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Warrant leads to drug bust BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

garten through sixth grade at the school auditorium on May 11. A huge yard sale and car wash is planned for July 7 at the Corinth Flea Market. All money earned through the fund-raisers will help the squad pay for camp in June along with a trip to nationals. “Cost for hotels to the nationals is $5,000 alone,” said new squad coach Rebecca Lewis. “This group definitely has one of the best work ethics I have seen and I promised them if they earned a bid to nationals

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The serving of an arrest warrant led to a marijuana bust on Friday. The Alcorn County Sheriff’s Department arrested Lawrence Lloyd Meeks, 30, of County Road 332, Corinth, and charged him with felony possession of marijuana with intent to sell. As the deputy arrived at a residence on County Road 306 to serve a warrant, he encountered Meeks in a vehicle at the residence. While speaking to him, the deputy observed a bag of marijuana in the seat of the vehicle, according to Narcotics Officer Darrell Hopkins. A search of the vehicle and of Meeks revealed six additional bags of marijuana. Bond was set at $5,000. In other news, the sheriff’s department reported a good response to the drug take back event held Saturday to allow people to dispose of medications with no questions asked. “It took a lot of prescription drugs out of residences and possibly off the street,” said Sheriff Charles Rinehart. “We plan on working closely with the DEA and Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics with this program. We know as law enforcement that burglaries, murders and homicides are a result mainly due to some kind of drug addiction.”

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Alcorn Central has won back-to-back Class 3A state titles in the Hip Hop division.

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Lakin Little (from left), Taylor Bordeleau and Erica Doran have been part of two Class 3A State Championship Dance Teams at Alcorn Central.

Hip Hop champions raising funds to attend nationals BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

GLEN — The Alcorn Central dance team is prepared to do all it can to reach nationals. All the Lady Bears need is some funding help to get there. The back-to-back Class 3A Hip Hop champions are set to get started on the money raising circuit Thursday at Pizza Inn. The 14-member team will receive 10 percent of what is taken in along with all tips during the hours of 5-8 p.m. The two-time champs are also slated to host a Girls Night Out for elementary girls kinder-

Freedom Rally brings youth together for prayer day BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com

Freedom Rally — a prayer meeting for youth on the night before the National Day of Prayer — will begin at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Alcorn County Courthouse. “This is the youth version of the National Day of Prayer,” explained event organizer Jonathan Marsh. The event will mark the fifth year for the Freedom Rally. Approximately 1,000 local youth attended the 2011 Freedom Rally, said Marsh. Local Christian praise band

Maul 42 will open the service with a half-hour set of music. The band is comprised of: Andy Reeves (vocals, acoustic guitar), Dylan Adams (drums), Kyle Gunn (bass), Nancy King Reeves (vocals), Ashley Morelock (keyboard) and Bubba Rory Dale Young II (saxophone). After the musical opening, students from area schools will lead prayers on several themes and encourage other students to offer up prayers. “One student will pray for the schools, one student will pray for temptation and another stu-

dent will pray for government,” Marsh said. Following the prayers on different themes, another student will bring the service to an end with a closing prayer. The adult National Day of Prayer event will be held at noon on Thursday at the Alcorn County Courthouse. Held every year on the first Thursday in May, the National Day of Prayer is an event that invites people of all faiths to pray for America. It was created in 1952 by a joint congressional

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An evening prayer for youth will begin at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the courthouse.

Book ponders common man reason for fighting during Civil War BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

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Lee Wilson of Memphis shows a vintage firearm from his collection at the recent Heritage Day held at the depot by the Sons of Confederate Veterans.

A Civil War buff who has traced his great-grandfather’s steps in the battle at Shiloh, Lee Wilson often wonders what kept his ancestor — and the common man — motivated to keep fighting in a long, grueling war. His great-grandfather, William Daniel Ayer, is the protagonist in the Memphis dentist’s historical fiction novel, “Once a Southern Soldier.” The story will soon continue in “Always a Southern Soldier.” At Shiloh, where Ayer witnessed the death of Albert Sidney Johnston, his head was nearly taken off by a cannonball, but still he soldiered on.

“That’s a question that has kind of haunted me and a lot of people don’t even address,” said Wilson during a visit to the recent SCV Heritage Day in Corinth. “Why would Bill Ayer, who was dirt poor, why would he keep fighting?” Many of the common people, he believes, had little personal investment in the conflict. “I try to get into Bill’s head and explain what he was thinking because I really think that a lot of historians miss the point,” said Wilson. “Most of the people that I talk about are not the Southern planters and the people that actually owned slaves and had money involved. I think the common man back

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then just didn’t like to be told what to do. We’re down here in the South, and we really didn’t want to have Washington telling us what we were supposed to do.” Ayer came from a small farm with no slaves. His diary and other papers were lost in a house fire, so Wilson has relied on family storytelling of his great-grandfather’s adventures in war to construct his story, which follows the newly married young farmer from the cotton junction of Duck Hill into battle at Shiloh. Serving in the third brigade under Breckenridge, Ayer was severely injured during fighting that saw the men pushed back

from the Indian mounds to the Hornet’s Nest. “They made a stand there at about 10 o’clock in the morning, then got pushed back again,” said Wilson. “Beauregard wanted Breckenridge’s corps to cover, and so they pulled them over in front of Shiloh church and formed a line there. A cannonball went off in the tree above him and shrapnel hit him and scalped him, knocked him cold, and he woke up on the battlefield that night.” He hid in the woods to escape the burial detail and was found by a friend that night. Despite the brush with death, Ayer continued to serve.

On this day in history 150 years ago May 1 — General Beauregard sends a letter of protest to Richmond over a decrease in the amount of the food ration for his soldiers in Corinth. He cites sugar as being a “cheap and healthy nutritious addition to the diet of the soldiers in this climate.”

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The Alcorn Central dance team is aiming to compete in the nationals this year and will be having several fund-raisers to help them in the cause.

The forthcoming second book picks up the story in January 1863 and incorporates some of the outlaw activity that emerged to prey on the cotton market. Wilson heard tales from his family of the battles over cotton, with the North confiscating it to take home and the South burning it to keep it out of Yankee hands. Gangs formed that would take cotton and sell it to the North. “Cotton was the biggest exchange that there was, and that was a war within a war,” said Wilson. “It ended up that regular troops were fighting people that had been conscripted but had deserted and had gone back home. It was quite a battle.”

He has the story sketched out through four books, culminating with surrender in Greensboro, N.C. Wilson, who has visited many of the battlefields in the western theater, said his historical fiction is about 95 percent what actually happened, with stories from family and other people helping to fill in the rest. As a dentist, he has picked up details from his captive audience. “I find out a lot of stuff from just talking to people,” he said. “You throw all those things together and you can come up with some pretty interesting tales. I’m going to keep my day job, but it’s a lot of fun.” (”Once a Southern Soldier” is available at the Crossroads Museum.)

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that I would do everything I could to get them there.” Lewis will not be the only one working to get the champs to their destination. “We have worked hard to get there the last two years, we just didn’t have

the money,” said Lakin Little. “We are prepared to work hard this summer.” “This has been one of our goals the last three years,” added senior captain Erica Doran. Lewis inherited the squad from Candee Witt. “Our plan is to win a third state championship before competing in na-

tionals in February,” said the new coach. “I am very competitive and want the girls to perform to win.” AC will vie for its third consecutive state crown in December in Jackson. Members of the 201213 team are seniors: Erica Doran, captain; Abbey Brooks, co-captain; Anna Bowling, Caleigh Newton;

juniors, Taylor Bordeleau; Lakin Little; Brooke Odle; sophomores, Lindsey Miller; Alissa Ann Williams; Katie Smith; freshmen, Adrianna Ligon; Kayti Ligon; Annie Moody; and Nikki Robertson. Doran, Little and Bordeleau have been part of both championship teams.

He said the department continues to combat drugs through a strong DARE education program, training in the department, the efforts of the narcotics unit and tips from the public. Rinehart encourages people with addictions to contact the sheriff’s department to be put in

touch with help. “It is not a goal to lock up everyone who has addictions,” he said. “We would much rather help them through treatment and education. There are a lot of good people locked up who have made some bad choices in life for whatever reason, but it is not too late to be a productive and successful person.”

Deaths Mack Garrett

Funeral services with military honors for Roy Mack Garrett, 66, of Corinth, are set for 1 p.m. Wednesday at Oakland Baptist Church with Bro. Randy Bostick officiating. Burial will follow in the Farmington Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Garrett died April 29, 2012 at Magnolia Regional Health Center. He was born June 4, 1945 in Ecru to the late Leroy and Mary Louise Garrett. He graduated from W.P. Daniels High School in New Albany and Mississippi State University with a Bach- Garrett elor Degree in Business. He was a U.S. Army Veteran, he was a retired from Capro Inc. as material manager and also worked at Wurlitzer and Leedo. He was a member of Oakland Baptist Church and he enjoyed working in the yard and spending time with his family. He was preceded in death by his parents. Survivors include his wife, Brenda Jean Parker Garrett of Corinth; daughters Marlo (Lee) Pegram of Columbus, Briony (Chris) Mitchell of Corinth, and Keena (Chris) Andrews of Franklin, Tn.; a son Ryan (Ellen) Wesson of Corinth; sisters Janie (Jerry) Wardlow of Memphis, Tn., Rose (Eugene) Dowdy of New Albany, Mary Ann Johnson and Pat Garrett of Huntsville; a brother Richard (Gwen) Garrett of Oxford; grandchildren, Lee Pegram III, Lillie Pegram, Blaine and Alanna Grace Mitchell, Corbin, Camden and Cutler Andrews, Coley Wesson; and a host of other family and friends. Pallbearers are Trey Wayne, John Dowdy, Brad Johnson, Ben Wardlow, Jerry Wardlow, Rodney Wardlow. Honorary pallbearers are the Wayne Prince Sunday School Class at Oakland Baptist Church. Visitation is Tuesday 5-8 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Home and Wednesday from 12 p.m. to service time. Condolences can be left at www.memorial.com

William Mohundro, Sr.

GERMANTOWN, Tenn. — Funeral services for William Arlin Mohundro, Sr., 68, are set for 11 a.m. Wednesday at Hight Funeral Home with burial in Forrest Memorial Park Garden of Devotion. Mr. Mohundro died Saturday, April 28, 2012. Born September 14, 1943, he was a retired salesman with Allegro Fine Food and 1962 graduate of Corinth High School. He was of the Baptist faith who loved his grandkids, music, to travel, cook, nutcrackers and hummingbirds. He was preceded in death by his parents, Jasper Andrew and Helen Mohundro, a son, William Arlin Mohundro, Jr.; two brothers, John Mohundro and Charles Mohundro; and a sister, Arminta Flynn. Survivors include his wife, Kim Mohundro of Germantown, Tenn.; a son, Kent Mohundro of Corinth; a step-son, Chad Tyler of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; a daughter, Megan Mohundro of Munford, Tn.; three grandchildren, Amelia Mohundro of Munford, Tn., Taylor Mohundro of Germantown, Tn. and Seth Mohundro of Corinth; and several nieces and nephews. Rev. Bill Wages will officiate. Visitation is 5-8 p.m. tonight at the funeral home. Pallbearers are John Fuqua, Scott Baines, Jimmy Anderson, Jake Mohundro, Mike Mohundro, Spencer Mohundro and Jerry Larch.

Patricia Little

A memorial service celebrating the life of Patricia Ann Little will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 29, 2012 at the Crossroads Baptist Church on Salem Road with Bro. Warren Jones officiating. Ms. Little died on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at the Magnolia Regional Health Center. She was born on December 30, 1949 to the late James and Nila Fay Emerson Holloway. Ms. Little was the office manager at B & M Trucking Company in Corinth. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends due to her loving expressions and youthful demeanor. She lightened up every room she entered, wanted to have fun, made life a true joy, and always lived each and every day of her life to the fullest. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Derek Little; and a brother, James Daniel Holloway. She is survived by her son, Doug Little and his wife Brandie; two brothers, Mark Holloway of Corinth and Hal Holloway and wife Lynn of San Antonio, Texas; a sister-in-law, Gloria Glenn Holloway; four grandchildren, Dylan, Lakin, Jayce, and Nyla Little; several nieces, nephews and a host of friends. The family will receive friends following the service. Condolences may be left at www.mcpetersfuneraldirectors.com

Sarah Lowry

Funeral services for Sarah Eckle Goforth Lowry, 97, of Corinth, were held Monday at the Church of the Crossroads with burial in the Forrest Memorial Park Cemetery. Ms. Lowry died Saturday, April 28, 2012 at her residence. Born April 9, 1915 in Alcorn County, she was a graduate of Kossuth Agricultural High School. She taught school in Tippah County and worked at Rubel’s Department Store, Woolworth’s. Elmore’s and Fred’s Dollar Store. She was a member of 1st Pentecostal Church in Corinth. She loved gardening and spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. She was known for her homemade biscuits, chicken and dressing and fried pies. She was preceded in death by her husband, Hiram H. Lowry, Jr.; her parents, Rube and Emma Goforth; a sister, Flore Mattox; two brothers, Aubie Goforth and Herbert Goforth. Survivors include two daughters, Sarah Mitchell (Lonnie) of Corinth and Mary Goldman (Steve) of Booneville; four grandchildren, Betsy Gee (Cliff) of Crossett, Ark., Ginger Tarpley (Justin) of Oxford, Shane Goldman (Jeannie) of El Paso, Texas, and Blake Goldman and his fiancee Michelle of Atlanta, Ga.; eight great grandchildren; two sisters, Shelley McDaniel and Louie Dugan; a brother, Dee Goforth; a host of nieces and nephews; and three special caregivers, Betty Riggs, Edna Glover and Pat Smith. Rev. Nelson Hight and Rev. Russell Lormand officiated. Pallbearers were Blake Goldman, Kenny Goldman, Paul Goldman, Cliff Gee, Justin Tarpley, Mike Dugan, Collin Dugan, Royce Dugan, Carl Dugan and Kim Billingsley. Hight Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Johnny Bunch

Funeral services for Howard Johnson “Johnny” Bunch, Jr., 58, of Corinth are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Magnolia Funeral Home Chapel of Memories with burial in Forrest Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Bunch died Sunday April 29, 2012 at Magnolia Regional Health Center. Born Feb. 1, 1954, he was a welder at Monotech of Mississippi as well as an employee at Lowe’s. A member of Gaines Chapel United Methodist Church, he was formerly employed at CMC. He loved his family and friends and enjoyed spending time with his granddaughter, his son and daughter-in-law. He loved watching sports on TV. He loved working at Lowe’s with his friends, meeting all the people that came into Lowe’s. He was preceded in death by his parents, Howard Johnson Bunch, Sr. and Juanita Brittan Bunch. Survivors include a son, Chris Bunch and wife Janet of Byhalia; a granddaughter, Sarah Kate Bunch; the mother of his son, Debra Bunch of Corinth; and a special friend, Theresa Glen of Corinth. Rev. Tony Pounders will officiate.

Essie Faye Pace

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Funeral services for Essie Faye Woodruff Pace, 99, are set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at Memorial Funeral home Chapel with Bro. Doug Farris officiating. Burial will follow in the Forrest Memorial Park. She died April 28, 2012 in Clearwater, Fla. She was born September 14, 1912 in Prentiss County to the late Victor and Luzettia Woodruff. She was a housewife, and a member of Lakeview Baptist Church. Having lived most of her adult life in the Farmington community she had most recently been living in Clearwater, Fla. to be near her daughter. She was preceded in death by her husband, R.T. “True” Pace; her parents; four sisters; and four brothers. Survivors include his sons, Robert Dwight (Eulala) Pace of Springfield, Mo., and Don (Marjorie) Pace of Kossuth; a daughter, Linda (Jerry) Gardner of Clearwater, Fla.; a brother, Lenius Woodruff of Burton; grandchildren Dana Reed, Daniel Bryce (Jennifer) Haynie, Vick (Liz) Pace, Jeff Pace, Rhonda (Rick) Nelson, Nan (Steve) Jones, Lanny (Angie) Pace, Missy (Doug) Farris; 19 great grandchildren; and three great grandchildren. Pallbearers are Lanny Pace, Donnie Jones, David Farris, Ti Farris, Jerry Gardner and Steve Jones. Visitation is 5-8 p.m. tonight at the funeral home.

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age participation in the National Day of Prayer by communicating the need for personal repentance and prayer. For more information contact the event organizer at 662-665-7904.

Correction An error appeared in the Sunday story about the Corinth Rotary Club’s award presentations. Thanks to many wonderful tutors over the years,

Corinth Literacy Council Coordinator Dorothy Hopkins has seen over 500 adults learn how to read in the literacy program since she has been coordinator.

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BURNSVILLE — Melanie Dotson, 55, died Friday, April 27, 2012 at her residence. Visitation is scheduled for 5-9 p.m. Wednesday at Cutshall Funeral Home in Glen. All other arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Cutshall Funeral Home.

Charles Blaydes

COUNCE, Tenn. — Charles Blaydes, 80, formally of Memphis, Tenn. died Saturday, April 28, 2012 at his residence. He was a graduate of Memphis State, retired engineer from Intentional Harvester and was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara; and grandson Nick Young. Survivors include his son, Steve Blaydes of Germantown; daughters, Sherry Newman of Somerville, Tn., Alta Dillon of Oklahoma City, Ok., Karen McDaniel of Olive Branch, and Frances Young of Boston, Ma.; eight grandchildren; and eight great grandchildren. Family will receive friends from 3-5 p.m. Wednesday at Memorial Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers charitable donations can be made to the American Cancer Society.

The Kiwanis Club of Corinth continues its longstanding tradition of sponsoring a pancake breakfast from 7-11 a.m. on Saturday — the same day of the Corinth Coca-Cola Classic 10K. Staff writer/photographer Steve Beavers talks with the club about the event and what the proceeds will benefit in an upcoming story in the Daily Corinthian. The 31st running of the Corinth Coca-Cola Classic 10K returns to the streets of Corinth on Saturday morning. The Daily Corinthian is planning an update

this week on the number of entries expected in the race, along with a map of important locations related to the event. Staff writer/photographer Bobby J. Smith, sports editor Lee Smith and editor Mark Boehler will be at the race to capture the event in stories and photographs for Sunday’s newspaper. Ten-year-old Corinth resident Leslie Miller Archie has been selected as a United States Student Ambassador for 2012, which has earned her a trip to the Canadian West in June. As part of one of her assignments, she must help raise funds for her tuition

RIENZI — A graveside service for George Allen King, 70, is set for 2 p.m. today at P and P Cemetery in the Strickland Community. Mr. King died Sunday, April 29, 2012 at his residence. Born Feb. 26, 1942, he was a horse trainer and business owner. He was also of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his parents, Francis and Thelma Moore King. Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Diana Jean King of Rienzi; a daughter, Diana Lynn Hensley and husband Michael of Rienzi; a son, George Allen King, Jr. and wife Jerri of Downers Grove, Ill.; two brothers, Francis King and wife Barbara of Arizona, and John King and wife Jean of Iowa; four sisters, Thelma Riggleman and husband Buddy, Mary Mayhiew and husband Billy, Shirley Lewis and husband Ronnie all of West Virginia, and Rebecca Carroll of Georgia; seven grandchildren; and 14 great grandchildren.

City Board Agenda istrator and engineer for Community Development Block Grant ■ Consider statewide mutual aid compact ■ Quotes for pest control for police and court offices at justice center ■ Consider recommendations from board of adjustment and planning commission on variance requests for Phillip Burress, David Latch and First Presbyterian Church ■ Approval of licenses, if any ■ Approval of meeting minutes for March 20 and April 3

Music month The Alcorn Welcome Center is observing Music Month in May. They will be displaying literature and have giveaways during the month. Stop in and pick up a Blues Trail map, blues museum literature for the state, music festival dates and more. Mississippi musician B.B. King will be showcased during the month by playing his music and handing out information about the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center brochure. Other literature available includes but is not limited to: The Peavey Museum & Visitors Center, Meridian; The Banjo Shop in Louin; and many other brochures for music related venues. The Welcome Center also has the Calendar of Events insert/brochure for Corinth which includes contact information for the Corinth Symphony Orchestra,

Crossroads Arena, Corinth Theatre-Arts Crossroads Playhouse, Pickin’ on the Square and other general information. Activity center The Bishop Activity Center is having the following activities this week: Today -- Bible study with Robert Ross of Alcorn M.B. Church. Senior Citizens age 60 and above are welcome and encouraged to attend. Daily activities include crafts, jigsaw puzzles, quilting, table games (Dominoes & Rook), washer games and Rolo Golf. Walking tours In observance of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the Corinth Area Visitors & Convention Bureau is offering free guided tours of the city’s Civil War-related sites. The tours will continue tonight at 6 p.m. at the Corinth Depot. Downtown Walking Tours begin at the Corinth Depot with stops near historic businesses, homes and the Verandah House.

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For more information, visit corinthcivilwar.com or call the Tourism Office at 287-8300. Beaches open The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bay Springs Site Office announces Old Bridge Beach and Piney Grove Beach are opening for the season today. The summer hours of operation will be daily from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. For questions regarding recreational opportunities including camping contact the Operations Manger’s Office at 662-423-1287 or the webpage at http:// www.sam.usace.army.mil/ TennTom/GenInfo.html. Senior activities The First Presbyterian Senior Adult Ministry is hosting a Wii sports class for senior adults on Tuesdays at 9 a.m. There is no cost to participate. Call the church office at 286-6638 to register or Kimberly Grantham at 284-7498. Zumba classes Baptist Memorial Hospital-Booneville is

Seven is the Daily Corinthian Pet of the Week. She is a female Mountain Curr hunting dog between 1 and 2 years old. She is a tall slim dog. Her body has some likeness to the greyhound with a long pointed nose, tall erect ears and a long curled tail. For information about Seven or any adoptable animals, call the Corinth Alcorn Animal Shelter at 662-284-5800.

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Dan and Duane McLemore and the crew at Lake Hill Motors in Corinth are celebrating 50 years in business this week. Do you know they have a museum of vintage motorcycles inside Lake Hill? Staff writer/photographer Steve Beavers talks to the McLemore’s about the history and success of their business. Watch for the story and photos to be presented Sunday. The Corinth city board’s monthly meeting is tonight. Veteran staff writer/photographer Jebb Johnston will attend the meeting. Look for his follow up stories this week.

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for the trip. Leslie will selling wood burned initial earrings and necklaces at Saturday’s Green Market in the CARE Garden in downtown Corinth. Staff writer/photographer Bobby J. Smith interviews Leslie and her family about this project for a story in the Wednesday newspaper. Staff writer/photographer Steve Beavers will be attending the National Day of Prayer from 11:45 a.m. until 1 p.m. Thursday on court square as local people have been asked to pray for elected leaders on the local, state and national level. Look for Beavers’ follow up in story and photos on Friday.

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Obama’s rock-star status leaving young voters BY MICHAEL BARONE Last week, Barack Obama delivered speeches at universities in Chapel Hill, N.C., Iowa City, Iowa, and Boulder, Colo. The trip was, press secretary Jay Carney assured us, official government business, not political campaigning. It’s part of a pattern. Neil Munro of the Daily Caller has counted 130 appearances by the president, vice president, their spouses, White House officials, and Cabinet secretaries at colleges and universities since spring 2011. Obviously, the Obama campaign strategists are worried that he cannot duplicate his 66 to 32 percent margin among young voters back in 2008. Recent surveys of young people show inconsistent results. Gallup’s tracking shows Obama leading Mitt Romney 64 to 29 percent, and a Harvard Institute of Politics poll shows him leading Romney 43 to 26 percent among those who said they had an opinion. But a March survey of 18- to 24-year-olds by the Public Religion Research Institute showed Obama ahead of “a Republican” by only 48 to 41 percent. Only 52 percent had favorable opinions of Obama, and 43 percent had unfavorable opinions. Where the surveys seem to be in accord is that young voters are less engaged, less likely to vote and less enthusiastic about Obama than in the days when he was proclaiming, “We are the change we are seeking.” Gallup shows only 56 percent of Americans under 30 saying they definitely will vote. Among older Americans, the figure is over 80 percent. The most recent NBC/Wall Street Journal poll showed only 45 percent of young people taking a big interest in the election, down from 63 percent in 2008. Hispanics and blacks make up a larger share of the Millennial generation than of older Americans, and Obama’s support among them seems to remain high. But the Harvard survey shows that only 41 percent of white Millennials approve of Obama’s job performance, significantly lower than the 54 percent who voted for him in 2008. Obama’s decision to campaign — er, conduct official business — on university campuses last week was not surprising. According to exit polls, there was no surge of young voters in 2008. They made up 18 percent of voters, compared to 17 percent in 2004. But close inspection of the election returns showed that the Obama campaign did a splendid job of ginning up turnout in university and college towns and in singles apartment neighborhoods in central cities and close-in suburbs, like Arlington, Va., across the Potomac from Washington. Consider the counties where Obama spoke last week. In Orange County, N.C., Obama won 72 percent of the vote. He did better in only one of the state’s 99 other counties, Durham, which has a large black population plus Duke University. What Obama doesn’t seem to have done in 2008 is mobilize more economically marginal and educationally limited young people, except perhaps among blacks. Few young Americans bothered to vote in Republican primaries, and young people’s attitudes toward Mitt Romney seem frosty. They still know little about him. That gives him a chance to argue that Obama’s economic policies have failed and that his policies can spark an economic revival that will provide myriad opportunities for the iPod/ Facebook generation to find satisfying work where they can utilize their special talents. In his campus speeches, Obama stumped for keeping low interest rates on student loans. But young people may be figuring out that colleges and universities are gobbling up the money government pours in, leaving them saddled with debt. It’s a side issue. The Harvard survey showed 58 percent of Millennials saying the economy was a top issue and only 41 percent approving Obama’s handling of it. Like Romney, they seem to be saying, “It’s the economy, and we’re not stupid.” (Michael Barone, senior political analyst for The Washington Examiner, www.washingtonexaminer.com, is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a Fox News Channel contributor and a co-author of The Almanac of American Politics.)

Prayer for today Thank you, God, for this day you have made, and I pray I may spend this day rejoicing in your creation. Amen.

A verse to share The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve. — Mark 10:45 (NRSV)

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Abortion politics not fading JACKSON — Abortion remains a divisive issue in Mississippi, months after 58 percent of the state’s voters rejected an amendment that would’ve defined life as beginning at fertilization. The personhood amendment last November was aimed squarely at setting up a court challenge to Roe v. Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide. The failure of the initiative didn’t end efforts to limit access to abortion. Rather, it appeared to energize some legislators and Republican Gov. Phil Bryant, who were elected on the same ballot as the initiative. That’s a stark contrast to what happened after an earlier statewide vote. In a 2001 election, 64 percent of voters chose to keep the Confederate battle emblem on the Mississippi flag. Since then, there have been no serious efforts to change the flag, with many legislators simply saying they consider it a closed issue. Abortion opponents this year pushed House Bill 1390, which will become law July 1. It requires any-

one performing an abortion at the clinic to be an OB-GYN with admitting priviEmily leges at a loWagster cal hospital. Pettus Many of the supCapitol Dome bill’s porters say they hope it will shut down Mississippi’s only abortion clinic, Jackson Women’s Health Organization. “It shows you that the Mississippi House and the Mississippi Senate, we are pro-life. And we believe that life begins at conception,” said House Public Health Chairman Sam Mims, RMcComb, the bill’s sponsor. On April 24, Bryant discussed the law on the Internet talk show of Tim Wildmon, president of the American Family Association. “The hypocrisy of the left, that now tried to kill this bill, that says I should have never signed it, the true hypocrisy is that their one mission in life is to abort children, is to kill children in the womb,” Bryant said. “And it doesn’t really mat-

ter, they don’t care that if the mother’s life is in jeopardy, that if something goes wrong, a doctor can’t admit them to a local hospital, that he’s not even boardcertified.” Diane Derzis, owner of Jackson Women’s Health Organization, has said the clinic already uses OBGYNs and has one doctor with admitting privileges. Those privileges aren’t easy for doctors to get, either because they live out of state or because some religiousaffiliated hospitals might be unwilling to associate with people who do elective abortions. She also argues the privileges are unnecessary, because the clinic has an agreement to transfer patients if complications develop. Derzis plans to sue to block the law if doctors can’t get privileges Also on April 24, Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves killed the nomination of Dr. Carl Reddix to the state Board of Health because Reddix, a Jackson OB-GYN, has a connection to Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Reddix does not perform abortions at the clinic, but he has admitting hospi-

tal privileges. “I just take care of their complications if they have any. And they have had very, very few,” Reddix told The Associated Press. Reddix has served on the board since last summer, when he was appointed by then-Gov. Haley Barbour. Barbour submitted Reddix’s nomination to the Senate on Jan. 3, a week before leaving office. After AP asked Reeves about Reddix’s nomination on April 24, it disappeared from the legislative website. “Lt. Gov. Reeves had concerns about the appointment because of (Reddix’s) affiliation with the abortion clinic and wanted Gov. Bryant to refer a qualified doctor to guide state health policy,” Reeves spokeswoman Laura Hipp said. Reddix, who grew up in Biloxi, earned his medical degree from Tufts University and a master’s degree in health policy from Harvard. He did his OB-GYN residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital before returning to Mississippi to practice medicine. “My academic pedigree is beyond reproach and second to none,” Reddix said.

Firebrands want to set Romney’s agenda Republican lawmakers have declared war on the presidency. Not so odd, perhaps, given their recent record. But the leader they’re targeting this time is Mitt Romney. The former Massachusetts governor is clearly going to be the party’s candidate. Traditionally, the nominee sets the agenda for the party in the fall elections. Not this time, according to several Republican firebrands. “We’re not a cheerleading squad,” said Rep. Jeff Landry, a freshman from Louisiana. “We’re the conductor. We’re supposed to drive the train.” Their bottom line seems to be that Romney can say anything he wants so long as he supports lower taxes on the rich, the evisceration of food stamps and other programs that benefit the poor, and the inflation of a military budget that already looks as though it’s on steroids. Basically Republicans don’t want a president. They want a potted plant. And judging from his performance so far, Romney might be willing to accommodate them. He’s already reversed himself on pretty much every issue that would make a tea party fa-

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natic frown. I keep wondering how in the world Republicans expect to win the election Donald on a platform Kaul that would benefit — at Other Words most ı 10 percent of the population at the expense of the other 90 percent. I suppose they’re going to rely heavily on negative campaigning. Romney certainly did in destroying his primary opponents. And thanks to the Supreme Court’s lamentable Citizens United ruling, they will have virtually unlimited resources to hurl exaggerations, misrepresentations, and outright lies at President Barack Obama. We’re going to revisit Obama the Muslim, Obama the foreigner, and Obama the hate-filled black radical, as well as Obama the socialist and Obama the dictator. I doubt that any of those hysterical charges will stick with anyone who isn’t a Rush Limbaugh fan, but who knows? When the Republicans took over the House of Representatives in the 2010

election, they claimed a national mandate to return to the 18th century. That mandate has very little validity. In that election, Republican candidates scored a total of 30,799,391 votes. Two years earlier in the presidential election, Obama received 69,498,215 -- more than twice as many. That’s a mandate. Unfortunately, he hasn’t been able to exercise it much over the past two years because of Republican intransigence. Our system of government invites gridlock, and Republican members of Congress have done everything in their power to accept that invitation. When Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said in October 2010 that the “single most important thing” that Republicans “want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president,” he wasn’t kidding. He and his Republican colleagues have spent the past two years throwing sand into the gears of government. Beating Obama will be harder for the GOP than it was to clench a robust majority of House seats and narrow the Democratic Party’s Senate majority two

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years ago. Despite the Republicans’ best efforts to paint him as an extreme liberal, Obama has governed as a moderate. He’s helped drag us back from the brink of insolvency, save the auto industry, and cut our trade deficit. All of this with the Republicans leaving heel marks all the way. Had the voters kept the Democratic Party in control of Congress in 2010, or had more reasonable Republicans been calling their party’s shots, our economic recovery might be several years further along by now. The Republicans will argue that none of that is true, of course, that the Obama administration has been a failure in every regard. Maybe they can sell that. They’ve certainly got enough money to give it a try. However, they have no competing narrative that makes sense to anyone but people who are interested in nothing but low taxes for the rich. There’s a saying in politics that you can’t beat somebody with nobody. This election will test that premise. (OtherWords columnist Donald Kaul lives in Ann Arbor, Mich. otherwords.org)

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Radiologist receives Board of Health nod JACKSON — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant has nominated a Jacksonarea radiologist to serve on the 11-member state Board of Health. Dr. Ed D. “Tad” Barham of Clinton awaits Senate confirmation. Bryant nominated him to serve through June 30, 2017. “He is a highly qualified physician and also has outstanding leadership experience,” Bryant said in a news release Monday. “I am confident that he will utilize his skills to make great contributions to the health of Mississippians.” Barham is medical director and chairman of the board of directors at Woman’s Hospital at River Oaks Hospital in Flowood, where he is also chief radiologist. He has served as chief of radiology at the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center in Jackson, chief radiologist at River Oaks Hospital in Flowood and chief of staff at Woman’s Hospital. He also served as assistant clinical professor of radiology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. The state Board of Health sets state policies and hires the state health officer. “There is no greater responsibility than to be entrusted with the public health of our citizens,” Barham said in the governor’s news release.

‘Golf Cart Bill’ in governor’s hands DIAMONHEAD — A bill that would allow golf carts on the streets of Diamondhead has been sent to the governor.

Gov. Phil Bryant has until Thursday to act on the bill. The Sea Coast Echo reports that House Bill 1670 would allow the city council to authorize the operation of lowspeed vehicles on the roads and streets within Diamondhead. As a local and private bill, it applies to just one locality or entity. Diamondhead Mayor Chuck Ingraham said people use the golf carts to get around town. He said the majority of roads in Diamondhead are privately owned by the Property Owners Association. When the roads and rights of way are transferred to the city, they will become public.

Colleges schedule spring graduations JACKSON — Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and an Air Force deputy chief of staff will speak at graduation exercises May 1112 at Mississippi State University. They are among a variety of speakers scheduled for spring graduations at Mississippi universities. Lt. Gen. Darrell D. Jones, the U.S. Air Force deputy chief of staff for manpower, personnel and services, will speak on May 11 to a graduation program at 7 p.m. at Humphrey Coliseum. Mabus, the former Mississippi governor, will speak on May 12 at the second commencement at 10 a.m. at Humphrey Coliseum. U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., will speak at commencement in the Grove at the University of Mississippi on May 12 at 9 a.m. Chuck Scianna, president of natural gas and

oil pipe company SimTex L.P., will speak at two graduations at the University of Southern Mississippi at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on May 11 at the Reed Green Coliseum. Other announced graduation speakers: ■ Higher Education Commissioner Hank Bounds at 10 a.m. Saturday at Delta State University in Cleveland. ■ Dr. Shirley Graves, a pediatric care physician, at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Mississippi University for Women in Columbus. ■ Glenda A. Hatchett, former chief presiding judge of the Fulton County, Ga., Juvenile Court, at 10 a.m. Saturday at Mississippi Valley State University in Itta Bena. ■ Joel C. Clements Sr., chairman/CEO of First State Corporation, at 11 a.m. May 11 at the Meridian campus of Mississippi State. ■ Xernona Clayton, founder and CEO of Trumpet Awards Foundation, and Randal Pinkett, chairman/CEO of BCT Partners, at 8:30 a.m. on May 12 at Alcorn State University in Lorman. ■ Former Gov. William

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DPS to honor law officers JACKSON — The Mississippi Department of Public Safety will honor officers being added to the DUI 100 Club. The event will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Jackson State University. Since 1983, MDPS has recognized law enforcement officers across the state for their extensive efforts in DUI enforcement. Nominees are inducted into the Club for having made a minimum of 100 DUI arrests within a calendar year. Eighty-one officers — 41 100 Club nominees, eight 200 Club nominees and 32 honorable men-

tions — will be recognized for their DUI efforts during 2011.

Port of Gulfport bill signed JACKSON — Legislation that removes the Port of Gulfport and its $570 million postHurricane Katrina expansion and renovation from state government oversight has been signed by the governor. House Bill 1091 took effect with Gov. Phil Bryant’s signature this past week. The bill exempts the Port of Gulfport from state-agency bidding and purchasing oversight and declares it to be its own governing authority. The attorney general’s office had said the port should have been under Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration. Supporters said the port has always been its own governing authority and already has to follow state bid laws and an-

swer to various state and federal agencies. They say the port doesn’t need more state bureaucracy slowing projects down.

Developers fund Olive Branch repaving OLIVE BRANCH — Olive Branch officials expect to spend several thousand dollars to repave roads this year, but none of the money is coming from taxpayers. City engineer Steve Bigelow tells The Commercial Appeal the paving work will be limited to certain subdivisions where they have taken the money from developers. The paving money is coming from letters of credit, money put up at banks by developers as a guarantee to pave roads. If developers cannot fulfill their financial obligations, the city takes the letters of credit and completes the work itself. In all, more than $440,000 will be used from developer accounts.

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