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Overwhelming outreach

Christmas Basket Fund distributes record number of food packages BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

The generosity of giving reached a new high. Members of the Corinth Rotary Club along with volunteers from local high schools distributed a record number of Christmas baskets at the Crossroads Arena early Saturday morning. Community donations paved the way for 1,100 baskets to be dispensed in the 16th Annual Corinth Rotary Club/Daily Corinthian Christmas Basket Fund. Saturday’s distribution was 300 more than what was awarded last year. “We felt there was a bigger need this year and we made up our mind to meet it,” said basket fund chairman Ronnie Sleeper. Caterpillar kicked things off with a generous gift of $10,000 toward the $25,000 goal. As of Friday, $21,170 had been donated, leaving the fund $3,830 short of its goal. Rotarians along with volunteers braved the cool morning making sure those in need had a brighter Christmas. “I have been doing this for six years and just enjoy seeing the

2011 Christmas Basket Fund ‘A Community Tradition’

Staff photo by Steve Beavers

Volunteer Jennifer Stutts gets bread ready to be distributed during the 16th annual Corinth Rotary Club/Daily Corinthian Christmas basket giveaway. smile on their face,” said Ole Miss sophomore David Wilbanks.

Wilbanks talked friend, Jacob Prather, into coming for

his first time to the basket giveaway.

“I wasn’t going to turn him down,” said the Northeast sophomore. “It makes you feel good when you can help those less fortunate.” The high school number of volunteers was down due to ACT testing at Corinth High School. “The kids generally take it and run,” said Alcorn Central teacher Rebecca Lewis. Lewis, who along with AC teacher Becky Whittemore cosponsor the school’s Beta Club involvement in the event, says students went around to classes Please see BASKETS | 2A

Judges seek tighter security at courthouses BY JEBB JOHNSTON

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Circuit and chancery judges for the first judicial district are calling for tighter courthouse security. The eight judges signed an order last week dealing with weapons, electronic screening, prohibiting items to be brought into the courtroom, and defining areas to be treated as part of the courtroom. The order cites a general need to address courthouse security for the protection of public employees and those involved in court proceedings, as well as the general public. Weapons are cited as a particular concern. The order specifies that courthouse lobbies, hallways, witness rooms and chambers are to be

Staff photo By Bobby J. Smith

Lanell Coln (right), program director of the Bingo Bunch, calls out another number.

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More than a game

‘Warm Neighbor’ Bingo Bunch brings chance for fellowship, fun provides help with heating bills BY BOBBY J. SMITH

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On a sunny Thursday afternoon about 50 of Corinth’s senior citizens have gathered at Arby’s. Next to the Arby’s cups on every table, in front of each participant is a bingo card. This is the weekly gathering of the Bingo Bunch, a group of 55 and up area residents who come together each Thursday afternoon. By the front door stands Bingo Bunch program leader Lanell Coln. She spins the bingo cage and calls out letters and numbers as they fall into place. “T-52, T-52. Alright. B-12, B-12. We all need

BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

As the late fall and winter brings its chill, Corinth residents have an easy way to help neighbors stay warm. An opportunity to contribute to the Warm Neighbor Program comes every month with the bill from the Corinth Gas & Water Department. Information can be found on the back of the bill, and the contribution to the program can be sent in with the regular monthly payment. Screening for the program is handled by the Corinth Welfare Association, which is located upstairs at Corinth City Hall. “Normally, these are people that have had their hours cut or lost their jobs, and their income is Please see NEIGHBORS | 3A

Index Stocks...... 7A Classified......5B Outdoors....12A Wisdom......3B

Weather......5A Obituaries......3A Opinion......4A Sports....10A

Staff photo By Bobby J. Smith

Bingo Bunch members — including Rhebon Jones (left), pictured here in his lucky hat — meet at Arby’s every Thursday at 2:30 p.m. our B12 shots,” Coln says, interjecting some practical advice into her role as bingo leader. Bingo may be the of-

ficial reason for their gathering, but a few minutes spent with the Bingo Bunch reveals a fun-loving collection of people

who have met weekly at Arby’s over the last two years to enjoy each oth-

On this day in history 150 years ago A devastating fire swept through the business district of Charleston, S.C. Already experiencing shortages due to the Federal blockade, nearly half the city is destroyed and the future appeared bleak for the birthplace of the Confederacy.

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Corinth Rotarian Jason LeGoff gets items ready to be distributed on Saturday, left. Chairman Ronnie Sleeper awards one of the 1,100 baskets, above. Rotary member Tim Smith takes part in his first Christmas basket giveaway, below.

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asking for donations this year. Central Beta Club members made a $500 donation to the basket fund and also presented a $250 check to the Lighthouse Foundation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rebecca and her crew have always been there for us,â&#x20AC;? added Sleeper. Some college students who were involved in the basket fund in the past continued their service again on Saturday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Doing something to help like this gives you a good feeling,â&#x20AC;? said Mississippi State freshman Jennifer Stutts. Rotarian Tim Smith got his first taste of the

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Doing something to help like this gives you a good feeling.â&#x20AC;? Jennifer Stutts Mississippi State freshman awarding of baskets. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a newbie at this, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great cause,â&#x20AC;? said Smith. Donations can still be made to the basket fund. They can be brought by the Daily Corinthian office or mailed to: Daily Corinthian, Attn: Christmas Basket Fund, P.O. Box 1800, Corinth, MS 38835.

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considered part of each courtroom. It also prohibits firearms, knives and any item that could be used as a weapon from being brought into a courtroom except when in the possession of a law enforcement officer. The order also instructs the sheriff of each county to implement

electronic screening procedures to enforce compliance in the circuit and chancery courts. The order bars people from bringing cell phones, purses, backpacks, bags, briefcases, attaché cases and luggage into the courtroom. Exceptions are law enforcement officers, a public employee working at the courthouse, attor-

neys and attorneys’ staff members, and members of the press. Circuit Clerk Joe Caldwell on Thursday said he had not yet seen the order and hopes to learn more about it when meeting with judges next week. The order is signed by circuit judges Thomas Gardner III, Paul Funderburk, James L. Rob-

erts and Jim Pounds, and chancery judges Jacqueline Mask, Talmadge Littlejohn, Michael Malski and John Hatcher. The order is being distributed to the court clerks, sheriffs, bailiffs and media, and posted at the courthouses of the district, which includes Alcorn, Tishomingo, Prentiss, Lee, Pontotoc, Monroe and Itawamba counties.

Lee Ann Baldwin Funeral services for Lee Ann Baldwin, 89, are set for 1 p.m. Tuesday at Memorial Funeral Home with burial in Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery. Ms. Baldwin died Friday, Dec. 9, 2011, at Mississippi Care Center. Bro. Rodney Whittemore will officiate. Visitation is 11 a.m. until service time Tuesday at the funeral home. All other arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Memorial Funeral Home.

Brenda Joyce White

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not enough to meet their bills,” said Ernestine Norris, director for Corinth Welfare. Documentation of income and expenses is required. “They come to the office and I screen them. If they are approved, I will do a voucher for them to take to the organization to get assistance,” said Norris. The need is always evident as people struggle with difficult circumstances in a rough economy. “It’s usually in very

“It’s usually in very much demand — January, February and March are heavy months.” Ernestine Norris Director, Corinth Welfare much demand — January, February and March are heavy months,” said Norris. Summertime aid is also possible. The Good Neighbor Program is designed to help people with cooling during the hot months. Donations can be made with the

monthly ACE Power Association bill. The outlook for this winter’s heating costs is variable depending on the type of heat used. The U.S. Energy Information Administration expects household natural gas expenditures to decline by 3 percent and

MICHIE, Tenn. — Funeral services for Brenda Joyce White, 67, are set for 11 a.m. Monday at Shackelford Funeral Directors in Selmer, Tenn. with burial in Pebble Hill Cemetery. Mrs. White died Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011, at Mississippi Care Center. Born Dec. 12, 1943 in Corinth, she was a store clerk and member of First Baptist Church-Michie. She was preceded in death by a sister, Mary (Tootsie) Patterson; and a brother, Gerald Ray Baker. Survivors include her husband, William Boyd (Bill) White of Michie; a son, Brett White of Michie; and a sister, Patsy (Baker) Brown of Michie. James Hardin will officiate. Visitation is tonight from 5:30-9 p.m. at the funeral home.

electricity expenditures to decline by 2 percent from last year. On the other hand, heating oil and propane expenditures are expected to rise by 8 percent and 5 percent, respectively. An appointment with Norris is required to be screened for assistance. Office hours at the Corinth Welfare Association, which is funded by United Way, are 9 a.m. to noon on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. (For more information, contact the Corinth Welfare office at 287-5157.)

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er’s company — and have a lot of fun. One such fun-loving soul is Corinth’s Rhebon Jones, who has been part of the Bingo Bunch since it started. Why does he attend each Thursday? “I’m here for fun and fellowship, to talk and laugh — for the enjoyment of it,” Jones said. “We’ve got a good hostess in Lanell, and it’s kinda like a little family when we get together.” On Thursday Jones was wearing a very unique black hat with the brim pulled down over his ears and black sunglasses. It was his lucky hat, but it hadn’t yet brought him any good luck with the current game of bingo. “I was telling them that looking pretty ain’t helping me,” Jones said with a laugh. Jones was born in the area but moved up north for better paying jobs. He returned to Corinth after his retirement. “I worked all those years to retire and come back to Corinth and play bingo,” he said. “Ain’t that the cat’s meow?” Nearby sat Aaron Davis, another Corinth resident and Bingo Bunch regular.

He decided to have a little bit of good-natured fun with the program leader as she calls out the numbers. “B-9! B-9!” Coln called out. “Be mine?” Davis asked. “Somebody’s always trying to be romantic,” Jones added. The two were like a comedy duo, bouncing the joke back and forth and bringing lots of laughs to Arby’s. It didn’t take long to get the drift that this group likes to have fun. Carolyn Bailey is from Tishomingo County, and her friend Pam Dunford is from Iuka. They go bowling together on Thursday mornings before joining the Bingo Bunch at Arby’s on Thursday afternoons. “We make it a girl’s day,” explained Bailey. For the two ladies, the best thing about Bingo Bunch is getting to talk and visit with others. “I like being around all the people,” said Bailey. “Everyone’s always in such good spirits,” Dunford said. “You get to know so many of them personally — you just can’t help it. It’s a family. Everyone knows when somebody’s sick or hurting. Everyone’s always welcome. Everyone.”

The two are also full of good words for Lanell Coln, the Bingo Bunch program leader. “She really makes it fun and makes everybody comfortable,” said Dunford. “She’s a really good woman,” Bailey added. For Coln, the reward is all in the experience. “I love doing things to make people smile,” she said. “Just touching their lives in a small way and making their days happier makes me happier.” Over the last two years of being the leader of the Bingo Bunch, Coln has been a witness to how

much good this kind of group can bring to a person’s life. One lady told her that she greatly appreciated Coln’s contribution because she never got out of the house, and the Bingo Bunch has given her a reason to get out and visit with people — and something to look forward to every Thursday. Coln plans different events for the group depending on the season. They recognized all of the group’s military veterans on Veterans Day. Among the group was one man who fought in three wars and another who served America in uniform for 20

years. Each of the group’s veterans received a certificate of appreciation. One day out of each month they will have a birthday party to celebrate all the Bingo Bunch members whose birthdays fell within the month. They hold a costume contest on Halloween and exchange Valentines in February. For their Christmas party last year the Bingo Bunch brought their namesake game to the Bishop Center. Members have pitched in to make throw rugs for the VA hospital in Memphis. They have purchased dog food for Corinth’s animal

shelter. These are only a few of the communityminded events undertaken by the Bingo Bunch. Coln has no intention of ever ending her participation with the Bingo Bunch. Finding her place with the group has helped her find her place in this world — and in God’s plan. “It’s so much more than just going to Arby’s for bingo,” Coln said. “The more I do what I’m doing now, the more I think that’s the job God has for me at this time in my life.” The Bingo Bunch meets at Arby’s in Corinth every Thursday from 2:30 until 4 p.m.

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Who is Santa Claus to you this season? BY JEFF PATTERSON Santa is one of the best kept secrets in the whole world. Every child who ever got to set on his lap and tell their wish list has always wondered, “who is this plump, jolly, rosy, caring, giving, loving person?” Like magic, you are automatically drawn to him and love him like part of the family. Equally amazing is the personal connection. Even a shy child, too shy to share their wishes, Santa always seems to know their heart just as a parent would. Really, grownups have the same connection. I have seen grownups receive Christmas gifts from Santa they wanted, but never got to tell him. How did he know? I don’t know where Santa came from or started, but I do know Christmas. This is the day Christ was born. Christ, an awesome God, known for His love, grace and mercy that is unmeasurable. God’s love is available to all who believe. Believing and having faith in something not seen is very difficult. We love to hang on to things. If we can’t touch it or feel it, we have a hard time believing in it. Have you ever seen $10,000,000 in cash? I haven’t, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. We all know Santa, just like we all know who Christ is. If you believe, they are both with us and a big part of our lives, just as loving, caring and giving are. Knowing who Santa Clause is, isn’t a burden, it’s a gift. I believe personally it’s a gift from God. His love is shining, caring and giving through us. Never pass up the chance to give a gift to someone. When we give, we experience that plump, jolly, rosy, caring, giving, loving person, living in each of us. (Jeff Patterson is Alcorn County District 2 Supervisor.)

Prayer for today Dear Lord, help us to read your word and to remember what you have to say about the problems we face. Amen

A verse to share “Then Herod privily called the Wisemen, and learned of them exactly what time the star appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said ‘Go and search out exactly concerning the young child: and when ye have found him, bring me word, that I may also come and worship him’.”--Matthew 2: 7-8

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The passion of good ole’ Newt BY ROGER SIMON Columnist

Oh, Newtie, excite us, delight us, make our knees grow weak. We wish for you to whir us, stir us, fill our hearts and lure us. Inflame us, reclaim us, take our souls, don’t blame us. Newt Gingrich, I admit, stirs me to poetry. There is something very different about his campaign for the Republican nomination. “You are going to be the nominee?” Jake Tapper of ABC News asked him last week. “I am going to be the nominee,” Gingrich replied. True, no one has actually cast an actual vote in a single Republican caucus or primary. But all that voting stuff, that campaigning stuff, is really all so ... vulgar. And so yesterday. Newt’s campaign is an immaculate one. It is pure, unstained, unblemished by the grubby demands of the old politics. Organizing? He does not need organizing, not even in the first contest. Iowa, long thought to be a state where organizing was indispensable. With the Iowa caucuses less than a month away,

Newt opened his first -- and only -- campaign office in a suburb of Des Moines a few days ago. He has not built a statewide organization and sees no need to. As an adviser to his “skeletal Iowa operation” tells Trip Gabriel and Jeff Zeleny of The New York Times, “The reality is we’re flying by the seat of the pants.” “Passion,” Alex Castellanos, a Republican media consultant unaligned with any campaign this year, told me last Saturday. “Passion is the new organizing.” Sunday, Matthew Dowd, the chief strategist for George W. Bush in 2004, wrote in the National Journal, that when it comes to Iowa this cycle, “don’t watch the organization. Watch for the outward signs of momentum, energy and passion for a candidate.” On Monday, veteran political reporter John Harwood wrote in The New York Times that Gingrich possesses “an organic connection” to the Republican conservative base. Passion. Energy. Organic connection. These are what Newt revels in. And it allows him, he believes, to say the most outrageous things. “Really poor children in really poor neighborhoods

have no habits of working and have nobody around them who works,” Newt said in Iowa recently. “So they literally have no habit of showing up on Monday. They have no habit of staying all day. They have no habit of ‘I do this and you give me cash’ unless it’s illegal.” I guess this is another example of his passion. Me, I don’t see it. Both on the stump and in debates, Newt has always seemed to me to be bookish and professorial, dusty and fusty, disdainful and contemptuous. But, in fairness to his organic powers, I tried to find out where he developed his keen knowledge of how poor people behave. His childhood was spent largely on military bases in America, France and Germany, where he was the adopted son of an Army officer. This was not high living, but it was a far cry from poverty. In “The Inner Quest of Newt Gingrich” by Gail Sheehy in Vanity Fair in September 1995, Sheehy interviewed Newt and seemingly everyone of importance who crossed his path in life. It is a detailed, dramatic and sometimes lurid piece in which virtually everyone is quoted on the

record. And it reveals where Newt got his attitude toward work. Sheehy writes: “Newt, who avoided Vietnam with student and marriage deferments, resisted taking a job. During his college years, Newt called up his father and stepmother to ask for financial help. His stepmother, Marcella McPherson, can still hear his exact words: ‘I do not want to go to work. ... So I wondered, would you people help me?’” His father started sending him monthly checks. This habit of depending on the kindness of others continued. Sheehy writes: “Dolores Adamson, Gingrich’s district administrator from 1978 to 1983, remembers, Jackie (Jackie Battley, Newt’s high school geometry teacher and first wife) put him all the way through school. All the way through the P.h.D. ... He didn’t work. So you can see why Newt is now an expert on the habits of working.” Early on, Newt found a secret: Get family to pay your way. Then get taxpayers to pay your way, then charge $60,000 a speech, and then get corporations to give you large sums.

Retired jurist driving force behind collection STARKVILLE — Back in Rhode Island, they called Frank Williams - the former chief justice of that state’s Superior Court (the same court Mississippi calls the state supreme court) “Maximum Frank.” Williams earned that title as a no-nonsense trial judge and later as an appellate court judge in Rhode Island for eight years, culminating in his service as chief justice. His legal career came after Williams served from 1962-67 as a U.S. Army captain in Vietnam, earning the Bronze Star, the Combat Infantry Badge, and the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Silver Star for valor. The judge would later accept a White House appointment through the Department of Defense in 2003 to serve as a member of the Review Panel for the Military Commissions to be held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba with the rank of Major General. Subsequently, the Military Commissions Act of 2006 created the Court of Military Commission Review, on which Williams continues serving as chief

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judge. But it is the retired judge’s renown as a scholar on the lives and careers of Sid Salter Abraham Columnist Lincoln and U.S. Grant that brought Williams into the orbit of Mississippi State University. Williams delivered the university’s fall commencement speech Friday night. Williams is the founding chairman of The Lincoln Forum, a national organization of Lincoln and Civil War buffs and scholars. Since 1990, Williams has also served as president of the Ulysses S. Grant Association. He has written or edited numerous books, including “Judging Lincoln” (Southern Illinois University Press, 2002). In 2008, Williams was instrumental in the choice of the Mitchell Memorial Library at MSU to become the repository of the U.S. Grant papers. Comprised of some 15,000 linear feet of correspondence, research notes,

artifacts, photographs, scrapbooks, and memorabilia, the Grant Association Collection housed in the MSU Library is the largest single collection of material of and about the famed Civil War Union general who went on to become the nation’s 18th U.S. president. During his visit to MSU, Williams told one audience that his lifelong interest in Lincoln began in elementary school: “In sixth grade, you were seated alphabetically and if your last name began with a ‘w’ you sat in the last row. In my case, that seat was under a great portrait of Lincoln. I liked the face. My teacher, Mrs. Taylor, saw this. She helped direct me to study Lincoln. I got 25 cents a day in lunch money and many times, my lunch money went to buy used Lincoln books. Sandburg’s Lincoln, Carnegie’s Lincoln, not very good biographies, but it was a beginning.” Williams’ interest in Lincoln continued long after his courtship and marriage of his wife, Virginia. The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolni-

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ana has about 12,000 books and pamphlets, 40,000 clippings, and 20,000 items including numismatics, philately, political paraphernalia, photographs, maps, prints and statuary. In 1863, Grant’s army won a series of battles in Mississippi that culminating in a bloody siege at Vicksburg that ended in Confederate surrender on July 4, 1863. One of the combatants who fought Grant and his forces during the Vicksburg campaign was Confederate Gen. Stephen Dill Lee. Lee was wounded in the shoulder at the Battle of Champion Hill. After the war, Lee would become the first president of Mississippi Agricultural & Mechanical College in Starkville -- now Mississippi State University. MSU ranks with the University of Virginia (Thomas Jefferson) and Princeton (Woodrow Wilson) as universities designated as repositories of presidential papers. But for the MSU students who were fortunate to hear him speak, Williams made that history come alive.

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Local Students compete in annual reading fair Wamsley of Alcorn Central Elementary School for “Robin Hood”; Division B - Donovan Shelley of Biggersville Elementary School for “Defend the Castle”; Division C - Molly Manahan of Alcorn Central Elementary School for “A Cajun Little Red Riding Hood”; Division D - Trey Blackard of Kossuth Elementary School for “Goosed”; Division E - Stone Bradley of Kossuth Elementary School for “Henry and the Clubhouse”; Division F -

BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com

Fourteen of the county schools’ best readers will move on to a regional competition in February. The winners were announced at the Alcorn County District Reading Fair, held on Thursday, Dec. 1, at the MSU Extension Center. “We are very proud of our winners,” said District Reading Fair coordinator Christy Welch, the assistant director of special services for the Alcorn School District. “The level of participation and effort was way above our expectations. At the district level, the competition gets tougher and tougher — and the projects get better and better.” District Reading Fair competitors were the first place winners from earlier reading fairs held at each school in the district. The competition was open to students from kindergarten to the 12th grade. The participants were organized into division determined by class levels and categories for individuals, groups, fiction and nonfiction. They were judged on the components of their boards, including information about the book’s conflict, solution, author’s purpose, tone or mood, setting, information and plot summary; their presentation of the book; and their responses to judges’ questions. During the judging process on Friday participants stood by their book boards and discussed their projects with the judges. All judges were from out-

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Arleigh Johnson, a fourth-grader at Kossuth Elementary School, won first place in her division at the Alcorn County District Reading Fair for her book board and presentation on “Helen Keller.” Arleigh and 13 other division winners will move on to compete at the Mississippi Regional Reading Fair on Saturday, Feb. 18, in Oxford. She is the daughter of Mark and Beth Johnson. side the school district. First-place winners received a trophy. Second and third place winners received ribbons. The first place winners will advance to the Mississippi Regional Reading Fair. The Regional Reading Fair will be held Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, at the Lafayette County High School in Oxford. The state-level competition will follow in April 2012. First place winners of the Alcorn School District Reading Fair who

will move on to the regional competition are: Division A - Jackson

Lauren Walker of Alcorn Central Middle School for “A Journey to the Center of the Earth”; Division G - Tiffany Blackard of Kossuth High School for “The Five People You Meet in Heaven”; Division H - Arleigh Johnson of Kossuth Elementary School for “Helen Keller”; Division I - Lauren Coleman of Kossuth High School for “A Night to Remember”; Division J - Kurt Lavender and Hayden Konnor Williams of Alcorn Central Elementary School

for “When Dinosaurs Came With Everything”; Division K - Megan Hodum and Paige Mask of Kossuth Elementary School for “The Castle in the Attic”; Division L Kerri Crum and Hunter Thompson of Kossuth High School for “Water for Elephants”; Division M - Brennan Bobo of Alcorn Central Elementary School for “Verdi”; Division N - Emy and Ali Settlemires of Biggersville Elementary School for “The Cupcake Queen.”

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Police evict Occupy Boston protesters; 46 arrested Associated Press

BOSTON — Police officers swept through Dewey Square early Saturday, tearing down tents at the Occupy Boston encampment and arresting dozens of protesters, bringing a peaceful end to the 10-week demonstration. Officers began moving into the encampment at about 5 a.m. to “ensure compliance with the trespassing law,” police spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll said. The city had set a deadline for midnight Thursday for the protesters to abandon the site but police took no action until early Saturday, making Boston the latest city where officials moved to oust protesters demonstrating against what they call corporate greed and economic injustice.

As police moved in, about two dozen demonstrators linked arms and sat down in nonviolent protest and officers soon began arresting them, according to the Boston Globe. The protesters were “very accommodating” to the officers, Driscoll said. Forty-six people were arrested on charges of trespassing and disorderly conduct, police said. No injuries were reported. The entire operation lasted less than an hour. Crews then entered the area to begin cleaning it. Protesters first erected the encampment on Sept. 30. Many pulled up stakes and left the encampment Thursday after learning of the midnight deadline Mayor Thomas Menino had set for them to leave

As he campaigns, Gingrich also works for profit BY PHILIP ELLIOTT Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Newt Gingrich loves selling himself — both as a presidential hopeful and as a for-profit author. As he seeks the GOP nomination, the former House speaker frequently combines traditional political campaigning with the sales job for his books and films that has earned him millions. As his rivals on Friday scheduled busy days with voters in early nominating states such

as Iowa and New Hampshire, Gingrich canceled his single public event: a book signing in the nation’s capital. Gingrich, enjoying a surge in the polls just a month before the first contests are held, prides himself on his non-traditional campaign style. It isn’t clear whether it will pay off politically. But it certainly has not hurt his own income. Gingrich’s personal financial disclosure form shows that he and wife,

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the square, but others stayed, and some said they were prepared to be arrested. While Menino previously had said the city had no plans to forcibly remove the encampment, he appeared to become increasingly impatient with the protesters in recent days, saying the occupation had become a public health and safety hazard. He issued his ultimatum after a judge ruled on Wednesday that the protesters had no right to stay in Dewey Square. Protesters estimate that 100 to 150 activists lived in the Boston encampment. Demonstrators were forcibly removed from similar encampments in New York City, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and San Francisco.

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Callista, reported between $500,000 and $1 million in assets from Gingrich Productions, the couple’s media company that produces books and films. The filings also list a promissory note worth between $5 million and $25 million owed to the production company, records show, although details of that asset are unclear. The July filings list Gingrich’s income and assets since early 2010, including rental income, investment dividends and capital gains. Gingrich has turned over the production company to his wife as he works to build support for his White House bid. Yet he still promotes their films, often hosting screenings on the sidelines during conservative conferences. Afterward, aides sell DVDs of the programs and their companion books. It is a routine for Gingrich. He delivers a rousing speech, as he did at the Conservative Political Action Committee conference in Orlando, Fla., this summer; a short time later, he and his wife are at a table signing freshly purchased copies of their books. The same thing happened last week at events in South Carolina. It is all legal, said former Federal Elections Commission chairman Dave Mason. “The basic rule is that he can do both things, as long as he doesn’t use any revenues from the book tour to subsidize the campaign, and as long as he doesn’t use campaign funds in a way that benefits him personally,” said Mason. The only hiccup is logistics, as it was on Friday. In a statement released through the campaign, the news stand that was hosting the Gingriches cited security concerns and canceled the event. For Gingrich, a former history professor, the books and films are a point of pride, and he seems programmed to promote them. When asked last week about Russia during a town hall-style meeting in South Carolina, he noted that he made a film about the Ronald ReaganMargaret Thatcher-Pope John Paul II nexus that he posits helped bring down the Soviet Union. Any mention of “American exceptionalism” earns a mention of his movie on the subject of America’s special role. And his film and book about Reagan seldom go unmentioned as he hails the former president as a role model.

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partial pensions younger if they retire. Over the past 20 years, the average retirement age for men has edged up to 64, for women to 62, according to the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. Data compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show 29 percent of people between 65 and 69 worked at least part-time last year, up from 24 percent a decade ago and 21 percent in 1994. Almost 7 percent of people 75 or older were employed in 2010, compared to less than 5 percent 15 years ago. Experts say no reliable figures exist that could show whether public sector workers retire younger than their private-sector counterparts. That's because the Bureau of Labor Statistics has no way of defining â&#x20AC;&#x153;retirement,â&#x20AC;? and nearly all analyses involving the American workforce begin with the bureau's data. It is clear, though, that most private-sector workers no longer receive defined-benefit pensions that will pay them for life. Most must wait until age 65 or 67 to collect their full Social Security benefit or draw from 401(k) accounts that are invested in the stock market and, in many cases, have sustained significant losses during the recession. It is this shift in the style of benefits, and not the age of retirement, that should be scrutinized, said Hank Kim, executive director of the Washington, D.C.based National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems, which advocates for government pensions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the biggest difference between the private and the public sector is that, for whatever reason, the private sector has largely abandoned the pension system,â&#x20AC;? he said. Kim believes that shift has left a generation of private employees â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who make up the bulk of the

American labor force â&#x20AC;&#x201D; unprepared for retirement. In 2010, there were 18 million government workers and 94 million private sector workers in the U.S. Rising retirement ages and reduced pension payouts for many private-sector workers are emboldening those seeking to rein in the obligations of overextended public pension systems. Former California state Assemblyman Roger Niello, a Republican, is backing the proposal to take the age issue to California voters next year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It's a huge concern, arguably maybe the biggest concern aside from things where the system is being abused, like pension-spiking,â&#x20AC;? said Niello, referring to the practice of artificially inflating retirement benefits by boosting pay at the end of an employee's career. Defenders say unionnegotiated retirement packages help attract and keep people in jobs necessary to society, whether teaching, environmental protection, law enforcement or garbage collecting. Maureen Reedy, a longtime elementary instructional specialist in Upper Arlington, Ohio, a Columbus suburb, said benefits form part of the financial equation workers use to decide whether to go into public service. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After 20 years, most teachers are making $50,000 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; woo-hoo,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our pension and our security are part of the long-range outlook of our profession.â&#x20AC;? Ohio, New Jersey and Wisconsin were among states this year that sought to limit the power of public employee unions, in part out of concern over rising pension costs. Reedy, 53, was considering retirement before Ohioans voted in November to repeal a new law making sweeping changes to the collective bargaining abilities of unions representing 350,000 public workers.

Trade deficit shrinks for fourth straight month BY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER

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COLUMBUS, Ohio â&#x20AC;&#x201D; After nearly 40 years in public education, Patrick Godwin spends his retirement days running a horse farm east of Sacramento, Calif., with his daughter. His departure from the workaday world is likely to be long and relatively free of financial concerns, after he retired last July at age 59 with a pension paying $174,308 a year for the rest of his life. Such guaranteed pensions for relatively youthful government retirees â&#x20AC;&#x201D; paid in similar fashion to millions nationwide â&#x20AC;&#x201D; are contributing to nationwide friction with the public sector workers. They have access to attractive defined-benefit pensions and retiree health care coverage that most private sector workers no longer do. Experts say eligible retirement ages have fallen over the past two decades for many reasons, including contract agreements between states and government labor unions that lowered retirement ages in lieu of raising pay. With Americans increasingly likely to live well into their 80s, critics question whether paying lifetime pensions to retirees from age 55 or 60 is financially sustainable. An Associated Press survey earlier this year found the 50 states have a combined $690 billion in unfunded pension liabilities and $418 billion in retiree health care obligations. Three-quarters of U.S. public retirement systems in 2008 offered some kind of early-retirement option paying partial benefits, according to a 2009 Wisconsin Legislative Council study. Most commonly, the minimum age for those programs was 55, but 15 percent allowed government workers to retire even earlier, the review found. The study is widely regarded as the most com-

prehensive assessment of the issue. Police and firefighters often can retire starting even younger â&#x20AC;&#x201D; at around age 50 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; because of the physically demanding nature of some of those jobs. Yet with cities, counties and states struggling to pay pension bills, changes are afoot. In November, San Francisco voters supported a local ballot initiative to hike minimum retirement ages for some city workers. Since that time, laws increasing retirement ages for government workers were signed in Rhode Island and Massachusetts in efforts to address underfunded pension systems. Earlier in New Jersey, part of a legislative deal struck between Democrats and Republicans raised the normal retirement age from 62 to 65. An initiative circulating for California's 2012 state ballot seeks to increase the minimum retirement age to 65 for public employees and teachers, and to 58 for sworn public safety officers. Godwin said all the antagonism toward public retirees is misplaced. His pension payout follows 36 years as an English teacher and school administrator in California, with two years' sick-leave credit added for never being absent. He said lack of accountability on Wall Street and exorbitant corporate salaries are a more justified target of the public's anger. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those things I think are a much larger problem than what a public employee is making as a pension,â&#x20AC;? he said. The AFL-CIO labor coalition's Executive PayWatch project estimates chief executives went from making 42 times the average blue collar worker's salary in 1980 to 343 times as much last year. Overall, Americans are working to older ages â&#x20AC;&#x201D; even with the expanded ability for some to collect

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WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in October to its lowest point of the year after Americans bought fewer foreign cars and imported less oil. The shrinking trade gap boosted growth over the summer and may do so again in the final three months of the year. But economists worry the trend could reverse next year, especially if Europe's debt crisis worsens. The Commerce Department said Friday that the trade deficit shrank 1.6 percent to $43.5 billion. It was the fourth straight monthly decline. Overall imports fell 1

percent to $222.6 billion, which largely reflected a 5 percent decline in oil imports. The average price of imported oil fell for the fifth straight month to the lowest level since March. Oil prices rose last winter because of turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa. Exports slipped 0.8 percent to $179.2 billion, the first drop after three months of gains. Shipments of industrial supplies, such as natural gas, copper and chemicals, fell. Exports of autos and agricultural goods also dropped. A lower deficit is the latest sign that the economy has rebounded after nearly stalling in the spring. It

Ga. farmers bringing back homegrown olive oil Associated Press

SAVANNAH, Ga. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; It's a far cry from peaches and peanuts: A Georgia farmer is giving a taste of the state's first homegrown olive oil in more than a century. Jason Shaw, along with his brother and a cousin, planted olives in south Georgia two years ago and harvested their first 20-acre crop this fall. It yielded fruit for about 500 bottles of extra virgin olive oil, just enough

to whet appetites of connoisseurs and chefs at a few select tastings. What's exciting about Southern olive oil? Most of the world's production comes from just three countries â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Spain, Italy and Greece. What little gets produced in the U.S. comes from California, Texas and Arizona. But olives aren't really new to the Southeast. Plantation owners grew them in Georgia until after the Civil War.

boosts economic growth because it typically means foreign nations are buying more American goods. That can lead to more jobs and higher consumer spending, which fuels 70 percent of economic activity. Economists expect the deficit to widen in the coming months. Oil prices are increasing and Europe is likely to import fewer U.S. goods as its economy weakens. At the same time, U.S. businesses are stocking up on foreign goods as consumer demand improves. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Exports to Europe are bound to weaken sub-

stantially, while imports will pick up steam as U.S. companies rebuild inventory,â&#x20AC;? Ian Shepherdson, chief U.S. economist at High Frequency Economics, said in a note to clients. Excluding oil, the trade deficit rose to $19.1 billion in October from $17.6 billion the previous month. Imports of consumer goods increased in October, as retailers stocked up for the holiday shopping season. The U.S. imported more televisions, toys and games, audio equipment, and other household goods. Pharmaceutical imports also increased.

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Scruggs appeal hits US court Lawyer fights conviction prison in 2010, he has insisted on his innocence, saying he was coerced into pleading guilty. The case involved an attempt to bribe a Mississippi judge. In attempting to get the conviction thrown out, Scruggs said he only knew of an attempt to influence the judge, not bribery. In August U.S. District Judge Neal B. Biggers denied a motion to vacate the conviction. In filings, Scruggs noted a Supreme Court case involving former Enron chief Jeffrey Skilling,

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OXFORD — A wellknown Mississippi lawyer is asking a federal appeals court to throw out his 2008 conviction and sentence. Attorneys for Zach Scruggs asked the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans to hear arguments in the case, according to the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. Scruggs pleaded guilty to knowing about — but not reporting — illegal contacts with a judge. Since his release from

in which the high court limited the scope of the so-called honest services law, saying prosecutors can use the law only in cases where evidence shows the defendant accepted bribes or kickbacks. In filings at the district court level, Scruggs had noted a Supreme Court case involving former Enron chief Jeffrey Skilling, in which the high court limited the scope of the so-called honest services law, saying prosecutors can use the law only in cases where evidence shows the defendant accepted bribes or kickbacks.

“Petitioner claims that he is ‘actually innocent’ of the misprision of a felony conviction to which he pleaded guilty because he did not know about the bribe,” Biggers wrote in a long memorandum accompanying his ruling. Biggers said Scruggs also argued that even if he did know about money paid to the judge, “he would have assumed that the payment was a gratuity and not a bribe.” Biggers rejected the argument, along with claims by Scruggs of government coercion and ineffective assistance from his lawyer.

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Southern Baptists study possible name change Task force’s awaited recommendation will become public in February BY TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — What if Southern Baptists were no longer called Southern Baptists? Would more people walk through church doors? Some leaders in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination say it’s an idea that needs to be considered for an evangelistic faith with declining membership. A task force asked to study that question made its recommendation to Southern Baptist Convention President Bryant Wright on Wednesday, but it won’t be public until an executive committee meeting in February. Wright wouldn’t say whether new names have been proposed for the denomination of 16 million, but he has said the word “Baptist” would remain. “The reason for doing this is simply to say: ‘Do we have any unnecessary barriers in reaching people for Jesus Christ?” Wright said. Figures released by SBC earlier this year showed total member-

“The reason for doing this is simply to say: ‘Do we have any unnecessary barriers in reaching people for Jesus Christ?’” Bryant Wright Southern Baptist Convention president ship declined in 2010 for the fourth straight year, despite a renewed missionary effort. Ed Stetzer, president of SBC’s Lifeway Research, said the membership decline just began recently, but the trend line is negative and trends can be hard to change. He expects it to accelerate unless SBC churches take action. At a Wednesday meeting, the task force reviewed the results of an online poll it commissioned from Lifeway Research. Of the 2,000 Americans surveyed, 40 percent of respondents had an unfavorable view of the denomination and 44 percent of respondents said that knowing a church was Southern Baptist would negatively impact their decision to visit or join the church.

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Although 53 percent of respondents overall had a favorable view of the Southern Baptists, the high negative numbers are a concern for a denomination with a major focus on evangelism and a declining membership. “If we don’t aggressively plant churches and lead people to Christ, we become increasingly irrelevant to the world around us,” said Jimmy Draper, a former SBC president and former head of Lifeway Christian Resources. He is chairman of the task force. Although he would not say what the group recommended, Draper spoke positively about the idea of a change. And the task force is weighted toward people involved in planting new churches and others who

likely have something to gain from a change. The Southern Baptist Convention formed in 1845 when it split with northern Baptists over the question of whether slave owners could be missionaries, and for a long time the name was associated with white racism. That is not so much the case these days — in 2008, about 18 percent of SBC churches were composed of largely non-white members — but the denomination is associated with conservative politics. David W. Key Sr., the director of Baptist Studies at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology, said that while the SBC’s stands on issues like gay rights and women in the pulpit might put off some in the public at large, there are members who worked hard to create the SBC’s association with conservative causes and may not let that identity go easily. One of those people is Wiley Drake, pastor for 24 years of the First Southern Baptist Church of Buena Park, Calif.,

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where he has vociferously opposed several past attempts to change the name. “We’re very conservative, very biblically based. We always have been known for that,” he said. ... ‘To take ‘Southern’ out of our name would be to water down our theology ... and hide who were are as Baptists.” Drake said if a name change were approved, he would not change the name of his church but he doubts that will happen. All Southern Baptist churches are independent and can have any name they like. In what may be a barometer of the feelings of the greater membership — or at least those likely to attend denominational meetings — the Tennessee Baptist Convention, a state affiliate of the SBC, voted last month at their annual meeting to oppose a name change. But other church leaders see the name as a trivial matter in the quest to save more souls. Many churches nationwide have already made

their names more nondenominational. James Merritt, the founder and senior pastor at Cross Pointe Church in Duluth, Ga., is a former president of the Southern Baptist Convention. In explaining how he chose the name of his church, Merritt said, “I always want to do all that I can to remove any obstacle to people coming to church and hearing the gospel of Jesus Christ.” Merritt said he’s not ashamed of being a Southern Baptist, and the church identifies its affiliation in its literature, but the name can also be a barrier for people searching for a church. “Probably two times a month, conservatively, we have people walk in and say, ‘This is a Baptist church? I didn’t know Baptist churches were like this,’” he added. If Wright does propose a change at the February meeting, the proposal would have to pass a vote of the delegates to the denomination’s general convention over two consecutive years.

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Lions garner ‘sloppy’ win BY H. LEE SMITH II lsmith@dailycorinthian.com

BALDWYN — The Biggersville Lions survived a quick turnaround. Some 16 hours after knocking off Division 1-1A rival Pine Grove, the Lions topped Hatton, Ala., 79-62 in the third of eight games at the Doc Vandiver Classic. Kossuth fell 66-54 to Wheeler in Game Four. Heath Wood led the Aggies (2-5) with 18 and Josh Whitaker followed closely with 16. Dexter Stafford led the way with 20 points and added nine rebounds. Darian Barnett recorded a doubledouble with 13 and 10. “I was pleased with our effort in the first half,” said first-year Lion Head Coach Cliff Little. “Our press worked and we communicated well on defense.” Biggersville (7-2) led 42-25 at intermission. Still there was some concern over the Lions second win in as many days and their sixth in seven outings -- especially over the final 16 minutes of play. “I was upset with our effort,” said Little. “I thought we played sloppy and we didn’t seem to want to finish.” After scoring 96 points over its first two games, Biggersville had busted the 80-point mark in their last five wins heading into Saturday. “We scored 79 but could have put up 109,” said Little. “They never cut the lead to less than 10, but we just let them hang around too long.” The Lions return to Division 1-1A play on Tuesday when they play host to Thrasher. BHS rolled to a 92-66 win in a non-division outing earlier this season.

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Lady Bears third straight win BY H. LEE SMITH II lsmith@dailycorinthian.com

WALNUT — Katie Foster scored a career-high 32 points and pulled down 15 rebounds as the Alcorn Central Lady Bears thumped Marshall Academy 71-51 in the first of six games at the Ruritan Shootout. Marshall Academy edged Central 58-54 in the ensuing boys’ contest. Trae Bain led the Bears (4-6) with 23 points, including five threepointers. Foster was 12-of-18 from

(B) Wheeler 66, Kossuth 54

Wheeler 17 10 12 27 - 66 Kossuth 14 7 10 23 - 54 KOSSUTH (54): Heath Wood 18, Josh Whitaker 16, Jordan Brawner 7, Tyler Jones 6, Blake Cain 4, Brandon Grayson 2, Matthew Stewart 1. 3-pointers: (K) Wood 4, Jones 2. Record: Kossuth 2-5.

Prep Soccer BY JAMES MCQUAID MURPHY jmurphy@dailycorinthian.com

The Warriors carried their no-loss streak to 11 yesterday with a 6-1 win over the Panthers, while the Lady Warriors split the doubleheader on a fall to Amory 4-1 at the hands of Addie Forbis. Forbis led the scoring for the Lady Panthers, returning from the empty board at the break to score three for Amory in the second half. Coach Brian Thomas said Forbis took advantage of some mistakes on the part of the Corinth girls, though Warrior goalie Madison Bickert had one of her best games of the season -- an estimated 10plus saves. “Forbis is one of the top players in the state,” said Thomas. “She slipped through a couple times and took advantage of our mistakes, but we’re already looking forward to the next match against New Albany.” The lone scoring for Corinth came by way of Brianna Scobey early in the second half, bumping her season total to five goals. On the men’s front, the Warriors pounded Amory in the first half, with John Mathis delivering his usual zest for goals starting at six and a half minutes in off an assist from Brandon Roberson. Mathis went on to score three more in the first, with Josh Trest, Graves Marshall, and Albert Stanley providing the assists, while Mathis returned the favor to Roberson on his fourth goal of the season. Returning from the break, Amory’s Evan Thomas carried one to put the Panthers on the board, thus preventing the shutout, meanwhile Mathis bumped Corinth again for the final score, jumping Amory’s goalie after a breakaway run off an assist by John Michael McFall. Corinth plays New Albany on Friday. (B) Corinth 6, Amory 1 Goals: John Mathis 5, Brandon Roberson. Assists: Mathis, Roberson, Josh Trest, Graves Marshall, Albert Stanley, John Michael McFall. Record: Corinth 9-1-2. (G) Amory 4, Corinth 1 Goals: Brianna Scobey. Record: Corinth 7-5.

the floor and 8-of-9 from the charity stripe. The senior pulled down 10 rebounds on the defensive end in recording a doubledouble. “Nobody on Marshall’s side could match Katie’s size, so they had nothing to counteract her on the inside,” said Lady Bears Head Coach Charlette Foster. Central (7-3) jumped out to a 20-15 lead after one, with Marshall Academy getting all of its points from beyond the arc. The Lady

Bears closed on a 20-9 advantage to record their third straight win, and second in as many days. On Friday, the Lady Bears got off to a fast start in Division 1-3A behind a 5938 thumping of host Holly Springs. Alexis Harmon pumped in a career-high 22 points, including 16 in the opening period highlighted by four straight rips from three-point range. “Our team played with great intensity and control,” said Coach Foster. “We con-

trolled the boards and shot really well.” K. Foster tallied 21 points for the Lady Bears, who led 33-21 at the break. Holly Springs won the boys’ contest 68-60. Jordan Wyke paced Central, which led 30-28 at the break, with 17 -- 12 coming from beyond the arc. Central returns to action on Tuesday when it travels to Kossuth for a Division 1-3A twinbill. Please see ROUNDUP | 11A

Biggersville joins ‘Sport for Everyone’ BY JAMES MCQUAID MURPHY jmurphy@dailycorinthian.com

(B) Biggersville 79, Hatton, Ala. 62 BHS 17 25 16 21 - 79 Hatton 13 12 19 18 - 62 BIGGERSVILLE (79): Dexter Stafford 20, Darian Barnett 13, Jaylon Gaines 12, Darrien Williams 9, Tevin Watson 7, Marquis Watson 6, Daniel Simmons 4, Shaun Watson 3, Emmanuel Simmons 3, Mike Patterson 2. HATTON (62 ): Laron Cooper 24, Ty Terry 12. 3-pointers: (B) Gaines, T. Watson. Record: Biggersville 7-2

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Peyton Nash opens the first round of Biggersville bowling in yesterday’s tournament against Kossuth. Nash rolled a 126 his first time out, though he ended the first round with a turkey in the 10th frame.

Yesterday at Plaza Lanes Bowling Alley, Biggersville High School joined the pin competition for the first time ever, adding to it’s athletic department a “Sport for Everyone.” “I’m really excited about Biggersville having a team,” said Kossuth High School Coach James Vansandt, as he welcomed his own team alongside the newly formed Biggersville unit to their first round of league competition. Biggersville follows in KHS footsteps in this regard, the latter having formed a high school bowling team three years ago. So it was fitting for Vansandt to welcome the students, who mingled eagerly as opposing bowlers took practice strikes, otherwise enjoying and congratulating one another despite

the competitive spirit. Vansandt later expressed pride in seeing his Kossuth girls rank fourth in state their first year out, which was followed last year by a jump of the rung to number three. “Vansandt helped us to get organized,” said BHS Coach Eric Lancaster. “He’s shown me what we can expect. Also, the staff here at Plaza Lanes have been really nice in helping us out with all this. They even provided tips and pointers for the students.” Vansandt echoed Lancaster, adding to the fact that Plaza Lanes owner David Curry and some of the league members there have been generous enough to donate the lanes and to provide free practices on a regular basis. “All this wouldn’t be possible without them,” said Please see BOWLING | 11A

MLB instructors praise CCB RailCat Camp BY JAMES MCQUAID MURPHY jmurphy@dailycorinthian.com

Yesterday the Corinth Sportsplex was host to Cross City Baseball’s (CCB) first bi-annual RailCat Camp, and from the measure of sheer enthusiasm it was a home run hit for local athletes and their onlooking parents. There’s a better barometer for success, however, as the Sportsplex was also host to three Major League instructors: Dave Clark, the third base coach for the Houston Astros, Jason Motte, closing pitcher for the Cardinals, and Phillip Chapman, catcher for the Minnesota Twins. The instructors’ praise for the camp measured a future seemingly bright with possibility, as their enthusiasm easily outmatched that of the camp’s immediate beneficiaries. As Motte worked with campers on pitching and Chapman on catching, CCB Director Tyler Sut-

ton offered tips on batting while Clark threw toss-ups. Meanwhile the campers rotated between their instructors for plenty of oneon-one coaching from the pros. Grant Roberts, the director of the Corinth Sportsplex, was pleased with the turnout and the apparent success of the camp. “Tyler (Sutton) has helped out this program tremendously,” said Roberts. “Within three days of signing on to work here, he had already booked 25 lessons. This camp is also a great example of what happens when you hire the right kind of person.” Roberts’ only disappointment is that the facility isn’t larger and that the program is limited to hosting only 70 (give or take) local athletes. “But the camp was filled up within a week of us announcing it,” countered Roberts. “So we’ll be looking into grants for us to eventually expand the fa-

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Saturday’s RailCat Camp wasn’t without photo-ops and autograph signings, as Logan Baker, a local player for the CCB RailCats, has his baseball signed by visiting instructor Dave Clark, the third base coach for the Houston Astros. cility so that we can serve more kids in the future. This generated a huge amount of buzz, and I’m happy that we have more opportunities to give something back to the commu-

nity.” That said, Roberts certainly wasn’t disappointed at the amount of interest generated by the attenPlease see RAILCAT | 11A

RG3 wins first Heisman Trophy for Baylor The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Robert Griffin III beat out preseason favorite Andrew Luck for the Heisman Trophy, dazzling voters with his ability to throw, run and lead Big 12 doormat Baylor into the national rankings. The quarterback known as RG3 became the first Heisman winner from Baylor on Saturday night by a comfortable cushion over the Stanford star. Griffin started the season on the fringe of the Heisman conversation, a talented and exciting player on a marginal team, while Luck was already being touted as a No. 1 NFL draft pick. Draft day might very well still belong to Luck, but Griffin diverted the Heisman to Waco, Texas, to a school that

has never had a player finish better than fourth in the voting — and that was 48 years ago. The junior received 405 first-place votes and 1,687 points. Luck received 247 first-place votes and 1,407 points to become the fourth player to be Heisman runnerup in consecutive seasons and first since Arkansas running back Darren McFadden in 2006 and ‘07. Alabama running back Trent Richardson was third with 138 first-place votes and 978 points. Wisconsin running back Montee Ball (348 points) was fourth and the other finalist, LSU cornerback Tyrann Mathieu (327) was fifth. Griffin’s highlights were simply spectacular — his signature moment coming on a

long, cross-field touchdown pass with 8 seconds left to beat Oklahoma — and he put up dizzying numbers, completing 72 percent of his passes for 3,998 yards with 36 touchdown passes and a nationleading 192.3 efficiency rating. More importantly, he lifted Baylor (9-3) to national prominence and one of the greatest seasons in school history. The 15th-ranked Bears won nine games for the first time in 25 years, beat the Sooners for the first time ever and went 4-0 in November. That was after winning a total of four November games in their first 15 Big 12 seasons. And the last three games? Oklahoma, Texas Tech and Texas. Luck was the front-runner from the moment in January he surprised many by return-

ing to Stanford for one more season instead of jumping to the NFL to become a millionaire. He didn’t disappoint, with 3,170 yards receiving, 35 touchdown passes, a completion percentage of 70 percent and a rating of 167.5. Griffin put up better numbers and, essentially, outLucked Luck, who became a star by lifting a forlorn program at a private school out of the shadows of its powerful conference rivals. Luck made a sensational one-handed catch early in what turned out to be a blowout victory against UCLA. Nice. Griffin made a 15-yard reception in traffic to convert a key third down on the gamewinning drive in Baylor’s opening 50-48 victory against TCU. Better.

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(G) Central 71, Marshall Acad. 51 Marshall1515 12 9 — 51 Central 20 17 14 20 — 71 MARSHALL (51): Emma Elgin 23, Elizabeth Skelton 13. CENTRAL (71): Katie Foster 32, Makayla Voyles 19, Madison Leggett 5, Gwyn Foster 4, Courtney Ekiss 3, Samantha Driver 2, Alexis Harmon 2, Hilary Price 2, Breanna Duncan 2 3-pointers: (M) Elgin 6, Skelton 3, Ray 2. (C) Voyles 3, Ekiss, Leggett. Record: Central 7-3

(B) Marshall Acad. 58, Central 54 Marshall1223 13 10 — 58 Central 12 12 13 17 — 54 MARSHALL (58): Dailey 28, Ferrell 11. CENTRAL (54): Trae Bain 23, Trevor Smith 9, Jeremy Powers 8, Preston Cline 5, Forrest Crumby 4, Justin Sparks 2, Jonathan Lancaster 2, Luke Maddox 1. 3-pointers: (M) Dailey 5, Burleson. (C) Bain 5. Record: Central 4-6 Late Friday

(G) Central 59, Holly Springs 38 Central 22 11 13 13 — 59 Holly Springs15 6 10 7 — 38 CENTRAL (59): Alexis Harmon 22, Katie Foster 21, Gwyn Foster 8, Makayla Voyles 3, Haley Barnes 2, Samantha Driver 2, Kaley Crabb 1. HOLLY SPRINGS (38): Keshaunna Byton 11. 3-pointers: (C) Harmon 4. (HS) Byton 3.

(B) Holly Springs 68, Central 60 Central 11 19 6 24 — 60 Holly Springs15 13 24 16 — 68 HOLLY SPRINGS (68): Daughtry 19, Redmond 15, McKinney 10. CENTRAL (60): Jordan Wyke 17, Trae Bain 16, Trevor Smith 15, Jay Moore 8, Forrest Crumby 2, Luke Maddox 2. 3-pointers: (C) Wyke 4, Moore 2, Bain 2. (HS) Daughtry 5, Redmond 3, Scruggs, Jefferies.

(B) Booneville 60, New Site 42 Booneville 14 23 17 6 — 60 New Site 4 14 15 9 — 42 BOONEVILLE (60): Keldrick Lesley 19, Kenny Paul Geno 12, Jack Nichols 10. NEW SITE (42): Tyler Benjamin 12, Josh Knight 13. Record: Booneville 8-1

Pro football NFL standings, schedule AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 9 3 0 .750 362 247 N.Y. Jets 7 5 0 .583 290 260 Buffalo 5 7 0 .417 278 304 Miami 4 8 0 .333 246 220 South W L T Pct PF PA Houston 9 3 0 .750 310 189 Tennessee 7 5 0 .583 249 229 Jacksonville 3 9 0 .250 152 238 Indianapolis 0 12 0 .000 174 358 North W L T Pct PF PA Pittsburgh 10 3 0 .769 282 198 Baltimore 9 3 0 .750 296 192 Cincinnati 7 5 0 .583 266 250 Cleveland 4 9 0 .308 178 254 West W L T Pct PF PA Denver 7 5 0 .583 256 292 Oakland 7 5 0 .583 274 308 Kansas City 5 7 0 .417 163 268 San Diego 5 7 0 .417 287 289 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 7 5 0 .583 283 244 N.Y. Giants 6 6 0 .500 287 315 Philadelphia 4 8 0 .333 271 282 Washington 4 8 0 .333 202 256 South W L T Pct PF PA New Orleans 9 3 0 .750 393 269 Atlanta 7 5 0 .583 269 244 Carolina 4 8 0 .333 290 324 Tampa Bay 4 8 0 .333 218 329 North W L T Pct PF PA x-Green Bay 12 0 0 1.000 420 262 Chicago 7 5 0 .583 291 242 Detroit 7 5 0 .583 333 277 Minnesota 2 10 0 .167 246 330 West W L T Pct PF PA x-San Francisco10 2 0 .833 288 161 Seattle 5 7 0 .417 216 246 Arizona 5 7 0 .417 232 269 St. Louis 2 10 0 .167 140 296 x-clinched division ––– Thursday’s Game Pittsburgh 14, Cleveland 3 Sunday’s Games New Orleans at Tennessee, Noon Indianapolis at Baltimore, Noon Kansas City at N.Y. Jets, Noon Minnesota at Detroit, Noon Houston at Cincinnati, Noon Tampa Bay at Jacksonville, Noon Atlanta at Carolina, Noon Philadelphia at Miami, Noon New England at Washington, Noon San Francisco at Arizona, 3:05 p.m. Chicago at Denver, 3:05 p.m. Buffalo at San Diego, 3:15 p.m. Oakland at Green Bay, 3:15 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 7:20 p.m. Monday’s Game St. Louis at Seattle, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15 Jacksonville at Atlanta, 7:20 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17 Dallas at Tampa Bay, 7:20 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18 New Orleans at Minnesota, Noon Seattle at Chicago, Noon Cincinnati at St. Louis, Noon Carolina at Houston, Noon Green Bay at Kansas City, Noon Tennessee at Indianapolis, Noon Miami at Buffalo, Noon Washington at N.Y. Giants, Noon Detroit at Oakland, 3:05 p.m. New England at Denver, 3:15 p.m. Cleveland at Arizona, 3:15 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Philadelphia, 3:15 p.m. Baltimore at San Diego, 7:20 p.m. Monday, Dec. 19 Pittsburgh at San Francisco, 7:30 p.m.

Hockey NHL standings, schedule EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Philadelphia 28 18 7 3 39 101 81 Pittsburgh 30 17 9 4 38 94 75

N.Y. Rangers 26 16 6 4 36 77 59 New Jersey 28 14 13 1 29 71 80 N.Y. Islanders 27 9 12 6 24 62 88 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 28 18 9 1 37 94 59 Toronto 29 15 11 3 33 91 94 Buffalo 29 15 12 2 32 79 79 Montreal 30 12 11 7 31 74 77 Ottawa 30 13 13 4 30 91 105 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 29 16 8 5 37 81 71 Washington 28 15 12 1 31 88 89 Winnipeg 29 13 12 4 30 82 92 Tampa Bay 29 12 15 2 26 75 96 Carolina 31 9 18 4 22 79 108 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 29 17 8 4 38 96 90 Detroit 28 18 9 1 37 89 62 St. Louis 28 16 9 3 35 70 62 Nashville 29 14 11 4 32 77 79 Columbus 29 8 17 4 20 71 99 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Minnesota 30 20 7 3 43 79 64 Vancouver 29 18 10 1 37 97 71 Edmonton 29 14 12 3 31 83 77 Calgary 28 13 13 2 28 70 80 Colorado 30 13 16 1 27 78 91 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Phoenix 29 15 11 3 33 77 76 San Jose 25 15 9 1 31 73 60 Dallas 27 15 11 1 31 71 77 Los Angeles 28 13 11 4 30 64 65 Anaheim 29 8 16 5 21 67 95 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Friday’s Games Washington 4, Toronto 2 Buffalo 2, Florida 1, OT Winnipeg 4, Carolina 2 Edmonton 4, Colorado 1 Saturday’s Games Montreal 2, New Jersey 1 N.Y. Rangers 4, Buffalo 1 Vancouver 4, Ottawa 1 Pittsburgh 6, N.Y. Islanders 3 Philadelphia 5, Tampa Bay 2 Detroit 7, Winnipeg 1 Boston 5, Columbus 3 Nashville 3, Anaheim 2 Minnesota 4, Phoenix 1 San Jose at St. Louis, (n) Edmonton at Calgary, (n) Dallas at Los Angeles,(n) Sunday’s Games San Jose at Chicago, 6 p.m. Florida at N.Y. Rangers, 6:30 p.m. Monday’s Games New Jersey at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m.

College basketball Saturday’s scores EAST Brown 90, CCSU 80 Colgate 65, St. Francis (NY) 63 Columbia 63, LIU 53 Drexel 64, Princeton 60 Georgetown 62, Howard 48 Harvard 76, Boston U. 52 La Salle 76, Army 64 Lehigh 70, Wagner 69 Loyola (Md.) 65, Mount St. Mary’s 54 Manhattan 68, Hofstra 59 Monmouth (NJ) 80, Fordham 65 Niagara 79, Hartford 76 Pittsburgh 74, Oklahoma St. 68 Providence 72, Bryant 61 Saint Joseph’s 80, Creighton 71 St. Francis (Pa.) 66, American U. 61 Temple 78, Villanova 67 SOUTH Austin Peay 74, Tennessee 70 Campbell 103, Methodist 55 Delaware 58, Delaware St. 42 Duke 86, Washington 80 ETSU 65, Appalachian St. 48 Gardner-Webb 87, SC State 57 George Mason 76, Radford 61 Georgia St. 96, Rhode Island 64 Georgia Tech 65, Savannah St. 45 High Point 89, Averett 53 Jacksonville St. 55, Southern U. 50 Kent St. 58, W. Carolina 56 Liberty 78, Va. Intermont 60 Louisville 80, Fairleigh Dickinson 58 Md.-Eastern Shore 95, Mercy 69 Middle Tennessee 78, UT-Martin 62

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Mississippi 80, MVSU 56 Mississippi St. 106, Troy 68 North Carolina 84, Long Beach St. 78 Samford 82, Lindsey Wilson 56 South Dakota 57, Morehead St. 56 Tennessee St. 65, Cent. Michigan 57 Texas Wesleyan 72, FIU 68 UCF 53, Bethune-Cookman 51 VMI 122, Milligan 73 Wofford 69, Virginia-Wise 66 MIDWEST Ball St. 58, Butler 55 Cleveland St. 69, Akron 66 DePaul 102, Chicago St. 95 Ill.-Chicago 62, N. Illinois 55 Indiana 73, Kentucky 72 Indiana St. 68, Maryville (Mo.) 57 Kansas 78, Ohio St. 67 Loyola of Chicago 57, Toledo 55 Michigan 90, Oakland 80 Minnesota 69, St. Peter’s 47 Missouri 84, Navy 59 N. Iowa 67, Milwaukee 51 Purdue 61, E. Michigan 36 Saint Louis 72, Ill.-Springfield 62 Wisconsin 62, UNLV 51 Wright St. 51, Miami (Ohio) 49 Xavier 76, Cincinnati 53 SOUTHWEST Missouri St. 68, UALR 60 Oklahoma 78, Arkansas 63 Stephen F. Austin 74, Alabama St. 48 FAR WEST Arizona 63, Clemson 47 Arizona St. 60, N. Dakota St. 57 BYU 61, Utah 42 Sacramento St. 66, Cal Maritime 38

College football Saturday’s scores EAST Navy 27, Army 21 SOUTH Grambling St. 16, Alabama A&M 15

FCS playoffs Quarterfinals Friday Montana 48, Northern Iowa 10 Saturday Sam Houston State 49, Montana State 13 Georgia Southern 35, Maine 23 North Dakota State 24, Lehigh 0 Semifinals Fridayor Saturday, Dec. 16-17 Montana (11-2) vs. Sam Houston State (130) Georgia Southern (11-2) vs. North Dakota State (12-1) Championship Friday, Jan. 7 At Pizza Hut Park Frisco, Texas Semifinal winners, noon

Division II playoffs Semifinals Saturday Wayne State 21, Winston-Salem 14 Delta State (11-2) at Pittsburg State (11-1), (n) Championship Saturday, Dec. 17 At Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, Ala. Wayne State (12-3) vs. Delta State or Pittsburg State, 10 a.m.

Division III playoffs Semifinals Saturday Mount Union 28, Wesley 21 Wisconsin-Whitewater 20, St. Thomas (Minn.) 0 Championship Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl Friday At Salem Stadium, Salem, Va. Mount Union (14-0) vs. Wisconsin-Whitewater (14-0), 6 p.m.

Bowl schedule Saturday, Dec. 17 New Mexico Bowl At Albuquerque Wyoming (8-4) vs. Temple (8-4), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN) Famous Idaho Potato Bowl At Boise, Idaho Utah State (7-5) vs. Ohio (9-4), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) New Orleans Bowl

Louisiana-Lafayette (8-4) vs. San Diego State (8-4), 8 p.m. (ESPN) ––– Tuesday, Dec. 20 Beef ‘O’Brady’s Bowl At St. Petersburg, Fla. Marshall (6-6) vs. FIU (8-4), 7 p.m. (ESPN) ––– Wednesday, Dec. 21 Poinsettia Bowl At San Diego TCU (10-2) vs. Louisiana Tech (8-4), 7 p.m. (ESPN) ––– Thursday, Dec. 22 MAACO Bowl At Las Vegas Boise State (11-1) vs. Arizona State (6-6), 7 p.m. (ESPN) ––– Saturday, Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl At Honolulu Nevada (7-5) vs. Southern Mississippi (112), 7 p.m. (ESPN) ––– Monday, Dec. 26 Independence Bowl At Shreveport, La. North Carolina (7-5) vs. Missouri (7-5), 4 p.m. (ESPN2) ––– Tuesday, Dec. 27 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl At Detroit Western Michigan (7-5) vs. Purdue (6-6), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN2) Belk Bowl At Charlotte, N.C. North Carolina State (7-5) vs. Louisville (75), 7 p.m. (ESPN) ––– Wednesday, Dec. 28 Military Bowl At Washington Air Force (7-5) vs. Toledo (8-4), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) Holiday Bowl At San Diego Texas (7-5) vs. California (7-5), 7 p.m. (ESPN) ––– Thursday, Dec. 29 Champs Sports Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Florida State (8-4) vs. Notre Dame (8-4), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Alamo Bowl At San Antonio Baylor (9-3) vs. Washington (7-5), 8 p.m. (ESPN) ––– Friday, Dec. 30 Armed Forces Bowl At Dallas Tulsa (8-4) vs. BYU (9-3), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Pinstripe Bowl At Bronx, N.Y. Rutgers (8-4) vs. Iowa State (6-6), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Music City Bowl At Nashville, Tenn. Mississippi State (6-6) vs. Wake Forest (6-6), 5:40 p.m. (ESPN) Insight Bowl At Tempe, Ariz. Oklahoma (9-3) vs. Iowa (7-5), 9 p.m. (ESPN) ––– Saturday, Dec. 31 Meineke Car Care Bowl At Houston Texas A&M (6-6) vs. Northwestern (6-6), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Sun Bowl At El Paso, Texas Georgia Tech (8-4) vs. Utah (7-5), 1 p.m. (CBS) Liberty Bowl At Memphis, Tenn. Vanderbilt (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Fight Hunger Bowl At San Francisco UCLA (6-7) vs. Illinois (6-6), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Chick-fil-A Bowl At Atlanta Virginia (8-4) vs. Auburn (7-5), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN) ––– Monday, Jan. 2 TicketCity Bowl At Dallas Penn State (9-3) vs. Houston (12-1), 11 a.m.

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Vansandt. The most striking fact in all of this, as such, is the apparent degree of cooperation regarding what is otherwise a competitive game. “The nice thing about bowling is that there’s no running, no suicide drills, no laps or any of that,” said Lancaster. “We just get out here and bowl, and it provides the kids with something fun they will hopefully do for the rest of their life.” “And we never get canceled due to the weather,” added Vansandt. “So this is just a great opportunity for an otherwise non-athletic student to compete in a team sport.” “Not to diminish it,” agreed Lancaster, “but anybody can bowl. So in that sense you don’t have to be a remarkable athlete to have a chance to compete at something. Bowling offers that, so in that sense it’s unlike any other team sport.” As a lifelong bowler and owner of the local lanes, Curry likewise agreed. “There are a lot of

sports that only a few with physical prowess can play, but bowling is approachable to everyone,” he said. “I’d just like to see a team from this area do well at the state level, and there’s so much room for bowling to move forward as a sport.” “A lot of people don’t know it,” continued Curry, “but there are a ton of scholarships available for bowling, even at big name schools like LSU. That, and people don’t recognize that bowling is maybe the number one participatory sport in the US. There are more bowlers out there than in any other game, and that’s mostly because it’s a sport that you’ll never be forced to retire from.” On that note, Curry recalled Tyler Corbin, a local bowler who passed through the junior program sponsored by Plaza Lanes, who Curry said is playing in a tournament this weekend in Memphis. “Tyler told me he jumped from being a casual bowler to a serious one after going through the program here at Plaza Lanes,” said Curry.

“I think he’s gone on to bowl 45 perfect games. That’s amazing, since I’ve only bowled a 300 four times in my life. “So you’ve got guys like Corbin,” concluded Curry, “and there are guys like Dudley Richardson, who recently passed away. Dudley was 100 years old and still bowling at his 100th birthday party right here at Plaza Lanes. “So who knows? There’s plenty of local talent, and any one of these kids could be the next big name in bowling. The potential is there, and it’s really great to see Biggersville and Kossuth play the first ever Inter-County Bowling Tournament. That’s why we offer up the lanes and the lessons for free.” Tournament results -(B) Kossuth 6, Biggersvillle 2 Top bowlers: (K) Austin Emerson 554, (B) Brooks Bishop 462. (G) Kossuth 8, Biggersville 0 Top bowlers: (K) Regan 395, (B) Megan Mitchell 370. (JV) Kossuth 4, Biggersville 0

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dance of Clark, Motte, and Chapman. “People were calling in long after it was booked,” he said. “To the extent that we had to establish a waiting list for people just hoping to get in on the offchance of a cancellation by somebody else.” Chapman - who gives lessons at the Sportsplex on a regular basis, after recently relocating to the area - said he’s impressed every week to see so many local players maturing at such a remarkable pace, and that he’s reinvigorated by their level of enthusiasm for both the sport and the Corinth facility. “It’s fun to see these kids and their energy level,” said Chapman. “Some of these guys have remarkable talent compared to me when I was young, and they’re so much better than I remember being at their age. “I’m really looking forward to being more involved here,” he continued. “Tyler’s building a program that can easily compete with any other baseball academy out there. Especially if

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the city gets behind this, it could easily end up as good as any other facility of this kind.” Clark was equally impressed. “You know, we were once these kids,” he said. “And I have no doubt that the most rewarding aspect of being at the level of the game I’m at, is that I have opportunities and places like this where I can give a little something back. To come down here and be able to share my knowledge with these kids is what it’s all about. They’re brighteyed and eager to learn about the sport, and it’s such a blessing to be able to share something with them. “I was surprised... no, impressed is the word... to come down here and see how nice this facility is,” added Clark. “Tyler’s doing a lot to help bring baseball back into this community, and I’ll do whatever I can to help out anytime he calls me.” Motte was equally enthusiastic. “Baseball is my passion, but it’s also my job,” he said. “It’s a true grind. We play on aver-

age 162 games in 180 days, with three months off. I’m lucky if I have two weeks to myself before I have to get back into the gym. But helping these kids, seeing the excitement on their faces, and their eagerness to learn, that’s what I’m here for. “This is a great little place, with plenty of room to do what you need to get better at baseball, and it gives these kids somewhere to go to work out in the winter time,” added Motte. “I love it, and I have no problem at all finding the time to come out here and help these kids.” On that note, Sutton said he also intends to develop a scholarship offering for high school seniors, one for baseball and one for softball, each measured at $1,500 apiece. Applications will entail a one to two-page essay, and the CCB will begin accepting applications on Feb. 29, 2012. The awarded scholarships will be announced at the winning students’ high school sports banquet toward the end of the 2011-2012 academic year.

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The right strategy and tactics can pay off during the white-tail rut Associated Press

The white-tail rut is what avid deer hunters look forward to all year long. Every experienced hunter, at one time or another, has and would like to experience again the excitement of hearing the patter of hooves coming their way, the buck grunting every time his feet hits the forest floor, or seeing a doe acting all jittery while looking back on occasion and then a buck with a rocking chair for headgear appears trailing not too far behind. Recently, several hunters have asked me questions pertaining to the white-tail mating season. When will the bigger bucks start moving more, and when will the rut kick in, were what seemed to be on most hunterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s minds. Answers to both questions can vary, depending on what part of the region you are hunting. Bucks did, as they usually do, begin laying down lots of sign and chasing after females in the areas to our north in

the edge of Tennessee and areas to our west towards Benton County about a week prior to the opening of the first gun season. The chase phase of the rut is just beginning in locales south and east of Corinth. The discrepancy in the timing of the rut for so short of a distance is something I cannot explain. There has always been, as far as I can remember, about 10 days to 2 weeks differential in the phases of the rut between these parts of the region. Any answer I could give as to why would strictly be speculation. What I do know, however, is hunters should spend as much time in the woods as possible during this magical time period when the bucks are trolling the landscape looking for the first receptive doe. A hunter shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just rely on hunting early mornings and late evenings. Bucks are liable to move at any time, and often do since they know most hunters

making any noise, doing much more scanning than walking. White-tails seen flagging up ahead waving bye-bye probably means you are covering too much ground too fast. To give you a better example of how to still-hunt through the woods quietly without being seen, think about this. Remember how you slipped into the house when you had told your spouse that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be in 2 hours earlier. Well, there you go. Rattling, grunt tubes, and the use of scents are most effective during the pre-rut. Grunting and rattling, however, work best in areas where the buck to doe ratio is closer to 1 to 3 instead of, say, 1 to 5. If you can get hold of a tarsal gland from another buck, use that instead of typically using a doe estrous scent. Nothing gets the attention of a dominant buck more than the smell of a rival buck coming into his territory and trying to hoard his harem.

are out of the woods by 10 a.m. and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t return until late in the day. Of course, there are days that are better for devoting more time than others. Bright sunny days with a northerly breeze and temperatures hovering near the freezing mark seem to always put bucks on the prowl for longer periodsand especially so for the larger mature bucks. Also, a day with light or misty rain is good for catching a buck on the move at any time during the day. Maybe you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the patience to sit in a stand all day. Rainy or windy conditions are perfect for silent, stealthy stillhunting. If nothing else, you could stumble upon some hot sign that can be set up on at a later date. Still-hunting, however, is an art. To be good, the hunter needs to be knowledgeable about where bucks regularly use and bed at this time of year, and be able to slip through the woods slowly without

2 deaths mar otherwise safe hunting season Associated Press

JACKSON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; State wildlife officials say two people have died in hunting-related incidents but overall the 2011-12 season has had a safe start. Jerry Carter, with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, tells The ClarionLedger that one death was caused by a fall from a tree stand and the other was firearm related. Since the Sept. 1 start of the 2011 hunting season, Carter says 13 total incidents have been reported, with 12 of the 13 involving deer hunting. The other reported incident was dove hunting. Carter said over half â&#x20AC;&#x201D; eight â&#x20AC;&#x201D; of the accidents reported were tree stand related. The other five were firearm related. As compared to the previous season, from Sept. 1, 2010, to May 1, 2011. There were 38 total incidents reported that season including six fatalities â&#x20AC;&#x201D; four by firearm and two by tree stand falls. Last year, 30 deer-relat-

ed accidents were reported. There were two incidents reported involving hogs and two involving dove. There was one each involving quail, turkey, rabbit and squirrel. Meanwhile, the third, last and longest of the Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three duck seasons opened. The duck season will remain open through the federally mandated final day allowed, Jan. 29, 2012. Under federal season frameworks, the 60-day duck season must end by the final Sunday in January. Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deer season is in the primitive weapon segment through Dec. 15. Only those centerfire rifles defined as legal by the MDWFP, muzzle-loading rifles, archery and crossbows are allowed by hunters aged 16 and over. Children 15 and under can use their weapon of choice during any open firearm season. The regular gun season returns Dec. 16, with the still season segment. Dogs will be allowed again Dec. 24 through the end of gun season Jan. 18.

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Reactions to VA Tech shootings bring echoes of 2007 BY ALLEN G. BREED AND ZINIE CHEN SAMPSON Associated Press

BLACKSBURG, Va. — Four and a half years ago, the sound of horns and alarms did not have the same effect on Jerzy Nowak. On the morning of April 16, 2007, the Virginia Tech horticulture professor was at his desk in Sanders Hall, writing research grant proposals, when the wail of sirens split the crisp, snowy air. It would be hours before he learned that a gunman was loose on campus — and more than half a day would pass before university officials arrived at his home to confirm that his wife, French professor Jocelyne Couture-Nowak, was among the 32 slain. So when the alarms again sounded Thursday morning, Nowak was immobilized. “I froze ... like my life just stopped for a split second,” he said in his thick Polish accent. “I actually reacted ... much stronger than last time. Because, last time, I was not aware what was going on.” For those who were there in 2007, the shooting death of a campus police officer in a school parking lot and the apparent suicide of his killer brought back harrowing memories of what remains the worst mass killing in United States history. But the police and university response to the incident were also proof that the painful sacrifices of “4/16” were not in vain. “There have been a lot of people that have been working REALLY hard since 2007 to make sure that there are systems in place to prevent what happened in 2007 and the miscommunications that could have saved people’s lives from EVER happening again,” said Fred Cook, 26, who broke his

ankle jumping from a second-floor window of Norris Hall, where student Seung-Hui Cho killed 30 of his victims and eventually took his own life. “So it pays tribute to the work that some of the survivors and some of the groups that have come out of this have done in that time, what the university has done in that time, to make sure that this doesn’t happen again.” Officer Deriek W. Crouse was making a traffic stop when police say Ross Truett Ashley, a 22-year-old student at a nearby college, walked up to his cruiser and shot him. Within minutes of the 911 call, an alert went out and the campus was locked down. Cho shot his first two victims around 7:30 a.m. on the fourth floor of West Ambler Johnston Hall. Campus officials, believing this was a domestic shooting, didn’t lock down the campus or issue an alert. It wasn’t until 9:26 a.m. that the university sent out the first email to students and faculty. The subject line read, “Shooting on campus.” But it wasn’t until nearly a half hour later that a second email warned everyone to “stay

put” and said a gunman was on the loose on campus. Coincidentally, this latest shooting occurred the same day university officials were in Washington to appeal a $55,000 fine by the Department of Education for delays in notification during the 2007 rampage. Derek O’Dell thinks an alert immediately after the first shootings four years ago might have changed his life. That day, O’Dell arrived on campus around 8 a.m. for an exam. He was blissfully unaware that anything was amiss as he strolled over to Norris for his 9 a.m. German class in Room 207. O’Dell, then a sophomore, was sitting in the second row when the black-clad Cho burst into the room and began firing. He dove under his desk but was shot through his upper right arm. When Cho moved on, O’Dell and other students ran to the door (none of the classroom doors in Norris had locks) and closed it. Cho returned, but O’Dell and his classmates wedged their feet against the door and prevented him from re-entering.

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Now in the third year of a four-year veterinary doctoral program, the 24-year-old Roanoke native was in his apartment about 2 miles off campus Thursday, studying for an ophthalmology exam, when he received a “VT Alert.” There had been false alarms before, and he was hoping this was one of them. Then he turned on the local news and realized this was the real thing. “I never thought that I would see a school shooting at Virginia Tech while I was still a student here,” he said. Four and a half years ago, sociology professor James Hawdon was watching out the window of his sixth-floor office in McBride Hall as ambulances and SWAT vehicles swarmed the Drillfield. He stared in disbelief as officers carried bleeding stu-

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Mississippi perjury case raises legal dilemma BY HOLBROOK MOHR Associated Press

JACKSON — A retired Navy captain and doctor who pleaded guilty to charges of drunken driving and having cocaine is now charged with perjury in a case that legal observers and even four members of the Mississippi Supreme Court say could set a dangerous legal precedent. Before he pleaded guilty to the charges, prosecutors claim David Conwill, 61, was captured on a jailhouse recording indicating that the cocaine belonged to him. That contradicted his first denial to a judge. Now he is charged with perjury as a habitual offender, which carries a sentence of up to 10 years. His attorney, Doug Wade, said most offenders in the United States plead not guilty early on, deny

the charges against them, and plead guilty later as part of a plea deal. “Hell, this could throw the whole legal system into chaos because the majority of cases are handled by plea bargains,” Wade said. Madison County District Attorney Michael Guest said there’s no truth to Conwill’s claims that they are treating him unfairly or that someone’s out to get him. Guest said the Madison County sheriff’s department contacted his office about the possibility of pursuing a perjury case after reviewing the recorded phone call that contradicted Conwill’s testimony. “The offense that led us to presenting the (perjury) case to the grand jury was that he got up on the stand and lied to the judge,” Guest said. “We’re not treating Mr. Conwill differently than anybody

else.” Still, Guest said, out of an “abundance of caution” he removed his staff from the case in October and it has been turned over to a special prosecutor. The court filing in which the district attorney’s office withdrew from the case said it was doing so without conceding any of the allegations that the case was handled improperly. The special prosecutor was traveling and not available for comment Friday. The case began on April Fool’s Day in 2007 when Conwill was pulled over for a DUI in central Mississippi’s Madison County. He was out on bond for that charge when he was arrested a few months later in September and police found a small amount of cocaine in his car. Conwill told the officer the drugs must belong to the woman in his car. At a hearing,

he told the judge a similar story. But during a call that was recorded on a jail telephone, he suggested he had gotten the cocaine for her. Presented with the phone call, Conwill pleaded guilty to the DUI, his third, and the cocaine charge in a deal with the Madison County district attorney’s office in February 2008. Conwill had spent several months in jail before the case was resolved and was sentenced to house arrest. Then, in a move that four members of the Mississippi Supreme Court have called “dangerous,” Conwill was indicted on perjury. He was first indicted on perjury as a habitual offender in May 2008, but that indictment was thrown out for technical reasons. He was indicted again for perjury as a habitual offender in

March 2009. Habitual offender charges carry enhanced penalties and the sentences must be served in their entirety, so Conwill could go to prison for 10 years, longer for lying than the cocaine charge. The DUI and the cocaine possession were used as prior convictions for the habitual offender enhancement. The Mississippi Supreme Court initially agreed with arguments in Conwill’s appeal, but the court reversed its own ruling in a split decision that Justice Jess Dickinson described as something he was “unable to comprehend.” Dickinson’s dissenting opinion dated May 5 said the case “raises serious questions about fairness and due process; and it stands as a dangerous precedent. I would order the indictment dismissed.”

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Community Events Christmas play The classic Christmas play “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” by C.S. Lewis is coming to the Crossroads Arena Conference Center for a one night performance on Thursday, Dec. 15 at 6:30 p.m. Running time will be approximately one hour. Tickets are available at www.crossroadsarena. com and the box office from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday or call 662-2877779. Cost is $8, adults and $6, children. Seating is limited. The performance is by the Germantown Community Theatre and part of their annual Christmas traveling show.

Visit Santa Come see Santa at Noyes Family Care Center, 2000 Shiloh Rd, Corinth on Thursday, Dec. 15 between 4-5 p.m. Santa will be reading stories and visiting with children. Pictures on Santa’s lap and refreshments are free to all and open to the public.

Blood drives ■ United Blood Services is having the following local blood drive: Wednesday, Dec. 14 -- 3-8 p.m., Farmington Baptist Church gym, Corinth. ■ Be someone’s “Secret Santa” and donate blood at the Farmington Community Blood Drive in Corinth on Friday, Dec. 16, from 1-5 p.m. The MBS Donor Coach will be parked in front of city hall. All donors will receive a T-shirt and get free juice and cookies. For more information, call 800-817-7449 or visit www.msblood.com or http://www.facebook. com/give2live.

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Corinth gathering will be held at Martha’s Menu, 702 Cruise St., Corinth on Thursday, Dec. 15 at 11:30 a.m. Mission Mississippi is committed to racial and denominational reconciliation. For more information, contact Pastor Bobby Capps at 662-287-5600, or Neddie’s cell at 601665-5900.

Fashion jewelry sale MHRC Auxiliary is sponsoring a fundraiser with Fashion Jewelry Fundraisers. The fashion jewelry sale will be in the conference room at the Magnolia Regional Health Center on Monday, Dec. 12, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesday, Dec. 13, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be gifts, jewelry and totes with monogramming on site. Profits will benefit the MRHC Auxiliary Scholarship program.

Mended Hearts On Monday, Dec. 12, the Mended Hearts meeting will be its annual Christmas Pot Luck lunch starting at 11 a.m. Everyone is encouraged to bring a favorite dish and enjoy fun, food and fellowship. Mended Hearts meets the second Monday of every month at the Magnolia Community Service Complex in the Cardiac Rehab. Conference Room, 1001 South Harper Road at 10 a.m. Mended Hearts is a support group open to all heart patients, their families and others impacted by heart disease. Its purpose is to inspire hope in heart disease patients and their families through visits and sharing experiences of recovery and returning to an active life. Healthcare professionals join in the mission by providing their expertise and support.

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Holiday production Corinth Theatre-Arts’ final holiday production of “A Christmas Carol: Scrooge & Marley” will be presented today at 2 p.m. at Crossroads Playhouse on Fulton Dr. in Corinth. Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for students. Reservations are strongly recommended. Call 287-2995 for more information.

Toys for Tots Marine Corps League Toys for Tots collection boxes for toys will be set up at Walgreens, Crossroads Automotive, Tina Treasures, Dollar General, Kroger and Brose Autoplex through Dec. 16. Dollar General and Walgreens have toy sales to help fill the boxes.

the actors in each scene. There will be no spoken lines, only a strictly-scriptural narration. Because of limited parking at First Presbyterian, participants will park at the SportsPlex, where they will be transported by bus to the church. After touring the series of scenes, participants will have the opportunity to join together in prayer time and attend a chili supper organized by First Presbyterian’s Youth House to benefit the Lighthouse Foundation. After the program is over, participants will board the bus and return to their vehicles at the SportsPlex. The program is free to the public. For more information call First Presbyterian at 2866638.

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North Mississippi Medical Center’s Mobile Mammography Unit travels to area communities to provide convenient access to mammography services. The mobile mammography unit will be at the following locations: Monday and Tuesday, 19-20 and Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 3-4 -- NMMC-Iuka, 1777 Curtis Drive. A screening mammogram is used to detect breast cancer in women with no current breast problems. The test can detect cancer before it can be found by physician examination or other methods of diagnosis. Screening mammograms are available through selfreferral. The cost of a screening mammogram is $168. The results of the mammograms are read by NMMC radiologists, physicians who specialize in interpret-

ing X-ray, ultrasound and other types of imaging studies. Appointments for all mammography services are scheduled in advance. To schedule a screening mammogram, call 662377-7982 or 1-800-8433375.

Christmas sale The Corinth Artist Guild art gallery’s annual Christmas sale is open for Christmas shoppers. The guild beefs up its gift selection each year in November and December, offering a variety of inexpensive items that have local flavor and artistry. In addition to paintings and prints of the current featured artist are the works of many other artists from the surrounding area. There is also a great selection of pottery, jewelry and wood turnings. handmade fabric crafts.

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Mays -- Morton ministries from Southwestern Assemblies of God University and the Oaks School of Leadership, Waxahachie, Texas where she graduated magna cum laude in December 2011. Mr. Morton is a 2007 graduate of North Pontotoc High School in Pontotoc. He will graduate in May 2012 with a bachelor in arts degree in church ministries from Southwestern Assemblies of God University and the Oaks School of Leadership, Waxahachie, Texas. All friends and relatives are invited to attend the ceremony and the reception which follows. The couple will spend their honeymoon on a cruise of the southern Caribbean. After the honeymoon they will reside in Thaxton and be employed in Oxford.

Miss Katrina Lynn Mays and Mr. Russell Ely Morton will be united in holy matrimony at 6 p.m. on Dec. 17 at the Church of the Crossroads in Corinth. The bride-elect is the daughter of Bobby W. and Nola Sue Ward Mays of Corinth. She is the granddaughter of the late James E. (Tubby) and Lillian Maddox Mays of Corinth, and the late Edgar N. and Cara George Ward of Jacksonville, Texas. The prospective bridegroom is the son of Mike and Gail Russell Morton of Thaxton. He is the grandson of Dr. Donald and Ann Russell of Thaxton, and Billy and Margaret Morton of Ashland. Miss Mays is a 2006 Homeschool graduate. She received her bachelor of arts degree in church

Terry -- Hathorn Bobby and Laura Terry of Courtland, Ala. announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Bailee Lauren Terry to Michael Shannon Hathorn of Corinth, son of Dale and Jean Hathorn of Nettleton. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Ted and Sandra Bradford of Hatton, Ala. and Gene Preuitt and the late Joyce Preuitt of Hartselle, Ala. The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Dorothy Wright Shannon and the late John Paul Shannon of Shannon, and Clyde Whiteside Hathorn and the late Howard Lee Hathorn of Louisville. Miss Terry is a 2006 graduate of Hatton High School and a 2011 graduate of the University of North Alabama with a BS degree in elementary education. While in college she was a Dean’s List scholar and served as a

student athletic trainer with the UNA football team. Mr. Hathorn is a 2005 graduate of Corinth High School and a 2010 graduate of the University of North Alabama with a BS degree in physical education and a minor in history. He was an All-Conference and AllRegion performer on the offensive line of the UNA Lions football team. He also played one season with the Salzburg Bulls organization in Salzburg, Austria. He is presently employed as a teacher and coach at Kossuth High School. The wedding ceremony will take place on Saturday, Dec. 17 at 5:30 p.m. at the Courtland Presbyterian Church in Courtland, Ala. with the reception to follow at the Sherrod Building in Courtland. All friends and family are invited to attend.

Anniversary Planning the perfect proposal Gathered with family or snuggled by a cozy fire, the holiday season is the perfect time to pop the question. If you’re planning to propose to your sweetheart in the coming weeks, you may be feeling overwhelmed. By planning the perfect holiday proposal you can take the stress out of one of the biggest moments of your life.

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Gann 50th Anniversary Martha and Wayne Gann are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. A reception is being given in their honor on

Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011 from 2-4 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church fellowship hall, 901 Fillmore Street, Corinth. No gifts please.

If you want a resounding “yes” to your question, ensure it’s the right time for you and your significant other. With a little finesse, you can find out how your honey feels, and still make the question a complete surprise. Watch a movie that involves a marriage proposal or mention the engagements of friends and acquaintances to gauge a reaction.

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Celebrate the Season Take advantage of the tinsel and lights of the season, which provide the perfect backdrop for romance. Consider hanging the engagement ring from the tree instead of a star or angel, or slide the ring into her stocking. Or, if you like the idea of spectacle, deliver the ring dressed up like Santa, or have carolers incorporate the proposal into a tune.

Next Steps Getting engaged is the first step in a long wedding planning process. Next you will need to share the good news with your loved ones. You’ll want to announce your engagement and wedding date right away to ensure everyone can make it. However you decide to propose, don’t forget to make the moment special, because it’s one you’ll never forget.

All A’s: Clarence Ayers, Tahja Bell, Mary Ashley Biggs, Jake Brawner, Blake Briggs, Cole Brooks, Molly Burch, Lilly Burrell, Nayelly Castillo, Michael Crosby, Yasmine Cuff, Samuel Curtis, Maggie Green, Anna Greene, Catherine Grisham, Jakeb Harvell, Will Harvell, Audrey Henderson, Anna Hudson, Ethan Huff, Cole Kendrick, Carson Kiddy, Trinity Kirven, Brodee LaFever, Carter Lewis, Diana Magee, Graceson Martin, Samantha Matthews, Emilee McDuffy, Benjamin Nuttall, Will Owens, John Parker, Pierce Peterson, Brooks Pratt, Sadie Rhea, Maris Richardson, John Hayden Robbins, Will Senf, Delaney Skehan, Ali Smith, Ethan Smith, Jaylon Stackins, Ava Tidwell, Mason Tucker, Ansley Tyson, Preston Turner, Grace Villaflor, Ashlon Walker, Jahdius Walker, Alexandria Williams, Drake Williams, Drew Williams, Cannon Wilson, Caden Wright A’s & B’s: Emily Avant, Macy Ivy, Lauren, Beech, Anna Bell, Sophie Bonds, Bransen Bowden, Angelia Brown, Alivia Bullock, Thomas Camp, Elijah Chill, Hayes Crozier, Jay Cummings, Roberto Damian, Keyderianna Davis, Sam Dilworth, James Dotson, Jamya Elliott, Caleb Frambo, Ethan Garcia, Jack Riley Gibson, Olivia Gilmore, Sergio Gonzales, Aleasha Harris, Icsis Harris, Kyilan Hill, Fantasia Holbert, Blessin Kirksey, Jeqreius Larry, Parker LeGoff, Cage Mills, Aidan Mize, Nolan Mocnny, Darbie Oaks, Sabrina Patterson, Jessica Ramirez, Bo Rencher, Jairo Reyes, Maura Faith Rorie, Haley Russell, Cole Shelly, Jonathan Soward, Kelsey Sparks, Jaydon Spence, Carley Starling, Shadarriana Stewart, Charity Tackett, Aly Thomas, John Toles, Kaylee Westbrook, Blake Whitney

2nd Grade All A’s: Andre Adams, Chiara Ayers, Jordan Biggs, Jack Burrell, Christen Brown, Callie Burns, Jada Butler, Bennett Cloud, Allie Katherine Cornelius, Aubrey Davis, George Davis, Chase Drewery, Kadin Dunn, Hank Fiveash, Katie Beth Fulghum, Diana Garcia, Erika Hart, Carter Howard, Sariah Hoyle, Jay Huggins, Anna Johnson, Jackson Lothenore, Zyonn Mayes, Carlee McCarter, Johnna Mills, Belle Mitchell, Maylee Morgan, Colton Mowdy, Tiffany Nhek, Ayanna Norman, Sean O’ Connell, Diego Ramirez, Brandon Ramos, Alex Rose, Morgan Sanders, Salecia Shepherd, Cate Rivers Shipp, Andrew Shirley, Lacey Snyder, Aubrey Swanson, Jack Taylor, Sam Taylor, Luke Tucker, Megan Waitman, Jaleah Walker, Chandler Washburn, Carson Weeks, Tinley Wharton, Crista Wilson

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3rd Grade All A’s: Cayden Betts, Anna Clair Chappelle, Frank Archer Davis, Nate Drewery, Patrick Gardecki, Jordan Gates, Luke Hill, Hanna Jefcoat, Ciana Kirven, Presley Marshall, Braden Mills, Molly Jane Moore, Briant Nhek, Ely Null, Sofia Ortega, Brandon Pham, Dominick Singleton, Ashley Sparks, Madison Studdard, Trent Tidwell, Tyson Tidwell, Mimi Williams, Kito Windom A’s & B’s: Jayden Adams, Sydney Baldos, Christian Barber, Damon Brown, Tucker Brown, Riley Budny, Parker Campbell, Guy Carpenter, Cole Clark, Emir Corranza, Will Crawford, Santanah Crump, Braxton Curlee, John Robert Davis, Taylor Eldridge, Kimberly Duncan, Hannah Feazell, Macie Forsythe, Jennifer Garcia, Madison Grantham, Alex Grosinske, Keylin Hardin, Ahmoni Harris, Caden Harvell, Daequan Heavens, Shuan Heavens, Jayeon Hill, Clayton Jacobs, Jacob Jourdan, Jack Laher, Michayla Lancaster, Yin Li, Hannah Lowrey, Cierra Magee, Seth Marlar, Adam McClarmoch, Hope Mercier, Marley Mills, Jordan Mize, Charley Mooney, Grier Moss, Jakub Newcomb, Spencer Owens, Tyler Parker, Dhruv Patel, Luis Rosales, Allie Shinault, Will Taylor, Seth Thompson, Alden Tomlinson, Payne Tomlinson, Leyla Truong, Will Verdung, Kelsi Watkins, Clay Williams, Javia Williams, Melodie Wilson

4th Grade All A’s: Kate Bailey, Kedria Beene, Davis Brawner, Sarah Kate Burns, Monica Carreon, Cyaries Corbin, Grace Ann Davis, Tripp Doran, Melanie Dunn, Bailey Fortune, Cooper Frazier, Allison Greene, Caroline Grisham, Rachael Hayes, Amy Huang, Addyson Jarnagan, Olivia Knight, Blake Knippers, Paolo Leon, Mattie McGrath, Dalton McMeans, Dante Michaels, Brooks Anne Milligan, Julia Mocny, Sarah Catherine O’Connell, Andrew Pittman, Lindsey Potts, Carson Sitton, Payne Sleeper, McCartney Smith, Paige Snyder, Jermia Sonnenbaum, Alexander Watins, Saili Weeden, Erin Whitmore, Emma Williams, Nakya Williams A’s & B’s: Jada Burdine, Alycia Belotti, Sarah Bickert, Jakira Bogan, Olivia, Bonds, Akeah Boyd, Drew Brown, Sophie Cornelius, Sheridian Curlee, Paige Davis, Xakhia Edgeston, Victor Espinosa, D’Kyndric Gaines, Emily Gant, Nolan Grady, Bennett Harwood, Jasmine Heavens, Elijah Hill, Shelby Howard, Megan Kennedy, Emma Knight, Marguerite Little, Kelly Matias, Katelyn Messer, John Ellis Murrah, John Farris Owings, Tiarra Patterson, Shea Ridgeway, Colton Rickman, Riley Robbins, Ally Roberts, Taylor Robinson, Abrielle Rogers, Weston Sharp, Clint Vanderford, Tristan Vandiver, John Voyles, Collin Walker, Emme Wood

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Today in History 1688 James II abdicates the throne because of William of Orange landing in England. 1816 Indiana is admitted to the Union as the 19th state. 1861 A raging fire sweeps the business district of Charleston, South Carolina, adding to an already depressed economic state. A walking tour of Charleston. 1862 Union General Ambrose Burnside occupies Fredericksburg and prepares to attack the Confederates under Robert E. Lee. 1863 Union gunboats Restless, Bloomer and Caroline enter St. Andrew’s Bay, Fla., and begin bombardment of both Confederate quarters and saltworks. 1882 A production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Iolanthe at Boston’s Bijou Theatre becomes the first performance in a theatre lit by incandescent electric lights. 1927 Nearly 400 world leaders sign a letter to President Calvin Coolidge asking the United States to join the World Court. 1930 As the economic crisis grows, the Bank of the United States closes its doors. 1933 Reports say Paraguay has captured 11,000 Bolivians in the war over Chaco. 1936 Britain’s King Edward VIII abdicates the throne to marry American Wallis Warfield Simpson. 1941 The United States declares war on Italy and Germany. 1943 U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull demands that Hungary, Rumania and Bulgaria withdraw from the war. 1945 A Boeing B-29 Superfortress shatters all records by crossing the United States in five hours and 27 minutes. 1951 Joe DiMaggio announces his retirement from baseball.

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Guest isn’t celebrating after finding online photo DEAR ABBY: I have some Why do camerahealth issues that happy people think have caused weight it’s OK to snap gain and hair loss, someone’s picture and I’m very selfand then post it on conscious and do social networking Abigail not want my image sites without perall over Van Buren plastered mission? the Internet looking I recently atDear Abby this way. I am usutended a party for ally a good sport, an old friend. Of but wonder if othcourse, everyone want- ers feel this is a breach of ed a photo of the guest etiquette and possibly seof honor. Don’t get me curity. What do you think? wrong, I love pictures. — CAMERA-SHY IN But I think that if the PENNSYLVANIA photographer is intendDEAR CAMERAing to post it online, he or SHY: You are definitely she should ask, “Is it all not the only person who right if I post your photo feels this way. Most peoon my Facebook page?” ple prefer to be seen when One considerate per- they know they look their son asked if he could pho- best. Feeling as you do, tograph our table and we contact the person who agreed. Another person took and posted the picdidn’t ask and just kept ture and ask that it be taksnapping away. I tried to en down from the Faceduck out of the way when book page. Your reason I knew it was going to be for asking is valid -- and if an unflattering shot, but the person has any manit was posted anyway and ners at, all your wishes I looked awful. will be respected.

DEAR ABBY: My college roommate “Jillian” has become my closest friend. When we started discussing room assignments for next year, she informed me that she won’t be rooming with me because she wants to transfer to a different school to be with her boyfriend. She will be transferring from one of the best schools in the state to one that’s much less prestigious. If Jillian’s boyfriend loved her, he wouldn’t pressure her into changing schools. How can I convince her that she’s giving up an opportunity to receive the best education here? — WANTS THE BEST FOR HER IN GEORGIA DEAR WANTS THE BEST FOR HER: It would be interesting to know how Jillian’s parents feel about her making the move. Has she told them her plans yet?

If they are aware and have voiced no objection, you could debate this with Jillian forever and not convince her because she’s thinking with her heart, not her head. This may not be what you’re hoping to hear, but my advice is to start looking for another roommate. DEAR ABBY: When my sister’s husband comes to our house for a family dinner or other event, he immediately asks where he can take a nap. He then goes upstairs and sleeps for a couple of hours. This has been going on for more than five years and is not related to any medical condition. Should I mention this to my sister? I think he is being rude. — “SLEEPY’S” B.-I.-L. DEAR B.-I.-L.: You should definitely talk to your sister about her husband’s behavior -- although she may wonder

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Adventurous family adds whirleyball to holiday tradition There was, of Few folks know course, the long how to do Thankspre-dinner walk giving the way along the river, the Dentons do returning in time Thanksgiving. to carve the masThat’s my stepsive turkey, whip mom’s branch of Ryland up gravy, heat the family, which includes a host of Bruhwiler beaucoup bowls of veggies and so on, bright and fun-lovColumnist set several tables ing folks. pulled together, Meeting up at my sister and brother- pray, and feast. Sample pies the mornin-law’s big house down in Atlanta, we feasted — ing after, walk the dog, as per usual — on Uncle shop for hours, choose a Bob’s chili dinner the movie. Laugh and argue night before, and stayed politics. Learn new things up way too late preparing about each other after all the turkey for its long, these years. A truly typical time with slow, overnight bake. Folks woke up in waves the Dentons, the Owens, Thursday morning, the Lannings, the Reynscrambling for the show- olds, the Shahs. And then there was ers, making coffee (weak pots, strong pots), select- Saturday. My sister had ing from Aunt Leslie’s made reservations for all sausage balls and break- of us to play Laser Tag fast breads or pumpkin and Whirlyball. Laser Tag — okay. I’d pie or eggs, catching up with relatives who’d not never played it and I seen each other for at wasn’t thrilled, but I’d least two years, enjoying put on my good-sport the youngest generation face and dutifully enter that ranges from kinder- in. However, Whirlyball? Please… garten to college.

As the manager addressed our family crowded around the cash register, I must have stood there with a skeptical expression. Six dollars for each 15-minute game? Sheesh. With that kind of money, I could buy a book that’d last a lifetime. Mom read my face and sidled over. “Oh, go on,” she said. “You’ll never get another chance to try it.” So we buckled on our heavy vests lit up like Christmas trees, one team red, the other green. Then we filed into a maze and instantly turned into desperadoes. I was “killed” a dozen times before I got the hang of it, but eventually gave as good as I got. From the five-yearold to the grandparents in their 60s, we dashed and dodged, weaved and bobbed, and let out agonized Aaaghs when somebody got us. Made me remember why I adored Kick the Can when I was a kid. Made me want to join a volleyball team — or basketball

— or any kind of ball — to feel the adrenaline flowing, to savor a good hit. Could not believe how rich 15 action-packed minutes could be. Then there was… Whirlyball. We raced onto the floor, squeezed into the beat-up bumper cars, and grabbed our plastic bats, ready to scoop the ball up when it came our way, then race to the goal and fling it into the circle to score two points. Easier said than done. The cars were clumsy. The bats were flimsy. We traffic jammed and rammed and bammed and hollered. It was an absolute hoot. In fact, I shrieked like a banshee. Almost nonstop. Glorious, gleeful abandon. Not that I was any good. Never even came close to bapping the goal. But, holy moley, did we have fun. And when that game was over, almost every single player ran back to buy another ticket.

This time I stood firm. I’d save my money for lunch at the Australian bakery, which was next on the agenda, and an afternoon of Christmas shopping. Watching all those cousins and aunts and uncles duke it out would be almost as good as playing. But Mom’s car began to give her problems, accelerating even when she took her foot completely off the pedal. She’d race across the floor and collide so hard that she was shaken. Not worth it. She pulled herself out of her seat and started for the door. I hotfooted it to her cart, hopped inside, and, big grin on my face, floored the thing. You gotta admit it. Moms really do know best.

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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.

Assistance Volunteers needed Legacy Hospice, formerly Heritage Hospice, is looking for interested volunteers. Volunteers are an essential part of patient and family care. Legacy Hospice hopes through appropriate care and support by a caring community, patients and families may be free to attain a satisfactory degree of mental and spiritual preparation for death. To be a part of this community of care, contact Tim Dixon, volunteer coordinator at 662-2865333. ■ Hospice Advantage is seeking compassionate individuals to be trained as volunteers to provide direct and indirect care to its patients in Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah and Tishomingo Counties. Indirect care would comprise of sitting with patients or running errands; and indirect involves office work such as filing. Contact Callie Emmons, interim volunteer coordinator at 662-665-9185 for more information. ■

Christmas for Kids “Christmas for Kids” is in need of sponsors to help make sure all children are covered for Christmas this year. The charity is made up of volunteers who make sure children whose parents are in jail or prison have Christmas. Anyone who would like to spon-

sor a child are asked to call Debbie Dixon at 256-443-1297 or Tina Brady at 256-314-5654. They will take sponsor’s information and find a child or children in need. All donations, monetary or sponsorship, are tax deductible.

Gift of heritage What better way to give a meaningful gift than to give the “History of Old Tishomingo County, Mississippi Territory?”

The fourth printing of Fan Alexander Cochran’s History of Old Tishomingo County, Mississippi Territory was compiled and edited by RaNae S. Vaughn and Cynthia D. Nelson for the Tishomingo County Historical & Genealogical Society (TCHGS). TCHGS has been granted full copyrighting privileges of this publication. The book is a compilation of the history of the Mississippi Territory,

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Cookbooks for sale “Welcome to Our Table” cookbooks are being sold by First United Methodist Church for $20. To purchase, go by the church office on Fillmore or call 662-287-1267. The cookbook features the stained-glass prayer room of the historic “Little Chapel” in Corinth and features local and

Pickin’ on the Square 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.

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Old war horses, fresh ponies face off for Oscars BY DAVID GERMAIN AP Movie Writer

LOS ANGELES — While Hollywood advances its 3-D capabilities and other dazzling digital technology, the Academy Awards could be going silent. Not since the first Oscar ceremony in 1929 has a silent film walked away with the top prize. But the 84th Oscars feature a potential front-runner with virtually no spoken dialogue in “The Artist,” a loving reproduction of the silent era that has emerged as an early favorite among awards watchers. “Early favorite” is a critical distinction, given that the Feb. 26 Oscars still are months away. Awards fortunes rise and fall, momentum shifts back and forth, and other awards shows help sort out winners from losers on the long path to the Oscars. At this stage, unlike past years when clear frontrunners emerged from the outset, every major Oscar category is up for grabs. Yet “The Artist,” made by a French filmmaker barely known in Hollywood, looks like a solid contender for one of the best-picture slots alongside a lineup of big studio productions such as Steven Spielberg’s “War Horse,” Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” and the hit literary adaptation “The Help.” “To be honest with you, that would be totally alien,” said French actor Jean Dujardin, who stars with Berenice Bejo in filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius’ “The Artist.” “I do not think very much about it. Others do that for me. But if there happened to be a nomination, whether for Michel,

for Berenice, for me, or for the movie itself, that would be fantastic.” Here’s a look at the prospects in top categories:

Best Picture Unlike last year, when eventual winner “The King’s Speech” and runner-up “The Social Network” quickly stood out as the favorites, this season is murky, right down to the number of nominees. Oscar overseers who doubled the best-picture field from five to 10 nominees three years ago have tweaked the rules again. This time, there will be anywhere from five to 10 nominees, depending on how many films receive at least 5 percent of firstplace votes in nominations ballots from the roughly 6,000 academy members. Great reviews and honors from some of the season’s initial awards have raised the Oscar fortunes of “The Artist,” a black-and-white tale that stars Dujardin as a silent-era star whose career crumbles as talking pictures take over in the late 1920s. But Spielberg’s “War Horse” is the sort of sprawling, glorious epic that could gallop in to grab the reins as a frontrunner. Gorgeously shot, “War Horse” is one of those big, big pictures that always used to dominate the Oscars. “I heard about the play and that inspired me to read the book, which I loved,” Spielberg said. “Then I traveled to the west end in London with my wife and actually saw the play, and walked out of that marvelous experi-

ence with a deep desire to make the movie.” Deep desire describes the motivation behind Scorsese’s “Hugo,” another adaptation of a children’s book that allows the director to play with new technology in a ravishing 3-D production while indulging his love for early cinema and devotion for film preservation. The story of a boy and girl caught up in a mystery involving French silent-film pioneer Georges Melies, “Hugo” also has momentum from early awards announcements that could help launch it into best-picture contention. With a stellar cast and box-office success already behind it, the crowdpleasing civil-rights era drama “The Help” is in the mix, along with “Social Network” director David Fincher’s thriller “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.” Among other best-picture possibilities: George Clooney’s family comic drama “The Descendants”; Brad Pitt’s baseball tale “Moneyball” and his family chronicle “The Tree of Life,” directed by Terrence Malick; Woody Allen’s romantic fantasy “Midnight in Paris”; Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar Hoover biopic “J. Edgar”; and Gary Oldman’s espionage saga “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.”

Best Actor Tinker, tailor, soldier, Oscar winner? Oldman — that scary guy who played Sid Vicious, Lee Harvey Oswald and Dracula in younger days and now has become an avuncular presence as Harry Potter’s godfather or Bat-

Horoscopes Sunday, December 11 BY HOLIDAY MATHIS Creators Syndicate

The Cancer moon stirs feelings and in many cases dissolves the membrane of personal restraint that keeps us from sharing them. Better to reach out and let someone know your true feelings while you can than to wait until the emotions fade and lose the vibrant beauty of their original intensity. ARIES (March 21-April 19). Take your time, and look for the very best deals. There will probably be some driving involved. Shopping around and doing research now will really pay off in the near future. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). There’s an issue you’re tired of fighting. Maybe it’s not so important to be right about this one, after all. Once you realize you don’t need to be right, your mind will get quiet. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You will be highly influential. You’ll take your own advice and provide a successful example. You’ll follow your own suggestions, and others will join in when they see how well they work for you. CANCER (June 22-July 22). There are things that will happen that are not to be blamed on anyone. It’s nobody’s fault. However, there are people who can make it better, and you’ll feel lucky to be one of them. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You will be thinking about the emotional development of your loved ones. You have a special gift that makes it easy for you to accept people as they are and help them grow. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It’s a dangerous day for spending. You’re likely to get carried away by the wealth of items in front of you. Know the re-

turn policy of the items you buy, and keep your receipts. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Your work is very important, and you will be thinking about it even when you are not technically on the job. In a relaxed setting, you’ll arrive at a truly brilliant conclusion. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Even the briefest glimpse of divinity will transform your mood. And you’re so astute now that you can see heaven in the color of the sky or in the eyes of the one you love. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You’ll thrive when you hang out where crowds of people are. Hydration and health go hand in hand. A bottle of water just might be your best friend. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). It seems rather basic to figure out when you’re going to eat, drink and rest, and you don’t think you need an actual plan for this, but make one anyway. You’ll be glad you did. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Once you feel true happiness, you won’t settle for less. There are many ways to achieve this happiness, and you’ll enjoy more than one of them today. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). It’s difficult to say why something bothers you; it just does. You may even feel that you don’t have a right to be bothered, but you can assume there’s a very good reason for why you are. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec. 11). Your favorite people will come together to celebrate you this year. You’ll go back and forth on a decision in the weeks to come, but by the time 2012 arrives, you’ll make your choice and stick with it. Your tenacity will bring about a glorious reward. New relationships and contracts happen in June. Your lucky numbers are: 5, 20, 24, 31 and 6.

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man’s police ally — surprisingly has zero Oscar nominations to his credit. As John le Carre’s wily, aloof George Smiley in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” Oldman finally could get some Oscar respect for a performance that’s a marvel of stillness and subtlety. Along with Dujardin for “The Artist,” other contenders include: Leonardo DiCaprio as FBI boss Hoover in “J. Edgar”; Michael Fassbender as a sex addict in “Shame”; Clooney as a neglectful dad trying to get his act straight in “The Descendants”; Pitt as Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane in “Moneyball”; Michael Shannon as a man beset with apocalyptic visions in “Take Shelter”; Joseph GordonLevitt as a cancer patient in “50/50”; Daniel Craig as a journalist investigating old serial slayings in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”; and Ryan Gosling for two films, as a getaway driver in “Drive” and a White House candidate’s aide in “The Ides of March.”

what you’ve got.” The lineup loaded with outstanding performances, among them two-time Oscar winner and acting nominations record-holder Meryl Streep’s turn as Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady.” Michelle Williams simply embodies Marilyn Monroe in “My Week with Marilyn.” And while Viola Davis has the edge over her “The Help” costar Emma Stone, they deliver so well that both could end up nominated. Also in the running: Tilda Swinton as a griefstricken woman in “We Need to Talk About Kevin”; Rooney Mara as an emotionally damaged computer hacker in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”; Kirsten Dunst as a manic depressive facing doomsday in “Melancholia”; Charlize Theron as a writer scheming to steal back her old boyfriend in “Young Adult”; and Elizabeth Olsen as a young woman trying to escape a cult in “Martha Marcy May Marlene.”

Best Actress

Christopher Plummer went his long career without a nomination until two years ago, when he made the Oscar short list for “The Last Station.” He didn’t win, but this could be his time for “Beginners,” in which he plays an ailing elderly dad who comes out as gay. It doesn’t hurt Plummer’s chances that he also delivers a nice turn as a family patriarch in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.” Other prospects include: Albert Brooks as a gregarious gangster in “Drive”; Jonah Hill as a number-crunching ge-

Dressing like a man helped Hilary Swank take home her first Oscar. Can five-time nominee Glenn Close finally claim a statue for her anguished role as a woman disguising herself as a male butler to survive hard times in the 19th century Irish drama “Albert Nobbs”? Close isn’t counting on anything. “I’ve gone through my whole career not believing anything’s going to happen until it happens,” Close said. “I don’t expect anything. I think, just do your work, and that’s

Supporting Actor

nius in “Moneyball”; Nick Nolte as a fighter’s estranged dad in “Warrior”; Jim Broadbent as Thatcher’s hubby in “The Iron Lady”; Kenneth Branagh as Laurence Olivier in “My Week with Marilyn”; Pitt as a domineering father in “The Tree of Life”; Patton Oswalt as Theron’s geeky new pal in “Young Adult; Corey Stoll as Ernest Hemingway in “Midnight in Paris”; and both Clooney as a presidential candidate and Philip Seymour Hoffman as his top aide in “The Ides of March.”

Supporting Actress “The Help” could practically fill out this category by itself with great performances from Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jessica Chastain and Sissy Spacek. A fresh face who’s suddenly everywhere, Chastain also delivered strong performances in “The Tree of Life,” “Take Shelter,” “The Debt” and “Coriolanus.” The latter features an excellent turn by Vanessa Redgrave, who also has a shot as Queen Elizabeth I in “Anonymous.” Along with Bejo as a rising star in “The Artist,” contenders include: Judi Dench as Hoover’s doting mother in “J. Edgar”; Shailene Woodley as a troublesome daughter in “The Descendants”; Janet McTeer as a cross-dressing laborer in “Albert Nobbs”; Carey Mulligan as a sex addict’s unstable sister in “Shame”; Emily Watson as a salt-ofthe-earth farm woman in “War Horse”; and Melissa McCarthy as a crude but caring member of the wedding in “Bridesmaids.”

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WITH EXTRAS, BLUE, LESS THAN 1500 MILES,

$1850

662-287-2659

For Sale:

1998 SOFTAIL,

39,000 MILES,

$8500

662-415-0084

$3000

‘04 Kawasaki Vulcan Classic 1500 8,900 miles, 45 m.p.g. Red & Black

$5,500 Call: 662-423-5257 after 5:00 pm

662-603-4786

2005 AIRSTREAM LAND YACHT

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

$75,000. 662-287-7734

Put your automobile, truck, SUV, boat, tractor, motorcycle, RV, & ATV here for $39.95 UNTIL SOLD Call 287-6147 today!

REDUCED

Put your automobile, truck, SUV, boat, tractor, motorcycle, RV, & ATV here for $39.95 UNTIL SOLD Call 287-6147 today!

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

2007 HONDA REBEL, 250cc, just serviced, new front tire, red in color, 7,724 miles,

$2,100

RAZOR 08 POLARIS 30” ITP Mud Lights, sound bars, 2600 miles.

$8000 662-808-2900

’04 HONDA SHADOW 750 $

3900

662-603-4407

662-664-3940

Put your automobile, truck, SUV, boat, tractor, motorcycle, RV, & ATV here for $39.95 UNTIL SOLD Call 287-6147 today! REDUCED

2000 Custom Harley Davidson Mtr. & Trans., New Tires, Must See

$10,500 $12,000

662-415-8623 or 287-8894

2005 Kawasaki 4-wheeler 4 wheel drive, Brute force, v-twin, 650 cc, 260 hrs., $3800. 662-603-9014

Put your automobile, truck, SUV, boat, tractor, motorcycle, RV, & ATV here for $39.95 UNTIL SOLD Call 287-6147 today!

2003 Honda 300 EX 2007 black plastics & after market parts.

$2,500 462-5379 1995 HARLEY DAVIDSON SPORTSTER 1200 Screaming Eagle exhaust, only 7K miles, like new,

$5,000

662-415-8135

EMPLOYMENT

0224 Technical ELECTRONIC REPAIR Service Center has a job opening for a TV Repairman (1st shift). Competitive salary commensurate with experience including a full benefits package with healthcare options, paid vacation and holidays, 401K. A non-smoking, drug free environment. Must have 5 years experience troubleshooting to component level; ability to read and interpret schematic diagrams; follow work order instructions and document evaluations. Send resumes to TV Repairman, P.O. Box 468, Selmer, TN 38375.

0232 General Help

CAUTION! ADVERTISEMENTS in this classification usually offer informational service of products designed to help FIND employment. Before you send money to any advertiser, it is your responsibility to verify the validity of the offer. Remember: If an ad appears to sound “too good to be true”, then it may be! Inquiries can be made by contacting the Better Business Bureau at 1-800-987-8280. ESTABLISHED BUSINESS in Selmer, TN, has an immediate opening for a full-time customer service representative. Must be willing to alternate 8-5:00 and 10-7:00pm shifts. Prior phone or customer service experience preferred. Includes benefits. Bring resume in person to NCS Fulfillment, 149 Railroad St, Selmer TN.

0244 Trucking NOW HIRING! Are you making less than $40,000 per year? TMC TRANSPORTATION Needs Driver Trainees Now! No Experience Required. Immediate Job Placement Assistance OTR & Regional Jobs CALL NOW FOR MORE INFORMATION. 1-888-540-7364

PETS

0320 Cats/Dogs/Pets FREE KITTENS, cats, puppies. Must go soon! 662-223-6438. FREE PUPPIES to a good home. Puppies are part Great Pyrenees, part Feist mix. Call 662-212-3716 or 552-415-2198. Will hold until Christmas.

Misc. Items for 0563 Sale DELL COMPUTER system, desk top, $150.284-7374.

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

Unfurnished 0610 Apartments

ELECTRIC HOSPITAL bed, 2 BR, 1 1/2 BA, stove, relike new, $200. 284-7374. frig., dishwasher included, W/D hook up, FOR SALE: Garrett 150 new carpet & paint. Ace Metal Detector $450 rent, $200 deposit. $125.00. Used very little. 287-9495. Great Christmas gift. 662-287-5132. 2 BR, stove/refrig. furn., FOR SALE: Garrett 250 Ace Metal Detector $140.00, used very little. Great Christmas gift. 662-287-5132.

W&D hookup, 287-3257.

CHA.

color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or intention to make Homes for any Mobile Homes 0710 preferences, such limi- 0741 Sale for Sale tations or discriminaNEW 3 BR, 1 BA HOMES tion. Del. & setup State laws forbid dis$29,950.00 crimination in the sale, Clayton Homes rental, or advertising of Supercenter of Corinth real estate based on 1/4 mile past hospital factors in addition to on 72 West. those protected under federal law. We will not Manufactured knowingly accept any 0747 Homes for Sale advertising for real estate which is in violaCLEARANCE SALE tion of the law. All peron Display Homes sons are hereby informed that all dwell- Double & Singlewides available ings advertised are Large Selection available on an equal WINDHAM HOMES opportunity basis. 287-6991 2BR, 1BA, Cnt. Sch. Dist., 5.6 mi. from Walmart. Commercial/ 0754 $49,900. 662-212-3098.

Sporting 0527 Goods

12 INCH pony saddle, good condition, $85. 662-720-6855. AIR BIKE 955, stationary bike with digital monitors, like new, $40.00. (Owners manual included). Call 662-415-9066.

H&R 280 Rifle w/ scope, $250. 662-720-6855.

REMINGTON 12 gauge 870 pump shotgun, $225. 662-720-6855.

SAVAGE 30/30 Bolt Action Rifle, fair condition, $225. 662-720-6855.

SHOTGUN, 410 single shot, $125. 662-720-6855.

OAK ARMOIRE for sale, 7 1/2 ft. tall, 3 drawers on bottom. Cost $2000 new, will take $500. Call 662-286-9176.

Wanted to 0554 Rent/Buy/Trade M&M. CASH for junk cars & trucks. We pick up. 662-415-5435 or 731-239-4114.

1. 2. 3. 4.

Slitter & Cut to Length Operators Slitter Assistants and Slitter Set-up Maintenance Manager Material Handlers

READY TO ADVANCE IN YOUR CAREER? Visit the Tishomingo County WIN Job Center to interview with a steel processing representative on Friday, December 16. The Tishomingo County job center is located at 1107 Maria Lane in Iuka, MS.

Friday, December 16, 2011 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. If you are unable to attend the job fair, call The CPI Group at 888.566.8303 or visit www.cpi-group.com.

Duties: safely operate and perform routine inspections on vehicles and heavy equipment. Requirements: min 2 yrs commercial driving experience with class A CDL, basic knowledge of vehicle maintenance, H.S. diploma/GED, and basic computer skills. You must be able to handle strenuous work that includes heavy lifting and climbing on a trailer. We offer competitive pay rates and beneﬁts. Apply online at www.wasteconnections.com or call 901-345-0098. Waste Connections is an Afﬁrmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer (M/F/D/V).

0542 Building Materials

Do It Yourself And Save! For over 25 years we have helped smart homeowners save money by providing quality kitchen cabinets, bath cabinets, and countertops at discount prices.

60” Unfinished Paint Grade Starter Set ............. $184.36 #2 Countertop ................................................. $2.99/ft. #1 Countertop ................................................. $7.65/ft. Granite Countertop starting at......................... $7.50/sq. ft. White Finished Linen Cabinet Reg. $4995 SALE $3995 19” x 17” Unfinished Vanity and Top $4995

We don’t install, but we do pass the savings on to you.

0533 Furniture

DR TABLE & 6 chairs, $350. 662-415-9473.

STEEL SERVICE CENTER HIRING

Waste Connections, a dynamic provider of solid waste services with operations in 30 states, is in need of a Semi Driver that can also operate heavy equipment at our locations in the Walnut, MS and/or Shoals, AL areas.

Household 0509 Goods

0518 Electronics

JOB FAIR

Semi Driver

MERCHANDISE

SANSUI 27 inch color television with remote, $50.00; call 662-287-3603, leave a message.

287-1024

CANE CREEK Apts., Hwy 72W & CR 735, 2 BR, 1 BA, HOME SERVICE DIRECTORY stove & refrig., W&D hookup, Kossuth & City FOR SALE: Nice little one Sch. Dist. $400 mo. Home Improvement horse wagon with a 287-0105. & Repair buggy seat on it. It has Office BUTLER, DOUG: Foundamotorcycle wheels, MAGNOLIA APTS. 2 BR, MOVE-IN CONDITION! 3 C-2 ZONED, HOT location tion, floor leveling, $500. 662-287-5965 or stove, refrig., water. BR, 2 BA, conveniently off Harper and near bricks cracking, rotten located. Roof 2 yrs. old, Walmart. Small struc$365. 286-2256. 662-808-0118. wood, basements, new patio, sunroom & ture potential for temshower floor. Over 35 DOWNTOWN APART- kitchen remodeled. FREE ADVERTISING. Ad- MENT for rent. 2 BR, porary space until perm yrs. exp. Free est. Beautifully refinished construction complete. vertise any item valued W & D . $475 mo. 731-239-8945 or hardwood floors. To at $500 or less for free. 662-643-9575. Asking $150,000. Call 662-284-6146. view, call Sandra at CorThe ads must be for priTammy, 662-284-7345, GENERAL HOUSE & Yard R e a l t y , Corinth Realty. vate party or personal FOR RENT: 1 BR, 616 Lin- i n t h Maintenance: Carpen662-415-8551. merchandise and will d e n A, $250/mo. try, flooring, all types exclude pets & pet sup- 662-287-6193. NEVER LATE to Kossuth TRANSPORTATION painting. Pressure plies, livestock (incl. School again! 116 CR washing driveways, patchickens, ducks, cattle, FOR RENT: 1401 Douglas 617. 3/2, new CHA/new ios, decks, viny siding. goats, etc), garage St., 2 BR, water incl, R O O F ! 3.24 acres. No job too small. Guar. sales, hay, firewood, & $425/mo. 662-287-6193. $65,000. Call Tammy, 0860 Vans for Sale quality work at the lowautomobiles . To take 662-284-7345, Corinth '10 WHITE 15-pass. van, 3 est price! Call for estiHomes for advantage of this proRealty. to choose f r o m . mate, 662-284-6848. gram, readers should 0620 Rent or OPEN HOUSE Sunday 1 - 8 0 0 - 8 9 8 - 0 2 9 0 simply email their ad 2 BR, 2 BA, great loc. in 11/20/11 from 2-4 and 728-5381. to: freeads@dailycorincity, $500 mo., $500 dep. Sunday 12/11/11 from 0232 General Help thian.com or mail the 415-2616 or 287-2131. 2-4. Come see 3 beauti- 0864 Trucks for ad to Free Ads, P.O. Box Sale 1800, Corinth, MS 38835. NICE LOT, 3BR, 2BA, LR, ful homes for sale: 4 Turtle Creek - '05 GMC Crew Cab LTR, Please include your ad- DR, kit., C/H/A, off dress for our records. Cent. Sch. Rd., 13 CR $197,000. 38k, #1419. $16,900. Each ad may include 246. $600 mo., $600 dep. 600 Madison St. - 1 - 8 0 0 - 8 9 8 - 0 2 9 0 or $215,000. only one item, the item 1 yr. lease. 286-3711. 728-5381. C o r i n t h R e a l t y , must be priced in the '08 DODGE RAM 1500, ad and the price must Mobile Homes 662-287-7653. 4x4, crew cab, red, be $500 or less. Ads may 0675 OPEN HOUSE. 4 Turtle for Rent $23,400. 1-800-898-0290 be up to approximately Creek, Corinth. Sunday, 20 words including the 1 BR & 3 BR trailers, Dec. 11th, 2-4. Owner or 728-5381. phone number and will Strickland area. 808-2474 transferred. Almost 1995 FORD XLT, 2nd or 286-2099. run for five days. new home just $197,000. owner, loaded, runs Corinth R e a l t y , great, good cond., GREAT FOR CHRISTMAS! 2 BR, 2 BA, kitchen, DR, 287-7653. 180,000 miles, $2500. Steering Wheel w/gas den, office space, 20x10 662-284-6614. util. rm., W&D hookup, pedal & drums for X-box dbl. carport, 86 CR 257. system, like new, $60. $450 mo., $400 dep. 0734 Lots & Acreage 0868 Cars for Sale Call 662-415-4567. WHITMORE LEVEE RD., 287-5729 or 286-1083. 30 AC, mostly open land '08 CHEVY HHR LT, ltr, GREAT FOR CHRISTMAS! 2 BR, stove & ref. furn., inside city with public moon roof, 33k, $11,900. Wii system w/games, $250 mo., $100 dep. utilities. Lots of road 1 - 8 0 0 - 8 9 8 - 0 2 9 0 or Mario Karr w/steering 287-3461 or 396-1678. frontage, great for de- 728-5381. wheel, Wii Play-Nerf velopment or farm land. game w/gun, like new, FINANCIAL REAL ESTATE FOR SALE Less than $4200 per all for $175. Call acres. To view, call San662-415-4567. dra at Corinth Realty, 662-415-8551. Homes for LEGALS LADIES LONG dress coat, 0710 Sale double breasted, size Mobile Homes 0741 for Sale 16, camel color, extra HUD nice, worn very little, PUBLISHER’S 0955 Legals NEW 2 BR Homes purchased too large, NOTICE Del. & setup DR. JOSEPH W. $60. 284-0102. All real estate adver$25,950.00 WOLFE'S tised herein is subject RETIREMENT Clayton Homes MITER SAW, Tradesman to the Federal Fair Supercenter of Corinth, Brand, 10 in compound, Housing Act which 1/4 mile past hospital Dr. Joseph W. Wolfe of Urol$85 OBO. 662-415-8180. makes it illegal to adogy Consultants, PLLC of on 72 West. Booneville, MS is retiring in vertise any preference, NEW POWER Lift for limitation, or discrimi- NEW 4 BR, 2 BA home December 2011. Patients wishing to pick-up or transfer Del. & setup chairs & scooters. Came nation based on race, their records should contact $44,500 from Handicap of Jack- color, religion, sex, our office at 662-720-9413 by Clayton Homes son. 731-645-8909. handicap, familial status December 14, 2011. After Supercenter of or national origin, or inthat date those patients seen Corinth, 1/4 mi. past TABLE SAW, wide table tention to make any on or after 1/1/09 should hospital on 72 West contact Dr. Benjamin Bernbase, 10 inch, $85 OBO. such preferences, limistein of New Albany Urology,Happy Ads 662-287-4600 662-415-8180. tations or discrimina303 JH Phillips Lane, New Altion. 0114 Computer bany, MS 38652 (his phone State laws forbid dis0515 number is 662-539-0233)- afcrimination in the sale, ter 1/1/12. Patients seen rental, or advertising of prior to 1/1/09 should conreal estate based on tact Dr. Joseph W. Wolfe at 731-676-8053, also after factors in addition to 1/1/12. those protected under Thank you for your considfederal law. We will not eration. knowingly accept any Joseph W. Wolfe, M.D. advertising for real es3t 12/4, 12/11, 12/18/11 tate which is in viola13494 tion of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.

FARM

FOR SALE OR TRADE: King wood burning heater, rebuilt inside, $300. 662-279-5516.

their records should contact Daily Corinthian • Sunday, December 11, 2011 • 7B our office at 662-720-9413 by December 14, 2011. After that those patients seen 0955dateLegals Storage, Indoor/ Storage, Indoor/ on or after 1/1/09 should Outdoor Outdoor contact Dr. Benjamin Bernstein of New Albany Urology, 303 JH Phillips Lane, New AlMORRIS CRUM Mini-Stor. AMERICAN bany, MS 38652 (his phone 72 W. 3 diff. locations, MINI STORAGE number is 662-539-0233)- afunloading docks, rental ter 1/1/12. Patients seen 2058 S. Tate truck avail, 286-3826. prior to 1/1/09 should conAcross from tact Dr. Joseph W. Wolfe at World Color 731-676-8053, also after PROFESSIONAL 1/1/12. SERVICE DIRECTORY Thank you for your consideration. Joseph W. Wolfe, M.D. 3t 12/4, 12/11, 12/18/11 0232 General Help 13494

Expert assistance with planning and layout. Complete countertop cutting service. Bring in your drawing and let us give you a quote.

Smith Cabinet Shop 1505 Fulton Dr., Corinth, MS 38834 Ph. 662-287-2151

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