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Alcorn Central teacher loses battle with cancer

Dear faithful reader, Oh, the wonder of Christmas. A year’s worth of anticipation, then before we know it, this year’s holiday season will be another wonderful memory for us to think about throughout 2012. Think about what is going to make this Christmas more memorable than those which came before it. Not what Santa is expected to deliver nor those wonderful gifts begging to be opened under the tree, but the much bigger picture of things around us which make life worth living. Give it some thought and I’ll share some of your warm fuzzies with other readers in our rare Christmas Day edition on Sunday. Zip me an e-mail to editor@dailycorinthian. com and be sure to include your name and where you live. Don’t write a book, just make me cry with a few paragraphs. Send it to me by beddie-bye time on Tuesday night. Those using Pony Express need to pencil it out and get it to me on Tuesday before dark at printer’s alley over here on Harper across from McAlister’s. God bless each and everyone and may this Christmas be the best one ever. Sincerely, Mark Boehler Editor/Santa’s Helper

BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com

The community is mourning the passing of a beloved elementary school teacher. Heather Mayo, a 28-year-old first grade teacher at Alcorn Central Elementary School, died in Corinth on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011, after a twoyear battle with melanoma cancer. She is remembered by those who knew her as a faithful Christian and a loving mother. “Heather was a great Christian and had faith in God through this whole trial with cancer,” said her brother, Chad Harville. “She loved her family. That was the most important thing — she loved doing anything with her family.” Mayo also leaves a legacy of a dedi-

Mayo cated teacher. “She loved her job as a teacher,” her

brother said, “and loved the students she taught.” On Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, the Daily Corinthian published a story about the community’s effort to help the Mayo family make a trip to Disney World. The Alcorn School District and community wanted to give Mayo, her husband, Casey, and their 4-year-old daughter, Kalee, a chance to spend time together at Disney World during the Christmas season. They planned to begin their holiday trip the following Friday. Funeral services for Heather Mayo are set for 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011, at Tate Baptist Church. Visitation is Monday from 5 until 8 p.m. and Tuesday from 11 a.m. until service time at the church. Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Trial date set for man who shot bald eagle BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

A jury trial date has been moved to May for the man accused of shooting a bald eagle near Burnsville. Court records show a judge this week set new deadlines of April 16 for motions and April 30 for plea agreement in the case of William “Bill” Branum, 78, of Iuka. Jury trial, which had

been scheduled for January, is now set for May 14 in U.S. District Court in Aberdeen before Judge Sharion Aycock. A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Branum — one count of use of a bald eagle for scientific purposes and one count of taking, killing or possessing migratory birds. The defendant pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor

charges in November. Count one carries a potential penalty of one year imprisonment; a fine of $100,000; and one year supervised release. Count two has a potential penalty of six months imprisonment; $100,000 fine; and one year of supervised release. The prosecution seeks forfeiture of any property involved in the offense, including the firearm.

The shooting happened on or about March 31 near Tishomingo County Road 306, leaving the bird with a bullet in its left wing and unable to fly. The person who found the injured bird brought it to the attention of wildlife officials in Alcorn County. It was treated at the Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine, where it was determined the bird had

a fractured wing and was dehydrated, starving and in shock. The eagle was then taken to the Jackson Zoo for rehabilitation. The male eagle had a 5- to 6-foot wingspan. Bald eagles are protected by the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, both federal and wildlife statutes.

Staff photo by Bobby J. Smith

Members of the Tate Baptist youth group gather around the “Potty for Lottie” shortly after it arrived at the home of Harold Patrick (far right), who is accompanied by his 9-year-old grandson, Payne Sleeper (seated). Staff photos by Steve Beavers

Potty for Lottie

Susan Beard adds a roll to a meal served at the Bread of Life Food Ministry’s annual Christmas luncheon.

Youth group adds unique touch to missions fundraiser BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

The youth group at Tate Baptist Church is adding its own touch in raising money for international missions. Church youth came up with “Potty for Lottie” to collect money for the church’s annual Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. The unusual fundraiser has brought in just over $800 in only a couple of nights. “My daughter came up with idea

and it has really taken off with the youth group,” said Tate pastor Mickey Trammel. Olivia Trammel pitched the plan to her father during a chili supper to raise money for the mission project. “It has got kids involved with church,” said the pastor. Under the “Potty for Lottie” plan, Please see POTTY | 3A

Bread of Life dinner offers more than Christmas meal BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

Tate Baptist volunteers experienced both the giving and receiving side of the Christmas season. All through a meal. “This blesses me more than them,” said Susan Beard. “It feels so good doing something for the community ... I couldn’t imagine not doing something like this.”

Joy and laughter filled the church kitchen as eight individuals worked to get meals ready for the Bread of Life Food Ministry’s annual Christmas luncheon. The luncheon is for the financially challenged people the Bread of Life Food Ministry serves and could be the only Christmas meal some get. Please see BREAD | 2A

CARE unvails Worsham plaque BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

The CARE Foundation unveiled a new plaque at the Honor Garden Wednesday as people gathered to remember a once-in-a-lifetime friend. Just beneath the plaque for Hank Worsham is a new one

honoring his brother, Bobby Worsham, who died in August after a battle with cancer. Memorial contribution in his honor to the CARE Foundation totaled more than $6,000. “We’re here to honor Bobby hopefully with a long and visible reminder of our friend and

the life that he lived,” said Kenneth Williams, a CARE board member and lifelong friend of Worsham, who was known for his involvement in the construction business and for his affable personality.

Staff photo by Jebb Johnston

Please see WORSHAM | 3A

Members of the Worsham family gather around a new memorial plaque honoring Bobby Worsham at the CARE Honor Garden.

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On this day in history 150 years ago Dec. 18 -- Lord Lyons, the British minister to the United States, received instructions from London to make a firm demand for the release of the Confederate commissioners Mason and Slidell. The Lincoln cabinet meets to find a solution to the political quandary created by the “Trent Affair.”

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“We have been looking forward to this for months,” said Vicki Shirley. “We hope to show them Jesus is the reason for the season.” Around 70 attended a devotion given by Alcorn County Baptist Association Director of Missions Kenny Digby before taking part in the luncheon. Nineteen year-old Hunter Curtis was helping with the luncheon for a second straight year. “I feel like this is some-

thing I need to do,” said Curtis. “There should be someone to always help the less fortunate.” The meal consisted of turkey, dressing, green beans, corn, sweet potato casserole, roll and dessert as the ministry looked to meet not only the physical need, but also the spiritual. “God has blessed us so much,” said Gail Judkins. “It’s about doing His work, not us.” Having the luncheon at Tate Baptist is something the entire group looks forward to each year. “This is one of our big-

gest events,” said longtime Tate Baptist member Jean Jones. “We have lots of church members involved in all aspects of the Bread of Life Food Ministry.” “When you do something like this it never gets old,” added Charlotte Curtis. “You wish you could do more.” The only thing missing in the kitchen for the annual event was meal organizer and church member Harold Patrick. Patrick, who did show up later for the luncheon, has been slowed while taking treatments for cancer since

August. “We miss him so much,” said Beard. “He has always spearheaded this thing.” Tim Alvis, director of Bread of Life since Aug. of 2006, says the food ministry feeds 650-750 families a year. Each Thursday at 10 a.m. Alvis gives a devotion at Tate Baptist prior to the ministry distributing food. He has about five volunteers for the one-day a week time. Those wanting to volunteer with the ministry or help in any way can call Alvis at 731-645-2806.

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Susan Beard (left) and Gail Judkins prepare a plate to be served at the luncheon.

Staff photos by Steve Beavers

Vicki Shirley was one of eight volunteers of Tate Baptist helping on Thursday.

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Deaths Richard L. Campbell

Richard L. Campbell died Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, in Oxford. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Hight Funeral Home.

Heather Harville Mayo

Heather Harville Mayo died Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011, at Magnolia Regional Health Center. Funeral services are set for 1 p.m. Tuesday at Tate Baptist Church. Visitation is Monday from 5 until 8 p.m. and Tuesday from 11 a.m. until service time at Tate Baptist Church. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Memorial Funeral Home.

Helen Mitchell

Helen Mitchell died Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011, in Tupelo. Arrangements are incomplte and will be announced by Hight Funeral Home.

W.R. Parker

Funeral services for W.R. “Adam” Parker, 89, of Corinth, are set for 1 p.m. Wednesday at McPeters Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation is Tuesday at 4 p.m.

Alma Janet Jasper Hopper

Funeral services for Alma Janet Jasper Hopper, 78, of Corinth, are set for 11 a.m. Monday at Tate Baptist Church with burial at Corinth National Cemetery. Mrs. Hopper died Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, in Corinth. Born July 10, 1933, she was a homemaker, and she was a 4-H volunteer for 55 years. She was a member of Tate Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, William Marcus Hopper; her parents, Charles and Mary Delk Jasper; seven brothers, Earsel Jasper, Hassel Jasper, Ethard Jasper, Mavis Jasper, Cecil Jasper, Don Jasper and Arlis Jasper; and a sister, Helen Rose Jasper. Hopper Survivors include five sons, Ernie Hopper and wife Cissy of Winter Haven, Fla., Mark Hopper and wife Debbit of Mantachie, Perry Hopper and wife Penny of Jacksonville, Fla., William Hopper and wife Donna of Memphis, Tenn., and Matthew Hopper of Corinth; two daughters, Patricia Webb of St. Augustine, Fla., and Charla Pacheco and husband Gabriel of Corinth; 16 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Leon Jasper and wife Carol of Somerset, Ky., and Levi Jasper and wife Suzy of Somerset, Ky.; other relatives and a host of friends. Bro. Mickey Trammel will officiate. Visitation is today from 1 until 5 p.m. at Magnolia Funeral Home and Monday from 10 a.m. until service time at Tate Baptist Church. Memorials can be made to the Gideon’s c/o William J. Dennie, 3 Community Drive, Corinth, MS 38834.

Rachael Lynn Rinehart

HINKLE — Funeral services for Rachael Lynn Rinehart, 54, are set for 10 a.m. Monday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Booneville with burial at Hinkle Community Cemetery. Mrs. Rinehart died Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born May 23, 1957, she completed her Nursing Degree at Northeast Mississippi Community College in Booneville. She was a nurse at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was preceded in death by her father, Q.D. Pollard. Survivors include her husband, Kenneth Bruce Rinehart; six children, Jeremiah Rinehart, Justin Rinehart, Jarrett Rinehart (April), Jamie Rinehart, Jessica Rinehart and Janna Boyer (Alan), all of Rienzi; her mother, Mary Deane Smith Pollard of Booneville; two brothers, David Pollard (Marsha) of Booneville, and Andy Pollard (Emily) of Houston, Texas; three sisters, Becky Piersky (Randy), Dawn Floyd (Ned), all of Booneville, and Lorrie Haug (Kevin) of Las Vegas, Nev.; and five grandchildren, Brandon Rinehart, Abby Rinehart, Brittany Rinehart, Kensley Rinehart and Carsyn Rinehart. Bishop Ricky Howell will officiate. Visitation is today from 5 until 9 p.m. at Booneville Funeral Home.

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Agenda set for city board meeting The Corinth Board of Mayor and Aldermen will hold a regular meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday. The agenda includes the following: ■ Public hearings for property cleanup at 1223 Wick Street, 1212 Cruise Street, 815 Fourth Street, Highway 72 East (Rhoads property) and Cooper Street car wash; hearing to be scheduled for 310 Tate Street (Dotson

property) ■ Consider proposed entertainment district ■ Reports of the department heads ■ Consider Comcast settlement and release agreement ■ November claims docket ■ Consider bid for lot 36 Spence Subdivision ■ Consider security for City Hall ■ Consider purchase of admin-

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Attention disorder is natural this time of year This Christmas I swore that -- if nothing else -- I’d have the vacuuming done before our guests walk through that door. Last year, they found me roaring away in the guest rooms, jerking the cannister along on its “leash” like a fat little dog that I don’t like very much. This year, vacuuming headed the list, closely followed by scrubbing the toilets and showers and sinks. Cleaning out the kitchen fridge and the basement fridge. Washing all the dogs’ bedding. And the throw rugs that they lie on. And their hairy little selves, especially the pup who had his first encounter with an irritated skunk a couple weeks ago. (He’s already had two thorough baths, of course, but he could use one every single day and still be doggy.) Then there are those umpteen other odd jobs it’d be nice to do. Like wiping down the blades on all the ceiling fans. And here’s hoping I can find the time to wash and oil and glue those rickety Extra Chairs we drag up from the basement every time we have a party. (They usually get just a brief swipe.) But first I absolutely have to tidy up the chicken poop and nasty papers in the garage. And the old cat’s “breakfasts” that he leaves throughout the porch. Not to mention the mouse-sized “house guests” we had a while ago who left evidence of their passing

on the pantry shelves. I looked around this morning and felt a wee bit panicky. Gifts --wrapped and unwrapped -- are spread all over the living room along with the quilt that it doesn’t look like I’ll quite finRyland ish. The ping pong Bruhwiler table is strewn with Christmas Special decorations. The Columnist dining room table is covered with cookie cutters and cookie tins. Three pans of acorns of various shapes and sizes (for my Sunday schoolers to add to their pinecone wreathes) are heaped on top of the stove, and boxes of recipes are stacked on the kitchen chairs. Recipes? you ask. Why drag out scores of recipes at this busy season? Our guest list includes one person who doesn’t care for fish. Several, for religious reasons, who cannot eat pork. Some love spicy. Some must eat mild. Heart problems . . . Milk allergies . . . Feeding this gang will be a challenge. Besides, my hundreds of recipes need sorting. And I tend to go off on birdbrained projects when I badly need to focus. Two of my nephews have been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder, and my brother swears he’s struggled with some version of it all his

life (long before they had a name for the condition). Then there was my dad on one side of the family, and my mother’s mother on the other. I come by it rightly. Usually , I deal with it halfway well. Right now I’m feeling a little overwhelmed. Especially since I sat down on the floor to pet the dogs a few nights ago, bent forward at just the wrong angle, and TWANG went the nerves in my lower back and down my legs. I struggled to my feet, every movement accompanied by a hiss of pain and a Whoa! I ascended the stairs on my hands and knees like a wounded spider, crawled down the hall like a very large baby, dragged myself up onto the bathroom sink and, resting my weight on my left elbow, hastily brushed my teeth and washed my face one-handed before I eased myself into bed. Of course you know what the chiropractor said. Don’t touch that vacuum cleaner! For at least a week. So you know what roar our guests will hear as they cart their luggage up the stairs . . . ! (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.)

WORSHAM: ‘Bobby was always larger than life,’ said Grady CONTINUED FROM 1A

“Bobby was always ‘larger than life,’ so his plaque couldn’t be hung quietly without celebrating the memory of his lovable personality,” said Mona Lisa Grady, CARE’s executive director. The plaque is inscribed with a quote from the “Little Rascals” — “You meet a once in a lifetime

friend … only once in a lifetime.” Several people shared remembrances about Worsham and his ability to spread good cheer. “He was the most fun person that I’ve ever been around regardless of where we were,” said Hull Davis. “He truly loved what he was doing. He loved the challenge of the construction business. We miss him.”

Worsham Brothers constructed the Honor Garden near the depot. Numerous family members and friends attended the plaque unveiling and a gathering afterwards. CARE has presented $300,000 in grants to various community organizations since 2003. CARE’s fund has grown to $1.2 million.

POTTY: ‘100 percent of everything received goes to the missions’ CONTINUED FROM 1A

Tate youth place an actual commode in a member’s yard. To have the commode removed, the member has to make a donation to Lottie Moon. Once the member makes a donation, they can decide where the commode goes next. “A sign is placed with the commode telling what it is all about,” said Bro. Mickey. “The kids and members have had a fun time with it.” “It has connected the youth with the adult group as we prepare to take a Lottie Moon Of-

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fering,” added church member Jean Jones. “My grandson comes in talking about it every night ... the kids have really got a kick out of it.” Southern Baptist churches collect the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for the sole purpose of supporting international missions. “A 100 percent of everything received goes to the missions,” said Trammel. “Fifty percent of a mission’s salary comes from the offering.” The Southern Baptist goal for this year is $175 million. “We are off to a good start and

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Other Views Obama’s campaign strategy will portray him as a non-incumbent BY DICK MORRIS AND EILEEN MCGANN In his “60 Minutes” interview, President Obama offered a keen insight into his 2012 re-election strategy. It takes some decoding, but his underlying strategic goals emerge. He said: “The question next year is going to be -and then this is how a democracy is supposed to work -- do they see a more compelling vision coming out from the other side? Do they think that cutting taxes further, including on the wealthy, cutting taxes on corporations, of gutting regulations, do we think that that is going to be somehow more successful? And if the American people think that that’s a recipe for success and a majority are persuaded by that, then I’m going to lose.” Three relevant points emerge from an analysis of Obama’s comment. First, he wants the election to be a referendum on the Republican candidate and his political philosophy. By posing the key question as whether the GOP remedy for the economy will be “somehow more successful,” Obama makes it clear he wants this contest to be about the opposition proposals. Second, the president is determined to run as a non-incumbent, abandoning all but a pro forma defense of his record and instead running as if he would were there an open seat. He wants it to be 2008 all over again, where he’s free to float ideas without taking any responsibility for his performance in office or that of the economy on his watch. Finally, Obama is determined to make the election a contest between two policy alternatives, deliberately omitting the issue of competence. He wants all the votes his point of view will permit him to garner -- despite his obvious ineptitude when it comes to implementation. He’s like an incompetent employee hoping to save his job by advocating a broad-based shift in his corporation’s philosophy in the hopes that his bosses will ignore his own poor performance. Obama seems to want to turn the election into a referendum on policy, almost as if he were campaigning for an issue on the ballot rather than as a president seeking a second term. While this preference is understandable given his dismal record, the Republicans cannot let him get away with it. The key question Republicans must pose to the president must be: “What are you planning to do in the next four years to get the economy moving that you have not tried and failed with during your first term, especially during that portion of the term when you had total control of Congress and still couldn’t fix the economy?” Of course, the other part of Obama’s reelection strategy will be a slash-and-burn approach to attacking his opponent. Using the cooperation of the media, he will throw any accusation that comes to mind against his Republican adversary in the hope that enough sticks to help him win. But in this essentially negative approach to the campaign, he is laboring under the handicap that the Republican candidate will have been thoroughly vetted during the primaries. Any negatives that exist will have been aired so extensively that they will pack little punch in the fall. In this respect, the primary contest is serving to inoculate the eventual Republican candidate by raising all the negatives and exhausting them before the fall election even starts. As for the rest of his strategy -- it won’t work. Nobody is going to forget the current state of the economy or fail to remember how ineffective the stimulus program was at doing anything other than digging us deeper into a self-destructive debt. The fact is that an incumbent president is up for re-election, and there is more than a clash of philosophies at issue. There will be two men. And one of them is a demonstrated failure. (Dick Morris, former advisor to the Clinton administration, is a commentator and author of “Rewriting History.” He is also a columnist for the New York Post and The Hill. His wife, Eileen McGann is an attorney and consultant.)

Prayer for today Make us as willing to come to you, O Lord, as you are to receive us. Embrace us. As your prodigals come home, Lord, forgive us and hold us in your love, now and forever. Amen.

A verse to share And he came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favored, the Lord is with thee. — Luke 1:28

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Another bite at the Internet sales tax apple STARKVILLE — One thing I’ve learned in the more than 30 years of writing columns on Mississippi politics and public policy is that this is a two-way street, this little meeting I share with this newspaper’s readers once or twice a week. I have my ideas, the readers have theirs, and neither of us are shy about sharing our opinions. Several readers weighed in on my recent column on Internet sales tax collections. One came from a gentleman who admits he’s in the employ of an online retailer. His argument was not one in opposition to the collection of existing Mississippi sales taxes on online sales, but he is miffed in the way the media portrays the conflict between local mom-and-pop stores and large online retailers: “The conversation is always presented like the online retailer is getting away with something . . . the (readers) always picture this anonymous online merchant as the bad guy and that making him pay a tax is something that should be corrected. It ought to read: ‘You readers

are getting away with not paying this tax, here’s how much it is, and there’s a movement Sid Salter under way to get it from you.’” Columnist He’s got a point. Sales taxes are rightly collected from the purchaser of products, not the seller. When an online transaction takes place, the buyer owes the sales tax, not the seller. But as is the case in the mom-and-pop local Mississippi store, state laws has made a tax collector out of the merchant. The move to correct the inequities of the state’s failure to collect existing sales taxes on products sold online in the same manner that sales taxes are collected in Mississippi stores at the point of purchase is indeed under way – and should have been years ago. One reader argued that if Congress allows states to collect their existing state sales taxes on online transactions, China and other trade competitors will enjoy

an advantage. The reader intoned ominously: “Would you wish to hand foreigners another 7 percent advantage over businesses located in Mississippi?” While I see the reader’s premise as somewhat incongruent, I’m no more or less concerned about the competitive disadvantage of the Chinese than I am Amazon.com and Reed’s Gum Tree Books in Tupelo. Reed’s, a venerable Mississippi business that is over a century old, has bricks and mortar businesses in Mississippi and is also an online retailer. Like other Mississippi businesses, Reed’s is required to collect sales taxes at the point of sale in their stores and on their online sales as well. Again, the tax is owed by the purchaser. A product either is or is not subject to sales tax under state law. The notion that such taxes should not be collected from online purchasers for any reason other than the technical inability to do so in a fiscally feasible manner is one that confounds me. Gov. Haley Barbour should be praised for seeing the light on Internet

sales taxes in the 11th hour and 59th minute of his two terms as Mississippi’s governor. But when he was seeking office in 2003 and for the majority of his two terms, he was “against raising anybody’s taxes.” In 2011, Gov.-elect Phil Bryant has adopted exactly the same response as Barbour had in 2003. From a policy standpoint, there’s no really logical argument against collecting the same sales taxes online that are collected at the point of sale in physical store domiciles. Certainly, shipping charges (a favorite dodge of opponents who say online sales should not be taxed) is an apples-and-lug nuts argument. But from a political standpoint, Bryant and other conservatives will be slow to follow Barbour’s urgings on the Internet sales tax collection push. Why? They don’t want to be accused of “raising anybody’s taxes” in their next campaign -- despite the inarguable fact that this isn’t a new tax at all. (Sid Salter is a syndicated columnist. Contact him at 601-507-8004 or sidsalter@sidsalter.com.)

Prime Minister David Cameron’s finest hour Prime Minister David Cameron’s decision to veto Germany’s demand for a new European fiscal union will define his premiership. More than that, Cameron has raised a banner for patriots everywhere fighting to retain their national independence. With his no vote on fiscal union, Cameron declared to the EU: “British surrenders of sovereignty come to an end here. And Britain will deny Brussels any oversight authority of any national budgets or any right to sanction EU members.” The euro-skeptic right is understandably ecstatic. “He Put Britain First,” thundered the Daily Mail. “There is now a wonderful opportunity for Britain gradually to loosen itself from the shackles of a statist, overregulated, anti-democratic, corrupt EU.” The Sun featured Cameron as Winston Churchill, flashing a wartime V-for-Victory sign over the banner headline: “Up Eurs -- Bulldog PM Sticks up for Britain.” The British left, however, almost took to bed. “Cameron Cuts U.K. Adrift,” wailed the Guardian. “The EU Leaves Britain,” moaned The Independent. Coalition partner Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats went weak in the knees, claiming the prime minister

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had left Britain “isolated and marginalized ... hovering somewhere in the mid-Atlantic.” Pat Yet one Buchanan imagines that Britain will Columnist somehow survive. And while he may have been unaware of the firestorm that would follow his decision, Cameron has exposed the backroom game that is going on in Europe. The Germans have seized on the crisis caused by the fiscal promiscuity of Club Med -- Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal -- to effect a giant leap forward into European fiscal and political union. Berlin is basically offering the bankrupts a bribe, saying: “All right, we will bail you out. But, in return, all 17 members of the eurozone shall accept revisions to the EU treaty under which they submit their budgets to Brussels. And if their deficits and/ or debts exceed permissible limits, those nations will be sanctioned and fined.” The Germans are exploiting the crisis to impose their model on the eurozone today and all of Europe tomorrow. Well, some may ask, since Germany is the most successful economy in Europe, why not impose that model?

Answer: For a nation to submit its budget for review by a higher authority, and accept the right of such an authority to alter that budget or punish that nation, is to cease in a fundamental way to be free. Cameron may seem isolated, but he speaks for tens of millions outside Britain -- Italians, Greeks and others fed up with the imposed austerity, North Europeans fed up with having to bail out Club Med deadbeats who do not work as hard or as long. Nationalism is on the boil across Europe, and it is impossible to believe the leaders of those 26 EU countries, by cutting some deal with Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy, can bind their countrymen forever to cede veto power over their future budgets to Brussels. Will Greeks and Italians really accept a decade of austerity to pay off debts larger than the national economy, to banks and bondholders, for hundreds of billion of euros already spent? Were Italy and Greece U.S. citizens rather than EU countries, both would long ago have declared bankruptcy, been forced to pay what they could, then been released from remaining obligations, while their creditors would have been forced to swallow their losses. Moreover, there are prag-

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matic reasons for rejecting the German plan. Europe appears headed for stagnation or recession. Yet under the fiscal union scheme, virtually all eurozone nations would have to raise value-added and income taxes to balance budgets where the domestic welfare states consume almost all of the national economy. Does raising taxes make sense in a recession? Would it not risk deepening the recession, raising debt-to-GDP ratios, forcing interest rates to rise to attract investors to new national bonds as old bonds came due? All of this raises the larger question. Can the eurozone survive? And if it cannot, can the EU? Given the hostile attitude of Greeks, Italians and many others to years of austerity to pay back debts, given the growing reluctance of the European Central Bank, Germany and Northern Europe to bailing out deadbeats, given the lack of resources available, are not defaults in the eurozone almost inevitable? And if that happens, given the size of the debts, the result would be like the collapse of Lehman Brothers raised to the third power. Trillions of euros of debt that appear today as assets on the balance sheets of giant banks and within the portfolios of millions of investors would vanish overnight.

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Woman to be sentenced in scam OXFORD — A sentencing hearing is set next month for a woman accused of using other people’s Social Security numbers to get credit cards under false names. Camilla Survillion was charged in December 2010 in a 20-count indictment. She pleaded guilty to two counts on Aug. 25. Court records said she got credit cards in at least 16 other names and had them mailed to her. Sentencing is set for Jan. 31 in U.S. District Court in Oxford.

51 graduates join Highway Patrol PEARL — Fifty-one cadets have made it through training for the Mississippi Highway Patrol. A graduation ceremony was held Friday for the 60th highway patrol cadet class. WLBT television reports that the cadets went through a 23-week boot camp to become state troopers. Governor Haley Barbour addressed the graduating cadets, thanking them for protecting Mississippians. He also asked the crowd to pray for them as they take to their new jobs.

Biloxi VA dedicated BILOXI — A crowd of veterans and their supporters were on hand when the Biloxi Veterans Affairs medical care facility marked the completion of five new buildings and other improvements with a dedication ceremony. WLOX television reports that the expansion was the largest in the history of the Biloxi VA. The $310 million improvement project nearly doubles the size of the

medical care facility. The work involved six different projects, six contractors and hundreds of construction workers.

Horse blamed for mishaps on I-20 PEARL (AP) — A horse that got loose from where it was being kept in the Pearl area was blamed for causing two accidents on Interstate 20. A Pearl police spokesman, Lt. Butch Townsend, tells WLBT TV that nobody was hurt in the Friday morning accidents. Authorities caught the horse on the shoulder of I-20, sedated the animal and loaded onto a trailer. Townsend says the owner will be billed for all the authorities’ work and will be cited for keeping the horse in a residential area.

Guilty plea scheduled in case ABERDEEN — A Tennessee man is scheduled to plead guilty to failing to register as a sex offender Court records say Smith was convicted of sexual battery in 2010 in Memphis.

Sentencing scheduled in casino kidnapping case BY HOLBROOK MOHR Associated Press

JACKSON — When Oliver Eugene Anderson was kidnapped in Arkansas and taken to a Mississippi casino to cash a $2,000 ransom check, he figured out a simple way to escape. He screamed for help. His abductors fled. One of the suspects, Dennis Lee Andrews, is scheduled be sentenced Dec. 29 in U.S. District Court in Greenville, Miss., for kidnapping and using a gun during a violent crime. Two others, Athena Marie Byrd and Patrick Hollowell, have pleaded guilty in the case. Their sentencing dates have not been set. All three have been held without bond because a judge said they are dangerous. Andrews allegedly confessed to an FBI agent that he was using methamphetamine and popping pills at a friend’s house in West Helena, Ark., on Feb. 2, the night the abduction happened. He and Hollowell went to a Motel 6 in the area and picked up a pistol, according to court records

that cite Andrews’ confession to the FBI. “Because he was ‘high,’ he does not remember where the two met up with co-defendant Athena Marie Byrd, but the three of them devised a ‘scam’ to obtain money from Oliver Eugene Anderson,” court records said. Byrd is described by people who know her as a 33-year-old woman who has struggled with drug addiction for much of her life. Court records describe her both as Anderson’s friend or part-time girlfriend. On the night of the abduction, Byrd went to Anderson’s house first so she would be there when the others arrived. Andrews and Hollowell showed up and held Anderson and

Byrd at gunpoint. Anderson asked what he could do to make them leave, records show. The woman allegedly said she owed Andrews and Hollowell $2,000. They stole binoculars, pistols and other items but weren’t satisfied with the money and valuables Anderson had at his house. They forced Anderson to write a check, then Andrews and Byrd loaded him into her car at gun point and headed across the nearby Mississippi River to the Isle of Capri Casino in Coahoma County, Miss., to cash the check. Once inside the casino at the teller’s window, “Anderson screamed that he was being kidnapped, or words to that effect,” the indictment said. The abductors

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