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today in history1775: Benjamin Franklin becomes America’s first post-master-general. 1908: U.S. Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte orders creation of a force of special agents that was a forerunner of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.1952: Argentina’s first lady, Eva Peron, dies in Buenos Aires at age 33.1986: Kidnappers in Leba-non release the Rev. Law-rence Martin Jenco, an American hostage held for nearly 19 months. 2001: China grants parole to two U.S.-based scholars convicted of spying for Taiwan.
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Mayor, aldermen getting 5% pay raisesBy John [email protected]
Vicksburg Mayor Paul Win-field and Aldermen Sid Beau-man and Michael Mayfield are getting raises.
Winfield and Beauman, the South Ward alderman, voted 2-0 Monday to give the Board of Mayor and Aldermen its scheduled 5 percent pay raise mandated by city ordi-nance. The board’s action increases Winfield’s salary to
$89,340, and Beauman’s and Mayfield’s to $71,472 each.
Mayfield, the North Ward Alderman, was at jury duty
and not present for the vote. He arrived later in the meeting.
“We haven’t raised taxes
and we’ve been good
stewards of the people’s money,” Beauman said. “We are the CEOs of a $50 million business, and it falls on our
shoulders to run that $50 mil-lion business properly.”
Winfield said the board has “recovered more than $6 million owed to our city” in the past two years. “This is something we take very seriously.”
According to the 2002 city
ordinance authorizing the raise, the mayor and alder-men receive 5 percent raises on July 1 of the board’s second and third years in office, from July 1, 2005, to July 1, 2014, when the ordi-nance expires.
The new raises are effective immediately.
The board passed on the raise last July out of con-cern for city finances. Four
PaulWinfield
SidBeauman
MichaelMayfield
See City, Page A8.
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lapsed building site
2011 ELECTIONSTwo seek Dem nomination in District 2 supervisor race
There is a two-way com-petition for the Democratic nomination for the District 2 seat on the Warren County Board of Supervisors. The nominee will advance to face Republican Trey Smith and independent Deborah “De” Reul in the general election on Nov. 8.
Democrats seeking the nomination are:
• Incumbent William H. Banks Jr. 60, who has held the position since 2005; and Tommie Rawlings, 48, a member of the Vicksburg Board of Zoning Appeals who lost to Banks four years
ago as an independent.•
1. What is the best course of action Warren County can take in the next four years to build a modern-ized jail and justice system facility?
Banks: I think the best course of action Warren County can take in the next few years to build a modern-ized jail and justice facil-ity is to float a bond issue. By doing so, the county will be able to get the amount of money needed to build a jail that is cost-efficient and best-suitable for the county. The amount of the bond would have to be one that the tax-payers and businesses can afford because this would cause an adjustment in taxes.
Rawlings: Do the will of
William H. Banks Jr.
TommieRawlings
the seriesJuly 25: District 1 supervi-
sor, RepublicansJuly 26: District 2 supervi-
sor, DemocratsJuly 27: Tax assessor, Dem-
ocratsJuly 28: Circuit clerk, Dem-
ocratsJuly 29: Chancery clerk, Re-
publicans
the electionsOn Aug. 2, Warren County
voters going to the polls will
have their choice of a Demo-cratic or Republican primary ballot and may choose only one. In this series, candidates in local primaries respond to a series of questions. The responses of the nominees who face further opposition will be printed again with the responses of party op-ponents and independents before the general election on Nov. 8. At that time, the responses in contests for which there are no primaries also will be printed.
See Election, Page A7.
Weather forecast grounds Arp’s crime fightBy Mary Margaret [email protected]
Wind and rain will keep Doug Arp, the retired policeman on a mission to bring awareness to the fight against crime, on the ground this year.
“This is the first year I’ll move around,” Arp said. “Every year until now I’ve stayed in one place, but this year I’ll go all over town.”
As he has done for the past 18 years, Arp, 62, had planned a stunt to draw attention in the city and county to the National Night
Out Against Crime, which falls this year on Monday.
The stunt this year was to have been floating in a tethered hot air balloon — and occasionally taking up riders. But the Fed-eral Aviation Administration shot down the balloon idea because the National Weather Service forecast intermittent rain and
thunderstorms throughout the week.
In the basket that would have been attached to the balloon, Arp is being driven around the area.
He was at McDonald’s on North Frontage Road by 9 this morning after visiting two radio stations for live interviews.
Arp, a retired Vicksburg police officer, has nearly 600 helium-filled balloons to pass out to children.
“We really want to go out where
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See Arp, Page A7.
Tax increaseset in areasnear leveeBy Danny Barrett [email protected]
About $400,000 of a $2 million reserve fund held by the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners was spent during the Mississippi River Flood of 2011, and landowners along the mainline river levee in northwest Warren County will see a tax increase beginning next year to make it up.
Approved unanimously by the flood protection district’s seven-member board July 11, the move hikes ad valorem taxes by .24 of a mill for flood protection in the district’s six-county jurisdiction. In Warren County, the increase affects the 500 or so property owners in levee-protected areas west of the Eagle Lake community.
It translates into a jump of $2.40 on a tax bill for a property valued at $100,000.
Peter Nimrod, the district’s chief engineer, said flood-related spending involved expensive equipment rentals and use of aging or defective machin-ery — particularly in the district’s sup-port of last-minute work of the Corps of Engineers to shore up sand boils at Buck Chute in the weeks preceding the river’s historic crest May 19 at 57.1 feet, 14.1 feet above flood stage.
“We spent at least that much and the final tally hasn’t come in,” Nimrod said, pinpointing two new trackers and a skid-steer loader the district owns as likely sources for the extra revenue. “We need to build up the emergency money.”
“The trackers weren’t really that old, they were just kind of like lemons,” Nimrod said.
Corps officials have said a 1,700-foot
See Levee, Page A7.
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Doug Arp bends to hand Anna Vines, 2, balloons while her brother Larry, 14, holds her this morning in the parking lot at Walmart. Anna and Larry are the children of Larry and Wanda Vines.
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City cleanup on collapsed building delayedPlans for the City of Vicks-
burg workers to clear debris from the old Thomas Furniture Store site at 713 Clay St. have been delayed.
The Vicksburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen on Monday gave property owners
Preston and Mary Reuther a 30-day extension to cut grass and weeds and remove debris from the site and the sidewalk. The site has been littered with construction debris, includ-ing bricks and glass, since the building collapsed on Jan. 25,
2006. It has been at the center of
continuing legal fights since.Mayor Paul Winfield said a
mediation hearing between the parties in a lawsuit involving the property was scheduled for Aug. 4 at an attorney’s office in
Vicksburg. He said the exten-sion would give all sides time to try to reach a solution to the dispute.
Lisa Ashcraft, who owns the building on Washington Street adjacent to the site, is suing the Reuthers, the contractor
they hired to finish demolish-ing the building and the city.
She claims Antique Wood and Brick Company of Missis-sippi, the Reuthers’ contrac-tor, damaged a wall that her building shared with the fur-niture store.
PUBLIC PROGRAMSSenior Center — Wednes-day: 10 a.m., chair exercises; 11, walking; 1 p.m., MS Home Care bingo and knitting class; 3, card games.Serenity Overeaters Anony-mous — 6-7 p.m. Wednes-day, Bowmar Baptist Church, Room 102C; 601-638-0011.Vicksburg Al-Anon — 7:30 p.m. Wednesday; family, friends of alcoholics and ad-dicts; 502 Dabney Ave.; 601-636-1134.Warren Central High School Locker Distribution — 8 a.m.-noon Thursday-Friday in school cafeteria. Job Application/Interview/Resume Workshop — 9-11 a.m. Thursday, Hinds Com-munity College auditorium, Vicksburg Campus; sponsored by HCC Work-Based Learning; 601-629-6850. “Baby, It’s Hot Outside” — Noon Thursday; interactive video; Lynette McDougald, presenter; WC Extension Ser-vice, 601-636-5442.Douglas Park-Marcus Bot-tom — Thursday’s communi-ty meeting canceled. Master Gardeners Recycling Presentation — 8-11 a.m. Saturday at Vicksburg Farmers’ Market; Georgia Antoine, Joan
Jenkins and Ann Wheeless.Warren Central Intermedi-ate Campus Beautification — 8-11 a.m. Saturday; par-ents, staff asked to volunteer; bring gardening equipment. Blackburn Motor Co. Blood Drive — 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sat-urday; donors receive T-shirt; 2195 N. Frontage Road.Calligraphy Workshop — 5:30-7:30 p.m. Aug. 4, 11, 18 and 25, Southern Cultural Heritage Center; $95 for mem-bers, $115 nonmembers, sup-plies included; Cecil Evans, in-structor; 601-631-2997.
ChURCheSOak Chapel M.B. — Warren County Sunday School Con-vention No. 1, 6:30 tonight, church administration, Joseph Brisco and Walter Weathersby, teachers; 6:30 p.m. Wednes-day, youth night, Joshua Gaskins, speaker; 10:30 a.m. Thursday-Friday, day ses-sions, Joseph Brisco, Joseph Brown, Elzie O’Neal and Sam-uel Jones, speakers; the Rev. Dellie Robinson, pastor; 9518 Freetown Road.Mercy Seat Baptist — Reviv-al, 7 tonight-Friday; the Revs. Kendrick McDonald, Ray Cole-man and Oscar Peace, speak-ers; the Rev. Rudy Smith, pas-tor; 5 Dos Casas Lane.
Mount Zion No. 1 M.B. — Revival, 7 tonight-Friday; the Revs. Dexter Jones, Hosea Hines, W.C. Horton, Kenneth Johnson and Leonard Walk-er, speakers; the Rev. Larry Brown, pastor; 920 Fifth North St.St. Luke Church of God of Christ — Revival, 7:30 to-night-Friday; Evangelist Elder Stanley Brown, speaker; for transportation, 601-638-0389 or 601-638-4508.Mount Alban M.B. — Prayer for revival, 6:30 p.m. Wednes-day-Friday; Henry L. Taylor, pastor; 2385 Mount Alban Road.
CLUBSLions — Noon Wednesday, Toney’s Restaurant; Carol Pow-nall to speak about wild horse adoption. Port City Kiwanis — 7 a.m. Thursday; Alecia Ashley, inde-pendent chancery clerk candi-date, speaker; Shoney’s.NCCC AmeriCorps Induction Ceremony — 10:30 a.m. Fri-day, former All Saints’ gymna-sium, Confederate Avenue. Vicksburg ASU Alumni Chapter — Pow Wow 11, Freshman Send Off, 6-9 p.m. Aug. 5; City Park Pavilion, 100 Army Navy Drive; free for in-coming freshmen and current
undergrads; $5 per person or $15 family; RSVP by July 31; Walter Sheriff, 601-638-7812, Kenya Gaskin, 601-619-7122 or [email protected].
BeNeFITSYard Sale — 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday-Friday; for Tonya Gregory’s hospital expenses; 601-636-1333; 2901 Washing-ton St.Free Concert — 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Riverfront Park; performances by Sassy Lil Red Head, country/western, and Mr. SME, rap and R&B; dona-tions accepted to aid lung cancer research.Poker Run/Dart Tournament — Saturday: 10 a.m., bikes out; noon, dart tournament, Blind Draw; raffle all day; 3 p.m., auction; Daiquiri World; funeral expenses of Jerry Al-len.
Amanda Comans of LeTourneau Volunteer Fire Department checks radia-tion levels on Susan Davis of Warren County Emer-gency Management during a drill at Warren Central High School Monday. The drill was part of the War-ren County Emergency Management Agency’s preparedness plan in case of a failure at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station in Clai-borne County. EMA direc-tor John Elfer said the plan uses the City of Vicksburg Fire Department, War-ren County Volunteer Fire Departments, the Missis-sippi Red Cross and the Department of Human Services. Both MEMA and FEMA are present at the drill to grade the partici-pants on their performance in response to a radiation disaster. About 40 emer-gency responders took part in the drill, Elfer said.
RADIATION CHECK
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COMMUNITy CALeNdAR
Already in jail, suspect charged in 6 burglariesA Vicksburg man arrested
last week by city police for felony domestic vio-lence is facing 12 additional charges filed by the Warren County Sheriff’s Office, Sher-iff Martin Pace said this morning.
Mark Carver, 23, 162 Elizabeth Circle, has been charged with six counts of residential burglary — all in south Warren County — and six counts of grand larceny, Pace said.
Carver was arrested at 3:54 a.m. Friday following an argument with his girlfriend at her home in the 100 block of Elizabeth Circle, police said.
Carver’s arrest by police was unrelated to the county investigation, said the sheriff.
Pace said deputies investi-gating a security video iden-
tified Carver and several other men selling items that had been reported stolen.
As deputies investigated, they began to recover other items reported stolen in county burglaries that Carver and the other men had sold, he said. Many of the items have been recovered, the sheriff said.
“We strongly encourage anyone who has purchased property from Mark Carver or any of his associates to contact the sheriff’s office and not find themselves in the position of being charged with possession of stolen property,” Pace said. “We believe people have bought items from him that they did not know were stolen.”
Carver has been charged in the following cases:
• July 12, 7300 block of Campbell Swamp Road — reported stolen were elec-tronic equipment and two TVs; deputies have recov-ered one TV.
• July 17, 8200 block of Campbell Swamp Road — two flat-screen TVs, an entertainment center and miscellaneous electronic equipment; deputies have recovered both TVs and the entertainment center.
• July 17, 1100 block of Jeff Davis Road — miscellaneous jewelry, an electric guitar and other smaller items; dep-uties have recovered the jew-elry and the guitar.
• July 18, 1100 block of Ring Road — two handguns, two shotguns and miscellaneous jewelry; deputies have recov-
ered one shotgun.• July 21, 5600 block of
Fisher Ferry Road — com-puter and monitor, jewelry and a handgun; deputies recovered the computer.
• July 21, 2900 block of Red-bone Road — two 12-gauge shotguns; both recovered.
The investigation is ongo-ing, Pace said, and additional arrests are expected.
Carver, who remains in the Warren County Jail, will have an initial hearing on the county charges today or Wednesday.
He might face added charges as well, Pace said.
Egypt photosamong missing items
One business and two auto burglaries were reported
in the city Monday and this morning, said Vicksburg police Sgt. Sandra Williams.
The owner of Della’s Delights, 1325 1/2 Clay St., reported at 10:47 a.m. Monday that an air con-ditioner, unknown brand, valued at $200 and two photo-graphs of Egypt valued at $40 had been stolen.
At 1:19 p.m. Monday, a Pio-neer radio valued at $400 was reported stolen from a 1990 Ford F-150 pickup parked in the 1200 block of Monroe Street.
At 1:07 this morning, a purse containing $480 was reported stolen from an unlocked 2001 Dodge Dakota parked at the Shell Food Mart, 4747 U.S. 61 South.
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Former La. governor tradingprison cell for wedding bells
GONZALES, La. (AP) — Edwin Edwards will walk down the aisle — for a third time — this week.
Trina Grimes Scott, Edwards’ fiancee, confirmed Monday she and Louisiana’s former governor will exchange wed-
ding vows Friday. Edwards served eight years
in prison for a bribery and extortion scheme to rig riv-erboat casino licenses. Scott, 32, befriended the 83-year-old while he was in prison. The couple live in Gonzales.
Congressman’s cohort guilty in corruptionNEW ORLEANS (AP) —
Federal jurors on Monday con-victed a former New Orleans City Council member and state representative of con-spiring with allies and family members of an ex-congress-man to loot more than $1 mil-lion from charities run with taxpayer money.
The conviction of 56-year-old Renee Gill Pratt closed a chap-ter on the years-long investi-
gations and prosecutions of allies of William Jefferson,
the former longtime congress-man from New Orleans and the first black from Louisiana since Reconstruction to sit in Congress.
Jefferson was convicted in 2009 on corruption charges in a wide-ranging investiga-tion of his African business ties. He remains out of prison during his appeals.
Gill Pratt was found guilty of one count of racketeering and
faces up to 20 years in prison and heavy fines. Sentencing was scheduled by U.S. District Judge Ivan Lemelle for Oct. 26. It was her second trial on the racketeering conspiracy charge after a hung jury led to a mistrial in February.
Gill Pratt’s lawyer, Michael Fawer, said she was “tarred by the brush of the Jeffersons.”
She was allowed free on her own recognizance.
Judge: Rulingby week’s endin eminentdomain caseBy Jack Elliott Jr.The Associated Press
JACKSON — A Hinds County judge said Monday he will rule by the end of the week on whether a proposed constitutional amendment to prevent governments from taking property for anything but a public project can go before Mississippi voters in November.
Circuit Judge Winston Kidd heard brief arguments from attorneys for the Mississippi Farm Bureau, which spon-sored the ballot initiative, and from Leland Speed, the state’s economic development agency leader, who opposes it.
Speed is director of the Mis-sissippi Development Author-ity, but said he was acting as a private citizen, not as a public official, when he filed a lawsuit challenging the initiative.
“Mississippi does not have a history of an abuse of prop-erty rights or eminent domain for economic development,” Speed said after the hearing in Jackson.
Eminent domain is the pro-cess government uses to take private land for projects rang-ing from road construction to industrial development. The proposed constitutional amendment would prohibit state and local government from taking private land to give to another person or business.
The politically powerful Mis-sissippi Farm Bureau gath-ered signatures to place the issue on the Nov. 8 ballot.
Norway rampage suspect saysnot guilty, ordered to isolation
OSLO, Norway (AP) — The self-described perpetra-tor of Norway’s deadly bomb-ing and shooting rampage was ordered held in solitary confinement after calmly telling a court that two other cells of collaborators stood ready to join his murderous campaign.
Anders Behring Breivik, who has admit-ted bombing the capital and open-ing fire on a youth group retreat on an island resort, told authorities he expects to spend the rest of his life in prison. Declaring he wanted to save Europe from “Muslim domination,” he entered a plea of not guilty on Monday.
Norway has been stunned by the attacks that kllled 76.
Tens of thousands gathered in central Oslo to mourn the victims.
Police believe Breivik, 32, acted alone. Judge Kim Heger ordered Breivik held for eight weeks, including four in isolation.
Study: Wealth dividewidens for minorities
WASHINGTON — The wealth gaps between whites and minorities have grown to their widest levels in a quar-ter-century. The recession and uneven recovery have
erased decades of minor-ity gains, leaving whites on average with 20 times the net worth of blacks and 18 times that of Hispanics, according to new Census data.
“What’s pushing the wealth of whites is the rebound in the stock market and corpo-rate savings, while younger Hispanics and African-Americans who bought homes in the last decade — because that was the Ameri-can dream — are seeing big declines,” said Timothy Smeeding, a University of Wisconsin-Madison pro-fessor who specializes in income inequality.
The median wealth of white U.S. households in 2009 was $113,149, compared with $6,325 for Hispanics and $5,677 for blacks, accord-ing to the analysis released today by the Pew Research Center. Those ratios, roughly
20 to 1 for blacks and 18 to 1 for Hispanics, far exceed the low mark of 7 to 1 for both groups reached in 1995, when the nation’s economic expan-sion lifted many low-income groups to the middle class.
Gay marriage opposerssue to repeal N.Y. law
GENESEO, N.Y. — Oppo-nents to New York’s gay mar-riage law filed the first law-suit challenging the measure, an anticipated salvo that came one day after weddings were celebrated around the state.
A representative of New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms and a rabbi said in a lawsuit filed Monday in state court that New York’s Senate violated its own procedures and the state’s open meetings law when it approved the bill June 24.
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Ex-attorney files appeal in judicial bribery caseJACKSON (AP) — Former
attorney Paul Minor has filed a notice of appeal for his con-victions and sentencing in the judicial bribery case that sent him and two former judges to prison.
Minor was first convicted of corruption charges in 2007 and was sentenced to 11 years. He was re-sentenced in June to eight years because the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals had vacated bribery convic-
tions in 2009. The appeals court let some convictions stand, including racketeering for Minor.
Former Harrison County judges Wes Teel and John Whitfield also were resen-
tenced to shorter terms.In a court notice, Minor said
he would appeal U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate’s refusal to throw out the charges and his sentence.
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OLD POST FILES120 YEARS AGO: 1891The Spengler Mills, with thousands of feet of lumber, burn along with the LNO&T trestle. • The Brown and Kuhn build-ing on Washington Street is rapidly nearing completion.
110 YEARS AGO: 1901Dabney Marshall will run for the Legislature. • S.S. Patterson is back from his summer trip.
100 YEARS AGO: 1911J.L. Hebron is here to be principal speaker at a Vardaman meeting. • William E. Halpin and children leave for New Mexico accompanied by Katie Halpin.
90 YEARS AGO: 1921Fanny Lee Kahn gives a charming party at Walters. • Mrs. T.A. McKay tells the Vicksburg Evening Post about her famous watermelon rind preserves. • Fanny May Salter returns from Memphis.
80 YEARS AGO: 1931Mary Elizabeth Parker departs from Texarkana, Texas, to visit Eugenia Eubanks. • Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ulery and son and Mrs. Rosa Reinheimer return from Indiana. • Mrs. G.M. Street speaks in the interest of the Salvation Army over radio station WQBC.
70 YEARS AGO: 1941Vicksburg prepares to go on daylight savings time in a move requested by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Gov. Paul Johnson. • Mrs. B.J. Foley and daughter return from a trip to St. Louis.
60 YEARS AGO: 1951Dr. Vincent Bonelli Sr. dies. • Brother Mark returns to Vicks-burg and will be principal of St. Aloysius High School. • John Lee Martin, Port Gibson resident, dies from injuries received in an automobile accident on U.S. 61 near the Big Black River.
50 YEARS AGO: 1961Mr. and Mrs. John Gaddis announce the birth of a daughter, Jacqueline Sue, on July 25. • Iven H. Husoon, Tallulah resi-dent, dies.
40 YEARS AGO: 1971Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Holmes announce the birth of a daugh-ter, Bridgette, on July 19. • Edward Seymour dies. • Peter Sell-ers stars in “There’s a Girl in My Soup” at the Rivoli Drive-In Theatre.
30 YEARS AGO: 1981Michael Logue is cited by the Awards Committee of the Mis-sissippi Historical Society for his work during the production of “Of Men and Rivers, The Story of the Vicksburg District.” • Therese Elizabeth Evans is engaged to marry Terrence James Winschel.
20 YEARS AGO: 1991Gubernatorial candidate Kirk Fordice of Vicksburg speaks at the Neshoba County Fair. • James Jones, 19, is in critical con-dition after a motorcycle accident on Halls Ferry Road.
10 YEARS AGO: 2001Rodney and Shelia Dillamar host the 10th annual Gospel Night/Harvest Day Festival at South Street Shopette. • Austin McCann wins the sportsmanship award at the Cal Ripken tournament for 7-8-year-olds.
What should a teacher expect when he or she stands before a class? With all the critique teach-ers get, it’s a valid question.
I posed this question to friends who responded in agreement, that given the terrible circumstances many children live in today, com-bined with the issues they face on a daily basis, teachers should strive to be more sensitive and understanding as to why some children misbehave. They went on to insist that teachers must first “build relationships” with their students, if they truly expect to teach them. One even suggested that certain student behaviors should be investigated before a teacher proceeds. I love my friends but they didn’t answer my question.
Seeking to build relationships sounds reasonable. Who’d argue against that? But, my friends’ thinking is not necessarily practi-cal or accurate. Being the student of common sense that I profess to be, I countered with my own line
of reasoning. I suggested that a good dose of discipline might be all that’s required for particular behaviors, not the FBI.
I also reminded my friends that the fundamental relationship between teachers and students is already established on day one. The teacher is the authority figure in the classroom and the students are not. Teachers and students are not peers. Once this is understood, healthy teacher/pupil relationships have room to develop, and not before. All students need to do is be respectful, follow the rules and
reap the benefits of learning. They should never be led to believe that disrespect of any kind, to anyone, for any reason is justifiable.
I trust that good teachers will be perceptive enough to adjust and tweak whatever needs to be adjusted and tweaked, as they get to know their students as individ-uals, but teachers should never allow the tail to wag the dog. The whims of students should never dominate, in order to gain favor to build relationships.
It’s true. Students have all kinds of issues these days, but teachers
don’t have all kinds of time. They should not be required to pander to individuals to earn the right to teach them.
It is also true that public school districts are forced to accept chil-dren with particularly trouble-some, personal issues. Teachers are left to cope as best they can as they continually try to force square pegs into round holes. Sometimes teachers feel hand-cuffed by students who won’t obey rules and parents who defend their kids’ behavior; not to mention unsupportive administrators and policymakers.
The best teachers have the ability to inspire and motivate students to learn. They are caring, insight-ful, creative and committed. Still, I believe that even the most unin-spiring and most unimaginative teachers can perform a basic level of teaching, if students are well-behaved. After all, teachers have to work with what they are sent: the good, the bad and the ugly.
Teachers are expected to be
surrogate parents, life coaches and miracle-workers. Must they add the role of “buddy” to the list before they earn the right to teach?
As their list of responsibilities grows longer, their list of expec-tations grows shorter. Just what should a teacher expect? They should expect well-behaved, respectful children to work with. Given the job they have to do, it is a reasonable expectation.
The school year is approaching. We’d be better served to remem-ber that fixing the little things at home, before they become big things at school, will go a long way. I can’t help wondering how wide-spread the ramifications would be if teachers were sent a better prod-uct to work with. For one thing, I believe we could trust them to handle things from there.
•Debra Anderson grew up in Vicksburg and lives and works in Jackson. Contact her at P.O Box 9141, Jackson, MS 39286 or [email protected].
Teachers should be greeted by respectful, well-behaved students
LaborThe Obama administration’s
labor relations agencies are embarked on an aggressive cam-paign to change the rules of col-lective bargaining with a clear goal of boosting private-sector union membership. But the dra-matic rule changes are unfair to employers.
Take, for example, unioniza-tion elections at Delta Air Lines, the air carrier with the largest amount of traffic at Detroit Met-ropolitan Airport.
Last year, flight attendants at Delta, which is nonunion, and Northwest Airlines, which was unionized and has merged with Delta, voted against joining the Association of Flight Attendants. The results were the same in a vote by employees in a potential bargaining unit for the Interna-tional Association of Machinists.
These rejections occurred even after the National Media-tion Board, which oversees rail-road and airline union elections, changed the rules under which such elections are held.
For seven decades prior to the administration of President Barack Obama, railway and air-line unionization elections could be won by unions only if they
secured the votes of a major-ity of all of the employees in the relevant job classification at the transportation firm. Since 2009, unions need only win a major-ity of those voting in the current unionization election.
Last month, however, the National Mediation Board, which has a new majority under the Obama administration, has announced that it will be con-ducting an investigation into four elections at Delta, following com-plaints that the airline interfered with the votes. The investigation will be conducted by an agency whose three-member governing board contains two former union leaders.
If the agency finds against the airline, it can order more elec-tions. The legislation creating the National Mediation Board allows for no court challenge of the agency’s findings. Fairness requires that it be amended to do so.
Meanwhile, the National Labor Relations Board, which over-sees union issues in other indus-tries, is proposing to change its rules governing the union repre-sentation votes. The proposals would reduce the time between
a petition for a unionization vote and the actual election; remove a company’s ability to contest whether certain employees are eligible for unionization prior to the vote; and also remove employers’ ability to appeal NLRB rulings against it prior to the vote.
All of these changes are being made in the name of speeding up the representation vote pro-cess even though, according to The Wall Street Journal, in 2010 more than nine out of 10 union-ization elections were held within 56 days of the filing of a petition seeking such an election.
What this change is really about is limiting companies’ abil-ity to make their cases against unionization.
These rule changes are unfair to job providers and, for that matter, workers. Their votes ought to be respected by the National Mediation Board, and they should be given a chance to hear both sides on a unioniza-tion vote by the National Labor Relations Board. If the NLRB goes ahead with its rule changes, questions ought to be asked in Congress.
DEbraANDERSON
Teachers are expected to be sur-rogate parents, life coaches and miracle workers. Must they add the role of “buddy” to the list be-fore they earn the right to teach?
Obama rule changes unfair to employers
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Competing Democratic and Republican plans to raise the government’s borrowing abil-ity have thrust Congress into a standoff just one week away from a potentially devastating debt crisis. President Barack Obama made a last-ditch call for compromise, but House Speaker John Boehner said negotiations with the White House had been futile.
“We can’t allow the Ameri-can people to become collat-eral damage to Washington’s political warfare,” Obama declared Monday in a prime-time TV address.
Boehner, in a nation-ally tele-vised rebut-tal, said he had given “my all” to work out a deal with Obama.
“The president would not take yes for an answer,” he said.
The extraordinary back-to-back appeals to the public gave no indication that weeks of brinkmanship and sput-tering talks over long-term deficit reductions were on the verge of ending. With an Aug. 2 deadline rapidly clos-ing, Congress and the White House had limited options to avoid a potential government default that could send the already weak economy into a swoon.
Even as hints of progress seemed hard to find, Gene Sperling, chairman of the president’s Council of Eco-nomic Advisers, said this was no time to be engaging in “doomsday scenarios.”
At the same time, Sperling reiterated Obama’s previous
statements threatening to veto legislation with no more than a six-month extension to the debt limit, but he didn’t directly renew the threat when asked about it in a broadcast interview this morning.
Both Democrats and Repub-licans softened previous hard-line positions and appeared ready to leave quarrels over entitlement programs and higher tax revenues for later. But continued bickering on Capitol Hill overshadowed any signs of emerging common ground.
Obama reiterated his call for achieving lower deficits
though spend-ing cuts and new tax rev-enues. But in a notable retreat, he voiced sup-port for a Senate Dem-ocratic plan that would reduce defi-cits by about $2.7 trillion over 10 years o n ly w i t h
spending cuts, not with addi-tional revenue.
The Senate plan, unveiled Monday by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and the proposal announced the same day by Boehner overlap in significant ways. Both identify about $1.2 tril-lion in spending cuts to the day-to-day operating bud-gets of government agencies, though Reid’s proposal also counts an extra $1 trillion in savings from winding down wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Both proposals would create a bipartisan congressional commission to identify fur-ther deficit reductions, espe-cially in major health care pro-grams such as Medicare and Medicaid.
‘We can’t allow the American people to become
collateral damage to
Washington’s political warfare.’
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Q: My mother is 80 years old and lives on $600 a month Social Security. She had been making minimum payments on a credit card. A few years ago she found out that there was
a monthly charge on her card for theft protection the com-pany said she autho-rized. She does not remember this. The charge has
added up to over $3,000. She only used the card occasion-ally. In 2006, she contacted the company to see if they would stop the protection fee. The company continued to bill her. My brother called the com-pany and explained that our mother was elderly and had very limited income. The rep-resentative was very under-standing and told him to tell our mother not to make any more payments, however she would continue to receive bills. Two years ago she began get-ting calls from a collection agency. Recently, they called and told her if she would pay $264 a month for a year they would write off the rest. She
asked them how she was sup-posed to live. They did not care. She hung up. — Fran-ces, via e-mail
A: Your mother’s account likely was sold to another company. Their only order of business is to collect on the debts they have purchased. Does your mother have other assets? Her Social Security income can’t be attacked; that is safe. If she owns a home, the company could get a judg-ment and place a lien against it. But they can’t foreclose until she dies. If she has assets in a bank account, they could pos-sibly be attacked. I would con-tact the company directly. If there are more collection calls, have your mother ask for a number. If they don’t provide that, hang up. The amount is small enough where they will not continue to pursue it. If they do leave a number, have a family member explain there are no assets and the only income is Social Secu-rity. If there are other funds in any bank accounts, your mom should establish a direct deposit account for the Social Security. That protects it.
•Bruce Williams writes for Newspaper Enterprise Association. E-mail him at [email protected].
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Walmart jumps into online movies
NEW YORK (AP) — Now playing: Movies at Walmart.com.
The world’s largest retailer today started streaming many movies the same day they come out on DVD, in a second bid for a share of pop-ular movie rental and stream-ing website Netflix Inc.’s busi-ness and just two weeks after Netflix announced new price increases.
Walmart Stores Inc. bought video-streaming service Vudu.com 18 months ago and now offers 20,000 titles that can be viewed on almost any device with Internet access, from
computers to televisions to Sony’s PlayStation3 and other Blu-Ray disc players.
Movies are available at Wal-mart.com to rent for $1 to $5.99 or to purchase for $4.99 and up. Walmart is not offering sub-scriptions, making its service more similar to Apple Inc.’s iTunes, which charges $3.99 to rent newly released movies and $14.99 to buy a movie.
Walmart’s announcement comes on the heels of Netflix saying it will raise rates and charge separately for stream-ing and rental DVDs. It is the company’s second price hike in eight months.
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Chance of showers and thunderstorms, lows in the 70s; mostly cloudy with a
chance of showers, highs in the 90s
73°
PRECISION FORECASTBY CHIEF METEOROLOGIST
BARBIE BASSSETTwEdNESdAy
95°
WEATHERThis 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 FORECASTwednesday-thursday
Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms; highs in the 90s, lows in the 70s
STATE FORECASTtOnIGht
Partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms;
lows in the 70s
wednesday-thursdayPartly cloudy with a
chance of showers and thunderstorms; highs in the 90s, lows in the 70s
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High/past 24 hours............. 91ºLow/past 24 hours .............. 74ºAverage temperature ........ 83ºNormal this date .................. 82ºRecord low .............65º in 1911Record high ...........99º in 1925
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Vicksburg Water PlantPast 24 hours ............. 0.01 inchThis month .............1.33 inchesTotal/year ............. 21.70 inchesNormal/month .....2.89 inchesNormal/year ....... 32.88 inches
sOLunar tabLeMost active times for fishand wildlife Wednesday:
A.M. Active ........................... 2:36A.M. Most active ................ 8:49P.M. Active ............................ 3:03P.M. Most active ................. 9:17
sunrIse/sunsetSunset today ....................... 8:05Sunset tomorrow .............. 8:04Sunrise tomorrow ............. 6:14
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Mississippi Riverat Vicksburg
Current: 27.5 | Change: -0.6Flood: 43 feet
Yazoo River at GreenwoodCurrent: 17.4 | Change: +1.3
Flood: 35 feetYazoo River at Yazoo City
Current: 13.7 | Change: +0.9Flood: 29 feet
Yazoo River at BelzoniCurrent: 16.2 | Change: +1.4
Flood: 34 feetBig Black River at West
Current: 14.9 | Change: -0.5Flood: 12 feet
Big Black River at BovinaCurrent: 8.6 | Change: +0.3
Flood: 28 feet
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Cairo, Ill.Wednesday .......................... 27.8Thursday ............................... 27.5Friday ...................................... 27.5
MemphisWednesday .......................... 13.2Thursday ............................... 13.0Friday ...................................... 12.9
GreenvilleWednesday .......................... 30.9Thursday ............................... 30.6Friday ...................................... 30.4
VicksburgWednesday .......................... 27.3Thursday ............................... 27.0Friday ...................................... 26.7
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what grand juries and reg-istered voters have been saying year after year, and that’s build a new jail. Enough with the long study, a smoke screen. The current board has had the chances to do the people’s will. All you have to do is see what course of action other counties have taken, not go get someone from Denver. Those people don’t live like us. I don’t think the current board has plans to build a jail any more than to replace the Washington Street bridge, which it did not do. That’s county super-visors’ duties, not the city’s, which took on the project with no county help.
2. If you had to write a comprehensive plan for residential and commercial development in Warren County, what would it say?
Banks: I would determine the needs and interests of the
developers, then locate suit-able property. I would adver-tise available infrastructure. I would showcase access to highways, airports, water-ways and railways. We have a housing need in Warren County, and I have initiated and had passed a housing plan using federal grants for county residents in the last four years. I will continue to initiate more funding for housing. I would advertise our good water and sewage system, good schools, social programs and retirement community. I would work with the community and other supervisors to remove obstacles to keep industries and developers interested in locating here.
Rawlings: Implement the 2007 $85,000 study that they put on the shelf that said implement zoning county-wide. Again, another smoke screen study. It was $85,000
Warren citizens paid out on another study that they refuse to implement. Study, study and study.
3. What criteria do you/would you use in voting for tax breaks or other induce-ments for new or expand-ing employers?
Banks: For a new or expanding employer to get tax breaks or other induce-ments they will have to show where their payroll consists of about 70 percent or more of people who live in Warren County. The reason for this is because our tax base consists of people living and working in Warren County.
Rawlings: On my watch, the only way to get inventory tax breaks would be to hire 60 to 70 percent of the work-ers from Warren County, plain and simple.
4. What is the best use of the old U.S. 80 bridge to remain a viable county-owned asset?
Banks: The bridge could be used to sponsor events like the run across the bridge, family walks, bicycle day and other family-oriented events as a drawing card to get people here and from out of town interested in the fea-sibility use of the bridge. The river is always a very good drawing point and I think the use of the bridge would be a good promotion initiative for Vicksburg and Warren County.
Rawlings: The only use I see is to open it one way for emergency use, or maybe a park. If no one likes that, let the people make the choice.
5. Why do you seek the office of county supervisor?
Banks: I am seeking the
office of District 2 supervi-sor so the people of Warren County will continue to have a supervisor who will listen and hold fast to concerns to come up with a practi-cal solution. I will continue to push for and initiate pro-grams to improve the social and economic conditions of District 2 and Warren County. I am working to help bring jobs, better living con-ditions, better roads, open-ing and repairing of bridges, recreational and social pro-grams through grants, and to bring about Christian love and unity. I have and will continue to have an open-door policy to all of District 2 and Warren County.
Rawlings: I want to prove to the people of the county that government service can work for you if the right person is working for you. I also love serving people.
the kids are and get them to climb in the basket, get a helium balloon and get out in their neighborhoods, that’s really what it’s all about,” he said.
In previous stunts, Arp has lived for a week in a water fountain, in a hole in the ground, in a car suspended in the air, on a billboard and in a
swimming pool, among other stunts that have generated attention from across the nation at times.
Throughout the week, Arp is spending the night at the Culkin Volunteer Fire Department, where the bay doors are remaining open as long as he has visitors, he said.
On Monday, neighborhoods across the city and county will host block parties and picnics to celebrate crime prevention and meet and visit with officers from the Vicksburg Police Department and the Warren County Sher-iff’s Department.
Kings Community Center, Jackson Street Center,
Vicksburg Housing Author-ity, King Solomon Church, Word of Faith Ministries and River City Rescue Mission are a few of the sites for the National Night Out block par-ties from 6 until 8 p.m.
“Our goal is to get people to join a neighborhood watch,” said Angela Turner, a com-munity resource officer with
the Vicksburg Police Depart-ment. “That means police and the community working together. We need people to be the eyes and ears of the police department because we can’t do everything at once.”
berm outfitted with 30 relief wells at Buck Chute is funded and could begin in the fall. Another section of levee at Lake Albemarle is to be raised and reinforced where 300 feet slid away during the flood. About 4 miles of levee underneath protective sheeting laid on the Yazoo Backwater Levee will be resodded and the sheeting eventually removed.
Nimrod said the dis-trict rented a skid-steer to carry gravel and dirt for a ring levee around seepage at Buck Chute, the south-ernmost tip of a 163-mile expanse of mainline levee maintained by the district that stretches north to Boli-var County.
“It’s a handy little machine,” he said.
Costs to repair sections of Eagle Lake Shore Road dam-aged during the flood, mainly by heavy equipment trucks
and not floodwater, totaled $489,880 on an estimate by ABMB Engineers. Most dam-aged is a 2.25-mile stretch in between sections resurfaced since 2008. The two-lane highway is on a list of roads eligible for state funding via the Mississippi Department of Transportation Office of State Aid Road Construction. The designation does not bind boards of supervisors to wait on state money to tackle a road project. However, recent board administrations have kept “state aid” spruce-ups on the back burner until enough state subsidies are available.
Full discussions begin Wednesday on funding requests from seven county departments under the Board of Supervisors pur-view, state agencies sub-sidized by the county and other entities.
Health care overhaulwill be on Ohio ballots
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Voters will get the chance to decide whether Ohio will opt out of the national health care overhaul after the state’s top election official said today that opponents of the federal Affordable Care Act have enough signa-tures to put a constitutional amendment on the Nov. 8 ballot.
Secretary of State John Husted deter-mined that supporters of an amendment that would prohibit Ohio from participating in the program had gathered 427,000 valid sig-natures. They had submitted more than 546,000 and needed roughly 358,000 of them val-idated to make it on to the ballot.
The amendment will find itself on the ballot alongside a measure to repeal a conten-tious new collective bargain-ing law.
A coalition of tea party orga-nizations, small government advocates and religious groups gathered the signatures to get the health care measure on the ballot and now plan to mount a statewide campaign in sup-
port of the amendment.The coalition has more than
35,000 volunteers, an “army of grass roots support,” ready to mobilize to raise money to identify and turn out voters
i n Nove m -ber’s election, said Jeff Long-streth, cam-paign manager for Ohioans for Health-care Freedom, a group that played a large role in the petitions.
“This issue would not be on the ballot without the
blood, sweat and tears of thousands and thousands and thousands of volunteers,” Longstreth said. “The mes-sage is clear: keep health care between doctors and patients, and keep bureaucrats out of it.”
The measure would change Ohio’s Constitution to prohibit any federal, state or local law from forcing Ohio residents, employers or health care pro-viders to participate in a health care system. It also would pre-vent the state from enacting a Massachusetts-style health care program, where the state requires a minimum level of insurance coverage.
The measure would change Ohio’s
Constitution to prohibit any federal, state or local
law from forcing Ohio residents, employers or health care providers to participate in a health
care system.
STockS fAll
Washington debt gridlockweighing on Wall Street
NEW YORK — Stocks fell today as U.S. lawmakers remained in a bitter stalemate over raising the country’s bor-rowing limit. Disappointing earnings from 3M and Netflix also pulled stocks lower.
Republican and Democratic lawmakers have offered com-peting proposals to avoid a catastrophic default on the government’s debt. A resolu-tion appears a long way off.
President Barack Obama called for a compromise in a televised address Monday, but House Speaker John Boehner said the White House has failed to negotiate in good faith. If an agreement is not reached by Aug. 2, the U.S. won’t have enough cash to pay all its bills.
That could have a devas-tating effect on financial markets.
Most investors believe the odds of a default are still low. Yet they worry about whether the government will come up with a long-term solution to raise the borrowing limit, or simply a short-term fix that will need to be addressed again in 2012, an election year.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 77 points, or 0.6 percent, to 12,516 in early trad-
ing. The Dow was headed for a third day of losses.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 5, or 0.4 percent, to 1,332. The Nasdaq composite fell 5, or 0.2 percent, to 2,838.
“Right now, everybody’s just on pause, waiting to see what happens with the debt ceiling,” said Dan Neuger, head of U.S. and European active equities at PineBridge Investments.
Worries about debt problems in the U.S. and Europe have caused the VIX, a measure of the stock market’s volatility, to rise 23 percent in July. Stocks are still on track to have their first monthly gain since April. The Dow is up 0.8 percent in July, while the S&P 500 is up
0.9 percent. The Nasdaq com-posite is up 2.3 percent.
One reason for the gains: stronger earnings. Compa-nies in the S&P 500 index are on track to have record profits in the second quarter. Earn-ings are expected to rise 12.5 percent compared to the same period a year ago, according to FactSet. Revenue is expected to jump 8.3 percent.
Earnings reports were mixed on today. 3M Co. fell 4 percent, the most of the 30 companies that make up the Dow Jones industrial average, after the industrial giant reported slow-ing demand for a film that is used in making screens for LCD televisions.
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A8 Tuesday, July 26, 2011 The Vicksburg Post
On the agendaMeeting Monday, the Vicksburg
Board of Mayor and Aldermen:• Honored the following employees
on their anniversaries with the city: Nichelle Smith, Sandra Williams, police department, and Bennie Cosby, street department, 20 years; Robert Hub-bard, community service department, 10 years.
• Received five bids for the City Park soft-ball field No. 1: Dirt Works Inc., Vicks-burg, $255,190; Killian Construction Co., Brandon, $158,190; Southern Elec-tric Co., Flowood, $145,967; Lee Electric Co., Petal, $198,640; and Simmons Ero-sion Control, Lake, $155,554. The board took the bids under advisement until its Aug. 1 meeting.
• Approved paying $200 to River 101.3 and K Hits 104.5 for radio advertising for the 2011 Governor’s Cup Baseball Tournament.
• Approved applying for a $4,500 Mis-sissippi Department of Transportation grant for a crime prevention program for senior citizens.Grants administrator Marcia Weaver
said the money will be used to buy re-chargeable radio/flashlights for seniors.
The grant requires no match from the city, she said.
In another matter, the board designat-ed Weaver as the city’s agent for public assistance under Vicksburg’s federal di-saster declaration.• Approved a resolution approving a tax
abatement for Walnut Hills Inc., 1214 Adams St. The abatement must also be approved by the Warren County Board of Supervisors.
• Adopted the following budget amend-ments: $15,885 from the building and maintenance service budget to sup-plies; $3,000 from the convention cen-ter services fund to the supply fund for janitorial supplies; $1,500 from the auditorium services fund to the supply fund for janitorial supplies; $2,912 from the auditorium capital fund to the ser-vices fund to repair an air conditioner; $1,158 from the safety and risk man-agement supply fund to the capital fund for a new air conditioner; increase the TV23 capital fund by $16,000 for new equipment.
• Authorized a change order with Na-tionwide Construction Group for travel to Vicksburg to complete installation of the Precision Approach Path Indicator at the Vicksburg Municipal Airport.
Airport director Curt Follmer said in-stallation of the equipment was inter-rupted by the flood, which covered the south end of the runway.• Accept donations of fans from Grand
Station Casino and $500 from Waste Management, and approved $200 for refreshments for the National Night Out program on Aug. 1.
• Approved placing liens for cutting and cleaning the following property: 806 Clark St., Morequity Inc.; 911 Meadow St., State of Mississippi; East Avenue, State of Mississippi; 1360 East Ave., R. Dabney et al c/o Yvonne R. Dabney; 1104 Third St., State of Mississippi.
• Authorized clearing the following prop-erties: 1905 Clay St. and 1607 Main St.
• Declared a Vicksburg Fire Department badge as surplus property for retired Lt. David Ebeling and authorized its sale for $91.
• Approved statements from Trustmark Bank and BancorpSouth.
• Approved reports from the city sex-ton, privilege license department, tax collections, delinquent tax collection, mayor and treasurer, and detailed bud-get report.
• Approved the claims docket.
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months later, however, in late November, it took the raise and approved a 3 percent pay raise for most of the city’s 550 employees. The raises were the employees’ first in nine years, Winfield said. Police and firefighters did not receive raises because of civil service regulations.
He said after the board meeting that city employees will not get a raise this fiscal year. He said, however, that he would like to see police officers and firefighters receive cost-of-living raises, depending on the city’s finan-cial situation.
Because they are under civil service, police and fire-fighters receive periodic step increases in pay, that other city employees do not receive.
Winfield said he expects
the board will begin work-ing on the city’s fiscal 2011-12 budget in the next few weeks and plans to have a budget ready by mid-August.
One topic that will be dis-cussed, he said, is his plan to reorganize city government.
“I plan to talk to the board in the next few weeks about reorganization,” he said. “I have produced a suggested plan for reorganization that I want to present to the board and get their opinion.”
Winfield said his plan does not include the elimination of many departments, but the combining of some and possi-bly separating others.
He said his plan will depend on how the aldermen react to it.
“We have some other pri-orities that we have to deal with,” he said.
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coast judge to decideif state shortchanged
PASCAGOULA (AP) — A Mississippi judge will deter-mine if R.J. Reynolds short-changed the state of Missis-sippi when it failed to report profits from the sale of 7.8 bil-lion cigarettes made for Star Tobacco.
The state argued Monday before Jackson County Chan-cery Judge Jaye Bradley that R.J. Reynolds failed to ful-fill its obligations to Missis-sippi as provided in the land-mark 1997 master tobacco settlement.
The North Carolina-based company, whose products
include six of the 10 best-sell-ing U.S. cigarette and moist snuff brands, is the second-largest tobacco company in the United States.
The state argued that from 2000 to 2005 R.J Reynolds excluded 7.8 billion cigarettes from the 1997 settlement that were made by its subsidiary Brown and Williamson for an independent company.
“Those cigarettes were not included in the production numbers to come up with the tobacco settlement,” Gary Wilson, an attorney repre-senting the state.
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LOTTERYLa. Pick 3: 9-4-3 La. Pick 4: 9-2-3-3 Weekly results: B2
Football scoreTexas hangs a 20-spoton hapless MinnesotaMLB roundup/B3
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YOUTH BASEBALLGovernor’s CupFriday-Sundayat Halls Ferry Park
PREP FOOTBALLRed Carpet BowlVHS vs. BrandonWarren Central vs. PearlAug. 19, 6 p.m., at WC
Porters Chapel hostsUnion ChristianAug. 19, 7 p.m.
St. Aloysius hostsMadison-St. JoeAug. 19, 7:30 p.m.
ON TV7 p.m. WGN - It’s a NL Central pretender, the woeful Chicago Cubs, facing an NL Central con-tender, the Milwaukee Brewers, at spacious Mill-er Park.
WhO’S hOTADARIUS BARNES Port Gib-son foot-ball player commit-ted to Mis-sissippi State on Friday.
SIdELINESInvocation revs upNationwide fans
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Baptist preacher has revved up a NASCAR crowd with his high-pow-ered invocation before the Nationwide race in Nashville.
Pastor Joe Nelms of the Family Baptist Church in Lebanon, Tenn., gave thanks Saturday night for the race cars, the race teams, the tires and “my smoking hot wife, Lisa.” He also thanked the Lord for his two children, Eli and Emma, “or as we like to call them, ‘The Little E’s.”
In a booming voice, Nelms also invoked the Darrell Waltrip phrase the ex-driver uses at the start of televised races, “Boogity Boogity Boog-ity,” drawing cheers from the crowd.
“I tried to spice it up a little,” Nelms said Mon-day.
Nelms, 35, pastor at “a small country church,” said he believed it was appropriate to have a little fun with the invoca-tion.
“I put in some driver lingo,” he said from Des-tin, Fla., where he was on vacation.
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By Richard RosenblattThe Associated Press
NEW YORK — NFL owners and players were all smiles after agreeing on a new labor deal. And why not as both sides were feeling like winners.
It took a 41⁄2-month lock-out to do it, but players came away with better salaries and benefits and safer working conditions. Owners, meanwhile, gain a higher percentage of the more than $9 billion in annual league reve-nues that figure to rise significantly.
“The whole deal for everybody is truly an upgrade,” Chicago Bears kicker and player repre-sentative Robbie Gould said Monday. “If you look at the whole concept of the deal — for the owners, obviously, they wanted a percentage back. We gave them a percentage back. For the players, workers compensation, the reve-nue sharing.
“I think at the end of the day, the deal is fair for everyone.”
The biggest issue involved splitting reve-nue. In the new 10-year deal, the split is about 53 percent to owners and 47 percent to players. The old collective bargaining agreement was close to a 50-50 arrangement.
“This new agreement is fair for both sides. Nei-ther side got everything they wanted,” San Diego Chargers president Dean Spanos said. “It will give us labor peace for 10 years and helps secure the long-term future of the game. It will allow pro football to be even better, safer and more competitive, and to grow and prosper into the future.”
On the plus side for the players, there’s:• An increase in sala-
ries and benefits, with the salary cap at $120 million, plus $22 mil-lion in benefits, for 2011. Owners must spend 99 percent of the salary cap in 2011-12 in cash.
• Minimum salary increases of $50,000 that will increase annually.
• New work rules and shortened offseason workouts, which are expected to result in fewer injuries and per-
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Chipper returns, but Braves still pillaged by PiratesBy The Associated Press
ATLANTA — James McDonald and the Pitts-burgh Pirates keep finding ways to win.
McDonald struck out a career-high nine in 51⁄3 score-less innings and the Pirates beat the Atlanta Braves 3-1 on Monday night to keep pace in the tight NL Central race.
The Pirates are tied with St. Louis for first place in the division, a half-game ahead of Milwaukee, which was off.
The Braves outhit the Pirates 9-5, but Pitts-burgh took advantage of its few scor-ing chances.
Braves starter Tim Hudson issued three walks in seven innings — and each of the three scored.
“Championship teams, they make good outs,” said Pirates manager Clint
Hurdle. “They find a way to score without hits. We were able to find a way of doing that tonight, and we have to.”
McDonald (6-4) had the most strikeouts by a Pirates pitcher in almost two years. He gave up eight hits but did not walk a batter and ended each of the first five innings with strikeouts.
“It’s really important,” McDonald said of avoiding walks. “It’s been an issue for me this year. I told myself in the second half I was going to keep my walks down.”
McDonald has not allowed a run in two straight wins. He said he is focused on being more aggressive on the mound and staying ahead in the count.
“Being ahead is a big key for me,” McDonald said.
“They’re a good-hitting team. They’re going to get their hits. The thing is to keep the damage to a minimum.”
Joel Hanrahan pitched a perfect ninth for his 29th save in 30 chances.
Atlanta’s Chipper Jones
came off the disabled list with two hits, including a homer off Daniel McCutchen in the eighth.
McDonald struck out Alex Gonzalez to end the second inning with runners on first and third. The right-hander struck out Freddie Freeman to end the third with run-ners on second and third. He fanned Gonzalez again to end the fourth following Nate McLouth’s second hit.
The Braves loaded the
First day of practice for PCAEagles open fall drills under new coach Wade Patrick’s supervision
Busby settles in as Trojans’ new head coach
By Jeff [email protected]
Practice for the upcoming football season began under a cloudy sky for new coach Wade Patrick and Porters Chapel.
Monday was the first day teams in the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools could begin prac-tice. Since Patrick has only been on the job for less than a month, there is a learning process for both coach and players. Patrick, a former Bayou Academy assistant, replaced John Weaver last month. Weaver left PCA after one year to become the offensive coordinator and track coach at Madison Ridgeland Academy. Patrick is the fourth PCA coach in four seasons.
Patrick had 28 players go through drills on Monday.
He said his biggest task is to find the right spots to put them in.
“We’ve got to use this week to find our best 11 players for both sides of the ball,” Patrick said. “I feel like we have a good group. We have some of our junior high players working with us and we’ll have some more come out once they are through with their physicals.”
While the PCA roster is not set, Patrick does have his coaching staff in place. Bill Fleming, who was
PCA’s head coach in 2009, will return to the side-line to handle the linemen. Former Warren Central standout Kenny Johnson is working with the Eagles’ backs, receivers and defen-sive backs, while former PCA player Kenny Simms will work with the junior high players and receiv-ers. Simms played for PCA from 2004-06 and recently graduated from Mississippi College.
Patrick said the Eagles will go in shorts and helmets twice a day each morning this week. They will don full gear on Thursday.
“Our plan is to be done by lunch each day,” Patrick said. “We’ll go for about two hours, take a break, and then come back for another session. Thursday, we’ll be in pads.”
Because of the limited
number of players, Patrick has changed the Eagles’ pre-season format from previ-ous seasons.
A previously scheduled scrimmage for Aug. 12 was cancelled.
“I didn’t want us to go 13 straight weeks of games,” Patrick said. “We’ll have a scrimmage on Aug. 5 here against Tallulah and then follow it up with a regular week of practice.”
The Eagles open the season on Aug. 19 at home against Union Christian.
As for what offensive and defensive schemes the team will employ, Patrick said that’s still to be decided.
“We’ll be versatile,” Pat-rick said. “We will run some spread, but we will also use a power back set.”
The Eagles return start-
By Ernest [email protected]
TALLULAH — Before his first practice as Tallulah Academy’s football coach even began, Chris Busby had to deal with a crisis.
An errant football hit a sprinkler valve, causing a torrent of water that created a small pit and threatened to erode a bigger chunk of the practice field. It took about 30 minutes to get the valve shut off and call a plumber, one of the many minor head-aches a coach has to deal with.
On some level, it also brought a smile to Busby’s
face.Busby
began his first season as a head football coach with Monday’s start of two-a-day prac-tices. He took over at Tallulah in April after spending most of the previous decade as an assis-tant in a half-dozen sports at Porters Chapel Academy and St. Aloysius.
“Being an athletic direc-tor, football coach, baseball coach, it’s never ending. But I love it,” said Busby, who is
also Tallulah’s athletic direc-tor and baseball coach. He served as an assistant foot-ball coach and head baseball coach last year.
Busby’s job at Tallulah will not be an easy one. The Trojans went 4-7 last season under Nick Evans, who was their fifth coach in five years. Seventeen play-ers have returned, but the revolving door at coach has forced them to learn a new system every summer.
Busby worked with some of his current players during baseball season and said the familiarity will help ease the latest transition.
“Getting to know the kids and having a relationship
with them, they know I’m not leaving like coaches in the past. I told them you might tick me off, but you won’t run me off,” Busby said. “That is one of the main things is getting that stability back and a work ethic of don’t quit. No matter how long it takes, finish what you started.”
Another familiar face at Tallulah is Busby’s lone assistant, Gerald Mims. Busby coached Mims — and for his father, Bubba Mims — at Porters Chapel. The younger Mims will be Tal-lulah’s defensive coordina-tor and also coaches the
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mlbAmerican league
East Division W L Pct GBBoston ..........................62 38 .620 —New York ......................60 40 .600 2Tampa Bay ...................53 48 .525 9 1/2Toronto .........................51 51 .500 12Baltimore ......................40 58 .408 21
Central Division W L Pct GBDetroit ...........................54 48 .529 —Cleveland ......................52 48 .520 1Chicago ........................50 51 .495 3 1/2Minnesota .....................47 55 .461 7Kansas City ..................43 59 .422 11
West Division W L Pct GBTexas ............................59 44 .573 —Los Angeles .................55 48 .534 4Oakland ........................45 57 .441 13 1/2Seattle ..........................43 59 .422 15 1/2
Monday’s GamesCleveland 3, L.A. Angels 2N.Y. Yankees 10, Seattle 3Kansas City 3, Boston 1, 14 inningsTexas 20, Minnesota 6Chicago White Sox 6, Detroit 3Oakland 7, Tampa Bay 5
Today’s GamesL.A. Angels (Weaver 13-4) at Cleveland (Tomlin 11-4), 6:05 p.m.Seattle (Fister 3-11) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 14-5), 6:05 p.m.Baltimore (Arrieta 9-7) at Toronto (Morrow 7-4), 6:07 p.m.Kansas City (Duffy 2-4) at Boston (A.Miller 4-1), 6:10 p.m.Minnesota (Pavano 6-7) at Texas (C.Wilson 10-4), 7:05 p.m.Detroit (Verlander 13-5) at Chicago White Sox (Peavy 4-4), 7:10 p.m.Tampa Bay (Price 9-8) at Oakland (McCarthy 2-5), 9:05 p.m.
Wednesday’s GamesL.A. Angels (E.Santana 5-8) at Cleveland (D.Huff 1-0), 11:05 a.m.Seattle (F.Hernandez 8-9) at N.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 1-2), 12:05 p.m.Detroit (Scherzer 11-5) at Chicago White Sox (Danks 3-8), 1:10 p.m.Baltimore (Simon 2-3) at Toronto (R.Romero 7-9), 6:07 p.m.Kansas City (Chen 5-3) at Boston (Lackey 8-8), 6:10 p.m.Minnesota (Duensing 7-8) at Texas (C.Lewis 10-7), 7:05 p.m.Tampa Bay (Shields 9-8) at Oakland (Cahill 8-9), 9:05 p.m.
National leagueEast Division
W L Pct GBPhiladelphia ..................64 37 .634 —Atlanta ..........................59 44 .573 6New York ......................51 51 .500 13 1/2Washington ...................49 52 .485 15Florida ...........................49 53 .480 15 1/2
Central Division W L Pct GBPittsburgh .....................53 47 .530 —St. Louis .......................54 48 .529 —Milwaukee .....................54 49 .524 1/2Cincinnati ......................50 52 .490 4Chicago ........................42 60 .412 12Houston ........................33 69 .324 21
West Division W L Pct GBSan Francisco ..............59 43 .578 —Arizona .........................55 47 .539 4Colorado .......................48 55 .466 11 1/2Los Angeles .................46 56 .451 13San Diego ....................45 58 .437 14 1/2
Monday’s GamesSan Diego 5, Philadelphia 4N.Y. Mets 4, Cincinnati 2Pittsburgh 3, Atlanta 1St. Louis 10, Houston 5L.A. Dodgers 8, Colorado 5
Today’s GamesFlorida (Nolasco 6-7) at Washington (Zimmermann 6-8), 6:05 p.m.San Francisco (Lincecum 8-8) at Philadelphia (Worley 6-1), 6:05 p.m.N.Y. Mets (Niese 9-8) at Cincinnati (Cueto 6-3), 6:10 p.m.Pittsburgh (Karstens 8-5) at Atlanta (Hanson 11-5), 6:10 p.m.Chicago Cubs (Dempster 7-7) at Milwaukee (Narveson 6-6), 7:10 p.m.Houston (Myers 3-10) at St. Louis (Westbrook 8-4), 7:15 p.m.Arizona (J.Saunders 6-8) at San Diego (Moseley 3-9), 9:05 p.m.Colorado (Chacin 8-7) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 11-4), 9:10 p.m.
Wednesday’s GamesFlorida (Vazquez 6-9) at Washington (L.Hernandez 5-9), 6:05 p.m.San Francisco (Zito 3-2) at Philadelphia (Hamels 12-5), 6:05 p.m.N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 5-9) at Cincinnati (Arroyo 7-8), 6:10 p.m.Pittsburgh (Maholm 6-10) at Atlanta (Jurrjens 12-3), 6:10 p.m.Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 7-5) at Milwaukee (Greinke 7-4), 7:10 p.m.Houston (Norris 5-7) at St. Louis (C.Carpenter 6-7), 7:15 p.m.Arizona (I.Kennedy 11-3) at San Diego (Luebke 3-4), 9:05 p.m.Colorado (A.Cook 1-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 6-12), 9:10 p.m.
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mINoR lEAguE bASEbAllSouthern League
North Division W L Pct. GBChattanooga (Dodgers) 18 12 .600 —Carolina (Reds) ............14 15 .483 3 1/2
x-Tennessee (Cubs) .....14 16 .467 4Huntsville (Brewers) .....13 17 .433 5Jackson (Mariners) .......12 18 .400 6
South Division W L Pct. GBMobile (D’backs) ..........22 8 .733 —Montgomery (Rays) ......16 14 .533 6Mississippi (Braves) ..15 15 .500 7x-Birm. (White Sox) ......13 17 .433 9Jacksonville (Marlins) ...12 17 .414 9 1/2x-clinched first half
———Monday’s Games
No games scheduledToday’s Games
Jacksonville at Carolina, 4:30 p.m., 1st gameJackson at Chattanooga, 6:15 p.m.Jacksonville at Carolina, 7 p.m., 2nd gameHuntsville at Birmingham, 7:05 p.m.Mobile at Mississippi, 7:05 p.m.Tennessee at Montgomery, 7:05 p.m.
Wednesday’s GamesJackson at Chattanooga, 10:15 a.m.Jacksonville at Carolina, 6:15 p.m.Huntsville at Birmingham, 7:05 p.m.Mobile at Mississippi, 7:05 p.m.Tennessee at Montgomery, 7:05 p.m.
NASCAR2011 Sprint Cup Schedule
Feb. 20 — Daytona 500 (Trevor Bayne)Feb. 27 — Subway Fresh Fit 500 (Jeff Gordon)March 6 — Kobalt Tools 400 (Carl Edwards)March 20 — Jeff Byrd 500 (Kyle Busch)March 27 — Auto Club 400 (Kevin Harvick)April 3 — Goody’s Fast Relief 500 (Kevin Harvick)April 9 — Samsung Mobile 500 (Matt Kenseth)April 17 — Aaron’s 499 (Jimmie Johnson)April 30 — The Matthew & Daniel Hansen 400 (Kyle Busch)May 7 — Showtime Southern 500 (Regan Smith)May 15 — FedEx 400 (Matt Kenseth)May 21 — x-NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race (Carl Edwards)May 21 — x-Sprint Showdown (David Ragan)May 29 — Coca-Cola 600 (Kevin Harvick)June 5 — STP 400 (Brad Keselowski)June 12 — 5-hour ENERGY 500 (Jeff Gordon)June 19 — Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 (Denny Hamlin)June 26 — Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Kurt Busch)July 2 — Coke Zero 400 (David Ragan)July 9 — Quaker State 400 (Kyle Busch)July 17 — Lenox Tools 301 (Ryan Newman)July 31 — Brickyard 400, IndianapolisAug. 7 — Pennsylvania 500, Long Pond, Pa.Aug. 14 — Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y.Aug. 21 — Pure Michigan 400, Brooklyn, Mich.Aug. 27 — Irwin Tools Night Race, Bristol, Tenn.Sep. 4 — AdvoCare 500, Hampton, Ga.Sep. 10 — Wonderful Pistachios 400, Richmond, Va.Sep. 18 — GEICO 400, Joliet, Ill.Sep. 25 — Sylvania 300, Loudon, N.H.Oct. 2 — AAA 400, Dover, Del.Oct. 9 — Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas City, Kan.Oct. 15 — Bank of America 500, Concord, N.C.Oct. 23 — Talladega 500, Talladega, Ala.Oct. 30 — TUMS Fast Relief 500, Ridgeway, Va.Nov. 6 — AAA Texas 500, Fort Worth, TexasNov. 13 — Kobalt Tools 500, Avondale, Ariz.Nov. 20 — Ford 400, Homestead, Fla.x-non-points race
Sprint Cup standings1. Carl Edwards ................................................. 6522. Jimmie Johnson ............................................ 6453. Kurt Busch .................................................... 6414. Kevin Harvick ................................................ 6375. Kyle Busch .................................................... 6326. Matt Kenseth ................................................. 6267. Jeff Gordon ................................................... 5878. Ryan Newman .............................................. 5869. Dale Earnhardt Jr. ........................................ 57710. Denny Hamlin ............................................. 57011. Tony Stewart ............................................... 57012. Clint Bowyer ................................................ 54213. David Ragan ............................................... 52414. Kasey Kahne .............................................. 52315. Greg Biffle ................................................... 52316. A J Allmendinger ........................................ 51517. Juan Pablo Montoya ................................... 51118. Joey Logano ............................................... 51019. Paul Menard ............................................... 50620. Mark Martin ................................................. 500
Sprint Cup Winners1. Kevin Harvick .................................................... 31. Kyle Busch ........................................................ 33. Matt Kenseth ..................................................... 23. Jeff Gordon ....................................................... 25. David Ragan ..................................................... 15. Carl Edwards .................................................... 15. Brad Keselowski ............................................... 15. Trevor Bayne .................................................... 15. Denny Hamlin ................................................... 15. Ryan Newman .................................................. 15. Regan Smith ..................................................... 15. Jimmie Johnson ................................................ 15. Kurt Busch ........................................................ 1
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Nationwide Series scheduleFeb. 19 — DRIVE4COPD 300 (Tony Stewart)Feb. 26 — Bashas’ 200 (Kyle Busch)March 5 — Sam’s Town 300 (Mark Martin)March 19 — Scotts EZ Seed 300 (Kyle Busch)March 26 — Royal Purple 300 (Kyle Busch)April 8 — O’Reilly 300 (Carl Edwards)April 16 — Aaron’s 312 (Kyle Busch)April 23 — Nashville 300 (Carl Edwards)April 29 — BUBBA burger 250 (Denny Hamlin)May 6 — Royal Purple 200 (Kyle Busch)May 14 — 5-hour ENERGY 200 (Carl Edwards)May 22 — Iowa John Deere 250 (Ricky Sten-house Jr.)May 28 — Top Gear 300 (Matt Kenseth)June 4 — STP 300 (Justin Allgaier)June 18 — Alliance Truck Parts 250 (Carl Edwards)June 25 — Bucyrus 200 (Reed Sorenson)July 1 — Subway Jalapeno 250 (Joey Logano)July 8 — Feed The Children 300 (Brad Kesel-owski)July 16 — New England 200 (Kyle Busch)July 23 — Federated Auto Parts 300 (Carl Edwards)July 30 — Kroger 200, IndianapolisAug. 6 — U.S. Cellular 250, Newton, IowaAug. 13 — Zippo 200 at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y.Aug. 20 — NAPA Auto Parts 200, MontrealAug. 26 — Food City 250, Bristol, Tenn.Sep. 3 — Great Clips 300, Hampton, Ga.Sep. 9 — Virginia 529 College Savings 250, Rich-mond, Va.Sep. 17 — Dollar General 300, Joliet, Ill.Oct. 1 — OneMain Financial 200, Dover, Del.Oct. 8 — Kansas Lottery 300, Kansas City, Kan.Oct. 14 — Dollar General 300, Concord, N.C.Nov. 5 — O’Reilly Challenge, Fort Worth, TexasNov. 12 — Wypall 200, Avondale, Ariz.Nov. 19 — Ford 300, Homestead, Fla.
Nationwide Series standings1. Reed Sorenson ............................................. 7022. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. ..................................... 6973. Elliott Sadler .................................................. 6884. Justin Allgaier ............................................... 6725. Aric Almirola .................................................. 6316. Jason Leffler ................................................. 6087. Kenny Wallace .............................................. 6058. Steve Wallace ............................................... 5589. Michael Annett .............................................. 55010. Brian Scott .................................................. 537
PREP FooTbAll2011 Warren County schedules
Vicksburg HighAug. 19 ..................................x-vs. Brandon, 6 p.m.Aug. 26 .................................................... Open dateSept. 2 ..............................at Richwood, La., 7 p.m.Sept. 9 .....................................Tylertown, 7:30 p.m.Sept. 16 ...................... Lawrence County, 7:30 p.m.Sept. 23 .................................*at Jim Hill, 7:30 p.m.Sept. 30 .................... *Northwest Rankin, 7:30 p.m.Oct. 7 ..........................at Greenville-Weston, 7 p.m.Oct. 14 ..............................*Madison Central, 7 p.m.Oct. 21 ........................................ *at Murrah, 7 p.m.Oct. 28 ........................... *at Warren Central, 7 p.m.Nov. 4 .............................................. *Clinton, 7 p.m.x-Red Carpet Bowl, at Warren Central*Region 2-6A games
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Warren CentralAug. 19 ........................................ x-Pearl, 8:30 p.m.Aug. 26 .....................................Callaway, 7:30 p.m.Sept. 2 ..............................at Hattiesburg, 7:30 p.m.Sept. 9 ...................................at Natchez, 7:30 p.m.Sept. 16 ................................................... Open dateSept. 23 ................ *at Northwest Rankin, 7:30 p.m.Sept. 30 ....................*Greenville-Weston, 7:30 p.m.Oct. 7 ........................... *at Madison Central, 7 p.m.Oct. 14 .............................................*Murrah, 7 p.m.Oct. 21 .........................................*at Clinton, 7 p.m.Oct. 28 ........................................ *Vicksburg, 7 p.m.Nov. 4 ............................................. *Jim Hill, 7 p.m.x-Red Carpet Bowl*Region 2-6A games
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St. AloysiusAug. 19 ......................... Madison-St. Joe, 7:30 p.m.Aug. 26 .................. at Greenville-St. Joe, 7:30 p.m.Sept. 2 .............................*at Hinds AHS, 7:30 p.m.Sept. 9 ......................................... *Salem, 7:30 p.m.Sept. 16 .......................................*Dexter, 7:30 p.m.Sept. 23 ..................*University Christian, 7:30 p.m.Sept. 30 ............................. *at Cathedral, 7:30 p.m.Oct. 8 .....................................*at Resurrection, TBAOct. 14 ............................................*Stringer, 7 p.m.Oct. 21 ..................................................... Open dateOct. 28 ................................... *Bogue Chitto, 7 p.m.Nov. 4 .............................................. *at Mount Olive*Region 4-1A games
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Porters ChapelAll games begin at 7 p.m.
Aug. 19 ............................................ Union ChristianAug. 26 ...................................................Deer CreekSept. 2 ................................................*at Bens FordSept. 9 .................................... *at Newton AcademySept. 16 ................................................. *Park PlaceSept. 23 .........................................Benton AcademySept. 30 ............................................... at Tri-CountyOct. 7 ....................................................at Sylva BayOct. 14 ....................................................*HeidelbergOct. 21 ....................................................ManchesterOct. 28 ....................................................*at Prentiss*District 4-A game
CollEgE FooTbAll2011 Mississippi weekly college
scheduleWeek 1Aug. 27
Texas College at Belhaven, 6 p.m.Sept. 1
Delta St. at Northwestern St., 6 p.m.Mississippi St. at Memphis, 7 p.m.
Sept. 3Concordia, Ala. at Jackson St., 1:30 p.m.BYU at Ole Miss, 3:45 p.m.Alabama St. at Miss. Valley St., 5 p.m.Alcorn St. vs. Grambling, at Shreveport, 6 p.m.Millsaps at Mississippi College, 7 p.m.Belhaven at Louisiana College, 7 p.m.Louisiana Tech at Southern Miss, 9 p.m.
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Week 2Sept. 10
Mississippi St. at Auburn, 11:21 a.m.LaGrange at Millsaps, 1 p.m.Murray St. at Miss. Valley St., 4 p.m.Jackson St. at Tennessee St., 6 p.m.Alcorn St. at Ark.-Pine Bluff, 6 p.m.Delta St. at Fort Valley St., 6 p.m.Mississippi College at Belhaven, 6 p.m.Southern Illinois at Ole Miss, TBASouthern Miss at Marshall, TBA
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Week 3Sept. 15
LSU at Mississippi St., 7 p.m.Sept. 17
Ole Miss at Vanderbilt, 11:21 a.m.Belhaven at Lindsey Wilson, 12:30 p.m.Miss. Valley St. at Alcorn St., 4 p.m.Millsaps at Louisiana College, 5 p.m.SE Louisiana at Southern Miss, 6 p.m.Hardin-Simmons at Mississippi College, 6 p.m.Delta St. at Arkansas Tech, 6 p.m.Jackson St. at Southern, TBA
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Week 4Sept. 24
Alcorn St. at Texas Southern, 1 p.m.Trinity at Millsaps, 1 p.m.Delta St. at Henderson St., 3 p.m.Alabama St. at Jackson St., 4 p.m.Mississippi College at Louisiana College, 6 p.m.Miss. Valley St. at Prairie View, 7 p.m.Georgia at Ole Miss, TBALouisiana Tech at Mississippi St., TBASouthern Miss at Virginia, TBAOpen date: Belhaven
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Week 5Oct. 1
Millsaps at Sewanee, 1 p.m.Southern at Miss. Valley St., 2 p.m.Texas Southern at Jackson St., 4 p.m.Ouachita Baptist at Delta St., 6 p.m.Belhaven at Bethel, 6:30 p.m.Alcorn St. at Alabama St., 7 p.m.Ole Miss at Fresno St., 8:15 p.m.Mississippi St. at Georgia, TBARice at Southern Miss, TBAOpen date: Mississippi College
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Week 6Oct. 6
Ark.-Monticello at Delta St., 7 p.m.
Oct. 8Miss. Valley St. at Alabama A&M, 1 p.m.Millsaps at Austin College, 1 p.m.Faulkner at Belhaven, 1:30 p.m.Southern Miss at Navy, 2:30 p.m.Ark.-Pine Bluff at Jackson St., 4 p.m.Mary Hardin-Baylor at Mississippi College, 6 p.m.Mississippi St. at UAB, TBAOpen date: Ole Miss, Alcorn St.
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Week 7Oct. 15
Belhaven at Shorter, 12:30 p.m.Rhodes at Millsaps, 1 p.m.Jackson St. at Miss. Valley St., 2 p.m.Mississippi College at East Texas Baptist, 3 p.m.Delta St. at North Alabama, 7 p.m.Alabama at Ole Miss, TBASouth Carolina at Mississippi St., TBAOpen date: Southern Miss, Alcorn St.
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Week 8Oct. 22
Union, Ky. at Belhaven, 1:30 p.m.Concordia, Ala. at Alcorn St., 2 p.m.Miss. Valley St. at Grambling, 2 p.m.Valdosta St. at Delta St., 3 p.m.Howard Payne at Mississippi College, 3 p.m.SMU at Southern Miss, 7 p.m.Arkansas at Ole Miss, TBAOpen date: Mississippi St., Jackson St., Millsaps
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Week 9Oct. 29
Belhaven at Univ. of Cumberlands, 12:30 p.m.Centre College at Millsaps, 1 p.m.Mississippi College at Sul Ross St., 1 p.m.Texas Southern at Miss. Valley St., 2 p.m.Jackson St. vs. Prairie View, at Shreveport, 4 p.m.Alcorn St. at Southern, 6 p.m.Southern Miss at UTEP, 7 p.m.Ole Miss at Auburn, TBAMississippi St. at Kentucky, TBAOpen date: Delta St.
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Week 10Nov. 3
Miss. Valley St. at South Alabama, TBANov. 5
Southern Miss at East Carolina, 11 a.m.Texas Lutheran at Mississippi College, 1 p.m.Cumberland Univ. at Belhaven, 1:30 p.m.Grambling at Jackson St., 2 p.m.Alabama A&M at Alcorn St., 2 p.m.West Alabama at Delta St., 4 p.m.Ole Miss at Kentucky, TBATennessee-Martin at Mississippi St., TBAMillsaps at Tarleton St., TBA
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Week 11Nov. 12
Jackson St. at Alabama A&M, 1 p.m.Ark.-Pine Bluff at Miss. Valley St., 1 p.m.Mississippi College at McMurry, 1 p.m.Millsaps at Birmingham Southern, 1 p.m.Georgetown College at Belhaven, 1:30 p.m.Prairie View at Alcorn St., 2 p.m.Delta St. at West Georgia, 2 p.m.Central Florida at Southern Miss, 7 p.m.Louisiana Tech at Ole Miss, TBAAlabama at Mississippi St., TBA
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Week 12Nov. 17
Southern Miss at UAB, 7 p.m.Nov. 19
Alcorn St. at Jackson St., 1 p.m.LSU at Ole Miss, TBAMississippi St. at Arkansas, TBA
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Week 13Nov. 26
Ole Miss at Mississippi St., TBAMemphis at Southern Miss, TBA
golFFedExCup Leaders
Player Points Money1. Nick Watney ....................1,798 .........$4,189,2332. Steve Stricker .................1,741 .........$3,497,5233. K.J. Choi .........................1,561 .........$3,694,2424. Phil Mickelson .................1,531 .........$3,186,5215. Luke Donald ....................1,507 .........$3,628,2486. Bubba Watson ................1,486 .........$3,064,4857. Mark Wilson ....................1,365 .........$2,736,6908. Matt Kuchar ....................1,306 .........$2,878,8619. Webb Simpson ...............1,284 .........$2,557,04310. David Toms ...................1,280 .........$2,920,73011. Gary Woodland .............1,275 .........$2,428,36312. Brandt Snedeker ...........1,191 .........$2,392,39513. Jason Day .....................1,181 .........$2,776,58714. Dustin Johnson .............1,170 .........$2,636,96515. Fredrik Jacobson ..........1,166 .........$2,117,03416. Martin Laird ...................1,165 .........$2,348,95617. Jonathan Byrd ...............1,154 .........$2,358,20418. Rory Sabbatini ..............1,153 .........$2,222,32519. Aaron Baddeley ............1,112 .........$2,329,84820. Charl Schwartzel ...........1,107 .........$2,311,672
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FlAShbACkBY tHe assoCIateD Press
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scoreboardMAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
6 p.m. MLB - San Francisco at Phila-delphia or Seattle at N.Y. Yankees
7 p.m. WGN - Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee
SOCCER7 p.m. ESPN2 - Serie A/Mexican Pri-
mera Division, World Football Chal-lenge, Juventus vs. Club America
July 261859 — The first intercollegiate
regatta is held in Worcester, Mass., with Harvard beating Yale and Brown.
1998 — Three spectators are killed — the first fan deaths at a major race in the United States in more than a decade — and six are injured by flying debris from a one-car crash at the U.S. 500 at Michi-gan Speedway.
2005 — Greg Maddux records his 3,000th career strikeout against San Francisco, striking out Omar Vizquel in the third inning of a 3-2, 11-inning victory for the Giants.
2010 — Matt Garza pitches the first no-hitter in Tampa Bay Rays history and the fifth in the major leagues this season, beating the Detroit Tigers 5-0.
loTTERYSunday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 2-6-3La. Pick 4: 3-0-4-2 Monday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 9-4-3 La. Pick 4: 9-2-3-3 Tuesday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 2-6-6 La. Pick 4: 9-8-6-1 Wednesday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 8-8-0 La. Pick 4: 5-1-6-1 Easy 5: 17-20-31-32-36 La. Lotto: 13-14-24-29-31-32 Powerball: 1-4-38-40-42 Powerball: 17 ; Power play: 4Thursday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 1-5-3La. Pick 4: 3-6-6-1 Friday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 3-1-6La. Pick 4: 5-2-6-0Saturday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 5-7-1La. Pick 4: 1-4-2-5Easy 5: 3-8-9-19-28La. Lotto: 4-10-13-16-22-37Powerball: 1-7-27-38-48Powerball: 30; Power play: 3
SoFTbAllU.S. team winsWorld Cup of Softball
OKLAHOMA CITY — Replac-ing the Olympians of America’s past, Taylor Hoagland hit a two-run home run, Valerie Arioto and Megan Langenfeld had RBI singles, and the United States beat rival Japan 6-4 Monday night to win its fifth straight World Cup of Softball championship.
Jordan Taylor (1-0) retired the first eight batters she faced and car-ried a no-hitter into the fifth inning, never letting the Americans fall behind after they grabbed a 2-0 lead without needing a hit in the first inning.
CollEgEUT officials avoidedfiring Pearl for lying
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennes-see officials said they didn’t imme-diately fire former basketball coach Bruce Pearl after he revealed he lied to NCAA investigators because doing so would deter others from reporting misconduct.
The university’s official response to the NCAA’s 12 allegations of vio-lations shows Pearl continued to cover up wrongdoings though, even after his job was spared.
The coach revealed on his own in July 2010 that he had lied the previ-ous month about improperly host-ing prospects at a Sept. 20, 2008, cookout at his home to NCAA offi-cials investigating possible recruit-ing violations by he and his staff. Pearl’s contract was terminated on Sept. 9, and the university reduced his pay by $1.5 million over five years and imposed strict limitations on his ability to recruit.
Former UK basketballplayer killed in shooting
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Colum-bus police said former Univer-sity of Kentucky basketball player Desmond Allison was killed and another man was wounded in a shooting outside an apartment complex in Northeast Columbus.
Authorities said the two were shot multiple times at around 4 p.m. Monday after they became involved in an argument with several people. They were taken to a local hospi-tal where Allison, 31, died of his injuries and Malcolm Goff, 36, was treated and released.
Allison played at the University of Kentucky from 1998-2000. In his last season he averaged 8.9 points per game and 4.4 rebounds.
Oregon St. athletic directordiagnosed with Parkinson’s
CORVALLIS, Ore. — Oregon State athletic director Bob De Caro-lis has been diagnosed with Parkin-son’s disease, but plans to fulfill his contract with the Beavers.
The Portland Tribune newspa-per first reported De Carolis’ diag-nosis. The university confirmed it late Monday. Earlier this year, De Carolis signed a five-year contract extension with Oregon State.
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Free agency frenzywill keep teams busyBy The Associated Press
Now that the lockout is done, the next challenge facing NFL teams, players and agents is pretty tough, too.
There are about 1,000 veter-ans, draft picks and undrafted rookies that need to be signed by the 32 clubs. Each contract must fit the boundaries of the new, still-being-understood labor deal, such as each club’s cumulative payroll being within the new salary cap.
Oh, this also needs to be done by the start of the pre-season in little more than two weeks — although, preferably, much of it will be done this weekend.
“When the starter’s gun goes off, you’re going to have what historically has been a six- to seven-week period condensed to six to seven days,” agent Peter Schaffer said.
That shot will be fired today, with teams allowed to sign their own free agents, draft picks and undrafted players, plus make trades and start wooing Nnamdi Asomugha and hundreds of other veteran free agents. Those deals can’t be signed until Friday.
Another key date is Thurs-day, when teams can start cut-ting players to help get under the salary cap.
“For some guys, it’s going to be a big game of musical chairs,” agent Joe Linta said. “You better sit in the first chair you see and not wait for another.”
For players in high enough demand that they can shop around, Linta said they can forget wining-and-dining, cross-country tours. Instead, he expects it to be like speed-dating.
“You go through eight of them quickly and pick one you like,” he said.
Receivers Braylon Edwards, Santonio Holmes and Sidney Rice are among the biggest names who could switch teams. Defensive end Ray Edwards and offensive tackle Doug Free are sure to be tar-geted by plenty of clubs, too. Matt Hasselbeck and Marc Bulger are veteran quarter-backs who will be looking for a good fit.
Quality players will be avail-able at every position because the pool of free agents was
expanded to include players coming off their fourth and fifth years. Instead of being restricted free agents unlikely to move because of the pen-alties attached, they’re as free as the older veterans who already knew they’d be unrestricted.
Although there are about 900 players already under con-tract, dozens of them will be dropped as teams try getting their finances in order. Don-ovan McNabb, Vince Young and perhaps Reggie Bush are more big names who could move into the mix.
Then there are the other off-season items finally moving to the top of the to-do list: Phila-delphia possibly trading Kevin Kolb; Carson Palmer and the Cincinnati Bengals squar-ing off in his threat to retire if he’s not traded; and Titans running back Chris Johnson wanting a huge raise to guar-antee he reports to training camp.
The salary cap will be $120,375,000, but the real game-changer is that teams must spend at least 99 per-cent in cash — meaning not in deferred payments — this season.
Teams also will be allowed to go over the cap by about $3.5 million this season, and they can “borrow” $3 million in cap room from a future year.
As if all that isn’t enough, there’s an extra layer of work for everyone. Training-camp rosters have been expanded from 80 to 90, which means another 320 fringe players to be signed — and another 320 contracts for the league office to process.
“It’s going to be a madhouse,” agent Jordan Woy said. “Very strange, very interesting.”
Then again, it’s not like this is sneaking up on anyone. Team executives and agents have spent the entire lockout getting ready.
Teams have lists of players they want and an idea of how much they’re willing to pay for each of them. It’s all subject to change.
Rangers score 20 on TwinsARLINGTON, Texas (AP)
— The Texas Rangers put on an offensive display — scoring early and often in baseball’s biggest outburst this season.
They hit line drives over the fence. Lazy fly balls fell where outfielders weren’t. They beat out infield hits and benefited from three errors by the Min-nesota Twins.
When the carnage was over Monday night, the Rangers had routed the Minnesota Twins, 20-6, putting up the most runs in a game by any team this season.
In the process, the Rangers accomplished a feat done only two other times in 111 years by scoring at least three runs in each of the first five innings.
“The first five innings looked like a ZIP code, that will tell you how it went ... 33354,” Twins manager Ron Garden-hire said. “I think that’s Flor-ida ... Fort Lauderdale.”
It happened to Texas 20 years ago when the Oakland Athletics beat them 19-5. Phil-adelphia also did it against Pittsburgh way back in 1900, according to information pro-vided by the Rangers from the Elias Sports Bureau.
“Everything went right for us,” Texas manager Ron Washington said. “We put some runs on the board and kept coming. We showed what we’re about.”
Things were so out of con-trol for the Twins that Michael Cuddyer became the first Min-nesota position player to pitch since 1990.
Ian Kinsler homered and drove in four runs as the Rang-ers pounded out the most runs
and hits in the majors this season.
“It was probably the worst I’ve had here as a manager as far as runs scored against us,” said Gardenhire, the Twins’ skipper since 2002.
With his team trailing 20-5, Cuddyer moved from right field to the mound to pitch the
eighth. He gave up a double to Mike Napoli, a bloop single to Mitch Moreland, and walked Kinsler with one out to load the bases. But Cuddyer retired Elvis Andrus on a fly ball, and David Murphy on a pop-up for a scoreless inning.
“It was fun out there,” Cud-dyer said. “I got to work
through some trouble. I threw sinkers, a cutter, one curve and three changeups. ... For-tunately I was able to keep the ball in the ballpark.”
The last Twins position player to pitch was outfielder John Moses against California on July 31, 1990.
Gardenhire said Cuddyer, who pitched in high school, has been lobbying for a chance to take the mound in a blowout game. He’s now played every position in the majors except catcher and shortstop.
“I had to put somebody out there and he would have killed me if I would have put anybody else out there,” said Gardenhire, who had used five pitchers before Cuddyer and wanted to save a few reliev-ers for tonight’s game against Texas.
Kinsler had four of the Rang-ers’ league-best 27 hits as Texas became the first team to score 20 runs since Milwaukee beat Pittsburgh 20-0 on April 22 last season. The Rangers had 18 runs by the fifth inning as they scored three in each of the first three innings. Texas added five in the fourth and four in the fifth.
Napoli and Nelson Cruz also had four hits as every Rang-ers starter had at least two except for third baseman Chris Davis, who was hitless in six at-bats. Michael Young also went deep and had three RBIs for Texas.
Rangers starter Derek Holland (9-4) set a career high for victories, allowing an unearned run and five hits in six innings with four strikeouts.
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Minnesota Twins shortstop Tsuyoshi Nishioka and left fielder Trevor Plouffe collide while the two were attempting to reach a fly ball Monday against the Texas Rangers.
the associated press
ing quarterback Jonah Mas-terson, who last year threw for 2,011 yards and 16 touch-downs. Gone, however, are his top three receivers from last season. Chris Marshall, the 2010 Vicksburg Post Player of the Year, gradu-ated and is now with Gulf Coast Community College. Montana McDaniel and Jake Boyd also graduated. The trio combined for 108 recep-tions for 1,888 yards and 15 touchdowns.
The focal point of the offense could be Kawayne Gaston, who ran last fall for 1,028 yards and 12 touch-downs as the featured back
for Vicksburg High.The defensive side is Pat-
rick’s forte. He ran Bayou’s defense
for five seasons, helping the Colts win the MAIS Class A championship in 2008.
“I love a 4-4 set, but with every team now going to a spread offense, you have to use some combination of the 4-2-5,” Patrick said. “I ran a 5-3 all season one year at Bayou, but now the offense dictates what you can run on defense. All I can tell now, is that we will have a four-man defensive line.”
haps longer careers.• Better health benefits,
including more than $1 bil-lion for post-career injuries.
On the owners’ side, there’s:
• More money to invest as gross revenues rise.
• Labor peace for 10 years that makes it easier to work out long-term business deals.
• The ability to assist in the development of new stadi-ums because certain rev-enue was not included in total football revenues.
• Paying less money to untested rookies, spe-cifically high-first round draft picks, although that money will be redirected to veterans.
Each side lost a little, too. The owners did not give the players an opt-out clause NFLPA chief DeMaurice Smith sought, and the play-ers retained a 16-game reg-ular season that Commis-sioner Roger Goodell wanted increased to 18 games.
“We didn’t get everything that either side wanted ... but we did arrive at a deal that we think is fair and bal-anced,” Smith said.
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft apolo-gized to fans for taking so long to reach a deal but said “the end result is we’ve been able to have an agreement that I think is going to allow this sport to flourish over the next decade.”
school’s track team.“At heart, I always wanted
to coach. It makes me proud to follow in Bubba’s foot-steps. I think I’m doing a pos-itive thing for me and these boys,” Gerald Mims said.
As they huddled up at the end of Monday morning’s second practice, many play-ers seemed at ease with their new leader. Some cracked jokes and others asked semi-serious questions — all with respect, but also a comfort level that suggested a strong bond.
“We’re just trying to stay loose and get your head on straight. I’m looking forward to playing for Busby,” sopho-more tight end Wade Grady said.
Tallulah opens the season
Aug. 19 at Park Place Chris-tian. It hits the field for the first time on Aug. 5 with a preseason scrimmage at Por-ters Chapel.
In the next three weeks Busby will have to put his stamp on the Trojans. There’s a new offensive and defensive scheme to install, and strengths and weak-nesses need to be deter-mined. There’s also a flood of distractions ahead — not just from broken sprinklers, but also pictures and pep rallies.
All of it will be a new chal-lenge for Busby, but it’s one he’s eager to tackle.
“This is a little different. High school football, espe-cially in Louisiana, can be stressful, exciting, humbling and rewarding,” Busby said.
bases against McDonald with one out in the sixth. Right-hander Chris Resop, who began his career with the Braves, took over and ended the threat on McLouth’s popup and Gonzalez’s third strikeout.
“I guess I was a little more pumped up than normal, going against Atlanta,” Resop said. “It’s nice to be in Pittsburgh having success and I guess proving to people I can pitch.”
Two walks hurt Hudson (9-7) in Pittsburgh’s two-run second inning.
After striking out the side in the first inning, Hudson walked Andrew McCutchen and Pedro Alvarez to open the second. The runners advanced on Lyle Over-bay’s fly ball to center before McCutchen scored on Ronny Cedeno’s groundout to third base. Alvarez scored on Michael McKenry’s single to left.
Andrew McCutchen’s single drove in Garrett Jones in the sixth for a 3-0 lead.
That was all McDonald needed.
Hudson gave up three runs
on five hits and three walks in seven innings. He had eight strikeouts in his first loss since June 15.
“They’re a good club. They’re not in first place by accident,” Hudson said.
“They made their hits count tonight. I feel like I had too good of stuff to give them free passes. You’ve got to make them earn it. I’m very disappointed on the outcome because my stuff was really good.”
Each team had a third baseman return to its active roster as a starter.
Jones, who had arthroscopic surgery on July 9 to repair torn cartilage in his right knee, returned with two hits, including his ninth homer, and a stolen base.
Alvarez had one hit and a walk in his first game back from Triple-A Indianapolis.
Alvarez bobbled lead-off hitter Martin Prado’s grounder for an error on his first chance in the first inning.
Dan Uggla’s sixth-inning single stretched his career-best hitting streak to 16 games.
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n MOVIE“Holy Rollers” — A Jewish youth, Jesse Eisenberg, risks be-ing ostracized from his religious community when he becomes a drug mule for his best friend’s older brother./6:30 on Show-timen SPORTSMLB — The NL Central race is as tight as they come, with four teams separated by three games. One of the frontrunners, the Milwaukee Brewers, takes on the Chicago Cubs tonight at Miller Park./7 on WGNn PRIMETIME“It’s Worth What?” — A landlord and her tenant compete; a woman teams up with her future son-in-law./7 on NBC
THIS WEEK’S LINEUPn EXPANDED LISTINGSTV TIMES — Network, cable and satellite programs appear in Sunday’s TV Times magazine and online at www.vicksburgpost.com
MILESTONESn BIRTHDAYSJames Best, actor, 85; Dobie Gray, singer, 71; Mick Jagger, rock star, 68; Helen Mirren, actress, 66; Roger Taylor, rock mu-sician, 62; Kevin Spacey, actor, 52; Sandra Bullock, actress, 47; Jeremy Piven, actor, 46; Wayne Wonder, rapper-reggae singer, 45; Jason Statham, actor, 44; Kate Beckinsale, actress, 38.
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Jackson tribute concert plannedMichael Jackson’s family has announced a
tribute concert for the late singer in October in Wales, but details on performers remain under wraps.
Tickets for “Michael Forever — The Tribute Concert” will go on sale in early August. The show is being coordinated by Global Event Live, which plans to stream the concert online.
Jackson died on June 25, 2009, at age 50.
Story of miners set for big screenThe story of the Chilean miners who were trapped under-
ground for more than two months is on its way to the big screen. The planned film will recount the remarkable plight of the 33 miners who were trapped for 69 days after the mine they were working in collapsed near Copiapo, Chile.
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Man wakes after night in morgue fridgeA South African health official said a man awoke to find him-
self in a morgue fridge — nearly a day after his family thought he had died.
The man awoke Sunday afternoon, 21 hours after his family called in an undertaker who sent him to the morgue after an asthma attack. Kupelo says the man started yelling, prompting morgue workers to run away in fear. They eventually returned and removed him from the fridge. He was then taken to a near-by hospital and later discharged by doctors..
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‘TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY’
Ambrose in drama of fate worse than deathBy Frazier MooreAP television writer
NEW YORK — Lauren Ambrose is explaining what happens on “Torchwood: Mir-acle Day,” her new Starz sci-fi series. Let’s listen:
“An unnatural global phenom-enon takes place where nobody is dying anymore. Our show explores the repercussions throughout the world. And I play the person who’s there to sell it!” She beams. “This is a vicious and ambitious person — a new kind of role for me!”
Indeed. As glossy, calculat-ing PR pro Jilly Kitzinger, the 33-year-old Ambrose is making a colorful addition to the list of characters she has played since her acting career began two decades ago. With Jilly, she leaves behind forever the role for which she is most widely known, that of Claire Fisher, the hearse-driving, tormented teen on the HBO funeral-home drama, “Six Feet Under.”
And, no, the irony is not lost on her: how she starred,
before, in a series about dying, and now she’s in a series where people can’t die.
“Torchwood: Miracle Day,” which showed its third episode Friday at 9 p.m., is a spinoff of the much-adored “Torchwood,” a British series that told of the Torchwood Institute, a myste-rious organization dedicated to fighting the world’s strang-est, most sinister menaces. But Torchwood was shut down.
Then, at the beginning of this new series, a moment arrived on planet Earth when the dying stopped. The first instance: Oswald Danes (played by Bill Pullman), a murderous pedo-phile who proved impossible
to execute. They couldn’t kill him, so they set him free.
Lofted by the twisted logic of the modern media age, Danes was transformed into some-thing of a rock star in the pub-lic’s esteem. His image was revamped, in part, by Jilly Kitzinger, who called herself “something of a talent spot-ter” when she first approached Danes on last week’s episode.
He had just appeared on a cable-news show, and Jilly was incredulous to learn that he didn’t charge the network for his galvanizing interview.
“It was a NEWS show,” he told her sourly. “They don’t pay.”
“That’s very funny,” she said, dissolving into laughter at his naivete. “That is positively hilarious.”
Meanwhile, an intrepid team has coalesced to get to the bottom of the planetwide scourge of immortality, which could rapidly exhaust the Earth’s food and other finite resources. Back together are Torchwood veterans Captain
Jack Harkness (played by John Barrowman) and Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles), joined by CIA agent Rex Matheson (Mekhi Phifer), CIA operative Esther Drummond (Alexa Havins) and Dr. Vera Juarez (Arlene Tur). They resolve to crack what they see as a global conspiracy.
“It’s more than people surviv-ing,” says Jack on this week’s episode. “It’s as if some THING is willing them to go on — each and every individual forced into life.”
“Torchwood: Miracle Day” challenges conventional wisdom (that death is a cruel interruption of life), and does it in ways that are some-times graphic or downright macabre.
“After I watched some of the episodes, I was having really strange dreams,” Ambrose confides. “I remember waking up and thinking, ‘What a relief that that isn’t our reality, and that we can find peace in the grip of death.’”
On TV“Torch-wood: Mir-acle Day” is on Starz at 9 p.m. on Fridays.
LaurenAmbrose
Unhappy woman pondershow to smile for Facebook
Dear Abby: I reluctantly signed on to Facebook at the urging of my siblings. The problem is, I am now receiv-ing many replies from people I knew back in college and else-where saying how glad they are they have found me and how much they have missed me. It made me remember that I was very well-liked then, and how when I graduated from college with honors people said I had a bright future.
But now I am nowhere near what I used to be. My life has not been very productive or happy since I moved from the East Coast to California.
I am married to a wonder-ful man. We have no children, and I have had only sporadic employment over the past few years due to treatment for depression and alcoholism. I’m trying to get better, but it’s hard.
Most of those who have written tell me about their children, grandchildren and careers. Please don’t tell me to get counseling. I am. And don’t tell me to go to AA meet-ings. I do. And don’t tell me to take medication, because I’m doing that, too.
Just tell me what do I write to all those old friends who seem to have achieved many of the conventional things in life that I haven’t. — Unsure Out West
Dear Unsure: Crafting upbeat prose can be difficult when someone is as depressed as you appear to be.
Before composing your Face-book entry, take stock of the positive things you have going for you and make a list. You are married to a wonderful man, you haven’t had to work over the past few years, but it hasn’t caused serious eco-nomic hardship. If you volun-teer in the community, have read an amusing or uplift-ing poem, mention that, too. In other words, “spin.” That’s what everyone else on social media does, so don’t feel guilty about it.
ABIGAILVANBUrEN
DEAR ABBY
Dr. Wallace: I’m 12 and don’t like to fight. Because of this, several guys at sum-mer school always pick on me. They call me names and sometimes punch me. All I ever do is walk away feel-ing depressed. I talked to my counselor, and she said that I should continue to do noth-ing and eventually these boys will stop picking on me. I hope that time comes soon.
I live alone with my moth-er, and she can’t help me. She doesn’t understand how mis-erable I feel. Any help will be appreciated. — Nameless, Fort Walton Beach, Fla.
Nameless: I, too, believe in the “turn the other cheek” philosophy. But when both cheeks become bruised, my philosophy changes to “an eye for an eye.”
Ignore the name-calling, but put an end to your days of be-ing a punching bag. You may as well get in a few punches of your own. Even though you might end up with a swollen lip, this will mend much faster than the abuse you are now suffering.
Your counselor needs to take a review class in eliminat-
ing bullying at school. Bully-ing is a serious problem and must be eliminated. Before defending yourself, I would suggest that your mother make an appointment with the principal to ask this ad-ministrator to handle the bul-lying immediately.
Dr. Wallace: Are you in favor of giving teens an allowance? I’m 13 and feel I need a little spending money. I get good grades, and I’m really a pretty good kid. My parents don’t believe in allowances because they didn’t get them when they were teens.
I’m too young to find a part-time job, and my parents won’t let me baby-sit. My par-ents are good providers — it’s just that I’d like to have some money to spend my way. — Gwen, Goshen, Ind.
Gwen: If funds are available and properly administered, an allowance is a very posi-tive learning experience. It’s important for teens to learn how to budget and to spend money wisely.
•Dr. Robert Wallace writes for Copley News Service. E-mail him at rwallace@Copley News Service.
TWEEN 12 & 20BY DR. ROBERT WALLACE • NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION
Winehouse autopsy inconclusive
LONDON (AP) — An autopsy on singer Amy Wine-house Monday failed to deter-mine what killed the 27-year-old star, leaving fans and family with a weeks-long wait for the results of toxicology tests.
Winehouse’s devastated par-ents visited mourners out-side her north London home to thank them for their sup-port, ahead of a private family funeral that could be held as early as Tuesday.
The singer, who had strug-gled with drug and alcohol abuse for years, was found Sat-urday at home by a member of her security team, who called an ambulance. It arrived too late to save her.
The Metropolitan Police said Monday that a forensic post mortem “did not establish a formal cause of death and we await the results of further toxicology tests.” Those are expected to take two to four weeks.
An inquest into the sing-er’s death was opened and adjourned at London’s St. Pancras Coroner’s Court. During the two-minute hear-ing, an official read out the name, birth date and address of Winehouse, described as “a
divorced lady living at Camden Square NW1.”
“She was a singer songwriter at the time of her death and was identified by her family here at St. Pancras this morn-ing,” said coroner’s officer Sharon Duff.
Duff said the scene of Wine-house’s death “was inves-tigated by police and deter-mined non-suspicious.”
In Britain, inquests are held to establish the facts when-ever someone dies violently or in unexplained circumstances. Assistant Deputy Coroner Suzanne Greenaway said Winehouse’s inquest would resume on Oct. 26.
The singer’s father, mother and brother visited her home on Monday, stopping to inspect the mounds of bouquets, can-dles and handwritten notes across the road from the Vic-torian house.
Toxicology reportswill take weeksto be completed
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Flowers and tributes left by mourners in Camden Square outside the house of Amy Winehouse
If tomorrow is your birthday: Because you’re thoughtful and appreciative of others and all the nice things they do for you, you tend to be very giving. This has caught up with you, making the year ahead one of reciprocation from all those whom you’ve helped.Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Someone you recently met is unable to make up his or her mind about you, and will be observing you. Make sure that person sees someone who’ll be a friend.Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — The one time when you should let your heart rule your head is when you’re contemplating doing something charitable. Think of it as an opportunity waiting to develop.Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — You might want to take extra time to preen and primp if you’re going to a social function. There is a good chance you’ll run into someone you’d like to impress.Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — It isn’t likely that you’ll have to do anything special in a romantic involvement that includes a bit of competition. Just be yourself, because Cupid has got your back. Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Think of anything foreign as an opportunity waiting to be developed. There’s a good chance you’ll be more fortunate with goods and/or people who come from a distance.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Don’t be reluctant to make your needs known, because for no special reason at all, people who like you will be eager to do you a favor and help you out as best as they can.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — If you’ve been too busy of late to be as attentive or affectionate to your mate or special someone, it’s a good day to make amends and do something nice for that person. Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20) — Working on a labor of love could turn out to be enormously gratifying for you. Don’t waste your time on dumb things that don’t offer any kind of rewards at all.Aries (March 21-April 19) — Get the messy stuff out of the way early, so that you’ll be able to get out, run errands and/or circulate later on. You can only stay in one place just so long. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — If you want to invite some friends over to your place, you’d be better off doing so in either late af-ternoon or early evening. By then, most people have gotten the important stuff out of the way.Gemini (May 21-June 20) —Get off of your hammock or out of your easy chair and move around as much as possible. You’re one of those people who need physical activities to make you feel peppy. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — You’re in a cycle, albeit brief, where your financial and material aspects are likely to be advanced. You could even receive something of value from a person who likes you a lot.
TOMOrrOW’S HOrOSCOPEBY BERNICE BEDE OSOL • NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION
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Thanks for the sound advice,correct grammar, readers say
Dear Dr. Gott: My letter has nothing to do with a medical problem — just a response to something I read in your column. Kudos to you for responding to the grammar question the way you did. Sadly, it has become a habit to refer to a person of unspeci-fied gender as “they.” I’m glad you use “he” and “she.”
Dear Dr. Gott: I want to offer my sincere thanks for your recent reply to a reader who proposed that you use the grammatically incorrect “they” instead of the proper “he or she” you use. I am also one who refuses to bow to modern society’s laxity.
Dear Dr. Gott: Thank you for addressing one of my pet peeves — the incorrect use of a singular antecedent and a plural pronoun. In addition to your excellent grammar, your column is a fine source of intelligent advice.
Dear Readers: Honestly, I wasn’t sure anyone would read that question. My column has to fill a specific slot, so I must keep it close to a cer-tain number of words. That particular day I was a little short and needed what I call “filler.”
I celebrated my 76th birth-day in June, so I grew up when grammar really did matter. I was pleasantly surprised to receive all of your e-mails.
Dear Dr. Gott: I have dry burping (no acid taste) 30 times a day. I am on digoxin for a rapid and irregular heart rate. It happens whether my stomach is empty or full. I am an 85-year-old woman.
Dear Reader: Your heart condition is likely atrial fibril-lation, a condition that causes skipped beats and a rapid heart rate. I don’t believe it is the cause of your excessive burping; however, your medi-cation might be.
Digoxin can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and loss of appetite. Most individu-als associate these symp-toms with stomach upset that can also produce excess gas. Burping and belching is not
listed as a side effect. It is my belief that if digoxin can cause
nausea and other side effects, it can cause your problem.
Other possibilities include diet, gastroesophageal reflux disease, other medications or other gastrointestinal disorders.
•Write to Dr. Peter Gott in care of United Media, 200 Madison Ave., 4th fl., New York, NY 10016.
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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'SNOTICE OF SALEWHEREAS, on February 27,2004, ROSETTA FLOYDAND COMELIA FLOYD,JOINT TENANTS executeda Deed of Trust to JIM B.TOHILL as Trustee for thebenefit of ARGENTMORTGAGE COMPANY,LLC, which Deed of Trustwas filed on May 10, 2006and recorded as InstrumentNo. 233288 - and in Book1589 at Page 709 - in theOffice of the Chancery Clerkof Warren County,Mississippi; andWHEREAS, WELLS FARGOBANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEEFOR THECERTIFICATEHOLDERSOF PARK PLACESECURITIES, INC.,ASSET-BACKEDPASS-THROUGHCERTIFICATES, SERIES2004-WCW1, the currentBeneficiary of said Deed ofTrust, substitutedRECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A. as Trustee therein, asauthorized by the termsthereof, as evidenced by aninstrument recordedInstrument NO. 288504 andin Book 1524 Page 531 inthe Office of the ChanceryClerk of Warren County,Mississippi; andWHEREAS, default havingbeen made in the terms andconditions of said Deed ofTrust, and the entire debtsecured thereby having beendeclared to be due andpayable, and the legal holderof said indebtedness,WELLS FARGO BANK,N.A., AS TRUSTEE FORTHE CERTIFICATEHOLD-ERS OF PARK PLACESECURITIES, INC.,ASSET-BACKEDPASS-THROUGHCERTIFICATES, SERIES2004-WCW1, havingrequested the undersignedSubstitute Trustee toexecute the trust and sellsaid land and property inaccordance with the terms ofsaid Deed of Trust for thepurpose of raising the sumsdue thereunder, togetherwith attorney's fees,Substitute Trustee's fees andexpenses of sale.NOW, THEREFORE,RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., Substitute Trustee, willon August 16, 2011, offer forsale at public outcry to thehighest bidder for cash,within legal hours (betweenthe hours of 11:00 a.m. -4:00 p.m.) at the front stepsof the Warren CountyCourthouse in Vicksburg,Warren County, Mississippi,the following-describedproperty:PART OF SECTION 10,TOWNSHIP 15N, RANGE4E, WARREN COUNTY,MISSISSIPPICOMMENCING AT THESOUTHWESTERNCORNER OF SECTION 10,TOWNSHIP 15 NORTH,RANGE 4 EAST, WARRENCOUNTY, MISSISSIPPI,THENCE N 23 DEGREES53 MINUTES 48 SECONDSE, 3399.34 FEET TO THEPOINT OF BEGINNING OFTHE HEREIN DESCRIBEDPARCEL; THENCE N 04DEGREES 28 MINUTES 36SECONDS E, 350.00 FEETTO A POINT ON THESOUTHERNRIGHT-OF-WAY OFGIBSON ROAD; THENCEALONG SAIDRIGHT-OF-WAY S 85DEGREES 31 MINUTES 24SECONDS E, 125.00 FEET;THENCE LEAVING SAIDRIGHT-OF-WAY S 04DEGREES 28 MINUTES 36SECONDS W, 350.00 FEET;THENCE N 85 DEGREES31 MINUTES 24 SECONDSW, 125.00 FEET TO THEPOINT OF BEGINNING,CONTAINING 1.00 ACRES,MORE OR LESS.SUBJECT TO: 25 FOOTWIDE ACCESS EASEMENTALONG AND PARALLEL TOTHE NORTHERN 225 FEETOF THE EAST LINE OFABOVE DESCRIBED LOT.FLOOD STATEMENT:I, CERTIFY THAT THISPROPERTY IS IN ZONE "C"AS DEPICTED ON THEFIRM COMMUNITY PANELNO. 280198 0200B. PANEL200 OF 275, DATEDNOVEMBER 15, 1979.TOGETHER WITH THATCERTAIN 2004 MAGNET 28X 80 NO CHVM3603 88020249AB.RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A. will convey only such ti-tle as vested in it asSubstitute Trustee.WITNESS my signature onthis 12th day of July, 2011RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., SUBSTITUTETRUSTEE2380 Performance Dr, TX2-984-0407Richardson, TX 75082Telephone No.(800) 281-8219By: /s/ Anthony CannonTitle: Assistant VicePresidentRECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., SUBSTITUTETRUSTEE2380 Performance Dr,TX2-984-0407Richardson, TX 75082TS No.: 11 -0047320PARCEL No. 113 10 9999001639DHGW 63072G-2SBPublish: 7/26, 8/2, 8/9(3t)
INVITATION FOR BIDSFOREST PRODUCTS FORSALENOTICESealed bids will be receivedby the Vicksburg WarrenSchools up to and no laterthan 10:00 a.m., August 17,2011 for the right to cut andremove all timber, standingor down, designated for thatpurpose onSection 16, Township 18North, Range 2 EastWarren County, Mississippi.Before bids are submitted,full information concerningthe material for sale,conditions of sale andsubmission of bids should beobtained from TommyWalker, Mississippi ForestryCommission Office,Vicksburg, Mississippi,phone number601-927-9383.The right to reject any and allbids is reserved.Please send invoice andproof of publication to:Vicksburg Warren SchoolsP.O. Box 820065Vicksburg, MS 39182Please send an additionalproof of publication to:Mississippi ForestryCommissionCapital District3139 Highway 468Pearl, MS. 39208Publish: 7/26, 8/2, 8/9, 8/16(4t)
01. LegalsIN THE CHANCERYCOURT OF WARRENCOUNTY, MISSISSIPPI INTHE MATTER OF THEADOPTION OF: SLH, aMinor, by JERRY W.CAMPBELL, Next FriendNO. 2011-014ADSUMMONS THE STATE OFMISSISSIPPI TO: KennethShane Heister (residenceand post office addressunknown) NOTICE TODEFENDANT You havebeen made a Defendant inthe suit filed in this Court byRobert Todd Friley andJamie Leanne Friley,Plaintiffs, seeking to adoptthe above named child. Youare summoned to appearand defend against thecomplaint or petition filedagainst you in this action at9:00 o'clock A.M. on the 6thday of September, 2011, inthe Chancery courtroom ofthe Warren CountyCourthouse at Vicksburg,Mississippi, and in case ofyour failure to appear anddefend, a judgment will beentered against you for themoney or other thingsdemanded in the complaintor petition. You are notrequired to file an answer orother pleading, but you maydo so if you desire. Issuedunder my hand and the sealof said Court, this the 21stday of July, 2011.(SEAL)DOT McGEE, CHANCERYCLERK WARREN COUNTY,MISSISSIPPIBY: /s/ Denise Bailey. D.CDenise Bailey, DCPublish: 7/26, 8/2, 8/9(3t)
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The ParkResidencesat Bienville
1, 2 & 3 bedroomsand townhomes
available immediately.
VICKSBURGS NEWEST,AND A WELL MAINTAINED
FAVORITE. EACH WITHSPACIOUS FLOOR PLANS ANDSOPHISTICATED AMENITIES.
FOR LEASING INFO, CALL 601-636-1752www.parkresidences.com • www.bienvilleapartments.com
and
EQUAL HOUSINGOPPORTUNITY
Bradford RidgeApartments
Live in a Quality Built Apartmentfor LESS! All brick,
concrete floors and double wallsprovide excellent soundproofing,
security, and safety.601-638-1102 • 601-415-3333
COME CHECK US OUT TODAYYOU’LL WANT TO MAKE YOUR
HOME HEREGreat Location, Hard-Working Staff
601-638-7831 • 201 Berryman Rd.
COME CHECK US OUT TODAYYOU’LL WANT TO MAKE YOUR
HOME HEREGreat Location, Hard-Working Staff
601-638-7831 • 201 Berryman Rd
S H A M R O C KA PA RT M E N T S
SUPERIOR QUALITY,CUSTOM CABINETS,
EXTRA LARGE MASTER BDRM,& WASHER / DRYER HOOKUPS.
SAFE!!SENIOR CITIZEN DISCOUNT
601-661-0765 • 601-415-3333
801 Clay Street 601-630-2921www.the-vicksburg.com
UTILITIES PAID!1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments
Studios & Efficiencies
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MAGNOLIA MANOR APARTMENTSElderly & Disabled3515 Manor Drive
Vicksburg, Ms.601-636-3625
Equal Housing Opportunity
Barnes GlassQuality Service at Competitive Prices#1 Windshield Repair & Replacement
Vans • Cars • Trucks•Insurance Claims Welcome•
AUTO • HOME • BUSINESSJason Barnes • 601-661-0900
BUFORDCONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
601-636-4813State Board of Contractors
Approved & Bonded
Haul Clay, Gravel, Dirt,Rock & Sand
All Types of Dozer WorkLand Clearing • Demolition
Site Development& Preparation Excavation
Crane Rental • Mud Jacking
ROSSCONSTRUCTION
New HomesFraming, Remodeling,
Cabinets, Flooring,Roofing & Vinyl Siding
State Licensed & BondedJon Ross 601-638-7932
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WEACCEPTCASH,
CHECKSAND
MOSTMAJORCREDITCARDS.
To advertise your business herefor as little as $2.83 per day,call our Classified Department
at 601-636-7355.
• Licensed • Insured• Residential • CommercialFUSON ELECTRIC, INC.
25 YRS. EXPERIENCE• Flood Inspections
Matthew - 601-218-5561Amos - 601-831-7605
FLOOD RECOVERYDozer and Trackhoe Work
Debris Hauling &Demolition. Give us a call.
We will take care of everything. Call Dave
601-551-8503
PATRIOTIC• FLAGS
• BANNERS
• BUMPER STICKERS
• YARD SIGNSShow Your Colors!
SPEEDIPRINT &OFFICE SUPPLY
• Business Cards• Letterhead• Envelopes• Invoices
• Work Orders• Invitations
(601) 638-2900Fax (601) 636-6711
1601-C North Frontage RoadVicksburg, MS 39180
A.C.’S FOUNDATIONPP HOUSE LEVELING PPIf your floors are sagging or shaking, WE CAN HELP!
We replace floor joists, seals& pillars. We also install
termite shields.PP Reasonable PP Insured
601-543-7007
Simmons Lawn ServiceProfessional Services &
Competitive Prices• Landscaping • Septic Systems• Irrigation: Install & Repair• Commercial & Residential
Grass CuttingLicensed • Bonded • Insured
12 years experienceRoy Simmons (Owner)
601-218-8341
865-803-8227
•34 years experience•Fully insured
www.mmhousemovers.com
M&M HOUSEMOVING & RAISING
All Business & Service Directory Ads MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE !
BUILDERSSTRAIGHT LINE
Courteous•Competent•Committed•Water Restoration • Remodeling•Sheetrock •Windows •Flooring•General Construction •Decks
•Roofing •Doors •Siding•Fencing •Landscaping
•Over 25 yrs. Exp. •Insured•Local References
No Job Too Big or Too Small!Jeff Beal (Owner)
601•642•[email protected]
Touching Hearts, LLCPrivate Duty Sitting and
Homemaker ServiceCaregivers available
WHEN and WHERE youneed them.
•LPN’s •CNA’s •NURSE ASSISTANTS
601-429-5426
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YourAd.
Finding the pet youwant in the Classifieds
is easy, but now it’spractically automatic,
since we’ve put ourlistings online.
CALL 601-636-SELLAND PLACE
YOUR CLASSIFIED AD TODAY.
12. Schools &Instruction
ATTEND COLLEGE ON-LINE from home. *Medical,*Business, *Paralegal, *Al-lied Health. Job placementassistance. Computer avail-able. Financial aid if quali-fied. SCHEV certified. Call888-210-5162.
www.Centura.us.com
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13. SituationsWanted
CAREGIVER 10 yearsexperience. References onrequest. 601-618-1155.Vicksburg and Utica area.
EXPERIENCED CARE-GIVER EXCELLENT refer-ences, available 7 days perweek, full time- 12 hour shiftor live in, for your total careplease call 601-497-5144.
29. UnfurnishedApartments
14. Pets &Livestock
Vicksburg WarrenHumane Society& MS - Span
Hwy 61 S - 601-636-6631
CATS:Male . .$25 Female ........$35
DOGS (UNDER 40 LBS):Male . .$55 Female ........$65
• For the above category ofanimals, pick up applications at
the Humane Society
DOGS (OVER 40 LBS):Male . .$70 Female ........$80
• For dogs over 40 lbs,call 866-901-7729 for appt.
Low CostSpay & Neuter Program
littlecreekpuppies.comCKC Tea cup and tiny toyMalti Poos and Yorkies.$300 and up. 318-237-5156.
14. Pets &Livestock
Foster aHomeless
Pet!
www.pawsrescuepets.org
15. AuctionLOOKING FOR A great
value? Subscribe to TheVicksburg Post, 601-636-4545, ask for Circulation.
17. Wanted ToBuy
HEY! NEED CASHNOW? We buy junk cars,vans, SUVs, heavy equip-ment and more! Call today,we'll come pick them upwith money in hand! 1-800-826-8104.
WE HAUL OFF old appli-ances, lawn mowers, hot waterheaters, junk and abandonedcars, trucks, vans, etcetera.601-940-5075, if no answer,please leave message.
WE PAY CASH for junk.Cars, trucks. Vans, SUVs,and old dump trucks. 601-638-5946 or 601-529-8249.
29. UnfurnishedApartments
18. Miscellaneou sFor Sale
FOR LESS THAN 45cents per day, haveThe Vicksburg Post
delivered to your home.Only $14 per month,
7 day delivery.Call 601-636-4545,
Circulation Department.
METAL RALINGS FOR balconies or porches.
Come see them atAll About Bargains,
1420 Washington Street,601-631-0010,
601-529-9895 cell.
18. Miscellaneou sFor Sale
THE PET SHOP“Vicksburg’s Pet Boutique”3508 South Washington Street
Pond fish, Gold fish, Koi, fish foodaquarium needs, bird food, designer collars, harnesses & leads,loads of pet supplies!Bring your Baby in for a fitting today!
Summer Heat Special!!Queen Size Sleeper
Sofa - $149!! (While they last!)
All About Bargains,1420 Washington Street,
601-631-0010, 601-529-9895 cell.
SWEET FEED START-ING at $7.15/bag. Up rightFrigidaire freezer 21 cubicfeet $599. 75 foot RubberGarden hose $17.95. Salegoes through the end ofmonth. 601-634-0882.Vicksburg Farm Supply.
USED TIRES! LIGHTtrucks and SUV's, 16's,17's, 18's, 19's, 20's. A fewmatching sets! Call TD's,601-638-3252.
19. Garage &Yard Sales
Ask us how to “PostSize” your ad with some
great clip art! Call theClassified Ladies at 601-636-Sell (7355).
What's going on inVicksburg this weekend?Read The Vicksburg Post!
For convenient home deliv-ery call 601-636-4545, ask
for circulation.
21. Boats,Fishing Supplies
1993 KRIS CRAFT boat.19 foot with V8 5.0 motor.$6,500. 601-831-1210.
What's going on in Vicks-burg this weekend? ReadThe Vicksburg Post! Forconvenient home delivery,call 601-636-4545, ask forcirculation.
24. BusinessServices
24. BusinessServices
C & M FOUNDATION re-pair and house leveling. Re-place worn or rotten sillsand pillars. Stop shakingfloors. Free estimates, 601-964-8508, 601-689-7362.
24. BusinessServices
BAND SAW MILL.Your place or mine.
601-218-0917.
TYLER’S HOUSE LEVELING& MOBILE HOMES
REPLACE ROTTEN WOOD, ADD NEW SEALS,
HEAVY DUTY BLOCKS. SPECIALIZE IN LEVELING
35 YEARS EXPERIENCEFREE ESTIMATES
CALL 601-402-5135
Framing, additions, decks,plumbing, porches & painting.All types remodeling & repairs.
Metal roofs & buildings.Mobile home repairs.
Flood and storm damage. Dewayne Kennedy
601-529-7565
DIRT AND GRAVELhauled. 8 yard truck. 601-638-6740.
I-PHONE REPAIR. Buy,sell and repair. ArcueSanchez - 601-618-9916.
RESIDENTIAL CLEAN-ING. 10 years experience,reasonable. Referencesavailable. 601-573-3676.
River City Lawn CareYou grow it - we mow it!Affordable and profes-
sional. Lawn and land-scape maintenance. Cut, bag, trim, edge.
601-529-6168.
TYLER'S HOUSE LEV-ELING and Mobile Homes.35 years experience, freeestimates. 601-402-5135.
26. For RentOr Lease
PPPPFOR LEASEPPPP
1911 Mission 66Suite B-Apprx. 2450 sq. ft.Suite E-Apprx. 1620 sq. ft.
Office or Retail!Great Location!
BRIAN MOORE REALTY
Connie - Owner/ Agent
318-322-4000
RICHARD M. CALDWELL
BROKER
SPECIALIZING IN RENTALS(INCLUDING CORPORATE
APARTMENTS)CALL 601-618-5180
PROFESSIONALOFFICE SPACE.
Great location. Utilitiesand janitorial service included. $600/ month.
601-638-4050.
28. FurnishedApartments
ABSOLUTELY EVERY-THING FURNISHED. 1 bed-room, $900. Studio, $700.Cable, pool, Wi-Fi, off-streetparking. 601-638-2000.
SINGLE OCCUPANCY-Corporate Apartments,
$700 to $900 Utilities/ Cable/ Laundry.
Weekly cleaning. On-SiteManager. 601-661-9747.
29. UnfurnishedApartments
2 BEDROOM $400 rent,3 BEDROOM $450 rent,4 BEDROOM $500 rent.All are duplexes, $200
deposit. Refrigerator andstove. 601-634-8290.
29. UnfurnishedApartments
THE COVETired of high utility bills?
Country Living at it’s BEST!
Paid cable, water & trash!Washer & Dryer,
Microwave included!Ask about our
SPECIAL!
601-415-8735
780 Hwy 61 North
ConfederateRidge
2 BEDROOMBLOW OUT SPECIAL!!Call for Details601-638-0102
BEAUTIFULLAKESIDE
LIVING
• 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom Apts.• Beautifully Landscaped• Lake Surrounds Community
• Pool • Fireplace• Spacious Floor Plans
601-629-6300www.thelandingsvicksburg.com
501 Fairways DriveVicksburg
CommodoreApartments
1, 2 & 3Bedrooms
605 Cain Ridge Rd.Vicksburg, MS
39180
601-638-2231
VAN GUARD APART-MENTS. 2 bedroom town
houses, $525- $550. Washer/dryer hookup. $200 deposit.Management, 601-631-0805.
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30. HousesFor Rent
3 BEDROOM HOUSE withstorm shelter, partly furnished,
$1,050 monthly. 601-218-5348.
4 BEDROOMS, 3 baths.County, Burnt House Road,3 acres. $1300 monthly, de-posit/ references. 601-218-9191.
LOS COLINAS. SMALL 2Bedroom, 2 Bath Cottage.Close in, nice. $795 month-ly. 601-831-4506.
31. Mobile HomesFor Rent
16X60 2 BEDROOM, 2Bath, 12x60 porch. No pets.$200 deposit, $600 month-ly. 601-631-1942.
MEADOWBROOKPROPERTIES. 2 or 3 bed-room mobile homes, southcounty. Deposit required.
601-619-9789.
32. Mobile HomesFor Sale
2006 LEXINGTON.16X80, 3 bedrooms, 2baths. Needs to be moved.$18,500. 601-218-3072.
KEEP UP WITH ALLTHE LOCAL NEWS
AND SALES...SUBSCRIBE TO
THE VICKSBURG POSTTODAY! CALL
601-636-4545, ASK FORCIRCULATION.
33. Commercia lProperty
FOR SALE: ESTAB-LISHED business. Excel-lent annual income. Op-portunity for family or re-tirees with good peopleskills. Turn key operation.Inquiries to P.O Box820468.
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34. HousesFor Sale
- EAGLE LAKE -50 Sullivan Cove.
Sits on 2 lots,everything new, deck,garage, refrigerator,
washer/ dryer. $139,900. McMillin Real Estate.Bette Paul Warner,
601-218-1800.www.Lakehouse.com
115 MAISON RUEExecutive home.
Screened porch overlooks hole#1 of VCC golf course.
Split plan w/ 4BR, 2.5 BA.Large master suite with many
extras. Priced to sell belowappraised value.
Call 601-218-1900 to view.
BEAUTIFUL REMOD-ELED HOME, 208 EasyStreet, 3 bedrooms, 1.5baths, quiet neighborhood,hardwood floors. $77,000(will help with closing cost).To view, C.J. Williams Own-er/ Investor 601-218-4228.
AskUs.
2150 South Frontage Road bkbank.comMember FDIC
! FHA & VA! Conventional! Construction! First -timeHomebuyers
Candy FranciscoMortgage Originator
MortgageLoans601.630.8209
Open Hours:Mon-Fri 8:30am-5:30pm
601-634-89282170 S. I-20 Frontage Rd.
www.ColdwellBanker.comwww.homesofvicksburg.net
McMillinReal Estate601-636-8193
VicksburgRealEstate.com
34. HousesFor Sale
BY OWNER. BOVINA.Willow Creek Subdivision,updated 3 bedroom, 2 bath,large workshop. $147,500.601-638-0141.
HOUSE FOR SALE,NEW EVERYTHING!Shady Lane, great contemporary color
scheme, 3 bedrooms, 1.5baths. Priced in the $80's.
Must be pre-approved.Call to view, 601-631-0056
or 601-415-5888.
Jill WaringUpchurch....601-906-5012Carla Watson...............601-415-4179Mary D. Barnes .........601-966-1665Stacie Bowers-Griffin...601-218-9134Andrea Upchurch.......601-831-6490Broker, GRI
601-636-6490
Licensed inMS and LA
Jones & UpchurchReal Estate Agency
1803 Clay Streetwww.jonesandupchurch.com
Kay Odom..........601-638-2443Kay Hobson.......601-638-8512Jake Strait...........601-218-1258Bob Gordon........601-831-0135Tony Jordan........601-630-6461Alex Monsour.....601-415-7274Jay Hobson..........601-456-1318Kai Mason...........601-218-5623Daryl Hollingsworth..601-415-5549
Sybil Carraway...601-218-2869Catherine Roy....601-831-5790Mincer Minor.....601-529-0893Jim Hobson.........601-415-0211
AARRNNEERRRREEAALL EESSTTAATTEE,, IINNCCV
JIM HOBSONREALTOR®•BUILDER•APPRAISER
601-636-0502
36. Farms &Acreage
BUYING OR SELLING?LAND IS OUR
BUSINESS"RICEREALTYGROUPINC.COM
601-529-4478 OR601-668-8027
BUYING OR SELLING?Land is our business! RICEREALTYGROUPINC.COM
Call 601-529-4478 or601-668-8027.
39. Motorcycles ,Bicycles
2007 HONDA SHADOWSpirit 1100. Accessories,garage kept, 2000 miles.Must sell! $5500 or best of-fer. 601-301-0432.
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40. Cars & Trucks
1999 DODGE DURAN-GO. Patriot blue, one own-er, fully loaded, new tires.$5000 firm. 601-415-8735.
2005 BUICK LACROSSECXL 96,000 miles. Loaded,with leather, sunroof, goodtires. $10,000. 601-415-7209.
2005 HONDA ODYSSEYMini Van EX-L. Originalowner, heated leatherseats, sliding moon roof,etcetera $12,500. 601-218-2833.
HOT BUYS! !
Gary’s Cars- Hwy 61S601-883-9995
For pre-approval:www.garyscfl.com
2 0 0 1 D o d g eD u r a n g o
$ 1 , 1 0 0 D o w n1 9 9 7 F o r dE x p l o r e r
$ 9 0 0 D o w nD o n ’ t M i s s O u t
AUTO WORLDFinancing available.
Starting at $800 down!Plenty to choose from!
601-218-2893.
HEY! NEED CASHNOW? We buy junk cars,vans, SUVs, heavy equip-ment and more! Call today,we'll come pick them upwith money in hand! 1-800-826-8104.
METAL RAILINGS FOR
The ClassifiedMarketplace...Where buyers
and sellers meet.
Find a Honey of a Deal in theClassifieds...Zero in on that most
wanted or hard to find item.
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