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Red Cross known for disaster relief services Narcotics

BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com

The Northeast Mississippi Chapter of the Red Cross offers a wide variety of assistance and services.

Possibly most widely-known are the organization’s efforts in disaster relief.

“Basically, if it’s part of a disaster, we assist with it,” said Cheryl Kocurek, readiness and response manager for the Red

Cross’ Northeast Mississippi Chapter.

The organization’s disaster and emergency relief for families includes providing food, clothes and shelter during disasters. During large scale disasters the Red Cross distributes tarps, cleanup kits and hygiene kits.

The Northeast Mississippi Chapter includes 16 counties.

It is headquartered in Tupelo,

with offices in Tishomingo, New Albany, Starkville and Columbus.

Although Red Cross no longer has a Corinth office, the organization wants to stress it continues to offer services in Alcorn County.

People seeking disaster assistance in Northeast Mississippi can call the Tupelo headquarters during office hours at 662-842-6101. The toll-free

after hours phone line is 1-855891-7325.

In addition to assisting people suffering the effects of disasters, the Red Cross provides services to the armed forces.

They are the only communication link between military families and members of the armed forces and often are called on to relay messages of Please see CROSS | 2A

Momentum builds for magical trip

BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

Tips for the trip.

Momentum continues to build for a trip to Disney World by a group of special needs children.

A fundraiser to collect funds for destination Disney is scheduled for Tuesday night from 5-8 p.m. at Sweet Peppers Deli.

Thus far $14,971 has been raised for the trip that will see around 38 youngsters and 37 parents visit the Orlando, Fla. magical theme park.

Parents will wait tables and other work at the restaurant located in The Commons shopping center. Children will be accepting tips at the door. The group will receive all tips and 10 percent of what is taken in over the three hours.

“We have had other fundraisers, but nothing like this one,” said Sweet Peppers Manager Amy Holland. “This is a great cause and something good for the community to come out and support.”

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Session helps families cope with Alzheimer’s

BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

As Americans live longer, more families are forced to cope with Alzheimer’s disease.

The Mississippi State Extension Service is hosting an educational session on the disease Thursday beginning at 1 p.m.

The Understanding Alzheimer’s Workshop is free to the public and organized by the Mississippi chapter of The Alzheimer’s Association.

The program will include perspectives on caregiving by Keri Roaten and Jay Van Winkle.

“There are many families within our community coping with Alzheimer’s and the different challenges it presents,” said Roaten. “There are several resources available that many people know nothing about.

This program will highlight those resources and also help understand the disease, which is very important when you are caring for someone.”

A caregiver panel discussion with speakers Shelia Crum and Catherine Kilgore will deal with Please see DISEASE | 5A

Staff photo by Steve Beavers

Sweet Peppers Deli Manager Amy Holland goes over a menu with 10 year-old Stephanie Caples. Caples is part of a special needs group that is raising money to go to Disney World in May. Organizers of the trip are planning a fundraiser at Peppers on Tuesday from 5-8 p.m.

unit makes 3 arrests

BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

The Alcorn Narcotics Unit arrested three people following an investigation of alleged drug activity.

The arrest happened Jan. 3 when officers stopped a vehicle on Farmington Road after observing the occupants purchase items used in the production of methamphetamine.

Cassandra Gail Prisant, 42, of Box Chapel Road, Corinth, was charged with conspiracy to manufacture a controlled substance, possession of two or more precursors with intent to manufacture a controlled substance and felony possession of a controlled substance. Bond was set at $20,000.

Sandra Tracy Eaton, 33, of Merrill Drive, Booneville, was charged with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. Bond was set at $5,000.

Charles Ragan Kennedy, 46, of Box Chapel Road, Corinth, was charged with possession of two or more precursors with intent to manufacture a controlled substance and conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. He was also held for the Mississippi Department of Corrections because he was on probation at the time of the arrest.

Narcotics Officer Darrell Hopkins said officers gained consent to search the vehicle and found items used in cookPlease see UNIT | 2A

Iuka songwriters release second CD of trilogy

BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com

The multi-talented Thomas Brothers — award-winning filmmakers and songwriters from Iuka — have released a new traditionally-flavored album with sounds straight from the classic American songbook.

“Chasing Butterflies” is Eddie and Frank Thomas’ second installment of an autobiographical trilogy that began with 2011’s “Maggie’s House” and will conclude this spring with “Pennyland.”

All of the songs for the trilogy were recorded at the brothers’ Iuka studio over a roughly one-year period, explained songwriter and guitarist Eddie. As the songs went down on tape a pattern began to emerge, and the idea for the trilogy was hatched.

“We did it here at our little home studio in Iuka. We recorded it all at once — then we decided which songs to put in there,” Eddie said. “When we looked at it, we saw the songs kind of tell a story.”

The way the trilogy is organized, the first release, “Maggie’s House,” tells the story of growing up in small town Mississippi. With “Chasing Butterflies” the songs grapple with

“We recorded it all at once — then we decided which songs to put in there. When we looked at it, we saw the songs kind of tell a story.”

Eddie Thomas growing up and finding oneself in the world. The upcoming “Pennyland” deals with coming home again and discovering one’s roots.

To celebrate the new album’s release, the brothers are throwing a release party at the Friends of the Iuka Library lunch break on Tuesday, Jan. 17 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

On Saturday, Jan. 21, they will play another hometown show, an evening of dinner and concert, with dinner at The Place on Front & Main beginning at 5 p.m. with a concert following from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Iuka’s Little Episcopal Church.

Tickets for the dinner and show are $10 each and available at www.eddieandfrank.com or

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Frank (left) and Eddie Thomas recently released “Chasing Butterflies,” part two in an autobiographical trilogy of folk-laced ballads about growing up, going out into the world and coming home again. at the Iuka Public Library.

Before the release of “Pennyland,” the Thomas Brothers are embarking on a three-week tour of the United Kingdom, where they have an exception-

ally enthusiastic and appreciative following.

For more information or to purchase albums by Eddie and Frank Thomas visit www.eddieandfrank.com

On this day in history 150 years ago Jan. 8 — A small force of 450 Union soldiers attack a Confederate camp at Roan’s Tan Yard on Silver Creek, Mo. The 800 Confederates were surprised and routed but managed to escape under the cover of a heavy fog.

Dr. Prather is a board certified physician in Cardiology and Internal Medicine with Magnolia Regional Health Center. He has been on staff at MRHC since 1979. Dr. Prather is also certified in Nuclear Medicine, CT Cardiac Angiograms and Interventional Cardiology. Dr. Prather received his medical degree from the University of California, San Diego followed by training in Internal Medicine, Cardiology and a Cardiology fellowship at the University of Alabama, Birmingham. He is a recipient of the Giannini Foundation Fellowship. --- To schedule an appointment please call, (662) 287-5218.

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Dickerson Furniture store closing after 67 years

BY ANGELA STOREY astorey@dailycorinthian.com

When thinking of the cornerstone businesses in the Crossroads area, one that always comes to mind is Dickerson Furniture Company, a part of historic downtown Booneville since 1945.

The year 2012 will mark its closing after 67 years in business.

“The old retail joke goes ‘when business is good it’s smart management ... when business is slow, it’s poor economic conditions,’” says owner Marshall Dickerson.

The economic downturn took a toll on Dickerson’s business for the last four years.

“Furniture is something that people can put off buying if they’re nervous about the economy or their finances aren’t as good as they’d like them to be,” he says. “I realized I couldn’t go on much longer.”

The quality of furniture sold was long-lasting, too.

Once a customer called the store, laughing about a remark made by her carpet installers. As they were moving furniture to make way for the new carpet, one of the men commented he didn’t have to ask where she had bought her furni-

“Furniture is something that people can put off buying if they’re nervous about the economy or their finances aren’t as good as they’d like them to be.”

Marshall Dickerson Owner, Dickerson Furniture ture. He knew it came from Dickerson Furniture because of how heavy it was.

Four generations of customers have shopped at this family furniture store.

Marshall Dickerson’s dad, Hugh, opened Dickerson Furniture Company in June 1945 on Front Street, which would later be renamed West College Street.

The Dickerson family had always been in retail.

Hugh’s parents, Sam and Ella Dickerson, moved from eastern Benton County to Ripley in the late 1920s to open a small grocery store. They had five living children with Hugh being the youngest (two

Staff photo by Angela Storey

Marshall Dickerson and his son, Sam, at Dickerson Furniture in Booneville. The oak desk Marshall sits behind was once used by John Lee Richie when he was mayor of Booneville. died in infancy). Every one of them had a store at one time.

After graduating from high school, Hugh Dickerson went to work at Tippah Wholesale Company in Ripley, where he met his wife-to-be, Eunice Carter, who worked in the office.

Hugh and Eunice married in 1945.

It is interesting to note Hugh’s brothers, Asa and Nelson, also had stores by the name of “Dickerson Furniture.”

Asa’s store was located on the square in Ripley, while Nelson’s store was

located in Calhoun City.

The store in Ripley was purchased by the Hopper family and remains in the same location as Hopper Furniture. The store in Calhoun City only lasted a few years.

After his marriage, Hugh wanted to live in Boon-

eville. In June 1945, he opened Dickerson Furniture Company at its present location at 105 West College St. Marshall was born in 1949, followed by two younger sisters, Joyce Crook of Atlanta and Janet Johnston of Birmingham.

Both are nurse practitioners.

Although his sisters never worked much at their dad’s furniture store, Marshall did, loading furniture and anything else that needed to be done.

Marshall remembers when his dad used to sell tile and flooring, and can point to a door facing in the back of the store where he glued tiny bits of tile when he was a small child.

Marshall recalls his father talking about furniture sales after World War II. “He said after the war there was no problem selling furniture ... the problem was just getting it. He spent all his time begging people to ship furniture.

He said he would put furniture on the sidewalk and it would be gone by the end of the day.”

His parents built their home on Washington Street in 1951. “Dad would bring home furniture for Please see CLOSE | 5A

UNIT: Officers found meth, items used in meth production at Kennedy’s residence; other local arrests CONTINUED FROM 1A

ing methamphetamine as well as finished product.

Officers then went to Pri-

sant’s residence at 15 Box Chapel Road, where they found items used in meth production. Kennedy was arrested at the residence.

In other area arrests: ■ The Corinth Police Department charged Eric B. Anderson, 46, of Thomas Gap Road, Iuka, with

WELCOME JOHN W. PRATHER,

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Dr. Prather is a board certified physician in Cardiology and Internal Medicine with Magnolia Regional Health Center. He has been on staff at MRHC since 1979. Dr. Prather is also certified in Nuclear Medicine, CT Cardiac Angiograms and Interventional Cardiology. Dr. Prather received his medical degree from the University of California, San Diego followed by training in Internal Medicine, Cardiology and a Cardiology fellowship at the University of Alabama, Birmingham. He is a recipient of the Giannini Foundation Fellowship.

To schedule an appointment please call, (662) 287-5218.

grand larceny on Dec. 8.

According to the police report, Anderson on Dec. 5 allegedly took a Honda high-pressure washer from a local restaurant where he was doing some work for a commercial asphalt sealing and coating company. The pressure washer, valued at $1,250, was rented from a local business.

■ Robert Lee Settles, 23, of Forrest Lee Drive, Booneville, was arrested Monday and charged with credit card fraud by the Prentiss County Sheriff’s Department.

Sheriff Randy Tolar said Settles acquired a credit card from his grandfather around Thanksgiving and began withdrawing money. The card actually belonged to the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 842 in Tupelo.

Settles is accused of more than 20 instances of credit card fraud in Prentiss County in addition

to transactions in Pearl.

He was also charged with burglary in an unrelated case.

Bond was set at $12,500, and Settles was also held for the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

■ Prentiss County picked up a Booneville man wanted on burglary charges in Texas who has also been charged with burglary by Booneville police. He was also charged with escape after an attempt to flee the jail.

Ira Whitlock, 40, of County Road 3101, was arrested Dec. 16 and faced additional charges Jan. 1.

The escape charge was filed after Whitlock ran and exited an interior door that experienced a lock malfunction. Tolar said there was no chance of the inmate getting outside, however.

“The malfunctioning door lock and other electronic problems began

several months ago when lightning knocked out our control board and numerous other electronic mechanisms,” said Tolar. “For the last several weeks, technicians have been working to get everything back up and running even better than before.”

■ The Tishomingo County Sheriff’s Department charged Joshua Duane McKinnon, 20, of Iuka, in connection with two burglaries at the Whitfield Trailer Park.

Investigators recovered a flat-screen television, electronics and numerous DVDs, as well as equipment belonging to the National Guard.

■ Allyson Shelby, 25, of Memphis, Tenn., was arrested by Tishomingo County officers on County Road 232 in northern Tishomingo County on identity theft charges.

She was also wanted in Shelby County, Tenn., on identity theft charges.

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“I am glad to have the opportunity to do this,” said organizer Havis Hurley. “The kids are really excited about having the chance to go to Disney World.”

Hurley says the group raised $3,600 at its fundraiser at Pizza Inn in November.

“We still need to try and have 1-2 fundraisers a month because the time will be here before you

know it,” said the organizer.

A package has already been put together for the trip to see Mickey Mouse.

It will cost around $450 per child with the deal including transportation, tickets and accommodations for five days. The trip is set for May 26 through June 1.

Hurley, who has made over four dozen trips to the park, came up the idea for the magical ride while working with 18 of

the youngsters. He started putting the plan into action in September of last year.

An account -- Disney World Fundraiser -- has been set up at Trustmark Bank for those that would like to donate. Donations can also be sent to: Havis Hurley, 1306 Orchard Lane, Corinth, Ms. 38834.

For more info about the special needs trip or to donate call Hurley at 662-643-3561.

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The Northeast Mississippi Chapter of Red Cross will soon hold its fifth annual Evening of Jazz concert with Grady Nichols. The benefit will be held from 7 until 10 p.m. at The Summit in Tupelo. Tickets are $30 and will be available at

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The goal for the concert is to raise $50,000 to be used in the chapter to support projects and disaster services.

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Community Events 4-H volunteer leaders The Alcorn County 4-H Volunteer Leaders’ Association will meet Monday, Jan. 9 at 5 p.m. at the Alcorn County Extension Service. On the agenda: 4-H Saturday, council officer installation, committee meetings, county procedures and the 2012 MVLA Conference. All 4-H volunteers and parents are encouraged to attend.

For more information, call the Alcorn County 4-H office at 286-7756.

Guild annual meeting The 2012 Corinth Artist Guild annual membership meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19 at the artist guild gallery located at 507 Cruise Street in downtown Corinth.

Members are urged to attend to give ideas about the future of the local guild. Future plans will be discussed and board members will be elected or reelected. Persons interested in joining the guild are also encouraged to attend.

Applicator training There will be a Private Applicator Training session held on Monday, Jan. 9 at 6 p.m. at the Alcorn County Extension Service office located behind the Crossroads Arena. There is a $10 fee to attend the training.

This training is for farmers who need their Private Applicator’s Certificate in order to purchase restricted use pesticides for their farm. For more information or to attend, call Patrick Poindexter at the Alcorn County Extension Service at 662-286-7755.

TOPS A TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) membership drive is being held Wednesday, Jan. 11 at Waldron Street Christian Church in Corinth, beginning at 4:30 p.m.

TOPS goal is to make positive lifestyle changes that

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lead to weight loss and wellness.

Guest speaker will be Pat Harris from Columbus.

For more information, contact Jean Brown, 2878868 or 293-0091 or Heather Johnson.

For more information about the event call SFC Shackelford at 662-6872460. Visit Northeast on the web at www.nemcc. edu.

contact the Counseling Center at 662-720-7313.

Visit Northeast on the Internet at www.nemcc.edu.

Mended Hearts

Modeling Squad try-outs

Mended Hearts will be meeting Monday, Jan. 9 at 10 a.m. at the Magnolia Community Service Complex in the Cardiac Rehab Conference Room, 1001 South Harper Road in Corinth.

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 the mission by providing their expertise and support. Mended Hearts meets the second Monday of every month.

A benefit for Renee McClain is being held Feb. 4 at the Ramer Civic Center from 11 a.m. until. Renee is the mother of Michael and Tiffney Penley and the widow of the late Larry “Top Hog” McClain. She is under-going open heart surgery and a triple by-pass plus trigger point laser surgery and needs help with medical expenses.

Homemade chili and barbecue plates are being sold for lunch at the benefit. There will be a cake walk and an auction to follow, along with live music.

For more information, contact Tiffney Penley, 731-610-3123; Michael Penley, 731-610-7082 or Lisa Dillon, 731-610-3421 for more information or to make a donation.

Alcorn County 4-H Modeling Squad try-outs are being held Saturday, Jan. 14 at the Alcorn County Extension office, 2200 Levee Road behind the Crossroads Arena in Corinth. An introduction to the program and workshop will begin at 10 a.m. with try-outs to follow at 11 a.m. Participants can dress casual but appropriate for try-outs, which will include an interview by the judges. Participants will be given the questions during the workshop. Participants will meet with the judges individually.

The 4-H Modeling Squad try-outs are open to all youth (male and female) ages 8-18. All models will become members of the Alcorn County 4-H program.

There is no joining fee or monthly fee. No experience is necessary.

A small reception will be held for the participants and family members immediately following the try-outs.

‘Tuition Extravaganza’ A “Tuition Extravaganza” event is set for Feb. 2 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Northeast Mississippi Community College in Holliday Hall and the Bonner Arnold Coliseum west parking lot in Booneville.

The event is being held to inform students of possible tuition solutions available through ROTC. Students can earn a twoyear or four-year degree despite the cost of tuition by participating in the ROTC program. Representatives from Northeast, Mississippi State University and the University of Mississippi will be on hand to answer any questions.

Registration dates for day/evening and distance learning classes for the 2012 spring semester at Northeast Mississippi Community College are set: Day and evening classes will begin today.

Distance learning classes commence on Monday, Jan. 17.

Registration for day and evening classes will remain open until Wednesday, Jan. 11. Students may register for distance learning classes through Friday, Jan. 13.

Northeast’s Bookstore located in the Haney Union will be open from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. today and Jan. 5, 9 and 10. Regular hours are 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.

For additional information about admissions or financial aid, call 662-7207239 in Booneville or email admitme@nemcc.edu.

Students who are uncertain about their career or educational choices should

A family orientation program to educate families about Alzheimer’s is being held Thursday, Jan. 12 from 1-3 p.m. at the Mississippi State Extension Center, 2200 Levee Road in Corinth.

The Mississippi chapter of The Alzheimer’s Association is conducting a free community education program, “Understanding Alzheimer’s” workshop.

The program will feature perspectives on caregiving

by Keri Roaten and Jay Van Winkle. There will also be a caregiver panel discussion with speakers Shelia Crum and Catherine Kilgore that include issues regarding the stages of Alzheimer’s, end of life issues, as well as financial and legal matters.

Sign up by calling the chapter office at 601-9870020 or e-mail info@msalz. org. For more information about the Alzheimer’s Association, visit www.alz.org.

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Controlling garden diseases, pruning, soil testing I realize that it’s just January, but you can go ahead and start making some preparations for spring gardening.

Directly related to that, I have been receiving some questions about what to do with areas where people had gardens last year. During the winter, one of the most important things you can do to your potential garden spot is to perform a “soil test.” The main piece of data we want to learn from this soil test during this time of year is the pH of the area in question.

Based upon this reading from the soil test, you can then make a lime application if needed and it will have time to work prior to the spring planting season.

One of the most common problems with garden areas is low pH. If your pH is as low as 5.0, research shows you are wasting over 50 percent of the fertilizer you put out simply because the plant cannot utilize the fertilizer that is available.

If you move the pH up to 6.0 you then only realize a 19 percent loss. Moving the pH to 7 will make 100 percent of the fertilizer available with no loss, so

you can see the importance of liming.

Even if you soil tested and Patrick put lime out last year Poindexter you need Ag Lines to soil test again. You might not need any lime this time but it pays to double check.

It is also important to remember many of the problems that were experienced in your garden this year might be around next year if appropriate measures aren’t taken to combat them. These problems include fungi, bacteria, nematodes and many other microorganisms.

All of these have little difficulty in surviving winter months. If we have a light winter this year in Alcorn County, it could prove to be a problem this coming spring and summer.

By this I mean the insects and other nuisances such as those listed above won’t have as hard a time surviving this winter as winters in the past.

Auto plant looking for workers Associated Press

TUPELO — Martinrea International Inc. will be looking for employees for its new plant in northeast Mississippi when it holds a job fair Jan. 14-15.

WCBI reported that the company, a supplier of parts to the new Toyota plant in Blue Springs, is seeking tool and die

makers, maintenance mechanics, engineers, press operators, die setters, tool and die apprentices and maintenance apprentices.

Prospective applicants can meet with company representatives from 9 a.m.-7 p.m. at the Bancorp South Conference Center in Tupelo.

Experienced gardeners know a winter clean-up will help reduce disease carryover. Removal of diseased leaves from an area where you might have experienced a problem with fungi last year will help in controlling it if it happens to come back this year. Perennial weeds in and around the garden area should be destroyed, since these are often hosts for viruses and different fungi.

If there are any old plants or parts of plants that are still in the garden, they should be removed from the area. Fungi and bacteria can overwinter in these plants and come back in the spring with another onslaught of problems.

If you have fruit trees that had problems with canker, black knot or other types of fungus problems last year, you should remove those branches that might be dead or dying.

This will also help control some insects that overwin-

Leroy Brooks

BOONEVILLE — Leroy Brooks died Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Booneville.

Patterson Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

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ter in dead branches.

It is important to remember if you prune a tree with a fungus problem, you should disinfect your pruning tools between cuts. This will prevent the spread of the fungus to different branches and other trees. A good disinfectant can be either bleach diluted to 10 percent strength or rubbing alcohol.

Pruning tools should be also washed and dried before storing to prevent rusting.

It is important to remember any major pruning that doesn’t involve diseased or dying branches can be put off until later on in the winter months if need be. This would include fruit trees, grape vines and crape myrtles.

(For more information concerning the winter care of your garden or trees, call Patrick Poindexter, county director, at the Alcorn County Extension Office at 286-7755 or visit the web at www.msucares.com.)

Robert G. Samson Jr.

Robert G. “Bob” Samson Jr. of Corinth died Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2012, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. A memorial service will be held at a later date. McPeters Funeral Directors is in charge of arrangements.

Azline Clark

GLEN — Funeral services for Mandy Azline Clark, 83, are set for 2 p.m. Monday at Magnolia Funeral Home Chapel of Memories with burial at Oak Grove Cemetery in Iuka.

Ms. Clark, a retired factory worker, died Friday, Jan. 6, 2012, at her home. Born Nov. 5, 1928, she was a member of Unity Baptist Church.

Survivors include two daughters, Janice Bryson and Barbara Laird, both of Glen; three grandchildren, Kristopher Lee Bush, Jessica Lee Ann Long and Stephanie Mary Ann Long; two step-grandchildren, Nick Bryson (Amy) and Casey Cornelison; three great-grandchildren; one step-great-grandchild; and her former husband, Marlin Clark of Iuka.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Ada Pearl McAnally Allred; a daughter, Paulette Letson; a grandson, Jeremy Bush; her first husband and father of her children, Travis Lee Letson; her brothers, Huey Allred, D.C. Allred, Dexter Allred, Huel Allred and Noonon Allred; and sisters Hazel Miles, Josephine Terrian and Avanell Cooper.

Kris Bush will officiate the service.

Visitation is Monday from 12 noon until service time.

Ben Frank Davis

Funeral services for Ben Frank Davis, 71, are set for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Oak Grove CME Church with burial at Annie Dilworth Cemetery.

Mr. Davis died Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, at his home. Born Aug. 6, 1940, he attended Synagogue School and was retired. He was a member of Oak Grove CME Church.

Survivors include his children, Karaleen Martin, Tommie Davis, Keith Davis and Barry Davis; his siblings, Mae Ruth Bush, Annie Strickland, Gertrude Sorrell, Vistie Carpenter, Louise Sorrell, James Davis, Sammy Davis and John Davis; his grandchildren, Carlissa Gilmore, Rosy Gardner, Charles Gardner, Tramine Davis, Tiffany Martin, Chris Walker, Blake Davis and Arlena Davis; and six great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Ilean Phillip Davis; a stepdaughter, Jean Gardner; his parents, Ben and Lizzie Davis; his grandfather, Matt Davis; his siblings, M.D. Davis, O.D. Davis, Joe Davis and Manerva Strickland; and a grandson, Chris Gardner.

The Rev. Henry Damons will officiate the service.

Visitation is Monday from 6 until 7:30 p.m. at Patterson Memorial Chapel.

Mary Dilbeck

Funeral services for Mary Dilbeck, 79, of Corinth, are set for 2 p.m. Monday at Corinthian Chapel with burial at Forrest Memorial Park.

Mrs. Dilbeck, a homemaker, died Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012, at Cornerstone Health & Rehabilitation.

She was a member of New Life United Pentecostal Church, born Aug. 11, 1932.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James Dilbeck.

Survivors include a host of family and friends and a special friend, Leola Robinson.

Bro. Don Clenney will officiate the service.

Visitation is Monday from 11 a.m. until service time.

Wilma McKinney

Funeral services for Wilma Lois Pennington McKinney, 77, are set for 1 p.m. Monday at McPeters Funeral Directors Chapel with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery in Hardin County, Tenn.

Mrs. McKinney died Friday, Jan. 6, 2012, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, Anita Thrasher; three sisters, Betty Pendly, Geneva Whitaker and Catherine Lamb; two brothers, Noel Pennington and Carlton Pennington; and her parents, Homer and Mary Pennington.

Survivors include her husband, Robert H. McKinney of Corinth; her son, Jerry McKinney (Sherra) of Michie, Tenn.; a sister, Ann Hood of Nashville; a brother, Phil Pennington of Nashville; three granddaughters, Amy McKinney, Carrie McKinney and Rebecca McKinney; a grandson, Brennan Thrasher; two step-grandchildren, Samuel Devine and Rachel Devine; and one great-granddaughter.

Visitation is Monday from 11 a.m. until service time.

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4A • Sunday, January 8, 2012

Corinth, Miss.

Presidential hopefuls running against Washington politics What’s it say about American politics when all the candidates for president -- including President Obama – are running against government in Washington? we see some kind Danny of Unless major event like a terrorist Gardner attack or significant foreign pj&me2 affairs catastrophe, jobs, the economy, and fiscal responsibility will remain the main issues of the 2012 presidential campaign.

Voters feel disenfranchised with Washington because regardless of who is in charge, things appear to remain the same or get worse. When candidate Obama ran on “hope and change,” the nation’s voters elected him President hoping for positive change. What did we get? Huge spending increases driving up huge deficits and accompanying debt, and unemployment leveling off at unprecedented high levels.

In the 2010 mid-term elections Americans voted TEA Party Republicans into office in a backlash against runaway spending and fiscal irresponsibility. What spending cuts have Republicans pushed through? Nada.

In fact, spending has actually increased quietly. While the media spotlighted the three-ring circus on payroll tax cuts last month, Congress quietly passed and President Obama even more quietly signed a bill increasing federal spending. Yes, they all agreed to increase spending this year! By this time next year we could be $1.5 trillion more in debt.

To their credit in the spring of 2011 Republicans in the House passed a reasonable budget addressing reform of Medicare and cutting deficit spending by as much as $4 trillion over the next ten years. The Democraticallycontrolled Senate on the other hand has not passed a budget in nearly 1,000 days. They just keep kicking the can down the road.

From now until November’s elections our national politicians appear to be resigned to political rhetoric, campaign speeches, and gotcha-points. Back here in the real world nobody believes Washington is going to change regardless of who wins in November.

I remember Barry Goldwater running for president in 1964. That summer our three TV stations preempted some really good programming for a whole lot of political shenanigans. This year we don’t have that much good programming to preempt.

Of course nations in the Eurozone are in much worse shape than we are, and that’s a problem for us. Economists estimate the Eurozone is about five years ahead of us regarding debt crises. They are battling over austerity measures and government entitlement promises, and hoping none of the sister nations defaults on her debt.

If the Eurozone begins to default -- one conservative economist is giving 3-to-1 odds at least one nation will default -- then we will see another negative impact on our own economy.

Candidates will campaign fast and furiously for change in Washington, and everybody agrees we need change in our nation’s capital. We desperately need to stop spending ourselves into deeper debt. We need Washington to get out of businesses’ way to create more jobs. Washington has done nothing but complicate business efforts to create jobs.

We need leaders in Washington who recognize we’re all Americans whether we’re rich or poor, black or white, or whatever. We need someone who will lead and unite all of us.

The 2012 election is not about Washington -- it’s about America.

(Daily Corinthian opinion page columnist Daniel L. Gardner is a former resident of Corinth. He now lives in Starkville. He may be contacted at Daniel@DanLGardner. com.)

Worth Quoting “A budget tells us what we can’t afford, but it doesn’t keep us from buying it.”

— William Feather

A verse to share Jesus said, “I made your name known to those whom you gave me, and I will make it known, so that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.”

— John 17:26 (NRSV)

Prayer for today Dear Lord, thank you for your truth revealed to us in your word. Help us not only to know but to successfully apply your word in our lives. Make us instruments of grace.

Amen.

Reece Terry publisher rterry@dailycorinthian.com

Raiding reserves: That’s poor policy STARKVILLE — On the way out the door, Gov. Haley Barbour revisited a public policy suggestion in his final speech to the Mississippi Legislature as governor that was as flawed this week as it was back in 2004 when he brought it up the first time.

The governor proposed raiding school district reserve funds in the state’s K-12 school districts, a strategy he first utilized back in 2004 during the first of his eight years in office.

The 1997 Mississippi Adequate Education Program was the vehicle that was supposed to have addressed the inequities between affluent school districts like DeSoto County and poor districts like Quitman County. MAEP was supposed to assure an education funding formula that offers each child in Mississippi an equal chance to succeed regardless of the amount of local school funding available.

Left alone, MAEP has in great measure accomplished that goal. But in 2004, legislators and Gov. Haley Barbour effectively pushed the state’s school boards around on the education funding play-

ground and took some of their money away, impacting the MAEP concept as a funding equalSid Salter izer.

The 2004 Legislature Columnist pushed a greater share of the burden of funding public education in Mississippi down to local taxpayers by using local district funds to offset state revenue shortfalls – and they did so at the urging of Gov. Barbour.

In 2004, lawmakers shoved the responsibility of paying $30 million in higher teacher health insurance costs and $93 million in state teacher pay raises down to the 152 school districts with less state funding, forcing them to use local reserves to make up the difference.

If the districts were unable make up the difference, the alternatives were to cut services in the local districts, to reduce staff by eliminating jobs or to raise local property taxes - or a combination of all three. The Legislature

also provided an emergency “bridge” loan program to loan poor districts funds necessary to avoid insolvency until the next year’s school taxes could be collected.

As he did in 2004, Barbour claimed this week that local school districts maintained huge reserves that should be drawn down. The governor said the state’s 152 school districts had $615 million in reserves. That’s at best a halftruth.

The state’s school districts, which primarily get funded early in the year and then have to live on those funds the rest of the year, indeed had reserve fund balances of $615 million at the end of the last state fiscal year on June 30, 2011. But those funds fluctuate downward as the school districts pay their bills over the rest of year.

The reserves are not only depleted by recurring expenditures, but by unforeseen problems and emergencies.

In 2011, killer tornadoes destroyed schools in Smithville in Monroe County and Cumberland in Webster County.

Local taxpayers in Monroe and Webster counties and in

other venues where schools were damaged needed every dollar to deal with these calamities. Prudent school boards and superintendents build reserves by assuming that those storms, fires, accidents and other eventualities will occur and that funding has to be available to help meet those needs.

In 2004, the Legislature brokered a deal with Barbour to underfund MAEP and force local school districts to spend down reserve funds.

Now, after a long and punishing recession, many of the state’s school districts have either already implemented or are facing local tax hikes.

The Legislature is far more conservative now than it was in 2004. But declaring open season on local school district reserve funds, most county officials will tell you is a virtual guarantee of local tax increases.

The same recession that has crippled state government resources has impacted local governments as well (Sid Salter is a syndicated columnist. Contact him at 601-507-8004 or sidsalter@ sidsalter.com.)

Four more years coming – of this?

In what The Washington Post called “a bold act of political defiance,” President Obama Wednesday announced the recess appointment of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Cordray’s nomination had been blocked by a Senate filibuster. There was no way he was going to win approval in 2012.

Enraged Republicans denounced the appointment as an affront and a usurpation of power, for the Senate had not formally gone into recess.

The White House airily dismissed the Republican rage, saying no Senate business is being conducted during the Christmas-New Year break, and to argue that the Senate is still in session is a sham.

Obama seemed to delight in his Trumanesque contempt: “I will not sit by while a minority in the Senate puts party ideology ahead of the people they were elected to serve. ... Not at this make-or-break moment for middle-class Americans.”

Cordray’s appointment will be contested in the courts. Yet it will likely stand, though it’s in-your-face aspect added appreciably to the bad blood bubbling in this city.

The Obamaites seem not to care.

Indeed, from year-end reports out of Hawaii, this is the new Obama strategy. He has given up on working with Congress and intends to run a year-long campaign modeled

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on Harry Truman’s 1948 demagogic assault on the “no-good, donothing 80th Congress” -- the one that passed Taft-Hartley and enacted the Marshall

Plan.

Details of the Obama strategy were spoon-fed to the Post and New York Times.

The Times lead: “President Obama is heading into his reelection campaign with plans to step up his offensive against an unpopular Congress, concluding that he cannot pass any major legislation in 2012 because of Republican hostility to his agenda.”

The Post lead: “President Obama has a New Year’s resolution that will shape his reelection strategy at the dawn of 2012: Keep beating up on an unpopular Congress.”

Once he gets a year’s extension of the Social Security payroll tax cut, said White House deputy press secretary Josh Earnest, that is the last “mustdo” item, “the president is no longer tied to Washington, D.C.” But if the president is about to barnstorm the nation savaging Congress for a full year, where does that leave the country?

If Obama will be proposing nothing to deal with the fiscal crisis --trillion-dollar deficits as far as the eye can see -- how

does America avert the future that Italy faces? Italy’s debt is 120 percent of gross domestic product; ours, at 100 percent of GDP, is not all that far behind.

The U.S. fiscal crisis can be simply summarized. Since 2009, the federal government has been spending 24 to 25 percent of gross domestic product, while tax collections have fallen to 15 percent.

When his first four years end, Obama will have grown the debt by $6 trillion.

And if he is giving up on any solution in 2012, believing he can win re-election by vilifying the GOP as toadies to America’s top 1 percent, who are icily indifferent to the middle class, what hope is there for any political cooperation, should Obama win?

As of today, Obama is running even with Mitt Romney.

He has lost much of the enthusiasm of the young and the minorities that he had in 2008. College-educated whites who had hopes for him seem disillusioned.

Assuredly, he may still win.

But should Obama win, how, after a campaign like the one he intends to conduct, does he unite the country?

How does he work with a Republican Party that will likely still hold the House and will have made gains in the Senate, after he has spent a year castigating that party?

And what happen to the nation if we have five more years of political gridlock?

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If the president failed to broker a budget compromise with the GOP in 2011 and has given up on 2012, how does he work with a Republican House in 2013?

How does he, in a second term, resolve this budget crisis when his bottom-line demand for higher taxes is poison to a party he has just trashed for 15 months as a tool of Wall Street?

Resolving our fiscal crisis seems today beyond the capacity of the U.S. government, as currently constituted. We appear to be in a crisis of the regime rooted in an irreconcilable ideological conflict between two parties of relatively equal strength.

Republicans who refused to raise taxes in 2011 are not going to agree to raise them in 2013 in response to a request from an Obama who defeated them by portraying them as the party of the 1 percent in 2012.

If Obama is re-elected, the crisis endures.

It will then be resolved when the world realizes that the U.S. deficit and debt are beyond the capacity of this U.S. government to bring under control.

At that point, the ratings agencies and world markets will begin to treat the U.S. debt the way they treat the debts of Italy and Spain.

(Newspaper columnist Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?”)

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Local DISEASE: Many mistake early onset of Alzheimer’s as ‘just getting old;’ Van Winkle urges early diagnosis CONTINUED FROM 1A

the stages of Alzheimer’s, end of life issues and financial and legal matters.

“Alzheimer’s is such an unknown illness that ed-

ucation is the key to understanding how to deal with it,” said Van Winkle.

“So many people think of the early stages of Alzheimer’s as ‘just getting old,’ and it is important

to get an early diagnosis to slow the progression as much as possible. Knowing the 10 early warning signs helps to show the difference in Alzheimer’s and the natural aging

process. By getting an early diagnosis, a person and their caregiver can have and live a much more enjoyable and productive life.”

An estimated 5.4 mil-

lion people in the U.S. have Alzheimer’s. The Alzheimer’s Association promotes care, support and research.

The event is scheduled for two hours at the ex-

tension center on Levee Road near Crossroads Arena. To sign up in advance, call the chapter office at 601-987-0020 or send an e-mail to info@ msalz.org.

CLOSE: Christmas 2011 was bittersweet as ‘Store Closing’ signs went up in windows on Christmas Eve CONTINUED FROM 5A

the new house — then bring home customers a few days later and sell it out of the house. I think Mom had to put her foot down finally.”

Prior to the mid-1950s all of the furniture would come by rail to the Depot, located within view of the back of the store building.

“Then after 1955 or 1956, it completely changed and furniture was brought by trucks and nothing came by rail anymore,” he said.

The buildings So much history is in the buildings, even before it became Dickerson Furniture Company.

Dickerson buildings are located on both sides of West College Street.

On the east side, the store actually encompasses three buildings.

Dickerson Furniture started in the center portion, which was Holley Brothers Fur Trading before it became the furniture store.

Once when doing some work, an old animal trap was found under the floor.

Bars on the back windows were put there to protect the furs, he said.

The lower building was once Shack’s Cafe in the late 1940s. One front corner of the building is cut at a “funny angle” because a cotton buyer wanted the sunlight from a particular direction coming through the window to grade the color of cotton.

Then the south part of the building was purchased in the early 1950s and was the former Prentiss County Co-op. An old rolling door in this part of the building still works. Once a customer asked to look at this rolling door. She saw scribbling on the door and recognized the handwriting to be that of her dad, who had worked at the co-op.

Across the street on the west side is another building owned by Dickerson Furniture. This building is the former Sutherland Clinic, a four-story building, the tallest building in Booneville.

The Sutherland Clinic building was built in 1925

by Dr. W.H. Sutherland.

It was occupied by Dr. Sutherland and his son, Dr. Hayden Sutherland, and Dr. R.B. Cunningham.

The Sutherland Clinic closed in 1956 or 1957, and then Marshall’s father, Hugh, bought the building. The names of the doctors can still be seen on the doors on the fourth floor.

Dr. David Budlowe, a dentist, was the last tenant of the second floor.

Employees part of the family Only four employees have worked at Dickerson Furniture for any length of time: Pink Fraser; Martin Bolt for about 20 years; David Senter 10 or 12 years; and present employee, Sandra Dobbins of Corinth, for 21 years. Dobbins, an interior design consultant, has worked

“I’ve enjoyed coming to work 34 years. It was just time to shut her down. I’ve been through ups and downs before ... but never seen the economy as slow as the last four years.”

Marshall Dickerson there since 1991. “She’s done a great job,” Marshall says.

Martin Bolt ran the elevator in the Sutherland Clinic before he began working at Dickerson Furniture.

Marshall jokes when David Senter worked at the store it was a “difficult period for me.”

“David and I graduated from high school together.

About half the people who came in asked if he was my son.”

Marshall and his wife, Carol, have two children, Sam, who works in Washington, D.C., for PricewaterhouseCoopers, an accounting firm, and Sarah who is married and resides in Jackson and is a teacher in the Madison School District.

Both the Dickerson children are following their own career paths. “Neither of the children are interested in continuing the business,” he said.

Of course, for awhile it appeared Marshall himself might not continue his father’s business as he left Booneville to pursue other avenues.

After college at Ole Miss, the Booneville High School

graduate went to Australia where he worked for Grace Bros. Department Stores for four years (1972-76).

When he came back to the States, he worked for Dillard’s Department Stores in Shreveport and Baton Rouge, among other locations.

He will never forget when, as an assistant manager, it fell his job to fire 12 employees on Christmas Eve, per the mandate of the higher-ups. That instance showed him he might like working for himself.

Marshall returned to Booneville in February 1978 and bought the business from his dad.

“I thought I’d try it three or four years and see how I liked it. Thirty-four years later, here I am,” he said.

“Booneville has been a great place to raise a family. I’m very appreciative of the community for supporting our business for 67 years.”

The closing sale As for the final clearance sale, the items to be sold are “what we’ve always had,” he said. It is unknown if it will take three weeks or three months.

The store will have its regular business hours, and be open till 8 p.m. on Fridays.

The buildings are also for sale.

Marshall has a part-time job with Renasant Bank, serving on the board in Tupelo, where he attends a number of committee meetings, which he has done for the past 12 years or so.

He is an active member of First Baptist Church in Booneville where he serves as a deacon, Sunday School teacher and sings in the choir. His wife, Carol, is the pianist.

He is a member of the Booneville School Board and a member of the Booneville Rotary Club.

“A person at the grocery store said they would miss me. I’m not going anywhere ... you’ll probably see more of me,” he says.

And he is leaving his options open. He may look for something part-time.

He is known for his superb sense of humor, and is considered to be one of Booneville’s most avid historians, along with being actively involved in many community endeavors. He recently portrayed George E. Allen during the first Booneville City Cemetery Historic Tour.

His dad, Hugh, died in 1991. His mother, Eunice, 88, resides at Landmark Assisted Living in Booneville. Many will remember her brother, Leland Carter, who worked at Kraft Cheese in Booneville, while her sister, Pauline,

went to nursing school and was married to John Lee Richie, who was mayor of Booneville while Marion Smith was in the military.

The oak desk at Dickerson Furniture used every day by Marshall was used

by John Lee Richie when he was Booneville mayor.

“Dad bought it from him, probably in the late 1940s,” he said.

The Christmas of 2011 was somewhat bittersweet for the Dickersons, as the “store closing” signs went up on the store windows on Christmas Eve. In the quiet and calm before the final clearance sale began this week, Marshall reflected on the past and the changes to come.

“I’ve enjoyed coming to work 34 years. It was just time to shut her down.

I’ve been through ups and downs before ... but never seen the economy as slow as the last four years.

“I’m grateful to the Lord and the community that my dad and I could stay in business 67 years and raise two families. Right now we’re just feeling very thankful!”

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Education law’s promise falls short after 10 years

BY KIMBERLY HEFLING Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The No Child Left Behind education law was cast as a symbol of possibility, offering the promise of improved schools for the nation’s poor and minority children and better prepared students in a competitive world.

Yet after a decade on the books, President George W. Bush’s most hyped domestic accomplishment has become a symbol to many of federal overreach and Congress’ inability to fix something that’s clearly flawed.

The law forced schools to confront the uncomfortable reality that many kids simply weren’t learning, but it’s primarily known for its emphasis on standardized tests and the labeling of thousands of schools as “failures.”

Sunday marks the 10year anniversary of the day Bush signed it into law in Hamilton, Ohio.

By his side were the leaders of the education committees in Congress, Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Sen. Ted Kennedy, DMass. The bipartisanship that made the achievement possible in the months after the Sept. 11 attacks is long gone.

The same Senate committee approved a revamped education bill last year, but deep-rooted partisanship stalled the measure in the full Congress. In this election year, there appears little political will for compromise despite widespread agreement that changes are needed.

Critics say the law carries rigid and unrealistic expectations that put too much of an emphasis on tests for reading and math at the expense of a more well-rounded education.

Frustrated by the congressional inaction, President Barack Obama told states last fall they could seek a waiver around unpopular proficiency requirements in exchange for actions his administration favors. A vast majority of states have said they will go that route, seen as a temporary fix until lawmakers do act.

Like Obama, Republican presidential candidates have criticized the law. One, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, even saying he regrets voting for it.

“If you called a rally to keep No Child Left Behind as it is, not a single person would show up,” said Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado, Denver’s former school superintendent.

The view was drastically different 10 years ago, when Bush took what was an uncommon stance for a conservative in seeking an aggressive federal

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and principals started to believe they were being judged on factors out of their control and in ways that were unfair.

Jennifer Ochoa, an eighth-grade literacy teacher in New York who works with low-performing students, said the law has hurt morale among educators as well as students, who feel they have to do well on a standardized test or are failures, no matter how much progress they make.

“Afterward, it didn’t matter how far you came if you didn’t make this outside goal,” Ochoa said.

“We started talking about kids in very different ways. We started talking about kids in statistical ways instead of human being terms.”

How successful the law has been academically remains under debate.

Scores on a national assessment show significant gains in math among the fourth- and eighth-graders, with Hispanic and African-American fourthgraders performing approximately two grade levels higher today than when the law was passed, said Mark Schneider, the former U.S. commissioner of education statistics who now serves as vice president at the American Institutes for Research.

“You cannot dismiss these gains, and I think ... people just aren’t willing to credit NCLB or accountability in general because of ideological and political preferences,” Schneider said.

As the years went by, however, the growth has largely plateaued, Schneider said. Similar large gains were not shown in reading, and some experts say more progress was made in reading before the law was passed. There are still huge differences in the performance of African-American and Hispanic students compared with white students.

As the 2014 deadline draws closer, more schools are failing to meet federal standards, with nearly half not doing so last year, according to the Center on Education Policy. Center officials said that’s because some states today have harder tests or have high numbers of immigrant and low-income children, but it’s also because the law requires states to raise the bar each year for how many children must pass the test.

Some states had long put off the largest increases to avoid penalties.

In Washington, much of the political debate over the law centers on how much federal control the government should have.

Some Republicans want to go so far as to close the Education Department and end federally-imposed annual testing.

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role in forcing states and districts to tackle abysmal achievement gaps in schools.

He was able to get fellow Republicans such as Boehner, the current House speaker, and Democratic leaders on education such as Kennedy, who died in 2009, and Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., to join him. The mandate was that all students read and perform math on grade level by 2014.

“No longer is it acceptable to hide poor performance. No longer is it acceptable to keep results from parents,” Bush said when he signed the legislation. “We’re never going to give up on a school that’s performing poorly; that when we find poor performance, a school will be given time and incentives and resources to correct their problems.”

The law requires annual testing. Districts must keep and publish data showing how subgroups of students perform. Schools that don’t meet requirements for two years or longer face increasingly tough consequences, from busing children to higher performing schools to offering tutoring and replacing staff.

The test results were eye-opening, recalled Miller, the top Democrat on the House Education and the Workforce Committee.

“People were stunned because they were always led to believe that things were going fine in this particular school. And the fact of the matter was, for huge numbers of students that was not the case,” Miller said. “That led to a lot of anger, disappointment. That led to embarrassment. In many instances, the schools were being held out as exceeding in their mission, when it fact they were failing many, many of the children in those schools.”

Under the law, watching movies and assigning irrelevant or no homework was no longer acceptable because suddenly someone was paying attention, said Charles Barone, a former aide to Miller who is director of federal policy with Democrats for Education Reform.

In low-performing urban schools, where teachers and principals once might have thrown up their hands and not known what to do, there was a new attitude along the lines of “we might not know what to do, but we’ve got to do something,” said Eric Hanushek, a senior fellow in education at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University.

Both spoke at a recent forum on the law at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.

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Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prospects could be changed by the strengths or weaknesses of whoever emerges as his Republican opponent or by a triumph or setback in foreign policy, perhaps in Afghanistan or the Middle East.

Eisenhower no doubt benefited from having an opponent, the high-brow former Illinois Gov. Adlai Stevenson, who had trouble connecting with ordinary voters. Ford may have been sunk by his unpopular decision to pardon former President Nixon. President Jimmy Carterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prospects were surely dimmed by the lengthy hostage crisis in Iran â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and a failed attempt to end it with a military rescue.

The third-party candidacy of billionaire Ross Perot â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not just an increase in unemployment â&#x20AC;&#x201D; may have torpedoed President George H.W. Bushâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reelection campaign in 1992 by dividing his supporters and giving an edge to challenger Clinton.

And thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no guarantee that unemployment will continue to slide through Election Day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen this before ... periods when it seemed like things were getting better only to see them grind to a halt,â&#x20AC;? says John Challenger, CEO of the staffing company Challenger, Gray & Christmas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not yet convinced.â&#x20AC;?

Americans who have given up looking for work donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t count as unemployed in the official tally. But if they get more optimistic, they might re-enter the job market and join the ranks of the officially unemployed, pushing the rate back up, says Republican strategist Rich Galen.

Galen says what matters is how the economy looks in late summer when undecided voters start making up their minds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What people perceive in August is what they take to the polls with them.â&#x20AC;?

Three dozen economists surveyed by The Associated Press in December see an 18 percent chance that Europeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s debt crisis will cause the U.S. economy to slip back into recession. If 2012 brings a recession, Obama would surely lose, writes Yale Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ray Fair, who feeds economic forecasts into a computer model to predict elections.

Pewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kohut also warns that voters are wary after seeing the economy fail to achieve liftoff two and a half years after the Great Recession officially ended in June 2009. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The public is going to be in a showme mood,â&#x20AC;? he says.

Still, the online betting market Intrade on Friday put the chances of an Obama victory in November at 52.5 percent.

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In a presidential election year, the unemployment trend can be more important to an incumbentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chances than the unemployment rate.

Going back to 1956 no incumbent president has lost when unemployment fell over the two years leading up to the election.

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Sports

8A • Daily Corinthian

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Alcorn County Tournament Girls Champions

Boys’ Champions

Corinth girls win second title

BY H. LEE SMITH II

BY H. LEE SMITH II

lsmith@dailycorinthian.com

The Corinth Lady Warriors turned the tables on the Alcorn Central Lady Bears.

Corinth forced Central into 36 turnovers and the squad that’s been known to loose possession on numerous occasions committed just 16 in rolling to a 53-32 win in the finals of the Alcorn County Tournament.

It was just the second such title for CHS since the program was revived in 1974-75 and the first for fifth-year head coach Patricia Barr.

“Turnovers have consistently been an issue for us,” said Barr. “It was a good win, especially for our girls.”

The Lady Warriors last crown came in 2005, the first time the event was staged at the Crossroads Arena. They had reached the championship round the previous two tournaments, but lost to Kossuth each time.

Saturday’s contest also marked the first time in the eight events at the Arena that a No. 4 seed has left with the trophy.

Corinth turned it on in the second quarter after a MaKayla Voyles putback gave Central an 8-7 lead after eight minutes. The Lady Warriors outscored the Lady Bears 20-3 in the frame and took a 16-point lead

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at recess.

The Lady Warriors limited AC to a 1-of11 showing from the floor over the eightminute stanza and turned the ball over just once.

“We were playing smart on offense and aggressive on defense,” said Barr.

Central, seeking its 21st title, went the first 6:20 of the decisive quarter without a field goal. Katie Foster, who led all scorers with 15 points, ended an overall drought of 6:23 with a stickback, but that only cut the deficit to 13.

Corinth scored the first 15 points of the frame, holding Central scoreless until a Samantha Driver free throw at the 2:35 mark.

The Lady Warriors did their damage from the outside -- three-point rips by Sadie Johnson and Audrianna Green -- and the inside, four buckets by post players Erin Frazier and Stennett Smith.

“We did a good job inside and outside the paint,” said Barr.

Central made up one point in the third, in part by holding Frazier -- the tournament MVP -- scoreless. Corinth closed the game on a 14-8 advantage and claimed a 21-point

Girls’ champions and runners-up from the finals of the Alcorn County basketball tournament since 1950.

Scores of the title matches prior to 1965 aren’t currently available.

Year Champion Runner-up 2012 Corinth 53 Central 32 2011 Kossuth 54 Corinth 42 2010 Kossuth 67 Corinth 25 2009 Central 46 Kossuth 36 2008 Central 44 Biggersville 41 2007 Biggersville 52 Central 38 2006 Central 46 Kossuth 42 2005 Corinth 47 Biggersville 34 2004 Central 56 Biggersville 47 2003 Kossuth 46 Central 25 2002 Kossuth 40 Central 39 2001 Kossuth 42 Corinth 39 2000 Central 60 Corinth 39 1999 Central 61 Biggersville 43 1998 Central 65 Kossuth 43 1997 Kossuth 56 Central 47 1996 Central 48 Kossuth 32 Please see WARRIORS | 9A 1995 Central 57 Biggersville 43 1994 Kossuth 55 Central 49 1993 Kossuth 56 Biggersville 31 1992 Biggersville 60 Kossuth 54 1991 Biggersville 65 Central 54 1990 Biggersville 63 Kossuth 53 1989 Biggersville 44 Kossuth 37 1988 Kossuth 59 Biggersville 50 1987 Central 67 Kossuth 29 1986 Central 55 Kossuth 36 1985 Central 60 Biggersville 53 1984 Kossuth 52 Biggersville 40 1983 Kossuth 42 Biggersville 27 1982 Kossuth 41 Corinth 26 1981 Biggersville 60 Kossuth 38 1980 Central 51 Kossuth 31 1979 Biggersville 52 Kossuth 38 1978 Biggersville 38 Central 31 1977 Central 53 Kossuth 47 1976 Central 48 Kossuth 43 1975 Kossuth 47 Central 41 1974 Central 44 Kossuth 36 1973 Kossuth 51 Central 31 1972 Kossuth 37 Central 32 1971 Kossuth 41 Central 28 1970 Central 40 Kossuth 32 1969 Kossuth 56 Biggersville 54 1968 Biggersville 38 Kossuth 29 1967 Kossuth 65 Biggersville 54 1966 Kossuth 41 Central 36 1965 Central 37 Kossuth 29 1964 Kossuth Central 1963 Central Kossuth 1962 Central Kossuth 1961 Kossuth Central Photo by Jeff Allen 1960 Kossuth Biggersville Corinth’s Erin Frazier goes up for two of her team-high 14 points on Saturday.

1959 Biggersville Kossuth 1958 Biggersville Kossuth 1957 Kossuth Biggersville 1956 Farmington Kossuth 1955 Kossuth Farmington 1954 Kossuth Farmington

BY H. LEE SMITH II It was just the second such title for 1953 Kossuth Farmington lsmith@dailycorinthian.com CHS since the program was revived in 1952 Farmington Glendale The Corinth Lady Warriors turned the 1974-75 and the first for fifth-year head 1951 Kossuth Farmington tables on the Alcorn Central Lady Bears. coach Patricia Barr.

Corinth forced Central into 36 turn“Turnovers have consistently been an 1950 Farmington Kossuth overs and the squad that’s been known issue for us,” said Barr. “It was a good to loose possession on numerous oc- win, especially for our girls.”

Saturday’s championships casions committed just 16 in rolling to The Lady Warriors last crown came in (G) Corinth 53, Central 32 a 53-32 win in the fi nals of the Alcorn Corinth 7 20 12 14 — 53 County Tournament.

Please see GIRLS | 9A Central 8 3 13 8 -— 32

Lady Warriors win second title

CORINTH (53): Erin Frazier 14, Sadie Johnson 12, Audrianna Green 12, Stennett Smith 10, Teosha Boyd 3, Jaynesia Johnson 2.

ALCORN CENTRAL (32): Katie Foster 15, MaKayla Voyles 6, Alexis Harmon 4, Haley Barnes 3, Amber Meredith 2, Samantha Driver 2 3-pointers: (C) Johnson 2, Green 2. (AC) None.

Records: Corinth 6-10, Central 12-6

(JV-G) Kossuth 50, Corinth 19 Corinth 3 7 6 3 -- 19 Kossuth 12 15 7 16 -- 50 CORINTH (19): Tamia Clark 7, Teosha Boyd 5, Jamia Kirk 3, Imani Payne 2, Aspen Stricklen 2.

KOSSUTH (50): Lacy Essary 14, Parrish Tice 8, Ryleigh Follin 7, Blythe Bullard 6, Kaylee Switcher 4, Shelbi Barnes 3, Bailey Mitchell 3, Alison Green 3, Cheyenne Daniel 2.

3-pointers: (C) None. (K) Green, Barnes, Follin.

Warriors roll to sixth straight title

BY H. LEE SMITH II lsmith@dailycorinthian.com

Corinth kept one streak intact, while preventing Biggersville from starting another.

The Warriors (14-2) claimed their sixth straight Alcorn County Tournament title and avoided dropping consecutive games to the Lions for the first time in over 13 years with a 53-39 decision on Saturday.

Biggersville, under first-year head coach Cliff Little, ended a 23-game losing streak to Corinth with a 61-59 overtime win at the Kossuth Classic on Nov. 12.

After tournament MVP Deione Weeks converted a three-point play at the end of the first half, a repeat -- even a shot at overtime -- were all but taken out of the equation.

Corinth led 30-17 at the break and cruised to its 38th championship since 1950. The Warriors have hoisted the trophy 13 of the last 14 events.

With Weeks, who became the 26th Warrior to record 1,000 career points on Tuesday, tallying eight in the opening period Corinth led Please see BOYS | 9A

BY H. LEE SMITH II lsmith@dailycorinthian.com

Boys’ champions and runners-up from the finals of the Alcorn County basketball tournament since 1950.

Scores of the title matches prior to 1955 aren’t currently available.

Year Champion Runner-up 2012 Corinth 53 Biggersville 39 2011 Corinth 81 Central 62 2010 Corinth 85 Biggersville 60 2009 Corinth 61 Central 51 2008 Corinth 54 Central 37 2007 Corinth 53 Kossuth 51 2006 Kossuth 34 Central 32 2005 Corinth 60 Central 27 2004 Corinth 71 Central 49 2003 Corinth 78 Central 62 2002 Corinth 77 Central 56 2001 Corinth 67 Biggersville 57 2000 Corinth 74 Kossuth 67 1999 Corinth 70 Biggersville 61 1998 Biggersville 63 Central 60 OT 1997 Biggersville 55 Corinth 54 1996 Central 54 Corinth 48 1995 Central 70 Corinth 63 1994 Corinth 66 Kossuth 63 1993 Corinth 69 Central 54 1992 Central 43 Kossuth 38 1991 Corinth 71 Biggersville 55 1990 Corinth 77 Biggersville 50 1989 Corinth 79 Central 62 1988 Central 64 Corinth 63 2OT 1987 Biggersville 57 Corinth 54 1986 Corinth 34 Kossuth 30 1985 Corinth 57 Central 52 1984 Central 58 Corinth 56 OT 1983 Central 47 Corinth 46 1982 Corinth 30 Central 29 1981 Central 57 Corinth 51 1980 Corinth 48 Biggersville 46 OT 1979 Corinth 68 Biggersville 51 1978 Corinth 66 Kossuth 57 1977 Kossuth 51 Corinth 49 1976 Corinth 62 Biggersville 60 1975 Corinth 64 Kossuth 45 1974 Corinth 69 Central 57 1973 Corinth 76 Kossuth 57 1972 Central 62 Biggersville 52 1971 Corinth 88 Biggersville 66 1970 Corinth 69 Biggersville 60 1969 Corinth 74 Central 47 1968 Biggersville 53 Central 51 OT 1967 Corinth 66 Central 48 1966 Central 64 Kossuth 62 1965 Kossuth 61 Central 44 1964 Kossuth 19 Central 18 1963 Corinth 60 Kossuth 57 OT 1962 Corinth 70 Central 61 1961 Corinth 50 Central 46 1960 Corinth 82 Biggersville 54 1959 Corinth 54 Glendale 53 1958 Corinth 47 Kossuth 35 1957 Farmington 68 Kossuth 63 1956 Kossuth 86 Biggersville 53 1955 Kossuth 51 Glendale 36 1954 Glendale Kossuth 1953 Kossuth Glendale 1952 Kossuth Farmington 1951 Farmington Kossuth 1950 Kossuth Biggersville

(B) Corinth 53, Biggersville 39 Biggersville 9 8 13 9 — 39 Corinth 13 17 10 13 — 53

BIGGERSVILLE (39): Tevin Watson 14, Dexter Stafford 13, Blake Anderson 4, Darrien Williams 2, Jaylon Gaines 2, Tyran Davis 2, Darien Barnett 2.

CORINTH (53): Deione Weeks 17, Jazz Garner 8, Raheem Sorrell 8, Eric Richardson 7, Jose Contreras 6, Kendrick Williams 4, Desmin Harris 2, Dondre Green 1.

3-pointers: (B) Watson. (C) Garner Records: Corinth 14-2, Biggersville 13-5

(JV-B) Biggersville 54 Corinth 44 Biggersville 4 17 6 17 — 54 Corinth 14 4 16 10 — 44

CORINTH (44): Justin Mills 18, Kendall Stafford 10, Kyoshi Agnew 6, Darius Herman 4, Darian Patterson 4, Quavon Hughey 2.

BIGGERSVILLE (54): Jaylon Gaines 15, Darien Barnett 10, Daniel Simmons 8, Blake Stacy 6, Marquis Watson 5, Emmanuel Simmons 4, Slater Huggins 2, Terrell Harvell 2.

3-pointers: (C) Agnew. (B) Gaines 2

McDermott leads SMU past Pittsburgh, 28-6

BY CHARLES ODUM Associated Press

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — J.J. McDermott ran and threw for first quarter touchdowns and SMU beat Pittsburgh 28-6 Saturday in the BBVA Compass Bowl.

Rishaad Wimbley ran for two scores for SMU (8-5), which tied a school record by playing in its third straight bowl under coach June Jones.

McDermott completed 16 of 26 passes for 239 yards and a touchdown, to Darius Johnson early in the first.

Pittsburgh (6-7) was held without a first down and fell

behind 21-0 in the first quarter.

Kevin Harper kicked field goals of 32 and 34 yards.

The Panthers were coached by defensive coordinator Keith Patterson, who took over after Todd Graham left to coach at Arizona State.

Pittsburgh’s newly hired coach, former Wisconsin offensive coordinator Paul Chryst, flew into Birmingham on Saturday and watched the game from the press box level.

Chryst visited with Pitt alumni and fans before the game. He said he wanted to maintain a respectful distance from the team

until the game ended, signaling the start of his era.

“This is the culmination of their season,” Chryst said. “This wasn’t me.”

Chryst said he has “a lot of appreciation for how they’re finishing things out” after Graham’s unexpected exit.

McDermott beat Pitt’s blitz when lobbed a 50-yard touchdown pass to Darius Johnson for the Mustangs’ first touchdown.

Johnson had seven catches for 120 yards. The 50-yard catch was the longest in the six-year history of the bowl.

After McDermott’s 1-yard run

capped an eight-play drive to push the lead to 14-0, Ja’Gared Davis hit Pitt quarterback Tino Sunseri, forcing a fumble that was recovered by Taylor Reed at the Panthers’ 27.

McDermott’s 19-yard pass to Cole Beasley set up Wimbley’s 2-yard touchdown run.

Wimbley added a 1-yard touchdown run in the third quarter.

A series of key plays went against Pitt in the second quarter. Following the field goal, Pitt recovered an onside kick, but the officials said there was an inadvertent whistle before the ball

was recovered. Pitt fans booed as the officials said another kickoff was necessary.

With SMU still leading 21-3 later in the quarter, Pitt drove from its 16 to a first and goal at the Mustangs’ 10. On third down from the 5, Sunseri’s pass bounced off tailback Isaac Bennett. The deflection was caught

by SMU linebacker Stephon Sanders for an interception.

The half ended with Pitt again coming away with no points at the end of a long drive. Harper’s 47-yard field goal attempt hit the left upright to end a 14-play drive.

Scoreboard

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Prep Soccer

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A–73,038.

PRO FOOTBALL

(G) Amory 2, Corinth 1 @ Amory Goals: (C) Frances Bullard Assists: (C) Olivia Suitor.

Record: 9-6

(B) Corinth 2, Amory 1 Goals: (C) Albert Stanley, Deigo Alonzo.

Assists: (C) Matt Windham. Graves Marshall.

Saves: (C) Cullen Grantham 14.

Record: Corinth 12-1-2 Friday (G) Corinth 2, North Pontotoc 1 @ Ecru Goals: (C) Frances Bullard, Olivia Suitor.

Assists: (C) Stennett Smith, Brianna Scobey.

Saves: Madison Bickert 5.

Record: 4-0 Division 1-4A

(B) Corinth 7, North Pontotoc 0 Goals: (C) Bryant Carlton 2, John Michael McFall, Deigo Alonzo, Ben Malone, Matt Windham, Albert Stanley.

Assists: (C) Stanley 3, McFall, Josh Trest, Graves Marshall Saves: (C) Cullen Grantham 5 Record: 4-0 Division 1-4A

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13-9.

One of the senior’s six assists -- this one to Raheem Sorrell -gave CHS a double-digit lead late in the first. He capped a 13-point half with a one-on-one drive to the bucket in the closing seconds and tacked on a free throw after being hacked in the act.

Corinth was able to outscore the Lions 17-8 thanks in part to just one turnover. The Warriors had four miscues in the first two minutes and seven after the first quarter. Five points by Dexter Stafford held the Lions (13-5) cut it back to a 10-point game -- 40-30 -- after three periods. Eric Richardson, the team’s leading scorer on the season, got five of his seven points in the final period to keep the Lions at bay.

Biggersville couldn’t buy a bucket in the final period. The Lions missed their first 13 shots and didn’t score from the floor until Darian Barnett’s effort in the lane with 1:43 remaining. Weeks led all scorers with 17 points and recorded a double-double with an even 10 rebounds.

Corinth finished 20-of-48 overall and just 1-of-5 from distance.

The Warriors had 35 rebounds to go along with 16 turnovers.

Biggersville was just 17-of-51 from the floor and 1-of-7 from three-point range. The Lions got 32 rebounds and turned the ball over 16 times -- none in the final quarter.

Richardson joined Weeks on the All-Tournament team, while Stafford and Tevin Watson represented the Lions. Kossuth’s Heath Wood and Alcorn Central’s Trae Bain rounded out the unit.

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FL playoff schedule Wild-card Playoffs Saturday Houston 31, Cincinnati 10 New Orleans 45, Detroit 28 Sunday Atlanta at New York Giants, Noon Pittsburgh at Denver, 3:30 p.m.

Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 14 Atlanta, N.Y. Giants or New Orleans at San Francisco, 3:30 p.m.

Cincinnati, Pittsburgh or Denver at New England, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 15 Pittsburgh, Denver or Houston at Baltimore, Noon Detroit, Atlanta or N.Y. Giants at Green Bay, 3:30 p.m.

Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 22 TBD Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 29 At Honolulu NFC vs. AFC Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 5 At Indianapolis

Texans 31, Bengals 10 Cincinnati Houston

7 3 0 0—10 7 10 7 7—31 First Quarter Cin–Benson 1 run (Nugent kick), 7:34.

Hou–Foster 8 run (Rackers kick), 4:57.

Second Quarter Cin–FG Nugent 37, 7:09.

Hou–FG Rackers 39, 1:48.

Hou–Watt 29 interception return (Rackers kick), :52.

Third Quarter Hou–A.Johnson 40 pass from Yates (Rackers kick), 1:08.

Fourth Quarter Hou–Foster 42 run (Rackers kick), 5:15.

A–71,725.

––– Cin Hou First downs 21 19 Total Net Yards 300 340 Rushes-yards 19-76 35-188 Passing 224 152 Punt Returns 3-20 3-12 Kickoff Returns 1-22 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 3-28 Comp-Att-Int 27-42-3 11-20-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 4-33 2-7 Punts 3-48.3 5-50.2 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 3-25 5-87 Time of Possession 30:17 29:43 ––– INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING–Cincinnati, Leonard 3-34, Dalton 3-17, Benson 7-14, Scott 6-11.

Houston, Foster 24-153, Tate 9-37, Casey 1-0, Yates 1-(minus 2).

PASSING–Cincinnati, Dalton 27-423-257. Houston, Yates 11-20-0-159.

RECEIVING–Cincinnati, Leonard 6-36, Green 5-47, Gresham 5-46, Simpson 3-33, Scott 3-29, Whalen 2-24, Lee 1-36, Hawkins 1-8, Benson 1-(minus 2). Houston, A.Johnson 5-90, Foster 3-29, Daniels 2-29, Walter 1-11.

MISSED FIELD GOALS–Cincinnati, Nugent 50 (WR).

Saints 45, Lions 28 Detroit New Orleans

7 7 7 7—28 0 10 14 21—45 First Quarter Det–Heller 10 pass from Stafford (Hanson kick), 10:58.

Second Quarter NO–Sproles 2 run (Kasay kick), 14:01.

Det–Johnson 13 pass from Stafford (Hanson kick), 9:11.

NO–FG Kasay 24, :00.

Third Quarter NO–Henderson 41 pass from Brees (Kasay kick), 13:09.

NO–Graham 3 pass from Brees (Kasay kick), 4:03.

Det–Stafford 1 run (Hanson kick), 1:08.

Fourth Quarter NO–Sproles 17 run (Kasay kick), 9:53.

NO–Meachem 56 pass from Brees (Kasay kick), 7:29.

Det–Johnson 12 pass from Stafford (Hanson kick), 4:40.

NO–P.Thomas 1 run (Kasay kick),

Det NO First downs 22 34 Total Net Yards 412 626 Rushes-yards 10-32 36-167 Passing 380 459 Punt Returns 0-0 2-4 Kickoff Returns 2-41 2-54 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-17 Comp-Att-Int 28-43-2 33-43-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 2-7 Punts 3-42.3 0-0.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-2 Penalties-Yards 7-64 3-18 Time of Possession 22:24 37:36 ––– INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING–Detroit, K.Smith 6-21, T.Young 1-8, Burleson 1-2, Stafford 2-1. New Orleans, P.Thomas 8-66, Sproles 10-51, Ivory 13-47, Henderson 1-4, Brees 4-(minus 1).

PASSING–Detroit, Stafford 28-432-380. New Orleans, Brees 33-43-0466.

RECEIVING–Detroit, Johnson 12-211, Burleson 4-50, Pettigrew 4-49, T.Young 4-33, K.Smith 2-20, Heller 1-10, Scheffler 1-7. New Orleans, Colston 7-120, Graham 7-55, P.Thomas 6-55, Meachem 4-111, Sproles 4-34, Henderson 2-64, Collins 2-20, Arrington 1-7.

MISSED FIELD GOALS–None.

PRO BASKETBALL NBA standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Philadelphia 5 2 .714 New York 4 4 .500 Boston 4 4 .500 Toronto 3 5 .375 New Jersey 2 7 .222 Southeast Division W L Pct Miami 8 1 .889 Atlanta 6 3 .667 Orlando 5 3 .625 Charlotte 2 6 .250 Washington 0 7 .000 Central Division W L Pct Chicago 7 2 .778 Indiana 6 2 .750 Cleveland 4 3 .571 Milwaukee 2 4 .333 Detroit 2 6 .250 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 5 2 .714 Memphis 3 4 .429 Dallas 3 5 .375 New Orleans 2 5 .286 Houston 2 6 .250 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 7 2 .778 Denver 6 2 .750 Portland 5 2 .714 Utah 4 3 .571 Minnesota 2 5 .286 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Clippers 3 2 .600 L.A. Lakers 5 4 .556 Phoenix 3 4 .429 Sacramento 3 5 .375 Golden State 2 5 .286 ––– Friday’s Games Atlanta 102, Charlotte 96, OT New Jersey 97, Toronto 85 New York 99, Washington 96 Philadelphia 96, Detroit 73 Indiana 87, Boston 74 Oklahoma City 109, Houston 94 Denver 96, New Orleans 88 Cleveland 98, Minnesota 87 Chicago 97, Orlando 83 Utah 94, Memphis 85 L.A. Lakers 97, Golden State 90 Phoenix 102, Portland 77 Saturday’s Games Atlanta 109, Chicago 94 Indiana 99, Charlotte 77 Miami 101, New Jersey 90 New York 103, Detroit 80 Oklahoma City 98, Houston 95 Philadelphia 97, Toronto 62 Denver at San Antonio, (n) New Orleans at Dallas, (n) Utah at Golden State, (n) Milwaukee at L.A. Clippers, (n)

held scoreless CONTINUED FROM 8A

win despite missing 13 of 22 shots from the charity stripe.

Corinth finished 20-of-64 overall and 4-of-13 from distance with Johnson and Green netting two each. Smith and Frazier combined for 19 of the Lady Warriors’ 41 rebounds, with Smith recording a double-double with 10 boards.

Central was 11-of-41 from the floor and missed on its only two three-point attempts. The Lady Bears won the rebounding battle with 43.

Twenty-two of Central’s 36 turnovers were the result of Corinth steals.

Green and Johnson joined Frazier on the All-Tournament team, while Foster represented the runners-up. Kossuth’s Annaleigh Coleman and Biggersville’s Tyler Shelley rounded out the annual team.

GB — 2 2½ 5½ 7 GB — ½ 2 3½ 4½ GB — 2 2½ 3 3½ GB — ½ 1 2 4 GB — — 1 1½ 2

HOCKEY NHL standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 39 26 9 4 56 116 82 Philadelphia 39 24 11 4 52 133 115 New Jersey 41 23 16 2 48 114 117 Pittsburgh 40 21 15 4 46 123 106 N.Y. Islanders 39 14 19 6 34 91 125 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 38 26 11 1 53 141 73 Ottawa 42 21 15 6 48 129 139 Toronto 41 21 15 5 47 133 131 Buffalo 41 18 18 5 41 107 121 Montreal 41 16 18 7 39 109 114 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 41 20 13 8 48 107 115 Winnipeg 41 20 16 5 45 109 119 Washington 38 21 15 2 44 114 110 Tampa Bay 40 17 20 3 37 109 136 Carolina 43 14 22 7 35 112 146 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA St. Louis 41 24 12 5 53 107 89 Chicago 41 24 13 4 52 132 120 Detroit 40 25 14 1 51 131 92 Nashville 41 22 15 4 48 111 114 Columbus 40 11 24 5 27 95 130 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 42 26 13 3 55 138 102 Minnesota 41 21 14 6 48 95 98 Colorado 43 23 19 1 47 114 120 Calgary 42 18 19 5 41 100 123 Edmonton 41 16 22 3 35 111 119 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 37 22 11 4 48 107 87 Dallas 40 23 16 1 47 112 114 Los Angeles 42 20 15 7 47 88 93 Phoenix 42 20 17 5 45 108 109 Anaheim 39 11 22 6 28 92 129 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Friday’s Games New Jersey 5, Florida 2 N.Y. Rangers 3, Pittsburgh 1 Carolina 4, Buffalo 2 Colorado 4, Chicago 0 Anaheim 4, N.Y. Islanders 2 Saturday’s Games Vancouver 4, Boston 3 Philadelphia 3, Ottawa 2, OT Dallas 4, Edmonton 1 Columbus 1, Los Angeles 0 Winnipeg 2, Buffalo 1, OT Toronto 4, Detroit 3 Montreal 3, Tampa Bay 1 New Jersey 3, Pittsburgh 1 St. Louis 4, Colorado 0 Nashville 5, Carolina 2 Phoenix 5, N.Y. Islanders 1 Minnesota at Calgary, (n) Washington at San Jose, (n) Sunday’s Games Philadelphia at Ottawa, 4 p.m.

Detroit at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

Columbus at Anaheim, 7 p.m.

Monday’s Games Vancouver at Florida, 6:30 p.m.

Washington at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.

TELEVISION Sunday’s schedule Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts.Sunday, Jan. 8 COLLEGE FOOTBALL 8 p.m. (ESPN) — GoDaddy.com Bowl, Arkansas St. vs. N. Illinois, at Mobile, Ala. GOLF 8 a.m. (TGC) — European PGA Tour, Africa Open, final round, at East London, South Africa (same-day tape) 4:30 p.m. (TGC) — PGA Tour, Tournament of Champions, third round, at Kapalua, Hawaii MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

12:30 p.m. (CBS) — Wisconsin at Michigan 3:30 p.m. (FSN )— Arizona at Southern Cal 5:30 p.m. (FSN)— California at Oregon NFL Noon (FOX) — NFC Atlanta at N.Y. Giants 3:30 p.m. (CBS)— AFC Pittsburgh at Denver NHL 6:30 p.m. (NBCSP) — Detroit at Chicago RODEO 1:30 p.m. (NBC) — PBR, Madison Square Garden Invitational, at New York (same-day tape) WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon (FSN) — Memphis at UTEP 2 p.m. (FSN) — Oklahoma at Texas A&M Eds: VERSUS is now NBC Sports Network, reflected here as “NBCSP”

MISC. Transactions HOCKEY National Hockey League CAROLINA HURRICANES_Reassigned F Drayson Bowman to Charlotte (AHL).

ECHL ECHL_Suspended Chicago’s Chaz Johnson one game and fined him an undisclosed amount as a result of his actions in a Jan. 6 game against Chicago.

SOCCER Major League Soccer MONTREAL IMPACT_Named Denis Hamlett assistant coach and Nicolas Gagnon assistant coach for the U21 team and technical assistant of the Impact soccer schools.

COLLEGE NORTH CAROLINA_Announced the NCAA granted FB Devon Ramsay a hardship waiver, giving him an extra year of eligibility in 2012.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL Saturday’s men’s scores EAST American U. 82, Colgate 54 Bryant 59, St. Francis (Pa.) 56 Bucknell 75, Army 59 Buffalo 66, Kent St. 65 CCSU 68, Robert Morris 53 Charlotte 57, Saint Joseph’s 52 Cornell 78, Albright 60 Dayton 87, Temple 77 Duquesne 66, St. Bonaventure 52 Harvard 63, Dartmouth 47 Holy Cross 84, Lehigh 78 LIU 79, Quinnipiac 75 Lafayette 65, Navy 63 Loyola (Md.) 77, Canisius 62 Maine 89, UMBC 70 Mount St. Mary’s 66, Fairleigh Dickinson 45 Richmond 70, Rhode Island 53 Rutgers 67, UConn 60 Seton Hall 66, Providence 57 St. Francis (NY) 99, Sacred Heart 84 Syracuse 73, Marquette 66 Wagner 89, Monmouth (NJ) 79 West Virginia 74, Georgetown 62 Xavier 67, Fordham 59 SOUTH Alabama 74, Georgia 59 Alabama A&M 65, Ark.-Pine Bluff 62 Alcorn St. 63, Jackson St. 60 Bethune-Cookman 59, NC A&T 56 Campbell 77, Presbyterian 65 Chattanooga 65, Appalachian St. 63 Clemson 79, Florida St. 59 Coastal Carolina 80, Charleston Southern 77, OT Coll. of Charleston 66, Furman 43 Davidson 96, Georgia Southern 74 Delaware 75, William & Mary 64 Denver 67, South Alabama 50 Duke 81, Georgia Tech 74 E. Kentucky 63, SE Missouri 59 ETSU 76, Mercer 61 Florida A&M 62, NC Central 60 Gardner-Webb 65, High Point 61, OT George Mason 61, Georgia St. 58 Hampton 57, Howard 55 Jacksonville St. 72, Tennessee St. 65 Kentucky 79, South Carolina 64 LSU 81, Mississippi 55 Longwood 85, NJIT 70 Louisiana-Monroe 54, FIU 50 MVSU 67, Alabama St. 60 Middle Tennessee 65, Louisiana-Lafayette 53 Morgan St. 73, SC State 68 Murray St. 87, Austin Peay 75

New Mexico St. 83, Louisiana Tech 73 Norfolk St. 78, Md.-Eastern Shore 72 North Carolina 83, Boston College 60 North Florida 88, Florida Gulf Coast 81, OT Northeastern 68, James Madison 56 Northwestern St. 83, Texas St. 68 Notre Dame 67, Louisville 65, 2OT Old Dominion 75, Towson 38 SC-Upstate 68, Kennesaw St. 53 SIU-Edwardsville 69, UT-Martin 65 Savannah St. 72, Coppin St. 60 Southern Miss. 71, Tulane 66, OT Southern U. 72, Grambling St. 59 Stetson 73, Jacksonville 61 Tennessee 67, Florida 56 Tennessee Tech 66, Morehead St. 55 The Citadel 73, Samford 62 Troy 67, W. Kentucky 65 UCF 81, East Carolina 63 UNC Asheville 98, Liberty 75 UNC Wilmington 86, Hofstra 80 Vanderbilt 65, Auburn 35 Virginia 52, Miami 51 W. Carolina 67, Wofford 57 Wake Forest 58, Virginia Tech 55 Winthrop 91, VMI 84 MIDWEST Akron 65, Miami (Ohio) 60 Ball St. 78, W. Michigan 69 Bowling Green 67, Ohio 57 Cent. Michigan 85, Toledo 69 Cleveland St. 69, Loyola of Chicago 48 Creighton 92, Bradley 83 E. Michigan 47, N. Illinois 40 Illinois 59, Nebraska 54 Illinois St. 75, Evansville 73 Kansas St. 75, Missouri 59 Milwaukee 64, Green Bay 63 Missouri St. 69, Indiana St. 63 N. Iowa 83, Drake 68 Oakland 93, IUPUI 81 Ohio St. 76, Iowa 47 Saint Louis 78, George Washington 56 South Dakota 76, UMKC 57 St. John’s 57, Cincinnati 55 W. Illinois 75, IPFW 65 Wichita St. 83, S. Illinois 73 Youngstown St. 71, Ill.-Chicago 50 SOUTHWEST Arkansas St. 75, North Texas 72 Baylor 73, Texas Tech 60 E. Illinois 74, Houston Baptist 62 Iowa St. 74, Texas A&M 50 Kansas 72, Oklahoma 61 Lamar 103, Cent. Arkansas 67 Marshall 63, Rice 61 McNeese St. 71, Texas A&M-CC 69 Oral Roberts 97, S. Dakota St. 75 SMU 57, Tulsa 55 Stephen F. Austin 63, SE Louisiana 36 Texas 58, Oklahoma St. 49 Texas Southern 84, Prairie View 49 Texas-Arlington 85, Nicholls St. 55 UALR 40, FAU 38 UTEP 70, Houston 50 FAR WEST BYU 81, San Francisco 56 Colorado 71, Washington St. 60 Colorado St. 87, Nebraska-Omaha 63 Gonzaga 82, Santa Clara 60 Idaho 63, Fresno St. 59 Loyola Marymount 79, San Diego 68 Montana 68, Idaho St. 44 New Mexico 85, North Dakota 57 Portland 53, Pepperdine 43 Washington 57, Utah 53

COLLEGE FOOTBALL FBS Bowl Glance Friday Cotton Bowl At Arlington, Texas Arkansas 29, Kansas State 16 Saturday BBVA Compass Bowl At Birmingham, Ala. SMU 28, Pittsburgh 6 Sunday GoDaddy.com Bowl At Mobile, Ala. Arkansas State (10-2) vs. Northern Illinois (10-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 9 BCS National Championship At New Orleans LSU (13-0) vs. Alabama (11-1), 7:30 p.m.

(ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 21 East-West Shrine Classic At St. Petersburg, Fla. East vs. West, 3 p.m., (NFLN) Saturday, Jan. 28 Senior Bowl At Mobile, Ala. North vs. South, 3 p.m. (NFLN) Saturday, Feb. 5 Texas vs. Nation At San Antonio Texas vs. Nation, 1 p.m. (CBSSN)

GIRLS: ‘We did a good job inside and outside the paint,’ said head coach Barr CONTINUED FROM 8A

WARRIORS: MVP

GB — 1½ 1½ 2½ 4

Sunday’s Games Minnesota at Washington, Noon Orlando at Sacramento, 5 p.m.

San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

Milwaukee at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at Portland, 8 p.m.

Memphis at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

Monday’s Games Minnesota at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Indiana at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Atlanta at New Jersey, 6:30 p.m.

Charlotte at New York, 6:30 p.m.

Detroit at Chicago, 7 p.m.

New Orleans at Denver, 8 p.m.

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2005, the first time the event was staged at the Crossroads Arena. They had reached the championship round the previous two tournaments, but lost to Kossuth each time.

Saturday’s contest also marked the first time in the eight events at the Arena that a No. 4 seed has left with the trophy.

Corinth turned it on in the second quarter after a MaKayla Voyles putback gave Central an 8-7 lead after eight minutes. The Lady Warriors outscored the Lady Bears 20-3 in the frame and took a 16-point lead at recess.

The Lady Warriors limited AC to a 1-of-11 showing from the floor over the eight-minute stanza and turned the ball over just once.

“We were playing smart on offense and aggressive on defense,” said Barr.

Central, seeking its 21st title, went the first 6:20 of the decisive quarter without a field goal. Katie Foster, who

“We were playing smart on offense and aggressive on defense.”

and Biggersville’s Tyler Shelley rounded out the annual team.

Patricia Barr

(G) Corinth 53, Central 32

Fifth-year Warriors head coach led all scorers with 15 points, ended an overall drought of 6:23 with a stickback, but that only cut the deficit to 13.

Corinth scored the first 15 points of the frame, holding Central scoreless until a Samantha Driver free throw at the 2:35 mark.

The Lady Warriors did their damage from the outside — three-point rips by Sadie Johnson and Audrianna Green — and the inside, four buckets by post players Erin Frazier and Stennett Smith.

“We did a good job inside and outside the paint,” said Barr.

Central made up one point in the third, in part by holding Frazier — the tournament MVP — scoreless. Corinth closed the game on a 14-8 advantage and claimed a

21-point win despite missing 13 of 22 shots from the charity stripe.

Corinth finished 20-of-64 overall and 4-of-13 from distance with Johnson and Green netting two each. Smith and Frazier combined for 19 of the Lady Warriors’ 41 rebounds, with Smith recording a double-double with 10 boards.

Central was 11-of-41 from the floor and missed on its only two three-point attempts. The Lady Bears won the rebounding battle with 43.

Twenty-two of Central’s 36 turnovers were the result of Corinth steals.

Green and Johnson joined Frazier on the All-Tournament team, while Foster represented the runners-up.

Kossuth’s Annaleigh Coleman

Corinth 7 20 12 14 — 53 Central 8 3 13 8 — 32

CORINTH (53): Erin Frazier 14, Sadie Johnson 12, Audrianna Green 12, Stennett Smith 10, Teosha Boyd 3, Jaynesia Johnson 2.

ALCORN CENTRAL (32): Katie Foster 15, MaKayla Voyles 6, Alexis Harmon 4, Haley Barnes 3, Amber Meredith 2, Samantha Driver 2 3-pointers: (C) Johnson 2, Green 2.

(AC) None.

Records: Corinth 6-10, Central 12-6

(JV-G) Kossuth 50, Corinth 19 Corinth 3 7 6 3 — 19 Kossuth 12 15 7 16 — 50

CORINTH (19): Tamia Clark 7, Teosha Boyd 5, Jamia Kirk 3, Imani Payne 2, Aspen Stricklen 2.

KOSSUTH (50): Lacy Essary 14, Parrish Tice 8, Ryleigh Follin 7, Blythe Bullard 6, Kaylee Switcher 4, Shelbi Barnes 3, Bailey Mitchell 3, Alison Green 3, Cheyenne Daniel 2.

3-pointers: (C) None. (K) Green, Barnes, Follin.

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The hunting game for late-season bucks Some of you have probably read stories or watched an outdoor show telling how to hunt for late season bucks.

The story or host of the show, whichever it may be, always tells how crucial it is to hunt near a good food source since bucks will be on their feet for longer periods looking for some chow in order to regain their strength from the long and grueling mating season.

It is true.

You do need to hunt in an area that offers a concentrated high energy producing food source, but not necessarily for the same reason you heard or read from informative magazines and shows.

Heightened rutting

activity begins in this area and the l o w e r southeastern U.S. David in midGreen December and conOutdoors t i n u e s through all of January and, in some places and instances, into February.

Doe deer have to eat, too. Locate where the girls are dinning and you can count on the oleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; boys to be hanging around somewhere close ready to bus their table.

The all day buffet deer frequently like to visit at this time of year can consist of many food types. It could be a

honey-suckle patch in a sparse pine thicket, a new clear-cut, an oak ridge that produced an abnormal amount of acorns, or the lush green food plot you planted back in early fall. Food plots are always a good bet for seeing deer in the latter part of the season.

Once an area is found where deer are passing through to fill their bellies, the hunt is as simple as it gets. Simply set up between the food source and the nearest bedding cover. If it appears the deer are bedding too close to the feeding area to risk hanging a stand, take a ground position that best conceals your silhouette.

Many hunters these days are catering food to the deer themselves,

whether it be of legal means or not. If you suspect someone is using a feeder or putting out feed on an adjoining property, this can work to your advantage if the person is hunting too close to the feed, you have an idea of where theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hunting and how the deer travel from their property to yours once pressured.

When the person goes to his stand for a morning hunt, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good chance heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll push the deer right toward your position if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve made the correct assessment and set-up.

I ought to know. I took three eight-pointers out of the same stand last year that were being corn fed. And trust me, I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the one doing

the feeding.

In this area, the hunt for late season bucks is not much different than a mid to late December hunt. Locate a plentiful high protein food source and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find the females. Find the females and the bucks will be close by with something else on their mind other than food.

However, there is one big difference. The buck you encounter now will likely be the biggest, smartest, most ultrawary deer left in the woods since dominant bucks are the primary breeders during the secondary rut.

But, of course, if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve already done your damage in the deer woods and thoughts of fishing are swirling in

your brain, maybe you should consider trying the crappie on Pickwick Lake.

Over the past month or so, anglers have been pulling some real good catches of crappies from the deep waters of Yellow Creek.

Just imagine how a batch of fresh golden brown fillets deep fried to perfection would taste right about now.

(Alcorn County resident David Green is an avid hunter and fisherman in the Crossroads area. His column appears Sunday. Anyone wishing to share their own unique outdoor story or have any news to report pertaining to the outdoors, David can be contacted at dgreen_ outdoors@yahoo.com.)

Featuring Mrs. Mabel Robinson Cummings . . .

(This information was obtained in part from an article published in The Tishomingo County News of Iuka, dated Jan. 31, 1985. This is Part 1 of a two-part series.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;How are you, Mrs. Cummings?â&#x20AC;? was the repetitive phrase that was heard when Mrs. Mabel Robinson Cummings, of the Walker Switch Community, was seen by the people in the country who knew and loved her.

This petite woman was loved because of her benevolent mannerisms and her heart of pure gold. Her optimistic outlook allowed her to see only the best in everyone.

On November 10, 1897, Mabel Clara Robinson was born in to a family that later reached 12 children. She was the sixth child born to her

parents, William â&#x20AC;&#x153; W i l l â&#x20AC;? and Mary Whitehurst Robinson. MaRaNae bel was at Vaughn born the home Historically place of Speaking her grandparents, Richard â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dickâ&#x20AC;? and Nancy Barnes Robinson, near the old Hebron Church, and lived there with her family until she was 6 years old.

Mabel remembered hearing her grandpa, Dick, talk about his adventures when he served in the Confederate Cavalry under General Forrest in the Civil War. He told about sneaking through Union lines when they were patrolling the Southern Railroad when he was in the

area so he could check on his family. He knew the area so well that he was able to do it without getting caught.

While Mabel lived at her grandparentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s farm, there was always something going on since her family ran a saw mill, a grist mill, a cotton gin, and eventually a country store.

When Mabel was 6, her father moved the family to Burnsville, where Mabel started school. While his family lived at Burnsville, he began to work on the 360 acres that he had purchased at Walker Switch. After numerous days of ditching and clearing, Will moved them to a log cabin in the Walker Switch community. Mabel celebrated her eighth birthday in the log house, and her brother, Bill, was

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born there as well. During this time, her father was also building a new house, and in the middle of winter, he decided it was time for them to move into it, although it was not quite finished.

Mabel remembered hanging quilts over the doors to keep out the cold.

Her father also raised a lot of horses along with other stock. Mabel remembered that he had big fine teams he worked with. He had wagons, and there was also a surry in which to ride to church. Mabel stated that she wore a duster that was placed over her good clothes, similar to a light coat, and it kept the dust and dirt off of her clothes until arriving at the designated location.

Mabelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father also raised cotton, corn, peanuts, sorghum, and al-

most everything else the family ate. Along with farming, he also opened a saw mill with the help of Nixon Haines. The woods were so dense at that time in the Walker Switch area that even at noon on a summer day it appeared to be late afternoon.

Mabelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father and Mr. Haines built rails that went a long way back into the woods and used â&#x20AC;&#x153;dummy carsâ&#x20AC;? to carry the timber out. They also had short sturdy wagons, called durgens, which were pulled by oxen. Oxen handled the terrain better than horses. Mabelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father always employed two or three men who helped on the farm and at the saw mill, and among other things, their pay included room, board, and their laundry done by Mabel, her mother, and sisters.

After Mabel finished the eighth grade at Walker Switch School, she went to Iuka to live with her uncle and his wife, Dr. and Mrs. Whitehurst. There she attended the Iuka School to further her education. At this time, the first world war was in progress, and there was a great need for school teachers, so Mabel took her teacherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exam. The test took two days to complete, and it covered 16 subject areas.

The Superintendent of Education at that time was N. L. Phillips, and he was the one who issued a teacherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s certificate to her.

(RaNae Vaughn is board member and in charge of marketing and publications for the Tishomingo County Historical & Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 203, Iuka, MS 38852.)

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12A • Sunday, January 8, 2011 • Daily Corinthian

Assistance Culinary Food Month Alcorn County Welcome Center, 2028 South Tate Street, Corinth is observing Culinary Food Month for January. Visitors to the center can go by and pick up recipe cards, sweet potato recipe brochures, valuable restaurant coupons (while supplies last), menus, the new “eat.drink.

Mississippi” magazine with lots of wonderful recipes and other information. The focus of this month’s display is to help promote the unique assets that Corinth and the entire state has to offer.

The Welcome Center will also be doing random giveaways throughout the month to out of state and/or local travelers who come in and sign in on their daily visitor register on numbered lines. The giveaways for the month of January are “Find your True South” aprons, compliments of the Mississippi Development AuthorityTourism Division and the Alcorn County Welcome Center.

Genealogical society The Alcorn County Genealogical Society is located at the Northeast Mississippi Business Incubator System on 1828 Proper Street in Corinth. Operating hours are Tuesday and Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Genealogical Society is also open other days and times by advance appointment.

Directions and a map to the new location can be obtained from the ACGS website at http://www.avsia.com/acgs.

Living Will The Magnolia Regional Health Center’s Patient Advocate’s Office offers free forms and assistance for those wishing to express their medical wishes through a living will or ad-

vanced directive.

Anyone interested in learning more should call 293-1117.

Mentally disabled socialization Region IV Mental Health/Mental Retardation Commission offers a program that serves individuals, 50 years of age or older, who are in need of socialization activities. This program offers training in use of leisure time, structured assistance in daily life activities, individual and group therapy, weekly field trips, and meals.

Transportation is provided.

Interested individuals should contact Sheila Baker at 662-286-5868.

1-800-948-3090.

New business owners The MSBDC Business Assistance Center @ Northeast Community College-Booneville address is MSBDC Business Assistance Center @ Northeast Community College-Corinth, 2759 S. Harper Road, Corinth.

The telephone number is 662-696-2311. Office hours are Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m.

Marines helping Marines

Magnolia Dulcimer meetings are 6 p.m. the first and third Mondays at First Presbyterian Church, 919 Shiloh Rd., Corinth. Visitors are always welcome.

For more information, contact Jan Pike, 6651871.

“The Few and the Proud — Marines Helping Marines” — a United States Marine Corps League is a visitation program for senior inactive Marines.

When a senior inactive Marine is housebound or in a nursing home or hospice, the Corinth detachment will visit fellow Marines — because once a Marine always a Marine.

For more information, call 662-287-3233.

Caregiver support

Support groups

The Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group in Corinth is partnered with the Alzheimer’s Association Mississippi Chapter.

Keri Roaten is the facilitator. The group meets every first Thursday of each month at the Corinth Public Library, from 6-7 p.m.

The group discusses the hardships of those caring for people effected by the disease and offer several different resources as well.

For more information, contact k_roaten@hotmail. com or 662-594-5526.

■ A support group for the blind and vision impaired will meet the first Saturday of each month from 10-11:30 a.m. at the Tate Baptist Church fellowship hall, 1201 N. Harper Rd., Corinth. There will be no cost to attend.

Contact Patsy at the church office at 286-2935 for more information.

■ The “Good Grief” ministry is for those who have recently lost a loved one, or are caring for those in the final chapter(s) of their life. This ministry of support, consolation and moving forward is open to all in the community. For more information please call 662-587-9602.

Hopewell United Methodist Church is located at 4572 CR 200 (Old Farmington Road), Corinth.

■ Magnolia Regional Health Center’s Respira-

Magnolia Dulcimer

Medicare help The Northeast Mississippi Planning & Development District of Booneville can help with qualifications for extra help through Social Security for Medicare prescriptions. Call SHIP (State Health Insurance Assistance Program) at

tory Therapy Department has a support program for those with respiratory disease and their families.

“Better Breathers” is a social gathering of people interested in understanding and living with chronic lung disease on a daily basis, including caretakers. Meetings are free.

Area professionals speak on topics related to lung disease — medications, treatments, therapies, etc.

Better Breathers allows participants to share experiences, learn about their disease, products and medical facts and issues that affect their quality of life.

MRHC is offering Better Breathers classes every 3rd Monday of the month from 1-2 p.m. at the Harper Road Complex. To reserve a space at the next Better Breathers meeting or for more information about the Better Breathers Club, call Candice Whitaker, RRT at 662-279-0801.

■ The Crossroads Group of Narcotics Anonymous meets Monday, Wednesday and Friday at noon, and at 7 p.m., seven days a week, at 506 Cruise Street in Corinth. All meetings are non-smoking.

The Northeast Mississippi area of Narcotics Anonymous Hotline is 662841-9998.

■ The Savannah 123 Group of Narcotics Anonymous meets on Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and on Saturday from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. at 589 N. Cherry St. in downtown Savannah, Tenn.

■ A sexual assault support group meets in Tupelo on Wednesdays at 1 p.m.

For more information and location of the group, please call 1-800-5277233.

■ NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) is sponsoring a monthly support group for adults experiencing a mental illness. Meetings will be held

the first Monday of each month at 6 p.m. in Iuka at the public library.

The group will be led by trained mentors who are themselves experienced at living well with mental illness. Please call the NAMI Mississippi office for more information at 1-800-3570388.

■ Tishomingo County Families First Resource Center, located at Tishomingo County High School, has a Domestic Violence Support Group, open to women only. Call 423-7318 for date, time and location of this group meeting.

■ Chapter 8, a Northeast Mississippi Scoliosis support group, provides information and understanding for parents, children and adults with the condition that causes the spine to curve abnormally.

For more information, contact Bonnie Buchanan at 662-369-6148 or scoliosishelp@bellsouth.net.

■ “Blindness doesn’t know the meaning of discrimination. It can strike at any time or at any age.

There are over 10,000 blind men, women and children throughout Mississippi.” For anyone, or their family member or a friend, who is visually impaired — or has recently lost vision — adjustments are often difficult. For help or for more information, call Elsa Barrantes-Bullard, member of the Board of Directors of the National Federation of the Blind of Mississippi at 662-286-8076 or 662643-9589.

■ The Corinth Downtown Group AA meets Sundays and Tuesdays at 8 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, 501 N. Main Street, Corinth.

For more information for all area AA groups, please call 662-284-5623.

■ An Alcoholics Anonymous meeting is being held in Iuka. Meetings are at the old car dealership building across from the

Tishomingo Power Company in Iuka each Wednesday at 7 p.m. and Friday at 7:30 p.m.

■ Operation Second Chance is a support group for those with loved ones incarcerated within the state of Mississippi. Meetings are held every third Tuesday of the month, 6 p.m., at Skyline Baptist Church, Hwy. 178, Tupelo.

For more information, contact 287-6652 or 2878452.

■ The Autism Connection, a family support and community awareness group, meets every second Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Mississippi State Extension Center located at 2200 Levee Road in Corinth.

All interested parents, families, care givers, advocates and public service providers are urged to attend.

For more information contact 662-287-8588.

■The Corinth Crossroads Multiple Sclerosis Support Group has its monthly meetings on the third Wednesday of each month at 11:30 a.m. at the Mississippi State University Extension Service, 2200 Levee Rd., Corinth, (located behind the Crossroads Arena).

For more information, call Joy at 662-462-7325, or e-mail joycforsyth@frontiernet.net.

Thrift stores ■ The Corinth Scottish Rites Masonic Center Thrift Store is located at the corner of Childs and Fillmore streets (710 Fillmore) in Corinth, and will be open Thursdays, 9 a.m.

- 12 p.m.; Fridays, 9 a.m.

- 4 p.m. and Saturdays, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Profits will go toward diagnosing and teaching Dyslexia Therapy.

Donations are being accepted for immediate resale.

For more information, call 662-286-5434.

Daily Corinthian • Sunday, January 8, 2012 • 13A

Hyde-Smith vows focus on jobs

BY JEFF AMY Associated Press

JACKSON — Cindy Hyde-Smith wants to emphasize the “commerce” part of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce.

The Brookhaven Republican, sworn in Thursday as the state’s first female agriculture commissioner, sees a chance to increase not only the quantity of food grown in Mississippi, but food processed in the state as well.

“There’s always a demand for safe, affordable food,” Hyde-Smith said.

In addition to using her office as an economic development tool, she said she hopes to promote agritourism, make sure farmers have a voice in any state immigration legislation and improve revenue at the state fairgrounds.

Hyde-Smith is Mississippi’s first female agriculture commissioner and one of two women in statewide office, along with new Treasurer Lynn Fitch. But she downplays the gender difference, joking that the state’s gas pump inspection stickers will not be pink.

Hyde-Smith, 52, was first elected to the state Senate in 2000 as a Democrat, and switched to the Republican Party in 2010.

She served two terms as chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and has a close relationship with the Mississippi Farm Bureau, the state’s top agriculture group.

She handily beat Democratic Pickens Mayor Joel Gill and Reform Party candidate Cathy L. Toole of Biloxi in November’s election.

She succeeds Lester Spell, a four-term agriculture commissioner. The post pays $90,000 a year.

Hyde-Smith operates a

cattle farm and livestock auction in Brookhaven with her husband, Mike Smith. She says 25 percent of all jobs in Mississippi already are agriculturerelated, and she believes the state can build on that strength by working to attract more food processors. Mississippi already has more food processing employees per capita than all but one Southern state, according to the Mississippi Economic Council, although it has been losing those jobs in recent years.

“We have a work force out there who needs those jobs as well,” she said.

“Why can’t they be here?”

The incoming commissioner wants to work with the Mississippi Development Authority to recruit industry.

“We will definitely be knocking on doors,” she said. “Let me show you what Mississippi has to offer.”

One part of her economic development plan is to do more to promote agritourism, farming operations that supplement their income by welcoming visitors.

“You can see the interest that city folks, city dwellers, have in agricultural production,” Hyde-Smith said. For example, she cited corn mazes, a dairy farm that lets guests help milk the cows, and farm tours for schoolchildren.

Some Mississippi lawmakers are considering efforts to crack down on illegal immigration, an effort that could affect farmers, if last year’s experiences in Alabama and Georgia are repeated. In those two states, fruit and vegetable growers complained that much of their crop rotted in the fields for lack of skilled pickers.

“I think the producers need to be heard on this.

Everyone wants legal immigration,” Hyde-Smith said. “But the process of verification needs to be in tune with how farmers hire your help.”

Hyde-Smith said she supports a federal guest worker program, which would allow people to work legally in the United States on a temporary basis. “Definitely, if that’s what it takes for the farm community to have their needs met.

Hyde-Smith said she’s looking into selling naming rights to the Mississippi Coliseum, the aging arena at the state fairgrounds in downtown Jackson. A 2009 report by the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review suggested that, among other measures, as way to raise more money for the Mississippi State Fair Commission. HydeSmith will chair the commission, which relies on its own efforts for funding, even as it acts as the public face of the Agriculture Department for thousands of visitors.

“A lot of people see the agency through the fairground,” she said.

But Hyde-Smith emphasized that most Mississippians interact with the department through its regulatory efforts, such as inspecting meat and produce or making sure gas pumps and scales give correct readings. She said that many are unaware of other functions such as investigating livestock, equipment and timber thefts, regulating pestcontrol. Hyde-Smith said that she aims to spend much of her early tenure shadowing the department’s employees.

“I want to ride with these employees,” she said, “getting to know their jobs.”

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Nomination for SPRING 2012 Katrina breach CLASSES sites sparks debate BEGIN JANUARY 23.

BY KEVIN MCGILL Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS — A push to place levee breach sites from Hurricane Katrina on the National Register of Historic Places is cause for consternation at the federal agency that built the floodwalls that failed during the 2005 storm.

It’s a potentially sensitive issue for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which has been asked to OK the effort. Nobody denies the resulting floods caused death, destruction and misery on a historic scale, but there’s concern over whether the application could influence ongoing court cases about the corps’ responsibility and liability in the floods.

“We would like to reemphasize that the narrative needs to be carefully reviewed and edited to make sure that personal opinions and any contested facts are really not presented as fact,” Corps official Mike Swanda told the state review board during a December meeting, according to a transcript.

Also, corps spokesman Ken Holder said, the agency wants to be sure the listing wouldn’t prohibit “any kind of future levee lift or anything that would protect the safety of the public.” One reason for including a property on the register is to make sure consideration of a property’s historic value is considered before it is demolished or altered.

Mark Barnes, a consultant for the group seeking the historic designation called Levees.Org, said there is no need to worry. Placement on the register wouldn’t preclude alterations necessary for public safety, he said in an interview. Moreover, federal agencies already are required to research and consider historic and archaeological effects of planned projects before they are undertaken — a costly endeavor that has already been undertaken

by Levees.Org. “It’s going to save the corps a lot of money because they won’t have to go through this whole process,” Barnes said.

The final decision rests with National Park Service, not the corps. But the corps, as the owner of one of the sites, gets to weigh in.

Levee breaches at numerous sites in and around New Orleans flooded 80 percent of New Orleans and also swamped suburban areas. Flood water lifted some houses off foundations, flooded others at or above roof lines.

Close to 2,000 deaths were blamed on the storm, many due to drowning.

Stories and pictures of the tens of thousands of people stranded in both the Morial Convention Center and the storm-damaged Louisiana Superdome — sweltering in late summer heat with no electricity and little food or water — dominated media for days.

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