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Group to honor the late Buddy Bain BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

A local group wants to honor the late entertainer and radio and television personality Buddy Bain. Bill Strickland, accompanied

by members of the Glen Girls Club, addressed the Alcorn County Board of Supervisors Monday morning to seek their support for the Buddy Bain Jacinto Trail. It would stretch from Glen to Jacinto along

County Road 300 and Highways 367 and 356. Strickland said Buddy and Kay Bain have a legacy as “good humanitarians and good people for north Mississippi.” Kay Bain, who was Buddy Bain’s

wife, continues to perform locally. In addition to placing signs, the group wants to compile the Bain story and some history of the Glen area. A website would be possible.

Strickland is seeking a resolution of support from the board for the effort, which is in the early planning stages. In addition to signage and markers, Please see BAIN | 3A

Foundation offers 2 free CPR classes BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com

There is no downside in learning how to respond to a cardiac emergency. That’s why the Magnolia Foundation at Magnolia Regional Health Center is sponsoring two free “Friends and Family CPR for the Community” classes on Saturday, March 24, at Crossroads Arena. “We think it is a need for the community for regular folks to learn basic CPR,” said Tracy Moore, Magnolia Foundation coordinator. “It’s not a certification course, but it teaches basic CPR.” The sessions will be held from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 1 until 5 p.m. Attendance is limited to 40 in each class. To register, email Tracy Moore at tmoore@mrhc.org or call 293-7664. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a procedure

used in an effort to manually preserve brain function until other measures can be taken to restore blood circulation and breathing in a person in cardiac arrest. According to the American Heart Association, “Anyone can learn CPR — and everyone should!” More reasons to learn CPR from the American Heart Association: ■ Cardiac arrests can happen to anyone at anytime. ■ Nearly 383,000 out-ofhospital sudden cardiac arrests occur annually, and 88 percent of cardiac arrests occur at home. ■ Many victims appear healthy with no known heart disease or other risk factors. ■ The life you save with CPR is most likely to be a loved one, as four out of five cardiac arrests happen at home. Please see CPR | 14A

Drug charge leads to moonshine arrest BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

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Karen Beth Martin, program director for the Corinth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, shows off a ladle and oven mitt which will be included inside a bag of goodies for all entries in the upcoming fifth annual Crossroads Chili Cook-off. The event, set for Saturday, April 7, on the grounds of the Crossroads Museum, is still looking for local entries as the Local Favorites category has been added this year to encourage local participation. Cooks can make their chili ahead of time for that category. The cook-off committee is encouraging churches, school groups, civic clubs and businesses — especially restaurants — to get involved and enter in local favorites. For more information or to sign up as a volunteer, contact the tourism office at 662-287-8300. Chili cookers who want to register may also contact the tourism office or send an email to Steve Knight at sknight@xroadsfest.com. Interested chili cooks can also go to the Web site at www.xroadsfest.com.

Open Mic Night moves to later starting time BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com

A downtown Corinth tradition will move to a new time slot this weekend. Starting Friday, the monthly Open Mic Night at KC’s Espresso will begin at 7 p.m. KC’s owner Melinda Billingsley said she adjusted the time to better fit the schedules of the young perform-

ers make up the majority of Open Mic Night’s participants. “Before, we started at 5:30 and they were always late. Then they told me that kids don’t get out till after 7:00,” Billingsley said. “So, we’ll change that.” For Open Mic Night, Billingsley and the KC’s staff shut the door facing FillPlease see MIC | 3A

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IUKA — Tishomingo County authorities are taking the “shine” off illegal drug and alcohol activity. The Tishomingo County Sheriff’s Department arrested a trio of individuals for conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. One of the three was also charged with possession of moonshine whiskey. David Gray, 45, of Burnsville, was found to have two jars of moonshine after being stopped in a 2000 Ford Explorer. Gray was also charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to sell, conspiracy to manufacture

methamphetamine, possession of cocaine, and possession of a firearm while in violation of the Uniform Controlled Substance Act. The North Mississippi Narcotics Unit also seized a firearm, $210 in currency and the truck in the arrest. The sheriff’s department has also charged a pair of Red Bay, Ala. men for methamphetamine activity. Graham Nelson, 21, of Red Bay, and Thomas Bates, 43, of Red Bay, were charged with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine when surveillance showed the pair dumping methamphetamine Please see ARREST | 3A

Supervisors endorse Highway 9 project BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

The Board of Supervisors on Monday adopted a resolution encouraging state legislators to keep funding for a fourlane stretch of Mississippi Highway 9 on the table. Alliance President Gary Chandler said the four-lane stretch that would

connect U.S. Highway 78 to U.S. Highway 45 is vital to recruitment of Toyota suppliers for Alcorn, Tishomingo and Prentiss counties. Along with supervisors Lowell Hinton and Tim Mitchell, Chandler is attending a hearing in Jackson this morning on the issue. Please see PROJECT | 3A

On this day in history 150 years ago Gen. Don Carlos Buell’s Army of the Ohio sets out on an overland march from Nashville. The plan was to rendezvous with Grant’s army at Savannah and then the combined force would move on the strategic railroad crossing at Corinth.

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the trail might include a museum at Buddy Bain’s old home place in the future. The group is looking at possibly acquiring some memorabilia. Strickland hopes to get the request before the Mississippi Legislature during the current session. He asked supervisors to consider acting on the resolution within a month. “We think there’s a pretty good groundswell for this,” he said. In other business: ■ Supervisors appointed Rosemary Fisher to the Northeast Regional Library Commission and accepted the resignation of William Bell from the airport board. ■ Solid Waste Enforcement Officer Ricky Gibens reported on the progress of cleanup at about six

sites in the county, including several tire dumps. A couple of sites have been cleaned up while legal action is pending on others. ■ The board adopted a resolution requesting assistance from the Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District in the repair of a bridge on Chambers Creek. Supervisor Lowell Hinton said the situation could affect Kendrick Road if not fixed. ■ Tax Assessor Kenneth Brawner notified the board his office will open Saturday, March 31, from 8 a.m. until noon for the filing of homestead exemption applications. It will be the final day to file this year. ■ The board agreed to observe a holiday on Good Friday, April 6, rather than Confederate Memorial Day on April 30.

PROJECT: Highway would cut drive times by 15 to 20 minutes CONTINUED FROM 1A

The board unanimously adopted the resolution, which encourages the Mississippi Senate to reject any corresponding bill associated with House Bill 791 passed by the Mississippi House on Thursday. “Essentially, House Bill 791 takes away funding for the Highway 9 north project that connects Highway 78 — future I-22 — to U.S. Highway 45 in Baldwyn,” Chandler told the board. The four-laned highway would “cut off our drive times probably 15 to 20 minutes, making it easier for us to market our sites and buildings to Toyota suppliers,” he said. Chandler told the board

that some landowners along the route are opposed to the proposed four-lane highway bisecting their property. The economic developer said $40 million had previously been allocated for the project. “What we want to do,” said Chandler, “is say, ‘Let’s keep the $40 million on the table and let’s look at alternative routes. I understand that alternative routes are going to take more time, but we would rather it take time and have an alternative route versus not have a road at all.” He said drive time is an important part of the equation for Toyota suppliers, and “anything we can do to shave minutes off that drive time helps our cause.”

ARREST: Red Bay police assists Tishomingo Sheriff’s Department CONTINUED FROM 1A

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GLEN — David Randle Burress, 51, died Saturday, March 17, 2012, at his residence. A private service was held for Mr. Burress. Born Jan. 30, 1961, he was a truck driver and member of Tate Baptist Church. He was awarded the Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon and Sharpshooter Medal (Rifle). He was preceded in death by his father, Rev. Bobby Burress. Survivors include his wife, Sarah Burress of Glen; his mother, Ouida Burress of Corinth; and three sisters, Vicki Roach (Glenn) of Corinth, Cindy Leatherwood of Corinth, and Judy Strickland (Kenny) of Brandon. Memorials can be made to the Veterans Transportation Fund, c/o Alcorn County Veteran’s Service Center, P.O. Box 158, Corinth, Ms. 38835.

Viola V. Cox

Funeral services for Viola V. Cox, 86, of Corinth, were held Monday, March 19 at Souls Harbour Apostolic Church with burial in County Line Cemetery. Mrs. Cox died Saturday, March 17, 2012, at Mississippi Care Center. Born Dec. 25, 1925, she was a waitress and member of Jesus Name Community Apostolic Church. She was preceded in death by her

husband, James Cox, her parents, Johnny Y. Bennett and Roxie Wilbanks Bennett; four brothers, Roy Bennett and wife Sybel, James Bennett and wife Mary, R.J. Bennett and wife Billie, and Willie Bennett; and three sisters, Wilma Wilbanks and husband Richmon, Onie Alzereze and husband Al, and Ethel Alzelfagharie and husband Ali. Survivors include a sister, Morine Crum and husband Freid of Walnut; a sister-in-law, Edna Bennett of Walnut; and a host of nieces and nephews. Bro. Gary Porterfield and Bro. Jessie Curtrer officiated. Corinthian Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

James Ross Pittman

MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. — James Ross Pittman, 95, went home to be with the Lord on March 17, 2012. Visitation will be today from 2-3 p.m. at Colbert Memorial Chapel, with funeral services beginning at 3 p.m. in the chapel. Burial will follow at Colbert Memorial Gardens. Bro. Brady Cooper and Dr. Pittman Tom Whatley will officiate. Mr. Pittman was preceded in death by his son, James Randy Pittman; a son-in-law, Dr. Glenn

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from drugs and alcohol. And it’s not just for the kids, she emphasized. “It’s for kids and adults — but mostly it’s the kids that take advantage,” Billingsley said. The coffeehouse owner also emphasized that the event is open to everyone, not just the musically inclined. “You don’t need to be a musician or a singer to come,” she said. “Just come hang out.” KC’s Espresso has been a staple of downtown Corinth since Dec. 15, 2003. The coffeehouse was named “Best Cafe or Coffee Shop” by “Mississippi” magazine. It is located in a wellpreserved downtown structure which housed a bank in the early 20th century and a pharmacy for many years after. For more information visit www.kcsespresso. com or call 287-5360.

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Economy dents Obama’s numbers BY MICHAEL BARONE Columnist

You can almost hear the note of surprise in their voices when you read the Washington Post and New York Times reporters’ stories on their papers’ latest political polls. Surprise! Just when they thought that Barack Obama was pulling ahead, with positive job ratings, and just after the mainstream media have been savaging Republicans for two words Rush Limbaugh uttered on his radio program, Obama’s numbers seem to be tanking. Actually, the numbers are not so striking or so surprising. The media narrative for the last four weeks has been that the president’s job approval has been rising in response to good economic news. But the economic news has not been all that striking. We had a quarter in which economic growth reached 2.8 percent. We’ve had two months with job growth of better than 200,000. Peachy. But in 1983, the year before Ronald Reagan’s re-election, the gross domestic product rose 8.9 percent over the whole year. There were two months when job growth was 729,000 and 660,000. Nor was the supposed spike in Obama’s job rating so high. In the realclearpolitics.com average of recent polls, it never got better than 49 percent approve, 47 percent disapprove. Now the ABC/WaPo poll has it at 46-50 and the CBS/NYT poll at 41-47. Rasmussen Reports tracking has it at 47-52. Some basic factors are still working for Obama. Americans want to think well of their presidents; this helped Bill Clinton in 1996 and George W. Bush in 2004. Many voters do not want to be seen as rejecting the first black president. On the other hand, Obama’s major policies are unpopular. You can gauge that by the number of words devoted to the stimulus package in his last State of the Union: zero. Or by the persistent unpopularity of Obamacare. Or by the fact that 50 percent in the ABC/WaPo poll strongly disapproved of his handling of the economy. Or by the response to Democrats’ claims that Republicans were waging a “war on women” by opposing the administration’s mandate that religious affiliated organizations’ insurance policies cover birth control. The New York Times in its print article buried its own results, as blogger Mickey Kaus noted. Its poll showed women favored allowing religious organizations to opt out of such coverage by a 53 to 38 percent margin. The margin among men and women together was 57 to 36 percent. Four dollar gas prices surely took a toll on the president’s numbers as well, despite his repeated boasts that domestic oil production is up. Americans know the president cannot set the price at the pump. But they are also apparently aware that his administration shut down oil production in the Gulf of Mexico and has been slow-walking drilling permits, that it banned offshore drilling over other coasts and that it denied a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. A February Pew poll showed a 42 to 15 percent margin for building the pipeline. The fact that Obama was lobbying Senate Democrats last week to block the pipeline and that all but three voted to do so won’t help the president or his party. Last year, I described the Keystone decision as a “no-brainer.” It never occurred to me that Obama would decide to favor the rich environmentalists he encounters at fundraisers over the mass of the American people who want the Canadian oil and the construction jobs the pipeline would supply. Obama’s February uptick and March downtick in the polls will probably not be the last fluctuation we will see in his political standing. But some fundamentals are unlikely to change. Voters’ focus is on economic issues and on these most oppose the president’s policies. His media cheerleaders who thought his February numbers meant the election was over were fooling themselves. 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 coauthor of The Almanac of American Politics.

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A verse to share “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” — John 8:32

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Another round of base closings? BY JACK ELLIOTT JR. Associated Press

JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant is receiving praise for his decision to revive a Mississippi council to battle potential military base closings. Now it’s time to wait and plan. Wait to see what the Defense Department comes up with. Plan to energize communities and local officials for the fight. Military bases have proved vital to local economies across Mississippi. The same can be argued in other states. Mississippi is home to four federal military bases, two Army National Guard installations, three Air National Guard units and 85 National Guard Readiness Centers. Military operations in the state create thousands of direct and indirect jobs and are estimated to generate more than $2.5 billion in annual economic impact. “The reformation of the commission is very important to all of Mississippi. There is the possibility of another base closing round, and it is critical to prepare in advance. In the past, Mississippi has fielded a superb team which has made the

case that the military facilities in our state are not only vital for the affected communities, but essential for the national defense,” said state Rep. Greg Snowden, R-Meridian, whose area has experience with base closure rounds. Snowden said with no Mississippi military installation safe, there is “no military community which can afford to relax its efforts to support their respective bases.” “I applaud the governor for having the foresight to recognize the challenge and for putting in place a team to address it,” Snowden said. President Obama wants Congress to bring back the Base Realignment and Closure Commission as part of a budget-cutting effort. The administration has conceded there is little chance Congress would agree to it in a presidential election year. The last BRAC round was in 2005. The term “closure” is not entirely accurate for what the government would do. It may be that bases gain new missions or there will be an expansion of facilities.

In Mississippi, Naval Air Station Meridian is the only base to have been listed during three different base closure rounds and still remain open. Community leaders and others officials are concerned that base closing could be another blow in areas where a weak economy and unemployment have taken a toll. In the 2005 round, the Mississippi Ammunition Plant was closed as was Naval Station Pascagoula and the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Vicksburg. Various programs were realigned at Keesler Air Force Base on the Gulf Coast and Key Field Air Guard Station and Naval Station Meridian, both in Meridian. Those actions affected more than 1,000 military personnel and 429 civilian employees. Bryant said the Mississippi Military Communities Council “will help me not only defend our existing military missions and communities but also help identify mission growth opportunities for Mississippi.” Bill Freeman, the former adjutant general of Mississippi National Guard, is

chairman. Jim McIngvale, with Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, as vice chairman; and retired Col. Nick Ardillo, who worked on the council in the 1990s, as member-atlarge. Ardillo said the council is taking on a great responsibility “in reporting to the governor and keeping up with the state’s nine bases and 30,000 employees” and help them prepare for a possible new round of BRAC. Mississippi’s federal military bases are Columbus Air Force Base, Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Naval Station Meridian and the Naval Construction Battalion Center in Gulfport Army National Guard installations are Camp McCain at Duck Hill and Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg. Air National Guard bases are the Trent Lott Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, 172nd Airlift Wing at Thompson Field in Flowood and the 186th Air Refueling Wing at Key Field in Meridian. Jack Elliott is an Associated Press writer based in Jackson.

Calipari elevates March’s ‘madness’ of the NBA beckon? Say this about the In a recent apologia widely despised Unifor his program, Caliversity of Kentucky pari compares these men’s basketball players to Bill Gates coach John Calipari: and Steve Jobs, who At least he punctures didn’t need a B.A. to the veneer of piety Rich make their fortunes. surrounding bigLowery The players may not time NCAA athletics. be entrepreneurs, but If his overdog National Wildcats cut down Review they are athletic geniuses in possession the nets in triumph of talent worth milat the end of the NCAA tournament, they lions. It’s easy to say that they will do so as an unabashed youth wing of the NBA. The should stay in school in shameless Calipari attracts the disinterested pursuit players to UK explicitly to of knowledge. But there train them up for the pros, are very few people who in and many of them depart their own lives don’t think as soon as they have served that making money is betout the one-year delay the ter than not, and making it NBA imposes between high sooner is better than makschool and the league’s ing it later. Certainly LeBron James draft. There’s no need to break didn’t suffer from skipping out the fainting couch at a pit stop at college prior to this appalling breach of the entering the NBA in 2003 amateur spirit of the NCAA straight from high school. Most high-schoolers who (such as it is). Calipari is right that his entered the draft prior to revolving door of “one-and- imposition of the one-year done” serves the interests delay in 2005 did indeed of his players. Why should play in the NBA, and some they stay in school longer became stars. The idea that — getting degrees in some- a year in college is going thing like communications to add much to anyone’s or sociology, if they gradu- learning or maturity betrays ate at all — when for the best a naive misunderstanding of them the fame and riches of campus life.

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The rationale for the NBA sending high-school players into the arms of Calipari and his counterparts is transparently transactional. It saves the league the trouble of developing young players on its own. The NBA subcontracts the job to the NCAA, which, in turn, makes ungodly amounts of money putting on one of the most entertaining shows on Earth every March. When Calipari exulted after five UK players went in the first round of the 2010 NBA draft that it was “the biggest day on the history of Kentucky’s program,” he drew a rebuke from the UK great Dan Issel: “I thought the goal was to win a national championship.” (If you thought the goal was neither of these things, but to educate and ennoble young men while affording them the opportunity to play the game they love, well, you need to pay better attention.) Issel’s plaint highlights the weakness of the Calipari approach: Rotating squads of highly talented freshmen bound for the NBA don’t necessarily translate into teams that cohere under pressure in the Big Dance.

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So Calipari’s proposed solution to “one and done” is, naturally enough, to have the NBA extend its prohibition. That way he can retain the services of some of the best young players in the country for free for even longer. What’s not to like? Except for the players, everyone — the schools, the coaches, the TV networks, the advertisers — makes out. Calipari makes $4 million a year. Two years ago, the NCAA cut a 14-year deal for television rights to the tournament for more than $10 billion. At the same time, it claims to be protecting its players from “excessive commercialism.” Calipari is self-serving, but still correct when he says he’s helping his kids achieve their dreams by prepping them for the NBA. You know what would serve their dreams even better? If the most accomplished of them never had to play for a John Calipari in the first place. Rich Lowry, editor of the National Review, can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.

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JACKSON — Legislative action could set off a small building boom for Mississippi’s public schools. House Bill 776, passed by the House on a unanimous vote Thursday, would renew schools’ power to borrow against state aid checks. Once before, districts were allowed to borrow against state money, but officials say those bonds are being paid off. House Education Committee Chairman John Moore, a Brandon Republican, says the bill would allow growing districts to add classrooms without having to win voter approval for bonds. Typical-size districts wouldn’t get enough money to build an entire school, officials say. The state Board of Education would approve all debt.

Matthew Puckett, who’s scheduled for execution by lethal injection on Tuesday at 6 p.m. Puckett, a one-time Eagle Scout, was convicted of sexually assaulting and killing his former boss’ wife when he was 18. Rhonda Hatten Griffis, a 28-yearold mother of two, was found dead in her Forrest County home in October 1995. Puckett’s lawyers petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court last week to block the execution. They say prosecutors kept blacks off the jury and Puckett’s former lawyers never properly challenged his conviction on those grounds. Puckett is white. The jury was all white. As of Monday, there were nearly 4,500 electronic signatures on a petition called “Save Matt Puckett-Stop an Innocent Man From Being Executed.”

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Plumbing plant sale keeps 400 jobs COLUMBUS — Beneke Magnolia Inc. has acquired Sanderson Plumbing Products Inc. and the purchase will ensure that 400 jobs remain at the Columbus plant, officials said Monday. Gov. Phil Bryant announced the deal in a news release. Beneke Magnolia makes an assortment of toilet seats and was the exclusive supplier of toilet seats to NASA’s Space Shuttle Program. The Mississippi Development Authority provided the company with a loan and assistance through the Momentum Mississippi incentives program. The ColumbusLowndes Development Link also helped. “We feel that these jobs and this facility are invaluable to Columbus, Lowndes County and the state of Mississippi, and we look forward to growing and expanding our business,” said Tom Whitaker, chief executive officer of Beneke Magnolia.

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Report: US makes modest gains in graduation rate BY KIMBERLY HEFLING AP Education Writer

HAGERSTOWN, Md. — The last straw for 17-yearold Alton Burke was a note left on his door. The high school dropout picked up the phone and re-enrolled at South Hagerstown High. Burke missed roughly 200 days of class, but Heather Dixon, the student intervention specialist who left the note, never gave up on him. Aggressive efforts to prevent students such as Burke from dropping out contributed to a modest 3.5 percentage point increase nationally in the high school graduation rate from 2001 to 2009, according to research presented Monday at the Grad Nation summit in Washington. The event was organized by the children’s advocacy group America’s Promise Alliance founded by former Secretary of State Colin Powell. The graduation rate was 75 percent in 2009, meaning 1 in 4 students fails to get a diploma in four years, researchers found. That’s well below the organization’s goal of 90 percent by 2020. Researchers found that the number of “dropout factories,” schools that fail to graduate more than 60 percent of students on time, had dropped by more than 450 between 2002 and 2010, but that

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1,550 remain. The largest declines in dropout factories were in the South and in suburban communities. “Big gains are possible if you work hard at it, and if you don’t focus on it, you’re going to go backward,” said Robert Balfanz, a report author and director of the Everyone Graduates Center at the School of Education at Johns Hopkins University. The increase in graduation rates was primarily because of growth in 12 states, with New York and Tennessee showing double digit gains since 2002, according to the research. At the other end, 10 states had declines: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, New Jersey, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Rhode Island and Utah. So far, only Wisconsin has met the 90 percent benchmark, although Vermont is close. “This year’s report proves struggling schools are not destined to fail,” said Education Secretary Arne Duncan. “The reality is that even one dropout

factory is too many.” The authors said there are proven strategies to tackle the problem, such as getting all students to read at grade level, raising the compulsory school attendance age to 18 and developing “early warning” systems to help identify students that might be at risk of later dropping out. In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama encouraged states to pass laws to require students to stay in school until they graduate or they turn 18. It’s estimated that high school graduates will earn $130,000 more over their lifetimes than dropouts, and that high school graduates will generate more than $200,000 in higher tax revenues and savings in government expenditures over their lifetime, the report said. And, the report said that if the 90 percent goal had already been met, 580,000 more students would have graduated last year, generating $1.8 billion in additional revenue because of increased economic activity.

dividends for years. He used to say the money was better used to give Apple maneuvering room to, for instance, make strategic acquisitions. Apple paid a quarterly dividend between 1987 and 1995, a period when Jobs was not involved with the company. Jobs died in October after a long fight with cancer. On Monday, new CEO Tim Cook said that, with as much cash as Apple has on hand, a dividend won’t restrain the company’s options. “These decisions will not close any doors for us,” he told analysts and reporters on a conference call. Had it kept amassing cash and low-yielding securities, Apple eventually could have opened itself to a legal challenge from shareholders, who could have argued that it was misusing their money. Cook also suggested that the dividend could have been larger if U.S. tax laws were different. Apple said that it will pay a quarterly dividend of $2.65 per share, starting in its fiscal fourth quarter, which be-

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GOP voters’ passion uneven for Mitt, Rick WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney may lead in delegates and Rick Santorum might have momentum, but neither of the two leading Republican presidential candidates is having an easy time exciting even his own voters. Out of a dozen states where voters in the GOP contest have been polled, most Romney voters have said they strongly favor him in just five of them. A majority of Santorum voters felt that committed to him only four times out of 11 states where he was on the ballot and voters were surveyed. Consider that Arizona is the only state where Romney had a higher proportion of voters expressing strong feelings about him than his rivals did. And Santorum hasn’t had that edge in any state yet, despite an animated campaign style and passion for hot-button social issues like contraception that have contrasted with Romney’s stiffer, more

analytic manner. On average, 50 percent of Romney voters and 49 percent of Santorum’s say they strongly favor their candidate, with the rest expressing reservations about their man or a greater dislike for his rivals, according to polls of voters in 12 states.

Boy, 9, summoned for jury duty service YARMOUTH, Mass. — Like many people who get summoned to jury duty, Jacob Clark didn’t want to go. But unlike most people, he had a legitimate excuse — he’s 9 years old. “I was like, ‘What’s a jury duty?”’ Jacob told the Cape Cod Times in response to his summons to appear in Orleans District Court in Massachusetts on April 18. His grandmother told him it was a good excuse to miss a day of school. His dad called the jury commission office to find out what happened. It turns out that someone apparently had typed 1982 for the Yarmouth

third-grader’s birth year instead of 2002. The mistake was quickly corrected.

Missing balloon pilot’s body found ATLANTA — A hot-air balloon pilot found a safe spot for his skydiving passengers to bail out just before a thunderstorm sucked in his craft and sent him plummeting to his death. Searchers found the body of 63-year-old Edward Ristaino on Monday after combing the woods in south Georgia with helicopters, airplanes, horses and all-terrain vehicles. Ben Hill County Sheriff Bobby McLemore said a helicopter spotted the balloon, and searchers on the ground then found the North Carolina resident dead. Ristaino was ferrying the five skydivers Friday night when the fastdeveloping storm struck. Two of the skydivers say Ristaino kept them safe by spotting a field where they could safely parachute and telling them to jump as the storm approached. “If we would have left

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Apple pays dividend, starts stock buyback NEW YORK — Apple is finally acknowledging that it has more money than it needs. But don’t expect it to cut prices on iPhones and iPads. Instead, the company said on Monday that it will reward its shareholders with a dividend and a share buyback program. Apple, the world’s most valuable company, sits on $97.6 billion in cash and securities. The decision to return some of that money to investors is a clear signal that Apple is taking a different approach in the postJobs era. Former CEO Steve Jobs resisted calls to issue

Space station to get 1st commercial cargo CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The International Space Station should be getting its first commercial cargo shipment in May. Space Exploration Technologies Corp., better known as SpaceX, plans to launch its Dragon capsule from Cape Canaveral on April 30. The Dragon will take a few days to get to the space station. The launch was delayed from February for additional testing. It will be the first time a private company launches space station supplies. It will also be the first U.S. delivery since NASA’s space shuttles stopped flying last year. Unmanned cargo ships from Russia, Europe and Japan are filling the void. The billionaire founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk, wants to provide rides to the space station for American astronauts in the next few years. NASA astronauts currently are hitching rides on Russian vessels.

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Soft sales? Spending on luxury items rebounded last year, driving sales of high-end jewelry at Tiffany & Co. But the trend slowed during the holiday season for Tiffany’s – worldwide net sales rose 7 percent in the last two months of 2011. As a result of the pullback by consumers, Tiffany trimmed its full year earnings guidance. Tiffany’s fourth-quarter results are out today.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

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Oracle earnings

$29.76 ORCL $40 Oracle has delivered strong earnings over the past four quarters and is expected to do so 30 again when it reports its latest $30.20 ’12 results today. 20 But Wall Street will be watchest. Operating ing for what Oracle says about $0.54 $0.56 EPS how sales of new licenses for its business software fared. New 3Q ’11 3Q ’12 licenses, which are a key genPrice-to-earnings ratio: 16 erator of future revenue, fell well based on past 12 months’ results short of Wall Street’s expectaDividend: $0.24 Div. Yield: 0.8% tions in the September-toNovember quarter. Source: FactSet

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New construction Economists are anticipating that builders broke ground on slightly fewer homes last month than in January. Their forecast will be put to the test today when the Commerce Department reports housing starts data for February. While construction on residential projects rose overall from December to January, construction begun on singlefamily homes cooled off slightly.

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Housing starts In thousand, seasonally adjusted est. 695

2011

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Source: FactSet

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Sports

8A • Daily Corinthian Editor’s Note: Results from Monday’s local prep action were not included in today’s edition due to an early deadline. If any information was reported it will be included in Wednesday’s paper.

Prep Baseball Late Saturday

Harding Aca. 4, Kossuth 2 @ Central Tournament Harding 000 101 2 — 4 4 2 Kossuth 001 001 0 — 2 2 0 WP: Z. Beasley. LP: John Mitchell. Multiple Hits: (HA) Beasley 2. 2B: (HA) P. Flowers. HR: (K) Jacob Wilcher. Record: Kossuth 8-3

Local Schedule Today Baseball Chester Co. @ McNairy, 4:30 Corinth @ Shannon, 6 Softball Belmont @ Central Pontotoc @ Corinth Fayette-Ware @ McNairy Tennis Booneville @ Central, 4 Wednesday Baseball Middleton @ McNairy, 4 Thursday Baseball SportsPlus Tournament McNairy Softball Pine Grove @ Biggersville, 5 Corinth @ Itawamba JCM @ McNairy Track AC Invitational @ Tish Co. Friday Baseball Belmont @ Central, 7 Shannon @ Corinth, 7 Ripley @ Kossuth, 7 SportsPlus Tournament McNairy Softball Central @ Kossuth McNairy @ Liberty Tennis Central @ Corinth, 4 Saturday Baseball Central @ New Hope, 1 Kossuth @ Oxford, 2 AC-Northridge, Ala. @ N.Hope SportsPlus Tournament McNairy Softball Biggersville @ Belmont, 1 Tish County Challenge Central, McNairy Monday, March 26 Baseball McNairy @ Bolivar, 4:30 Softball Biggersville @ Jumpertown, 4:30 New Albany @ Corinth

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Division 1-1A Basketball

Stafford, Little take top honors BY H. LEE SMITH II lsmith@dailycorinthian.com

Biggersville finished as the state runner-up in Class 1A and two of the major cogs in the pursuit of the gold ball were honored by their Division 1-1A foes. Cliff Little was named Coach of the Year in the seven-team league and senior Dexter Stafford claimed Player of the Year honors following the annual postseason meeting of league coaches. On the girls’ side Chris Parham was tabbed Coach of the Year after leading Thrasher to its first 1-1A Tournament title in 12 seasons. Player of the Year honors went to Pine Grove’s Bryana Davis. Stafford tallied 639 points — 17.8 per contest — and pulled down 297 rebounds (8.3) in leading the Lions to a 28-8 mark. The senior also led the team with 42 blocks and was

second with 54 steals. “It makes my job a lot easier having a kid like Dexter,” said Little. Stafford scored in double figures in 32 of the Lions’ 36 contests, including two 30-point outings in a 10-day span against league foe Blue Mountain. He also registered 12 double-doubles — all in points and rebounds. Over a five-year, 119-game career — including a seven-game stint as an eighthgrader — Stafford amassed 1,964 points. He reached the 30-point mark five times, tallying a career-best 33 against league rival Wheeler in his freshman season. Little led the Lions to the brink of their second state title in his first season on the bench. Biggersville swept through the double round-robin league schedule — going 12-0 — and claimed its third consecutive

1-1A Tournament crown with a Falkner: Kendrick Williams 76-57 win over Blue Mountain. Jumpertown: Tristian MiBiggersville followed up with chael, Mike Brown its first North State title since Pine Grove: Andrew Hopper, 1996 with a 79-61 win over Austin Hopper Coldwater. The Cougars endThrasher: Cole Lauderdale ed the Lions’ bid for their first Wheeler: Ryan Woods state title since the same season behind a 68-55 decision at MisGirls sissippi Coliseum in Jackson. The 28 wins are the most Player of the Year: Bryana since the 1996-97 club posted a Davis, Pine Grove 29-9 mark. Coach of the Year: Chris Parham, Thrasher Boys All-Division Player of the Year: Dexter Stafford, Biggersville Biggersville: Tyler Shelley Coach of the Year: Cliff Blue Mountain: Dannette Little, Biggersville Williams Falkner: Anjelica Prather, All-Division Brianna Williams, Ambreka Peterson Biggersville: Darrien WilJumpertown: Josie Reese liams, Martonious Watson Pine Grove: None Blue Mountain: Michael Thrasher: Xenia Sorrell, GraCulver, Ishmael Ruedas, Josh cie Cheek, Bridgett King Girley Wheeler: Kelsey Lowery

Along came Doug Jones, the new FB coach 28-year-old excited to be new CHS coach BY H. LEE SMITH II lsmith@dailycorinthian.com

Doug Jones didn’t have to use a statement famously uttered by his former high school coach and boss when he was introduced as Corinth High School’s new football coach at a Feb. 21 press conference. While Bobby Hall proclaimed “Northeast is back in the football business” when he was tabbed to lead a struggling Tiger program in 2001, Jones realizes the situation he’s coming into. “I’m excited to be a Corinth Warrior, this is a great opportunity for me and my family,” said the 28-year-old. “I’m not coming into a bad situation. Coach (Jimmy) Mitchell has done a great job, I want to build off what he’s done.” Mitchell announced his retirement earlier this year following a 40-year run in the profession — the last 20 as a head coach. In 14 seasons at Corinth, Mitchell led the Warriors to an 118-54 mark and six Division 1-3A championships. Despite being bumped up to Class 4A, the Warriors finished 6-6 and extended their consecutive

Shorts Photo by H. Lee Smith II

New Corinth football coach Doug Jones (left) talks with CHS Athletics Director Chris Coleman.

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Golf tournaments The 2nd Annual CHS Diamond Club Tournament will be held Saturday at 12:30 p.m. at Hillandale Country Club. Entry fee, which includes 18 holes with cart and lunch, for the four-person scramble is $200 per team. Mulligans are $5 each. For more information or to pre-register, call the Pro Shop at 286-8020. ■ Dr. Mike Weeden of Corinth and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes are hosting the “Fore Him” tournament on Saturday at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point. Tee time is 9 a.m. Entry fee for the 4-person scramble is $125 per player, with the field limited to 60 participants. For more information or to register, call Dr. Weeden at 286-8860.

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playoff appearance streak to 12 by finishing second in Division 1-4A. Athletics Director Chris Coleman said 71 coaches applied for the job and 23 were interviewed. The field was narrowed down to seven leading up to the final decision. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re happy to have him and his wife (Hallie),â&#x20AC;? said Coleman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s enthusiastic, a hard worker and will relate well to our kids.â&#x20AC;? Jones is the programs 19th head coach since Cecil Meyers began what would be a 12-year stint in 1928. Seven coaches have come and gone since Johnny Plummer left following the 1977 season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve wanted to be a head coach,â&#x20AC;? said Jones. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a good community to raise a family in.â&#x20AC;? Jones played for Hall at Amory and was on the four-time state championâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s staff for six seasons at Madison Central. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Six years in a good program under a great coach are better than 20 years in a great program under an average coach,â&#x20AC;? said Jones. He coached wide receivers all six seasons and also coordinated special teams for two years. Last season, he added offensive coordinator to his resume. Jones played receiver and returned punts for Hall, as well as Pat Byrd, at Amory. During his senior campaign, the Panthers ended the Warriorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; perfect season with a 12-7 win in the second round of the 2000 playoffs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On of the things I learned from Coach Hall was that hard work gets you where you need to be,â&#x20AC;? said Jones. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to work hard and try to get better all the time.â&#x20AC;? Research shows that the 2012 season will be the 100th for the program. After watching the Warriors run a spread offense the last five years, fans can expect to see a new-look attack. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The triple and mid-line option are back in Northeast Mississippi,â&#x20AC;? Jones said with a smile.

NIT TOURNAMENT First Round Tuesday UMass 101, Mississippi State 96, 2OT Seton Hall 63, Stony Brook 61 Iowa 84, Dayton 75 Tennessee 65, Savannah State 51 Northwestern 76, Akron 74 Middle Tennessee 86, Marshall 78 Oregon 96, LSU 76 Washington 82, Texas-Arlington 72 Stanford 76, Cleveland State 65 Wednesday Minnesota 70, La Salle 61 Drexel 81, UCF 56 Northern Iowa 67, Saint Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 65 Miami 66, Valparaiso 50 Bucknell 65, Arizona 54 Nevada 68, Oral Roberts 59 Illinois State 96, Mississippi 93, OT Second Round Friday Washington 76, Northwestern 55 Saturday, March 17 UMass 77, Seton Hall 67 Sunday Drexel 65, Northern Iowa 63 Nevada 75, Bucknell 67 Iowa 97, Oregon 108 Monday Middle Tennessee (26-6) at Tennessee (19-14), 6 p.m. Minnesota (20-14) at Miami (20-12), 8 p.m. Stanford (22-11) vs. Illinois State (21-13), 10:30 p.m.

NCAA menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tournament FIRST ROUND At UD Arena, Dayton, Ohio Tuesday Western Kentucky 59, MVSU 58 BYU 78, Iona 72 Wednesday Vermont 71, Lamar 59 South Florida 65, California 54 â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C; THURSDAYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S GAMES East Regional At Pittsburgh Kansas State 70, Southern Mississippi 64 Syracuse 72, UNC Asheville 65 Gonzaga 77, West Virginia 54 Ohio State 78, Loyola (Md.) 59 At Albuquerque, N.M. Wisconsin 73, Montana 49 Vanderbilt 79, Harvard 70 South Regional At Louisville Kentucky 81, Western Kentucky 66 Iowa State 77, UConn64 At Albuquerque, N.M. Baylor 68, South Dakota State 60 Colorado 68, UNLV 64 At Portland, Ore. VCU 62, Wichita State 59 Indiana 76, New Mexico State 66 West Regional At Louisville, Ky. Murray State 58, Colorado State 41 Marquette 88, BYU 68 At Portland, Ore. Louisville 69, Davidson 62 New Mexico 75, Long Beach State 68 â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C; FRIDAYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S GAMES East Regional At Nashville, Tenn. Cincinnati 65, Texas 59 Florida State 66, St. Bonaventure 63 South Regional At Greensboro, N.C. Lehigh 75, Duke 70 Xavier 67, Notre Dame 63 Midwest Regional

At Greensboro, N.C. Creighton 58, Alabama 57 North Carolina 77, Vermont58 At Columbus, Ohio N.C. State 79, San Diego State 65 Georgetown 74, Belmont 59 At Nashville, Tenn. Ohio 65, Michigan 60 South Florida 58, Temple 44 At Omaha, Neb. Florida 71, Virginia 45 Norfolk State 86, Missouri 84 West Regional At Columbus, Ohio Saint Louis 61, Memphis 54 Michigan State 89, LIU 67 At Omaha, Neb. Florida 71 Virginia 45 Norfolk State 86, Missouri 84 â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C; SATURDAYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S GAMES East Regional At Pittsburgh Syracuse 75, Kansas State 59 Ohio State 73, Gonzaga 66 At Albuquerque, N.M. Wisconsin 60, Vanderbilt 57 South Regional At Louisville, Ky. Kentucky 87, Iowa State 71 At Albuquerque, N.M. Baylor 80, Colorado 63 At Portland, Ore. Indiana 63, VCU 61 West Reigonal At Louisville, Ky. Marquette 62, Murray State 53 At Portland, Ore. Louisville 59, New Mexico 56 â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C; SUNDAYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S GAMES EAST At Nashville, Tenn. Florida State 56, Cincinnati 62 SOUTH At Greensboro, N.C. Lehigh 58, Xavier 70 MIDWEST At Greensboro, N.C. North Carolina 87, Creighton 73 At Columbus, Ohio Georgetown 63, N.C. State 66 At Nashville, Tenn. Ohio 62, South Florida 56 At Omaha, Neb. Kansas 63 Purdue 60 WEST At Columbus, Ohio Michigan State 65, Saint Louis 61 At Omaha, Neb. Norfolk State 50, Florida 84

NCAA womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tournament SATURDAYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S GAMES DES MOINES REGIONAL First Round At Rosemont, Ill. Tennessee 72, UT Martin 49 DePaul 59, BYU 55 FRESNO REGIONAL First Round At Norfolk, Va. West Virginia 68, Texas 55 Stanford 73, Hampton 51 At West Lafayette, Ind. South Carolina 80, Eastern Michigan 48 Purdue 83, South Dakota State 68 RALEIGH REGIONAL First Round At College Station, Texas Arkansas 72, Dayton 55 Texas A&M 69, Albany (NY) 47 At College Park, Md. Maryland 59, Navy 44 Louisville 67, Michigan State 55 KINGSTON REGIONAL First Round At Bridgeport, Conn. Kansas State 67, Princeton 64 UConn 83, Prairie View 47 At Spokane, Wash.

Gonzaga 86, Rutgers 73 Miami 70, Idaho State 42 At Ames, Iowa Kentucky 68, McNeese State 62 Green Bay 71, Iowa State 57 â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C; SUNDAYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S GAMES DES MOINES REGIONAL First Round At Bowling Green, Ohio Florida 70, Ohio State 65 Baylor 81, UC Santa Barbara 40 At Chapel Hill, N.C. Georgetown 61, Fresno State 56 Georgia Tech 76, Sacred Heart 50 At Little Rock, Ark. Delaware 73, UALR 42 Kansas 57, Nebraska 49 FRESNO REGIONAL At Norman, Okla. St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 69, Creighton 67 Oklahoma 88, Michigan 67 At Nashville, Tenn. Vanderbilt 60, Middle Tennessee 46 Duke 82, Samford 47 RALEIGH REGIONAL At Notre Dame, Ind. California 84, Iowa 74 Notre Dame 74, Liberty 43 At Tallahassee, Fla. Marist 76, Georgia 70 St. Bonaventure 72, Florida Gulf Coast 65, OT KINGSTON REGIONAL First Round At Baton Rouge, La. Penn State 85, UTEP 77 LSU 64, San Diego State 56 â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C; MONDAYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S GAMES DES MOINES REGIONAL At Rosemont, Ill. DePaul (23-10) vs. Tennessee (258), TBA FRESNO REGIONAL At Norfolk, Va. West Virginia (24-9) vs. Stanford (32-1), TBA At West Lafayette, Ind. South Carolina (24-9) vs. Purdue (25-8), TBA RALEIGH REGIONAL At College Station, Texas Arkansas (24-8) vs. Texas A&M (2310), TBA At College Park, Md. Maryland (29-4) vs. Louisville (239), TBA KINGSTON REGIONAL At Bridgeport, Conn. Kansas State (20-13) vs. UConn (30-4), TBA At Spokane, Wash. Gonzaga (27-5) vs. Miami (26-5), TBA At Ames, Iowa Kentucky (26-6) vs. Green Bay (311), TBA

Pro basketball NBA standings EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct d-Chicago 37 10 .787 d-Miami 32 11 .744 Orlando 29 16 .644 d-Philadelphia 25 20 .556 Indiana 25 18 .581 Atlanta 25 19 .568 Boston 23 20 .535 New York 21 24 .467 Milwaukee 20 24 .455 Cleveland 16 25 .390 Detroit 16 28 .364 Toronto 15 30 .333 New Jersey 15 31 .326 Washington 10 33 .233 Charlotte 7 36 .163 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct d-Oklahoma City 33 11 .750 d-San Antonio 29 13 .690

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Baseball Spring training Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games N.Y. Yankees 6, Houston 3 Baltimore (ss) 3, Boston (ss) 3, tie, 10 innings Washington 1, Miami (ss) 1, tie Detroit 10, St. Louis 3 Atlanta (ss) 5, Toronto (ss) 3 Minnesota 5, Miami (ss) 2 Tampa Bay 2, Pittsburgh 1 Philadelphia 4, Toronto (ss) 3, 10 innings Atlanta (ss) 3, N.Y. Mets 2 Boston (ss) 7, Baltimore (ss) 4 Oakland (ss) 4, Chicago Cubs (ss) 3 San Francisco (ss) 7, Oakland (ss) 2 Arizona 8, Texas (ss) 6 Cincinnati 9, Cleveland 2 Texas (ss) 12, Chicago Cubs (ss) 7 L.A. Angels 8, Milwaukee 1 Chicago White Sox 5, Seattle 0 Colorado 8, L.A. Dodgers (ss) 6 San Diego 8, Kansas City 5 L.A. Dodgers (ss) 3, San Francisco (ss) 3, tie Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Boston 8, Tampa Bay 4 Houston 9, N.Y. Mets 5 Toronto 10, Philadelphia 2 Detroit 11, Washington 7 Minnesota 10, Pittsburgh 0 St. Louis 4, Miami 2 Atlanta 2, Baltimore (ss) 2, tie, 10 innings Chicago Cubs (ss) 3, Texas (ss) 2 L.A. Dodgers 1, L.A. Angels 1, tie, 6 innings Colorado (ss) vs. San Diego (ss) at Tucson, Ariz., ppd., Rain Colorado (ss) vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., ccd., Rain Kansas City 6, Cleveland 4 Arizona (ss) 8, Cincinnati 7 San Diego (ss) 5, San Francisco 1 Texas (ss) vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, Ariz., ccd., Rain

Chicago White Sox 7, Chicago Cubs (ss) 5, 10 innings Oakland 11, Arizona (ss) 2 Baltimore (ss) 6, N.Y. Yankees 3 Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games St. Louis 4, Atlanta 3 Houston 7, Miami 4 Philadelphia 4, Detroit 3 Minnesota 8, Boston 4 Chicago Cubs vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. Arizona vs. Oakland at Phoenix, 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. Milwaukee vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. L.A. Angels vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:10 p.m.

Hockey NHL standings, schedule EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA d-N.Y. Rangers 71 44 20 7 95 195 158 d-Boston 71 41 27 3 85 228 178 d-Florida 71 35 23 13 83 180 197 Pittsburgh 70 44 21 5 93 229 177 Philadelphia 71 41 22 8 90 228 202 New Jersey 72 41 26 5 87 198 187 Ottawa 73 37 26 10 84 221 213 Washington 71 36 29 6 78 191 200 Winnipeg 71 34 29 8 76 189 199 Buffalo 72 33 29 10 76 180 204 Toronto 72 32 32 8 72 208 219 Tampa Bay 71 32 32 7 71 199 240 Carolina 72 28 29 15 71 190 214 N.Y. Islanders 72 29 32 11 69 169 216 Montreal 73 28 32 13 69 191 203 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-St. Louis 73 46 19 8 100 189 142 d-Vancouver 70 42 20 8 92 219 177 d-Dallas 72 39 28 5 83 189 192 Detroit 71 44 24 3 91 219 171 Nashville 70 41 21 8 90 201 181 Chicago 72 39 25 8 86 217 210 Colorado 74 39 30 5 83 194 195 Phoenix 72 35 26 11 81 188 186 San Jose 70 35 25 10 80 191 179 Los Angeles 71 34 25 12 80 163 156 Calgary 72 34 26 12 80 181 197 Anaheim 72 30 31 11 71 179 200 Minnesota 71 29 32 10 68 153 199 Edmonton 71 28 36 7 63 188 210 Columbus 70 22 41 7 51 161 226 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. d-division leader â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Boston 3, Philadelphia 2, SO N.Y. Islanders 3, Montreal 2, SO Florida 3, Buffalo 2, SO Pittsburgh 5, New Jersey 2 Carolina 5, Minnesota 3 Toronto 3, Ottawa 1 Colorado 3, N.Y. Rangers 1 St. Louis 3, Tampa Bay 1 Vancouver 4, Columbus 3 Los Angeles 4, Nashville 2 San Jose 3, Detroit 2, OT Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Columbus 2, Calgary 1, SO Phoenix 3, Edmonton 2, SO Philadelphia 3, Pittsburgh 2, OT Chicago 5, Washington 2 Nashville 3, Anaheim 1 Carolina 4, Winnipeg 3 Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games N.Y. Islanders at Toronto, 7 p.m. Florida at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Winnipeg at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Chicago at Columbus, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Edmonton at Nashville, 8 p.m. Phoenix at Dallas, 8 p.m. Calgary at Colorado, 9 p.m. San Jose at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

4 years of college isn’t only road to success DEAR ABBY: Do you think every American child should get a fouryear college degree? I keep meeting students who have a real talent and passion for other jobs — military, cosmetology or skilled trades, such as Internet technology and carpentry — but whose parents are furious at the suggestion they might not graduate from a four-year college. It’s a little-known fact that there is actually a shortage of skilled tradespeople these days. IT jobs pay well and are constantly in demand. As my grandmother used to say, “Everyone needs a plumber when the toilet’s clogged.” It distresses me to see so many parents disregard their kids’

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instincts a b o u t their skills and desired careers in favor of the “more schooling is always better” philoso-

phy. Graduating from college has been part of what we envision as the “American dream,” but not every kid is going to be fulfilled after getting one of those degrees when the jobs that go with it don’t materialize. If a child wants to go into the military or become a skilled tradesperson, parents should at least consider what they’re sug-

gesting. Because someone chooses a career path that isn’t what a parent hoped for doesn’t mean he or she can’t be successful. — ANN ARBOR READER DEAR READER: I have had this discussion with many people over the years and I agree. While it is crucial that young people finish high school, not every child is intellectually inclined. Many have talents better-suited to the trades. A person with skill and drive can earn a good living as a plumber, electrician, tailor or in the food industry. Some brilliant and successful people started but didn’t finish college. Many of them are in the arts and technology fields. Economic realities being what they are today,

parents should be flexible and sensitive to their children’s aspirations. ■■■

DEAR ABBY: For 20 years, my secret (to some, but not to others) involvement with a married man has kept me on an emotional roller coaster. We were both married at the time it began, and it was always understood that we would not leave our partners. However, since then my marriage has broken down. Conventional wisdom — expressed by friends, family and your column repeatedly — has it that I should end this hopeless affair, get out and meet other men. I have made numerous attempts, but have accepted that he’s the only man I feel com-

fortable being intimate with. I don’t want him to leave his marriage, from which he draws much respectability and desperately needed security. However, his obvious delight in our afternoon trysts does suggest that his so-called pictureperfect marriage doesn’t meet his emotional and sexual needs. And that’s what irks me! This couple presents a happy profile in our community. The urge to burst his hypocritical bubble is growing within me with every passing year. Would it be morally reprehensible for me to let his wife know that she has been made a fool of for the last 20 years? — SEETHING IN CANADA

DEAR SEETHING: Yes. Resist the urge. What makes you think his wife doesn’t know? Once more than two people know this kind of “secret,” word has a way of circulating. I see nothing positive to be gained by trying to hurt the wife. If your lover has to make a choice between the two of you, the person who will get the boot will be you. You knew this from the beginning. And you may find that it is not the wife who has been a fool for 20 years, but you. (Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.)

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Happy equinox, and welcome to the first day of the new season. With the equal distribution of day to night comes a sense of balance and beauty. The sun in Aries brings opportunity, new birth and the zesty energy of the warrior -- which doesn’t always have to do with war. Sometimes the warrior energy has more to do with living life to the fullest. ARIES (March 21-April 19). You have the sense that the world is full of promise and that you’re just the one to make good. It’s as though the sky was painted for you alone and the angels are

awaiting your orders. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You have a clear intention for the day and a stellar sense of direction to help you head toward it. You’re also willing to change tactics or jump onto a different path whenever necessary. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’re constantly learning and growing, and sometimes you just want to stop and take stock of where you are. Love helps you do this. Having someone to talk to and share special moments with will help you to realize your blessings. CANCER (June 22-July 22). The imbalance in your life will be set right. You’re realizing more and

more that just because things aren’t quite the way you want them to be doesn’t mean they are not perfect in the grand scheme. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Sometimes you talk off of the top of your head, and it doesn’t come out the way you want it to. People hear your heart, though, and it’s in the right place. So anything you say that’s a little off won’t count for much. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). There’s much to gain from keeping up with loved ones. They may vent about topics that are irrelevant to you, and yet you can appreciate the fact that others have different priorities

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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Rotary honors Haworth Smith attains Rotary student of month honor as student of month For the Daily Corinthian

Trevor Smith was the Corinth Rotary Club student of the month from Alcorn Central High School for the Month of February from the Alcorn School District. Trevor has been a standout in academics, sports and other extracurricular activities while at Alcorn Central. He is currently ranked 1 of 105 in class with an ACT score of 27. Trevor has been a member of the Beta Club, where he serves as treasurer. He has been active with the Future Business Leaders of America, where he served as vice-president his junior year and president his senior year. He is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, a Student Government representative, a member of the Madrigal Choir and mixed Ensemble Choir, the Mu Alpha Beta Math Society and the Pep Club. Trevor is a co-editor of the ACHS Annual Staff and a member of the school Mentorship Program which works with elementary school students. He has been an active participant in sports, playing on the basketball team 4 years, football 3 years, tennis 2 years and baseball 2 years. This year, he serves as Senior Class president. He was elected to the Hall of Fame, Most Likely to Succeed, Senior Class Favorite, and is a member of the Top Ten by virtue of

Trevor Smith his class rank. As an underclassman, he served as Freshman Class vicepresident and Sophomore Class president. Trevor attended the National Leadership Forum on Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts during the summer of 2010 and the APEX Leadership Conference at Ole Miss during the summer of 2011. He was also a member of the Junior Leadership Alcorn Class of 2011. During his sophomore year, Trevor placed in FBLA competition in the area of Introduction To Business at the district, state, and national levels. During his junior year, he placed in at the district and state levels in the Sports Management category. Trevor has won many academic and sports awards during his high school years. For highest grade average in class, he has won Subject Area J7NÂ<H;;Ã?DL;IJ?D= tqxÃ;:K97J?EDÃI7L?D=IÃFB7D <?N;:Ã?D9EC; I H;J?H;C;DJÃFB7DD?D=

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James Haworth, the son of Jeff and Mary Haworth, was named Rotary Student of the Month for February for the Corinth School District. Haworth is a senior at Corinth High School where he currently has a 4.08 grade point average and scored a 35 on the ACT. Haworth, along with another CHS student, was selected as STAR Student because of their impressive ACT scores. Haworth enrolled at Corinth High School last year and immediately recognized as a leader. He was selected as vice president of his senior class and president of the Key Club. He was also selected by his

James Haworth peers to receive the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) Good Citizen Award. He is a member of the Mu Alpha Theta Club, the Science Club, The Fellowship of

Christian Athletes, the National Honor Society and the Foreign Language Club. An athlete, Haworth is a member of the CHS Cross Country and Powerlifting teams. He also has earned a first-degree black belt in Isshinryu Karate and is a two-time recipient of the Presidential Physical Fitness Award. Active in the community, Haworth has volunteered at the Corinth/ Alcorn Aminal Shelter. Haworth has been accepted to the United States Military Academy at West Point following graduation from high school. He plans to major in chemical engineering.

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ventures of clones of the past moves. My most criticism was leaving Terry out some Burns of Carter’s adventures Movie Critic in the old west. His character is dangerous, determined and innovative. Through a mysterious event, John Carter is transported to Mars where he finds some very interesting aliens. Arriving on the Red Planet, Carter realizes he has strength way beyond ordinary aliens since the gravity is so different there. Finding the aliens are having their own Civil War, he is caught in yet another disagreement over power, money, ego, suppression

and prejudice. It seems that everyone thinks their cause is virtuous, yet they send the young men off to war to fight for wealth. All wars are not about wealth, but none of them should be. Some are necessary to right wrongs. A strange dog like creature befriends Carter. It seems man’s best friend may be moving toward the front stage in some of the movies out now. This unusual barking alien brought some welcome comic relief. I became a little tired of all the jumping, loud talk and overdrawn plot, but it was not too bad for a Saturday afternoon at the movies. I think advice John Carter quoted at the end was great. “Take up a cause, write a book, fall in love.” I will add another one, “follow your heart.”

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Profession or Performance? One of the great and abiding debates among religious people has been over the relationship between faith and works, and no single passage of Scripture bearing on the subject has been more of a battleground in the controversy than James 2:14-26. It was this passage which so seriously challenged Martin Luther’s theory of salvation by faith alone that he designated the entire epistle of James “an epistle of straw” and left it out of his canon of New Testament books.

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We first cover the ground around the perimeter of house with tarps to catch any small debris and nails. When we tear off the roof we do not throw any material onto the ground. We hand carry it in barrells over the roof to the dump truck, parked in your driveway. We never drive onto your lawn. We then inspect your decking and replace any bad, broken, or rotten wood with new. When we finish the tear off, we roll up the tarps and you are left with a well respected clean lawn. We always use a #1 grade 30 lb felt paper which is twice as thick as your normal 15 lb felt paper. We always install new drip metal with a white baked on enamel finish around the perimeter. We always install all new plumbing pipe flashings and new chimney metal on all 4 sides of chimney. We always install step flashings up both sides on all dormers and anywhere a roof buts up to a wall. On a recover, which is adding a new roof over your existing one layer roof, we first cut back the 1” shingle overhang around perimeter, then we install the white drip metal which will protect your facias and “hides” the old existing roof, then we install a new 30 lb felt paper over the old roof along with all new plumbing pipe flashings, chimney flashings and step flashings. Then we install the same Owens Corning limited lifetime architectural shingles, basically the same as a tear off other than we use longer nails. All shingles are installed per the manufacturers instructions with 4 nails per shingle on normal pitched roof and 6 nails per shingle on steep roofs, with all nails placed in the white nail lines. All singles are installed perfectly straight and no shingles are marred or scuffed up during the installation process. We cap off each job by installing either whirlybirds, electric power vents or continuous ridge vent. This is necessary to keep your attic cool and to comply with the manufactures warranty. We finish each job by painting all your vent pipes, chimney metal and all other flashings with enamel paint to blend in with your roof color. Our final touch: we wash off your new roof and wash out your gutters. You wind up with a beautiful, professionally installed roof that will protect you from the elements for decades to come. If you have a commercial or industrial building with a metal roof that has started to rust... don’t want until it’s too late. We can extend the life of your roof and beautify it at the same time. Also, is your metal roof getting so hot in the summer that your A/C can hardly keep up, causing your utility bill to skyrocket? Let us spray a coat of MuleHide A300 brand, bright white elastomeric rubber coating. This is an industrial grade roof coating that will adhere to your old metal roof. It is an EnergyStar rated product and will drastically reduce the temperature of the roof and also lower the temperature in the attic. This product is a finished brite white monolithic roof after it has dried however it can be top coated with a spray applied coat of Sherwin Williams metal latex paint in any color of your choosing. The same MuleHide A320 can also be applied to any flat, hot tar, torchdown or E.P.D.M. roof to stop leaks, reduce attic temperature and extend the life of the roof. It is not a cheap product but well worth it when compared to the replacement cost of a new roof. We also do metal, concrete tile, slate, cedar shakes, torchdown, E.P.D.M., and roof coatings. We also do roof inspection and certifications. We install a wide variety of shapes and sizes of skylights that is guaranteed not to leak. We also do expert carpentry work in case you may decide to add a carport, an addition, a front or back porch or maybe a deck. We are great at detecting and stopping leaks. We can also repair any damage you may have to you ceiling from previous leaks and eliminate any mold problems. We also work closely with Shawn Arnold over at S&G Gutters who can come out to your home and fabricate on site, a continuous seamless gutter with a baked on enamel finish available in 20 different colors. After Shawn is finished we will install our drip metal over into the gutters giving you TOTAL protection from the elements at the dripline of your roof. This is our 35th year straight of installing a quality roof. We never subcontract out any of our jobs and my roofers are screened and highly trained. We have many, many references from many satisfied customers. We are clean, prompt, professional & courteous. We carry a $1,000,000 Liability policy for your protection. We may be a higher priced company but we are well worth what we charge. Give us the opportunity to add you to our long list of satisfied customers. Remember... it’s your home, your most valuable investment. You wouldn’t take your $30,000 car to a shade tree mechanic. Your roof, along with your foundation, is the two most important parts to your home..., don’t be sorry...., be sure! You only get one chance to get it right, don’t be taken for a ride, call the name you can always trust... JIMCO! All of our roof jobs carry a 5 year warranty which is transferable in case you sell your home. We have no quarrels with others who bid their jobs for less..., they obviously know what their job is worth!

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