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Daily Corinthian Vol. 115, No. 212

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Lee goes light on area BY MARK BOEHLER editor@dailycorinthian.com

It was a gray overcast, rainy Labor Day on Monday, but local officials were relieved the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee which caused major flooding in other parts of the state didn’t cause much damage on a local level. But fingers remained crossed Monday night with more rain expected through today in the Crossroads area with as much as six inches of rainfall predicted in some areas. “We are blessed,” said City of Corinth Street Commissioner Jim Bynum about 4 p.m. Monday. “So far.” Underpasses and streets were not flooded at all, noted Bynum. With the city working to keep drainage areas free of debris and no heavy downpours, “we’ve had no problems whatsoever,” he said. “It looks pretty good out there. No trees down and no flooding,” added Bynum. Alcorn County had heavy rainfall Monday

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Corinth man drowns after being swept away in rising creek at Coleman park BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com

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Alcorn County reported one closed road Monday due to flooding — CR 450 next to the Rienzi watershed lake. The heavy rainfall was a result of Tropical Storm Lee moving through the area. in some areas, “but the ground was so dry, much of it was absorbed,” said Alcorn County Emergency Management Director Ricky Gibens. Workers had to close CR 450 adjacent to the Rienzi watershed lake and a tree fell across CR 120 -- the only two problems

reported in the county, he said. “For the most part, we are in good shape,” said Gibens about 3:30 p.m. Monday. “So far, we have been really fortunate.” The emergency management director said even the high wind advisory didn’t happen on a

local level with isolated gusts of 20 m.p.h. reported with no damage. Gibens said MEMA did send out a caution as more rain was predicted Monday night and throughout Tuesday for the area. “We are keeping a close watch,” he said.

TISHOMINGO COUNTY — A Corinth man drowned after attempting to cross a flooded creek at the entrance to J.P. Coleman State Park, according to authorities. John Howard Anderson Jr., 57, drowned at approximately 11 p.m. Sunday, said Mack Wilemon, Tishomingo County coroner. Anderson, who was staying in a houseboat in the park’s marina, was riding back into the park with some friends in a van when the accident occurred. Short Creek, usually about two feet deep, marks the entrance to J.P. Coleman State Park. As the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee passed through the area, the waters rose to almost six feet, authorities said. The coroner said Anderson took the wheel when the van’s driver refused to continue driving through the creek. “Anderson took the wheel and got the front tires almost to the other side when the current caught the back end and spun it around,” Wilemon explained. “Everybody got out of the van and they were in the process of rescuing him with a rope when the current got him.” Anderson’s body was recovered around midnight, 300 yards away in a wooded area inside the park. It was the first reported death directly attributed to the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee. McPeters Funeral Directors is in charge of Anderson’s funeral arrangements.

Trio of big events are boost to local economy BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com

With a trio of big events coming next weekend, tourism officials are expecting a boost to the local economy. The upcoming events include the Battle of Farmington Reenactment (Sept. 15-18), the Alcorn County Fair (Sept. 13-18), and the 10th Annual Darryl Worley Tennessee River Run (Sept.

16-17) in nearby Pickwick and Savannah, Tenn. “The one that will impact us the most is the Farmington event,” said Tourism Director Kristy White. “A lot of the ladies whose husbands are participating in the reenactment will be staying in our hotels.” Farmington Mayor Dale Fortenberry said many of the reenactors will be “camping out” in the ho-

tels around Corinth. In addition to the increase in hotel reservations, the events will be a boon to the city’s restaurants and shopping outlets. The multi-day events will provide an extra boost to the tourism revenue generated during the weekend. “Historically, they’ve had a lower occupancy during the weekend than the week,” White explained.

BY BOBBY J. SMITH An up-and-coming musician with Corinth roots will open for the headlining acts at the 10th Annual Darryl Worley Tennessee River Run on Sept. 17 in what organizers say will be the biggest event in the 10-year history of the concert series. Ben Mathis, son of Phil and Cindy Mathis of Corinth, earned his place on the River Run stage by winning the Jackson (Tenn.) Battle of the Bands Competition. Mathis is a former member of the group Nash Street and a past Slug Idol champion. The guitarist and vocalist

BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com

parted ways with Nash Street to pursue a solo career. In the Jackson Battle of the Bands, Mathis performed with a group of friends under the unofficial name Ben Mathis and the Sidekicks. As the winner of the competition, Mathis has earned studio time at Jaxon Records and an opening-slot gig with Darryl Worley and Montgomery Gentry at the Pickwick concert. The 10th Annual event promises to be the biggest celebration yet for the festival. “For the 10th anniversary, we’re going to blow Please see RUN | 2

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While this year’s Farmington event is expected to be bigger than ever, attention is already being directed at next year’s event, which will mark the 150th anniversary of the fighting around Farmington. “With the Sesquicentennial they’ve been getting more interest,” White said. “This will be a big weekend — and a foreshadowing of what we can expect next year.”

While plenty of rooms are still available for the week and weekend, travelers who wish to take advantage of Corinth’s lodging facilities should not wait until the last minute, said Barbara Wilbanks, operations manager at the Holiday Inn Express. “A lot of people think they can always find a hotel room in Corinth — but they can’t. We book out a lot!” Wilbanks said.

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“Having something going on during the weekend is icing on the cake to having something in the week.” The Farmington Reenactment is expected to be particularly active this year, due to the Civil War Sesquicentennial — or 150th anniversary. In April 2011, Civil War sites around the country began commemorating the beginning of the war with events that will continue through 2015.

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With a wide variety of contests that highlight traditional crafts and talent, the 2011 Alcorn County Fair will offer family fun and entertainment for kids of all ages. “The Fair is offering opportunities for our friends and neighbors to show off their talents. Whether you can the best beans in your church or have a child with a voice like an angel — there is a contest for you at the Fair,” said Chris Porterfield, Alcorn County Fair committee chairman. “We are expecting racks of quilts to show off, a barn full of cows and horses to show, and crowds of pageant girls in their ruffled dresses to help us celebrate Alcorn County and all the talent we have in North Mississippi.”

The Alcorn County Fair’s organizers wish to remind the public that there is still time to register for the many competitions and contests that showcase traditional crafts and local talent. Contests include a Cheer Off (schools and gyms), Quilt Show (professional, amateur and vintage), Talent Show (pre-qualifier for the Mid-South Fair), Fairest of the Fair Pageant, 4-H Cow and Horse Show and Ranch Rodeo. There is also a call for participants for the Blue Ribbon Exhibitors, a canning competition for “Best Pickles” and more. The categories for the Blue Ribbon Exhibitors are: Fruits and Vegetables; Jams and Jellies; and Pickles and Relishes. Organizers are also seeking crafters, can-

On this day in history 150 years ago To counteract the Confederate move into Kentucky, General U.S. Grant occupies the highly strategic city of Paducah at the mouth of the Tennessee River, stifling Confederates plans to extend their line to the Ohio River.

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Leeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remnants turn deadly The Associated Press

JACKSON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The slow-moving remnants of Tropical Storm Lee dumped a torrent of rain across the South on Monday and whipped up tornadoes as it pushed further inland. One death was reported, and at least one person was injured. In Mississippi, a man was swept away by floodwaters after trying to cross a swollen creek, authorities said Monday, the first death caused by flooding or winds from Lee. The system was sweeping across Alabama and pushing into Georgia, where suspected tornadoes sent trees falling into homes and injured at least one person. Lt. Jay Baker of the Cherokee County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office northwest of Atlanta said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d gotten scattered reports of homes damaged by falling trees, but couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say how many. One person was taken to a hospital with injuries

his wife went out looking around when they saw a van crossing the creek. He happened to have a rope in the tool box of his truck. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It all happened so fast. They were in there trying to get out and panicking. The power was out so everything was dark,â&#x20AC;? Weeks recalled in a phone interview Monday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We threw them a rope and tied it to a tree,â&#x20AC;? Weeks said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We got two of them to the bank and were trying to help the driver. We had him on the rope and were trying to pull him in, but I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think he was able to hold on.â&#x20AC;? Art Gaines, a 69-year-old retiree who lives near the park, said he and his wife heard their dogs barking at the commotion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we looked out the window we saw flashlights and then the next thing we know there was a van going down the creek, which is a misnomer, because once the water gets rolling through there itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like a small river, not a creek,â&#x20AC;? Gaines said.

that werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t life-threatening. As of Monday afternoon, at least 16,000 people were without power in Louisiana and Mississippi, states that bore the brunt of the storm over the weekend. The man who died in Mississippi, 57-year-old John Howard Anderson Jr., had been in a car with two other people trying to cross a rain-swollen creek that naturally flows over the entrance to JP Coleman State Park. Anderson had been staying on a house boat at the parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s marina. Tishomingo County Coroner Mack Wilemon said he was told Anderson was outside of the car and had been thrown a rope to be rescued, but he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hold on. Jonathan Weeks, a 48-yearold salesman from Plantersville who owns a vacation home near the park, said he helped pull two people to shore and tried to save Anderson. Weeks said a strong storm had come through the area and he and

Gaines called 911 and went outside to help. By then, two people had been pulled from the water and others were searching for Anderson. Surf churned up by the storm had also proven treacherous. In Texas, a body boarder drowned after being pulled out to sea by heavy surf churned up by Lee, and the Coast Guard was searching for a boy swept away by rough surf off the Alabama coast. Lee came ashore over the weekend in Louisiana, dumping up to a foot of rain in parts of New Orleans and other areas. Despite some street flooding, officials said New Orleansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 24-pump flood control system was doing its job. On Monday, heavy rain continued to fall in Mississippi and make its way across Alabama and into Tennessee and Georgia. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big rainmaker, said Marc McAllister, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Jackson.

Virginia city limits flying of Confederate flag LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Officials in the rural Virginia city where Robert E. Lee and Thomas â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stonewallâ&#x20AC;? Jackson are buried voted late last week to prohibit the flying of the Confederate flag on city-owned poles. After a lively 21â &#x201E;2-hour public hearing, the Lexington City Council voted 4-1 to allow only U.S., Virginia and city flags to be flown. Personal displays of the Confederate flag are not affected. The Sons of Confederate Veterans, whose members showed up in force after leading a rally that turned a downtown park into a sea of

Confederate flags, vowed to challenge the ordinance in court. Some speakers during the meeting said the ordinance was an affront to the men who fought in the Civil War in defense of the South. One speaker stayed silent during his allotted three minutes, in memory of the Civil War dead. But many speakers complained that the flag was an offensive, divisive symbol of the Southâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history of slavery and shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be endorsed by the city of 7,000 people. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Confederate flag is not something we want

to see flying from our public property,â&#x20AC;? said city resident Marquita Dunn, who is black. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The flag is offensive to us.â&#x20AC;? Most residents who spoke, both blacks and whites, opposed the ordinance. But H.K. Edgerton, the former president of the NAACP chapter in Asheville, N.C., said he supported flying the Confederate flag because he wanted to honor black Confederate soldiers. Edgerton, who is black, wore a T-shirt emblazoned with images of those black soldiers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to do in banning the Southern cross is wrong. May

God bless Dixie,â&#x20AC;? he said, amid some gasps from the audience. Before the rally, ordinance opponents rallied in the city park, then marched to the hearing under a parade of Confederate flags. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am a firm believer in the freedom to express our individual rights, which include flying the flag that we decide to fly,â&#x20AC;? said Philip Way, a Civil War re-enactor dressed in a Confederate wool uniform despite the summer temperatures. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s freedom to me.â&#x20AC;? Mimi Knight, watching from a wrought iron fence as the flags passed, said

she thought the city ordinance seemed too restrictive, noting that it also extended to flags from Virginia Military Institute and Washington and Lee University. Both colleges are in the city. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These are the things that make Lexington what it is,â&#x20AC;? said Knight, who didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t participate in the rally. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Confederate flag is part of our heritage.â&#x20AC;? The Sons of Confederate Veterans organized the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Save our Flagsâ&#x20AC;? gathering, which offered free hot dogs and blue grass music. Speakers addressed the crowd amid supportive shouts of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Amen.â&#x20AC;?

FAIR: Crossroads Arena will host Alcorn County Fair next week CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Reneetra, 7th grade Science teacher at Baldwyn Middle School UM-Booneville Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of Education student

ners and other â&#x20AC;&#x153;traditional fairâ&#x20AC;? vendors to sell their wares. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you are interested in selling your crafts, we have vendor booths available for only $25 for the entire week,â&#x20AC;?

said Porterfield. The Alcorn County Fair will be held Sept. 13-17, 2011, at the Crossroads Arena. More information, sign-up forms and a full schedule of events is available at alcornfair. com.

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The gospel of Jesus Christ is the theme of the New Testament. Almost every page provides correct information about Jesus Christ. That is why we encourage people to read the Bible. In its simplest terms, the gospel of Jesus is the â&#x20AC;&#x153;good newsâ&#x20AC;? concerning Him. In a day when there is so little â&#x20AC;&#x153;good newsâ&#x20AC;?, it is important to spread the â&#x20AC;&#x153;good Newsâ&#x20AC;? of Jesus. The gospel message is that although man is a sinner, deserving death and hell, God loved mankind enough to provide salvation. The Bible - â&#x20AC;&#x153;all have sinned, and come short of the glory of Godâ&#x20AC;? (Romans 3:23).â&#x20AC;? the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lordâ&#x20AC;? (Romas 6:23). â&#x20AC;&#x153;Being justiďŹ ed freely by His Grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. The amazing grace of God is truly good news. The heart of the gospel is Christ in death, burial, and resurrection. The Bible - â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles - wonders and signsâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;This Jesus hath God raised upâ&#x20AC;? (Acts 2:22, 32).â&#x20AC;? Therefore let all of the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have cruciďŹ ed, both Lord and Christâ&#x20AC;? (Acts 2:36). The people were pricked in their heart by the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Good Newsâ&#x20AC;?, and said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Men and brethren, what shall we do? Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission -forgivness-of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spiritâ&#x20AC;? (Acts 2:37-38). Peter told the people how to accept the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Good Newsâ&#x20AC;?. The gospel - Good News - is for all people. Faith moved many to obey: â&#x20AC;&#x153;They that gladly received the word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about 3000 soulsâ&#x20AC;? (Acts 2:41). The church grew rapidly as many were added to the churchâ&#x20AC;? (Acts 2:47) The ďŹ rst time they heard the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Good Newsâ&#x20AC;? of Jesus, they obeyed. Man must not delay his obedience to God. Now, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait any longer. Get up, be baptized and wash away your sins, trusting Jesus who is our Saviour. What can we learn? Obey Jesus-He is the ONLY Saviour. Read your Bible - Acts 2.

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it out of the water,â&#x20AC;? said Lee Ann Robertson, media and public relations director for the Darryl Worley Foundation. The Friday night, Sept. 16, concert in downtown Savannah, Tenn., will bring rock legends to the stage when Kansas, Derek St. Holmes (lead singer of the Ted Nugent band) and Mark Slaughter (lead singer of Slaughter) perform. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People have called from all over about Kansas,â&#x20AC;? said Robertson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Darrylâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s excited about Kansas coming, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve received more calls than ever.â&#x20AC;? The Saturday night, Sept. 17, concert at Pickwick Landing State Park features Montgomery Gentry and Worley with Jesse Keith Whitley, the Tony Bridges Band from American Idol Season Five and the 2011 Battle of the Bands winner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Montgomery Gentry is probably the biggest act weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever had, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re extremely lucky to have them,â&#x20AC;? said Robertson. Tickets are available at the Darryl Worley Foundation Office at 325 Main St. in Downtown Savannah and by searching Tennessee River Run at www. ticketfly.com. Admission for Friday nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concert is $15 in advance or $20 at the gate. Tickets for Saturday nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concert are $35 in advance or $40 at the gate. Saturday night admission for children ages seven to 12 is $15, and children six and younger enter free with a paying adult. A weekend concert pass is available for $45 in advance and $50 at the gate. Golden Circle Seating is $100 and is available in advance only. The Tennessee River Run schedule of events also includes: â&#x2013; The 10th Anniversary Gala Darryl Worley and Friends Songwriters in the Round: Black Ties and Blue Jeans will be held Thursday, Sept. 15, on the lawn of the historic home of Savannah Mayor and Mrs. Bob Shutt. Dinner will be at 6:30 p.m., with music beginning at 7 p.m. Sponsorship tables for 10 are available for $5,000, $2,500 and $1,500. Individual tickets are $100. â&#x2013; The TRR Golf Tournament will be Friday, Sept. 16 at Ross Creek Landing Golf Course in Clifton, Tenn. The bass tournament also begins on Friday. â&#x2013; The second day of the bass tournament is planned for Saturday, Sept. 17, as well as a 5k run, motorcycle poker run, youth fishing tournament and an arts and crafts fair. All proceeds from the River Run go to fund the Darryl Worley Foundation, a 501c3 public benefit corporation founded in 2001 to serve special needs for people in West Tennessee, Northwestern Alabama and Northeastern Mississippi. Additionally, it supports St. Jude Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Research Hospital, Le Bonheur Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Medical Center, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and the Darryl Worley Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Medical Center. More information is available at www.darrylworleyfoundation.org.

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Deaths

Kossuth celebrates Homecoming

Howard Anderson

Howard Anderson, of Corinth, died Monday, Sept. 5, 2011, as a result of an accident. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by McPeters Funeral Directors.

L. A. “Judge” Brumley

IUKA — L.A. “Judge” Brumley, 80, died Monday, Sept. 5, 2011, at his residence. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Cutshall Funeral Home - Iuka.

Bro. Joe Cobb

IUKA — Bro. Joe Cobb died Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011, at his residence. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Cutshall Funeral Home - Iuka.

Ernestine Adkins

IUKA — Funeral services for Ernestine Adkins, 82, are set for 11 a.m. Wednesday at Cutshall Funeral Home Chapel in Iuka with burial at Mt. Evergreen Cemetery. Mrs. Adkins died Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011, at her residence. She was preceded in death by her husband, O.C. Adkins; and one grandson, Christopher Burleson. Survivors include two sons, Willie Neal Young (Jolene) of Hardyville, Ky., and Charley Ed Young (Debra) of Iuka; two daughters, Petrisha Burleson (Lanny) of Corinth, and Shirley Maxwell (Charles) of Iuka; five grandchildren, Diane Fowler, Dawn Frans (Lee), Tina Nichols (Jeremy), Nicholas Young and Lee Wilbanks; and six great-grandchildren. Bro. Sammy Barnett will officiate. Visitation is today from 5 until 9 p.m. at Cutshall Funeral Home in Iuka.

Ethel Barnes Glodjo

IUKA — Funeral services for Ethel Barnes Glodjo, 88, formerly of Port Gibson, are set for 4 p.m. today at Rocky Springs United Methodist Church with burial at Hubbard Salem Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the church for one hour prior to service time. Mrs. Glodjo died Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011, at Tishomingo Manner Nursing Home in Iuka. She was a member of Shiloh Baptist Church in Port Gibson, Miss. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dallas Glodjo; her parents, Fredrick and Amelia Louise Barnes; two sisters, Angel Barnes and Ruth Brown; and five brothers, Little Walter, William, Albert, George and J.C. Barnes. Survivors include one daughter, Shirley Glodjo of Iuka; one step-son, Edward E. Glodjo of Port Gibson; four sisters, Mary Moore of Valley Park, Ann Cunningham of Vicksburg, Lillie Wilson of Louisiana and Barbara Elmore of Louisiana; four grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Rev. Robert Armstrong will officiate. Visitation is today from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. at Cutshall Funeral Home in Iuka.

Hurshel Gurley

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All grades at Kossuth schools celebrated Homecoming on Friday afternoon with a parade prior to the Kossuth High School football game. Many groups took part, including the band, cheerleaders and homecoming royalty, plus there were plenty of sweethearts of various groups riding atop vehicles with their escorts.

Hurshel Wesley Gurley, 84, of Corinth, passed away Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011, at the Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo after a brief illness. He was a member of Christian Assembly of God Church. Mr. Gurley worked for Corinth Brick and Tile and Kroger until his retirement. Funeral services will be Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, at 1 p.m. at McPeters Funeral Directors Chapel. Visitation will be Tuesday from 5 until 9 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will follow in Henry Cemetery. Survivors include one son, Greg Gurley and wife Gina of Corinth; one daughter, Donna Robertson and husband Danny of Counce, Tenn.; three grandchildren, Dan Robertson, Kevin Robertson and wife Cindy, and Jordan Gurley; two great-great-grandchildren, Dawson Robertson and Allie Robertson; two sisters-in-laws, Betty Hamm and Jo Ann Seargent; several nieces and nephews, and special friends, Kay and Doug Sanders. Mr. Gurley was preceded in death by his wife, Mary O. Gurley; his parents, Icey & Veron Gurley; four brothers, Boyce Gurley, Kirby Gurley, Freeman Gurley and Virgle Gurley; and two sisters, Geraldine Rogers and Valard Ross. Condolences may be made at mcpetersfuneraldirectors.com.

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Was Plato right? Are boys unmanageable? BY BETH BOSWELL JACKS Love me some boys! The philosopher Plato once wrote: “Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.” You know what? Plato was definitely smarter than I am, but he was wrong. I taught school and also had two boys of my own, and I’m here today to tout the adorable qualities, including manageability, of little boys. The recent Cardinals weekend in St. Louis with our 9-year-old grandsons, Wilkins and Jacks, was totally without tears and drama. They enjoyed running through the hotel lobby and they were particular about meals – other than that, they were angels, as easily managed as pups on a leash. These two still don’t mind holding adults’ hands when crossing busy streets. They’re funny, friendly, lovable, and close observers of the world around them. Not only that, they’re smart kids. They kept us entertained the whole weekend. For example, hubby G-Man and I were a tad apprehensive about the long drive to and from St. Louis. We shouldn’t have worried. The boys were both immersed in books about the Titanic. They know more about the Titanic than hubby G-Man once knew about his long gone bass boat. “Bebe,” said Wilkins, “did you know that hundreds more people could have been saved when the Titanic sank if they’d just filled up the life boats? Each lifeboat could hold about 65 people, and some of the lifeboats were lowered into the water with only 30 or about that, so that was really a shame.” “Yeah,” said Jacks, eager to contribute his Titanic knowledge. “Here’s what I think is suspicious. All the kids but one in first class were saved, but only 27 of the 79 kids in third class were saved. Something fishy going on there.” “Part of the problem for the men,” Wilkins said, “was that they were all about that ‘women first’ thing.” “Yeah,” said Jacks, “like Caleb.” “What about Caleb?” said Wilkins. “You talking about Caleb in your class?” “Uh huh. Caleb sat at my table last year and he thought girls always had to go first, so that meant I had to let ‘em go first too, and that meant we were always the last ones to get anywhere. That’s what happened to the men on the Titanic.” G-Man and I just grinned, listened and learned. Exhausting the Titanic topic after a couple of hours, they, of course, began to discuss baseball, cautioning me about my ballgame conduct. “Bebe,” said Jacks, “be sure you don’t lean over the rail to try to catch a home run. Seriously, if you do, they’ll throw you out of the ballpark.” I promised. And I didn’t. Friday night’s game was a win for the Cardinals, and the next afternoon was exciting also. Jacks and Wilkins were allowed to go down on the field to watch the Cards take batting practice. Did we have to discipline them for climbing where they shouldn’t climb, for being loud and unruly, for being . . . boys? Not at all. They were little gentlemen, and we were proud. After the Saturday night game, we took a carriage ride and passed a group of goodlooking girls on a street corner. As we passed, I heard the girls scream with laughter, pointing at us. Why? Wilkins was doing the telephone thing, pinkie at his mouth, thumb at his ear, mouthing silently to the girls, “CALL ME!” Obviously, the weekend was one good time after another . . . and maybe you had to be there to appreciate the humor. I know, grandparents always think THEIRS are the cutest and most amusing – but they are, aren’t they? Still, I’ll defend boys in general all day long. They may be made of “snakes and snails and puppy dog tails,” but they’re more fun than a good stomp in a room full of bubble wrap. And really, ask me anything about the Titanic. Go ahead. Thanks to two sweethearts, I know some stuff. (Beth Boswell Jacks is a freelance writer and newspaper columnist from Cleveland. Her grandparents and aunt and uncle were natives of Iuka. She can be contacted at: bethjacks@hotmail.com.)

Prayer for today Thank you, gracious God, for the food you provide every day and for your great love that increases the little that we have. Amen.

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Thompson says U.S. more secure JACKSON — Take off your shoes. Empty your pockets. Walk through a metal detector, or get an embarrassing pat-down from a Transportation Security Administration agent. It’s all part of the routine for airline passengers in the United States since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee feels your pain. U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi said he and other members of Congress go through the same procedures as every other passenger. “Same lines, same inconvenience,” said Thompson, who flies several times a month. “We have had to get off a plane because some anomaly occurred that didn’t get picked up,” he said. “That’s what we do in order to guarantee we know everyone who’s on a plane — we know every piece of cargo that’s in the hold. “That’s still a small price to pay to get where you want to go safely.” In an interview this past

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week with The Associated Press, Thompson said that while no system is failsafe, he believes the U.S. has become significantly more secure in the

past decade. On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Thompson gave a speech in Arlington, Va. He said he first heard of the attacks when he was driving back into Washington and his wife called to ask about the plane crashes in New York. Although Thompson had been within blocks of the Pentagon, he didn’t hear the crash there — probably, he said, because he was getting his car from an underground parking garage at the time. He recalled that as he drove and spoke to his wife, he could see smoke rising from the Pentagon behind him. “Historically, we always thought the terrorists would be in some other country,” Thompson said. “The coun-

try prided itself in being open to virtually anyone who came to the U.S., provided they were legal. Very few people assumed terrorists would try to get into the United States like the 9/11 individuals did.” Thompson, 63, chaired the House Homeland Security Committee from 2006 through 2010, when Democrats held the majority. With Republicans now in the majority, he’s the committee’s ranking Democrat. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security was created after 9/11, sweeping in 22 other agencies that already existed. Critics see it as a bureaucratic behemoth. A report earlier this year showed that the department answers to 108 congressional committees, subcommittees, caucuses and other groups. Thompson said then that there’s little appetite in Washington to reduce the amount of oversight. He said this past week that the investment in training for federal, state and local law officers has paid off. “To the credit of a lot of people, we’ve been successful to the point that since

9/11 we’ve not had a single successful terrorist incident on the homeland,” Thompson said. “We’ve had the Times Square situation and we had the Christmas Day person, but they were caught. Some argue, ‘Well, they almost made it.’ But they didn’t.” Tight boarding procedures for airplanes will remain, and rail passengers can expect heightened security in the next few years, Thompson said. Still, he said: “We can’t hire enough police and other professionals to guarantee nothing will happen going forward.” Thompson said everyday people can help keep the U.S. safe by following the Department of Homeland Security’s slogan, “See something. Say something.” That is, if something looks out of place, report it to authorities. “To a large extent, that has proven to work,” Thompson said. “One example is the Times Square incident. It was a vendor who saw the guy acting strange and reported it.” (Emily Wagster Pettus is a writer for the Associated Press based in Jackson.)

Solyndra — embarrassing Obamanomics blow We have seen the future, and it went bankrupt. If the praises of high-ranking Obama administration officials were a viable business plan, the solar-panel maker Solyndra would be an industrial juggernaut. Vice President Joe Biden insisted that the jobs created by the California-based firm would “allow America to compete and to lead like we did in the 20th century.” In a visit to Solyndra in May 2010, President Barack Obama called it “a testament to American ingenuity and dynamism.” He all but redefined the traditional statement of American-ness to encompass motherhood, apple pie and the conversion of sunlight into electricity through cylindrical thin-film solar cells, the specialty of Solyndra. Obama and Biden were literally invested in Solyndra’s success. It got a halfbillion-dollar federal loan guarantee, the first in a highly vaunted Department of Energy green-jobs program as part of the stimulus. This was supposed to be the new economic model, government and its favored industries cooperating to lead the country into a green, politically approved recovery. The showcase firm is

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now filing for Chapter 11 in an embarrassing blow to the premises of ObamanomRich ics. At least Lowry the Obama administraNational View tion can’t be accused of practicing industrial policy the old-fashioned way and “picking winners.” It is evidently quite ready to pick losers, too. A Department of Energy spokesman explained wanly, “The company was considered extraordinarily innovative as recently as 2010.” Innovative, maybe; profitable, no. It never turned a profit since its founding in 2005. In the still “extraordinarily innovative” year of 2010, it canceled an attempted IPO and axed its CEO. Plenty of venture capitalists made foolish bets on Solyndra, but the federal government was the most reckless. The Obama administration wanted to throw money at the likes of Solyndra without due diligence, or much diligence at all. In 2008, the Government Accountability Office warned that the Energy Department loan program -- created in a 2005 energy bill -- had inad-

equate safeguards. Nonetheless, within 60 days of becoming energy secretary, Steven Chu put Uncle Sam on the hook for Solyndra. According to The Wall Street Journal, $527 million of the $535 million federal loan has been drawn down, with a bankruptcy court set to determine how much the feds will recover. Chu is fortunate that taxpayers can’t bring shareholder lawsuits against the federal government. President George W. Bush was flayed for the Enron bankruptcy, based on his tenuous ties to the firm. If the same media rules applied, Solyndra would be Obama’s Enron, given his active promotion of the company and his lavish funding of it. A prodigious ObamaBiden fundraiser is a major backer of the failed concern. Solyndra’s crash comes during a wave of solar bankruptcies. The government’s enthusiasm for solar outstripped that of consumers. Spain provided something of a precursor. It massively subsidized a solar industry that collapsed when the government realized its generosity was unsustainable and cut back. One Spanish newspaper had a headline, “Spain admits that the green economy sold to Obama is a ruin.”

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China is picking up the pieces. China not only coddles solar firms, it inherently is a lower-cost manufacturing environment. Its cheap, simple solar panels are more marketable then the more sophisticated version attempted by Solyndra. Our subsidies for the purchase of solar panels are often used to buy Chinese products. Inevitably, the U.S. solar industry will seek the trifecta of government support achieved by the boondoggle fuel ethanol -- subsidizing its production, mandating its use and barring its foreign competitors. The stakes in the battle to manufacture solar panels are exceedingly small. Solar accounts for less than 1 percent of the electricity generated in the U.S. The Obama administration’s fervency for it has more to do with the romance of its clean, postindustrial image than with economics. Obama said last year, “The true engine of economic growth will always be companies like Solyndra.” If that were so, it never would have needed half a billion of our dollars in the first place. (Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review. He can be reached via e-mail: comments. lowry@nationalreview.com.)

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A feared mass killer, Irene got victims one by one BY JOHN CURRAN Associated Press

In Ayden, N.C., a man dies in his recliner, riding out Hurricane Irene at home because he didn’t want to leave his Chihuahua at home alone. In Newport News, Va., a falling tree crushes an 11-year-old boy, sparing the mother who tried to protect him. In Whitemarsh Township, Pa., a supermarket bookkeeper determined to make it to work for her 4:30 a.m. shift drives into floodwaters and drowns trying to walk the final mile. And in Rutland, Vt., a public-works employee “conscientious to a fault” dies in a river’s raging floodwaters and his adult son is swept away as they check on the city’s water reservoir. Hurricane Irene, which spared the East’s major cities from large-scale destruction, was a killer storm, nonetheless. Forecast to be the biggest in decades to hit the Eastern Seaboard, it triggered evacuations, airport closures and the unprecedented shutdown of New York’s mass transit system. But unlike major hurricanes that kill dozens of victims at a time, this storm claimed a victim here and a victim there on its angry swirl through 13 states as it spun toward Canada — at least 46 U.S. deaths in all. “Water is the No. 1 killer,” retired National Hurricane Center Director Max Mayfield had warned Friday afternoon as Irene took aim on the East. “That’s going to cause the greatest loss of life.” Many of Irene’s victims did die in furious storm waters, while others were

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By 3 a.m. Saturday, Irene was losing steam off North Carolina’s coast. Weakened to a Category 1 storm, its 90 mph winds still had plenty of punch. A hurricane warning was issued and a state of emergency declared — but Timothy Gene Avery wasn’t about to leave his home in Ayden, much less his dogs. Avery, 50, a bachelor, was sitting in his navy blue recliner, following Irene’s path on TV. His family and a friend had urged him to take safe shelter, but he didn’t want to leave Maya, his Labrador mix, and his Chihuahua Pepperoni, who would be spooked if he left them. “The friend said, ‘Tim, why don’t you stay with me? I have a brick building. Bring your dogs. You’ll be safe. Ride out the storm,” said cousin Spencer Gay, 52. “But Tim didn’t want to go. He was especially worried about his Chihuahua.” At about noon, a windblown tree snapped and fell on his home, crushing him where he sat. On Sunday, his parents and sister drove to his house because they hadn’t heard from him. They saw the tree. This week, friends and family gathered in his parents’ house, bringing food and swapping stories before his burial in Winterville Cemetery, a tiny pasture in his eastern North Carolina town. They remembered him as a “free spirit” who played drums in country rock bands, volunteered at a Christian food pantry and sometimes took in

abandoned animals. Now his family is trying to place Maya and Pepperoni. “I can tell the dogs miss him,” Gay said. “It’s so sad. They keep looking for him.”

like Zaire the country,” Daroja said. “He said ‘That’s close enough.’ It wasn’t like he got annoyed with me — That kind of told me right then and there he’s going to make one of my black belts.”

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About 200 miles up the coast, winds were lashing Newport News, Va., keeping Zahir Robinson from getting to his karate lessons. The honor-roll sixth grader, on pace to earn a yellow belt in karate eight weeks ahead of schedule, was with his mom, Angel Anthony, in their two-story apartment. Winds howling around noon, the two curled up together for a nap — she closest to the window, just in case. When the tree fell, it crashed through the bedroom, trapping Zahir. Anthony made it out unharmed. “I was yelling, ‘Please somebody help me, please find my baby,”’ Anthony told The Daily Press of Newport News. “I couldn’t see him. I said, ‘Zahir, talk to your mom. Let mom hear you. Let mom hear you.’ He didn’t make a sound, he didn’t make a sound.” Less than an hour later, her only child’s body was found in the debris of the home. At his viewing in a Hampton, Va., funeral home, the youngster was laid out in a pinstripe suit, purple shirt and striped tie, near a photo of him in his No. 11 basketball jersey. His white karate uniform was draped across his casket. Karate instructor Tom Daroja remembered how Zahir had smiled and patiently repeated himself when Daroja first mispronounced his name. “I said Zahir? I got you,

A weakening Irene, a tropical storm, headed toward New England Sunday, its power still deceptively strong, its torrential rains feeding angry flash floods. In Rutland, Vt., water treatment plant operator Michael J. Garofano was worried about the storm’s impact on his city’s drinking water when Irene began its destructive assault on Vermont. That was Garofano all over, say those who knew him. Sometimes quiet, often gruff, always committed to doing his job right. “No sizzle or frills beyond that,” said Frank Urso, his brother-in-law. “He was the consummate Mr. Fix-it type of guy who could fix anything.” A 30-year city employee, he was known to coworkers as demanding and honest. “He was very opinionated about the water supply,” said Alan Shelvey, the city’s commissioner of public works. “Everything was black and white with him. There were no chances taken, no almost good enough. It had to be top notch.” Nobody told him to go check on Mendon Brook, which feeds the reservoir and the water plant. At about 1:30 p.m. Sunday, he headed out in the rain with his son, Michael G. Garofano, 25. No one knows what happened next. Family and friends believe a riverbank collapsed beneath them, plunging them into

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Irene’s winds and wrath left millions without power, including 300,000 homes and businesses in Maine. One of them was a summer home on Sebago Lake in Raymond owned by Lewis Somers III, 85, and wife Elizabeth, 84, of the Philadelphia suburb of Lafayette Hill, Pa. Married 60 years, he was a successful businessman who had run two companies — BioChem Technology and Harmac Medical Products — before retiring. She was an avid gardener, a volunteer at the Morris Arboretum and active at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The couple, who supported many arts and cultural organizations in Philadelphia, had recently given $3 million to the William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia, where Somers graduated in 1944. For decades, they were summer visitors to the Sebago Lake area, where their children attended summer camps. The couple built a lakeside house in the 1980s, equipping it with a propane generator system in the basement, to use when nor’easters and other storms disrupted power. On Tuesday — two days after this storm had passed — a neighbor went

to check on them. Lewis Somers was dead in the living room; Betty Somers was found sitting in a chair in a first-floor bedroom. Investigators blame carbon monoxide from the propane generator. ■■■

Death came in other ways, too. A Connecticut canoeist died after capsizing on a flooded street. A 55-year-old Florida surfer died when he was tossed off his board. In Maryland, another generator’s carbon monoxide killed a man and an 85-year-old woman died when a tree fell and crashed into her sunroom. One of seven New Jersey victims was a 47-yearold man sucked into a drain pipe while clearing debris at a nursery. For some, good intentions led to tragedy. In New York, a man was electrocuted in Spring Valley when he tried to help a child in a flooded street. Yes, it’s that time of year again! Have summer vacations left you short of cash?

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the state, Northeast Mississippi will be building cars, along with couches, for the first time. While Toyota hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t said officially when production begins, state and local officials donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t doubt it will happen before the year ends. According to Whit Hughes, deputy director of the Mississippi Development Authority, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re confident that all is on schedule for the start of production in the near future. ... We could not be more enthusiastic about things being on track at Blue Springs and the start of production.â&#x20AC;? Emily Holland, external affairs specialist for TMMMS, said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Construction, installation, hiring and training are all on track, and we look forward to starting production later this year.â&#x20AC;? Some 40,000 people have applied for jobs at TMMMS, which now employs about 950 workers. About 600 more will be hired by the end of the year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To date, we have been very pleased with the quality of team members we have been able to attract,â&#x20AC;? said David Copenhaver, vice president of administration at the plant. And many of the employees who have been hired so far are local faces. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ninety percent of hourly team members are from Mississippi and 42 percent of hourly team members are from Pontotoc, Union and Lee counties,â&#x20AC;? Holland said. The plant will run two shifts for production

and skilled maintenance workers, from 6:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to 3:15 a.m. Holland said one of two shifts has been hired, with hiring ongoing for the second. The hiring wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop after December. Toyota Mississippi will employ 2,000 workers once the plant is fully operational, expected sometime next spring. And at optimal output, the plant will be able to produce a vehicle about every 90 seconds, or 150,000 vehicles a year. In addition, eight companies have so far said they will be suppliers for TMMMS, adding another 1,500 to 2,000 jobs. Three Northeast Mississippi suppliers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Auto Parts Manufacturing Mississippi in Baldwyn, Toyota Boshoku Mississippi in Dorsey, Diversity-Vuteq in New Albany and Blue Springs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; have hired 500 workers so far, and look to hire 400 more. Toyota itself has invested $800 million in Toyota Mississippi, and MDAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hughes said the company has been a good partner with the state. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Together, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve worked through some challenges,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a matter-of-fact process with open, direct and clear communication. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At the end of the day, we have shared interests. We want them to be as successful as possible and as a result, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be the beneficiaries of the positive economic engine from Toyota and its suppliers.â&#x20AC;?

Companies working to restore power JACKSON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Authorities say hundreds of people in Mississippi were without power because of the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee. Entergy Mississippi spokesman Joey Lee says that as of Monday afternoon, the company had 4,000 customers without power in the central part of the state. Other utilities reported scattered outages, though they said theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re making progress in restoring customersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; electricity. Â

Old Walmart space to get $3.2M upgrade OXFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The University of Mississippi will spend $3.2 million to renovate space in the old Walmart building in Oxford. The Oxford Eagle reports that the makeover to the space that used to house Walmart in the Oxford Mall will begin in October. Ole Miss officials say the public bid process will begin Sept. 9 and construction is scheduled to start by Oct. 31. The project will include preparing about 40,000 square feet of the existing building for future office space. Construction will last about 180 days and is expected to be completed by May 2012. Â

Deputies to appeal trespassing charges BROOKHAVEN â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Two Lawrence County deputies say theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll appeal a trespassing convictions stemming from charges they entered a Lincoln County manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s property without the proper authority. A Lincoln County judge on Aug 24 found Scott Stromo guilty of trespassing and Christian Davis guilty of trespassing and disturbing the peace. Both pleaded not guilty. Both were fined. The convictions arose from an incident that occurred Aug. 20, 2010. Stromo and Davis were on duty with the Lawrence County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Department and were investigating an attempted fourwheeler theft that occurred in Lawrence County. Â

Panel upholds bar of videotape JACKSON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A federal appeals court says a Mississippi court did not err in barring jurors from seeing a videotape made by a former butcher who had claimed it might have prevented him getting a death sentence. Gary Carl Simmons Jr. was convicted of capital murder in 1997 in coastal Jackson County and sentenced to death for chopping up the body of a Texas drug dealer and raping the victimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s girlfriend.

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Obama says GOP must put country before party DETROIT â&#x20AC;&#x201D; President Barack Obama used a boisterous Labor Day rally to put congressional Republicans on the spot, challenging them to place the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interests above all else and vote to create jobs and put the economy back on a path toward growth. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Show us what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got,â&#x20AC;? he said. In a partial preview of the jobs speech heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s delivering to Congress Thursday night, Obama said roads and bridges nationwide need rebuilding and more than 1 million unemployed construction workers are itching to â&#x20AC;&#x153;get dirtyâ&#x20AC;? making the repairs. He portrayed Congress as an obstacle to getting that work done. Congress returns from its summer recess this week and the faltering economy and jobs shortage are expected to be a dominant theme. Â

Wall Street braces for a rocky day LONDON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; World stock markets took a beating Monday over fears that the U.S. economy was heading back into a recession just as the European debt crisis was heating up and the eurozoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economic indicators were slumping. Any troubles in the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest economy cast a long shadow over the markets, and a report Friday that the U.S. economy failed to add any new jobs in August caused European and Asian stock markets to sink sharply Monday. But the news from Europe was also discouraging. Wall Street, which was closed Monday due to the Labor Day holiday, braced for losses Tuesday after the yields in so-called peripheral eurozone countries â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Greece, Italy and Spain â&#x20AC;&#x201D; rose sharply against those of Germany, whose bonds are widely considered a safe haven. Â

Katia grows to Category 3 MIAMI â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Hurricane Katia has grown to a Category 3 storm as it moves across the Atlantic Ocean. On Monday afternoon, Katiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s maximum sustained winds had increased to 116 mph. That makes Katia a major hurricane, and some additional strengthening is expected later in the day. Hurricane specialist Todd Kimberlain says itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s looking less likely that Katia will hit land but that wind from the storm could still affect the U.S. East Coast as it moves north. Kimberlain also says the MidAtlantic and New England regions should still keep an eye on Katia. Katia is centered about 495 miles south of Bermuda and is moving northwest near 12 mph. Â

Wildfire destroys 300 homes near Texas capital BASTROP, Texas â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A wildfire burning southeast of Austin, Texas, destroyed about 300 homes, forced the evacuation of many others and was advancing unchecked on Monday through parched ranchland along a 16-mile

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front, authorities said. The fire had blackened more than 17,500 acres since it started on Sunday and was the largest of the dozens burning in the droughtstricken state. It was headed away from the state capital, some 30 miles to the northwest, and consuming the water-starved woods and brush with such ferocity that it was deemed unsafe to fight from the ground, Texas Forest Service spokeswoman Jan Amen said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a monster and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s zero percent contained,â&#x20AC;? Amen said. Instead, the state deployed its firefighting air fleet, including National Guard helicopters and four heavy tanker planes. It also summoned a tanker from South Dakota. Emergency shelters were set up for those forced to evacuate their homes. About 30 people spent the night at a Bastrop church, waiting to learn if they had lost everything. Â

Fire sparked by crash threatens 650 homes TEHACHAPI, Calif. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fire officials are reporting calmer weather as firefighters battle a wildfire that has forced 650 homes in a California mountain community to flee. Kern County fire department spokesman Cary Wright says forecasters predicted wind speeds of 10- to 15 mph on Monday, but officials have yet to see that. He says the weather has been favorable for crews at the blaze, which has burned more than 7 square miles. Wright says 650 homes south of Tehachapi a city of 8,000 south of Bakersfield, are under evacuation orders. Another 150 outbuildings are threatened. The fire was ignited Sunday by a deadly plane crash. A separate brush fire sparked by a barn fire in northern Los Angeles County is threatening an unknown number of homes Monday afternoon.

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A pilot was communicating by radio with her boyfriend before their planes collided in the air over Alaska last week, killing him, a federal investigator said. The two pilots took off from different western Alaska villages Friday but met up in the air on the way to Bethel, Alaska, National Transportation Safety Board investigator Clint Johnson told the Anchorage Daily News Sunday. Kristen Sprague, 26, was flying a Cessna 207 operated by rural freight carrier Ryan Air, according to Alaska State Troopers. She made an emergency landing with one airplane wing seriously damaged and wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hurt. The other plane, a Cessna 208 Caravan, crashed and burst into flames Friday around 1:30 p.m. near the village of Nightmute, Alaska, about 400 miles west of Anchorage, Alaska, killing Scott Veal, 24, of Kenai, Alaska. Each was the only person onboard. It was the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s third midair crash since July. A federal accident investi-

gator has said two earlier midair collisions were marked by the same factor: aircraft that were difficult to spot amid mountainous terrain. In Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collision, the two pilots were traveling together to Bethel and were communicating on a prearranged radio frequency while in the air, Johnson said. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too early in the investigation to say whether pilot error was a factor in the crash, he added. Sprague had taken off from the Bering Sea village of Tununak, Alaska. She was headed to Bethel with about 50 pounds of aluminum cans for a recycling program, said Wilfred Ryan, president of Ryan Air. Veal left from nearby Toksook Bay, Alaska, in an airplane operated by Grant Aviation, an air taxi and cargo carrier. Efforts by the Anchorage Daily News to speak with a Grant representative were unsuccessful. Sprague, of Idaho, told the investigator she was dating Veal, who reportedly was going through a divorce, Johnson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They meet up in the air,â&#x20AC;? Johnson told the Anchorage Daily News. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s some maneuvering thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

done en route at about 1,200 feet (above sea level). The 207 pilot loses track of where the 208 is.â&#x20AC;? Sprague remembered saying over the radio something to the effect that she couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The next thing she knows is his airplane strikes her right wing, and nearly severs the right wing,â&#x20AC;? Johnson said. The bigger plane passed underneath the Cessna 207 and came out on the left side of it, Johnson said. Sprague saw it spiral down, hit the tundra, and burst into flames, Johnson said. She managed to land her plane on soft rolling tundra, about a mile away. Wreckage from the Cessna 208 was strewn over a half-mile or more. Johnson said investigators still need to review data collected on the Ryan Air plane and that the other plane didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t collect similar data. Veal was from Southern California and always dreamed of becoming an Alaska bush pilot, his grandfather, Robert Veal, told the Anchorage newspaper. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the family. His father and myself are both flight instructors,â&#x20AC;? the grandfather said by phone from Winchester, Calif.

Weakened Lee still poses flood threat in South The Associated Press

DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The remnants of Tropical Storm Lee dumped steady rain Monday on the already soggy South, causing scattered flooding and power outages and forcing the evacuation of an apartment building in Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capital city. There were no new reports of injuries related to the storm, which was downgraded overnight from a tropical depression. Still, forecasters warned the slow-moving system could cause inland flooding in areas with hills or mountains in the coming days. By Monday, the heaviest rain was in east Mississippi and pushing into Alabama. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big rainmaker,â&#x20AC;? said Marc McAllister, a meteorologist with National Weather Service in Jackson, Miss. Chris Mims, a spokesman for the city of Jackson, said 45 families were evacuated from Camelot Apartments when water from a flooded creek got close to the building. He said the families were taken to a storm shelter. A possible tornado early Monday damaged

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was 15.43 inches in Holden, La., said Mike Shields, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Slidell, La. He said New Orleans got as much as a foot in places. Just west of the Florida Panhandle, Alabamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main beaches in Gulf Shores and Orange Beach alternately filled and emptied of tourists as squalls from Lee moved across the coast on Labor Day. Many vacationers spent the morning packing for the drive north toward heavy storms moving across the region.

Beaches were empty about 35 miles west on Dauphin Island as waves broke beneath houses standing on stilts and splintered lumber floated in the surf. Much of the islandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main road was flooded and covered with sand, jellyfish and foam washed in by Lee. Customers trickled in to the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest store on what should have been a busy day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been kind of boring,â&#x20AC;? said Tabitha Miller, a clerk at Ship and Shore. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not killing us though since weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the only gig in town.â&#x20AC;?

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ALCORN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI The Board of Supervisors of Alcorn County, Mississippi, will hold a public hearing on its proposed budget for ďŹ scal year ending September 30, 2012, on September 15, 2011, at 9:00 A.M. in the board room of the Alcorn County Chancery Building at the corner of Fillmore Street and Waldron Street in Corinth, Mississippi. No change will be considered in the ad valorem tax revenue in the proposed budget for the next ďŹ scal year. For the next ďŹ scal year, the Alcorn County Board of Supervisors plans to keep your ad valorem tax millage the same at 105.76 mills. The millage rate attributed to county operations is 53 mills and the millage rate attributable to county school operations is 52.76 mills. Any citizen of Alcorn County, Mississippi, is invited to attend this public hearing and will be allowed to speak for a reasonable amount of time. A ďŹ nal decision on the proposed budget will be made on September 15, 2011, at 9:00 A.M. following the public hearing in the board room in the Alcorn County Chancery Building in Corinth, Mississippi. ALCORN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI By: Gary Ross, President Board of Supervisors

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