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2000: President Bill Clinton, speaking at a fundraiser for his wife’s Senate campaign, accused New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani of enlisting a “rightwing venom machine” against Hillary Rodham Clinton.

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Planned for weeks, Vicksburg police chose April Fools’ Day to make earlymorning arrests of six men named in narcotics warrants against them obtained as a result of citizen complaints.

“Drug possession and drug sales will not go unnoticed,” said Chief Walter Armstrong. “We had a successful roundup this morning. We were able to arrest every one without incident.”

Many appeared stupified after police pounded on doors to make the arrests, most well before sunrise.

Three of those arrested are accused of crimes in addition to drug activities, officials said.

• Kevin Dewayne Buck, 24, 20 Water Well Road, who had been out on bond for an aggravated assault charge, was arrested at home at 6:35 a.m. and charged with sale of cocaine, Lt. Bobby Stewart said.

• Robert Jerome Hawkins, 33, 213 Demby Drive, was charged with sale of cocaine, Stewart said. He was arrested at 7 a.m. at his sister’s home at 4782 U.S. 61 South. Hawkins already faced two counts of sale of cocaine and was out on bond.

• Jeffery Brown, 34, 2112 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., was arrested at his home at 5:39 a.m. and charged with two counts of sale of cocaine, possession of cocaine and possession of ecstasy, Stewart said. “Upon his arrest, additional narcotics were recovered,” Stewart said. He See Bust, Page A10.

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Jeffery Brown is led away from his home at 2112 MLK Blvd., by Investigators DeWayne Smith, left, and Brad Derrington.

The roundup • Jeffery Brown, 34, 2112 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., charged with two counts of sale of cocaine, possession of cocaine and possession of ecstasy.

• Kevin Dewayne Buck, 24, 20 Water Well Road, charged with sale of cocaine.

• Matthew Jared Duke, 26, 7944 Jeff Davis Road, charged with two counts of sale of a controlled substance, Lorcet and Xanex.

• Robert Jerome Hawkins, 33, 213 Demby Drive, charged with sale of cocaine.

• Michael Porter, 18, 4223 N. Frontage Road, charged with possession of anabolic steroids.

• John Earl Wash, 27, 1773 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., charged with sale of cocaine and possession of weapon by a felon.

Kevin Buck is hauled away from 20 Water Well Road by Chief Walter Armstrong, center right, Lt. Bobby Stewart, back left, and Officer Chris Tanksley.

County considers altering process for public defenders

By Danny Barrett Jr. dbarrett@vicksburgpost.com

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Vicksburg Investigator Randy Naylor directs traffic at the Army Navy Drive and Confederate Avenue intersection after a car with

mechanical trouble stalled traffic being detoured off Washington Street because of the closed Clark Street bridge.

Bridge work delayed 2 more weeks

By Steve Sanoski ssanoski@vicksburgpost.com Vicksburg officials will have two more weeks to nail down the contract to get the bridge replacement project under way at Washington and Clark streets, Mayor Paul Winfield said Wednesday.

Kanzaa Construction of Topeka, Kan., had given the city a March 31 deadline to either sign a contract for construction of a roadwaytopped rail tunnel or rene-

On A2 Riverfest asked to move stage because of shifting land gotiate its not-to-exceed $8.6 million quote set last summer.

“There are some more details the engineers have to furnish the contractors, and so they extended the deadline by two weeks,” Winfield said. “We’ve done what we need to do on our

end at this point, and they just need to get this done.”

At Winfield’s urging, the Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted last week to reallocate roughly $3.7 million in bond funds to the bridge replacement project. The city has been scrambling to fill the funding shortfall since the closure of the 80-year-old bridge along the main north-south corridor through town was closed in January 2009.

See Bridge, Page A3.

BANNERS

A bid system was discussed Wednesday as Warren County supervisors and court officials pondered whether there’s a less expensive and more efficient way to provide attorneys for indigent criminal defendants here.

Creating such a system would merge the ideas of creating a staff of fulltime public defenders with the current system under which judges make appointments by rotat-

ing through a list of 30 to 40 private attorneys.

District Attorney Ricky Smith and both Circuit Court judges, Isadore Patrick and James Chaney, indicated there would be a lead defender, whose salary would be set by supervisors, and other attorneys could then offer to take cases once notified through the county bar association of how much they would be paid.

“Let those people place their names in the till and See Defenders, Page A9.

911 dispatchers to track domestic abuse cases

By Danny Barrett Jr. dbarrett@vicksburgpost.com Warren County will comply with a mandate to improve domestic abuse case records by tasking emergency dispatch staff with the new duty, E-911 Center Director Jason Tatum said Wednesday.

The requirement, initiated by the Legislature in 2007 and developed by the Attorney General’s Office, involves an online database of every

protection order issued in Mississippi so domestic violence offenses can be tracked across jurisdictions and also filed in a national criminal database.

The goal is to provide law enforcement officers everywhere with the histories of any people they encounter when they respond to domestic cases.

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Riverfest asked to move stage due to water main woes

By Tish Butts tbutts@vicksburgpost.com Organizers of the 2010 Vicksburg Riverfest are scheduled to meet with city officials today to determine how the April 16-17 celebration will be affected by the water main woes on Washington Street.

“The city has requested we move our stage that usually sits at China and North Washington streets,” said Erin Hern festival president. She said the stage might have to be moved two blocks, to South and Washington.

Festival planners will publi-

cize the slide situation to prepare out-of-towners for any changes, Hern said. Depending on the weather, thousands of people crowd downtown streets for street dances and other events.

Washington Street, from Grove to Main, has been closed to traffic since Friday when contractors for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, who had begun excavation work for an interpretive center, noticed a dip in the street and the shifting of earth near the 36-inch pipe.

Kenya Burks, chief of staff to Mayor Paul Winfield, said

An Edwards man underwent surgery Wednesday to have part of a knife blade removed after he was stabbed and the weapon broke off in his lower back, officials said.

Walter Jackson, 34, 1646 Betty Hamilton, was stabbed with a blade about 6 inches long while walking in the 1000 block of Meadow Street at about 1:04 p.m. Wednesday, Vicksburg police Sgt. Sandra Williams said.

Jackson’s condition was not available this morning, however, because River Region Medical Center spokesman Allen Karel said the hospital has no record of his being there.

An arrest in the stabbing was made minutes after the attack.

Levon Pinkney, 20, 807 Speed St., was arrested at Oak and Kline streets and charged with aggravated assault following a brief footchase with police, Williams said.

“The motive for the assault is unknown,” she said.

The weapon was found in a storm drain at Speed and Hunt streets, and Pinkney’s sister Shaquita Pinkney, 18, of the same address, was charged with accessory after the fact for moving the knife from the scene and dropping it into the drain.

She was released from the Warren County Jail on a $5,000 bond.

Levon Pickney was held without bond at Issaquena County Jail.

Toddler in hospital after attack by dog A Vicksburg toddler was taken to the hospital after being mauled by a family dog while playing in the yard.

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from staff reports The 20-month-old boy, Jack Gaines, was in good condition this morning at University Medical Center, hospital spokesman Peggy Wagner said.

Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace said the boy was attacked by the family’s 5-year-old, 70-pound cur dog while playing in the backyard with other family members Wednesday night.

Pace said the “dog just bolted across the yard and grabbed the boy by his face,” and the boy’s grandfather, Ira Erwin, was able to beat the dog off his grandson and rescue him at the family home at 733 Stenson Road. Jack, the son of Robin Causey and Brad Gaines, initially was taken to River Region Medical Center and then transferred to UMC. The dog has been detained at the Vicksburg Humane Society.

Two city teens held for theft of auto Two Vicksburg teens were in the Warren County Jail this morning on an auto theft charge.

DeMichael Janard Jones, 17, 303 Hillside Drive, was arrested at 10:36 a.m.

Wednesday at his home and charged with auto theft, Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace said. He said Marvel Hunter, 18, 1840 Martin Luther King Drive, who was arrested and had been held without bond since March 24 on a separate burglary charge in the city, was also charged in the theft.

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of packed sand below the movement is still secure.

Unrelated, in a special called meeting Wednesday afternoon, the Vicksburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen OK’d a contract for engineering services with IMS Engineers of Jackson for a pair of Natural Resources Conservation Service road and bank stabilization projects on North Frontage Road and Pauline Street.

NRCS projects are 85 percent federally funded, with a 15 percent local match, plus engineering fees.

579th’s send-off is Friday

By Tish Butts tbutts@vicksburgpost.com Soldiers from the 579th Engineer Detachment will leave Vicksburg Friday for their first deployThe deployment since the ment cereunit’s mony for the reactiva579th Engition in neer Detach2007. ment will be Family, at 12:30 p.m. friends Friday at the and solVicksburg diers from the District buildMissising on Clay sippi Street.

Valley Division, the Engineer Research and Development Center, the Vicksburg District and the Army Reserve 412th Theater Engineer Command are invited to say farewell to the team during a 12:30 p.m. ceremony at the Vicksburg District building, 4155 Clay St., detachment spokesman Mark Abueg said.

Scheduled to speak during the ceremony are Vicksburg Mayor Paul Winfield, Brig.

Gen. Michael Walsh, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Mississippi Valley Division, and Col. Richard W. Dean, commander of 579th, Abueg said.

Dean, who assumed command of the detachment on March 1, will lead the team serving in Afghanistan for about year, Abueg said.

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Lt. Bobby Stewart, right, and Sgt. Sandra Williams inspect a knife believed used in a stabbing Wednesday.

March 19.

Pace said the teens are accused of stealing a 2009 Honda Accord which was reported missing March 11 from the 13000 block of U.S. 61 South. The car had been found abandoned on Alpine Street on March 19. Both were each held on a $5,000 bond for the theft.

Oven, clock, phone among missing items A business burglary and a residential burglary were reported in the city

Wednesday.

A GE microwave oven valued at $100, a Rosewood antique clock valued at $285, an antique pear clock valued at $500 and a small sculpture valued at $100 were reported missing at 1:02 p.m. from Belle of the Bends Bed & Breakfast, 508 Klein St. A Motorola cell phone valued at $250, a gold watch valued at $50, an electric iron valued at $25 and a pair of Nike sneakers valued at $65 were reported missing at 4:58 p.m. from a home in the 2500 block of Oak Street.

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“We’re supposed to be getting some numbers on that this evening or tomorrow,” he said.

A break in the main near the city’s water purification plant at the E.W. Haining Industrial Center in 2006 cost the city $60,000 to repair.

Vicksburg and Warren County officials declared a state of emergency Monday to solicit funding and assistance in the event the line would break, which would stop service to city and some rural customers.

Burks said Wednesday evening that the temporary hold

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departments throughout the city are working together to reduce further damage.

“We don’t want anything to cause additional vibrations,” said Burks.

She said the city also is working with the federal officials in deciding on a course of action. “They’re still working with the Corps as far as a rerouting of the water line,” said Burks.

Winfield said this morning the city is getting a cost estimate on moving the water main off Washington Street, north of last week’s slide, to First East Street.

Edwards man stabbed; Vicksburg man held

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churches Triumphant Baptist — Revival crusade, 7 tonight; 124 Pittman Road; Pastor Dexter Jones, 601-218-1318.

Greater Grove Street M.B. — Spring revival, 7:30 tonightFriday; the Rev. Randy Leflore, speaker; Dr. Casey D. Fisher, pastor; Easter Cantata at 7 Saturday night; 2715 Alcorn Drive.

Soul Saving M.B. — Good Friday service, 5 p.m. Friday; 522 Locust St.; the Rev. Jessie L. Jones, pastor.

Pleasant Valley — Choir rehearsal, 5:30 p.m. Friday; 2585 N. Washington St. Jackson Street M.B. — Good Friday service, 7 p.m. Friday; 1416 Jackson St.; John W. Carroll Sr., pastor.

Mount Pisgah Baptist — Car wash, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday;

LD’s Kitchen in Marcus Bottom.

Bowmar Baptist — Egg hunt, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday; ages birth-kindergarten.

Soul Saving M.B. — Seafood cookout, 11 a.m-3 p.m. Saturday; $6 plate; Carolyn Smith, 601-529-9864; proceeds benefit One Father’s Children Project.

Pleasant Valley M.B. — Leadership training, 10 a.m. Saturday; egg hunt, 4 p.m.; 260 Mississippi 27; the Rev. Joe Harris, pastor; public welcome.

Mount Pilgrim M.B. — Play practice, 4:30 p.m. Saturday; Mary D. Gaines, 601-638-6051, or Alma Hamberlin, 601-6384357.

New Rock of Ages M.B. — Youth Department Easter program, 5 p.m. Saturday; 2944 Valley St.

clubs Sherman Avenue PTA — Planning meeting, 5:30 tonight; school cafeteria.

Former Kuhn Employees — Reunion planning meeting, 6:30 tonight; Jackson Street Community Center, 923 Walnut St.; Eva Farrish Ford, 601-638-3086; Emma Wilson,

601-529-6001; or J.L. Mitchell, 601-636-0136.

Army/Navy — Steak dinner, 7 tonight at the clubhouse.

Democratic Executive Committee — 6-8 p.m. Friday; all Democrats invited; John Shorter, chairman; Jackson Street Community Center.

Fort Hill Reunion — Meeting, noon Saturday; Jackson Street Community Center, 923 Walnut St.; Ruby Thomas, 601852-2430, or Willie M. Johnson, 601-638-5440.

Ashmead Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution — 10 a.m. Saturday; Main Street Market, Cherry and Main streets; “Katrina: Mississippi Women Remembered”

by Melody Golding; prospective members welcome.

Rosa A. Temple Class of 1970 — 70s Dance, 9 p.m.

Saturday; American Legion, The Hut; DJ, J.L. “Horseman” Mitchell; $5 in advance, $6 at the door.

PublIc PrOGrAMs Sisters By Choice Cancer Support Group — 6 tonight, Dr. Kathleen Hardin, River Region radiologist, speaker; Porters Chapel United Method-

ist Church, 200 Porters Chapel Road.

Brain Injury Support Group — 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday; River Region West conference room; 601-981-0127 or 601415-4520.

Celebrate Recovery Support Group — Christ-centered, 12-step program groups for those suffering from hurts, hang-ups and habits; 6 p.m.

Fridays at Mafan Building, 1315 Adams St.; 601-6305070.

Jackson Audubon Society — 8-10 a.m. Saturday; monthly bird walk; LeFleur’s Bluff State Park, Jackson; 601-9567444.

H&R Block Blood Drive — 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday; donors receive a T-shirt; 2196 Iowa Blvd.

Easter Egg Hunt — 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday; ages infant-10 years; Knights of Columbus Home.

Levi’s — A Gathering Place; 7-10 p.m. Saturday, music by Wright Road Band; donations appreciated.

Narcotics Anonymous 100% Recovery — 7 p.m. Thursdays and Saturdays, 1220 Clay St.; Nate G., 731-460-9546.

Warren County DHS — Office closed Friday; will reopen Monday.

YMCA Community Sunrise Service — 7 a.m. Sunday; Fort Nogales; parking and shuttle.

Patricia A. Scott Memorial Scholarship — Available to female student in Vicksburg Warren or Claiborne County school district; offered by Nu Kappa Zeta chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc.; applications in high school counselors’ offices; deadline is April 15.

beNeFITs Taking it Back Outreach Ministry — 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Wednesdays-Fridays, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays; plus sizes, assorted men’s and children’s clothes, purses, new items; 1314 Fillmore St.; 601-6380794 or 601-831-2056.

Ida Mae Moffett Benefit — 6:30 p.m. Friday; taking donations; Jimmy Cotton and the Visionaires, Triumphant Mass Choir and others; Christine Steward, 601-638-8072; Sandra Wesley, 601-634-1661; or Victor Gilliam, 601-529-5849; Triumphant Baptist Church, 124 Pittman Road.

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Auctioneer on trial for bad checks in Warren, Forrest

By Ben Piper The Hattiesburg American HATTIESBURG — It’s a tale of two Jim Durhams — at least, that’s how it was presented Wednesday in Forrest County Circuit Court.

The former vice president of Durham Auctions is on trial for writing more than $225,000 in bad checks for various types of equipment not delivered to multiple customers, with the Warren County Board of Supervisors being duped the most, according to the Forrest County prosecutors.

Durham co-owned Durham Auctions with his father, Don Durham. Richard Winans, Warren County road manager, testified the county had worked with Durham Auctions since the mid-1980s and had sold millions of dollars in equipment through the company.

The first problem was in 2008 when the county received a check for $125,000, the selling price of a surplus motor grader, and it bounced, said Vicksburg attorney Kenneth Rector who was hired to investigate the matter.

“The $125,000 belongs to the taxpayers, so it was my duty to see what I could do to refund the money or prosecute the person who caused the county not to have these funds,” he testified.

Durham’s signature was on the check and the responsibility his to make sure payment was made, according to prosecutors. Rector said the funds owed to the county were supposed to be in an escrow account, but the account was overdrawn.

“I can think of several reasons why the money is not there, and none of them are good,” Rector testified. “If I’m supposed to have a client’s money in escrow, and it’s not there, then I’m going to have a lot of trouble.”

Durham is charged with four counts of felony bad checks dating to May 2008. DeCarlo Hood, Forrest County assistant district attorney, said Warren County is the largest payee.

Defense attorney Richard Diamond said the case against Durham does not make common sense or business sense. He said the Warren County Board of Supervisors was in business with Durham for more than 20 years with no problems.

“You don’t steal from a 25- or 30-year customer after doing millions of dollars worth of business,” he said. “And you don’t steal a portion of their pocketbook.”

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The largest chunk of bond funds, $2.2 million, was to go toward finishing softball fields at a sports complex under construction on Fisher Ferry Road. Another $1.5 million was dedicated to paving projects, primarily in the North Ward.

The bond issue, approved in 2006, already had $5 million tabbed for the project.

City officials have formally requested a $4 million federal earmark from local delegates and are expecting a Federal Railroad Administration reimbursement of $1 million per year for four years after the tunnel is completed.

If those expectations are met, the net local cost will be about $600,000 and the funds for the sports fields and paving projects will be replenished. Winfield said the city should know by June about a federal earmark.

The mayor said he is confident the city will reach a deal

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Jacqueline Peoples, owner of Prestige Fashion, 1508 Washington St., stands in her new store. The store, also owned

by Andrew Peoples, offers men’s and women’s clothes and accessories. Hours are Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The phone number is 601-661-6087.

Fewer at Grand Gulf answer to safety audit From staff reports Fewer Grand Gulf Nuclear Station employees responded to a safety audit than at other nuclear plants.

The response rate to the independent safety culture survey conducted by Entergy Operations at the only nuclear plant in Mississippi was 65.6 percent of the approximately 400 employees at the Claiborne County plant.

Questions involved safety awareness of the work environment, values and practices and various other employee concerns relating to safety.

Results were read at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s regional offices in Arlington, Texas.

Grand Gulf consistently scores high in efficiency and overall safety rankings. An annual safety and preparedness inspection conducted by NRC showed the plant earned favorable ratings for 2009.

Other nuclear plants in the survey were River Bend, in St. Francisville, La., Water-

ford 3 in Taft, La. and Arkansas Nuclear One, in Russellville. Presentations of similar surveys on other Entergyrun plants involving company staff and NRC officials were held Monday at the federal agency’s Illinois regional headquarters, with another planned April 13 at its Pennsylvania regional office.

River Bend had the highest response to the survey, at 85 percent. Grand Gulf’s response level rose less than 1 percent compared to previous surveys.

Upgrades to Grand Gulf’s power-generating capacity are expected to be approved

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“It might even happen sometime next week,” he said. “And if it does, then within 10 days of confirmation they’ll be on the ground.”

The first phase of the bridge replacement will include the creation of a new city street running parallel to the current DiamondJacks Casino entrance off Washington Street, just south of the derelict bridge. The casino entrance will be widened into three lanes, two for city traffic and one for casino patrons. The street will connect with Lee Street. Actual tunnel construction will be included in phase two of the work, which will likely start this summer if the contract is signed soon, Winfield has said. The entire project is expected to take about a year to complete.

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TUNICA — A jury has convicted a 62-year-old former funeral home employee of pocketing $600 from a couple to bury their stillborn baby when the funeral home did such funerals for free.

Attorney General Jim Hood said it took the Tunica County Circuit Court jury three hours late Monday to convict Frances Powell of Tunica of felony false pretense. Hood said Powell took advantage of a grieving family.

Powell also is accused of embezzling from the funeral home on or about Dec. 21, 2004, through until Jan. 9, 2009.

Judge Charles E. Webster delayed sentencing on the false pretense conviction until after Powell’s embezzlement trial, which is scheduled to begin April 12.

Laurel man arrested on child porn charge LAUREL — A 51-yearold Laurel man has been charged with possession of child pornography.

Michael Lee Gage was arrested Monday by the Laurel police and the state attorney general’s cyber

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Gage is charged with one count possession of child porn. He is being held in the Laurel jail on $1 million bond.

Gulfport man accused of kidnapping, rape GULFPORT — A 48-yearold Gulfport man is in custody following the investigation of a complaint he kidnapped and raped a 14-year-old girl from Biloxi, police said.

Michael B. Moore is being held in the Harrison County Jail. Bond has been set at $200,000.

Authorities said Moore is accused of kidnapping the girl from Biloxi sometime in December and taking her to Gulfport for the rape.

Gulfport police released details Wednesday and said detectives began investigating the allegations after hearing of the complaint March 15.

Police Sgt. Chris Ryle said that the girl was not acquainted with Moore but said she had seen him around the neighborhood.

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Prosecutors tried to paint Durham, former vice president of Durham Auctions, as a man who defrauded multiple customers of thousands of dollars with bad checks.

Durham’s defense insisted he was just a horrible businessman who made multiple mistakes leading to the bankruptcy of his personal life and family business.

The other three counts involved Southeastern Concrete, Mad Dawg Inc. and Quin-Co Inc. Equipment was sold at auction, a check sent and insufficient funds stamped on the check and returned to the customer.

Durham admitted collecting money at auction, writing the bad checks and receiving the notices of insufficient funds. He said there was no intent to defraud his customers, however.

“In no way, when I sent out checks, did I know that some of them weren’t going to be paid,” he said.

Durham also said money put into escrow accounts from auction revenues were not used for paying salaries, utility bills or travel.

The prosecution accused Durham of paying loans out of the escrow account, which he admitted.

“We paid people from the escrow account who sold items at auction, and we also paid people who we had borrowed money from, and then turn around and borrow more money,” he said.

The auction company and Durham both filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2008, according to Durham. Diamond revealed that Durham Inc. and Durham collectively owe approximately $15 million to banks and investors — including $8 million owed to private investors.

One of those investors was businessman Marvin Clark, of Olathe, Kan. Clark won a default judgment in the amount of $405,000 on July 1, 2008.

Up until that point, Durham testified, Community Bank had agreed to cover any overdrafts from the company’s escrow account for a fee. However, seven days after the Clark judgment, the bank started sending back checks with insufficient funds, according to Durham.

The prosecution rested in the bad checks case Wednesday. The defense is expected to conclude with a forensic accountant today.

Court will reconvene at 9:30 a.m. under Judge Bob Helfrich.

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OLD POST FILES 120 YEARS AGO: 1890 A farewell dance is given for Cora Shaw of Louisville, Ky., who has been visiting here. • J.E. Mattingly leaves for Coldwater to see about some timber.

110 YEARS AGO: 1900 Mayor W.L. Trowbridge predicts the census this year will show Vicksburg’s population between 16,000 and 18,000.

100 YEARS AGO: 1910 Gov. Noel appoints Hon. Charles Thames to preside during Judge Mounger’s illness.

90 YEARS AGO: 1920 Hitting a hidden obstruction, the U.S. Government steamer Humphreys, valued at $150,000, sinks at the mouth of the Red River. • The Rev. J.S. Hillhouse is seriously ill.

80 YEARS AGO: 1930 Hon. Patrick J. Hurley, secretary of war, accepts an invitation to participate in the dedication of the Vicksburg bridge.

70 YEARS AGO: 1940 Members of the Vicksburg Exchange Club observe charter night. Thomas Bailey of Meridian presents the charter to A.P. Andrews, president of the local club.

60 YEARS AGO: 1950 The Kiwanis Club hears the need for port facilities in Vicksburg. • The Mississippi Legislature in Jackson votes to double the tax on beer to help pay for rural roads.

50 YEARS AGO: 1960 Mrs. Meredith Schaff is elected president of the SFXA Alumnae Association. • Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Kittrell announce the birth of a son, William Howard Jr., on March 30.

OUR OPINION

40 YEARS AGO: 1970

Stability

Mrs. Morgan Warren is visiting relatives in Shreveport, La. • O.E. Myers dies. • Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ligon and children, of Richardson, Texas, are here visiting relatives for the holidays.

• Newell Walton, Edwards resident, dies.

30 YEARS AGO: 1980 Mr. and Mrs. Ben Allen III announce the birth of a son, John Clayton, on April 5.

Employers scared of this administration In his State of the Union speech, President Barack Obama promised to stay “laser focused” on job creation. It’s April, and while there are signs of life on Wall Street, the job market has remained sluggish.

Warren County joblessness was 12.4 percent for February, down from a revised 12.5 percent calculation for January. The indicator is headed in the right direction, but compares to a rate of 9 percent for the same month last year. The statewide rate also fell in February, to 12 percent.

Probably the largest federal step in job creation has been the new $15 billion jobs bill, which provides tax breaks for businesses that hire unemployed workers. But that measure has to be viewed in context with the $787 billion stimulus package passed a year ago with the statement that it would keep unemployment below 8 percent. That,

of course, did not happen.

Jobs grow best in a climate of certainty and stability. Obama’s single-minded drive to pass a health care bill that will likely raise the cost of employing a worker as well as the tax burden on employers has businesses wary of adding to their payroll.

Likewise, worry about the effect of climate change regulations on business costs has added to private-sector jitters.

Even though markets have been rising, entrepreneurial investment has dropped $327 billion, or 19 percent, since the recession started and is not rebounding with the nascent economic recovery. Private investment is essential to employment growth.

Calming the waters would be the best way for Obama to fulfill his laser focus pledge.

A big first step would be for him to stop vilifying the private sector in his comments, seeing com-

20 YEARS AGO: 1990

merce as nothing more than a source for more and more taxes and enacting more and more laws and regulations that discourage starting or expanding businesses.

After all, it’s not just the private sector that benefits from jobs.

With all the new programs and initiatives this administration envisions, there will be a tremendous new demand for revenue.

And where does government get its revenue? From commerce.

The president needs to show he understands how the economy works. His critics are, with justification, going ballistic over deficit spending and the national debt.

The keys to turning that around are (1) less spending and, almost as importantly (2) more working people paying taxes.

Jobs serve the interests of families, but they also serve the treasury. Being “laser focused” needs to be more than a slogan.

St. Francis Elementary student Zach Vollor and fifth-grader Angelakae Burden show off their winning posters from the Play A Day in May Away poster contest. • Laura Strickland of Culkin Elementary School is a winner in the sixth Annual Young Writers Contest. • Yolande Robbins is the second Architectural Review Board member to resign in less than a week, saying functions as bureaucrats are taking precedence over responsibilities as human beings.

10 YEARS AGO: 2000 A Rottweiler puppy is reported stolen from Pittman Road. • Residents along Honeysuckle Lane oppose a proposed low-income housing development in the area.

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by Bill Stahler

Obama wins, and everybody loves a winner The victory came ugly and it was narrow. But it was also sweet. It was historic and, politically, it was big.

The question is: Will the passage of health care reform also prove a pyrrhic victory for Democrats — one that will devastate the winners in the 2010 elections?

Republicans think so, citing polls showing health care reform to be deeply unpopular.

As former speaker Newt Gingrich, declared in an e-mail blast Wednesday — titled “This Will Not Stand” — “in every recent poll, the vast majority of Americans opposed this monstrosity.”

That was largely true up to the moment that the House passed the health care bill Sunday. But on Tuesday, the USA Today/Gallup poll showed that opinion had flipped and that, by 49 percent to 40 percent, those polled said it was “a good thing” that health care passed.

And, on closer examination, the most negative of the pre-vote polls showed a silver lining for Democrats.

The top line of the March 19-21 CNN/ Opinion Research poll showed that, by 59 percent to 39 percent, voters opposed the bill that the House was about to vote on.

But when asked why, 13 percent

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Almost certainly, Democratic voters will be energized by their party’s achievement of the long-sought goal of nearuniversal insurance coverage — for sure, compared to the demoralization that failure would have produced.

of those opposed said the bill was “not liberal enough.” Add them to the 39 percent in favor, and the balance came out 52 percent in support and 43 percent against, just about President Barack Obama’s margin of victory in 2008.

Almost certainly, Democratic voters will be energized by their party’s achievement of the long-sought goal of near-universal insurance coverage — for sure, compared to the demoralization that failure would have produced.

And, they may be further motivated by the ugliness demonstrated

by Tea Party opponents of the measure — racist and homophobic slurs and threats of violence — and the condoning of misbehavior by some Republican leaders.

The chances are, with unemploy-

ment remaining high, Republicans will score major gains in the November election.

Moreover, seniors, who vote, remain opposed to health care reform, while young and poor people, who favor it, don’t vote.

But Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., had it right in one major argument that she used to sway wavering members: You’re going to get attacked whether we win or lose, and if we lose, you’ll have nothing to show for it.

Now Democrats have something to show — 32 million people now without health insurance will have it, though not until 2014.

But almost immediately, insurance companies will not be able to deny coverage to children based on preexisting illnesses, will not be able to

cancel the insurance of those who are sick and will not be able to impose lifetime benefit limits.

Moreover, parents will be able to cover their dependent children up to age 26.

All this will come at huge cost, of course. As Republicans, led by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., have demonstrated repeatedly, health care reform will balloon the federal deficit, not contain it, when all costs are figured in, especially the forthcoming $371 billion “fix” to protect doctors from Medicare cuts.

Insurance premiums will rise even faster than they would otherwise because the government is mandating increased coverage without guaranteeing that everyone will have to buy insurance.

The overall health care cost “curve” will bend even more steeply upward — contrary to Democratic claims — as 32 million more people have access to health coverage and a finite supply of doctor and hospital services.

Cost-containment mechanisms in the Democratic legislation are largely experimental, including changes in fee-for-service medicine, comparative effectiveness measures and a commission to impose Medicare cuts.

Nothing in the bill enlists patients

to be cost-conscious consumers. In fact, to placate labor unions, the final version weakened the effect of the tax on “Cadillac” insurance, one of the few certain cost savers in the legislation.

Republicans are right in asserting that, instead of reducing unsustainable entitlement costs, the Democrats have created a massive new entitlement that will add to the burden of debt piled on the next generation, menacing the nation’s longterm well-being.

And they are right to say that health care was passed with special interest deals; in secret, Democratsonly negotiations; and with some votes “purchased” with state-specific benefits.

Independent voters, the Gallup poll showed, disliked the way Democrats in Congress handled health care by a wide margin, 37 percent to 22 percent.

Yet, at the end of the day, Democrats won and Republicans lost. Obama emerged stronger, not weaker. That may help Democrats avoid a wipeout in November.

•

Morton Kondracke is executive editor of Roll Call, the newspaper of Capitol Hill.

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Offshore drilling

Economist says oil support firms stand to gain from expanded plan NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana-based industries supporting the petroleum industry stand to gain under President Barack Obama’s plan to expand offshore drilling.

Shipbuilders, offshore structure fabrication companies and offshore transport companies eventually could see increased demand for their supplies and products, said Louisiana State University economist Loren Scott. “There are certain industries that will be poised to gain,�

Scott said.

Reversing a ban on oil drilling off most U.S. shores, Obama on Wednesday announced an expansive new policy that could put oil and natural gas platforms in waters along the southern Atlantic coastline, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and part of Alaska.

Scott said Louisiana shipbuilding companies such as Bollinger Shipyards and Edison Chouest Offshore are well-placed if increased drilling pushes up demand for vessels that cart personnel and supplies from the shore to the platforms. “They have all the infrastructure to do this,� Scott said. “I doubt anyone is going to build a new shipyard in Virginia when these companies are already here.�

Louisiana also is the home of several large yards that build the huge structures used in offshore drilling, owned by Global Industries Ltd. and Gulf Island Fabrication Inc. and Houston-based McDermott International Inc. Two major offshore transportation companies, Tidewater Inc. and Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc., also are based in Louisiana. “We hope that it does come to pass,� said Tidewater spokesman Joe Bennett. “We’ll be well-positioned to participate if it does.�

The head of Louisiana MidContinent Oil and Gas Association, a major trade organization, called Obama’s announcement “a very positive first step in securing American’s energy future.�

Association president Chris John said he was optimistic, even though Obama’s proposal

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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Oftentimes there are National Hurricane Center is places that aren’t in considering adding a stormsurge warning to its list of the cone of a hurricane watches and warnings issued New policy expands offshore drilling New policy expands drilling warning but are during hurricane season. offshore President Barack Obama reversed a ban on oil drilling off most U.S. President Barack Obama reversed a ban on oil drilling off most U.S. Center officials floated shores that could allow new oil and natural gas operations in waters shores that could allow new oil andthe natural gas operations in waters vulnerable to storm along the Atlantic coastline, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and part of along theof Atlantic coastline, the warneastern Gulf of Mexico and part of idea a storm-surge Alaska.

Alaska. areas would ing Wednesday to a crowd surges. Those Newly approved for exploration and development New protected Newly approved for exploration and development New protected of managers, areas areas Open for exploration, study and development Openemergency for exploration, study and development benefit from a stormfirst responders and meteosurge warning, said Bill rologists attending the 2010 Boston Boston National Hurricane ConferChukchi director Beaufortof the Chukchi Beaufort Read, Sea Sea Sea Sea ence in Orlando.

No decision will be Ocean madeCity for National Hurricane Center Ocean City another two or three years. in Miami.

Virginia Beach Virginia Beach Oftentimes there are places Charleston that aren’t in theCharleston cone of a hurricane warning but are “We’re thinking Cookwe Inletneed to Jacksonville Jacksonville Cook Inlet New Orleans New Orleans Houston Houston vulnerable to storm surges. have thatBristol Bay warning.�

Bristol Bay (Alaska is on a (Alaska is on aIke not Those areas would benefit In 2008, Hurricane different scale) different scale) 230 miles 230 miles from the coastdamaged 75 percent from a storm-surge warning, from the coast only 288 miles from the coast 288 miles from the coast said Bill Read, director of the of the houses in Galveston, NOTE: Areas are for planning purposes and may not reflect the full extent of NOTE: Areas are for planning purposes and may not reflect the full extent of boundaries. Federal waters start nine miles from the coast along the Gulf of boundaries.

Federal waters start nine miles the coastbut alongalso the Gulf of National Hurricane Center in fromTexas, submerged Mexico and three miles on the Eastern shoreline.

Mexico and three miles on the Eastern shoreline.

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Read said. or editing and regulators before being Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s petroleum industry.

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Management Serviceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long- John said. term offshore lease plan.

In Wednesday trading, Gulf John called the proposal Island Fabrication shares to open up the eastern Gulf jumped $2, or 10.1 percent, to FLOWOOD (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Missis- will begin Aug. 23. â&#x20AC;&#x153;the crown jewelâ&#x20AC;? for Louisi- close at $21.75. Those shares MC will offer more than 30 sippi College will open a satana because of its proximity traded as high as $22.80 during classes in Flowood with gradellite campus in Flowood for to the region. the session.

Still, John said there was a McDermott International classes in the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s acceler- uate level and continuing education courses planned potential â&#x20AC;&#x153;two-edged swordâ&#x20AC;? rose 21 cents to $26.92, Global ated degree program. later. The building has eight The Flowood campus will â&#x20AC;&#x201D; while Obama is proposing Industries added 7 cents and classrooms and will offer live replace a current location in more offshore drilling, his closed at $6.42, Tidewater lost classes by way of video and latest federal budget proposal 10 cents to close at $47.27 and Brandon.

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Police: N.J. teen sold stepsister for party sex D.C. cops aim to stop 7-year-old gang-raped by as many as 7 men in apartment TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — It started with a party invitation to a 15-year-old girl from some men she knew. She took her 7-year-old stepsister to an apartment down the street from their home near the Statehouse, where the girls had been hanging around outside on a Sunday afternoon.

For the younger girl, police say it quickly descended into a horrifying ordeal in which she was gang-raped by as many as seven men as her sister not only watched but got paid by those who did it.

Their parents, none the wiser, thought maybe they had run away.

“We’re talking about a kid who told her sister to go into an apartment and let people rape her,” said Trenton police Capt. Joseph Juniak. “It’s unfathomable.”

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Rowan Towers, the apartment building in Trenton, N.J., where police say a 7-year-old was sold by her stepsister, 15, for sex. an adult. She was being held at the Mercer County Youth Detention Center.

The 7-year-old had wanted to tag along because she was worried about the 15-yearold’s safety, Mayor Doug Palmer said.

When the girls didn’t return home by 4:30 Sunday after-

noon, their parents called police, believing the older one had run away from home and taken her younger sister with her.

In fact, they were down the street inside a 13th-floor apartment at Rowan Towers, a high-rise complex so dangerous that police are hired as

security guards at night.

“They keep it clean on the outside, but it’s what’s on the inside that you have to worry about,” said neighbor William Johnson, who says police are coming out of the building all the time.

Inside apartment 13-C, police said, the 7-year-old was soon left alone as her sister headed to a back bedroom to sell sex to several men. When she came out into the living room, she handed her 7-year-old sister money and encouraged her to let the men touch her.

“It went from touching to straight out assault and rape,” Juniak said. “They threatened to kill her if she screamed or told anyone.”

Afterward, the child put on her clothes and left. Her sister stayed behind with the men.

Two women found the child crying and walked her home, where police were waiting.

The child told them what happened and was treated at a hospital. When police located the 15-year-old, she also told them what happened and was arrested.

payback shootings WASHINGTON (AP) — A possible feud among neighborhood crews, three shootings and five fatalities have authorities in the nation’s capital trying to stop more paybacks in an area known for drugs and violence just 7 miles from the White House.

Tuesday night, a crowd sprayed with bullets in a driveby shooting that killed four and wounded five had just returned from the funeral of man slain nearby. A 20-yearold man, who was wounded in a third shooting, is a suspect in the other two, authorities said Wednesday.

Police were trying to gather information to see if retaliation is planned and prevent it, said Assistant Police Chief Peter Newshan. He said neighborhood crews are more loosely associated than gangs.

Police Chief Cathy Lanier called the drive-by — the worst shooting in D.C. in at least 16 years — an egregious type of retaliation. “It’s ridiculous and the community is tired of it.”

Possible heart risk with prostate drug, study says Full results of a big study testing a drug for preventing prostate cancer show a higher risk of heart failure, a surprise finding that could dampen enthusiasm for expanding its use.

On Monday, GlaxoSmithKline PLC asked the federal Food and Drug Administration to approve its drug Avodart as a cancer preventive for men at higher-than-normal risk of the disease. The drug is already sold for urinary problems, and no heart failure risks have been seen with that use, doctors say.

Results of a study testing it as a cancer preventive were given at a medical conference last year, but the heart risk information had not been analyzed at that time so only the main results of the study were presented, a Glaxo spokeswoman said.

Full results were published in today’s New England Journal of Medicine.

The study involved 6,700 men with high scores from PSA blood tests but no sign of cancer on biopsy. They were given Avodart or dummy pills and new biopsies four years later. Prostate cancer was found in 25 percent of those on dummy pills and 20 percent of those on Avodart.

That’s the same risk reduction as other studies have found from a similar drug, finasteride, sold in generic form and as Proscar, made

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by Merck & Co. Inc. Studies did not find an increased risk of heart failure with Proscar.

In the Avodart study, heart failure developed in 30 men on the drug versus only 16 on dummy pills.

Autopsy: Trainer died of trauma, drowning ORLANDO, Fla. — A SeaWorld Orlando trainer attacked by a killer whale died of drowning and bluntforce trauma to her head, neck and torso, an autopsy released Wednesday showed.

The report by the Medical Examiner’s Office ruled Dawn Brancheau’s official cause of death as drowning and traumatic injuries. Her death was ruled an accident, and toxicology tests found no drugs in her system.

The killer whale snatched the 40-year-old trainer from a poolside platform in its jaws and thrashed her around underwater, killing her in front of a horrified audience Feb. 24. It was the third time the animal had been involved in a human death.

SeaWorld Orlando spokeswoman Becca Bides said the park had no comment.

Militia suspect denies involvement in plot DETROIT — A Michigan

man authorities accuse of being a “heavy gunner” for a Midwest Christian militia denies involvement in any plot to overthrow the government, his attorney says, and she plans to present evidence to prove he’s different from his fellow defendants.

Michael David Meeks, 40, of Manchester, was facing a federal detention hearing today in Detroit, where defense attorney Lisa Kirsch Satawa said evidence would be presented to distinguish Meeks from eight other suspected members of Hutaree charged with seditious conspiracy, or plotting to levy war against the U.S. Laying out the Hutaree hierarchy during a Wednesday hearing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Ronald Waterstreet told a magistrate that accused ringleader David Brian Stone had designated Meeks and 46-year-old Thomas W. Piatek of Indiana “heavy gunners.”

Stone, Meeks, Piatek and six other suspected Hutaree members — self-proclaimed

“Christian warriors” who trained themselves in paramilitary techniques in preparation for a battle against the Antichrist — were arrested in weekend raids.

Indiana cops on leave in stun gun use on boy MARTINSVILLE, Ind. —Two Indiana police officers have been placed on administrative suspension after they used a stun gun on an unruly 10-year-old boy at a home day care.

The officers visited the home Tuesday in response to a call that the boy was being combative and trying to harm other children and caretakers, Martinsville police said. It was not their first visit to the home.

When the officers arrived the boy was out of control, hitting and kicking and refusing to listen, police said. The officers used a stun gun and slapped the boy to subdue him. The Morgan County Sheriff’s Department will investigate.

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Archer-Daniels (ADM) . 28.90 American Fin. (AFG). . . 28.45 Ameristar (ASCA) . . . . . 18.22 Auto Zone (AZO) . . . . 173.09 Bally Technologies (BYI). .40.54 BancorpSouth (BXS) . . 20.96 Britton Koontz (BKBK). 12.78 Cracker Barrel (CBRL) . 46.38 Champion Ent. (CHB) . . . . .20 Com. Health Sys. (CYH) . .36.93 Computer Sci. Corp. (CSC)...54.49 Cooper Industries (CBE) .47.94 CBL and Associates (CBL)..13.70 CSX Corp. (CSX). . . . . . . 50.90 East Group Prprties (EGP).. 37.74 El Paso Corp. (EP) . . . . . 10.84 Entergy Corp. (ETR) . . . 81.35

Fastenal (FAST) . . . . . . . 47.99 Family Dollar (FDO) . . . 36.61 Fred’s (FRED). . . . . . . . . . 12.01 Int’l Paper (IP). . . . . . . . . 24.61 Janus Capital Group (JNS)...14.29 J.C. Penney (JCP). . . . . . 32.17 Kroger Stores (KR) . . . . 21.66 Kan. City So. (KSU) . . . . 36.17 Legg Mason (LM) . . . . . 28.67 Parkway Properties (PKY) .. 18.78 PepsiAmerica Inc. (PAS). . .29.98 Regions Financial (RF). . 7.85 Rowan (RDC) . . . . . . . . . 29.11 Saks Inc. (SKS) . . . . . . . . . .8.60 Sears Holdings (SHLD). . 108.43 Simpson-DuraVent (SSD) .. 27.76 Sunoco (SUN). . . . . . . . . 29.71 Trustmark (TRMK). . . . . 24.43 Tyco Intn’l (TYC) . . . . . . 38.25 Tyson Foods (TSN) . . . . 19.15 Viacom (VIA) . . . . . . . . . . 36.68 Walgreens (WAG) . . . . . 37.09 Wal-Mart (WMT) . . . . . . 55.60

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is setting tough gas mileage standards for new cars and trucks, spurring the next generation of fuel-sipping gas-electric hybrids, efficient engines and electric cars.

The heads of the Transportation Department and the Environmental Protection Agency today were signing final rules requiring 2016 model-year vehicles to meet fuel efficiency targets of 35.5 miles per gallon combined for cars and trucks, an increase of nearly 10 mpg over current standards set by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The EPA, which received the power to regulate carbon dioxide emissions in a 2007 Supreme Court ruling, will set a tailpipe emissions standard of 250 grams of carbon dioxide per mile for vehicles sold in 2016, or the equivalent of what would be emitted by vehicles meeting the mileage standard. The EPA is issuing its first rules ever on vehicle greenhouse gas emissions.

President Barack Obama, previewing the plan Wednesday, said it marked a reversal “after decades in which we have done little to increase auto efficiency.” Obama said the standards would “reduce our dependence on oil while helping folks spend a little less at the pump.”

Each auto company will have a different fuel-efficiency target, based on its mix of vehi-

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The engine inside the 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid is at the New York International Auto Show in New York cles. Automakers that build more small cars will have a higher target than car companies that manufacture a broad range of cars and trucks. The standard could be as low as 34.1 mpg by 2016 because automakers are expected to receive credits for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in other ways, including preventing the leaking of coolant from air conditioners.

Obama said the new requirements will save 1.8 billion barrels of oil over the life of the program, which will cover the 2012-16 model years. The new standards move up goals set in a 2007 energy law, which required the industry to meet a 35 mpg average by 2020.

A NHTSA official familiar with the plan, who was not authorized to speak publicly before today’s announcement, said the requirements would add about $1,000 per new vehi-

cle by 2016 but would pay back that investment within three years. The rule is expected to save more than $3,000 over the life of the vehicle through better gas mileage.

Environmental groups have sought curbs on greenhouse gas emissions, blamed for global warming, and challenged the Bush administration for blocking a waiver request from California to pursue more stringent air pollution rules than required by the federal government. The request was granted by the Obama administration last year.

“The standards forthcoming under the ‘clean car peace treaty’ are a good deal for consumers, for companies, for the country and for the planet,” said David Doniger, climate policy director for the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Rain, cold hurt Mississippi wheat crop JACKSON, Miss. — Due to a wet fall and a colder than normal spring, Mississippi’s wheat crop is expected to be smaller than usual this year.

Mississippi State University Extension Service expects the wheat acreage to be well short of the 10-year average of 225,000 acres.

MSU grain crops specialist Erick Larson said growers had a tiny window for field preparation last fall, meaning the wheat may not have had enough time to develop before cold weather set in.

Then this spring the crop did not get the normal warm temperatures to encourage growth.

However, if conditions improve, the crop still has time to develop in April and May. Wheat harvest typically begins the first week of June.

Keesler to open commissary Tuesday BILOXI, Miss. — Almost five years after Hurricane Katrina, Keesler Air Force Base is about to open a new 275,000-square-foot commis-

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS sary and base exchange.

Keesler spokesman Jonathan Hicks said on-base shopping has been in temporary buildings since shortly after the hurricane struck in 2005.

He said a food court opened in the new $64.5 million building while work continued on other areas.

He said the new commissary and base exchange will open for business after the ceremony on Tuesday. It will also include a shopping mall and pharmacy.

Deadline extended for tanker bids WASHINGTON — The deadline for bids on a $35 billion contract for refueling jets will be extended by 60 days so the European maker of Airbus can compete, the Pentagon said Wednesday.

Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said the military still plans to award the contract this fall.

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He acknowledged public outrage over that and said people watched with disdain as Washington protected high-risk banks and investment houses, even as the national unemployment rate was soaring to double-digit levels for the first time in a generation.

But in a nationally broadcast interview, Geithner also argued that President Barack Obama had no choice when confronted with a financial crisis.

“As the president has said, we had to do some very unpopular things,” Geithner said. “People looked at what had happened.”

“It’s not fair. It’s deeply unfair,” he said. “He (Obama) had to decide whether he was going to act to fix it or stand back ... and that would have been calamitous for the American economy.”

The government eventually embarked on a program of assisting the threatened financial institutions, and the sweeping, multibilliondollar Troubled Asset Relief Program created as a bailout engine.

Geithner also said that administration officials are “very worried” about recovering the more than 8 million jobs lost in the recession.

But he noted that business growth has been improving and expects the economy “is going to start creating jobs again.”

The secretary agreed that the national jobless rate — now at 9.7 percent — is “still terribly high and is going to stay unacceptably high for a very long time” because of the damage caused by the recession.

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WEST WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — Stacey Marcure thought she and her family had survived the worst of flooding two weeks ago, when no more than 5 inches of water seeped into her basement. Then she woke to a fresh burst of heavy flooding spurred by record-setting rainfall that caused havoc in this former mill town and much of the Northeast.

Her family made it out safely Tuesday morning, though her husband had to be rescued by boat after he returned to raise valuables to the top floor. Now she’s staying with relatives, unsure what will become of possessions such as her daughter’s first communion dress — or the home that had been in her family for 70 years.

“It’s definitely not going to be livable, at least not for a while,” said Marcure, 38, a teacher’s assistant.

The rains stopped Wednesday and the floodwaters began to recede in hard-hit

The rains stopped Wednesday and the floodwaters began to recede in hard-hit Rhode Island, though what the governor called the worst flooding in 200 years could persist for several days and permanently close businesses already struggling in the weak economy.

Rhode Island, though what the governor called the worst flooding in 200 years could persist for several days and permanently close businesses already struggling in the weak economy.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano plans to travel to Rhode Island on Friday to assess the damage, a department said Wednesday.

The latest flooding there was far worse than an inundation earlier this month in the same areas, and the ripple effects were vast and still being tallied: Hundreds were forced from their homes and thousands of properties lost power.

Bridges and highways were washed out from Maine to Connecticut and sewage sys-

tems were overwhelmed to the point that families were asked to stop flushing toilets.

Homes and cars were submerged along the banks of the Pawtuxet River, which flooded several blocks past its banks in many spots and crested Wednesday at 20.79 feet — 12 feet above its ordinary level of 9 feet.

Water flowed like a torrent around the Warwick Mall, with rapids encroaching outside an Old Navy and Macy’s. Oil slicks floated on top of muddy water through neighborhoods.

Stonington, Conn., a coastal town on the Rhode Island border, was largely cut off as two of its three bridges went out.

ance will involve about eight data entries per month. “I don’t see it being a problem,” Tatum said. “I don’t foresee having to hire anybody.”

The compliance deadline was December 2009, but many counties have lagged because they had not decided which law enforcement agency should maintain the registry.

The center’s budget allows for 17 dispatchers and three administrative positions. In February, Tatum was named director out of six applicants, becoming the center’s fifth director in seven years. Commissioners convened two meetings to approve Tatum, then forewent a formal vote during a meeting held Feb. 24. Tatum started work March 1.

Actions taken by the seven-member commission Wednesday included paying a $3,700 maintenance contract with ADSI for a records management system used by the Vicksburg police and fire departments. Signed at

the start of the center’s multimillion-dollar equipment upgrade, the pact was not included in the city’s budget for this year, said Mayor Paul Winfield, who recommended the panel pay it and invoice the city.

Also on Wednesday, commissioners planned a community awareness campaign involving dispatchers volunteering their time at Riverfest on April 16 and 17 and approved a change in uniform policy to navy khaki pants, replacing the current black.

The center operates on about $1.3 million annually, a figure that has risen since voters approved centralized dispatch in 1989. Salaries for secretaries, the deputy director and director — which account for roughly $500,000 of the annual budget — are paid for via surcharges added to home and cell phone bills. The balance comes from city and county general funds.

Defenders Continued from Page A1. the bar (association) would then give me a recommendation of people,” Patrick said. “At least they’ll have the figure, knowing what they’ll be able to be paid.”

Costs of the current system outpaced what supervisors forecast they’d collect in fines last year and may do so again. Also, a draft report issued earlier this month on the size and scope of a new jail recommended speedier handling of cases, indicating appointed attorneys concentrate of their more lucrative private practice cases and lower-paying appointment cases take lower priority.

Supervisors hope to have a new system in place when the 2010-11 fiscal year begins Oct. 1.

“At least we’d have an opportunity to budget,” said District 5 Supervisor Richard George, board president.

He said the rise in criminal

activity “is outmatching our economic growth.”

State law allows counties to create and fund a public defender staff. Most in operation are in larger counties.

Rankin County’s staff of one lead defender and four assistants, paid $43,400 and $38,400 annually, has been cited for reference.

Here, expenses for indigent defense are on pace to hit $387,320.06 for 2009-10 — nearly 24 percent less than in 2008-09, but about $100,000 more than budgeted.

In discussions, supervisors have quizzed judges on how they determine eligibility for an attorney at public expense and how the amount paid is determined.

Chaney told the board defendants fill out a questionnaire asking whether they own a car or a home, and hold a job. If they have no money or assets, the next

available attorney on the rotation is then appointed, Chaney said.

Patrick said bills submitted by attorneys defending indigent cases are scrutinized and occasionally reduced.

Jail consultant firm Voorhis/Robertson Justice Services Inc. has recommended a 134,000 squarefoot jail on between 20 and 50 rural acres with enough space to hold 650 inmates, administered by a jail administrative staff triple its current size. Most cost estimates

by Voorhis and local officials have settled between $20 million and $30 million.

More courtroom space is also part of consultants’ preliminary report. Room outside Circuit Court’s current space on the courthouse’s third floor exists where Drug Court is held, a former car dealership at Clay and Farmer streets. Judges have

been slow to use the building for varying reasons, such as the fact it’s leased and has had past issues with air conditioning.

“I schedule some things in Drug Court building — when the air conditioning comes on and no one can hear anything, and when the air condition is off, you’re either hot or you’re cold,” Chaney said.

The growth of the drug court program to about 100 has worked against expanded use of the Drug Court building for circuit cases, Patrick said, but two judges using one room continues to be a strain. Officials didn’t rule out exploring the availability of space in other buildings not owned by the county.

“It may be that we expedite more cases through plea bargain,” Patrick said.

Other rental agreements in buildings not owned by

the county weren’t ruled out, mentioning Vicksburg Auditorium and the former U.S. Post Office on Crawford Street.

“There’s countless days and weeks where the auditorium is just sitting there,” District 1 Supervisor David McDonald said.

VenuWorks, which manages the city-owned facility on Monroe Street around the corner from county supervisors’ offices, reported the building took in $15,000 more than budgeted and cost the firm 13 percent less than budgeted during 2009’s final quarter. The former post office is owned by a private development company, Delta Court LLC, which has said it plans a conversion to residential use.

Renovating space in the existing jail, once vacant, is another possibility.

Oxford; and her beloved English bulldog, “Switzer’s Lord What a Mess.”

Honorary pallbearers will be Micky Hogue, Randy Blackwell, John Hughes, T.A. Burchfield, Layne Browning, Brad Fondren, Jim Fiorillo, Wayne Tullos, Will Alexander, Brady Garner, Tommy Porter and Spanky E. Felter.

Memorials may be made to Natchez Humane Society or a charity of choice.

Online condolences may be sent to www.lairdfh.com.

West. He was a 30-year employee of West Painting.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Edward Randell West; three brothers, Raymond West, Arthur B. West and Bill West; and a grandson, Michael Ponder.

Survivors include a son, Edward L. West Jr. of El Dorado; three daughters, Shelia Goode of Louann, Ark., Renee Crews of El Dorado and Jamie Schrimpshire of Quitman, Miss.; two brothers, Jim West of Nebraska and Floyd West of Alabama; and two sisters, Elizabeth Myrick of Philadelphia, Miss., and Bertha Thompson of Alabama.

A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Cedar Hill Cemetery under the direction of Bailey Funeral Home of El Dorado.

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Ella Lee Lincoln Ella Lee Lincoln died Monday, March 29, 2010, at River Region Medical Center.

She was 93.

Mrs. Lincoln was a domestic worker and a native of Jefferson County. She was a member and mother at St. Luke Church of God in Christ, where she was district missionary emeritus.

She was a member of the trustee board and served as Bible Band president.

She was preceded in death by her husband, T.J. Lincoln; her parents, Jessie Cotton and Mary Ann Thomas; and six brothers.

Survivors include nieces, nephews and other relatives.

Services will be at 10 a.m.

Saturday at St. Luke Church of God in Christ with the Rev. Douglas Anderson officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 until 6 p.m. Friday at W.H. Jefferson Funeral Home.

George Morrison Sr. EDWARDS — Services for George “Mop” Morrison Sr. will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Friendship M.B. Church in Edwards. Burial will follow at Mount Moriah Cemetery.

Visitation will be from noon until 6 p.m. Friday at Lakeview Funeral Home.

Mr. Morrison died Friday, March 26, 2010, at his home.

He was 69.

He was born in Learned to Claxton and Marie Kimble Morrison. He had worked at Koestler’s Bakery in Vicksburg, Jackson Ready Mix in Jackson, the Edwards Cotton

Gin, Tyson Foods in Bovina and for Ray Canada of Edwards. He was a member of Friendship M.B. Church in Edwards.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Claxton Morrison II. Survivors include one son, George Morrison Jr. of Edwards; four daughters, Thelma Williams, Bonita Morrison and Takita Morrison, all of Edwards, and Tammy Morrison of Jackson; his companion, Bettie Scott; grandchildren; greatgrandchildren; and friends and other relatives, including Bertha Kimble Proctor of Edwards.

Robyn Renee Johnson Switzer NATCHEZ — Robyn Renee Johnson Switzer, 44, of Madison, formerly of Natchez, died Tuesday, March 30, 2010 in Natchez. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, April 2, 2010, from Laird Funeral Home Union Street Chapel with the Rev. Alan Kolodny officiating. Burial and graveside service will follow at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Wright & Ferguson Mausoleum in Madison under the direction of Laird Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 5 until 8 tonight, April 1, at the funeral home.

Mrs. Switzer was born April 23, 1965, in Natchez to David Harland Johnson Sr. and Betty Sue Bearden Johnson. She was a member of the Catholic Church.

Robyn worked in the Neuro-Trauma Department at University Medical Center in Jackson and also traveled to other states, working in hospital trauma units.

She was preceded in death by her father; her husband, Frank Switzer; one brother, David H. Johnson Jr.; one

stepsister, Raeanna Pullen; and her grandparents, Elmer and Elsie Bearden.

Survivors include two sons, James Conway III and John Zachary Conway, both of Vicksburg; one daughter, Julia Mulder of Atlanta; one granddaughter, Ansley Brooke Conway of Vicksburg; her mother, Betty S. Bearden Pullen and stepfather, John Pullen of Natchez; one brother, Tim Johnson and wife Carolyn; one stepsister, Johanna Pullen, all of Natchez; two half sisters, Meg Johnson and Dana Johnson of Nashville; three stepchildren, Mary Franks, George Montgomery and John Exum Switzer of Starkville; a number of nieces and nephews; special friends, Tammy Abernathy and Shirley Edwards of Ferriday and Leanne Dyess of

Edward L. West EL DORADO, Ark. — Edward L. West, formerly of Vicksburg, died Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010, at Medical Center of South Arkansas in El Dorado. He was 64.

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

LOCAL FORECAST saturday-sunday Mostly sunny; highs around 80, lows in the upper 40s

STATE FORECAST TONIGHT Mostly clear; lows in the lower 50s friDAY-sunday Partly cloudy; chance of showers and thunderstorms; highs near 80, lows in the mid-40s

Almanac Highs and Lows High/past 24 hours............. 77º Low/past 24 hours............... 53º Average temperature......... 65º Normal this date................... 62º Record low..............87º in 1940 Record high............35º in 1924 Rainfall Recorded at the Vicksburg Water Plant Past 24 hours......................None This month..........................None Total/year.............. 12.99 inches Normal/month......0.20 inches Normal/year........ 16.51 inches Solunar table Most active times for fish and wildlife Friday: A.M. Active............................ 8:35 A.M. Most active................. 2:21 P.M. Active............................. 9:03 P.M. Most active.................. 2:49 Sunrise/sunset Sunset today........................ 7:22 Sunset tomorrow............... 7:22 Sunrise tomorrow.............. 6:50

RIVER DATA Stages Mississippi River at Vicksburg Current: 39.6 | Change: +0.3 Flood: 43 feet Yazoo River at Greenwood Current: 19.6 | Change: -0.1 Flood: 35 feet Yazoo River at Yazoo City Current: 21.7 | Change: +0.4 Flood: 29 feet Yazoo River at Belzoni Current: 19.4 | Change: +0.1 Flood: 34 feet Big Black River at West Current: 7.2 | Change: -0.6 Flood: 12 feet Big Black River at Bovina Current: 13.1 | Change: -1.2 Flood: 28 feet StEELE BAYOU Land....................................79.8 River....................................87.2

MISSISSIPPI RIVER Forecast Cairo, Ill. Friday....................................... 45.6 Saturday................................. 45.4 Sunday.................................... 45.0 Memphis Friday....................................... 28.8 Saturday................................. 29.0 Sunday.................................... 29.2 Greenville Friday....................................... 45.6 Saturday................................. 45.6 Sunday.................................... 45.5 Vicksburg Friday....................................... 40.1 Saturday................................. 40.2 Sunday.................................... 40.2

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• Matthew Jared Duke, 26, 7944 Jeff Davis Road, was arrested at home at 4:49 a.m, and charged with two counts of sale of a controlled substance. Duke is accused of selling Lorcet and Xanax, which are prescription medicines, Stewart said.

• Michael Porter, 18, 4223 Interstate 20 Frontage Road, was arrested at home at 4:48 a.m. and charged with possession of anabolic steroids.

• John Earl Wash, 27, 1773 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., was arrested at his girlfriend’s home at 112 Athens Ave. at 9:48 a.m. and charged with sale of cocaine and possession of weapon by a felon, Armstrong said. In 2000, Wash was sentenced to five years for burglary and in 2006 he was sentenced to one year for possession of a weapon by a felon, Armstrong said.

The six were being processed at police headquarters this morning.

Buck was being held without bond due to being out on bond for aggravated assault, Stewart said. He is accused of shooting Terry Brown, 37, 609 Kings Crossing, with a shotgun on June 22 at 605 Hudson St. In 2002, Buck was sentenced to five years in prison and five years of probation for two counts of armed rob-

U.S. help going to Afghanistan partners WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is pouring millions of dollars into equipment and training for its smaller partner nations in the Afghanistan war, a new effort that could encourage some countries not to abandon the increasingly unpopular conflict.

The money comes from a $350 million Pentagon program designed to improve the counterterrorism operations of U.S. allies.

While the funding cannot be openly used as an enticement for NATO nations to either send troops to Afghanistan or keep them in the country, the budding initiative sends the message that those who commit to the counterinsurgency fight could be rewarded.

The U.S. is committing more troops to Afghanistan to beat back a stubborn Taliban-led insurgency — and watching in dismay as allies, including Canada and the Netherlands, look to pull troops out of the 8-year-old war or remove them from combat duties.

Roughly 87,000 U.S. troops are in Afghanistan now, and about 100,000 are expected to be in place by late summer.

The number of allied troops is a bit more than 40,000 and could dip as nations begin bowing to political pressures.

The Obama administration has been pressing allies to increase the number of troops, both for combat and for training Afghan security forces.

Defense officials said that the initial aid package aimed at six small countries — Georgia, Croatia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia — is about $50 million and will be distributed almost equally among them. Those six countries account for fewer than 1,300 troops in Afghanistan. Most of the money will buy equipment for those forces.

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Michael Porter is escorted by Chief Walter Armstrong, left, from Porter’s home at 4223 N. Frontage Road; at right, Jerome Hawkins is led away from bery and one count of simple robbery, Stewart said. He was released from probation in 2006.

Similarly, Brown was being held without bond due to his being on probation, Arm-

strong said. In 2003, Brown was sentenced to serve three years in prison and three years of probation for possession of cocaine, Stewart said.

“People who choose to con-

213 Demby Drive by Lt. Bobby Stewart, front, and Investigator DeWayne Smith.

taminate this community with drugs will have to pay a penalty,” Armstrong said.

Hawkins was being held with no bond set. Duke was being held on a $10,000 bond, Porter on $2,500, and Wash

on $20,000.

Armstrong said the department has been targeting drug sales because he believes many of the crimes committed in Vicksburg are linked to narcotics.

“We believe if we target drug sales, we slow down other crimes in this community,” Armstrong said.

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Wheelchair hoops comes to WC

By Steve Wilson swilson@vicksburgpost.com

March Madness Final Four schedule All games on CBS Saturday 5:07 p.m. - Butler vs.

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The smell of burning rubber from high performance wheelchair wheels filled the gym at Warren Central High on Wednesday.

The sounds of wheels rather than sneakers on the court meant the day was something far different from the norm, as the Mississippi Magic vs. Future Teachers of America wheelchair basketball game hit the court.

The goal was simple. Show off the talents of the team, athletes who have overcome disabilities, and give some lucky students the chance to take a seat in the chairs and play ball.

The Magic, members of the

National Wheelchair Basketball Association, made their 11th visit to Warren Central and intend to keep it a regular stop as they raise awareness, one shot at a time.

“Awareness games like this one really get the word out,” Magic team president and captain James Clayton said. “We love to have players here or from anywhere around the state. I always know that there is a child out there who needs to know what we do and we’re living proof that you can do anything.”

Leading WC scorer Jeremy Harper was one who took the plunge into a chair and the experience for him was eye-opening. A run-and-gun guard, Harper found himself

getting beaten to loose balls by the Magic.

“First of all, you’ve got to have arm strength to do this,” Harper said. “You’ve got to have it going up and down the court. It’s hard to shoot, even when you’re close to the goal.”

As for the Magic, they face stiff competition from the rest of the NWBA as they travel from Texas to Georgia in a season that starts in September. One of their players passed away last year, while standout Derrick Deutsch is playing college wheelchair basketball for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

“We’re in a rebuilding stage right now,” Clayton said. “But we plan on coming back.”

KATIE CARTER•The Vicksburg PosT

Warren Central’s Jeremy Harper tries to steal the ball from Mississippi Magic player Robert Donnerson Wednesday.

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Spoiler gets rave reviews

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Delta State golfer had rounds of 75 and 69 to post a 144 total and claim medalist honors as Delta State took second place in the North Alabama Spring Classic on Thursday.

By The Associated Press

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Braves face Yankees’ ambidextrous pitcher KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Ambidextrous pitcher Pat Venditte threw with both arms for the New York Yankees on Tuesday, giving up one run in 1 1-3 innings during a 9-6 split-squad loss to the Atlanta Braves.

Making his first appearance for the Yankees, Venditte took over for CC Sabathia with two outs in the fifth inning and tossed four warmup pitches with each hand. Venditte switched back and forth, depending on whether he was facing a righty or lefty, and gave up two hits and a walk.

The 24-year-old reliever, who uses a six-finger glove, pitched for two teams in Class A last season and went a combined 4-2 with 22 saves and a 1.87 ERA. He is scheduled to begin the season at Class A Tampa.

Sabathia said he knew the Yankees had an ambidextrous pitcher in their organization, but did a double take when Venditte took the mound.

If he makes the majors, Venditte wouldn’t be the first pitcher to throw both ways. Greg Harris, who pitched for Cincinnati, Montreal, San Diego, Texas, Philadelphia, Boston and the Yankees from 1981-95, was a righty throughout his career. He pitched from the left side for two batters in his final game.

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USM quarterback Martevious Young gets pressured during USM’s scrimmage at Clinton High School Wednesday.

In the background is former Warren Central standout Chico Hunter (30) helping apply the pressure.

The attack comes to Clinton Southern Miss puts on scrimmage at Arrows Field

By Steve Wilson swilson@vicksburgpost.com CLINTON — If the fans can’t come to you, why not take your team to the fans?

Following that philosophy, the Southern Miss football team played a scrimmage at Clinton High’s Arrows Field on Wednesday.

It was the second scrimmage the Golden Eagles have put on for the fans on the road, the first in March in Ocean Springs.

USM coach Larry Fedora likes that the trip adds a

COLLEgE fOOTBaLL road game-like dimension to spring practice.

“We’ve got six road games this year and this is a road game for us,” Fedora said. “We try to treat it like that because we’ve got a lot of young guys.”

The scrimmage was not a game-type scrimmage, but one filled with more situational work, like goal line and two-minute drill.

Still, there were plenty of ways to stand out.

Defensively, linebacker Korey Williams had a nice tip-drill interception and former Warren Central standout Chico Hunter made a big play in redzone work.

Coming in a corner blitz from his nickelback spot, Hunter went unblocked and tagged quarterback Martevious Young Young for a sack to force a long field goal try.

The rising senior was happy with taking the field in front of his family seeing him in a practice environment for the first time, but he felt improvement is in

still in order, especially with his conditioning.

“It was just all right,” Hunter said. “It’s been going pretty good. I’m just trying to get in shape a bit. I’ve improved a lot on my man coverage, but I’ve got a ways to go.”

Young got the majority of reps running the offense in place of last year’s starter Austin Davis, who just spent the practice throwing in pass skeleton and jogging around the track while he recovers from a torn ligament in his foot.

MARTINSVILLE, Va. — The reappearance of the spoiler on the back of the Sprint Cup cars at Martinsville Speedway drew high praise from many drivers because it makes the cars look better.

Where opinion differed is when the spoiler’s impact will be felt on the track.

At just 0.526 miles around, Martinsville didn’t allow for enough speed for the spoiler to have much of an effect beyond aesthetics. Though speeds will be higher at the next stop, Phoenix International Raceway on April 10, the spoiler’s influence on the racing is still likely to be marginal.

That will change at the high-banked, high-speed 1.5mile Texas Motor Speedway on April 18, where the aerodynamic and handling impact of the change will be put to its first true test.

“I’ve said from the beginning that I think going to a spoiler could be a real gamechanger,” Jeff Burton said.

“I think it will affect some teams more than it does others.”

A two-day test a Charlotte Motor Speedway “felt like a normal test,” Burton said, but also highlighted how some teams adapted much more quickly to the spoiler than others did.

“I don’t think the dynamics of that is going to change,”

See Scrimmage, Page B3.

See Spoiler, Page B3.

Josh Morgan faces tough task as Viking coach There’s a news flash I’d love to break.

New Warren Central football coach Josh Morgan can’t help that his father is Robert Morgan, who once also was head coach at WC. Nor can Josh help that he was born white.

The wailing and gnashing of teeth over the hiring of defensive coordinator Josh Morgan as WC’s newest head football coach has commenced, and it likely won’t die down soon.

A lot of folks believe that offensive coordinator Larry Tyrone, who long has been a part of the WC coaching staff

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and who happens to be black, should have gotten the job.

They cite the fact Tyrone, age 54, has much more experience than the younger Morgan, who was an AllSEC safety at Mississippi State and who has experience, albeit as a gradu-

ate assistant, in the college ranks. Tyrone has been at the school nearly 30 years and has been a loyal, hardworking member of the WC coaching staff.

But neither has been a head coach. This columnist would wager that one of the reasons for Josh’s hiring is that he is a younger guy with more of his career ahead of him. If both he and Tyrone had been around the same age, Tyrone would have had a better shot. Dissenters cite correctly that WC has never had a black head coach, but the age difference was likely a deciding factor.

That’s no slam against Tyrone. Tyrone is relatively close to retirement and his hiring would force the school district to look for yet another coach in a few, short years. Morgan has plenty of years ahead of him at age 30.

But no matter who was hired, some facts are not in dispute. The glory days of the Vikings are exactly like the Bruce Springsteen song, “Glory Days.”

Yeah, just sitting back trying to recapture a little of the glory of.

Well time slips away and leaves you with nothing, mister, but boring stories of

glory days.

The Vikings have trailed off from their days when playing Warren Central meant a long, painful night. A lot of the fans blamed Curtis Brewer, the last WC coach, for the WC failings. Message boards constantly lit up with how WC’s offense was “too conservative” or how the game had passed Brewer by. The truth was that conservative approach, based on a stout defense and running-based attack, kept the Vikings in plenty of games.

But the simple matter is See Morgan, Page B3.

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Prep baseball Port Gibson outlasts Amite County 14-13 Silento Sayles had nine strikeouts and Rudy WIlson went 3-for-4 with a double, a triple and four runs scored to pace Port Gibson (7-7) to a 14-13 victory over Amite County on Wednesday.

NFL Saints preseason schedule released NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Saints will play the New England Patriots, the San Diego Chargers, the Houston Texans and the Tennessee Titans in the 2010 preseason. A schedule the NFL released Wednesday shows the Saints opening the preseason against the Patriots in New England. The second and third games, against the Texans and Chargers, will be in the Louisiana Superdome.

New Orleans closes out the preseason against the Titans in Nashville. The dates and times of the games have not been announced except for the Chargers game which will be televised and played on Aug. 27 — a Friday night — at 8 p.m.

Elam retires as a Bronco ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Jason Elam returned to the team that drafted him into the NFL to say goodbye for good. Elam signed a one-day contract with the Denver Broncos before announcing he was ending his 17-year NFL career.

The Pro Bowl kicker spent his first 15 years with the Broncos and the last two with the Atlanta Falcons, who waived him.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL Pitino agrees to contract extension LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville and coach Rick Pitino agreed in principle to a four-year contract extension that will keep him on the sideline through the 2016-17 season.

flashback

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS April 1 1972 — The first collective player’s strike in Major League Baseball begins at 12:01 a.m. The strike lasts 12 days and cancels 86 games.

1991 — Duke ends years of frustration with a 72-65 victory over Kansas for its first national title in five championship-game appearances and nine trips to the Final Four.

1996 — Kentucky wins its first national title in 18 years with a 76-67 victory over Syracuse. Senior Tony Delk, voted the outstanding player, finishes with 24 points and ties the championship game record with seven 3-pointers.

2007 — Morgan Pressel becomes the youngest major champion in LPGA Tour history with a game well beyond her 18 years, closing with a 3-under 69 at the Kraft Nabisco Championship. Pressel plays her final 25 holes over Mission Hills without a bogey as Suzann Pettersen blows a four-shot lead with four holes to play.

Wednesday’s Games Boston 14, Baltimore 6 Detroit 8, Pittsburgh 5 Washington 9, St. Louis 6 Atlanta 10, Houston 5 Toronto 5, Philadelphia 2 Tampa Bay 10, Minnesota (ss) 3 Minnesota (ss) 4, N.Y. Yankees 2 N.Y. Mets 6, Florida 3 San Diego 8, Kansas City 8, tie Cleveland 10, Chicago White Sox 1 L.A. Angels 11, Chicago Cubs (ss) 0 Seattle 7, Texas 6 Cincinnati 8, Oakland 3 San Francisco 6, L.A. Dodgers 2 Milwaukee 12, Chicago Cubs (ss) 7 Colorado 4, Arizona 3 Cincinnati 12, L.A. Dodgers 4 Today’s Games Florida vs St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Washington vs N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 11:10 a.m.

Minnesota vs Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees vs Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Detroit (ss) vs Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh vs Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Baltimore vs Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Atlanta vs Detroit (ss) at Lakeland, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Cleveland vs L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox vs Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Arizona (ss) vs Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Colorado vs Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Arizona (ss) vs Milwaukee at Phoenix, 3:05 p.m.

Texas vs Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

San Diego at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.

Cleveland at L.A. Dodgers, 9:10 p.m.

Oakland at San Francisco, 9:15 p.m.

Friday’s Games Washington vs Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Baltimore vs N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Tampa Bay, 6:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Minnesota, 6:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh vs Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 6:05 p.m.

Seattle vs Colorado at Albuquerque, N.M., 6:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Atlanta, 6:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Toronto at Houston, 8:05 p.m.

Detroit at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.

Cincinnati vs Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 9:05 p.m.

Oakland at San Francisco, 9:15 p.m. Saturday’s Games Chicago White Sox at Atlanta, 12:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh vs Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets vs Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Kansas City vs Texas at Frisco, Texas, 2:05 p.m.

Colorado vs Seattle at Albuquerque, N.M., 2:05 p.m.

Toronto at Houston, 2:05 p.m.

Detroit at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.

Boston vs Washington at Viera, Fla., 3:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.

Cleveland vs Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Arizona, 3:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 3:10 p.m.

college baseball Southeastern Conference East

Team Overall SEC South Carolina..............20-5................................5-1 Vanderbilt......................23-4................................4-2 Florida............................18-6................................4-2 Georgia..........................9-15................................1-5 Kentucky........................17-9................................1-5 Tennessee.....................13-13..............................0-6

West

Team Overall SEC LSU................................21-3................................5-1 Ole Miss.......................20-6................................4-2 Auburn...........................17-8................................4-2 Arkansas........................20-5................................4-2 Alabama........................17-7................................2-4 Mississippi St..............14-11..............................2-4 Wednesday’s Games Arkansas 9, Centenary 4 Troy 5, Auburn 4 Western Kentucky 6, Kentucky 3 UAB 6, Alabama 4 LSU 13, Binghamton 7 Vanderbilt 10, Wofford 7 Tennessee 25, Presbyterian 6 Today’s Games No games scheduled Friday’s Games Vanderbilt at Florida, 5:30 p.m.

Mississippi State at South Carolina, 6 p.m.

Alabama at Auburn, 6:05 p.m.

Tennessee at Ole Miss, 6:30 p.m.

Kentucky at Arkansas, 6:35 p.m.

Georgia at LSU, 7:30 p.m.

Atlantic Division

W y-Boston........................47 Toronto..........................37 New York.......................26 Philadelphia...................26 New Jersey...................10

L 27 37 48 49 65

Pct GB .635 — .500 10 .351 21 .347 21 1/2 .133 37 1/2

Southeast Division

W x-Orlando.......................52 x-Atlanta........................48 Miami.............................41 Charlotte........................39 Washington....................22

L 22 26 34 35 52

Pct GB .703 — .649 4 .547 11 1/2 .527 13 .297 30

Central Division

W y-Cleveland....................59 Milwaukee......................41 Chicago.........................35 Indiana...........................28 Detroit............................23

L 16 33 39 47 51

Pct GB .787 — .554 17 1/2 .473 23 1/2 .373 31 .311 35 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W x-Dallas..........................50 San Antonio...................45 Memphis........................38 Houston.........................37 New Orleans.................35

L 25 29 36 37 41

Pct GB .667 — .608 4 1/2 .514 11 1/2 .500 12 1/2 .461 15 1/2

Northwest Division

W x-Utah............................49 x-Denver........................48 Oklahoma City...............46 x-Portland......................46 Minnesota......................15

L 26 27 28 29 60

Pct .653 .640 .622 .613 .200

Conference USA

Team Overall C-USA Tulane............................17-9................................2-1 UAB...............................15-8................................2-1 Houston.........................12-11..............................2-1 Memphis........................11-14..............................2-1 Central Florida...............17-10..............................1-2 Southern Miss.............14-9.............................. 1-2 Rice...............................14-12..............................1-2 Marshall.........................10-13..............................1-2 East Carolina.................17-9................................0-0 Wednesday’s Games UAB 6, Alabama 4 Eastern Kentucky 10, Marshall 6 UNC Wilmington 15, East Carolina 12 UCF 9, Bethune-Cookman 7 Today’s Games Houston at Rice, 6:30 p.m.

Saint Mary’s at Southern Miss, 6:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games Memphis at Marshall, 5:30 p.m.

UAB at Central Florida, 5:30 p.m.

Tulane at East Carolina, 6 p.m.

Houston at Rice, 6:30 p.m.

Saint Mary’s at Southern Miss, 6:30 p.m.

Today’s Games East Texas Baptist at Mississippi College, 6 p.m.

St. Mary’s at Southern Miss, 6:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games East Texas Baptist at Mississippi College, Noon Spring Hill at Tougaloo, 2 p.m.

Henderson St. at Delta St., 2 and 5 p.m.

Mississippi Valley St. at Jackson St., 6 p.m.

Millsaps at LaGrange, 5 p.m.

Mississippi St. at South Carolina, 6 p.m.

William Carey at LSU-Shreveport, 6:30 p.m.

St. Mary’s at Southern Miss, 6:30 p.m.

Tennessee at Ole Miss, 6:30 p.m.

GB — 1 2 1/2 3 34

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB x-L.A. Lakers.................54 21 .720 — x-Phoenix.......................49 26 .653 5 L.A. Clippers..................27 48 .360 27 Sacramento...................24 52 .316 30 1/2 Golden State.................21 52 .288 32 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division ——— Wednesday’s Games Atlanta 109, L.A. Lakers 92 Charlotte 103, Philadelphia 84 Cleveland 101, Milwaukee 98 Toronto 114, L.A. Clippers 92 Oklahoma City 109, Boston 104 Miami 98, Detroit 81 Phoenix 116, New Jersey 105 Dallas 106, Memphis 102, OT Minnesota 108, Sacramento 99 Washington 96, New Orleans 91 San Antonio 119, Houston 102 Portland 118, New York 90 Today’s Games Orlando at Dallas, 7 p.m.

Portland at Denver, 9:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games Milwaukee at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Miami at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Chicago at Washington, 6 p.m.

Houston at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

New Orleans at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Detroit, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Orlando at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.

New York at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

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

NBA LEADERS

THROUGH MAR. 31

Scoring

G James, CLE..................... 73 Durant, OKC.................... 74 Anthony, DEN................. 62 Bryant, LAL..................... 70 Wade, MIA...................... 71 Ellis, GOL........................ 61 Nowitzki, DAL.................. 74 Granger, IND................... 55 Bosh, TOR...................... 67 Stoudemire, PHX............ 75 Roy, POR........................ 60 Johnson, ATL.................. 72 Randolph, MEM.............. 73 Jackson, CHA................. 74 Rose, CHI........................ 70 Evans, SAC..................... 66 Lee, NYK......................... 73 Maggette, GOL................ 64 Gay, MEM....................... 72 Billups, DEN.................... 66

FG 738 709 623 695 653 603 652 437 580 629 465 603 601 555 591 486 611 421 544 364

FT PTS AVG 566 2170 29.7 669 2195 29.7 472 1770 28.5 419 1903 27.2 486 1860 26.2 280 1556 25.5 481 1828 24.7 311 1328 24.1 438 1606 24.0 452 1711 22.8 322 1322 22.0 211 1537 21.3 316 1532 21.0 312 1538 20.8 221 1416 20.2 327 1333 20.2 241 1463 20.0 426 1279 20.0 266 1418 19.7 426 1297 19.7

FG Percentage

FG Howard, ORL............................. 461 Perkins, BOS.............................. 291 Hilario, DEN............................... 393 Gasol, MEM............................... 378 Bynum, LAL................................ 392 Boozer, UTA............................... 580 Horford, ATL............................... 431 Stoudemire, PHX....................... 629 Lee, NYK.................................... 611 Millsap, UTA............................... 355

FGA 759 483 662 651 688 1032 767 1136 1117 651

PCT .607 .602 .594 .581 .570 .562 .562 .554 .547 .545

Rebounds

G Howard, ORL.................. 74 Randolph, MEM.............. 73 Lee, NYK......................... 73 Camby, POR................... 68 Boozer, UTA.................... 73 Bosh, TOR...................... 67 Wallace, CHA.................. 69 Bogut, MIL....................... 67 Murphy, IND.................... 65 Duncan, SAN.................. 71

OFF DEF TOT AVG 262 724 986 13.3 304 559 863 11.8 204 656 860 11.8 232 559 791 11.6 165 651 816 11.2 195 538 733 10.9 138 582 720 10.4 203 483 686 10.2 107 558 665 10.2 208 518 726 10.2

Assists

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G Nash, PHX.................................. 74 Paul, NOR................................... 43 Williams, UTA.............................. 70 Rondo, BOS................................ 73 Kidd, DAL.................................... 73 James, CLE................................. 73 Westbrook, OKC......................... 74 Davis, LAC.................................. 71 Harris, NJN.................................. 57

AST 824 466 742 714 672 623 591 564 396

AVG 11.1 10.8 10.6 9.8 9.2 8.5 8.0 7.9 6.9

Wade, MIA.................................. 71 ———

469

6.6

Pts 8290 8031 8017 7916

Avg 110.5 108.5 106.9 104.2

NBA Team Statistics Team Offense

G Phoenix........................................ 75 Golden State............................... 74 Denver......................................... 75 Utah............................................. 76

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Toronto........................................ 74 Memphis...................................... 74 L.A. Lakers.................................. 75 Atlanta......................................... 74 Cleveland..................................... 75 Orlando........................................ 74 Dallas........................................... 75 Houston....................................... 74 New York..................................... 74 San Antonio................................. 74 Oklahoma City............................. 74 Sacramento................................. 76 Indiana......................................... 75 New Orleans............................... 76 Boston......................................... 74 Portland....................................... 75 Minnesota.................................... 75 Milwaukee.................................... 74 Chicago....................................... 74 Philadelphia................................. 75 Miami........................................... 75 Washington.................................. 74 L.A. Clippers................................ 75 Charlotte...................................... 74 Detroit.......................................... 74 New Jersey................................. 75 ———

Team Defense

G Charlotte...................................... 74 Miami........................................... 75 Boston......................................... 74 Portland....................................... 75 Cleveland..................................... 75 Orlando........................................ 74 San Antonio................................. 74 Milwaukee.................................... 74 Oklahoma City............................. 74 L.A. Lakers.................................. 75 Atlanta......................................... 74 Utah............................................. 76 Detroit.......................................... 74 Chicago....................................... 74 Dallas........................................... 75 Philadelphia................................. 75 Washington.................................. 74 New Jersey................................. 75 L.A. Clippers................................ 75 Houston....................................... 74 New Orleans............................... 76 Denver......................................... 75 Memphis...................................... 74 Indiana......................................... 75 Sacramento................................. 76 New York..................................... 74 Toronto........................................ 74 Phoenix........................................ 75 Minnesota.................................... 75 Golden State............................... 74

7658 7604 7674 7556 7658 7542 7634 7513 7506 7479 7430 7596 7495 7594 7300 7375 7369 7242 7200 7267 7202 7088 7165 7042 6915 6862

103.5 102.8 102.3 102.1 102.1 101.9 101.8 101.5 101.4 101.1 100.4 99.9 99.9 99.9 98.6 98.3 98.3 97.9 97.3 96.9 96.0 95.8 95.5 95.2 93.4 91.5

Ottawa.............77 Boston.............76 Montreal...........77 Toronto............77

Pts 6923 7057 6993 7105 7110 7028 7117 7128 7155 7276 7204 7454 7330 7368 7471 7555 7463 7589 7638 7543 7781 7694 7646 7767 7922 7774 7795 7946 8062 8326

Avg 93.6 94.1 94.5 94.7 94.8 95.0 96.2 96.3 96.7 97.0 97.4 98.1 99.1 99.6 99.6 100.7 100.9 101.2 101.8 101.9 102.4 102.6 103.3 103.6 104.2 105.1 105.3 105.9 107.5 112.5

GP W L x-San Jose......77 47 20 x-Phoenix.........78 47 25 Los Angeles....76 43 27 Anaheim..........76 37 31 Dallas...............77 34 29 NOTE: Two points for a win, time loss. x-clinched playoff spot z-clinched conference

college basketball NCAA Tournament FINAL FOUR

At Indianapolis National Semifinals Saturday Michigan State (28-8) vs. Butler (32-4), 5:07 p.m.

West Virginia (31-6) vs. Duke (33-5), 7:47 p.m.

National Championship Monday Semifinal winners, 8:07 p.m.

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National Invitation Tournament Semifinals

At New York Tuesday Dayton 68, Ole Miss 63 North Carolina 68, Rhode Island 67, OT Championship Thursday Dayton (24-12) vs. North Carolina (20-16), 6 p.m.

women’s basketball NCAA Women’s Tournament DAYTON REGIONAL

At Dayton, Ohio Regional Semifinals March 28 Connecticut 74, Iowa State 36 Florida State 74, Mississippi State 71 Regional Championship Tuesday Connecticut 90, Florida State 50

SACRAMENTO REGIONAL

At Sacramento, Calif.

Regional Semifinals March 27 Stanford 73, Georgia 36 Xavier 74, Gonzaga 56 Regional Championship Monday Stanford 55, Xavier 53

At Kansas City, Mo. Regional Semifinals March 28 Oklahoma 77, Notre Dame 72, OT Kentucky 76, Nebraska 67 Regional Championship Tuesday Oklahoma 88, Kentucky 68

FINAL FOUR

At San Antonio National Semifinals Sunday Stanford (35-1) vs. Oklahoma (27-10), 6 p.m.

Connecticut (37-0) vs. Baylor (27-9), 8 p.m.

National Championship April 6 Semifinal winners, TBA

nhl EASTERN CONFERENCE L 26 26 32 32 35

OT 7 6 6 10 10

Pts 95 94 82 78 72

Northeast Division

GP W L x-Buffalo..........76 43 23

89 82 82 69

Southeast Division

GP z-Washington...76 Atlanta.............77 Carolina...........77 Tampa Bay......77 Florida..............76

W 49 34 33 31 30

L 15 31 35 34 34

OT 12 12 9 12 12

Pts 110 80 75 74 72

210 191 205 204

220 189 210 253

GF 296 227 212 201 197

GA 219 242 237 240 226

GF 247 214 212 207 208

GA 195 214 201 207 246

GF 248 227 196 208 194

GA 196 212 194 230 260

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

GP x-Chicago........76 Nashville..........78 Detroit..............76 St. Louis..........76 Columbus........77

W 47 44 40 37 32

L 22 28 23 30 32

OT 7 6 13 9 13

Pts 101 94 93 83 77

Northwest Division

GP Vancouver.......76 Colorado..........76 Calgary............77 Minnesota........77 Edmonton........76

W 46 41 39 37 24

L 26 28 29 34 45

OT 4 7 9 6 7

Pts 96 89 87 80 55

Pacific Division OT 10 6 6 8 14 one

Pts GF GA 104 248 203 100 212 193 92 220 202 82 216 229 82 221 239 point for over-

Today’s Games Buffalo 6, Florida 2 Carolina 2, Montreal 1 Tampa Bay 2, Pittsburgh 0 Chicago 4, Minnesota 0 Dallas 5, San Jose 1 Anaheim 5, Colorado 2 Calgary 2, Phoenix 1 Today’s Games Florida at Boston, 6 p.m.

Buffalo at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.

Atlanta at Washington, 6 p.m.

Carolina at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m.

Columbus at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Nashville, 7 p.m.

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

Friday’s Games Chicago at New Jersey, 6 p.m.

Montreal at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m.

San Jose at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Edmonton at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Calgary at Colorado, 8:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Anaheim, 9 p.m.

nascar Sprint Cup Schedule

Through March 29 Feb. 14 — Daytona 500 (Jamie McMurray) Feb. 21 — Auto Club 500 (Jimmie Johnson) Feb. 28 — Shelby American (Jimmie Johnson) March 7 — Kobalt Tools 500 (Kurt Busch) March 21 — Food City 500 (Jimmie Johnson) March 29 — Goody’s 500 (Denny Hamlin) April 10 — Subway Fresh Fit 600, Avondale, Ariz.

April 18 — Samsung 500, Fort Worth, Texas April 25 — Aaron’s 499, Talladega, Ala. May 1 — Crown Royal 400, Richmond, Va. May 8 — Southern 500, Darlington, S.C. May 16 — Autism Speaks 400, Dover, Del. May 22 — x-Sprint All-Star Race, Concord, N.C. May 22 — x-Sprint Showdown, Concord, N.C. May 30 — Coca-Cola 600, Concord, N.C. June 6 — Pocono 500, Long Pond, Pa. June 13 — Heluva Good! 400, Brooklyn, Mich.

June 20 — Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif.

June 27 — Lenox Tools 301, Loudon, N.H.

LOTTERY

KANSAS CITY REGIONAL

W 44 44 38 34 31

5 12 8 13

Through March 29 1. Jimmie Johnson.............................................

2. Greg Biffle.....................................................

3. Matt Kenseth.................................................

4. Kevin Harvick................................................

5. Jeff Burton....................................................

6. Kurt Busch....................................................

7. Jeff Gordon...................................................

8. Tony Stewart.................................................

9. Clint Bowyer..................................................

10. Dale Earnhardt Jr.......................................

11. Paul Menard...............................................

12. Brian Vickers...............................................

13. Joey Logano...............................................

14. Carl Edwards..............................................

15. Denny Hamlin.............................................

16. Kyle Busch..................................................

17. Mark Martin.................................................

18. Martin Truex Jr...........................................

At Memphis, Tenn.

Regional Semifinals March 27 Baylor 77, Tennessee 62 Duke 66, San Diego State 58 Regional Championship Monday Baylor 51, Duke 48

Atlantic Division

30 29 32 36

Sprint Cup Points Leaders

MEMPHIS REGIONAL

GP x-Pittsburgh.....77 x-New Jersey..76 Philadelphia.....76 N.Y. Rangers...76 N.Y. Islanders..76

42 35 37 28

GF 237 203 221 201 199

GA 219 184 210 206 236

OT Pts GF GA 10 96 221 191

Sunday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 0-8-2 La. Pick 4: 3-5-4-3 Monday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 1-1-9 La. Pick 4: 5-6-1-8 Tuesday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 0-3-0 La. Pick 4: 8-6-6-6 Wednesday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 2-1-6 La. Pick 4: 4-3-1-7 Easy 5: 02-11-19-23-26 La. Lotto: 01-02-09-20-22-23 Powerball: 5-13-17-45-54 Powerball: 12; Power Play: 5 Thursday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 9-8-5 La. Pick 4: 9-6-2-3 Friday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 5-3-1 La. Pick 4: 3-5-5-7 Saturday’s drawing La. Pick 3: 7-5-1 La. Pick 4: 7-1-2-7 Easy 5: 4-5-14-15-26 La. Lotto: 3-4-12-24-35-39 Powerball: 7-21-32-44-52 Powerball: 10; Power play: 4

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Ebanks gets defensive for WVU

Scrimmage

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s Devin Ebanks is all about real estate.

He feels he owns the paint on the defensive end of the court.

The 6-foot-9 sophomore prides himself in forcing his opponent’s top scorer to have an off night. He holds a grudge when he occasionally slips up.

Defense defines West Virginia. And the long arms of Ebanks have helped West Virginia play its best defense during a 10-game winning streak that has the Mountaineers in the Final Four.

“We don’t like being scored on,” Ebanks said. “We try to limit everybody’s scoring and limit their touches. It’s fun knowing that you can shut the other person down and outrebound the other team, just outman them, out-tough them.

It’s a fun way to play.”

He didn’t feel that way two years ago. Ebanks didn’t care much for defense until he was recruited by coach Bob Huggins.

“He’s not going to tell me what I want to hear,” Ebanks said. “He’s going to tell me what I need to hear, just got me in the right direction as a player. Trust is a big factor, and I trust him a lot.”

Inconsistent scoring forced Ebanks and his teammates to turn up the defensive intensity this season. The Mountaineers have shot below 50 percent from the field in 26 straight games.

They’ve also held six of their last seven opponents under 60 points, with the exception being Kentucky in the East Regional final. West Virginia (31-6) will need a similar effort Saturday night against Duke (33-5) in Indianapolis.

“We’re not going to score a whole lot of points and our guys want to win, so I think they understand we’ve got to do a great job of guarding,”

Young, a rising senior, completed 25-of-41 passes for 219 yards with two touchdowns, one of which came on a leaping 25-yard toss to a diving William Spight, who managed to get his feet inbounds in the back of the end zone.

Spight picked up the slack of leading receiver DeAndre Brown, who was out with a tweaked hamstring.

Spight had seven catches for 72 yards. Francisco Llanos had five catches for 59 yards, including a nice scoring toss from Young that whistled over his right shoulder for 34 yards.

One focus is rebuilding the offensive line. The Golden Eagles lost four of their five starting linemen, including all-conference center Cameron Zipp. Another key is rebuilding depth in the backfield. With the departure of the school’s all-time leading rusher, Damion Fletcher and the second-leading rusher from last year, Tory Harrison, the Golden Eagles are looking to build a new rotation in the backfield.

Rising senior V.J. Floyd showed why he’ll like be the primary back next season.

He led the team on the ground with 63 yards on 13

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West Virginia’s Devin Ebanks dunks over Morgan State’s Joe Davis earlier this season.

college basketball on tV All games on CBS Saturday 5:07 p.m. - Butler vs.

Michigan State 7:47 p.m. - Duke vs.

West Virginia Huggins said. “Our length has something to do with it. And I think in the last month, we got a lot better.”

Especially Ebanks, who struggled in the early part of the season but turned things around on both ends of the

floor. He has six double-doubles this season and is third on the team in scoring at 12 points per game and averages 8 rebounds. He’s committed the fewest fouls among West Virginia’s starters, but his 74 turnovers leads the team.

He was responsible for Villanova all-American Scottie Reynolds shooting 5 of 16 from the floor in the regular-season finale.

In the first round of the NCAA tournament, Ebanks had 16 points, 13 rebounds and held Morgan State’s Reggie Holmes to 4 of 17 shooting and 12 points, 10 under his average.

“I accept the challenge and I like shutting them down,” Ebanks said.

Huggins’ bread-and-butter has always been tough man-to-man defense but he’s mixed it up in the NCAA tournament, using a 1-3-1 more often. Against Kentucky, the zone clogged the middle and forced the Wildcats’ guards to shoot 3-pointers. The Wildcats missed their first 20 3-point attempts.

In Duke, the Mountaineers are facing the second straight No. 1 seed, and the Blue Devils’ perimeter scoring might be the toughest challenge to date.

“Duke is kind of similar to us,” Ebanks said. “They’re a good defensive team and a good rebounding team. It will be like the same teams going against each other. I guess it will be who will out-tough who in that game.”

Da’Sean Butler, West Virginia’s leading scorer, is tied with Ebanks for the team lead in steals. Kevin Jones, Wellington Smith and backup John Flowers, all at 6-7, are adept at shot blocking and hold their own on the defensive end.

Ebanks, named to the all-Big East rookie team as a freshman, had to earn his reputation as a stopper.

He missed three straight games in November for undisclosed personal reasons and sat out another in December after hitting his left hand on a rim at a tournament in Anaheim, Calif.

“He had a hard time holding onto the ball,” Huggins said. “He did not shoot the ball really well. The thing about most of our guys is they do a lot of things and Devin became I think an outstanding defender.”

By late December, his hand had healed and things started to click on both ends of the court. He averaged 18 points and 15 rebounds in wins over Ole Miss and Seton Hall and was named Big East player of the week.

Hawks complete bad trip for Lakers

By The Associated Press The Atlanta Hawks are looking to make a lengthy run in the NBA playoffs.

Their bench sure appears deep enough for the long haul.

Joe Johnson scored 25 points despite an aching thumb, but it was the Atlanta reserves who came up big against Kobe Bryant and the Lakers. Maurice Evans scored 18, Jamal Crawford added 14 and Zaza Pachulia chipped in with his first double-double in more than a year, leading the Hawks to a 109-92 victory Wednesday night.

“You can’t win the championship with five guys,” Pachulia said. “We have some great players on the bench. Why not use them?”

Bryant scored 28 points but only eight in the second half as Los Angeles lost back-to-back games for just the fourth time this season. The Lakers won twice on a five-game road trip and missed a chance to possibly clinch the Pacific Division title before heading home.

“We’re not playing well defensively,” Bryant said.

“This trip was consistently bad, so we’ve got to get back to work.”

The Hawks moved a game ahead of Boston in the race for the third seed in the Eastern Conference with their ninth straight win at home.

Johnson hit five 3-pointers despite spraining the thumb on his right (shooting) hand while tangled up with Ron Artest in the first quarter.

He missed 4-of-5 shots in the second but found his touch after the break, knocking down four shots from beyond the 3-point stripe.

“I didn’t want to shy away from the shots I was getting,” Johnson said. “I just tried to keep it as loose as possible.”

Cavs 101, Bucks 98 Mo Williams made four free throws in the final 12.8 seconds as the Cleveland Cavaliers held on for a 101-98 win Wednesday night over the

Continued from Page B1. carries and a pair of rushing scores. Another key component will be Tracy Lampley, who earned the rare feat of scoring in four ways: a kickoff return, punt return, a rushing touchdown and a TD reception. He was the only player in the FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) to accomplish that feat and Fedora said that the Golden Eagles intend to get Lampley more opportunities.

“We did some good things and we did some bad things,” running back Tracy Lampley said of the offensive performance at the scrimmage. “I feel like I’m going to have a lot more opportunities after I gained a lot of confidence last year.”

Fedora was unsatisified with a few aspects, but was happy with the effort.

“The two things that stood out were that the offense put the ball on the ground too many times and the defense gave up too many explosive plays,” Fedora said. “This was a better scrimmage than we had in Ocean Springs.

The guys played harder and they made a lot less mental mistakes.”

Spoiler Continued from Page B1. he said at Martinsville. “But it could change who is running well and who isn’t running well. Any time there is a change, there is a risk of losing the good that you had, but there is also the chance of gaining something good that you didn’t have, and that’s going to affect every team differently.”

In a series where many weekends are spent with drivers discussing what they can do to slow the dominance of four-time defending champion Jimmie Johnson, that may offer hope. Besides the record four titles in a row, he’s won three of six races this season, and his ninthplace finish at Martinsville on Monday moved him into

first place in the points race.

Then again, Johnson leads all drivers with 22 victories in the 94 races NASCAR has run using the spoiler on cars, and he thinks its impact will be negative, especially in a pack.

“What I kind of predict is that the car is going to be more difficult to drive in traffic,” he said, noting that’s how it was before. “I’ve heard a lot of people mention that that’s going to make for better racing, and I’m just not buying that as of now.”

During the test at Charlotte, he said, drivers got a feel for the spoiler, but he never raced anyone, ran sideby-side with anyone or tried to pass during the test.

Morgan Continued from Page B1.

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Atlanta Hawks guard Maurice Evans drives on Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant on Wednesday.

nba vastly improved Milwaukee Bucks, who showed they might be a dangerous team in the playoffs. LeBron James scored 23 points and Williams 21 for the Cavs, who have won 10 of their past 11 and are closing in on the league’s best record and home-court advantage throughout the postseason.

John Salmons scored 28 points and Andrew Bogut had 19 points and 12 rebounds for the Bucks.

Suns 116, Nets 105 Steve Nash had 24 points and 14 assists, Jason Richardson scored 23 points, and the Phoenix Suns ran their winning streak to nine games.

Amare Stoudemire had 15 points and three reserves were in double figures for the Suns, who followed a sluggish first half by hitting all six 3-point attempts in a 38-point third quarter that turned around

the game.

Thunder 109, Celtics 104 Kevin Durant scored 37 points, and Jeff Green hit two 3-pointers in the last two minutes.

Russell Westbrook added 21 points and 10 assists in the Thunder’s 46th victory of the season, doubling their total for all last season.

The Celtics fell out of a thirdplace tie in the East with the Atlanta Hawks.

Wizards 96, Hornets 91 Mike Miller scored a seasonhigh 27 points and the Washington Wizards snapped a franchise-record 16-game losing streak.

The Wizards avoided an 0-17 March with their first win since beating New Jersey on Feb. 28.

Andray Blatche scored 23 points, and Shaun Livingston added 18 for the Wizards, who

played without four regular starters but still shot 55.9 percent from the floor.

that the talent level just isn’t what it was. In the past four years, the Vikings have had one primetime player who signed an FBS (football bowl subdivision, the old Division I-A) scholarship, Chico Hunter.

Coaches always are quick to tell you their work is a product of talent. Brewer and Robert Morgan didn’t forget what they had done successfully for so long. But no matter how good coaching is, if the talent is not as plentiful, the wins are going to be fewer. Simple math, really.

Last year’s big loss to Madison Central showed the gap between the state’s top tier of teams (Madison Central, South Panola, Noxubee, Olive Branch) and Warren Central is a wide chasm, not a decreasing-width trench.

Morgan’s task is an uneviable one. The school needs a new locker room and sepa-

T-wolves 108, Kings 99 Al Jefferson had 19 points and 12 rebounds and Darko Milicic also got a double-double to help the Minnesota Timberwolves snapped a 16-game losing streak.

Raptors 114, Clippers 92 Chris Bosh had 34 points and 11 rebounds, and Andrea Bargnani had 21 points and eight rebounds.

Sonny Weems scored 17 points and Antoine Wright and Jose Calderon each had 11 for the Raptors.

• Steve Wilson is sports editor of The Vicksburg Post. He can be reached at swilson@vicksburgpost.com or 601636-4545, ext. 142.

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TONIGHT ON TV

Peabody awards

n MOVIE “Final Destination 3” — A high-school senior, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and her friends must deal with repercussions of cheating death when they survive a terrible roller-coaster accident./7 on TBS n SPORTS College basketball — Reigning NCAA Division I-A champion North Carolina meets Dayton for a title of a different sort./6 on ESPN Mary Elizabeth Winstead n PRIMETIME “The Mentalist” — The CBI team prepares to meet the new boss, Special Agent Madeleine Hightower./8 on CBS

‘Modern Family,’ ‘Glee’ among winners

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 Debbie Reynolds, actress, 78; Eddie King, blues singer, 72; Ali MacGraw, actress, 72; Jimmy Cliff, reggae singer, 62; Samuel Alito, Supreme Court justice, 60; Susan Boyle, singer, 49; Method Man, rapper-actor, 39; Hillary Scott, country singer, 26. n DEATHS Herb Ellis — The critically acclaimed jazz guitarist who played with such luminaries as Ella Fitzgerald and was a member once of the celebrated Oscar Peterson Trio died Sunday, his son said.

He was 88. Mitch Ellis, the musician’s son, said that his father died of complications associated with Alzheimer’s disease at his Los Angeles home. Ellis, born in 1921 in Farmersville, Texas, was regarded as one of the finest jazz guitar soloists. He mixed bebop with country twang in a career that spanned six decades.

David Mills — A veteran television writer who worked on the award-winning series “ER” and “The Wire” died after collapsing on the set of his latest production. Mills, 48, died Tuesday night in New Orleans, said HBO spokesman Diego Aldana. Doctors at Tulane Medical Center said he suffered a brain aneurism, according to a statement Wednesday from Mills’ latest production, “Treme.” Mills was on the set of the new HBO series as it filmed a scene at Cafe du Monde in the French Quarter when he was stricken and rushed to the hospital where he died without regaining consciousness, the statement said. Mills was living in New Orleans.

PEOPLE

Hudson becomes Weight Watchers rep Jennifer Hudson is the latest celebrity to become a weight-loss spokeswoman.

The Oscar winner has signed to become the new rep for Weight Watchers. The announcement was made Thursday. The ads will start rolling out on Sunday.

Hudson recently lost weight after the birth of her first child, a son. Hudson says that “it’s a lifestyle change, not a diet.”

Jennifer Hudson

Van Der Beek finalizes divorce terms Court records show James Van Der Beek has finalized the terms of his divorce from his wife of nearly seven years.

The former “Dawson’s Creek” star’s divorce from actress Heather McComb will be official June 3.

The pair went through mediation to resolve the terms of the breakup. Van Der Beek will pay James McComb spousal support through 2012.

Van Der Beek Van Der Beek and McComb were married in July 2003 and have no children. He filed for divorce in November but stated in court filings they had separated months earlier.

The 33-year-old actor has appeared in numerous television series and starred in films such as “Varsity Blues” and “The Rules of Attraction.”

McComb has appeared as a supporting actress in several movies and television shows.

Ex-reality star Wahler charged with DUI Jason Wahler, a former reality TV star who has struggled with alcohol use, has been charged with drunken driving in Southern California.

The 23-year-old former star of “The Hills” was charged Monday with misdemeanor driving under the influence and having a blood-alcohol level over the limit of .08 percent.

District attorney’s spokesman Farrah Emami said Wahler could face up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine if convicted.

Emami said Wahler had a blood alcohol level of .19 percent when he was stopped by Newport Beach police on March 19 after officers saw him make an abrupt turn and stop in a traffic lane.

AND ONE MORE

‘Tony’ the tiger pulled from moat ‘Tony’ the Siberian tiger is back on display at the San Francisco Zoo after being shot with tranquilizers and hauled out of a moat where he’d spent four nights.

Zoo officials said it’s not clear why Tony stayed in the moat.

He’s in good health, although he’s 18 and a recent medical evaluation showed signs of senility.

Zoo officials decided on Monday that Tony could no longer stay in the dry moat he climbed into Thursday. The excrement was piling up and officials worried about a potential health hazard.

So with the help of firefighters, they hit the 360-pound tiger with tranquilizer darts, strapped him to a board and hauled him out with a pulley.

Siberian tigers have a life expectancy of 10 to 15 years in the wild and 14 to 20 years in captivity.

aTHeNs, Ga. (aP) — The winners of the 2009 Peabody Awards, announced Wednesday, include the ABC sitcom “Modern Family,” Fox network’s “Glee,” CBS’ “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” and HBO’s “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency.”

The awards recognize achievement and public service by TV and radio stations, networks, producing organizations, individuals and the Internet.

Other winners include the BBC’s dramatic reconstruction “The Day that Lehman Died” and National Public Radio’s Web site.

“To those who say all media content is the same, or presented from a single perspective, we offer this great range of material as a response,” said Horace Newcomb, director of the Peabody Awards, in a statement.

“Our selecCraig tions demFerguson onstrate that great work available in 2009 varied widely and appealed to viewers and listeners with very different tastes, interests and concerns,” he said.

An award ceremony for the 69th annual Peabody Awards will be held May 17 in New York. It will be hosted by ABC “World News” anchor Diane Sawyer, who will receive an award for “A Hidden America: Children of the Mountains,” a documentary shot in Appalachia.

Announcing the awards, Cully Clark, dean of UGA’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, said “Modern Family,” which follows the ups and downs of an extended family, “reinvents the situation comedy.”

Other entertainment programming recognized with a Peabody included “Glee,” a musical dramedy about the members of a high school singing club; “In Treatment,” HBO’s therapy drama; and “The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency,” a series about a female detective in Botswana based on the novels by Alexander McCall Smith.

Blurring the line between entertainment and news, CBS’ Scottish-born late-night talk-show host Craig Ferguson garnered an award for an interview with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who helped lead opposition to apartheid in South Africa in the 1980s.

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Rico Rodriguez, left, Sofia Vergara and Ed O’Neill in “Modern Family”

Winners • “Modern Family” (ABC), Twentieth Century Fox Television in association with Levitan Lloyd Productions • “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson: An Evening with Archbishop Desmond Tutu” (CBS), Worldwide Pants Inc. • “Noodle Road: Connecting Asia’s Kitchens” (KBS1 TV), Korean Broadcasting System • “A Hidden America: Children of the Mountains” (ABC), ABC News SesameStreet.org, Sesame Workshop • “BBC World News America: Unique Broadcast, Unique Perspective” (BBC America), BBC World News America, BBC America • “The Cost of Dying” (CBS), CBS News 60 Minutes • “Independent Lens: Between the Folds” (PBS), Green Fuse Films, ITVS • “Glee” (FOX), Twentieth Century Fox Television • “The OxyContin Express” (Current TV), Vanguard on Current TV npr.org, National Public Radio (www.npr.org) • Diane Rehm, Personal Award, talk show now available to National Public Radio listeners after decades on Washington’s WAMU-FM • “The Day that Lehman Died” (BBC World Service), a Goldhawk Essential Production/BBC World Service Production

• “In Treatment” (HBO), Leverage, Closest to the Hole Productions and Sheleg in association with HBO Entertainment • “Inventing LA: The Chandlers and Their Times” (PBS), Peter Jones Productions • “No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” (HBO), Mirage Enterprises and Cinechicks in association with The Weinstein Company, BBC and HBO Entertainment • “Sabotaging the System” (CBS), CBS News 60 Minutes • “Brick City” (Sundance Channel), Sundance Channel, Brick City TV LLC • “Thrilla in Manila” (HBO), Darlow Smithson Production, HBO Sports, HBO Documentary Films • “FRONTLINE: The Madoff Affair” (PBS), FRONTLINE, RAINmedia • “I-Witness: Ambulansiyang de Paa” (GMA Network), GMA Network Inc., Philippines • “Independent Lens: The Order of Myths” (PBS), Folly River, Inc., Netpoint Productions, Lucky Hat Entertainment, ITVS • “Hard Times” (OPB Radio), Oregon Public Broadcasting • “Iran & the West,” Brook Lapping Productions for the BBC in association with National Geographic Channel, France 3, NHK, VPRO, SVT, RTBF, VRT, NRK, SRC/CBC, DRTV SBS, YLE, TVP and Press TV

• “Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson: Covering Afghanistan” (NPR), National Public Radio • “The Great Textbook War” (West Virginia Public Broadcasting), Terry Kay Productions • “Mind the Gap: Why Good Schools Are Failing Black Students” (KLCC Radio), Nancy Solomon • “Endgame” (PBS), Daybreak/Channel 4/Target Entertainment, Presented on PBS/MASTERPIECE by WGBH Boston • “Sichuan Earthquake: One Year On” (Now-Broadband TV News Channel), Now-TV News, Hong Kong • “BART Shooting” (KTVUTV), KTVU, Oakland, Calif.

• “American Masters: Jerome Robbins — Something to Dance About” (PBS), Thirteen/WNET • “Chronicle: Paul’s Gift” (WYFF-TV), WYFF 4, Greenville, S.C. • “Under Fire: Discrimination and Corruption in the Texas National Guard” (KHOU-TV), KHOU-TV, Houston, Tex., Belo Inc. • “Derrion Albert Beating” (WFLD-TV), FOX Chicago News: WFLD-TV and myfoxchicago.com • “Where Giving Life Is a Death Sentence” (BBC America), BBC World News America, BBC America, BBC World News • “Up in Smoke” (KCET-TV), KCET, Los Angeles

To scientists, laughter is no joke — it’s serious wasHINGToN (aP) — So a scientist walks into a shopping mall to watch people laugh.

There’s no punchline. Laughter is a serious scientific subject, one that researchers are still trying to figure out.

Laughing is primal, our first way of communicating. Apes laugh. So do dogs and rats.

Babies laugh long before they speak. No one teaches you how to laugh. You just do. And often you laugh involuntarily, in a specific rhythm and in certain spots in conversation.

You may laugh at a prank on April Fools’ Day. But surprisingly, only 10 to 15 percent of laughter is the result of someone making a joke, said Baltimore neuroscientist Robert Provine, who has studied laughter for decades. Laughter is mostly about social responses rather than reaction to a joke.

“Laughter above all else is a social thing,” Provine said.

“The requirement for laughter is another person.”

Over the years, Provine, a professor with the University of Maryland Baltimore County, has boiled laughter down to its basics.

“All language groups laugh ‘ha-ha-ha’ basically the same way,” he said. “Whether you speak Mandarin, French or English, everyone will understand laughter. ... There’s a pat-

tern generator in our brain that produces this sound.”

Each “ha” is about one-15th of a second, repeated every fifth of a second, he said. Laugh faster or slower than that and it sounds more like panting or something else.

Deaf people laugh without hearing, and people on cell phones laugh without seeing, illustrating that laughter isn’t dependent on a single sense but on social interactions, said Provine, author of the book “Laughter: A Scientific Investigation.”

“It’s joy, it’s positive engagement with life,” said Jaak Panksepp, a Bowling Green University psychology professor.

And it’s not just a people thing either. Chimps tickle each other and even laugh when another chimp pretends to tickle them.

“That’s my candidate for the most ancient joke,” Provine said.

Panksepp studies rats that laugh when he tickles them.

Sound silly? It’s on YouTube and in scientific journals, a funny pairing of proofs when you think about it.

It turns out rats love to be tickled. They return again and again to the hands of researchers tickling them, Panksepp’s video shows.

By studying rats, Panksepp and other scientists can figure

out what’s going on in the brain during laughter. And it holds promise for human ills.

Northwestern University biomedical engineering professor Jeffrey Burgdorf has found that laughter in rats produces an insulin-like growth factor chemical that acts as an antidepressant and anxiety-reducer.

He thinks the same thing probably happens in humans, too.

This would give doctors a new chemical target in the brain in their effort to develop drugs

that fight depression and anxiety in people.

Even so, laughter itself hasn’t been proved to be the best medicine, experts said.

Dr. Margaret Stuber, a psychiatry professor at University of California Los Angeles Medical School, studied whether laughter helped patients. She found that distraction and mood improvement helped, but she could not find a benefit for laughter alone.

First Birthday –

Ma’Kiya Brooks

SECOND BIRTHDAY Marquis L. Knight celebrates his second birthday today. Marquis is the son of Brittany Brown and Harold L. Knight of Vicksburg.

Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Brown of Vicksburg. Paternal grandparents are the late Harold R. Scott and Blanche Knight of Vicksburg

celebrates her first birthday today, April 1st.

Ma’Kiya is the daughter of Shayla J. Brooks of Vicksburg.

Maternal grandparents are Simmie & Yoland Brooks of Vicksburg.

Great grandparents are the late Martha L. Brooks, Millie & Dave Lewis and Harold & Mattie Gaines.

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Outlandish letter writers take the cake on April Fools’ Day DEAR ABBY ABIGAIL

VAN BUREN

Dear Abby: While I was out of town on a business trip, my wife suddenly became a vegetarian. While that may sound like a good thing to some people, it is a matter of great concern to me. Since becoming a vegetarian, she has gained 30 pounds and no longer has her girlish figure.

In addition, she will no longer swat flies or kill a roach in the house, saying she doesn’t kill anything anymore. Perhaps others who have encountered this situation can give me some hints on how to handle this. — Arkansas Carnivore

TOMORROW’S HOROSCOPE

BY BERNICE BEDE OSOL • NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION Aries (March 21-April 19) — Something that gave you some concern previously may resurface again today, but this time it shouldn’t cause you any trouble in handling.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — If you’ve been working on anything of significance, try to solidify it now, especially if it involves a joint endeavor. Everything is likely to run smoothly.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Tough times are finally shifting in a favorable direction, so do what you can to turn any condition that has to do with your work or career into something you’d be proud to be part of.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Stop leaving everything up to others, especially when it involves your material security. Check out what you can do to take a more direct control.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — This is an excellent day to enlarge your range of social interests if you are amenable. By meeting new people, new groups, or getting into new activities, you can expand your life considerably.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — That which is old hat can be repurposed in new situations or activities, so don’t forsake anything that has worked so well for you in the past.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — A new financial trend you’re watching may be starting off slow, but it is likely to gain substantial momentum with time. Becoming part of it while it is still new will yield you much down the line.

Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — It’s not the time to throw in the towel on a matter that hasn’t taken off as quickly as you had anticipated.

Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — It might not appear so to you right now, but major improvements in your social life are indicated for the times ahead.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Don’t forsake one you’ve been involved with for a long time, especially for someone new you just met. You can pursue new interests without giving up an old friend.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Lady Luck is more likely to repeat her favors in areas that have made the most of her good offerings. Don’t do anything to rock the boat, when everything’s going so smoothly for you.

Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20) — Take a long-range view on your life instead of focusing only on the immediate. As you broaden your perspective, opportunities will become more evident.

TWEEN 12 & 20

BY DR. ROBERT WALLACE • NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION Teens: If you wanted to attend the holiday dance at Plainview High School in Ardmore, Okla., you first had to pass a sobriety test.

Some civil rights activists frowned on the practice, but student leaders and school officials felt the mandatory breath tests were a good way to combat teen drinking. The principal of the 375-student school had threatened to cancel all school-sponsored dances for the year after a drunken student couple disrupted homecoming festivities. He agreed to the testing in a compromise with the student council.

Alcohol possession on school campuses is a growing problem and administrators are doing everything they can to fight it, but are they sometimes going too far?

Take the case of a straight-A student in Atlanta, who decided to give his French teacher a Christmas gift. He lovingly wrapped the gift in an appropriate box, topped with a red bow. The only problem was that the gift was a bottle of French wine.

When the teacher opened the gift, she notified the principal, who suspended the student for 10 days, in accordance with school policy, which stipulates a 10-day suspension for anyone bringing alcohol to school. The student’s parents were upset at their son’s long suspension for merely giving his teacher a present. To register their displeasure when the school board refused to overturn the punishment, the parents announced that they would take their son on a two-week vacation — to Paris — during the time he would not be allowed to attend school.

The student’s gift to his teacher of a bottle of wine was inappropriate and unwise. But school officials’ response — treating his action the same way they would if a student brought alcohol to school for his own use — strikes me as an injustice and a poor interpretation of the rule.

Teens, I’d appreciate your comments on this issue.

Dr. Wallace: I have been selected to contact you to get your opinion on a debate in our social living class. Fifteen students argued no, while 15 others argued yes on this question: Should an additional $1 tax be placed on a package of cigarettes? Your opinion will decide who wins. — Sasha, New York.

Sasha: I cast my vote for yes. It will help keep teens from starting to smoke or cause some to quit smoking because of the extra cost of this nasty habit. Then I would hope the governmental agency that placed the tax on cigarettes would give the extra money to help schools provide a quality education to all students!

• Dr. Robert Wallace writes for Copley News Service. E-mail him at rwallace@Copley News Service.

Dear Arkansas Carnivore: I sure hope so — I’ll let you know if I hear from anyone who wants to weigh in on your problem. But in the meantime, you’ll have to cook your own steaks and kill your own insects.

Dear Abby: Please help me make my life better and answer a question that has been troubling me for some time. How do men on death row get their toenails cut? Are they actually given sharp objects to do it for themselves? I can’t figure it out. — Perplexed in Southwest Florida Dear Perplexed: Your question is one I have pondered for some time, as well. Because men on death row are not supposed to have sharp objects, they take turns chewing each other’s toenails off. I have this on good authority — and I’m not conning you.

Dear Abby: I have fallen

deeply in love with a homeless man, and I have been trying unsuccessfully to convince him to move in with me for some time, but he just won’t leave his cardboard box. He says it has sentimental value that I just don’t understand.

Please help me, Abby. What should I do? — Carla in Washington State Dear Carla: Try this. Have him move his cardboard box into your home, then he won’t have to give it up and can spend as much time as he needs in it. Then slowly coax him out of his box for longer and longer periods of time, and you’ll both have what you want. Good luck.

Dear Abby: I want to marry a nice, sweet girl who just completed her prison sentence for abandoning her illegitimate kid. My problem is, my dad sells drugs, my mother died in an asylum of syphilitic insan-

ity, my two sisters are hookers and my older brother is awaiting trial for killing his girlfriend’s husband. My younger brother is a U.S. congressman. Should I tell my future bride the awful truth about my younger brother? — Pete W., Gilchrist, Texas Dear Pete: Absolutely!

And, unless you’re afraid it

will scare her off, you should also mention you’re a creative writer.

• 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.

Cold feet could be caused by number of maladies Dear Dr. Gott: What are the possible reasons for my extremely cold feet and toes?

Dear Reader: There are a number of possible causes, including exposure to cold, hypothyroidism, peripheral neuropathy, peripheralartery disease and Raynaud’s.

Many disorders share symptoms, so you might need some follow-up.

If you were exposed to extreme cold without adequate protection, exposure could be the answer. Perhaps you were outside for a long time in frigid temperatures without benefit of socks, footwear or warm boots.

Hypothyroidism (low thyroid) is easy enough to determine with a simple blood test but is often accompanied by a number of other symptoms, such as fatigue, that you don’t mention. If it is time for an annual physical examination, ask your physician to test you for a thyroid disorder. Include cholesterol and blood-sugar levels. If abnormalities exist, it is likely simple medication will help you.

Peripheral neuropathy is caused by nerve damage and commonly presents with numbness, tingling and a burning sensation. This certainly might be an answer.

Raynaud’s is an interruption of blood flow to the extremities caused by exposure to cold and made worse by emotional stimulation. Symptoms include burning, tingling, pain on exposure to cold and whitish/blue skin, followed by redder skin when circulation improves.

Peripheral-artery disease is a common problem involving circulation that occurs when there’s an insufficient flow of blood to the hands, legs and feet. A person may complain of cold extremities, foot ulcers that fail to heal and intermittent claudication (pain or discomfort in leg muscles after walking a certain distance).

I would expect, and perhaps incorrectly, that you are too young to suffer from PAD. Discontinue smoking if you currently do so. Exercise to improve your circulation. Cover your feet with socks and warm slippers or shoes, even when at home. Avoid excess coffee, chocolate and other caffeinecontaining products that constrict blood vessels. Substitute green and black teas that contain flavonoids, as they help support blood-vessel health.

While I have no personal experience and cannot endorse the alternative, magnesium taken in doses of 1,000 milligrams daily is purported to relax blood vessels and promote blood flow.

Too much magnesium, however, can cause diarrhea, so be careful not to overdo it.

Dear Dr. Gott: Last year, I suffered with sinus problems and infections that led to sinus surgery. The surgery was the worst experience of my life.

Now I have no sense of taste or smell. This is so devastating that I’m now on an anti-depressant so I can cope.

Dear Reader: To be robbed

ASK THE DOCTOR Dr. PETEr

GOTT

of the sense of smell can be devastating. I don’t know how complicated your surgery was, but unfortunately, any procedure can cause unwanted side effects. Return to your doctor for his or her guidance, or request a referral to another ENT specialist for a second opinion. You also might contact the National Institutes of Health (www.nih.gov), where research remains ongoing. The address is 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892.

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

by Mike Argirion and Jeff Knurek

Unscramble these four Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words.

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Dear Readers: It’s April Fools’ Day again, the day I share some of the letters I receive that are so far-fetched I wouldn’t print them any other day because they are either over the top or under the bottom, depending upon one’s perspective. Read on: Dear Abby: As I was eating my lunch yesterday, I saw the image of Abraham Lincoln on one of my potato chips. As I was daydreaming about how much money I would make charging people to see it, I absent-mindedly popped it into my mouth and ate it! Is there anything I can do about this? — Dana in Palm Springs, Calif.

Dear Dana: Absolutely.

Start thinking about some other original ways to make money. Your potato chip may have been delicious, but unfortunately, you ATE your business plan.

Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon.

THE Ans: • (Answers tomorrow) Write to Dr. Peter Gott in care of United Jumbles: MADLY NOBLE ZODIAC PAYING Media, P.O. Box 167, Wickliffe, OH 44092Yesterday’s Answer: When he caught Junior playing with matches, 0167.

Dad was — BLAZING MAD RELEASE DATE– Thursday, April 1, 2010

Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

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01. Legals IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF WARREN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JERRY WAYNE BEARD, II, DECEASED JERRY WAYNE BEARD PETITIONER NO. 2010-030PR NOTICE TO CREDITORS Letters of Administration having been granted to the undersigned on the 11th day of March, 2010 by the Chancery Court of Warren County, Mississippi, upon the Estate of Jerry Wayne Beard, II, Deceased, notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against said Estate to present the same to the Clerk of this Court for probate and registration according to law, within ninety (90) days from this date, or they will be forever barred.

This the 12th day of March, 2010. /s/ Jerry Wayne Beard JERRY WAYNE BEARD MICHAEL R. BONNER Attorney at Law 914 Grove Street Vicksburg, MS 39183 MSB NO. 9331 Telephone: (601)636-4191 Facsimile: (601)638-1643 Publish: 3/18, 3/25, 4/1(3t) Statewide Publishing LLC PO Box 768170 Roswell, GA 30076 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI COUNTY OF WARREN WHEREAS, on December 15, 2006, Keith Anderson executed and delivered a certain Deed of Trust unto Charlene Griffin, Trustee for the benefit of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for MortgageAmerica, Inc., its successors and assigns, to secure an indebtedness therein described, which Deed of Trust is recorded in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Warren County, Mississippi in Book 1629, Page 774; and WHEREAS, said Deed of Trust was subsequently assigned unto Chase Home Finance LLC, by instrument recorded in the Office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk in Book 1504, Page 184; and WHEREAS, the holder of said Deed of Trust substituted and appointed Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by instrument recorded in the Office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk Book 1504, Page 185; and WHEREAS, default having been made in the payments of indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, and the holder of said Deed of Trust, having requested the undersigned so to do, on April 15, 2010, I will, during legal hours (between the hours of 11 o' clock a.m. and 4 o' clock p.m.), at public outcry, offer for sale and will sell, at the Front door steps of the Warren County Courthouse in Vicksburg, Mississippi, for cash to the highest bidder, the following described land and property situated in Warren County, Mississippi, to-wit: All of Lot 178 of Enchanted Hills Subdivision, Part 4, a subdivision according to a map or plat thereof which is on file and of record in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Warren County, State of Mississippi, in Plat Book 1 at Page 55 thereof, reference to which map or plat is hereby made in aid of and as a part of this description. Title to the above described property is believed to be good, but I will convey only such title as is vested in me as Substituted Trustee.

WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, this the 11th day of March, 2010 Christian Mayer Christian Mayer, Assistant Vice President Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc. 1587 Northeast Expressway Atlanta, GA 30329 (770) 234-9181 ext 1156 0800427MS Publish: 3/25, 4/1, 4/8(3t) IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF WARREN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI RE: IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GEORGIA BOYKIN, DECEASED CAUSE NO: 2010-028PR NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF GEORGIA BOYKIN NOTICE is hereby given that Letters Testamentary on the Estate of Georgia Boykin, deceased, Probate No. 2010-028PR, were granted to the undersigned by the Ch C t f th

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01. Legals Chancery Court of the Warren County, Mississippi on the 2nd day of March, 2010, and all persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified and required to have the same probated and registered by the Clerk of said Court as required by law within ninety (90) days from date of first publication of this notice.

Failure to do so will forever bar such claims.

WITNESS our signatures this the 12th day of March, 2010. ____________________ LONNIE LEE BOYKIN, CO-EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF GEORGIA BOYKIN, DECEASED ____________________ CHERRIE BOYKIN McCLELLAND, CO-EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF GEORGIA BOYKIN, DECEASED Publish: 3/18, 3/25, 4/1(3) TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE WHEREAS, on May 11, 2006, TONY COLLINS executed a Deed of Trust to RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A as Trustee for the benefit of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS A NOMINEE FOR COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC., which Deed of Trust was recorded as Instrument No. 241428 - and in Book 1629 at Page 801 in the Office of the Chancery Clerk of Warren County, Mississippi; and WHEREAS, default having been made in the terms and conditions of said Deed of Trust, and the entire debt secured thereby having been declared to be due and payable, and the legal holder of said indebtedness, BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P. FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P., having requested the undersigned Trustee to execute the trust and sell said land and property in accordance with the terms of said Deed of Trust for the purpose of raising the sums due thereunder, together with attorney's fees, Trustee's fees and expenses of sale.

NOW, THEREFORE, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Trustee, will on April 15, 2010, offer for sale at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, within legal hours (between the hours of 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.) at the front steps of the Warren County Courthouse in Vicksburg, Mississippi, the following-described property: COMMENCING AT AN IRON ROD MARKING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE CAIRO HOLDING COMPANY'S 20.0 ACRE TRACT, AS RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 930 AT PAGE 403 OF THE LAND RECORDS OF THE CHANCERY CLERK OF WARREN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI: THENCE N23'30'23" W A DISTANCE OF 776.90 FEET TO AN FOUND IRON ROD IN THE CENTER OF POST OAK LANE, AND THE POINT OF BEGINNING: THENCE. CONTINUING ALONG THE CENTER OF POST OAK LANE. N 53*48'53"E, A DISTANCE OF 119.63 FEET TO A FOUND IRON; THENCE, LEAVING SAID POST OAK LANE, S 57*23'20" E, A DISTANCE OF 114.51 FEET TO A FOUND IRON; THENCE CONTINUING S 57*23'20"E, A DISTANCE OF 90.49 FEET TO A POINT IN A LAKE: THENCE S 49*20'07" W, A DISTANCE OF 203.67 FEET TO A POINT IN A LAKE; THENCE, N 33*34'00"W. A DISTANCE OF 207.28 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING 0.74 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. TOGETHER WITH, THAT CERTAIN NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT, TO BE USED IN COMMON, FOR THE PURPOSE OF A ROADWAY AND RIGHT OF WAY, OVER AND ACROSS THAT CERTAIN THIRTY (30') FOOT WIDE STRIP OF LAND BEING FURTHER DESCRIBED AS COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE CAIRO HOLDING COMPANY'S 20.0 ACRE TRACT, MENTIONED ABOVE AND RUN THENCE, N 53*21' W, 693.22, FEET TO A POINT AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE EAST LINE OF KING ROAD WITH THE CENTERLINE OF PRIVATE POST OAK LANE, AND THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF SAID EASEMENT; THENCE, RUN FIFTEEN

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01. Legals C , U (15') FEET EITHER SIDE OF THE DESCRIBED CENTERLINE. N 69*18'38" E, A DISTANCE OF 193.77 FEET: THENCE, N 66*33'11" E, A DISTANCE OF 123.19 FEET; THENCE, N 61*13'21" E, A DISTANCE OF 128.31 FEET; THENCE, N 53*48'53"E, A DISTANCE OF 119.63 FEET TO THE END OF SAID EASEMENT. SUBJECT TO. ALL THAT CERTAIN REGION OCCUPIED BY THAT CERTAIN FIFTEEN (15') FEET; MORE OR LESS, THAT MAKES UPON ONE HALF OF POST OAK LANE ON THE NORTHERLY PORTION OF THE LOT HEREIN DESCRIBED. TOGETHER WITH THAT CERTAIN 2006 LEXINGTON MANUFACTURED HOME MODEL NO 2804 56 X 28 SERIAL NUMBER LH01 05 1238 AB RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. will convey only such title as vested in it as Trustee.

WITNESS my signature on this 1st day of March, 2010.

RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., TRUSTEE 2380 Performance Dr, TX2985-07-03 Richardson, TX 75082 Telephone No. (800) 2818219 By: /s/ Heather Malone Title: Assistant Secretary RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., TRUSTEE 2380 Performance Dr, TX2-985-07-03 Richardson, TX 75082 TS No.: 10 -0026103 PARCEL No. 1432 06 9999 004804 DHGW 51658G Publish: 3/25, 4/1, 4/8(3t)

SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE WHEREAS, on September 21, 2007, D & H Properties, Inc., executed a Deed of Trust to T. Harris Collier, III, Trustee for the benefit of Trustmark National Bank, which Deed of Trust is recorded in Deed of Trust Book 1677, at Page 417, in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Warren County, Mississippi; WHEREAS, the aforesaid Trustmark National Bank, the holder of said Deed of Trust and the note secured hereby, substituted Patrick F. McAllister as Trustee therein, as authorized by the terms thereof, by instrument dated March 5, 2010 and recorded in the office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk in Book 1506 at Page 524; WHEREAS, default having been made in the terms and conditions of said Deed of Trust, and the entire debt secured thereby having been declared to be due and payable in accordance with the terms of said Deed of Trust, and the legal holder of said indebtedness, Trustmark National Bank having requested the undersigned Substituted Trustee to execute the trust and sell said land and property in accordance with the terms of said Deed of Trust for the purpose of raising the sums due thereunder, together with attorney's fees, Substituted Trustee's fees and expenses of sale; NOW, THEREFORE, I, Patrick F. McAllister, Substituted Trustee in said Deed of Trust, will on the 9th day of April, 2010, offer for sale and will sell at public outcry, to the highest bidder for cash, within legal hours (being between the hours of 11:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M.) at the West door of the County Courthouse at 1009 Cherry Street, County of Warren, State of Mississippi, the following described property situated and lying in the County of Warren, State of Mississippi, to-wit: Part of Lot 13 of the V & M Survey Located in Part of Section 28, Township 16 North, Range 4 East, Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi.

BEGINNING at an iron pin at the Southeast corner of Parcel 2 of the D & H Properties, Inc. parcel as recorded in Deed Book 1098 at Page 58 of the Land Records of Warren County, Mississippi, which point is further described as the Southeast corner of the lands Correction Mutual Quitclaim Deed dated December 31, 1998, recorded in Deed Book 1162 at Page 83 of the aforesaid Land Records (collectively, the “1997 D & H Parcel”) said Point of Beginning being further described as lying 245.00' East of the an iron pin marking the Northwest corner of Lot 7 of Broadmoor

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01. Legals Subdivision, Part Two, a Plat of which is recorded in Plat Book116 at Page 246 of the aforesaid Land Records and run thence along the East line of said 1997 D & H Parcel, North, 239.64 feet, more or less, to an iron pin on the South side of that certain fifty foot (50') Right of Way for a street named Monument Place that was previously conveyed to the City of Vicksburg by Deed (for the street named Monument Street) recorded in Deed Book 1030 at page 214 of the aforesaid Land Records (the “City of Vicksburg Parcel for Monument Place”), same being twenty-five feet to the left and twenty-five feet to the right of the centerline described therein and depicted upon plat attached thereto; thence leaving the common corner to the 1997 D & H Parcel and the Northwest corner of the 1998 D & H Parcel Described and conveyed herein and continue along the South line of the City of Vicksburg Parcel for Monument Place, N 76 degrees 50' 00" E, 80.74 feet, more or less, to an iron pin on the cul-de-sac of said City of Vicksburg Parcel for Monument Place; thence along the circumference of said cul-de-sac of said City of Vicksburg Parcel for Monument Place (said cul-de-sac having a radius of fifty feet (50') and an arc distance of 101.60 feet, a chord of N 78 degrees 37' 18" E, 85.00 feet to an iron pin; thence leaving the circumference of the cul-de-sac of said City of Vicksburg Parcel for Monument Place and run S 45 degrees 34' 28" E, 199.07 feet to a point in the center of a creek; thence along the center of said creek, and the meanderings thereof, having the approximate courses and distances, viz: S 04 degrees12'59" W, 73.40 feet, S 26 degrees 48'17"W, 69.75 feet to a point where the center of said creek intersects the North line of Broadmoor Subdivision, Part Two; thence leaving the center of said creek and run along the North line of said Broadmoor Subdivision, part Two, West, 267.27 feet to the POINT of BEGINNING and containing 1.56 Acres, more or less, and being part of Lot 13 of the V & M Survey located in Part of Section 28, Township 16 North, Range 4 East, Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, a plat whereof prepared by Gee & Strickland, Inc, dated December, 1998, being attached hereto and incorporated herein in aid of description and for all other purposes being attached hereto.

I WILL CONVEY only such title as is vested in me as Substituted Trustee.

WITNESS my signature, this the 16th day of March, 2010. /s/ Patrick F. McAllister PATRICK F. McALLISTER Substituted Trustee 303 Highland Park Cove, Suite A Ridgeland, MS 39157 (601) 991-2000 Bar No. 2177 Publish: 3/18, 3/25, 4/1, 4/8 (4t) SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE WHEREAS, on August 11, 2005, D & H Properties, Inc., executed a Deed of Trust to T. Harris Collier, III, Trustee for the benefit of Trustmark National Bank, which Deed of Trust is recorded in Deed of Trust Book 1647, at Page 443, and filed of record on April 2, 2007 in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Warren County, Mississippi; WHEREAS, the aforesaid Trustmark National Bank, the holder of said Deed of Trust and the note secured hereby, substituted Patrick F. McAllister as Trustee therein, as authorized by the terms thereof, by instrument dated March 5, 2010 and recorded in the office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk in Book 1506 at Page 526; WHEREAS, default having been made in the terms and conditions of said Deed of Trust, and the entire debt secured thereby having been declared to be due and payable in accordance with the terms of said Deed of Trust, and the legal holder of said indebtedness, Trustmark National Bank having requested the undersigned Substituted Trustee to execute the trust and sell said land and property in accordance with the terms of said Deed of Trust for the purpose of raising the sums due thereunder, together with attorney's fees, Substituted Trustee's fees and expenses of sale;

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01. Legals SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE WHEREAS, on August 11, 2005, D & H Properties, Inc., executed a Deed of Trust to T. Harris Collier, III, Trustee for the benefit of Trustmark National Bank, which Deed of Trust is recorded in Deed of Trust Book 1647, at Page 443, and filed of record on April 2, 2007 in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Warren County, Mississippi; WHEREAS, the aforesaid Trustmark National Bank, the holder of said Deed of Trust and the note secured hereby, substituted Patrick F. McAllister as Trustee therein, as authorized by the terms thereof, by instrument dated March 5, 2010 and recorded in the office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk in Book 1506 at Page 526; WHEREAS, default having been made in the terms and conditions of said Deed of Trust, and the entire debt secured thereby having been declared to be due and payable in accordance with the terms of said Deed of Trust, and the legal holder of said indebtedness, Trustmark National Bank having requested the undersigned Substituted Trustee to execute the trust and sell said land and property in accordance with the terms of said Deed of Trust for the purpose of raising the sums due thereunder, together with attorney's fees, Substituted Trustee's fees and expenses of sale; NOW, THEREFORE, I, Patrick F. McAllister, Substituted Trustee in said Deed of Trust, will on the 9th day of April, 2010, offer for sale and will sell at public outcry, to the highest bidder for cash, within legal hours (being between the hours of 11:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M.) at the West door of the County Courthouse at 1009 Cherry Street, County of Warren, State of Mississippi, the following described property situated and lying in the County of Warren, State of Mississippi, to-wit: Parcel No. 1 Part of Section 28, Township 16 North, Range 3 East, described as beginning at the Northwest corner of Lot 7 of Broadmoor Subdivision, Part Two, and also being the Southeast corner of that certain parcel conveyed by deed from Chester H. Redditt, Kenneth E. Hicks and Walter May to May & Company Real Estate Group, a partnership, as recorded in Book 882 at Page 299 of the land records of Warren County, Mississippi; from said point run North 217.41 feet to a point in the 50 foot right-of-way of Monument Place; thence with said right-of-way run along a curve to the left having a radius of 795.3 feet and a chord of South 87 degrees 30 minutes 44 seconds East, 117.60 feet; thence continue North 77 degrees 35 minutes 02 seconds East, 17.97 feet; thence leaving said right-ofway run South 216.17 feet; thence West, 135.0 feet to the point of beginning; containing 0.66 acres, more or less, and being depicted as Parcel #1 on the plat attached hereto in aid of this description.

I WILL CONVEY only such title as is vested in me as Substituted Trustee.

WITNESS my signature, this the 16th day of March, 2010. /s/ Patrick F. McAllister PATRICK F. McALLISTER Substituted Trustee 303 Highland Park Cove, Suite A Ridgeland, MS 39157 (601) 991-2000 Bar No. 2177 Publish: 3/18, 3/25, 4/1, 4/8 (4t)

SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE WHEREAS, on November 14, 2005, D & H Properties, Inc., executed a Deed of Trust to T. Harris Collier, III, Trustee for the benefit of Trustmark National Bank, which Deed of Trust is recorded in Deed of Trust Book 1563, at Page 559, in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Warren County, Mississippi; WHEREAS, the aforesaid Trustmark National Bank, the holder of said Deed of Trust and the note secured hereby, substituted Patrick F. McAllister as Trustee therein, as authorized by the terms thereof, by instrument dated March 5, 2010 and recorded in the office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk in Book 1506 at Page 525; WHEREAS, default having been made in the terms and conditions of said Deed of Trust, and the entire debt secured thereby having been declared to be due and payable in accordance with the terms of said Deed of Trust, and the legal holder of said indebtedness, Trustmark National Bank having requested the undersigned Substituted Trustee to execute the trust and sell said land and property in accordance with the terms of said Deed of Trust for the purpose of raising the sums due thereunder, together with attorney's fees, Substituted Trustee's fees and expenses of sale; NOW, THEREFORE, I, Patrick F. McAllister, Substituted Trustee in said Deed of Trust, will on the 9th day of April, 2010, offer for sale and will sell at public outcry, to the highest bidder for cash, within legal hours (being between the hours of 11:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M.) at the West door of the County Courthouse at 1009 Cherry Street, County of Warren, State of Mississippi, the following described property situated and lying in the County of Warren, State of Mississippi, to-wit: PARCEL 1 Part of Section 28, Township 16 North, Range 3 East, described as beginning at the

01. Legals g g Northwest corner of Lot 7 of Broadmoor Subdivision, Part Two, and also being the southeast corner of that certain parcel conveyed by deed from Chester H. Redditt, Kenneth E. Hicks and Walter May to May & Company Real Estate Group, a partnership, as recorded in Book 882 at Page 299 of the land records of Warren County, Mississippi; from said point run North 217.41 feet to a point in the 50 foot right-of-way of Monument Place; thence with said rightof-way run along a curve to the left having a radius of 795.3 feet and a chord of South 87 degrees 30 minutes 44 seconds East, 117.60 feet; thence continue North 77 degrees 35 minutes 02 seconds East, 17.97 feet; thence leaving said right-ofway run South 216.17 feet; thence West, 135.0 feet to the point of beginning, containing 0.66 acres, more or less, and being depicted as Parcel #1 on the plat attached hereto in aid of this description.

I WILL CONVEY only such title as is vested in me as Substituted Trustee.

WITNESS my signature, this the 16th day of March, 2010. /s/ Patrick F. McAllister PATRICK F. McALLISTER Substituted Trustee 303 Highland Park Cove, Suite A Ridgeland, MS 39157 (601) 991-2000 Bar No. 2177 Publish: 3/18, 3/25, 4/1, 4/8(4t)

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI COUNTY OF WARREN WHEREAS, on October 3, 2008, Stacey Renee Donovan executed and delivered a certain Deed of Trust unto H. Farris Crisler, Trustee for the benefit of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as a nominee for The Mortgage Connection, Inc., its successors and assigns, to secure an indebtedness therein described, which Deed of Trust is recorded in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Warren County, Mississippi in Book 1699, Page 197; and WHEREAS, said Deed of Trust was subsequently assigned unto Chase Home Finance LLC, by instrument recorded in the Office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk in Book 1506, Page 298; and WHEREAS, the holder of said Deed of Trust substituted and appointed Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by instrument recorded in the Office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk Book 1506, Page 299; and WHEREAS, default having been made in the payments of indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, and the holder of said Deed of Trust, having requested the undersigned so to do, on April 15, 2010, I will, during legal hours (between the hours of 11 o' clock a.m. and 4 o' clock p.m.), at public outcry, offer for sale and will sell, at the Front door steps of the Warren County Courthouse in Vicksburg, Mississippi, for cash to the highest bidder, the following described land and property situated in Warren County, Mississippi, to-wit: Lot 16, E. E. Bell Subdivision, Part 2, a plat of which is recorded in Deed Book 282 at Page 64 of the Warren County, Mississippi Land Records.

Title to the above described property is believed to be good, but I will convey only such title as is vested in me as Substituted Trustee.

WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, this the 1st day of March, 2010 Christian Mayer Christian Mayer, Assistant Vice President Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc. 1587 Northeast Expressway Atlanta, GA 30329 (770) 234-9181 ext 0938265MS Publish: 3/25, 4/1, 4/8(3t)

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01. Legals NOTICE OF SALE WHEREAS, on September 25, 2007, EBONY N. SMITH AND JEFFREY B. SMITH, WIFE AND HUSBAND AS JOINT TENANTS executed a Deed of Trust to RECONTRUST COMPANY as Trustee for the benefit of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS AS NOMINEE FOR COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS INC, which Deed of Trust was recorded in Book 1675 at Page 735 in the Office of the Chancery Clerk of Warren County, Mississippi; and WHEREAS, BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP, the current Beneficiary of said Deed of Trust, substituted RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. as Trustee therein, as authorized by the terms thereof, as evidenced by an instrument recorded in Book 1506, Page 494 in the Office of the Chancery Clerk of Warren County, Mississippi; and WHEREAS, default having been made in the terms and conditions of said Deed of Trust, and the entire debt secured thereby having been declared to be due and payable, and the legal holder of said indebtedness, BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP, FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP, having requested the undersigned Substitute Trustee to execute the trust and sell said land and property in accordance with the terms of said Deed of Trust for the purpose of raising the sums due thereunder, together with attorney's fees, Substitute Trustee's fees and expenses of sale.

NOW, THEREFORE, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Substitute Trustee, will on April 15, 2010, offer for sale at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, within legal hours (between the hours of 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.) at the front steps of the Warren County Courthouse in Vicksburg, Mississippi, the following-described property: ALL OF LOT 28 OF THE RESURVEY OF W. M. HAWKINS SUBDIVISION, PART III, A PLAT OF WHICH IS OF RECORD IN DEED BOOK 16 AT PAGE 224 OF THE LAND RECORDS OF WARREN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. will convey only such title as vested in it as Substitute Trustee.

WITNESS my signature on this 1st day of March, 2010.

RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE 2380 Performance Dr, TX2-985-07-03 Richardson, TX 75082 Telephone No. (800) 281-8219 By: /s/ Courtney Bullard Title: Assistant Secretary RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE 2380 Performance Dr, TX2985-07-03 Richardson, TX 75082 TS No.: 10 -0017482 PARCEL No. 1116 01 1153 002500 DHGW 51677G Publish: 3/25, 4/1, 4/8)3t) Substitute Trustee's Notice of Sale STATE OF MISSISSIPPI COUNTY OF Warren WHEREAS, on the 2nd day of November, 2004 and acknowledged on the 2nd day of November, 2004, Nathaniel Harris, an unmarried man, executed and delivered a certain Deed of Trust unto Ellis, Braddock & Dees, LTD, Trustee for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Beneficiary, to secure an indebtedness therein described, which Deed of Trust is recorded in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Warren County, Mississippi in Book 1499 at Page 365 #216609; and WHEREAS, on the 12th day of March, 2010, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., assigned said Deed of Trust unto Wells Fargo Bank, NA, by instrument recorded in the office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk in Book 1506 at Page 681 Instrument #276307; and WHEREAS, on the 16th day of March, 2010, the Holder of said Deed of Trust substituted and appointed Emily Kaye Courteau as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, by instrument recorded in the

01. Legals office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk in Book 1506 at Page 731 Instrument #276387; and WHEREAS, default having been made in the payments of the indebtedness secured by the said Deed of Trust, and the holder of said Deed of Trust, having requested the undersigned so to do, on the 22nd day of April, 2010, I will during the lawful hours of between 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., at public outcry, offer for sale and will sell, at the west front door of the Warren County Courthouse at Vicksburg, Mississippi, for cash to the highest bidder, the following described land and property situated in Warren County, Mississippi, to-wit: The following described property situated in Sections 28 and 39, Township 15 North, Range 3 East, Warren County, Mississippi. Starting at the Southeast corner of said Section 28, Township 15 North, Range 3 East, run South 86 degrees 04 minutes West 794.66 feet to a point on the North line of Linda Drive for a point of beginning; thence South 88 degrees 35 minutes West along said North line of Linda Drive 120.10 feet; thence North 01 degrees 47 minutes East 204.9 feet; thence South 38 degrees 52 minutes East 34.45 feet; thence North 25 degrees 00 minutes East 90.0 feet; thence North 81 degrees 25 minutes East 30.0 feet; thence South 03 degrees 37 minutes East 270.0 feet to the point of beginning, said parcel of land containing 0.576 acres, more or less, and known as Lot L-5 of Warrenton Heights Subdivision.

I will only convey such title as is vested in me as Substitute Trustee WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, this day March 24, 2010 Emily Kaye Courteau Substitute Trustee 2309 Oliver Road Monroe, LA 71201 (318) 330-9020 cab/F10-0799 Publish: 4/1, 4/8, 4/15(3t)

Substitute Trustee's Notice of Sale STATE OF MISSISSIPPI COUNTY OF Warren WHEREAS, on the 22nd day of February, 2002 and acknowledged on the 22nd day of February, 2002, Willie L Jackson aka Willie L Jackson, II and Cynthia D Jackson, husband and wife, executed and delivered a certain Deed of Trust unto Wells Fargo Escrow Co., LLC, Trustee for Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., Beneficiary, to secure an indebtedness therein described, which Deed of Trust is recorded in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Warren County, Mississippi in Book 1307 at Page 78 Instrument #181790; and WHEREAS, on the 13th day of November, 2007, the Holder of said Deed of Trust substituted and appointed Emily Kaye Courteau as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, by instrument recorded in the office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk in Book 1472 at Page 69 Instrument #253264; and WHEREAS, default having been made in the payments of the indebtedness secured by the said Deed of Trust, and the holder of said Deed of Trust, having requested the undersigned so to do, on the 8th day of April, 2010, I will during the lawful hours of between 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., at public outcry, offer for sale and will sell, at the west front door of the Warren County Courthouse at Vicksburg, Mississippi, for cash to the highest bidder, the following described land and property situated in Warren County, Mississippi, to-wit: All of Lots 48 and 49 of Willow Creek Subdivision, Part Two, as shown per plat of record in Plat Book 3 at Page 4 of the Warren County, Mississippi Land Records.

I will only convey such title as is vested in me as Substitute Trustee WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, this day March 15, 2010 Emily Kaye Courteau Substitute Trustee 2309 Oliver Road Monroe, LA 71201 (318) 330-9020 cab/F07-2496 Publish: 3/18, 3/25, 4/1(3t)

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Mississippi, on the 15th day COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. that I, Bradley P. Jones, indebtedness secured and County Courthouse at of April, 2010, the following SOURCE OF TITLE: BOOK Substitute Trustee, by virtue described by said Deed of Vicksburg, Mississippi, for described land and property 652, PAGE 284, (RECORDof the authority conferred Trust so to do, notice is cash to the highest bidder, being the same land and ED 07/24/1981) upon me in said Deed of hereby given that I, Bradley the following described land property described in said RECONTRUST COMPANY, Trust, will offerThursday, for sale and April P. Jones, Substitute Trustee, 1, 2010 B7 and property situated in Deed of Trust, situated in N.A. will convey only such tiwill sell at public sale and by virtue of the authority Warren County, Mississippi, Warren County, State of tle as vested in it as Substioutcry to the highest and conferred upon me in said to-wit: Mississippi, to-wit: tute Trustee.

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S best bidder for cash, during Deed of Trust, will offer for All of Lot Twenty-Two (22) of Lot 6, in that certain survey WITNESS my signature on NOTICE OF SALE the legal hours (between the sale and will sell at public that certain tract of land in inside County known as No this 24th day of February, WHEREAS, on December hours of 11 o'clock a.m. and sale and outcry to the highWarren County, Mississippi City Tax Subdivision, Book 2010.

21, 2005, Linda C. Pugh, an 4 o'clock p.m.) at the West est and best bidder for cash, known as Shoreline Estates, 116, Page 98 in the RegisRECONTRUST COMPANY, unmarried person, executed front door of the County during the legal hours (bebeing Lots 14 through 23, intrar's Office of Warren N.A., SUBSTITUTE a Deed of Trust to Jim B. Courthouse of Warren Countween the hours of 11 o'clock clusive, of the Survey and County, Mississippi which TRUSTEE Tohill, Trustee for the use ty, at Vicksburg, Mississippi, a.m. and 4 o'clock p.m.) at Subdivision of Part of plat reference is hereby 2380 Performance Dr, and benefit of Ameriquest on the 15th day of April, the West front door of the Parcels 3 and 2 South, of made for a more particular TX2-985-07-03 2010, the following described Mortgage Company, which County Courthouse of War"Tarri-Longer Ranch, Part description of said property.

Richardson, TX 75082 land and property being the Deed of Trust is on file and ren County, at Vicksburg, Three", in Section 21, TownTitle to the above described Telephone No. same land and property of record in the office of the Mississippi, on the 22nd day ship 18 North, Range 2 East, property is believed to be (800) 281-8219 described in said Deed of Chancery Clerk of Warren of April, 2010, the following Warren County, Mississippi, good, but I will convey only By: /s/ Heather Malone Trust, situated in Warren County, Mississippi, in Deed described land and property a plat of which appears of such title as is vested in me Title: Assistant Secretary County, State of Mississippi, of Trust Book 1571 at Page being the same land and record in Plat Book 3 at as Substitute Trustee.

RECONTRUST COMPANY, to-wit: 427 thereof; and property described in said Page 26 of the Land WITNESS my signature, on N.A., SUBSTITUTE WHEREAS, said Deed of Lot Thirty-Four (34) in Deed of Trust, situated in Records of Warren County, this the 18th day of March, TRUSTEE Trust was ultimately asRhodes Subdivision, Part Warren County, State of Mississippi.

Said Parcel is 2010.

2380 Performance Dr, signed to Deutsche Bank One, a subdivision according Mississippi, to-wit: the same that was conveyed ________________ TX2-985-07-03 National Trust Company, as to the map or plat thereof All of Lot 92 of Marion Park to Forrest L. McNair and PatBRADLEY P. JONES Richardson, TX 75082 Trustee in trust for the benewhich is on file and of record Subdivision, Block A, Part 4, sy P. McNair by Merchants SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE TS No.: 10 -0022992 fit of the Certificateholders in the office of the Chancery a plat of which is of record in National Bank, Trustee for PREPARED BY: PARCEL No. 1076 34 1360 for Ameriquest Mortgage Clerk of Warren County, at Plat Book 1 at Page 37 of the Lorena Bonelli Trust by ADAMS & EDENS 019600 Securities Trust 2006-R1, Vicksburg, Mississippi, in corrective warranty deed dat- the Land Records of Warren POST OFFICE BOX 400 DHGW 51620G Asset-Backed Pass-Through Book 306 at Page 411 thereCounty, Mississippi. ed September 16, 1981 and BRANDON, Publish: 3/18, 3/25, 4/1(3t) Certificates, Series 2006-R1, of, reference to which map or Title to the above described recorded in Deed Book 644 MISSISSIPPI 39043 by assignment on file and of plat is hereby made in aid of property is believed to be at Page 12 of the Warren (601) 825-9508 record in the office of the and as a part of this descripgood, but I will convey only County, Mississippi Land Substitute Trustee's A&E File #25695 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S Chancery Clerk of Warren tion. such title as is vested in me Records.

Notice of Sale Publish: 3/25, 4/1, 4/8(3t) NOTICE OF SALE County, Mississippi, in Book Title to the above described as Substitute Trustee.

I will only convey such title STATE OF MISSISSIPPI WHEREAS, on August 5, 1498 at Page 565 thereof; property is believed to be WITNESS my signature, on as is vested in me as COUNTY OF Warren 2008, Donald W. Rowland and good, but I will convey only this the 26th day of March, Substitute Trustee WHEREAS, on the 29th day Jr., and Rhonda D. Rowland, WHEREAS, the legal holder such title as is vested in me 2010.

Substitute Trustee's WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, of September, 2006 and executed a Deed of Trust to of the said Deed of Trust and as Substitute Trustee. _______________ Notice of Sale this day March 22, 2010 acknowledged on the 29th Clyde E. Ellis, Trustee for the WITNESS my signature, on the note secured thereby, BRADLEY P. JONES STATE OF MISSISSIPPI Emily Kaye Courteau day of September, 2006, use and benefit of Mortgage this the 19th day of March, substituted Lem Adams, III, SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE COUNTY OF Warren Substitute Trustee Don D Mantz and Michelle A Electronic Registration 2010. as Trustee therein, as PREPARED BY: WHEREAS, on the 22nd day 2309 Oliver Road Mantz, husband and wife, Systems, Inc., which Deed of __________________ authorized by the terms ADAMS & EDENS of February, 2007 and acMonroe, LA 71201 executed and delivered a Trust is on file and of record BRADLEY P. JONES thereof, by instrument POST OFFICE BOX 400 knowledged on the 22nd day (318) 330-9020 certain Deed of Trust unto in the office of the Chancery SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE recorded in the office of the BRANDON, MISSISSIPPI of February, 2007, Brian K hlc/F08-2309 Wells Fargo Escrow Co., Clerk of Warren County, aforesaid Chancery Clerk in PREPARED BY: 39043 Russell, executed and Publish: 4/1, 4/8, 4/15(3t) LLC, Trustee for Wells Fargo Mississippi, in Deed of Trust Book 1498 at Page 566 and ADAMS & EDENS (601) 825-9508 delivered a certain Deed of Bank, NA, Beneficiary, to Book 1697 at Page 740 re-recorded in Book 1500 at POST OFFICE BOX 400 A&E File #25378 Trust unto Recontrust SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S secure an indebtedness thereof; and Page 298, thereof; and BRANDON, MISSISSIPPI Publish: 4/1, 4/8, 4/15(3t) Company, NA, Trustee for NOTICE OF SALE therein described, which WHEREAS, said Deed of WHEREAS, default having 39043 Mortgage Electronic RegisWHEREAS, on November Deed of Trust is recorded in Trust was assigned to been made in the perfor(601) 825-9508 tration Systems, Inc., 15, 2005, Samuel Semi, and the office of the Chancery BAC Home Loans Servicing, mance of the conditions and A&E File #25683 Beneficiary, to secure an wife, Shonda Ross, executed Clerk of Warren County, LP fka Countrywide Home stipulations as set forth by Publish: 3/25, 4/1, 4/8(3t) IN THE CHANCERY indebtedness therein a Deed of Trust to CTC Real Mississippi in Book 1615 at Loans Servicing, LP , by said Deed of Trust, and havdescribed, which Deed of Estate Service, Trustee for Page 633 #238937; and COURT OF WARREN assignment on file and of ing been requested by the le- SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S Trust is recorded in the office the use and benefit of MortWHEREAS, on the 13th day record in the office of the gal holder of the indebtedof the Chancery Clerk of NOTICE OF SALE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI gage Electronic Registration of November, 2008, the Chancery Clerk of Warren ness secured and described Warren County, Mississippi WHEREAS, on August 21, Systems, Inc., which Deed of ESTATE OF MARJORIE Holder of said Deed of Trust County, Mississippi, in Book by said Deed of Trust so to in Book 1641 at Page 553 2007, MARTIN WHEELER Trust is on file and of record substituted and appointed 1506 at Page 498 thereof; do, notice is hereby given # 243221; and NOLAN AND JANICE in the office of the Chancery Emily Kaye Courteau as FEW WHITE, DECEASED and that I, Lem Adams, III, SubWHEREAS, on the 1st day HOPKINS NOLAN Clerk of Warren County, Trustee in said Deed of WHEREAS, the legal holder stitute Trustee, by virtue of CAUSE NO. 2010-039PR of March, 2010, Mortgage HUSBAND AND WIFE AS Mississippi, in Deed of Trust Trust, by instrument recordof the said Deed of Trust and the authority conferred upon Electronic Registration JOINT TENANTS WITH Book 1561 at Page 625 ed in the office of the aforeNOTICE TO CREDITORS the note secured thereby, me in said Deed of Trust, will RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP thereof; and said Chancery Clerk in Book substituted Bradley P. Jones, Systems, Inc., assigned said offer for sale and will sell at Deed of Trust unto BAC Letters Testamentary upon executed a Deed of Trust to WHEREAS, said Deed of 1506 at Page 512 Instrument as Trustee therein, as public sale and outcry to the Home Loans Servicing, LP RICHMOND TITLE Trust was assigned to The #276082; and authorized by the terms highest and best bidder for the Estate of Marjorie Few f/k/a Countrywide Home SERVICES, LP as Trustee Bank of New York Mellon WHEREAS, default having thereof, by instrument cash, during the legal hours Loans Servicing, LP, by for the benefit of fka The Bank of New York as White, Deceased, having been made in the payments recorded in the office of the (between the hours of 11 o'instrument recorded in the MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC Trustee for the of the indebtedness secured aforesaid Chancery Clerk in clock a.m. and 4 o'clock been granted and issued to office of the aforesaid REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, Book 1506 at Page 497, Certificateholders CWABS, by the said Deed of Trust, p.m.) at the West front door INC. AS NOMINEE FOR Chancery Clerk in Book Inc., Asset Backed Certifiand the holder of said Deed the undersigned by the thereof; and of the County Courthouse of THE HURRICANE 1506 at Page 680 Instrument cates, Series 2006-18, by of Trust, having requested WHEREAS, default having Warren County, at Chancery Court of Warren MORTGAGE COMPANY, #276306; and assignment on file and of the undersigned so to do, on been made in the perforVicksburg, Mississippi, on INC, A MISSISSIPPI WHEREAS, on the 25th day record in the office of the the 8th day of April, 2010, I mance of the conditions and the 8th day of April, 2010, County, Mississippi on the CORPORATION, which of September, 2008, the Chancery Clerk of Warren will during the lawful hours of stipulations as set forth by the following described land Deed of Trust was recorded Holder of said Deed of Trust County, Mississippi, in Book 16th day of March, 2010, all between 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 said Deed of Trust, and havand property being the same in Book 1673 at Page 448 in substituted and appointed 1506 at Page 37 thereof; and p.m., at public outcry, offer ing been requested by the land and property described persons having claims Emily Kaye Courteau as the Office of the Chancery WHEREAS, the legal holder for sale and will sell, at the legal holder of the indebtedin said Deed of Trust, Trustee in said Deed of Clerk of Warren County, of the said Deed of Trust and against said Estate are west front door of the Warren ness secured and described situated in Warren County, Trust, by instrument recordMississippi; and the note secured thereby, County Courthouse at Vicksby said Deed of Trust so to State of Mississippi, to-wit: ed in the office of the WHEREAS, BAC HOME substituted Bradley P. Jones, hereby notified to have the burg, Mississippi, for cash to do, notice is hereby given All of Lot 89, Part One (1) of aforesaid Chancery Clerk in LOANS SERVICING, LP as Trustee therein, as the highest bidder, the folsame probated, registered that I, Bradley P. Jones, Enchanted Hills Subdivision, FKA COUNTRYWIDE Book 1486 at Page 20 authorized by the terms lowing described land and Substitute Trustee, by virtue a plat whereof is recorded in Instrument # 261916; and HOME LOANS SERVICING and allowed by the Clerk of thereof, by instrument property situated in Warren of the authority conferred Plat Book 1, Page 44, of the WHEREAS, default having LP, the current Beneficiary of upon me in said Deed of recorded in the office of the County, Mississippi, to-wit: Warren County, Mississippi, said Court within ninety (90) been made in the payments said Deed of Trust, aforesaid Chancery Clerk in Commencing at the Trust, will offer for sale and land records. of the indebtedness secured substituted RECONTRUST Book 1506 at Page 36, days from the date of first Northwest corner of Section will sell at public sale and Title to the above described by the said Deed of Trust, COMPANY, N.A. as Trustee thereof; and 2, Township 15 North, outcry to the highest and property is believed to be publication hereof or the and the holder of said Deed therein, as authorized by the WHEREAS, default having Range 4 East, Warren best bidder for cash, during good, but I will convey only of Trust, having requested terms thereof, as evidenced been made in the perforCounty, Mississippi, and run same will be forever barred. the legal hours (between the such title as is vested in me the undersigned so to do, on by an instrument recorded mance of the conditions and thence South 0 degrees 25 hours of 11 o'clock a.m. and as Substitute Trustee. the 22nd day of April, 2010, I This the 16th day of March, as/in Book 1506, Page 422 stipulations as set forth by minutes East, 910.0 feet; 4 o'clock p.m.) at the West WITNESS my signature, on will during the lawful hours of said Deed of Trust, and in the Office of the Chancery thence South 82 degrees 58 front door of the County this the 11th day of March, 2010 between 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 Clerk of Warren County, having been requested by minutes East, 676.00 feet; Courthouse of Warren 2010.

Mississippi; and p.m., at public outcry, offer the legal holder of the /s/ Linda Kay White thence South 52 degrees 30 County, at Vicksburg, ______________ WHEREAS, default having for sale and will sell, at the indebtedness secured and minutes East 350.0 feet to a Mississippi, on the 15th day LEM ADAMS, III Linda Kay White been made in the terms and west front door of the Warren described by said Deed of point on the South line of of April, 2010, the following SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE conditions of said Deed of County Courthouse at Trust so to do, notice is Short Drive; said point being Document prepared by: described land and property PREPARED BY: ADAMS & Trust, and the entire debt Vicksburg, Mississippi, for hereby given that I, Bradley the point of beginning of the being the same land and EDENS David S. Crawford secured thereby having been property described in said cash to the highest bidder, P. Jones, Substitute Trustee, following described tract.

POST OFFICE BOX 400 declared to be due and the following described land by virtue of the authority From said point of beginning Deed of Trust, situated in BRANDON, MISSISSIPPI WILKERSON & and property situated in payable, and the legal holder Warren County, State of conferred upon me in said run thence along the South 39043 Warren County, Mississippi, of said indebtedness, Deed of Trust, will offer for CRAWFORD, LLP line of Short Drive, South 77 Mississippi, to-wit: (601) 825-9508 to-wit: BAC HOME LOANS sale and will sell at public degrees 30 minutes East, Lot 6, in that certain survey A&E File #25882 Post Office Box 1017 All of Lot Twenty-Two (22) of SERVICING, LP FKA sale and outcry to the high382.6 feet to a point where inside County known as No Publish: 3/18, 3/25, 4/1(3t) that certain tract of land in COUNTRYWIDE HOME est and best bidder for cash, the South line of Short Drive Woodville, Mississippi 39669 City Tax Subdivision, Book Warren County, Mississippi LOANS SERVICING LP, during the legal hours (beintersects the West line of El116, Page 98 in the Regisknown as Shoreline Estates, having requested the tween the hours of 11 o'clock 601/888/3102 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S lison Road; thence along the trar's Office of Warren being Lots 14 through 23, inundersigned Substitute a.m. and 4 o'clock p.m.) at NOTICE OF SALE West line of Ellison Road, County, Mississippi which 601/888/3104 FAX clusive, of the Survey and the West front door of the WHEREAS, on November 7, Trustee to execute the trust South 14 degrees 40 minplat reference is hereby Subdivision of Part of and sell said land and e-mail: County Courthouse of War2008, Amanda Miller, an unutes West 315.0 feet; thence made for a more particular Parcels 3 and 2 South, of property in accordance with ren County, at Vicksburg, married woman, executed a leaving the West line of description of said property. wcalaw@bellsouth.net "Tarri-Longer Ranch, Part the terms of said Deed of Mississippi, on the 22nd day Deed of Trust to ReconTrust Ellison Road and run North Title to the above described Three", in Section 21, TownTrust for the purpose of of April, 2010, the following Company, N.A., Trustee for 60 degrees 56 minutes MS BAR NO. 7807 property is believed to be ship 18 North, Range 2 East, described land and property raising the sums due the use and benefit of MortWest, 203.95 feet thence good, but I will convey only Publish: 3/18, 3/25, 4/1, 4/8 Warren County, Mississippi, thereunder, together with being the same land and North 53 degrees 44 minutes gage Electronic Registration such title as is vested in me a plat of which appears of property described in said Systems, Inc., which Deed of attorney's fees, Substitute North, 182.3 feet; thence (4t) as Substitute Trustee. record in Plat Book 3 at Trustee's fees and expenses Deed of Trust, situated in Trust is on file and of record North 9 degrees 40 minutes WITNESS my signature, on of sale.

Page 26 of the Land Warren County, State of East, 183.85 feet to the point in the office of the Chancery this the 18th day of March, NOW, THEREFORE, Records of Warren County, Mississippi, to-wit: Clerk of Warren County, of beginning, and being all in 2010.

RECONTRUST COMPANY, Mississippi. Said Parcel is All of Lot 92 of Marion Park Mississippi, in Deed of Trust Section 2, Township 15 ________________ N.A., Substitute Trustee, will the same that was conveyed Subdivision, Block A, Part 4, North, Range 4 East, Warren Book 1699 at Page 610 BRADLEY P. JONES on April 08, 2010, offer for to Forrest L. McNair and Pat- a plat of which is of record in thereof; and County, Mississippi, and beSUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE sale at public outcry to the sy P. McNair by Merchants Plat Book 1 at Page 37 of WHEREAS, said Deed of ing the same property dePREPARED BY: highest bidder for cash, National Bank, Trustee for the Land Records of Warren Trust was assigned to BAC scribed in deed from A.D. ADAMS & EDENS the Lorena Bonelli Trust by within legal hours (between County, Mississippi.

Home Loans Servicing, LP Ellison and Bertie McCurdy POST OFFICE BOX 400 corrective warranty deed dat- Title to the above described the hours of 11:00 a.m. fka Countrywide Home Ellison to Billy Joe Collins BRANDON, ed September 16, 1981 and 4:00 p.m.) at the front steps property is believed to be Loans Servicing, LP, by asand Shirley Ann Collins MISSISSIPPI 39043 recorded in Deed Book 644 of the Warren County good, but I will convey only signment on file and of recorded in Book 488 at (601) 825-9508 at Page 12 of the Warren Courthouse in Vicksburg, such title as is vested in me Page 270 and in Book 492 at record in the office of the A&E File #25695 County, Mississippi Land Mississippi, the followingas Substitute Trustee.

Chancery Clerk of Warren Page 78 and by Correction Publish: 3/25, 4/1, 4/8(3t) Records. described property: WITNESS my signature, on County, Mississippi, in Book Deed recorded in Book 640 I will only convey such title THE LAND REFERRED TO this the 26th day of March, 1506 at Page 541 thereof; at Page 141 of the Warren as is vested in me as HEREIN IS SITUATED IN 2010. and County, Mississippi Land Substitute Trustee THE STATE OF WHEREAS, the legal holder Records.

Reach 2.2 Million Readers_______________ Across The State Of Mississippi WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, MISSISSIPPI, COUNTY OF BRADLEY P. JONES of the said Deed of Trust and Together with and subject to this day March 22, 2010 WARREN DESCRIBED AS SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE the note secured thereby, that certain perpetual, nonsubstituted Bradley P. Jones, FOLLOWS: exclusive easement for E m p l o y m e n tPREPARED - Tr u c k i n gBY: Notices B u s i n e s s O p p o r t u nEmily i t i e sKaye Courteau Substitute Trustee THE FOLLOWING DEADAMS & EDENS as Trustee therein, as ingress and egress over and 2309 Oliver Road SCRIBED PROPERTY, POST OFFICE BOX 400 authorized by the terms across that certain 22 foot ALL CASH VENDING! Do you earn DRIVERS - FOOD TANKER DRIVERS DIVORCE with or without Children Monroe, LA 71201 LOCATED AND SITUATED BRANDON, MISSISSIPPI thereof, by instrument wide roadway known as $800 in a day? Your own local candy NEEDED. OTR positions available NOW! $125.00. With FREE name change doc(318) 330-9020 IN THE COUNTY OF 39043 recorded in the office of the Short Drive as set forth and WARREN,STATE OF MIShlc/F08-2309 route.

Includes 25 machines and candy.

CDL-A with Tanker required.

Outstanding uments and marital settlement agree(601) 825-9508 aforesaid Chancery Clerk in more particularly described SISSIPPI, MORE 4/8, and 4/15(3t) Book 1506 at Page 540, in Easement Agreement datAll for $9,995. 1-888-633-1997. Publish: 4/1,pay benefits!. A&E Call File a #25378 recruiter ment.

Fast and easy. Call us PARTICULARLY DEPublish: 4/1, 4/8, 4/15(3t) thereof; and ed May 21, 1997, and TODAY! 877-484-3031. www.oakley24hrs./7days: 1-888-789-0198.

SCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, WHEREAS, default having recorded in Book 1108 at Employment-General TO-WIT: transport.com www.CourtDivorceService.com been made in the perforPage 289 of the Land ALL OF LOT 188 OF THAT mance of the conditions and Records of Warren County, AIRLINES ARE HIRING - Train for high DRIVERS - Hiring Dedicated Drivers!

SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS stipulations as set forth by Mississippi.

Real Estate OAK PARK SUBDIVISION, said Deed of Trust, and havpaying Aviation Maintenance Career. Average $850-$1,250 per week. Great I will only convey such title Benefits. Home Every Week! 1 year tracing been requested by the le- PARK IV, AS SHOWN BY as is vested in me as SubstiFAA approved program.

Financial aid if ***FREE FORECLOSURE LISTINGS*** PLAT OF RECORD IN PLAT gal holder of the indebtedtute Trustee qualified. Housing available. CALL tor-trailer experience & High School Over 400,000 properties nationwide.

BOOK 2 AT PAGES 49 AND WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, ness secured and described 50 OF THE LAND Aviation Institute of Maintenance 1-888- Diploma or GED Required. Call 888-251- LOW Down Payment. Call NOW! 1-800by said Deed of Trust so to this day March 11, 2010 2123, or apply online at www.averittcaRECORDS OF WARREN do, notice is hereby given Emily Kaye Courteau 349-5387.

860-1332.

COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. that I, Bradley P. Jones, Substitute Trustee reers.com. Equal Opportunity Employer.

SOURCE OF TITLE: BOOK Substitute Trustee, by virtue 2309 Oliver Road DRIVERS: $1,000 SIGN-ON BONUS! 652, PAGE 284, (RECORDR V ’s F o r S a l e of the authority conferred Monroe, LA 71201 Up to 41 CPM. Good Home Time!

ED 07/24/1981) upon me in said Deed of (318) 330-9020 RECONTRUST COMPANY, Trust, will offer for sale and Health, Dental, Vision. OTR Experience PUBLIC AUCTION. Over 400 Travel cab/F08-3322 N.A. will convey only such tiwill sell at public sale and Publish: 3/18, 3/25, 4/1(3t) Required. CDL/A FLATBED. No Trailers, Mobile Homes & Park Homes. tle as vested in it as Substioutcry to the highest and Felonies! 800-441-4271 x MS-100.

April 10th, Gonzales, LA. NO MINIMUM tute Trustee. best bidder for cash, during SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S WITNESS my signature on SEC TRUCK DRIVER TRAINING. CDL PRICE!! www.hendersonauctions.com the legal hours (between the NOTICE OF SALE this 24th day of February, hours of 11 o'clock a.m. and WHEREAS, on December and refresher classes start every (225) 686-2252. LA Lic 136-09.

2010.

4 o'clock p.m.) at the West Paid training for High 21, 2005, Linda C. Pugh, an Monday. Free tuition if you qualify, jobs RV’S FOR SALE. ‘06 Travel Trailers, RECONTRUST COMPANY, front door of the County unmarried person, executed School grads ages 17-34. available now! Call 1-877-285-8621 Mon. SAVE $1,000’s. 100’s to choose from.

Courthouse of Warren Coun- N.A., SUBSTITUTE a Deed of Trust to Jim B. Good benefits.

Starting TRUSTEE ty, at Vicksburg, Mississippi, - Fri., 8 am - 5 pm C#618.

662-746-0606.

Tohill, Trustee for the use pay $27K (including 2380 Performance Dr, on the 15th day of April, and benefit of Ameriquest WTI TRANSPORT. Flatbed Drivers TX2-985-07-03 allowances).

No experi2010, the following described Mortgage Company, which Steel Buildings Richardson, TX 75082 Come Grow With Us! Keeping YOU land and property being the ence needed.

Deed of Trust is on file and Telephone No. same land and property Loaded, Getting YOU Top Pay, Home of record in the office of the (800) 281-8219 STEEL ARCH BUILDINGS. Huge described in said Deed of Chancery Clerk of Warren 93% Weekends, Benefits. Taking Care By: /s/ Heather Malone Trust, situated in Warren Savings on some of our Winter County, Mississippi, in Deed Title: Assistant Secretary Of Drivers For 21 Years! Call 800-828County, State of Mississippi, of Trust Book 1571 at Page Clearance Buildings Selling for Balance RECONTRUST COMPANY, to-wit: 6452. www.wtitransport.com 427 thereof; and N.A., SUBSTITUTE Owed, Plus Repos 16x20, 20x24, 25x30, Lot Thirty-Four (34) in WHEREAS, said Deed of PLACE YOUR CLASSIFIED AD IN TRUSTEE Rhodes Subdivision, Part etc. Supplies Won’t Last!!! 1-866-339Trust was ultimately asOne, a subdivision according 2380 Performance Dr, signed to Deutsche Bank GROWTH - MORE HIRING! Satellites OVER 100 NEWSPAPERS with one 7449.

TX2-985-07-03 to the map or plat thereof National Trust Company, as Unlimited, a DISH Network provider, is phone call...it’s just that easy. One call , Richardson, TX 75082 which is on file and of record Trustee in trust for the beneTS No.: 10 -0022992 STILL HIRING for Satellite Technicians! one order, one check. Call Mississippi in the office of the Chancery fit of the Certificateholders Place Your Classified PARCEL No. 1076 34 1360 Clerk of Warren County, at No Experience - Paid Training-Benefits. Press Services today at 601-981-3060 or for Ameriquest Mortgage INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE SERVICE, INC. 019600 Vicksburg, Mississippi, in Ad Securities Trust 2006-R1, call your local newspaper for information Average $40,000 a year. Requirements: DHGW 51620G Book 306 at Page 411 there- and Asset-Backed Pass-Through of Chesterland, Ohio seeks paper pulp field on getting your ad started.

Place your ad STATEWIDE Publish: 3/18, 3/25, 4/1(3t) NO criminal background; 21 or older; of, reference to which map or Certificates, Series 2006-R1, engineer for in Warren MS. Duties plat is hereby made in aidCounty, of valid driver’s license. Full-time in front of over 1 million readers. by assignment on file andposition of In 103 Newspapers! and as a part of this descriprecordinclude in the office of the Employment.

Email maintaining, upgrading, troubleshooting, tion.

Chancery Clerk of Warren F o r S a l e , M i s c .

Recruiting@suidish.com. Call 1-800Title to the described County, Mississippi, inand Book repair inspection ofabove Quality Control (QCS) and To order, call your property is believed to be 610-6060, ext. 100. APPLY ONLINE: FREE 6-Room DISH Network Satellite 1498 at Page 565 thereof; Distributed Control (DCS) systems good, but I will convey only in paper and pulp and local newspaper or www.SUIDISH.com System! FREE HD-DVR! $19.99/month, such title as is vested in me WHEREAS, the legal holder technical industry, onsite support and interface with MS Press Services at as Substitute Trustee.

120+ Digital Channels (for 1 year).

Call of the said Deed of Trust and Employment-Sales WITNESS my signature, onposition requires the note secured thereby, clients.

Individual on19th call 24/7; Now-$400 Signup BONUS. 1-866-333601-981-3060. this the day of March, substituted Lem Adams, III, 2010.

3 years experience working as an engineer for QCS EXPERIENCED SALES PROFESSION- 3713. as Trustee therein, as __________________ authorized by the terms AL. 170 year old lubricant company VONAGE Unlimited Calls Around The and DCS used in the paper manufacturing industry; BRADLEY P. JONES thereof, by instrument Up to 25 words...........$210 seeks experienced salesperson to work World! Call U.S. and 60+ Countries, SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE recorded in the officeDegree of the Bachelor's in electric or electronic engineering PREPARED BY: as an independent contractor. Excellent ONLY $14.99 Month For 6 Months (then aforesaid Chancery Clerk in 1 col. x 2 inch.............$525 ADAMS & EDENS or foreign Interested individuals should fax, Book 1498 at Pageequivalent.

566 and line of ag, ind and commercial lubricants $25.99 month). Money Back Guarantee!

POST OFFICE BOX 400 1 col. x 3 inch.............$800 re-recorded in Book 1500 email at and additives. Commercial sales with 1-888-726-1904. or mail resumes to: BRANDON, MISSISSIPPI Page 298, thereof; and 1 col. x 4 inch...........$1050 incentives.

Earnings potential limited only 39043 WHEREAS, default having Dan Okay Manufactured Housing (601) 825-9508 been made in the perforby salesperson’s desire and ability.

A&E File #25683 440-286-5479 mance of the conditions and Fax: Contact Don Weese, Jr. 501-834-3020.

GOT LAND? Government funds for 1st Publish: 3/25, 4/1, 4/8(3t) stipulations as set forth by dokay@imscorporation.com time buyers if you own land or have famsaid Deed of Trust, and havE m p l o y m e n t - Tr u c k i n g ing been requested by the 11993 leRavenna Road ily land. ZERO DOWN PAYMENT. MPS can also place your ad gal holder of the indebtedDRIVER: CDL-A. Great Flatbed Singlewides and DBL's, we can get it ness secured and describedChardon, OH 44024 nationwide with convenient by said Deed of Trust so to Opportunity! High miles. Limited tarping. done. 1-877-558-6696. one call/one bill service. do, notice is hereby given Professional equipment. Excellent pay - BUYING, SELLING, PROMOTING OR that I, Lem Adams, III, SubCall MPS at 601-981-3060 for HIRING? A MS Classifed Advertising deposited weekly. Must have TWIC card stitute Trustee, by virtue of rates in other states. the authority conferred upon or apply within 30 days of hire. Western Netowrk is a cost-effective way to get me in said Deed of Trust, will your message out. Call MS Press Express.

Class A-CDL and good driving offer for sale and will sell at Services at 601-981-3060 today. record required. 1-866-863-4117.

Week of March 28, 2010 public sale and outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, during the legal hours (between the hours of 11 o'clock a.m. and 4 o'clock p.m.) at the West front door of the County Courthouse of right-of-way South 52 degrees 01 minutes East for 229.2 to the point of beginning. Said tract containing 1.09 acres more or less, and being the same property conveyed by Charlene D. Arrington to Harold E. Arrington dated December 6, 1983 and recorded in Book 706 at Page 625 of the Warren County Land Records.

Title to the above described property is believed to be good, but I will convey only such title as is vested in me as Substitute Trustee.

WITNESS my signature, on this the 18th day of March, 2010. _______________ LEM ADAMS, III SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE PREPARED BY: ADAMS & EDENS POST OFFICE BOX 400 BRANDON, MISSISSIPPI 39043 (601) 825-9508 A&E File #25496 Publish: 3/25, 4/1, 4/8(3t)

Classified...Where Buyers And Sellers Meet.

01. Legals NOTICE TO SERVIENT LANDOWNERS AND ANY OTHER APPLICANTS FOR LEVEE MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS The Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners hereby advises all servient landowners and all other interested applicants that it will receive applications for Levee Maintenance Contracts until 2 p.m. on April 9, 2010 on the following sections of levee in Warren County, Mississippi.

Stations 212 - 358 BEL Section 36; T18N; R1E Section 1; T17N; R1E Section 6 & 7; T17N; R2E Request for applications may be made to the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners, P.O. Box 637, Greenville, Mississippi 38702-0637.

All applications filed by this date will be considered separately in a personal interview with the applicant in the Mississippi Levee Board office at 2283 Hwy 82 West, Greenville, Mississippi Ginger Morlino, Secretary BOARD OF MISSISSIPPI LEVEE COMMISSIONERS Publish: 3/18, 3/25, 4/1(3t) SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE WHEREAS, on October 22, 2007, George Love and Christian Love, husband and wife, executed a Deed of Trust to Joan H. Anderson, Trustee for the use and benefit of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., which Deed of Trust is on file and of record in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Warren County, Mississippi, in Deed of Trust Book 1679 at Page 488 thereof; and WHEREAS, the legal holder of the said Deed of Trust and the note secured thereby, substituted Lem Adams, III, as Trustee therein, as authorized by the terms thereof, by instrument recorded in the office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk in Book 1486 at Page 725, thereof; and WHEREAS, default having been made in the performance of the conditions and stipulations as set forth by said Deed of Trust, and having been requested by the legal holder of the indebtedness secured and described by said Deed of Trust so to do, notice is hereby given that I, Lem Adams, III, Substitute Trustee, by virtue of the authority conferred upon me in said Deed of Trust, will offer for sale and will sell at public sale and outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, during the legal hours (between the hours of 11 o'clock a.m. and 4 o'clock p.m.) at the West front door of the County Courthouse of Warren County, at Vicksburg, Mississippi, on the 15th day of April, 2010, the following described land and property being the same land and property described in said Deed of Trust, situated in Warren County, State of Mississippi, to-wit: Part of the East one-half (E1/2) of Southwest quarter (SW 1/4) of the Northeast Quarter (NE1/4) of Section 8, Township 15 North, Range 4 East of Warren County, Mississippi, particularly described as follows: Commencing at iron pipe at the intersection of the East line of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter with the North right-of-way of Gibson Road, thence North 52 degrees 01 minutes West along the North right-of-way for 229.2 feet to an iron pipe marking the point of beginning of the tract to be conveyed herein. Thence from said point of beginning, run North 50 degrees 00 minutes West along said right-of-way for 100.00 feet to an iron pipe; thence, leaving the right-of-way, North 26 degrees 56 minutes East for 564.1 feet; thence South along a fence line for 170.0 feet, thence South 24 degrees 14 minutes West for 435.60 feet to the point of beginning. Said tract containing 1.0 acres more or less, and being the same property conveyed by T. J. Robinson and Lena W. Robinson to Harold E. Arrington, dated April 19, 1988 and recorded in Book 844 at Page 21 of the Warren County Land Records.

Parcel 2: Part of the East one half of the Southwest one Quarter of the Northeast one Quarter of Section 8, Township 15 North, Range 4 East, Warren County, Mississippi, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at an iron pin marking the intersection of the North right-of-way of Gibson Road with the East line of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 8, Township 15 North, Range 4 East, being the East line of the Frank W. Jefferson property per Deed Book 218, Page 582, thence along a fence line on the East line of the Frank Jefferson Tract, North 0 degrees 12 minutes East 538.3 feet to an iron pin in said fence, thence leave the fence, run South 24 degrees 14 minutes West for 435.6 feet to an iron pin in the North right-of-way of Gibson Road.

Thence along said North right-of-way South 52 degrees 01 minutes East for 229.2 to the point of beginning. Said tract containing 1.09 acres more or less, and being the same property conveyed by Charlene D. Arrington to Harold E. Arrington dated December 6, 1983 and recorded in Book 706 at Page 625 of the Warren County Land Records.

Title to the above described property is believed to be good, but I will convey only such title as is vested in me as Substitute Trustee.

WITNESS my signature, on this the 18th day of March, 2010. _______________ LEM ADAMS, III SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE PREPARED BY: ADAMS & EDENS POST OFFICE BOX 400 BRANDON, MISSISSIPPI 39043 (601) 825-9508 A&E File #25496 Publish: 3/25, 4/1, 4/8(3t)

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Clerk of Warren County, Mississippi in Book 1605, Page 684; and WHEREAS, said Deed of Trust was subsequently assigned unto BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP, by instrument recorded in the Office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk in Book 1500, Page 646; and WHEREAS, the holder of said Deed of Trust substituted and appointed Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by instrument recorded in the Office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk Book 1500, Page 647; and WHEREAS, default having been made in the payments of indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, and the holder of said Deed of Trust, having requested the undersigned so to do, on April 15, 2010, I will, during legal hours (between the hours of 11 o' clock a.m. and 4 o' clock p.m.), at public outcry, offer for sale and will sell, at the Front door steps of the Warren County Courthouse in Vicksburg, Mississippi, for cash to the highest bidder, the following described land and property situated in Warren County, Mississippi, to-wit: All of Lot 100 of Warrenton Heights Subdivision, Part "E" of Part II, a plat whereof appears of record in Plat Book 2 at Page 59 of the Warren County, Mississippi Land Records.

Title to the above described property is believed to be good, but I will convey only such title as is vested in me as Substituted Trustee.

WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, this the 18th day of February, 2010 Christian Mayer Christian Mayer, Assistant Vice President Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc. 1587 Northeast Expressway Atlanta, GA 30329 (770) 234-9181 ext 0801944MS Publish: 3/25, 4/1, 4/8(3t)

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Visit us online at www.vicksburgpost.com 01. Legals SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI COUNTY OF WARREN WHEREAS, on September 26, 2008, Jim Stadler a/k/a Jim H. Stadler and Janice M. Stadler executed and delivered a certain Deed of Trust unto H. Farris Crisler, Trustee for the benefit of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as a nominee for The Mortgage Connection, Inc., its successors and assigns, to secure an indebtedness therein described, which Deed of Trust is recorded in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Warren County, Mississippi in Book 1699, Page 157; and WHEREAS, said Deed of Trust was subsequently assigned unto Chase Home Finance LLC, by instrument recorded in the Office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk in Book 1500, Page 371; and WHEREAS, the holder of said Deed of Trust substituted and appointed Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by instrument recorded in the Office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk Book 1500, Page 372; and WHEREAS, default having been made in the payments of indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, and the holder of said Deed of Trust, having requested the undersigned so to do, on April 15, 2010, I will, during legal hours (between the hours of 11 o' clock a.m. and 4 o' clock p.m.), at public outcry, offer for sale and will sell, at the Front door steps of the Warren County Courthouse in Vicksburg, Mississippi, for cash to the highest bidder, the following described land and property situated in Warren County, Mississippi, to-wit: Begin at the corner common to Lots 80 and 81 and Lake Forest Drive, as said lots and drive are laid out and established in Lake Forest Subdivision (Part One), a subdivision in Sections 3 and 11 of Township 16 North, Range 4 East, Warren County, Mississippi, a plat of which is recorded in Plat Book 2 at Page 62 in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Warren County, Mississippi, said corner being 96.6 feet North and 2,769.8 feet East of the corner common to Sections 3, 4, 10 and 11 of said Township 16 North, Range 4 East, Warren County, Mississippi, and run thence North 38 degrees 42 minutes West for a distance of 171.4 feet to a point; run thence North 46 degrees 13 minutes East for a distance of 104.4 feet to a point; run thence South 38 degrees 42 minutes East for a distance of 178.5 feet to a point on the Northwest rightof-way line of said Lake Forest Drive; run thence as follows along said right-of-way line (which is 25 feet northwesterly of and parallel with the center of said Lake Forest Drive): Run thence South 51 degrees 18 minutes West for a distance of 58.7 feet to a point; run thence South 48 degrees 33 minutes West for a distance 45.3 feet to the point of beginning.

The above described parcel of property is Lot 81 as said lot is shown on said plat of Lake Forest Subdivision, Part One, and contains 0.42 acre, more or less. Bearings used in this description are those that cause the centerline of that part of Lake Forest Drive in front of Lots 63 through 73, as said centerline is now laid out and established, September 1979, to bear North 89 degrees 30 minutes West as shown on said plat of Lake Forest Subdivision. Bearings and distances used in this description for describing a line shown on said plat which differ from the bearings and distances for describing a line shown on said plat which differ from the bearings and distances shown on said plat for the same line is used for the purpose of having all lots so described to agree with one another and agree with the actual location of iron pins and Lake Forest Drive as established by an accurate field survey.

The above described parcel of property is subject to a ten foot utility easement across the Southeast side of said parcel along Lake Forest Drive.

Title to the above described property is believed to be good, but I will convey only such title as is vested in me as Substituted Trustee.

WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, this the 16th day of February, 2010 Christian Mayer Christian Mayer, Assistant Vice-President Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc. 1587 Northeast Expressway Atlanta, GA 30329 (770) 234-9181 ext 0930918MS Publish: 3/25, 4/1, 4/8(3t)

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI COUNTY OF WARREN WHEREAS, on August 7, 2006, Lisa White executed and delivered a certain Deed of Trust unto Recontrust Company, N.A., Trustee for the benefit of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. its successors and assigns, to secure an indebtedness therein described, which Deed of Trust is recorded in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Warren County, Mississippi in Book 1605, Page 684; and WHEREAS, said Deed of Trust was subsequently assigned unto BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP, by instrument recorded in the Office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk in Book 1500, Page 646; and WHEREAS, the holder of said Deed of Trust substituted and appointed Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by instrument recorded in the Office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk Book 1500, Page 647; and WHEREAS, default having been made in the payments of indebtedness secured by

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SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE WHEREAS, on April 5, 2000, Frank E. Yoho and Deborah Anne Yoho, executed a Deed of Trust securing an indebtedness to Buford Partners, L.P., which Deed of Trust has been recorded in Deed Book 1207 at Page 326 of the Land Records of Warren County, Mississippi; WHEREAS, the present owner and holder of the aforesaid Deed of Trust has duly substituted David M. Sessums as Substituted Trustee in the place and stead of the original Trustee in instrument dated March 26, 2010, and recorded in Deed Book 1506 at 773 of said Land Records; and, WHEREAS, default having been made in the payment of said indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust and the holder of the Note and Deed of Trust having requested the undersigned Substituted Trustee so to do, I will, on the 16th day of April, 2010, offer for sale at public outcry and sell between the legal hours of 11:00 o'clock a.m. to 4:00 o'clock p.m., at the main, front door, of the Warren County Courthouse at Vicksburg, Mississippi, the following described property situated in Warren County, State of Mississippi, to-wit: All of that certain parcel or lot of land lying and being situated in Part of Irregular Section 21, Township 15 North, Range 3 East of the County of Warren, State of Mississippi, more particularly described as follows, to-wit: Commencing at an iron rod (found) marking the Northeast corner of Lot 107 of the J.H. Short Subdivision of Laurel and Cedar Hill, same being the Northeast corner of that certain 31.25 acre tract conveyed to B.P. Buford in Deed Book 1006 at Page 203 of the Land Records of Warren County, Mississippi; thence run South 30 degrees 08 minutes 31 seconds West, 666.83 feet; thence run North 59 degrees 14 minutes West, 429.0 feet to a point in the centerline of an existing road, and the Point of Beginning; thence run South 23 degrees 33 minutes West along the centerline of a ditch, 170.14 feet; thence run North 64 degrees 19 minutes West, 148.68 feet to an iron rod; thence run North 27 degrees 51 minutes East, 185.20 feet to a point in the centerline of an existing road; thence run along the centerline of road, South 57 degrees 58 minutes 30 seconds East, 136.18 feet to the point of beginning containing 0.579 acre.

TOGETHER WITH that certain perpetual, non-exclusive easement to be used in common for the purpose of a roadway and right-of-way over and across a fifty foot (50') wide strip of land described as commencing at the Northeast corner of the B.P. Buford 31.25 acre tract and running thence South 30 degrees 08 minutes 31 seconds West, 666.83 feet to the Point of Beginning of easement; thence run twenty-five feet (25') either side of a centerline North 59 degrees 14 minutes West, 429.0 feet; thence run North 57 degrees 58 minutes 30 seconds West, 136.18 feet; thence North 60 degrees 54 minutes West, 113.36 feet to the end of easement.

SUBJECT to that certain non-exclusive easement to be used in common for the purpose of a roadway and right-of-way over and across a fifty foot (50') strip, half of which is the northerly part of this lot, being further described as a strip twentyfive feet (25') southerly of and at all points perpendicular to the northerly line of the property herein described.

I will convey only such title as is vested in me as Substituted Trustee.

WITNESS my signature this, the 25th day of March, 2010. /s/ David M. Sessums DAVID M. SESSUMS, SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE 4/1, 4/8, 4/15, 4/22(4t)

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S DEED WHEREAS, on May 12, 2008, Debra Tucker, single woman, executed a Deed of Trust to Joan H. Anderson, Trustee for the use and benefit of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., which Deed of Trust is on file and of record in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Warren County, Mississippi, in Deed of Trust Book 1697 at Page 293 thereof; and WHEREAS, the legal holder of the said Deed of Trust and the note secured thereby, substituted Bradley P. Jones, as Trustee therein, as authorized by the terms thereof, by instrument recorded in the office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk in Book 1506 at Page 356, thereof; and WHEREAS, default having been made in the performance of the conditions and stipulations as set forth by said Deed of Trust, and having been requested by the legal holder of the indebtedness secured and described by said Deed of Trust so to do, notice is hereby given that I, Bradley P. Jones, Substitute Trustee, by virtue of the authority conferred upon me in said Deed of Trust, will offer for sale and will sell at public sale and outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, during the legal hours (between the hours of 11 o'clock a.m. and 4 o'clock p.m.) at the West front door of the County Courthouse of Warren County, at Vicksburg, Mississippi, on the 15th day of April, 2010, the following described land and property being the same land and property described in said Deed of Trust, situated in Warren County, State of Mississippi, to-wit: Commence at the Southwest corner of the parcel purchased from Marty D. Barfield and Elizabeth C. Barfield by Harley C. and Cloie D. Southern per deed book 518 at page116 (Hereafter called the ("Barfield" Tract) and being the same as the North west corner the Parcel purchased from Peggy Irene Simpson Crist by the said Southerns (hereinafter Called the "Crist") Tract per deed book 570, at page 532 and also being corner "H" per the survey Plat recorded in deed book 518, At pages 118 and 119; Run thence on the boundary between the said "Barfield" and "Crist" tracts (All distances are in chains) North 84 degrees 30 minutes East, 7.908 to the Southeast corner of Said "Barfield" Tract; Thence Continue North 84 degrees 30 minutes East, 0.304 to the Northeast corner of Said "Crist" Tract and a corner of the North boundary of parcel Purchased from Peggy Irene Crist, Erma Francis Jeffers, and Rosie Irene Simpson by the said Southerns per deed book 604 at page 217 and Hereafter called the "Simpson" Tract. Thence continue North 84 degrees 30 minutes East, 0.828 to a corner on said "Simpson" Tract making a total distance from "H" of 9.040; Thence continue with the North boundary of Said "Simpson" Tract North 64 Degrees 30 minutes East, 5.30: North 18 degrees East, 2.94 South 65 degrees 30 minutes East, 1.68: South 49 degrees 30 minutes East, 2.289 to an 1-1/2 Aluminum pipe set on the North Line of said "Simpson" Tract and being the Northwest corner of a lot herein being described and being the point of beginning of said description; Said Aluminum pipe is witnesses by a 30 inch Red oak North 3-1/2 degrees West, 0.575 and 8 inch Pine North 71 degrees East, 0.487; Thence continue on the North line of said "Simpson" Tract and said Lot, South 49 Degrees 30 minutes East, 0.781 To A 1-1/2 aluminum pipe set of the North boundary of said "Simpson" Tract and said Lot, Witnessed by a 22 inch cottonwood, South 1 degrees West, 0.225; 10 inch Pine South 69 degrees East, 0.448 and 8 inch Cedar North 29-1/2 degrees East; 0.506; Thence South 81 degrees 00 minutes East, 1.700 to a 1/2 inch buried rod at the Northeast Corner of said "Simpson" Tract and said Lot and being on the West Side of the Oak ridge road and witnessed by 17 inch Pecan South 48 degrees West 0.354; Center of a water valve cover South 52 degrees West, 0.078, and a 5 inch Elm North 7 degrees West, 0.759: Thence down the West side of the Oak Ride Road and the East side of the "Simpson" Tract and the lot South 8 degrees 30 minutes East, 3.929 to buried rod on the East line of said "Simpson" Tract and Which rod is the Southeast Corner the said lot witnessed by a 18 inch Red Oak North 36 degrees West, 0.162 and A 16 inch Red Oak South 45 degrees West, 0.170: Thence through the "Simpson" Tract on the South line of Said Lot, North 76 degrees 45 minutes West 2.710 to a 2-1/2 inch pipe set for the Southwest corner of said lot witnessed by a 17 inch Elm South 15 degrees West, 0.459 and a 20 inch Red Oak North 64 degrees West, 0.460; Thence through the "Simpson" Tract on the West Line of said Lot, North 3 Degrees 03 minutes West, 4.044 to the point of Beginning, Said Lot contains 0.910 Acres and is part of Section 9, Township 17 North, Range 5 East, Warren County, Mississippi.

Title to the above described property is believed to be good, but I will convey only such title as is vested in me as Substitute Trustee.

WITNESS my signature, on this the 19th day of March, 2010. ___________________ BRADLEY P. JONES SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE PREPARED BY: ADAMS & EDENS POST OFFICE BOX 400 BRANDON, MISSISSIPPI 39043 (601) 825-9508 A&E File #25364 Publish: 3/25, 4/1, 4/8(3t)

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Resumes are being accepted for a Full-Time Kindergarten/ Daycare Director. MS Health Dept. qualifications.

Send resume to P.O. Box 820772, Vicksburg, MS 39182. Deadline to apply is May 3rd, 2010.

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7:00pm - Maundy Thursday Service Rev. Tim Brown leading. Will serve Communion.

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www.pawsrescuepets.org

Foster a Homeless Pet!

14. Pets & Livestock AKC REGISTERED Labrador Retrievers for sale! Born February 18th, will be ready for new home on April 1st. (4) Chocolate males, (1) Black male and female. $250 each. Call 318-282-2156 if interested.

15. Auction LOOKING FOR A great value? Subscribe to The Vicksburg Post, 601-6364545, ask for Circulation.

AKC/ CKC REGISTERED YORKIES, Poodles and Schnauzers $200 to $700!

601-218-5533,

17. Wanted To Buy

WE HAUL OFF old appliances, lawn mowers, hot water heaters, junk and abandoned cars, trucks, vans, etcetera.

601-940-5075, if no answer, please leave message.

VICKSBURG WARREN HUMANE SOCIETY

Highway 61 South

601-636-6631

Currently housing 84 unwanted and abandoned animals.

18. Miscellaneous For Sale

43 dogs & puppies 41 cats & kittens

1977 FORD F-600, Bucket Truck. 50 foot working height, good condition. Great electrical company or tree cutter.

Must sell. 601-301-1946.

Please adopt today!

Call the Shelter for more information.

HAVE A HEART, SPAY OR NEUTER YOUR PETS! Look for us on www.petfinder.com

CALL 601-636-SELL AND PLACE YOUR CLASSIFIED AD TODAY.

24. Business Services

24. Business Services

18. Miscellaneous For Sale

21. Boats, Fishing Supplies

24. Business Services

29. Unfurnished Apartments

SMITH & WESSON Victory Model .38 Caliber, good condition, $300. Ruger Mini 30 with many accessories, $675. 601-638-7706.

What's going on in Vicksburg this weekend? Read The Vicksburg Post! For convenient home delivery, call 601-636-4545, ask for circulation.

YOU ARE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR LAWN SERVICE. Will beat any price, guaranteed. 601-218-4236.

3 BEDROOM APARTMENTS. New carpet, paint, washer/ dryer hookups. $525- $550. 601-631-0805.

THE PET SHOP â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vicksburgâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pet Boutiqueâ&#x20AC;?

Bring Your Best Friend to our NEW LOCATION, 3508 South Washington Street Not so far, just 1 mile south of Belmont St. Same Great Pet Merchandise, Just More Room!

Fresh Seafood, Fresh Sack Oysters,

Live Crawfish $2.25/ lb Cheapest Prices in Town

STRICKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SEAFOOD

601-218-2363

CONTRACTORS TRUCK rack, fits extra cab 2007 GMC and Chevrolet. $500.

601-415-3847.

Crawfish Cooking Every Sunday

at DISCOUNT

FURNITURE BARN

601-638-7191

600 Jackson St, Vicksburg ENDURANCE E4 ELLIPTICAL Trainer $500 or best offer. Ab Lounge $50. Call 601-831-5507, after 5pm.

FOR LESS THAN 45 cents per day, have The Vicksburg Post delivered to your home.

Only $14 per month, 7 day delivery.

Call 601-636-4545, Circulation Department.

FOR THE BEST prices on furniture at 7059 Fisher Ferry Road, Sandy's 3 Way Convenience Store and Deli, factory direct furniture corner of Fisher Ferry and Jeff Davis Road. 601-6368429.

HITACHI 65 INCH big screen T.V. with HD. Asking $700. 601-218-6653.

INVACARE MODEL 9000 electric wheel chair with battery charger. Never used. $700. Call 601-415-0981.

NEW GENERATORS

! ! " ! # $% & ' (

#' ( RIDING LAWN MOWER, $250. Call 601-831-5507, after 5pm.

SIDE-BY-SIDE REFRIGERATOR. LIKE new condition. $400. 601-618-7990.

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19. Garage & Yard Sales 1 FOREST HILL CIRCLE. Thursday, Friday, Saturday until Noon. Drum set, bar stools, chairs, Game Cube.

1015 MISSION 66, Friday 6am. Lots to choose from.

107 ROBINHOOD DRIVE, Saturday 7am-12 Noon. Proceeds to benefit Paws Rescue.

1225 WARRIORS TRAIL. Wednesday through Sunday 8am- until. Prom dresses, new condition.

Antique glassware, dresser, clothing (sizes 4, 6, 10, 12, ladies, some junior, assorted). Gas heater, too much to list. 601415-6454 for information.

2600 CLAY STREET, the old T.D.'s Tires building. Friday and Saturday 6am-until.

Furniture, appliances, pots and pans, children's Fall clothes and shoes and more!

6003 INDIANA AVENUE. Thursday-Saturday, 8am-until. Oak Roll Top desk, Oak coffee table, DVD's, house wares, lots of miscellaneous!

THE VAULT, 1510 Clay Street, Suit Sale! Friday, 10am-4pm. 601-636-2704.

What's going on in Vicksburg this weekend?

Read The Vicksburg Post!

For convenient home delivery call 601-636-4545, ask for circulation.

20. Hunting

Classified Advertising really brings big results!

2008 POLARIS 500 HO 4x4. Like new, only 7 hours. $5500. 601-618-6716.

24. Business Services

24. Business Services

24. Business Services D&D Tree Cutting, Trimming & Lawn Care For Free Estimates, call â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big Jamesâ&#x20AC;? at 601-218-7782.

DIRT AND GRAVEL hauled. 8 yard truck. 601638-6740.

27. Rooms For Rent

29. Unfurnished Apartments

LOGUE LAWN & DIRT SERVICES

1 bedroom apartments, $400. 2 bedroom townhouse, new paint/ carpet, $500, $300 deposit. 601-631-0805.

Grass cutting, general yard clean up, erosion and drainage repair.

Call 601-630-7085

1, 2 AND 3 BEDROOM APARTMENTS, downtown. $400 to $650 monthly, deposit required. 601-638-1746.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;BANKRUPTCY CODEâ&#x20AC;?

CHAPTER 7 - $600 CHAPTER 13 - $300 DOWN, THE REST IN THE PLAN

NO FAULT DIVORCE - $350 SPEAK DIRECTLY TO AN ATTORNEY

TYE ASHFORD

(601-924-8670)

to Fine Restaurants, Shops, Churches, Banks & Casinos

â&#x153;Ś From $495.00 â&#x153;Ś Secure High-Rise Building â&#x20AC;˘ Off Street Parking â&#x20AC;˘ 9 1/2 Foot Ceilings â&#x20AC;˘ Beautiful River Views â&#x20AC;˘ Senior Discounts â&#x20AC;˘

CORPORATE APARTMENT. Fully furnished. $800 monthly, utilities, weekly cleaning, off street parking. 601-661-9747.

GRASS CUTTING SERVICE. Hedges, pruning, flower bed cleaning, planting, mulching, gutters, pressure washing, general yard cleanup. Call 601-218-4415.

HELPING PEOPLE FILE UNDER THE

â&#x20AC;˘ 1 & 2 Bedroom Studios & Efficiencies â&#x20AC;˘ Utilities Paid No Utility Deposit Required

28. Furnished Apartments

GOODWIN FLOOR FINISHING. Install, sand, refinish hardwood floors, 98 percent dust free, commercial equipment used. Free estimates. 601-636-4128, 601529-1457.

SPRING CLEANING ON your list? Let us do the work for you! Quality Cleaning, painting, power washing.

Free estimates, 601-2149805.

Spring Move-In Special

â&#x20AC;˘ Downtown Convenience

CENTRAL HEAT/ AIR, cable, convenient location. Deposit $200. 601-529-7146, leave message.

NEWLY RENOVATED. Completely furnished corporate apartment. All utilities provided including cable and internet. Laundry room, courtyard, security entrance.

Great location. $750 - $900 month. 601-415-9027, 601-638-4386.

River City Lawn Care You grow it - we mow it!

Affordable and professional. Lawn and landscape maintenance.

Cut, bag, trim, edge.

601-529-6168.

APARTMENTS FOR RENT. 1, 2 and 3 bedrooms available. Autumn Oaks. 601636-0447.

29. Unfurnished Apartments

SPRING INTO SAVINGS at

Classic Elegance in Modern Surroundings

601-630-2921

801 Clay Street â&#x20AC;˘ Vicksburg

Commodore Apartments Vicksburgâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Most Convenient Luxury Apartments! â&#x20AC;˘ Cable Furnished! â&#x20AC;˘ High Speed Internet Access Available!

601-636-0503 2160 S. Frontage Rd. Vicksburg, MS 39180

Call for Details, 601-638-0102

G REAT

FAMILY ATMOSPHERE Newly remodeled 2 and 3 bedrooms. Paid cable, water and trash.Washer, dryer and microwave included. $0 deposit.

Call 601-415-8735 or 601-638-5587

Finding the car you want in the Classifieds is easy, but now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s practically automatic, since weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve put our listings online. www.vicksburgpost.com

605 Cain Ridge Rd. Vicksburg, MS 39180

601-638-2231 DOWNTOWN, BRICK, Marie Apartments. Total electric, central air/ heat, stove, refrigerator. $500, water furnished. 601-6367107, trip@msubulldogs.org

BEAUTIFUL LAKESIDE LIVING

TAKING APPLICATIONS!!

On a newly remodeled 3 bedroom, $450. Refrigerator and stove furnished. $200 deposit.

Call 601-634-8290

Voted #1 Apartments in the 2009 Readerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choice

30. Houses For Rent

CONFEDERATE RIDGE 780 Highway 61 North

1, 2 & 3 Bedrooms

â&#x20AC;˘ 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom Apts. â&#x20AC;˘ Beautifully Landscaped â&#x20AC;˘ Lake Surrounds Community

501 Fairways Drive Vicksburg

111 BROOKWOOD DRIVE. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, large den, formal areas, breakfast room. $1400 monthly, deposit required.

601-618-0911.

Totsiew@aol.com

CLEAN 2 BEDROOMS, 1 bath. Wood floors, appliances, $650 monthly, 3321 Drummond. 601-415-9191.

2517 OAK STREET. 2 bedrooms, all appliances, off street parking, storage building. $650 monthly, deposit required. 504-400-6758.

Classifieds Really Work!

READ THE CLASSIFIEDS daily!

â&#x20AC;˘ Pool â&#x20AC;˘ Fireplace â&#x20AC;˘ Spacious Floor Plans 601-629-6300 www.thelandingsvicksburg.com

18. Miscellaneous For Sale

18. Miscellaneous For Sale

WE PAY CASH! for gold, silver, diamonds & coins Scallions Jewelers 1207 Washington St. â&#x20AC;˘ 601-636-6413

BUSINESS & SERVICE DIRECTORY Score A Bullseye With One Of These Businesses! â&#x20AC;˘ Glass

â&#x20AC;˘ Construction

Barnes Glass

CONSTRUCTION

Quality Service at Competitive Prices #1 Windshield Repair & Replacement

Vans â&#x20AC;˘ Cars â&#x20AC;˘ Trucks â&#x20AC;˘Insurance Claims Welcomeâ&#x20AC;˘

AUTO â&#x20AC;˘ HOME â&#x20AC;˘ BUSINESS Jason Barnes â&#x20AC;˘ 601-661-0900

BUFORD

Dirt For Vicksburg Fred Clark Heavy Clay, 610, Clay Gravel, Fill Dirt Trackhoe, Dozer, Box Blade, Demolition Work Driveways: Repair, Form & Finish House Pads: Concrete, Clearing & Grubbing Licensed & Bonded

We are General Contractors, specializing in all types of carpentry.

PATRIOTIC â&#x20AC;˘ FLAGS â&#x20AC;˘ BANNERS â&#x20AC;˘ BUMPER STICKERS â&#x20AC;˘ YARD SIGNS

Show Your Colors!

Post Plaza

601-631-0400 CABINETS, ADDITIONS, METAL ROOFS, 1601 N. Frontage Rd. VINYL SIDING, PATIO DECKS, Vicksburg, MS 39180 DOZER & EXCAVATOR WORK, SEPTIC SYSTEMS, â&#x20AC;˘ Dirt LawnServices Care LOT CLEAN UP Services LICENSED

Haul Clay, Gravel, Dirt, Rock & Sand All Types of Dozer Work Land Clearing â&#x20AC;˘ Demolition Site Development & Preparation Excavation Crane Rental â&#x20AC;˘ Mud Jacking

We accept VISA

Jon Ross 601-638-7932 RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL New Construction & Remodeling

CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. 601-636-4813 State Board of Contractors Approved & Bonded

â&#x20AC;˘ Construction

New Homes

Framing, Remodeling, Cabinets, Flooring, Roofing & Vinyl Siding State Licensed & Bonded

ROYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CONSTRUCTION

â&#x20AC;˘ Bulldozer & Construction

601-638-9233

ROSS

â&#x20AC;˘ Signs

â&#x20AC;˘ BONDED â&#x20AC;˘ INSURED

DWAYNE ROY 601-415-6997 JOSHUA ROY 601-831-0558

McLaughlin Construction & Remodeling Serving Vicksburg since 1989.

MS State licensed. New construction, additions, custom cabinets, flooring, siding, roofing & decks. Free estimates! 601-831-2073 or 601-638-0927

WE ACCEPT MOST MAJOR CREDIT CARDS .

e y r 601-301-1773

403 Silver Creek Drive Vicksburg, MS 39180 bonelliconstruction@yahoo.com

â&#x20AC;˘ Printing

SPEEDIPRINT & OFFICE SUPPLY

â&#x20AC;˘ Business Cards â&#x20AC;˘ Letterhead â&#x20AC;˘ Envelopes â&#x20AC;˘ Invoices â&#x20AC;˘ Work Orders â&#x20AC;˘ Invitations (601) 638-2900 Fax (601) 636-6711 1601-C North Frontage Rd Vicksburg, MS 39180

â&#x20AC;˘ Insulation

River City Landscaping, LLC

â&#x20AC;˘ Dozer / Trackhoe Work Dump Truck â&#x20AC;˘ Bush Hogging Box Blade â&#x20AC;˘ Demolition Lawn Maintenance Deliver Dirtâ&#x20AC;˘Gravelâ&#x20AC;˘Sandâ&#x20AC;˘Rock Res. & Com. â&#x20AC;˘ Lic. & Ins. Robert Keyes, Jr. (Owner) 601-529-0894

â&#x20AC;˘ Lawn HandyMan Care Services

RIVER CITY HANDYMAN Joe Rangel - Owner 601.636.7843 â&#x20AC;˘ 601.529.5400

Beat The Heat Sale!

Get a jump on summer by taking advantage of our BeatTheHeatSale.

You can lower your utility bill as much as 30-35%. Call today and start saving.

601-218-2498

From small repair projects to home upgrades...Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not satisfied until You are. Call today for your Free Estimate!

Hit The Bullseye By Advertising Daily With The Business And Service Directory Aim for the coverage and receive the most for your advertising dollars in the Vicksburg area!

All Business & Service Directory Ads MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE !

Call today about our special long term ad runs available in the Business Directory.

We offer specials from 3 months to 12 months at a great price deal ! â&#x20AC;˘ CLASSIFIEDS â&#x20AC;˘ 601-636-7355 â&#x20AC;˘ www.vicksburgpost.com â&#x20AC;˘

MEMORIAL DAY IS APPROACHING AND THE VICKSBURG POST WOULD LIKE TO OFFER YOU THE CHANCE TO JOIN US IN PAYING HOMAGE TO OUR BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO FIGHT OVERSEAS FOR OUR FREEDOMS AND THE FREEDOMS OF OTHERS. INCLUDE YOUR SOLDIER IN THIS SPECIAL TRIBUTE PAGE. $18 PER PICTURE. CALL CLASSIFIEDS FOR DETAILS AT 601-636-7355 (SELL).

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30. Houses For Rent 3 BEDROOM, 2 bath house. $800 monthly, $800 deposit. 601-636-9591.

3 BEDROOMS, 2 BATHS 2300 square feet, remodeled, 3 car carport. $900 monthly, $900 deposit, references required. Serious inquiries only. 601-301-0878.

3/ 4 BEDROOMSRent $1,100 and Up! • 721 National.

732-768-5743.

COMPLETELY FURNISHED, 1 bedroom cottage.

Laundry room, kitchen, living room and bath. Hi-Def DRTV. Inground pool available. All utilities furnished. Off Nailor Road, 4 miles out of town.

References required. 601529-1827.

LOS COLINAS. SMALL 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath Cottage.

Close in, nice. $795 monthly. 601-831-4506.

32. Mobile Homes For Sale

34. Houses For Sale

Ask Us.

McMillin Real Estate

Candy Francisco FHA & VA Mortgage Originator ! Conventional ! Construction Mortgage ! First-time Loans Homebuyers !

601.630.8209

Member FDIC

2150 South Frontage Road

bkbank.com

32X80. NEW APPLIANCES, fireplace, big tub, 2 living rooms. Setup with air conditioning, $39,900. Darren, 228-669-3505.

Open Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30am-5:30pm

601-634-8928 2170 S. I-20 Frontage Rd. www.ColdwellBanker.com www.homesofvicksburg.net

LAND/ HOME DEALS! 3 left in Pearl, 1 in Florence, and 1 in Vicksburg area. No credit needed! Darren, 228669-3505.

Owner Finance- No Credit Check! $5000 down, $775 monthly. Nice 3 bedrooms, 2 baths on 2 acres. 601941-2952, 601-720-2106.

34. Houses For Sale 4909 OAK RIDGE ROAD Completely rebuilt, approximately 1100 square feet, hardwood, ceramic floors, 2 car carport, all appliances included, 1 acre.

Asking $110,000. 601-8312073 or 601-638-0927.

40. Cars & Trucks

Move-In Ready-1 mile from Warren Central, 4 BR/2BA, fresh paint, updated throughout, new wood laminate floors, new carpet, new ceramic floors and countertops in kitchen & baths, 12x20 wired workshop, 1 acre lot on cul-de-sac.

For appointment, 601-415-3022.

Jones & Upchurch Real Estate Agency

34. Houses For Sale 4022 HIGHWAY 27. Owner financing, 15 percent down. 3 bedroom, 2 bath new home.

Ward Real Estate 601-6346898.

WOW! 65 PINE HAVEN Lane. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths appliances included, 2½ acres. 1761 square feet. $146,000. 601-994-3414.

Eagle Lake 3 lots, shop & greenhouse, septic, utilities, community pier and boat launch, water view. $49,500 Sullivan Cove Call Bette Paul Warner, 601 218 1800. www.lakehouse.com McMillin Real Estate

1803 Clay Street www.jonesandupchurch.com

39. Motorcycles, Bicycles

Judy Uzzle.................601-994-4663 Mary D. Barnes.........601-966-1665 Stacie Bowers-Griffin...601-218-9134 Rip Hoxie, Land Pro....601-260-9149 Jill Waring Upchurch....601-906-5012 Carla Watson...............601-415-4179 Andrea Upchurch.......601-831-6490

2006 HONDA SHADOW Aero 750 Windshield, Saddleman Saddle bags. Less than 5000 miles. Two tone silver/pearl white. 2 matching helmets included. $4900.

601-279-4031, after 6pm

Broker, GRI

Big River Realty

601-636-6490

Rely on over 19 years of experience in Real Estate.

DAVID A. BREWER 601-631-0065

225 Falcon Ridge 3 BR, 2 BA. Open floor plan, fenced yard.

Reduced!

I BUY USED homes! All makes and models. Big payoff, no need to apply!

Darren, 228-669-3505.

KEEP UP WITH ALL THE LOCAL NEWS AND SALES...

SUBSCRIBE TO THE VICKSBURG POST TODAY! CALL 601-636-4545, ASK FOR CIRCULATION.

601-636-8193 VicksburgRealEstate.com

Licensed in MS and LA

121 IMPALA. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths. All offers will be considered! Ward Real Estate, 601-634-6898.

16X80. IN GOOD shape, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. Setup $15,900. Darren, 228-6693505.

34. Houses For Sale

600 Blossom Lane 3 BR, 2 BA home with inground pool & large workshop.

Bigriverhomes.com

Kay Odom..........601-638-2443 Kay Hobson.......601-638-8512 Jake Strait...........601-218-1258 Bob Gordon........601-831-0135 Tony Jordan........601-630-6461 Alex Monsour.....601-415-7274 Jay Hobson..........601-456-1318 Kai Mason...........601-218-5623 Daryl Hollingsworth..601-415-5549

Sybil Caraway....601-218-2869 Catherine Roy....601-831-5790 Rick McAllister..601-218-1150 Mincer Minor.....601-529-0893 Jim Hobson.........601-415-0211

40. Cars & Trucks 1988 HONDA PRELUDE SI, 5 speed, JDM engine, $1500 or best offer. Call 601-994-3332.

Looking for a new ride?

Check our online listings today.

Just go to www.vicksburgpost.com

29. Unfurnished Apartments

40. Cars & Trucks

40. Cars & Trucks

40. Cars & Trucks

40. Cars & Trucks

1992 FORD F-250 7.5 diesel, new transmission. $2000 or best offer. Call 601-636-5894.

2008 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5S Coupe. $16,995. Call Vicksburg Toyota at 601636-2855.

2010 MERCEDES-BENZ GLK 350. 11,000 miles. $39,500. Perfect condition.

Pearl white. 601-218-1732

1998 MERCURY LESABRE, selling body. Green. $650.

Call 601-218-1051.

2008 TOYOTA PRIUS. Stock# 600135A. $16,995.

Call Vicksburg Toyota at 601-636-2855.

Classified Advertising really brings big results!

BOTTOM LINE AUTO SALES We finance! Corner of Fisher Ferry Road and Jeff Davis Road. 601-529-1195.

1999 NISSAN MAXIMA, wrecked, new tires, sold as is. Best offer. 601-618-9297 or 601-636-7623.

2000 TOYOTA AVALON XLS. Clean, one owner, great for student. 84,000 miles. $10,995. 601-400-7292 2000 VOLVO S-40. $5,995. Call Vicksburg Toyota at 601-636-2855.

2002 FORD F250 Extended cab, 4x4 Off Road.

Loaded, leather, 7.3 Power Stroke diesel. Excellent condition. $10,750. 601218-1941.

2008 HONDA ACCORD LXP. Stock #600181TA. $17,995. Call Vicksburg Toyota at 601-636-2855.

29. Unfurnished Apartments

29. Unfurnished Apartments

ARNER

601-636-0502

601-638-1102 * 601-415-3333

Gary has cars, Trucks SUV's for everyone Regardless of Credit Gary's Cars For Less 3524 Hwy 61 S 601-883-9995 Get Pre-Approved www.garyscfl.com

29. Unfurnished Apartments

1, 2, & 3 bedrooms and townhomes available immediately.

JIM HOBSON

Live in a Quality Built Apartment for LESS! All brick, concrete floors and double walls provide excellent soundproofing, security, and safety.

GOOD Credit BAD Credit NO Credit

601-638-7831 • 201 Berryman Rd

REAL ESTATE, INC

Bradford Ridge Apartments

2009 CHEVROLET COBALT LT. $13,995. Call Vicksburg Toyota at 601636-2855.

Great Location, Hard-Working Staff

V

29. Unfurnished Apartments

2009 CHEVROLET COBALT LT. $13,995. Call Vicksburg Toyota at 601636-2855.

COME CHECK US OUT TODAY YOU’LL WANT TO MAKE YOUR HOME HERE

REALTOR®•BUILDER•APPRAISER

Classifieds Really Work!

The Vicksburg Post

and

VICKSBURGS NEWEST, AND A WELL MAINTAINED FAVORTIE. EACH WITH SPACIOUS FLOOR PLANS AND SOPHISTICATED AMENITIES.

FOR LEASING INFO, CALL 601-636-1752 www.parkresidences.com • www.bienvilleapartments.com

29. Unfurnished Apartments

29. Unfurnished Apartments

MAGNOLIA MANOR APARTMENTS FOR ELDERLY & DISABLED CITIZENS! • Rent Based On Income

3515 MANOR DRIVE VICKSBURG, MS

Toll Free 1-866-238-8861 EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

AUDUBON PLACE For those adults who like a safe community setting with the best neighbors in Vicksburg.

Discount for Senior Citizens available

415-3333 • 638-1102 • 636-1455

SHAMROCK A PA RT M E N T S Be the first to live in one of our New Apartments!

Available January 1st 2010 SUPERIOR QUALITY, CUSTOM OAK CABINETS, EXTRA LARGE MASTER BEDROOM, & WASHER / DRYER HOOKUPS SAFE!!!

ALL UNITS HAVE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM

SENIOR CITIZEN DISCOUNT

601-661-0765 • 601-415-3333