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SportS • D1 local • a3 SaD DiagnoSiS VWSD EValuation Tennessee’s Summitt to fight dementia Board gives superintendent high marks WEDnESDay, auguSt 24, 2011 • 50¢ WWW.VickSburgpoSt.com EVEry Day SincE 1883 inDEX Business .......... A8 Classifieds ....... C7 Comics ............. B4 Puzzles ............. C5 Dear Abby ...... C5 Editorial ........... A4 People/TV ....... C4 contact uS Call us Advertising ...601-636-4545 Classifieds ...... 601-636-SELL Circulation ..... 601-636-4545 News................ 601-636-4545 E-mail us See A2 for e-mail addresses 1932: Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo from coast to coast. 1954: President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Communist Control Act, outlawing the Communist Party in the United States. 1981: Mark David Chapman is sentenced in New York to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon. WEatHEr Tonight: cloudy with showers and thunder- storms, lows in the 70s Thursday: partly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms, highs in the 90s Mississippi River: 19.9 feet Fell: 0.1 foot Flood stage: 43 feet A9 onlinE www.vicksburgpost.com VOLUME 129 NUMBER 236 4 SECTIONS DEatH • Thomas Patrick Jackson A9 toDay in HiStory Mark David Chapman Incumbent McDonald ousted in supervisor runoff By Danny Barrett Jr. [email protected] John Arnold swept all four precincts in Tuesday’s Republican primary runoff for Warren County supervisor in District 1, setting the stage for a three-man race in the Nov. 8 general election. Arnold, 57, a real estate broker, won 55.3 percent of the vote to three-term incum- bent David McDonald’s 44.6 percent, according to unof- ficial totals of poll votes and ballots cast by absentee and affidavit. The Secretary of State’s Office expects to cer- tify primary runoff results statewide by Sept. 2. Expectations of a tight race reminiscent of Arnold’s 17-vote loss to McDonald in the primary four years ago ended when Arnold edged McDonald by 19 votes in Culkin, the county’s larg- est precinct, and took more than two-thirds of the vote in Bovina. “I didn’t campaign on individual issues,” Arnold said when unofficial num- bers were read in the court- house. “I ran to represent the people.” Arnold faces two indepen- dents in November, Jerry Briggs, 34, chief of the Culkin Volunteer Fire Depart- ment, and Reed Birdsong, 51, a county building permit officer. McDonald’s loss ensures at least one new member of the Board of Supervisors once terms begin Jan. 2. Two of four remaining incumbents face multiple opponents in November. When reached, McDonald, 61, said he learned of Culkin’s poll vote results within an hour of polls closing, then decided against the custom- ary trek to the courthouse. “He campaigned on paving all the gravel roads (in the district),” McDonald said. “With the economy the way it’s going, there isn’t any Resolution in circuit clerk probe expected soon, Pickering says By Pamela Hitchins [email protected] An investigation into the fee accounting practices of Warren County Circuit Clerk Shelly Ashley-Palmertree is expected to be resolved soon, Mississippi state auditor Stacey Pickering said Tues- day, following a speech at a meeting of the Vicksburg Kiwanis club. Without commenting on specifics of the investigation, Pickering said he is hopeful there will be movement in the case in the near future. “I can’t discuss the timeline of any ongoing investigation,” said Picker- ing, in Vicksburg to address a lunch meeting of the civic club. “There are often a lot of other parties involved, and it wouldn’t be proper.” “It’s always hard to tell about spe- cific time frames but we’re wrap- ping things up on our end and hopefully we are at a point where we can make some recommendations and report back to the county,” Lisa Shoemaker, communications director for Pickering, said in a telephone interview. Ashley-Palmertree could not be reached. Certain accounting meth- ods in her office have been cited by independent audi- tors examining the county’s books going back at least to 2006. The Vicksburg Certi- fied Public Accounting firm Bridgers and Company, hired by the Board of Supervisors to complete the audits for the last four years, has said that Ashley-Palmertree should repay the county a total of more than $340,000. Ashley-Palmertree has disputed the CPA’s opinion and said another indepen- dent auditor could interpret rules governing circuit clerk income differently. She also said she has worked with Pickering’s office to resolve issues and has not been instructed by the state auditor to correct her accounting methods. In Warren County, the cir- cuit clerk’s office is oper- ated like a business, with the clerk collecting fees for vari- ous services — such as law- suit filing fees, marriage fees, statutory payments from the county based on the number of days court is in session — and paying expenses such as Shelly Ashley- Palmertree Stacey Pickering By Danny Barrett Jr. [email protected] Donna Farris Hardy squeaked by Doug Whittington Tues- day to take the Republican nomina- tion to be Warren County chancery clerk. Hardy, 56, a retired health care administrator, won 51.01 percent of the 3,745 votes cast in the race to Whittington’s 48.99 percent. Absentee and affidavit bal- lots tallied by the Warren County Republican Execu- tive Committee had Whit- tington ahead on those, 77 to 61, not enough to close the gap in the poll vote. Hardy faces City Clerk Walter Osborne, a Demo- crat, and independents Alecia Ashley and Gene Thompson in the Nov. 8 gen- eral election. “I’m not going to change how I’ve been running,” Hardy said when the last precinct’s poll vote totals were read just after 11 p.m. “It’s not to tell people what I’m going to do, but what I’ve already done.” Reached at home, Whit- tington, 38, chief accountant for the City of Vicksburg, said he accepted the results and compiling the city’s budget Thursday night was his top priority. “Miss Hardy ran a tough race,” he said. “I thank all the people who came out and supported me.” Whittington won 12 of the county’s 22 precincts. Har- dy’s most decisive win was in Culkin, where she fin- ished 91 votes ahead. Final results showed 5,858 ballots were cast in Warren County in Tuesday’s pri- mary, or about 19 percent of the county’s total voter roll. Turnout was about 30 per- cent for the Aug. 2 primary. Voting during Tuesday’s runoffs went smoothly during the day, as some pre- cincts had half the number of machines usually avail- able for elections. Among them was Vicksburg Junior High, which had five instead of the usual 11 machines. VJHS, the largest polling place inside the city, and DAVID JACKSON•The Vicksburg PosT The associaTed Press DuPree makes history with Dem nomination By Emily Wagster Pettus The Associated Press JACKSON — Demo- crat Johnny DuPree made history Tues- day as the first black candidate in modern times to win a major-party nomination for Mississippi governor. The 57-year-old mayor of Hattiesburg advances to the Nov. 8 general election to face Republican Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant, 56, of Brandon. DuPree defeated Clarks- dale attorney and business- man Bill Luckett, 63, in Tues- day’s Democratic primary runoff. “I’m just so proud of the fact that we had people who believed in us, believed in the message, believed in what we’re trying to accomplish. I’m so proud that people took a hold of that,” DuPree said Tuesday night in a phone interview from a Hattiesburg community center, where he celebrated with family and supporters. Funding could be a chal- lenge for DuPree in the 11 weeks leading to the general election. Bryant already has spent $3.1 million on his cam- paign — more than twice as much as DuPree and Luckett, combined. DuPree said he has been outspent in most campaigns he has run, including the first mayoral race he won a decade ago and the guber- natorial primary. Campaign finance reports filed last week showed Luckett had just over $1 million, while DuPree had spent $481,716. “We’re going to campaign regardless of whether we have a million dollars or half a million dollars,” DuPree said. “We’re in the race to try to make a difference for the citizens of Mississippi.” The Republican Governors Association executive direc- tor Phil Cox issued a state- ment late Tuesday saying Bryant “is well-positioned to become Mississippi’s next governor.” “Unfortunately, Johnny DuPree supports policies that will hurt job creators and cost Mississippi hun- dreds of millions of dollars,” Cox said. “Phil Bryant is the only candidate voters can Arnold faces 2 in November Republican nominees John Arnold, seeking to be District 1 supervisor, and Donna Farris Hardy, seeking to be chancery clerk, visit at the Warren County Courthouse during vote- counting Tuesday night. Hardy takes GOP nod for chancery clerk post ElEction rESultS Complete, but unofficial In Warren County rEpublicanS SupErViSor District 1 John Arnold . . . . . . . . . 866 David McDonald . . . . . . 698 cHancEry clErk Donna Farris Hardy. . . . 1,899 Doug Whittington . . . . 1,824 trEaSurEr Lynn Fitch . . . . . . . . . . 2,262 Lee Yancey . . . . . . . . . 1,407 DEmocratS goVErnor Johnny L. DuPree . . . . . 1,925 Bill Luckett . . . . . . . . . . 393 more coverage Precinct-by-precinct/A6 Area results/A7 Holding onto his wife, Johniece DuPree, Democratic guber- natorial nominee Johnny DuPree speaks in Hattiesburg Tuesday night. See Supervisor, Page A7. See Chancery, Page A7. See Governor, Page A6. See Pickering, Page A9.

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in the United States.1981: Mark David Chapman is sentenced in New York to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon.

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VOLUME 129NUMBER 2364 SECTIONS

DEatH• Thomas Patrick

JacksonA9

toDay in HiStory

Mark DavidChapman

Incumbent McDonald ousted in supervisor runoff

By Danny Barrett [email protected]

John Arnold swept all four precincts in Tuesday’s

Republican primary runoff for Warren

County supervisor in District 1, setting the

stage for a three-man race in the Nov. 8 general election.

Arnold, 57, a real estate broker, won 55.3 percent of the vote to three-term incum-bent David McDonald’s 44.6 percent, according to unof-ficial totals of poll votes and ballots cast by absentee and affidavit. The Secretary of State’s Office expects to cer-tify primary runoff results statewide by Sept. 2.

Expectations of a tight race reminiscent of Arnold’s 17-vote loss to McDonald in the primary four years ago ended when Arnold edged McDonald by 19 votes in Culkin, the county’s larg-est precinct, and took more than two-thirds of the vote in Bovina.

“I didn’t campaign on individual issues,” Arnold said when unofficial num-bers were read in the court-house. “I ran to represent the people.”

Arnold faces two indepen-dents in November, Jerry Briggs, 34, chief of the Culkin Volunteer Fire Depart-ment, and Reed Birdsong, 51, a county building permit officer.

McDonald’s loss ensures at least one new member of the Board of Supervisors once terms begin Jan. 2. Two of four remaining incumbents face multiple opponents in November.

When reached, McDonald, 61, said he learned of Culkin’s poll vote results within an hour of polls closing, then decided against the custom-ary trek to the courthouse.

“He campaigned on paving all the gravel roads (in the district),” McDonald said. “With the economy the way it’s going, there isn’t any

Resolution in circuit clerk probe expected soon, Pickering saysBy Pamela [email protected]

An investigation into the fee accounting practices of Warren County Circuit Clerk Shelly Ashley-Palmertree is expected to be resolved soon, Mississippi state auditor Stacey Pickering said Tues-day, following a speech at a meeting of the Vicksburg Kiwanis club.

Without commenting on specifics of the investigation,

Pickering said he is hopeful there will be movement in the case in the near future.

“I can’t discuss the timeline of any ongoing investigation,” said Picker-ing, in Vicksburg to address a lunch meeting of the civic club. “There are often a lot of

other parties involved, and it wouldn’t be proper.”

“It’s always hard to tell about spe-cific time frames but

we’re wrap-ping things up

on our end and hopefully we are at a point where we can make some recommendations and report

back to the county,” Lisa Shoemaker, communications director for Pickering, said in a telephone interview.

Ashley-Palmertree could not be reached.

Certain accounting meth-ods in her office have been cited by independent audi-tors examining the county’s books going back at least to 2006.

The Vicksburg Certi-fied Public Accounting firm Bridgers and Company, hired

by the Board of Supervisors to complete the audits for the last four years, has said that Ashley-Palmertree should repay the county a total of more than $340,000.

Ashley-Palmertree has disputed the CPA’s opinion and said another indepen-dent auditor could interpret rules governing circuit clerk income differently.

She also said she has worked with Pickering’s office to resolve issues and

has not been instructed by the state auditor to correct her accounting methods.

In Warren County, the cir-cuit clerk’s office is oper-ated like a business, with the clerk collecting fees for vari-ous services — such as law-suit filing fees, marriage fees, statutory payments from the county based on the number of days court is in session — and paying expenses such as

Shelly Ashley-Palmertree

Stacey Pickering

By Danny Barrett [email protected]

Donna Farris Hardy squeaked by Doug Whittington Tues-

day to take the Republican nomina-

tion to be Warren County chancery clerk.

Hardy, 56, a retired health care administrator, won 51.01 percent of the 3,745 votes cast in the race to Whittington’s 48.99 percent. Absentee and affidavit bal-lots tallied by the Warren County Republican Execu-tive Committee had Whit-tington ahead on those, 77 to 61, not enough to close the gap in the poll vote.

Hardy faces City Clerk Walter Osborne, a Demo-crat, and independents Alecia Ashley and Gene Thompson in the Nov. 8 gen-eral election.

“I’m not going to change how I’ve been running,” Hardy said when the last precinct’s poll vote totals were read just after 11 p.m. “It’s not to tell people what I’m going to do, but what I’ve already done.”

Reached at home, Whit-tington, 38, chief accountant for the City of Vicksburg, said he accepted the results and compiling the city’s budget Thursday night was his top priority.

“Miss Hardy ran a tough race,” he said. “I thank all the people who came out and supported me.”

Whittington won 12 of the county’s 22 precincts. Har-dy’s most decisive win was in Culkin, where she fin-ished 91 votes ahead.

Final results showed 5,858 ballots were cast in Warren County in Tuesday’s pri-mary, or about 19 percent of the county’s total voter roll. Turnout was about 30 per-cent for the Aug. 2 primary.

Voting during Tuesday’s runoffs went smoothly during the day, as some pre-cincts had half the number of machines usually avail-able for elections. Among them was Vicksburg Junior High, which had five instead of the usual 11 machines. VJHS, the largest polling place inside the city, and

DaviD Jackson•The Vicksburg PosT

The associaTed Press

DuPree makes historywith Dem nominationBy Emily Wagster PettusThe Associated Press

JACKSON — Demo-crat Johnny DuPree made history Tues-

day as the first black candidate in modern

times to win a major-party nomination for Mississippi governor.

The 57-year-old mayor of Hattiesburg advances to the Nov. 8 general election to face Republican Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant, 56, of Brandon.

DuPree defeated Clarks-dale attorney and business-man Bill Luckett, 63, in Tues-day’s Democratic primary runoff.

“I’m just so proud of the fact that we had people who believed in us, believed in the message, believed in what we’re trying to accomplish. I’m so proud that people took a hold of that,” DuPree said Tuesday night in a phone interview from a Hattiesburg community center, where he celebrated with family and supporters.

Funding could be a chal-lenge for DuPree in the 11 weeks leading to the general election. Bryant already has

spent $3.1 million on his cam-paign — more than twice as much as DuPree and Luckett, combined.

DuPree said he has been outspent in most campaigns he has run, including the first mayoral race he won a decade ago and the guber-natorial primary. Campaign finance reports filed last week showed Luckett had just over $1 million, while DuPree had spent $481,716.

“We’re going to campaign regardless of whether we have a million dollars or half a million dollars,” DuPree said. “We’re in the race to try to make a difference for the citizens of Mississippi.”

The Republican Governors Association executive direc-tor Phil Cox issued a state-ment late Tuesday saying Bryant “is well-positioned to become Mississippi’s next governor.”

“Unfortunately, Johnny DuPree supports policies that will hurt job creators and cost Mississippi hun-dreds of millions of dollars,” Cox said. “Phil Bryant is the only candidate voters can

Arnold faces2 in November

Republican nominees John Arnold, seeking to be District 1 supervisor, and Donna Farris Hardy, seeking to be chancery clerk, visit at the Warren County Courthouse during vote-counting Tuesday night.

Hardy takes GOP nod for chancery clerk postElEction rESultS

Complete, butunofficial

In Warren County

rEpublicanSSupErViSor

District 1John Arnold . . . . . . . . . 866David McDonald . . . . . . 698

cHancEry clErkDonna Farris Hardy. . . .1,899Doug Whittington . . . .1,824

trEaSurErLynn Fitch . . . . . . . . . .2,262Lee Yancey . . . . . . . . .1,407

DEmocratS goVErnor

Johnny L. DuPree . . . . .1,925Bill Luckett . . . . . . . . . . 393

more coveragePrecinct-by-precinct/A6Area results/A7

Holding onto his wife, Johniece DuPree, Democratic guber-natorial nominee Johnny DuPree speaks in Hattiesburg Tuesday night.

See Supervisor, Page A7. See Chancery, Page A7. See Governor, Page A6.

See Pickering, Page A9.

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ChurChesMount Givens M.B. — Reviv-al, 7 tonight-Friday; the Rev. Phillip Burks, guest evangelist; the Rev. Terry L. Moore, pastor; 210 Kirkland Road.Mount Alban M.B. — Under-age Drinking Prevention pro-gram, 10 a.m. Saturday; speak-ers from the police, sheriff and fire departments, morticians, AA and others; under the tent gospel concert with various youth choirs, mime teams and praise dancers; transportation provided, 601-638-8623, 601-638-2911 or 601-634-8089.Pleasant Green Baptist — Homecoming picnic, 10 a.m. Saturday; the Rev. Dr. Casey Fisher, guest speaker; The Gospelation Singers of Co-lumbus; the Rev. Herman Syl-vester, pastor; Riverfront Park.

CLuBsVicksburg Toastmasters Club No. 2052 — Noon

Thursday; IT Lab, Porters Cha-pel Road; Derek Wilson, 601-634-4174.Rosa A. Temple High School Reunion — Committee meet-ing, 5:30 p.m. Thursday; Bethel A.M.E. Church, 805 Monroe St.; Dorwin Shields, 601-634-0791, or Mary Logan, 601-638-2898.Douglas Park-Marcus Bot-tom Community — 6 p.m. Thursday, festival meeting; Gospel Temple M.B. Church, 1612 Lane St.; Ernestine John-son, 601-636-9199 or Jackie Libbett, 601-634-1112.Vicksburg Cruisers Car Club — 6:30 p.m. Thursday; car show planning meeting; Goldie’s Trail Bar-B-Q.Rosa A. Temple High Re-union Choir — 6 p.m. Friday; former choir members or any-one interested; Bethel A.M.E. Church, 805 Monroe St.MXO Pearls Girl Club — 10:30 a.m. Saturday; month-ly meeting; Vicksburg ASU branch, 1514 Cherry St.SWAC Jamboree 2011 — Noon-6 p.m. Saturday; food, games and music; admission $5; sponsored by Vicksburg-Warren Alumni Chapter of MVSU; 601-415-0278 or 601-400-6692; Clear Creek Pavil-ion, 1566 Tiffentown Road, Bovina.

Eta Tau Chapter Omega Psi Phi Party — 9 p.m. until Sat-urday; American Legion Post 3, Monroe Street; free food and giveaways; 601-415-6342, 601-415-4342.Reunite Social and Civic Club — 9 p.m. until Saturday; admission $5; Music by Reo Slaughter; The Hut.Rosa A. Temple High Class of 1967 Reunion — 3:30 p.m. Sunday; planning meeting; King Solomon Baptist Church fellowship hall, 1401 Farm-er St.

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on sale 10 a.m. Friday at Tick-etmaster.com, the Convention Center Box Office, Mulberry St., all Ticketmaster outlets or charge by phone, 1-800-745-3000; all seating reserved; concert 8 p.m. Oct. 11, Vicks-burg Auditorium.Afterschool Cupcake Dec-orating — 4-6 p.m. Friday, Sweet Baby’s in the Vicksburg Mall; $4, includes decorat-ing kit.Vicksburg High School — 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, football team carwash; Excel Honda, 2929 N. Frontage Road.Share a Prayer — 6:30 p.m. Friday; bring favorite prayers, spiritual readings or media-tion; sponsored by the Baha’is of Vicksburg; Alma Smith, 601-636-8628.Levi’s — A Gathering Place; 7-10 p.m. Saturday, music by Desperados; donations appre-ciated.Edible Wild Plants Hike — 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sunday; plants used by the prehistor-ic people of Poverty Point in daily survival; West Carroll Par-ish, east of Monroe on Louisi-ana 577.One Enchanted Evening — The Magic and Music of Joe M. Turner; 6:30 p.m. Sept. 8; for reservations, 601-631-2997, e-mail info@southernculture.

org or oneenchantedevening.eventbrite.com.

BeNeFITsCelebrity Waiter of Vicks-burg — Aug. 30, 6 p.m. cock-tail hour, 6:30, dinner; Bour-bon’s Restaurant in Ameristar Casino, 4116 Washington St.; tickets: $45 per person or $80 per couple; Ali Hopson, 601-831-6566, or Lori Burke, 601-618-1060; benefits the Ameri-can Cancer Society.

Bank robbery trialdelayed until Sept. 13

The trial of accused bank robber Derrick M. Collins has been postponed until Sept. 13.

The former assistant foot-ball coach at Porters Chapel Acad-emy, Collins, 45, 170 Shan-non Lane, was indicted for armed robbery in May by the Warren County Grand Jury.

Circuit Judge M. James Chaney will preside over the trial, in which prosecu-tors will seek to prove that Collins robbed the Britton and Koontz Bank on U.S. 61 North of about $3,000 on Dec. 14, and fled from deputies, leading them on a high-speed chase from U.S. 61 to Missis-sippi 27 and on to Warriors Trail, where he crashed into an investigator’s cruiser and was arrested.

Collins initially was sched-uled for trial Aug. 29.

Court documents show that Collins had felony con-victions for robbery and uttering a forgery in the mid-1990s. He was not a classroom teacher at PCA, and a day after his arrest was no longer an employee at the private school.

Entergy donatesfor summer bills

Entergy Corporation has donated $80,000 to Salvation Army agencies in Mississippi to help low-income custom-ers deal with the summer energy bills, Entergy spokes-man Don Arnold said Tuesday.

The donation is part of Entergy’s $500,000 allocation to its four-state service terri-tory — Mississippi, Arkan-sas, Louisiana and Texas.

Entergy has 2.7 million cus-tomers in those four states.

The money will be adminis-tered through The Power to Care program, which is The Salvation Army’s low-income customer utility assistance program through Entergy.

Also, Entergy will give up to an additional $500,000 to the program by matching $2 for every $1 donated by customers.

In addition to the money, Entergy is donating to The Salvation Army in Missis-sippi 1,000 fans, 100 of which will be distributed in Warren County, where Entergy has 21,864 customers.

Those needing assistance with energy bills may call The Salvation Army at 601-636-2706.

Four found guiltyFour convictions of driv-

ing under the influence, first offense, were reported in Warren County in the week ending Tuesday.

In Warren County Justice Court:

• Demetrious Claiborne, 54, 1920 Ollie St., was fined $674.50.

• Brianna W. Lewis, 23, 5708 Orchard View Drive, Jack-son, was fined $674.50.

• Tara Jaye Riddle, 47, 1260 Kirkwood Lake Drive, Ray-mond, was fined $664.50.

• Thomas Taylor, 56, 1225 Gaines Road, Terry, was fined $687.

No convictions were reported in Vicksburg Municipal Court.

duI CONvICTIONsfrom court records

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LOCALfrom staff reports

KATIE CARTER•The Vicksburg PosT

Warren Central Junior High students evacuate the

Baldwin Ferry Road school this morning after the

Vicksburg Gas Department struck a nearby gas line

while working to replace an old meter. “The minute we hit it, we notified the prin-

cipal to get the kids out of the school,” said James Beamon, gas department

superintendent. “It was about 15 minutes of incon-venience. The kids liked it.”

Gas was cut off, and the students were returned to

their classrooms.

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Vicksburg man jailed for stolen handgunA Vicksburg man was in

the Warren County Jail this morning charged with pos-session of a stolen firearm and possession of a con-trolled substance.

Eddie J. Owens, 26, 1514 Ethel St. Apt. A, was arrested in the parking lot at Con-federate Ridge Apartments on U.S. 61 North just after midnight this morning, said Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace.

“We’ve had deputies check-ing some of the hot spots where we’ve had reports of drug activity, and when they drove through last night, they saw a group of people standing by a car and one looked like he was dropping something into the car,” Pace said this morning.

“Deputies searched him and found marijuana, but then found a 9 mm handgun in the car,” Pace said. The car did not belong to Owens, he

said.A check on a national crime

registry showed the weapon had been reported stolen to the Vicksburg Police Department.

The other people at the scene were not arrested, Pace said.

City man returnedto face charges

A Vicksburg man was returned to Warren County Tuesday to face a business burglary charge, police Sgt. Sandra Williams said.

Steven L. Jackson, 34, 2503 Hankinson Road, was returned to the city by authorities in Yazoo County, and arrested at the police department at 9 a.m., Wil-liams said.

Jackson is suspected in the

July 27 burglary at the Super 10, 1509 Washington St., she said. He had been held on unrelated charges in Yazoo County and was returned because of the outstanding warrant issued by Vicksburg police.

Jackson was released from the Warren County Jail after posting a $5,000 bond Tues-day evening, records showed.

Generators, batterymissing from home

A residential burglary was reported in the city Tues-day, said police Sgt. Sandra Williams.

At 9:29 p.m., a 3,500-watt propane generator valued at $700, a 2,000-watt genera-tor valued at $500 and a bat-tery charger valued at $50 were reported stolen from a home in the 4400 block of North Frontage Road, Wil-liams said.

City woman jailedfor parole violations

A Vicksburg woman was in the Warren County Jail today for parole violations, records showed.

Lashonda Williams, 37, who gave a nonexistent address on National Street as her res-idence, was taken into cus-tody at 4 p.m. Tuesday and is being held without bond, records showed.

Kosciusko man heldfor Attala authorities

A Kosciusko man was in the Warren County Jail today after being arrested by Vicksburg police on out-standing warrants from Attala County.

Gregory Taylor, 45, 707 Mis-sissippi 12 East, was being held without bond.

CrIMefrom staff reports

Derrick M.Collins

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Good job, board tells school superintendentBy Manivanh [email protected]

One year after Dr. Elizabeth Duran Swinford took the posi-tion of superintendent of the Vicksburg Warren School Dis-trict, members of the Board of Trustees are “pleased” with her performance and are con-sidering extending her two-year contract, board president Zelmarine Murphy said Tues-day night.

Following a timetable set at her hiring, the five-member board met in closed session Tuesday night to evaluate Swinford’s performance for the second time in a year.

“She signed on to do a task,” said Murphy, the Dis-trict 2 trustee, following the nearly two-hour-long meeting. “She has put some things on to meet her goals. We would want to give her ample time to put things in place and to see that we help her, encour-age her and provide for her what she needs to meet that task.”

Swinford was first evaluated in January after four months on the job and received a favorable rating.

She was not present and no action was taken Tuesday night, Murphy said, adding the board will meet with Swin-ford in executive session after Thursday’s regular board meeting.

This morning, Swinford said she was contacted by the board president and told of her evaluation.

“It always makes me feel good to know I’m moving in the right direction and that I’m the pleasing the board,” she said. “It’s not always a perfect relationship. It puts a smile on your face when you know you’re doing the right things.”

Swinford is paid $125,000 annually.

During Swinford’s first year, Murphy said the board was pleased with the district’s gains in MCT2 and Subject Area Tests scores released by the Mississippi Department of Education in July and the district’s jump in the seven-part accountability rating system, which will be offi-cially released by MDE in late September.

“We saw some progress,” said Murphy, who, along with District 3 Trustee Jim Stirgus Jr., voted against hiring Swin-ford. “Some of the things we

ask for are ongoing... MCT2 ongoing. We think the posi-tives outweigh.”

Former District 1 Trustee Jerry Boland, District 4 Trustee Joseph Loviza and former District 5 Trustee Tommy Shelton voted in favor of hiring Swinford.

In January, Boland was replaced by Bryan Pratt and Shelton, by Sally Bullard.

One of Swinford’s goals when hired last August fol-lowing the retirement of Dr. James Price, she said, was to increase test scores.

VWSD students showed gains in math on the MCT2 tests and Subject Area Tests given in May.

Of the nearly 700 third-grad-ers tested last year, 57 percent scored proficient or above in math, compared with 49 per-cent in 2010 and 39 percent in 2009.

Last year, 88.4 percent of high school students passed the Algebra I test, an increase from 71.5 in 2010 and 42.1 in 2009. Last year’s percentage exceeded the state’s average of 85.4 percent.

In language arts, the most gain was in third grade, in

which 43 percent of students scored proficient or above, an increase from 35 percent the previous two years.

The increase in test scores contributed to the district’s being lifted two notches to “Academic Watch” from “At Risk of Failing,” a label it held for two consecutive years.

Swinford announced the accountability rating Aug. 5 at the district’s annual convocation.

Ratings cover seven descrip-tive titles from “Star” to “Fail-ing” and are based on test scores, graduation rates and a growth component.

Swinford is the first woman

and the sixth superintendent to lead the district since its founding in 1987 from the con-solidation of city and county schools. Prior to joining the VWSD, she served as assis-tant superintendent for human resources in East Baton Rouge Parish School District.

Swinford, who holds a doc-torate in education in orga-nizational leadership from Nova Southeastern Univer-sity in Fort Lauderdale, also has during her career been a teacher, dean of students, assistant principal and prin-cipal at schools in Florida and California.

County’s newest budget:third ADA, raises for allBy Danny Barrett [email protected]

A third assistant district attorney position and raises for all county employees appear in the latest version of a 2011-12 budget for Warren County, the sixth version drafted in less than a month.

The extra prosecutor would be paid $73,833.98 annually, including benefits, by restor-ing funds equal to what a fed-eral anti-crime grant had paid the position until last year. In budget requests, the DA’s office had projected a third assistant would have at least five years experience and command more than $104,000 in pay and benefits.

A final vote on a budget for the coming fiscal year is expected during a public hear-ing at 9 a.m. Sept. 6.

Spending in the latest ver-sion is a hair less than this year’s $14.8 million spending plan. It has a $56,922 surplus by reducing raises up to 8 per-cent in previous drafts aimed only at sheriff’s deputies and spreading a 3 percent raise for about 270 workers in county government.

A jail population manager eyed at $41,500 is absent from

the newest draft, as is a pre-viously noted extra vehicle for the Information Technol-ogy Department. However, it restores funding for a case manager in Youth Court, at $60,847.

Cash reserves, a major stick-ing point in discussions all summer concerning employee raises, stands at $2.2 million in the newest draft. Supervi-sors have said a $3.5 million backup is needed to avoid any midyear borrowing.

Versions compiled this month have tossed raises between 3 percent and 8 per-cent between the sheriff’s dep-uties and 17 who work at the Warren County Jail. Balances on each have varied — rang-ing from the current surplus down to a $76,174 deficit on one plan that fully funded a third ADA and hiked deputy pay by 7 percent.

General fund dollars fund seven departments under the Board of Supervisors direct purview, 15 offices or func-tions run by other elected offi-cials and 23 other line items that receive local tax rev-enue, such as subsidies for ambulance service and fire protection.

Swinford’s contract might be extended on Thursday

file•The Vicksburg PosT

Dr. Elizabeth Duran Swinford, right, superin-tenent of the Vicksburg Warren School Dis-trict, greets students in Olivia Foshee’s Span-

ish class at Vicksburg Intermediate School on the first day of classes, Aug. 8.

N.O. cops seek new trialin post-Katrina shootings

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Five current or former police officers convicted of civil rights violations for deadly shootings on a New Orleans bridge after Hurricane Katrina are asking a federal judge to acquit them or order a new trial.

In court filings Monday and Tuesday, attorneys for Sgts. Kenneth Bowen and Robert Gisevius, Officer Anthony Vil-lavaso, former officer Robert Faulcon and retired Sgt. Arthur Kaufman argued that

jurors didn’t hear sufficient evidence to support their con-victions earlier this month.

It wasn’t immediately clear whether U.S. District Judge Kurt Engelhardt will hold a hearing before he rules.

Police shot and killed two people and wounded four others on the Danziger Bridge less than a week after the 2005 storm, then engaged in a cover up to make the shootings of unarmed residents appear justified.

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OLD POST FILES120 YEARS AGO: 1891J.W. Hayes leaves by Anchor Line for St. Louis. • John Bru-nini is in Jackson on business.

110 YEARS AGO: 1901The board of trade discusses the proposed branch road to Yazoo City. • Miss Keigler, popular Greenville belle, is here on a visit.

100 YEARS AGO: 1911Alfred Zoder dies. • Charles Long returns from a visit to Chicago, accompanied by his mother, Mrs. Emma C. Long. • George W. West is here from Rolling Fork.

90 YEARS AGO: 1921The Moose Lodge has a jolly social program. • J.D. Chisolm enjoys a vacation spent in Galveston. • John Butts reaches the United States after a visit in Europe.

80 YEARS AGO: 1931The Rev. J.E. Reynolds ends his pastorate at Bryan Memorial Christian Church. • Mrs. Jennie Manzione is injured when struck by a truck.

70 YEARS AGO: 1941The Rev. Charles E. Woodson returns from Louisville where he visited his son and grandson. • A son is born to Mr. and Mrs. I.H. Cunningham. • H.H. Hood is a patient at the Infirmary.

60 YEARS AGO: 1951Rep. John Bell Williams notes the cost of federal government for non-defense is out of reason. He speaks at the meeting of the local Junior Chamber of Commerce.

50 YEARS AGO: 1961Mr. and Mrs. Allen Akin of Dallas are here visiting. • Mrs. Charles Porter is elected Southern regional director of the National Demonstration Council. • Nick Cassino is vacation-ing in Canada. • Ben Smith, Bolton resident, dies. • Services are held for Mrs. Virginia Currie.

40 YEARS AGO: 1971Mr. and Mrs. Donald Marler announce the birth of a son, Mark, on Aug. 3. • Robert Wesley dies. • Work on the I-20 Mississippi River Bridge is resumed after several months of inactivity.

30 YEARS AGO: 1981Services for James E. Jefferson Sr. are held at St. Mary’s Epis-copal Church. • Mrs. Dixie Rees, Eagle Lake resident, reports she is robbed of $50 at gunpoint. • Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Buford of Vicksburg announce the birth of a son, Gerald Alan, on Aug. 20. • Benson Toran Gross celebrates his third birthday.

20 YEARS AGO: 1991Army Sgt. Willie P. Jenkins of Vicksburg returns to duty sta-tion from Operation Provide, which provides security, food, shelter and medical care for Kurdish refugees in Turkey and northern Iraq. • Kendra Contrice Tolliver celebrates her first birthday.

10 YEARS AGO: 2001Patrolman Ronald Roach speaks to Bowmar first-graders about his duties as a police officer. • Lois LaHatte Criner dies.

COLEBROOK, N.H. — It is in the nature of politics and of New Hamp-shire that things should heat up just as they cool down.

Now the days are shorter, the evenings cooler, especially here in what is known as the Great North Woods. But the stakes are growing. There’s a new wrangler in the race, Gov. Rick Perry of Texas, and he’s the talk of many of the towns — the great hope for some, the great worry for others. And if you’re just an observer, you can conclude that in the great scheme of things he is a great American character one way or the other.

Already he has fulfilled every fear and hope, widening the defini-tion of treason, thinking out loud about the fault lines in the global-climate debate, crowding others off the stage and, with the help of Rep. Michele Bachmann of Min-nesota, out of the Republican race. It remains to be seen whether this political cycle will be the GOP’s to claim, but right now the Republi-cans are dominating the conver-sation. They have the passion and the sense of purpose. This summer their creed is ripped straight from Bismarck: “If there is to be a revolu-

tion, we would rather make it than suffer it.”

The miracle of the season isn’t that the Republicans are making a revolution, but that President Barack Obama is in the role of defender of the old order. He thought of himself as the man who, to crib yet another line from Bis-marck, might not be able to see “God’s cards” but could at least “see where the Lord wishes to go” and “stumble after him.”

Instead, the president has merely stumbled, and how he went from the leader of the crowd outside the Bastille to the personification of the ancient regime is one of the great mysteries of the age. Indeed, his determination, offered last week, to

try to recapture the offensive with a September speech only underlines the urgency that is gripping the Obama camp.

So even though all the talk right now is of Perry and Bachmann (and let’s not forget former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts), the election is and always will be about Obama.

He’s not doing well by any rea-sonable and conventional measure — and that’s without considering the peculiar challenge he faces due to the erosion of electoral votes in states he took in 2008 but which, because of population changes, would provide a smaller payout in 2012.

Many embattled presidents don’t

make it to a second term. Two recent examples are telling. The one that makes Democrats cringe is Jimmy Carter, who lost to Reagan in 1980 in an economic environ-ment that is arguably less severe than the one Obama presides over. The one that gives Democrats pause is George H.W. Bush, who was defeated by Gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas as the deficit soared. Obama faces another challenge, perhaps the most ironic one of all. Since the Reagan years, passion has become an important element of American politics. Reagan was passionate about America; Clinton was passionate about changing the direction of both the Democratic Party and the nation; George W. Bush was passionate about revenge and security after the terrorist attacks of 2001 gave his adminis-tration and life new purpose and meaning.

Obama was passionate in the 2008 campaign, and anyone who was in a room or hall with him was rendered passionate by his performance. As president he has shown grace and intelligence, but he’s leaned toward the precise and away from the passionate, and it’s a strain

to recall even a sentence he has uttered in the White House that can match Oscar Wilde’s goal of having “struck one chord to reach the ear of God.”

That’s why the ear of politicos twitched with fascination when, just the other day, Perry said, “I get a little bit passionate,” adding, “I think you want a president who is passionate about America — that’s in love with America.”

That one phrase may have been the most meaningful yet uttered in Campaign 2012, for it was a swipe at Obama’s cool demeanor even as it raised questions, so congen-ial to the hearts of conservatives and so galling to liberals, about whether the president isn’t more a critic of America than a defender of America.

Bachmann and Perry lead the polls in passion. Romney leads the pack in money. The question this year, not only for Romney but for Obama as well, is whether money can buy you love. And whether pas-sion counts.

•David M. Shribman is executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Early GOP contenders possess passion and sense of purpose

DaViD M.ShRIbmaN

It remains to be seen whether this political cycle will be the GOP’s to claim, but right now the Republicans are dominat-

ing the conversation.

TrailblazingThere’s good bad news and

good news in Washington, D.C., for the U.S. Postal Service, a semi-independent federal agency, which is only slightly propped up with tax dollars.

The bad news is that like many businesses, the USPS has fallen on hard times, suffering through consecutive years of operating deficits. Unlike other branches of the federal government, the USPS doesn’t have the luxury of relying on congressional deficit spending to compensate for the red ink.

Consequently, because the bulk of operating costs are paid for by customers buying stamps and other products and because sales are declining, the Postal Service has decided to face up to reality and would like to dramatically cut its costs.

The good news is that postal authorities are considering something almost unheard of in Washington. We hope it catches on. But it will be an uphill battle, even for the semi-independent federal agency.

The Postal Service is seeking congressional approval to estab-lish its own less-costly health benefits program, administer its own retirement system and substantially downsize its work force by 120,000 from its current 563,000. Postal authorities also want flexibility to adjust mail delivery, which would result in reducing or eliminating Saturday deliveries.

The major obstacle, unsur-prisingly, is the union repre-senting hundreds of thousands of postal workers, vehemently opposed to what seems to us to be reasonable and long-overdue economies.

Unions protest that the reforms would abrogate contractual obli-gations and harm collective bar-gaining. Perhaps. But both would be bona fide, legal options for a true private business.

Like many enterprises during the digital age, the USPS suffered additionally from changing con-sumer habits, including greater reliance on the Internet rather than what uncharitably has been

termed “snail mail.” Mail volume that peaked in 2006 at 213 billion pieces, plummeted by 20 percent, to 171 billion pieces last year.

In four years, the Postal Ser-vice trimmed $12 billion in costs, reducing its work force by 212,000 through attrition and early retire-ment. Nevertheless, expenses continue to exceed revenue.

As massive an enterprise as USPS is, its proposed reforms would be an astonishing wake-up call to business as usual in Wash-ington. While it’s true other fed-eral agencies are not regarded as quasi-private endeavors, as the Postal Service is, they have enough in common that USPS’ cost-cutting can — and should — be something they can learn from and implement.

If the Postal Service overcomes union opposition and wins con-gressional approval for some or all of its proposed economies, the federal bureaucracy would be put on notice that it is possible to reduce government’s costs. We hope this is the start of some-thing big.

Postal Service has unique ideas

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HATTERAS, N.C. (AP) — Evacuations began this morn-ing on a tiny barrier island off North Carolina as Hurri-cane Irene strengthened to a major Category 3 storm over the Bahamas today with the East Coast in its sights.

Irene’s maximum sus-tained winds increased to near 115 mph with an addi-tional strengthening forecast, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

The evacuation in North Carolina was a test of whether people in the crosshairs of the first major hurricane along the East Coast in years would heed orders to get out of the way.

The first ferry to leave Ocra-coke Island arrived just before 5:30 a.m. in nearby Hat-teras with around a dozen cars on board.

It won’t be easy to get thou-sands of people off Ocracoke Island, which is accessible only by boat. The 16-mile-long barrier island is home to about 800 year-round resi-dents and a tourist population that swells into the thousands when vacationers rent rooms and cottages. Tourists were told to evacuate today. Island residents were told to get out on Thursday.

The last hurricane to hit the U.S. was Ike in 2008. The last Category 3 or higher to hit the Carolinas was Bonnie in 1998, but caused less damage than other memorable hurricanes: Hugo in 1989, Floyd in 1999 and Isabel in 2003.

It wasn’t clear how many people on the first arriving ferry this morning were tour-ists, but the first two cars to drive off it had New York and New Jersey plates.

Getting off the next ferry about an hour later was a family that included newly-wed Jennifer Baharek, 23, of Torrington, Conn. She and her husband, Andrew, were mar-ried Monday and planned to spend their honeymoon on the island.

State workers questioned people who tried taking the ferry to the island turned a few cars around. In addition to the ferry line to Hatteras, there were two other ferry lines that went to and from the island.

Federal officials have warned Irene could cause flooding,

power out-ages or worse all along the East Coast as far north as Maine, even if it

stays offshore. The projected path has gradually shifted to the east and Irene could make landfall anywhere from South Carolina to Massachusetts over the weekend.

Craig Fugate, head of the Federal Emergency Man-agement Agency, said today people as far north as New England should be ready for the storm. When asked about concerns preparing the North-east for a hurricane, which is uncommon in that part of the country, Fugate cited Tues-day’s earthquake that rattled the East Coast.

In North Carolina, the state-run ferry service off Ocracoke Island would be free during the evacuation, but no reser-vations were allowed. Boats can carry no more than 50 vehicles at a time.

The island is part of North Carolina’s Outer Banks, a roughly 200-mile stretch of fragile barrier islands off the state’s coast.

An eArthquAke? no WAy

MINERAL, Va. (AP) — For a few minutes from Georgia to Maine, the question rang out: What was that? The answer — a rare East Coast earthquake, magnitude 5.8 — was far down on the list for most not used to the earth shaking beneath them.

In Washington and New York, their nerves still raw, thoughts instantly turned to terrorism. In small towns and rural areas near the epicen-ter and elsewhere, guesses ran the gamut: A truck crash or train derailment. A plane breaking the sound barrier. Worse, a nuclear reactor exploding.

There ended up being no known deaths or serious inju-ries from Tuesday’s quake, but cracks appeared in the Washington Monument and the National Cathedral, which had three capstones break off its tower. Windows shat-tered and grocery stores were wrecked in Virginia, where the quake was centered. The White House and Capitol were evacuated.

A day later, the head of the Federal Emergency Manage-ment Agency said the quake is a reminder to be prepared.

“We talk about hurricanes this time of year, but we forget that A: earthquakes don’t have a season and B: they are not just a western hazard,” FEMA administrator Craig Fugate said.

Public schools and a hand-ful of government buildings in Washington remained closed for assessments. National Park Service engineers were taking a closer look at the Washington Monument.

The quake shook people physically and emotionally and sent them pouring from high-rises like the Empire State Building in New York. With the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks just weeks away, many feared

the worst.“I ran down all 60 flights,”

accounting office worker Cait-lin Trupiano said. “I wasn’t waiting for the elevator.”

Chris Kardian, working in his garage in suburban Rich-mond, Va., not far from the epicenter, opted for the more prosaic and plausible: He blamed the shaking on two of his children in the overhead playroom.

“I just thought they were run-ning around and being really loud,” he said. “After about 15 seconds, it didn’t stop and I thought, ‘I don’t have that many kids in the house!”’

Most needed just minutes to

discover what it really was: A temblor the U.S. Geological Survey said was centered 40 miles northwest of Richmond, traveling 3.7 miles beneath the earth’s surface and momen-tarily jarring as many as 12 million people.

The most powerful earth-quake to strike the East Coast in 67 years shook buildings and rattled nerves. There were no reports of deaths, but fire officials in Washing-ton said there were at least some injuries.

Those along the West Coast who are used to the earth moving couldn’t help but chuckle.

“Really all this excitement over a 5.8 quake??? Come on, East Coast, we have those for breakfast out here!!!!” wrote Dennis Miller, a lifelong Cali-fornia resident whose Pleasan-ton home sits on a fault line.

The associaTed press

At a glanceThe magnitude 5.8 earth-quake that struck Virginia Tuesday was the largest on the East Coast since one of the same strength in New York in 1944, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It was the largest in Virginia since a 5.9 temblor in 1897. The largest East Coast quake on record was a 7.3 in South Carolina in 1886. A 5.8 earthquake releases as much energy as nearly 8 kilotons of TNT, about half the size of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshi-ma in 1945.But it was smaller than earthquakes that have made world headlines re-cently. The devastating March 11 quake in north-eastern Japan was a mag-nitude 9.0. One that rocked Christchurch, New Zea-land, in February was a 6.3.That Japanese earthquake released 63,095 times more energy than the Vir-ginia one.USGS seismologist Paule Earle said earthquakes like this can happen “anywhere at any time.”“There’s a lot of unknown faults in the East that are very unlikely to go, but do go periodically,” Earle said.The epicenter of Tuesday’s quake was 3.7 miles under-ground near Mineral, Va., and about 90 miles south-west of Washington.

Oil spill administrator Feinbergsays $5 billion in claims paid

Man found shot to death in Jackson

By Holbrook MohrThe Associated Press

JACKSON — The fund set up to compensate victims of last year’s BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has paid more than $5 billion in claims, the fund administrator said Tuesday.

Kenneth Feinberg also released a summary of pay-outs from the $20 billion fund, which was established in August 2010 to help people whose lives and businesses were hurt by the spill.

The report says the Gulf Coast Claims Facility had

received 947,892 claims from all 50 states and 36 foreign coun-ties. It said 359,441 claims were paid and 430,000 were

denied. Some are pending.

Others are still coming in. Critics say the claims pro-

cess has been too slow, diffi-cult to navigate and lacked transparency. The critics include Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, who sued Feinberg in July to get access

to claims filed by coastal resi-dents. Hood says he wants to make the claims process more transparent.

“The only success Mr. Fein-berg has had is in coercing desperate victims of the spill to have to accept whatever was offered,” Hood said in a written statement Tuesday. “At this point, only a little over 23 percent of Mississippi interim claimants have been paid. On average, businesses have been paid $5,421 in interim claim payments, and individuals $5,297. It looks like he did a good job for BP, not for Mississippians.”

JACKSON, Miss. — A 34-year-old man was found fatally shot in south Jackson, police said.

The man’s identity is not being released pending notifi-cation of relatives. The victim was found shot three times and lying on the ground next to a bicycle Tuesday night at Evergreen and Peabody streets.

No information on a motive behind the shooting was released by Jackson police.

University Clubin Jackson to close

JACKSON, Miss. — The University Club in downtown Jackson will close Dec. 31, its owners said in a statement Tuesday.

The members’ only club is on the top floor of the Regions Bank building, for-merly the Deposit Guar-anty Bank building. It also has been the location for the monthly Stennis Center-Cap-itol Press luncheons where reporters heard from vari-ous political and business leaders.

Joel Jaffe, regional vice president of operations for

ClubCorp, said the club will close Dec. 31 after 36 years.

Disabled boy buriedin crypt with toys

THIBODAUX, La. — A 7-year-old disabled boy whose father allegedly has confessed to his decapita-tion was buried Tuesday in an aboveground crypt with the epitaph “No words ... just a smile.”

Despite a “death that nobody deserves” Jori Lirette’s legacy will be “to make everybody smile,” his grandfather Dale Lirette Sr., said before the funeral Mass of the Angels.

“We’re grieving now. But I know we’ll laugh and smile and talk about the things he used to do,” Lirette said.

Jori’s mother, Jesslyn Lirette, 27, clutched bright flowers as she left the church after the services.

His father, Jeremiah Wright, 30, is jailed in lieu of $5 million bond.

A grand jury is scheduled to hear evidence against him

Thursday, Police Chief Scott Silverii said.

Hundreds of people gath-ered for the Mass, said the Rev. Dean Danos, pastor of St. Genevieve Catholic Church.

After Jori’s casket was placed in the hearse, a dozen motorcycle riders revved their engines and led the procession to the cemetery, where they lined each side of the road, helmets in hand, as mourners drove in.

Flowood woman founddead at Kenner motel

KENNER, La. — Louisiana police are investigating the death of a 22-year-old Missis-sippi woman found inside a motel.

Kenner Police Sgt. Brian McGregor said an autopsy Tuesday determined that the woman, identified as Anita McDonald of Flowood, was strangled.

McGregor said officers were called Monday evening to the Comfort Suites.

He said McDonald was found unresponsive and was pronounced dead on the scene.

the southBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

KennethFeinberg

The last hurricane to hit the U.S. was Ike in 2008. The last

Category 3 or higher to hit the Carolinas was Bonnie in 1998.

n.C. island dwellersaim to get aheadof Category 3 Irene

Debris covers the floor of a Miller’s Mart in Mineral, Va.

Tremor rattles East Coast’s nerves

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Bill Luckett 13 30 4 2 6 30 3 19 19 7 25 13 29 32 20 35 13 29 13 22 23 6 393

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RUNOFFELECTIONAug. 23, 2011

Warren County,Miss.

STATE TREASuRER TOTALLynn Fitch 239 663 15 29 17 19 45 34 26 3 51 41 95 152 83 90 61 204 130 126 75 64 2262

Lee Yancey 110 432 20 21 8 18 15 12 24 1 24 41 57 83 71 53 24 154 69 85 38 47 1407

WARREN COuNTY ChANCERY CLERk TOTALDonna Farris hardy 177 602 15 19 10 16 32 25 30 2 35 40 73 130 78 64 49 168 125 97 47 65 1899

Doug Whittington 180 511 20 32 15 21 29 21 22 2 44 45 80 109 76 78 36 193 76 118 69 47 1824

SuPERViSOR DiSTRiCT #1 TOTALJohn Arnold 240 569 28 29 866

David Lamar McDonald 119 550 7 22 698

A6 Wednesday, August 24, 2011 The Vicksburg Post

GovernorContinued from Page A1.

trust to build upon the prog-ress Mississippi has made over the last eight years.”

DuPree said he plans to campaign on his own ideas without criticizing other candidates.

“I think people want clean. Maybe that’s a new way of politicking,” DuPree said.

Independent Will Oatis of Silver Creek, who is also black, is running a low-bud-get campaign for governor. Oatis is a military veteran who served in Afghanistan. Two rival factions of the Reform Party also want to put a candidate in the gov-ernor’s race, but the state Board of Election Commis-sioners has not yet decided which Reform candidate — if either — can run.

Republican Gov. Haley Bar-bour could not seek a third term this year.

DuPree is the first black mayor of Hattiesburg. He is running a race-neutral cam-paign for governor, discuss-ing job creation, education and other issues that cut across demographic and eco-nomic lines.

In a 15-second commer-cial on his campaign web-site, DuPree looks directly into the camera and says: “I’m here to talk to you about color — green.” DuPree holds up a $1 bill and contin-ues: “Better jobs mean more money for Mississippians. And we do that with better schools and safer streets. More green means a better tomorrow.”

With a population that’s 37 percent black, Mississippi now has more black elected

officials than any state in the nation, but it hasn’t had a black statewide official since Reconstruction.

Luckett is white. During a primary in which black voters played an important role, Luckett frequently men-tioned during speeches that he is a friend and business partner of Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Free-man, who owns a home in Mississippi.

Before giving a concession speech at a blues club he co-owns in Clarksdale, Luckett called DuPree to offer con-gratulations and endorse-ment for the general election.

“I voiced my support for him and I reiterated what I have said repeatedly: I don’t want to see Phil Bryant get elected,” Luckett, 63, told The Associated Press in a phone interview.

Luckett was joined at his election-night party by Freeman, his partner in two Clarksdale businesses, Ground Zero Blues Club and an upscale restaurant called Madidi.

DuPree and Luckett emerged from a four-person primary on Aug. 2 against two candidates who ran low-budget campaigns. Bryant won 59 percent in a five-person primary, avoiding a runoff.

Two other high-profile black politicians ran for Mis-sissippi governor as indepen-dents in the 1970s. Charles Evers, brother of slain civil-rights leaders Medgar Evers, ran in 1971. State Sen. Henry Kirksey ran in 1975. Neither had to go through a primary.

Fitch takes GOP nomination for treasurerBy Jack Elliott Jr.The Associated Press

JACKSON — Lynn Fitch defeated Lee Yancey in Tuesday’s Republican pri-mary runoff for Mississippi treasurer.

Fitch will face Ocean Springs Mayor Connie Moran, who was unopposed for the Demo-cratic nomination. A faction of the Reform Party also wants to put a candidate on the ballot in the November gen-eral election.

Fitch, 49, of Madison and Yancey, 43, of Brandon, emerged from a three-person primary on Aug. 2.

Fitch is on leave as state Per-sonnel Board director during the campaign. Yancey is a one-term state senator.

There’s no incumbent in the treasurer’s race this year because Republican Tate Reeves, who’s held the job two terms, is running for lieuten-ant governor.

“We’re so excited,” Fitch told The Associated Press from her campaign party in Ridgeland.

Fitch said she campaigned in the runoff as she had in the first primary “continuing to move forward with a positive and very upbeat message.”

She said that would continue in the general election.

“We’re just going to stay with our message ... that we know what to do and how to do it,” Fitch said.

Yancey could not be reached for comment.

Fitch is on leave as state Per-sonnel Board director during the campaign. Yancey is a one-term state senator.

Yancey is a former youth min-ister at First Baptist Church of

Meridian and worked as a lob-byist for the Mississippi Bap-tist Convention before he was elected to the state Senate. He works for a financial services company.

Fitch worked for the state attorney general’s office and as staff attorney for the House Ways and Means Committee. She has also been a bond attor-ney in private practice. Since Republican Gov. Haley Bar-bour took office in 2003, Fitch has served in two high-level administration jobs, as deputy director of the state Depart-ment of Employment Security and as Barbour’s appointee leading the state Personnel Board.

There’s no incumbent in the treasurer’s race this year because Republican Tate Reeves, who’s held the job two terms, is running for lieuten-ant governor.

The treasurer is the Missis-sippi’s top financial officer, managing the state-sponsored college savings plans, helping set annual revenue estimates that legislators use as a basis for writing the state budget and sitting on several boards that oversee investments. Along with the governor and the attorney general, the trea-surer is a member of the com-mission that has final say over whether the state issues bonds for projects approved

by the Legislature.Moran, 55, grew up in Ocean

Springs and is in her second term as mayor, overseeing her hometown’s recovery from Hurricane Katrina. She has been an economist at the World Trade Organization in Geneva, and for five years in the 1990s she was managing director of Mississippi’s Euro-pean trade office in Frankfurt, Germany. After returning to Mississippi, Moran served three years as economic devel-opment director for coastal Jackson County. She also has run a marketing and economic development consulting firm.

The associaTed press

Lynn Fitch, the Republican nominee for state treasurer, thanks supporters at a celebration in Ridgeland Tuesday.

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2011 elections

32-year sheriff in Claiborne County, Frank Davis, is defeatedBy Manivanh [email protected]

Frank Davis, sheriff of Clai-borne County for 32 years, was defeated Tuesday in his bid to claim the Democratic nomina-tion for re-election.

Davis, 64, received 958 votes to the 1,529 cast for Marvin Lucas, 53, an employee of the Claiborne County Parks and Recreation Department.

“The results are unofficial, but whatever the people desire

is what Frank Davis desires,” Davis said this morning.

When Davis was first elected in 1979, he defeated longtime incumbent Dan McCay to become the first black sher-

iff elected in the county. In 2000, Davis became the first black elected president of the 72-member Mississippi Sher-iff’s Association.

Lucas, who also is black, will

face independent Willie Earl Edwards in the Nov. 8 general election. Lucas could not be reached by phone.

Clarence Scutter, vice chair-man of the Claiborne County Democratic Executive Com-mittee, said election results are expected to be certified today.

In Sharkey County’s District 2 supervisor runoff, incum-bent Melvin Jones narrowly lost the Democratic nomina-tion to Leroy Smith Jr.

Smith received 141 votes to beat Jones, who had 137 votes. Jones, 66, worked as a nurse before being elected supervi-sor eight years ago.

A call this morning to Smith was not returned.

Sharkey County Circuit Clerk Murindia Williams said official results will be released this afternoon.

Smith will face indepen-dents Ellis Stuart, Christopher Booker and Eugene Lane Jr. in November.

In Issaquena County, incum-bent District 5 Supervisor Milton Goza presumably will remain in his seat after taking the Democratic nomination Tuesday, defeating Eugene Warfield in a 95-86 vote.

Goza has no opposition in November’s general election.

Deputy Circuit Clerk Ronda Delaney said official results are expected to be released today.

money to do it.”The northeast Warren

County district is the most populous among the five political districts, with 10,169 people on a new map based on the 2010 census and sent to the Department of Justice in June.

In the only other primary race in Warren County’s five supervisor races, incum-bent William Banks, a Dem-ocrat, received his party’s nomination three weeks ago when he defeated Tommie Rawlings.

Banks, 60, will face inde-

pendents Trey Smith III, 31, and De Reul, 60, in the gen-eral election.

The other three supervisor seats also will be decided in November.

• District 3 Supervi-sor Charles Selmon, 51, a Democrat, versus Vicks-

burg Warren School District Trustee James Stirgus Jr., 52, an independent. Selmon is seeking a fifth term on the board.

• District 4 Supervisor Bill Lauderdale, 64, an indepen-dent, versus Democrat Casey Fisher, 45, a minister and

retired postal employee. Lau-derdale is seeking a sixth, nonconsecutive term on the board.

• District 5 Supervisor Rich-ard George, 62, an indepen-dent, versus independents J.W. Carroll, 64, a retired electrical contractor, Joe

Wooley, 68, in his fourth bid for the office, and Ellis Tillotson, 56, a local farmer. George is seeking a fifth, nonconsecutive term on the board.

supervisorContinued from Page A1.

KATIE CARTER•The Vicksburg PosT

Warren County District 1 Supervisor David McDonald waves to voters as they enter the Culkin voting precinct at Sherman Avenue Elementary Tuesday afternoon. McDonald was defeated in his renomination attempt.

Brunswick, located at Eagle Lake, were the last to fully report vote totals due to electronic ballot cards left inside machines after other cards had been taken to the courthouse by poll workers.

Party and county offi-cials had to go to each precinct to locate the missing cards.

“There’s no way they could have looked because the seal was still on it,” said Warren County Election Com-mission adviser Donald Oakes, with card in hand after returning from the high school in an effort to help locate it.

The Jett precinct was moved to Immanuel Bap-tist Church over heat concerns at the city’s fire station at Vicksburg Municipal Airport. The

church’s activity center will function as the pre-cinct’s polling place through 2015.

Additional countywide local races in November include:

• Circuit clerk, where incumbent Shelly Ash-ley-Palmertree, a Demo-crat, faces Republican David Sharp and inde-pendents Jan Hyland Daigre and Robert Terry.

• Sheriff, where incum-bent Martin Pace, an independent, faces Dem-ocrat Bubba Comans.

• Tax assessor, where Democrat Angela Brown faces Republican Mike Caruthers and indepen-dents Ben Luckett and Doug Tanner.

• Tax collector, where incumbent Antonia Flaggs Jones, a Demo-crat, faces Republican Patty Mekus.

KATIE CARTER•The Vicksburg PosT

Doug Whittington waves to voters as they pull in to the Culkin voting precinct Tuesday. He was narrowly defeated in his attempt at the Republican nomination for chancery clerk.

Barbour’s nephew defeated in bid for state Senate seatJACKSON — Madi-

son lawyer Will Longwitz defeated former Hinds County supervisor Charles Barbour in Tuesday’s Repub-lican runoff in state Senate District 25.

Barbour and Longwitz got into the runoff after the Aug. 2 primary for the position being relinquished by Walter Michel, a three-term Republi-can from Jackson.

The district embraces parts of Madison county, along with northeast Jackson in Hinds County, where Bar-bour, Gov. Haley Barbour’s nephew, resides.

Longwitz faces Democrat Cecilia Sampayo in the Nov. 8 general election.

DuVall takes Dem nodin House contest

JACKSON — State Rep. Mark DuVall won the Dem-ocratic nomination for re-election to the Mississippi House District 19 on Tues-day, defeating state party chairman Jamie Franks in the runoff election.

DuVall, of Mantachie, cap-tured the seat in 2007 when Franks, of Mooreville, gave it up to pursue an unsuccessful bid for lieutenant governor.

DuVall, who is a construc-tion laborer, led the three-candidate field on Aug. 2. He will face Republican Randy Boyd in the Nov. 8 general election.

DuVall defeated Boyd in 2007. In 1999, DuVall unsuc-

cessfully challenged Franks for the post.

Coast’s Ishee losesbid for re-election

JACKSON — Long-time Republican state Rep. Roger Ishee of Gulfport has been defeated in his bid for re-election.

Ishee has served in the

House since 1997. He lost Tuesday’s GOP runoff in Harrison County in House District 118. The winner was real estate business owner Greg Haney.

Haney led Ishee in the Aug. 2 primary. Haney has said his 24 years’ experience as a small-business owner is needed in Jackson and he believes people want change.

in briefBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

‘The results are unofficial, but whatever the people desire is what Frank Davis

desires.’Frank Davis

claiborne counTy sheriff

chanceryContinued from Page A1.

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A8 Wednesday, August 24, 2011 The Vicksburg Post

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose this morning, putting the market on track for a third day of gains after a four-week slump. The price of gold slumped 5 per-cent as investors became less fearful.

A sharp increase in orders for long-lasting goods in July countered a series of poor economic reports in the past two weeks that got investors worried that the U.S. was headed for another recession.

In morning trading the Dow Jones industrial aver-age rose 67 points, or 0.6 percent, to 11,244, reversing an earlier loss. It jumped 322 points the day before, the biggest gain since August 11.

Two days after trading above $1,900 an ounce for the first time, gold fell $86 to $1,774 as investors became less skittish. In other signs that investors were more willing to take on risk, the dollar fell against other currencies and the VIX, a measure of stock market volatility, fell 4 percent to 35. The VIX traded as high as 48 Aug. 8 after staying below 20 for much of the year.

Bank of America Corp. rose 8 percent, the most of any stock in the Dow aver-age, after analysts said a four-day slide that erased 15 percent of the bank’s value had been overdone.

The S&P 500 index rose 7 points, or 0.6 percent, to 1,169. It gained 38 points Tuesday, also its best day since Aug. 11. The Nasdaq rose 8 points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,454.

Toyota debuts new Camryamid tough competition

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — The Toyota Camry has been the best-selling car in America for nearly 15 years, its reputation for reliability keeping it on top even when the carmaker was hurt by major safety recalls.

But its lead has shrunk dra-matically. Feeling the pres-sure, Toyota unveiled the 2012 Camry Tuesday, its first rede-sign of the sedan in five years. While Toyota hopes to create buzz by lowering the Camry’s price, improving its fuel econ-omy and adding new features, it might not be enough to keep the Camry No. 1 in the increas-ingly competitive market for midsize sedans.

“The Camry is not a slam-dunk by itself anymore,” says Jesse Toprak, vice president of industry trends and insights for car pricing site TrueCar.com.

Toyota showed off the new Camry on the Web and at events in California and else-where. It has given the car a sharper, more pointed hood, a quieter and roomier interior

and more trunk space. It’s also offering Entune, a system that lets drivers access internet ser-vices like Pandora from their mobile phones using voice commands or an in-dash touch screen.

But critics said the styling is bland compared with edgier rivals like Nissan, Hyundai and Kia, and that Toyota saved money by using cheaper inte-rior materials.

“There’s nothing fundamen-tally wrong with it, but is that good enough nowadays? No, it’s not,” Toprak said.

The new Camry is due to arrive at dealerships in early October. A basic version will cost just under $22,000 and get 35 mpg on the highway.

Toyota has sold more than 15 million Camrys worldwide since it introduced the car in 1983 to compete with the Honda Accord. It quickly became a big seller in the U.S. because of its reputation for reliability and good gas mileage. The Camry outsold the Ford Taurus in 1997

and has been the best-selling car in America every year except for 2001, when it was eclipsed by the Accord. Even Toyota’s embarrassing series of safety recalls last year and earthquake-related shortages this spring didn’t knock it down from No.1.

Toyota’s U.S. sales chief Bob Carter said the company aims to keep things that way, in part by being aggressive on price.

A basic Camry will now start at $21,955, which is $710 more than the current model. But most other versions will cost less than current ones. The top-of-the-line version, for example, will start at $24,725, or $2,000 less. The hybrid Camry, which starts at $25,900, is $1,150 less.

At that starting price, the Camry will cost a little more than some of its competitors, such as the $19,200 Kia Optima. But Carter said the car includes a lot for the price, including the most air bags — 10 — in its class.

Q: I recently lost my job. I was employed with this com-pany (a major grocery chain) for the past 23 years. Since the economy is in such poor

shape, I was thinking of selling my home and moving into a smaller, more afford-able place. I f I sell my home, would this

make my FICO score go up? I really want to get my FICO score higher so I can establish credit. What can I do to move in the right direction? — G.G., via e-mail

A: It seems you are having difficulty paying your bills on

time. We will get back to that in a minute. Regarding the FICO score, there are other ways for you to establish good credit or any credit (for those who don’t have any credit). You can apply for credit cards. They could be from clothing stores, gas companies, auto care, etc. Of course, the only way to keep your score high is to pay the bills on time. The fact that you are thinking about selling your home and moving into a more afford-able place tells me that you should be very mindful of how much credit you have avail-able to you. Credit is a great tool when used properly.

•Bruce Williams writes for Newspaper Enterprise Association. E-mail him at [email protected].

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Family Dollar (FDO) ..................47.98Fred’s (FRED) ................................10.65Int’l Paper (IP) .............................24.59Janus Capital Group (JNS) .............6.29J.C. Penney (JCP) .......................26.01Kroger Stores (KR) .....................22.85Kan. City So. (KSU) ....................48.03Legg Mason (LM) .................... 27.00Parkway Properties (PKY) ............11.97PepsiCo Inc. (PEP) .....................63.48Regions Financial (RF) ................4.03Rowan (RDC) ............................... 32.59Saks Inc. (SKS) ................................8.74Sears Holdings (SHLD) ............ 54.75Simpson-DuraVent (SSD) ............25.30Sunoco (SUN) .............................. 36.01Trustmark (TRMK) ..................... 20.19Tyco Intn’l (TYC) ......................... 39.72Tyson Foods (TSN) .................... 17.17Viacom (VIA) ................................ 53.04Walgreens (WAG) ...................... 34.68Wal-Mart (WMT) ........................ 53.21

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TONIGHT

Cloudy tonight with a chance of showers and thunder-

storms, lows in the 70s; partly cloudy Thursday with a chance

of showers and thunder-storms, highs in the 90s

75°

PRECISION FORECASTBY CHIEF METEOROLOGIST

BARBIE BASSSETTTHuRSdAy

98°

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 FORECASTthursday-friday

Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and

thunderstorms; lows in the 70s, highs in the 90s

STATE FORECASTtONiGht

Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms; lows in

the 70s

thursday-fridayPartly cloudy with a

chance of showers and thunderstorms; lows in the

70s, highs in the 90s

ALmAnAChiGhs aNd LOws

High/past 24 hours............. 99ºLow/past 24 hours .............. 74ºAverage temperature ........ 87ºNormal this date .................. 81ºRecord low .............55º in 1891Record high ........ 100º in 1983

raiNfaLLRecorded at the

Vicksburg Water PlantPast 24 hours ................0.0 inchThis month .............1.45 inchesTotal/year ............. 23.78 inchesNormal/month .....2.37 inchesNormal/year ....... 35.81 inches

sOLuNar tabLeMost active times for fish

and wildlife Thursday:A.M. Active ........................... 2:14A.M. Most active ................ 8:28P.M. Active ............................ 2:41P.M. Most active ................. 8:55

suNrise/suNsetSunset today ....................... 7:38Sunset tomorrow .............. 7:37Sunrise tomorrow ............. 6:33

RIVER DATAstaGes

Mississippi Riverat Vicksburg

Current: 19.9 | Change: -0.1Flood: 43 feet

Yazoo River at GreenwoodCurrent: 17.4 | Change: NC

Flood: 35 feetYazoo River at Yazoo City

Current: 13.2 | Change: -0.1Flood: 29 feet

Yazoo River at BelzoniCurrent: 16.3 | Change: NC

Flood: 34 feetBig Black River at West

Current: 3.2 | Change: -0.5Flood: 12 feet

Big Black River at BovinaCurrent: 6.8 | Change: -0.3

Flood: 28 feet

steeLe bayOuLand ...................................69.2River ...................................66.8

mISSISSIPPI RIVER FORECAST

Cairo, Ill.Thursday ............................... 23.6Friday ...................................... 23.5Saturday ................................ 23.3

MemphisThursday ..................................8.5Friday .........................................8.5Saturday ...................................8.4

GreenvilleThursday ............................... 26.3Friday ...................................... 25.9Saturday ................................ 25.9

VicksburgThursday ............................... 19.9Friday ...................................... 19.6Saturday ................................ 19.2

DEATH

PickeringContinued from Page A1.

payroll out of those fees. By state law, her per-

sonal income is capped at $90,000, with certain excep-tions, and anything above that is to be turned over to the county. The independent audits claim she improperly accounted for fees and her income exceeded the $90,000

cap.Pickering, a resident of

Laurel, is running unopposed for a second term at the head of the Mississippi Office of the State Auditor. He told Kiwanians his office has 174 active cases under investi-gation, including some that extend into Georgia, Florida

and Alabama.Since taking office, he has

recovered about $8 million in improperly managed, mis-used or embezzled public funds, he said.

His office also includes a staff of attorneys and CPAs who train public officials, including mayors, clerks,

supervisors and finance offi-cials in municipalities and schools. The staff spent more than 400 hours training and answered more than 2,000 questions from local officials, Pickering said.

“We’re not in the ‘gotcha’ business,” he said. “We’re about the responsibility

business.”Ashley-Palmertree, a Dem-

ocrat running for a fourth term, faces opposition on the Nov. 8 ballot from Republi-can David Sharp and inde-pendents Jan Hyland Daigre and Robert Terry. Daigre was a visitor at the Kiwanis luncheon.

Survey: Employers mull axing health coverageINDIANAPOLIS — Nearly

one of every 10 midsized or big employers expects to stop offering health coverage to workers once federal insur-ance exchanges start in 2014, said a new survey from a large benefits consultant.

Towers Watson also found that an additional 20 percent of the companies are unsure about what they will do.

Another big benefits con-sultant, Mercer, found in a June survey of large and smaller employers that 8 per-cent are either “likely” or “very likely” to end health benefits once the exchanges start.

Employer-sponsored health insurance has long been the backbone of the nation’s health insurance system. But the studies suggest that some employers, especially retailers or those offering low wages, feel they will be better off paying fines and taxes than continuing to pro-vide benefits that eat up a growing portion of their bud-gets every year.

The exchanges, which were devised under the health care overhaul, might offer an alternative for their workers. They aim to provide a mar-ketplace for people to buy insurance that can be sub-sidized by the government based on income levels.

Rail cars burnin north California

LINCOLN, Calif. — The risk of an explosion at a rail car fire in Northern Califor-nia has increased after the propane tank that was burn-ing showed signs of melting, a fire official said today.

Despite firefighters’ best efforts to cool the tanker with water, it appeared to be coming apart, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokesman Daniel Berlant said.

The 29,000-gallon tanker loaded with liquid propane caught fire at midday Tues-day at a Northern Propane Energy yard in Lincoln, a city of 40,000 north of Sacra-mento. Fears that it would explode prompted the evacu-ation of thousands of homes in the area. An explosion could cause a fireball that could consume blocks and hurl large pieces of metal up to a half-mile away, fire offi-cials said.

Berlant said a crack in the tanker would greatly increase the possibility of an explosion.

Firefighters Tuesday set up four fixed hoses to soak the tanker and to keep its tem-perature down as the pro-pane burns off.

Trying to directly extin-guish the flames shooting into the air from a vent could create a propane gas cloud that could ignite into a fire-ball, Berlant said.

Naked man nabbedin fatal stabbing spree

NEW YORK — A naked man who went on a stab-bing spree at his Manhattan apartment building, killing an elderly man and injur-ing four others, was charged with murder today, police said.

Christian Falero, 23, was arrested after he randomly knocked on several tenants’ doors of the seven-story Washington Heights building and then stabbed the people who answered with a 10-inch kitchen knife, police said.

Police charged him with second-degree murder and robbery.

A second-floor tenant, Igna-cio Reyes-Collazo, 81, was killed during the random attacks that unfolded Tuesday.

Three women, ages 60 to 85, were stabbed and a 22-year-old home attendant was punched, police said. They were all taken to area hospi-tals; one of the women was in critical condition, the others were stable.

Residents said afterward that the suspect was seen running down the street yell-ing that it was the end of the world.

He underwent a psychiatric evaluation at Harlem Hospi-tal, police said.

His fifth-floor neighbor, Ramon Acosta, 41, said Falero always seemed lik-able. Acosta came home from work Tuesday to find police outside the building and the suspect’s mother in tears.

Acosta said he has known the young man for 10 years and never had a problem with him.

“I guess he just flipped,” he said.

Judge scolds lawyersin boy’s death case

NEW YORK — A judge has questioned the experi-ence of two lawyers handling

the case of a man accused of dismembering an 8-year-old New York City boy.

Supreme Court Justice Neil Firetog told the lawyers at a hearing Tuesday that his concern was to ensure the defendant, Levi Aron, got a fair trial.

Aron is accused of killing Leiby Kletzky in July after the boy got lost walking home.

The judge scolded the law-yers for their use of Face-book and for not provid-ing the correction officials an approved list of visitors for their client. He also sug-gested that they leaked por-tions of a court-ordered psychological exam to The Associated Press.

The lawyers vehemently denied it, but the judge called their argument “disingenuous.”

The court-ordered evalu-ation has found Aron fit to stand trial.

Facebook to let userspre-approve photo tags

SAN FRANCISCO — Drunken revelers rejoice: Facebook will now let you decide whether your friends can attach your name to a photo before it is circulated.

Currently, your friends can

add your name to a photo on Facebook without your consent or knowledge. You can remove it later, but only after lots of others may have seen the embarrassing shots. Now, you can insist on pre-approval.

This won’t affect whether your friends can add a photo of you, only whether your name is attached to it. Still, not having the name, known as a tag, can make it more difficult for people to find a potentially embarrassing photo in a search.

Facebook said Tuesday that the change is in response to user requests. Pre-approving photo tags has been the most requested change, said Kate O’Neill, product manager for Facebook. The pre-approval process will also apply to written posts that others tag you in. In addition, you have the option of pre-approving what others tag on your own photos and posts.

The company is making other changes to its privacy controls, too. These changes won’t affect what information will be made public or pri-vate. Rather, they will affect how users can control what they are sharing in an effort to make the process simpler.

The changes will be rolled out starting Thursday.

The associaTed press

Firefighters spray water on a railroad tanker leaking propane in Lincoln, Calif.

nATIOnBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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

Thomas Patrick Jackson

Services for Thomas Pat-rick “T.P.” Jackson will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Vicks-burg City Auditorium with the Rev. Reginald L. Walker officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery. Visi-tation will be from 4 until 6 p.m. Thursday at Lakev-iew Memorial Funeral Home and Friday at the auditorium from 10 a.m. until the service.

Mr. Jackson died Wednes-day, Aug. 17, 2011, at St. Dom-inic-Jackson Memorial Hos-pital. He was 40.

He was a 1990 graduate of Vicksburg High School, where he was a member of the honor choir. He was employed at Ameristar Casino as manager of trans-portation and valet.

He was a member of Word of Faith Christian Center and the Voice of Praise choir. He

was a former member of New Mount Zion Baptist Church.

Mr. Jack-son was pre-ceded in death by his father, Willie Jackson Sr.; his stepfather, James Hunt-ley; one brother, Joseph Williams; one sister, Rosie Williams Davis; and his maternal and paternal grandparents.

Survivors include his wife, Pamela Roby Jackson; a daughter, Zharia Patrice Jackson; his mother, Hattie P. Huntley; eight sisters, Renee Reeves of Vallejo, Calif., Talya Huntley of Daly City, Calif., Susie Huntley of Brookhaven and Chevonne Allen, Mary Carolyn Jack-son Burns, Johnnie Jack-son, Shirley Renee Jackson Swartz and Sharon John-son, all of Vicksburg; five brothers, Eric O. White of San Diego, Calif., Milton Jackson of Lake Charles, La., and Willie Lee Jack-son Jr., Robert Earl Jack-

son and Vernon Thompson, all of Vicksburg; and nieces, nephews, other relatives and

friends, including members of the Roby, Swartz, Johnson and Thompson families.

Thomas PatrickJackson

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TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A defiant Moammar Gad-hafi, from an unknown loca-tion, vowed today to fight on “until victory or martyrdom,” as rebel fighters tried to end scattered attacks by regime loyalists in the nervous capital.

The rebels s ay t h ey have now taken con-trol of nearly all of Trip-oli, but spo-radic gunfire could still be heard, and Gadhafi loy-alists fired shells and assault rifles at fighters wh o h a d captured the Libyan lead-er’s personal compound o n e d a y earlier.

The streets of the city were still largely deserted today, scat-tered with debris, broken glass and other remnants of fighting, while rebel fighters manned checkpoints every few hundred yards.

Rebel leaders, meanwhile, made their first moves to set up a new government in the capital. During Libya’s six-month civil war, opposi-tion leaders had established their interim administration, the National Transitional Council, in the eastern city of Benghazi, which fell under rebel control shortly after the

outbreak of widespread anti-regime protests in February.

“Members of the council are now moving one by one from Benghazi to Tripoli,” said Mansour Seyf al-Nasr, the Libyan opposition’s new

ambassador to France. He said that Tripoli is “secure and our guys are checking all the areas.”

The deputy rebel chief, Mahmoud Jibril, was to meet today with French President Nicholas Sarkozy, one of the ear-l iest and staunch-est support-ers of the Libyan oppo-sition, along with British Prime Min-ister David Cameron.

Even as his 42-year-old regime was crum-bling around him, Gad-hafi vowed not to sur-

render. In an audio message today, he called on residents of the Libyan capital and loyal tribesmen across his North African nation to free Tripoli from the “devils and traitors” who have overrun it.

The broadcast came a day after hundreds of Libyan rebels stormed Gadhafi’s fortress-like Bab al-Aziziya compound in the capital but found no sign of the longtime leader.

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Charges against ex-IMF chief droppedNEW YORK (AP) — Domi-

nique Strauss-Kahn is a free man after a judge Tuesday ended the sexual assault case against him at the request of prosecutors, who said the hotel maid who accused the former International Monetary Fund chief couldn’t be trusted.

Though evidence showed Strauss-Kahn had a sexual encounter with Nafissatou Diallo in his hotel suite more than three months ago, prose-cutors said the accuser was not credible because of lies she has told, including an earlier false rape claim.

State Supreme Court Justice Michael Obus said he would dismiss the case, but there was one more legal twist to get through: He first wanted

an appeals court to hear a request from Diallo’s attor-neys to keep the case alive by appoint-ing a special prosecutor.

The criminal case ended

about two hours later, when the higher court agreed with Obus that there was no legal basis for removing the district attorney from the case.

The case drew global atten-tion and left both the accuser and the accused — a one-time contender for the French presidency — with tattered reputations.

Strauss-Kahn arrived at court

in a six-car motorcade and was greeted by protesters wielding signs carrying such messages as “DSK treats women like property” and “Put the rapist on trial — not the victim.”

He appeared resolute inside. He smiled and shook hands with his biographer as his wife, journalist Anne Sinclair, sat nearby.

Strauss-Kahn later issued a statement.

“I want to thank all the friends in France and in the United States who have believed in my innocence, and to the thou-sands of people who sent us their support personally and in writing. I am most deeply grateful to my wife and family who have gone through this ordeal with me,” he said.

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Even after rebels stormed into the capital and overwhelmed his residence, Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi has plenty of places to hide.

Underground, for example. The man who ruled Libya for 42 years is known to have deep bunkers under his Bab al-Aziz-iya compound in Tripoli, which rebel fighters seized Tuesday. Some former officials say the compound is connected by long tunnels to far-flung parts of Tripoli in a hidden network that would provide a quick escape route.

Few have seen the tunnels and it’s not certain they exist. But the reported “under-ground city” fits in with the aura that Gadhafi cultivated, a mix of subterfuge, rumor and myth that kept Libya’s people guessing and his oppo-nents confused. That aura — plus a healthy dose of brutal retaliation — helped him sur-vive dozens of assassination attempts and would-be coups during his decades in power.

During the 6-month-old upris-ing against him, Gadhafi often showed an almost wraithlike elusiveness, making sudden appearances in public, then vanishing.

And after rebels overran much of Tripoli early Monday, he once more became Gadhafi the ghost. Many rebels were convinced he was holed up in the sprawling Bab al-Aziziya compound — one senior offi-cial, Fathi al-Baja, said there were reports Gadhafi, who is almost 70, had suffered a heart attack and was bedridden in the compound.

When rebels overran it Tues-day, they found hoards of weap-ons, one of the golf carts Gad-hafi used to get around, the Bedouin tents where Gadhafi held court. But no Gadhafi. It is not known if he was there

and escaped or if he was never there at all.

“There are so many rat holes in Tripoli. We are searching for him in the holes,” said Col. Ahmed Bani, a rebel military spokesman.

As long as Gadhafi remains at large, he holds the potential to strike back. Pro-Gadhafi forces remain on Tripoli’s outskirts, capable of striking at any time, rebels say. The whereabouts of two of Gadhafi’s sons who command elite units — Khamis and Muatassim — are equally unknown.

Two major cities also remain in the hands of Gadhafi: his hometown Sirte, on the Medi-terranean coast east of Tripoli, and Sebha, deep in the desert 400 miles south of Tripoli. Sebha is site of a significant military and air force base and, if Gadhafi can reach it, would provide him the option of easy desert escape routes into neigh-boring Niger and Chad.

Bani said it was possible Gad-

hafi was in Sebha, though “this is just one of the many possi-bilities.” Rebel officials and Sebha residents have reported clashes in the city between Gadhafi supporters and oppo-nents since Tripoli’s fall.

During the past few months of NATO airstrikes — includ-ing on targets in Tripoli — Gad-hafi is believed by rebels to have been in constant motion, though once again discern-ing fact from legend about his movements is difficult.

And Gadhafi basked in the aura of mystery. “I am in a place where you can’t reach me,” he said in an audio mes-sage aired on state TV weeks ago. “I live in the hearts of the millions.”

During the uprising, Gadhafi surprised supporters by sud-denly appearing on the ram-parts of the historic Red Fort in Tripoli’s main square to deliver an address to the crowd below. Some former regime insiders have said a tunnel links the fort

to Bab al-Aziziya, about 2 miles miles away.

Mohammed Ganbawa, an activist who coordinates sev-eral opposition groups in Trip-oli. He said the rebels believe that in recent weeks Gadhafi moved between the homes of his sons, slept in a hospital and even in the Rixos Hotel, where international foreign media covering the conflict are staying.

Bab al-Aziziya is known to have a bunker built for Gadhafi by West German engineers to withstand massive attack.

Dr. Liacyr Ribeiro, who per-formed plastic surgery on Gadhafi in 1995, is among the few who claim firsthand knowledge.

Ribeiro was escorted under-ground past midnight to the bunker, which “had two fully equipped and very modern operating rooms, a gym and a swimming pool,” he told The Associated Press earlier this year from his home in Brazil.

Where’s Moammar Gadhafi?Ousted leader has vanished into thin air

The associaTed press

DominiqueStrauss-Kahn

Even as his 42-year-old regime was crumbling around him, Moammar Gadhafi vowed not to surrender. In an audio

message today, he called on residents of the Libyan

capital and loyal tribesmen across his North African

nation to free Tripoli from the ‘devils and traitors’ who

have overrun it.

Free Libyan capitalfrom ‘devils, traitors,’defiant dictator says

Moammar Gadhafi, surrounded by bodyguards, rides through the streets of Tripoli this year.

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BULLETINBOARD

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AChIEvEmENTS• Dr. Dalton H. McAfee,

extension administra-tor at Alcorn State Univer-sity, has been appointed to the board of directors of the Ameri-can Distance Education Consortium.

• Dr. Yufeng Zheng, assis-tant profes-sor in the Computer Network and Information Technology program, Department of Advanced Technolo-gies at Alcorn State University, has been honored as a Cisco Certified Network Professional.

DEgREES• Area students who

received degrees from Mis-sissippi College during summer commencement on the Clinton campus were Erica Janelle Foster, magna cum laude, Stacey JaVon Foster and Jarkarta Brad-ley Garrett, all of Edwards; Sherekia Renarda Womack Dixon of Utica; and Brandi Nicole McAdory, Allisha Ann Brent Rhodes and Amy Nichole Bottin Allen, summa cum laude, all of Vicksburg.

SChOLARShIpS• Kimberly Loving, a life-

long Vicks-burg resident, has received a $1,000 schol-arship from the Mid-South Carpenters Regional Council. She is a busi-ness major at the University of Southern Mississippi.

UpCOmINg EvENTS• Positive Behavior Inter-

ventions and Support Kickoff — Open House for Warren Central parents and students, 5 p.m. Monday, WCHS Gym A; food, informa-tion, giveaways; Alisha Creel, 601-631-2867.

• Hinds Community Col-lege Warren-Claiborne Alumni — Chapter golf tour-nament to benefit student scholarships; Sept. 21, Clear Creek Golf Course; tee-off, 1 p.m.; $75 per player or $300 per 4-man team; hole spon-sorships, $100 each; ham-burger dinner to follow; Abby Brann, 601-857-3350, or Kent Smith, 601-638-9395.

• Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium — Oct. 20-22, Mississippi University for Women in Columbus; author Judith Ortiz Cofer, keynote speaker at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 20 in Rent Auditorium; best-sell-ing author Sebastian Junger, guest speaker at Welty Gala, 7 p.m. Oct. 21 in Pope Ban-quet Room; tickets for gala available at different levels to benefit endowment for the Eudora Welty Chair in Humanities; MUW Office of Development, 662-329-7148, for more information.

Junior high musiciantakes tunes to townBy Manivanh [email protected]

Trips to New York City for checkups has inspired a 13-year-old cancer survi-vor to take his music to the Vicksburg Mall.

While in the Big Apple, Dil-lion Nevels said he saw street musicians performing to earn a few bucks.

“I kind of picked it up from the Yankees,” said the Vicksburg Junior High eighth-grader and saxophon-ist in the school band who also plays acoustic guitar. “The most I’ve made was 50 bucks.”

Dillion started strumming at the mall at Christmas, while working as a volunteer

with The Salvation Army Angel Tree with his mother, Christie Taylor.

“When I’m out and about, I’ll see people around him,” said mall manager Mike Car-lisle. “This is the first time we’ve done something like this, and it would be great to showcase young talent.”

Dillion, a fan of the late heavy metal guitarist Randy Rhoads, who played with Ozzy Osbourne and Quiet Riot, said he uses music to express himself.

“I’ve always liked the sound of an acoustic guitar,” he said. “I pick up what I can from people who play — and from the streets.”

Hinds getsnationalpat on backfor energyconservationBy Manivanh [email protected]

Hinds Community College has received a national energy conserva-tion award.

Hinds, the state’s largest community college, with six campuses, including one in Vicksburg, received the Innovation Award from the National Asso-ciation of College and Uni-versity Business Officers, the school said in a news release.

Hinds was the only col-lege in the state and one of four higher education institutions nationwide — Florida Interna-tional Uni-versity, University of Cen-tral Okla-homa and Virginia Commu-nity Col-lege System — chosen to receive the award. Twenty-six of NACU-BO’s 2,500 member schools nationwide were nominated.

“I’m so proud of what we’ve accomplished,” Dr. Clyde Muse, president of Hinds, said. “I’m glad we’ve been recognized with such an award as this. It’s not easy to get an Innovation Award.”

The award is given annu-ally to NACUBO’s com-munity colleges, com-prehensive and doctoral institutions, research universities and small institutions across the country that have shown innovation in business and financial manage-ment, said Kristin Whit-ters, NACUBO manager of member services.

The energy-saving effort at Hinds was implemented through Energy Education Inc., a Dallas-based inde-pendent consulting com-pany with 1,200 clients in 48 states.

In addition to the school honor, Energy Education presented Muse with the Chairman’s Sustainability Award recognizing the col-lege’s ability to keep the program running since 2008.

Hinds’ energy conser-vation program modified

See Hinds, Page B3.

See Nevels, Page B3.

Dr. ClydeMuse

KATIE CARTER•The Vicksburg PosT

Students warm up during a three-day summer dance workshop and auditions at

Vicksburg Dance Studio. The weekend event was orga-

nized by Vicksburg Perform-ing Arts Company, for which

auditions were to be held. At right, N-House Produc-

tions tap instructor Carson Capps leads in an exercise,

from left, Khyrean Jones, 9, the daughter of Bobby

and LaTonya Jones; Kyla Goodlow, 10, the daugh-

ter of Kimball and Christina Goodlow; Sarah Jane Pierce,

10, the daughter of Paul and Jill Pierce; and Madeline Lee,

11, the daughter of Phil-lip and Lacey Lee. Leading

the girls in the top photo is Casey Noblett of N-House, an Atlanta-area company.

Warmin’ up to get down

DAvID JACKson•The Vicksburg PosT

Dillion Nevels plays at Vicksburg Mall.

KimberlyLoving

Dr. Dalton H.McAfee

Dr. YufengZheng

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school by schoolAgape Montessori

• Zero the Hero visited Kathy Abbott’s kindergar-ten on the 10th day of school as students sang the Zero the Hero song, ate special cookies and learned about number 10. Abbott’s kinder-gartners made sand using coffee grounds, salt, corn-meal and flour.

• Shannon Atlas of USDA-NRCS spoke to Lynne Townsend’s class about soil conservation.

• Kim Carson’s toddler Montessori students made butterflies and bears, sang songs and read stories as part of a study of the letter B. Jaidyn Buford was named Student of the Week.

• Tina Sowell’s primary Montessori class counted apples and seeds, played games and ate apple snacks as part of a study of apples. Maggie Bell McLean was named Student of the Week.

Beechwood• Dara Hendrix’s kinder-

gartners made a class graph and completed All About Me projects that included a col-lage of descriptive pictures.

• Back-to-School Night, hosted by the PTA, will begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday and will include door prizes, Honey Money incentives and intro-duction of new principals.

Bovina• Top Accelerated Readers

in Denice Poe’s third grade were Hope Rae Sibley, Jalyah Jefferson and Devin Parker. Amanda Gordon served as a helper.

• Tiffany Reynosa was named Star Student for the Week in Missy Davis’ first grade.

• Summer reading par-ticipants are kindergart-ners Jadon Hughes, Brad-ley Pecanty, Ciara Howard, Chloe Barnard, Emma Kate Watson, Kaitlyn Holman and Ella Ann Gough; first-graders Jonathan Wells, Marquan Jones and Anna Holman; second-graders Ashton Laubach, Danielle Gray, Connor McGee, Jaden

Hoofman, Nickolas Hargrove and Gabrelle McLeod; third-graders Bryce Holman, Larry Chambliss, Hope Rea Sibley, Brady Green, Parker Green and Raven McDonald; fourth-graders Caydee Schweitzer, Sarah Lewis, Shelby Hart-ley, Tyler Caldwell, Amber Busby, Victoria Laubach, Maddie Henderson and Syn-thia Goodson; fifth-graders Holden Ginn, Zakaria Floyd, Kylah Steadman, Jack Shel-ton, Austin Holman, Laura Flowers and Taylor Gaddis; and sixth-graders Jada Guise, Cade Walters, Jas-mine Jefferson, Glenn Alan Kittrell, Lauren Hughes, Matthew Watson, Gabriel Bowman and Sydnie Smith.

• Pledge leaders for the week were Sean Dixon, Taylor Anderson, Jasmine Jefferson, William Day,

Mason Yoho, Jordyn Jones, Joshua Brandon, Lauren Hughes, Jesslynn Wicker and Colin Standish.

Bowmar• Parent volunteers were

Mitzi Stephens and Stepha-nie Gilliam.

• Jordan Amborn’s class created shoebox inhabitants.

• Magen Westcott’s class studied life cycles of birds and viewed and drew nests.

• Dora and Diego, char-acters from “Dora the Explorer,” visited K-2 students.

Dana Road• New faculty and staff are

Krystal Reynolds and Vale-sia Rawlings, kindergar-ten instructors; April Glover and Neely Ming, first-grade

teachers; Betty Autry, second grade; Holly Blackwell, third grade; Lana Fuller, GATES; Beverly Guice, Penny Reg-ister and Sena Said, special education; and Elisa Edwards and Mary Ann Taylor, paraprofessionals.

• As part of the Junior Aux-iliary literacy project, Allison Brewer was a guest reader in the first-grade class of Tricia Bradley and Marquita Harris.

• Jermaine Jackson, a stu-dent from Alcorn State Uni-versity, is completing his internship in music.

• Faculty, staff and students may celebrate College Colors Day on Sept. 2 by wearing their favorite college T-shirt.

• The school will host Back-to-School Night from 5:30 until 6:30 p.m. Monday. Parents will report to the cafeteria.

First Presbyterian• After discussing “What

Makes Me Different,” Gloria Sullivan’s kindergartners graphed a chart show-ing diversity. Nancy Clem-ent was Star Student of the Week.

• As part of a unit on family, Lynnette Smith’s pre-kindergarten students made picture frames for a classroom family tree. Stella Buckner was Student of the Week.

• Kari Dupree’s 3-year-olds made paint-dot rainbows after a review of primary colors. Walt Andrews was named Class Leader of the Week.

• Teri Conerly’s 2-year-olds created color collages from torn paper after reviewing

colors.• Rebecca Busby’s 2s sang

“The Preschool Song.”

Jacob’s Ladder • Matthew Grogan was

named Student Leader of the Week.

• Michael Halloran has returned as a weekly volunteer.

• Sharon Andrews led stu-dents in an exercise session.

• Students Will Conway, Matthew Grogan and Robin Smith are working at McAlis-ter’s Deli.

Redwood• Pledge leaders for the

week were Brooklyn Lan-ford, Treyce Keyes, Kristen Martin, Justin Massey, Zane McRaney, Tyler McBroom, Bradlee Ross, Quinderion Mixon, T’Onna Sims and Kashonda Shelton.

• Redwood will have a school newspaper this year under the supervision of Kathy Conrad. Students selected as newspaper staff members were Jessica John-son, editor; Jazmene Thomas and T’Onna Sims, co-editors; Madison Wade and Jordan Cooper, sports; Haleigh McDaniel and Alexis Clark, education; Joseph Hutchin-son and Carley Copelin, entertainment; Adison Hearn and Elizabeth Jordan, topics; Tyler Walton and Eric Bates, photographers; and Julius Branch and Emmy Rocha, illustrators.

• T-shirts are on sale through Sept. 2; order forms were sent home last week.

• School picture day is Thursday.

• The annual Grandparent’s Day luncheon will be Sept. 9. Reservations should be made by Tuesday, along with $3 per lunch per adult. Tickets will be sent home Sept. 7 to those who made reservations and must be presented at the time of arrival.

Sherman Avenue• Members of the school

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Dr. Elizabeth Duran Swinford, left, superintendent of the 8,500-student Vicksburg Warren School District, and Salvation Army Capt. Indrani Bhatnagar sort backpacks filled with school supplies. The Salvation Army aimed to collect and stuff 300 backpacks and met that goal. The

supplies will be given to students affected by the record-breaking spring flood, which saw a crest of 57.1 feet at Vicksburg, 14.1 feet above flood stage and 1.3 foot above the Great Flood of 1927.

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school by schoolHume, principal; Ria Judge, assistant principal; Cheryl Ricks, lead teacher; and Debbie Ederington, Nancy Hicks, Essa Mason, Dee McCain, Allyson Johnston and Sheila Scott, instructors.

• Staff members honored for Positive Behavior Inter-ventions and Support were Mark Holdiness, Deborah Ederington, Heather Logue, Natasha Moran, Jennifer Stringer, Martha Kinnebrew, Cheryl Johnson and Heather Williams.

South Park• Students visited the

school store to spend Bull-dog Bucks, which they earn throughout the week.

• Third-graders made “cootie catchers” to prac-tice rounding skills in the classes of Ruth Fraysier, Tammy Tillotson and Taffy Watkins. Parent volunteers were Stacey Truesdell, Jen-nifer Prudhomme, Mary Ann Hynum and George Beatty.

• Michael Gordon’s fifth-graders made plant and animal cells from edible materials.

• As part of a study of the letter M, kindergarten classes of Angelia Donaghe and Susan McKinnie read “When You Give a Moose a Muffin,” made muffins and graphed M&Ms.

• Second-graders reviewed double math facts while par-ticipating in a Doubles Game.

Vicksburg Catholic• Col. Jeff Eckstein spoke to

Le Brown’s ninth-grade Mis-sissippi Studies class about the U.S. Army Corps of Engi-neers’ role in the 1927 and 2011 floods.

• Fourth-grade students of Shelley Nosser and Martha Amborn wrote “bio poems” and created miniature repli-cas of themselves for display in the hall. They also wrote their goals for the year.

• Sixth-grade students of Liz Fletcher and Leslie Young decorated portfolio folders with their interests and wrote academic and per-sonal goals for the school year.

• Back-to-School Night was held Aug. 15 for St. Aloysius and Monday for St. Francis Xavier Elementary.

Vicksburg High• Last chance for senior

portrait retakes will be 9 a.m.-noon Saturday in the gym. Bring $30 sitting fee.

• Proud to Be a Vicks-burg Gator T-shirts are on sale; short sleeves are $15 and long sleeves are $18. Contact Kristen Nutt, yearbook adviser, for more information.

• School Day pictures will be Tuesday.

• PLAN, a brief version of the ACT that measures academic development and career options, will be administered Sept. 7 to soph-omores and several fresh-men. Cost is $11.50 per test.

Vicksburg Intermediate

• Pledge leaders for the week were Titan Moore, Edward Doss, Crystal Albert, Britney Lawrence and Kris-ten Williams.

• Margie Heltzel’s GATES

students completed All About Me posters and per-sonality inventories.

• Kristy Brumfield’s music classes are learning “The Star Spangled Banner” in preparation for National Anthem Day. Members of the VIS 2011-2012 Gator Singers are David Beswick, Brandon Fischer, Dominique Tun-stall, Jayla Ivy, Kelsey Stew-art, Kaitlyn Brown, Hayley Randolph, Reginae Hous-ton, Justice Parker, Kamira Clark, Janna High, Cassidy Walls, Heather Kindhart, Kayla English, Je’Keah Thomas, Kasey Myers, Jona-than Boyd, Colum Woodson, Leon Simms III, Lakendra Hubbard, McKenzie Thoma-son, Ariyah Minor, Meggan Busby, Laura Rivera, Kevia Davis, Olari Barfield, Jewel Adamson, Mya Brooks, Jes-sica Williams, Ariel Bunch, Kayla Myers, Diamond Woods, Candace Moore, Carmen Braxton, Alexis Johnson, Ashley Erves and Khalea McKnight.

• Michael Jackson of

Jackson Towing, Timothy Morton and Wilbert Smith Jr. installed the VIS marquee on which special news and events will be posted.

• School pictures will be taken Friday. Students may wear appropriate casual clothing.

Vicksburg Junior High• Grade reports were dis-

tributed to students on Thursday.

• Schoolwide pep rally will be Monday.

• Emerald Singers will par-ticipate in the unveiling of the America the Beautiful Vicksburg quarter Tuesday at the USS Cairo.

• School Day pictures will be Aug. 31. Students may dress up.

Warren Central High• Sharonda Bristow of

Legacy spoke to health classes about conflict resolu-tion. Terry Lockhart of the CAP Center spoke to child development classes about

goals and abstinence.• Open House and Back-

to-School Night will begin at 6 p.m. Monday in the auditorium.

• Class ring orders for Juniors may be placed today and Thursday during lunch. Deposits are $60 for altruism or $80 for gold.

• Ninth-grade boys’ bas-ketball tryouts have been rescheduled for Monday and Sept. 2.

• The WC Literary Club is accepting new members; dues should be paid to Vin-cent Price by Sept. 2.

Warren Central Intermediate

• Art classes created Viking Stars trading cards and drew school spirit pictures.

• Open House will be 5:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

• Progress reports will be distributed Sept. 7.

• School pictures will be Sept. 12.

Warren Junior High• School Day pictures

will be Monday. Students must wear regular school uniforms.

• The Warren Junior Girls’ Club has begun sign-up for the 2011-2012 school year; cost is $25. The club sponsors school dances, assists with Field Day and participates in community functions. Sponsors are Latoya Lump-kin, Akiria Atkins, Rachel Walker, Barbara Hutchinson and Jessica Griffin.

• APT students attended V.I.K.E.S.-Underage Drink-ing Can Take A Hike, a pro-gram coordinated by PBIS Coach Tanaeucha Lewis and sponsored by Vicks-burg Family Development Underage Drinking Mini Grant. Speakers were Detec-tive Tommy Curtis, Officer Charles Huggins, Investiga-tor Robert Whitten and Sha-ronda Medina.

• A Balfour representative will be at the school Aug. 31 to display class rings and dis-tribute order forms. Orders for junior high class rings will be due Sept. 7.

• Entries for the WCJH Underage Drinking poster and essay contest are due Friday. Prizes include $100 gift card for first place, $50 gift card for second place and $25 gift card for third place. Entry forms may be picked up in the office.

Warrenton• Kat Hilderbrand’s third-

and fourth-grade GATES stu-dents created silhouettes and listed attributes about them-selves after a unit on self-esteem. Fifth-grade GATES wrote a poem on shells, and sixth-grade GATES wrote “slice of life” poems.

• Fifth-grade students of Monica Wilson and Katie Emfinger made plant and animal cells from Play-Doh during a science lesson.

• Top PBIS classes of the week were Heather Gordon’s third grade and Ida Allen’s class.

• Fourth- and fifth-grade classes will visit the Vicks-burg National Military Park on Monday.

• After reading “No David,” Charisse Brown’s first-grad-ers designed self-portraits using torn paper and various art supplies.

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Dillion also performs at his church, Lighthouse Assem-bly of God on Sherman Avenue, where his stepfather, Steve Taylor, is in a band called Blessed Assurance.

Dillion was diagnosed in 1999 at 18 months old with

a cancer called neuroblas-toma that caused a tumor to develop in his stomach. “We had to fly to New York City in December 2000 to remove the tumor,” his mother said. “He’s a survivor.”

The cancer is gone, she

said, and the family has been traveling to New York each year for checkups.

It wasn’t until this summer that Dillion “really took it in,” Taylor said.

“He got the whole expe-rience (in New York),” she

said. “He talked with street musicians there. We let him play his saxophone in Cen-tral Park. I wanted him to be inspired. I wanted to encour-age him.”

While in New York, Dillion visited The Juilliard School,

a prestigious performing arts conservatory.

“Now it’s his dream to go to Juilliard,” Christie Taylor said.

Carlisle said he is open to the idea of musicians per-forming in the mall.

“They would need to get permission first, and we ask that it be non-electronic stuff,” he said. “We may reach a point where we have music. We’re thinking about it.”

employee behavior, Muse said, instead of spending money on equipment.

Hinds energy managers Jason Pope and Mindy Ste-vens, based at the Raymond campus, were trained by Energy Education consul-tants to work with 1,025 full-time employees on saving

energy.The behavior-based effort

included employees turning off lights in an empty room and shutting down comput-ers when not in use, Hinds public relations director Cindy Hayden said.

“It’s the little things, but it took some time to enforce,”

she said. The effort has saved the

school about $2.5 million, Pope said, or about 26 per-cent reduction in energy consumption.

The savings allowed in the fiscal year that began July 1 raises for Hinds’ employees, a first in three years, Muse

said.Pope said the return on

investment since the start of the program has been 134 percent.

The project has reduced energy use by 38,934 MMBTU, or 1 million Brit-ish Thermal Units, which is equivalent to 1,319 fewer cars

on the road or 187,895 pine trees planted and grown for 10 years, Hayden said.

The U.S. Environmen-tal Protection Agency gave Energy Education the 2011 Award for Sustained Excel-lence and the 2009 and 2010 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year awards.

Energy Education has worked with more than 1,100 educational and ministerial organizations saving more than $2.5 billion since start-ing in 1986.

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Anna Marie Thompson of Vicksburg, riding Dat Baby’s an Eye Opener, competed at the National Barrel Horse Association Youth World Champion-ships in Jackson and was one of 150 finalists out of 914 participating teens. She placed fourth in the 4D event. She has received more than $1,000 in cash and prizes. Anna Marie, 14, began participating with River Riders 4-H at age 8. The daughter of Charles and Denise Thompson, she attends Warren Central High School.

Sculptor Sam Gore and wife, Margie, are with his newest creation, called “Working Man.” The 600-pound bronze figure has been placed in the Gore Galleries Sculpture Garden on the Mississippi College campus in Clinton.

The work depicts a farmer clutching a Bible, dog at his side. Gore, 83, is MC’s former art department chairman. His works are displayed on the campus, at other sites in the Jackson area and across the state.

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New Jersey toy gun swapcontrasts with nearby violence

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Sev-eral dozen children clutching water pistols and cap guns lined up in Newark to exchange their fake weapons for nonvio-lent toys as word spread that a shooting with a real gun had taken place just blocks away.

Newark Mayor Cory Booker said the nearby gunfire was from a man accidentally shoot-ing and injuring himself, and that the fact it took place near a children’s toy gun exchange illustrated just how important such initiatives had become to curbing the cycle of violence.

“We have a serious, serious problem in Newark, in Jersey City, Camden, Detroit, Cleve-land; there’s a serious problem

in America with gun violence,” Booker said. “We’ve got to start to break this culture, and we in Newark are determined to do that.”

Newark’s toy gun exchange program was organized by a grass-roots group called Stop Shootin’ Inc., which holds anti-violence vigils and community events throughout the city.

Monday’s event, in a small park in Newark’s gritty South Ward, offered children who brought in plastic weapons of any kind a choice of new, non-violent toys and books. Among the offerings donated were new hockey sticks and pucks, new basketballs, boxing gloves, Barbie dolls or chess sets.

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ON THE MENUfrom staff reports Spirits on

tap forSaturdaynight festBy Terri Cowart [email protected]

The Rolling on the River Wine, Spirits and Food Festi-val is set for Saturday night, a debut event for Vicksburg presented by the Missis-sippi Hospitality Beverage Association.

“The association hosted a festival of this kind on the Gulf Coast two years ago, and we got a really good response from fes-tival par-ticipants,” said Bonnie McCor-mick, assistant director of the asso-ciation. “This is one way to get people to try new wines and spirits.”

The fes-tival was moved due to the ramifica-tions of Hurricane Katrina, which battered the Mississippi Gulf Coast on Aug. 29, 2005.

Ten Vicksburg restaurants will offer samples, and wine and liquor will be available at different stations.

The MHBA aims to “rep-resent the (wine and liquor) store owners’ investments in the state,” said Victor Pitt-man of MHBA.

The festival is a first of its type for the convention center.

Tickets are $35 per person and $60 for a couple, and par-ticipants must be 21 to enter.

The festival will mark the start of the MHBA’s con-vention, which will draw as many as 275 people to Vicksburg for three days — Sunday through Tuesday.

If you go The Rolling on the River Wine, Spirits and Food Fes-tival will run from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the Vicks-burg Conven-tion Center. Tickets are $35 per per-son and $60 per couple. Call 800-745-3000 or 601-630-2929, or visit www.ticketmaster.com.

We welcome your items for On the Menu, a wrap-up of area food events. Submit items by e-mail ([email protected]), postal service (P.O. Box 821668, Vicksburg, MS 39182), fax (601-634-0897), delivered in person to 1601-F N. Frontage Road, or by calling 601-636-4545 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays. If corresponding by fax, mail or e-mail, be sure to include your name and phone number.

On the calendar:• Sushi Workshop — 5:30-

7:30 p.m. Sept. 9 at South-ern Cultural Heritage Center; $30 for members, $35 for nonmembers; instructor: William Fur-long, food and beverage manager of Diamond-Jacks Casino; 601-631-2997 or [email protected].• Tailgate Cooking

Workshop — 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 13 at South-ern Cultural Heritage Center; $30 for members and $35 for nonmembers; instructor: William Fur-long, food and beverage manager of Diamond-Jacks Casino; 601-631-2997 or [email protected].

The Food Network’s Paula Deen shares this simple twist on a classic favorite:

•Asian Chicken Salad4 cooked skinless boneless

chicken breasts, diced1 1/4 cups bean sprouts1 1/2 cups snow peas1/4 cup chopped scallions1/4 cup vegetable oil5 teaspoons soy sauce1 teaspoon

ground ginger

1/8 tea-spoon salt

1/8 tea-spoon freshly ground black pepper

1/8 teaspoon sugar1/4 cup diced celery1 (8-ounce) can sliced

water chestnuts, drained

Combine the chicken, bean sprouts, snow peas and scallions. Make a dressing using the oil, soy sauce, ginger, salt, pepper and sugar. Add to the chicken mixture. Add the celery and water chest-nuts and mix well. Serve chilled.

•Another Food Network favorite:

•Asian Salad

Cut 1/2 English cucum-ber, 1/2 small jicama, 1 large carrot and 1 celery stalk into matchsticks.

Drain and rinse a 15-ounce can baby corn; quarter the corn length-wise. Toss the vegetables with dressing.

Mix 3 tablespoons rice vinegar, 1/4 cup chopped cilantro, 2 tablespoons soy sauce, 1 tablespoon each sesame seeds and grated ginger, 1 teaspoon sesame oil, 1/2 teaspoon each grated garlic and minced jalapeño and salt to taste.

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By J.M. HirschAP food editor

T he same combination that makes pizza so irresistible — mozza-rella and tomatoes —

also makes a mean salad.And just like a classically deli-

cious pizza, you don’t need much beyond those two star ingre-dients to assemble a stunning salad, known in Italy as a caprese salad.

In this case, I simply stacked slabs of tomato and fresh mozza-rella, then drizzled them with a lemon vinaigrette and sprinkled them with fresh basil and lemon zest.

To add a punch of tang to the salad, I added capers to the vinai-

grette, as well as a sprinkle of them over the salad just

before serving. Capers are the pickled unopened flower buds of a bush that grows in the Mediter-ranean. The flavor is pleasantly briny and herby.

Of course, like pizza, feel free to pile on whatever else seems tasty.

Caprese Saladwith Caper VinaigretteStart to finish: 15 minutesServings: 4Two 8-ounce balls fresh

mozzarella2 large slicing tomatoesSalt and ground black pepper1/4 cup olive oilJuice and zest of 1 lemon1 tablespoon capers, dividedHandful fresh basil leaves

Use a serrated knife to slice

each ball of mozzarella into 4 slices. Repeat with the tomatoes, cutting each into 4 slices.

Stack 2 slices of tomato and 2 slices of mozzarella, alternating as you stack, on each of 4 serving plates. As you stack, season each tomato slice with a pinch of salt and pepper. Set aside.

In a blender, combine the olive oil, lemon juice and half of the capers. Purée until smooth. Season with salt and pepper. Drizzle a bit of the dressing over each mozzarella-tomato stack. Scatter several basil leaves, a few of the remaining capers and a bit of the lemon zest over each stack.

Nutrition information per serving: 460 calories; 370 calories from fat (79 percent of total calo-ries); 41 g fat (18 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 90 mg cholesterol; 5 g carbohydrate; 19 g protein; 1 g fiber; 370 mg sodium.

...beautiful,simple and refreshing

By J.M. HirschAP food editor

In our rush to overschedule our lives, it’s easy to overlook some of the simple summer traditions that make this season so wonderful.

When I was a child, twice a week my parents and I would load the car with 10-gallon glass bottles. The bottles and I would bounce around the back seat (Seatbelts? What seatbelts?) as we headed to the nearby Merrimack River. There, just across the street from the water, was an ice cream shop that also sold spring water from a tap out-side its back door.

There was always a crowd — lines for the water, lines for the ice cream. Big old classic banana boats. Frappes topped with whipped cream and plastic

Let summerlinger witha lime rickey

See Rickey, Page C2.

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toy soldiers with “real” para-chutes. Brownie sundaes that I craved but never tried because the brownies were jammed with walnuts (I still can’t abide nuts in baked goods).

In fact, I never got ice cream of any kind. Nor did my parents. Nor plenty of other people.

Back then, Heritage Farm Ice Cream (named for Heri-tage State Park that ran along the river in front of it) was known for its lime rickeys — ice cold sweet-sour drinks that bear only a casual resemblance to the boozy cocktail with which they share a name.

Heavy hits of lime juice and sugar mixed with crushed ice and seltzer water so heav-ily carbonated the bubbles would come up the straw. It was pure summer.

My parents usually got the straight up lime rickey. I pre-ferred the even tangier rasp-berry-lime rickey.

Then I grew up and forgot about them. But this summer, while shuttling my son between karate and summer camp and park out-ings, I remembered. And I decided it was time to restart the tradition. Minus, that is, the bouncing around in the back seat with 10-gallon bot-tles of water.

Classic RaspberryLime RickeyStart to finish: 10 minutesServings: 31 cup sugar1/3 cup water1 teaspoon raspberry extractIce6 limesSeltzer water

In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine the sugar and 1/3 cup water. Bring to a simmer, stirring just until the sugar has fully dissolved, about 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool for a minute or two. Stir in the raspberry extract.

Fill 3 large glasses with ice. Squeeze the juice of 2 limes into each glass. Add 1/3 cup of the sugar syrup, then

fill the glasses with seltzer water. Stir well.

StrawberryLemon RickeyStart to finish: 5 minutesServings: 11/2 cup frozen strawberries

in sugar, thawed1/4 cup lemon juice

2 tablespoons sugarClub soda or seltzer waterIceFresh strawberry, to garnish

In a blender, combine the strawberries, lemon juice and sugar. Blend until smooth. Pour into a high-ball glass filled with ice, then top with club soda or seltzer

water and stir gently. Gar-nish with the strawberry.

Blueberry-Basil RickeyMake up a double batch of

this one — one for your kid, and one for yourself (with the optional gin).

Start to finish: 5 minutesServings: 1

1 sprig fresh basil1 tablespoon sugar2 ounces blueberry juice1/2 ounce lime juice1 ounce gin (optional)IceClub soda or seltzer waterHandful of fresh blueberries

In the bottom of a high-ball glass, muddle the basil with the sugar. Pour in the blue-berry juice, lime juice and the gin (if using) and stir to dissolve the sugar. Add ice and club soda or seltzer water, stirring gently. Gar-nish with the blueberries.

Three-CitrusRaspberry RickeyStart to finish: 5 minutesServings: 1Handful fresh raspberries1/2 ounce agave nectar1/2 ounce lemon juice1/2 ounce lime juice1 ounce orange juice1 ounce vodka1 ounce raspberry liqueurIceClub soda or seltzer water

In the bottom of a high-ball glass, gently crush half of the raspberries. Stir in the agave nectar, lemon juice, lime juice, orange juice, vodka and raspberry liqueur. Add ice, club soda or seltzer water, and the remaining raspberries. Stir gently.

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Guinness counts on chilled reception for new lagerPHILADELPHIA (AP) —

Guinness is about to dip its dark hued brew into the cold end of the booze pool.

In fact, listening to the brew master for Dublin’s most famous export (sorry, Bono) describe how to best taste the company’s latest line goes down as smooth as shooting a pint of whiskey.

Guinness Black Lager must best be enjoyed cold.

“Even on ice,” said Guin-ness master brewer Fergal Murray.

Hold it. Guinness on the rocks? What’s next, James Bond ordering cosmos?

My goodness, what’s up with my Guinness?

Every image of a Guinness is about the seduction of the stout, from the slender black can that pops on the shelf to the beckoning curves in its sig-nature glass, and the detailed ritual of the serve to get a frothy, oh-so-perfect pint.

All sipped and chugged or used as a savory landing space for a shot of Jameson at room temperature.

Scratch that. Save the stouts for winter hibernation and crank the dial down inside the beer fridge.

Guinness is making an attempt for a wider appeal in the crowded American beer market with the intro-duction of a lager. Guinness, long known for its distinctive color and creamy head, wants to compete pint-to-pint with a clean, crisp beverage that only needs bikini-clad girls or a talking pooch as pitch-man to truly scream, “We’re an American beer!”

Americans spent $101 billion on beer last year, according to Paul Gatza, director of the Brewers Association. Diageo-owned Guinness is the third-largest imported beer in the U.S., but its numbers are

dwarfed by generic giants Anheuser-Busch and Miller-Coors. Guinness had 1.3 percent of the marketplace in the U.S. and shipped 2.66 million barrels in 2010, according to Beer Marketer’s INSIGHTS, Inc. the leading source of information about the U.S. beer industry.

Guinness is moving slowly with its new lag er — after serv-i n g t h e new brew i n t w o test mar-kets, the national rollout kicks off in time for football on Sept. 1 . Guin-ness Black Lager is not available in Ireland, the company’s home and one of the hardest-drinking countries in Europe.

“Is it a Guinness or is it not a Guin-ness?” Murray asked. “It is a Guinness lager and it’s going to be positioned against other lagers in the marketplace.”

That could be tough to swal-low for the devotees of the iconic stout, who make the pilgrimage to the brewery in

St. James’ Gate in Ireland to bow their heads in reverence — before they’re slumped in a stupor — to a beer that dates back to the 1700s.

Of course, trends change through the centuries. Guin-ness believes its latest beer — with a suggested retail price of $8.49 for a six-pack— helps the company

keep up with an expand-ing market-place. But will con-sumers buy it or see the company as pandering to Ameri-can taste buds? It is, after all, a brand built o n d a r k beer stouts, a d r i n k that hasn’t always enjoyed wide appeal among Americans who prefer to drink out of a 12-ounce can.

“No, no, n o , n o , ” Murray said. “It’s in line with

everything we’ve ever done

in terms of getting great beers out there in the market.”

The reality is, Guinness isn’t breaking tradition — simply adding a new lineage.

Still, it feels a bit strange.After all, the Guinness web-

sites include how-to steps for the perfect pour straight out of algebra class (“glass tilted at 45 degrees, until it is three-quarters full”).

For the new stuff? Simply use the cheap bottle opener on your keychain and crack the cap. The only pour should be the one from the 11.2-ounce bottle straight into your mouth.

“The days of room temper-ature pints are long gone,” Murray said.

Perhaps the sudsy shift will settle easier in a super-sized country that likes a new twist on familiar products (thank you, deep-fried Twinkies!). Would Peter Griffin swap his Pawtucket Patriot Ale for a six pack of Guinness Black Lager?

One midafternoon suds- sipper, who prefers her beers golden, got a preview taste and enjoyed the newfound chill.

“Oh,” she says, surprised. “I actually like it and I’m not a big Guinness drinker. It looks like you’re drinking a Guin-ness, but it tastes like you’re drinking a lager.”

In Philadelphia, where tav-erns boast of adhering to the brewing recipes of the found-ing fathers, few bars are worth a stop for a late-night belt like Fergie’s Pub. The cozy, simple Irish bar, which boasts no TVs and great beers on tap, is a stout defender of Guinness’ pour system for a draft beer.

Owner Fergus Carey, who’s made a name around town as a beer connoisseur, took several

sips of Guinness Black Lager before issuing a verdict.

“I get a Guinness bottle taste for it,” he said. “It’s like a lager and Guinness mixed together.”

So, would Carey serve the latest lager?

“Ummmm,” he said, before taking a long pause, “Probably not. It’s new and gimmicky.”

Gimmicks sometimes are a hit. Guinness is counting on the roasted barley flavor with a bit of hops kicked in to attract the masses who only think of the brand as a dark, heavy beer.

“What they’re trying to do here is make more money,” Carey said. “Have another product on the shelf. They’ve done a lot of things before. I don’t know. It’s not bad.”

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The best-tasting pasta sauces often are the least cookedBy Rocco DiSpiritoFor The Associated Press

You say tomato; they say pomodoro.

And when they say it, they mean it. That’s because the Italians are champions of simple, classically delicious ways of using fresh tomatoes. And they should be; they’ve been cultivating them for hun-dreds of years.

One of the many basic ways they prepare garden-fresh tomatoes is in a pomodoro sauce made with basil and garlic tossed with pasta. This pasta is just that, noodles and tomatoes, a dish that embod-ies the core philosophy of Ital-ian food — letting a few per-fectly ripe ingredients shine.

I recently returned from a cooking expedition to Italy where I learned how to pre-pare pomodoro sauce from those who know best — Italian mothers and grandmothers.

One particular day sticks in my mind. I was getting ready to do what I always do — smash garlic cloves by laying the flat side of a knife on top of them and lightly whacking it with the palm of my hand. As I got ready to give the garlic a good slam, the Ital-ian mama cooking with me, named Lucia, screamed “No!” so loud you could hear her in France.

Then she explained that the garlic for the pomodoro sauce had to be sliced. I didn’t know why until I tasted her pomodoro sauce. It blew me away. The sliced garlic, sau-téed in extra-virgin olive oil to almost dark brown but not burned, imparted a taste explosion in my mouth that you just can’t get from the usual ways of preparing and tossing garlic into a dish.

So when you make this recipe, do not chop the garlic. Do not press the garlic. Do not smash or whack the garlic. And by all means, do not use that pre-diced stuff in the jar.

If you do any of the above, you have performed an illegal operation. Go to jail. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200.

Do take the time to find fresh tomatoes, ripe ones, like from the vine. I know they may be only the stuff of lore in and around your community, but they do exist. And now is the

perfect time to go out and search for them.

As I do with all my Now Eat This! recipes, I’ve cut way back on the calories and fat from the traditional 840-cal-orie-per-serving Italian ver-sion, but I guarantee you’ll get a real, full tomato flavor in this 281-calorie version. I also cut

the fat by nearly two-thirds, from 17 grams per serving to just 6 grams.

Any variety of tomato works in this recipe so long as they are very ripe. I prefer small tomatoes, such as cherry, pear or grape, because they can be tossed right in, skins and all. For larger tomatoes, peel

them first, then chop them. This recipe takes no more than 30 minutes to get on the table. The best sauce, I discov-ered after years of sauce-mak-ing, is the least cooked.

Pasta PomodoroStart to finish: 30 minutesServings: 4Salt1 tablespoon extra-virgin

olive oil, divided6 cloves garlic, thinly slicedPinch red pepper flakes

(peperoncino)16 fresh basil leaves, torn

into small pieces, divided2 pints very ripe grape

tomatoes (about 80 grape tomatoes)

8 ounces dry kamut spaghettiGround black pepper, to taste1 ounce Parmigiano-Reg-

giano cheese, freshly grated, divided

In a large pot, bring 6 quarts of water to a boil. Add 2 table-spoons of salt.

In a large nonstick skillet over medium-low, heat 1/2 tablespoon of the oil. Add the garlic slices and toast, stirring constantly, for 3 to 4 minutes, or until lightly browned. Watch closely so garlic doesn’t burn. Increase the heat to medium, add the red pepper flakes and half of the basil leaves. Cook for 30 seconds, then add the grape tomatoes.

Add the pasta to the boiling water and cook until al dente according to package direc-tions, usually about 8 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Meanwhile, toss the grape tomatoes in the pan and cook for about 5 minutes, or until they start to blister and the skins pop. Mash the tomatoes gently with a potato masher or fork to make a pulp, then turn off the heat. Season lightly with salt and black pepper.

Drain the pasta, reserving 1/4 cup of the cooking water. Add the drained pasta and reserved pasta water to the tomato mixture. Increase the heat to medium-high. Add half of the cheese. Cook for about 2 minutes, or until the sauce begins to cling to the noodles, using a heat resistant rubber spatula to toss the pasta to coat evenly.

Add the remaining basil and olive oil and toss to coat. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Divide the pasta among 4 plates and sprinkle with the remaining cheese.

Nutrition information per serving: 281 calories; 6 g fat (19 percent of total calories, 2 g saturated); 6 mg cholesterol; 46 g carbohydrate; 8 g protein; 6 g fiber; 260 mg sodium.

Pasta PomodoroThe associaTed press

Now Eat This!

Rocco DiSpirito is author of the “Now Eat This!” and “Now Eat This! Diet” cook-books. His column is of-fered weekly by the AP.

Tips• Don’t stir or toss the pasta

with tongs as they tend to break the noodles.

• If the noodles are not cooked enough to your liking, simply add a little more pasta water and cook longer in the pan with the sauce.

• If you can’t find kamut spaghetti, use any shape of kamut pasta. And if you can’t find kamut pas-ta, brown rice or whole wheat varieties are fine.

Just-picked is best formula for saladBy J.M. HirschAP food editor

When constructing a great salad, Alice Waters wants it to be fresh. Really fresh.

“I want salad that has just been picked, that has a feel-ing of aliveness to it,” Waters said. “I like a mix of colors and textures of lettuces and herbs — bibb, young romaine, frisee, oak leaf, mint. The quality of the oil, vinegar, fresh garlic and salt is vital!”

Waters offers a simple but stunning heirloom and cherry tomato salad.

Heirloom and Cherry Tomato Salad

When we made this deli-cious salad, we didn’t have the optional lemon cucumbers or torpedo onions. But we found half of a medium red onion and three baby cucumbers, peeled and seeded, were fine substitutes. It’s a very forgiv-

ing recipe.1/2 pint assorted cherry

tomatoes, halved2 pounds heirloom tomatoes,

different colors and sizes, cored and cut into wedges

1 shallot, finely diced2 tablespoons red wine

vinegar1 clove garlic, smashedSalt1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oilGround black pepperGreen and purple basil

leaves, choppedLemon cucumbers and tor-

pedo onions (optional)

Arrange the tomatoes in a shallow bowl or on a platter. Set aside.

To make the vinaigrette, in a small bowl macerate the shallot in the vinegar with the garlic and a little salt for 15 minutes. Whisk in the oil. Taste and adjust the acidity and the salt as necessary.

Season the tomatoes with salt and pepper, then sprinkle

on the chopped basil leaves. Dress with vinaigrette.

Aioli2 or 3 small garlic clovesPinch of salt1 egg yolk1/2 teaspoon water1 cup olive oil

Using a mortar and pestle, pound the garlic and salt until smooth.

In a medium bowl, whisk the egg yolk, half of the garlic paste and the water.

Whisking constantly, slowly dribble the oil into the egg yolk mixture. As the egg yolk absorbs the oil, the sauce will thicken, lighten in color and become opaque. This will happen rather quickly. Then you can add the oil a little faster, whisking all the while. If the sauce is thicker than you like, thin it with a few drops of water. Taste and add more salt and garlic as desired.

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TONIGHT ON TVn MOVIE“The Curious Case of Benja-min Button” — Benjamin But-ton, Brad Pitt, is born an old man in 1918 New Orleans and ages in reverse and, in so do-ing, becomes intimately famil-iar with the natures of love and death./5:30 on FXn SPORTSMLB — In a possible Ameri-can League playoff preview, the Boston Red Sox and Texas Rangers face off in Arlington./6 on ESPN2n PRIMETIME“Burn Notice” — Arms trader Brennan returns and kidnaps Nate, forcing Michael to help him pull off an elaborate heist; Michael contends with Paxson’s on-going investigation./7 on MNT

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 BIRTHDAYSKenny Baker, actor, 77; Marshall Thompson, rhythm-and-blues singer, 69; Anne Archer, actress, 64; Steve Guttenberg, actor, 53; Craig Kilborn, talk show host, 49; Marlee Matlin, ac-tress, 46; Dave Chappelle, actor-comedian, 38; Chad Michael Murray, actor, 30; Jeffrey Gilbert, Christian rock musician, 28; Mika, singer, 28; Rupert Grint, actor, 23. n DEATHRoss Barbour — The singer who was the last original member of the influential 1950s harmonizing group the Four Freshmen has died in Southern California at 82. The current group’s man-ager, Dina Roth, said that Barbour had lung cancer and died Saturday at his Ventura County home in Simi Valley. Barbour’s death comes three months after the death of another found-ing member, his cousin, Bob Flanigan. The two other founding members were Barbour’s brother, Don Barbour, and Hal Kratz-sch. The Grammy-winning Four Freshmen’s hits include “Gradu-ation Day,” “It’s a Blue World,” “Mood Indigo,” “Day by Day,” “It Hap-pened Once Before” and “How Can I Tell Her?”

PEOPLE

Affleck, Garner expecting third childBen Affleck and Jennifer Gar-

ner’s family is growing — rep-resentatives for the actors say the couple are expecting their third child.

A one-sentence statement re-leased Monday says the actors are “thrilled” to have another baby on the way. The couple has two daughters, 5-year-old Violet and 2-year-old Seraphina Elizabeth Rose Affleck.

No other details were re-leased.

Affleck and Garner, both 39, were married in 2005.

Garner, who rose to fame after starring in the television series “Alias,” appeared over the weekend at a Disney expo to promote her upcoming film, “The Odd Life of Timothy Green.”

Affleck won an Oscar for co-writing the screenplay to “Good Will Hunting” and recently wrote, directed and starred in the thriller “The Town.”

Moyers returning to weekly TVJournalist Bill Moyers retired from weekly TV a

year ago but now says he plans to return.He said Monday he’ll be back in January with

an hourlong interview show called “Moyers & Company.”

He says the new weekly show will not be car-ried by PBS, the home for much of his past pro-gramming. It will be distributed to public TV sta-tions by American Public Television.

He recently hosted PBS’ “Bill Moyers Journal.” That concluded in April 2010.

The 77-year-old Moyers said his upcoming show will feature interviews with diverse voices and the goal of contributing “to the conversation of democracy.”

Moyers once worked in the administration of President Lyn-don Johnson. He was also a commentator for CBS News and NBC News.

Schwarzenegger film to be shot in N.M.Arnold Schwarzenegger will be making his movie comeback

in New Mexico.The movie “Last Stand” will start filming in Belen, N.M., in Oc-

tober.The movie is a modern day Western about convicts making

their way to the Mexican border through New Mexico after es-caping from a prison in Las Vegas.

Schwarzenegger said in May that he was putting his acting projects on hold after disclosing that he fathered a child with a family housekeeper and splitting with wife, Maria Shriver.

ANd ONE MOrE

Postman attacked with paintball guns A postal worker was the target of a bizarre paintball attack

while making his appointed rounds in Philadelphia, police said.Investigators said three assailants approached the 50-year-

old letter carrier on Saturday in the Philadelphia’s Germantown neighborhood and opened fire with paintball guns.

The man was struck in the face, arms and back. His truck was also splattered with paint.

Police said the attackers, believed to be men between 18 and 20 years old, then fled in a car. The men didn’t demand money or try to take anything from the postal worker.

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No illegal drugs found in Winehouse’s bodyLONDON (AP) — Amy

Winehouse had no illegal drugs in her system when she died, and it is still unclear what killed the singer, her family said Tuesday.

The family said in a state-ment that tox-icology tests showed “alco-hol was pres-ent” in the singer’s body but it hasn’t yet been deter-mined if it contributed to her death.

The 27-year-old soul diva, who had battled drug and alcohol addiction for years, was found dead in her London home on July 23, and an initial post-mor-tem failed to determine the cause of death.

A statement released by spokesman Chris Goodman on the family’s behalf said “toxi-cology results returned to the Winehouse family by authori-ties have confirmed that there were no illegal substances in Amy’s system at the time of her death.”

It said the family awaited the outcome of an inquest that is due to begin in October.

Winehouse’s father, Mitch, has said his daughter had beaten her drug dependency three years before her death, but he admitted she was still struggling to control her drink-ing after several weeks of abstinence.

Mitch Winehouse told mourners at the singer’s July 26 funeral that she had said to him, “‘Dad, I’ve had enough of

drinking, I can’t stand the look on your and the family’s faces anymore.”’

The Winehouse family announced plans to establish a charitable foundation in the singer’s name to help people struggling with addiction — although Mitch Winehouse has said the plans are on hold because someone else had reg-istered the name Amy Wine-house Foundation.

In her short lifetime, Wine-house frequently made head-

lines because of drug and alco-hol abuse, eating disorders, destructive relationships and abortive performances.

Her health often appeared fragile. In June 2008 and again in April 2010, she was taken to a hospital and treated for inju-ries after fainting and falling at home.

Her father said she had devel-oped the lung disease emphy-sema from smoking cigarettes and crack, although her spokes-woman later said Winehouse only had “early signs of what could lead to emphysema.”

She turned her tumultuous life and personal demons into songs such as “Rehab,” from her Grammy-winning album “Back to Black.”

Her death prompted an out-pouring of emotion from fans — many of whom left flowers and offerings outside her house in north London’s Camden neighborhood — and from fellow musicians.

Her final recording, a duet with Tony Bennett on “Body and Soul,” is due to be released next month as a charity single.

Toxicology tests reveal alcohol, but cause of death not determined

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Author’s letter is focal point in ‘Help’ lawsuitBy Holbrook MohrThe Associated Press

JACKSON — A handwrit-ten letter from author Kath-ryn Stockett has become the focal point of a lawsuit over her bestselling novel “The Help,” which has been made into a box office hit.

A housekeeper who works for Stockett’s brother claims her likeness was used in the book without permission. “The Help” is based on relationships between white families in Mis-sissippi and the black women who worked for them in the 1960s. The movie adaptation of “The Help” took the No. 1

spot in the-aters this past weekend with $20.5 million.

Hinds County Cir-cuit Court Judge Tomie Green dis-missed Ablene Cooper’s law-suit last week. Green said the statute of lim-itations elapsed between the time that Stockett gave Cooper a copy of the book in January 2009 and the lawsuit’s filing in February of this year.

Cooper’s lawyer, Edward Sanders, filed a motion last

week to have the lawsuit reinstated. The motion argues that the clock should not have started ticking on the statute of limitations

until Cooper read the book

in the summer of 2010. Sanders argued that Cooper didn’t read it sooner because Stockett said in the letter that, despite the simi-larity in names, the character wasn’t based on Cooper.

In a response filed with the court Monday, Stockett’s law-

yers said the letter accompa-nied a copy of the book and Cooper waited too long to sue under the one-year statute of limitations.

“The note makes clear that Ms. Stockett told Mrs. Cooper that a character in the novel was named ‘Aibileen.’ With note and novel in her posses-sion, Mrs. Cooper knew, or rea-sonably should have known, of her potential claims in January 2009,” Stockett’s lawyers wrote in court papers.

Stockett’s defense team also said the letter has already been discussed and the judge made the correct decision in throw-ing out the lawsuit.

TV comedyproducerDaviesdies at 72

LONDON (AP) — John Howard Davies, who grew from cherubic child actor to influential British television producer, has died at 72.

Son William Davies said his father died Monday at his home in Blewbury, southern England. He had been suffer-ing from cancer.

He is remembered by film-lovers for playing the titular orphan boy in David Lean’s 1948 film of “Oliver Twist.”

He later became a producer and director on enduring comedies including “Monty Python’s Flying Circus,” “Fawlty Towers” and “Mr. Bean.”

Born in 1939, the son of writ-ers Jack and Dorothy Davies, the young actor followed “Oliver Twist” with major roles in “The Rocking Horse Winner” (1949), “Tom Brown’s Schooldays” (1951) and “The Magic Box” (1951).

As an adult he moved behind the camera as a producer and director, mainly at the BBC, where his work included Brit-ish comedy classics of the 1970s and 80s — “The Good Life,” “To the Manor Born,” “Not the Nine O’Clock News” and “The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin.”

Monty Python member Michael Palin said Davies was one of the directors of the first-ever episode of the series, in October 1969.

As head of comedy at BBC television between 1977 and 1982, Davies commissioned shows including “Only Fools and Horses” — one of the most popular British sitcoms of all time — and “Yes, Minister,” a classic of political satire.

He later worked for the com-mercial broadcaster Thames Television.

Davies is survived by his wife, son and daughter.

KathrynStockett

AbleneCooper

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Brad Pitt

Mitch Winehouse, right, Amy Winehouse ‘s father, and Amy’s mother, Janis, background, are comforted by friends outside the house of Amy Winehouse July 25 in Camden Square, northern London.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner

BillMoyers

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Poll might show changing attitudes on childrenDear Abby: Many years ago

an advice columnist (your mother?) posed the question to her readers, “If you had it to do over again, would you still have children?” I’m wonder-ing when the information was collected, and what the results of that inquiry were, and if you asked the same question today, what the majority of your readers would answer. — Ready2bdone in Phoenix

Dear Ready2bdone: The columnist was Ann Landers (my mother’s twin sister) and while I remember the poll, I don’t recall the date. I do remember that the responses arrived on postcards because it predated the establishment of the Internet.

The results were considered shocking at the time because the majority of responders

said they would NOT have children if they had it to do over again. I’m printing your question because it will be interesting to see if feelings have changed over the inter-vening years.

Dear Abby: My daughter, “Morgan,” is an intelligent, hardworking overachiever. She graduated from an Ivy League college with two degrees and academic honors. Days after graduation she was hired by a Fortune 500 com-pany and has been promoted

three times in the past four years.

Our daughter is a beauti-ful 28-year-old woman with a vivacious personality. Our problem is the boyfriends she chooses. She’s drawn to uned-ucated, jobless or part-time-employed men who talk a good game but never do anything.

Morgan’s latest boyfriend moved in with her and she is supporting him. Her mom, sister and I have tried talk-ing to her many times about this and her future. She seems oblivious to common sense and becomes defensive and agitated.

We want the best for our daughter. We realize she’s old enough and smart enough to make her own decisions, but we’re finding it difficult to support her choices. We don’t

want to alienate her. What should we do? — Paternal Voice of Reason

Dear “PAT”: Back off. All of you. These men may not be what you want for Morgan, but they obviously are fill-ing some need she has. In time her common sense may assert itself, but even if it doesn’t, your daughter’s choice of a mate is hers, not yours, to make. These may be passing fancies, but some-times opposites attract very successfully.

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

Mustard plasters still around,but should be used carefully

Dear Dr. Gott: I have wanted to ask this “lighter” question for a long while, so here goes: Whatever happened to mus-tard plasters and poultices?

Dear Reader: A mustard plas-ter is (or was) a home remedy used for many ailments, includ-ing the flu, coughs and colds. This old remedy is still rather common in France and Russia and is purported to stimulate the immune system, relieve pain, treat the common cold, cure gout, help bad circulation, sore muscles, rheumatism and difficulties related to the respi-ratory system. I find this all a little hard to believe. Through the years, as other remedies became available, poultices such as this one declined in popularity.

A mustard plaster is actu-ally a poultice of mustard seed powder, flour and water or egg white placed inside a protec-tive dressing. When egg white is used, it presumably prevents blistering of the skin.

Mustard plasters should not be used on children under the age of 6, and black mustard should not be used for patients with kidney disease, ulcers or venous problems. Inhal-ing the vapors of a plaster can trigger asthma attacks or eye irritation and cause sneezing and a cough. A mustard plas-ter should never be left on for longer than 20 minutes, and the contents should never come into direct contact with the skin because of the possibility of burning.

Dear Dr. Gott: I am a 25-year-old active female. About 10 months ago I began experienc-ing frequent urination, having to urinate every 30 minutes to an hour and either once or twice at night. I stopped drink-ing fluids after 7 p.m. That didn’t work.

I went to see a doctor several times who thought it might be a urinary tract infection. I was tested four times and every culture came back nega-tive. I finally went to a urolo-gist, who said I was retaining too much fluid and put me on some medication. Nothing has worked. Is there anything you can recommend?

Dear Reader: I question whether you had a clean-catch midstream culture and took the necessary initial steps prior to presenting the specimen, or whether you might have tested

negative because you were on an antibiotic.

Some individuals find that adding one or two 8-ounce glasses of 100 percent cran-berry juice to their daily diet can ward off symptoms of a UTI, as can 200 mg of vitamin A daily. Vitamin A deficiency can cause people to awaken two to three times each night with an urge to urinate.

I recommend you make an appointment with a urologist who can take your medical history and determine what, if any, additional testing might be necessary, such as cystoscopy, which examines the inside of the bladder.

•Write to Dr. Peter Gott in care of United Media, 200 Madison Ave., 4th fl., New York, NY 10016.

If tomorrow is your birthday: Because you could be operat-ing in some of the higher financial realms during the next year, it doesn’t mean it’s OK for you to take some wild gambles. Study the issues at hand and make your moves very slowly. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You’re usually more secure do-ing things along traditional lines, rather than toying with new methods or procedures. However, you could learn something new by going out on a limb a bit.Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — You might feel that doing things the usual way is boring, and even though you’re yearning to try something different, you’ll stick by tradition. You’ll be glad you did.Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Don’t be surprised if some sparks fly in a relationship that you’ve been treating rather casually. It’s merely that you’ll finally be seeing someone for the wonderful person he or she is. Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Your material desires can be fulfilled by knowing exactly what you want and how to go about getting it. Make a sound plan before embarking on your efforts.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — If you’re not quite sure how to accomplish a big job using the new way that everybody is try-ing, you had better stick to the slower but proven method. At least the work will get done.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Although you’re likely to be rath-er fortunate financially right now, don’t take any wild gambles on anything. And when you do make a significant outlay, be sure to investigate every aspect first.Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20) — Even if the unexpected might an-noy and frustrate you, when it comes to investments you aren’t likely to be tripped up. This doesn’t mean you should go hog wild.Aries (March 21-April 19) — Without even trying, you’re likely to be the one who can easily influence others. Use this power to encourage someone you love to better themselves or try some-thing new.Taurus (April 20-May 20) — You should pay attention to your behavior toward others, to your tone of voice and what you have to offer. You can make a good, lasting impression when you use your talents to help those around you.Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Be flexible and willing to do things the way others want them handled, even if you have to depart from your preferred methods. Who knows, you might find a new way of doing something.Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Stand by your old pal rather than side with someone new when trying to resolve an issue or make a decision. Loyalty is more important than whose think-ing is better or worse.Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Try not to be too easygoing with your funds. You are likely to be amazed by how much mileage you can get out of your dollars when you’re more careful than usual about your spending.

Dr. Wallace: Let’s be hon-est. A lot of teens drink and then drive. I’m one of them. I’m 19-years-old and con-sidered a “social drinker.” I’ve never been drunk in my life and I only have two or three drinks at most when I’m at a party. Since I don’t have a boy-friend, I drive myself to and from the function. A lot of my friends do the same. All I hear is: “Don’t drive after you have been drinking.” What’s the big deal if I’m not drunk and can drive my car without any problems? Sometimes people talk just to hear themselves speak. — Caroline, Marysville, Calif.

Caroline: Even one drink can affect a person’s ability to drive an automobile safely. Alcohol is classified as a de-pressant drug that acts on the central nervous system, slow-ing activities of the brain. Even after one drink, a driver’s foot may slow a fraction of a sec-ond in the transfer from the accelerator to the brake pedal. The result could be a tragic ac-cident. Alcohol also has an ef-fect on a driver’s vision. Again, one drink can affect depth perception. The more alcohol consumed, the greater the

faulty depth perception, poor peripheral vision and reduced night vision.

The American Automobile Association confirms that one or two drinks can cause a driv-er to be impaired. Since you have friends who also drive after consuming a few drinks, I’d suggest that you all form a group where one can be the designated, nondrinking driver. Even under the best of circumstances driving is chal-lenging.

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

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Mother punished boy to get on ‘Dr. Phil’ show, prosecutor saysANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP)

— A woman put hot sauce in her adopted 7-year-old son’s mouth not to punish the Rus-sian boy for lying but to come up with sensational footage to get on the “Dr. Phil” self-help TV show, a prosecutor has argued.

Jessica Beagley, 36, recorded the punishment on Oct. 21, 2010, for a show segment titled “Mommy Confessions,” said prosecutor Cynthia Franklin. The Anchorage woman faces misdemeanor child abuse charges stemming from the footage.

The eight-minute video shows Beagley confronting

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The footage also shows Bea-gley forcing the screaming boy into a cold shower before send-ing him off to bed.

Under a city ordinance, that is child abuse, Franklin told the District Court jury in her closing argument. “There is no reason in the world why some-one has to hurt a child to get on a reality show,” she said.

When the episode aired, it sparked public outrage in Russia, with some demand-ing that Kristoff and his twin brother, who were both adopted by Beagley and her husband, be returned to their

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She had seen a segment in April 2009 titled “Angry Moms” and contacted the show but heard nothing for a year and a half, Franklin said. The show eventually called to find out if Beagley was still angry, she said.

Beagley then submitted audi-tion videos, but was told they needed to see more than just yelling at the children: They needed to see her actually pun-ishing her son, the prosecutor said.

That’s when Beagley got

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Days later, she was on her way to Los Angeles to be on the show, Franklin added.

The episode was shown on Nov. 17, 2010. Beagley and her husband, a police officer, had tried more traditional means of punishment, such as spank-ings, timeouts and television restrictions, but none of those worked with Kristoff, said William Ingaldson, Beagley’s lawyer.

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SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'SNOTICE OF SALEWHEREAS, on June 30,2006, William E. Bexley, IIIexecuted a certain deed oftrust to Varner, Parker &Sessums, Trustee for thebenefit of MortgageElectronic RegistrationSystems, Inc. which deed oftrust is of record in the officeof the Chancery Clerk ofWarren County, State ofMississippi in Book 1599 atPage 702; andWHEREAS, said Deed ofTrust was subsequentlyassigned to Ocwen LoanServicing, LLC by instrumentdated October 25, 2010 andrecorded in Book 1516 atPage 171 of the aforesaidChancery Clerk's office; andWHEREAS, Ocwen LoanServicing, LLC hasheretofore substituted J.Gary Massey as Trustee byinstrument dated October 28,2010 and recorded in theaforesaid Chancery Clerk'sOffice in Book 1516 at Page172; andWHEREAS, default havingbeen made in the terms andconditions of said deed oftrust and the entire debtsecured thereby having beendeclared to be due andpayable in accordance withthe terms of said deed oftrust, Ocwen Loan Servicing,LLC, the legal holder of saidindebtedness, havingrequested the undersignedSubstituted Trustee toexecute the trust and sellsaid land and property inaccordance with the terms ofsaid deed of trust and for thepurpose of raising the sumsdue thereunder, togetherwith attorney's fees, trustee'sfees and expense of sale.NOW, THEREFORE, I, J.Gary Massey, SubstitutedTrustee in said deed of trust,will on September 21, 2011offer for sale at public outcryand sell within legal hours(being between the hours of11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.), atthe West Door of the CountyCourthouse of WarrenCounty, located atVicksburg, Mississippi, to thehighest and best bidder forcash the following describedproperty situated in WarrenCounty, State of Mississippi,to-wit:That part of Lot Thirty-seven(37) of what is known asChambers Street Addition, aplat of which said Addition isduly recorded at page 86 ofBook 116 of the Records ofWarren County, Mississippi,beginning at the NorthwestCorner of said Lot; runningthence North Eighty-eight(88) Degrees Forty-five (45)Minutes East on the Southline of Chambers StreetThirty-five and nineteenone-hundredths (35.19) feet;thence South sixty-four (64)Degrees Fifty (50) minutesEast on said line Twenty-fourand Eighty-oneone-hundredths (24.81) Feet;thence Southerly on astraight line to the Southeastcorner of said lot; thenceNorthwesterly along theSouth line of said Lot Forty(40) Feet to the Southwestcorner thereof; thence Northon the West line of said LotOne hundred and Fifty (150)Feet to the point ofbeginning; together with all

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11. BusinessOpportunitiesTHRIVING WASHING-

TON STREET restaurantneeds new owner. Turn-keyoperation. 662-873-4236,662-873-2878.

24. BusinessServices

12. Schools &Instruction

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12. Schools &Instruction

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24. BusinessServices

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

www.pawsrescuepets.org

If you are feeding a strayor feral cat and needhelp with spaying orneutering, pleasecall 601-529-1535.

15. AuctionLOOKING FOR A great

value? Subscribe to TheVicksburg Post, 601-636-4545, ask for Circulation.

24. BusinessServices

17. Wanted ToBuy

$ I BUY JUNK CARS $Highest price paid,

GURANTEED! Cash in your hand today!

Call 601-618-6441.

HEY! NEED CASH NOW?We buy JUNK CARS,

VANS, SUV’S, TRUCKS,SCHOOL BUSES, HEAVY

EQUIPMENT, HEAVY DUTYTRUCKS & TRAILERS.

Whether your junk is run-ning or not, & PAY YOUCASH NOW. Call today,

we'll come pick your junk upwith CASH in hand!1-800-826-8104

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 BUY ESTATES.Households and qualitygoods. Best prices. Youcall, we haul! 601-415-3121,601-661-6074. www.msauc-tionservice.com

WE HAUL OFF old appli-ances, old batteries, lawnmowers, hot water heaters,junk and abandoned cars,trucks, vans, etcetera. 601-940-5075, if no answer, pleaseleave message.

WE PAY CASH for junk.Cars, trucks. Vans, SUVs,and old dump trucks. 601-638-5946 or 601-529-8249.

24. BusinessServices

18. Miscellaneou sFor Sale

6 FOOT WOODEN tablewith benches- seats 8,$450. 4 foot round tile toptable- seats 4, $225. Queensize bed, $150. Antiquedresser, $175. Call Jennifer,601-218-4538.

ClassifiedHours: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday - Friday, Closed Saturday & Sunday. Post Plaza, 1601-F North Frontage Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180 • P. O. Box 821668 Vicksburg, MS 39182.

• S O M E T H I N G N E W E V E R Y D A Y •We accept: e y r w • Call Direct: (601)636-SELL

Online Ad Placement: http://www.vicksburgpost.com

We Write Thousands OfBest Sellers Every Year...We’re The Vicksburg PostClassified Advertising Department . . .our job is to help you writeeffective classified ads so you canhave best sellers too! Give us a call . . . we’ll write one for you!Call (601) 636-SELL.

Classified InformationLine Ad DeadlinesAds to appear Deadline

Monday 2 p.m., FridayTuesday 5 p.m., Friday

Wednesday 5 p.m., MondayThursday 5 p.m., Tuesday

Friday 5 p.m., WednesdaySaturday 11 a.m., Thursday

Sunday 11 a.m., Thursday

Classified DisplayDeadlinesAds to appear Deadline

Monday 5 p.m., ThursdayTuesday 3 p.m., Friday

Wednesday 3 p.m., MondayThursday 3 p.m., Tuesday

Friday 3 p.m., WednesdaySaturday 11 a.m., Thursday

Sunday 11 a.m., Thursday

Classified Ad RatesClassified Line Ads:

Starting at 1-4 Lines, 1 Day for $8.28Classified line ads are charged according to the

number of lines. For complete pricinginformation contact a Classified SalesRepresentative today at 601-636-SELL.

Ads cancelled before expiration date ordered arecharged at prevailing rate only for days actually run,

4 line minimum charge. $8.28 minimum charge.

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InternetPlace your classified line ad at

http://www.vicksburgpost.com

ErrorsIn the event of errors, please call the very first dayyour ad appears. The Vicksburg Post will not be

responsible for more than one incorrect insertion.

Mis-ClassificationNo ad will be deliberately mis-classified.

The Vicksburg Post classified department is thesole judge of the proper classification for each ad.

Classified Line DasStarting at 1-4 Lines, 1 Day for $8.32

4 line minimum charge $8.32 minimum charge.

DeadlinesAds to appear Deadline

Monday 5 p.m., ThursdayTuesday 3 p.m., Friday

Wednesday 3 p.m., MondayThursday 3 p.m., Tuesday

Friday 3 p.m., WednesdaySaturday 11 a.m., Thursday

Sunday 11 a.m., Thursday

/ADVERTISINGDEADLINES LABOR DAYOur offices will be closed on Monday, September 5th,

in observance of Labor Day. We will reopen on Tuesday, September 6th at 8:00 a.m.

EDITION & DEADLINESATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 -

Retail & Classified AdvertisingDeadline Wednesday, August 31/ 5 p.m.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 -Retail & Classified AdvertisingDeadline Wednesday, August 31 / 5 p.m.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 -LEGAL ADVERTISINGDeadline Thursday, September 1 / 10:30 a.m.

Retail & Classified AdvertisingDeadline Thursday, September 1 / 2 p.m.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 - All AdvertisingDeadline Thursday, September 1 / 5 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 - ALL ADVERTISINGDeadline Friday, September 2/ 5 p.m.

HAVE A SAFE LABOR DAY!

1601-F North Frontage Road / Post Plaza / Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180P.O. Box 821668 / Vicksburg, Mississippi 39182-1668

601-636-4545 / Classified 601-636-SELL / Fax 601-634-0897www.vicksburgpost.com

Barnes GlassQuality Service at Competitive Prices#1 Windshield Repair & Replacement

Vans • Cars • Trucks•Insurance Claims Welcome•

AUTO • HOME • BUSINESSJason Barnes • 601-661-0900

ROSSCONSTRUCTION

New HomesFraming, Remodeling,

Cabinets, Flooring,Roofing & Vinyl Siding

State Licensed & BondedJon Ross 601-638-7932

FLOOD RECOVERYDozer and Trackhoe Work

Debris Hauling &Demolition. Give us a call.

We will take care of everything. Call Dave

601-551-8503

Touching Hearts, LLCPrivate Duty Sitting and

Homemaker ServiceCaregivers available

WHEN and WHERE youneed them.

•LPN’s •CNA’s •NURSE ASSISTANTS

601-429-5426

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

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

All Business &

Service Directory Ads

MUST BE PAID

IN ADVANCE!

To advertise yourbusiness here for as

little as $2.83 per day,call our Classified Dept.

at 601-636-7355.

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

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

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Call 601-636-SELL tosell your Cat

or Dog!

The Classified

Marketplace...

Where buyers and

sellers meet.

Classifieds Really Work!

READ THECLASSIFIEDS DAILY!

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Find a Honey of a Deal inthe Classifieds...Zero in onthat most wanted or hard

to find item.

18. Miscellaneou sFor Sale

1949 PARTIALLY RE-STORED Ford tractor. 601-638-5397.

82ND VICKSBURG COINShow, August 27-28, Battle-field Inn, Saturday, 9am-6pm, Sunday, 10am-4pm,sponsored by VicksburgCoin Club. Information 601-638-1195.

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.

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!

PORTABLE GENERA-TOR, air compressor, tablesaw and leaf rake for mow-er. 601-638-2277.

RIDGEWAY GRANDFA-THER clock. 601-638-4003,601-529-8140.

TUBBS BY GRUBBS.1-day bathroom remodeling.1-888-339-5992 Toll Free.

318-324-1232.Financing available. Donniegrubbs.com

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.

20. Hunting

2001 POLARISSPORTSMAN 500 H.O. 4wheeler. 4X4, one owner.$2500 or best offer. See atAtwood Chevrolet, ask forJustin or call 601-529-2870.

21. Boats,Fishing Supplies

What's going on in Vicks-burg this weekend? ReadThe Vicksburg Post! Forconvenient home delivery,call 601-636-4545, ask forcirculation.

24. BusinessServices

A-1 LAWN SERVICE.Cutting, trimming, edging.Reasonable. 601-218-1448or 601-636-2629.

Chopper’sOlde Tyme Barber Shop

• Hair Cuts • Cut & Style• Hot Towel Shave• Shoe Shine

Dan Davis - Tracie Nevels4407 Halls Ferry Rd.

601-638-2522M-F: 8a-7p Sat: 8a-4p

Discount for Military/Civil Service

• BankruptcyChapter 7 and 13

• Social Seurity Disability• No-fault Divorce

Toni Walker TerrettAttorney At Law

601-636-1109

D & D TREE CUTTING•Trimming • Lawn Care

• Dirt Hauled• Insured

For FREE EstimatesCall “Big James”

601-218-7782

D.R. PAINTING AND CON-STRUCTION. Painting, roof-ing, carpentry service. Li-censed, bonded. Free esti-mates! Call 601-638-5082.

DIRT AND GRAVELhauled. 8 yard truck. 601-638-6740.

FREE ESTIMATESTREY GORDON

ROOFING & RESTORATION•Roof & Home Repair

(all types!)•30 yrs exp •1,000’s of ref

Licensed • Insured601-618-0367 • 601-456-4133

LAWN SERVICESWE Specialize IN the ap-

pearance of green on yourlawn as well as

saving the green in yourpocket. 601-529-5558.

PROFESSIONAL AL-TERATIONS AND sewing.35 years experience. 601-831-3650, leave message.

24. BusinessServices

I-PHONE REPAIR. Buy,sell and repair. ArcueSanchez - 601-618-9916.

QUALITY PAINTINGand Pressure Washing for

the lowest price. Call Willie Walker at

601-638-2107.

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.

Roofing • Carpentry•Brick masonry

•Demolition•Plumbing •Electrical

Ready to Work•Bonded

Call Malcolm 601-301-0841

STEELE PAINTINGSERVICE LLC

Specialize in painting/ sheet rock.

All home improvementsFree Estimates 601-634-0948.

Chris Steele/ Owner

26. For RentOr Lease

RICHARD M. CALDWELL

BROKER

SPECIALIZING IN RENTALS(INCLUDING CORPORATE

APARTMENTS)CALL 601-618-5180

[email protected]

28. FurnishedApartments

LOVELY FURNISHED 1Bedroom Apartment. Safe,convenient, 1415 WashingtonStreet, deposit required. 662-873-4236, 662-873-2878.

PRE-VIEW VICKS-BURG'S FINEST furnishedapartments on-line at www.

vicksburgcorporatehousing.com

Call today! 601-874-1116.

29. UnfurnishedApartments

2 BEDROOM. ALL elec-tric includes water $450. 4bedroom townhouse allelectric $500. Both are fur-nished with stove and re-frigerator. $200 deposit.601-634-8290.

THE COVETired of high utility bills?

Country Living at it’s BEST!

Paid cable, water & trash!Washer & Dryer,

Microwave included!Ask about our

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780 Hwy 61 North

CONFEDERATE RIDGE

APARTMENTS

$200Blow OutSpecial!

Call for details!601-638-0102

CANNON GATE APART-MENTS. 2 bedroom, 2 bath,washer/ dryer connections,wood burning fireplace,$805 monthly. Available8/20/2011. 601-634-8422.

29. UnfurnishedApartments

2 BEDROOM 1 bath.Central heat and air,City lo-cation. On/ Off road park-ing. $450 monthly plus de-posit. 601-631-4755.

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

River Oaks2 bedroom 1.5 baths

New just for you!That’s righteverything is

new. Call today!

Only a few left!601-638-2231

Riverbend Apartments2 Bedroom Apartments

Available Rental Assistance

Security Deposit $300 Call today for more information

318-633-9526Office hours:

Monday- Friday 8am-11am.

29. UnfurnishedApartments

30. HousesFor Rent

217 MONTAIGN DRIVE.$1250 monthly plus utilities(water,electric). 3 bedroom,2 bath. 4th bedroom or of-fice. 2,000 square feet withcarport and attached tworoom storage. AvailableSeptember 1. Call for ap-pointment 601-529-6312.

30. HousesFor Rent

LOS COLINAS. SMALL 2Bedroom, 2 Bath Cottage.Close in, nice. $795 month-ly. 601-831-4506.

NEAR DOWNTOWN. 2 bed-room, central air/ heat, porches,

stove, refrigerator, $450. 601-636-7107,

[email protected]

31. Mobile HomesFor Rent

3 BEDROOM MOBILE homein County. 601-638-7798.

MEADOWBROOKPROPERTIES. 2 or 3 bed-room mobile homes, southcounty. Deposit required.

601-619-9789.

24. BusinessServices

32. Mobile HomesFor Sale

2011 NEW 16X76. 3 bed-rooms, 2 baths. Delivery,set-up and tie down includ-ed. $29,900. 662-417-2354,601-624-3287.

DOUBLEWIDE. 3 Bed-rooms, 2 baths, air, deliv-ery, set-up and tie down in-cluded. $349 per month.662-417-2354, 601-624-3287.

HUGE TRIPLEWIDE- 3bedrooms, 3.5 baths. Deliv-ery, set-up and tie down in-cluded. $49,900. 601-624-3287, 662-447-2354.

KEEP UP WITH ALLTHE LOCAL NEWS

AND SALES...SUBSCRIBE TO

THE VICKSBURG POSTTODAY! CALL

601-636-4545, ASK FORCIRCULATION.

LAND AND HOME. 5bedrooms, 3 baths on 5acres. Owner financing. Call662-417-2354, 662-417-1209.

OWNER FINANCE. NOCREDIT CHECK! $5000down/ $750 per month. 3bedroom, 2 bath doublewide with land. Others avail-able. 601-941-2952.

32. Mobile HomesFor Sale

TOP DOLLAR PAID forused mobile homes. Call662-417-2354, 662-417-1209.

24. BusinessServices

34. HousesFor Sale

$675 MONTHLY ANDUP. 2606 Oak Street, 1865Martin Luther King Blvd.Renovated. 732-769-5743.

AskUs.

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! FHA & VA! Conventional! Construction! First -timeHomebuyers

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Open Hours:Mon-Fri 8:30am-5:30pm

601-634-89282170 S. I-20 Frontage Rd.

www.ColdwellBanker.comwww.homesofvicksburg.net

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

34. HousesFor Sale

Mary D. Barnes .........601-966-1665Stacie Bowers-Griffin...601-218-9134Jill WaringUpchurch....601-906-5012Carla Watson...............601-415-4179Andrea Upchurch.......601-831-6490Broker, GRI

601-636-6490

Licensed inMS and LA

Jones & UpchurchReal Estate Agency

1803 Clay Streetwww.jonesandupchurch.com

36. Farms &Acreage

EDWARDS- 2 ACRES.Near Battlefield Park, liveable/ ready- mobile home/house site, all utilities there.$13,500. 601-842-1261.

38. FarmImple ments/

Heavy Equipment

HEY! NEED CASH NOW?We buy JUNK CARS,

VANS, SUV’S, TRUCKS,SCHOOL BUSES, HEAVY

EQUIPMENT, HEAVY DUTYTRUCKS & TRAILERS.

Whether your junk is run-ning or not, & PAY YOUCASH NOW. Call today,

we'll come pick your junk upwith CASH in hand!1-800-826-8104

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.

29. UnfurnishedApartments

40. Cars & Trucks

1990 Ford F150. Clean,air blows cold. 601-218-8185.

29. UnfurnishedApartments

40. Cars & Trucks

1998 FORD CONTOUR.113,000 miles. $1,700. 601-529-1195.

2003 DODGE RAM QuadCab. $4,500. 601-529-5048.

BUY HERE, PAY HERE.Cars start at $500 down.Located: George Carr oldRental Building. Check us

out. 601-218-2893.

HEY! NEED CASH NOW?We buy JUNK CARS,

VANS, SUV’S, TRUCKS,SCHOOL BUSES, HEAVY

EQUIPMENT, HEAVY DUTYTRUCKS & TRAILERS.

Whether your junk is run-ning or not, & PAY YOUCASH NOW. Call today,

we'll come pick your junk upwith CASH in hand!1-800-826-8104

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.

GUARANTEED FINANCING

on 1997 to 2006 Models

Starting at $700 Down

Pick Yours NOW!

Gary’s Cars - Hwy 61 S

www.garyscfl.com

BACK TO SCHOOLSPECIAL!

2006 XTERRA S V6.57,000 miles, excellent con-dition. $15,000 or best offer.601-618-1860.

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1-888-339-5992 (Toll Free)318-324-1232

Donniegrubbs.com100% Financing Available

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MAGNOLIA MANOR APARTMENTSElderly & Disabled3515 Manor Drive

Vicksburg, Ms.601-636-3625

Equal Housing Opportunity

801 Clay Street 601-630-2921www.the-vicksburg.com

UTILITIES PAID!1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments

Studios & Efficiencies

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security, and safety.601-638-1102 • 601-415-3333

BienvilleApartments

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

The Car Store

601-638-6015 • 2800 Clay Street • Vicksburg, MS • Mon-Fri 8-5:30 • Closed Sat & Sun

CARS • CARS • CARS• CARS• CARS2000 FORD TAURUS SEL V2169 ...........18 Months @ $240 per month ......... $840*down-

2005 CHEVY MALIBU V2092R.......27 Months @ $230 per month ........................$945*down-

2006 CHEVY IMPALA LS V2178 ...25 Months @ $240 per month .................. $945*down-

2006 CHEVY COBALT LS V2156................28 Months @ $300 per month ..........$960*down-

2007 FORD FUSION SEL V2181 .......28 Months @ $370 per month ........... $2150*down--

TRUCKS • TRUCKS • TRUCKS • TRUCKS2001 MAZDA MPV LX VAN V2172 .......20 Months @ $230 per month............ $875*down

2003 BUICK RENDEZVOUS CX V2166 28 Months @ $290 per month ...... $1345*down

2004 NISSAN MURANO SE V2171...........28 Months @ $310 per month ... $1415*down

2006 FORD ESCAPE XLT V2174 ...........28 Months @ $340 per month ...... $1415*down

2003 JEEP LIBERTY LIMITED V2069R ......27 Months @ $270 per month $1440*down

2004 GMC ENVOY SLE V2165 ...........28 Months @ $370 per month ...... $1520*down

2001 CHEVY TAHOE LT V2183 ...........28 Months @ $360 per month ........ $1590*down

2003 CHEVY SUBURBAN LT V2180 ...........28 Months @ $330 per month $1800*down---

1999 CHEVY EXT CAB LS Z71 V2170 ..28 Months @ $370 per month .. $2150*down---

2004 CHEVY EXT CAB 4WD V2184 ...........28 Months @ $370 per month $2150*down---

LLOOOOKKIINNGG FFOORR YYOOUURRDDRREEAAMM HHOOMMEE??Check the real

estate listings in the classifieds daily.

Call 601-636-SELL tosell your Car

or Truck!

RENTED!

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By Jeff [email protected]

The first season of vol-leyball at Warren Central has been everything and more for junior Mary Hall.

Back in January, Hall began a petition drive to bring the sport to the Vicksburg Warren school district. Eight months later, the Warren Cen-tral volleyball team is a reality. On Thursday, the Lady Vikes play their first home game when Yazoo City visits at 5 p.m.

“Honestly, it has been better than I can imag-ine,” Hall said Tuesday as the Lady Vikes went through practice in the school’s gym.

Thursday’s match with Yazoo City will mark the first time the Lady Vikes will step on the refur-bished court that has been fitted with volleyball lines and a new Viking center-piece logo at mid-court.

Lady Vikes volleyball coach Greg Head, who has coached the WC boys soccer team for the past three years, said his team is anxious to play a home game.

“It will be the first time for us on the new floor,” Head said. “We had to work out at other places when they redid the floor. We’ve had to practice in the B Gym, or at the YMCA or Beechwood (Elementary). I’ve been impressed with how hard the girls have worked

SPORTSSteve Wilson, sports editor | E-mail: [email protected] | Tel: 601.636.4545 ext 142

THE VICKSBURG POST

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LOTTERYLa. Pick 3: 0-4-0 La. Pick 4: 9-0-5-3 Weekly results: D2

tigers talkLSU players meet with Baton Rouge police about bar fight. Story/D3

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PREP SOFTBALLLady Vikes InvitationalSaturday, 9 a.m., at WC

PREP FOOTBALLPCA hosts Deer CreekFriday, 7 p.m.

WC hosts CallawayFriday, 7:30 p.m.

St. Al at Greenville-St. JoeFriday, 7:30 p.m.

ON TV7 p.m. FSN - Atlanta Braves closer Craig Kim-brel has a shot to break the MLB rookie save re-cord against the Chicago Cubs tonight.

WhO’S hOTCRAIG KIMBRELAtlan-ta Braves rookie closer re-corded his 40th save — tying the MLb record by Texas Rangers closer Nef-tali Feliz last season — in a 5-4 win over the Chica-go Cubs on Tuesday. MLB leaders/D2

SIDELINESM-Braves bakeBiscuits again

The Mississippi Braves won their fifth straight and seventh in the last last eight games with a 4-1 win over Montgom-ery on Tuesday.

M-Braves starter Luis Avilan and Biscuits starter Shane Dyer battled for much of the night, but Avilan came out on top, striking out a career-high eight and issuing just two walks.

Mississippi (29-29 sec-ond half, 53-74 overall) scored a run in the first inning on Ernesto Mejia’s 34th double of the year, a two-out hit that plated Sean Henry.

With the M-Braves lead-ing 1-0 and one out in the sixth inning , Mejia walked, Ed Lucas singled and Donell Linares dou-bled in a run. One batter later, Cory Harrilchak plat-ed Lucas on a groundout. Braeden Schlehuber sin-gled to bring in Linares from third and give the M-Braves a 4-0 lead.

Andrew Wilson re-placed Avilan after five innings and allowed two hits in three innings of work.

The M-Braves continue their series against the Biscuits tonight at 7:05.

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Summitt diagnosed with dementiaBy Doug FeinbergAP basketball writer

Pat Summitt made it clear. She won’t accept a “pity party.”

The winningest coach in women’s basketball just wants to focus on getting Tennessee back on top.

Summitt surprised the sports world with her announcement Tuesday that she had been diagnosed with early onset dementia — the Alzheimer’s type. The Hall of Fame coach appeared stoic during a minute-long video posted on the school’s website.

“I plan to continue to be your coach,” the 59-year-old said in the video. “Obviously, I realize I may have some limitations with this condi-tion since there will be some

good days and some bad days.”

There is no cure for the dis-ease and even Summitt’s icy glare that has struck fear in many an opponent, official or Lady Vols player, won’t be able to stop its advances.

Still she said she won’t have her time at Tennessee turn into a “pity party.”

Summitt isn’t sure how much longer she will coach, saying only that she would do it “as long as the good Lord is willing”.

Before Tuesday’s news, Summitt was trying to figure out a way to end a three-year drought of missing the Final Four — one of the lon-gest in her 37-year tenure at the school. She does have one of the top recruiting classes coming in this year as freshmen.

She met with her team Tuesday to discuss her diag-nosis. Junior guard Taber Spani said the meeting was businesslike, with Summitt telling the Lady Vols nothing would get in the way for their quest of a ninth national title this season.

“It’s shocking, just because you don’t expect that to happen to someone you look up to,” Spani said. “I admire her, and just seeing her just gave me more confidence in her as a coach. We’re going to rally.”

Summitt will rely more on her assistants — Holly Warlick, Dean Lockwood and Mickie DeMoss — but they aren’t sure exactly how things may change.

“We’re here to help Pat as

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Kimbrel ties rookie saves record in winBy The Associated Press

CHICAGO — That major league rookie record barely registered in Craig Kimbrel’s mind. All he cared about were those final three outs.

Kimbrel tied the rookie mark with his 40th save, Jason Heyward hit his first career grand slam, and the Atlanta Braves hung on to win their sixth straight, beat-ing the Chicago Cubs 5-4 on Tuesday night.

“I’ll look back on it at the

end of the year,” Kimbrel said. “Right now, I’m just worried about helping us win and helping us get to the playoffs.”

Kimbrel worked the ninth for his 40th save in 45 oppor-tunities, tying a mark set by Texas’ Neftali Feliz last season. He ran his scoreless streak to 31 2/3 innings as Atlanta won for the eighth time in nine games, and that’s what mattered to him.

“It’s pretty awesome,” Kim-brel said. “When you’re win-

ning games, it’s fun.”Sometimes, it’s tense, too.

This one certainly was, right to the end.

Aramis Ramirez singled with two outs in the ninth for the Cubs, giving him a career-high five hits while extending his hitting streak to 12 games. He advanced to second when Heyward bobbled the ball in right, but pinch-hitter Tyler Colvin struck out to end the game.

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Rebels name starting QBMackey’s arrest, suspension leads to Brunetti’s ascensionBy David BrandtThe Associated Press

OXFORD — The three-man quarterback race at Ole Miss has been settled, though the circumstances that led to coach Houston Nutt’s decision certainly aren’t what he had in mind.

Nutt announced sopho-more Barry Brunetti will start the season-opener against BYU on Sept. 3 fol-lowing junior Randall Mack-ey’s arrest for disorderly conduct after a fight at a downtown Oxford bar early Tuesday morning.

Nutt said Mackey would be suspended for the BYU game. Mackey wasn’t at Tuesday’s practice because of what Nutt called a class conflict.

“I’ve had better days,” said a noticeably irritated Nutt. “Obviously, (Mackey) made a bad decision.”

The arrest brought an abrupt end to a three-way quarterback battle that’s been the talk of preseason camp. Brunetti, Mackey and junior Zack Stoudt had competed for more than two weeks for the starting job, with no one making an obvi-

ous move to the forefront. Though Brunetti will start, Nutt said Stoudt will play against BYU as well.

Nutt said Mackey wouldn’t get many repetitions when he returns to practice and would have to earn his way back onto the field.

“They all have strengths,” Nutt said. “We’re not afraid to put any of them in the game.”

According to the police report, Mackey was at The Lyric Theater when police officers attempted to break up a “large fight.” That’s when police say Mackey

came forward and hit officer Hildon Sessums on the lip, though Mackey insists “he was pushed” into the officer.

Sessums is a Vicksburg native and 2002 graduate of St. Aloysius High School.

Oxford chief of police Mike Martin told The Associated Press on Tuesday that offi-cers did not feel Mackey purposely hit Sessums; if they had, more serious charges would have been filed.

Records at the Lafayette County Detention Center

See Summitt, Page D3.

See Volleyball, Page D3.

See Kimbrel, Page D3.

See Rebels, Page D3.

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Atlanta Braves catcher Brian McCann, left, and relief pitcher Craig Kimbrel celebrate the Braves’ 5-4 win over the Chicago Cubs Tuesday.

Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt yells at an official last season.

Ole Miss quarterback Barry Brunetti, left, runs upfield during a scrimmage at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on Aug. 13. Brunetti will start in the opener against BYU on Sept. 3.

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mlbAmerican league

East Division W L Pct GBNew York ......................77 49 .611 —Boston ..........................78 50 .609 —Tampa Bay ...................69 58 .543 8 1/2Toronto .........................65 63 .508 13Baltimore ......................49 77 .389 28

Central Division W L Pct GBDetroit ...........................70 58 .547 —Cleveland ......................63 63 .500 6Chicago ........................63 64 .496 6 1/2Minnesota .....................55 73 .430 15Kansas City ..................53 76 .411 17 1/2

West Division W L Pct GBTexas ............................74 56 .569 —Los Angeles .................70 59 .543 3 1/2Oakland ........................58 70 .453 15Seattle ..........................55 73 .430 18

Tuesday’s GamesCleveland 7, Seattle 5, 1st gameOakland 6, N.Y. Yankees 5Seattle 12, Cleveland 7, 2nd gameKansas City 6, Toronto 4Detroit 2, Tampa Bay 1Boston 11, Texas 5Baltimore 8, Minnesota 1L.A. Angels 5, Chicago White Sox 4

Today’s GamesSeattle (F.Hernandez 11-11) at Cleveland (Tomlin 12-6), 11:05 a.m.Boston (Beckett 10-5) at Texas (M.Harrison 10-8), 6:05 p.m.Oakland (Cahill 9-12) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 17-7), 6:05 p.m.Kansas City (Hochevar 8-10) at Toronto (R.Romero 12-9), 6:07 p.m.Detroit (Scherzer 13-7) at Tampa Bay (W.Davis 8-7), 6:10 p.m.Baltimore (Guthrie 5-16) at Minnesota (Slowey 0-1), 7:10 p.m.Chicago White Sox (Z.Stewart 1-2) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 14-6), 9:05 p.m.

Thursday’s GamesOakland (Harden 4-2) at N.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 4-4), 12:05 p.m.Baltimore (Jo-.Reyes 6-10) at Minnesota (Liriano 9-9), 12:10 p.m.Detroit (Fister 5-13) at Tampa Bay (Hellickson 11-8), 12:10 p.m.Kansas City (Francis 4-14) at Toronto (Cecil 4-6), 6:07 p.m.Boston (A.Miller 5-1) at Texas (Ogando 12-5), 7:05 p.m.

———National league

East Division W L Pct GBPhiladelphia ..................83 44 .654 —Atlanta ..........................78 52 .600 6 1/2Washington ...................62 65 .488 21New York ......................60 68 .469 23 1/2Florida ...........................57 71 .445 26 1/2

Central Division W L Pct GBMilwaukee .....................78 53 .595 —St. Louis .......................67 62 .519 10Cincinnati ......................63 65 .492 13 1/2Pittsburgh .....................60 68 .469 16 1/2Chicago ........................56 73 .434 21Houston ........................42 87 .326 35

West Division W L Pct GBArizona .........................70 59 .543 —San Francisco ..............68 61 .527 2Colorado .......................62 68 .477 8 1/2San Diego ....................60 70 .462 10 1/2Los Angeles .................59 69 .461 10 1/2

Tuesday’s GamesArizona 2, Washington 0Milwaukee 11, Pittsburgh 4Philadelphia 9, N.Y. Mets 4Cincinnati 8, Florida 6Atlanta 5, Chicago Cubs 4L.A. Dodgers 13, St. Louis 2Colorado 8, Houston 6San Diego 7, San Francisco 5

Today’s GamesMilwaukee (Marcum 11-3) at Pittsburgh (A.Thompson 0-0), 12:35 p.m.N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 6-10) at Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 7-5), 12:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 9-14) at St. Louis (J.Garcia 10-6), 1:15 p.m.Houston (W.Rodriguez 9-9) at Colorado (A.Cook 3-7), 2:10 p.m.Cincinnati (H.Bailey 7-5) at Florida (Vazquez 7-11), 3:10 p.m., 1st gameArizona (D.Hudson 12-9) at Washington (L.Hernandez 7-11), 6:05 p.m.Cincinnati (Arroyo 7-10) at Florida (Volstad 5-10), 6:40 p.m., 2nd gameAtlanta (D.Lowe 8-11) at Chicago Cubs (R.Wells 4-4), 7:05 p.m.San Diego (Stauffer 8-9) at San Francisco (Lince-cum 11-10), 9:15 p.m.

Thursday’s GamesAtlanta (Beachy 6-2) at Chicago Cubs (Garza 6-9), 1:20 p.m.Arizona (Miley 0-1) at Washington (Lannan 8-9), 6:05 p.m.Cincinnati at Florida, ppd., rainPittsburgh (Morton 9-6) at St. Louis (E.Jackson 2-2), 7:15 p.m.Houston (Sosa 0-2) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 10-3), 9:15 p.m.

bRAVES 5, CUbS 4Atlanta Chicago ab r h bi ab r h biBourn cf 5 0 1 0 SCastro ss 5 0 1 0Prado lf 5 0 0 0 RJhnsn rf 5 0 1 0McCnn c 4 0 0 0 ArRmr 3b 5 1 5 2Uggla 2b 4 1 1 0 JeBakr 2b 3 0 0 0C.Jones 3b 4 1 3 0 Grabow p 0 0 0 0Hinske 1b 3 1 1 0 K.Wood p 0 0 0 0Fremn 1b 0 0 0 0 DeWitt ph 0 0 0 0AlGnzlz ss 3 1 0 1 Marshll p 0 0 0 0Heywrd rf 4 1 3 4 Colvin ph 1 0 0 0Minor p 2 0 0 0 C.Pena 1b 4 0 0 0Lugo ph 0 0 0 0 Byrd cf 4 0 0 0CMrtnz p 0 0 0 0 ASorin lf 4 1 2 1Sherrill p 0 0 0 0 Soto c 3 1 0 0Vizcain p 0 0 0 0 CColmn p 1 0 0 0Conrad ph 1 0 0 0 Barney 2b 3 1 1 0Kimrel p 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 5 9 5 Totals 38 4 10 3Atlanta .....................................000 500 000 — 5Chicago ...................................000 040 000 — 4E—Ale.Gonzalez (10), Uggla (13), Heyward (6). DP—Chicago 1. LOB—Atlanta 6, Chicago 9. 2B—Hinske (10), Ar.Ramirez (30), A.Soriano (20). HR—Heyward (13), A.Soriano (21). SB—Bourn 2 (47). IP H R ER BB SO AtlantaMinor W,4-2 5 6 4 3 0 6C.Martinez H,1 1 1-3 3 0 0 0 2Sherrill H,7 1-3 0 0 0 0 1Vizcaino H,3 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 1Kimbrel S,40-45 1 1 0 0 0 2 ChicagoC.Coleman L,2-6 5 5 5 5 2 4Grabow 1 2 0 0 1 2K.Wood 1 0 0 0 0 2Marshall 2 2 0 0 0 1HBP—by Sherrill (DeWitt), by Minor (Soto).

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AMERICAN LEAGUE G AB R H Pct.AdGonzalez Bos ........... 126 512 85 177 .346MiYoung Tex ................. 128 511 64 172 .337Kotchman TB ................ 112 386 35 126 .326VMartinez Det ............... 111 412 58 133 .323MiCabrera Det ............... 128 455 83 146 .321Konerko CWS ............... 121 439 57 139 .317JhPeralta Det ................ 116 419 55 132 .315Bautista Tor ................... 115 400 91 126 .315

BATTING—AdGonzalez, Boston, .346; MiYoung, Texas, .337; Kotchman, Tampa Bay, .326; VMartinez, Detroit, .323; MiCabrera, Detroit, .321; Konerko, Chicago, .317; JhPeralta, Detroit, .315; Bautista, Toronto, .315.RUNS—Granderson, New York, 115; Bautista, Toronto, 91; Ellsbury, Boston, 90; Kinsler, Texas, 88; AdGonzalez, Boston, 85; MiCabrera, Detroit, 83; Zobrist, Tampa Bay, 82.RBI—Granderson, New York, 98; AdGonzalez, Boston, 97; Teixeira, New York, 95; Cano, New York, 88; Konerko, Chicago, 86; MiYoung, Texas, 86; MiCabrera, Detroit, 81.HITS—AdGonzalez, Boston, 177; MiYoung, Texas, 172; MeCabrera, Kansas City, 160; Ellsbury, Boston, 159; Pedroia, Boston, 151; Markakis, Baltimore, 150; Cano, New York, 149; AGordon, Kansas City, 149.DOUBLES—Zobrist, Tampa Bay, 42; Francoeur, Kansas City, 39; AGordon, Kansas City, 39; AdGonzalez, Boston, 38; MiYoung, Texas, 36; MeCabrera, Kansas City, 33; Cano, New York, 33.TRIPLES—Granderson, New York, 10; Bourjos, Los Angeles, 9; AJackson, Detroit, 8; JWeeks, Oakland, 8; Gardner, New York, 7; 6 tied at 6.HOME RUNS—Bautista, Toronto, 36; Granderson, New York, 35; Teixeira, New York, 34; Konerko, Chicago, 28; MarReynolds, Baltimore, 27; NCruz, Texas, 26; Hardy, Baltimore, 24; DOrtiz, Boston, 24; Quentin, Chicago, 24.STOLEN BASES—Crisp, Oakland, 37; Gardner, New York, 36; RDavis, Toronto, 34; Ellsbury, Boston, 34; Andrus, Texas, 32; ISuzuki, Seattle, 31; BUpton, Tampa Bay, 26.PITCHING—Verlander, Detroit, 19-5; Sabathia, New York, 17-7; Weaver, Los Angeles, 14-6; Nova, New York, 13-4; CWilson, Texas, 13-5; Haren, Los Angeles, 13-6; Lester, Boston, 13-6; Scherzer, Detroit, 13-7.STRIKEOUTS—Verlander, Detroit, 212; FHer-nandez, Seattle, 185; Sabathia, New York, 184; Shields, Tampa Bay, 180; Price, Tampa Bay, 170; CWilson, Texas, 163; Morrow, Toronto, 159.SAVES—Valverde, Detroit, 37; MaRivera, New York, 33; League, Seattle, 31; Papelbon, Boston, 29; CPerez, Cleveland, 27; Walden, Los Angeles, 26; SSantos, Chicago, 26.

NATIONAL LEAGUE G AB R H Pct.JosReyes NYM .............. 98 428 80 144 .336Braun Mil ....................... 119 442 90 145 .328Votto Cin ....................... 127 463 85 149 .322Kemp LAD ..................... 128 474 79 152 .321DanMurphy NYM ........... 109 391 49 125 .320Morse Was .................... 115 398 56 126 .317Victorino Phi ................... 98 385 77 121 .314ArRamirez ChC ............. 121 466 64 145 .311Helton Col ..................... 114 387 57 120 .310Pence Phi ...................... 122 481 65 149 .310

BATTING—JosReyes, New York, .336; Braun, Milwaukee, .328; Votto, Cincinnati, .322; Kemp, Los Angeles, .321; DanMurphy, New York, .320; Morse, Washington, .317; Victorino, Philadelphia, .314.RUNS—Braun, Milwaukee, 90; Votto, Cincinnati, 85; Pujols, St. Louis, 83; Stubbs, Cincinnati, 83; JUpton, Arizona, 81; Fielder, Milwaukee, 80; Jos-Reyes, New York, 80.RBI—Fielder, Milwaukee, 100; Howard, Philadel-phia, 96; Kemp, Los Angeles, 95; Tulowitzki, Colo-rado, 87; Braun, Milwaukee, 85; Bruce, Cincinnati, 83; ArRamirez, Chicago, 83.HITS—SCastro, Chicago, 165; Bourn, Atlanta, 156; Kemp, Los Angeles, 152; Pence, Philadel-phia, 149; Votto, Cincinnati, 149; Braun, Milwau-kee, 145; ArRamirez, Chicago, 145; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 145; JUpton, Arizona, 145.DOUBLES—JUpton, Arizona, 35; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 34; Beltran, San Francisco, 31; Braun, Milwaukee, 31; Holliday, St. Louis, 31; Fielder, Milwaukee, 30; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, 30; Morse, Washington, 30; Pence, Philadelphia, 30; ArRamirez, Chicago, 30.TRIPLES—JosReyes, New York, 16; Victorino, Philadelphia, 14; Fowler, Colorado, 12; SCastro, Chicago, 8; Bourn, Atlanta, 7; SSmith, Colorado, 7; 5 tied at 6.HOME RUNS—Pujols, St. Louis, 31; Stanton, Florida, 30; Uggla, Atlanta, 30; Berkman, St. Louis, 29; Kemp, Los Angeles, 29; Fielder, Milwaukee, 28; Bruce, Cincinnati, 27.STOLEN BASES—Bourn, Atlanta, 47; JosReyes, New York, 34; Kemp, Los Angeles, 33; Maybin, San Diego, 32; Stubbs, Cincinnati, 32; Bonifacio, Florida, 30; Braun, Milwaukee, 28; Rollins, Phila-delphia, 28.PITCHING—IKennedy, Arizona, 16-4; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 16-5; Halladay, Philadelphia, 15-5; ClLee, Philadelphia, 14-7; Gallardo, Milwaukee, 14-8; Jurrjens, Atlanta, 13-5; Hamels, Philadelphia, 13-7; THudson, Atlanta, 13-7.STRIKEOUTS—Kershaw, Los Angeles, 207; ClLee, Philadelphia, 191; Lincecum, San Francis-co, 182; Halladay, Philadelphia, 182; AniSanchez, Florida, 163; Hamels, Philadelphia, 155; Dempster, Chicago, 155; Greinke, Milwaukee, 155.SAVES—Kimbrel, Atlanta, 40; Axford, Milwau-kee, 37; BrWilson, San Francisco, 35; HBell, San Diego, 35; Storen, Washington, 34; LNunez, Florida, 33; Putz, Arizona, 31; Hanrahan, Pitts-burgh, 31.

miNOR lEAGUE bASEbAllSouthern leagueNorth Division

W L Pct. GBChattanooga (Dodgers) 35 22 .614 —x-Tennessee (Cubs) .....33 25 .569 2 1/2Carolina (Reds) ............26 31 .456 9Jackson (Mariners) .......24 34 .414 11 1/2Huntsville (Brewers) .....23 34 .404 12

South Division W L Pct. GBMobile (D-backs) ..........39 18 .684 —Mississippi (Braves) ..29 29 .500 10 1/2Jacksonville (Marlins) ...28 30 .483 11 1/2Montgomery (Rays) ......27 31 .466 12 1/2x-B-ham (White Sox) ...24 34 .414 15 1/2x-clinched first half

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Chattanooga 6, Tennessee 4Carolina 5, Jacksonville 2Huntsville 5, Birmingham 2Mobile 2, Jackson 1, 10 inningsMississippi 4, Montgomery 1

Today’s GamesChattanooga at Tennessee, 6:15 p.m.Jacksonville at Carolina, 6:15 p.m.Birmingham at Huntsville, 6:43 p.m.Jackson at Mobile, 7:05 p.m.Mississippi at Montgomery, 7:05 p.m.

Thursday’s GamesJacksonville at Carolina, 10 a.m.Chattanooga at Tennessee, 6:15 p.m.Birmingham at Huntsville, 6:43 p.m.Jackson at Mobile, 7:05 p.m.Mississippi at Montgomery, 7:05 p.m.

pREp VOllEybAllWarren Central roster

No. Name Gr.15................ Jazmine Carter ....................1212................ Keimaria Davis ....................123....................April Mayfield .....................126................. Shannon Richter .................122.......................Mary Hall .......................1118................. Brooke Kistler ....................118..................Sharenna Smith ..................115.................Mychaela Waters .................111.....................Taylor Willis .....................119.................. Jazmine Luster ...................1014................. De’una Myers .................... 1011............... Brittanie Smythe .................. 107................ Barbara Caligurio .................. 917..................Hannah Gore ..................... 910................... Erin Ingram ....................... 94.................... Sherell Kelly ...................... 9Coaches: Greg Head and Matthew Gullett

NflNFL preseason schedule

ThursdayCarolina at Cincinnati, 6 p.m.Cleveland at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m.Washington at Baltimore, 7 p.m.

FridaySt. Louis at Kansas City, 7 p.m.Green Bay at Indianapolis, 7 p.m.

SaturdayJacksonville at Buffalo, 6 p.m.N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 6 p.m.Miami at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m.Atlanta at Pittsburgh, 6:30 p.m.Houston at San Francisco, 7 p.m.Dallas at Minnesota, 7 p.m.Chicago at Tennessee, 7 p.m.New England at Detroit, 7 p.m.Seattle at Denver, 8 p.m.San Diego at Arizona, 9 p.m.

SundayNew Orleans at Oakland, 7 p.m.

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Detroit at Buffalo, 6:30 p.m.Indianapolis at Cincinnati, 6 p.m.Baltimore at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.St. Louis at Jacksonville, 6:30 p.m.Dallas at Miami, 6:30 p.m.N.Y. Giants at New England, 6:30 p.m.Philadelphia at N.Y. Jets, 6:30 p.m.Tampa Bay at Washington, 6:30 p.m.Pittsburgh at Carolina, 7 p.m.Cleveland at Chicago, 7 p.m.Kansas City at Green Bay, 7 p.m.Houston at Minnesota, 7 p.m.Tennessee at New Orleans, 7 p.m.Denver at Arizona, 9 p.m.San Francisco at San Diego, 9 p.m.

Sept. 2Oakland at Seattle, 9:30 p.m.

COllEGE fOOtbAllTop 25 schedule

Sept. 1No. 11 Wisconsin vs. UNLV, 7 p.m.No. 20 Mississippi St. at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Sept. 2No. 14 TCU at Baylor, 7 p.m.No. 17 Michigan St. vs. Youngstown St., 6:30 p.m.

Sept. 3No. 1 Oklahoma vs. Tulsa, 7 p.m.No. 2 Alabama vs. Kent St., 11:20 a.m.No. 3 Oregon vs. No 4 LSU, 7 p.m.No. 5 Boise St. at No. 19 Georgia, 7 p.m.No. 6 Florida St. vs. La.-Monroe, 2:30 p.m.No. 7 Stanford vs. San Jose St., 4 p.m.No. 9 Oklahoma St. vs. La.-Lafayette, 6 p.m.No. 10 Nebraska vs. Chattanooga, 2:30 p.m.No. 12 South Carolina vs. East Carolina, 6 p.m.No. 13 Va. Tech vs. Appalachian St., 11:30 a.m.No. 15 Arkansas vs. Missouri St., 6 p.m.No. 16 Notre Dame vs. South Florida, 2:30 p.m.No. 18 Ohio St. vs. Akron, 11 a.m.No. 21 Missouri vs. Miami (Ohio), 11 a.m.No. 22 Florida vs. Florida Atlantic, 6 p.m.No. 23 Auburn vs. Utah St., 11 a.m.No. 25 Southern Cal vs. Minnesota, 2:30 p.m.

Sept. 4No. 8 Texas A&M vs. SMU, 6:30 p.m.No. 24 West Virginia vs. Marshall, 2:30 p.m.

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Mississippi college scheduleSaturday

Texas College at Belhaven, 6 p.m.Elizabeth City St. at Delta St., 6 p.m.

Sept. 1Delta 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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Southeastern Conference scheduleSept. 1

Mississippi St. at Memphis, 7 p.m.Kentucky at Western Kentucky, 8:15 p.m.

Sept. 3Utah St. at Auburn, 11 a.m.Kent St. at Alabama, 11:15 a.m.BYU at Ole Miss, 3:45 p.m.Oregon at LSU, 4 p.m.Montana at Tennessee, 5 p.m.East Carolina at South Carolina, 6 p.m.Missouri St. at Arkansas, 6 p.m.Florida Atlantic at Florida, 6 p.m.Elon at Vanderbilt, 6:30 p.m.Boise St. at Georgia, 7 p.m.

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Conference USA scheduleSept. 1

Mississippi St. at Memphis, 7 p.m.Sept. 3

Southeastern Louisiana at Tulane, 2:30 p.m.UCLA at Houston, 2:30 p.m.Charleston Southern at Central Florida, 6 p.m.Rice at Texas, 6 p.m.East Carolina at South Carolina, 6 p.m.Tulsa at Oklahoma, 7 p.m.Stony Brook at UTEP, 8:05 p.m.Louisiana Tech at Southern Miss, 9 p.m.

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SWAC scheduleSept. 3

Concordia (Ala.) at Jackson St., 1:30 p.m.c-Alabama A&M vs. Hampton, 4 p.m.Alabama St. at Mississippi Valley St., 5 p.m.Langston at Ark.-Pine Bluff, 5 p.m.s-Grambling vs. Alcorn St., 6 p.m.Southern at Tennessee St., 6 p.m.

Sept. 4o-Prairie View at Bethune-Cookman, 11 a.m.c-at Chicago; s-at Shreveport; o-at Orlando, Fla.

pREp fOOtbAll2011 area schedules

Week 2Thursday

Port Gibson at Coahoma County, 7:30 p.m.Friday

Deer Creek at PCA, 7 p.m.Lee, Ark. at Tallulah Academy, 7 p.m.Central Hinds at Bowling Green, 7 p.m.Callaway at Warren Central, 7:30 p.m.St. Aloysius at Greenville-St. Joe, 7:30 p.m.Hinds AHS at Richland, 7:30 p.m.Open date: Vicksburg

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Week 3Sept. 2

Porters Chapel at Bens Ford, 7 p.m.Vicksburg at Richwood (La.), 7 p.m.Mangham at Madison Parish, 7 p.m.Claiborne Aca. at Tallulah Aca., 7 p.m.Copiah Academy at Central Hinds, 7 p.m.St. Aloysius at Hinds AHS, 7:30 p.m.Warren Central at Hattiesburg, 7:30 p.m.

NASCARSprint 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 500 (Kevin Harvick)April 9 — Samsung Mobile 500 (Matt Kenseth)April 17 — Aaron’s 499 (Jimmie Johnson)April 30 — Crown Royal Presents The Matthew & Daniel Hansen 400 (Kyle Busch)May 7 — Southern 500 (Regan Smith)May 15 — FedEx 400 (Matt Kenseth)May 21 — x-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! 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 Industrial Tools 301 (Ryan New-man)July 31 — Brickyard 400 (Paul Menard)Aug. 7 — Good Sam RV Insurance 500 (Brad Keselowski)Aug. 15 — Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen (Marcos Ambrose)Aug. 21 — Pure Michigan 400 (Kyle Busch)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. Kyle Busch .................................................... 7992. Jimmie Johnson ............................................ 7893. Kevin Harvick ................................................ 7604. Carl Edwards ................................................ 7605. Matt Kenseth ................................................. 7596. Jeff Gordon ................................................... 7397. Ryan Newman .............................................. 7258. Kurt Busch .................................................... 7229. Dale Earnhardt Jr. ........................................ 70010. Tony Stewart ............................................... 69411. Clint Bowyer ................................................ 67012. Brad Keselowski ......................................... 64213. Greg Biffle ................................................... 63614. Denny Hamlin ............................................. 63515. A J Allmendinger ........................................ 632

Sprint Cup winners1. Kyle Busch ........................................................ 42. Kevin Harvick .................................................... 33. Matt Kenseth ..................................................... 23. *Brad Keselowski .............................................. 23. Jeff Gordon ....................................................... 26. Kurt Busch ......................................................... 16. Paul Menard ...................................................... 16. Carl Edwards ..................................................... 16. Trevor Bayne ..................................................... 16. *Denny Hamlin ................................................... 16. Ryan Newman ................................................... 16. Marcos Ambrose ................................................ 16. David Ragan ...................................................... 16. Jimmie Johnson ................................................. 1* Wild-card leaders; the top two drivers who finish with the most wins, but are outside the top 10 in points, will qualify for the Chase for the Champion-ship.

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scoreboardNASCAR

4 p.m. Speed - Truck Series, qualify-ing for O’Reilly Auto Parts 200,

at Bristol, Tenn.5 p.m. Speed - Whelen Modified Series, at Bristol, Tenn.7 p.m. Speed - Truck Series, O’Reilly

Auto Parts 200,CYCLING

3 p.m. Versus - USA Pro Challenge, stage 2

GOLF2 p.m. TGC - USGA, U.S. Amateur

Championship, round of 64LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES

3 p.m. ESPN - Maracay, Venezuela vs. Mexicali, Mexico

7 p.m. ESPN - Billings, Mont. vs. Huntington Beach, Calif.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL6 p.m. ESPN2 - Boston at Texas7 p.m. FSN - Atlanta at Chicago Cubs9 p.m. ESPN2 - Chicago White Sox at

Los Angeles AngelsSOCCER

7 p.m. FSN - UEFA Champions League, Arsenal at Udinese (tape)

Aug. 242001 — Colorado starting pitcher

Jason Jennings goes 3-for-5 in his major league debut, including a homer, while pitching a 10-0 com-plete game shutout over the Mets. The right-hander becomes the first pitcher in modern history to throw a shutout and hit a homer in his first game.

2006 — Will MacKenzie ties a PGA Tour record with three eagles in one round, including a 52-foot putt, and shoots a 9-under 63 to take a one-stroke lead over Bob Estes in the opening round of the Reno-Tahoe Open. MacKenzie went on to win the tournament by one stroke.

2007 — The NFL indefinitely sus-pends Michael Vick without pay just hours after he acknowledged in court papers that he did, indeed, bankroll gambling on dogfighting and helped kill some dogs deemed not worthy of the pit.

2008 — On the final day of the Bei-jing Olympics, Kobe Bryant hits two 3-pointers in a big fourth quarter to help the United States defeat Spain 118-107 and win the gold medal for the first time since 2000. China has one of the most dominating and diverse performances at an Olym-pics ever, winning a games-leading 51 golds and an even 100 overall. The United States finishes with 110 medals and trails well behind the Chinese in golds with 36, the first time since 1992 it doesn’t lead the category.

lOttERySunday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 4-9-9La. Pick 4: 4-8-2-7 Monday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 5-3-9 La. Pick 4: 2-2-9-0 Tuesday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 0-4-0 La. Pick 4: 9-0-5-3 Wednesday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 3-9-8 La. Pick 4: 6-0-1-3 Easy 5: 2-8-17-18-21 La. Lotto: 1-4-6-14-15-17 Powerball: 18-28-31-48-52 Powerball: 37 ; Power play: 4Thursday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 8-9-0La. Pick 4: 5-3-7-0 Friday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 7-9-4La. Pick 4: 5-7-7-5Saturday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 7-9-8La. Pick 4: 1-7-3-0Easy 5: 11-12-16-21-25La. Lotto: 6-12-15-20-26-35Powerball: 2-17-23-28-47Powerball: 36; Power play: 2

AUtO RACiNGKyle Busch losesdriver’s license

STATESVILLE, N.C. — NASCAR points leader Kyle Busch lost his driver’s license for 45 days for driv-ing 128 mph on a road close to a day-care center and church in a nearly $400,000 car. His lawyer said his client was not treated “like any other citizen.”

Busch, who doesn’t need a license to compete in NASCAR, also was fined $1,000, sentenced to 30 hours of community service and put on one year of unsupervised proba-tion. He pleaded guilty to speeding and no contest to reckless and care-less driving in North Carolina Dis-trict Court in Iredell County. Busch addressed the court before his sen-tencing by District Court Judge H. Thomas Church, apologizing again for driving 128 mph in a 45 mph zone in a bright yellow 2012 Lexus on May 24.

fOOtbAllCab driver charged in Alabama player’s death

FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. — A cab driver has been charged with manslaughter for allegedly provid-ing the drugs that resulted in the death of Alabama offensive lineman Aaron Douglas.

Fernandina Beach Police said in a news release that Rodney Young Odum was arrested late Monday and charged with manslaughter and the sale/delivery of a controlled substance. An autopsy report found Douglas died May 12 as a result of multiple drugs found in his system.

Police chief James Hurley said Douglas rode to a party in a cab driven by Odum. Hurley says Odum either sold or gave him two pre-scription Methadone pills during the trip.

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RebelsContinued from Page D1.

Police: LSU players were cooperativeBy Brett MartelThe Associated Press

BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU starting quarterback Jordan Jefferson and three team-mates met Tuesday with investigators looking into a bar fight that injured four people, and police said they were cooperative.

“They did not invoke the fifth amendment. They gave their side of the story,” Baton Rouge police chief Dewayne White said. “They provided additional witnesses they knew were there that night, and those were witnesses we intend to run down and get their statement.”

The most seriously injured victim has three broken ver-tebrae, White said. There have been no arrests and no charges have been filed, but White stressed that police hope to gather enough evi-dence to arrest whoever is responsible for the victims’ injuries.

If arrests are made, charges could range from misde-meanor simple battery to felony second-degree battery, Sgt. Don Stone said.

Jefferson, offensive lineman Chris Davenport, linebacker Josh Johns and receiver Jarvis

Landry were interviewed sep-arately at State Police head-quarters during a span of sev-eral hours.

Since being named as people of interest in last Thursday night’s fight, the four players have hired defense attorney Nathan Fisher. He attended the meetings with police along with his associate, Shannon Fay.

“We gave police as many names of (bar) employees

as we knew,” Fisher said by phone after the meetings. “It comes down to, they have to do their investigation and we have to do ours, and we have offered to share our informa-tion with them.”

The fight occurred in the parking lot of a bar called Shady’s on the edge of campus.

Fisher declined to discuss the alleged version of events at the bar, saying only that he

has obtained video that shows “four separate incidents” related to the fight, three of which occurred outside the bar and one inside. Police have said the fight erupted after a driver honked his horn at a group of people in the park-ing lot. The driver also was one of the people involved in the fight.

While Fisher said he had no problems with the way police treated his clients, he added that the players appeared somewhat “shaken” during the interviews.

“None of them had ever been through anything like this,” he said.

Fourth-ranked LSU opens its season on Oct. 3 against No. 3 Oregon at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

While Davenport, Johns and Landry are reserves and were not expected to play much in the season opener, Jefferson was expected to start. If he cannot play, fellow senior Jar-rett Lee likely would start behind center, with junior college transfer Zach Metten-berger next in line.

For now, however, coach Les Miles is not ready to exclude Jefferson from the game plan.

sports arenaS ubmit items by e -mail at sportsatvicksburgpost.com; postal service at P.O. Box 821668, Vicksburg, MS 39182; fax at 601-634-0897; or delivered in person to 1601-F N. Frontage Road by Monday for publication Wednesday, or Friday for publication on Sunday. Please include your name and phone number.

Vicksburg Warren Flag Football League

The Vicksburg Warren Flag Football League will accept team registration until Sunday. The league is open to adults ages 18 and older. There will be a mandatory coaches’ meeting on Aug. 28 at 5 p.m. at the Parks and Rec office on Army Navy Drive. For information, call James Judge at 601-415-4500.

Wrestling AgainstUnderage Drinking

The Kings Community Empowerment Center will host “Wrestling Against Underage Drinking,” featur-ing matches by Universal Championship Wrestling on Aug. 31 at 6:30 p.m. Admis-sion is free. For information, call 601-634-4788

Gator Bait triathlon,open water swim

The Gator Bait at Eagle Lake triathlon and open water swim is scheduled for Saturday at Eagle Lake.

The Olympic distance tri-athlon will begin at Messina Landing with a 1.5-kilometer swim, followed by a 40-kilo-meter bike ride and 10-kilo-meter run. All participants must be registered with the USA Triathlon Associa-tion, but one-day member-ships are available for $10. The registration fee is $60 for individuals, and $90 for a 2-3 person relay team. The open water swim will also begin at Messina Landing, with registration at 7 a.m. and the race at 8:30. There is a man-datory pre-race meeting at 8:05. Each swimmer must be registered with either USA Swimming or U.S. Masters Swimming, and one-day memberships are available for an extra fee. The regis-tration fee is $30 for the open water swim, and there is no

race day registration. To enter, e-mail event coordina-tor Mathew Mixon at [email protected], or download an entry form from the Vicksburg Swim Associa-tion’s website, vsaswim.org. Entries must be received by today.

Adult co-edsoftball league

Registration for the Vicks-burg Parks and Recreation Department’s adult co-ed softball league will continue until Aug. 31. The league is open to players ages 18 and up, and the registration fee is $175 per team. There is an additional fee of $5 for each Warren County resident and $10 for residents of Shar-key, Issaquena and Clai-borne counties. A manda-tory coaches meeting will be held Monday at 6:30 p.m. at the Parks and Rec office on Army Navy Drive. Registra-tion forms are also available at the Parks and Rec office. For more information, call 601-634-4514.

YMCA football,cheer registration

The deadline to register for the YMCA’s youth football and cheerleading programs has been extended to Satur-day. There are two divisions,

junior prep for children in third and fourth grade, and senior prep for fifth- and sixth-graders. Games will be played at the Purks and Ver-beck YMCAs, and the season starts Sept. 6. Referees and volunteer coaches are also needed. To register, call 601-638-1071 or go online to vicks-burgymca.com.

Yazoo Tornadoes8U coach pitch baseball

The Yazoo Tornadoes will conduct 8U coach pitch try-outs Sunday at Sam Nichols Field in Yazoo City. For infor-mation, call Daniel Walker at 601-383-2333.

Hinds CC alumnigolf tournament

The Warren-Claiborne chapter of the Hinds Commu-nity College Alumni Asso-ciation will host a golf tour-nament on Sept. 21 at Clear Creek Golf Course in Bovina. The tournament begins at 1 p.m., and the registration fee is $75 per player or $300 for a four-man team. For informa-tion or to register, call Hinds alumni coordinator Abby Brann at 601-857-3350, e-mail her at [email protected], or call Clear Creek golf pro Kent Smith at 601-638-9395.

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far as coaching and will help this program continue its tra-dition. And I’m here for Pat as a friend,” Warlick said. “I know she’s going to be here coaching, but she is quick to say this is Tennessee bas-ketball. We’re going to carry on the tradition no matter what.”

Warlick said Summitt also wanted to crush any specu-lation about her health after the announcement.

“We got on the phone immediately and called kids and commitments and had nothing but a huge amount of support,” Warlick said.

show Mackey was arrested at 12:26 a.m. Tuesday morning and charged with disorderly failure to comply, a misde-meanor. He was released on a cash bond at about 9 a.m.

Mackey’s arrest came on the Rebels’ first day off since preseason practice began Aug. 6.

Nutt said Mackey wasn’t

“drunk and obnoxious,” but was out after the team’s 11:30 p.m. curfew.

“We had a great camp, we had an excellent camp,” Nutt said. “But that’s not how you celebrate camp.”

Mackey’s arrest is a dis-traction the Rebels certainly didn’t need less than two weeks from their season

opener.The 5-foot-11, 195-pounder

redshirted last season after being named an All-Amer-ican at East Mississippi Community College in 2009, throwing for 3,122 yards and 32 touchdowns during his sophomore season.

Mackey had several impressive practices during

preseason camp, but Nutt and offensive coordina-tor David Lee had been coy about naming a favorite until Tuesday.

Brunetti is the only one of the three quarterbacks with Football Bowl Subdivision experience. He played spar-ingly for West Virginia as a backup last season.

since the first day of prac-tice. We also owe a lot to the school district for getting us here.”

The team has quickly become competitive. All 16 players had little or no vol-leyball experience, but the team has a 3-4 record.

“We’re much better than I figured we’d be,” Hall said. “It’s definitely been a big change for me, to be on an athletic team, but I’ve enjoyed it so much.”

So have Hall’s teammates. Two of the three team cap-tains, Taylor Willis and Jazmine Carter, are basket-ball players.

“It’s been amazing we’ve advanced so fast, and most of us had never played it before,” said Willis, a junior. “It’s been fun. I see where it can help my basketball skills. I do a lot of jumping and that will help me get more rebounds.”

As a volleyball player, Willis’ jumping ability has aided the team at the net as the team’s top striker.

“She leads us in kills,” Head said. “We have some pretty good athletes on this team and the big thing is they hustle. I would say we’ve outhustled every team we’ve played.”

LSU football players Jordan Jefferson, right, and Jarvis Lan-dry leave State Police headquarters in Baton Rouge Tuesday after meeting with Baton Rouge police about their alleged involvement in a Friday bar fight.

“I feel pretty good,” said Ramirez, who is 27-for-48 during this streak. “The last guy, he’s got good stuff. I saw the ball well off him.”

Kimbrel certainly is doing his part as the Braves try to secure a playoff spot. Man-ager Fredi Gonzalez used words like “unbelievable” to describe him and pointed out that he’s becoming a more complete pitcher, mixing in breaking balls to go with the fastball and staying cool in tight situations.

Chipper Jones had three hits for Atlanta. So did Hey-ward, none bigger than his shot in the fourth. He con-nected after Alex Gonzalez drew a two-out, bases-loaded walk off Casey Coleman (2-6), making it 5-0, but Mike Minor (4-2) nearly gave it all away in the fifth.

Alfonso Soriano led off a four-run rally with his 21st homer. The Cubs were just 1-for-13 with runners in scor-ing position and left nine runners on base.

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