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At least 3 dead after ship runs aground Oxbow’s community slowly seeing comeback from flood off Italy

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EAGLE LAKE — By May 2011, the historic spring flood had cut the Eagle Lake community off from the world.

The Mississippi River rose to record heights, cresting at 57.1 feet at Vicksburg, or 14.1 feet above flood stage and nine-tenths of a foot above the Great Flood of 1927.

Flood waters submerged Mississippi 465, the main paved road into Eagle Lake, and covered sections of U.S. 61 North.

A majority of the community’s residents fled to higher ground, and those who stayed found their escape routes cut off when authorities closed the main and back levee roads in late May. By that time, the only way to reach Eagle Lake was by boat.

The flood didn’t take the community, but it took its toll.

Though floodwaters have receded and U.S. 61 North and Mississippi 465 have long been open, residents say the community is only now returning, and it’s a slow process.

Located in Northern Warren County, Eagle Lake is an oxbow lake, a bend in the river that was cut off when the Mississippi changed course. The lake always has been a popular fishing spot, but in the past 10 years to 15 years, some locals say, it began developing into a large residential area for full-time and seasonal residents.

“I think there were several reasons for the growth,” said Tim Carpenter, Eagle Lake Water Association president. “One is recreation

“I tell them, ‘Drive around and look. You’ll see the signs.’ ” Roland, whose family has owned Lo Sto since 1946, was among the residents who left when the mandatory evacuation was ordered.

“We lost a whole summer,” he said, adding his business continues to be slow.

“Memorial Day, the 4th of July and Labor Day are our biggest times,” said Ronnie Wilson, who

PORTO SANTO STEFANO, Italy — The first course had just been served in the Costa Concordia’s dining room when the wine glasses, forks and plates of cuttlefish and mushrooms smashed to the ground. At the magic show in the theater, the trash cans tipped over and the theater curtains turned on their side. Then the hallways turned upside down, and passengers crawled on bruised knees through the dark. Others jumped alone into the cold Mediterranean Sea. The terrifying, chaotic escape from the luxury liner was straight out of a scene from “Titanic” for many of the 4,000-plus passengers and crew on the cruise ship, which ran aground off the Italian coast late Friday and flipped on its side with a 160-foot gash in its hull. At least three bodies had been recovered and divers searched the underwater belly of the boat for a few dozen more who remained unaccounted for. By late Saturday, the number of missing had dwindled to about 40.

The Friday the 13th grounding of the Concordia was one of the most dramatic cruise ship accidents in recent memory. It immediately raised a host of questions: Why did it hit a reef so close to the Tuscan island of Giglio? Did a power failure cause the crew to lose control?

Did the captain — under investigation on manslaughter allegations — steer it in the wrong direction

See Eagle Lake, Page A2.

See Ship, Page A9.

Brenden Neville•The Vicksburg Post

Robert and Alexis Burton tend bar at Strick’s at Eagle Lake for owner Mike Strickland. on the lake— boating, skiing, fishing and tubing. The age of some of the people here is up in the late 50s and early 60s. They had enough income to have a second home to escape to on weekends.”

The homes along the lake’s shore are a mix of mobile homes and houses, some of those houses are in the six-figure price range.

Almost eight months after the flood, some of the homes are occupied, some are vacant, some have for sale signs in their front yards.

There are also homes under construction.

Johnny Roland, owner of Lo Sto Store on Lo Sto Road, said the for sale signs “are an ongoing thing.

After the flood, I think some people panicked and a lot of for sale signs went up. But we have people who are getting older and they want to move closer to town to be near their doctors and their families. I have people stop by all the time asking if there are any homes for sale.

Miss Wisconsin takes Miss America crown in Vegas

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Miss Wisconsin Laura Kaeppeler is crowned Miss America Saturday at The Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.

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LAS VEGAS — A 23-year-old beauty queen from Kenosha, Wis., has won the Miss America pageant in Las Vegas.

Laura Kaeppeler won the pageant Saturday night after strutting in a white bikini and black beaded evening gown, singing opera and answering a question about whether beauty queens should declare their politics by saying Miss America represents everyone.

“Miss America represents everyone, so I think the message to political candi-

dates is that they represent everyone as well,” Kaeppeler said. “And so in these economic times, we need to be looking forward to what America needs, and I think Miss America needs to represent all.”

Miss Oklahoma Betty Thompson came in second, while Miss New York Kaitlyn Monte placed third.

Kaeppeler wins a $50,000 scholarship and gets the title for one year. Her platform during the competition was supporting and mentoring children of incarcerated parents.

Kaeppeler was chosen as the winner by a panel of seven judges during a live telecast on ABC. The event was the culmination of a week of preliminary competitions and months of preparations for the titleholders from all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The new Miss America will spend the next year touring the country to speak to different groups and raising money for the Children’s Miracle Network, the See Pageant, Page A9.

TODAY IN HISTORY 1862: The U.S. Senate confirms President Abraham Lincoln’s choice of Edwin M. Stanton to be secretary of war, replacing Simon Cameron.

1559: England’s Queen Elizabeth I is crowned in Westminster Abbey.

1777: The people of New Connecticut declare their independence. (The republic later becomes the state of Vermont.)

1929: Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. is born in Atlanta.

1947: The mutilated remains of 22-year-old ElizaMartin Luther King, Jr. beth Short, who

came to be known as the “Black Dahlia,” are found in a vacant Los Angeles lot; her slaying remains unsolved.

1954: Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio marry at San Francisco City Hall. (The marriage, however, lasts only about nine months.)

1987: Entertainer Ray Bolger, perhaps best known for playing the Scarecrow in the 1939 MGM musical “The Wizard of Oz,” dies in Los Angeles at 83.

2009: US Airways Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger ditches his Airbus 320 in the Hudson River after a flock of birds disables both the plane’s engines; all 155 people aboard survive.

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Rich Feibleman, from left, Travis Blanche and Bill Fulcher head up Drummond Street during Chill in the Hills Saturday morning in Vicksburg. Read about the race on B1, see results on B5 and a video at www.vicksburgpost.com.

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Eagle Lake Continued from Page A1. has owned Yore Country Store on Mississippi 465 for six years. “The summer is our whole year. We lost a whole year. When I came back, there were times when I could look down the road and never see a car.”

Gilbert Rose, president of Tara Wildlife at the end of Eagle Lake Shore Road, said Tara had to cancel conferences and some of its summer youth camps because of the flooding.

“We closed in early April and remained closed until June 26,” he said. “We had to take equipment out and store it.”

Like Roland, George McMillin a Vicksburg Realtor familiar with Eagle Lake, said the for sale signs are common in the area.

“Some people are selling because of the flood,” he The Lo Sto said. “But — during others the flood to are selling ease presbecause of sure on the econthe mainomy. They line Misjust can’t sissippi afford to River have two levee at homes any Buck more.”

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McMillin said oland R y n n Corps h people are still er Jo Sto own o L spokes. s s interested in busine man sits in his Eagle Lake and Kavanaugh he continues Breazeale said 29 claims to get calls from prospecfrom Eagle Lake were filed tive buyers. Only time will with the Corps in Septemtell whether the community ber and are grows, he said. being proOne cessed. He thing said it takes affectabout six ing months to many process a resiclaim. dents, At Strick’s he said, on Shell is the Beach claims Road, some Robert have filed Burton, with the his wife, U.S. Army Alexis, Corps and sevof Engieral neers over friends in piers that his Yore the bar in s d an st n were damRonnie Wilso say the . aged when Country Store area’s the level of coming back.

During Eagle Lake the flood, Strick’s was headwas raised more than 13 quarters for the few souls feet — from 76.9 to 90 feet

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who remained at Eagle He said, however, that Lake. he could not identify from “We moved, but we came association records which right back,” said Alexis meters served full-time Burton, who was tendresidents. ing bar with her husband Rose said the wildlife is at Strick’s for owner Mike resilient and returning to Strickland. “If we’d known the area. He said he can then what we know now, also see the community we would never returning. have left. I Wilson won’t leave said his if it happens busiagain.” ness has “We’re back picked at work,” said up.

Robert Burton, “It who works for began S&S Construcpicking tion. “There’s up when a lot of (home) they construc(the tion going on Corps around here. of EngiThe wildlife neers) is back, espebegan cially the deer. working You’d better on the Tara Wildlife president Gilbert Buck watch after dark if you’re Chute Rose sits in his office. driving around Levee,” here.” he said.

A trip along the lake shore “It’s getting better. And the reveals several construction people are slowly returning. company signs and some People come here to have new homes going up. a good time and get away Carpenter said the water from it all.” association has 609 conRoland also believes his nected and operating water business will improve. meters, adding, “We’ve “We had holiday events added 10 meters. That with a lot of people, and the means 10 homes have been fishing reports are good,” he sold for whatever reason.” said. “I hear the white perch

are really biting. The fishing might bring them back.”

“This is a seasonal area,” said Stephanie Cook, Roland’s sister, who lives on Brunswick Drive. “This has always been a fishing lake, and the fishing is picking up. When the weather starts getting warmer, people should start coming back.”

She said things are slow in the area now because of the weather and some lingering effects from the flood.

“Right now, it’s a bit discouraging,” she said, adding that one bright spot has been the arrival of pelicans, which spend time resting on Muddy Bayou.

“The lake community is still very vibrant,” said Kim Koppman, a real estate agent who lives on Eagle Lake. “During the holidays, we had a lot of families return to the lake for family celebrations and parties. Several of us had a New Year’s Eve celebration.”

She said a nonprofit group, Save Historic Eagle Lake, is working to landscape and add a pavilion near Messina Landing boat launch off Mississippi 465.

“We’re coming back,” Robert Burton said. “Things are getting better.”

“We help each other out,” his wife said. “We like to see people succeed.”

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Existing and new homes are for sale at Eagle Lake.

Vicksburg Kiwanis — Noon Tuesday, Jacques’ Cafe; Riley Nelson, May & Company, speaker.

Openwood Garden Club — 7 p.m. Tuesday; 116 Woodstone Drive.

Lions Club — Noon Wednesday; Annette Kirkland, director of Southern Cultural Heritage Center; Toney’s.

Vicksburg Toastmasters Club No. 2052 — Noon Thursday; IT Lab, Porters Chapel Road; Derek Wilson 601-

634-4174.

Vicksburg-Warren ASU Alumni Chapter Meeting — 6 p.m. Friday; Walter Sheriff, president; membership pictures will be taken; Vicksburg ASU branch, Cherry Street.

PUBLIC PROGRAMS Narcotics Anonymous — River City Group, 8 p.m. Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; Good Shepherd Community Center, 629 Cherry St.; daytime, Alvin J., 601-661-7646 or 601-4151742; evening, Joseph P., 601278-1808; Jackie G., 601-6368736 or 601-618-7312.

Senior Citizens of Delta and Hunter Heights — Senior Congregate Meal Service and the Home Bound Meal Program; Noon Monday-Friday, Delta Town Hall; for applications 318-574-3666 or at Delta Town Hall.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Celebration — 6 p.m. Monday; Sandra Jaribu Hill, civil rights attorney and executive director of the Mississippi Workers’ Center for Human Rights; free admission, Vicksburg Municipal Auditorium.

Senior Circle Lunch — Noon Tuesday; Dr. Dedri Ivory, rheumatologist, speaker; $5 nonmembers, free to members; reservations required; Leigh White, 601-883-6118 or leigh. white@riverregion.com.

Warren County Democratic Executive Committee — 5:30 p.m. Tuesday; to start delegation process for national convention; Jackson Street Community Center.

Healthy Woman — Noon Wednesday, River Region conference rooms; Dallas Thomason, Bloom Medical Day Spa, speaker; free, reservations required; Leigh White, 601-8836118 or leigh.white@riverregion.com.

Serenity Overeaters Anonymous — 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, Bowmar Baptist Church, Room 102C; 601-638-0011.

Dormancy — Noon-1 p.m.

Thursday; Lynette McDougald, University Florist; interactive video program; materials list available from mlthomas@ext.msstate.edu or 601-636-5442.

Homebuyer Education Workshop — 8:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday; Public Library; must attend all day to receive certificate; bring pocket calculator; refreshments.

Pesticide Applicator Training — 9 a.m.-noon Jan. 27; fee $10; Wesley Purvis, instructor; WC Extension Service, 1100-C Grove St.; 601-636-5442.

Senior Center — Closed Monday; Tuesday: 10 a.m., chair exercises; 1 p.m., oil painting class; 2, card games.

Grace Group Alcoholics Anonymous — 5:30 p.m.

Mondays and Wednesdays; 11 a.m. Saturdays; 601-636-5703; 1414 Cherry St. Free ACT Workshop — 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, VHS, 3701 Drummond St.; sign-up with counselors; sponsored by Alcorn Alumni Chapter; Walter Sheriff 601-638-7812 or Edna Steed 601-529-2310.

March For Life — 10 a.m. Saturday; from parking lot of St. Aloysius to Right to Life monument at Cedar Hill Cemetery; lead by Knights of Columbus Council 898; Charles Hahn 601-821-1057.

correction April Hynum, whose name appeared in Saturday’s crime report, does not live at 684 Kirkland Road, a resident of that address said.

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Detained man suspect in 4 California homeless killings ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Investigators are “extremely confident” that a man in their custody is responsible for all four recent killings of homeless men in Orange County, Anaheim Police Chief John Welter said Saturday.

Welter said at a news conference that Itzcoatl investigaOcampo tors have tied 23-year-old Itzcoatl Ocampo of Yorba Linda to the killings, which have struck fear into the area’s homeless community for the past month.

Ocampo was detained Friday night after a fourth homeless man was found slain in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant.

Three other homeless men have been found stabbed to death in north Orange County since mid-December, and a task force of police officers, sheriff’s deputies and FBI agents had been looking for the single suspect they believed was respon-

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Police look over the scene where a homeless man was found stabbed to death in Anaheim, Calif. sible for all three.

“We are extremely confident that we have the man that is responsible for the murders of all four homeless men in Orange County,” Welter said.

Ocampo could not immediately be reached for comment.

A phone number listed in his name rang without an answer,

White House concerned about online piracy bills WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration raised concerns Saturday about efforts in Congress that it said would undermine “the dynamic, innovative global Internet,” urging lawmakers to approve measures this year that balance the need to fight piracy and counterfeiting against an open Internet.

White House officials said in a blog post that it would not support pending legislation that “reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk” or undermines the global Internet, cautioning the measure could discourage innovation and startup businesses.

“Any effort to combat online piracy must guard against the risk of online censorship of lawful activity and must not inhibit innovation by our dynamic businesses large and

small,” the White House said.

The administration was responding to measures that would allow the JusPresident tice DepartBarack Obama ment to target offshore websites — through Internet service providers — that offer illegal copies of music, movies and television shows online. The Senate is expected to consider similar legislation later this month.

Tech companies such as Google, Facebook, Yahoo and others have questioned the legislation, warning in a Nov. 15 letter that it would force new liabilities and mandates on law-abiding technology companies and require them to monitor websites.

Obama challenges Republicans on bringing jobs back to U.S. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is promoting his efforts to make government more efficient and to persuade companies to bring jobs back to the U.S. from overseas.

He rolled out those electionyear ideas this past week and used his radio and Internet address Saturday to urge Congress and the private sector to get on board.

“Right now, we have a 21st century economy, but we’ve still got a government organized for the 20th century,” Obama said. “Over the years, the needs of Americans have changed, but our government has not. In fact, it’s gotten even more complex. And that has to

change.”

On government reorganization, Obama wants a guarantee from Congress that he could get a vote within 90 days on any idea to consolidate federal agencies, provided his plan saves money and cuts the government. His first order of business would be to merge six major trade and commerce agencies into one, eliminating the Commerce Department, among others.

The proposal is a challenge because it embraces the traditional GOP goal of smaller government. Obama is also promising tax incentives for businesses that bring jobs to the U.S. instead of shipping them overseas.

and no one answered the door at two addresses listed in his name.

Earlier Saturday, mourners wept and placed flowers at the scene of death of the latest stabbing victim, who was described by friends as a Vietnam War veteran in his 60s named John.

He was found between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. Friday in a Carl’s Jr. parking lot at the intersection of La Palma Avenue and Imperial Highway in Anaheim, police said.

Marilyn Holland, an Anaheim resident who befriended the victim and regularly brought him oatmeal raisin

cookies, said he was uncharacteristically nervous since police warned him to stay vigilant in the days after the killings began.

“He told me he thought he was being followed,” Holland said. “I told him after pay day I was going to get him a cellphone, so he could call 911 if anything happened. Normally he would refuse help but he was willing to accept the phone because he was scared.”

Holland was paid Friday but didn’t get the chance to get the phone to her friend.

Several witnesses reported an assault in progress, and officers arrived to find the homeless man dead near a trash bin in the restaurant parking lot.

Witnesses followed a man who ran from the lot and led police to him, Anaheim police Sgt. Bob Dunn said.

“We were having dinner in the area and saw about 40 police cars scream into the parking lot. I ran over and hugged my friend, screaming, ‘Please tell me it’s not John!’

But it was,” Holland said, fighting back tears.

Police set up a large contain-

ment area at the crime scene in a search for the killer and scoured nearby neighborhoods, including a mobile home park, Dunn said.

A police bloodhound traced the scent from Ocampo’s belongings back to the scene where the attack occurred, about 10 miles northeast of the Disneyland Resort, authorities said.

Ocampo was being held without bail on suspicion of murder, Dunn said.

A task force of law enforcement officers from Anaheim, Placentia, Brea, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI had been formed to investigate the killings of the three other homeless men.

James Patrick McGillivray, 53, was killed near a shopping center in Placentia on Dec. 20; Lloyd Middaugh, 42, was found near a riverbed trail in Anaheim on Dec. 28; and Paulus Smit, 57, was killed outside a Yorba Linda library on Dec. 30.

Police and advocates have been urging those living on the streets to head inside or buddy up in the wake of the killings.

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Supervisors Cue the circus music The only thing missing from the first few days of this year’s Warren County Board of Supervisors is the circus music.

In December, the board voted to replace Warren County Bridge Commissioner Johnny Moss with local businessman Robert Morrison III. District 1’s John Arnold, elected but not yet in office at the time, objected, saying the supervisors’ board makeup would change and it would be inappropriate for the old board to make such a move. The board then voted 3-2 to reconsider Moss for the bridge commission.

This week, after oaths of office were well in place, on Arnold’s nomination, the board voted to replace Vicksburg Bridge Commission member Tom Hill

with Wesley B. Jones, Arnold’s stepson. A detail worth noting: Hill still had four years left on his appointed term.

Time to look at the rule book.

Board attorney Marcie Southerland, who this term took over the spot most recently held by Randy Sherard, said at Monday’s Board of Supervisors meeting that no statutory permission exists for either appointment and legal action could be considered. She recommended the board rescind both votes and start over.

Come on now, tighten up.

Government consists of rules, and those rules must be followed. Decisions should not, and cannot, give the appearance of being made on a whim.

Questions of nepotism also scream

with the Jones’ appointment because of his family relationship to Arnold.

Now, despite the recommendation of the board-hired attorney and despite the fact that the bridge commission is — by statute — a five-member board, Jones and Hill both showed up for the commission’s regularly scheduled meeting Wednesday. Cue the circus music.

This may be a case of a freshman member of the board not fully understanding the rules and workings. The appearance, though, is that the board is negligent of the rules governing the board. Either that, or it’s blatant incompetence.

Get it fixed. Now.

In Jackson, the challenge is funding Medicaid at a time of legitimate increased demand that just happens to coincide with a period of stagnant state revenue.

Contradictions abound as feds, state confront regime change STARKVILLE — When it comes to getting a handle on government spending on public health care, it’s the same in Jackson in many ways as it is in Washington. Why? The members of both the Mississippi Legislature and Congress are presented with mixed messages in the political arena when it comes to really getting a handle on the bigticket items like public health care. Despite their lack of statutory ability to really do anything about federal public health care policy, many of the new state legislators in Jackson got there because they tapped into voter angst and anger over “Obamacare” and runaway federal entitlement programs.

To be sure, the U.S. House Republican majority is struggling with those issues.

When seeking election in the 2010 midterms, many successful GOP challengers now serving in Congress ran effectively against Obamacare and the sheer cost of the plan. Yet in the fall, the new Congress was confronted with the question of the Medicare drug benefit that was a creation of the GOP during the first term of former President George W. Bush.

The plan, unlike much of government health care, isn’t that hard to explain.

Medicare recipients pay only one-fourth of the actual cost of the drug benefit. Yet since there’s no dedicated tax to support the drug benefit, the other three-fourths of the drug SID benefit is paid for by the taxpayers with no offset.

In Jackson, new lawmakers found voters ready to embrace their campaign platforms that preached fiscal discipline. But over the last 40 years, Mississippi lawmakers have routinely authorized a more expansive Medicaid program that they’ve funded with state dollars — opting instead to push the maximum costs onto federal taxpayers.

The Haley Barbour administration tried, with mixed success, to shift as much of the more expensive Medicaid care — which required state matching dollars — to Medicare programs in pursuit of that very costshifting strategy. Over the last eight years, Barbour’s face-to-face Medicaid reauthorizations and other initiatives had trimmed the state’s Medicaid rolls before this protracted recession and the 10 percent unemployment that came with it drove more Mississippians back onto the Medicaid rolls.

Few issues, though, generate more pushback from constituents than Medicaid cuts — particularly when those cuts impact the elderly in nursing homes or children. More veteran lawmakers will tell their new colleagues that many constituents come to state legislators seeking help with their Medicare and Social Security, despite the fact that those are both federal programs.

In the 2012 federal elections, debts and deficits and Obamacare remain top drawer issues.

But cutting or providing a funding source for the Medicare prescription drug benefit remains politically dangerous — particularly in poor states. Walking that line — between serving constituents already dependent on such benefits and installing fiscal discipline in the programs — will be a challenge for federal lawmakers.

In Jackson, the challenge is funding Medicaid at a time of legitimate increased demand that just happens to coincide with a period of stagnant state revenue. How big a challenge do state lawmakers face?

Medicaid in Mississippi is nearly a $5 billion annual proposition utilizing both federal and state dollars. It is also the most heavily-subsidized Medicaid program in the nation. In the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2011, for every $1 the state spent on medical care for the poor, the federal government spent $5.61. In the current fiscal year that began July 1, 2011, the ratio dropped to $3 in federal funds for every $1 spent in state dollars.

In 2014, the Obama health care reforms will require states to provide Medicaid to all those who earn up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level. Think state lawmakers aren’t watching the presidential primary debates?

Think again…

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Barbour will be remembered most for mass pardons Haley Barbour was poised to leave the office of Mississippi governor as one of the state’s most popular in history. His last-day smorgasbord of pardons, though, could have serious consequences on how the people of the state view the two-term Republican.

Barbour, just before leaving office on Tuesday, delivered more than 200 pardons, including for 20 convicted murderers. Barbour’s pardons of four convicted killers earlier in the week drew the ire of many, but the mass pardons only intensified that firestorm.

Barbour was set to leave office with the reputation of getting things accomplished, acting deftly in the face of disasters and his “golden Rolodex” that piped him directly into the power players of Washington. He led

the state through the horrors of Hurricane Katrina and helped the state weather the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Barbour’s reputation surely will take a serious hit.

Remember Penn State before this football season? Head coach Joe Paterno had spent more than 60 years at the school, preaching the squeakyclean reputation that set the Pennsylvania school apart from the rest.

When a sexual assault scandal involving a highly respected assistant coach occurred, the school’s reputation — and that of Paterno — were forever tarnished. Paterno will not be known so much for his 409 coaching victories, but for his role — or lack thereof — in the scandal.

Pardons are not a new phenomenon for outgoing governors, and on the federal level, presidents. But the number of offenders released — 71 — for murder, armed robbery, rape and other violent crimes is alarming.

The eight-page list of all those pardoned by Barbour is easily available, and those offenders will be watched closely. It is our hope that not one of those pardoned by Barbour will return to the life that got him or her convicted in the first place.

As far as Barbour, who is leaving the state to return to his Washington, D.C., lobbying firm, his issuing a dearth of pardons will taint forever the accomplishments of an otherwise effective, popular state executive.

Cavalier use of guns is disturbing The ringing of gunshots, especially in Mississippi, is not a new phenomenon.

With a vibrant hunting culture, the licensed and responsible use of guns is an important facet of the state’s culture. The legal possession and use of guns is a right Americans hold near to their hearts.

The gunshots that rang out into the night of Jan. 6 certainly were not the kind anyone holds near. The shots that peppered a doublewide trailer and struck a 4-year-old boy who was running for the safety of his grandmother’s bedroom, were not the norm. And those kinds of gunshots never can be the norm.

Through good fortune or just blind luck, the 4-year-old living in the trailer

was hit in the leg and groin area. He is out of a Jackson hospital and is expected to recover.

The circumstances surrounding the shooting, we hope, will be untangled through diligent police work and the judicial system. The fact that someone — or several someones — peppered a home filled with 18 people with at least 22 rounds — 22 bullet holes easily can be counted — is astounding. How many were fired that connected with nothing? How many others could have been affected through the nonsensical use of firearms?

On Tuesday, police arrested and charged three with a crime spree through the city and county that included the use of a gun or guns in

the robberies. Crime reports regularly tell of people being held up by someone carrying a firearm.

The knee-jerk reaction to shootings such as the one mentioned is to push for more restrictions and limitations on gun-owners. That, though, would penalize legal gun-users who would follow all the necessary rules and laws.

The criminal element will find the guns no matter the roadblocks put up to hamper those acquisitions.

The cavalier use of guns by lower elements of this community is alarming.

We must work — and hope — to find a solution to a problem that is seemingly only getting worse.

Sid Salter is a syndicated columnist. Contact him at 601-5078004 or sidsalter@sidsalter.com

Sunday, January 15, 2012

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WEEK IN Vicksburg High temps slid from 70 degrees to near 50 during the week in Vicksburg. Overnight lows ranged from the 30s to the mid-50s. Nearly an inch of rain fell during the week.

The Mississippi River slipped to 30.6 from 34.8 feet on the Vicksburg gauge. Forecasters were expecting it to continue its drop, as a reading of 27.6 feet was predicted for today.

Home from Afghanistan for the first time in a year, Sgt. 1st Class Brandon Bailey surprised his daughter, Bellamy, with an unannounced visit to her St. Francis Xavier kindergarten class. Teachers, staff and students lined the halls to sing for Bailey, who serves with the U.S. Army Reserve’s 412th Theater Engineer Command.

Vicksburg Sen. Briggs Hopson was selected by Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves to chair the Judiciary A Committee, which handles a variety of bills and proposals. Hopson is in his second term of office in the Mississippi Senate.

Part-time library employee Julie Bryan took the reins as children’s librarian at the Warren CountyVicksburg Public Library. She replaced Lottie Walker, who retired after 31 years in the position and was instrumental in the weekly story time that became a tradition for generations of local families.

Richard Winans announced his retirement after 22 years from the Warren County Road Department. He had served as road manager for the past seven years and plans to spend time with his wife and two grandsons.

The proposal by Mountain of Faith Ministries to convert the former ParkView Regional Medical Center into a transitional housing project is awaiting approval by the Vicksburg Board of Zoning Appeals. At an informational meeting during the week, planners assured project opponents that the facility’s tenants will have to pass rigorous background checks and drug screens.

New county board attorney Marcie Southerland recommended board members rescind their votes from Jan. 3 in which they made bridge panel and port board appointments. She said the moves have no legal standing and could expose the county to lawsuits.

Three teens were in custody on various charges, including armed robbery and business burglary, after what police called a crime spree and extended chase. The three are accused of using a gun to rob a clerk at Murphy Express and Walgreens, throwing a brick through a Speedway window and attempting a break-in at Zips.

Arkeevian Warfield, 4, was injured in a drive-by shooting at his Kings home, a residence Vicksburg police have reportedly responded to numerous times. Police said they have no leads on possible suspects, but believe several weapons were fired from possibly numerous vehicles.

Entergy announced the cycling of 4,000 temporary workers in and out of Warren County over the next six to eight months as part of Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Station’s upgrade and refueling schedule. The plant is staffed by about 700 full-time employees.

Local deaths during the week were Mary Jean Peets, Willie Smith, Harold D. Carson, Roedortha “Bud” Epps, James A. Gray, Henry “Man Hatton” Hatton, Ralph William Stevens and Ella Mae Barnes Logue.

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It’s time for the ‘trusty tradition’ to come to an end OXFORD — Abraham Lincoln had it. So did Henry VIII, Pol Pot, King Tut, Pontius Pilate, Josef Stalin, Nelson Mandela and Julius Caesar. Almost every “supreme leader” has had the power to pardon or otherwise release criminal offenders with the stroke of a pen.

Until noon last Tuesday, Haley Barbour had it.

His decisions on how to wield it — exonerating 203 people, including killers and robbers — has sent waves of dismay through Mississippi. It validated the suspicion and contempt some consistently harbored for the two-term governor.

It disappointed (to say the least) thousands who had viewed him as a fair-minded, evenhanded, justiceloving chief executive. It caused longtime political foes, Attorney General Jim Hood and Circuit Judge Tomie Green, to actually read Section 124 of the state Constitution and try to enforce it.

In the highest-profile cases, the pattern is familiar. On their way out the mansion door, Mississippi governors often pardon all or several of the trusties, often “crime of passion” killers, who had been assigned by the Department of Corrections to serve as household help to first families. Anger follows, but in the era of good feeling that follows an inauguration, impetus for reform fades.

The rationale for the power of the pardon is as old as the power

CHARLIE

MITCHELL

The rationale for the power of the pardon is as old as the power itself: In totalitarian societies and in democracies alike, people are assured when there is one person who can right a wrong.

itself: In totalitarian societies and in democracies alike, people are assured when there is one person who can right a wrong. We believe a ship is better off with a captain, not a committee. At the state level, we require one person to sign a final warrant for an execution (which Barbour did eight times) or the condemned person lives.

At the same time, free societies are reluctant to grant too much power to one person. There are many major decisions we insist must be made by a group. Declarations of war, for example, must come from Congress. But in the justice system, we’ve seen that politics or inertia can unjustly deprive a person of liberty. We believe in latter-discovered evidence. We believe in redemption. So we give presidents and governors the power of the pardon for one reason: We want them to use it and to use it wisely, not for personal gain or favors to people who have become friends.

For a long time, it’s been clear the power can be abused. The people

who wrote Mississippi’s Constitution 122 years ago recognized this and tried to inject accountability.

The applicable part of Section 124 says, “In cases of felony, after conviction no pardon shall be granted until the applicant therefor shall have published for 30 days, in some newspaper in the county where the crime was committed … his petition for pardon, setting forth therein the reasons why such pardon should be granted.”

Hood and Green are correct to respect this provision and seek to enforce it against the 26 offenders who had remained in custody. But it must be pointed out that the notice requirement is purely procedural.

It doesn’t do anything to curtail the power of the chief executive. It applies only when a felon requests a pardon. It does not require a governor to explain anything. Printed notices that have appeared have been in the smallest type. And the petitioner simply claims to have been rehabilitated. There’s no hearing, no review of any type.

For Barbour himself to speak to the matter was out of character. A consistent tenet of his communications policy has been when any of his decisions is questioned, he declines to explain or defend. The 40-word statement issued last week did little to put out the fire.

Voices are rising in the Legislature, as they did four years ago, to “do something” to rein in the pardon power. That’s not a simple proposition, given that the Constitution, not a statute, confers this clout.

An unjust or unexplained pardon is the ultimate insult to victims of crime, especially to the families of murder victims. It’s a slap in the face, taken as an indication that a chief executive cares more about the criminal than the crime.

All the press coverage of the pardons has detracted from the opening days of the term of Gov. Phil Bryant, who would clearly rather talk about his agenda than the parting actions of his predecessor.

There seems to be little legislative or public interest in canceling the pardon power completely, which is good. But look for the practice of assigning trusties to serve as whitecoated waiters to mansion visitors to come to an end. Lawmakers can do that. And it’s time.

• Charlie Mitchell is a Mississippi journalist. Write to him at Box 1, University, MS 38677, or e-mail cmitchell43@yahoo.com.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Salter’s words aside, Barbour nothing but a K-Street huckster May I offer a few comments on two items found on last Sunday’s editorial page — Sid Salter’s column, “Barbour’s legacy is Katrina and a dominant state Republican party,” and the incisive editorial on Vicksburg Mayor Paul Winfield, “Is mayor fully committed to city or self?”.

Salter fulminates over the political acumen of outgoing Gov. Haley Barbour, with whom I, as a newspaper editor and reporter, spent a lot of time covering at the Capitol and beyond over the past eight years.

Barbour’s niece, Rosemary Barbour, in part fraudulently received one-seventh of all the FEMA contracts given to Mississippi following Hurricane Katrina (See CBS Reports for June 22, 2007, and the Sept.1, 2011, report from the Institute for Southern Studies). The deals included a $399 million contract to maintain the trailer homes never issued to people who might have needed them. Haley Barbour claimed to have known nothing of how she, who had no experience in such affairs, came to get such a lucrative contract.

I would also like to have a full account of the $5 billion housing replacement money the feds sent into Mississippi under Barbour’s regime. Six hundred million dollars was reported to have been spent on expanding the ports of Gulfport and Pascagoula and only $135 million on housing (And this occurred only after a long, drawn-out lawsuit by community interests on the Gulf Coast.). Where’s the other nearly $4.3 billion?

I am very saddened to read the constant stream of negative reports on Mayor Winfield’s financial and political entanglements. Having been a close friend and business associate of his late father, Civil Rights and City Prosecuting Attorney James Winfield Sr., and having been a member of a group who encouraged Paul Winfield to seek the mayor’s office as early as 2005, I remain puzzled and disappointed with the current state of affairs at Vicksburg’s City Hall. I wonder what Winfield’s father would think of him at this point in his career.

I was kicked out of Paul Winfield’s inner circle even before he assumed office, mainly because I had criticized him for conducting his campaign and adopting an agenda too much like that of Robert “Jump Daddy” Walker, who was booted from the mayor’s office in 2001 by the — to me — insufferable Laurence Leyens.

It is important for the people of Vicksburg to know that Walker was nicknamed “Jump Daddy” by his fellow black students during the turmoil on the Ole Miss campus in the early 1970s. Only the people of Vicksburg seem to be in the dark about Walker’s alleged betrayal of the black student cause in order to advance his own fortune at the

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University. Walker’s reward was to become the first black person to teach a course at the University of Mississippi. The name “Jump Daddy” hints at no glory for anyone familiar with the Ole Miss campus in 1970-1975.

Since I work out of Jackson and other parts of Mississippi, I have hardly had the time or desire to keep up with what’s happening in Vicksburg. And while I view Paul Winfield as an enigmatic character, with poorly defined goals or accomplishments, I view Haley Barbour as a K-Street — the infamous street inhabited by the top lobbyists in Washington, D.C. — huckster who came back home to rook the rubes who thought the good ol’ boy had “done good” in the big city and so they cheered him on while he worked his game from the governor’s office.

By the way, does anybody remember the days of the $350,000 and $453,000 annual paydays of erstwhile City Attorney (part-time) David Ellis? My, my, my! How the crap do fly.

Earnest McBride Jackson

Is the Post committed?

In Sunday’s editorial, the editor posed this question, “Is the mayor fully committed to the city or self?”

Surely, if Paul Winfield was an opportunistic businessman, like the Post makes him out to be, then the mayor’s salary would not be attractive. On the other hand, fulfilling the legal obligation to Port Gibson was the correct and legal thing to do.

Before questioning our mayor’s commitment, one must ask whether our local newspaper is truly committed to the citizens of Vicksburg.

The paper could have alerted its citizenry years ago, when the real opportunistic elected officials and others were getting rich and acquiring all of the local property for personal use.

The Vicksburg Post should be as diligent with building the image of the city of Vicksburg as it is with

destroying the elected officials.

Patsy Gibbs Vicksburg

Thorough coverage in Post My compliments to The Vicksburg Post for the thorough coverage of so many local activities — and for informative follow-ups.

Good Job! Also, the numerous editorials are thought-provoking and timely.

I recently discovered a regular article — On the agenda — that I would like to recommend to my fellow citizens as needing close attention. As a matter of fact, I have a couple of questions: • What is the Community Council of Warren County? What do they do? Is it a board or lunch-type organization? What is its total membership? And why, and for what, does the City of Vicksburg owe them $21,000?

• Why would the City of Vicksburg pay a small town in Louisiana to advertise Black History Month?

Is the $1,000 not a bit much? And is it not showing too much partiality and setting unrealistic precedence?

Continued success for a great newspaper and thank you for your attention.

Mary Louise Nosser Vicksburg

Take care of the animals The picture on the front page of the Jan. 6 newspaper of Georgia Lynn leading the Great Dane from his home was very disturbing.

You see ads on television regarding neglected and abused animals, all you have to do is flip the channel but when it is in your city and state it is all too real. There is no excuse for anyone to allow animals to get in this situation. All they have to do is call the Humane Society or one of the rescue shelters to have the animal placed in a home where it will be loved and taken care of.

In April, my husband found out he was going to be laid off at LeTourneau Technologies. What does he do? He brings home a cat so it would not drown in the flood. He is still unemployed, but the cat has a loving home and does not have to worry about being neglected.

This is a new year in our state government. Animal lovers and people who care should call or write those who can try to get stiffer fines and harsher punishment for the people who treat animals that way. I wonder how they treat their children?

All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful, the Lord God created them all.

Kay Hunter Vicksburg

Who is the criminal?

This letter is concerning the many articles beginning Jan. 8, entitled “Toddler Hit Four Times In Drive

By.” Although the 4 year old, Arkeevian Warfield was hit four times, he had surgery that Saturday, and was back home doing good on Sunday.

Thank God. The police said 22 bullet holes were counted in the trailer where 20 people lived, and only one was injured. Again, thank God. Since the shooting, every printing about it has me wondering who is the criminal and who is the victim?

The paper consistently refers to the 20 people in the trailer — so what!

These people were at home minding their own business and not out in the streets shooting up people’s home. Again, thank God. The child’s aunt informed the police that the child’s mother was incarcerated and the police listed the mother’s charges from a detention center website. Please tell me, what did this have to do with the shooting? He who is without sin, please cast the first stone.

The Jan. 11 printing listed the people from the trailer and what their charges were. Have we forgotten about the 4-year-old innocent child who was shot? This whole situation has been turned around to make the victims criminals. If this much effort was used to catch the people who did the shooting, we may have some results by now.

Alma Wilson Vicksburg

Respect overwhelming On a recent morning driving into town on Culkin Road, I was behind a champagne-colored Toyota Camry. Along came a funeral procession toward us. The gentleman in the car ahead pulled over to the side, removed his cap and waited for the procession to pass.

At the end of the line he nodded to the last car, returned his cap to his head and proceeded on. What a small gesture that was so meaningful to me.

I hope the family passing by felt the thoughtfulness. It is always amazing to me how small acts of kindness and respect can change your day. Thank you for being in front of me today.

You made my heart happy!

Bobbie Marascalco Vicksburg

Get financial houses in order Regarding the University of Mississippi Medical Center layoffs article, as a financial adviser I am surprised that we still are not prepared financially to survive what I call a “lights-out moment.”

Those moments are when you are laid off, fired or divorced — and are not prepared.

I hope readers will not have the “it-can’t-happen-to-me” attitude and get your financial house in order.

Trae Wieniewitz Knoxville, Tenn.

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House Republicans got discounted loans from Countrywide WASHINGTON — Two veteran House Republicans received discounted mortgage loans from the now-defunct Countrywide Financial Corp. under a VIP program, a congressional official said Friday.

The discounts went to Reps. Howard McKeon and Elton Gallegly of California, said the congressional official. Their identities were first reported by The Wall Street Journal.

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has been investigating whether members of Congress received VIP discounts. The Associated Press reported previously that

nation

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS four House members had received the discounts. One of the four remains unidentified publicly.

Hurricane center chief to retire June 1 MIAMI — National Hurricane Center Director Bill Read, who took over the forecasting agency during a time of turmoil and leaves it much calmer, announced Saturday he will retire effective June 1.

Read, 62, said he never intended to stay in the position he has held since 2008

for longer than five years.

“I will have been in charge just shy of four and a half years on June 1,” Read said in a letter to hurricane center staff and managers at its parent agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “I had no idea I would ever be considered for such an honor. It’s been quite a ride and I’m blessed to hit the exit ramp in my career after working with you all.”

Teen shot at school has bullet removed EDINBURG, Texas — Doctors have removed a bullet

from the back of a 13-yearold Texas boy shot while trying out for his middle school basketball team in December.

Donna Tijerina said that doctors removed the bullet from her son’s back Thursday at a Houston hospital.

Nicholas Tijerina still does not have feeling in his legs.

Tijerina and Edson Amaro were shot Dec. 12 outside Harwell Middle School. On Jan. 6, authorities charged Dustin Wesley Cook with aggravated assault for shooting 14-year-old Amaro, who

lost a kidney. Cook was target shooting with a sniper rifle on ranchland nearly a mile away, but in line with the school. Sheriff Lupe Trevino has indicated that if a bullet was recovered from Tijerina investigators would seek a ballistic match and charges.

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United Way exceeds goal of $1.4 million

By Mary Margaret Halford mhalford@vicksburgpost.com

SEAN MURPHY

POST WEB EDITOR

Vicksburg’s Mike Parson made choices; they paid off Look closely on Sunday afternoon during the NFL playoff game between the Houston Texans and Baltimore Ravens. When the cameras focus in on Texans coach Gary Kubiak, somewhere in the direct vicinity will be Mike Parson.

The Vicksburg native, Warren Central and Mississippi State graduate is the assistant equipment manager and gets almost as much face time as the coach.

Parson first crossed my path years ago, on the Warren Central sidelines on a Friday night. As equipment manager for the Vikings, Mike Parson Parson arrived to school before the first bell and left long after the band had packed up and Mississippi 27 was traffic-free. It’s a work ethic he acquired from his single mother, Ernestine, who has worked many jobs to provide for the family.

After finishing his Friday night duties at WC, Parson would hitch a ride with a sports writer, come to our office and work — extending the 16-hour days by an extra three hours. The caveat always was we gave him a ride back to the family’s Elizabeth Circle home.

The neighborhood is frequented by police. Parson would scoff at those standing on the corner with an “up-to-no-good” demeanor.

He heard the frequent police sirens, but he always resisted the call of those who could drag him down. He never got sucked in. He decried excusemaking. Hard work, he knew, would pay off.

It did — with a scholarship to MSU to work on the equipment staff. It was there Parson became a TV fixture.

One of his jobs, he joked, was to stand next to then-MSU coach Jackie Sherrill and convey Sherrill’s disappointment at referees. Parson rarely holds back when trying to get a point across.

Stops with the New Orleans Saints and the University of New Orleans preceded his job as equipment services assistant with the Texans, a job he has held for four years.

A win Sunday, and again next week, will have Parson and the Texans in the Super Bowl.

He had every reason to live in misery. He could have decried his family’s financial standing, or being raised by a single mother, or being discriminated because of the color of his skin, but he never has. He is a walking example of the splendor of America — whatever hardships are in your way, whether of your making or society’s, they can be overcome. It takes a strong back, an iron will and a thirst for success — three rare traits in most people.

He’s always looking forward. This year, he might be looking forward to the Super Bowl.

• Sean P. Murphy is web editor. He can be reached at smurphy@vicksburgpost. com

Six months ago, J.R. Armstrong made a promise to “sing and tap dance” if necessary to reach the 2011 United Way of West Central Mississippi fundraising goal of $1.4 million.

He didn’t dance or sing, and the campaign raised $9,108 more than the goal.

“Thankfully, I saved myself and this community some embarrassment by not having to do all that,” Armstrong said.

In the past few days, 21 agencies in Warren, Yazoo, Sharkey, Issaquena and Claiborne counties have been notified that they would be receiving part of $789,965 in twice-monthly increments for a year. The amount given to each agency depends on budget requests made before the campaign started.

The rest of the money goes to United Way operating costs and such national organizations as the American Cancer Society.

“They are all extremely appreciative,” Armstrong said of the agencies. “Without United Way, a lot of them couldn’t operate, and there’s no question that they’re happy.”

Good Shepherd Big Winner The money United Way agencies and the money they will receive from the 2011 campaign • American Red Cross — $53,651 • Boy Scouts — $8,874 • Cary Christian Center — $21,005 • Central MS Prevention Services Inc. — $31,118 • Christian Volunteer Services — $34,183 • Community Council — $91,130 • Girl Scouts of Greater Mississippi — $12,130 • Good Shepherd Community Center — $97,544 • Grace Christian Counseling Center — $11,929 • Haven House — $66,105 • HIV Services Inc. — $7,683 • Magnolia Speech School — $17,114 • MIDD-West — $30,837 • The Salvation Army — $18,525 • Vicksburg Child and Parent

Center — $81,960 • Vicksburg Family Development — $79,673 • Warren County Children’s

Shelter — $44,000 • Warren County Habitat for Humanity — $13,093 • Warren-Yazoo Mental

Armstrong, an accounting partner at May and Company, served as co-chairman

for the campaign that began in July and ended in October. Linda Fondren, owner of

Shape Up Sisters gym, also helped lead the fund raising.

The annual campaign

Brenden Neville•The Vicksburg Post

Two year olds, from left, Omarion Coleman, son of Rosheeda Coleman, Timmyra Davis, daughter of Minnie Johnson, Chaz Jilbert, son of Ashley Jilbert, and Mekayla Flowers, daughter of Latrice Flowers, sit together during their class at the Good Shepherd Community Center in Vicksburg.

Health — $16,157 • We Care Community Services — $20,822 • YMCA — $32,432 included volunteers making phone calls, sending mail See United, Page A8.

Sentencing in Febuary in Ark.-Miss. kidnapping

MLK Parade

By Holbrook Mohr The Associated Press

Eli Baylis•The Vicksburg Post

Grand Marshal Linda Fondren waves to the crowd on Washington Street during the Martin Luther King Parade Saturday.

Katelyn Anderson, 3, left, covers her ears as her mother, Tracy Doyle, holds her as the Warren Central High School Marching Band passes during the parade.

Katelyn is the daughter of Doyle and Austin Anderson Jr.

JACKSON — A federal judge has scheduled a February sentencing hearing in the kidnapping case involving an Arkansas man who was abducted from home and taken at gunpoint to a Mississippi casino to cash a $2,000 check.

Prosecutors say the victim, Oliver Anderson, ruined his abductors’ plans by screaming for help in the Isle of Capri, a busy casino on the Mississippi River with plenty of bright lights, security guards and surveillance cameras. The abductors ran when Anderson yelled.

Patrick Hollowell is scheduled for sentencing Feb. 23 in U.S. District Court in Greenville.

Dennis Lee Andrews was recently sentenced to 22 years in the case and Athena Marie Byrd awaits sentencing, though no date has been set.

The Arkansas trio planned to make it appear that Byrd, described in See Kidnapping, Page A8.

City Water and Gas customers going online to pay bills

By John Surratt jsurratt@vicksburgpost.com Like the almost 10,000 customers on the City of Vicksburg’s utility system, Natalie Wilson gets a monthly bill.

But when she pays it, she heads for her personal computer, goes to the city’s website and does it online.

“I’ve been doing it for four months, it’s very convenient for me,” said Wilson, who coaches girls ninth-grade basketball at Warren Central High School. “I used to wait until it was close to the

cutoff date and then go to the office and write a check and use gas to get there. I’ve got a young child in day care, so Natalie it’s been very Wilson good for me.

Since Vicksburg began online billing in mid-September, 774 of the city’s utilities customers have registered for the service. Wilson is one of 580 of those customers who pay online. Others,

city IT director Billy Gordon said, use the service to look at monthly bills and billing history.

“When we began this, I thought we would be doing good to get 500 customers,” Gordon said. “I’ve been real pleased.”

From mid-September through Jan. 5, the city collected about $125,518 in online payments. The largest amount came in December, when the utility department received about $44,452 in payments.

Gordon said e-billing,

where the customer’s bill is sent by e-mail, is the next step, and will be offered to the city’s online customers in the future.

E-billing, he said, will cut the city’s cost of mailing utility bills each month, adding it takes an employee in his office four hours to print, stuff and prepare the bills for mailing, “and we have five billing cycles a month.”

In December, Gordon said, the city sent 9,877 bills, costing $3,430 in postage.

Although it’s only been offered a short time, Gordon

said online billing had been considered by city officials for the past six years.

“The previous administration and the present administration had been looking at online billing, because we were getting requests from our customers,” he said. The problem, he said, was whether the city could absorb the processing fees that usually are added to online transactions.

According to a Mississippi Attorney General’s opinion, See Bills, PageA8.

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crime

from staff reports

City man charged with drug possession A Vicksburg man was charged with possession of a controlled substance Saturday, jail records showed.

Derrick Shorter, 31, 1100 Grammar St., was arrested at 2:35 p.m. by deputy Dan Ratliff following a traffic stop for careless driving in the 4500 block of Lee Road.

Shorter was being held without bond in the Warren

County Jail pending his initial hearing in justice court.

Vicksburg man held on MDOC warrant A Vicksburg man was jailed Friday night on a warrant from the Mississippi Department of Corrections, records showed.

Carl Byrd, 19, 2601 Roosevelt St., remained in the Warren County Jail without bond Saturday.

Kidnapping Continued from Page A7. court records as the victim’s friend or part-time girlfriend, was being held for ransom in February 2011. Hollowell pleaded guilty to helping abduct Anderson from his home. Prosecutors said Byrd and Andrews took Anderson to the casino to cash the check.

All three pleaded guilty.

The judge said they are dangerous and ordered them held without bond.

This how the crime went down, according to the indictment and court records based on Andrews’ alleged confession to an FBI agent.

Andrews was using methamphetamine and popping pills and hanging out with Hollowell and Byrd on Feb. 2, 2011, when the three hatched a scheme to scam Anderson.

Byrd went to Anderson’s house first so she would be there when the others arrived. Andrews and Hollowell arrived and held Anderson and Byrd at gunpoint. The woman said she

Bills Continued from Page A7.

Mayor Paul Winfield said, the customers must pay any costs accrued for the online transaction. Hence, the city charges $1 for each online payment.

Gordon said the transaction fee is paid to Transaction Warehouse of Phoenix, Ariz., which processes the credit card transactions for the city and ensures payments are credited to proper accounts.

Information about online billing and the city’s website are printed on the city’s utility bills.

owed Andrews and Hollowell $2,000. They stole binoculars, pistols and other items from Anderson’s house but weren’t satisfied, records show.

Andrews and Byrd forced Anderson to write the check, then loaded him into a car at gunpoint and drove across the Mississippi River to the Isle of Capri Casino in Coahoma County.

Once at a teller’s window inside the casino, “Anderson screamed that he was being kidnapped, or words to that effect,” the indictment said. The abductors fled and dumped the gun at the home of an acquaintance.

Andrews pleaded guilty in September to conspiracy and using a gun during a violent crime. Hollowell pleaded guilty in the same month to conspiracy, kidnapping and using a gun during a violent crime. Byrd pleaded guilty in October to conspiracy and kidnapping.

Utility customers can register for online billing on the city’s website at Vicksburg. org, by clicking on the “billing center” square and entering their names, account numbers, e-mail addresses and setting up a passwords.

“We are very pleased with the system,” said Tammye Christmas, water and gas director. “It has helped us.”

She added, however, foot traffic at the Drummond Street office remains heavy.

“Some people just like to come in and pay,” she said.

“I think online payments will increase once more people find out about it,” she said.

public meetings this week Tuesday • Vicksburg Main Street Board of Directors, 8:45 a.m., City Hall Annex, 1415 Walnut St. • Warren County Board of Supervisors, 9 a.m., Warren County Courthouse, BOS meeting room, third floor • Vicksburg Board of Mayor

and Aldermen, 10 a.m. City Hall Annex • Warren County Port Commission, 3 p.m., Guaranty Bank & Trust building, 1900 Cherry St., second floor • Vicksburg Housing Authority, 5 p.m., 113 Elizabeth Circle

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United Continued from Page A7. outs and speaking at functions.

“We try not to leave anybody out,” said Barbara Tolliver, executive director of United Way of West Central Mississippi. “We do everything to reach everybody possible to get their support.”

Local businesses and corporations also became donors and helped by having events throughout with such fundraisers as “Docs vs. Jocks,”

a basketball game hosted by River Region Medical Center in November.

For the last campaign in 2010, United Way volunteers raised $1,321,760, or 93 percent of their original goal.

Armstrong said he knew the goal of $1.4 million would be tough, but he wasn’t surprised when it was reached and passed.

“I’m not shocked,” Armstrong said. “That’s part of

what makes Vicksburg special. Folks are willing to step out and step up, and we do what we need to take care of people.”

In addition to focusing on the campaign, United Way spent about $100,000 helping victims from the 2011 historic Mississippi River flood.

The money was not taken from the campaign, however, it was a bequest from an unnamed donor who “was

passionate about helping the less fortunate.”

“We were out in the community during the flood and people saw that our money goes to good things,” Tolliver said. “The more people see us out there helping, the more they want to be a part of what we’re doing.”

United Way of West Central Mississippi was formed in 1953 and has run an annual campaign each year since.

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Miss America Organization’s official charity.

Teresa Scanlan of Nebraska won Miss America last year at age 17 to become the pageant’s youngest winner ever.

She said contestants’ nerves likely were at their highest point just before the pageant.

“You can always breathe a sigh of relief” once the live pageant begins, Scanlan said.

Pageant officials earlier announced the winners of preliminary competitions, including Miss Hawaii Lauren Cheape, Miss Oklahoma Betty Thompson and Miss Wisconsin Laura Kaeppeler for talent, and Miss New York Kaitlin Monte, Miss Texas Kendall Morris and Miss Utah Danica Olsen for swimsuit.

Officials also said Miss Idaho Genevieve Nutting won the $2,000 Fourpoints Award, while Miss Kentucky Ann-Blair Thornton won the $6,000 Quality of Life scholarship.

The Miss America Organization touts itself as the world’s largest giver of scholarships to women, with about $350,000 to be given this year at the national level.

Scanlan said she planned to use her scholarship to help pay for law school en route to a life in politics.

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U.S. to send ambassador to Myanmar WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday the United States will send an ambassador to Myanmar for the first time in two decades, restoring full diplomatic relations now that the long-isolated country has released hundreds of political prisoners and made other reforms.

Clinton’s announcement that the two countries will exchange ambassadors came on a day of celebration in the streets of Myanmar after President Thein Sein issued pardons and freed 651 detainees, including some of its most famous political inmates.

President Barack Obama, in a statement, described the pardons as “a substantial step forward for democratic reform.”

The U.S. decision follows a landmark visit by Clinton to the repressive country in December as a way to deepen engagement and encourage more openness there, although Washington will be maintaining hard-hitting economic and political sanctions for the time being. As it looks to step up U.S. involvement across the Asia-Pacific region, the Obama administration has shifted from Washington’s long-standing policy of isolating Myanmar’s military government because of its poor human rights record.

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Clinton’s announcement that the two countries will exchange ambassadors came on a day of celebration in the streets of Myanmar after President Thein Sein issued pardons and freed 651 detainees, including some of its most famous political inmates.

“As I said last December, the United States will meet action with action. Based on the steps taken so far, we will now begin,” Clinton said at the State Department.

The highest-level U.S. diplomat based in Myanmar, also known as Burma, has been a charge d’affaires rather than an ambassador. Washington downgraded its representation in 1990, when opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party swept elections but was barred from power by the military.

Myanmar’s own diplomatic representation in Washington is also currently a step below the level of ambassador.

But Clinton cautioned that it’s a lengthy process — any candidate for ambassador requires Senate confirmation — and would depend on continued progress toward reform.

Clinton said the U.S. would identify further steps it could take to support reforms but gave no specifics. Among the

other recent moves she commended by the government was its reaching a ceasefire with the Karen National Union, a long-running ethnic insurgency.

The U.S. sanctions against Myanmar heavily restrict trade, investment and foreign aid. Officials have previously said that lifting sanctions would require consolidation of reforms that have already taken place.

During a visit to Asia in November, Obama commended “flickers of progress” in Myanmar, which staged fresh elections in 2010 and then ended decades of direct military rule.

“Today, that light burns a bit brighter, as prisoners are reunited with their families and people can see a democratic path forward,” Obama said.

The Myanmar government is still dominated by its army, but it has freed Suu Kyi and begun a dialogue with her, and it has

eased restrictions on media and trade unions.

Clinton said having an ambassador would help the U.S. to deepen its ties with Myanmar’s people and government and support “the historic and promising steps that are unfolding.”

Clinton urged Myanmar to release its remaining political prisoners and make their release unconditional, address concerns of ethnic minority groups and hold free and fair by-elections that Suu Kyi’s party will compete in April 1.

She said she would call Suu Kyi and Thein Sein this weekend “to underscore our commitment to walk together with them on the path of reform.”

Mitch McConnell, the top Republican in the Senate, supported Friday’s move. He has been prominent voice in Congress on Myanmar whose support would be key to any effort to lift sanctions. The senator is due to visit Myanmar next week.

“While the Thein Sein government will need to do more to explain the military relationship with North Korea and hold free and fair elections, it appears entirely appropriate that the United States would consider restoration of more formal diplomatic ties,” McConnell said in a statement.

Ship

PRECISION FORECAST

BY CHIEF METEOROLOGIST BARBIE BASSSETT TODAY

TONIGHT

62°

30°

Mostly sunny with a high in the lower 60s and a low in the lower 30s

WEATHER This weather package is compiled from historical records and information provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the City of Vicksburg and The Associated Press.

LOCAL FORECAST Monday-wednesday Chance of showers and thunderstorms; highs in the mid-60s; lows in the mid-40s

STATE FORECAST TOday Mostly sunny; highs in the lower 60s; lows in the lower 30s Monday-wednesday Chance of showers and thunderstorms; highs in the mid-60s; lows in the mid-40s

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Continued from Page A1. on purpose? And why did crew members tell passengers they weren’t in danger until the boat was listing perilously to the side?

The delay made lifeboat rescue eventually impossible for some of the passengers, some of whom jumped into the sea while others waited to be plucked to safety by helicopters. Some boats had to be cut down with an axe.

“We had to scream at the controllers to release the boats from the side,” said Mike van Dijk, from Pretoria, South Africa. “It was a scramble, an absolute scramble.”

Van Dijk said the boat he was on — on the upended port side — got stuck along the ship’s wall as it came down.

“It was a hell of a sound, the crunching,” he said.

Costa Crociera SpA, which is owned by the U.S.-based cruise giant Carnival Corp., defended the actions of its crew and said it was cooperating with the investigation. Carnival Corp. issued a statement expressing sympathy that didn’t address the allegations of delayed evacuation.

The captain, Francesco Schettino, was detained for questioning by prosecutors, investigating him for suspected manslaughter, abandoning ship before all others, and causing a shipwreck, state TV and Sky TV said.

Prosecutor Francesco Veru-

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The cruise ship Costa Concordia leans on its side after running aground Saturday off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy. sio was quoted by the ANSA news agency as saying Schettino deliberately chose a sea route that was too close to shore.

Schettino’s lawyer, Bruno Leporatti told the agency: “I’d like to say that several hundred people owed their life to the expertise that the commander of the Costa Concordia showed during the emergency.”

France said two of the victims were Frenchmen; a Peruvian diplomat identified the third victim as Tomas Alberto Costilla Mendoza, 49, a crewman from Peru. Some 30 people were injured, at

death Hattie Ardelphia Beatrice Tugg Following a courageous battle with cancer, Hattie Ardelphia Beatrice Tugg of Kilbourne, La., went to be with the Lord Saturday, Jan. Hattie Ardelphia Beatrice Tugg 14, 2012, surrounded by her family and friends.

Mrs. Tugg was the eldest child of William Floyd and Jessie Beatrice Welch. She was born on Oct. 10, 1934, in Darnell, Ark. She later relocated to Eudora, Ark, where she married and raised her family.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, William Izac Welch.

She is survived by three sons, Robert Leo Johnston Jr., William Lee Johnston and Jimmy Brian Johnston, all of Kilbourne; four daughters, Brenda B. Mobley, Flora Jean

Johnston and Rebecca Diane Anderson, all of Kilbourne, and Deborah Lee Baker of Mount Pleasant, Iowa; four brothers, Grover Floyd Welch, Henry Lincoln Welch, Billy Wayne Welch and Elvis Welch, all of Eudora; three sisters, Bessie Irene Davis of Shaw, Miss., Ovie Leana Evans of Eudora and Wanda Lee Tice of Vicksburg; 12 grandchildren, seven greatgrandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be today, Jan. 15, 2012, starting at 2 p.m. at New Life Family Worship Center in Eudora.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, at New Life Family Worship Center. Burial will be at Mount Carmel Cemetery, under the direction of Bishop Funeral Home.

Pallbearers will be Ryan Couch, Christopher Johnston, Nathan Chennault, Chris Holiman, Randall Wiggins and Clifford Baker. Honorary pallbearers will be Winston Sibley and Ronald Welch.

least two seriously.

The ship began its lurch at the beginning of dinner service in the ship’s two-story dining room, where passengers described a scene of frantic confusion.

Silverware, plates and glasses crashed down on them from the upper floor balcony, children wailed and darkened hallways upended themselves after the ship began its lurch. Panicked passengers slipped on broken glass as the lights went out while crew members insisted nothing serious was wrong.

“Have you seen ’Titanic’?

That’s exactly what it was,” said Valerie Ananias, 31, a schoolteacher from Los

Angeles who was traveling with her sister and parents. They all bore dark red bruises on their knees from the desperate crawl they endured along nearly vertical hallways and stairwells, trying to reach rescue boats.

“We were crawling up a hallway, in the dark, with only the light from the life vest strobe flashing,” her mother, Georgia Ananias, 61 said. “We could hear plates and dishes crashing, people slamming against walls.”

She choked up as she remembered the moment when an Argentine couple handed her their 3-year-old daughter, unable to keep their balance as the ship listed to the side.

“He said,’Take my baby,”’ Georgia Ananias said, covering her mouth with her hand.

“I grabbed the baby. But then I was being pushed down. I didn’t want the baby to fall down the stairs. I gave the baby back. I couldn’t hold her.”

Whispered her daughter Valerie: “I wonder where they are.”

The Ananias family was among the last passengers off the ship, left standing on the upended port side.

They were forced to exit from a still-attached lifeboat that became impossible to use once the ship began to tip over; so they climbed a ladder dropped too them off a deck and shimmied down a rope to a waiting rescue vessel.

“We thought we were dying four times,” Valerie said, recounting the most terrifying moments in their escape.

A top Costa executive, Gianni Onorato, said Saturday the Concordia’s captain had the liner on its regular, weekly route when it struck a reef. Italian coast guard officials said the circumstances were still unclear.

Highs and Lows High/past 24 hours............. 61º Low/past 24 hours............... 26º Average temperature......... 44º Normal this date................... 47º Record low..............15º in 1982 Record high............77º in 1950 Rainfall Recorded at the Vicksburg Water Plant Past 24 hours.........................N/A This month..............0.97 inches Total/year.................0.97 inches Normal/month......2.75 inches Normal/year...........2.75 inches Solunar table Most active times for fish and wildlife Monday: A.M. Active..........................10:56 A.M. Most active................. 4:42 P.M. Active...........................11:23 P.M. Most active.................. 5:09 Sunrise/sunset Sunset today........................ 5:19 Sunset tomorrow............... 5:19 Sunrise tomorrow.............. 7:04

RIVER DATA Stages Mississippi River at Vicksburg Current: 28.5 | Change: -1.3 Flood: 43 feet Yazoo River at Greenwood Current: 20.2 | Change: -0.7 Flood: 35 feet Yazoo River at Yazoo City Current: 18.0 | Change: -0.8 Flood: 29 feet Yazoo River at Belzoni Current: 19.7 | Change: -0.6 Flood: 34 feet Big Black River at West Current: 7.0 | Change: -0.6 Flood: 12 feet Big Black River at Bovina Current: 8.9 | Change: -0.2 Flood: 28 feet StEELE BAYOU Land....................................76.1 River....................................75.8

MISSISSIPPI RIVER Forecast Cairo, Ill. Monday.................................. 27.4 Tuesday.................................. 28.0 Wednesday........................... 28.3 Memphis Monday.....................................9.6 Tuesday.................................. 10.3 Wednesday........................... 10.8 Greenville Monday.................................. 28.8 Tuesday.................................. 28.4 Wednesday........................... 28.3 Vicksburg Monday.................................. 26.2 Tuesday.................................. 25.2 Wednesday........................... 24.9

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Assassination accusation

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Mourners carry a poster of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the flag draped coffin of Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan at his funeral ceremony in Tehran Saturday.

Iran says it has evidence that U.S. is behind nuclear scientist’s killing TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran said Saturday it has evidence that the United States was behind the assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist this week in Tehran, state media reported.

Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan was killed in a brazen daylight assassination Wednesday when two assailants on a motorcycle attached a magnetic bomb to his car in the Iranian capital. The killing bore a strong resemblance to earlier killings of scientists working on the Iranian nuclear program, and has prompted calls in Iran for retaliation against those deemed responsible.

The IRNA state news agency said Saturday that Iran’s Foreign Ministry has sent a diplomatic letter to the U.S. saying that it has “evidence and reliable information” that the CIA provided “guidance, support and planning” to assassins “directly involved” in Roshan’s

killing.

The U.S. has denied any role in the assassination.

Iran delivered the letter to the Swiss Embassy in Tehran, which looks after U.S. interests in the country. Iran and the U.S. have had no diplomatic relations since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

IRNA also reported that Iran delivered a letter to Britain accusing London of having an “obvious role” in the killing.

It said that a series of assassinations began after British intelligence chief John Sawers hinted in 2010 at intelligence operations against the Islamic Republic.

British media have quoted Sawers as saying that intelligence-led operations were needed to make it more difficult for countries like Iran to develop nuclear weapons.

Britain’s Foreign Office has condemned the killing of civilians. Israeli officials, in con-

At least 53 pilgrims killed by bomb in south Iraq ZUBAIR, Iraq (AP) — A bomb tore through a procession of Shiite pilgrims heading toward a largely Sunni town in southern Iraq Saturday, killing at least 53 people in the latest sign of a power struggle between rival Muslim sects that has escalated since the American military withdrawal.

Fears of more bloodshed have risen in recent weeks, with the U.S. no longer enjoying the leverage it once had to encourage the two sides to work together to rein in extremists. Most of the latest

attacks appear to be aimed at Iraq’s majority Shiites, suggesting Sunni insurgents seeking to undermine the Shiite-dominated government are to blame.

Saturday’s blast happened on the last of the 40 days of Arbaeen, when hundreds of thousands of Shiite pilgrims travel to the Iraqi city of Karbala and other holy sites. The end of Arbaeen is one of the most sacred times for Shiites, and public processions to commemorate it were banned under Saddam Hussein.

trast, have hinted at covert campaigns against Iran without directly admitting involvement.

The killing has sparked outrage in Iran, and state TV broadcast footage Saturday of hundreds of students marching in Tehran to condemn Roshan’s death and calling for the continuation of the country’s disputed nuclear program.

The U.S. and its allies fear Iran’s program aims to develop nuclear weapons. Iran denies the charges, and says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only.

In the clearest sign yet that Iran is preparing to strike back, Gen. Masoud Jazayeri, the spokesman for Iran’s Joint Armed Forces Staff, was quoted by the semiofficial ISNA news agency Saturday as saying that Tehran was “reviewing the punishment” of “behind-thescene elements” involved in the assassination.

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chill in the hills

Plenty of runners Chill out

Davis masters large turnout, new course in overall win

By Jeff Byrd jbyrd@vicksburgpost.com

Slice and dice Tom Brady and the Patriots rip apart the Denver Broncos. Story/B4

NFL on TV Today’s Games Noon CBS - Houston at Baltimore 3:30 p.m. Fox - New York Giants at Green Bay

Schedule PREP SOCCER

Vicksburg at Warren Central Tuesday, 5:30 p.m.

St. Aloysius at Crystal Springs Tuesday, 5:30 p.m.

On B5

A strong walk-up crowd helped push the number of participants in Saturday morning’s Chill in the Hills 10K run/walk to new heights.

Race director Walter Frazier said the final numbers could be close to 400. The event drew 361 runners and walkers As for the race itself, a pair of familiar faces made it back to the winner’s circle at the fourth annual race that winds through downtown Vicksburg and finished at Guaranty Bank on Cherry Street.

Vicksburg’s Nathan Davis, who won the event in 2010, won the overall title in 36:02. Vicksburg’s

Complete race results

On the web A video essay from today’s race is available at vicksburgpost.com

Kristi Hall, 33, won the women’s race in 44:01.

Davis, 25, won all three of Vicksburg’s road races in 2010, but was absent from all three last year. He said illnesses and other commitments cut into his race time.

“I was sick last year and didn’t run this race,” Davis said. “And then I had mono (mononucleosis)

take me out of the Over the River Run. I’m fine now.”

A new road course awaited Davis, Hall and the other runners and walkers. Instead of a flat road finish along Levee Street that finished at the Vicksburg Convention Center, Saturday’s Chill in the Hills had the runners battle a tough hill at the fifth mile and a closing climb across the Cherry Street railroad bridge.

“It was tough,” Davis said. “I think it’s harder than the Run Through History. The last hill at mile five was absolutely awful.

The one good part that was better was the downhill run through Washington Street.”

Hall, who won last year’s RTH See Chill, Page B5.

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Overall race winner Nathan Davis, 25, a Louisiana Tech University graduate, runs during the Chill in the Hills Saturday.

nfl

college basketball

PREP BASKETBALL PCA at Park Place Tuesday, 6 p.m.

Warren Central at Madison Central Tuesday, 6 p.m.

On TV 3:30 p.m. Fox - Eli Manning and the New York Giants travel to Lambeau Field to take on the Green Bay Packers. Preview/B4

Mississippi State forward Renardo Sidney dunks against Alabama Saturday.

Who’s hot

ARNETT MOULTRIE Mississippi State forward scored 25 points and 13 rebounds in a win over Alabama on Saturday.

Sidelines Joe Paterno breaks silence after firing

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State coach Joe Paterno says he “didn’t know which way to go” after an assistant coach came to him in 2002 saying he had seen retired defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky sexually abusing a boy.

In his first public comments since being fired two months ago, Paterno told The Washington Post that assistant Mike McQueary “didn’t want to get specific” about details in his 2002 allegation involving Sandusky, who he claimed was showering with a boy in the Penn State football facility.

The Post reported Saturday that Paterno was hesitant to make followup calls because he didn’t want to be seen as trying to exert influence either for or against Sandusky.

“I didn’t know which way to go ... And rather than get in there and make a mistake,” he told the Post.

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New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees hits the ground in front of San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Ricky JeanFrancois Saturday.

End of the line for Saints Vernon Davis’ TD catch with 9 seconds left sends 49ers to NFC title game

By The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Drew Brees overcame five New Orleans turnovers and a 17-point deficit to put the Saints on the brink of their first road playoff victory in franchise history.

He could only watch as Alex Smith and the San Francisco 49ers stole it away in the closing seconds, ending the Saints’ chances at another Super Bowl run.

Brees capped his recordsetting season by throwing for 462 yards and four touchdowns, throwing two go-ahead strikes in the final 5 minutes only to see the 49ers rally for a 36-32 playoff victory Saturday.

“It stings right now because of the expectation level that we had coming into this tournament and understanding that if we win here, we’re into the NFC championship game and anything can happen,” Brees said. “That’s tough. Tough to swallow at this point.”

Brees threw a 44-yard touchdown pass to Darren Sproles to give the Saints (14-4) their first lead of the game with 4:02 to play. He then answered Smith’s 28-yard touchdown run with a 66-yard scoring pass to Jimmy Graham with 1:37

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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith crosses the goal line for a touchdown against the New Orleans Saints in the fourth quarter Saturday. to go that had New Orleans close to victory.

But the defense failed to close it out, allowing the 14-yard game-winner from Smith to Vernon Davis with just 9 seconds to go for San Francisco (14-3).

“There is a finality to the playoffs,” Brees said. “You go from thinking of the NFC championship to all of a

sudden you’re going home and there’s no more football until next year.”

All those passing records Brees set turned out to mean nothing. Brees shattered Dan Marino’s 27-year-old mark of 5,084 passing yards by throwing for 5,476. He had 468 completions this season, breaking Peyton Manning’s 2010 mark of 450. He finished the

Moultrie, Bulldogs rally past Alabama

By David Brandt The Associated Press

season completing 71.6 percent of his passes, breaking his own 2009 NFL record of a 70.6 completion percentage.

He followed that up with 466 yards passing in a firstround win over Detroit and then a record-setting 40 completions in a losing cause against the 49ers. Brees has had the top two regulation playoff games in NFL history the past two games.

“They ended up making one more play than we did tonight,” coach Sean Payton said. “I was proud of how we fought. I was proud of our guys despite some of the early adversary — the turnovers.”

The Saints committed four first-half turnovers starting with running back Pierre Thomas getting knocked out by Donte Whitner on a hard hit near the goal line before fumbling on the opening drive. Brees threw a pair of uncharacteristic interceptions, the first ending a record streak of 226 straight postseason passes without one.

Courtney Roby then lost a fumble on a kickoff to set up one of David Akers’ three field goals. Sproles fumbled on a punt in the third quarter to set up another field goal,

STARKVILLE — Arnett Moultrie had 25 points and 13 rebounds, and No. 20 Mississippi State rallied in the final minutes to beat Alabama 56-52 on Saturday.

Mississippi State (15-3, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) was 0-for-14 from 3-point range until late in the second half, when Dee Bost hit three 3-pointers in the final minutes to lift the Bulldogs.

Alabama trailed 33-23 early in the second half but methodically worked its way back into the game with timely baskets and lockdown defense. The Crimson Tide came into the game with the SEC’s best defense, giving up just 55.7 points per game.

The Crimson Tide took a 46-42 lead with 5:40 left, but then Bost’s 3-point barrage began. His last one gave the Bulldogs a 51-48 lead with 1:32 remaining.

JaMychal Green led Alabama (13-4, 2-1) with 14 points. Tony Mitchell and Trevor Lacey each added eight points, but it wasn’t enough as the Tide’s winning streak was snapped at five games.

Green pulled Alabama to 51-50 with 1:20 left after making two free throws.

Mississippi State’s Brian Bryant responded with a short running jumper — his

See Saints, Page B4.

See MSU, Page B3.

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on tv

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GOLF 8 a.m. TGC - European PGA Tour, Joburg Open (tape) 6 p.m. TGC - PGA Tour, Sony Open COLLEGE BASKETBALL 3:30 p.m. CBS - Indiana at Ohio St. 6 p.m. FSN - Washington St. at Washington 8 p.m. FSN - UCLA at Southern Cal MOTORSPORTS 12:30 a.m. NBC Sports Network Dakar Rally (tape) NBA 8 p.m. ESPN - Phoenix at San Antonio NFL PLAYOFFS Noon CBS - Houston at Baltimore 3:30 p.m. Fox - New York Giants at Green Bay NHL 7 p.m. NBC Sports Network - N.Y. Rangers at Montreal PREP BASKETBALL 3 p.m. ESPN - Brewster (N.H.) vs. Tilton School (N.H.) TENNIS 5:30 p.m. ESPN2 - Australian Open 2 a.m. ESPN2 - Australian Open WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 11:30 a.m. FSN - Kansas at Missouri 1 p.m. ESPN2 - Temple at Dayton 1:30 p.m. FSN - Baylor at Texas 3 p.m. ESPN2 - Ohio St. at Michigan St. 3:30 p.m. FSN - California at Utah

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from staff & AP reports

NBA Grizzlies rip Hornets, 108-99 MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Rudy Gay scored 23 points, Marc Gasol added 20 points and 11 rebounds and the Memphis Grizzlies beat the New Orleans Hornets 108-99 Saturday night.

Mike Conley had 17 points and seven assists, while Marreese Speights and Tony Allen finished with 12 points apiece.

Jarrett Jack led New Orleans with 23 points, while Jason Smith had 15, including 10 in the fourth quarter as the Hornets cut into the lead.

Greivis Vasquez scored 14 points and handed out six assists. Marco Belinelli contributed 10 points.

Memphis built a comfortable lead against the New Orleans starters.

But the Hornets bench players used a much more aggressive style on both ends of the floor to threaten the Grizzlies’ lead. New Orleans has lost three straight and nine of its last 10.

Golf Maggert tied for lead at Sony Open HONOLULU — Matt Every had a hard time sleeping on the lead going into the weekend at the Sony Open. He managed a 2-under 68 on Saturday, and goes into the final round tied with 47-year-old Jeff Maggert with a lot more at stake.

Maggert played bogey-free in relatively calm conditions at Waialae, making an eagle on the easy par-5 ninth for the second straight day, and shot a 66 to give himself a chance to win for the first time in nearly six years.

They were at 12-under 198, two shots clear, but with more than a dozen players still in the hunt.

Charles Howell III, who has had five finishes in the top five at the Sony Open, gave himself another opportunity with a 66. He was in the group at 10-under 200. Pebble Beach winner D.A. Points shot 64 and was another shot back.

flashback

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Jan. 15 1967 — The NFL’s Green Bay Packers win the first Super Bowl, defeating the AFL’s Kansas City Chiefs 35-10.

1978 — The Dallas Cowboys take advantage of eight Denver turnovers en route to a 27-10 victory over the Broncos in the Super Bowl.

Butch Johnson’s diving catch in the end zone completes a 45-yard touchdown pass from Roger Staubach and puts the Cowboys ahead 20-3 in the third quarter.

2000 — The Jacksonville Jaguars steamroll their way into the AFC championship game, routing the Miami Dolphins 62-7. The 55-point margin is the second-largest in playoff history.

2011 —The Packers rout the Falcons 48-21 in Atlanta, with Aaron Rodgers throwing for three touchdowns and running for one. The 48 points are the most for Green Bay in a postseason game.

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scoreboard nfl

Denver...........................8 Utah...............................6 Portland.........................7 Minnesota......................4

NFL Playoffs

Wild-card round

Pacific Division

Jan. 7 Houston 31, Cincinnati 10 New Orleans 45, Detroit 28 Jan. 8 New York Giants 24, Atlanta 2 Denver 29, Pittsburgh 23, OT

W L.A. Lakers....................9 L.A. Clippers..................5 Phoenix..........................4 Sacramento...................4 Golden State.................3

Divisional Playoffs

Saturday’s Games San Francisco 36, New Orleans 32 New England 45, Denver 10 Today’s Games Houston at Baltimore, Noon N.Y. Giants at Green Bay, 3:30 p.m.

Conference Championships

Jan. 22 New England vs. Houston-Baltimore winner, 2 p.m.

San Francisco vs. New York Giants-Green Bay winner, 5:30 p.m.

Pro Bowl

Jan. 29 At Honolulu NFC vs. AFC, 7 p.m.

Super Bowl

Feb. 5 At Indianapolis AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 5:30 p.m.

49ERS 36, SAINTS 32

New Orleans San Francisco

0 14 0 18 — 32 14 3 3 16 — 36 First Quarter SF—V.Davis 49 pass from Ale.Smith (Akers kick), 2:08.

SF—Crabtree 4 pass from Ale.Smith (Akers kick), :41.

Second Quarter SF—FG Akers 25, 14:12.

NO—Graham 14 pass from Brees (Kasay kick), 9:32.

NO—Colston 25 pass from Brees (Kasay kick), 4:09.

Third Quarter SF—FG Akers 41, 10:36.

Fourth Quarter NO—FG Kasay 48, 13:08.

SF—FG Akers 37, 7:36.

NO—Sproles 44 pass from Brees (Kasay kick), 4:02.

SF—Ale.Smith 28 run (run failed), 2:11.

NO—Graham 66 pass from Brees (Sproles pass from Brees), 1:37.

SF—V.Davis 14 pass from Ale.Smith (Akers kick), :09.

A—69,732.

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NO SF First downs................................26........................17 Total Net Yards.......................472......................407 Rushes-yards.......................14-37.................22-143 Passing....................................435......................264 Punt Returns..........................3-29.....................3-29 Kickoff Returns.......................5-59.....................2-45 Interceptions Ret......................0-0.....................2-41 Comp-Att-Int..................... 40-63-2............... 24-42-0 Sacked-Yards Lost.................3-27.....................4-35 Punts...................................5-45.4..................8-49.5 Fumbles-Lost............................3-3.......................3-1 Penalties-Yards........................0-0.....................3-33 Time of Possession.............31:20...................28:40 ——— INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—New Orleans, Ivory 9-23, P.Thomas 1-6, Brees 1-5, Sproles 3-3. San Francisco, Gore 13-89, Ale.Smith 1-28, Hunter 6-23, Ginn Jr. 1-3, Dixon 1-0.

PASSING—New Orleans, Brees 40-63-2-462. San Francisco, Ale.Smith 24-42-0-299.

RECEIVING—New Orleans, Sproles 15-119, Colston 9-136, Graham 5-103, Henderson 4-49, Meachem 3-18, Arrington 1-14, Higgins 1-10, Collins 1-8, P.Thomas 1-5. San Francisco, V.Davis 7-180, Gore 7-38, Crabtree 4-25, K.Williams 2-12, Miller 1-16, Hunter 1-13, Ginn Jr. 1-11, Peelle 1-4.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.

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PATRIOTS 45, BRONCOS 10

Denver New England

0 7 3 0 — 10 14 21 7 3 — 45 First Quarter NE—Welker 7 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 13:09.

NE—Gronkowski 10 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 6:42.

Second Quarter Den—McGahee 5 run (Prater kick), 14:54.

NE—Gronkowski 12 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 7:42.

NE—Branch 61 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 1:57.

NE—Gronkowski 19 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), :05.

Third Quarter NE—Hernandez 17 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 11:46.

Den—FG Prater 41, 2:14.

Fourth Quarter NE—FG Gostkowski 20, 12:39.

A—68,756.

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Den NE First downs................................15........................31 Total Net Yards.......................252......................509 Rushes-yards.....................40-144.................30-146 Passing....................................108......................363 Punt Returns............................0-0.....................2-28 Kickoff Returns.......................4-68.....................1-28 Interceptions Ret....................1-17.......................0-0 Comp-Att-Int....................... 9-26-0............... 26-34-1 Sacked-Yards Lost.................5-28.......................0-0 Punts...................................7-38.9..................3-42.0 Fumbles-Lost............................2-1.......................1-1 Penalties-Yards......................5-55.....................2-20 Time of Possession.............33:23...................26:37 ——— INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Denver, McGahee 17-76, Ball 13-44, Tebow 5-13, Johnson 4-10, Royal 1-1. New England, Hernandez 5-61, Green-Ellis 13-28, Woodhead 4-25, Ridley 4-21, Brady 3-8, Polite 1-3.

PASSING—Denver, Tebow 9-26-0-136. New England, Brady 26-34-1-363.

RECEIVING—Denver, D.Thomas 6-93, Royal 2-25, Willis 1-18. New England, Gronkowski 10-145, Welker 6-55, Hernandez 4-55, Branch 3-85, Edelman 1-11, Green-Ellis 1-8, Ridley 1-4.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.

nba EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W Philadelphia...................9 New York.......................6 Boston...........................4 Toronto..........................4 New Jersey...................3

L 3 6 7 9 9

Pct .750 .500 .364 .308 .250

Southeast Division

W Orlando..........................8 Atlanta...........................9 Miami.............................8 Charlotte........................3 Washington....................1

L 3 4 4 10 11

Central Division

W Chicago.........................12 Indiana...........................9 Cleveland.......................5 Milwaukee......................4 Detroit............................3

L 2 3 6 7 9

GB — 3 4 1/2 5 1/2 6

Pct .727 .692 .667 .231 .083

GB — — 1/2 6 7 1/2

Pct .857 .750 .455 .364 .250

GB — 2 5 1/2 6 1/2 8

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W San Antonio...................8 Dallas.............................7 Memphis........................5 Houston.........................5 New Orleans.................3

L 4 5 6 7 9

Pct .667 .583 .455 .417 .250

Northwest Division

W Oklahoma City...............11

L 2

4 4 5 8

Pct .846

GB — 1 2 1/2 3 5 GB —

L 4 3 7 8 8

.667 .600 .583 .333

2 3 3 6

1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2

Pct .692 .625 .364 .333 .273

GB — 1 1/2 4 4 1/2 5

Saturday’s Games Atlanta 93, Minnesota 91 Charlotte 112, Golden State 100 Indiana 97, Boston 83 Philadelphia 103, Washington 90 Chicago 77, Toronto 64 Houston 107, Portland 105, OT Oklahoma City 104, New York 92 Memphis 108, New Orleans 99 New Jersey at Utah, (n) Sacramento at Dallas, (n) L.A. Lakers at L.A. Clippers, (n) Today’s Games Golden State at Detroit, 5 p.m.

Utah at Denver, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at San Antonio, 9 p.m.

Monday’s Games Chicago at Memphis, noon Orlando at New York, noon Cleveland at Charlotte, 1 p.m.

Houston at Washington, 1 p.m.

Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

Portland at New Orleans, 2 p.m.

New Jersey at L.A. Clippers, 2:30 p.m.

Toronto at Atlanta, 3 p.m.

Sacramento at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Boston, 7 p.m.

Dallas at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

college basketball SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE

Conference All Games

W L PCT W L PCT Kentucky............. 3 0 1.000 17 1 .944 Vanderbilt........... 3 0 1.000 13 4 .765 Mississippi St... 2 1 .667 15 3 .833 Florida................. 2 1 .667 14 4 .778 Alabama............. 2 1 .667 13 4 .765 Arkansas............. 2 1 .667 13 4 .765 LSU..................... 1 2 .333 11 6 .647 Auburn................ 1 2 .333 11 6 .647 Ole Miss............ 1 2 .333 11 6 .647 Tennessee.......... 1 2 .333 8 9 .471 Georgia............... 0 3 .000 9 8 .529 South Carolina... 0 3 .000 8 9 .471 Friday’s Games No games scheduled Saturday’s Games Kentucky 65, Tennessee 62 Auburn 69, Ole Miss 68, 2OT Vanderbilt 77, Georgia 66 Mississippi St. 56, Alabama 52 Florida 79, South Carolina 65 Arkansas 69, LSU 60 Today’s Games No games scheduled ———

CONFERENCE USA

Conference All Games

W L PCT W L PCT Marshall.............. 4 0 1.000 13 4 .765 Memphis............. 2 0 1.000 11 5 .688 Southern Miss.. 3 1 .750 16 3 .842 UCF.................... 3 1 .750 13 4 .765 Rice.................... 2 1 .667 11 7 .611 Tulsa................... 2 2 .500 9 9 .500 SMU.................... 1 1 .500 9 7 .563 Houston.............. 1 2 .333 8 7 .533 UTEP.................. 1 2 .333 8 9 .471 Tulane................. 0 3 .000 12 5 .706 East Carolina...... 0 3 .000 9 7 .563 UAB.................... 0 3 .000 5 11 .313 Friday’s Games No games scheduled Saturday’s Games Tulsa 70, East Carolina 67 Southern Miss 59, UAB 55 Marshall 65, UCF 64 Rice 50, Tulane 49 SMU at UTEP, (n) Today’s Games No games scheduled ———

SWAC

Conference All Games

W L PCT W L PCT MVSU................. 4 0 1.000 5 11 .313 Texas Southern.. 4 0 1.000 5 11 .313 Southern U......... 4 1 .800 8 10 .444 Alabama St......... 4 1 .800 7 10 .412 Prairie View........ 2 2 .500 6 11 .353 Grambling St...... 2 3 .400 2 13 .133 Alcorn St........... 1 4 .200 4 13 .235 Alabama A&M.... 1 4 .200 3 11 .214 Jackson St........ 1 4 .200 3 14 .176 Ark.-Pine Bluff.... 0 4 .000 1 16 .059 Friday’s Games No games scheduled Saturday’s Games Southern U. 69, Ark.-Pine Bluff 68 Miss. Valley St. 85, Alcorn St. 66 Alabama St. 53, Alabama A&M 50 Texas Southern 61, Grambling St. 57 Prairie View 72, Jackson St. 66 Today’s Games No games scheduled ———

Top 25 Schedule

Friday’s Game South Florida 56, No. 24 Seton Hall 55 Saturday’s Games No. 1 Syracuse 78, Providence 55 No. 2 Kentucky 65, Tennessee 62 Florida St. 90, No. 3 North Carolina 57 No. 4 Baylor 106, Oklahoma St. 65 Northwestern 81, No. 6 Michigan St. 74 No. 9 Missouri 84, Texas 73 No. 10 Kansas 82, Iowa St. 73 No. 22 San Diego St. 69, No. 12 UNLV 67 Iowa 75, No. 13 Michigan 59 No. 14 Louisville 76, DePaul 59 No. 15 Murray St. 82, Tennessee Tech 74 No. 17 UConn 67, Notre Dame 53 No. 18 Kansas 82, Iowa St. 73 No. 19 Florida 79, South Carolina 65 No. 20 Mississippi St. 56, Alabama 52 No. 21 Gonzaga 62, Loyola Marymount 58 No. 25 Marquette 62, Pittsburgh 57 Today’s Games No. 5 Ohio St. vs. No. 7 Indiana, 3:30 p.m.

No. 8 Duke at Clemson, 5 p.m.

No. 11 Georgetown at St. John’s, 11 a.m.

No. 23 Creighton vs. Southern Illinois, 6:05 p.m.

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Mississippi college schedule

Friday’s Game Austin College 68, Millsaps 47 Saturday’s Games Auburn 69, Ole Miss 68, 2OT Mississippi St. 56, Alabama 52 Southern Miss 59, UAB 55 East Texas Baptist 78, Mississippi College 71 Faulkner 60, William Carey 50 Miss. Valley St. 85, Alcorn St. 66 Belhaven 76, Mobile 62 Prairie View 72, Jackson St. 66 West Alabama 74, Delta St. 58 Today’s Game Millsaps at Dallas, 3 p.m.

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Saturday’s College Basketball Scores

EAST Albany (NY) 76, Maine 75 American U. 67, Holy Cross 54 Army 75, Navy 62 Boston College 61, Virginia Tech 59 Boston U. 61, Stony Brook 55 Bucknell 79, Lafayette 65 Dartmouth 83, Longwood 67 Duquesne 78, Rhode Island 71 Harvard 69, George Washington 48 LIU 106, Monmouth (NJ) 86 Lehigh 78, Colgate 56 Manhattan 72, Siena 53 Mount St. Mary’s 64, Bryant 60

NJIT 95, Cobleskill 57 New Hampshire 72, Vermont 65 Northeastern 64, William & Mary 50 Penn 64, Cornell 52 Princeton 62, Columbia 58 Robert Morris 70, Sacred Heart 67 St. Francis (NY) 62, Fairleigh Dickinson 51 St. Francis (Pa.) 74, Quinnipiac 71 Syracuse 78, Providence 55 UMass 71, Saint Joseph’s 62 VCU 68, Delaware 55 Wagner 67, CCSU 58 West Virginia 84, Rutgers 60 Yale 68, Brown 64 SOUTH Alabama St. 53, Alabama A&M 50 Auburn 69, Ole Miss 68, 2OT Bethune-Cookman 82, SC State 76 Campbell 74, Gardner-Webb 68 Cent. Arkansas 77, Northwestern St. 73 Coastal Carolina 81, Presbyterian 63 Coll. of Charleston 63, Elon 44 Coppin St. 83, Hampton 66 Davidson 83, Appalachian St. 79 Drexel 79, UNC Wilmington 57 ETSU 72, Jacksonville 58 Florida 79, South Carolina 65 Florida Gulf Coast 84, Lipscomb 80, OT Florida St. 90, North Carolina 57 Furman 58, W. Carolina 55 George Mason 89, James Madison 83 Georgia St. 57, Towson 42 Kentucky 65, Tennessee 62 Louisville 76, DePaul 59 MVSU 85, Alcorn St. 66 Marshall 65, UCF 64 Md.-Eastern Shore 63, Delaware St. 60, OT Middle Tennessee 67, FAU 54 Mississippi St. 56, Alabama 52 Morehead St. 57, E. Kentucky 54 Murray St. 82, Tennessee Tech 74 NC A&T 70, Howard 65 NC State 76, Wake Forest 40 Norfolk St. 90, Morgan St. 89, 2OT North Texas 68, Louisiana-Monroe 55 Old Dominion 69, Hofstra 61 Prairie View 72, Jackson St. 66 Richmond 76, Temple 65 SC-Upstate 69, North Florida 62 Saint Louis 68, Charlotte 67 Sam Houston St. 75, Nicholls St. 65 Samford 81, Chattanooga 70 Savannah St. 69, Florida A&M 58 Southern Miss 59, UAB 55 Texas Southern 61, Grambling St. 57 Tulsa 70, East Carolina 67 UNC Asheville 86, High Point 79 UNC Greensboro 67, The Citadel 66 Vanderbilt 77, Georgia 66 Winthrop 64, Liberty 61, OT Wofford 88, Georgia Southern 63 MIDWEST Akron 68, Ohio 63 Cincinnati 82, Villanova 78 Dayton 79, La Salle 75 E. Michigan 51, Ball St. 48 Green Bay 57, Wright St. 56 Ill.-Chicago 58, Loyola of Chicago 51 Iowa 75, Michigan 59 Kansas 82, Iowa St. 73 Kent St. 92, Bowling Green 87 Marquette 62, Pittsburgh 57 Miami (Ohio) 52, Buffalo 51 Missouri 84, Texas 73 N. Illinois 74, Cent. Michigan 66 Northwestern 81, Michigan St. 74 Oakland 96, IPFW 86 Oral Roberts 81, IUPUI 71 S. Utah 65, W. Illinois 55 UConn 67, Notre Dame 53 W. Michigan 74, Toledo 52 Xavier 77, St. Bonaventure 64 SOUTHWEST Baylor 106, Oklahoma St. 65 Oklahoma 82, Kansas St. 73 Southern U. 69, Ark.-Pine Bluff 68 Texas A&M 67, Texas Tech 54 Texas St. 82, McNeese St. 73 Texas-Arlington 91, Lamar 82 UTSA 59, Stephen F. Austin 52 FAR WEST Air Force 74, Boise St. 59 Arizona St. 76, Oregon St. 66 BYU 95, Santa Clara 78 Gonzaga 62, Loyola Marymount 58 Long Beach St. 76, Pacific 66 Montana St. 74, N. Arizona 72 N. Colorado 71, E. Washington 70 New Mexico 72, Wyoming 62 Oregon 59, Arizona 57 San Diego St. 69, UNLV 67 San Francisco 78, Pepperdine 63 Stanford 84, Colorado 64 ———

MISSISSIPPI ST. 56, ALABAMA 52

ALABAMA (13-4) Green 6-13 2-2 14, Mitchell 4-12 0-0 8, Lacey 4-8 0-0 8, Releford 3-8 1-1 7, Randolph 2-4 0-0 4, Eblen 0-0 0-0 0, Jacobs 2-3 0-0 4, Steele 2-3 2-2 7. Totals 23-51 5-5 52.

MISSISSIPPI ST. (15-3) Sidney 4-8 0-0 8, Moultrie 10-14 5-7 25, Steele 0-5 0-0 0, Bost 6-13 2-2 17, Hood 0-6 1-2 1, Bryant 2-6 1-1 5, Lewis 0-0 0-0 0, D. Smith 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 22-55 9-12 56.

Halftime—Mississippi St. 27-21. 3-Point Goals— Alabama 1-9 (Steele 1-1, Lacey 0-2, Mitchell 0-2, Releford 0-4), Mississippi St. 3-17 (Bost 3-7, Sidney 0-1, D. Smith 0-1, Hood 0-3, Steele 0-5). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Alabama 30 (Mitchell 10), Mississippi St. 34 (Moultrie 13).

Assists—Alabama 11 (Green, Releford 3), Mississippi St. 8 (Bost 4). Total Fouls—Alabama 14, Mississippi St. 9. A—9,539.

SOUTHERN MISS 59, UAB 55

UAB (5-11) Williams 1-2 0-0 3, Taylor 3-4 0-0 7, Moore 6-11 0-4 13, Purifoy 3-3 0-0 7, Whitaker 0-3 0-0 0, Soko 2-4 0-0 4, Swing 5-13 2-2 17, Hamga 0-0 0-0 0, Harrison 2-2 0-0 4, Tyler 0-2 0-0 0, Scotland-Williamson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-44 2-6 55.

SOUTHERN MISS (16-3) Page 1-5 2-2 5, Bolden 3-8 2-2 9, Johnson 4-6 0-1 9, Watson 3-5 4-4 11, Mills 2-4 2-4 6, Pelham 2-5 0-1 4, McGill 0-2 0-0 0, Dodson 7-17 0-0 15, Jenkins 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 22-53 10-14 59.

Halftime—Southern Miss. 25-24. 3-Point Goals— UAB 9-17 (Swing 5-9, Williams 1-1, Purifoy 1-1, Moore 1-1, Taylor 1-2, Whitaker 0-3), Southern Miss. 5-15 (Bolden 1-1, Watson 1-1, Johnson 1-2, Page 1-4, Dodson 1-5, Jenkins 0-1, McGill 0-1).

Fouled Out—Swing. Rebounds—UAB 31 (Moore 9), Southern Miss. 28 (Bolden 7). Assists—UAB 13 (Taylor 5), Southern Miss. 10 (Watson 4).

Total Fouls—UAB 17, Southern Miss. 14.

AUBURN 69, OLE MISS 68, 2OT

OLE MISS (11-6) Henry 2-8 0-0 5, Buckner 5-6 1-2 11, Holloway 5-8 1-3 11, Summers 6-15 6-8 22, Kendrick 2-7 0-0 4, Cox 1-2 0-0 2, White 0-3 0-0 0, Aniefiok 0-4 0-0 0, Short 0-0 0-0 0, Williams 5-18 1-2 13, Jones 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 26-72 9-15 68.

AUBURN (11-6) Gabriel 4-12 0-0 11, Forbes 0-2 0-0 0, Chubb 3-4 2-2 8, Ward 2-13 4-7 8, Denson 4-12 7-10 16, Langford 1-2 0-0 2, Payne 1-1 0-0 2, Wallace 1-2 0-0 3, Sullivan 6-9 5-9 19, Johnson 0-1 0-0 0, Kouassi 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-58 18-28 69.

Halftime—Auburn 25-20. End Of Regulation— Tied 57. End Of 1st Overtime—Tied 65. 3-Point Goals—Mississippi 7-28 (Summers 4-8, Williams 2-9, Henry 1-4, Aniefiok 0-2, Kendrick 0-2, White 0-3), Auburn 7-18 (Gabriel 3-6, Sullivan 2-5, Wallace 1-1, Denson 1-2, Ward 0-4). Fouled Out— Chubb, Williams. Rebounds—Mississippi 49 (Holloway 11), Auburn 39 (Gabriel 13). Assists—Ole Miss 15 (Summers 5), Auburn 16 (Ward 5). Total Fouls—Mississippi 25, Auburn 16. A—7,154.

PRAIRIE VIEW 72, JACKSON ST. 66

PRAIRIE VIEW (6-11) Montgomery 2-5 0-0 4, Chapman 6-9 0-2 12, Wright 1-1 0-1 2, Munks 7-19 7-10 25, Gesiakowski 1-5 0-0 3, DeMuynck 4-8 4-5 12, Bell 0-2 0-0 0, Scott 2-5 4-7 8, Meadows 1-1 4-5 6. Totals 24-55 19-30 72.

JACKSON ST. (3-14) Jones 0-0 0-0 0, Armstrong 0-0 0-0 0, Bush 6-15 4-4 17, Williams 8-19 3-6 20, Lewis 2-4 0-0 4,

Taylor 2-4 3-3 7, Stewart 2-5 0-0 4, Howard 1-8 4-4 6, Coleman 3-7 0-0 6, Readus 0-2 2-2 2, Sykes 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-64 16-19 66.

Halftime—Prairie View 39-29. 3-Point Goals— Prairie View 5-15 (Munks 4-10, Gesiakowski 1-3, Scott 0-1, Montgomery 0-1), Jackson St. 2-17 (Bush 1-6, Williams 1-7, Stewart 0-1, Lewis 0-1, Howard 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds— Prairie View 30 (DeMuynck 8), Jackson St. 40 (Taylor 12). Assists—Prairie View 9 (Bell, Montgomery, Munks 2), Jackson St. 6 (Howard, Williams 2). Total Fouls—Prairie View 15, Jackson St. 25. A—550.

MISS. VALLEY ST. 85, ALCORN ST. 66

ALCORN ST. (3-13) McDonald 1-6 3-6 5, Oakley 3-6 5-7 13, Rimmer 1-8 10-12 13, Francis 2-5 5-6 9, Starks 2-3 1-2 5, Hawkins 5-14 2-2 15, Moore 1-4 0-0 2, Tufono 0-2 0-0 0, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Sullivan 2-6 0-2 4.

Totals 17-54 26-37 66.

MVSU (5-11) Joyner 7-12 3-4 22, Studivant 2-4 3-4 7, Jones 4-10 4-6 14, Burwell 3-7 2-2 9, Crosby 5-8 1-2 14, Pugh 1-7 4-4 6, Pajkovic 1-2 1-2 4, Cox 4-10 1-3 9, Ralling 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-60 19-27 85.

Halftime—MVSU 40-26. 3-Point Goals—Alcorn St. 6-17 (Hawkins 3-7, Oakley 2-3, Rimmer 1-3, Moore 0-1, McDonald 0-1, Tufono 0-2), MVSU 12-32 (Joyner 5-9, Crosby 3-6, Jones 2-5, Pajkovic 1-2, Burwell 1-4, Pugh 0-3, Cox 0-3). Fouled Out—Joyner, Sullivan. Rebounds—Alcorn St. 32 (Francis 6), MVSU 48 (Jones 13). Assists—Alcorn St. 8 (Francis, McDonald, Moore 2), MVSU 18 (Burwell 7). Total Fouls—Alcorn St. 20, MVSU 26.

A—4,976.

women’s basketball Women’s Top 25 Schedule

Saturday’s Games No. 2 Notre Dame 76, Cincinnati 50 No. 3 UConn 72, Villanova 49 No. 4 Stanford 80, Colorado 54 No. 8 Rutgers 71, No. 16 Louisville 68, OT No. 10 Texas Tech vs. Kansas St., 2 p.m.

No. 12 Texas A&M 59, Iowa St. 33 No. 14 Green Bay 68, Detroit 59 Saint Mary’s (Calif.) 66, No. 23 Gonzaga 63 Today’s Games No. 6 Tennessee vs. No. 25 Vanderbilt, 1 p.m.

No. 7 Duke at Virginia Tech, 1 p.m.

No. 9 Kentucky at South Carolina, 2 p.m.

No. 11 Ohio St. at Michigan St., 3 p.m.

No. 13 Miami at Florida St., 2:30 p.m.

No. 17 Purdue vs. Iowa, 1 p.m.

No. 18 Georgetown vs. Syracuse, 11 a.m.

No. 19 Georgia at Mississippi St., 2 p.m.

No. 20 Delaware at Northeastern, 1 p.m.

nhL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP N.Y. Rangers...42 Philadelphia.....43 New Jersey.....44 Pittsburgh........43 N.Y. Islanders..42

W 28 26 25 22 16

L 10 13 17 17 20

OT 4 4 2 4 6

Pts 60 56 52 48 38

Northeast Division

GP Boston.............41 Ottawa.............46 Toronto............44 Buffalo.............44 Montreal...........44

W 28 25 22 19 16

L 12 15 17 20 20

OT 1 6 5 5 8

Pts 57 56 49 43 40

Southeast Division

GP Florida..............43 Washington......42 Winnipeg..........44 Carolina...........46 Tampa Bay......43

W 21 23 20 16 17

L 14 17 19 23 22

OT 8 2 5 7 4

Pts 50 48 45 39 38

GF 121 144 121 128 102

GA 86 128 125 113 131

GF 150 146 137 112 112

GA 81 146 137 129 122

GF 110 123 113 122 118

GA 120 123 128 152 150

GF 115 146 141 122 106

GA 94 130 103 119 147

GF 147 105 119 110 112

GA 110 113 128 127 126

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

GP St. Louis..........44 Chicago...........45 Detroit..............44 Nashville..........44 Columbus........44

W 26 26 28 25 12

L 12 13 15 15 27

OT 6 6 1 4 5

Pts 58 58 57 54 29

Northwest Division

GP Vancouver.......45 Minnesota........45 Colorado..........46 Calgary............45 Edmonton........43

W 28 22 24 21 16

L 14 16 20 19 23

OT 3 7 2 5 4

Pts 59 51 50 47 36

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose.........41 25 11 5 55 120 95 Los Angeles....44 21 15 8 50 97 100 Dallas...............43 24 18 1 49 120 125 Phoenix............45 20 18 7 47 114 118 Anaheim..........43 14 22 7 35 109 136 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

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

N.Y. Rangers at Montreal, 6 p.m.

San Jose at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Los Angeles at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Anaheim at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Monday’s Games Nashville at N.Y. Islanders, noon Colorado at Phoenix, 3 p.m.

Winnipeg at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m.

Boston at Florida, 6:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Dallas at St. Louis, 6:30 p.m.

LOTTERY Sunday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 2-8-8 La. Pick 4: 8-5-1-6 Monday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 3-1-6 La. Pick 4: 9-2-5-8 Tuesday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 7-3-4 La. Pick 4: 6-3-2-4 Wednesday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 1-7-2 La. Pick 4: 7-7-3-9 Easy 5: 3-19-25-28-33 La. Lotto: 10-13-16-26-27-29 Powerball: 5-19-29-45-47 Powerball: 25; Power play: 2 Thursday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 2-7-6 La. Pick 4: 7-0-8-3 Friday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 1-7-6 La. Pick 4: 4-9-0-3 Saturday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 9-5-9 La. Pick 4: 5-5-3-5 Easy 5: 5-6-15-22-27 La. Lotto: 10-15-22-24-26-38 Powerball: 10-30-36-38-41 Powerball: 1; Power play: 5

Sunday, January 15, 2012

The Vicksburg Post

college basketball

B3

Seminoles rout No. 3 Tar Heels

By The Associated Press

The associated press

Southern Miss guard Darnell Dodson shoots in front of UAB defenders Ovie Soko and Jordan Swing Saturday.

Bolden’s clutch 3-pointer lifts USM HATTIESBURG (AP) — Southern Miss coach Larry Eustachy wasn’t quite sure what made him prouder: That Maurice Bolden stepped up to take a 3-pointer with less than a minute to play, or that he made it.

Bolden’s 3-pointer with 58.3 seconds left gave Southern Miss the lead for good, and Neil Watson and Jonathan Mills each hit clutch free throws down the stretch as the Golden Eagles edged Alabama-Birmingham 59-55 on Saturday.

“Since I’ve been here, for ‘Mo’ Bolden to step and take the shot, let alone make as big a shot as we’ve had in a long, long time, is something,” Eustachy said. “It takes a lot of courage to take that shot

at that point in the game, but he’s worked hard to get to that point.”

The Golden Eagles (16-3, 3-1 Conference USA) bounced back from a midweek loss at Memphis that snapped their 11-game winning streak.

Swingman Darnell Dodson, who had managed just four points in Southern Miss’ last two games, scored 15 points, while Watson added 11.

Eustachy said Dodson, who had scored 10 points or more in five of the first six games since gaining his eligibility after the fall semester, had seen his time dwindle the past two games because of defensive deficiencies.

“There’s never been a problem with his offense,” Eustachy said. “Today, he was very good

defensively and deserved to stay out there.”

UAB (5-11, 0-3) has lost all three of its conference games by five points or less, as the Blazers saw a three-game winning streak in Hattiesburg snapped.

Blazers guard Jordan Swing hit 5 of 9 3-point attempts and scored a game-high 17 points, while center Cameron Moore added 13 points and a gamehigh nine rebounds.

The game was a tussle from the start. The largest lead for either team was six points in a game that featured four ties and 10 lead changes.

It appeared, for a while, that the difference might turn out to be Swing and his teammates’ proficiency behind the 3-point line. With 4:55 to

play, Robert Williams knocked down the Blazers’ ninth 3-pointer of the game to give UAB a 53-47 lead.

The Blazers, who had entered the game averaging 31.4 percent from beyond the arc, were hitting at a 60-percent clip at that point. But UAB would miss its final two attempts and the Golden Eagles turned to the long ball to rally.

Southern Miss guard LaShay Page, the conference leader in 3-pointers at three per game, made his lone shot of the game at 3:21, knocking down a 3-pointer to cut the Golden Eagles’ deficit to 53-50.

Then Bolden stepped up.

He first drove to the basket to get Southern Miss within 53-52 with 2 minutes to play.

Tigers outduel Rebels in double overtime AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Frankie Sullivan found his shooting touch and, at the end, the ball.

Sullivan broke out of a slump with 19 points and grabbed a key rebound, helping the Tigers survive for a 69-68, double-overtime victory over Ole Miss on Saturday.

The 6-foot-1 Sullivan, who didn’t score in the first half, won the battle for the ball after Kenny Gabriel blocked Jarvis Summers’ off-balance shot in the final seconds and Reginald Buckner couldn’t push it in. Sullivan was promptly fouled by Murphy Holloway and missed both free throws but with 1-tenth of a second to play, the Rebels had no time to get a shot off.

“They were tipping the ball a lot, and I was just waiting for an opportunity to come down with the ball,” Sullivan said. “I knew I could not really jump with those guys, so I was trying the best I could to box out.

“Once Murphy Holloway came down with it, I just grabbed onto the ball and tried to rip the ball away, and fortunately I was able to do so.”

Auburn (11-6, 1-2 Southeastern Conference) lost a 12-point lead in the second half and didn’t make a basket in the second extra period but managed to snap a three-game losing streak.

Neither team made a field goal in the second overtime until Buckner’s dunk off a pass from Summers brought the Rebels (10-7, 1-2) within a point with 34 seconds left.

That was it for the scoring.

Chris Denson dribbled across midcourt against the full-court press after the dunk but had the ball knocked away into Summers’ hands. Kennedy then called timeout with 12 seconds left to set up the final shot.

“We had a 6-footer and our two best rebounders with their hands on the ball,” Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy said of the final sequence. “We got it on the rim, which is what we

Deividas Dulkys scored a career-high 32 points and Michael Snaer added 17 as Florida State stunned No. 3 North Carolina 90-57 on Saturday, snapping the Tar Heels’ nine-game winning streak.

The Seminoles (11-6, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) started the second half on a 30-8 run to take a 66-36 lead en route to handing North Carolina its most lopsided conference loss since a 96-56 loss to Maryland in 2003.

It was the worst loss for North Carolina under coach Roy Williams.

Dulkys, whose previous career-high was 22 points, was 12 of 14 from the field and 8 of 10 from 3-point range.

He added four steals and a blocked shot. His 8 treys were a Florida State record in ACC play.

Harrison Barnes scored 15 points and Tyler Zeller added 14 for North Carolina (15-3, 2-1), which finished 4 of 21 from 3-point range.

Williams took his team — except for five walk-ons who finished the game — from the court with 14.2 seconds left in expectation of the court-storming by the Florida State fans.

The Seminoles never trailed after Dulkys’ first 3-pointer seconds after the opening tip.

It was an unexpected turnabout for a Florida State team that suffered a 79-59 defeat at Clemson just a week ago and came into Saturday’s game with the poorest 3-point shooting mark in the ACC at 30.2 percent. But behind Dulkys, the Seminoles hit 12 of 27 from long distance while the Tar Heels were simply off while playing on the road for the first time in six weeks.

Baylor 106, Okla. St. 65 Perry Jones III had 19 points and 12 rebounds, and No. 4 Baylor made a season-high 15 3-pointers to stay undefeated with a victory over Oklahoma State. Pierre Jackson scored 18 points and made five 3s for the Bears (17-0, 4-0 Big 12), who extended their schoolrecord winning streak to 17 games. Freshman Quincy Miller had 21 points with three 3-pointers.

Louisville 76, DePaul 59 Russ Smith scored 25 points, Chris Smith added 20 and No. 14 Louisville got back on the right track with a victory over DePaul despite not having leading scorer Kyle Kuric.

MVSU 85, Alcorn St. 66 Terrance Joyner scored 22 points and Falando Jones tallied a double-double, leading Mississippi Valley State in an win over Alcorn State to remain unbeaten in the Southwestern Athletic Conference.

Jones had 14 points and 13 rebounds, while Paul Crosby

Florida State’s Michael Snaer gets a shot off past the defense of North Carolina’s Jackson Simmons Saturday. also added 14 points for the Delta Devils (5-11, 4-0). MVSU has won a season-high four straight after losing 11 of its first 12 contests. Joyner also hit 5 of 9 attempts from beyond the arc.

JaMichael Hawkins scored 15 points to pace Alcorn State (3-13, 1-4), which has lost backto-back games and five of its last six overall.

Prairie View A&M 72, Jackson State 66 Louis Munks scored 25 points to lead Prairie View A&M to a 72-66 victory over Jackson State in Southwestern Athletic Conference play Saturday night.

Munks had 16 of his points in the first half, when the Panthers (6-11, 2-2) shot 51.6 percent (16 of 31) and took a 39-29 lead into the break. Prairie View used a 13-2 run to pull ahead 20-10 with 8:14 left.

Jenirro Bush added 17 points for Jackson State, which has lost four straight.

Arkansas 69, LSU 60 Arkansas found the shooting touch it needed in the second half to remain perfect at home.

BJ Young scored 19 points off the bench to lift the Razorbacks to a win over LSU. The win improves Arkansas (13-4, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) to 13-0 at home in Bud Walton Arena this season.

Arkansas led 30-29 at halftime before using a 9-0 run early in the second half to take control. The Razorbacks shot just 36 percent in the first half before heating up in the second, connecting on 13 of 24 shots (54 percent) to secure the win. Mardracus Wade added 14 points for the Razorbacks, and Julysses Nobles scored 13 of his 15 points in the second half.

Justin Hamilton led the Tigers (11-6, 1-2) with 20 points.

MSU Continued from Page B1.

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Auburn’s Frankie Sullivan drives the baseline around Ole Miss defender Reginald Buckner Saturday. Auburn won 69-68 in double overtime. ask. We got some clean tips but weren’t able to knock it down.”

The teams combined for seven points in overtime No. 2.

Sullivan, who came off the bench, also had four assists and four steals. He had made just five field goals in 24 attempts and scored 16 points over the previous three games.

“This is what we have been looking for,” Barbee said.

“Hopefully he is getting closer because we have a lot of guys who have been struggling. There is no one on this team who has been working harder to get out of that than

Frankie.”

Denson scored 16 points while Gabriel had 11 points and 13 rebounds and played all but 2 minutes. Both were 4-of-12 shooting. Varez Ward made just 2 of 13 attempts — and missed a potential gamewinner to close regulation — but had eight points and five assists.

“We missed over 25 layups tonight,” Barbee said. “If we make 8-of-25 we win going away.”

Summers went 4-of-8 from 3-point range and scored 22 points for the Rebels.

“I just told myself I had to make a play and step up and be a leader,” he said. “Even

though I am a freshman, I need to make a play.”

Nick Williams struggled to 5-of-18 shooting but had 13 points and a key 3-pointer.

Holloway had 11 points and 11 rebounds while Buckner collected 11 points and 10 boards.

They helped Ole Miss control the boards 49-39. The Rebels, who beat Arkansas without making a 3-pointer, launched 28 in this game and made only seven.

Summers scored the Rebels’ first six points in the initial overtime to take a 63-62 lead.

Then, Gabriel hit a 3-pointer with 1:35 left for his first points since halftime.

first basket of the game — to give the Bulldogs a 53-50 lead with 10 seconds remaining.

Bryant also made a layup with 1.2 seconds left that sealed the victory.

Bost’s 3-pointers might just be the signal that a lengthy shooting slump is over. He shot just 21-of-76 from the field (27.6 percent) over the past six games, and was having another rough game before the scoring outburst, missing his first four 3-point attempts.

Bost was key in the clutch, splashing home three straight from beyond the arc as a sold out Humphrey Coliseum roared in the background.

He finished with 17 points on 6-of-13 shooting, including 3-of-7 from 3-point range.

Until the frantic final min-

utes, it was a grinding, halfcourt game that focused on each team’s post players.

Moultrie got the best of the matchup, with 14 points and seven rebounds in the first half. His tip-in at the buzzer gave the Bulldogs a 27-21 halftime lead.

The 6-foot-11 Moultrie has been one of the SEC’s most productive players, averaging 15.9 points and 10.8 rebounds per game, and he gave the Crimson Tide plenty of problems with his athleticism and touch around the basket. He made 10 of 14 shots from the field and 5 of 7 from the free-throw line.

He was quiet in the game’s final minutes, but that was because Bost was taking all the shots. Nobody was arguing considering the results.

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Brady sets records in rout of Broncos FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady’s way of dealing with Tebowmania was to silence it with a record-shattering performance.

Brady threw six touchdown passes, five in the first half, putting the New England Patriots into the AFC championship game after roughing up Tim Tebow and the Denver Broncos 45-10 Saturday night.

The Patriots (14-3), winners of nine straight games, will host either Baltimore or Houston next Sunday for a spot in the Super Bowl. Saturday night’s romp snapped a three-game postseason losing streak, two of those at Gillette Stadium, and lifted the Patriots to the verge of their fifth Super Bowl appearance in 11 seasons. They’ve won three of those. From the first snap, this was a mismatch. The Patriots were not going to make the same mistakes the Steelers made against this team.

A nation transfixed by Tebow’s play, if not his principles, tuned in Saturday to see if he had more heroics in store for Brady and company.

He had nothing left as the Patriots made this must-see TV only for those who live in New England.

With New England up 42-7, the fans began their derisive

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New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski catches a 10-yard touchdown pass while being defended by Denver Broncos cornerback Andre Goodman Saturday.

Teeee-bow chants. On the next play, the Broncos quarterback was sacked for an 11-yard loss — one of five sacks for New England’s 31st-ranked defense.

And so ended one of the season’s most exciting story lines — one that began when Denver was 1-4 and made

Tebow a starter. The onetime third-stringer promptly won six in a row and seven of eight, with a string of stunning comebacks. That surge ended with a 41-23 home loss to New England, and the Broncos dropped their next two, backing into the AFC West title.

But they rebounded nicely in

their first playoff game since the 2005 season with the longest overtime touchdown in playoff history, an 80-yard catch and run by Demaryius Thomas against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Like everyone else on the Broncos’ offense, Thomas was invisible against the Patriots.

Saints Continued from Page B1. but even with all of that, the Saints were in position to win.

Sproles to a short pass from Brees and sprinted down the field for his score that made it 24-23. But the oft-maligned Smith, whom most 49ers fans did not want back in San Francisco this season, delivered in the clutch.

He fooled the Saints on his 28-yard touchdown run around left end to put San Francisco back ahead. But Brees answered quickly,

threading a perfect pass to Graham that beat Patrick Willis and Whitner to put the Saints ahead 32-29 on a 2-point conversion with thoughts of going to a third NFC title game in six seasons.

Smith completed five passes for 85 yards, mixing a couple of dumpoffs to Frank Gore with a pretty 47-yarder to Davis down the left sideline. Then with the Saints needing just one more stop to force the 49ers into a game-

tying field goal attempt, Davis got inside of safety Roman Harper for the gamewinner, absorbing a hard hit from the safety to make the catch in the opposite end zone from where Dwight Clark made “The Catch” 30 years ago to start the 49ers dynasty.

The Saints did not play soft coverage to protect the late lead with defensive coordinator Gregg Williams still calling up blitzes until the end.

“That is not our style of

defense,” safety Malcolm Jones said. “We don’t play prevent, we have never played it, and nothing is new.

Nothing has changed so we live by the blitz and we die by the blitz.”

San Francisco triumphed in its first playoff game in nine years and will move on to face the New York Giants or defending champion Green Bay Packers, who play Sunday. A win by the Giants would give the 49ers the home field.

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Parks and recreation softball umpires The Vicksburg Parks and Recreation Department is looking for softball umpires for both the youth fast-pitch and adult slow-pitch season.

Prospective umpires need to fill out city employment forms, which can be picked up at the parks and recreation office on 100 ArmyNavy Drive.

For more information, call Joseph Graves at 601-6344514.

VSO spring soccer registration Registration is currently open and will end today. You can pick up and drop off registration forms at Just Duett

and Sports Center. You may also mail your forms to P.O. Box 820457, Vicksburg 39182.

You can download a form on our website at www.vsosoccer.org. The games will be played at the Bovina soccer fields and ages 3-18 can play.

The fee for ages 3-4 is $50, 5-7 is $55, 8-9 is $65, and 10-18 is $70.

YMCA Biddyball registration open The Vicksburg YMCA is accepting registrations for

its Biddy Basketball program until Feb. 4. The six-week introductory program is for children in grades K-2 and focuses on fundamentals.

There will be four sessions available on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 4:15-5 p.m. and 5:15-6 p.m.

The sessions will be held at the Purks YMCA. To register, visit the Purks YMCA in person, or go online to www. vicksburgymca.com.

For more information, call 638-1071.

Becoming the master of calamities big and small The kids and grandboys were at Brownspur to celebrate New Year 2012, and son-in-law John brought up the subject of 2012 being the end of the world because the Mayan calendar supposedly ends in 2012. Since the Mayans themselves apparently ended centuries ago, I fail to see how anyone could subscribe to this theory with any hope of accuracy, but it does provide a topic of conversation. Our homegrown expert, who was demonstrating his mainmost expertise by putting together our new flatscreen TV, a Christmas gift, even pinpointed the supposed date for the Final Day: December 12th, or 12/12/12.

Daughter B.C. promptly blew that theory: “No way! If the world is gonna end next December, it’ll be on Dad’s birthday, the 22nd. Calamities are always happening to him, so I can guarantee that if the Final Day comes next December it will be 12/22/12.”

Consider that at the time I was sitting with my feet in a tub of vibrating hot water because, on my birthday of course, I had ventured upon the roof to try to find the source of a leak I’d discovered during a six-inch rain the night before. Once the rain ceased, I

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had gotten my trusty bucket of tar and a stick, then attempted to clamber up the valley over the kitchen to a small flat part of the roof which I suspected might be leaky.

As an aside, there should be something in the Bible to the effect that if a roof leaks on the inside, there should be a hole on the outside that one can see and fix. Don’t bother grabbing your own Bible to look; it ain’t there. I’ve been all though the Good Book looking for that reference in vain.

Anywho, the rain had stopped, but the roof was still wet since it was cloudy, therefore somewhat slippery, I discovered. I tried two different pairs of shoes, but could only get halfway up the valley, even with a running start. Bear in mind that at my age and the current state of my knees, a running start ain’t near’bout what it used to be for Rebel football. After several frustrating tries, and with a forecast of

more rain that night, I considered that the roof was not hot, so why not try it barefooted, so as to use my toes to grip with, like a monkey?

Not a good idea, if you were thinking of trying the same thing, at least on a shingled roof! I have worked on tin roofs early in the day barefooted, but take my word for it, it ain’t the same. I did indeed make it up the valley to the flat roof, tarred liberally (see Bible reference above), then calmly slid back down the valley on my tee-heinie, put my socks back on, and reached for my shoes.

When I started to put my left one on was when I saw the bloody sock.

We’ve already touched on the fact that my knees don’t work as advertised (it IS in the Bible that all old college football players have bad knees!), so I was unable to see the bottoms of my footsies to tell what was bleeding, but there was a gracious plenty of blood on both socks. I knew instinctively that if I was to go down and track bloody footprints on Betsy’s newly-refinished hardwood floors that she would make me bloody from head to toe, as the saying goes, so I forced my shoes on and

headed for the shower, where I stripped and stopped up the drain a little to form a pool to stand in and cleanse my feet. After drying off tenderly I shuffled to the bedroom on the towel, laid down nekkid on the floor, and held my feet up to the mirror on the closet door.

Indeed, my feet belonged to be bloody: I had gouged out four or five chunks of skin as big as my thumbnails! I had to get Betsy to come apply medication and bandages, then say good-bye to the next couple of weeks of deer season whilst I healed, something I’ve had a lot of practice doing because of my many calamities.

Okay, believers: the world indeed will end someday. Just mark 12/22 for that date on your calendars as a possible final day, and if you survive it, send me a birthday present each December, and mark next year’s calendar.

My own mother used to say “Bob can just walk through a room, and pictures will fall off the walls!” Calamities can be accurately predicted. Bet on 12/22/12.

• Bob Neill is an outdoors writer. He lives in Leland, Miss.

New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning is tackled by Atlanta Falcons strong safety James Sanders last week.

Giants and Packers promise fireworks

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Going into today’s NFC divisional playoff game against the New York Giants, Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers are best known for all the fireworks they’ve produced on offense.

That’s a good thing for the Super Bowl champions, because they’ve been remarkably vulnerable on defense.

All season, the Packers have been giving up yards in big chunks and bailing themselves out by forcing turnovers. And while the Giants might hope to slow the game down by establishing the run and keeping Rodgers on the sideline, the last meeting between the two teams — a 38-35 victory by the Packers on a last-second field goal Dec. 4 — could mean Sunday is shaping up as another fastpaced game that comes down to the last possession. With Eli Manning and the offense on a role, the Giants like their chances this time around.

“I think if we get into a shootout like we did last time, I think we will be OK,” wide receiver Victor Cruz said. “But it will have to come down to who has the last touch.”

Meanwhile, the Packers’ defense is looking to hit the reset button in the playoffs.

“This is a fresh start for us to right all our wrongs,” defensive lineman Ryan Pickett said.

“We’re excited about it. It’s the same group that did it last year, the same team, so we know it’s there to do it. You just have to do it. Time is running out. This is one-and-done, so we have to get it done.”

Manning can draw on the Giants’ victory in a frigid NFC championship game at Lam-

NFL on TV Today’s Games Noon CBS - Houston at Baltimore 3:30 p.m. Fox - New York Giants at Green Bay beau Field four years ago, but he doesn’t think that experience is relevant.

“It’s a new year, a new team, new players going against a new team,” Manning said. “It’s just a matter of guys executing, guys knowing the game plan, going in there, looking forward to the opportunity that’s ahead of us, getting excited about it and have the attitude that we’re going to go in there and play great football.”

Green Bay’s defense gave up more yards than any other team this season, an average of 411.6 per game. Packers coaches and players shrug off that statistic, pointing out that their ballhawking defense has been able to come up with enough turnovers and stops in critical situations to help the team go 15-1.

What’s more troubling than the yards is the number of big plays. According to STATS LLC, the Packers gave up 80 plays of 20-plus yards this season — third-most in the league this season, and 26 more big plays than they gave up last season.

The Packers have been better in the second half of the season, giving up 25 big plays in the past eight games, according to STATS. They’re certain to be tested

by Manning, a talented group of wide receivers and a running game that finally seems to be playing up to its potential.

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2012 CHILL IN THE HILLS Results 10K Run - Men

Overall: Nathan Davis 36:03 Masters: Scott Stringer 41:30 Grand Masters: Mark Lipking 43:22 14 & Under: Chip Fields 52:05, Travis Blanche 53:15, 53:15, Slade Kingston-Miles 57:47 15-19: Eclecius Franklin 40:34, Mack Davidson 43:19, Chris Luke 50:07 20-24: Scott McCaa 47:15, John Ingram 49:29, Tony Tony Craig 57:43 25-29: Mathew Mixon 44:41, Andy Hite 49:16, Lee Hendrick 51:51 30-34: Chris McNeese 40:29, Eric Mason 44:41, Wayne Meek 45:43 35-39: Jonathan Pennington 46:53, Matthew Farthing 47:36, Kevin Kornfehrer 52:28 40-44: Bryan Lagg 42:36, Bryan Register 43:43, Omar Martinez 46:14 45-49: Blake Teller 47:43, Dale Cordes 48:20, John Duett 49:11 50-54: Hollywood Burns 43:31, Charles Allred 47:26, Tim Kerut 48:34 55-59: Glen Crotwell 43:26, Jose Llopis 48:16, Eric SWeill 49:18 60-64: Carlos Prevost 47:53, Edward Hill 52:29, Robert Sadler 54:08 65 & Over: Mack Varner 51:56, Tom Shuff 1:02:28, Fred Tracy 1:23:24

­—— 10K Run - Women

Overall: Kristi Hall 44:01 Masters: Shannon Carson 47:57 Grand Masters: Lucretia Hunt 55:41 14 & Under: Natasha Horn 47:55, Hannah Huntley 57:50, Savannah Thomas 1:04:08 15-19: Hannah Register 48:21 20-24: Claiborne Bryant 1:00:55, Lyndsey Freeny 1:00:55, Sydney Briggs 1:02:40 25-29: Jennifer Flood 50:52, Leah Burns 58:15, Jessica Shull 59:26 30-34: Ashley Mason 47:47, Jessie Diaz 48:11, Marissa Mucho 53:01 35-39: Missy Broome 55:15, Brandie McMullin 56:22, Jenny Phillips 57:16 40-44: Kimberly Mansfield 53:43, Tammy Jackson 56:13, Mindy Giambrone 56:16 45-49: Lee Johnson 54:56, Debbie Cheney 55:47, Dianne Sibley 1:03:29 50-54: Laura Callaway 56:24, Debi Aden 59:56, Donna Ingram 1:00:52 55-59: Patti Hittler 1:02:24, Romona Beavers 1:11:16 60-64: Beth Shoemaker 1:36:36

10K RUN RESULTS COMPLETE 10K RUN RESULTS

Place Name 1 1 Nathan Davis 2 1 Chris McNeece 3 1 Eclecius Franklin 4 1 Scott Stringer 5 1 Bryan Lagg 6 2 Mack Davidson 7 1 Mark Lipking 8 1 Glen Crotwell 9 2 Hollywood Burns 10 2 Bryan Register 11 1 Kristi Hall 12 2 Eric Mason 13 2 Mathew Mixon 14 3 Wayne Meek 15 3 Omar Martinez 16 4 Mark Wiyguk

Age 25M 30M 16M 45M 44M 16M 53M 57M 53M 43M 33F 32M 29M 32M 41M 42M

Time 36:03 40:29 40:34 41:31 42:36 43:19 43:22 43:26 43:31 43:43 44:01 44:41 44:41 45:43 46:14 46:23

17 4 Branan Southerland 32M 18 1 Jonathan Pennington 36M

46:32 46:53

19 1 20 3 21 2 22 2 23 2 24 1 25 1 26 1 27 5 28 3 29 2 30 3 31 1 32 4 33 4 34 3 35 3 36 2 37 3 38 5 39 5 40 1 41 4 42 1 43 1 44 3 45 6 46 2 47 4 48 4 49 4 50 2 51 5 52 6 53 6 54 2 55 5 56 3 57 6 58 7 59 7 60 6 61 1 62 7 63 1 64 5 65 1 66 5 67 2 68 8 69 8 70 8 71 4 72 3 73 4 74 7 75 2 76 2 77 5 78 9 79 8 80 7 81 3 82 4

47:15 47:26 47:36 47:43 47:47 47:53 47:55 47:57 48:01 48:11 48:16 48:20 48:21 48:34 49:11 49:16 49:18 49:29 50:07 50:31 50:35 50:52 51:51 51:56 52:05 52:28 52:36 52:59 53:01 53:04 53:06 53:15 53:16 53:18 53:21 53:43 54:01 54:08 54:21 54:41 54:50 54:55 54:56 55:01 55:15 55:32 55:41 55:43 55:47 55:56 55:58 56:01 56:08 56:13 56:16 56:16 56:22 56:24 56:26 56:28 57:04 57:13 57:16 57:17

Scott McCaa Charles Allred Matthew Farthing Blake Teller Ashley Mason Carlos Prevost Natasha Horn Shannon Carson Ali Williams Jessie Diaz Jose Llopis Dale Cordes Hannah Register Tim Kerut John Duett Andy Hite Eril Weill John Ingram Chris Luke Rich Feibleman Bill Fulcher Jennifer Flood Lee Hendrick Mack Varner Chip Fields Kevin Kornfuhrer Terry Waller Edward Hill Marissa Mucho Larry Griffin Stewart Witt Travis Blanche Brady Clark Rusty Walker Brian Gough Kimberly Mansfield Aaron Quinn Robert Sadler Corey Albritton Jim Smith Casey Custer Joel Angle Lee Johnson Matthew Dryden Missy Broome Eric Munson Lucretia Hunt Gemma Meek Debbie Cheney Jeb Blackburn Brian Lambiotte Mark Horn Jimmy Salmon Tammy Jackson Mindy Giambrone Brian Blanche Brandie McMillin Laura Callaway Lori Burke Nathan Cummins John Coccaro John Kilkinny Jenny Phillips Jaye Myers

20M 52M 38M 45M 32F 62M 13F 43F 40M 30F 58M 49M 17F 52M 49M 28M 56M 20M 18M 32M 51M 26F 27M 67M 13M 36M 53M 60M 31F 56M 39M 14M 39M 36M 32M 44F 28M 62M 42M 40M 36M 28M 46F 31M 38F 45M 52F 34F 48F 36M 33M 43M 60M 42F 44F 53M 37F 50F 42F 31M 50M 28M 39F 39F

Place Name Age Time 83 9 Scotti Jowers 41M 57:27 84 9 Tyrone Sampson 52M 57:34 85 9 Tony Bishop 39M 57:41 86 3 Tony Craig 22M 57:43 87 6 Lanesha Sims 31F 57:45 88 3 Slade Kingston-Miles 12M 57:47 89 2 Hannah Huntley 11F 57:50 90 4 Rowdy Bishop 16M 57:57 91 5 Josh Sumrall 17M 57:58 92 4 Townsend Derivaux 12M 58:12 93 2 Leah Burns 28F 58:15 94 10 Robert Chandler 35M 58:27 95 10 Steve Roland 41M 58:31 96 7 Christy Slawson 33F 59:11 97 3 Jessica Shull 27F 59:26 98 5 Amanda Martin 36F 59:41 99 8 Robert Butler 29M 59:51 100 3 Debi Aden 53F 59:56 101 4 Eames Henley 24M 1:00:17 102 10 Bobby Harrell 52M 1:00:47 103 8 Jennifer Kornfuhrer 30F 1:00:49 104 4 Donna Ingram 52F 1:00:52 105 1 Claibourne Bryant 20F 1:00:55 106 2 Lyndsey Freeny 23F 1:00:55 107 6 Danielle Warnock 40F 1:00:59 108 5 MiHyang Faulks 53F 1:01:02 109 6 Emily Custer 36F 1:01:21 110 10 Riley Nelson 34M 1:01:49 111 1 Patti Hittler 58F 1:02:24 112 2 Tom Shuff 65M 1:02:28 113 9 Claire Huntley 34F 1:02:38 114 3 Sydney Briggs 22F 1:02:40 115 11 Loui Moran 30M 1:02:41 116 7

Stephanie Cox-Engler 40F 1:02:42

117 4 118 12 119 8 120 3 121 3 122 5 123 5 124 6

Katherine Barnett 27F 1:03:20 Witt Ruffin 30M 1:03:26 Susan Ellison 42F 1:03:29 Dianne Sibley 49F 1:03:29 Savannah Thomas 13F 1:04:08 Catherine Colwell 29F 1:04:16 Michael Colwell 60M 1:04:17 Jan Clarke 54F 1:04:20

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Sabrina Kingston-Miles 43F 1:04:51

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Paige Hutchinson Debbie Haworth Betsy Ball John McKeown Kim Barnes Bill Johnston Lindsay Mixon Angela Marshall Tommy Baldwin Katrina Shirley Heidi Chausse Stephanie Purvis Paul Bennett Dreamer Jowers Colin Standish Holly Angle Sabrina Ruffin Ramona Beavers Dana Walker Michelle Coccaro Angela Standish Sarah Williams Doug Sills Clark Huntley Tracey Boyd Steve Alexander Christopher Davis Mark Davis

30F 1:05:00 49F 1:05:06 28F 1:05:08 34M 1:05:51 45F 1:06:29 41M 1:06:51 30F 1:07:36 28F 1:07:45 62M 1:07:52 25F 1:08:29 54F 1:08:30 33F 1:09:15 48M 1:09:40 36F 1:09:42 12M 1:09:48 52F 1:09:53 29F 1:10:09 55F 1:11:16 33F 1:11:45 44F 1:12:01 36F 1:12:44 31F 1:13:16 57M 1:13:17 40M 1:14:12 48F 1:15:18 44M 1:15:19 10M 1:15:25 39M 1:15:26

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David Jones Jackie Davis Penny Johnston David Slone Fred Tracy Mark Luke Nikki Davis John Angle Amanda Dunn Robert Jones Beth Shoemaker

59M 1:19:35 49F 1:19:36 41F 1:20:15 64M 1:20:18 66M 1:23:24 39M 1:23:45 42F 1:24:03 54M 1:24:34 27F 1:24:43 63M 1:25:55 62F 1:36:36

Brenden Neville•The Vicksburg Post

A group of 10K runners round the first turn of the race at Cherry and Belmont Streets during the Chill in the Hills event 5K Walk - Men

Overall: Terry Wages 31:42 Masters: Greg Hull 34:49 Grand Masters: Bill Seabergh 33:23 Wheelchair: Cody Goss 35:05 19 & Under: Zachary Taylor 37:06, Connor Clark 37:09, Chandler Raish 37:10 20-29: Sam Harris 42:36, Michael Downs 43:44, Jacob Harmon 53:59 30-39: Rod Simmons 33:52, Luke Smith 35:10, Thomas Brown 37:51 40-49: Orlando Jones 35:43, Alvin Stimage 35:54, John Milazzo 39:16 50-59: Gordon Sluis 33:48, Michael Madell 34:34, Charles Atkins 34:54 60-69: Larry Sykes 33:55, Brad Heisler 34:35, ken Laney 36:03 70 & Over: David Speyerer 38:49, Buddy McKay 43:02, Frank McRae 55:51

­—— 5K Walk - Female

Overall: Hannah Rubin 34:29 Masters: Maria Signa 35:52 Grand Masters: Donna Gonzales 35:14 19 & Under: Madalyn Burke 37:08, Kelsey Matthews 39:14, Ashton Pierce 39:45 20-29: Elyssa Lassiter 35:53, Jennifer Rigby 37:50, Renee Channel 41:43 30-39: Rachael Walker 36:06, Kristy Manor 36:11, Amy Scott 40:06 40-49: Kelly Sanders 36:53, laura Wages 38:15, Kristie Odom 38:20 50-59: Joyce Beacham 35:35, Wanda Downs 35:55, Tina Harvey 35:56 60-69: Merle Ewer 42:23, Linda Hall 44:06, Karen Williams 47:56 70 & Over: Martha Keenum 37:24, Elizabeth Gilcrease 39:20, Peggy Flanagan 41:03

5K WALK RESULTS Place Name Age 1 1 Terry Wages 50M 2 1 Bill Seabergh 66M 3 2 Gordon Sims 58M 4 1 Rod Simmons 38M 5 2 Larry Sykes 67M 6 1 Hannah Rubin 14F 7 3 Michael Madell 52M 8 3 Brad Heisler 63M 9 1 Greg Hull 48M 10 4 Charles Atkins 55M 11 Cody Goss(WC) 33 12 2 Luke Smith 33M 13 1 Donna Gonzales 68F 14 1 Joyce Beacham 55F 15 2 Orlando Jones 47M 16 1 Mana Signa 42F 17 1 Elyssa Lassiter 22F 18 3 Alvin Stimage, Sr. 44M 19 2 Wanda Downs 52F 20 5 Hays Latham 58M

Time 31:42 33:23 33:48 33:52 33:55 34:29 34:34 34:35 34:49 34:54 35:05 35:10 35:14 35:35 35:43 35:52 35:53 35:54 35:55 35:55

Place Name Age 21 3 Tina Harvey 54F 22 4 Ken Laney 61M 23 1 Rachael Walker 30F 24 2 Kristy Manor 37F 25 4 Evelyn Dent 53F 26 2 Kelly Sanders 43F 27 1 Zachary Taylor 15M 28 2 Madalyn Burke 10F 29 2 Connor Clarke 11M 30 3 Chandler Raish 11M 31 5 Mary Rogers 53F 32 1 Martha Keenum 75F 33 4 Josh Collins 12M 34 6 Lynn Love 52F 35 6 Jim Rigby 54M 36 2 Jennifer Rigby 25F 37 3 Thomas Brown 36M 38 3 Laura Wages 41F 39 4 Kristie Odom 41F 40 7 Eddie Smith 51M

Time 35:56 36:03 36:06 36:11 36:48 36:53 37:06 37:08 37:09 37:10 37:21 37:24 37:41 37:43 37:49 37:50 37:51 38:15 38:20 38:46

Chill

Place Name Age 41 2 David Speyerer 82M 42 5 Sheila Smith 47F 43 7 Corin Morrison 56F 44 8 Bob Morrison 56M 45 3 Kelsey Matthews 13F 46 4 John Milazzo 45M 47 3 Elizabeth Gilcrease 73F 48 5 paul Burke 49M 49 4 Ashton Pierce 11F 50 6 Tami Milazza 40F 51 8 Trish Madell 52F 52 3 Amy Scott 34F 53 4 Holly Mallory 33F 54 5 Merry McKeown 31F 55 4 Derrick Stamps 38M 56 9 Susan Taylor 52F 57 5 Bill Libbey 62M 58 10 Mary Wright 56F 59 6 Leslie Young 30F 60 7 Cathy Blanche 48F 61 4 Peggy Flanagan 76F 62 6 Bill Mann 61M 63 8 Tracey Prewitt 47F 64 3 Renee Channel 26F 65 11 Frances Odom 57F 66 7 Sharolyn Magee 32F 67 8 Jennifer Herrington 31F 68 2 Merle Ewer 62F 69 9 Melody Tiemann 35F 70 10 Mitzi Reed 31F 71 11 Katie Wright 33F 72 12 Lisa Tillotson 51F 73 1 Sam Harris 29M 74 7 James Blackburn 66M 75 5 Buddy McKay 72M 76 6 Nancy Lindsey 45M 77 9 Annette Kirklin 43F 78 2 Michael Downs 28M 79 5 Ashley Myers 10F 80 10 Susan Kendall 45F 81 6 Madison Kendall 13F 82 7 Addy Eckstein 13F 83 8 Emme Connell 11F 84 13 Lulu Selma 54F 85 7 Chad Phillips 40M 86 11 Roxanna Borries 45F 87 4 Frankie Borries 22F 88 14 Patsy Humble 57F 89 3 Linda Hall 67F 90 12 Sandra Brasfield 34F 91 9 Mark Catchot 54M 92 8 Chuck Myers 41M 93 9 Darryl Blakely 43M 94 8 Hershcel hale 69M 95 13 DaSha Stuart 35F 96 14 Michelle Viming 32F 97 Arturo Barrera M

Time 38:49 38:53 39:10 39:11 39:14 39:16 39:20 39:43 39:45 39:48 40:05 40:05 40:07 40:32 40:47 40:49 40:56 41:00 41:01 41:01 41:03 41:31 41:37 41:43 41:59 42:12 42:13 42:23 42:31 42:33 42:34 42:35 42:36 42:37 43:02 43:27 43:39 43:44 43:50 43:51 43:51 43:52 43:52 43:53 43:54 43:58 43:59 44:06 44:06 44:12 44:14 44:15 44:16 44:20 44:34 44:34 44:37

Place Name Age 98 15 Amy Tellez 33F 99 15 Odalis Sijin 51F 100 16 Sue Douglas 58F 101 16 Sirobe Carstafhnur 30F 102 17 Linda Brown 53F 103 6 Norma Habeeb 70F 104 10 Jack Williams 59M 105 10 Fred Burkhalter 47M 106 5 Andrew Nye 34M 107 6 James Grandy 30M 108 5 Dana McCullough 27F 109 6 Pamela Grady 28F 110 17 Amy McDonald 35F 111 18 Lisa Breazeale 36F 112 19 Courtney Holmes 37F 113 12 Rachel Lowery 40F 114 11 Michael Sikes 53M 115 20 Sheri Gridsby 39F 116 13 Adrienne Eckstein 44F 117 4 Karen Williams 63F 118 21 Jennifer Mattingly 38F 119 22 Anna Lee 33F 120 23 Jennifer Butler 31F 121 24 Alexis Bankston 35F 122 25 Melissa Martin 33F 123 18 Mary Hancock 51F 124 14 Rhonda Bradley 40F 125 7 Melanie Dillard 27F 126 7 Dot Hawkins 72F 127 8 Brandi Pannell 25F 128 15 Missy Tello 46F 129 19 Charlotte Embry 50F 130 11 Noel Tello 46M 131 12 Stephen Wall 50M 132 9 Conitra Wall 24F 133 5 Mary Muffett 61F 134 20 Bobbie Parker 51F 135 6 Elke Briuer 68F 136 21 Anne Carpenter 55F 137 10 Rebecca McGinty 27F 138 22 Kathy Mouser 51F 139 11 Sara Wilson 20F 140 16 Deborah Wilson 44F 141 26 Devan Greer 33F 142 12 Robin Greer 27F 143 27 Shannon Winston 32F 144 28 Angela Scholz 34F 145 9 Alaina Warnock 10F 146 3 Jacob Harmon 23M 147 10 Hannah Harmon 18F 148 29 Melissa Harmon 32F 149 30 Kristen McKenzie 31F 150 8 Sylvia Rieger 77F 151 9 Frank McRae 74M 152 11 Analese Warnock 8F 153 5 Ryan Warnock 14M 154 12 Tess Frazier 14F 155 12 Randy Wilson 44M

Time 44:43 45:04 45:23 45:25 45:25 45:29 45:42 46:09 46:17 46:37 46:38 46:39 46:44 46:44 46:49 46:55 47:30 47:34 47:35 47:56 47:58 48:05 48:06 48:07 48:09 48:14 48:15 48:30 48:33 48:39 49:11 49:56 50:14 50:28 50:31 50:51 50:57 51:01 51:19 51:27 51:47 51:48 51:49 53:02 53:02 53:17 53:27 53:38 53:59 54:00 54:00 54:26 55:50 55:51 56:08 56:09 56:10 60:31

One Mile - Male

Overall: Graham Tweedle 7:17

Continued from Page B1. and the Over the River Run, used last week’s Mississippi Blues Marathon in Jackson to get ready for the Chill in the Hills.

“I had a real good race in the half marathon and that got me really excited for today,” Hall said. “This was a much steeper course than in the past. I guess we have Joe Giambrone to thank for that.

I just survived it today.”

Frazier said the new course layout was able to show more of Vicksburg’s downtown neighborhoods.

“We’ve heard a lot of favorable comments about it and we got it right at 6.2 miles,” Frazier said.

Good weather and a big turnout of kids, helped boost the race’s participation levels.

“We had incredible weather and we had a lot of kids come out at the last minute,” Fra-

on Saturday. The run and walk drew 361 participants to the streets of downtown Vicksburg.

zier said. “I think we’re close to 400 and that would give us 100 more than last year.”

One of those kids, a 14-yearold from Puckett, won the women’s 10K walk. Hannah Rubin clocked a 34:29 to claim her first Chill in the Hills title.

“I thought it was a good competitive course,” Rubin said.

Terry Wages of Brandon won the men’s walk in 31:42. This was the former Tupelo resident’s first race in Vicksburg.

“It was challenging because of the hills,” Wages said. “I hope to be back for the Run Through History.”

Taking the one-mile fun were Graham Tweedle, 10, of Valley Park and Elise Piazza, 11, of Vicksburg.

5 & Under: Tony Fields 11:07, Keegan Blount 13:24 6-7: Zane Thomas 9:15, Wyatt Devine 10:05, Ethan Smith 11:11 8-9: Reid Bourne 8:57, Andrew Fields 9:29, Sam McMillin 11:25 10-12: Gareet Vincent 7:52, Karsten Keyes 7:54, Connor Smith 8:18

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Overall: Elise Piazza 7:55 6-7: Mari Theobald 12:11, Natalie Southerland 15:26 8-9: Ellen Beard 7:55, Cassidy Lampkin 8:37, Natalie Burke 9:14 10-12: Ansley Myers 8:31, Gracie Phillips 8:32, Maddie Watkins 8:50kin 8:37, Natalie Burke 9:14 10-12: Ansley Myers 8:31, Gracie Phillips 8:32, Maddie Watkins 8:50

ONE MILE RUN RESULTS

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Mathew Mixon, left, 29, and Eric Mason, 32, sprint across the line after a race to the finish of the 10K race during the Chill in the Hills Saturday.

Place Name Age 1 1 Graham Tweedle 10M 2 2 Garrett Vincent 12M 3 3 Karsten Keyes 11M 4 1 Elise Piazza 11F 5 1 Ellen Beard 9F 6 4 Connor Smith 11M 7 5 Jeff McMillin 11M 8 2 Ansley Myers 12F 9 3 Gracie Phillips 10F 10 2 Cassidy Lampkin 9F 11 4 Maddie Watkins 10F 12 1 Reid Bourne 8M 13 3 Natalie Burke 9F 14 1 Zane Thomas 7M 15 2 Andrew Fields 9M 16 2 Wyatt Devine 6M 17 5 Madalyn Burke 10F 18 6 Natalie Jones 10F 19 6 Benjamin Lobred 10M 20 4 Starling Devine 9F

Time 7:17 7:52 7:54 7:55 7:55 8:18 8:20 8:31 8:32 8:37 8:50 8:57 9:14 9:15 9:29 10:05 10:06 10:19 10:28 10:29

Place Name Age 21 5 Jaleigh Ehrgott 9F 22 7 Maddie Stokes 10F 23 8 Ashton Pierce 11F 24 6 Jordan Wright 8F 25 1 Tony Fields 5M 26 3 Ethan Smith 6M 27 3 Sam McMillin 9M 28 4 Andy Jennings 9M 29 9 Aryn Greer 10F 30 7 Anna Hoben 9F 31 1 Mari Theobald 6F 32 Mike Jennings 50M 33 2 Keegan Blount 4M 34 10 Rebekah Ellison 11F 35 11 Lexi Sibley 10F 36 2 Natalie Southerland 6F 37 8 Alyssa Gordon 9F 38 9 Angelina Haddar 8F 39 12 Beki Johnson 10F 40 4 Ben McMillin 6M 41 5 Landy Tweedle 6M

Time 10:43 10:44 10:56 11:06 11:07 11:11 11:25 11:37 11:52 11:53 12:11 13:11 13:24 13:35 13:52 15:26 16:09 16:10 17:43 17:43 20:04

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Sunday, January 15, 2012

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third time’s a charm

TONIGHT ON TV n MOVIE “Law Abiding Citizen” — Ten years after his wife and child die in a home invasion, a man, Gerard Butler, carries out an elaborate plot against the prosecutor, Jamie Foxx, who cut a deal with one of the killers./6 on TNT n SPORTS NFL playoffs — The New York Giants almost upset defending Super Bowl champion Green Bay in the regular season. Now, they get another chance when the teams meet in an NFC division playoff game at Lambeau Field./3:30 on Fox Jamie Foxx n PRIMETIME “Undercover Boss” — Diamond Resorts International chairman and CEO Stephen J. Cloobeck goes under cover in the company to get a close look at the inner-workings of his company./7 on CBS

THIS WEEK’S LINEUP n EXPANDED LISTINGS TV TIMES — Network, cable and satellite programs appear in Sunday’s TV Times magazine and online at www.vicksburgpost. com

MILESTONES n BIRTHDAYS Margaret O’Brien, actress, 75; Andrea Martin, actress, 65; Mario Van Peebles, actor-director, 55; Lisa Lisa, singer, 45; Chad Lowe, actor, 44; Regina King, actress, 41; Eddie Cahill, actor, 34; Pitbull, rapper/reggaeton artist, 31; Skrillex, electric dance musician, 24. n DEATH Charles Price — A former U.S. ambassador to Great Britain who coordinated friendly relations between President Ronald Reagan and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, has died at 80 in California, a family spokesman said Friday. Price, who also served as Reagan’s ambassador to Belgium, died Thursday night at his home in Indian Wells, family spokesman Michael Landes told The Associated Press. Landes said the family had asked him not to immediately release the cause of death.

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Locklear released from hospital Actress Heather Locklear was released Friday from a hospital after she was treated in the intensive care unit for an unknown ailment.

She was discharged in the afternoon, Los Robles Hospital spokeswoman Kris Carraway-Bowman told The Associated Press. The 50-year-old “Melrose Place” actress was hospitalized Thursday.

The hospital in the Los Angeles suburb of Heather Locklear Thousand Oaks said earlier in the day that Locklear was medically stable and being cared for one-on-one in the ICU. Paramedics transported her from her home in Westlake Village, 35 miles northwest of Los Angeles.

Locklear has been hospitalized several times over the years. In 2009, she pleaded no contest to reckless driving after being arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of prescription medication.

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Man arrested for too much cowbell Demonstrators calling for the recall of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker learned there really is such a thing as too much cowbell.

Oshkosh police arrested a 26-year-old Appleton man on Thursday after he kept playing a cowbell and shaking it in an officer’s face when he and other protesters were told to be quiet.

When the officer tried to take the cowbell, the man pushed the officer. A 25-year-old Appleton woman then hit the officer in the back with her picket sign while the man was being handcuffed.

Both were taken to the Winnebago County Jail. Police will recommend that the man be charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest and the woman be charged with disorderly conduct and battery to an officer.

TOMORROW’S HOROSCOPE

BY BERNICE BEDE OSOL • NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Your peers will find you so appealing that they’ll be trying to emulate your behavior and tactics.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Be a good listener as well as a good observer, regardless of whom is doing the talking.

Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20) — A joint endeavor could work out better than expected, especially if it involves someone with whom you’ve previously experienced success.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Regulating your pace could greatly help you with your attitude and outlook, as well as prevent restlessness.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — If you can, you should devote some relaxing hours to your favorite hobby, and if it challenges your manual and mental dexterity, so much the better.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Forgo your usual activities and/or routine for the day and engage in something different.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Regardless of what you do, the secret for producing desirable results is to maintain a consistent pace.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — You’re likely to learn something of real value from a person whose ideas you usually discount.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Sharing what you have with others will not only please the recipients but afford you a great deal of satisfaction as well.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — You should now be able to control a situation that up until now has been dominated by outside factors and was way beyond your reach.

Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — If possible, avoid any social involvement that includes people with whom you have little in common.

Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — This is an excellent day to pick up the phone and plan to do something with a person whom you recently met and would like to get to know better.

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Moyers returning to TV with leaner show

By Frazier Moore AP television writer NEW YORK — Wearing what is meant to be a sheepish smile, Bill Moyers greets a reporter by acknowledging that, yes, twice before just in the past decade, he has launched a much-acclaimed public affairs TV series, then called it quits, professing to be done with television — only to launch yet another such show a couple of years later.

He is doing it again. At age 77, this self-proclaimed “citizen journalist” re-engages with his audience when “Moyers & Company” premieres on public television stations across the country this weekend.

“We will not be doing the extensive field reporting; we will not be doing the highproduction-value stories this time,” he notes, conceding that “Moyers & Company” will be a bit more lean-and-mean than such past series as “Bill Moyers Journal” (2007-2010) and, before it, “Now With Bill Moyers” (2002 to 2004).

But “Moyers & Company” will be gratefully received by anyone who has followed his TV career, which began four decades ago, after several years with President Lyndon Johnson, whom he served as special assistant and press secretary, and after a stint as deputy director of the Peace Corps, and after a stretch as publisher of the Long Island newspaper Newsday. (The Texas native’s resume also includes a divinity degree: He’s an ordained Baptist minister.) “’Moyers & Company’ will essentially be my probing other people’s ideas, and intelligence, and experiences,” he says in his hushed, almost pastoral tone.

This brand-new weekly hour promises to be no less important, thoughtful and far-flung in its interests than his past TV projects, addressing subjects that range from politics to poetry, and with a nuanced approach that defies the polarization endemic to most TV interview programs.

Oddly, Moyers first considered leaving television as a TV

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Bill Moyers

‘We will not be doing the extensive field reporting; we will not be doing the high-production-value stories this time,’ Moyer notes, conceding that “Moyers & Company” will be a bit more lean-and-mean than such past series as “Bill Moyers Journal” (2007-2010) and, before it, “Now With Bill Moyers” (2002 to 2004).’

On TV “Moyers and Company” will be shown Sundays at 10:30 p.m. on PBS.

newcomer. Then in his 30s, he was hosting a public-television interview show called “This Week With Bill Moyers,” but couldn’t quite crack the TV style.

“This isn’t working,” he remembers his producer telling him that painful first season. “You’re NOT an undertaker!”

“I was ready to retire,” Moyers recalls, “and go back to newspapering.”

But the producer urged him to give it another try and, when he was on the air, to imagine he was speaking to just one, familiar person. He chose his grandmother.

“And it really did work,” he says. “It was a turning point.”

The next season the program was renamed “Bill Moyers

Journal” and began to catch on.

Only years later did Moyers tell his grandmother she had been his designated viewer while he did his show.

“But I’ve been curious,” he asked her. “Did you watch?”

“She said, ‘Oh, I never missed a program.’ And I said, ‘What did you think?’ And she replied, ‘I thought you were so pretty!’”

Moyers laughs affectionately.

“It didn’t matter what I said!”

But it has always mattered to Moyers. However unapologetic about his own liberal views, he is a humanist who investigates the world with a calm, reasoned perspective and robust curiosity in the service of his audience: “I’ll turn the corner and run into an idea and I say, ‘I’ve got to share this. I’ve got to tell others about this.’”

No wonder TV has always exerted a special siren call for him. Over and over.

When he came back to TV in April 2007 he dusted off the name “Bill Moyers Journal” from 1972, which “seemed fit-

ting for this last round,” he said at the time, certain it was the last round.

Then it wasn’t.

“I couldn’t exactly tell you why I came back,” Moyers says now, during a chat in the midManhattan offices of Public Affairs Television, the production company he founded a quarter-century ago with his wife, Judith Davidson Moyers.

“Except, nothing else was as interesting. I had done some writing and speaking, but I love television. It lets me work with colleagues and comrades.

And I had breath and I had energy and I had funders.”

Through the years, Public Affairs Television has raised every cent for its hundreds of hours of documentaries and series, and there were funders standing by, ready for word that Moyers was prepared to slip out of retirement again.

“The Carnegie Foundation primed the pump,” he said, “and in four weeks I’d raised the money.”

Busy retiree gets no respect from working wife Dear Abby: I retired two years ago at age 50 after working for 30 years. My wife and I are financially secure and I’m enjoying every day of my retirement. However, my wife — who is younger — won’t be eligible to retire from her job for another five years. She is becoming more and more abrasive toward me. I suspect it’s because she’s jealous of my retirement status.

She constantly accuses me of being lazy. Abby, I don’t sit around all day. In addition to doing the yard work, house upkeep, and repair and maintaining our cars, I do all the grocery shopping, help with the laundry, dishes, general cleanup and take care of our pets. Despite all this, my wife still bemoans my sleeping late in the morning (9 a.m.) and not going to a regular job like she does.

I’m still young enough to get another job. Should I go back to work until she retires? — Should Be Happy in Tampa Dear Should Be Happy: That’s not a bad idea, but don’t start looking until your wife has told you plainly why she has become “abrasive.”

DEAR ABBY ABIGAIL

VAN BUREN

Wouldn’t it be interesting if all she wanted was for you to have a cup of coffee with her in the morning? It would be a shame if you went back to work only to realize that something else was causing her change in attitude. You deserve to know what’s going on because you do not appear to be lazy — quite the contrary.

Dear Abby: I’m an adult woman, working full time for my parents as their store manager. I do a lot of office work for my dad, who hates computer work. He has an eBay business on the side, which I manage for him.

My problem is, eBay shows me what Dad has shopped for every time I log on. Some of the items are of a personal, intimate nature, and I’m not comfortable knowing about them. I’m glad my parents have a healthy marriage, but

it’s WAY too much information for me. As a family, we don’t communicate well, so I don’t know how to handle this. My husband had no suggestions, so I turn to you. — Really Don’t Want to Know Dear Really Don’t: Try this: Send your father an e-mail telling him that you feel some of the items he is buying online are not things that a daughter should be seeing. Include as an attachment your letter to me. That should do the trick.

Dear Abby: My grandmother recently bought me a plane ticket to go visit her. In the airport on the way back home, the flight was overbooked and I agreed to be bumped to another flight in exchange for a free ticket to be used or given to someone else within a year.

My mother says the free ticket belongs to my grandmother because she paid for it.

I say I should use it for myself because it is compensation for the lost time and trouble of switching flights. What do you think? — Minnesota Traveler Dear Traveler: Your mother has a point. Offer the ticket to your grandmother. If you’re

lucky, she’ll tell you to keep and enjoy it. If she doesn’t, at least you’ll know you did the right thing. (When you give in the true spirit of giving, it will come back to you — or so it implies in Ecclesiastes.)

Dear Abby: I sneeze a lot at work. I don’t know if it’s the dust or what. When I do, someone always says “bless you” afterward. I don’t care to be blessed, but I think people would be insulted if I told them it isn’t necessary. Should I tell them not to? — Already Blessed in Iowa Dear Already Blessed: If you prefer that nobody say “bless you,” you should say so.

But do it BEFORE your next sneezing attack so your coworkers will be forewarned.

I’m sure they’ll abide by your wishes — unless they just say it out of habit. And then it’s a knee-jerk reaction, not a blessing.

• 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.Dear Abby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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Authors take on allergies, Internet and Jane Fonda Customer Service new on The Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library reports on new books regularly.

• “Overconnected: the Promise and Threat of the Internet” by William H. Davidow explains how the almost miraculous success of the Internet web has also created a unique set of hazards, in effect, overconnecting us,

with the direst of consequences for our political, economic and day-to-day lives. The practical applications of this new medium — not the least among them the ability to borrow money, invest in the stock market, or buy a new home — have made it a force unequaled in scope or impact in our daily lives.

But the luxuries the connected age have taken on a momentum all of their own, ultimately becoming the root cause of the recent financial meltdown from which the world is still struggling to recover.

Explaining how su c h sy m p toms of Internet connection as unforeseen accidents and thought contagions acted to accelerate the downfall and make us permanently vulnerable to catastrophe, Davidow places our recent experience in historical perspective and offers a set of practical steps to minimize similar disasters in the future.

• “Overdiagnosed” by Dr. H. Gilbert Welch, Dr. Lisa Schwartz and Dr. Steven Woloshin discusses making people sick in the pursuit of health. As a society consumed by technological advances and scientific breakthroughs, we have narrowed the definition of normal and

increasingly are turning more and more people into patients. Diagnoses of a great many conditions, including high blood pressure, osteoporosis, diabetes, and even cancer have skyrocketed over the last few decades, while the number of deaths from those diseases has been largely unaffected. Drawing on 25 years of medical practice and research, the authors have studied the effects of screenings and presumed preventative measures for disease and “re-disease.”

Welch argues that while many Americans believe that more diagnosis is always better, the medical, social and economic ramifications of

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unnecessary diagnoses are in fact, seriously detrimental.

Unnecessary surgeries, medication side effects, debilitating anxiety and the overwhelming price tag on health care are only a few of the potential harms of overdiagnosis.

• “Allergic Girl” by Sloane Miller, adventures in living well with food allergies, shows how a food-allergic person can live a life not constrained by what she or he can’t eat. Drawing upon her reallife experiences, her work with clients and the wisdom of other leaders in the field, Miller shares the secrets of living happily and well with food allergies. You’ll learn how to communicate our foodallergic needs clearly, identify your options and get what you require with a minimum of

trouble.

You’ll gain the tools to strengthen bonds with your friends, your family and your partner.

• “Don’t Kill the Birthday Girl” by Sandra Beasley relates tales from an allergic life. Like 12 million other Americans, Beasley suffers from food allergies. Her allergies — severe and lifelong — include dairy, egg, soy, beef, shrimp, pine nuts, cucumbers, cantaloupe, honeydew, mango, macadamias, pistachios, cashews, swordfish and mustard. Add to that mold, dust, grass, and wool, and it’s no wonder Sandra felt she had to live her life as “Allergy Girl.” When butter is deadly and eggs can make your throat swell shut, cupcakes and other treats of childhood are out of the question — and so Sandra’s mother used to wa r n g u e st s against a toxic, frosting-tinged kiss with “Don’t kill the birthday girl.”

It might seem that such a person is “not really designed to survive,” as one blunt nutritionist declared while visiting Sandra’s 4th-grade class. But Sandra has not only survived, she’s thrived — now an essayist, editor and award-winning poet, she has learned to navigate a world in which danger can lurk in an

unassuming corn chip.

This is her story.

• “Jane Fonda” by Patricia Bosworth is the private life of a public woman. Jane Fonda emerged from a heartbreaking Hollywood family drama to become a ’60s onscreen ingénue and then an Oscar-winning actress. At the top of her game she risked all, speaking out against the Vietnam War and shocking the world with a trip to Hanoi.

Later, while

becoming one of Hollywood’s most committed feminists, she financed her husband, Tom Hayden’s, political career in the ’80s with exercise videos that began a fitness craze and brought in millions of dollars.

Just as interesting is Fonda’s next turn, marrying Ted Turner and seemingly walking away from her ideals and her career.

• “Prime Time” by Jane Fonda tells about making the most of your life. In this inspiring and candid book, Fonda gives us a blueprint for living well and for making the most of life, especially the second half of it. Covering sex, love, food, fitness, self-understanding, spiritual and social growth and your brain, Fonda also explores the phases of life, aging and maturing.

• “All Your Base Are Belong to Us” by Harold Goldberg looks at how 50 years of videogames conquered pop culture. This book is the first of its kind spanning 50 years of video game history

with its zany personalities, many trends and marketing coups. The video game industry boasts revenues equaling that of Hollywood and a huge consumer base of 70 percent of Americans playing its games. Goldberg details the ebb-and-flow of video game history and stores of its creators such as Ralph Baer, Nolan Bushnell, Hiroshi Yamauchi, William “Tripp” Hawkins, Dan and Sam Houser, Graeme Devine, and Jason Kapulka. His coverage of the development of games like Tennis for Two, Donkey King, Pac-Man, Dungeons & Dragons, Myst, Sims, and Grand Theft Auto will appeal not only to nerds and gamers but to those who grew up with these games through generations.

• “Super Mario” by Jeff Ryan tells how Nintendo conquered America. In 1981, Nintendo of America was a oneyear-old business already on the brink of failure. Its president, Mino Arakawa, was stuck

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with two thousand unsold arcade cabinets for a dud of a game (Radar Scope). So he hatched a plan. Back in Japan, a boyish, shaggy-haired staff artist named Shigeru Miyamoto designed a new game for the cabinets featuring an angry gorilla and a small jumping man. Donkey Kong brought in $180 million in its first year alone and launched the career of a short, chubby plumber named Mario. Since then, Mario has starred in over two hundred games, generating profits in the billions. How did a mere smear of pixels gain such huge popularity?

• Denise Hogan is reference interlibrary loan librarian at the Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library. Write to her at 700 Veto St., Vicksburg, MS 39180.

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GASOLINE PRICES Average regular unleaded self-service prices as of Friday: Jackson..............................$3.17 Vicksburg..................$3.16 Tallulah..............................$3.19 Sources: Jackson AAA, Vicksburg and Tallulah, Automotive. com

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Chamber plans Black, White event The Vicksburg-Warren County Chamber of Commerce will hold its 2012 Black and White Banquet and Awards Celebration from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Jan. 24 at the Vicksburg Convention Center.

Awards will be presented for educator of the year, businesses of the year and ambassador of the year.

A black and white banquet table decorating contest will be held with a cash prize. The entry fee is $100.

Tickets are $50 per person or $400 for a table of eight.

For more information, call 601-636-1012, or go to www.Vicksburgchamber. org.

Delta Air considering buying American FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Shares of Delta Air Lines Inc., the world’s second-biggest airline, are on the rise after a report that it might try to buy American Airlines parent AMR Corp.

The Wall Street Journal said Delta, US Airways Group Inc. and buyout firm TPG Capital were separately looking at AMR, which is in the early stages of reorganizing through the bankruptcy process.

Delta, TPG, US Airways and AMR declined to comment.

Three big mergers since 2008 have helped the airline industry by reducing competition and making it easier to raise prices. In one of those deals, Delta bought Northwest.

American missed out on the merger mania and fell from first to third among the world’s biggest airlines by passenger traffic.

California limiting for battery energy SACRAMENTO, Calif.

(AP) — California will require cell phones, tablets and hundreds of other electronic devices to have energy-efficient battery chargers beginning next year.

Despite objections by consumer product makers, the California Energy Commission voted 3-0 last week to regulate the power-sapping chargers that waste as much as 60 percent of the electricity they consume.

The standards target an estimated 170 million chargers described as “vampires” because they continuously draw power from the grid when plugged into the wall.

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Max Wolff, director of Lincoln Design, introduces the Lincoln MKZ concept car at an auto show in Detroit.

Companies work to make old brands new

By The Associated Press Apple orchestrated one in consumer electronics. Cadillac in cars. Al Gore in politics. And Tim Tebow in football. Now, Lincoln is trying to stage one of its own for its aging cars.

Everyone loves a comeback. But it’s not as easy as it looks.

Strong brand recognition is crucial for a comeback.

But that’s only one element of a success story — think of well-known brand names like Blockbuster and Borders that went bankrupt because they failed to adapt to changing consumer tastes and habits over the years. Achieving a comeback takes hard work, big ideas, precise timing and good luck.

“The brand name is a starting point, but you need to have a new story that people care about,” says Allen Adamson, managing director of branding firm Landor Associates. “Without that, it’s ‘I’ve heard of that, but who cares?’ Marketers that have come up with the right story can revitalize their brand.”

Here are a few brands that tried — successfully or unsuccessfully — to make a comeback:

Polishing Apple Apple Inc., based in Cupertino, Calif., has had one of the most dramatic comebacks in the past 30 years. The company rose from near death by creating products that no one

knew they needed.

Apple, which first revolutionized computing with the Apple II in 1977, went public in 1980 in one of the biggest initial public offerings ever at the time. Annual sales hit $1 billion in 1982.

By 1984, the company introduced the popular Macintosh computer.

But by 1993, Apple was operating at a loss as it struggled with competition from Microsoft Corp.’s Windows 95 operating system, parts shortages and mistakes it made in predicting customer demand.

The company continued its decline until Steve Jobs, the co-founder who left Apple in 1985 after clashing with then-CEO John Sculley, returned in 1997. His return marked the beginning of Apple’s turnaround and led to a string of blockbuster products — namely, the iPod, iPhone and iPad. The new gadgets made

The aging Old Spice brand debuted hip products with names such as ‘Red Zone’ and ‘High Endurance.’ It also rolled out trendy marketing targeting a younger audience than its traditional gray-haired men’s after shave consumer. A quirky ‘Smell Like a Man’ ad campaign launched in 2010 and became a viral hit, sparking sales and brand recognition. One ad featured buff, towel-clad, former football player Isaiah Mustafa who urged women to ‘Look at your man, now back at me.’

The ad generated tens of millions of online views and a new catch-phrase: ‘I’m on a horse.’ Another campaign included 186 related videos in which Mustafa responded personally to online queries, including ones from talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and actress Alyssa Milano.

Apple one of the world’s most profitable brands. In its most recent fiscal year that ended in September, net income rose 85 percent to $25.9 billion. Revenue jumped 66 percent to $108 billion.

Spicing up Old Spice A few years ago, Old Spice was a 70-year-old brand that young people generally associated with their fathers — that is, if they knew about it

at all.

All that changed in 2008, when new competition in the men’s spray and shower gel category caused Old Spice owner Procter & Gamble to revamp the brand. The aging Old Spice brand debuted hip products with names such as “Red Zone” and “High Endurance.” It also rolled out trendy marketing targeting a younger audience than its traditional gray-haired men’s after shave consumer.

A quirky “Smell Like a Man” ad campaign launched

in 2010 and became a viral hit, sparking sales and brand recognition. One ad featured buff, towel-clad, former football player Isaiah Mustafa who urged women to “Look at your man, now back at me.” The ad generated tens of millions of online views and a new catch-phrase: “I’m on a horse.” Another campaign included 186 related videos in which Mustafa responded personally to online queries, including ones from talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and actress Alyssa Milano.

The products and the campaign were successes: Old Spice body wash sales grew 27 percent in the six months after the campaign launched, making it the top seller in the category.

Bringing back Cadillac Cadillac’s turnaround has been much slower. Parent company General Motors Corp.’s efforts to remake the brand from a stodgy one that attracts old fogies to a hipper car company have evolved over the past decade or so.

The company first tried to shake off its old school image by rolling out the Cadillac CTS. It debuted the sedan in a Super Bowl ad that featured a Led Zepplin tune in 2002.

The company also has improved on its Escalade SUV, which it first rolled out in 1999. As a result, it has become wildly popular in See New, Page B10.

Google search gets more personal, raises hackles

By The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Google is sifting through the photos and commentary on its blossoming social network so its Internet search results can include more personal information.

The additional personal touches that began to roll out last week mark another step toward one of Google’s most ambitious goals. The Internet search leader eventually hopes to know enough about each of its users so it can tailor its results to

fit the unique interests of each person looking for something.

Different people should start seeing different search results more frequently now that Google Inc. is importing content from its 6-monthold Plus service, a product that the company introduced in an attempt to counter the popularity of Facebook’s online hangout and Twitter’s short-messaging hub.

Google’s main search results page also will start highlighting more content from an older online photo service

called Picasa.

Other features will recommend additional people and companies to follow on Plus, based on their search requests. Those suggestions will exclude publicly accessible information about accounts on Facebook and Twitter.

The preferential treatment for Plus might amplify concerns about the objectivity of Google’s search results —a focal point of broad regulatory investigations in the U.S. See Google, Page B10.

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New Continued from Page B9. the last six or seven years among luxury buyers, including a growing number of sports stars and hip-hop artists. The behemoth SUV now stands as a symbol of luxury for Americans — both young and old.

Because of the brand’s efforts, the average age of a Cadillac driver has been dropping, slowly but surely.

The average age was 60 five years ago. Now, it’s in the high-50s, says Art Spinella, president of research firm CNW Research.

Sales are rising, too, albeit

slowly. In 2011, Cadillac’s total sales increased 3.7 percent.

These days, the brand is focusing on making fewer and better vehicles. At the North American International Auto Show this week in Detroit, Cadillac rolled out a much buzzed-about sporty Cadillac ATS that it hopes will help it break into the market for small luxury sports sedans now dominated by BMW’s 3-Series. It also said in August that it will build a luxury version of its Chevrolet Volt hybrid

called the Cadillac ELR.

Saving Liz Claiborne Liz Claiborne, a storied brand that revolutionized women’s work wear in the 1980s, so far has been unable to stay relevant in today’s fashion world despite repeated attempts to comeback.

In 1976, Designer Liz Claiborne founded her eponymous label aimed at creating outfits for a growing number of women entering the work force. By 1985, Liz Clai-

borne Inc. was the first company founded by a woman to be listed in the Fortune 500. It continued to expand throughout the 1990s.

But in early 2000, the brand was losing steam.

Sales slumped in the economic downturn and women began steering away from the brand’s classic mix-andmatch skirts, pants, top and blazer sportswear separates in favor of trendier clothes from chains like H&M and Zara.

Liz Claiborne attempted to refresh the label in 2008

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The different strategies confused shoppers, and sales continued to slump. Revenue for Liz Claiborne’s partnered brands business, which includes the Liz Claiborne brand and several others, fell 4.2 percent, excluding changes in licensing agreements, in fiscal 2010, the latest such data available.

By October 2011, Liz Claiborne, which hasn’t had an annual profit since 2006, said it would sell the brand outright. In January, the company said it would change its name to Fifth & Pacific.

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The Federal Trade Commission, attorneys general in six states, and the European Commission are looking into complaints alleging Google has been unfairly exploiting its dominance in Internet search to promote its other services while ignoring or downplaying pertinent information about its rivals.

The exclusive Plus recommendations in Google’s search results are “exactly the kind of thing that the antitrust people are screaming about,” said Danny Sullivan, an industry expert who has been following Google since the 1990s and is now editor of SearchEngineLand.com. “This is very un-Google like. It’s unfair to other services and it’s unfair to people.”

Sullivan’s criticism is especially striking because he has generally defended other search features that highlight Google’s own services.

Twitter said it’s worried the added emphasis on Plus in Google’s search results will make it more difficult to find breaking news and other compelling information shared within the 250 million messages, or tweets, posted on its service each day.

“We think that’s bad for people, publishers, news organizations and Twitter users,” Twitter said in a statement.

Facebook didn’t respond to a request for comment.

Google says its efforts to reel in more information from other sharing services are frequently thwarted by the providers. For instance, Twitter puts explicit instructions in its computer computing telling Google not to index the material, according to Google.

“Ushering in the new era of social and private data search will take close cooperation, and we hope other sites participate so we can provide the best possible experience for our users,” Google said in a statement issued after it was asked about its added emphasis on Plus in its search results.

Facebook and Twitter pose a threat to Google because they don’t allow Google’s search engine to log most of the photos, links and observations cascading through those services. That’s troublesome to Google because its search engine could become less useful if its system can’t analyze what people are signaling is important to them so those preferences can be factored into the results.

Twitter once gave Google better access to the tweets flowing through its service as part of a 2009 licensing agreement, but that deal expired last summer. Microsoft Corp.’s Bing search engine is still paying to mine into Twitter’s service.

Facebook has long cooperated with Bing, partly because Microsoft bought a 1.6 percent stake in the company in 2007. At the same time, Facebook has steadfastly resisted Google’s attempts to peer deeper into its social network.

That’s one of the reasons Google started Plus, which

by hiring popular designer Isaac Mizrahi as its creative director. But the timing was poor, and Liz Claiborne CEO William McComb later said the collection did not get the support it needed from department stores when it launched mid-recession.

In 2009, the company shifted its strategy for the brand again. It began selling various Liz Claiborne brands as an exclusive at JC Penney, with Mizrahi’s Liz Claiborne New York line being sold exclusively on TV shopping channel QVC.

The exclusive Plus recommendations in Google’s search results are ‘exactly the kind of thing that the antitrust people are screaming about,’ said Danny Sullivan, an industry expert who has been following Google since the 1990s and is now editor of SearchEngineLand.com.

‘This is very un-Google like. It’s unfair to other services and it’s unfair to people.’ is now hatching “Search, plus Your World.”

The feature will be automatically turned on for all English-language searches made by users logged into Google. Turning off the personal results permanently will require changing a setting in Google’s personal preferences. The personal results can also be excluded on a search-by-search basis by clicking on an icon of the globe on the results page (the personal results will be denoted by a button featuring a human’s silhouette).

If the new formula works as Google expects, the search results will include pertinent information culled from the requestor’s Plus account. For instance, a query about the San Francisco 49ers might include links and comments made about the football team by other people in one of the social circles on the user’s Plus account. A search request that includes the name of a dog owned by the user or a friend might turn up photos of the pet that have been posted on Plus and Picasa.

“This is going to open up a whole new avenue in search,” said Ben Gomes, a Google fellow.

Google isn’t the first to do this. Bing has been mining some of the preferences and other information shared on Facebook since May. But Google’s emphasis on more personal results figures to attract more attention because its search

engine is so dominant. It handles about two-thirds of the Internet search requests made in the U.S. while Bing processes less than onethird, including the activity that it comes through a partnership with Yahoo Inc. Facebook, though, has greater insights into personal tastes. That’s because its nearly 8-year-old social network boasts more than 800 million users who share more than 1.5 billion photos alone each week. In October, Google said Plus had more than 40 million users.

Google hasn’t updated the information since then, although some external studies have estimated Plus began the new year with 60 million to 70 million users.

The search changes Some of Google’s changes might help prod more people into joining Plus.

As part of Tuesday’s expansion, the profile pictures of Plus accountholders will appear in the drop-down suggestions on Google’s search box. So when typing in “Mary,” you might see those named Mary in your circle along with those Google believes you’d find interesting.

Searches on general topics such as “music” and “sports,” will generate sug-

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gestions on people and companies that have Plus accounts. Sullivan considers this be unfair because some people might not have Plus accounts, or share more interesting information on their Twitter page.

While Google is hoping the addition of more personal results will make its search engine even more useful, the changes also could spook some people as they realize how much information is being compiled about them. Google tried to minimize privacy concerns by recently switching to technology that encrypts all its search results to protect the information from slipping out.

Previous privacy missteps by both Google and Facebook resulted in both companies entering into settlements with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. The FTC agreements require Google and Facebook to submit to external audits of their privacy practices every other year.

The City of Vicksburg receives 18.5 percent of all sales taxes collected by businesses in the city limits.

Revenues to the city lag actu-

al sales tax collections by two months, that is, receipts for April reflect sales taxes collected on sales in February. Here are the latest monthly receipts:

October 2011.............$602,012 Fiscal year 2010-11 to date... $602,012

October 2010.............$568,617 2009-10 fiscal year to date..... $568,617

casino tax revenue Vicksburg’s five casinos pay a 3.2 percent revenue tax to the State of Mississippi that is divided — with 10 percent going to schools, 25 percent to Warren County and 65 percent to the city. A second revenue tax is a 0.8 percent share of the state’s 8.8 percent revenue

tax. It is split based on population proportions between Vicksburg and Warren County. Each casino is also required to pay $150 for each gaming device annually to the city. To date, two casinos have paid the gaming device fee.

These are the latest receipts:

November 2011 City...................................$399,225 County............................$194,764 Schools..............................$51,811

November 2010 City...................................$461,095 County............................$217,574 Schools..............................$59,015

Fiscal year 2011-12 to date City...................................$907,451 County............................$446,287 Schools...........................$118,925

Fiscal year 2010-11 to date City...................................$922,828 County............................$405,843 Schools...........................$110,500

land transfers No commercial land transfers were recorded in the

Chancery Clerk’s Office for the week ending Jan. 13, 2012.

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THIS & THAT from staff reports

Extension service to host computer class Dr. John Giesemann, Extension professor for Computer Applications and Services at Mississippi State University Extension Service will be the instructor for computer training Dr. John classes set for Giesemann the Warren County Extension Office, 1100-C Grove St. Classes will run from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and will be offered for two days each month.

The cost is $20 and preregistration is required. For information, call 601-636-5442 or e-mail warren @ext.msstate. edu.

The class schedule: • Feb. 16-17: Adobe Photoshop elements • April 19-20: Intro to Word & Graphics • May 9-10: Merge In Word • June 4-5: Introduction to Excel • July 11-12: Data management in Excel • Aug. 8-9: Powerpoint • Sept. 6-7: Photos in Powerpoint • Oct. 17-18: Microsoft Publisher • Nov. 14-15: File and Folder Management

Audubon Society sets January meeting The monthly Audubon Society Chapter meeting is scheduled for Jan. 24 at 7 p.m. at the Eudora Welty Library in Jackson.

Ghost Bird, a DVD on the recent sighting of the Ivory Billed Woodpecker, is set to be shown. A meet-and-greet is planned at 6:30 p.m.

The library is at 300 N. State St. For information, call 601956-7444.

52nd Lebanese Dinner on tap for Feb. 6 The 52nd annual Lebanese Dinner at St. George Anitochian Orthodox Christian Church is set for Feb. 6.

From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 5 to 7 p.m. dinners will be served. The meal will consists of cabbage rolls, kibbee, Lebanese green beans and tabooli.

A selection of Labanese pastries will also be for sale and take-outs will be available.

Tickets are $10 and may be purchased from church members or by calling 601-636-2483.

Tickets will only be sold at the door for the 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. dinner. For information, call 601-638-5779 or 601-415-7273.

Robert E. Lee A man of honor in

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obert E. Lee was a man of

honor.

From his bedroom window, GORDON upstairs at ArlingCOTTON ton, he could see the nation’s capital across the Potosword.” mac. That mornTwo days later the ing, April 19, 1861, man pronounced by Gen. Robert E. Lee Scott as “the greatest solread in the paper dier now living” arrived that Virginia had in Richmond, Va., where seceded from the he accepted a position as United States, an act major general for the Comthat would shape not monwealth of Virginia. A few only the history of the months later he was appointed nation but also Lee’s perfull general in the army of the sonal fortunes and fame.

Confederate States of Across the PotoAmerica. mac, in the White It is not necessary to He was one of President Dwight D. House, another man recount the military brilEisenhower’s personal heroes; he was equally troubled. liance of Robert E. Lee, always kept a portrait of him Only a few weeks earthough as great as he was on in his office. lier, on March 28, he the field of battle, he was also Gen. Robert E. Lee remains an had signed his name, great as a leader of men in Abraham Lincoln, to American idol, revered not only peacetime by the examples a paper making Lee in this country but by lovers of he set. a full colonel in the history everywhere.

In later years, Sen. Ben United States CavIn recent years some who aspire to Hill of Georgia capsuled alry. Then, on April the qualities that made be historians, desperate for fame 18, he had offered Robert E. Lee great: and acclaim, have tried rewriting the command of the our history and defaming Gen. Lee. United States Army ‘He was a foe without Only last year public television, to Lee. hate spending taxpayers’ money , joined Mrs. Lee, a greatA friend without the attack. I don’t think they’re granddaughter of treachery worthy to polish Gen. Lee’s boots.

George and Martha A soldier without cruelty, Jan. 19 is the birthday of Robert E. Washington, had And a victim without Lee and is a holiday in Mississippi and left her husband murmuring. alone. She heard his several other states. footsteps upstairs, I wrote this tribute He was a public official pacing the floor. She to his memory in 1987. without vices heard him fall to A private citizen withhis knees in prayer. out wrong Secretary of War, two other letters, one Finally, after midA neighbor — without reproach to his brother, Smith Lee, and the other night he came down, his decision made.

A Christian without hypocrisy, to his commander, Gen. Winfield Scott, A simple one-sentence letter of resignation from the army was addressed to the said, “Save in the defense of my native See Lee, Page C4. state. I never desire again to draw my

DON’T LOSE CONTROL

Battlefield Inn seeks vendors for spring The Battlefield Inn is seeking vendors for two events.

• The 83rd semi-annual Vicksburg Coin show is set to run from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m on Feb. 4. and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m on Feb. 5 The free event will be hosted by the Vicksburg Coin Club.

The show will include 36 venders from across the state and from Louisiana, Alabama and Texas. Vendor tables rent for $100 and space is limited.

For more information, call 601638-1195.

• The 20th annual Civil War Show of Vicksburg is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

April 14. The show will feature tables of relics including weapons, accoutrements, documents, bottles and memorabilia. Admission to the show is $2. Vendor tables rent for $35.

For more information, call 601879-8196 or 601-638-1195.

The Battlefield Inn is located at 4137 North Frontage Road.

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Drivers swerving to avoid animal can be worse than hitting it

By The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Do you brake for cats, dogs, squirrels, skunks and possums? How about horses, cows, elk, moose or deer?

Fight the urge to swerve as you brake if you don’t have time to check traffic first, said Julie Startup, a Washington State trooper and spokeswoman in the agency’s Seattle and Bellevue area.

“If you are able to make a safe lane change, by all means do it,” said California Highway Patrol Officer

Tamara McCormack, a spokeswoman in the Los Angeles office. But swerving without looking could result in an accident.

The size of the animal matters. If it’s shorter than your car’s hood and you don’t have time to check other lanes, go through it, Startup said.

If the animal is taller than the hood, avoid it if you can, knowing it still might be better to hit the animal.

“These crashes happen so fast, oftentimes drivers don’t have the option of making a decision

Bonny Kelani reacts to a car while being walked

by Cheryl Conway in Aurora, Colo.

about what to do,” said Russ Rader, spokesman for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, “but the best thing, unfortunately, in most cases is to hit the animal and try to avoid swerving or doing something that could cause you to lose control and hit somebody else or an object or go off the road and roll over.”

Most human injuries from animal collisions occur not when animals are hit but by the crash that follows. And See Pets, Page C4.

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Stained glass class planned for Southern Cultural Heritage Center The Southern Cultural Heritage Center is planning a 4-day beginner stained glass workshop starting on Feb. 6 at 5:30 p.m.

The cost is $160 for members and $170 for nonmembers. Basic supplies are included, space is limited and reservations are required.

For information, call 601631-2997 or e-mail info@ southernculture.org.

SCHC now accepting Holly Days applications The Southern Cultural Heritage Center is now accepting applications for the 5th Annual Holly Days Arts and Crafts Show to be held Dec. 1.

Vendor applications must be postmarked no later than August 1 and will be notified

by September 1. Space is limited and acceptance to the show will be based on images of the crafts/art submitted.

The fee for exhibitors is $40 for SCHF members and $50 for nonmemebers.

For information, call 601631-2997, e-mail info@southernculture.org or www. southernculture.org .

Senior lunch program at River Region The River Region Senior Circle Lunch Program is scheduled for Tuesday at River Region Medical Center’s conference rooms A and B. Dr. Dedri Ivory, Rheumatologist at The Street Clinic, will speak from noon to 1 p.m. about arthritis, rheumatic diseases, and the treatment options available.

The cost is free for Senior Circle members and $5 for nonmembers. Reservations are required.

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Forever plaid

from staff reports For information, call 601883-6118.

Health walk set for Poverty Point The fourth-annual Health Walk program sponsored by the Poverty Point State Historic Site begins today and will run through May 31.

The walk is geared for various fitness levels and will be starting with a half-mile walk and ending with a two-mile walk around the entire site beginning in the afternoons and ending around 4:30.

The Poverty Point site which is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. details the culture of area inhabitants from 1600 to 1100 B.C. and is located in West Carroll Parish, east of Monroe on Louisiana 577.

Admission is $4 for adults and free for children 12 and younger and seniors 62 and older. It includes access to the museum, a video, and hiking and tram tours. For more information, call 888926-5492.

Chicken and egg fest planned for Alabama The Alabama Chicken and Egg Festival is seeking entries for the Rooster Call Juried Art Show in Moulton, Ala. The exhibition is open to artists 18 years or older residing in the United States and pieces submitted should have the theme of roosters, including hens, chicks and eggs. The entry fee, for up to two submissions, is $25 and each additional entry fee is

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Director Paul Ballard, right, leads a quartet during the dress rehearsal of “Forever Plaid” on Tuesday. Performing are, from left, Nick Ford, Oscar Frost, Eric Hesselberg and Alex Hill. The Vicksburg Theatre Guild will be performing the play Friday, Saturday and Jan. 27 and 28 at 7:30 p.m., and Jan. 22 and 29 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for those 55 and older, $7 for students and $5 for those younger than 12. Group rates are available. Shows will be at Parkside Playhouse, 101 Iowa Ave. Call 601-636-0471 for more information. $5 and the deadline is Feb. 13.

For information, call 256905-0700 or visit www.alabamachickenandeggfestival. com and click on “Rooster Art Exhibit” in the Exhibits section.

Dulcimer Festival set for February The 6th annual Southern Strings Dulcimer Festival is planned for Feb. 23-25 and will include a competition on Feb. 25 for hammered and mountain dulcimers.

The event is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. at the Thomas Fine Arts Center on the campus of William Carey

University in Hattiesburg.

Cost for adults is $30 for a full festival pass and $17 for a one-day pass. Cost is $15 and $8 for students.

To register, e-mail deepsouthdulcimercompetition@ gmail.com. For information call 601-583-6424, 601-606-1848 or visit www.mississippidulcimer.com. The Center is at 498 Tuscan Ave.

Co-Lin to offer adult Civil War class Copiah-Lincoln Community College will offer an adult enrichment class on the Civil War at the Natchez Campus.

The Civil War: As Seen

by Historians on its Sesquicentennial is scheduled for Wednesdays from 6 to 7 p.m. beginning Jan. 25 and will run until April 11 in room 120 at the Tom Reed Academic Center.

The instructor is Jim Wiggins and the cost is $55.

For information, call 601442-7049 extension 13.

Economic forum scheduled at USM The 2nd-annual IMPACT Southern Miss forum is set for Jan. 26 at the Trent Lott Center on the Hattiesburg campus.

From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., the

Turning Knowledge into Innovation forum will feature discussions on issues and research related to the economic outlook for 2012.

Featured speakers include Jeff Glassman, chief economist with JP Morgan, Jeff Finkle, president & CEO of the International Economic Development Council, Dr. Jeffrey Wiggins, associate professor in the School of Polymers and High Performance Materials at Southern Miss and Rick Wehmer from GE Aviation.

Tickets are $45 before Wednesday and $55 after.

Seating is limited. To order tickets, call 601-266-5418.

local happenings In town

Southern Cultural Heritage Center West Coast Swing: 5-6 p.m. today and Jan. 29; James Frechette, instructor; $10 per person; Spinning fiber workshop: 10 a.m.-noon Wednesday and Jan. 25; Brenda Harrower, instructor; $90 members, $100 nonmembers; Book signings: 2-4 p.m. Saturday; Dwain Butler, “Einstein Redux“; Donna Clark, “The Lone Horseman”; Monotype printing workshop: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Jan. 28; Leah Johnson, instructor; $30 members, $35 nonmembers; Mardi Gras wreath workshop: 5:30-7 p.m. Feb. 2; Beau Lutz, instructor; $55 for members, $60 for nonmembers; bring wire cutters; Mardi Gras mask workshop: 4-5:15 p.m. Feb. 15; Karen Biedenharn, instructor; $10; reservations required; Contact: 601-631-2997, info@southernculture.org, www.southernculture.org, also on Facebook.

Warren County Extension Office QuickBites programs Dormancy and Design: noon-1 p.m. Thursday; Lynette McDougald, instructor; free; All about Pruning: How to Avoid Crape Murder and other Pruning Atrocities; Dr. Lelia Kelly, instructor; noon-1 p.m. Jan. 26; free; 1100 C Grove St.; 601-636-5442

11th annual Mardi Gras Parade 4 p.m. Feb. 18; $25 for nonprofit and civic groups, $50 for business by Feb. 3; $50 and $100 after Feb. 3; 601-634-4527, kimh@vicksburg.org.

Vicksburg Theatre Guild Performances: “Forever Plaid,” 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and Jan. 27-28 and 2 p.m. Jan. 22 and 29; “Ten-Minute Play Project,” Feb. 3-4; “Gold in the Hills,” March 16-31; “The Foreigner,” May 4-13; Auditions: “The Foreigner,” Feb. 11-12 for May 4-6 and 11-13 shows; “Fairy Tale Theatre,” to be announced, for June shows; Tickets for main-stage plays: $12 for adults, $10 for 55 and older, $7 for students and $5 for younger than 12; tickets for “Gold in the Hills,” other shows vary; Contact: Parkside Playhouse, 101 Iowa Ave.; 601-636-0471 or www.vicksburgtheatreguild.com.

Lorelei Books book-signings 4-6 p.m. March 1; Alan Huffman and Michael Rejebian, authors; 1103 Washington St.; 601-634-8624, www.loreleibooks.com.

25th annual Riverfest 6 p.m.-midnight April 20-21, downtown; www.frontgatetickets.com; www.riverfestms.com.

25th annual Riverfest Arts & Crafts Show 8 a.m.-4 p.m. April 21; South, Walnut and Crawford streets; www.riverfestms.com.

out of town

Mississippi Museum of Art

Music in the City: 5:45 p.m. Tuesday; Jacke McGinnis and John Paul, featured musicians; free, donations welcome; 5:15 p.m., hors d’oeuvres, cash bar; Look and Learn with Hoot: 10 a.m. Friday for children ages 4-5 and parents; art activity and story time; 380 S. Lamar St., Jackson; 601-960-1515, www.msmuseumart.org.

Narratives: Inside and Out 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays through Feb. 18 at Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Center of Arts and Education; works by local artists Ellen Langford, Earl Wayne Simmons, Kennith Humphrey, Lesley Silver and Jean Blue; Duckett Gallery, 1600 Government St., Ocean Springs; free; 228369-4967, mhardycre8@cableone.net.

Mississippi Invitational winners 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays and noon-5 p.m. Sundays through Feb. 5; Mississippi Museum of Art, 380 S. Lamar St., Jackson; $5 for adults, $4 for seniors, $3 for students, free for museum members; 601960-1515, 866-843-9278, www.msmuseumart.org.

Grant-writing workshop 6 p.m. Tuesday at Quisenberry Library, Clinton; free; Mississippi Arts Commission; 601-359-6030, morrisey@arts.state.ms.us.

Arts Center of Mississippi LEGO display Through today; 210 E. Pascagoula St., Jackson; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. MondayFriday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays, noon-5 p.m. Sundays; 601-960-1557.

For foodies

Winter soup workshop

5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Southern Cultural Heritage Center; William Furlong, instructor; $30 members, $35 nonmembers; 601-6312997, info@southernculture.org, www.southernculture.org, also on Facebook.

River Kids

For kids

3:45-5 p.m. Thursdays beginning Thursday for 13 weeks; Karen Biedenharn and Regina Renot, instructors; first-sixth grades; free; Southern Cultural Heritage Center; 601-631-2997, info@southernculture.org, www.southernculture.org, also on Facebook.

Intro to Spanish for Kids 4:15-5:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Jan. 31-March 6; Olivia Foshee, instructor; $70 members, $75 nonmembers; Southern Cultural Heritage Center; 601631-2997, info@southernculture.org, www.southernculture.org, also on Facebook.

FitZone Elite Cheer Spring Schedule

Beechwood Restaurant & Lounge 4451 Clay St., 601-636-3761 On stage, with a cover charge, at 9:15 p.m.: • Back 40 — Saturday and March 30-31.

• Ratchet — Jan. 28.

• Crossin Dixon — Feb. 4.

• U.S. — Feb. 11.

• Snazz — Feb. 17-18.

• Trade Mark — Feb. 24-25.

• Stone Cold Country — March 2-3.

• Easy Eddie — March 9-10.

• Snazz — March 23-24.

Ameristar Casino, 4116 Washington St. 601-638-1000, www.ameristar.com Free at Bottleneck Blues Bar: • Mustang Sally — Country Rock; Friday-Saturday.

• Hoosier Daddies — Variety; Jan. 27-28.

Free at Cabaret Lounge: • LaNise Kirk — Variety; Friday-Saturday • Doug Allen — Variety; Jan. 27-28.

• Terry Mike Jeffrey — Variety; Feb. 3-4.

• Area Code — Variety; Feb.10-11.

• Nu Corp — R&B/Variety; Feb. 17-18.

• Sinamon Leaf — Variety; Feb. 24-25.

• Ben Shaw — Variety; March 2-3.

• Groove, Inc. — Variety; March 9-10.

• Oliver’s Twist — R&B/Variety; March 16-17.

• Terry Mike Jeffrey — Variety; March 23-24.

• Shabang — ­ Variety; March 30-31.

Eddie Monsour’s at the Biscuit Company 1100 Washington St., 601-638-1571

Through May 24; cheer and tumble: various times Mondays-Thursdays; fee $55, registration $25; POWERKIDZ: 4:15-5:15 p.m. Mondays for ages 4-9; fee $35, registration $25; Handspring: 6:15-7:15 p.m. Mondays for ages 6 and older; fee $65, registration $25; Open gym play: 4:15-5:15 p.m. Wednesdays, for ages 3-11; fee $9 per session; Thursday-Feb. 16; cheer try-out prep class: 6:15-7:15 p.m. for ages 11 and older; fee $125; Location: next to Tantastic in the Big Lots parking area; 601 638-3778, www.fitzonegym.com.

• 8-11 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays — Karaoke.

• 8 p.m. Wednesdays — Biscuit & Jam; open mic.

• Thursdays — Ladies night.

16th annual Pasta Tales writing contest

LD’s Kitchen 1111 Mulberry St., 601-636-9838

Through Jan. 29; 50-250 word essay; first-12th grades; 954-776-1999, www.olivegarden.com.

Mississippi School for the Arts Applications accepted through Feb. 1; 355 W. Monticello St., Brookhaven; 601-823-1300,www.msa.k12.ms.us.

Jackson Zoo Safari Slumber Sleepover 7 p.m.-9 a.m. Feb. 24-25; $25 members, $30 nonmembers, registration required; 2918 W. Capitol St.; 601-352-2580, www.jacksonzoo.org; zoo admission: $9 for adults, $6 for ages 2-12, $8.10 for over 65, free for younger than 2.

Nightlife

Vicksburg Convention Center 1600 Mulberry St., 601-630-2929 • Ron White Moral Compass Tour — 7 p.m. Jan. 28; tickets: $40.75, $52.75, $184.75 for VIP pass with meet-and-greet; ticketmaster.com, VCC box office, 800-745-3000.

Jacques’ Cafe at Battlefield Inn 4137 N. Frontage Road, 601-661-6264 • 9 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday — Karaoke.

• 8:30 p.m. each second and fourth Tuesday — Central Mississippi Blues Society Band, local artists; free.

• 8:30 p.m. each first and third Tuesday — Soul Unlimited and Sounds Unlimited; free.

Roca Restaurant & Bar 127 Country Club Drive, 601-638-0800 • 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays — Ben Shaw.

• 7-10 p.m. Fridays — Dustin.

The Upper End Lounge 1306 Washington St., 601-634-8333 With a $3 cover charge: • 7-11 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays — Karaoke.

• 7-9 p.m. Thursdays — Ladies night.

• 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays — D.J.

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Leslie Nicole Case Engaged to marry Mark Edward Haulman

Mr. and Mrs. Corey Allen Ables The bride is the former Jessica Ann Johnson

Ables marries Johnson at St. Alban’s Episcopal Corey Allen Ables and Jessica Ann Johnson were married at 4 p.m. Nov. 5, 2011, at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Bovina. The Rev. Billie Abraham officiated at the ceremony.

The bride is the daughter of James Warren “Sonny” and Teresa Adele Johnson of Vicksburg. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Gray Johnson and the late Ann Scott Johnson of Greenwood and Juanita Gardner and the late Oscar Lee Gardner of Morgan City.

The groom is the son of James Ronald “Ronnie” and Suzanne Ables of Kosciusko.

He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hugh Ables of Sallis and the late Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Plunkett of Williamsville. He is the great-grandson of Estelle Cain Ables and the late Arthur M. Ables of Kosciusko.

Given in marriage by her father, the bride’s chosen colors were burgundy, gold, rust and ivory in a fall theme.

Organist Joan HendersonLeese led a program of nuptial music.

Maid of honor was Dr. Alanna N. Johnson, sister of the bride, of College Station, Texas. Honorary bridesmaids were April Shook Outlaw, Colby Miller and Lindsey Gay, all of Vicksburg; Virginia Kara Tapp of Starkville; Anna Roselle Stout of Nashville; Amanda Shirley of Atlanta; Ashley Christopher Goldman of Birmingham, Ala.; and Danielle Peterson of Destin, Fla. The groom’s father served as best man. Honorary groomsmen were Antonio Shon Myatt, Cole Ferris, Joseph Mitchell and Chap Fenwick, all of Starkville; Andrew Townsend of Clinton; Joseph Linton of Brandon; and Cass Coon of McComb.

Ushers were James G. Johnson II, brother of the bride, of Vicksburg and Antonio Shon Myatt of Starkville.

Lectors were James G. Johnson II of Vicksburg; Dr. Alanna N. Johnson, sister of the bride; and Kristen Ables, sister of the groom, of Kosciusko.

Kristen Ables of Kosciusko served as program attendant.

Special wedding assistant was Shirley Riddle.

A reception followed at the B’nai’ B’rith Literary Club.

Guests were entertained with music by the Ben Shaw Band.

Shelby Turner of Sallis attended the guest register.

Favors were distributed by Lindsey Turner of Sallis and Abby Johnson of Eupora.

For a wedding trip, the couple traveled to the Jamaican Islands. They will make their home in Clinton.

The bride is employed with Bowhead Science & Technology and USACE-ERDC, Corps of Engineers Information Technology Laboratory in Vicksburg. The groom is a credit analyst at Merchants & Farmers Bank in Madison.

Brunch Linda McGowan and Rachael Cook hosted a bridal brunch on the morning of the wedding at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church fellowship hall. The bride chose this time to present gifts to her attendants.

Rehearsal dinner On the eve of the wedding, the groom’s parents hosted a rehearsal dinner at Duff’s Tavern for family and members of the wedding party. The groom chose this time to present gifts to his attendants.

Bachelorette party April Outlaw and Lindsey Gay hosted a bachelorette weekend in Orange Beach, Fla. Bachelor party The groom was honored with a weekend in New Orleans by the groomsmen.

Announcement party The bridal couple was honored with an announcement party at the home of Jacob Clark in Greenwood. Assisting in hosting were Mr. and Mrs. Sonny Johnson, Kay Mincielit, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gardner, Dolly Gardner Lloyd, Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Outlaw, Mr. and Mrs. Noah Goldman, Colby Miller, Lindsey Gay, Mr. and Mrs. Rayn Stout and Daniele Peterson.

Tea The ladies of First Baptist Church hosted a bridal tea in Kosciusko.

Showers A bridal shower was held at the home of Angie Flowers in Greenwood. Co-hostesses were Betty Johnson, Pam Bush, Penny Hollister and Anna Makamson.

Shirley Ables and Jackie Ables Turner hosted a bridal shower in the fellowship hall of Sallis Baptist Church.

Shirley Riddle, Irene Sanders, Mary Sullivan and Rachelle Farris honored the bride with a miscellaneous shower at Main Street Market in Vicksburg.

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Anna Lee Jones Engaged to marry Nathan Wesley Rowland

Miss Case to marry Haulman on March 24 Miss Jones to marry Mr. Rowland March 3

The engagement of Leslie Nicole “Nicki” Case to Mark Edward Haulman is announced today. Vows will be exchanged at 6 p.m. March 24, 2012, in New Orleans.

Miss Case is the daughter of Ralph Case of Fuquay Varina, N.C., and John and Beverly Tiblier of Gulfport. She is the granddaughter of Katherine Case of Apex, N.C., the late Ralph Case Sr. of Saucier, and the late Ervin Necaise and the late Verda Necaise, both of Gulfport.

Mr. Haulman is the son of David and Donna Haulman of Ridgeland. He is the grandson of Cecil Breaux Haulman and the late Clement Raymer Haulman of Gainesville, Fla., the late Lucille Babineaux Taber of Lafayette, La., and the late Edward William Taber of Garland, Texas.

The bride-elect is a 1998 honor graduate of Warren Central High School. She

received a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration-accounting in 2002 and a Master of Business Administration degree in 2003, both from the University of Southern Mississippi. She was a member of Kappa Delta sorority, Southern Style and Order of Omega at USM. Miss Case is employed a t S m i t h & Ne p h e w Orthopaedics.

The prospective groom is a 1998 honor graduate of Warren Central High School.

He received a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration-accounting in 2002 and a Master of Business Administration degree in 2003, both from the University of Southern Mississippi. He was a member of the USM football team.

Mr. Haulman is a financial analyst for Nissan North America.

Nick and Karen Jones of Vicksburg announce the engagement of their daughter, Anna Lee, to Nathan Wesley Rowland. Mr. Rowland is the son of Steve and Tina Rowland of Vicksburg.

Miss Jones is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Heagey of Maryville, Tenn., and Grace Jones and the late Ted Jones and Gerald Briggs Sr., all of Vicksburg.

Mr. Rowland is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Rex Smithey of Vicksburg and Martha Rowland and the late Robert Rowland of Marshville, Mo. The bride-elect is a 2006 graduate of Warren Central High School, where she was a member of the National honor Society and played varsity softball.

She received a Bachelor of Science degree in health infor-

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forms proviDed through the vicksburg post Edward B. and Sonah Y. Perry of North Haven, Conn., announce the birth of an 8-pound, 7-ounce son, Edward Yoobin, on Dec. 12, 2011, at Yale-New Haven Hospital.

Maternal grandparents are Paul and Maggie Yoo of East Windsor, Conn.

Paternal grandparents are Edward and Jimmie Perry of Vicksburg.

The baby is welcomed by a sister, Lydia.

• Steve and Tricia Pittman announce the birth of an 8 1/2-pound son, Chance Harrison, on Dec. 29, 2011, at Wiser Hospital for Women at University Medical Center.

Grandparents are Stephen and Sandra Pittman and Sam and Patsy

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Mangialardi.

• M. Rush and C. Dawn F l owe r s a n n o u n c e the birth of a 6-pound, 11-ounce son, Owen Rush, on Jan. 6, 2012, at Woman’s Hospital in Flowood.

Grandparents are Michael and Cindy Flowers, Michael and Barbara Shannon and Danny and Charlotte Daniels.

Emily Lauren Dunaway Engaged to marry Grayson Clyde McGehee

mation management from the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

Miss Jones is a medical records analyst at River Region Medical Center.

The prospective groom is a 2004 graduate of Vicksburg High School, where he was a member of the varsity cross country and track teams and Vicksburg Pride Band.

He received a Bachelor of Science degree in interdisciplinary studies from Mississippi State University.

Mr. Rowland is a geospatial engineer for the U.S. Army.

Vows will be exchanged at 2 p.m. March 3, 2012, at the McNutt House, 815 1st East St. in Vicksburg. A reception will follow in Maggie Hall at the McNutt House. Attendance is by invitation only.

Air Force Airman Bryan C. Mullen has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.

The eight-week program included training in military discipline and studies, core values, physical fitness and basic warfare principles. He also earned four credits toward an associate degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

A 2011 graduate of Vicksburg High School, he is the son of Angie Mullen of Vicksburg and Phillip Mullen of Buford, Ga.

Mr. and Mrs. Carlos C. MacDonald The bride is the former Hanitra M. Austin

Miss Dunaway to wed Mr. McGehee March 3 MacDonald and Austin Malcolm and Janice Dunaway of Vicksburg announce the engagement of their daughter, Emily Lauren, to Grayson Clyde McGehee.

Mr. McGehee is the son of Clyde and Helen McGehee of Vicksburg.

Miss Dunaway is the granddaughter of Ellis and Frances Crooks and Jessie and Jean Dunaway, all of Vidalia. She is the great-granddaughter of Julia Gerbish of Vidalia and the late Frank Gerbish.

Mr. McGehee is the grandson of John and Elsie Buchanan

and the late Fred and Marie Grayson, all of Vicksburg.

The bride-elect is a 2007 graduate of Vicksburg High School. She attended Mississippi State University.

The prospective groom is a 2002 graduate of All Saints’ Episcopal School. He attended Hinds Community College and is employed at Ergon Refining Inc. The wedding will be at 3 p.m.

March 3, 2012, at Wilsonwood Lodge. A reception will follow.

All relatives and friends are invited to attend.

are married at Anchuca Carlos C. MacDonald and Hanitra M. Austin were married at 5 p.m. Dec. 30, 2011, at Anchuca Mansion. Mitchell Dent officiated at the ceremony.

The bride is the daughter of James and Hannah Austin of Vicksburg. She is the granddaughter of Lou Emma Moore of Vicksburg.

The groom is the son of Carl and Teresa MacDonald of Martinsburg, W.Va. Given in marriage by her

father, the bride’s chosen colors were rose and white.

Maid of honor was Jennifer Tolliver of Dallas, Texas. Carl MacDonald served as best man.

A reception followed the ceremony at Anchuca.

The couple will make their home in Manassas, Va. The bride is employed by the federal government, and the groom is a government contractor.

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The associated press

Mark Wahlberg, left, and Ben Foster in “Contraband”

Wahlberg does one last job in N.O.-set thriller ‘Contraband’

By Christy Lemire AP movie critic Yes, “Contraband” follows the tried-and-true One Last Job formula. Yes, Mark Wahlberg is nestled deep within his comfort zone as a former master criminal who’s lived a dangerous life and gone straight.

Still, this is a solid genre picture that knows exactly what it is, has no delusions of grandeur and carries out its task in entertaining and occasionally even suspenseful fashion. That probably sounds like an elaborate way of saying, “Hooray for mediocrity!” But it’s January, and we’ll take our thrills where we can get them.

Based on the 2008 Icelandic film “Reykjavik-Rotterdam” and directed by that film’s star, Baltasar Kormakur, “Contraband” features Wahlberg as Chris Farraday, a one-time expert smuggler who’s now living a quiet life as a security consultant in the New Orleans suburbs with his hairstylist wife, Kate (Kate Beckinsale), and their two young sons.

When Kate’s younger brother (Caleb Landry Jones) botches a job for volatile local drug dealer Tim Briggs (Giovanni

she does try to infuse a harder edge to the character. Besides, another “Underworld” movie is coming out next week, so you’ll see her in full butt-kicking mode soon enough. Ribisi, by contrast, massively overdoes the crazy but at least it’s a hoot to watch.

Kormakur relies too heavily on shaky-cam tricks and quick, needless zooms to pump up the tension, but some of his set pieces do play out in visceral fashion. An armoredcar heist that Chris and his cohorts get roped into helping with at the last minute is one example; this sequence also has the daring to suggest that Wahlberg’s character hasn’t completely transformed himself into a nice — or even decent — guy after all. The “Contraband” script, written

by Aaron Guzikowski, seems more interested in exploring the complexities of its characters’ interior lives than a lot of action movies, which is commendable.

There’s also an amusing subplot involving a stolen Jackson Pollock painting that’s smartly played for some subtle laughs, one that just goes to show that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

On screen “Contraband,” a Universal Pictures release, is rated R for violence, pervasive language and brief drug use.

Running time: 109 minutes. Two and a half stars out of four.

Ribisi, tatted, high-pitched and squirrelly) while pulling into the Port of New Orleans, Chris must come out of retirement to make up the loss to this madman. His plan involves shipping down to Panama City to bring back millions in counterfeit bills; not only does this not go according to plan, it spins wildly out of control.

Among the strong supporting cast, J.K. Simmons is the ship’s uptight captain; Lukas Haas plays Chris’ right-hand man.

Meanwhile, back in the bayou, Kate and the kids become targets of the drug dealer’s increasing threats, even though they’re supposed to be under the protection of Chris’ best friend and former partner in crime, Sebastian (Ben Foster). Beckinsale is stuck in a bit of a thankless role as the victimized wife, but

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And a man without guile.

He was Caesar without ambition Frederick without tyranny, Napolean without selfishness, And Washington without his reward.’

Jut what of Arlington?

The frail Mrs. Lee, a semiinvalid, clung tenaciously to her ancestral home, writing to Gen. Scott that nothing would induce her to leave it.

War was inevitable, however, and Gen. Lee advised his wife to make plans to leave, securing the Washington family silver and portraits.

On May 14, 1861, Mary Lee left Arlington forever. Soon the home was occupied by federal troops, and all of the personal items that had belonged to the Washington family were stolen, some by individuals, others by the United States government.

Not content with taking the contents, Congress passed a law in 1863 specifying that taxes on the property had to be paid in person by Gen. Lee, and in Washington. The general sent a cousin, but the money was refused.

For a little over $100, the Lees lost their home, which was “bought” by the U.S. government for $26,800, an immoral transfer of title. A few months later 210 acres including the lawn, was set aside as a cemetery.

Robert E. Lee never set foot inside Arlington again; Mrs. Lee went back one time, in 1873, a few months before her death. She found the caretaker of the cemetery living in one wing and the rest of the mansion vacant and dirty.

In a case that was decided

tomb is a reclining statue of Lee, his blanket pulled over him as he sleeps, away from the noise and horrors of battle.

And though Robert E. Lee sleeps forever, I trust that the principles that guided his life, which thrust greatness upon him, are a vibrant part of our heritage.

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by the Supreme Court, Arlington was returned to the Lee heirs in 1882, but by that time the lawn had become a graveyard for thousands of soldiers, so Custis Lee accepted a government offer of $150,000.

I’ve not seen Arlington, but I have twice visited Stratford, the birthplace of Lee, and I’ve stood in the chapel of Washington and Lee University where the general is buried.

I’ve never been more emotionally moved than on that visit. Atop the white marble

Gordon Cotton in curator and director of The Old Court House Museum-Eva W. Davis Memorial in Vicksburg.

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most fatalities could be prevented by using seat belts in cars and helmets on motorcycles, Rader said.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recorded 173 fatal crashes and 12,000 injury crashes involving animals in 2009, the latest year statistics are available, said spokesman Jose Alberto Ucles.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety estimates there are more than 1.5 million crashes involving deer each year, resulting in more than $1 billion in vehicle damage annually.

Very few dogs, cats or other small animals are included in national studies about animal strikes because they are not reported to police or insurance companies, Rader said.

But using data from several agencies, including NHTSA, the institute did a comprehensive study in 2004 that found 77 percent of reported animal crashes involved deer, 10 percent involved cattle, 6 percent horses and 6 percent dogs.

“We even had one case that was a bear,” he said.

If your own dog gets out of the car or house, “do anything you can to keep it from moving in the direction of traffic,” said Cheryl Conway, a spokeswoman for the Aurora Animal Shelter in Colorado.

“Do not chase it,” she warned. “Try calling and running in the opposite direction, like you are playing.”

One of Conway’s three Labrador retrievers is Bonny Kelani, who was 7 months old when someone threw her off a freeway overpass in Aurora.

Foster families cared for her

Very few dogs, cats or other small animals are included in national studies about animal strikes because they are not reported to police or insurance companies, Russ Rader said. But using data from several agencies, including NHTSA, the institute did a comprehensive study in 2004 that found 77 percent of reported animal crashes involved deer, 10 percent involved cattle, 6 percent horses and 6 percent dogs. through thousands of dollars in surgeries and weeks in rehab. Conway’s family was Bonny Kelani’s fourth foster stop in July. They officially adopted her in August.

Bonny Kelani is still afraid of traffic, Conway said. The first time Conway tried to take her for a walk next to a street “she panicked. Like a colt on a rope, she reared back and almost flipped over.” The family has tried sitting with her on the porch and in the yard but when she gets close to the road, she still tries to get away.

Bonny Kelani owes her life to the good Samaritan who took her to the hospital, but experts recommend letting authorities handle animals hurt in crashes. “If they are injured, they will lash out and bite anything without realizing what they are doing,” Conway said.

If you hit an animal and your car will make it, get off the road and call 911. And if you do try to help a dog or cat, cover it first with a blanket or towel so it can’t hurt you.

Based on claims, State Farm Insurance estimated there were 1.09 million crashes between deer and vehicles in the United States between

July 1, 2010, and June 20, 2011, said company spokesman Eddie C. Martinez in Los Angeles. That is 7 percent lower than a year earlier and down 9 percent from three years earlier, he said.

Pennsylvania had the most deer-vehicle crashes, with 101,299, Martinez said, followed by Michigan with 78,304. But he said the chances of a driver hitting a deer in the next 12 months are greatest in West Virginia, at one in 54.

That’s better than a year ago, when chances were one in 42, he said.

Martinez said the average cost of a crash with a deer is $3,171, up 2.2 percent from a year earlier.

Deer are most active between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m., and during mating and migration season, typically fall and winter. Top months for deervehicle collisions are November, October and December, according to research from State Farm.

Watch for deer crossing signs, use your high beams whenever possible at night, don’t rely on car-mounted deer whistles and remember that deer usually travel in herds, he said.

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CLASSIFIEDS PHOTOS BY OUR READERS Sam Andrews

Parker Brown

Parker Brown of Vicksburg was deer hunting with his father near Eagle Lake when they received a visit from a black bear.

Kathy Dunaway

Sam Andrews of Vicksburg was at Lake Bruin in Tensas Parish when he spotted these two fishermen below cypress trees on a still day.

Judith Jones

Kathy Dunaway of Vicksburg spotted a heavy fog creeping heavily over the Mississippi River.

Marian Love Phillips

Judith Jones of Vicksburg said she could not resist snapping this winter sky during a recent sunset.

GIVE US YOUR BEST SHOT! The Vicksburg Post will accept for publication photos submitted by readers. The photos should be current and of interest to the public, either because of their subject matter or their oddity, or the photographic skill shown. These are the criteria that will be used in determining which photos will be published. Submitted photos should be accompanied by complete caption information and include a phone number for the photographer, which will not be published. Photos may be submitted electronically at newsreleases@vicksburgpost.com, in person at Post Plaza or by mail to The Vicksburg Post, News photos, P.O. Box 821668, Vicksburg, MS 39182.

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· Education on All Options · Confidential Counseling Call 601-638-2778 for appt www.vicksburgpregnancy.com

Haven House Family Shelter 601-638-0555 or 1-800-898-0860 Services available to women & children who are victims of domestic violence and/or homeless: Shelter, counseling, group support.

(Counseling available by appt.)

If you’re finding too much of this and that cluttering your house, sell it fast.

Call and place your classified

(non-medical facility)

Don’t send that lamp to the curb! Find a new home for it through the Classifieds. Area buyers and sellers use the Classifieds every day. Besides, someone out there needs to see the light.

ad today. 601-636-SELL

07. Help Wanted

05. Notices

05. Notices

Warren County Long Term Recovery Committee

ENDING HOMELESSNESS. WOMEN with children or without are you in need of shelter? Mountain of Faith Ministries/ Women's Restoration Shelter.

Certain restrictions apply, 601-661-8990. Life coaching available by appointment.

A non-profit volunteer agency organized to provide for the unmet needs of the Warren County victims of the 2011 flood.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Volunteers experienced with construction and design are needed to assist the LTRC in various projects supporting 2011 Flood victims in Warren County.

Please call 601-636-1788 to offer support.

07. Help Wanted

POSITION AVAILABLE Medical Aide II (Community Health Worker) - Located within Public Health District III in Greenwood, MS. This position will be responsible for engaging individuals and promote the heart disease and stroke prevention initiatives in community and clinical settings. This position will be responsible for creating more effective linkages between communities and the health care system, providing health education and information, assisting and advocating for underserved individuals to receive appropriate services, providing informal counseling, directly addressing basic needs,and building community capacity in addressing health issues. Positions will be filled to work in the following counties: Bolivar, Holmes, Yazoo, Warren, Washington, and Humphreys.

Minimum Requirements include: Graduation from a standard four-year high school or equivalent (GED); and completion of a Medical Aide Training Program from an accredited college, university, trade school, or medical institution ; OR graduation from a standard four-year high school or equivalent (GED); and two (2) years of experience directly related to the described duties.

Application Deadline: January 25, 2011 Application Procedure: Please send/bring a Letter of Interest & Resume to: Mississippi State Department of Health/ MS Delta Health of Collaborative Attn: Vanessa Hodges 522 West Park Ave. Suite P, Greenwood, MS 38930 or Email Letter of Interest & Resume to: Vanessa.Hodges@msdh.state.ms.us

07. Help Wanted

KEEP UP WITH all the local news and sales.

Subscribe to The Vicksburg Post Today!

Call 601-636-4545, ask for Circulation.

Runaway Are you 12 to 17?

Alone? Scared?

Call 601-634-0640 anytime or 1-800-793-8266 We can help!

One child, one day at a time.

CALL 601-636-SELL AND PLACE YOUR CLASSIFIED AD TODAY.

07. Help Wanted

Marian Love Phillips had just finished hunting and, while waiting for her ride, decided to shoot a photo of the night sky over Delta, La.

06. Lost & Found

06. Lost & Found

06. Lost & Found

STILL MISSING! $300 REWARD!!

FOUND! ADULT FEMALE white cat. South 27 near county line. 601-5290104.

MISSING COLLIE One year old small Collie missing from Tucker Road area. Please call 601-2189614 or 601-415-2620 if found. $400 reward.

Brown and white Male SHELTIE (11 inches tall) Chris is a certified Therapy Dog. He visits in nursing homes, schools, and hospitals.

IF SEEN CALL 601-618-5457 If he comes to your house, offer him food so hopefully he will stay nearby!

FOUND FEMALE CHIHUAHUA! Halls Ferry area.

Call to describe 601-8314116.

FOUND! BLACK AND WHITE male cat. Woodlawn Baptist Church area.

Call 601-529-0786.

07. Help Wanted

GROUP SERVICES MANAGER

FOUND! NEUTERED BLACK Labrador. 601-6366631. Vicksburg Warren Humane Society FOUND!! OLDER FEMALE Black Labrador.

Wearing Orange collar.

601-636-6631.

Vicksburg Warren Humane Society LOST A DOG? Found a cat? Let The Vicksburg Post help!

Run a FREE 3 day ad!

601-636-SELL or e-mail classifieds@vicksburg post.com LOST FEMALE WHITE cat. Grey head and tail.

Hwy 27 area. Child's pet 662-299-1990

LOST! FEMALE DACHSHUND. MISSING from Highway 80/ Mt. Alban Road vicinity.

601-415-3858.

07. Help Wanted

REWARD $100+ FAMILY loved pet. Female black Labrador- Large, very friendly. Blind in one eye. Needs medication. Has been treated for red mange. Spayed, was wearing pink collar when she went missing.

Chases deer, not traffic smart. Always sleeps inside.

Missing from Timberlane area. Was seen on Halls Ferry. If seen please call 601-415-2284, 601-6368774.

07. Help Wanted “ACE” Truck Driver Training With a Difference Job Placement Asst.

Day, Night & Refresher Classes Get on the Road NOW! Call 1-888-430-4223 MS Prop. Lic. 77#C124

ELECTRICIAN

The Vicksburg Convention & Visitors Bureau is

Anderson Tully

seeking qualified applicants for the position of Group

Industrial electrical manufacturing experience needed. Experience with electrical wiring maintenance and installation, motor control installation, electrical systems maintenance applications, and troubleshooting plant electronic systems.

Working knowledge and familiarity with PLC’s and electronics along with working knowledge of all local and national electrical codes.

Excellent pay and benefits along with a great working environment.

Send your resume to: Human Resources P. O. Box 38, Vicksburg, MS 39181 Fax: (601) 629-3626 Email: mikem@andersontully.com

Services Manager. The position solicits the group tour and meetings/convention markets to generate overnight visitation. Weekends, evenings and out-of-market travel required. Salary based on experience. Send resumes to Executive Director, Vicksburg Convention & Visitors Bureau, P.O. Box 110, Vicksburg, MS 39181.

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The Vicksburg Post

Classified • S O M E T H I N G N E W E V E R Y D A Y • We accept: e y r w • Call Direct: (601)636-SELL Online Ad Placement: http://www.vicksburgpost.com

We Write Thousands Of Best Sellers Every Year...

We’re The Vicksburg Post Classified Advertising Department . . . our job is to help you write effective classified ads so you can have best sellers too!

Give us a call . . . we’ll write one for you!

Call (601) 636-SELL.

Hours: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday - Friday, Closed Saturday & Sunday. Post Plaza, 1601-F North Frontage Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180 • P. O. Box 821668 Vicksburg, MS 39182.

Classified Information Line Ad Deadlines Deadlines Ads to appear Deadline Ads to appear Monday Monday Tuesday Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday Thursday Thursday Friday Friday Saturday Saturday Sunday Sunday

07. Help Wanted DR. MARGARET NICHOLS and Dr. Janet Fisher now hiring trained dental assistant. Please bring resume to office, 1212 Mission 66, Monday- Thursday, 8am-5pm.

DRIVER. LOOKING For a new job for the New year?

Tango has immediate openings for Regional and OTR Drivers! Top Pay, Excellent Benefits and Great Hometime. CDL-A and 15 months OTR experience required.

Apply by phone. MondayFriday 8am- 5pm and Sunday 1pm- 5pm CST. 877826-4605 or online at www.drivefortango.com. Please email resumes to: recruiting@tangotransport.com

Deadline 2 p.m., Friday 55p.m., p.m.,Thursday Friday 35p.m., p.m.,Friday Monday 3 p.m., Monday p.m.,Tuesday Tuesday 35p.m., p.m.,Wednesday Wednesday 35p.m., 11 a.m., Thursday 11 a.m., Thursday 11 11a.m., a.m.,Thursday Thursday

07. Help Wanted

DRIVERS NEEDED!!

1-800-301-1140 Call M-F 8am-5pm GROWING INDUSTRIAL COMPANY is looking for an HR Assistant to assist with recruitment, new hire development and employee scheduling. Excellent benefits, 50 hour work week.

Send resumes to: Dept.

3777, The Vicksburg Post, P.O. Box 821668, Vicksburg, MS 39182.

Classified Display Deadlines Ads to appear Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Classified Ad Rates Classified Classified Line Line Das Ads: Starting at 1-4 Lines, Starting at 1-4 Lines, 11 Day Day for for $8.32 $8.28

Deadline 5 p.m., Thursday 3 p.m., Friday 3 p.m., Monday 3 p.m., Tuesday 3 p.m., Wednesday 11 a.m., Thursday 11 a.m., Thursday

Classified line ads are charged according to the number of lines. For complete pricing information contact a Classified Sales Representative today at 601-636-SELL. Ads cancelled before expiration date ordered are charged at prevailing rate only for days actually run, 44line lineminimum minimumcharge charge.$8.32 $8.28minimum minimumcharge. charge.

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07. Help Wanted

07. Help Wanted

LOCAL COMPANY LOOKING for a qualified individual who is seeking long-term employment. We have a full-time position for an experienced and dependable HVAC technician.

2 or more years experience required. Please fax your resume to 601-636-1475.

MAINTENANCE FACILITY MANAGER opening Jackson, MS. Must be experienced with strong management, communication, multitask team of technicians on 24-7 work scheduled.

Great pay and benefits.

Email resume: michael.webb@odfl.com or call: 704-225-7890.

(EOE/AA) Old Dominion Freight Line.

PAPA JOHNS PIZZA is hiring a Manager and Drivers. Drivers must have a reliable vehicle, insurance, and a good driving record. Apply in Person between 10am- 4pm.

LOCAL COMPANY SEEKING 2 people with very strong carpentry and trailer/ home remodeling skills. Send resume to P.O. Box 821765, Vicksburg MS 39182.

EXPERIENCED MECHANIC NEEDED Apply in person only at:

Sheffield Rentals 1255 Hwy 61 South Vicksburg.

NO PHONE CALLS, PLEASE

PART TIME ON-SITE apartment manager needed for small local apartment complex. Must be honest, dependable, work well with public, must have good clerical skills, experience a plus. Serious inquiries only, fax resume to: 318-3521929.

11. Business Opportunities

In the event of errors, please call the very first day your ad appears. The Vicksburg Post will not be responsible for more than one incorrect insertion.

Mis-Classification No ad will be deliberately mis-classified.

The Vicksburg Post classified department is the sole judge of the proper classification for each ad.

17. Wanted To Buy

“WE CAN ERASE your bad credit- 100% guaranteed.� The Federal Trade Commission says the only legitimate credit repair starts and ends with you. It takes time and a conscious effort to pay your debts.

Any company that claims to be able to fix your credit legally is lying. Learn about managing credit and debt at ftc.gov/credit A message from The Vicksburg Post and the FTC.

CKC REGISTERED AUSTRALIAN Shepherd puppies. $250. Brett, 601630-5698.

WE BUY ESTATES. Households and quality goods. Best prices. You call, we haul! 601-415-3121, 601-661-6074. www.msauctionservice.com

CALL 601-636-7535

5 WEEK OLD LABRADOR puppies. 5-Yellow, and 1black, 4 boys, and 2 girls. 5 weeks old. $250 each. 601634-8109.

READ THE CLASSIFIEDS daily!

Errors

14. Pets & Livestock

14. Pets & Livestock

$10 START UP KIT

Place your classified line ad at

http://www.vicksburgpost.com

10. Loans And Investments

TO BUY OR SELL

AVON

Internet

CALL 601-636-SELL AND

11. Business Opportunities

PLACE YOUR CLASSIFIED AD TODAY.

11. Business Opportunities

Vicksburg Warren Humane Society & MS - Span Low Cost Spay & Neuter Program CATS: Male . .$25 Female ........$35 DOGS (UNDER 40 LBS): Male . .$55 Female ........$65 • For the above category of animals, pick up applications at the Humane Society DOGS (OVER 40 LBS): Male . .$70 Female ........$80 • For dogs over 40 lbs, call 866-901-7729 for appt.

Hwy 61 S - 601-636-6631

VICKSBURG WARREN HUMANE SOCIETY Hwy 61 S. • 601-636-6631

DON’T SHOP...

Adopt Today!

WE BUY USED QUALITY furniture and household goods. Pays cash! Please call Marilyn at 601-638-3070.

WE HAUL OFF old appliances, old batteries, lawn mowers, hot water heaters, junk and abandoned cars, trucks, vans, etcetera. 601940-5075, if no answer, please leave message.

18. Miscellaneous For Sale 18 INCH cut seasoned Oak firewood, all split. $70- ½ cord, $130- cord.

Delivered. 601-415-8970.

31 FOOT TRAVEL TRAILER. Bumper pull, good shape. $2,700 or trade for good, small 4x4 truck of equal value. 601-415-0088.

Call the Shelter for more information.

HAVE A HEART, SPAY OR NEUTER YOUR PETS!

52� RCA HDTV $400, 52�

RCA Standard Definition TV $200. Call 601-634-6898.

Look for us on www.petfinder.com

www.pawsrescuepets.org

If you are feeding a stray or feral cat and need help with spaying or neutering, please call 601-529-1535.

15. Auction OUR ON-LINE SUBSCRIPTION keeps you “plugged� in to all the local news, sports, community events. Call Circulation, 601-636-4545.

17. Wanted To Buy

PLEASE CALL THE Gentleman of Junk for all your junk vehicle needs.

Just in time for extra Christmas cash, Please leave message if no answer. 601-868-2781.

Looking for a new challenge in Advertising Sales?

Apply now - This position won’t last!

Ideally you will have experience selling business to business. Any advertising or marketing or sales experience that you have will also be advantageous.

You must be intelligent, customer focused, and a strong team player. Must have a good driving record with dependable transportation and auto insurance.

The successful candidate will be rewarded with an above industry base salary, plus commission. If you have the right skills please apply NOW, as interviews have already started.

Email resumes to: ads@vicksburgpost.com or mail to Dept. 3776, The Vicksburg Post, P.O. Box 821668, Vicksburg, MS 39182

AIRLINE TICKET VOUCHERS. Anywhere half price, International also.

702-521-7298, 240-2814077.

FIREWOOD FOR SALE. $75 per truck load. Delivered and stacked. 601-6346140 or 601-638-6740.

HOME COMPUTER SERVICE and repair. Reasonable prices. Pick up available .601502-5265, 601-636-7376.

LADIES 14K yellow gold diamond solitaire ring. Approximately 1.44 carats set in 14K white gold 6 prong Tiffany head. Appraised retail $14,395, Will sale for $12,000. 601-638-7696.

THE PET SHOP “Vicksburg’s Pet Boutique�

ADVERTISING SALES CONSULTANT

We currently require the assistance of a new Advertising Sales Consultant to manage and grow an existing account list. In this role you will have an account list to look after and manage. You will work with clients to find creative and unique advertising solutions for their businesses. You will be responsible for generating revenue and achieving you goals. You will have a selection of clients to service; you will identify their needs and build stronger relationships with them.

You will also spend time building new relationships and finding new business opportunities.

8 FOOT BRUNSWICK billards pool table. Great condition. $450. Call 601415-1525.

3508 South Washington Street Pond fish, Gold fish, Koi, fish food aquarium needs, bird food, designer collars, harnesses & leads, loads of pet supplies!

Bring your Baby in for a fitting today!

RED OAK FIREWOOD for sale. $80 for truckload, $140 cord. Will deliver. 601259-8274, 601-218-4611

“Valentine Message Page�

Send a loving message to your Sweetheart!

The Vicksburg Post will print your messages in the Classified Section on Tuesday, February 14th.

Cost is $1 per word.

Pictures an additional $7 each.

Hurry, Hurry, Hurry!!!

Deadline is Thursday, February 9th.

1601-F N Frontage Rd Vicksburg, MS 39180 601-636-4545 601-636-SELL (7355)

THE BEST WAY to bargain hunt is to check the Classifieds Daily. We make it easy with our convenient home delivery.

For details call 601-636-4545, Circulation.

USED TIRES! LIGHT trucks and SUV's, 16's, 17's, 18's, 19's, 20's. A few matching sets! Call TD's, 601-638-3252.

19. Garage & Yard Sales

Ask us how to “Post Size� your ad with some great clip art! Call the Classified Ladies at 601-636-Sell (7355).

STILL HAVE STUFF after your Garage Sale?

Donate your items to The Salvation Army, we pick-up!

Call 601-636-2706.

What's going on in Vicksburg this weekend?

Read The Vicksburg Post!

For convenient home delivery call 601-636-4545, ask for circulation.

The Vicksburg Post

Sunday, January 15, 2012

IMPORT IMPORTANT NEWS ABOUT INTEREST RATES RATES As directed by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the mortgage agencies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, are required to increase the guarantee fee charged for all new mortgages financed on or after April 1, 2012. What does this mean? Rates on all agency loans (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) will start to reflect the extra cost in higher interest rates as soon as February 1st. So if you’ve been waiting on lower rates, now is a great time to get off the fence!

Waiting could cost you dearly!

Please give us a call or email to discuss your unique situation and so we may answer any questions you have.

JONES & UPCHURCH, INC. Call Andrea at

601-831-6490 Over 34 years of experience put to work for you!

EMAIL: ANDREA@JONESANDUPCHURCH.COM Andrea Upchurch WWW.VICKSBURGHOMES.COM

Start 2012 with any of our reliable realtors for all your housing needs: Vanessa Leech, Broker • 601-415-4114 Andrea Lewis • 601-218-0644 Nina Rocconi • 601-415-4503 Mindy Hall • 601-631-4144 Tommy Shelton • 601-415-2507 Richard Engel • 601-831-2597 Cathy Mitchell • 601-218-2763

Happy New Year from A Reputable Real Estate Company with Proven Results

Leech Real Estate of Vicksburg, Inc. 601-636-5947 www.leechrealestate.net

111 BRANDI LANE

5 Dogwood Heights County location on quiet cul-de-sac 3 bedrooms 2.5 baths. Home has been recently remodeled with a new kitchem, floors and paint. 1.1 wooded acres with workshop.

118 Singing Hills Cove 4.2 acres 3 bedroom, 2 bath with screened porch on lake.

Extra lot for garden included, covered shed for boat.

McMillin And

Real Estate

Beverly McMillin 601-415-9179 Home for Sale? Show it to the world at www.vicksburgrealestate.com

20. Hunting

Call our Circulation Department for CONVENIENT Home Delivery and/ or our On-line Subscription.

Monday- Friday, 8am-5pm, 601-636-4545.

21. Boats, Fishing Supplies What's going on in Vicksburg?

Read The Vicksburg Post!

For convenient home delivery, call 601-636-4545, ask for circulation.

24. Business Services CLARK’S CONSTRUCTION

Dozer, Track hoe, Form setting, Concrete, Demolition work.

State licensed and Bonded 601-218-9233 • 601-638-9233

Toni Walker Terrett Attorney At Law 601-636-1109 • Bankruptcy Chapter 7 and 13 • Social Seurity Disability • No-fault Divorce DIRT AND GRAVEL hauled. 8 yard truck. 601638-6740.

ELVIS YARD SERVICES. General yard clean-up, rake leaves, grass cutting, tree cutting, reasonable. 601831-0667. Quick response.

FREE ESTIMATES TREY GORDON ROOFING & RESTORATION •Roof & Home Repair (all types!)

•30 yrs exp •1,000’s of ref Licensed • Insured 601-618-0367 • 601-456-4133 Don’t send that lamp to the curb!

Find a new home for it through the Classifieds. Area buyers and sellers use the Classifieds every day. Besides, someone out there needs to see the light.

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REATHA CREAR

STEELE PAINTING SERVICE LLC Specialize in painting/ sheet rock.

All home improvements Free Estimates 601-634-0948.

Chris Steele/ Owner

ALL MOBILE HOME OWNERS! Single or double wide.

Insulate with a new mobile home roof over kit.

2" foam insulation on top of your home with 29 gauge steel roofing.

Guaranteed to save 25- 30% on heating/ cooling bill.

20 colors to choose from.

Financing available with no money down. Also custom insulated mobile home windows. Free estimate.

Donnie Grubbs.

Toll free 1-888-339-5992 www.donniegrubbs.com

26. For Rent Or Lease RICHARD M. CALDWELL BROKER SPECIALIZING IN RENTALS

Specializing In: Remodeling, Additions, Storm & Fire Damage Repairs, Drainage & Erosion Control

Licensed by the State of MS & the City of Vicksburg

Best Buy in Openwood Now only $159,900!

Beautiful lot on cul-desac accents this newly inside painted and carpeted 4BR, 2 BA home.

602 NEWIT VICK DRIVE Large backyard with a cottage facing in-ground pool. Cottage contains large front porch, bedroom/ recreational, kitchen, bath, & wired work shop. All this with 2, 141 sq. ft. home that features 4 bdrms, 2 bths, family rm, living rm, dining room, eat-in kitchen & sprinkler system in front yard.

Jimmy Ball

Johnny Sanders 601-629-7808 3350 Eagle Lake Shore

3 bedrooms, 2 baths, lakefront.

Home has all cypress interior with a metal roof, deck, pier, boat house and screened porch. $155,000.

reathacrear@aol.com

GUEST HOUSE FOR RENT VICKSBURG One bedroom.

Fully furnished, 700 square feet, Kitchen, living room, bath with shower, washer and dryer.

A/C and Heaters.

Historic, quiet, safe neighborhood.

Off street parking. Fenced property. $750. Call 601-870-7914

River City Lawn Care You grow it - we mow it!

Affordable and professional. Lawn and landscape maintenance.

Cut, bag, trim, edge.

601-529-6168.

SH

McMillin Real Estate Bette@Vicksburgrealestate.com

601-831-1742 601-634-8928

DIRT, SAND, CLAY gravel, 6/10. Anywhere and Anytime.

601-218-9233, 601-638-9233.

PLUMBING SERVICES24 hour emergency- broken water lines- hot water heaters- toilets- faucetssinks. Pressure Washingsidewalk- house- mobile homes- vinyl siding- brick homes. 601-618-8466.

OPEN HOUSE TODAY 2-4PM

114 ROBERT E. LEE

Bette Paul Warner 601-218-1800

& Coldwell Banker All Stars

28. Furnished Apartments

KMR TRACTOR SERVICES. Bush hog mowing, grading, excavation, disking, after storm debris removal, and other land, commercial/ residential work.

Free Estimates. 601-4159225.

Sanders Hollingsworth Builders

REALTOR®

601-218-3541 fewball@cablelynx.com

5100 MT. ALBAN ROAD

What a Buy! Four Bedrooms And Three Full Baths, Situated on 3.6 Acres. Formal Dining Room With Hardwood Floors, Fireplace, Gourmet Kitchen With Ceramic Floors, Island, Whirlpool Tub, Huge Bonus Room, Screen Porch 2-Car Garage And More...$273,500

24. Business Services

I-PHONE REPAIR. Buy, sell and repair. Arcue Sanchez - 601-618-9916.

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33. Commercial Property

33. Commercial Property

North County. 3 wooded acres. Brick home with 3 bedroomos, 2 baths, large family room, separate dining room. Two fireplaces, Patio. Large workshop.

2735 Washington Street, Vicksburg, MS 39180 • 601-638-6243

33. Commercial Property

33. Commercial Property

29. Unfurnished Apartments 2 BEDROOM ALL electric. Water furnished, $450 monthly.

4 BEDROOM duplex Both $200 deposit, $500 monthly. Refrigerator, stove furnished. 601-634-8290.

❁❁❁❁❁ Every day is bright

2 BEDROOM, 1 bath.

1214 main Street. Central heat and air, water included. $450 monthly plus deposit. 601-631-4755.

and sunny with a classified to make you

THE COVE

MONEY!

Stop looking, Start living!

Call and place your ad today.

Paid cable, water and trash. Washer, Dryer and built-in microwave furnished.

601-636-SELL ❁❁❁❁❁

Ask about our Holiday special!

601-638-5587 1-601-686-0635

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2 BEDROOMS, 1 bath.

Convenient location, central heat/ air, washer/ dryer. $750 monthly, deposit and references required. 601529-8002.

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Great Staff Great Location, Location, Hard-Working Hard-Working Staff

601-638-7831• •201 201Berryman Berryman Rd 601-638-7831 Rd.

(INCLUDING CORPORATE APARTMENTS) CALL 601-618-5180 caldwell@vicksburg.com

29. Unfurnished Apartments

NEED AN APARTMENT? Enjoy the convenience of downtown living at

The Vicksburg Apartments UTILITIES PAID! 1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments Studios & Efficiencies 801 Clay Street 601-630-2921 www.the-vicksburg.com

MAGNOLIA MANOR APARTMENTS Elderly & Disabled 3515 Manor Drive Vicksburg, Ms. 601-636-3625 Equal Housing Opportunity

No need to go hunting around town to place your garage sale signs...just place an ad in the The Vicksburg Post Classifieds.

CROSS OVER

INTO THE GOOD LIFE! Apartment Homes

Spacious 1, 2, and 3 bedroom apartment homes!

• CABLE FURNISHED • HIGH SPEED INTERNET ACCESS AVAILABLE • NUMEROUS LAVISH AMENITIES • SPARKLING SWIMMING POOL • BASKETBALL COURT • VOLLEYBALL COURT www.gfprop.com

601-636-0503

• 2160 S. Frontage Rd.

Call 601-636-SELL.

The Classified Marketplace...

There’s no easier way to attract customers and make extra cash!

Where buyers and sellers meet.

LOOKING TO MOVE UP IN THE JOB MARKET? Step this way to the top of your field!

Job opportunities abound in the

HELP WANTED SECTION of The Vicksburg Post Classifieds.

check out the latest listings online at www.vicksburgpost.com

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24. Business Services

24. Business Services

24. Business Services

24. Business Services

29. Unfurnished Apartments ABOVE TWIGGS! 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartment, central heat/ air, washer/ dryer included. $800 monthly, deposit/ references required.

601-529-8002

BEAUTIFUL LAKESIDE LIVING

ROSS

Barnes Glass

CONSTRUCTION

Quality Service at Competitive Prices #1 Windshield Repair & Replacement

New Homes

Framing, Remodeling, Cabinets, Flooring, Roofing & Vinyl Siding State Licensed & Bonded

Vans • Cars • Trucks •Insurance Claims Welcome•

AUTO • HOME • BUSINESS Jason Barnes • 601-661-0900

Jon Ross 601-638-7932

BUFORD

SPEEDIPRINT & OFFICE SUPPLY

CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. 601-636-4813 State Board of Contractors Approved & Bonded

• Business Cards • Letterhead • Envelopes • Invoices • Work Orders • Invitations

Haul Clay, Gravel, Dirt, Rock & Sand All Types of Dozer Work Land Clearing • Demolition Site Development & Preparation Excavation Crane Rental • Mud Jacking

(601) 638-2900 Fax (601) 636-6711 1601-C North Frontage Road Vicksburg, MS 39180

Simmons Lawn Service

Professional Services & Competitive Prices • Landscaping • Septic Systems • Irrigation: Install & Repair • Commercial & Residential Grass Cutting Licensed • Bonded • Insured 12 years experience Roy Simmons (Owner) 601-218-8341

• 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom Apts.

• Beautifully Landscaped • Lake Surrounds Community

• Pool • Fireplace • Spacious Floor Plans 601-629-6300 www.thelandingsvicksburg.com

501 Fairways Drive Vicksburg

PATRIOTIC • FLAGS • BANNERS • BUMPER STICKERS • YARD SIGNS

Show Your Colors!

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29. Unfurnished Apartments MOVE-IN

SPECIAL! Confederate Ridge Apartments Call 601-638-0102 for details or stop by 780 Highway 61 North

Commodore Apartments 1, 2 & 3 Bedrooms 605 Cain Ridge Rd. Vicksburg, MS 39180

601-638-2231

S HAMROCK A PA RT M E N T S SUPERIOR QUALITY, CUSTOM CABINETS, EXTRA LARGE MASTER BDRM, & WASHER / DRYER HOOKUPS. SAFE!!

SENIOR CITIZEN DISCOUNT

601-661-0765 • 601-415-3333

30. Houses For Rent 1455 PARKSIDE, 3/ 2.

1865 Martin Luther King, 3/ 1. 123 Roseland 4/ 2. 2606 Oak Street, 2/ 1. $750 and up! 732-768-5743.

31. Mobile Homes For Rent MEADOWBROOK PROPERTIES. 2 or 3 bedroom mobile homes, south county. Deposit required.

601-619-9789.

3 BEDROOM 1 bath. 61 North, Blakely Subdivision. $725 monthly plus deposit.

601-631-4755.

32. Mobile Homes For Sale

3 BEDROOM HOMES. $750, $900, 1200/ month plus deposit. Call Carla, Jones & Upchurch, 601415-4179.

½ ACRE LAKE front property with 2 decks, and covered back porch. 4 bedroom, 2 bath fixer upper house. $45,000. 601-5725300, 601-573-5029.

LOS COLINAS. SMALL 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath Cottage.

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BANK REPOSSESSION! 2006 16x80, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths for only $19,900! Will owner finance with $5000 down. 601-672-5146.

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Bradford Ridge Apartments Live in a Quality Built Apartment for LESS! All brick, concrete floors and double walls provide excellent soundproofing, security, and safety.

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Proud Grandparents Show off your grandchildren to everyone this Valentine’s Day! Just bring or mail your grandchilds photo

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960 SQUARE FOOT Deluxe office space on Wisconsin Avenue. $675 monthly.

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34. Houses For Sale 5000 GIBSON ROAD. 2500 square foot brick, 3 bedroom, 2 bath with 2 car garage on approximately 1 acre of land. Large den with built in bar, dining and living room with a office adjacent to master bedroom. Central heat and air, all electric. $157,000. 601-529-5376.

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HOUSES FOR SALE 1862 MLK 807 First North LAND FOR SALE 801 First North Farmer St. Bl. 3 Call 601-942-1838 gspencerprater@aol.com

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5.9 ACRE CORNER lot in Silver Creek Subdivision for sale by owner. 601-6367800, 8am- 4pm, MondayFriday.

Mary D. Barnes .........601-966-1665 Stacie Bowers-Griffin...601-218-9134 Jill WaringUpchurch....601-906-5012 Carla Watson...............601-415-4179 Andrea Upchurch.......601-831-6490 Broker, GRI

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BY OWNER. 100 Freedom Lane, 5 bedroom, 3 full baths. Spacious living room with fireplace.

Large kitchen, central air/ heat, large lot. 601-415-5693.

CARY, MS. 3 bed, 2 bath home, 4.5 lots. Shown by appointment only. Asking $115,000. 601-824-0270.

Please call one of these Coldwell Banker professionals today: Jimmy Ball 601-218-3541 Katherine Crawford 601-218-0020 Reatha Crear 601-831-1742 Caffie Ellis 601-415-7010 Herb Jones 601-831-1840 Marianne Jones 601-415-6868 William Nettle 601-415-6489 Valorie Spiller 601-618-6688 Kim Steen 601-218-7318 Harley Caldwell, broker 601-634-8928 2170 I-20 S. Frontage Rd www.homesofvicksburg.com

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Meet Dorial Green-Beckham of Missouri—and the rest of the 2012 PARADE All-America team.

Record-breaking receiver Green-Beckham, 18, in the Hillcrest High locker room in Springfield, Mo.

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Personality Walter Scott,s

Q: Whatever happened to Ordinary People’s Elizabeth McGovern?

—J. B., Los Angeles

A: The actress, 50,

moved to England nearly two decades ago to raise a family with her husband, British producer Simon Curtis. She’s in the midst of a career comeback and is up for a Golden Globe tonight for her turn as Lady Cora in Downton Abbey (season two is now airing on PBS Masterpiece Classic). Find out what she misses most about living in America at Parade.com/mcgovern.

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Q: On his Twitter page, Patton Oswalt mentions having been a wedding DJ. True? —Raymond C. Quon, Westwood, Calif.

A: “Oh yes,” Oswalt, 42,

says with a laugh. “I answered an ad and that was how I spent my weekends,

series of comedic roles (he voiced Remy in Ratatouille and was on The King of Queens), he says he’s content with his career’s nontraditional trajectory: “I don’t want to know where I’m going next.”

WALTER SCOTT ASKS …

Suze Orman The financial guru’s new show, America’s Money Class with Suze Orman, is airing now on OWN (Mondays, 9 p.m. ET). Go to Parade.com/orman for her tips on how to manage your money better in 2012.

You started out as a waitress. What did you learn from that?

I learned to treat people with honesty and gentleness. It was my job to meet their needs and give them a good experience. I still feel like I’m a waitress, serving a platter of financial advice.

“I CRY AT EVERYTHING NOW. … I’VE BECOME MORE OPEN TO SURPRISES AND FEELINGS.” —Sandra Bullock on how motherhood has changed her

Q: Can you tell me more about the very pretty home of Cameron Diaz’s character in the 2006 film The Holiday? —Debby Brown, Charleston, S.C.

A: Although the interi-

ors of that home were shot on a soundstage at

Why did you and your partner get married in South Africa?

I wanted to marry in a country where there’s no distinction between gay marriage and straight marriage.

Have you ever been asked to do Dancing with the e Star S Stars? ta s?

Yes, three times, es, but my job is the moneyy lady. And I’m 60 years old! I’ll tell you another thing—I’m —I’m not going up there e in those dresses, ses, and when I dance, I lead. I do not follow.

What is your biggest iggest splurge? When I’m doing business, ss, I fly on private planes, which h I pay for, so I’m always on time and d I’m healthy when hen I get there. But ut otherwise I fly JetBlue.

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Built B by architect Wallace Neff for W his family in 1928, the home owes its h design d sign to the Spanish de missions miss ssio along the California coast, Calif which w ic are known wh for f r their smooth fo stucco stuc surfaces and red tile t roofs.

Q: Would Robert Pattinson consider doing a comedy?

—Laura Davis, Imperial, Mo.

A: Yes, he would, though

he’s not sure he’s right for the genre. “I don’t know if I’m particularly funny,” the Twilight star, 25, has said. “One of my legs is shorter than the other one, so that makes everything look really awkward. I can look like an idiot, but I don’t know if I can be witty. That could be a problem.” For now, he’s sticking with drama; he recently wrapped David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis, which also features Paul Giamatti and Juliette Binoche.

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“This is a real turning point. Earth is no longer a lone outpost in the Milky Way galaxy.”

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Kepler-10b The first rocky planet ID’d outside our solar system, it’s nicknamed “Vulcan,” after the Roman god of fire (not the Star Trek planet).

light that occur as planets pass in front of their stars (much like what happens during an eclipse). “We have only recently acquired the technology to achieve that precision,” says Kepler scientist Natalie Batalha. Among other challenges, NASA engineers had to devise a way to eliminate spacecraft vibrations that would cause distortions.

Their work has finally paid off. Just last month, NASA announced the discovery of Kepler-22b, a world with the perfect temperature to sustain life, though its potential mass suggests that gravity might be too powerful there for human habitation. Two weeks later came the first planets—Kepler20e and Kepler-20f—to match Earth’s size almost exactly, but they orbit too close to their sun to be habitable. Nevertheless, “this is a real turning point,” Batalha says. “Earth is no longer a lone outpost in the Milky Way galaxy.” < Kepler-16b

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Manner Up! Modern etiquette made easy

Q: My mother is incredibly bossy in the kitchen— even my kitchen! She not only criticizes my cooking but starts rearranging all my pots and pans. It drives me nuts; we’ve had the same fight about it for years.

How can I keep the peace when she visits without having my whole kitchen turned upside down? —Name withheld, Buffalo A: All that kitchen drama is not about your cooking or organizational skills; it’s about your mother’s sense of not being needed the way she used to be. Why, you just can’t do anything by yourself, can you? You still need Mom’s help! Your best defense: Give her a job to do—one that does not involve eyeing the oven every five minutes and telling you to turn up the heat from 350 to 375. Tell her, “Mom, I could really use a hand doing X,” where X equals, for instance, keeping the kids busy and out of the kitchen. After all, you probably really could use her help— and she will feel needed. And at the end of the day, thank her. Because that’s what all of us mamas truly want: a little appreciation.

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Sunday with ... having a kid. In order to live a full life, sometimes you have to do things that scare you.

Jason O’Mara

How do you spend Sundays?

My wife makes the best chocolate chip pancakes, and my son and I are only too happy to stay home and eat them. Sometimes David plays soccer or football. I played rugby, so David has that in his blood. He’s a very rambunctious, energetic boy, a natural linebacker. I have also fallen in love with the NFL and the New York Giants. I watch the games and my wife lets me, and that’s love.

What about Sunday supper?

Being Irish, I grew up eating a Sunday roast. Over the years Paige has picked up tips, and on Sundays, no matter what happens, we eat together. She learned how to make Yorkshire pudding and Irish soda bread. She nailed the gravy, too—essential!

PARADE You and your wife, actress Paige Turco, have a 7-year-old son, David. Did he like Terra Nova?

He loves dinosaurs, soo I let him watch most of the episodes. There are things in the show that he loves, but whenever I show affection to my [onscreen] wife or kids, it’s like, “Dad, what are you doing? I’m your son.”

Who makes you laugh the most?

sylvania gangbanger incident. We found him in Brooklyn on the run, in a church basement. My name was on the arrest report!

Have you had any on-the-job training for your various cop roles?

Ever had a run-in with the law yourself?

I spent a lot of time with the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force. They call their area the belly of the beast, because it seems to be where all the fugitives converge. We found this guy who allegedly murdered someone in Costa Rica and then allegedly was involved in a Penn-

No. I became an American citizen three years ago, and if I’d been arrested, maybe that wouldn’t have happened. That was a very proud moment, by the way. I still have my Irish passport, but becoming an American citizen was important in terms of my family.

What do you miss about Ireland?

My son. Just this morning he had a class assignment about life in colonial times, and he illustrated it with ninjas. Colonial children are cool, but ninjas are cooler! He cracks me up.

I suppose it’s just a vibe on the street. It’s small, so there’s a definite sense of safety. It’s cozy.

Everybody knows everybody The Irish have a grand musical else. Those are also the reasons I heritage. Is singing one of your needed to get out. I didn’t want talents? to feel that safe; I I don’t sing. If I could wanted to take risks The star shares sing or dance, I would and see the world. his recipe for have done someIrish soda bread at Parade.com/omara What frightens you? thing really gross in Sometimes the things a G-string by now— that scare me are the things I’m when I wasn’t working and was drawn to: moving to London, desperate—and ruined my career.

L.A., New York; marrying, [My lack of talent] saved me.

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hatever it takes to be a cop, casting directors agree that Jason O’Mara has it.

The Terra Nova star on dinos, risk taking, The square-jawed, Irish-born actor, 39, has played time-travand becoming an American citizen eling lawmen on both the shortlived series Life on Mars and Fox’s sci-fi adventure Terra Nova, which “IN ORDER recently had its TO LIVE A FULL LIFE, season finale. He’ll SOMETIMES next be seen as a YOU HAVE TO DO former vice cop and THINGS THAT murder suspect in the SCARE YOU.” big-screen caper One for the Money, in theaters Jan. 27. Thelma Adams learns what makes O’Mara so arresting.

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Ask Marilyn

By Marilyn vos Savant

My husband says that a light fixture with six 60-watt bulbs is as bright as a fixture with one 360-watt bulb. To me, this is like saying that if you harness together six horses, each of which can run 40 miles per hour, the team could run 240 miles per hour. I think my husband might be wrong for the first time in his life.

Am I right? —Elizabeth Moore, Bowling Green, Ky.

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To compare the latter, you must add up the lumens (a measure of light emission) that are produced by each bulb, and lower-wattage bulbs tend to be less efficient. I found an example in my closet—a 40-watt bulb that produces 475 lumens and a 200-watt bulb that produces 3,300 lumens.

So five of my 40-watt bulbs would produce 2,375 lumens, only about 72 percent of the output of the large bulb.

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“Dorial is so fast—and, at 6-6, so big—that he can make any kind of catch— high, low, you name it,” says Sporting News’ Brian McLaughlin, who selected this year’s All-America team for PARADE.

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RECORD-BREAKING RECEIVER DORIAL GREEN-BECKHAM TOPS OUR 49TH ANNUAL PARADE ALL-AMERICA LIST, BUT HE’S HAD TO OVERCOME SOME HUGE OBSTACLES ALONG THE WAY

By BRIAN MCLAUGHLIN

Cover and opening photograph by JENNIFER SILVERBERG

orial Green-Beckham, an 18-year-old wide receiver at Hillcrest High School in Springfield, Mo., has a smile almost as wide as his barn-broad shoulders, but you won’t see it when he’s talking about his childhood. “Growing up, there weren’t a lot of choices,” he says. Sometimes not even the choice of where to sleep at night. The third of six kids born to a struggling single mother, he bounced from motel rooms and vans to living in foster homes and with relatives, shuttling between his native St. Louis area and Springfield.

That all changed in 2006, when Hillcrest head football coach John Beckham and his wife, Tracy, opened their home to Dorial and his younger brother Darnell. John and Tracy have fostered 20 or so children over the years, including Dorial’s older brother Sam, whom they’d taken in just a few months earlier. And even though they were raising five other kids at the time and Tracy was battling thyroid cancer, they made room. “When you’ve been in the [foster] system long enough, you know there is not another person waiting in line behind you,” says Tracy.

Things were rocky at first. Dorial was “withdrawn,” says John. “He didn’t have a whole lot of confidence in himself.” He found his stride his sophomore year, winning state track championships in both the 100-meter dash and the triple jump and leading his basketball team to a state title. But it was on the

football field that the 6-foot-6, 225-pound senior known as DGB really shone, shredding records almost as fast as he went through boxes of breakfast cereal.

In the fall, he wrapped up his high school career with 6,447 total receiving yards, breaking a national record nearly as old as he was.

It’s the kind of talent that inspires comparisons to NFL greats like Randy Moss and sputtering from scouts and recruiters: “Stunning.” “Scary good.”

“Arguably the best athlete in the country.” CBS Sports prep analyst Tom Lemming says that Dorial is among the greatest high school players he’s ever seen. No wonder he topped our 49th annual list of the best seniors in high school football, chosen in partnership with Sporting News.

Suddenly, there are choices. Lots of them. Twelve plastic buckets at the Beckham home are bursting with letters from college football programs.

Dorial, whom the Beckhams formally adopted in 2009 (along with Darnell), is mulling the options, among them Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Alabama, and Texas (at press time, he was uncommitted). But he’s chosen to stay put recently and eschew several recruiting trips, wanting to remain close to home and the family he cherishes. “They’re great people,” he says.

Catch Dorial in action and weigh It’s a decision that makes even more sense in light in on our selections of the devastating news he received last February: at Parade.com /all-america Darnell, also a gifted athlete, continued on page 11 January 15, 2012 • 9

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STANDOUT PLAYERS OF

THE YEAR

JOHNATHAN GRAY Running Back

ALEDO, TEX. For Johnathan Gray, just setting a national record wasn’t enough. In December, the running back did so in Hollywood-worthy fashion—with less than seven minutes left in the state championship game, and with 43,000 fans screaming in the stands of (where else?) Cowboys Stadium. That’s when he scored his 205th touchdown, eclipsing a seven-year-old mark. Johnathan caught the eye of coach Tim Buchanan as a freshman. “He’d outrun everybody, going back 20 yards behind the line of scrimmage and still scoring,” Buchanan says. That speed is an asset on the school’s track team, where Johnathan is a sprinter.

While hopes for the UT-bound phenom are sky-high—a scout calls him “one of the most productive backs in high school history”— Johnathan remains focused on school and football. “He’s the type of kid you’d want your daughter to date,” Buchanan says.

MATY MAUK Quarterback KENTON, OHIO New Orleans counts the Manning brothers—NFL quarterbacks Peyton and Eli—among its hometown heroes, but Kenton, Ohio, has its own pair of QB star sibs: Ben and Maty Mauk. In 2002, Ben finished his high school career with a national record 17,364 passing yards. That mark seemed unreachable— until little brother Maty surpassed it in November, ending up with 18,932 yards. Maty, who has verbally committed to Missouri, also set career records for passing attempts, completions, and touchdown passes. The Mauk boys’ excellence could owe to the fact that they’ve basically been Kenton Wildcats since birth—their dad, Mike, whose take on the spread offense paved the way for his sons’ mind-boggling stats, has been the Wildcats head coach since 1983. From a ball boy at age 6, Maty has evolved into a true leader. “He’s always out there with our guys throwing or doing something to make them better,” his proud father says. “That can’t be replaced.”

THE PARADE ALL-AMERICA TEAM Name

School

City

Ht.

Wt.

QUARTERBACK MATY MAUK

Kenton

Kenton, Ohio

6-2

200

BRENDAN NOSOVITCH

Allentown Central Cath.

Allentown, Pa.

6-3

205

FREDI KNIGHTEN

Pulaski Academy

Little Rock, Ark.

5-11

190

PATRICK TOWLES

Highlands

Fort Thomas, Ky.

6-6

240

JAMEIS WINSTON

Hueytown

Hueytown, Ala.

6-4

205

RUNNING BACK JOHNATHAN GRAY

Aledo

Aledo, Tex.

5-11

200

D.J. FOSTER

Saguaro

Scottsdale, Ariz.

6-0

190

TREY WILLIAMS

Dekaney

Houston

5-10

175

TREY EDMUNDS

Dan River

Ringgold, Va.

6-2

205

BARKLEY HILL

Cedar Falls

Cedar Falls, Iowa

6-0

210

SHAQUILLE POWELL

Bishop Gorman

Las Vegas

5-11

205

RANDY “DUKE” JOHNSON

Miami Norland

Miami

5-9

190

WIDE RECEIVER DORIAL GREEN-BECKHAM

Hillcrest

Springfield, Mo.

6-6

225

DEONTAY GREENBERRY

Washington Union

Fresno, Calif.

6-3

190

QUINSHAD DAVIS

Gaffney

Gaffney, S.C.

6-4

190

GEHRIG DIETER

Washington

South Bend, Ind.

6-3

210

SHAQ ROLAND

Lexington

Lexington, S.C.

6-2

180

BRYCE TREGGS

St. John Bosco

Bellflower, Calif.

6-1

170

LINEMAN ARIK ARMSTEAD

Pleasant Grove

Elk Grove, Calif.

6-8

290

ANDRUS PEAT

Corona del Sol

Tempe, Ariz.

6-7

305

KYLE KALIS

St. Edward

Lakewood, Ohio

6-5

305

JESSAMEN DUNKER

Boynton Beach

Boynton Beach, Fla.

6-6

315

BROCK STADNIK

Western Guilford

Greensboro, N.C.

6-5

295

SHANE CALLAHAN

Chaparral

Parker, Colo.

6-6

285

JOHN THEUS

Bolles

Jacksonville, Fla.

6-6

300

TY DARLINGTON

Apopka

Apopka, Fla.

6-3

275

JORDAN DIAMOND

Simeon

Chicago

6-6

290

AZIZ SHITTU

Buhach Colony

Atwater, Calif.

6-3

275

NOAH SPENCE

Bishop McDevitt

Harrisburg, Pa.

6-4

245

EDDIE GOLDMAN

Friendship Collegiate

Washington, D.C.

6-4

315

ADOLPHUS WASHINGTON

Taft

Cincinnati

6-4

260

DREW OTT

Giltner

Giltner, Neb.

6-4

245

KYLE KELLEY

Woodbridge

Irvine, Calif.

6-3

230

GIMEL PRESIDENT

Wando

Mount Pleasant, S.C.

6-3

255

MARIO EDWARDS JR.

Ryan

Denton, Tex.

6-4

275

DARIUS ENGLISH

McEachern

Powder Springs, Ga.

6-6

225

LINEBACKER VIN ASCOLESE

North Bergen

North Bergen, N.J.

6-2

220

RICHIE BROWN

Long Beach

Long Beach, Miss.

6-2

230

VINCE BIEGEL

Lincoln

Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.

6-3

220

PRESCOTT LINE

Oxford

Oxford, Mich.

6-1

220

NATHAN RICKETTS

Holland

Holland, Mich.

6-3

220

TAJARVIS FULLER

Dunbar

Fort Myers, Fla.

6-1

200

KEVIN DAVIS

Fountain-Ft. Carson

Fountain, Colo.

6-3

220

DEFENSIVE BACK ALEX CARTER

Briar Woods

Ashburn, Va.

6-1

190

LANDON COLLINS

Dutchtown

Geismar, La.

6-0

210

SHAQ THOMPSON

Grant Union

Sacramento

6-2

210

LADARRELL MCNEIL

Wilmer-Hutchins

Dallas

6-2

190

DANNY LARKINS

Madison

Madison Heights, Mich.

6-1

185

6-3

190

KICKER COLBY COOKE

Goochland

Goochland, Va.

ALL-PURPOSE CYRUS JONES

Gilman

Baltimore

5-11

185

DAVONTE NEAL

Chaparral

Scottsdale, Ariz.

5-10

175

OSHAY DUNMORE

Newport

Newport, Ore.

6-2

200

CHASE HANSEN

Lone Peak

Highland, Utah

6-4

210

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has leukemia. Says Dorial, “I told him to keep fighting and that we’re all going to be there for him.” Darnell’s prognosis is good, but the news has tempered some of Dorial’s own excitement.

Though perhaps not all. In a nationally televised game on ESPNU in August, Dorial caught 18 passes for 284 yards and three touchdowns in Hillcrest’s 48-26 win over Seneca High School. Among those watching was Philadelphia Eagles receiver Jeremy Maclin, who tweeted, “dude is a flat-out beast.” Reminded of this, Dorial’s

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“They’re great people,” he says.

big smile appears. “I didn’t even know about it until people told me, ‘People are blowing you up on Twitter!’ It’s the biggest thing that’s ever happened to me.”

If you’re thinking that Dorial’s life with the Beckhams sounds like Michael Oher’s in The Blind Side, you’re right. “What I liked so much about [the movie] is that that family said, ‘We’re going to fix this,’ ” Tracy says. But the comparisons end there. “Dorial doesn’t make his bed,” says John.

“The kid in The Blind Side, he makes his bed.” It’s a choice the Beckhams are only too happy to let Dorial have.

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This year’s winner of the Inspireum Football Award fought through two bouts with cancer to rejoin his team In spring 2009, Addison Marshall believed the worst was behind him. He and his family had moved to Texas after leaving their Louisiana home post-Katrina. As a sophomore at Foster High School in Richmond, Tex., he had just made the Falcons varsity squad as a defensive end. Then he was diagnosed with leukemia.

Doctors thought he’d be able to play in fall 2010—until tests showed cancer in his brain and spine. But Addison kept in shape and suited up for every game this past season, though he saw only special-teams action. For the final game of the year, he was cleared to play the second half at his normal position. As he took the field that November day, the stadium erupted. PARADE, in partnership with Inspireum— an enterprise that celebrates youth achievement—is happy to announce that Addison has been voted the year’s most inspiring player. “Life doesn’t go the way you plan it,” says Addison (with his mom, below). “That’s why you should play until the whistle blows.”

Breakfast (or Brunch) of Champions Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn warms up to baking

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My friend Vanessa is the genius behind this recipe. Sometimes when I come home after being gone all season, she’ll bake this for me. She’s like Martha Stewart, always able to make something from nothing, so I’m trying to learn from her! Even growing up, I was always the helper-outer, the sous-chef to my parents.

It seems kind of silly, but it’s really nice to chill in the he kitchen with a friend and bake. It relaxes me, and mixing is i probably my favorite part.

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1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat a 9-inch square or a 9- or 10-inch round baking pan with cooking spray and dust with flour.

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