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TODAY IN HISTORY 1917: President Woodrow Wilson pleads for an end to war in Europe, calling for “peace without victory.”

(By April, however, America also is at war.)

1959: 12 workers are killed in the Knox Mine Disaster in Pennsylvania.

1962: One of Hollywood’s most famous, as well as tumultuous, romances blooms as Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton film their first scene together on the set of “Cleopatra” at the Cinecitta studios in Rome.

1973: The U.S. Supreme Court, in its Roe v. Wade decision, legalizes abortions using a trimester approach.

Former President Lyndon B. Johnson dies at age 64.

1987: Pennsylvania treasurer R. Budd Dwyer, convicted of defrauding the state, proclaims his innocence at a news conference before shooting himself to death in front of horrified spectators.

1995: Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy dies at the Kennedy compound at Hyannis Port, Mass., at age 104.

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...and Claypool says he’d go again

By Danny Barrett Jr. dbarrett@vicksburgpost.com

Ed Claypool returned home in December with an amiable outlook on his job for someone fresh off 18 months in a war zone — his fourth trip.

He’d go back — just not for so long.

“If I get an e-mail asking me to go,” Claypool explains. “But, my wife has given me a timeline this time.”

Claypool, 62, is among 80 civilian employees of the Corps of Engineers’ Vicksburg District who have supplemented forces in Iraq or Afghanistan since 2003 and 27 who have gone at least twice.

Eight are in Afghanistan now with two others expected to join them, according to the District.

His four tours of duty since 2004 have taken him to Iraq and Afghanistan as a technical adviser on building bases to military specifications and, most recently, in the District’s Real Estate Division to help secure property to build bases in the Afghan capital of Kabul.

For the last six months of his recent tour, Claypool worked for CJ Engineering, the military’s construction arm in Afghanistan. It meant moving legal documents to contract appraisers and escorting them onto potential locations to speed up information between a landowner and

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich stormed to an upset win in the South Carolina primary Saturday night, dealing a sharp setback to former front-runner Mitt Romney and scrambling the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

“Thank you, South Carolina!” Gingrich swiftly tweeted to his supporters.

He appealed for a flood or donations for the next-up Jan. 31 primary. “Help me deliver the knockout punch in Florida.

Join our Moneybomb and donate now,” said his tweet.

Already, Romney and a group that supports him were on the air in Florida with a significant television ad campaign, more than $7 million combined to date. Aides to the former Massachusetts governor had once dared hope that Florida would seal his nomination — if South Carolina didn’t first — but that strategy appeared to vanish along with the once-formidable Newt lead he held in pre-priGingrich mary polls.

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and Texas Rep. Ron Paul trailed badly in the South Carolina voting.

Exit polling showed Gingrich, the former House speaker, leading by a wide margin among the state’s heavy population of conservatives, tea party supporters and born-again Christians.

For the first time all year, Romney trailed among voters who said they cared most about picking a candidate who could defeat President Barack Obama this fall. Gingrich was ahead of the field for those voters’ support.

Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, swept into South Carolina 11 days ago as the favorite after being pronounced the winner of the lead-off Iowa caucuses, then cruising to victory in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary.

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Obama to focus on jobs, re-election in State of the Union Ed Claypool and an Iraqi family

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“You know, God made everybody different. If I had my choice, it would be outside (work). But I like working for the military.” the Real Estate Division so both sides could agree to a rental or purchase price. Doing the job daily in a war zone without a weapon for personal protection, typical for most civilians in the military, didn’t faze him.

“I feel at home and at ease in those situations,” he said. “If things get tight, we just have to react. It does scare my wife, though.”

Most bases were built

on land owned by the Afghan government.

Living quarters tended to be in homes rented from residents, he said.

“For different U.S. entities where they roomed or boarded, we would rent houses or buildings,” Claypool said.

Three previous tours were to Iraq, the longest of which lasted 37 months, where a turn at quality assurance meant Claypool made sure every

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corner of Victory Base Complex around Baghdad International Airport was built and maintained to Army standards, right down to the proper concrete mix to cover repaired water pipes.

“Quality assurance, contract representative, engineering technician — all these are one in the same,” he said. “I had all See Claypool, Page A8.

WASHINGTON — Vilified by the Republicans who want his President job, President Barack Barack Obama will stand Obama’s before the nation TuesState of the day night determined to Union adframe the election-year dress will debate on his terms, be shown using his State of the at 7 p.m.

Union address to outTuesday on line a lasting economic CBS, NBC, recovery that will ABC and “work for everyone, not Fox. just a wealthy few.”

As his most powerful chance to make a case for a second term, the prime-time speech carries enormous political stakes for the Democratic incumbent who presides over a country divided about his performance and pessimistic President about the nation’s direcBarack Obama tion. He will try to offer a stark contrast with his opponents by See Obama, Page A8.

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Horrific murders no surprise in meth capital of U.S. FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — When a 23-year-old Fresno woman fatally shot her two toddlers and a cousin, critically wounded her husband then turned the gun on herself last Sunday, investigators immediately suspected methamphetamine abuse in what otherwise was inexplicable carnage. It turned out the mother had videotaped herself smoking meth hours before the shooting.

In family photos, the children are adorable, the mother pretty. They lived in a large apartment complex near a freeway with neatly clipped lawns and mature trees. The father was recently laid off from a packing house job.

“When you get this type of tragedy, it’s not a surprise that drugs were involved,” said Lt. Mark Salazar, the Fresno Police Department’s homicide commander. “Meth has been a factor in other violent crimes.”

A Bakersfield mother was sentenced Tuesday for stabbing her newborn while in a meth rage. An Oklahoma woman drowned her baby in a washing machine in November. A New Mexico woman claiming to be God stabbed her son with a screwdriver last month, saying, “God wants him dead.”

“Once people who are on meth become psychotic, they are very dangerous,” said Dr. Alex Stalcup, who treated Haight Ashbury heroin users in the 1960s, but now researches meth and works with addicts in the San Francisco Bay Area suburbs.

The Central Valley of California is a hub of the nation’s methamphetamine distribution network, making extremely pure forms of the drug easily available locally.

And law enforcement officials say widespread meth abuse is believed to be driving much of the crime in the vast farming region.

Chronic use of the harsh chemical compound known as speed or crank can lead to psychosis, which includes hearing voices and experiencing hallucinations. The stimulant effect of meth is up to 50 times

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Police investigators gather outside the Silver Lake Apartment unit where four people were found shot to death in Fresno, Calif.

Isaiah Echeverria, 3 and his sister, Aliyah Echeverria, 17 months longer than cocaine, experts say, so users stay awake for days on end, impairing cognitive function and contributing to extreme paranoia.

“Your children and your spouse become your worst enemy, and you truly believe they are after you,” said Bob Pennal, a recently retired meth investigator from the California Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement.

Methamphetamine originally took root in California’s agricultural heartland in the late 1980s and early 1990s as a poor man’s cocaine. Its use initially creates feelings of euphoria and invincibility, but experts say repeated abuse can alter brain chemistry and

sometimes cause schizophrenia-like behavior.

Meth’s availability and its potential for abuse combine to create the biggest drug threat in the Central Valley, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Drug Intelligence Center.

From 2009 to 2010 methamphetamine busts in the Central Valley more than tripled to 1,094 kilograms, or more than 2,400 pounds, the report says.

Large tracts of farmland with isolated outbuildings are an ideal place to avoid detection, which is why the region is home to nearly all of the nation’s “super labs,” controlled by Mexican drug

trafficking organizations, said John Donnelly, resident agent in charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration office in Fresno.

“They have the potential to make 150 pounds per (each) cook,” he said. “There are more super labs in California than anywhere else. Every week another office calls us — St. Paul, Dayton, Kansas, Texas — and says, ‘We’ve got a meth case here’ and they say the suspects are from Turlock or Visalia. We’re slinging it all over the country from here.”

Last month, a drug task force working in four central California counties busted 24 alleged members of the Mexican drug cartel La Familia Michoacana with 14 pounds of powdered meth, 30 gallons of meth solution, 17 guns, $110,000 in cash and a fleet of vehicles with sophisticated hidden compartments for smuggling.

Most law enforcement agencies don’t keep statistics on how many homicides, burglaries and thefts are methrelated, but those responding to the National Drug Intelligence Center’s 2011 survey said the drug is the top contributor to violent crimes and thefts.

“It drives more crime than other drugs do. Meth is in its own category, because it’s so

much more addictive than other drugs,” said Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims.

Across the valley, meth addicts steal any metal they can resell — agricultural plumbing, copper wiring, lawn sprinklers.

“We lose five to 10 manhole covers a week,” said Ceres Police Chief Art de Werk, who said a woman was injured recently when she fell into an unprotected drain in a shopping center. “Meth is the poor man’s drug and frankly the Central Valley is an impoverished geographic area.”

Authorities say the science involved in creating the chemical compound continues to evolve, including an easier recipe called “Shake and Bake” that is available on the Internet. Last month, an Oklahoma woman was arrested as she walked around a WalMart store — for six hours before she was noticed — mixing ingredients for Shake and Bake.

In one of the recent attacks by meth users, Aubrey Ragina Mailloux received a ninemonth sentence in Bakersfield Tuesday for stabbing her 6-week-old infant in the back and cutting her along her abdomen, jaw and neck during a binge. The baby survived.

In Oklahoma, authorities charged Lyndsey Fiddler with second-degree manslaughter after an aunt found her infant daughter in a washing machine thudding off balance in the spin cycle. The aunt told authorities that Fiddler had been up for three days using meth.

Last Sunday, Fresno police found Aide Mendez dead on the bathroom floor of her home. Her children — 17-month-old Aliyah Echevarria and Isaiah Echevarria, 3 — were in the bathtub. Mendez’s cousin was dead in the kitchen.

She had shot each in the head.

The children’s father remains hospitalized with stabbing and gunshot wounds. Police recovered 10 grams of meth, $8,000 and scales — and the iPad the young mother used to videotape herself smoking meth.

community calendar PUBLIC PROGRAMS Grace Group AA — 11 a.m.

Saturday, 5:30 p.m. Monday and Wednesday; 1414 Cherry St. After School Program — For grades K-12; Central MS Prevention Services; Emma Roberts, 601-631-0102.

Career Center — Job opportunities for Vicksburg Housing Authority residents only; Manney Murphy, 601-638-1661 or 601-738-8140.

American Legion Post 213 “The Hut” — Dance and cash raffle, 8 until: tonight with DJ “Horseman” Mitchell; admission, $3 singles, $5 per couple.

Tuesday Vicksburg AlAnon — Noon Tuesday; second floor, First Presbyterian Church, 1501 Cherry St.; 601634-0152.

DivorceCare — 6 p.m. Tuesday; video seminar and support group, new session; Mafan Building, 1315 Adams St.; 601-636-2493.

St. Aloysius Blood Drive — 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday; donors receive a Beanie Baby Bloodhound or a T-shirt; 1900 Grove St. Senior Center — Monday: 9 a.m., curtis bridge; 10, chair exercises; 1 p.m., card games and scratch art; 5:30, dance class.

Grace Group AA — 5:30 p.m.

Mondays and Wednesdays, 11 a.m. Saturdays; 1414 Cherry St. Free Basketball Clinic — 9-11 a.m. Saturday; registered participants only, 601-6344788; noon, half court take a shot contest; 1 p.m., exhibition game; 2, 5 on 5 church league season kick-off games; 224 R.L. Chase Circle.

Jackson Audubon Society —7 p.m. Tuesday, meet and greet; Ghost Bird DVD, bring popcorn; 601-956-7444; Eudora Welty Library, 300 N. State St., Jackson.

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

FOCUS — Quest for unity; 6:30 p.m. Thursday; Dr. Jeffrey Hensley, speaker; Alma Smith 601-636-8628; sponsored by the Baha’is of Vicksburg.

CHURCHES First Presbyterian — Vicksburg Chamber Choir, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesdays; 1501 Cherry St. Greater Mount Zion — Church meeting, 7 p.m. Tues-

day; 907 Farmer St.

CLUBS Rosa A. Temple Class of 1967 — 5 today, reunion planning meeting; King Solomon Fellowship Hall, 1409 Farmer St. Exchange Club — 12:30 p.m.

Monday: Shoney’s.

Vicksburg Kiwanis — Noon Tuesday, Jacques’ Cafe; Kristi Smith and Speler Montgomery, Junior Auxiliary of Vicksburg, speakers.

TRIAD — 2 p.m. Wednesday; Willie Glasper, speaker; City Hall Annex.

Lions — Noon Wednesday; Mike McCoy, Pin-Hole Cameras and photography; Toney’s.

Port City Kiwanis — 7 a.m.

Thursday; Hester Pitts, speaker; Shoney’s.

Vicksburg Toastmasters

Club No. 2052 — Noon Thursday; IT Lab, Porters Chapel Road; Derek Wilson 601634-4174.

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Bank bonus season Gay marriage gains momentum in Washington not as festive for CEOs Same-sex debate

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The last time same-sex marriage was debated in the Washington state Legislature, lawmakers voted to ban it. Fourteen years later, the issue is before the Legislature once again after a multiyear effort that has incrementally increased rights to gay and lesbian couples in the state.

And this time around, it looks like Washington could very well become the seventh state plus the District of Columbia to legalize same-sex marriage.

Gay marriage has won the backing of several prominent Pacific Northwest businesses, including Microsoft Corp. and NIKE, Inc., and just this week a conservative Democrat who once opposed same-sex marriage said he will now vote for it.

Bills to legalize same-sex marriage have been introduced in the House and Senate, sponsored by two gay lawmakers who have pushed for gay rights measures in past years. The bills will have their first public hearings Monday, before a Senate committee in the morning and a House committee in the afternoon. While gay marriage bills have been introduced in Washington state before, this is the first time the issue will receive a public hearing.

“If there’s one word to sum up where Washington is on marriage equality, it’s momentum,” said Michael Cole-Schwartz, a spokesman for the Washington, D.C.-based Human Rights Campaign.

Same-sex marriage is legal in New York, Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and the District of Columbia. Lawmakers in New Jersey and Maryland

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22 horses killed in Jersey barn fire LAFAYETTE, N.J. — A fast-moving fire destroyed a barn owned by a noted New Jersey equestrian family, killing 22 show horses worth tens of thousands of dollars each, authorities said.

State Police Sgt. Brian Polite said the barn was engulfed in flames when troopers arrived around 1:40 a.m. Saturday in Lafayette. The blaze was soon extinguished, but all the horses inside were killed.

Betty Hahn, whose family owns the barn, said that the animals were valued at $10,000 to $60,000 apiece.

Police: Gunmen kidnap American in Somalia MOGADISHU, Somalia — Gunmen kidnapped an American man in the northern Somali town of Galkayo Saturday, officials said, the same day an airstrike killed a senior insurgent leader with ties to al-Qaida in another part of the country.

The gunmen surrounded the man’s car shortly after the man left the airport, said policeman Abdi Hassan Nur, who witnessed the incident.

He said they then forced the American into another vehicle.

Egypt’s Islamists win 75% of parliament CAIRO — Final results on Saturday showed that Islamist parties won nearly threequarters of the seats in parliament in Egypt’s first elections since the ouster of authoritarian president Hosni Mubarak, according to election officials and political groups.

The Islamist domination of Egypt’s parliament has worried liberals and even some conservatives about the religious tone of the new legislature, which will be tasked with forming a committee to write a new constitution. It remains unclear whether the constitution will be written while the generals who took power after Mubarak’s fall are still in charge, or rather after presidential elections this summer.

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Rep. Ed Murray, D-Seattle, and Rep. Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, applaud as Gov. Chris Gregoire speaks in Olympia, Wash. are expected to debate gay marriage this year as well.

Washington state along with several other states, including California, Oregon and New Jersey, have laws that either recognize civil unions or domestic partnerships that afford same-sex couples some or nearly all of the rights to marriage.

The debate over same-sex marriage in Washington state has changed significantly since lawmakers passed Washington’s Defense of Marriage Act in 1998. The constitutionality of DOMA was ultimately upheld by the state Supreme Court in 2006, but earlier that year, a gay civil rights measure passed after nearly 30 years of failure, signaling a change of mindset in the Legislature.

The quick progression of domestic partnership laws in the state came soon after, with a domestic partnership law in

2007, and two years of expansion that culminated in 2009 with the so-called “everything but marriage law” that was upheld by voters after opponents filed a referendum to challenge it.

That slow-but-steady strategy was spearheaded by Democratic Sen. Ed Murray, a gay lawmaker from Seattle who has led the push for gay civil rights and domestic partnerships and who is sponsoring the Senate marriage bill.

Murray said that it may have taken years to lay the groundwork, but now the state is ready to address same-sex marriage.

“The culture changes and the politics follows,” he said. “The most political act that changed the culture wasn’t in Olympia, it wasn’t me. It was people coming out to their families, to their workplace. That’s what’s changed people’s minds.”

Momentum continued to build last week, when Microsoft and several other companies, including RealNetworks Inc., NIKE Inc. and Vulcan Inc., sent Gov. Chris Gregoire a letter Thursday saying they supported the two measures. Also on Thursday, Sen. Jim Kastama of Puyallup announced he would support the measure in the Senate.

NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase, the nation’s largest bank, posted a record profit for 2011. That didn’t translate into a bigger bonus for CEO Jamie Dimon. Morgan Stanley’s latest quarterly results topped expectations as the bank trimmed costs and cleaned up problems dating from the financial crisis.

But CEO James Gorman saw the value of his stock awards for the year fall by half.

Across their ranks, Wall Street banks are curbing bonus pay for last year’s performance, which was marked by big drops in stock prices and still-hefty costs for mortgagerelated problems. In the last three months of the year, fear about the European debt crisis made the stock and bond markets volatile, and clients of all the major banks shied away from mergers and acquisitions and public offerings of stock.

That sharply reduced investment banking and underwriting fees. The banks also faced a surge in populist anger, as the Occupy Wall Street movement went national.

Goldman Sachs has said it slashed 2011 compensation by 21 percent. In a closely watched

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and politically charged gauge, JPMorgan Chase & Co. revealed earlier this month that it set aside 36 percent less than the year before to pay its investment bankers. Morgan Stanley has said it capped the amount that workers can get in their bonuses immediately, deferring anything over $125,000.

And it appears the banks’ CEOs are not immune. On Friday, regulatory filings showed that the value of Gorman’s stock award dropped to $5.1 million from $10.2 million in 2010. Dimon received restricted stock worth $12.6 million and stock appreciation rights reportedly valued at about $5 million. That compares with about $17.1 million in stock and SARs that he was granted for 2010.

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The legislation would place limits on the fees outside attorneys can receive from contingency fee contracts with the state. Current law places no limits on attorney’s fees in such suits.

GOP legislation on outside counsel is not retaliation over pardon fight OUR OPINION

Zoning Board Either fill vacancies, or get rid of it Important matters regarding the look and feel of Vicksburg are being pushed aside because of a lack of participation on the city’s zoning board.

The seven-member board, which needs at least four members present to call a quorum, has not had more than five members in the past three years.

Last week, the zoning board failed to get four members to show up for a zoning meeting regarding Mountain of Faith Ministries’ request for a special exemption to operate a transitional housing facility near the former ParkView Regional Medical Center.

Whatever side of the fence on which one falls in this matter, it is imperative that a decision be made. If it is becoming a hardship to attract enough members — four — for a quorum, and the two vacancies can’t be filled, get rid of the board. Stop wasting time.

Or, city leaders can put out a plea to the 25,000 or so residents of this city to adopt a sense of civic responsibility and join the board. The sell will be a tough one. The meetings and required visits to the sites are time-consuming.

The job doesn’t pay. And, as officials said, the positions are politically toxic.

Who needs the headache? Hopefully, two someones.

The City of Vicksburg Board of Zoning Appeals was established by city ordinance to review and decide issues involving rezoning, construction variances and special exceptions to ensure compatibility with the city’s comprehensive plan.

It is obvious that volunteers are not throwing themselves at city officials begging to be on this board. Somewhere, though, exist two people who have an outright desire to advance

their sense of civic responsibility, with no agendas or political axes to grind, who solely want to see the City of Vicksburg move forward.

There has not been much of a push from the city to staff this board fully and competently. We urge Mayor Paul Winfield and Aldermen Sid Beauman of the South Ward and Michael Mayfield in the north to get the word out.

At the next meeting of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, start the meeting — which also is live and recorded for multiple showings on the city’s TV station — with a plea to the people.

Impress upon those living in Vicksburg the importance of having a zoning board and the ramifications if that board goes by the wayside.

Sitting and waiting for volunteers to fall from the ceiling tiles doesn’t seem to be working.

Thank you to volunteer firefighters, EMS workers Over fried catfish and barbecue — their only “payments” — volunteer firefighters and first responders from all over Warren County were recognized by their peers with a volunteer awards program. Each plaque was a small thank you, voted on by fellow volunteers, to recognize outstanding service.

Being a volunteer firefighter or emergency responder takes a uniquely dedicated person. At any hour of any day or night — holidays, weekends and everything in between — calls come from all parts of Warren County. In turn, these men and women spring to action. The county’s six volunteer fire departments — Bovina, Culkin, Eagle

Lake, Fisher Ferry, LeTourneau and Northeast — have charge of the 588 square miles of Warren County outside the limits of the City of Vicksburg.

Josh Davies was awarded the EMSFirst Responder of the Year. He was selected by the county’s 25 to 30 specially trained “elite responders.” Kelly Worthy, the county’s volunteer fire coordinator, said those elite responders are firefighters with additional medical training. The EMS award was given in place of a firefighter of the year award. Firefighters were awarded by their own departments.

We congratulate the winners: Ricky Holdiness and Jessica Curry, co-winners from Bovina; Shane Greene of

Culkin; Earl Wallace of Eagle Lake; Brian Bresnahan of Fisher Ferry; Greg Gullett of LeTourneau; and Bill Field Jr. of Northeast.

In addition, longtime firefighter Chuck Tate received a special service award for his work with the Warren County Emergency Management Agency.

“All of our volunteers are out there because they want to help people,” Worthy said.

Warren County should be thankful for these men and women. Their jobs are not easy. The hours can be ridiculous. And the money is nonexistent.

Yet they do it. Thank you.

Bills open door to government intrusion into Internet At no time in human history has the worldwide flow of information been more easily accessed than it is today.

The advent of the Internet over the past 30 or so years has transformed the way people conduct business, interact with others and has connected the world like never before.

On Wednesday, one of the most popular information websites went black for a full day in defiance and protest to proposed congressional legislation to tackle the practice of online piracy. Wikipedia, the world’s largest online encyclopedia, joined several other prominent websites, including Google, in coming out against the two bills facing Congress. In response, several Democrat and Republican senators have rescinded their support, and freshman Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said he is considering filibustering the two

bills if they reach the Senate Floor.

The two bills — Stop Online Piracy Act in the House of Representatives and the Protect Intellectual Property Act in the Senate — are aimed at stopping copyright infringement committed by foreign websites.

Backers of the bills say these bills will protect movie studios, record labels and others. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Country Music Association are two of their biggest backers.

Internet giants have said the bills could require Internet providers to block websites involved in digital file sharing. Search engines, such as Google, could be stopped from linking to them, which is in direct conflict with the notion of a free Internet.

Skeptics also are wary of more government intrusion, especially into

such a free endeavor as the Internet.

Once the far-reaching arm of the federal bureaucracy gets a fingernail in the door, how long until the door gets pushed wide open? It might be under the guise of protecting Americans from national security threats, or threats from the homeland, but make no mistake, the door will be opened.

No doubt, unscrupulous people use the Internet. Websites exist that would make the most hardened criminal blush. Theft of digital copies of films and music is still rampant. But having Congress dictate to private companies that they must be “Internet police” is wrong. How long will it be before Congress gives itself the Internet police badge?

We cannot afford that kind of intrusion. Not if we wish to remain a country that values its freedoms.

STARKVILLE — Claims from Democratic state lawmakers that Republican legislation aimed at changing the state’s outside counsel process for the state attorney general’s office is “retaliation” against Attorney General Jim Hood’s stance on former Gov. Haley Barbour’s controversial pardons ignore a substantial amount of Mississippi legal and political history.

State Rep. Bob Evans, D-Monticello, called Senate Bills 2084 and 2102 “retaliation” against Hood against fighting Barbour’s “release of over 200 Mississippi felons, including murderers, rapists and child sex offenders” at the end of Barbour’s second gubernatorial term. The legislation would place limits on the fees outside attorneys can receive from contingency fee contracts with the state. Current law places no limits on attorney’s fees in such suits.

“This retaliatory stunt couldn’t come at a worse time,” Evans said. “At this moment, General Hood is working to recover tens of millions owed to the state’s retirement system, now is not the time to tie his hands.” Evans went on to say that Hood had recovered more than $500 million for state taxpayers that “didn’t cost taxpayers a dime.”

But the fact of the matter is that the furor over outside counsel contracts has been raging long before Barbour was elected governor and the outside counsel legislation filed this session had absolutely nothing to do with the Barbour pardons.

The outside counsel fight has been ongoing in Mississippi since the late Gov. Kirk Fordice and former Attorney General Mike Moore battled over Mississippi’s $4.1 billion tobacco settlement in the 1990s.

Gov. Phil Bryant, while serving as state auditor in 2006, filed suit to get back $14 million in legal fees from the state’s MCI-Worldcom lawsuit — claiming the legal fees belonged to the state and must under law be appropriSID ated by the Legislature. Current Republican State Auditor Stacey Pickering carried on the Bryant lawsuit.

The outside counsel fight also traces back to defrocked super lawyer Dickie Scruggs in the 1990s and the use of proceeds from state tobacco and asbestos litigation as a political weapon.

The outside counsel devolved into a broader partisan debate between trial lawyers aligned with Democrats and the business/medical community aligned with Republicans.

In essence, it grew out of the battle between the Scruggs-brainchild ICEPAC, a political action committee for lawyers Moore and former Secretary of State Eric Clark filed suit seeking to force the U.S. Chamber to reveal the source of the $1 million in “soft” money the group spent in the 2000 Mississippi judicial elections. The case went to the U.S. Supreme Court, which refused to hear the case. A federal appeals court later ruled in favor of the Chamber.

Then-State Medical Association president Dr. John Cook of Brandon accused U.S. Chamber opponents of trying to “excoriate the Chamber for failing to disclose the source of the money it spent on the 2000 state judicial elections, while consistently refusing to mention that ICEPAC did exactly the same thing with the huge sums of money it collected from out-of-state plaintiff attorneys who want to maintain the status quo in Mississippi’s strike-it-rich court system.”

Hood has battled any attempts to bring accountability to the award of outside counsel legal contracts. Hood contends that such contracts actually represent a savings to the taxpayers, but it’s difficult for watchdog groups to ignore the fact that such contracts have a way of ending up in the hands of large campaign contributors to Hood as they did some of his predecessors in that office.

Finally, the outside counsel issue has generated similar reform efforts in a number of states in recent years in attempts to bring more uniformity, transparency and openness to the outside counsel process.

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Sid Salter is a syndicated columnist. Contact him at 601-507-8004 or sidsalter@sidsalter.com

Sunday, January 22, 2012

The Vicksburg Post

WEEK IN Vicksburg High temps leaped into the 60s and 70s before dipping into the 40s. Overnight lows ranged from the 20s to the 50s. Nearly an inch of rain fell during the week.

The Mississippi River receded locally, dropping from 29.8 feet to 23.1. A slight rise was expected on the Vicksburg gauge, as forecasters predicted a reading of 24.6 for today.

Residents of Eagle Lake, an area consumed by the historic spring flood, said the community is making a slow comeback. Though for sale signs are numerous in front yards, there is new construction, businesses are seeing more customers and wildlife is returning.

Nathan Davis of Vicksburg won the overall Chill in the Hills 10K run/walk and Kristi Hall won the women’s race. The event drew nearly 400 participants and included a new road course.

High river stages and rainfall have hampered the completion of repairs on flood-damaged levees at Buck Chute, west of Eagle Lake, and near Lake Albemarle; Army Corps of Engineers representatives, however, said they are confident the levees will hold if water rises again this spring. Berms and relief wells are already in place, and the planting of grass on the shored-up mainline is set for April.

At the annual Martin Luther King Jr. scholarship breakfast, Alcorn State President Dr. Christopher Brown emphasized America’s need for a revival. Other local celebrations included a birthday gathering at Vicksburg Municipal Auditorium, a prayer service at King’s memorial on Openwood and the cleaning of Waters Youth Foundation Boys’ Shelter by volunteers who said their labor was in remembrance of King’s spirit.

With earlier supervisor votes officially rescinded, Tom Hill remained District 1’s representative on the Vicksburg Bridge Commission and Johnny Moss remained chair of the Warren County Port Commission. New supervisor John Arnold issued a public apology for the inconvenience his votesteering caused weeks ago.

Members of the Vicksburg Housing Authority Board of Commissioners ended a contract with the Vicksburg Police Department after determining the service was unaffordable for the coming year. Extra patrols by VPD had helped cut incidents of violence and drug activity, Mayor Paul Winfield said, but the housing board is facing an operating deficit of more than $500,000 for the fiscal year.

The Southern Cultural Heritage Center aims to highlight life and work of artist and sculptor Hobbs Freeman by planning a yearlong series of workshops, nature events, street exhibits and more. Grant money will be used to fund the event honoring Freeman, who served on local historic boards and art foundations until his death in 2009.

District Attorney Ricky Smith is targeting the Vicksburg home of a Tallulah doctor charged last year with prescription fraud in a forfeiture civil suit. A successful suit, Smith said, would mean the property of Dr. Lawrence Chenier at 100 Colonial Drive would be sold and the proceeds would go to the Warren County Sheriff’s Office.

Mayor Paul Winfield told a group of development, hospitality and city officials that a 130acre site has been selected for a sports complex he’s touting as a game changer for the city economy. He said Vicksburg’s voters will make the final decision on whether the hospitality industry will be taxed more to pay for the complex.

April 17 is planned as the date the American Queen riverboat will return to City Front.

After a 3 1/2-year hiatus, the classic-style boat will return under new ownership and day excursions are on its schedule.

Local deaths during the week were Riley C. Harper, Georgia Wilson, Helen Juanita Bane, Luetta Lowe, Bernice Nelson and Dorothy Lee Schaffer.

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Food stamp debacle merits repairs, not rhetoric OXFORD — “Obama is the best food stamp president in American history.” ... “I would like to be the best paycheck president in American history.”

That was the money line for Newt Gingrich in South Carolina, where many said he had his best debate performance yet. The Republican did the same thing Democrats do.

Regardless of party, candidates play to emotion, fuel suspicions and jealousies among voters. They offer rhetoric instead of roadmaps.

Just as predictably, Gingrich’s comments caused “analysts” to wring their hands and beat their chests over whether the former speaker of the U.S. House had made a racist statement. After all, a white man from Georgia accusing a black man from Illinois of favoring welfare over work fits the usual scripts.

Plus, racism is an easy, obvious and emotional topic. All of that spells low costs and high ratings for the talking heads paid to fret endlessly on the airwaves about the national condition.

Now if anyone actually cares to examine the substance of the matter, the food stamp situation is, in fact, out of control. It’s especially problematic in Mississippi where, yes, a new tally shows the state No. 1 in the proportion of residents enrolled in the program. It now goes by SNAP, for Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program.

One Mississippian in five — a total of 600,000 individuals — relies

CHARLIE

MITCHELL

The situation has nothing to do with race, however. A myth as old as assistance programs is that minorities compose the majority of people on the dole. It wasn’t true a century ago. It isn’t true today.

on an Electronic Benefits Transfer card for all or part of his or her daily bread. In Humphreys County, the proportion is the largest. In a county that not too long ago struggled to keep up with demand as the Catfish Capital of the World, 47 percent of the residents are on food stamps.

The situation has nothing to do with race, however. A myth as old as assistance programs is that minorities compose the majority of people on the dole. It wasn’t true a century ago. It isn’t true today.

It also can’t all be attributed to a sluggish economy, as some want to do. Food aid has increased during boom times, too. Just not as rapidly.

The people most aggrieved by explosive growth in public assistance programs of all types — free school meals, unemployment checks, day care, direct welfare, Medicaid, housing and utility subsidies and even free cell phones — are those struggling to stay above the eligibility limits. In what’s left

of America’s middle class, mothers and fathers are busting their backs at two or three jobs. They’re not wrong to be outraged that people who choose not to work can take a child to a doctor for an earache, while their choice is to pay the light bill and hope a home remedy will work. They’re not wrong to feel anger when they see a woman with a $75 manicure swipe her EBT card and leave the grocery with a cart full of expensive convenience foods.

Public assistance programs were begun on the assumption people would always choose to do better.

Millions have used them as a bridge to better times. But the reality is that legions are also willing to accept a subsistence life if it means avoiding the hassles associated with having a job. These are the entrenched and professional poor.

Fraud, through multiple identities and many other methods, is rampant. There are takers in society who have no intention of changing.

Another aspect is that the pri-

vate economy now heavily depends on those receiving public benefits.

States such as California now load EBT cards with all kinds of cash.

Recipients can use benefit cards to pay rent, utilities, for baby sitters so they can go to the movie, exercise classes, Burger King and much more.

In California or in Mississippi, if suddenly only the truly and desperately needy received food stamps, thousands of private sector jobs would be lost. The irony of the situation is that “free money” now keeps paycheck-earners working.

It doesn’t take a scholar to realize that commerce requires a balance between production and consumption. A farm family that eats a little of its seed corn at first, then more and more each year, will eventually starve. That’s the path we’re on.

Newt Gingrich and others can make it sound easy — and can lure in millions of voters — with broad gestures, accusations and by implying there’s a fast and easy fix.

If Mississippi and America don’t get their dole rolls under control, disaster does loom. That’s a fact.

Fostering false images and pitting people against each other doesn’t have to be part of the process, especially since, as perverse as it might seem, working people depend on welfare recipients for their jobs.

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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

Experience ignored in naming of WC principal Dr. Josephine Calloway, who already had her doctorate when she became vice principal at Vicksburg High School in 1989 and had served in that capacity for 22 straight years, was informed of her assignment to Vicksburg Junior High on a Thursday morning and told to report there the following Monday.

Twenty-two years’ experience and a PhD failed to qualify her for a two-week interim appointment as the head principal of Warren Central over someone without that high degree and with 1/20th her experience.

On or near the same day that Dr. Calloway was removed from her position as vice principal at Vicksburg High School, an interim appointment, said laughably by the school superintendent to be based on “experience,” put an entry-level administrator in his second year at Vicksburg High School as head principal of Warren Central.

Now he appears confirmed in that position, a placement that seemingly required the re-assignment of Dr. Calloway so that her credentials and experience would not stand in his way.

So much for meritocracy in the Vicksburg-Warren school system.

I am outraged at the treatment of this distinguished woman who has been a model of personal and professional behavior all her career and life; whose personal integrity was so well-known and trusted by parents that many of them continued to fund ‘Renaissance’ and other school activities only if they knew she was associated with them; who upheld discipline at Vicksburg High School so singularly that for the teachers there she was their

Voice your opinion Letters to the editor are published under the following guidelines: Expressions from readers on topics of current or general interest are welcomed. • Letters must be original, not copies or letters sent to others, and must include the name, address and signature of the writer. • Letters must avoid defamatory or abusive statements. • Preference will be given to typed letters of 300 or fewer words. • The Vicksburg Post does not print anonymous letters and reserves the right to edit all letters submitted. • Letters in the column do not represent the views of The Vicksburg Post. most reliable and trusted resource; for parents who trusted her judgment and knew that she treated their children fairly; for her abiding grace over two decades as she was routinely bypassed for promotion while others, lacking her credentials and experience, lacking even her time teaching, were put over her, this latest being the most egregious.

Yolande Robbins Vicksburg

Gas numbers vexing As I understand it, the City of Vicksburg contracts directly with wholesale natural gas suppliers for delivery of gas to the city system, wherefrom it is sold to each resident and business.

I have no knowledge of how a retail price is set. However, at pres-

ent, the wholesale, or “spot,” price for natural gas is about $3 per MCF — or 1,000 cubic feet of natural gas.

Residents of Vicksburg are probably being charged on average between $11 and $12 per MCF. Transportation costs for the gas through the pipeline systems are no doubt significant, but certainly nowhere near the $8 to $9 difference.

Perhaps there is a reasonable explanation for why residents are being charged 200 percent to 300 percent more than the wholesale price. I hope someone with the City will read this letter and provide an explanation to the Post.

Malcolm Allred Vicksburg

We should be nervous I was worried when then-President George W. Bush gave us the Patriot Act which took away American citizens’ rights to a trial by jury.

How horrible that the president — one man — is empowered once again by Amendment 1274 to send armed military to apprehend suspected “belligerents” and detain them indefinitely without even informing them of any criminal charges.

Knowing how the government when given an inch takes a mile of liberty, the one word “belligerent” could mean a person who writes a blog criticizing the foreign policy of the president, or it could mean someone the president doesn’t like for political reasons. Adolf Hitler also was granted similar powers that were supposedly created “for the protection” of the people.

Both Mississippi senators — Thad

Cochran and Roger Wicker — voted for Amendment 1274 to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 2012.

Ask yourselves what is the difference between the state of our Republic under the National Defense Authorization Act and that of Stalinist Russia.

We should all be worried.

Betty Davis Vicksburg

Senseless dog death My daughter and son-in-law were recently driving behind a truck that had a dog chained to the antenna and was being dragged.

They were on a two-lane road and couldn’t get beside the truck’s driver so they kept trying to get the driver’s attention by blowing the horn and flashing their lights, but they couldn’t get his attention.

Finally, they were able to pull up beside him at a red light when it turned into four-lane, but of course, it was too late. The dog was dead.

They rolled down their window and told the man. They said the way he acted he had completely forgotten about the dog being chained to the antenna. He then jumped out went to where the dog was.

My kids couldn’t watch anymore so they left. They were so upset already. My plea to everyone is this: Please, please don’t attach your pet to your vehicle. This innocent dog was forgotten when his owner got in his truck on the other side and drove off.

He suffered a horrendous death, needlessly.

Kathy Oakes Vicksburg

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4 crowned in city; 2 headed to Miss Mississippi

By Pamela Hitchins phitchins@vicksburgpost.com

SEAN MURPHY

POST WEB EDITOR

Good teachers last a lifetime — or at least for 30 years Nearly 30 years have passed since Frank Campanaro sat me down to let me know that, because of my rampant classroom shenanigans and not because of a lack of potential, I was about to repeat the second grade.

He handled the conversation bluntly, but with care.

He had no more desire to have me back for another year than I wanted to grace his presence, let alone the scorn that accompanied being left back in school.

He told me of the potential that was being wasted and offered to help.

I accepted.

Two years later on the first day of fourth grade, I again was taught by “Mr. Camp.”

The second-grade lessons he gave me got me flawlessly through third grade and, thankfully, through fourth grade, as well.

He was the type teacher every parent should hope their children will have. He was caring, smart and, most importantly, dedicated to his profession. The best teachers are priceless, so much so that they may be recalled more than 30 years later in a newspaper column.

Mr. Camp is not the only one I can recall at the drop of a hat. There’s Frank Hayes, the best high school teacher east of the Hudson River.

Mr. Rose taught social studies and gave me my first true glance at the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s in the South. He drank from separate fountains. He used separate bathrooms. He told us about it openly.

Those teachers’ names are foreign here, but great teachers are not a geographical anomaly. How many great ones from your past can you recall? I bet you’ll find many more who have been forgotten.

On Tuesday, 17 educators from around the county will be honored by the Vicksburg-Warren County Chamber of Commerce during a banquet at the Vicksburg Convention Center. Two will be chosen as Educator of the Year, one in elementary grades and one in secondary.

The Educator of the Year program has been sponsored by the Chamber since 1990.

Teachers are nominated by their peers, and a panel of six retired educators reviews resumés and interviews candidates to determine the winners.

As nice as the awards are, I’d bet two donuts against a dollar that the recognition is second fiddle to making a difference in the lives of kids.

Congratulations to the 17 honorees — and those great teachers who were not chosen this year — for a job well done.

Who knows, maybe it will be one of those recalled 30 years later in a newspaper column.

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

Four new queens were crowned at the Vicksburg Auditorium Saturday night, including one on the eve of her birthday.

Vicksburg’s Jeralyn Stuart, 19, a sophomore biology major at the University of Mississippi, won the 2012 Miss Vicksburg crown, while Julie Falgout of Hattiesburg, who turns 23 today, was crowned Miss Riverbend.

Stuart and Falgout will go on to compete in the Miss Mississippi Pageant at the Vicksburg Convention Center June 27 to 30.

“I couldn’t have done this

Jeralyn Stuart

Julie Falgout

without the help of my friends — so many of them came to cheer me on tonight — and my family and my voice director,” said Stuart, whose rendition of “Can’t Help Loving That Man” also won her the pageant’s overall talent award.

“This is such an honor.”

Falgout said she’d been

Alexis Stevenson

Katie Pinkard

first runner-up in eight other pageants this year and was thrilled that “the curse was broken” just before her birthday.

Also crowned was Alexis Stevenson, 16, as Miss Vicksburg Outstanding Teen, and Clinton’s Katie Pinkard, 16, as Miss Riverbend Outstand-

ing Teen.

Stevenson and Pinkard will compete for the Miss Mississippi Outstanding Teen crown in the pageant May 31 to June 2.

“It’s a dream,” said Stevenson. “I’ve been wanting this for so long, since I was about 5 years old.”

Pinkard also won the overall teen talent and fitness-wear awards. Her platform, Diamonds Sparkle, is an organization she is starting which will promote healthy, nonabusive relationships for teen girls, she said.

The pageant’s co-directors were Amanda Harris and Barbara May, who also shared the duties last year.

book signing

“It has been great,” Harris said of the night’s performances and program. “We had a comment from a member of the Miss Mississippi staff who said we have improved a lot over last year.”

Asked if the duo would be back in 2013, she said, “Oh, yes indeed.”

Contestants were scored on personal interviews, evening wear, talent, on-stage question and, for the miss contestants, swimsuit competition, and for the teen girls, lifestyle and fitness wear. Twelve girls competed —six for the miss titles and six for the teens.

In addition to the winners, See Pageants, Page A7.

Jindal pushes to take school vouchers statewide

By The Associated Press

Brenden Neville•The Vicksburg Post

Local author Donna Clark hands over a signed copy of her book “The Lone Horseman” while another local author, Dwain Butler, autographs his book “Einstein Redux” during a signing and reading event Saturday at the Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation in Vicksburg.

Butler, right, reads a passage of his book with an Albert Einstein with him doll at the podiumº. Friends have been stealing Butler’s Einstein doll for years and photographing it in exotic locations.

NEW ORLEANS — Backers of charter schools and voucher tuition plans are kicking off a week of special events around the nation to drum up support for their cause.

The agenda for Saturday’s “School Choice Week” event in New Orleans included a video address

by Gov. Bobby Gov. Bobby Jindal and Jindal performances by musicians Trombone Shorty and Ellis Marsalis.

The event comes as Jindal pushes a plan to change education policy in Louisiana — including statewide expansion of a New Orleans voucher program that would give lower-income parents whose children attend lowperforming public schools a chance to get governmentfunded tuition for private schools.

Jindal scored a small but important victory in 2008 when the Legislature approved a program allowing taxpayer-funded tuition for students who wanted to escape failing public schools by enrolling in private schools.

There were restrictions: Students had to come from low- to moderate-income families. They had to be See Jindal, Page A7.

Collecting memories: Woman saves photos lost in twisters

By The Associated Press ATHENS, Ala. — It’s been said in the weeks and months after tornadoes tore through homes across the South, pictures and documents literally rained on yards hundreds of miles away.

Since that dark spring day nearly nine months ago, Lester resident Patty Bullion, the creator of the Facebook page “Pictures and Documents found after the April 27, 2011 Tornadoes,” has collected thousands of those scattered memories.

She began compiling them in an online database, posting the findings on Facebook so they could be identified and claimed by families. It now has 98,800 followers posting prom photos, marriage certificates and Army discharge papers.

Bullion also has a large

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A tornado moves through Tuscaloosa, Ala., on April 27. box of more than 1,000 unclaimed photographs in her possession. She believes many belong to the families of tornado victims in Limestone County from Tanner to East Limestone, Madison and beyond.

Bullion has spent hours looking through the photos.

“I know that I know these people,” she said.

Bullion recognizes familiar people, but can’t put a name

to the face. “I know some are from Athens,” she said.

“I just don’t know who they are.”

Other photographs, including one taken at the Kid’s Dugout at the Athens Sportsplex, identify familiar places or faces, but the owner is still a mystery.

Still, Bullion remains committed to helping others find the littered pieces of their lives. She was plan-

ning to have the collection at the East Limestone Fire Department from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. She said she would stay longer if necessary.

“I feel like East Limestone is a good central location for people from Tanner, East Limestone and Madison to come and look at these pictures,” Bullion said.

Bullion held a similar event at the Phil Campbell Community Center last Saturday. Twelve tables were set up full of photographs.

By the end of the event, places where photographs once were, lay void — taken by residents back to their homes. “It was a really big success,” she said. “I met some of the people who found their photos on Facebook. I was happy to I got to meet them in person.”

Bullion encourages others in the community who

might have unclaimed pictures to contact her or bring them by the fire department Saturday.

“I feel like a lot of pictures will be our local people,” Bullion said, adding she plans to hold similar events in the future. She hopes any remaining items will be claimed.

Since the April 27 tornadoes, Bullion’s Facebook site has reunited owners with more than 2,000 pictures and documents.

She plans to leave the site up until April 27. “I plan to take it down on the oneyear anniversary as a sign of hope and recovery,” she said.

Residents who have photographs or documents that may belong to families in Limestone County or other areas, can contact Patty Bullion at pbull35(at)hughes. net.

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Pageants Continued from Page A6. first runner-ups were named: for Miss Vicksburg, April Mayfield, 18, the daughter of David and Estella Mayfield; Miss Riverbend, Brandy Jarvis, 20, of Ocean Springs, the daughter of Kevin and Shelly Jarvis; Miss Vicksburg Outstanding Teen Jazzlyn Harris, 17, the daughter of Willis and Candy Thompson; and Miss Riverbend Outstanding Teen Abigail Walters, 15, the daughter

The winners

of Cathy and Mark Walters.

Jarvis also won the overall swimsuit award.

The teen contests are for ages 13 to 17, excluding high school seniors. The miss pageants are for ages 17 to 24. The Vicksburg pageants are for Warren, Claiborne and Sharkey county residents. The Riverbend pageants are open to anyone.

• Miss Vicksburg — Jeralyn Stuart, 19, of Vicksburg, is the daughter of Jerry and Shirley Stuart. She is a sophomore at the University of Mississippi, majoring in biology. Her platform is St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.

• Miss Riverbend — Julie Falgout, 23, of Hattiesburg, is the daughter of Sheila Falgout and the late Gerald Falgout. She is a senior

at William Carey University, majoring in pre-med and psychology. Her platform is humanizing the homeless.

• Miss Vicksburg Outstanding Teen — Alexis Stevenson, 16, of Vicksburg, is the daughter of Pamela and Teddy Williams and Derrell Green. Alexis is a junior at Vicksburg High School. Her platform is Girls, Inc. • Miss Riverbend Outstanding Teen — Katie Pinkard,

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16, of Clinton, is the daughter of Nanette and Fred Pinkard. She is a sophomore at Clinton High School. Her platform is Diamonds Sparkle.

• Overall Swimsuit — Brandy Jarvis, 20, of Ocean Springs.

• Overall Talent — Jeralyn Stuart • Teen Fitness Wear — Katie Pinkard • Teen Talent — Katie Pinkard

Former Holmes County supervisor sentenced to 30 months for bribery JACKSON, Miss. — A federal judge has sentenced former Holmes County Supervisory Larry Dennis to 30 months in prison.

Dennis pleaded guilty in September in a bribery case related to cleanup from the April 2010 tornadoes that swept through Mississippi.

The U.S. attorney’s office said that on two occasions in

Jindal Continued from Page A6. attending, or bound for, a public school deemed failing under the state’s accountability program.

And the program was limited to New Orleans, where the slow recovery of the corruption-plagued school system had eroded opposition to changes in public education.

Now preparing for the first legislative session of his second term, Jindal has unveiled an ambitious education agenda that includes taking that New Orleans voucher program statewide.

The conservative Republican governor strikes a populist note as he argues for the program in public appearances: “Parents and kids should not be trapped in a failing school because of their ZIP code, income, gender or color.

Jindal’s effort comes amid nationwide efforts to promote charter schools and school vouchers.

With its history of Catholic education and conservatism, Louisiana might at first seem fertile ground for voucher backers. But previous successes have been limited to a pre-school program approved during the administration of former Gov. Mike Foster and the New Orleans program Jindal pushed through in 2008.

“We had come close many times, but people are very tied to their traditional school systems — or have been in the past,” said Brigette Nieland, education lobbyist for the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, which supports vouchers. She added that the situation is further complicated because many state lawmakers have either risen on the political ladder by way of their local school board or have other ties to traditional public schools.

Nieland attributes passage of the limited 2008 voucher program to a reform movement that took hold in New Orleans after catastrophic flooding covered most of the city during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Then-Gov. Kathleen Blanco, a Democrat, and the Legislature moved to take over, putting most New Orleans schools under control of the state Recovery School District, formed as part of an effort to overhaul failing schools statewide. Charter organizations — private groups chartered by state or local authorities to run public schools — now run most New Orleans schools and have met with measurable, if sometimes incremental success in boosting performance.

Broad arguments against charters and vouchers are often the same. Both are denigrated by their critics as efforts to “privatize” the school system.

Charters, however, have won more broad support.

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“He did cross the line,” Blackmon said.

2010, Dennis, who is 59 and from Pickens, demanded payments of $3,500 from a company that had a contract to clean up tornado debris.

Dennis apologized in court Friday. Dennis claimed he was trying to get money to help a local Boys and Girls

Club.

U.S. District Judge William Barbour told Dennis that the charitable purpose was no excuse for extorting money.

“I never meant to hurt anyone,” Dennis said.

Dennis’ attorney, Ed Blackmon Jr., said Dennis was guilty of a misguided effort to help constituents.

SHREVEPORT, La. — A former Shreveport city staffer is in jail awaiting sentencing after being convicted of raping an 18-year-old high school student on a couch in

the mayor’s office.

Forty-four-year-old Richard Seaton was convicted on Friday in the rape, which occurred after the December 2010 Independence Bowl.

Prosecutors said Seaton used his influence and position to coerce the intoxicated teen into accompanying him to Shreveport’s Government Plaza.

Arne Duncan, education secretary for President Barack Obama, backs charter efforts as a means of improving public education, putting him in line — on that issue — with conservative-backed groups like the American Federation for Children.

Vouchers remain more controversial. Duncan is on record as being opposed to them.

Jindal is making his education plans, including the statewide expansion of vouchers, a top priority. Nieland believes he has a compelling case.

“It’s hard to argue that a child trapped in a failing school — and that’s failing by pretty liberal standards — shouldn’t have an opportunity to seek assistance elsewhere,” she said.

Opponents of vouchers remain wary. They say a voucher plan would send government money to schools that can “cherry pick” students and don’t have the same obligations to educate the disabled or those with special needs. While students attending private schools with public money would have to take the same standardized tests as public school students, the schools

themselves would not be subject to the same accountability standards, which include the assignment of rankings and letter grades to individual schools.

Jindal dismisses such complaints.

He cites a lengthy list of 2010-2011 statistics showing voucher students outperform their peers in New Orleans RSD schools that are academically unacceptable.

Some examples: 45 percent of third-graders in the voucher (or “opportunity scholarship”) program were on grade level in 2010-11 in English, while only 39 percent of third-graders in failing RSD public schools were on grade level; 26 percent of thirdgraders in the scholarship program were on grade level in 2010-11 in science, while 25 percent of their counterparts in failing RSD schools were on grade level.

And Jindal said parents can make wise decisions about where they want their children to go to school.

“In many ways, it’s a much tougher standard,” Jindal said. “They’re going to have to prove every day to parents that their children should go there, through their performance.”

Steve Monaghan, president of the Louisiana Federation of Teachers, argues more accountability is needed from any school that accepts voucher students.

“If you’re going to say the parent has the choice then government has the responsibility to make sure that the choice is informed because it’s all of our money that is used to do this,” Monaghan said.

According to the state education department, the New

Orleans voucher program now enrolls about 1,850 students. The average scholarship cost is forecast at $4,864 next year, for a total projected cost of $9.1 million — still under the cost estimate for the initial school year of $10 million. The program is limited to students currently attending failing New Orleans schools and who are from families with annual incomes of no more than twoand-a-half times the federal poverty threshold — less

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Ex-Shreveport worker convicted of rape

public meetings this week Monday • Warren County Board of Supervisors, 8:30 a.m., Board of Supervisors building, rear conference room Tuesday • Vicksburg Board of Architectural Review, 4 p.m., City Hall Annex, 1415 Walnut St. Wednesday • Vicksburg Convention Center and Auditorium Advisory Board, 8 a.m., Vicksburg Convention Center, 1600 Mulberry St. • Vicksburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen, 10 a.m., City Hall Annex • NRoute Transportation Commission, 5 p.m., 2501 Halls Ferry Road Thursday • Vicksburg Warren School District Board of Trustees, 5:30 p.m., district office board meeting room, 1500 Mission 66 • Vicksburg Convention and Visitors Bureau, 5:15 p.m., Vicksburg-Warren County Chamber of Commerce, 2020 Mission 66 than $60,000.

Specific legislation proposals and budget estimates haven’t been released yet but Jindal has made clear that he would expand the program statewide and open it to students who attend public schools that are not just failing with a grade of F under the state’s new school grading system, but also those that have letter grades of C or D.

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offering a vision of fairness and opportunity for everyone.

In a preview Saturday, Obama said in a video to supporters that the speech will be an economic blueprint built around manufacturing, energy, education and American values.

He is expected to announce ideas to make college more affordable and to address the housing crisis still hampering the economy three years into his term, people familiar with the speech said. Obama will also propose fresh ideas to ensure that the wealthy pay more in taxes, reiterating what he considers a matter of basic fairness, the officials said.

His policy proposals will be less important than what Obama hopes they all add up to: a narrative of renewed American security with him at the center, leading the fight.

“We can go in two directions,” Obama said in the campaign video. “One is toward less

opportunity and less fairness.

Or we can fight for where I think we need to go: building an economy that works for everyone, not just a wealthy few.”

That line of argument is intended to tap directly into concerns of voters who think America has become a nation of income inequality, with rules rigged to help the rich. The degree to which Obama or his eventual Republican opponent can better connect with millions of hurting Americans is expected to determine November’s presidential election.

Obama released his video hours ahead of the South Carolina primary, where Republican candidates fought in the latest fierce contest to become his general election rival.

The White House knows Obama is about to get his own stage to outline a re-election vision, but carefully. The speech is supposed to an American moment, not a campaign event.

Obama didn’t mention national security or foreign policy in his preview, and he is not expected to break ground on either one in his speech.

Whatever Obama proposes is likely to face long odds in a deeply divided Congress.

More people than not disapprove of Obama’s handling of the economy, and he is showing real vulnerability among the independent voters who could swing the election. Yet he will step into the moment just as the economy is showing life.

The unemployment rate is still at a troubling 8.5 percent, but at its lowest rate in nearly three years.

By giving a sneak peek to millions of supporters on his e-mail list, Obama played to his Democratic base and sought to generate an even larger audience for Tuesday’s address. He is unlikely to getter a bigger stage all year.

three titles, but I still did the same work.”

Overseas Contingency Operations, where Corps personnel may volunteer for such technical assistance, is a way for proven staff to remain involved with technical parts of broad missions in Afghanistan, where 91,000 U.S. service members remain.

Claypool, a Clinton native, lives in Vicksburg with wife, Dolly.

They have five daughters. A civilian employee of the District since 1979, Claypool graduated from Clinton High School has a degree in animal husbandry from Mississippi State University.

“It’s a different society that you have to work with, and it gives

individuals such as Ed broader experience to assist the Corps,” said public affairs chief Maj. Robert Wolfenden.

The payoff is simple for Claypool. In Baghdad, fixing the water was a source of accomplishment. In Kabul, it was a chance to ensure a system of renting structures from Afghan citizens, often elderly.

“It was helping Afghan people try to get through the rental system to where they got paid,” he said.

If asked, a fifth tour would be a snap, Claypool says.

“You know, God made everybody different. If I had my choice, it would be outside (work). But I like working for the military.”

Gingrich a lengthy battle for the nomination rather than the quick knockout that had seemed within his grasp only days earlier.

There were 25 Republican National Convention delegates at stake, but political momentum was the real prize with the race to pick an opponent to President Barack Obama still in its early stages.

In all, more than $12 million was spent on television ads by the candidates and their allies in South Carolina, much of it on attacks designed to degrade the support of rivals.

Interviews with voters as they left polling places showed nearly half saying their top priority was finding a candidate who could defeat Obama in the fall, followed

by wishes for experience, strong moral character and true conservatism.

In a state with 9.9 percent unemployment, concern about the economy was high, and almost one-third of those voting reported a household member had lost a job in the past three years.

The exit poll was conducted for The Associated Press and the television networks by Edison Research as voters left polls at 35 randomly selected sites. The survey involved interviews with 1,577 voters and had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

Santorum announced shortly after the polls closed that he would open his campaign in Florida today.

Paul has said he intends to

skip the state and focus his efforts on caucus contests in Nevada on Feb 4 and Missouri several days later.

One piece of primary day theater failed to materialize when the two men avoided crossing paths at Tommy’s Ham House in Greenville, packed with partisans holding signs that read either “Romney” or “Newt 2012.”

Romney rolled in earlier than expected, and had left by the time Gingrich arrived.

Santorum got a lift hours before the polls closed when the Iowa Republican Party declared him the winner of the caucuses on Jan. 3.

Romney was pronounced the victor by eight votes initially, but on Thursday, party officials said a recount showed Santorum ahead by 34. Even so, they declared the out-

come a tie.

Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, pinned his South Carolina hopes on a heavy turnout in parts of the state with large concentrations of social conservatives, the voters who carried him to his surprisingly strong showing in Iowa.

Paul had a modest campaign presence here after finishing third in Iowa and second in New Hampshire.

His call to withdraw U.S. troops from around the world was a tough sell in a state dotted with military installations and home to many veterans.

As the first Southern primary, South Carolina has been a proving ground for Republican presidential hopefuls in recent years.

two stepchildren, Clark Robinson (Tanya) and their children, Grant and McKenzie, of Jackson and Mary Francis Meister (Ryan) and their children, Chase, Riley and Tinsley of Greenville, S.C. He has two grandchildren, Herbert Marcel (Nicky) of New Orleans and Amanda Parker Brooks (Adam) of Anchorage, Alaska; and three greatgrandchildren, Parker Young and Maseyn and Holsten Brooks.

Mr. Windham was born in Smith County on Feb. 4, 1930.

He grew up in Vicksburg and Baton Rouge.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Summerfield Roy Windham and Myrtis Gambrell Windham; a brother, Max Windham, all of Bovina; a daughter, Diane Windham of Houma, La.; and a stepson, Alan Robinson of Jackson.

A graduate of and football player for Istrouma High School and LSU, Mr. Windham served as a pilot in the Air Force between 1954 and

1959. Mr. Windham and his family settled in Houma.

Entrepreneurial by nature, he launched and managed several businesses and home and land development projects, including Louisiana Companies, Quality Ready Mix, and Presqu’ile Development. In the mid-80s, he returned to Mississippi and in 1992 married Nancy Lynn.

The couple made their home in the Jackson area.

Services will be Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, with visitation at 10 a.m. at Wright & Ferguson, Highland Colony Parkway followed by a memorial at 11 a.m.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Hospice Ministries, 450 Towne Center Blvd, Ridgeland, MS 39157.

deaths The Vicksburg Post prints obituaries in news form for area residents, their family members and for former residents at no charge. Families wishing to publish additional information or to use specific wording have the option of a paid obituary.

Willie Tucker Anderson Willie “Lil Bit” Tucker Anderson, a former resident of Vicksburg, died Saturday, Jan. 21 in St. Louis, Mo. She was 71.

Mrs. Anderson was a retired nurse and a member of Mount Calvary M.B. Church.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete, with W. H. Jefferson Funeral Home in charge.

Arthur Lawler GLEN ALLAN — Arthur “Bubba” Lawler died Friday, Jan. 20, 2012 at University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. He was 74.

A loving father, husband, grandfather and cherished friend to all, Bubba never met a stranger and lived by the motto, “Just do what is right.” As an elected official, Bubba served as sheriff of Issaquena County, Miss., from 1972 to 2003. At the end of his eight consecutive terms, Bubba retired undefeated.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Eva Holcomb Lawler and Arthur T. Lawler; three brothers, Freddie, Herbert and Jimmy Herman; and two sisters, Wanda Gore and Margaret League.

Bubba is survived by his loving wife, Dolores Bagley Lawler; daughter, Lisa Nipper and her spouse Larry, of Chatham, Miss.; sons, Lee Lawler and his spouse Cindy, of Glen Allan, and Todd Lawler and his spouse Amy, of Southaven, Miss.; four grandsons, Nelson Nipper, John Jared Nipper, Mason Lawler and Colton Lawler; granddaughter, Annabeth Lawler; sister, Pearl Massey of Vicksburg; brother Harold Herman of Slidell, La.; and a host of other family

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But in the sometimes-surreal week that followed, he was stripped of his Iowa triumph — GOP officials there now say Santorum narrowly won — while former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman dropped out and endorsed Romney and Texas Gov. Rick Perry quit and backed Gingrich.

Romney responded awkwardly to questions about releasing his income tax returns, and about his investments in the Cayman Islands. Gingrich, the former speaker of the House, benefited from two well-received debate performances while grappling with allegations by an ex-wife that he had once asked her for an open marriage so he could keep his mistress.

By primary eve, Romney was speculating openly about

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Graveside services will be at 3:30 p.m. Monday at Greenfield Cemetery, with Glenwood Funeral Home in charge. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. today at the home of Arthur and Dolores Lawler, 940 Lake Washington Road West, Glen Allan.

Pallbearers will be Lisa L. Nipper, Lee Lawler, Todd Lawler, Larry Nipper, Nelson Nipper, John Jared Nipper and Mason Lawler.

Memorials may be made to Glen Allan United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 393, Glen Allan, MS 38744, or to the Sharkey Issaquena Health Foundation, 47 S. 4th St., Rolling Fork, MS 39159.

Fred N. Tingle WALNUT GROVE, Ga. — Fred N. Tingle passed away on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012 at his home surrounded by family.

He was 71.

Fred was preceded in death by his parents, H.W. and Ora Tingle; brothers, Jacky, Henry, Alton, Billy, James, Leon and Donald Tingle; and sisters, Margie Kowen and Johnnie Marie Murphy.

He is survived by his wife, Linda L. Tingle; daughter, Kacie T. Lindsey (Jason); granddaughter, Madison A. Lindsey; grandsons, Logan Donald Lindsey and Skyler Lindsey, all of Walnut Grove; brother, Charles L. Tingle (Irene) of Baker La. and Lewis Tingle (Irene) of Vicksburg; sister, Virginia Townsend; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Fred was born and raised in Vicksburg and was a 1963 graduate of Culkin Academy.

Fred attended Mississippi State and worked at Foam Packaging in Vicksburg before accepting his current position with Dolco Packaging in Lawrenceville, Ga. Services will be at 2 p.m.

Monday at Frank J. Fisher Funeral Home with the Rev. Terry White officiating.

Burial will follow at Greenlawn Gardens Cemetery.

Visitation will be Monday

from noon until the hour of the service at the funeral home. A fellowship will be at Bowmar Baptist Church following the burial for friends and family.

Pallbearers will be Jason Lindsey, Charles L. Tingle Jr., Carl Tingle, James Parker, David Hall and Jeb Tingle.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Fred and Linda’s grandchildren’s college fund at Mutual Credit Union, In Memory of Fred Tingle, Attn: Clara Beauman, 1604 Cherry St., Vicksburg, MS 39180.

Roy Pat Windham FLOWOOD ­— Roy Pat Windham, 81, died Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012.

He is survived by his wife, Nancy Lynn Windham, a Jackson native; two daughters, Kathleen Windham Marcel of Denver and Sandra Windham Parker and her husband, John E. Parker, currently living in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Mr. Windham is also survived by his

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Almanac Highs and Lows High/past 24 hours............. 67º Low/past 24 hours............... 62º Average temperature......... 65º Normal this date................... 47º Record low..............15º in 1935 Record high............79º in 1937 Rainfall Recorded at the Vicksburg Water Plant Past 24 hours.........................N/A This month..............1.83 inches Total/year.................1.83 inches Normal/month......3.94 inches Normal/year...........3.94 inches Solunar table Most active times for fish and wildlife Monday: A.M. Active............................ 4:40 A.M. Most active...............10:52 P.M. Active............................. 5:05 P.M. Most active................11:18 Sunrise/sunset Sunset today........................ 5:25 Sunset tomorrow............... 5:26 Sunrise tomorrow.............. 7:02

RIVER DATA Stages Mississippi River at Vicksburg Current: 23.3 | Change: 0.3 Flood: 43 feet Yazoo River at Greenwood Current: 17.3 | Change: 0.5 Flood: 35 feet Yazoo River at Yazoo City Current: 13.7 | Change: -0.6 Flood: 29 feet Yazoo River at Belzoni Current: 16.5 | Change: -0.5 Flood: 34 feet Big Black River at West Current: 6.5 | Change: -0.2 Flood: 12 feet Big Black River at Bovina Current: 8.3 | Change: -0.6 Flood: 28 feet StEELE BAYOU Land....................................70.4 River....................................70.2

MISSISSIPPI RIVER Forecast Cairo, Ill. Monday.................................. 33.3 Tuesday.................................. 33.4 Wednesday........................... 33.5 Memphis Monday.................................. 15.4 Tuesday.................................. 16.1 Wednesday........................... 16.7 Greenville Monday.................................. 29.9 Tuesday.................................. 30.6 Wednesday........................... 31.2 Vicksburg Monday.................................. 23.9 Tuesday.................................. 24.7 Wednesday........................... 25.4

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On TV 2 p.m. CBS/5:30 p.m. Fox - Will we get the Har-Bowl, or perhaps a Super Bowl XLII rematch? The participants in Super Bowl XLVI are decided today with the conference title games.

Baltimore and New England meet for the AFC championship at 2 p.m., then the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers play for the NFC crown at 5:30.

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Warren Central basketball player had 28 points — 22 of them in the second half — and 12 rebounds in a 62-59 win over Bailey Magnet at the Red Carpet Classic on Saturday.

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Joe Paterno’s doctors say the former Penn State coach’s condition has become “serious” after he experienced complications from lung cancer in recent days.

The winningest major college football coach of all time, Paterno was diagnosed shortly after Penn State’s Board of Trustees ousted him Nov. 9 in the aftermath of the child sex abuse charges against former assistant Jerry Sandusky. Paterno’s been getting treatment since.

“Over the last few days Joe Paterno has experienced further health complications,” family spokesman Dan McGinn said in a brief statement Saturday to The Associated Press. “His doctors have now characterized his status as serious.“ Paterno’s sons Scott and Jay both used Twitter on Saturday night to refute reports that their father had died.

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Playing its fourth road game in five days, Porters Chapel Academy swatted aside fatigue and injuries as easily as it did the St. Aloysius Flashes.

Kawayne Gaston finished with 21 points and 11 rebounds, Ted Brisco had 20 points and 11 rebounds, and the Eagles completed their grueling week with a throrough 69-19 beating of crosstown rival St. Al at the Red Carpet Classic on Saturday.

PCA won all four games this week to improve its record to 17-2. It is off until

the District 5-A tournament begins on Feb. 6, although coach E.J. Creel said she’ll try to add a game or two before then.

The downtime will help a team that has had half of its regular rotation fighting through various minor injuries the past three weeks.

“I’m glad this week is over.

We need the rest,” said Creel, whose team played a game in Meridian on Friday night, then took the court again less than 12 hours after getting back home. If they were tired from that trip, though, the Eagles hardly showed it.

PCA never trailed, and led by 20 points at the midway

point of the second quarter. Gaston and Brisco not only outscored St. Al by themselves, they almost outrebounded them too.

St. Al only pulled down 13 rebounds total, while PCA grabbed 40.

The Flashes also hit just 7 of 39 shots (17.9 percent), committed 22 turnovers and did not score in the fourth quarter. Kameron Reed and Connor Smith led the team with six points apiece.

The end result was St. Al’s eighth consecutive loss by 24 or more points. Four of the last five games have been See PCA, Page B4.

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Porter’s Chapel’s Peter Harris (1) drives in for a layup Saturday as St. Aloysius’ Matthew Foley gives chase.

Vikings pick up Red Carpet trophy

By Jeff Byrd jbyrd@vicksburgpost.com Finally, after a long six-year drought, the Warren Central Vikings won a Red Carpet Classic trophy.

In the last, and easily best game of the six-game Classic, the Vikings came up roses in the final 30 seconds.

Four free throws by junior forward Kourey Davis handed Warren Central a thrilling 62-59 win over Bailey Magnet Saturday night at WC. It was the Vikings’ first win in the annual tournament since 2006 against Cleveland.

Davis delivered the day’s best performance with 28 points and 12 rebounds for the Vikings (9-12). He said he used last Tuesday’s loss at Madison Central as a motivator.

“I felt like I lost the game at Madison Central and needed to step up,” Davis said. “I just had to get to the goal, and if fouled, make free throws.

It feels great to finally win this.”

First-year WC coach Chareck Cable was elated as well.

“This was a good win over a Jackson team,” Cable said.

See Brandon, Page B4.

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Warren Central’s Eric Howard (10) passes the ball over Bailey Magnet’s Chris Harper at the Red Carpet Basketball Classic on Saturday. Howard had eight points and four assists to help Warren Central win 62-59.

Jerseys cause confusion for Vicksburg

By Jeff Byrd jbyrd@vicksburgpost.com Due to a miscommunication between the Red Carpet Classic committee and the girls teams from Vicksburg and Velma Jackson, Saturday’s third game of the day had both teams dressed in white uniforms.

Only by seeing the green numbers of Vicksburg and the blue numbers for Velma Jackson could fans barely tell which team was which.

Vicksburg coach Barbara Hartzog said it had an affect in her team’s 55-32 loss.

The Missy Gators had just eight points at the half. They made only 4 of 19 shots and had 11 turnovers.

“We’re from Warren County and supposed to be the home team, but no one told us,” Hartzog said.

“It’s hard to play when both teams are in white.”

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Travis Wayne Vance apologized afterward for the foul up.

“When both teams have to play in white, it’s not a good thing,” Vance said. “Since Vicksburg is always supposed to be the home team, even when the game is at Warren Central, someone from our committee told Velma Jackson to come in white uniforms. It was just a miscommunication. I apologized to coach (Taneka) Brown for the mix up.”

Vicksburg’s team managers went back to the school

and got their road black uniforms. Several of the bench players changed jerseys with three minutes left in the second quarter. By the halftime horn, all of Vicksburg’s players were dressed in black.

The Missy Gators (9-11) had other problems as well.

Star freshman guard Ama Arkoful was benched for the first 11 minutes for disciplinary reasons.

“We had to discipline Ama, but it was done and it’s over with,” Hartzog said.

Arkoful got the Missy Gators going in the second half, scoring 15 of her teamhigh 17 points. She also had seven rebounds and three assists. The 20-point deficit, however, was too big of a hole to escape.

Velma Jackson’s Sharlandria Winston made five 3-pointers and finished with 17 points. Mozetta Greenwood had 12 as Velma Jack-

RCC scoreboard Girls St. Al 64, PCA 34 Velma Jackson 47, VHS 45 Brandon 66, WC 46 Boys PCA 69, St. Al 19 Velma Jackson 47, Vicksburg 45, OT WC 62, Bailey Magnet 59

son led by no less than 18 points in the second half.

Brown said her team didn’t seem fazed by the white-onwhite battle.

“It was a little strange at first, but I thought my girls did a great job,” Brown said.

“It was a great surprise to win a trophy.”

(B) Velma Jackson 47, Vicksburg 45 Vicksburg rallied from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter to put the game into See VHS, Page B4.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Rick Stansbury drew up a play in the huddle, something his Mississippi State Bulldogs hadn’t used this season. He saw Vanderbilt overplaying Dee Bost, and his senior guard made it work.

Bost scored on a layup with 51.8 seconds left in overtime and No. 18 Mississippi State edged Vanderbilt 78-77 Saturday night, snapping the Commodores’ eight-game winning streak.

“They had a taller guy guarding me, and we set it up perfectly so when I back-doored, I had a wide open layup,” Bost said.

The Bulldogs (16-4, 3-2 Southeastern Conference) won in Memorial Gym for the first time since 2004 and snapped their own three-game skid in Nashville. They appeared headed toward another loss after trailing 39-28 at halftime.

“We didn’t look at it like it was a big margin,” Bulldogs guard Jalen Steele said. “We just went out there, stayed confident, and stayed together. We knew that we were going to come back, and eventually make this game a tough game for Vanderbilt, and that’s what we did.”

Vanderbilt (14-5, 4-1) had plenty of chances to extend its winning streak but missed three shots after Bost’s layup, the last a 3-point attempt by John Jenkins that hit the front of the rim just before the buzzer.

Bost scored 24 points, Steele finished with 15, and Arnett Moultrie had his 11th double-double with 21 points and 14 rebounds.

Jenkins led Vanderbilt with 21 points, and Jeffery Taylor had 19.

In a game featuring four of the SEC’s top scorers, these teams put on a show from beyond the arc. The Bulldogs hit 9 of 10 after halftime, while Vanderbilt was 14-of-27 overall — its most 3s since hitting 15 against Mississippi State on March 5, 2008.

Each team also took turns blowing leads.

Vanderbilt was up 39-26 late in the first half, while Mississippi State was ahead 63-53 with 7:50 left and had a 68-62 lead with 1:56 remaining in regulation.

Vanderbilt rallied with Jenkins hitting his fifth 3-pointer with 32.8 seconds left to tie it 68-all.

Vanderbilt led twice in the extra period, the last on a 3-pointer by Lance Goulbourne with 1:09 remaining at 77-76. Bost then scored, and Vanderbilt couldn’t take advantage of both Bost and Moultrie missing the front end of one-and-ones down the stretch.

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Golf High winds halt Humana Challenge LA QUINTA, Calif. — The Humana Challenge suspended play midway through the third round Saturday after high winds caused damage on all three courses, toppled trees, blew balls off the greens and knocked a scoreboard into a lake. The tournament will resume third-round play this morning with Mark Wilson holding a three-stroke lead over Ben Crane.

The pro-am tournament reported no injuries, but called an early halt after 35-mph winds rampaged across the Palm Springs area in the early afternoon.

Slugger White, the PGA Tour’s vice president of rules and competitions, said he believes they can finish the four-round event today “in a perfect world.”

NBA Nowitzki to sit, work on conditioning NEW ORLEANS — Dirk Nowitzki will sit out for at least the next four games for the Mavericks, starting with Saturday night’s contest in New Orleans, so the star forward can get in better game shape while strengthening his sore right knee.

Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said before tipoff against the Hornets that Nowitzki would prefer to continue playing but coaches and training staff decided it would be better for the team if he is restricted from game activity for the next week.

Nowitzki has been playing with a protective sleeve on his right knee and at times has complained of stiffness and irritation. His 17.5 points per game this season is a little more than four points below his career average.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Jan. 22 1920 — The New York Yankees announce they will be the first team to wear uniform numbers, according to the player’s position in the batting order.

1962 — Bob Feller and Jackie Robinson are elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Robinson, who had the distinction of becoming the first black player to play in the Major League, is also the first to enter the Hall.

1968 — The NBA awards expansion franchises to Milwaukee and Phoenix.

1973 — George Foreman knocks out Joe Frazier in the second round in Kingston, Jamaica, to win the world heavyweight title.

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Defensive football is not boring for the players In college football’s game of the year, the No. 1 Team played the No. 2 Team (in the AP Poll) for the National Championship. Alabama lost in overtime, 9-6, back in November when they played a regular-season game marked by awesome defenses and settled by field goals. In the rematch, it was almost “same song, second verse,” except that Alabama won handily, again with field goals until a late touchdown sealed the Bayou Bengals’ fate.

The national media dubbed it boring. Dull.

According to national media polls over the years, the national media is less trusted by the average American than the much-maligned used car salesman. I trust them less than that, speaking personally.

That was not a boring game, especially to a former college football player.

Contrary to what most of the national media said, this was not the first time a rematch of highlyranked teams has settled the mythical National Championship. The year before I went to Ole Miss to play for the Rebels, LSU had won the regular season matchup on Billy Cannon’s legendary punt return, which

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gave them a 7-3 victory on a rainsoaked field in a classic defensive struggle. We had a second chance in the Sugar Bowl, which the Rebels won by a similar score to last week’s game, 21-0. Heisman Trophy winner Cannon was held to negative rushing yards and the Grantland Rice Trophy went to Ole Miss that year, and the next.

Neither of those were boring games either.

For quarterbacks, receivers, running backs, and national media, an offensive shootout is the ideal nonboring football game. For defensive teams, a game settled by a field goal because neither team has been able to sustain a drive to the goal line is the ideal non-boring game — especially if the field is a wet, soggy mess like the aforementioned first Ole Miss-LSU game. Any defensive line-

man or linebacker loves the chance to shove one of those hotshot backs’ faces into a mud puddle at the bottom of a pile-up. Mud is a great equalizer for a defensive game, although neither of the Alabama-LSU games was on a muddy field this year. They both just had great defenses, no matter what kind of field they played on.

It isn’t boring to a linebacker when you time the snap count perfectly and charge right through a gap unexpectedly to be right there in the quarterback’s face as he drops back to pass and turns around. The look in his eyes just before you cream him is the reason you play ball!

It isn’t boring for a nose guard to get in under the center’s elbows, stand him up, then grab the fullback just before he hits the hole and ride him to the turf for a loss on the play.

It isn’t boring for a defensive lineman to battle toward the quarterback in the pocket, then time your leap perfectly to bat the pass back into his face, or better yet, to tip it up for an interception by you or a teammate.

It isn’t boring for a defensive end to string out an option play, refusing to commit to the quarterback until his trailing pitchman is almost out of bounds.

Nor, on the other side of the ball, is it boring for a pulling guard to come around behind his tackle and end, leading the sweep, and catch a linebacker just at knee level for a block that enables your halfback to turn the corner for a first down.

It’s not boring for a tackle to crossblock unexpectedly and catch a great big defensive lineman just right on your shoulder to actually flip him upside-down.

It’s a team sport, national media, and the defense is on the team, too.

Grantland’s Rice’s last two lines are most quoted, but before them, he said: “Let courage call the signals as you keep on coming back. Keep coming back, and though the world may romp across your spine, Let every game’s end find you still upon the battling line.

“For when that One Great Scorer comes to mark against your name, He writes — not that you won or lost — but how you played the game!”

Hey, maybe it’s the national media itself that’s dull and boring, you reckon?

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

scoreboard nfl

Today’s Games No games scheduled Monday’s Games No games scheduled Tuesday’s Games Tennessee at Vanderbilt, 6 p.m.

Kentucky at Georgia, 8 p.m.

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NFL Playoffs

Wild-card round

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

CONFERENCE USA

Divisional Playoffs

Jan. 14 San Francisco 36, New Orleans 32 New England 45, Denver 10 Jan. 15 Baltimore 20, Houston 13 N.Y. Giants 37, Green Bay 20

Conference Championships

Today’s Games Baltimore at New England, 2 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at San Francisco, 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.

nba EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W Philadelphia...................11 New York.......................6 Boston...........................5 New Jersey...................4 Toronto..........................4

L 5 10 9 12 12

Pct .688 .375 .357 .250 .250

Southeast Division

W Orlando..........................11 Miami.............................11 Atlanta...........................12 Charlotte........................3 Washington....................2

L 4 4 5 13 13

Central Division

W Chicago.........................15 Indiana...........................10 Cleveland.......................6 Milwaukee......................5 Detroit............................4

L 3 4 9 9 13

Pct .733 .733 .706 .188 .133

L 6 7 7 7 13

Pct .600 .588 .588 .563 .188

Northwest Division

W Oklahoma City...............13 Denver...........................12 Utah...............................10 Portland.........................9 Minnesota......................7

L 3 5 5 7 9

Pacific Division

W L L.A. Clippers..................8 5 L.A. Lakers....................10 7 Phoenix..........................6 9 Sacramento...................6 11 Golden State.................5 10 Saturday’s Games Atlanta 121, Cleveland 94 Detroit 94, Portland 91 Miami 113, Philadelphia 92 Denver 119, New York 114,2OT Chicago 95, Charlotte 89 Houston 105, San Antonio 102 Dallas 83, New Orleans 81 Memphis 128, Sacramento 95 Oklahoma City 84, New Jersey 74 Utah 108, Minnesota 98 Today’s Games Boston at Washington, Noon Toronto at L.A. Clippers, 2:30 p.m.

Charlotte at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Milwaukee at Miami, 5 p.m.

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

GB — — — 8 1/2 9

Pct GB .833 — .714 3 .400 7 1/2 .357 8 .235 10 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W Memphis........................9 San Antonio...................10 Dallas.............................10 Houston.........................9 New Orleans.................3

GB — 5 5 7 7

GB — — — 1/2 6 1/2

Pct .813 .706 .667 .563 .438

GB — 1 1/2 2 1/2 4 6

Pct .615 .588 .400 .353 .333

GB — — 3 4 4

college basketball SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE

Conference All Games

W L PCT W L PCT Kentucky............. 5 0 1.000 19 1 .950 Vanderbilt........... 4 1 .800 14 5 .737 Florida................. 3 1 .750 15 4 .789 Mississippi St... 3 2 .600 16 4 .800 Ole Miss............ 3 2 .600 13 6 .684 Arkansas............. 2 2 .500 14 5 .737 Alabama............. 2 3 .400 13 6 .684 Auburn................ 2 3 .400 12 7 .632 LSU..................... 2 3 .400 12 7 .632 Tennessee.......... 1 3 .250 9 10 .474 Georgia............... 1 4 .200 10 9 .526 South Carolina... 0 4 .000 8 10 .444 Saturday’s Games Kentucky 77, Alabama 71 Auburn 63, South Carolina 52 Arkansas 66, Michigan 64 Tennessee 60, Connecticut 57 Ole Miss 66, Georgia 63 Florida 76, LSU 64 Mississippi St. 78, Vanderbilt 77, OT

Conference All Games

W L PCT W L PCT UCF.................... 5 1 .833 15 4 .789 Southern Miss.. 4 1 .800 17 3 .850 Marshall.............. 4 1 .800 13 6 .684 Memphis............. 4 1 .800 13 6 .684 Tulsa................... 4 2 .667 11 9 .550 UTEP.................. 3 3 .500 10 10 .500 Rice.................... 2 3 .400 11 9 .550 SMU.................... 2 3 .400 10 9 .526 Houston.............. 2 4 .333 9 9 .500 Tulane................. 1 4 .200 13 6 .684 UAB.................... 1 4 .200 6 12 .333 East Carolina...... 0 5 .000 9 9 .500 Saturday’s Games Memphis 63, SMU 45 Central Florida 48, UAB 41 Southern Miss 67, Marshall 63 Tulane 66, UTEP 58 Tulsa 70, Rice 46 Houston 82, East Carolina 76 Today’s Games No games scheduled Monday’s Games No games scheduled Tuesday’s Games No games scheduled ———

SWAC

Conference All Games

W L PCT W L PCT MVSU................. 6 0 1.000 7 11 .389 Texas Southern.. 5 1 .833 6 12 .333 Southern U......... 5 2 .714 9 11 .450 Alabama St......... 4 2 .667 7 11 .389 Prairie View........ 3 3 .500 7 12 .368 Jackson St........ 3 4 .429 5 14 .263 Alcorn St........... 2 5 .286 5 14 .263 Grambling St...... 2 5 .286 2 15 .118 Alabama A&M.... 1 5 .167 3 12 .200 Ark.-Pine Bluff.... 1 5 .167 2 17 .105 Saturday’s Games Southern U. 75, Alabama A&M 69, OT Alcorn St. 61, Alabama St. 60 Texas Southern 69, Ark.-Pine Bluff 55 Miss. Valley St. 81, Prairie View 57 Jackson St. 80, Grambling St. 67 Today’s Games No games scheduled Monday’s Games Alabama A&M at Alcorn St., 7 p.m.

Alabama St. at Southern U., 7:30 p.m.

Ark.-Pine Bluff at Prairie View, 8 p.m.

Miss. Valley St. at Texas Southern, 8 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games No games scheduled ———

Top 25 Schedule

Saturday’s Games Notre Dame 67, No. 1 Syracuse 58 No. 2 Kentucky 77, Alabama 71 No. 5 Missouri 89, No. 3 Baylor 88 Florida St. 76, No. 4 Duke 73 No. 6 Ohio St. 79, Nebraska 45 No. 7 Kansas 69, Texas 66 No. 9 Michigan St. 83, Purdue 58 No. 10 Georgetown 52, Rutgers 50 No. 12 Murray St. 82, SIU-Edwardsville 65 Tennessee 60, No. 13 Connecticut 57 No. 14 UNLV vs. New Mexico, (n) No. 16 San Diego St. vs. Air Force, (n) No. 17 Florida 76, LSU 64 No. 18 Mississippi St. 78, Vanderbilt 77, OT No. 19 Creighton 75, Indiana St. 49 Arkansas 66, No. 20 Michigan 64 No. 21 Marquette 79, Providence 72 No. 23 Louisville 73, Pittsburgh 62 No. 24 Saint Mary’s (Cal) at Santa Clara, (n) No. 25 Kansas St. 66, Oklahoma St. 58 Today’s Games No. 11 Indiana vs. Penn St., 11 a.m.

No. 15 Virginia vs. Virginia Tech, 5 p.m.

No. 22 Illinois vs. Wisconsin, 2 p.m.

Monday’s Games No. 1 Syracuse at Cincinnati, 6 p.m.

No. 7 Kansas vs. Texas A&M, 8 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games No. 2 Kentucky at Georgia, 8 p.m.

No. 3 Baylor at Oklahoma, 7 p.m.

No. 16 San Diego St. at Wyoming, 7:30 p.m.

No. 20 Michigan at Purdue, 6 p.m.

No. 21 Marquette at South Florida, 7 p.m.

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Mississippi college schedule

Saturday’s Games Ole Miss 66, Georgia 63 Ozarks 77, Mississippi College 71 William Carey 83, Auburn-Montgomery 59 Belhaven 89, Loyola-N.O. 82 Alcorn St. 61, Alabama St. 60 Southern Miss 67, Marshall 63 Mississippi St. 78, Vanderbilt 77, OT Mississippi Valley St. 81, Prairie View 57 Jackson St. 80, Grambling 67 Today’s Games Delta St. at North Alabama, 4 p.m.

Hendrix College at Millsaps, 3 p.m.

Monday’s Games Alabama A&M at Alcorn St., 7 p.m.

Xavier-N.O. at Tougaloo, 7:30 p.m.

Mississippi Valley St. at Texas Southern, 8 p.m.

Tuesday’s games No games scheduled

MISSISSIPPI ST. 78, VANDERBILT 77, OT

MISSISSIPPI ST. (16-4) Sidney 4-10 0-2 9, Moultrie 7-16 7-9 21, Bost 8-14 5-6 24, Hood 2-7 2-2 7, Bryant 1-7 0-2 2, Steele 5-8 0-0 15, S. Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Lewis 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 27-62 14-21 78.

VANDERBILT (14-5) Goulbourne 4-8 0-0 12, Taylor 7-11 2-4 19, Ezeli 5-10 2-3 12, Tinsley 3-8 0-0 7, Jenkins 8-17 0-0 21, Johnson 2-3 1-2 6, Parker 0-1 0-0 0, Tchiengang 0-1 0-0 0, Odom 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 29-60 5-9 77.

Halftime—Vanderbilt 39-28.

End Of Regulation—Tied 68.

3-Point Goals—Mississippi St. 10-20 (Steele 5-8, Bost 3-6, Sidney 1-2, Hood 1-3, Bryant 0-1), Vanderbilt 14-27 (Jenkins 5-11, Goulbourne 4-6, Taylor 3-5, Johnson 1-1, Tinsley 1-3, Parker 0-1).

Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Mississippi St. 37 (Moultrie 14), Vanderbilt 33 (Ezeli 14). Assists— Mississippi St. 12 (Bost 4), Vanderbilt 16 (Tinsley 5). Total Fouls—Mississippi St. 11, Vanderbilt 16.

OLE MISS 66, GEORGIA 63

OLE MISS (13-6) Henry 8-12 7-10 24, Williams 3-10 5-6 12, Buckner 2-4 2-7 6, Holloway 5-8 2-2 12, Summers 2-6 2-8 6, Cox 2-2 2-2 6, Aniefiok 0-0 0-0 0, Kendrick 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 22-45 20-35 66.

GEORGIA (10-9) Caldwell-Pope 10-17 0-1 25, Ware 0-7 0-0 0, D. Williams 3-6 2-6 8, Robinson 7-16 2-3 19, Djurisic 1-7 2-2 4, Thornton 0-2 2-2 2, V. Williams 1-2 0-0 2, Nolte 0-1 0-0 0, Brantley 1-4 0-0 3, Florveus 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 23-63 8-14 63.

Halftime—Ole Miss 34-23.

3-Point Goals—Ole Miss 2-8 (Henry 1-3, Williams 1-5), Georgia 9-29 (Caldwell-Pope 5-10, Robinson 3-6, Brantley 1-4, Nolte 0-1, Djurisic 0-1, Ware 0-7). Fouled Out—Caldwell-Pope. Rebounds— Ole Miss 43 (Buckner, Henry 10), Georgia 32 (D. Williams 8). Assists—Ole Miss 5 (Kendrick 2), Georgia 11 (Robinson 6).

SOUTHERN MISS 67, MARSHALL 63

MARSHALL (13-6) Tinnon 4-6 0-1 9, Goff 1-6 1-2 3, Pitts 2-8 0-0 5, Coleman 2-6 1-2 5, Johnson 3-9 0-2 7, Spikes 2-4 1-2 5, Hanner 0-0 0-0 0, Pena 2-6 0-0 5, Kane 7-14 5-7 21, Mbao 0-0 3-4 3. Totals 23-59 11-20 63.

SOUTHERN MISS (17-3) Page 5-10 2-2 15, Bolden 0-4 8-10 8, Johnson 3-8 0-2 6, Jenkins 1-3 0-0 2, Mills 3-7 0-2 6, McGill 0-1 1-4 1, Pelham 2-2 0-0 4, Dodson 2-7 3-3 7, Watson 5-9 6-6 18. Totals 21-51 20-29 67.

Halftime—Southern Miss 42-30.

3-Point Goals—Marshall 6-18 (Kane 2-5, Tinnon 1-1, Johnson 1-3, Pena 1-3, Pitts 1-4, Coleman 0-2), Southern Miss 5-15 (Page 3-6, Watson 2-3, Jenkins 0-1, Dodson 0-2, Johnson 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Marshall 43 (Spikes 12), Southern Miss 34 (Mills 6). Assists—Marshall 13 (Kane, Pitts 4), Southern Miss 10 (Watson 5).

Total Fouls—Marshall 23, Southern Miss 20.

MISS. VALLEY ST. 81, PRAIRIE VIEW 57

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ST. (7-11) Pugh 0-3 0-0 0, Joyner 4-9 3-4 13, Pajkovic 1-4 4-4 6, Arrington 2-5 4-7 8, Studivant 2-4 0-0 4, Cox 12-17 0-2 26, Jones 3-6 2-2 8, Burwell 2-11 4-5 8, Crosby 4-5 0-1 8, Ralling 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-64 17-25 81.

PRAIRIE VIEW (7-12) Montgomery 4-6 0-1 8, Chapman 4-8 0-2 8, Wright 1-4 0-2 2, Munks 4-10 5-7 15, Gesiakowski 5-12 2-4 15, DeMuynck 1-3 0-0 2, Jackson 0-1 0-0 0, Duplessis 0-0 1-2 1, Bell 1-1 0-0 2, Scott 1-4 0-3 2, Riathin 0-0 2-4 2, Meadows 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 21-53 10-25 57.

Halftime—MVSU 41-40.

3-Point Goals—MVSU 4-21 (Cox 2-4, Joyner 2-5, Pajkovic 0-1, Jones 0-3, Pugh 0-3, Burwell 0-5), Prairie View 5-16 (Gesiakowski 3-8, Munks 2-6, Meadows 0-1, Montgomery 0-1). Fouled Out— None. Rebounds—MVSU 50 (Crosby 11), Prairie View 30 (Chapman, Munks 5). Assists—MVSU 16 (Burwell 7), Prairie View 11 (Scott 4). Total Fouls—MVSU 21, Prairie View 22. Technical— Cox. A—3,311.

women’s basketball Women’s Top 25 Schedule

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Saturday’s Games 1 Baylor 76, No. 23 Kansas St., 41 2 Notre Dame 76, Villanova 43 3 Connecticut 88, No. 21 DePaul 44 4 Stanford 65, Washington 47 7 Rutgers 72, South Florida 66 12 Green Bay 80, Cleveland St. 58 14 Texas A&M 76, Kansas 65 Today’s Games 5 Duke vs. No. 8 Maryland, 2:30 p.m.

6 Kentucky vs. Florida, 1 p.m.

10 Ohio St. vs. Illinois, 1 p.m.

15 Georgia at Ole Miss, 2 p.m.

16 Delaware vs. Drexel, 2:30 p.m.

17 Texas Tech at Iowa St., 1:30 p.m.

18 Louisville at No. 19 Georgetown, 4 p.m.

20 Nebraska vs. Minnesota, 5 p.m.

22 Penn St. vs. Iowa, 2 p.m.

24 North Carolina at North Carolina St., Noon 25 Vanderbilt vs. South Carolina, 12:30 p.m.

Monday’s Games 2 Notre Dame vs. No. 9 Tennessee, 6 p.m.

11 Miami vs. Virginia Tech, 6 p.m.

13 Purdue vs. Michigan St., 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games 7 Rutgers vs. No. 21 DePaul, 6 p.m.

19 Georgetown at West Virginia, 6 p.m.

14 Texas A&M at Oklahoma St., 7 p.m.

prep basketball Girls

ST. ALOYSIUS 64, PORTERS CHAPEL 34

Porters Chapel 9 11 12 2 — 34 St. Aloysius 11 17 18 18 — 64 Porters Chapel (34) Marshedia Graise 21, Mims 9, Krapac 2, Locke 1, Wall 1.

St. Aloysius (64) Ann Garrison Thomas 18, Allie Willis 13, Ale. Engel 9, Mabry 8, Welp 7, Miller 5, Aly. Engel 4.

VELMA JACKSON 55, VICKSBURG 32

Vicksburg 6 2 15 9 — 32 Velma Jackson 12 16 16 11 — 55 Vicksburg (32) Ama Arkoful 17, Young 8, Shears 4, Mayfield 2, Smith 1.

Velma Jackson (55) Sharlandria Winston 17, Mozetta Greenwood 12, Watkins 9, Williams 8, Jones 4, Jackson 3, Brooks 1, Smith 1.

BRANDON 66, WARREN CENTRAL 46

Brandon 19 14 16 17 — 66 Warren Central 5 16 8 17 — 46 Warren Central (46) Rolanda Lovette 12, Symone Stamps 11, Alexis Daniels 10, Walker 5, Farmer 2, Tuggle 2, Ruby 2.

Brandon (66) Doshua McCray 17, Brown 8, Carter 7, Campbell 6, Hubson 5, Reynolds 4, Kelly 3, Knolt 2, Glenn 2, Grady 1, Trigg 1.

Boys

PORTERS CHAPEL 69, ST. ALOYSIUS 19

Porters Chapel 18 16 20 15 — 69 St. Aloysius 6 7 6 0 — 19 Porters Chapel (69) Kawayne Gaston 21, Ted Brisco 20, Peter Harris 10, Buys 7, Lassiter 6, Burden 3, McDaniel 2.

St. Aloysius (19) Kameron Reed 6, Connor Smith 6, Welp 3, Ma. Foley 2, Loving 2.

VELMA JACKSON 47, VICKSBURG 45

Vicksburg 3 11 6 20 4 — 45 Velma Jackson 10 7 13 11 6 — 47 Vicksburg (45) DeAngelo Richardson 15, Edward Davis 10, Carter 7m King 5, Johnson 4, Dixon 2, T. Carter 2.

Velma Jackson (47) Moses Greenwood 16, Quindary Weatherspoon 16, Washington 6, Murry 5, Bennett 1.

WARREN CENTRAL 62, BAILEY 59

Bailey Magnet 12 15 18 14 — 59 Warren Central 10 16 18 18 — 62 Warren Central (62) Kourey Davis 28, Howard 8, Johnson 7, Smith 6, Robinson 5, M. Williams 4, Taylor 2, Rankin 2.

Bailey Magnet (59) Lee Montgomery 22, Jaguaylon Wilson 17, Iury Dixon 12, Singleton 6, Moore 2.

transactions BASEBALL

American League

BOSTON RED SOX—Agreed to terms with RHP Daniel Bard on a one-year contract.

LOTTERY Sunday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 4-2-3 La. Pick 4: 2-1-8-1 Monday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 6-1-1 La. Pick 4: 7-7-1-7 Tuesday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 8-2-8 La. Pick 4: 0-9-7-1 Mega Millions: 3-15-31-36-53 Megaball: 27; Megaplier; 2 Wednesday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 2-8-8 La. Pick 4: 3-1-3-6 Easy 5: 6-16-22-32-37 La. Lotto: 22-23-25-30-37-40 Powerball: 6-29-34-44-50 Powerball: 28 Mega Millions: 3-15-31-36-53 Megaball: 27; Megaplier: 2 Thursday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 6-5-9 La. Pick 4: 2-6-0-4 Friday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 6-3-4 La. Pick 4: 1-3-7-0 Mega Millions: 1-9-28-38-47 Megaball: 8; Megaplier; 2 Saturday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 5-3-7 La. Pick 4: 6-6-0-3 Easy 5: 4-11-19-28-30 La. Lotto: 2-5-8-9-12-31 Powerball: 12-24-43-44-45 Powerball: 7

Sunday, January 22, 2012

The Vicksburg Post

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college basketball

Watson lifts USM over Herd

Rebels fend off Georgia’s charge

By The Associated Press Neil Watson scored 18 points, including a 3-pointer with 18.5 seconds left, as Southern Miss held off Marshall 67-63 on Saturday night.

The Golden Eagles (17-3, 4-1 Conference USA), who led by as many as 16 points in the first half, saw the Thundering Herd hit three consecutive 3-pointers to pull within 64-63 with 46.5 seconds to play.

But Watson, who scored Southern Miss’ final five points of the game, swished a shot off the right wing with the shot clock winding down to give the Golden Eagles all the cushion they needed.

Southern Miss handed the Thundering Herd (13-6, 4-1) its first league loss.

LaShay Page added 15 points for Southern Miss.

Page scored all his points in the first half as the Golden Eagles ran out to a 42-30 edge at halftime.

Florida 76, LSU 64 Erik Murphy scored 15 points and No. 17 Florida beat LSU to extend its home winning streak to 16 games.

The Gators (15-4, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) had five players in double figures, a balanced effort that helped them overcome an off shooting night from 3-point range.

Justin Hamilton led LSU (12-7, 2-3) with a career-high 27 points and eight rebounds.

The 7-footer made 13 of 22 shots, nearly as many as the rest of his team.

Kentucky 77, Alabama 71 Darius Miller hit four free throws in the final minute and freshmen Marquis Teague and Anthony Davis each added two more as No. 2 Kentucky held on to beat Alabama for its 47th straight home victory.

Kentucky (19-1, 5-0 SEC) led the entire second half, but Alabama’s Trevor Releford scored all 17 of his points in the second half to keep the Crimson Tide (13-6, 2-3) close until the end.

The associated press

Southern Miss guard Maurice Bolden shoots over Marshall’s Dennis Tinnon during Saturday’s game in Hattiesburg.

Bolden scored 10 points as Southern Miss won, 67-63.

Kentucky hit 23 of 29 secondhalf free throw attempts — including all eight in the final minute — in a game that featured 45 fouls.

Tennessee 60, Connecticut 57 Jarnell Stokes had 16 points and 12 rebounds in his first start, and Tennessee (9-10) hit 7 of 10 free-throw attempts in the final minute to upset No. 13 Connecticut (14-5).

Arkansas 66, Michigan 64 BJ Young scored 15 points and Arkansas (14-5) hit its first 11 shots to beat No. 20 Michigan (15-5) and remain undefeated in Bud Walton Arena this season.

Arkansas built a 34-14 lead on the strength of its early shooting and led 49-33 early in the second half.

Notre Dame 67, Syracuse 58 Jack Cooley scored 17 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as Notre Dame (12-8, 4-3 Big East) upset No. 1 Syracuse (20-1, 7-1).

Fans stormed the court after the Irish’s rousing victory. It was the eighth time Notre Dame has beaten a No. 1 team.

That ties it for fourth-most all-time, with North Carolina having the most with 12.

FSU 76, Duke 73 Michael Snaer hit a 3-pointer as time expired, and Florida State snapped No. 4 Duke’s 45-game home-court winning streak.

Snaer scored 14 points — including a banked-in 3 to beat the buzzer on the final play of the first half — and the Seminoles (13-6, 4-1 ACC) won their fourth straight game.

Austin Rivers had 19 points for the Blue Devils (16-3, 4-1), including a tying drive with 4.9 seconds left.

Missouri 89, Baylor 88 Ricardo Ratliffe scored a career-high 27 points and No. 5 Missouri (18-1, 5-1 Big 12) held on for the big road win against No. 3 Baylor (17-2, 4-2).

Missouri had to make 10 of 12 free throws in the final minute for the victory. Marcus Denmon’s free throw with 4 seconds left made it 89-85 before Brady Heslip hit a 3-pointer for Baylor.

Alcorn State 61, Alabama State 60 Xavian Rimmer scored 13 points and Alcorn State withstood a final Alabama State flurry.

Ryan Watts stole the ball for the Hornets (7-11, 4-2 SWAC) with 13 seconds remaining, but Tramaine Butler and Stephawn Brown missed shots and Luther Page was unsuccessful on a final tip-in.

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Terrance Henry can’t really say why Ole Miss struggles so badly at the free-throw line.

As long as the Rebels win, however, Henry believes his team will be just fine.

“We’re used to it,” Henry said. “That’s our M.O. We grind it out on defense, take what we can get on offense. It wasn’t new to us, so we were used to a game like that.”

Henry scored 24 points, Nick Williams and Murphy Holloway added 12 and Ole Miss held off a late surge from Georgia for a 66-63 victory Saturday.

The Rebels (13-6, 2-2 Southeastern Conference) have won two straight and three of four.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope finished with 25 points and Gerald Robinson had 19 for Georgia (10-9, 1-4).

“No one is happy,” Robinson said. “Almost doesn’t count in basketball. We just lost. We didn’t put ourselves in position to win the game. We didn’t finish like we should have.”

Ole Miss’ Jarvis Summers made 1 of 2 free throws to give the Rebels a 10-point lead with 47 seconds remaining, but Henry and Summers showed why their school ranks last in the SEC in free-throwing shooting. They combined to miss their next four foul shots as Georgia twice cut the lead to two points in the final 23 seconds.

“It’s certainly not the way we would have drawn up finishing the game,” Ole Miss

Georgia’s Donte Williams (15) shoots over Ole Miss forward Reginald Buckner in the first half Saturday. Ole Miss won, 66-63. coach Andy Kennedy said, “but the bottom line is they got it done.”

With 9 seconds left, Henry hit one free throw but missed the second attempt. Dustin Ware grabbed the rebound for Georgia and made a long pass to Robinson in the right corner, but Robinson’s 3-point attempt bounced off the rim.

Nemanja Djurisic picked up the loose ball on the left side, but he launched a 3-point attempt that bounced off the rim and was pulled down by Henry at the buzzer.

A few more good free throws would have given the Rebels a more comfortable margin, but they went 20-of-35 from the foul line. Summers and Reginald Buckner combined to go 4-of-15.

“Guys that just have to step up and make them,” Williams said. “We made some at the

end to push it to three. That was big for us. Terrance made that last one, so they had to take a 3.”

Buckner, the SEC’s leading rebounder, finished with six points and 10 boards.

Georgia, which never led after Robinson’s jumper made it 8-7 early in the first half, continued to struggle offensively.

The Bulldogs began the game ranked last in the SEC in scoring (61.9 points) and managed to lower the league’s worst field-goal percentage to 39.9 percent after hitting just 23 of 63 attempts.

Ole Miss’ zone defense caused Georgia fits throughout the game. The Bulldogs spent many possessions passing the ball around the perimeter, winding down the shot clock and then firing up a lowpercentage shot.

Ware went 0-for-7 beyond the arc and is now 6 for his last 31.

Demarco Cox’s layup with 14:24 remaining gave Ole Miss its biggest lead at 14. The Rebels improved to 12-2 when leading at halftime.

Henry, who scored 15 points in the first half, looked as if he had put the game out of reach with a jumper that made it 62-50 with 1:11 remaining.

“We were back on our heels, and I guess you could say we were playing not to lose because we were up so much,” Williams said. “They got some momentum and hit some shots. It happens in college basketball. People make shots. People make runs, but like I said, we ended strong.”

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Sunday, January 22, 2012

sports arena

PCA Continued from Page B1. decided by at least 45 points.

“No effort. You need effort and heart, and we’re playing with none,” St. Al coach Delvin Thompson said. “It’s a lot of not hustling, not getting to loose balls, not flying around.”

Peter Harris added 10 points for PCA, while Talbot Buys had seven points, 10 rebounds and four blocked shots. The Eagles have won their last two RCC meetings with St. Al after losing the first two.

“Of course this is our rival, so we’re going to take it up a notch. We played real hard and didn’t underestimate them. They’re a good team even though they’ve only won one game,” Gaston said.

“It feels good. They’re our biggest rival, and you never want to lose to your rival.”

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VWAA baseball meeting scheduled The Vicksburg Warren Athletic Association will hold an administrative board meeting Monday at 6 p.m. at the Vicksburg Parks and Recreation Department office at 100 Army-Navy Drive.

Anyone wishing to participate in the VWAA this year as a commissioner or board member should attend.

YMCA Biddyball registration open The Vicksburg YMCA is accepting registration for its Biddy Basketball program until Feb. 4. The sixweek 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 to 5 p.m. and 5:15 to 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 the YMCA at 638-1071.

Parks and rec umpires needed 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 at 100 Army-Navy Drive.

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

Mississippi State hosts coaching clinic Mississippi State will host a free baseball coaching clinic on Friday at the Starkville campus. The one-day clinic will include sessions at the Palmeiro Center indoor practice facility and Dudy Noble Field. Participants are also invited to watch Mississippi State’s first preseason practice in the afternoon.

Registration begins at 8:15 a.m. at the Palmeiro Center, and the clinic starts at 9:15.

Attendees can confirm plans to attend by contacting the MSU baseball office at 662325-3597, by e-mail at nmingione@athletics.msstate.edu.

Hinds women’s soccer tryouts Tryouts for the Hinds Community College women’s soccer team will be held on Feb. 16. A campus tour will begin at 4 p.m., followed by the tryout at 6. The tryouts will take place at Tom Sheppard Field on the Raymond Campus.

For information, call head coach Marcille McLendon at 601-857-3331, or e-mail her at marion.mclendon@hindscc. edu.

SuperBall Saturday event at Kings Center The Kings Community Empowerment Center will host the SuperBall Saturday Celebration marking the start of the 2012 church league basketball season on Saturday.

Doors open at 11:30 a.m. and admission is $2. A halfcourt take-a-shot contest is at noon, followed by an exhibition game at 1 p.m. pitting two special guest teams. At 2, play in the church league season starts.

For more information, call 601-634-4478.

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(G) St. Al 64, PCA 34 Ann Garrison Thomas scored 18 points, Allie Willis added 13, and St. Aloysius (7-11) pulled away from a

feisty PCA squad to earn its second victory in less than 24 hours.

PCA (0-19), which also played Friday night and was in its fourth game of the week, kept it close until late in the third quarter. A basket

by Marshedia Graise cut St. Al’s lead to 37-28 with about 3 minutes to go.

Then the Lady Eagles ran out of gas, and St. Al seized control. The Lady Flashes outscored PCA 27-6 over the last 11 minutes to win easily.

PCA only scored two points in the fourth quarter.

Graise led PCA with a game-high 21 points, and Claire Mims scored nine.

Alexa Engel added nine points for St. Al and Julie Mabry had eight.

“It was a sloppy first half.

Then they picked it up in the second half,” St. Al coach Cookie Johnson said. “(PCA) showed up to play.

They played their hearts out.

Thank God we had a little more heart.”

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Warren Central’s Kourey Davis (24) attempts to shoot a basket over Bailey Magnet’s Lee Montgomery (30) Rod Taylor, right, at the Red Carpet Basketball Classic on Saturday. Davis had 28 points and 12 rebounds as WC won 62-59.

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“We want to play better here at home, but like how we’ve been on the road, we’ve had trouble finishing games.

We’ve taken baby steps.

Kourey stepped up.”

That he did. Davis scored 22 of his 28 points in the second half.

Bailey (11-8) held a 54-51 lead when Davis tied the game on a 3-pointer with 3:40 left. His pass led to a basket by Eric Howard that put the Vikings ahead, and Jermaine Smith converted a long rebound off a missed 3-pointer by the Knights for a 58-54 lead with 1:55 remaining.

Bailey answered with five straight points, including a 3-pointer by Wilson to take its last lead at 59-58.

With 29.8 seconds left, Davis was fouled in the backcourt. It was a one-and-one situation and he made both ends for a 60-59 lead.

Bailey’s Dominique Singleton was fouled with 8.8 sec-

onds left but he missed both free throws. Davis grabbed the rebound on the second miss and was fouled. Again, he converted both shots.

Down 62-59, Bailey got a chance at the tie but Singleton’s shot went long.

Howard had eight points and four assists for WC. Smith had six points and five rebounds.

Lee Montgomery led Bailey with 22 points, followed by Jaquaylon Wilson with 17 and Iury Dixon with 12.

(G) Brandon 66, Vicksburg 46 The Lady Vikes (8-13) missed 41 shots and Brandon (17-4) went home with a Red Carpet Classic trophy.

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Brandon led by 15 in the second quarter before WC got it down to 12, 33-21, by halftime. A 16-8 third quarter put the game away for Brandon.

Doshua McCray had 17 points to lead Brandon. Ten other Lady Bulldogs scored, but none in double figures.

WC was led by Rolanda Lovette with 12, followed by Symone Stamps with 11 and Alexis Daniels with 10.

Continued from Page B1. overtime, but couldn’t make the plays in the extra period to get a win.

Romeo Carter’s pass to an open Tre’Darius Carter came too late. Carter scored at the final buzzer in overtime, but the tying basket was waved off and the Falcons (7-13) earned a Red Carpet Classic trophy.

“It’s rough,” said Vicksburg coach Dellie C. Robinson.

“We can’t seem to find a way to win. Romeo is supposed to drive to the basket. He waited too long.”

The Gators did get a lift from East Side transfer Tavares Johnson, Jr., who is the son of new Vicksburg football coach Taveres Johnson.

He played all of the fourth

quarter and overtime and came up with a steal late in the fourth quarter to help rally the Gators. His basket with 1:45 remaining gave Vicksburg its first lead of the game.

A basket by DeAngelo Richardson, who had 15 points, tied it at 41 with 15.2 seconds left. Vicksburg had a chance to win in regulation after a backcourt violation, but Richardson’s 15-footer was short.

Moses Greenwood and Quindary Weatherspoon had 16 points apiece for the Falcons.

Vicksburg will return to action on Tuesday night, when it hits the road to face Natchez.

Sunday, January 22, 2012

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TONIGHT ON TV n MOVIE “Great Balls of Fire!” — Rock ’n’ roll outlaw Jerry Lee Lewis, Dennis Quaid, causes a 1950s scandal by marrying his 13-year-old cousin, Winona Ryder./7 on Ovation n SPORTS NFL — Four teams vie for a Super Bowl berth. In the AFC championship game, Tom Brady and New England hope to return to the big game with a win over the Baltimore Ravens. Dennis Quaid At 5:30, Eli Manning leads the New York Giants against the San Francisco 49ers for the NFC title./2 and 5:30 on CBS and NFL n PRIMETIME “Desperate Housewives” — As Bree’s alcohol consumption increases, so does her lust for men; Lynette goes on a date for the first time since separating from Tom; Alejandro’s wife confronts Susan; Gaby learns that Alejandro abused someone else./8 on ABC

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 Piper Laurie, actress, 80; John Hurt, actor, 72; Steve Perry, rock singer, 63; Linda Blair, actress, 53; Diane Lane, actress, 47; DJ Jazzy Jeff, actor-rapper, 47; Balthazar Getty, actor, 37; Willa Ford, pop singer, 31; Sami Gayle, actress, 16.

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Comic Harvey heads to principal’s office Steve Harvey is relinquishing his role as one of the Original Kings of Comedy to become an Alabama school principal — at least for one day.

Students at Phillips Academy in Birmingham will be answering to Principal Steve Harvey Thursday after the school won a contest sponsored by Harvey’s morning radio show and General Mills.

Angela Strozier, the mother of an eighth-gradSteve Harvey er at Phillips Academy, entered the contest by submitting an essay about the school’s success.

In it, she described how the deadly tornado outbreak in Alabama last April had affected many Phillips students.

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No joke: Nail removed from man’s brain Dante Autullo was sure he’d merely cut himself with a nail gun while building a shed, and thought doctors were joking when they told him what an Xray revealed: A 3 1/4-inch nail was lodged in the middle of his brain.

An X-ray of a nail embedded Autullo was recovering Friday in Dante Autullo’s brain after undergoing surgery at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where doctors removed the nail that came within millimeters of the part of the brain controlling motor function.

“When they brought in the picture, I said to the doctor ‘Is this a joke? Did you get that out of the doctors joke file?”’ the 32-yearold recalled. “The doctor said ‘No man, that’s in your head.”’

As he was rushed by ambulance to another hospital for surgery, he posted a picture of the X-ray on Facebook.

Autullo, who lives in Orland Park, Ill., said he was building a shed Tuesday and using the nail gun above his head when he fired it. With nothing to indicate that a nail hadn’t simply whizzed by his head, his long-time companion, Gail Glaenzer, cleaned the wound with peroxide. The next day when he awoke from a nap, feeling nauseated, Glaenzer sensed something was wrong and suggested they go to the hospital.

TOMORROW’S HOROSCOPE

BY BERNICE BEDE OSOL • NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Don’t be doubtful about taking on some extra projects or assignments at this time.

Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20) — There’s a possibility that you might make a new alliance with someone who knows a lot about a subject that could be of service to you.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Associating with others could open some important doors.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — There are some positive new developments occurring where your career is concerned.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Knowledge, experience and expertise you’ve acquired could prove to be a feather in your cap when it’s discovered that no one but you has the right stuff for a certain job.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Because one of the participants in a joint venture is both bold and brave, you could find yourself involved in something of greater significance than it would be without this person involved.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Although normally you might desire to work on one thing at a time, someone could get you involved in a second concurrent project.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Don’t be afraid to elevate your sights where your objectives are concerned.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — If your past efforts warrant it, this might be the day to remind your superiors of your accomplishment when the chance to do so falls in your lap.

Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Don’t hesitate to cultivate a friendship with two new acquaintances whom you instantly like.

Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — A favorable shift in your domestic conditions is indicated.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You are likely to be entering a new cycle, which could prove to be quite beneficial for you in more ways than one, but especially so materially.

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What cures your cold also can kill your pet LOS ANGELES (AP) — If you are too cold to be outside without a coat, your dog probably is, too. If your cat eats just one of your acetaminophen cold or flu pills, it could be fatal.

Those are just a few of the tips experts offer to keep pets safe this winter. Here are some other basic cold-weather precautions with pets from experts and animal welfare organizations.

From the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: • Make sure your dog has an ID tag.

• Keep your dog’s coat longer for warmth.

• Don’t leave a pet unattended in a car. The vehicle can act like a refrigerator, holding in the cold and freezing your pet to death.

• Puppies may be difficult to housebreak in winter. If weather bothers a puppy, try paper-training indoors.

• Make sure your pet has a warm place to sleep, away from drafts and if possible, off the floor.

• Outdoor cats and wildlife will often sleep under hoods of cars. Bang on the hood before starting the car to give the animal a chance to escape.

• Pets, like people, are vulnerable to hypothermia and frostbite. Get your pet to a vet if it is shivering, disoriented and lethargic or if its hair is puffed out and standing on end.

• Antifreeze can be fatal to a pet, even in small amounts.

They will need immediate emergency care. Symptoms of antifreeze poisoning include drunk-like behavior,

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Jessi Colon, ASPCA Behavior Coordinator, puts a winter coat on shelter dog Chelsea, a 3-year-old Chihuahua-yorkie mix, in New York. vomiting, excessive urination, drinking and depression. Pets may appear to recover within a few hours, but the antifreeze continues to poison their systems and is often fatal. Don’t ever dump antifreeze on the ground, and store it away from pets. If there is a spill, sop it up immediately.

From the Humane Society of the United States: • Dogs kept outdoors should have a dry, draft-free doghouse big enough for the dog to sit and lie down in comfortably but small enough to hold its body heat. The floor should be a few inches off the ground and covered with cedar shavings or straw. The house should face away from wind and the doorway should be covered with waterproof

burlap or heavy plastic.

• Use plastic food and water bowls instead of metal because your pet’s tongue can stick and freeze to metal.

From the ASPCA’s Animal Poison Control Center in Urbana, Ill.: • Use pet-friendly versions of products that melt ice on steps, driveways and sidewalks. Products like Safe Paw and Safe-T-Pet avoid chemicals that irritate pets’ paws (and their stomachs, if they lick their paws). The petfriendly products are usually colored so you can also see where you’ve sprinkled them, said Dr. Camille DeClementi, the Animal Poison Control Center’s senior toxicologist.

• Keep pets away from medication commonly used during

cold and flu season. Two hours after an average cat eats just one tablet containing 500 grams of acetaminophen, it may start having trouble breathing. In addition to gasping, other life-threatening signs of acetaminophen poisoning in cats that require immediate veterinary care include swollen face and paws, lethargy, and discolored gums, DeClementi said.

• Dogs are less sensitive to acetaminophen because they tend to be bigger, but four or five of the pills eaten by a 50-pound dog can cause liver failure, she said. If a dog eats your decongestant and it contains pseudoephedrine, the animal can experience a racing heart, tremors and even seizures.

Laudable ‘Red Tails’ misses its target

By Jake Coyle AP entertainment writer In “Red Tails,” the famed Tuskegee Airmen get the John Wayne-style heroic rendering they very much deserve, but in a hackneyed and weirdly context-less story that does them a disservice.

Long a pet project of his, George Lucas self-financed the film and has said he hopes “Red Tails” will prove there’s an audience for all-black movies. That’s a laudable goal, but “Red Tails” reduces a historical story of deep cultural significance to merely a flyboy flick.

Instead of creating something authentic and new, “Red Tails” superimposes the tale of the black World War II pilots on a dated, white genre of 1940s patriotic propaganda.

“Red Tails” is blatantly oldfashioned, just with a change in color.

In medias res hardly says it: “Red Tails” opens in the midst of an aerial dog fight while the credits are still rolling. Director Anthony Hemingway plunges right into the

On screen “Red Tails,” a 20 Century Fox release, is rated PG-13 for some sequences of war violence. Running time: 125 minutes. Two stars out of four.

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A scene from the film “Red Tails”

film review action, skipping all that pesky backstory of black men braving the segregation of Jim Crowe America and, against the odds, rising up at the Tuskegee Institute.

That history was stressed in an earlier 1995 HBO film, “The Tuskegee Airmen,” which benefited from Laurence Fishburne’s sturdy presence. A co-star from that movie, Cuba Gooding Jr., is here, too, as the pipe-chomping Maj. Emanuelle Stance.

The other higher-up with him is Col. A.J. Bullard, played with unnatural speech by Terrence Howard, whose smooth voice fails to find the register

of a commander.

The film is centered, though, on the pilots of the 332nd Fighter Group, which earned the nickname of Red Tails from the painted ends of their P-47 fighters. These first black military aviators in the U.S. armed forces flew more than 150,000 sorties over Europe and North Africa during WWII, often escorting Allied bombers. Sixty-six were killed in action.

Their bravery helped persuade President Harry S. Truman to desegregate the military in 1948. Some 300 of them are still alive, and most, by invitation, attended President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

Our group of thinly sketched pilots all come with cliché nicknames: Joe “Lightning” Little (David Oyelowo), Marty “Easy” Julian (Nate Parker), Ray “Junior” Gannon (Tristan Wilds), Andrew “Smoky” Salem (Ne-Yo), Maurice “Bumps” Wilson (Michael B. Jordan) and Samuel “Joker” George (Elijah Kelly).

The brash, talented Lightning (who at one point is actually referred to as “the best damned pilot we’ve got”) and the alcoholic captain Easy are at the film’s core, which is buoyed by a warm feeling of camaraderie among the pilots. Lightning also pursues and finds romance with a local beauty (Daniela Ruah) near their Italian base.

Common courtesy turns drive-through lane into smooth ride Dear Abby: I hope you can help me pass along some tips on drive-through etiquette to your readers. I work in the fast food industry, and on behalf of my fellow workers, may I dish out the following: Please have a general idea of what you’d like BEFORE you reach the speaker. The corporate office has us on a timer, which starts ticking as soon as you pull up.

Please be patient. We know you’re tired of waiting behind the car ahead of you, but we’re trying our best to make sure you get quality food.

If you have a large order or a special request, please come inside to order if possible. The people in the car behind you are waiting for their food, too.

Speak clearly (but don’t yell!) into the speaker. Also, although it may seem cute to you, I can barely understand your 4-year-old when she asks me for her kiddie meal. If you

DEAR ABBY ABIGAIL

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can’t hear yourself over your car radio, I can’t either. But if you’re talking on your cell phone or to someone in your vehicle, I CAN hear you — and I’ve heard some wild stuff.

If it’s raining, please turn off your windshield wipers before you reach my window. Otherwise, I get splashed.

Finally, PLEASE treat me with respect! Yes, I know I “only” work the drive-through at your local burger joint, but you want that burger, don’t you? — Working the Window in Georgia Dear Working the Window: I hope your letter will be taken to heart because it deserves to be. Personnel in the food ser-

vice business often must deal with customers who are less than at their best — people who are stressed, hungry and more — but that’s no excuse to treat the server rudely. Your suggestions are good ones, to which I would add that “please” and “thank you” are always appreciated.

Now, may I please have a double with extra-crispy fries?

Thank you.

• Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.Dear Abby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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Authors deliver world of murder, mystery, intrigue Customer Service new on The Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library reports on new books regularly.

• “Breaking Silence” by Linda Castillo takes us back into the world of the Amish.

The Slabaugh’s are model Amish

farmers, prosperous and hardworking, with four children and a happy extended family. When the parents and uncle are found dead in their barn, it appears to be a gruesome accident: methane gas asphyxiation caused by a poorly ventilated cesspit. But in the course of a routine autopsy, the coroner discovered that one of the victims suffered a head wound before death — clearly, foul play was involved. Could this murder be related to a recent string of shocking hate crimes against the Amish?

Having grown up Amish, Police Chief Kate Burkholder is determined to bring the killer to justice. Because the other series of attacks are designated hate crimes, the state sends in agent John Tomasetti, with whom Kate has a long and complex relationship. Together, they search for the link between the crimes — and uncover a dark secret at work beneath the placid surface of the idyllic Amish community.

• “Money Can’t Buy Love”

by Connie Briscoe is a tale of romance, money and class.

Lenora Stone used to say if she didn’t have bad luck, she wouldn’t have any luck at all.

At age 38, instead of socializing with Baltimore’s A-list, she photographs them for Baltimore

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Scene, a glossy magazine filled with beautiful people who, unlike Lenora, never have to worry about car trouble and overdue bills. As much as she’d love to slam the door on her overbearing boss, quitting isn’t an option. She’s barely making her mortgage payments and, though her condo might not be a palace, it’s hers. Lately even things with her boyfriend, Gerald, haven’t been right.

They’ve been together for three years but he can’t seem to ask the one question for which she’s been waiting. But what Lenora doesn’t know is that her luck is about to change.

• “Fallen” by Karin Slaughter takes us back to Georgia.

There’s no police training stronger than a cop’s instinct.

Faith Mitchell’s mother isn’t answering her phone. Her front door is open. There’s a bloodstain ab ove t h e knob. Faith’s infant daughter is hidden in a shed behind the house. All that the Georgia Bureau of Investigations taught Faith Mitchell goes out the window when she charges into her mother’s house, gun drawn. She sees a man dead in the laundry room. She sees a hostage situation in the bedroom.

What she doesn’t see is her mother…..

• “The Devil Colony”

by James Rollins is a Sigma Force novel.

Deep in the Rocky Mountains, a gruesome discovery — hundreds of mummified bodies — stirs international attention and fervent controversy. Despite doubts about the bodies’ origins, the local Native American Heritage Commission lays claim to the prehistoric remains, along with the strange artifacts found in the same cavern: gold plates inscribed with an unfathomable script. During a riot at the dig site, an anthropologist dies horribly, burned to ashes in a fiery explosion in plain view of television cameras. All evidence points to a radical group of Native Americans, including one agitator, a teenage firebrand who escapes with a vital clue to the murder and calls on the one person who might help — her uncle, Painter Crowe, director of Sigma Force. To protect his niece and uncover the truth, Painter will ignite a war among the nation’s most powerful intelligence agencies.

Yet an even greater threat looms as events in the Rocky Mountains have set in motion a frightening chain reaction, a geological meltdown that threatens the entire western half of the U.S. • “Off the Chain” by

Candice Dow is London Reed’s story. She’s fresh out of college, in majorleague debt and her shot at vet school just fell through.

London needs lots of cash fast, and when handsome tycoon William Thorne shows her just how to

bend the rules, she finds that there’s not much difference between working with dogs and handling powerful alpha males. Soon London is sporting head-to-toe Dior, hitting the most exclusive A-list events and giving her wealthy clients the uberwild no-strings sex they’ve only dreamed about. But t h e c o st of doing business is built on lies, betrayal and an addiction to the highend call girl life London can’t shake.

As a n ew threat closes in, her clients’ most scandalous secrets — and London’s future — are put on the line.

Her only way out is to discover what she truly wants and that could be the most dangerous gamble of all.

• “Abyss” by David Hagberg is a Kirk McGarvey novel. It’s a pleasant summer afternoon in the Gulf Stream, 25 miles off Hutchinson Island on Florida’s east coast, when NOAA scientist Dr. Eve Larson is about to prove she has the answers

not only to global warming but the solution to stopping killer storms across the planet. She is part of a multitrillion-dollar, multinational project to farm clean, endless energy from the ocean currents — and alter the planet’s weather for the better. At that very moment, contract killer Brian DeCamp walks into the Hutchinson Island Nuclear Power Station aiming to cause a meltdown so catastrophic it will make Chernobyl seem like nothing. Security cam footage leads to an intervention by legendary former CIA director Kirk McGarvey, who manages to thwart the catastrophe, but the failed sabotage sets off a chain of events more terrifying than McGarvey could ever have imagined.

• “Waking Hours” by Lis Wiehl is an East Salem novel. A local high-school girl is found murdered in a park amid horse farms and wealthy homes of northern Westchester County, N.Y.

The shocking manner of her death confounds the town and intrigues forensic psychiatrist Dani Harris, who is determined to unravel the mystery. All the suspects are teenagers who were at a party with the girl — yet none remembers what happened. Could one of them be a vicious killer? Or is something more sinister afoot— something tied to an ancient evil?

• “Deliver Me from My Enemies” by Sharon Oliver is Charlotte’s story. Charlotte Morley has returned to her childhood home in Turtle Island, S.C., to visit her grandparents. Her trip is about to wind down when she starts receiving a series of letters from her aunt, who is in prison for murder and ready to tell it all. Helping her sift through the startling letters is Hiawatha, an old childhood buddy and the son of the wisecracking Sista Jones.

Before long, Charlotte discovers a few skeletons in the family’s closet and learns that sometimes dead men do tell tales.

• Denise Hogan is reference interlibrary loan librarian at the Warren CountyVicksburg 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..............................$3.14 Vicksburg..................$3.15 Tallulah..............................$3.18 Sources: Jackson AAA, Vicksburg and Tallulah, Automotive. com

PORTFOLIO Corps Operations chief back from Afghanistan James Ross, chief of the Operations Division with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District, has returned from deployment with Operation Enduring Freedom in Kabul, Afghanistan, where he served as deputy of the executive branch of operations and maintenance.

His responsibilities included overseeing the operations and maintenance contract for the Afghanistan National Army and National Police Garrison bases, and supervising 20 managers responsible for operations and maintenance at 318 sites in Northern Afghanistan.

He was presented a Commander’s Award for Civilian Service by Col. Christopher W. Martin, district commander for the Afghanistan Engineering District North, at the end of his deployment.

A native of Eupora, he has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and a master’s in engineering management from Mississippi State University. He is a licensed professional engineer with the State of Louisiana.

Ross and his wife, the former Mickey Matthews of Vicksburg, have a daughter.

Growing cruise ships raise safety questions

By The Associated Press NEW YORK — The grounding and capsizing of the Costa Concordia has raised questions about the safety of the ever-increasing size of cruise ships. But experts say that these new megaships have the latest safety and navigation technology and pose little risk to passengers despite their gargantuan bulk.

The Concordia — a ship more than 2 1/2 football fields long — was carrying more than 4,200 passengers and crew a week ago when it hit a reef off the Italian coast, flooded with water and listed

The Concordia is a little more than five years old and part of a recent trend to build bigger and flashier cruise ships that can carry more passengers than ever before.

The largest of these — Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas and sister ship Oasis of the Seas — were launched in the last three years and can carry more than 6,000 passengers. When the Titanic sank nearly a century ago, there were 2,200 people on board. to one side.

The ship grounded off Tuscany shifted again on its rocky perch Friday, forcing the suspension of diving search operations for the 21 people still missing and raising concerns about the stabil-

ity of the ship’s resting place.

Eleven people have been confirmed dead.

The investigation of the crash is focusing on the ship’s captain, not its design.

Pier Luigi Foschi, CEO of Costa Crociere SpA,

distanced his cruise line Monday from the jailed captain, Francesco Schettino, saying that the captain “took an initiative of his own will which is contrary to our written rules of conduct.”

Industry-watchers also placed the blame on human error.

The accident has more to do with training, oversight and adherence to policies than the design or size of the ship, said Carolyn Spencer Brown, editor of Cruise Critic.

“This was just sloppy,” she said. “There’s nothing more to the story than this was sloppy and unacceptable.”

The Concordia is a little more than five years old and part of a recent trend to build bigger and flashier cruise ships that can carry more passengers than ever before.

The largest of these — Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas and sister ship Oasis of the Seas — were launched in the last three years and can carry more than 6,000 passengers. When the Titanic sank nearly a century ago, there were 2,200 people on board.

These larger ships are harder to maneuver and can’t fit into all the channels See Cruise, Page B8.

Outreach meeting Tuesday in Hermanville The Winston County Self Help Cooperative and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are sponsoring an outreach meeting for small farmers, landowners and homeowners at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Hermanville District Four Barn, 13004 Mississippi 18, Hermanville.

For information, contact WCSHC president Frank Taylor at 601-291-2704, or at fltaylor@bellsouth.net.

Vicksburg native joins Louisiana law firm Vicksburg native Robin Price Toups has been named a partner in the Baton Rouge law firm Taylor, Porter, Brooks and Phillips.

A graduate of Vicksburg High School, she graduated from Louisiana State University in 2002 with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering. She received her law degree and bachelor of civil law in 2006 from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at LSU. Toups practices in the areas of environmental and regulatory law and general litigation. She has represented clients in federal and state courts and in administrative proceedings before the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.

She and her husband, Chad, have two children, Grant and Annadele, and live in St. Gabriel. She is the daughter of Cassandra and James Price of Vicksburg.

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The Bootmobile in Kissimmee, Fla.

L.L. Bean marks 100th with a boot on wheels

By The Associated Press FREEPORT, Maine — Back in the days before retailers like Gap, J. Crew or American Outfitters, there were guys like L.L. Bean, Eddie Bauer, David Abercrombie and Ezra Fitch.

In Maine, L.L. Bean found success without consumer research, focus groups or fashionistas to tell him what to sell. He sold only products that he personally used and tested. He backed them with a money-back satisfaction guarantee. And his larger-than-life personality was projected in his catalogs, where he came across as someone customers could trust.

“The important part of L.L. was his personality. He was a hardy, enthusiastic, outgoing guy. He shouted most of his conversations because he was hard of hearing and assumed everyone else was, too. He was a genuine presence,” said his grandson, Leon Gorman, chairman of the board.

Leon Leonwood Bean, left, stands in snow shoes with his brothers, Otho Bean, center, and Guy Bean at the “Dew Drop Inn” camp in the Wild River area of New Hampshire in 1923.

The retailer that celebrates the outdoors with Leon Leonwood Bean’s Yankee sense of value is kicking off its 100th birthday celebration this week with the unveiling of a giant version of its iconic hunting boot set on four wheels. It’ll be

rolling into New York City on Wednesday.

A century later, the familyowned retailer that started with Bean’s hunting shoe in 1912 has grown into a business with a $1.5 billion in projected sales in its 2011 fiscal

year.

Along the way, the company has successfully expanded from a catalog retailer to an online retailer and a bricksand-mortar retailer, and has managed to create a customer loyalty that’s envied by others, said Kevin Lane Keller, a branding expert at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth University.

The company has recovered lost ground during the recession, but consumer confidence remains a concern as retailers continue to discount merchandise to entice consumers.

Long term, the nation’s sedentary lifestyle is as big a concern as competitors ranging from outdoors retailers like Cabela’s to catalog merchandisers like Lands’ End. “For us the challenge is people spending less time outside and engaged in traditional activities,” said company spokeswoman Carolyn Beem.

While economic growth is slow, consumer behavior is changing rapidly, and it’s a

challenge to stay ahead.

L.L.’s company got off to an inauspicious start.

Bean obtained the state’s list of out-of-staters with hunting licenses, and sent mailings to his prospective customers, touting his hunting boot.

But 90 of the first 100 pairs sold in 1912 were returned after the leather separated; Bean had a satisfaction guarantee, so he returned customers’ money, earning goodwill.

He borrowed more money and enlisted a cobbler to make improvements before going out and selling more of them.

Five years later, he opened a store in Freeport.

His golden rule was: “Sell good merchandise at a reasonable profit, treat your customers like human beings and they will always come back for more.” And customers did come back for more, showing up at all hours. Bean always answered the doorbell. Thus became the tradition of the flagship store being open 24/7, 365 days a year.

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PORTFOLIO Job fair planned at Ameristar Ameristar Casino Hotel is hosting a part-time job/ career fair from 9 a.m. to noon Jan. 31 at the casino’s human resource department, 4116 Washington St. Ameristar is hiring parttime positions in most areas.

Applicants can apply early online at www.ameristar. com/careers or apply in person at the employment center, from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, and from 1 to 9 p.m. Tuesday to fill out an application.

For more information, call 601-638-1000.

Ameristar official to speak to VAMP Lori Burke, public relations manager for Ameristar Casino, will be the guest speaker for the February meeting of Vicksburg Area Marketing Professionals, noon Feb. 7 at the buffet.

VAMP meets at noon each first Tuesday at Ameristar’s Heritage Buffet. Lunch is $12. E-mail vicksburgmarketing@yahoo.com for more information.

Local student picked as accounting intern Amber Huell of Vicksburg is one of 12 accounting students selected for an internship at HORNE LLP of Ridgeland.

A student at Mississippi State University, Huell is Amber completing Huell her internship in assurance services at Horne’s Ridgeland office. She is the daughter of Perry and Judy Huell.

Cruise Continued from Page B7. frequented by smaller ships.

Alan Wilson, editor of Cruise News Daily, equated it to the difference between driving a Greyhound bus and a tiny Volkswagen car.

But cruise lines and ship captains understand those limitations. Routes are carefully planned with these ships’ size in mind.

“There are places they can’t go,” Wilson said. “They know where they can’t fit the ships.”

In the case of the Concordia,

a safe route was put into the ship’s navigation system, the company CEO said. The ship left that course only because the captain made an unauthorized deviation, he said.

When an accident does happen, larger ships pose a greater challenge simply because of the sheer number of passengers.

Jack Hickey, a Miami attorney who has practiced maritime law for 32 years, said while cruise ship crews get some training on operation of lifeboats, overall safety training is usually an afterthought.

sales tax revenue 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 The following commercial land transfers were recorded in the Chancery Clerk’s Office for the week ending Jan. 20, 2012: • Cadastral and Topographic Surveying Inc. to Red Lion Real Estate LLC; Section

23, 16N, Range 4E; 100 Pear Orchard Drive • Bypass Development Company to Warren County; part of Section 9, Township 16N, Range 4E; .638 acres off U.S. 61 North

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THIS & THAT from staff reports

Columnist Criss to sign books A book signing is set for Feb. 10 at Lorelei Books, 1103 Washington St. From 4 to 6 p.m. Leslie Criss, formerly of Vicksburg, will sign copies of her book, “Still and Yet: A Collection of Columns.”

Criss has written an award-winLeslie ning column Criss for four Mississippi newspapers over the past 20 years, including The Vicksburg Post, for 12 years. She now writes for the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal in Tupelo, where she is the features and special sections editor.

A reception is planned after the book-signing from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at The Attic Gallery.

For information, call 601634-8624.

St. Aloysius to host blood drive Monday St. Aloysius High School will sponsor a blood drive Monday.

From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Mississippi Blood Service is scheduled to receive donors at the school, located at 1900 Grove Street.

Donors must be at least 17 years old, or 16 with signed parental consent form, which will be available onsite, weigh at least 110 pounds and have a valid identification.

For information, call 800817-7449.

City native teams with actor on book Vicksburg native Pamela Wells, a Scholastic teen author, has partnered with actor Hill Harper to create a multicultural children-publishing imprint called Harper & Wells Books.

Wells is the author of the best-selling “The Heartbreakers” series which is scheduled to become a movie in 2013 called “Hot Mess” featuring Disney actress Selena Gomez.

Harper who plays Dr. Sheldon Hawkes on “CSI New York,” is also the best-selling author of several adult nonfiction books that have been New York Times best-sellers, including “Letters to a Young Brother,” “Letters to a Young Sister,” “The Conversation” and “The Wealth Cure.”

The first two titles from Harper & Wells Books — “The Wiley Boys” by Harper and “Willow Fedler’s Rules for Girls” by Wells — are geared for ages 8 to 12.

They are available online at Amazon and other online stores including the book’s website at www.wileyboys. com.

Ceramics art show at William Carey Robert Long: Works in Clay runs through Jan. 31 at the Lucile Parker Gallery on the campus of William Carey University in Hattiesburg.

Long, who has been head of the ceramic arts program at Mississippi State since 1990, has had works featured in one-person and group exhibitions throughout the United States and in Japan.

Long received a bachelor of arts degree from the University of California-Sacramento before earning his master’s of fine arts in Ceramics at Clemson University.

Gallery hours are from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Lillie Lovette A traveler whose favorite destination is home EDWARDS — She has visited all seven continents and has sailed on all the oceans except the Arctic, has seen six of the seven Wonders of the World, but Lillie Lovette’s favorite place is called, “Home.”

Travel should be her middle name, for Lillie has been on the go since her college days at Ole Miss, suggesting the truth in the old Southern saying that she heard the call of the wild goose when she was born.

She said her desire to travel is probably rooted in the stories her grandfather told her when she was a child, about his adventures in France during World War I. “It sounded so exotic,

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it sounded like it was in another universe,” Lillie said, “and I would say, ‘Boy, I want to do that some day.’

After college my priority was to save my money and take a trip.”

That first trip was to Paris.

She’s now been there six times, “and I loved it,” and if she has the opportunity she’ll go back.

Lillie grew up in D’Lo, a Simpson County town that

had the patriotic distinction in World War II of providing more men and women in the armed forces, per capita, than any other place in America.

Its unique name came about, possibly, because when a railroad was being constructed there the workers found it “too darned low” as their shovels struck water. The other legend, which Lillie wants to believe because, “I would like to think we were a little more up-town is that it came from a French word meaning water, but I’m not so sure.”

Lillie jokingly said her hometown is one reason See Lovette, Page C2.

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Lillie Lovette, a native of D’Lo and a world traveler, sits inside the Old Court House Museum on Tuesday.

Volunteer Firefighters Awards County departments honor top firefighters, EMS workers First-responder Josh Davies takes top honor

By Pamela Hitchins phitchins@vicksburgpost.com Volunteer firefighters are a special breed of public servant, willing to drop what they are doing at any time of day or night, cold weather or hot, to help others for no monetary reward — except fried catfish, barbecue and annual awards presented by their peers.

The rewards were happily received by Warren County’s volunteer firefighters and emergency medical service responders on Jan. 14 at the 11th annual Volunteer Firefighters’ Appreciation Party at the Knights of Columbus Hall on Fisher Ferry Road.

“All of our volunteers are out there because they want to help people,” said Kelly Worthy, coordinator of the county’s six volunteer fire departments — Bovina, Culkin, Eagle Lake, Fisher Ferry, LeTourneau and Northeast.

“In this job you always have to have somebody you can always count on — and they’re always there,” he said.

This year, the top countywide award went to Josh Davies, who was named EMSFirst

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Fisher Ferry Volunteer Firefighter Josh Davies was honored as EMS First Responder of the Year for 2011 in Warren County.

Responder of the Year, said Worthy.

Davies, a member of the Fisher Ferry volunteer department, was selected for the honor by the county’s 25 to 30 specially trained “elite responders” who are firefighters with additional medical training, Worthy said, adding, “He’s allowed to respond to any medical call in any area he’s in.”

And Davies was one of the county’s top

responders in terms of how many calls he’s covered, Worthy said.

The EMS award took Jessica the place of Curry a countywide firefighter of the year, which Worthy won a year ago, but each fire chief gave an award to the top firefighter in his respective department.

Honorees were: • Bovina, co-winners, Ricky Holdiness and Jessica Curry.

• Culkin, Shane Greene • Eagle Lake, Earl Wallace • Fisher Ferry, Brian Bresnahan • LeTourneau, Greg Gullett • Northeast, Bill Field Jr. Honorees were given a plaque and a $25 gas card.

A special award was pre-

Greg Gullett

Chuck Tate

sented to Chuck Tate for his “outstanding assistance to the Warren County Emergency Management Shane Agency in Greene 2011,” during the transition when director John Elfer took over from former director Gwen Coleman, who retired June 30. Tate, a member of the Culkin volunteer department, stepped in temporarily as an operations officer, Worthy said.

Bill Field Jr.

Brian Bresnahan

Earl Wallace

Ricky Holdiness

Also, certificates were awarded to those who completed the biennial evacuation readiness exercises for Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Station in Claiborne County.

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Arbor Day Foundation offering free trees through January The Arbor Day Foundation is offering free flowering trees to members through January.

Mississippi residents will receive 10 trees — two white dogwoods, two crabapples, two Washington Hawthorns, two American redbuds and two goldenrain. The trees will be shipped Feb. 1 through May 31, depending on planting seasons, as part of the nonprofit foundation’s

take note

from staff reports Trees for America campaign.

Membership is $10 and includes a subscription to the foundation’s bi-monthly publication, “Arbor Day” and “The Tree Book.” Payments can be mailed to TEN FREE FLOWERING TREES, Arbor Day Foundation, 100 Arbor Ave., Nebraska City, NE 68410 or online at arborday.org.

In town

For information, call 888448-7337.

Audubon’s Bird Walk planned for Feb. 4 The Jackson Audubon Society has scheduled the First Saturday Bird Walk at LeFleur’s Bluff State Park.

From 8 a.m. to noon on Feb. 4 participants will be led by an experienced JAS Birder.

The walk is free but there will be a $3 per car park

Battlefield Inn seeking vendors for shows 83rd semi-annual Vicksburg coin Show: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Feb. 4 and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Feb. 5; free; vendor tables, $100; space is limited; 601-638-1195; 20th annual Civil War Show of Vicksburg: 9 a.m.5 p.m. April 14; admission $2; vendor tables $35; 601-879-8196, 601-638-1195; 4137 North Frontage Road.

Warren County Extension Office QuickBites program and one-day computer classes All about Pruning: How to Avoid Crape Murder and other Pruning Atrocities; Dr. Lelia Kelly, instructor; noon-1 p.m. Thursday; free; Computer classes: Dr. John Giesemann, instructor; $20, preregistration required; Adobe Photoshop elements, Feb. 16-17; Intro to Word & Graphics, April 19-20; Merge in Word, May 9-10; Introduction to Excel, June 4-5; Data Management in Excel, July 11-12; Powerpoint, Aug. 8-9; Photos in Powerpoint, Sept. 6-7; Microsoft Publisher, Oct. 17-18; File and Folder Management, Nov. 14-15; 1100 C Grove St., 601-636-5442, warren@ext.msstate.edu.

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 2 p.m. today and Jan. 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.

FOR FOODIES 52nd annual Labanese Dinner 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5-7 p.m. Feb.6 at St. George Anitochian Orthodox Christian Church, 2709 Washington St.; cabbage rolls, kibbee, Lebanese green beans, tabooli and Lebanese pastries; $10; tickets, from church members, 601-636-2483, at the door for the first serving; 601-638-

Lovette Continued from Page C1. she loves to travel. “When you’re from D’Lo you want to get out of town. Maybe we weren’t that patriotic (in World War II). Maybe we just wanted to leave,” but she seriously said of the place where her mother was the first woman on the town board, “D’Lo was a great place to grow up.”

In college, where she earned “more degrees than a Drexel thermometer,” she majored in political science and sociology and wrote a master’s thesis on male prostitution, “but before you discount that, the glossary of terms I put together has been used in youth courts and by law enforcement officials in providing the knowledge to deal with such cases.”

It had another plus for Lillie: the panel of professors to hear her defend her thesis were all males “and they didn’t want to sound too interested.” Her questioning by the panel lasted all of 10 minutes.

She was on the faculty of Holmes Community College at Goodman and then at the school’s campuses in Grenada and Ridgeland, where she won every award from faculty and students a teacher could receive. She remembers it as, “the golden time of my life. I loved it.”

However, with increasing hearing problems which made classroom teaching more and more difficult, “I decided to leave on a high

note.”

It was during those years she co-authored two textbooks, and she also was granted a Fulbright scholarship, going to Russia for three months in 1989. That year, the country was still under Communist rule, but was going through a tremendous amount of change though Lillie “didn’t see any of it myself. The people were afraid, didn’t look you in the eye, and dreaded the secret police.” She found nothing in the stores she would even think of buying.

Recently she made a return trip and found Russia “like any other part of Europe, except it’s more fashionable.” The once-drab stores are now elegantly decorated with chandeliers, and they sell high-end and namebrand products, “and the people are buying, not just looking.” Though organized crime has replaced the Marxist regime, she found the people very friendly.

“It’s a whole different world there,” she said.

Lillie refers to herself as a “monument hopper,” for when she travels she visits historic places, such as the palace of Catherine the Great where she saw the crown jewels and other national treasures.

Other travels in recent years include Argentina and Chile, both of which she loved, and Egypt. She’s been there twice for, “There is so much to see — the museums, the antiquities. It’s unbelievable that you’re walking where Cleopatra, Julius Caeser and Mark Antony

City woman featured in Jet magazine A Vicksburg woman will be featured as the Beauty of the Week in the Jan. 23 issue of Jet magazine.

Dawn Williams, 23, is a 2008 graduate of Vicksburg High

local happenings

5779, 601-415-7273;

Southern Cultural Heritage Center West Coast Swing: 5-6 p.m. Jan. 29; James Frechette, instructor; $10 per person; Spinning fiber workshop: 10 a.m.-noon Wednesday; Brenda Harrower, instructor; $90 members, $100 nonmembers; Monotype printing workshop: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Saturday; 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; 4-day beginner stained glass workshop: Rev. Mark Bleakley, instructor; 5:30 beginning Feb. 6; Mardi Gras mask workshop: 4-5:15 p.m. Feb. 15; Karen Biedenharn, instructor; $10; reservations required. For information, contact: 601-631-2997, info@southernculture.org, or www.southernculture.org.

entrance fee.

For information, call 601956-7444, or visit www.jacksonaudubonsociety.org.

out of town Audubon Society chapter meeting 7 p.m. Tuesday, Eudora Welty Library, 300 N. State St.; 6:30 meet and greet; Ghost Bird, DVD on recent sightings of the Ivory Billed woodpecker; 601-956-7444.

Poverty Point 4th annual Health walk Afternoons through May 31; West Carroll Parish on Louisiana 577; 888-926-5492.

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.

River Kids

For kids

3:45-5 p.m. Thursdays for 12 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.

School.

She is a psychology major at Jackson State University after receiving an associate’s degree in 2011 from Hinds Community College.

The magazine is available at local stores.

19th book conference planned for Oxford

for March at Ole Miss.

The three-day conference, sponsored by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, is scheduled to begin March 22 with a library lunch and lecture by David D. Hall on the history of the book in America.

For information, visit conferenceforthebook.tumblr. com.

The 19th Oxford Conference for the Book is planned

$52.75, $184.75 for VIP pass with meet-and-greet; ticketmaster.com, VCC box office, 800-745-3000.

Beechwood Restaurant & Lounge 4451 Clay St., 601-636-3761 On stage, with a cover charge, at 9:15 p.m.: • Ratchet — Saturday.

• 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.

• Back 40 — March 30-31

Ameristar Casino, 4116 Washington St. 601-638-1000, www.ameristar.com Free at Bottleneck Blues Bar: • Hoosier Daddies — Variety; Friday-Saturday.

Free at Cabaret Lounge: • Doug Allen — Variety; Friday-Saturday.

• 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.

Eddie Monsour’s at the Biscuit Company 1100 Washington St., 601-638-1571 • 8-11 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays — Karaoke.

• 8 p.m. Wednesdays — Biscuit & Jam; open mic.

• Thursdays — Ladies night.

Jacques’ Cafe at Battlefield Inn 4137 N. Frontage Road, 601-661-6264

FitZone Elite Cheer Spring Schedule

• 9 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday — Karaoke.

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; Thursdays-Feb. 16; cheer tryout 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.

LD’s Kitchen 1111 Mulberry St., 601-636-9838

16th annual Pasta Tales writing contest

Roca Restaurant & Bar 127 Country Club Drive, 601-638-0800

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, or online at www.msa.k12.ms.us.

Nightlife

• 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.

• 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays — Ben Shaw.

• 7-10 p.m. Fridays — Dustin.

The Upper End Lounge 1306 Washington St., 601-634-8333

• Ron White Moral Compass Tour — 7 p.m. Saturday; tickets: $40.75,

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.

once wa1ked.”

Antarctica, though, “was like nothing I had ever seen before.” In addition to the extreme cold, there were the countless penguins and the albatross of literature and history fame. It was the ice, however, that captivated her: “The older ice is blue, and the sunlight shining through it was like jewels.”

She’s not one to take a lot of pictures and though she takes some photos for souvenirs, “I don’t want to miss the experience of seeing with my own eyes. Your friends really don’t want to see those pictures. Pull ’em out and they’ll scatter like the great speckled bird.”

Lillie describes herself as “a true Southerner,” and when in traveling if you meet someone else from the South “you feel like you’ve almost been with family.” She lets people know where she’s from — she wears an Ole Miss shirt.

She has her favorite things, such as a real book in her hands, not something computerized, because “I like to turn a page.” Math? “I just don’t like it.” She said she’s “the epitome of everything you’ve ever read about a Taurus. It hits me right on the money — down to earth, slow to anger. But once I do get mad, you’d better get out of the way. It takes a lot to get me there, but I will paw the ground at that point,” She’s “so practical I’m almost boring with it,” finds simple ways to handle most problems and is amazed when people don’t see it that way.

A dozen or so years ago

day. The stage isn’t for her, though she has performed in “Gold in the Hills.” She’s a member of the advisory council at the Old Court House Museum and enjoys the role of Mrs. Balfour at the annual Confederate Christmas Ball.

Of her many travel experiences, there is one close to home that she’ll not forget.

Some years ago in New Orleans with friends at a public function she saw an elderly man sitting all alone, being totally ignored. There were seats around him, and Lillie asked if she might sit by him and made small talk.

When it came time for him to go, she warned him about how unsafe it was in some areas. When he started to his cab, Lillie walked with him, seeing him safely inside.

He thanked her and told her he had known women, but she was very much a lady.

Returning to the building she learned who he was — Carlos Marcello, famous mob boss of New Orleans!

Lillie has never lived outside the South and never has had the desire to. She’s “very privileged to be a seventhgeneration Mississippian,” adding, “our generations were long ones — we didn’t have children at 15.” As to her ancestors in the 1860s, she said with her best Southern drawl, “You know which side they were on.”

When Lillie was a child, she would visit her uncle and aunt, Ray and Verna Grantham, who owned a dry cleaners in Edwards.

She and her parents would spend pleasant times watch-

Vicksburg Convention Center 1600 Mulberry St., 601-630-2929

Dr. Barbara Carpenter, who heads the Mississippi Humanities Council, prevailed upon Lillie to help with one special project, but since then she’s helped coordinate every one of them, such as the Smithsonian exhibit that was in Vicksburg a few years ago.

The next exhibit, she said, will be “The Way We Worked” and is about jobs that don’t exist anymore such as pumping gas, operating elevators, or talking to a real person on a phone rather than pushing a button.

Lillie has spoken on a variety of subjects for the Humanities Council but told Dr. Carpenter, “The only thing I plan to talk about for the next 10 years is Merle Haggard.” It was said tonguein-cheek, but Dr. Carpenter took her seriously and listed Lillie in the speakers bureau.

The result was “The Lyrics of Merle Haggard.” She’s made the presentation numerous times and believes “it’s a really good way to teach history. He (Haggard) was a protester’s protester who spoke for the silent majority who weren’t being heard during the Vietnam War.” Haggard’s lyrics were about “taking responsibility for yourself rather than blaming outside forces. His songs are toe-tapping. I have to throw in a few drinking songs, like ‘Mama Tried.’ He was a really good songwriter whose lyrics call for a return to more conservative times.”

Lillie hasn’t yet tried her hand at creative writing, though she might one

ing “The Untouchables” on TV, eating, and sometimes walking around town. Holding her daddy’s hand, they’d pass this house that Lillie liked and she’d say to her father, “Oh, wouldn’t you like to live there? And of course he wouldn’t.”

Today Lillie owns that house, built in 1860 by a transplanted Kentuckian, William T. Withers, who became a Confederate soldier who, tradition says, fired the last shot “in defiance” at the surrender of Vicksburg.

Later he sold the house, moved back to Kentucky, raised horses and sold one to U.S. Grant Restoration is a work in progress, and Lillie said her dream of the house, like one of Tennessee Williams’ characters, is not as beautiful as the dream.

“After I bought it, I was sitting on the porch and heard Mother tell a friend, ‘You know, I worked all my life so Lillie wouldn’t have to live in a house like this,’” but Lillie said, “I’ve worked all my life to be able to live in it.”

Travel and study have their rewards, and Lillie has seen a lot. But she still has a major desire. “I want America back the way it was.”

Traveling provides great experiences, she said, and, “you see things you’ve never seen before. There’s a wonderful, exotic, new world out there. But the feeling of coming home is always so great. My favorite place is home.”

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Gordon Cotton is an author and historian who lives in Vicksburg.

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Laura Anderson Blackledge Engaged to marry Raymond Abraham Kidder

Mrs. Jimmy Ray Ballinger The bride is the former Sarah Michele Mitchell

Blackledge to marry Kidder at First Baptist

Ballinger, Mitchell are married at St. George

Mr. and Mrs. William David Blackledge of Vicksburg announce the engagement of their daughter, Laura Anderson, to Raymond Abraham Kidder. Mr. Kidder is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Glenn Kidder Sr. of Jackson.

Miss Blackledge is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Dunagin Blackledge Sr. of Laurel, Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Dean Anderson of Madison and the late Betty Anderson of Vicksburg.

Mr. Kidder is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joe M. Cagle of Lake Charles, La., and the late Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Kidder of Lafayette, La. The bride-elect is a 2005 graduate of St. Aloysius High School, where she was a member of the National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta and retreat team.

She received a Bachelor of Science degree in dietetics and nutrition in 2009 from the University of Mississippi. She

was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority and Kappa Omicron Nu honor society.

Miss Blackledge is a teacher at Vicksburg Catholic School/St. Francis Xavier Elementary.

The prospective groom is a 2004 graduate of Jackson Preparatory School, where he was a member of the National Honor Society and the football and baseball teams.

He received a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering in 2009 from the University of Mississippi, where he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity.

Mr. Kidder is a civil engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Vicksburg District.

The wedding will be at 6 p.m.

March 17, 2012, at First Baptist Church of Vicksburg. A reception will follow at the B’nai B’rith Literary Club. All relatives and friends are invited to attend.

upcoming weddings

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jan. 28 • Kimberly Michelle Harris and Derrick Devon Thomas 5 p.m. at St. Mary’s Center, formerly Baltes Gym Reception to follow Family and friends are invited

Mr. and Mrs. Evan Charles Dozier The bride is the former Chara Ann Grodowitz

Dozier, Grodowitz are wed Nov. 19 in Tupelo Evan Charles Dozier and Chara Ann Grodowitz were married at 5 p.m. Nov. 19, 2011, at Harrisburg Baptist Church in Tupelo. David Langerfeld officiated at the ceremony.

The bride is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Michael Grodowitz of Vicksburg. She is the granddaughter of Martha Underhill of Nettleton.

The groom is the son of Joan Dozier Weathers of Tupelo.

He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Sheffield of Mooreville.

Given in marriage by her parents, the bride’s chosen colors were espresso, harvest gold, burnt orange and crimson. A program of nuptial music was presented by Diane Smith, organist; Dr. Darwin Brooks, pianist; and Carla Hill, soloist.

Maid of honor was Martha Virginia Lack of Starkville.

Bridesmaids were Lauren Elisabeth Browning and Stephanie Merrill Maddox, both of Jackson; Samantha Southwell Bice of Iuka; Melissa Ann Blaumuller of Ridgeland; and

Kelly Patricia McGrath of Vicksburg.

Jordan Sheffield Dozier of Tupelo served as best man.

Groomsmen were Robert Cooper Livingston of Clovis, N.M.; Bradley Robert Payne of Huntsville, Ala.; Austin Edward Walton of Austin, Texas; Justin Samuel Loden of Tupelo; and Christopher Bryant Ramey of Saltillo.

Ushers were Tucker Lake Colburn and William Derek Russell, both of Tupelo, and Nathan Timothy Grodowitz of Vicksburg.

Ring bearer was Connor Patrick Loden of Dallas, Texas.

A reception followed at the Tupelo Country Club. Guests were entertained with music by the Bill Cooke Band.

For a wedding trip, the couple traveled to the Bahamas. They will make their home in Round Rock, Texas.

The bride is a school nurse at Rainbow Station in Cedar Park, Texas. The groom is an engineer at National Instruments.

Jimmy Ray “J.R.” Ballinger and Sarah Michele Mitchell, both of Brandon, were married at 5 p.m. Nov. 12, 2011, at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church. The Very Rev. Father John Morris and the Rev. Father Peter Smith of Austin, Texas, officiated at the ceremony.

The bride is the daughter of Melba and Rickey Mitchell of Vicksburg. She is the granddaughter of Timmie I. Fedell and the late Michel Fedell and the late Joe and Loyce Mitchell, all of Vicksburg The groom is the son of Karen and Kent Parnell of Lucedale and the late Tommy Joe Ballinger of Hurley. He is the grandson of Belle Ledbetter and the late Ralph Ledbetter and Juanita Ballinger and the late James and Martha Ballinger, all of Hurley.

Given in marriage by her father, the bride’s chosen colors were peacock blue, green and copper. Mary Jo Abraham Wright directed a program of nuptial music. Soloists were Vera Ann Fedell and Rhonda Thomas Wright.

Maid of honor was Mary Lindley Mims of Brandon. Bridesmaids were Vera Ann Fedell of Vicksburg, Lauren Sharp Gardner of Starkville, Shelly Marie Gunnell of McComb, Brittany Michelle Hodge of

Raymond, Brittany Nicole Kirby of Brandon and Marion Lee Mims of Columbus.

Charles Adam McQueen of Escatawpa served as best man. Groomsmen were Todd O’Neal McInnis and Jeffrey Patrick Mitchell, both of Brandon; Randal Houston Brown Jr. of Memphis; Destin Edward Ellis of Terry; Michael Dane Mitchell of Union City, Calif.; and Jeffrey Dean Stanley Jr. of Charlotte, N.C. Usher was Evan Michel Fedell of Vicksburg.

Flower girl was Gabrielle Elise Mitchell of Richmond, Va. Ring bearer was Joseph Dillon Mitchell, also of Richmond.

Tori and Sarah Thomas of Vicksburg served as bell ringers. Reader was Scott Sharp of Oxford.

Special wedding assistant was Donna Nasif Thornton.

Sarah Fayard Fox of Brandon served as the bride’s proxy.

A reception was held at the B’nai B’rith Literary Club. For a wedding trip, the couple traveled to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

They will make their home in Brandon. The bride is a registered nurse at Baptist Health Systems in Jackson, and the groom is employed with the Chicago White Sox Organization.

Mr. Sills, Miss Coker are wed at Hawkins UMC

Ashlee Nicole Hardin Engaged to marry Andrew Cole Embry

Miss Hardin to wed Mr. Embry March 10 Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Coker Hardin Jr. of Vicksburg announce the engagement of their daughter, Ashlee Nicole, to Andrew Cole Embry of Charleston, S.C. Mr. Embry is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stanley Embry of Vicksburg.

Miss Hardin is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Coker Hardin Sr. of Florence and Mr. and Mrs. Harel Eugene McCoy of Jackson.

Mr. Embry is the grandson of Flo Ann Cole and the late Charles Hershel Cole of Gulfport and Edna Grace Embry and the late Edward Clark Embry of Vicksburg.

The bride-elect is a 2005 graduate of Warren Central High School. She received an

Associate of Applied Science degree from Hinds Community College.

Miss Hardin is a physical therapist assistant at Promise Hospital.

The prospective groom is a 2003 graduate of Porters Chapel Academy, where he was a member of the 2003 State Championship baseball team. He attended Meridian Community College, where he played baseball, and Hinds Community College.

Mr. Embry is employed at Valley Crest Landscape Management and Irrigation.

Vows will be exchanged at 2 p.m. March 10, 2012, at Woodlawn Baptist Church of Vicksburg. A reception will follow.

All relatives and friends are invited to attend.

Matthew Duane Sills and Emily Jane Coker were married at 6 p.m. Dec. 3, 2011, at Hawkins United Methodist Church in Vicksburg. The Rev. Thomas Emory Miller officiated at the ceremony.

The bride is the daughter of Gary and Jane Coker of Kennesaw, Ga. She is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Grover Columbus Coker of Tupelo and the late Mr. and Mrs. George Powers Davis of Demopolis, Ala. The groom is the son of Jeff and Dawn Sills of Brandon. He is the grandson of Cecil and Sybil Rainey of Jackson and James Sills of Ridgeland and the late Nan B. Sills.

Given in marriage by her father, the bride’s chosen colors were imperial purple, charcoal gray and pine green. A program of nuptial music was led by Dr. Timothy Columbus Coker. Vocalists were Catherine Coker Freeman, Mechelle Sills Lowther and Riley Harper.

Matrons of honor were Catherine Coker Freeman of Vicksburg and Elizabeth Coker Scott of Columbia, Tenn.

Maids of honor were Amanda Lim Barnes of Vicksburg and Jenna Patrice Artz of Orange Beach, Ala. Bridesmaids were Alison Toney Dennis, Molly Katherine Foster and Meghan MacMillan Jones, all of Pearl; Malarie Dawn Sills and Leslie Nabors Stiglets, both of Brandon; Brittany Leigh Oliver and Courtney Weaver Warnock, both of Vicksburg; Ashley Laird Rhodes of Pelahatchie; Samia M. Coker of Cumming, Ga.; and Ashley Lauren Swillie of Broken Arrow, Okla.

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Duane Sills The bride is the former Emily Jane Coker Junior bridesmaid was Kennedy Alexandria Lowther of Madison.

Honorary bridesmaids were Courtney Dae Burns of Richland, Samantha Ashton Green of Clinton and Caroline Leigh Williamson of Oxford.

Jeffrey Duane Sills of Brandon served as best man.

Groomsmen were Christopher Blair Brantley, Trenton Wayne Green and Wesley Jordan Stiglets, all of Brandon; John Bryan Dennis and Phillip Evan Jones, both of Pearl; William Joseph Freeman of Vicksburg; Ryan Marshall Odom

of Florence; Andrew Mitchell Westling of Clinton; Adam Paul Jeanfreau and Andrew Michael Jeanfreau, both of Memphis; Kevin Davis Coker of Cumming; and Rhodes Warfield Scott of Columbia, Tenn.

Junior groomsmen were Brighton Sills Lowther of Madison and Tucker Rhodes Scott of Columbia, Tenn.

Flower girl was Annie Bailey Scott, and ring bearer was Coker Warfield Scott, both of Columbia, Tenn.

Kaitlyn Olivia Sills and James Peyton Sills served as program attendants.

A reception followed at the B’nai B’rith Literary Club.

For a wedding trip, the couple traveled to Gatlinburg, Tenn. They will make their home in Brandon.

The bride is employed by Medicomp Physical Therapy at Copiah Rehab in Hazlehurst, and the groom is employed at BancorpSouth in Brandon.

Bridesmaids’ brunch A bridesmaids’ brunch was held the day before the wedding at Anchuca. Hostesses were Maryann Artz, Nikki Jackson, June Miller and Linda Wilkins.

Showers The faculty and staff at East Flora Middle School honored the bride with a miscellaneous shower.

Samia Coker, Catie Freeman and Betsy Scott hosted a room-to-room shower at the Freeman home.

The bride and groom were honored with a honey-do shower at Meadow Grove Baptist Church in Brandon. Hostesses were Tammy Green, Donna Stiglets, Jane Wilson, Debbie Jones and Hendra Harrist.

A couples shower was hosted

by Courtney Burns, Alison Dennis, Molly Foster, Samantha Green, Meghan Jones, Ashley Rhodes and Leslie Stiglets at the home of Meghan Jones in Pearl.

The bride was honored with a miscellaneous shower at Hawkins United Methodist Church. Hostesses were Susan Athow, Teresa Chaney, Linn Cheslek, Janie Easterling, Susan Mims, Carol Ann Oakman, Martha Pettway, Cindy Scurria, Cindy Smith and Georganne Swillie.

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CLASSIFIEDS PHOTOS BY OUR READERS Brenden Neville

The signs of the season’s change are all across the city. Clockwise from above, a winter sun casts shadows of small trees on the former Wilson Hardware Building on Washington Street; daffodils make their first escape from the ground through fallen leaves on Clay Street; a maple leaf, one of few still hanging on, is aglow in sunlight on China Street.

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.

01. Legals

05. Notices

NRC PUBLIC MEETING The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is hosting a public meeting to describe the license renewal review process and to provide members of the public with the opportunity to provide comments regarding environmental issues that the NRC should consider during its review of the license renewal application for Grand Gulf Nuclear Station.

Two identical sessions will be held at: Port Gibson City Hall 1005 College Street Port Gibson, MS 39150 Tuesday, January 31, 2012 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

"Open House" with NRC staff one hour prior to each meeting For additional information, please call the NRC at (800) 368-5642 extension 6223 Publish: 1/13, 1/22, 1/30(3t)

02. Public Service Center For Pregnancy Choices Free Pregnancy Tests

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Subscribe to The Vicksburg Post TODAY!!

Call 601-636-4545, Circulation.

Warren County Long Term Recovery Committee 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.

(non-medical facility)

· Education on All Options · Confidential Counseling Call 601-638-2778 for appt www.vicksburgpregnancy.com

06. Lost & Found

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.

06. Lost & Found

STILL MISSING! $300 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!

05. Notices Don’t miss a day of The Vicksburg Post!

Our ePost now available!

Call 601-636-4545 Circulation, for details!

Is the one you love hurting you?

Call

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.)

05. Notices 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.

06. Lost & Found FOUND! A VALUABLE ITEM was found in the parking lot of Dominos Pizza, Highway 61 South, Thursday, January 12th. Call 228-261-1195 to completely identify item for return.

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

Find a Honey of a Deal in the Classifieds...Zero in on that most wanted or hard to find item.

LOST RED AMERICAN Bulldog. Lost in the 61 South area. Wearing green collar. 601-642-7303.

07. Help Wanted

07. Help Wanted

06. Lost & Found REWARD $150 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.

LOST YOUR NINE IRON? Check the classifieds daily or sell the rest with a fast action classified ad.

601-636-SELL

07. Help Wanted

07. Help Wanted $2,000 Sign-On Bonus Now hiring at ALL Locations.

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“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

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07. Help Wanted

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You can have it all.

A flexible schedule. A superior salary. An exciting future.

Amedisys Home Health Services of Vicksburg, MS is seeking:

•Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant •Physical Therapist Please apply online at amedisys.com/careers. For additional information, please contact Kristin Rivers at (866) 708-8573 or kristin.rivers@amedisys.com.

Amedisys is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace

READ THE CLASSIFIEDS DAILY! DAILY!

Announcement of Job Opening For Warren County Road Manager The Warren County Board of Supervisors is seeking a qualified person for the position of Road Manager.

Applications are now being taken at The Olive Branch Senior Care Center in Tallulah, LA for a BILLING CLERK POSITION. Applicant must have computer skills in Word and Excel, preferably with accounting experience.

LPN’s & CNA’s NEEDED! Call 318-574-8111 The

Olive Branch

SENIOR CARE CENTER 32 Crothers Drive • Tallulah, LA

Those interested in this position are requested to submit a detailed resume’ to Donna Hardy, Warren County Chancery Clerk, located on the first floor of the Warren County Courthouse, 1009 Cherry Street, Vicksburg, MS 39183. Her office is open Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Resumes should be sealed and marked “Resume- Position of Road Manager” on the outside of the envelope.

The deadline to submit your resume’ is Friday, February 3, 2012 by 5:00 PM. The resume’ must arrive in the Chancery Clerk’s Office by the deadline. Any resume’ received after the deadline will not be considered.

This position is employed by and works under the direction of the Warren County Board of Supervisors.

Qualifications include a minimum five (5) years experience in all phases of maintenance and construction of roads, bridges, and drainage. You must have good working knowledge of repair and maintenance of road equipment. Engineering experience is preferred but not essential. Personnel Management experience is required due to managing a work force of approximately 70 employees. You must be capable of maintaining schedules, reports, and operating within a set budget. You must be capable of dealing with the general public in a courteous and professional manner. A college degree is preferred. You must be computer literate (Digital Photo experience preferred). You must be bondable.

Resume’ should include job history and salary requirement.

If you wish to obtain a copy of the complete Job Description for the Warren County Road Manager, please contact the Chancery Clerk’s Office at (601) 636-4415. If you have any questions, please contact John C. Smith, County Administrator, at (601) 634-8073.

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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

TEMPORARY FARM WORKERS, Bailey Company, Tchula, MS, 4 openings.

Work outside. Drive 250 horse power tractors/ 12 row farm implements; repair farm machinery; prep fields, plant and harvest corn, irrigate fields, service irrigation systems; unload seeds/ chemicals; use hoes, shovels, wrenches, work outside, heavy lifting, complete Chemical Handler Certification, ž work period guaranteed, tools/ equipment provided, workers out of commuting area- housing provided at no cost/ transportation/ subsistence expenses to the work site reimbursed after 50% contract time.

References required. EOE. 01/30/12 – 11/25/12. $9.30 hour, 40 hour week, Monday- Friday, 7am-4pm. Eligible to work in U.S. Apply local WIN Job Center/ Fax applications to Y. Deleeuw 601-321-5429. Job Order 43805.

AVON- NEED INCOME now? Start your Avon Business! Earn good money!

Call 601-259-2157.

BECOME A CERTIFIED pharmacy technician today!

Call 601-540-3062 for more information.

TEMPORARY FISH FARM WORKERS. Needmore Fisheries, 1017 greenfield Road, Glen Allan, MS 38744. 6 workers, 01/23/2012-11/18-2012, Monday-Friday, 5am-2pm. $9.30 per hour. Seine ponds, repair containers, catch fish. Check spawning containers, move spawns, feed fish. Check water temperature/ oxygen levels; maintain pond areas. Work outside in 4 foot- 4.5 foot water, handle live fish, some heavy lifting, ž of work period guaranteed, tools/ equipment provided, housing provided at no cost to workers outside of commuting area, transportation/ subsistence expenses reimbursed after 50% contract time. EOE Must show proof of eligibility to work in U.S. Apply WIN Job Center, Fax Y. Deleeuw 601-321-5429, Job Order Number MS 43802.

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.

BODYMAN NEEDED. ATLEAST 2 years experience. Must have own tools.

Apply in person at 1124 Adams Street.

No matter what type of work you’re seeking, the Classifieds can help you find it!

Classified Advertising really brings big results!

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.

TEMPORARY WORKERS. Harry Simmons Fish Farm, Yazoo City, MS. 10 workers. Work outside, work in 4 – 4.5 foot water, handle live fish, heavy lifting Seine ponds/ transfer fish, feed fish, observe physical conditions, monitor oxygen levels, typical farm pond levee repair, maintenance, pull weeds, mow grass, clean and store equipment, use seines, dip nets, waders, ž work period guaranteed, tools/ equipment provided, housing provided at no cost and transportation/ subsistence expenses to the work site reimbursed after completion of 50% contract time to workers out of commuting area. 02/03/12 – 12/09/12.

Monday- Friday 7am- 4pm. $9.30 per hour. EOE Proof of eligibility to work in U.S., Apply local State Employment Office. Fax applications to Y. Deleeuw 601-321-5429. MS Job Order 44607.

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10. Loans And Investments

14. Pets & Livestock

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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. First shots and wormed. $200. 601-6305698.

14. Pets & Livestock

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17. Wanted To Buy

GERMAN SHEPHERD. AKC/CKC registered, Canine Denmark blood line. Born 12/14/11. 4 males, 3 females.

Beautiful dogs. Ready in two weeks. Taking deposits. Call Kathy 601-529-9590.

VICKSBURG WARREN HUMANE SOCIETY Hwy 61 S. • 601-636-6631

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PLEASE CALL THE Gentleman of Junk for all your junk vehicle needs.

Make like a magician and turn your junk vehicles into cash. Please leave message if no answer.

601-868-2781.

WE BUY ESTATES. Households and quality goods. Best prices. You call, we haul! 601-415-3121, 601-661-6074. www.msauctionservice.com

8 WEEK OLD 100% Razor Edd puppies. Purple ribbon bred. UKC registered. 3 males, 1 female. $600. 601638-6711, 601-529-9149.

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.

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TEMPORARY FISH FARM WORKERS. (4) Thompson Fisheries, Tchula, MS. Work outside in 4 foot – 4.5 foot water in brood ponds, harvest spawn, tend nursery, care for fingerling/ brood/ stock ponds, collect spawn, tend hatching troughs, feed fry, fingerlings, move fingerlings to rearing ponds, move brood stock to holding ponds, feed brood fish; Monitor water temperature/ oxygen levels, maintain pond areas, handle live fish, heavy lifting, ž of work period guaranteed, tools and equipment provided, for workers out of commuting area housing provided at no cost, transportation/ subsistence expenses reimbursed after completion of 50% contract time. EOE References required, 01/23/2012 – 11/18/2012. $9.30 per hour. Eligible to work in the U.S. EOE Apply local WIN Job Center/ MS Job Order 43656. Fax applications to Y. Deleeuw 601-321-5429.

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07. Help Wanted

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.

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Call the Shelter for more information.

HAVE A HEART, SPAY OR NEUTER YOUR PETS! 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.

WE PAY CASH for junk. Cars, trucks. Vans, SUVs, and old dump trucks. 601-638-5946 or 601-529-8249.

18. Miscellaneous For Sale REGISTERED AKC AND CKC 2009 Old English Mastiff. Very sweet and large.

Will make good pet, or breeding stock. $800. 318341-7697.

TWO FEMALE CHIHUAHUA puppies, black with tan. Born 11/4/11. $200.

Call 601-831-2927

15. Auction OUR ON-LINE SUBSCRIPTION keeps you “plugged� in to all the local news, sports, community events. Call Circulation, 601-636-4545.

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

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.

3 SECTIONS OF scaffolding. Heavy duty, make offer. 601-940-8480.

52� RCA HDTV $325, 52�

RCA Standard Definition TV $190. Call 601-634-6898.

HOME COMPUTER SERVICE and repair. Reasonable prices. Pick up available .601502-5265, 601-636-7376.

MOTORIZED TREADMILL. GOOD condition. $150. 601-638-3091.

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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 your 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.

Jubilee and Lighthouse Point Casinos Located in Greenville, MS Are Currently Seeking Applicants for the following positions: JUBILEE Table Games Shift Manager Table Games Pit Manager Experienced Multi- Games Dealer Surveillance Supervisor

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.

Surveillance Agent

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.

Security Officer

Email resumes to: ads@vicksburgpost.com or mail to Dept. 3776, The Vicksburg Post, P.O. Box 821668, Vicksburg, MS 39182

LIGHTHOUSE POINT Marketing Administrator - Jubilee and Lighthouse

Every day is bright and sunny with a classified to make you

MONEY! Call Vickie or Michele

and place your ad today.

Security Shift Supervisor

601-636-SELL

Slot Technician Apply online at www.tropicanaentertainment.com or mail your resume to 240 Walnut Street Greenville, MS 38701 ATTN: Human Resources Director EOE

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Hours: 8a.m. - 5p.m., Monday - Friday, Closed Saturday & Sunday Post Plaza 1601F North Frontage Rd. Vicksburg, MS 39180 601-636-4545

Call Direct: (601)636-SELL

• Something New Everyday •

Online Ad Placement: http://www.vicksburgpost.com 18. Miscellaneous For Sale MOVING MUST SELL! Landscape rock, white Resin Sun room furniture, coffee table, 2 end tables, Cherry corner lighted cabinet. 601-6388383.

THE PET SHOP “Vicksburg’s Pet Boutique” 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!

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.

TWIN MATTRESS SETS $175, Full sets $199. New sofa love seat $675. 601638-7191. Discount Furniture Barn.

19. Garage & Yard Sales 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.

CALL 601-636-SELL AND PLACE YOUR CLASSIFIED AD TODAY.

20. Hunting

Call our Circulation Department for CONVENIENT Home Delivery and/ or our On-line Subscription.

Monday- Friday, 8am-5pm, 601-636-4545.

Don’t miss a day of The Vicksburg Post!

Our ePost now available!

Call 601-636-4545, Circulation for details!

21. Boats, Fishing Supplies

24. Business Services

24. Business Services

24. Business Services

24. Business Services

What's going on in Vicksburg?

Read The Vicksburg Post!

For convenient home delivery, call 601-636-4545, ask for circulation.

Discover a new world of opportunity with The Vicksburg Post Classifieds.

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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

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.

CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. 601-636-4813 State Board of Contractors Approved & Bonded

WOOD BURNING HEATER. Up to 28” wood with andirons, 2 sections of black pipe.

MODEL 11 REMINGTON shot gun. 601-638-5795.

Haul Clay, Gravel, Dirt, Rock & Sand All Types of Dozer Work Land Clearing • Demolition Site Development & Preparation Excavation Crane Rental • Mud Jacking

SPEEDIPRINT & OFFICE SUPPLY • Business Cards • Letterhead • Envelopes • Invoices • Work Orders • Invitations (601) 638-2900 Fax (601) 636-6711 1601-C North Frontage Road Vicksburg, MS 39180

19. Garage & Yard Sales

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

PATRIOTIC • FLAGS • BANNERS • BUMPER STICKERS • YARD SIGNS

Show Your Colors!

601-636-SELL (7355) Ask us how to “Post Size” your ad with some great clip art! Call the Classified Ladies at 601-636-Sell (7355).

SALE! AUNT WENDYS this and that. 43C Fisher Ferry Road 50% off clothing Some exceptions apply. January 18th- 31 st.

Monday-Thursday 10am- 6pm.

Friday 10am- 4pm. Closed Saturday and Sunday.

DEAN CO

PAINTING

•Residential & Commercial •Pressure Washing •Sheetrock repair

& finishing 35 years experience

Free Estimates Dean Cook • 601-278-4980

To advertise your business here for as little as $2.83 per day, call our Classified Dept. at 601-636-7355.

Proud Grandparents Show off your grandchildren to everyone this Valentine’s Day! Just bring or mail your grandchilds photo

by February 9th, along with completed form and $20 to: The Vicksburg Post Classified Dept.

P.O. Box 821668 Vicksburg, MS 39182 Child’s Name:_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Address: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ City/State/Zip:_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Phone: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Grandparents: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _________________________________

Children’s pictures will print Tuesday, February 14th!

DEADLINE IS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH AT 3PM.

All Business & Service Directory Ads MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE !

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Classified. .Where Buyers And Sellers Meet.

24. Business Services

24. Business Services

26. For Rent Or Lease

CLARK’S CONSTRUCTION

ALL MOBILE HOME OWNERS!

RICHARD M. CALDWELL BROKER SPECIALIZING IN RENTALS

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

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

DIRT AND GRAVEL hauled. 8 yard truck. 601638-6740.

26. For Rent Or Lease

DIRT, SAND, CLAY gravel, 6/10. Anywhere and Anytime.

601-218-9233, 601-638-9233.

✰✰FOR LEASE✰✰

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 I CLEAN HOMES! Over 20 years experience. Excellent references. 601-6312482, 601-831-6052.

I-PHONE REPAIR. Buy, sell and repair. Arcue Sanchez - 601-618-9916.

KMR TRACTOR SERVICES. Bush hog mowing, grading, excavation, disking, after storm debris removal, and other land, commercial/ residential work.

Free Estimates. 601-4159225.

LEAVES, GUTTERS, HEDGES, exterior window cleaning, and mowing. General yard, patio and driveway clean-up. Good rates.

601-218-4415.

STEELE PAINTING SERVICE LLC Specialize in painting/ sheet rock.

All home improvements Free Estimates 601-634-0948.

Chris Steele/ Owner

No matter what type of work you’re needing done, the Classifieds can help you find the company for you!

(INCLUDING CORPORATE APARTMENTS) CALL 601-618-5180 caldwell@vicksburg.com

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.

BEAUTIFUL LAKESIDE LIVING

• 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom Apts.

• Beautifully Landscaped • Lake Surrounds Community

• Pool • Fireplace • Spacious Floor Plans 601-629-6300

29. Unfurnished Apartments

501 Fairways Drive Vicksburg

Stop looking, Start living!

Classified Advertising really brings big results!

NEED AN APARTMENT? Enjoy the convenience of downtown living at

BRIAN MOORE REALTY Connie - Owner/ Agent

The Vicksburg Apartments

318-322-4000 Classifieds Really Work!

CONFEDERATE RIDGE

Commodore Apartments

780 Highway 61 North Fall In LOVE With

Our 2 Bedroom SPECIAL! Call for Details 601-638-0102

1, 2 & 3 Bedrooms 605 Cain Ridge Rd. Vicksburg, MS 39180

601-638-2231

CLOSET PHOBIA? Clear out the skeletons in yours with an ad in the classifieds.

Bradford Ridge Apartments

Ask about our Holiday special!

601-638-5587 1-601-686-0635

29. Unfurnished Apartments

601-636-SELL

Paid cable, water and trash. Washer, Dryer and built-in microwave furnished.

1911 Mission 66

29. Unfurnished Apartments

www.thelandingsvicksburg.com

THE COVE

Suite B-Apprx. 2450 sq. ft.

Suite F-Apprx. 1620 sq. ft.

Office or Retail!

Great Location!

29. Unfurnished Apartments

29. Unfurnished Apartments

UTILITIES PAID! 1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments Studios & Efficiencies 801 Clay Street 601-630-2921 www.the-vicksburg.com

Bienville Apartments The Park Residences at Bienville 1, 2 & 3 bedrooms and townhomes available immediately.

and

VICKSBURGS NEWEST, AND A WELL MAINTAINED FAVORITE. EACH WITH SPACIOUS FLOOR PLANS AND SOPHISTICATED AMENITIES.

Live in a Quality Built Apartment for LESS! All brick, concrete floors and double walls provide excellent soundproofing, security, and safety.

601-638-1102 • 601-415-3333

COME CHECK US OUT TODAY OME OAKE UT TYODAY YCOU ’LLCWHECK ANT TUOSM OUR YOU’LL WANT TO MAKE YOUR HHOME HERE ERE OME H

Great Staff Great Location, Location, Hard-Working Hard-Working Staff

601-638-7831• •201 201Berryman Berryman Rd 601-638-7831 Rd.

S HAMROCK A PA RT M E N T S SUPERIOR QUALITY,

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

FOR LEASING INFO, CALL 601-636-1752

CUSTOM CABINETS, EXTRA LARGE MASTER BDRM, & WASHER / DRYER HOOKUPS. SAFE!!

SENIOR CITIZEN DISCOUNT

601-661-0765 • 601-415-3333

www.parkresidences.com • www.bienvilleapartments.com

CYPRESS HILL APARTMENTS- 402 Locust- 1 bedroom- $375 monthly, $250 deposit. 601-456-3842.

DOWNTOWN, BRICK, MARIE Apartments. Total electric, central air/ heat, stove, refrigerator. $520, water furnished. 601-636-7107, trip@msubulldogs.org

Finding the home you want in the Classifieds is easy, but now it’s practically automatic, since we’ve put our listings online.

MAGNOLIA MANOR APARTMENTS Elderly & Disabled 3515 Manor Drive Vicksburg, Ms. 601-636-3625 Equal Housing Opportunity

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.

“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.

29. Unfurnished Apartments

1601-F N Frontage Rd Vicksburg, MS 39180 601-636-4545 601-636-SELL (7355)

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34. Houses For Sale

34. Houses For Sale

Licensed in MS and LA

CARY, MS. 3 bed, 2 bath home, 4.5 lots. Shown by appointment only. Asking $115,000. 601-824-0270.

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.

EAGLE LAKE. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, furnished, largest pier on lake. Beautiful view. $1,250 monthly, DirectTV included.

601-218-5348.

HOUSE FOR RENT. HWY 61 South. 601-8311505.

LOS COLINAS. SMALL 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath Cottage.

Close in, nice. $795 monthly. 601-831-4506.

31. Mobile Homes For Rent

Jones & Upchurch Real Estate Agency 1803 Clay Street www.jonesandupchurch.com Stacie Bowers-Griffin...601-218-9134 Jill WaringUpchurch....601-906-5012 Carla Watson...............601-415-4179 Mary D. Barnes .........601-966-1665 Andrea Upchurch.......601-831-6490 Broker, GRI

601-636-6490 CLOSET PHOBIA? Clear out the skeletons in yours with an ad in the classifieds.

601-636-SELL

HILLVIEW ESTATES

Please call our resident manager Bobby Allen 601-941-6788 MEADOWBROOK PROPERTIES. 2 or 3 bedroom mobile homes, south county. Deposit required.

601-619-9789.

32. Mobile Homes For Sale 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.

2005 28x64. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths. Tons of upgrades. $34,900. 601-572-5300, 601-573-5029.

35 FOOT PACE ARROW motor home. Runs good. $3500 or best offer. 601954-5429.

GOOD CREDIT, BAD CREDIT OR NO CREDIT. Everyone is Approved at Byram Home Center.

“Guaranteed credit approval.”

601-373-4453.

KEEP UP WITH ALL THE LOCAL NEWS AND SALES...

SUBSCRIBE TO THE VICKSBURG POST TODAY! CALL 601-636-4545, ASK FOR CIRCULATION. NEED A HOME? Credit been a problem?

Call the credit experts at Byram Home Center, “Guaranteed Credit Approval.” 601-9169796, 662-417-2354.

OWNER FINANCE, NO CREDIT CHECK! Nice homes with land.

Must have $5,000 deposit Total payments from $750.

Call Bobby 601-941-6788.

USED 16X80.

3 bedrooms, 2 baths, fireplace, central air, delivery and setup. $17,650. Financing Available. 601-916-9796, 662-417-2354.

USED DOUBLE WIDE. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, very spacious with delivery and set-up.

662-417-2354, 601-916-9796.

Financing available!

33. Commercial Property 7800 SQUARE FOOT office/ multi purpose building.

On-site parking. $6.75/ square foot. 601-634-6669.

960 SQUARE FOOT Deluxe office space on Wisconsin Avenue. $675 monthly.

Call 601-634-6669.

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.

Open Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30am-5:30pm

601-634-8928 2170 S. I-20 Frontage Rd. www.ColdwellBanker.com www.homesofvicksburg.net Looking for a new home?

Check our online listings today.

Just go to www.vicksburgpost.com

V

ARNER

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JIM HOBSON

REALTOR®•BUILDER•APPRAISER

601-636-0502

39. Motorcycles, Bicycles 2007 HONDA SPIRIT 1100. Garage kept, 2000 miles. MUST SELL. $5500 or best offer. 601-301-0432.

SUZUKI DR-Z 70 LIKE NEW Dirt Bike $600.

Gas 3 speed. 601-2186241.

1996 CROWN VICTORIA LT. Good condition, Automatic, key-less entry, heat/ air. $3,000. 601-636-5838.

CALL 601-636-SELL

40. Cars & Trucks

40. Cars & Trucks

40. Cars & Trucks

1964 DODGE D100 truck. 51,000 original miles. $1000 firm. 601-738-1989, 601-636-1665.

2000 ACURA 3.2 TL Gold. 148,000 miles. Good condition. $5,800 negotiable. 601-831-2040, 601831-2022.

2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER LE. Fully loaded, 73,000 miles, white, 20 inch rims, tan leather, new tires, sunroof, tinted windows. $13,700. 601-2185336, 601-636-7737.

2005 DODGE RAM 1500.

Black, one owner, 80,000 miles. Excellent condition! $9,900. 601-415-0883.

1997 CADILLAC DEVILLE 4 door. One owner, 89,000 miles, $3,750. 601415-1525.

AND PLACE YOUR CLASSIFIED AD TODAY.

READ THE CLASSIFIEDS daily!

34. Houses For Sale

34. Houses For Sale

Please call one of these Coldwell Banker professionals today:

2170 I-20 S. Frontage Rd www.homesofvicksburg.com

Gary’s Cars for Less Over 50 Vehicles to Choose From With 3 Month - 3,000 Mile Warranty!

We Accept Good, Bad, or No Credit

We Make Car Buying Fun With Our “Rent To Own” or Special Financing Programs You Can Re-Establish Your Credit Hwy 61 S

Call 601-636-SELL to sell your Car or Truck!

YOU ARE APPROVED! START REBUILDING YOUR CREDIT HERE! NO CREDIT APP REFUSED!!!

O K C ARS

Jimmy Ball 601-218-3541 John H. Caldwell 601-618-5183 Kellye Carlisle 601-529-4215 Katherine Crawford 601-218-0020 Reatha Crear 601-831-1742 Tim DeRossette 601-301-0625 Herb Jones 601-831-1840 Marianne Jones 601-415-6868 Bruce Hartfield 601-279-9929 Brenda Love 601-415-2039 Polly Vinzant 601-415-5001 Angela Williams 601-415-6805 Caffie Ellis 601-415-7010 Harley Caldwell, broker 601-634-8928

Garyscfl.com

Classifieds Really Work!

601-883-9995

S ALES/ R ENTALS Get a Late Model Car With a Low Down Payment CASH CARS RS CA ARS H S C CASH CARS CA SH A C CASH CARS CASH CARS A C

WITH ONLY A FEW HOMES AVAILABLE NOW, PLEASE COME TOUR OUR COMMUNITY AND MEET YOUR NEW NEIGHBORS.

Daryl Hollingsworth..601-415-5549

Sybil Caraway....601-218-2869 Catherine Roy....601-831-5790 Mincer Minor.....601-529-0893 Jim Hobson.........601-415-0211

1600 Highway 61 N 4800 Sq Ft - $250,000 100 Wigwam 4BR, 2 BA - $82,900 3350 Eagle Lake Shore 3BR, 2BA, pier, boat lift Call Jennifer Gilliland 601-218-4538 McMillin Real Estate

40. Cars & Trucks

S R A S C AR SH C A C SH

“Vicksburg’s Premier Rental Community” Hillview Estates is a family oriented community featuring an ON SITE MANAGER for 24/7 response to your every need.

The grounds are meticulously maintained by our professional staff.

Kay Odom..........601-638-2443 Kay Hobson.......601-638-8512 Jake Strait...........601-218-1258 Alex Monsour.....601-415-7274 Jay Hobson..........601-456-1318

34. Houses For Sale

1992 1999 1999 1997 1994 1996 2000 2002 2003 2005 1998 1992 1995 2001 1995 1995 2003

Ford Truck XLT (Brown)...... $1488 Ford Truck (Tan).................. $3888 Dodge Dakota......................$4488 Mercury Mountaineer..........$3888 Chevy Tahoe (extra nice!).... $4488 Chevy Tahoe (4dr. green)..... $3888 Ford Taurus (Red)................. $3888 Ford Taurus (Red)................. $4888 Ford Taurus (Gray/Green).... $4888 Chevy Malibu (White)........... $5888 Chevy Lumina (Cream)........ $2888 Mitsubishi Eclipse (Red)..... $1288 Hyundai Elantra (Silver)....... $1488 Mazda 626 (Blue)................... $3888 Mercury Grand Marquis..... $3888 Ford Crown Vic (Tan)........... $4888 Ford Focus.......................... $4888

601-636-3147 2970 Hwy 61 North • Vicksburg Monday - Saturday 8am-7pm www.okcarsandtrucks.webs.com

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Sleep Bet ter in 2012

We catch some zzz’s with Dr. Oz © PARADE Publications 2011. All rights reserved.

Personality Walter Scott,s

WALTER SCOTT ASKS …

Jessica Alba

The latest venture from the 30-year-old actress and mother of two is the eco-friendly, Web-based baby products firm the Honest Company (honest.com).

P Shorty Rossi

Q: Shorty Rossi from

Animal Planet’s Pit Boss spent some time in prison.

How did he survive such a tough environment as a little person? —A. N., West Hollywood, Calif.

A: “It was like a neigh-

borhood reunion,” says Rossi, 42, who opens up about his rough childhood and days as a gang member (he served more than 10 years for attempted murder) in his memoir, Four Feet Tall & Rising, out now. “If I was a kid from Beverly Hills, I would have had issues, but I grew up with half the people in there.” Read more from him (including what he thinks of Michael Vick!) at Parade.com/rossi.

Where did the idea for the Honest Company come from?

I did research when I was pregnant with my first daughter and was horrified by the chemicals in products, even those meant for babies. I would have to go to 50 different places just to get my house and my kid clean. I thought moms needed one place that curated safe items that are affordable and stylish.

Email your questions to Walter Scott at Parade.com /contact

Has motherhood changed the way you view your career? Work takes a

backseat. Before, I’d have two weeks off around Christmas, but I never really did birthdays, or I’d be working in a country that didn’t celebrate certain holidays. Now it’s about family and capturing those moments. When I do work, it’s fun and I take some risks.

ended his run on SVU last year after 12 seasons, returns to TV this summer as a regular on the HBO series True Blood.

He’ll play what executive producer Alan Ball has called “an ancient, powerful vampire who holds the fate [of the show’s two leading men] in his hands.” As for big-screen projects, Meloni plays a general in the Superman reboot Man of Steel, due summer 2013.

Are you still feeling pressure to be a sex symbol?

That’s how I was marketed; I never put much effort into it. I don’t really care. I never did.

Does being 30 feel different? Oh yeah, I am way more secure than I was in my 20s.

P Silverstone, left, and Tyler

Is Donald Trump’s hair real?

—Linda Simon, Las Vegas

Yes, according to the tycoon himself.

“It may not be pretty, but it is mine,” Trump, 65, has said. In a recent attempt to prove naysayers wrong, he let Barbara Walters tug his coif on TV. And how does he maintain his awesome mane? He told Rolling Stone that he washes with Head & Shoulders, air-drys, then combs.

Q: Are Alicia Silverstone and Liv Tyler half-sisters?

Letters to Walter Scott can be sent to P.O. Box 5001, Grand Central Station, New York, N.Y. 10163-5001

—Betty Luster, Edmond, Okla.

A: Though both Silver-

stone, 35, and Tyler, 34, have half-siblings, they are not related to each other. They did, however,

appear as best friends in the risqué music video for 1993’s “Crazy” by Aerosmith, the band fronted by Liv’s father, Steven Tyler.

★ PRESENTS ★

P Chris Meloni

“I failed so many times, I have a

Q: What are Chris Meloni’s plans now that he’s left Law & Order: Special Victims Unit?

—Mary Kessler, Corning, N.Y.

A: The actor, 50, who

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Dustin Diamond (Screech) wrote an unflattering tell-all in 2009.

Dare I ask if you’ve read it?

Last summer, Justin Bieber was on a red carpet wearing a T-shirt with your picture on it. Did you get a deluge of nasty messages

from jealous Beliebers?

Not that I could see on my Twitter page or Facebook. Believe me, girls, he’s way too young for me, so don’t worry! [laughs] I’ve never met him, but I do understand to a degree what his life is like right now, as a recognizable teen star.

What was it like being in Woody Allen’s Hollywood Ending?

Tiffani Thiessen The actress opens up about Justin, Woody, and that Saved by the Bell reunion

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I’m in more of a supporting role, which is nice right now, as a mom.

And being older, I appreciate it more. I don’t think you understand what a job really is when you’re a teenager.

You used to be billed as TiffaniAmber Thiessen. Why did you drop Amber from your name?

My agent at the time thought it would help distinguish me from [my teen roles]. It’s funny—in elementary school, I went by Amber. I never liked Tiffani.

Jimmy Fallon’s tried to reunite the Saved by the Bell cast for a couple of years. Will it ever happen?

It’s not something I want or need to do, and a few of us feel the same way. We’re

You can ask, but the answer’s no. [laughs] My time is very precious these days, and that’s not how I want to spend it.

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Definitely a top 10 awesome moment of my life. He’s very quiet but knows exactly what he wants.

And he’s kind of nervous with girls. At least he was with me.

Is there anything you are particularly bad at?

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I can’t whistle. My husband makes fun of me for that.

How do you spend your Sundays?

It’s my favorite day— productive but also kind of lazy. We’re up at 6 or 6:30 because our little one’s an early riser. We go to the park, then to the farmers’ market to get fruits and vegetables. Harper’s favorite is pears, and I’m a kale lover.

Has motherhood changed you?

I’ve let a lot of my type A personality go. When you have a kid, the messiness doesn’t matter anymore.

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In a few years? “No.” [laughs] The business is ever-changing, and I don’t think it’s easy for any kid. Thank God I [survived]. Not every story is that way.

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he was a teen dream thanks to Saved by the Bell and Beverly Hills, 90210. Now, at 37, Tiffani Thiessen—mom to 19-month-old Harper, her daughter with actor-artist husband Brady Smith—considers her past a reason to look forward.

“It’ll be interesting when Harper wants to see those shows—and laugh,” she says. It was Thiessen’s idea to make her character on her current series, White Collar (USA, Tuesdays, 10 p.m. ET), an event planner. “I’ve always said that if the acting thing were ever to stop,” she tells Shawna Malcom, “that’s probably what I’d do for a living.”

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By Marilyn vos Savant

When a reader wrote about randomly selecting 100 out of 400 employees each quarter for drug testing, he asked about the chances of an individual being chosen over the course of a year. You answered a different question: “If an individual has not been selected over the first three quarters, what are the chances that he or she will be chosen in the fourth quarter?” The answer to the latter question is indeed 25 percent, as you wrote, but the answer to the former is about 68 percent.

—George Land, Tyler, Tex.

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You’re right, and I apologize for the mistake. My neurons must have been napping.

The reasoning works this way: Of the 400 names, 25 percent (100) are selected in the first quarter. Assume “perfect” randomization for the purpose of calculation: Of the 300 that weren’t chosen, 25 percent (75) would be selected in the second quarter. Of the 225 still-unchosen names, 25 percent (about 56) would be selected in the third. And of the 169 remaining unchosen names, 25 percent (about 42) would be selected in the fourth.

So a total of 273 different people (100 + 75 + 56 + 42 = 273) will have been selected— about 68 percent of all the employees. (Many names will have been chosen more than once, so 400 tests are still administered.) Yet the chance of any individual’s name being chosen in the next random selection (or in any future selection) never rises above 25 percent.

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A NEW BEDTIME STORY ONCE UPON A TIME, YOU COULD SLEEP LIKE A BABY. NOW YOU’D BE LUCKY TO GET A FULL EIGHT HOURS OF PEACEFUL, UNINTERRUPTED SLUMBER. HERE’S HOW TO REST EASY AGAIN. COVER AND OPENING PHOTOGRAPH BY ALESSANDRA PETLIN OPENING ILLUSTRATION

BY DANIEL PELAVIN

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s a father of four, a surgeon, and a talk show host, I know all about sleepless nights. More than 25 years ago, when I was a surgical resident, I conditioned myself to get by on just two or three hours of sleep a night.

I can recall walking down an empty hospital

corridor after a long shift and seeing the sun rising silently over the city. I often had trouble drifting off when I got home—and continued to have insomnia even after my residency ended.

I wasn’t alone. Nearly half of all Americans have occasional insomnia, whether because of stress, hormonal changes, or poor bedtime habits; about 15 percent are plagued by chronic sleeplessness.

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YOU SNOOZE, YOU WIN!

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Tune in to The Dr. Oz Show this week for more sleep tips, and go to doctoroz.com to register for Dr. Oz’s Transformation Nation: Million Dollar You and pledge to make an earlier bedtime a priority.

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And that’s a problem. Waking up exhausted doesn’t just take a toll on your mood and your performance at work; inadequate sleep can lead to serious health problems—including obesity, cancer, and heart disease— and shortened life expectancy. While you’re sleeping, your body rejuvenates the connections between brain cells, renews its immune function, improves the response to insulin, and secretes growth hormone, which is essential for healthy skin and muscles. People who sleep fewer than six hours a night have a 50 percent higher risk of viral infections and an elevated risk of heart disease and stroke. A new study even suggests that a lack of sleep heightens your risk of Alzheimer’s.

That said, insomnia isn’t something to lose sleep over; plenty of simple strategies can help you get the rest you need. I’ve put together this four-week plan to ensure you sleep better and longer, starting tonight.

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ASSESS YOUR BEDROOM

Dim the lights. Insomnia feeds off the

minor details of modern life, like the soft blue glow from a TV, a computer, a cell phone, a PDA, or even the digital clock on your nightstand. That blue light suppresses the secretion of melatonin, a sleep-promoting hormone. Crack open a book rather than watching reruns just before bed, and cover up blue displays you can’t shut off. Place an orange lightbulb (available at Home Depot or other home improvement stores) in your bedside lamp; its glow lets you read or relax without actively inhibiting melatonin.

Go mattress shopping. As anyone who’s ever been up coughing, wheezing, or blowing his nose can attest, asthma and allergies can significantly affect the quality of your sleep. And one very common cause of both conditions could be living in your mattress. Dust mites are microscopic arachnids that feed on human skin and are a major trigger for asthma and allergies. These bugs like to make their home in beds because of the steady

SLEEP BY THE NUMBERS

95 PERCENT

OF AMERICANS AGES 13 TO 64 SAY THEY USE AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITHIN AN HOUR OF BEDTIME AT LEAST A FEW NIGHTS A WEEK

THIS IS YOUR BODY ON INSOMNIA Sleeplessness can have wide-reaching effects on the body. Here’s what happens to …

YOUR BRAIN A new study shows that sleep is necessary to rejuvenate the connections between brain cells; these connections become increasingly erratic the longer you’re awake. According to researchers, the most easily disrupted connections were those essential for memory, executive functioning, and attention.

YOUR MUSCLES The body produces growth hormone during sleep, a function necessary for building and maintaining healthy muscle tissue. So over time, insomnia can zap strength.

YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM Sleep deprivation

lessens white blood cell activity, which ups the risk of getting sick. In turn, a healthy immune system promotes deep sleep, so long bouts of insomnia can create a vicious cycle.

YOUR BLOOD SUGAR

Insomnia interferes with the body’s ability to metabolize glucose, leading to early signs of diabetes. One study showed that regularly snoozing less than six hours a night makes you 4.5 times more likely to develop prediabetes.

YOUR MOOD Sleepless nights don’t just make you irritable; new research shows that people who suffer from chronic insomnia are five times more likely to become depressed and 20 times more likely to develop panic disorder.

SLEEP BY THE NUMBERS

37 PERCENT

OF AMERICAN ADULTS SAY THEY NEED AT LEAST EIGHT HOURS OF SLEEP TO FUNCTION AT THEIR BEST supply of food; the older the mattress, the more likely that mites have taken up residence. If yours is more than five to seven years old, it may be time for an upgrade. (If your mattress is newer than that, consider buying a mite-resistant casing instead.)

Chill out. Keeping your body cool slows down all of the metabolic processes, including the mental whirring that prevents you from drifting off. The worse your insomnia, the colder your bedroom should be. Start at 68 degrees Fahrenheit and crank it down to 65 degrees (or even as low as 60 degrees) if you still can’t get any rest.

CREATE A BETTER BEDTIME ROUTINE Don’t go to bed hungry. You may think you’re doing your waistline a favor by skipping dinner or not eating after 6 p.m. when your bedtime is midnight, but a growling, empty stomach makes it harder to fall asleep, and that can derail your diet. Researchers at the University of Chicago withheld sleep from study participants and found the lack of shuteye altered appetite-regulating hormones. The subjects reported feeling hungrier, with strong cravings for calorie-dense, carb-rich foods, such as sweets, salty snacks like potato chips, and starchy foods like pasta.

Put a cap on your nightcap. Surveys show that up to 19 percent of people use alcohol to help nod off at night. But after the initial tranquilizing buzz wears off, alcohol often results in more fitful sleep. As your body withdraws from the drug, you may experience symptoms such as waking up in the middle of the night or the inability to reach a deep sleep. A better pre-bed beverage: chamomile tea, which research shows may have a calming effect.

Slip on some socks. Feet often feel colder than the rest of the body because they have the poorest circulation.

A study published in the American Journal of Physiology in 2000 suggests that wearing socks to bed keeps the blood vessels in your feet dilated, drawing blood away from your core and cooling you off, which initiates sleep.

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WEEK

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INSOMNIA-PROOF YOUR LIFESTYLE Don’t just lie there. If you suffer through hours

counting sheep, you may soon come to associate your bed with the stress of insomnia. In fact, studies show that spending less time between the sheets—a technique known as sleep restriction—may promote more restful snoozing and, with time, help make your bed a welcome sight at the end of a long day. Calculate the number of hours you actually spend asleep, and then limit your time in bed to no more than that amount. Start with a routine that gets you up at the same time every morning—even if it’s quite early, and even on the weekends.

Once you’re falling asleep more easily at night, you can slowly push your wake-up time forward.

Time your workouts right. Combined with a regular bedtime routine, exercising four times a week may increase your overall sleep time by 1.25 hours each night, according to a recent study published in the journal Sleep Medicine. Why is working out so effective? Exercising significantly increases your core temperature; as your body returns to its baseline a few

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hours later, your temperature measurably drops, making it easier to drift off. The best time to work out: late afternoon or early evening (at least two hours before bedtime), so your body temperature begins falling just as you’re getting ready for bed.

Break your smartphone addiction. Constantly checking email or scanning your favorite websites stimulates the brain, preventing you from winding down at night. Some research suggests that simply exposing yourself to wireless signals may interfere with sleep. In a major joint study, researchers in Sweden and at Wayne State University in Michigan found that people subjected to a substantial amount of these signals right before bed reported headaches, more difficulty falling asleep, and less restful slumber. The solution: Keep your cell phone out of reach at night, and try to spend less time on it during the day.

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TAKE CONTROL OF SLEEPROBBING HEALTH CONDITIONS Put your shower massager to good use. A warm bath and a massage can help anyone nod off more easily, but they can be particularly helpful if leg cramps keep you awake. Evidence shows that heat and leg massage can improve the symptoms of restless legs syndrome, a disorder that affects up to 10 percent of the population and is characterized by cramping and an unpleasant urge to move your legs, especially WEEK

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SundayDinner A Dish to Sing About Nick Jonas, back on Broadway in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, loves this hearty reminder of home

“MY MOM MAKES ME A PAN OF THIS WHENEVER SHE FEELS I NEED SOME HOME COOKING.”

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at night. If symptoms persist, ask your doctor whether you could benefit from taking magnesium, which has been shown to relieve leg cramps, or a prescription medication.

Lose weight. Those extra pounds, particularly around the neck, put you at greater risk for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a condition in which the soft palate at continued on page 14

STILL CAN’T SLEEP? Natural and over-the-counter sleep remedies can be surprisingly effective, but like prescription drugs, they carry risks, including dependency.

Consult your doctor before taking any sleep medications.

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Chile Cheese Egg Casserole 1 stick (½ cup) butter 10 eggs 2 egg whites ½ cup flour 1 tsp baking powder 2 (8-oz) cans diced green chiles 1 quart (4 cups) cottage cheese ½ cup mascarpone 1 lb shredded Monterey Jack Salt and pepper, to taste

1. Preheat oven to 400°F. 2. Place butter in a 9-by-13-inch baking pan. Place pan in oven until butter is melted. Pour half the butter into a small bowl and set aside.

3. Beat eggs and egg whites lightly in a large bowl.

Stir in flour, baking powder, chiles, all cheeses, salt, and

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pepper. Mix well.

4. Pour egg mixture into baking pan.

Pour reserved butter evenly over the top.

5. Bake for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350°F and bake 35 to 40 minutes or until casserole is set.

SERVES: 12 | PER SERVING: 440 calories, 9g carbs,

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Diphenhydramine (for example, Benadryl and Sominex) and doxylamine (for example, Unisom) are common OTC antihistamines that are also marketed as sleep aids. Scientists believe that these drugs cause sedation by blocking the brain’s histamine activity, which is normally involved in arousal and alertness.

Melatonin is a sleep-promoting hormone that’s naturally produced by the body at night.

Available as a supplement, it can help you fall asleep if taken two to three hours before bedtime. Keep in mind that the commonly listed dosage (five milligrams) is more than what most people require; instead, start with one milligram and work up to 2.5 milligrams if necessary.

Research suggests that valerian root may have a sedative-like effect, helping you drift off more quickly and prolonging total sleep time.

Try preparing it in a tea and drinking a cup before bed.

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I’ve been living on my own for about a year, and I’m not the most talented chef—I can make a great sandwich, but it’s my brother Joe who’s amazing in the kitchen. So my mom, Denise, makes me this casserole, my favorite meal growing up, whenever she feels I need some home cooking.

I first watched her make this when I was 5, and was apprehensive since I’d never liked cottage cheese—I think it was the texture thing. But as soon as I tried it, the love affair started, and it quickly became breakfast, lunch, and dinner for me. The eggs and cheese are perfectly matched; it’s like an omelette, only thicker.

I have type 1 diabetes, which is managed by insulin delivery, but I still try to go with low-carb options like this. I get really excited when my mom brings it over.

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Medication Guide JANUVIAÂŽ (jah-NEW-vee-ah) (sitagliptin) Tablets Read this Medication Guide carefully before you start taking JANUVIA and each time you get a reďŹ ll. There may be new information. This information does not take the place of talking with your doctor about your medical condition or your treatment. If you have any questions about JANUVIA, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

What is the most important information I should know about JANUVIA? Serious side effects can happen in people taking JANUVIA, including inďŹ&#x201A;ammation of the pancreas (pancreatitis) which may be severe and lead to death.

Certain medical problems make you more likely to get pancreatitis.

Before you start taking JANUVIA: Tell your doctor if you have ever had E 7(5*9,(;0;0: E :;65,: 05 @6<9 .(33)3(++,9 .(33:;65,: E ( /0:;69@ 6- (3*6/630:4 E /0./ )366+ ;90.3@*,90+, 3,=,3: E 20+5,@ 796)3,4: Stop taking JANUVIA and call your doctor right away if you have pain in your stomach area (abdomen) that is severe and will not go away. The pain may be felt going from your abdomen through to your back. The pain may happen with or without vomiting. These may be symptoms of pancreatitis.

What is JANUVIA? E JANUVIA is a prescription medicine used along with diet and exercise to lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes.

E $% 0: 56; -69 7,673, >0;/ ;@7, +0(),;,: E JANUVIA is not for people with diabetic ketoacidosis (increased ketones in your blood or urine).

E If you have had pancreatitis (inďŹ&#x201A;ammation of the pancreas) in the past, it is not known if you have a higher chance of getting pancreatitis while you take JANUVIA. E ; 0: 56; 256>5 0- $% 0: :(-, (5+ ,--,*;0=, >/,5 <:,+ 05 */03+9,5 <5+,9 @,(9: 6- (., Who should not take JANUVIA? Do not take JANUVIA if: E you are allergic to any of the ingredients in JANUVIA. See the end of this Medication Guide for a complete list of ingredients in JANUVIA. Symptoms of a serious allergic reaction to JANUVIA may include: E 9(:/ E 9(0:,+ 9,+ 7(;*/,: 65 @6<9 :205 /0=,: E swelling of the face, lips, tongue, and throat that may cause difďŹ culty in breathing or swallowing What should I tell my doctor before taking JANUVIA? Before you take JANUVIA, tell your doctor if you: E /(=, 69 /(=, /(+ 05C(44(;065 6- @6<9 7(5*9,(: 7(5*9,(;0;0: E /(=, 20+5,@ 796)3,4: E /(=, (5@ 6;/,9 4,+0*(3 *65+0;065: E are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if JANUVIA will harm your unborn baby. If you are pregnant, talk with your doctor about the best way to control your blood sugar while you are pregnant.

Pregnancy Registry: If you take JANUVIA at any time during your pregnancy, talk with your doctor about how you can join the JANUVIA pregnancy registry. The purpose of this registry is to collect information about the health of you and your )()@ '6< *(5 ,59633 05 ;/0: 9,.0:;9@ )@ *(3305.

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Know the medicines you take. Keep a list of your medicines and show it to your doctor and pharmacist when you get a new medicine.

How should I take JANUVIA? E #(2, $% ;04, ,(*/ +(@ ,?(*;3@ (: @6<9 +6*;69 ;,33: @6< E '6< *(5 ;(2, $% >0;/ 69 >0;/6<; -66+ E Your doctor may do blood tests from time to time to see how well your kidneys are working. Your doctor may change your dose of JANUVIA based on the results of your blood tests.

E Your doctor may tell you to take JANUVIA along with other diabetes medicines. Low blood sugar can happen more often when JANUVIA is taken with certain other diabetes medicines. See â&#x20AC;&#x153;What are the possible side effects of JANUVIA?â&#x20AC;?.

E If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you remember. If you do not remember until it is time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular schedule. Do not take two doses of JANUVIA at the same time.

E If you take too much JANUVIA, call your doctor or local Poison Control Center right away.

E When your body is under some types of stress, such as fever, trauma (such as a car accident), infection or surgery, the amount of diabetes medicine that you need may change. Tell your doctor right away if you have any of these conditions and follow your doctorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s instructions.

E Check your blood sugar as your doctor tells you to.

E Stay on your prescribed diet and exercise program while taking JANUVIA.

E Talk to your doctor about how to prevent, recognize and manage low blood sugar (hypoglycemia), high blood sugar (hyperglycemia), and problems you have because of your diabetes.

E Your doctor will check your diabetes with regular blood tests, including your blood sugar levels and your /,46.36)05

What are the possible side effects of JANUVIA? Serious side effects have happened in people taking JANUVIA. E See â&#x20AC;&#x153;What is the most important information I should know about JANUVIA?â&#x20AC;?.

E Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia). If you take JANUVIA with another medicine that can cause low blood sugar, such as a sulfonylurea or insulin, your risk of getting low blood sugar is higher. The dose of your sulfonylurea medicine or insulin may need to be lowered while you use JANUVIA. Signs and symptoms of low blood sugar may include: E headache E irritability E drowsiness E hunger E weakness E fast heart beat E dizziness E sweating E confusion E feeling jittery E Serious allergic reactions. If you have any symptoms of a serious allergic reaction, stop taking JANUVIA and call your doctor right away. See â&#x20AC;&#x153;Who should not take JANUVIA?â&#x20AC;?. Your doctor may give you a medicine for your allergic reaction and prescribe a different medicine for your diabetes.

E Kidney problems, sometimes requiring dialysis The most common side effects of JANUVIA include: E upper respiratory infection E stuffy or runny nose and sore throat E headache JANUVIA may have other side effects, including: E stomach upset and diarrhea E swelling of the hands or legs, when JANUVIA is used with rosiglitazone (AvandiaÂŽ). Rosiglitazone is another type of diabetes medicine.

These are not all the possible side effects of JANUVIA. For more information, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

Tell your doctor if you have any side effect that bothers you, is unusual or does not go away.

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How should I store JANUVIA? ";69, $% (; F ;6 F F ;6 F Keep JANUVIA and all medicines out of the reach of children.

General information about the use of JANUVIA Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes that are not listed in Medication Guides. Do not use JANUVIA for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not give JANUVIA to other people, even if they have the same symptoms you have. It may harm them.

This Medication Guide summarizes the most important information about JANUVIA. If you would like to know more information, talk with your doctor. You can ask your doctor or pharmacist for additional information about JANUVIA that is written for health professionals. For more information, go to www.JANUVIA.com 69 *(33

What are the ingredients in JANUVIA? Active ingredient: sitagliptin.

Inactive ingredients: microcrystalline cellulose, anhydrous dibasic calcium phosphate, croscarmellose sodium, magnesium stearate, and sodium stearyl fumarate. The tablet ďŹ lm coating contains the following inactive ingredients: polyvinyl alcohol, polyethylene glycol, talc, titanium dioxide, red iron oxide, and yellow iron oxide.

What is type 2 diabetes?

Type 2 diabetes is a condition in which your body does not make enough insulin, and the insulin that your body produces does not work as well as it should. Your body can also make too much sugar. When this happens, sugar (glucose) builds up in the blood. This can lead to serious medical problems.

High blood sugar can be lowered by diet and exercise, and by certain medicines when necessary.

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