of Trust to p.m.) at the South front door Tucker Harris, Trustee for of the County Courthouse of the use and benefit of Citifi- Alcorn County, at Corinth, nancial Mortgage Company, Mississippi, on the 12th day of Inc., which Deed of Trust is January, 2012, the following on file and of record in the described land and property office of the Chancery Clerk being the same land and propof Alcorn County, Mississippi, erty described in said Deed of in Deed of Trust Book 608 at Trust, situated in Alcorn Page 577 thereof; and County, State of Mississippi, to-wit: WHEREAS, the legal holder of the said Deed of Trust and Lying and being in the Souththe note secured thereby, west Quarter of Section 34, substituted Lem Adams, III, as Township 1 South, Range 7 Trustee therein, as authorized East, Alcorn County, Missisby the terms thereof, by in- sippi, more particularly destrument recorded in the of- scribed as follows: Commencfice of the aforesaid Chancery ing at the Northwest corner Clerk as Instrument No. of the Southwest Quarter of 200905900 thereof; and Section 34, Township 1 South, Range 7 East, Alcorn WHEREAS, default having County, Mississippi; thence been made in the perform- run East 1320 feet; thence ance of the conditions and run South 539.1 feet to a stipulations as set forth by concrete marker at the said Deed of Trust, and hav- Northwest corner of the Ray ing been requested by the le- Tucker property; thence run gal holder of the indebtedness West 279.6 feet to a point on secured and described by said the West right-of-way line of Deed of Trust so to do, no- a public road being 50 feet in tice is hereby given that I, width (Mount View Drive); Lem Adams, III, Substitute thence run North 22 degree Trustee, by virtue of the 58 minutes 52.75 feet along authority conferred upon me said West right-of-way line; in said Deed of Trust, will of- thence run North 54 degrees fer for sale and will sell at 17 minutes West 160.9 feet public sale and outcry to the along said West right-of-way highest and best bidder for line; thence run North 69 decash, during the legal hours grees 55 minutes West 87.25 (between the hours of 11 feet along said right-of-way o'clock a.m. and 4 o'clock line to point of beginning; p.m.) at the South front door thence run South 37 degrees of the County Courthouse of 58 minutes West 207 feet; Alcorn County, at Corinth, thence run North 82 degrees Mississippi, on the 12th day of 30 minutes West 334.35 feet January, 2012, the following to a point on the East right-of described land and property way line of Mount View being the same land and prop- Drive; thence run along the erty described in said Deed of East and North right-of-way Trust, situated in Alcorn line of Mount View Drive; County, State of Mississippi, thence run along the East and North right-of-way line of to-wit: Mount View Drive the followLot 52 of PARKWAY VIL- ing: North 44.2 feet; North LAGE SUBDIVISION, as 30 degrees East 50 feet; shown by Map or Plat of said North 55 degrees 31 minutes subdivision recorded in the East 149.4 feet; thence run Office of the Chancery Clerk South 80 degrees 24 minutes of Alcorn County, Mississippi. East 315.1 feet to the point of beginning, containing 1.50 Title to the above described acres, more or less (without property is believed to be modifying the above metes good, but I will convey only and bounds description in any such title as is vested in me as respect and solely for the purposes of identification, this Substitute Trustee. property is sometimes reWITNESS my signa- ferred to as Lot # 23 of ture, on this the 15th day of North Pine Lake Estates Subdivision.

December, 2011.

cember, 2011.

Parcel: 0902031 00202 BRADLEY P. JONES SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE J. Gary Massey I WILL CONVEY only SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE 0955 Legals 0955 Legals 0955titleLegals such as is vested in me as PREPARED BY: Substituted Trustee.

ADAMS & EDENS Shapiro & Massey, L.L. POST OFFICE BOX 400 1910 Lakeland Drive WITNESS MY SIGNABRANDON, MISSISSIPPI Suite B TURE, this the 16th day of 39043 Jackson, MS 39216 December, 2011.

(601) 825-9508 (601)981-9299 A&E File #11-04310 22 Franklin Drive John C. Underwood, Jr. PUBLISH: 12/22/2011, Corinth, MS 38834 SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE 11-003452 JC 12/29/2011, 01/05/2012 13511 Control # 11070814 Publication Dates: 12/22/2011, December 22, 29, 2011, and PUBLISH: SUBSTITUTED 12/29/2011, 01/05/2012 January 5, 2012 13514 TRUSTEE'S 13513 NOTICE OF SALE WHEREAS, on September 9, 2009, Donald Wayne Hutchens and Helen Green Hutchens, husband and wife executed a certain deed of trust to Dennis F. Hardiman, Trustee for the benefit of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. which deed of trust is of record in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Alcorn County, State of Mississippi in Instrument No. 200905284; and

SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

WHEREAS, on May 31, 2005, Shadney Bronson and Kristi Bronson, husband and wife, executed a deed of trust to Angie Dellinger, trustee for the benefit of AmSouth Bank, which deed of trust is recorded as Instrument No. 200505717 and Modification of Deed of Trust recorded as Instrument No. 200901808 in WHEREAS, said Deed of the office of the Chancery Trust was subsequently as- Clerk of the County of Alsigned to Embrace Home corn, State of Mississippi; and Loans by instrument dated WHEREAS, the aforesaid, November 7, 2011 and recorded in Instrument No. Regions Bank successor by 201105354 of the aforesaid merger with AmSouth Bank, the holder of said deed of Chancery Clerk's office; and trust and the note secured WHEREAS, Embrace thereby, substituted John C. Home Loans has heretofore Underwood, Jr., as Trustee substituted J. Gary Massey as therein, as authorized by the Trustee by instrument dated terms thereof, by instrument November 22, 2011 and re- dated September 8, 2011, and corded in the aforesaid Chan- recorded in the office of the cery Clerk's Office in Instru- aforesaid Chancery Clerk as Instrument Number ment No. 201105582; and 201104440; and WHEREAS, default having WHEREAS, default having been made in the terms and conditions of said deed of been made in the terms and trust and the entire debt se- conditions of said deed of cured thereby having been trust and the entire debt sedeclared to be due and pay- cured thereby, having been able in accordance with the declared to be due and payterms of said deed of trust, able in accordance with the Embrace Home Loans, the le- terms of said deed of trust, gal holder of said indebted- and the legal holder of said inness, having requested the un- debtedness, Regions Bank dersigned Substituted Trustee successor by merger with to execute the trust and sell AmSouth Bank, having resaid land and property in ac- quested the undersigned Subcordance with the terms of stituted Trustee to execute said deed of trust and for the the trust and sell said land purpose of raising the sums and property in accordance due thereunder, together with the terms of said deed of with attorney's fees, trustee's trust for the purpose of raising the sums due thereunder, fees and expense of sale. together with attorney’s fees, NOW, THEREFORE, I, J. Substituted Trustee’s fees and Gary Massey, Substituted expense of sale; Trustee in said deed of trust, NOW, THEREFORE, I, will on January 12, 2012 offer for sale at public outcry and John C. Underwood, Jr., Subsell within legal hours (being stituted Trustee in said deed between the hours of 11:00 of trust, will on the 12th day a.m. and 4:00 p.m.), at the of January, 2012, offer for sale South Main Door of the at public outcry for cash to County Courthouse of Al- the highest bidder, and sell corn County, located at Cor- within legal hours (being beinth, Mississippi, to the high- tween the hours of 11:00 est and best bidder for cash A.M. and 4:00 P.M.) at the the following described prop- South front door of the erty situated in Alcorn County Courthouse at CorCounty, State of Mississippi, inth, County of Alcorn, State of Mississippi, the following to-wit: described property situated in The land in Alcorn County, the County of Alcorn, State State of Mississippi, described of Mississippi, to-wit: as follows: The real property located in Lying and being in the South- Alcorn County, State of Miswest Quarter of Section 17, sissippi, described as follows: Township 2 South, Range 8 East, Alcorn County, Missis- Situated in the County of Alsippi, and being more particu- corn, State of Mississippi, to-wit: larly described as follows:

Commencing at the Southeast Corner of the Southwest Quarter of Section 17, Township 2, Range 8 and run North 173 feet more or less, to the North right-of-way of U. S. Highway No. 72; thence run North 56 degrees 03 minutes West 250 feet to the West right-of-way line of Franklin Drive; thence North 48 degrees 10 minutes East 206.9 feet to a stake at the Northeast Corner of the Farris lot for a point of beginning of the property conveyed hereby; thence run North 2 degrees 36 minutes East 100 feet to the Southeast Corner of the Harvill property; thence run North 77 degrees 30 minutes West 150 feet to the Southwest Corner of the Harvill property, said point also being in the East line of the Kirk property; thence run South 4 degrees 31 minutes West 100 feet along said line to the Northwest Corner of the Farris property; thence South 76 degrees 42 minutes East 150 feet along the North line of said Farris property to the point of beginning. Containing .34 acres, more or less.

Commencing at the Southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of Section Three, Township Two South, Range Eight East, Alcorn County, Mississippi; thence run North with an existing fence 1228.48 feet; thence run West 25.00 feet to the Point of Beginning, thence run West 184.44 feet; thence run North 2 degrees 04 minutes East with an existing fence 242.20 feet; thence run East 175.74 feet; thence run South 242.04 feet to the Point of Beginning,containing 1.00 acre, more or less.

Easement: an easement for the purpose of ingress-egress, being 25 feet in width and further described as follows: Commencing at the Southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of Section Three, Township Two South, Range Eight East, Alcorn County, Mississippi; thence run North with an existing fence 1228.48 feet to the Point of Beginning for this easement. Thence continue North with said fence, 1006.18 feet to the South line of Alcorn County Road #107; thence run with said line South 81 degrees 31 minutes West 25.28 feet; thence run South 1002.45 feet; thence run East 25.00 feet to the Point of Beginning.

Less and except 0.06 acre conveyed to State Highway Commission of Mississippi as described in Deed dated February 25, 1986 and recorded in Deed Book 227, Page This easement is not an exTitle to the above described 154-156 in the land records clusive easement and is LEM ADAMS, III property is believed to be of Alcorn County, Mississippi. shared with other property owners for ingress and SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE good, but I will convey only such title as is vested in me as I WILL CONVEY only egress.

Substitute Trustee. such title as vested in me as PREPARED BY: Subject to restrictions, reserSubstituted Trustee.

ADAMS & EDENS vations, easement, covenants, WITNESS my signaPOST OFFICE BOX 400 ture, on this the 15th day of WITNESS MY SIGNA- oil, gas or mineral rights of BRANDON, MISSISSIPPI December, 2011.

TURE on this 15th day of De- record, if any.

39043 cember, 2011.

(601) 825-9508 Parcel: 0902031 00202 Commencing at the North- A&E File #11-04756 BRADLEY P. JONES west corner of Section One, SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE J. Gary Massey I WILL CONVEY only Township Four South, Range PUBLISH: 12/22/2011, SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE such title as is vested in me as Six East, Alcorn County, Mis- 12/29/2011, 01/05/2012 PREPARED BY: sissippi, also being the point 13510 Substituted Trustee.

ADAMS & EDENS Shapiro & Massey, L.L. of beginning for this descripPOST OFFICE BOX 400 1910 Lakeland Drive Computer WITNESS MY SIGNAtion, thence run East along or BRANDON, MISSISSIPPI 0515 Suite B TURE, this the 16th day of near an existing fence, 110.87 39043 Jackson, MS 39216 feet; thence run South 34 deDecember, 2011.

(601) 825-9508 (601)981-9299 grees 57 minutes East 576.81 A&E File #11-04310 feet to the Northeasterly 22 Franklin Drive John C. Underwood, Jr. right of way of Alcorn County PUBLISH: 12/22/2011, Corinth, MS 38834 Road #552; thence run SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE 11-003452 JC 12/29/2011, 01/05/2012 Northwesterly along said 13511 Control # 11070814 rightRequirements: of way the following Publication Dates: 12/22/2011, • Driver’s License calls: North 71 degrees 21 December 22, 29, 2011, and PUBLISH: minutes • West 126.75 feet, Transportation 12/29/2011, 01/05/2012 January 5, 2012 Dependable 13514 North 66 degrees 09 minutes 13513 • Light Bookwork Ability West 183.51 feet, North 57 train) degrees 35(will minutes West 166.00 feet, North 56Insurance de• Liability grees 45 minutes West 126.29 feet; thence, leaving said right of way, run North 103.70 feet to an existing fence; thence run East along or near said fence 232.68 feet to the point of beginning, containing 3.00 acres, more or less.

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I will convey only such title as is vested in me as Trustee. 1607 S. Harper Rd.,

Corinth, MS

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO FORFEIT SEIZED PROPERTY

having been used, or intended for use to transport in violation of the Mississippi Uniform Controlled Substances 0955andLegals Law having been found in close proximity to forfeitable controlled substances.

to be good, but I will convey only such title as is vested in me as Substituted Trustee.

If you desire to contest the forfeiture of this property, you must within thirty (30) days of receiving this notice, file a request for judicial review.

Stephanie Fonteno, Assistant Vice President Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc. 1587 Northeast Expressway Atlanta, GA 30329 (770) 234-9181 0717216MS PUBLISH: 12/29/2011, 01/05/2012 and 01/12/2012 13518

LegalsMY SIGNA0955WITNESS TURE, this the 22nd day of December, 2011

If you do not request judicial review within thirty (30) days of receiving this notice, the property described above will be forfeited to the City of Corinth Police Department, to be used, distributed, or IN THE CHANCERY disposed of in accordance with the provisions of Section COURT OF ALCORN 41-29-181, of the Mississippi COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI Code of 1972, Annotated, as RE: ADMINISTRATION amended.

TO: Donald Martin LAST KNOWN ADDRESS: Route 1 Kay Drive, Apt. 22, INSTRUCTION FOR FILING Guntown, MS 38849 REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW You are hereby notified that on November 24, 2011, in Alcorn County, Mississippi, the In order to file a request for below-listed property was judicial review, you must file a seized by the City of Corinth petition to contest forfeiture Police Department pursuant in the Circuit Court of Alto Section 41-29-153 of the corn County, Mississippi in Mississippi Code of 1972, An- order to claim an interest in notated, as amended. Section the property.

41-29-176, of the Mississippi Code of 1972, Annotated, as Dated: December 9, 2011 amended, provides for the adWILLIAM W. ministrative forfeiture of ODOM, JR. property with a value not exATTORNEY AT LAW ceeding $10,000.00, other than a controlled substance, raw material or paraphernalia, 3t 12/22, 12/29/11, 1/5/12 seized under the uniform 13516 controlled substances law.

SUBSTITUTE DESCRIPTION ON TRUSTEE'S PROPERTY: NOTICE OF SALE 1998 Ford F-150 VIN STATE OF MISSISSIPPI 2FTZX18W6WCA87423 COUNTY OF ALCORN APPROXIMATE VALUE: WHEREAS, on September $2,235.00 30, 2005, Brandon S. Stewart executed and delivered a cerDESCRIPTION O N tain Deed of Trust unto John PROPERTY: H. Shows, Trustee for the Two Thousand Eight Hun- benefit of Mortgage Elecdred tronic Registration Systems, Eighty Eight Dollars, U. S. Inc., acting solely as a nomiCurrency nee for Commerce National APPROXIMATE Bank, its successors and asVALUE: signs, to secure an indebted$2,888.00 ness therein described, which Deed of Trust is recorded in DESCRIPTION O N the office of the Chancery PROPERTY: Clerk of Alcorn County, Mis.38 Caliber Pistol Armscor sissippi in Instrument APPROXIMATE 200508116, and re-recorded VALUE: in Instrument 200600573; and $100.00 WHEREAS, said Deed of Trust was subsequently asSaid property is subject to signed unto JPMorgan Chase forfeiture under the provi- Bank, N.A., by instrument resions of S e c t i o n corded in the Office of the 41-20-153(a)(5), aforesaid Chancery Clerk in 41-29-153(a)(7) and Instrument 200602932; and 41-29-153(a)(4), respectively, WHEREAS, the holder of of the Mississippi Code of said Deed of Trust substi1972 , Annotated, as tuted and appointed Nationamended, as having been wide Trustee Services, Inc., as used, or intended for use or Trustee in said Deed of Trust having been used, or intended by instrument recorded in the for use to transport in viola- Office of the aforesaid Chantion of the Mississippi Uni- cery Clerk Instrument form Controlled Substances 201105575 ; and Law and having been found in WHEREAS, default having close proximity to forfeitable been made in the payments of controlled substances. indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, and the holder If you desire to contest the of said Deed of Trust, having forfeiture of this property, requested the undersigned so you must within thirty (30) to do, on January 19, 2012, I days of receiving this notice, will, during legal hours (befile a request for judicial re- tween the hours of 11 o' view. clock a.m. and 4 o' clock p.m.), at public outcry, offer If you do not request judicial for sale and will sell, at the review within thirty (30) days South Main door of the Alof receiving this notice, the corn County Courthouse in property described above will Corinth, Mississippi, for cash be forfeited to the City of to the highest bidder, the folCorinth Police Department, lowing described land and to be used, distributed, or property situated in Alcorn disposed of in accordance County, Mississippi, to-wit: with the provisions of Section 41-29-181, of the Mississippi Situated in the County of AlCode of 1972, Annotated, as corn, State of Mississippi, amended. to-wit: Commencing at the Northwest Corner of the INSTRUCTION FOR Northwest Quarter of SecFILING tion 11, Township 3 South, REQUEST FOR Range 6 East, Alcorn County, JUDICIAL REVIEW Mississippi; thence run South 2 degrees 12 minutes West In order to file a request for 202.25 feet along the section judicial review, you must file a line fence; thence run South 1 petition to contest forfeiture degree 51 minutes West in the Circuit Court of Al- 145.6 feet along said fence; corn County, Mississippi in thence run South 0 degree 47 order to claim an interest in minutes West 264.26 feet the property. along said fence; thence run south 1 degree 51 minutes Dated: December 13, 2011 West 57.33 feet along said fence to the point of beginWILLIAM W. ODOM, JR. ning; thence continue South 1 ATTORNEY AT LAW degree 51 minutes West 120.7 feet along said fence; thence run East 336.53 feet 3t 12/22, 12/29/11, 1/5/12 to the West right-of-way line 13515 of a paved public road; thence run North 33 degrees 12 NOTICE OF minutes East 8.08 feet along INTENTION TO said West right-of-way line; FORFEIT thence North 22 degrees 41 SEIZED PROPERTY minutes East 95.1 feet along said West right-of-way line; TO: Tony Luther Poe thence run North 15 degrees 30 minutes East 27.12 feet LAST KNOWN ADDRESS: along said West right-of-way 4 County Road 362, Burnsville, MS 38833 line; thence run West 380.98 feet to the point of beginning, You are hereby notified that containing 1.00 acres, more on November 26, 2011, in Al- or less. corn County, Mississippi, the LESS AND EXCEPT the folbelow-listed property was lowing property: Commencseized by the City of Corinth ing at the Northwest corner Police Department pursuant of the Northwest Quarter of to Section 41-29-153 of the Section 11, Township 3 Mississippi Code of 1972, An- South, Range 6 East, Alcorn notated, as amended. Section County, Mississippi; thence 41-29-176, of the Mississippi run South 2 degrees 12 minCode of 1972, Annotated, as utes West 202.25 feet along amended, provides for the ad- the section line fence; thence ministrative forfeiture of run South 1 degree 51 minproperty with a value not ex- utes West 145.6 feet along ceeding $10,000.00, other said fence; thence run South 0 than a controlled substance, degrees 47 minutes West raw material or paraphernalia, 264.26 feet along said fence; seized under the uniform thence run South 1 degree 51 controlled substances law. minutes West 57.33 feet along said fence to the point DESCRIPTION O N of beginning; thence continue PROPERTY: South 1 degree 51 minutes West 120.7 feet along said 1996 Chevrolet S10 VIN # 1GCCS144XT8163271 fence; thence East 21.82 feet; thence run North 120 feet, APPROXIMATE more or less, to a point due East of the beginning point; VALUE: thence run west 17.9 feet to $1,817.00 the beginning point. This Said property is subject to sheet constitutes a portion of forfeiture under the provi- deed of trust covering propsions of S e c t i o n erty which Brandon S. 41-20-153(a)(5), Stewart, a single man, is 41-29-153(a)(7) a n d pledging to Commerce Na41-29-153(a)(4), respectively, tional Bank as Security for a of the Mississippi Code of loan.

1972, Annotated, as amended, as having been Title to the above deused, or intended for use or scribed property is believed having been used, or intended to be good, but I will convey for use to transport in viola- only such title as is vested in tion of the Mississippi Uni- me as Substituted Trustee. form Controlled Substances Law and having been found in WITNESS MY SIGNAclose proximity to forfeitable TURE, this the 22nd day of

OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE KING MONROE, DECEASED

NO. 2011-0585-02 SUMMONS TO: ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW OF BERNICE KING MONROE, DECEASED

You have been made a Defendant in the Complaint filed in this Court by BRICKY HAYNIE and LANNY MONROE, both individually and as joint administratrix - administrator of the estate of Bernice King Monroe, deceased, and you must take immediate action to protect your rights.

You are summoned to appear and defend against said Complaint to establish and determine heirs-at-law of Bernice King Monroe at 9:00 o'clock a.m. on the 19th day of January, 2012, at the Alcorn County Chancery Building, Corinth, Mississippi, and in case of your failure to appear and defend a judgment will be entered against you for the things demanded in said Complaint.

You are not required to file an answer or other pleading, but you may do so if you desire.

ISSUED under my hand and seal of Court this the 13th day of December, 2011.

Bobby Marolt CHANCERY COURT CLERK 12/15, 12/22, 12/29 13505 NOTICE OF SOLICITATION OF BIDS

Alcorn County, Mississippi does hereby solicit quotes from qualified institutions for acquisition by Alcorn County, Mississippi of a Certificate of Deposit in an amount up to $1,642,691.58, for a period not to exceed one year. Interested bidders must submit their sealed bids by 9:00 A.M. on the 17th day of January 2012, in the board room of the Alcorn County Chancery Building in the City of Corinth, Mississippi.

Alcorn County reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

The bid shall designate the kind of security as authorized by law, which the said financial institution proposes to give as security for funds.

Done at the meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Alcorn County, Mississippi on the 19th day of December, 2011.

Bobby Marolt, Clerk 1t 12/30/11 13521

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