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winfield wants to spend millions on rec complexBy John [email protected]

With Mayor Paul Winfield’s plans to build a recreational complex for the city of Vicks-burg, the playing field has expanded.

Winfield will ask the Warren County delegation to the Mississippi Legislature to introduce and shepherd a bill that would allow the city to increase two taxes to

build baseball, softball and soccer fields and a walking trail at a location he declines to identify.

The bill would allow the city to borrow $18.5 million to $19.5 million, which would be repaid over 15 years with increased taxes on hotels, restaurants and bars.

The current tax on hotels is 2 percent, and Winfield wants that tax to rise to 4 percent. On restaurants

and bars, the current rate is 1 percent; Winfield wants that to be raised to 2.5 per-cent. The increases would be removed once the loan is paid off, he said.

Rep. Alex Monsour, R-Vicksburg, said he is work-ing with Winfield to pre-pare the local and private bill seeking the increases, adding he wants to talk

winfieldaxed asattorney inPort gibsonBy John [email protected]

Vicksburg Mayor Paul Winfield is being replaced as attorney for the town of Port Gibson following a decision by that town’s seven-per-son Board of Mayor and Aldermen.

“The board decided to seek a replacement, that’s their prerogative, and they asked for his resigna-tion,” Port Gibson Mayor Fred Reeves said late Thursday, hours after Winfield made his resigna-tion public.

Reeves did not cite a reason for the change, and board members were not available Thurs-day night or this morning.

Winfield, elected mayor of Vicks-burg in 2009, has been attorney for Port Gibson for six years.

Reeves said the Port Gibson board has begun interviewing can-didates to replace Winfield, but their names were not made public.

Winfield, who is paid $89,340 as Vicksburg mayor and was paid at least $30,000 annually as Port Gibson attorney, said he will pursue unspecified opportunities, adding he might serve as a public-finance consultant to other Missis-sippi cities.

“I’ve been working with other cities in the state on public financ-ing, both before and since I’ve been elected mayor,” he said, adding he maintains his private law practice, which specializes in public finance.

He said he has worked on public-finance projects with the Jack-son Public School District and the city of Canton, but declined to give details.

He said he also has worked in government relations helping cities with grants and issues involving

U.S. funnels $802 million to Corps for 2011 flood areasBy Danny Barrett [email protected]

About $802 million in emergency repair money approved by President Barack Obama will be directed to areas along the Mississippi River hit hardest by last spring’s historic flood, the U.S. Army Corps of Engi-neers Mississippi Valley Divi-sion said Thursday.

The money is part of a $1.7 billion appropriation to the Corps in the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act signed by the president a week ago, though no specific projects have been listed publicly.

“This funding represents a vital investment in the most valuable flood risk reduction system in our nation, per-haps in the world,” said Maj. Gen. John Peabody, presi-dent-designee of the Missis-sippi River Commission and Commander of the Missis-sippi Valley Division, in a statement. “Since the Mis-

sissippi River and Tributar-ies program was conceived in 1928, this comprehen-sive flood risk management system has earned its value many times over, represent-ing over a $30 to $1 return on investment for American tax-payers today.”

MVD money in the legis-lation will address needs

in the 14 counties in Mis-sissippi declared disaster areas during the flood, which reached 57.1 feet in Vicks-burg — 14.1 feet above flood stage. Stages were above the 43-foot flood mark for 46 days. A new high mark was also set at Natchez, where the river crested the same day at 61.9 feet. Peak daily flows topped 1927 levels at Vicksburg — where more than 2.2 million cubic feet of water were measured — and at Arkansas City, Greenville and Natchez.

Costs for documented dam-ages in the Mississippi Valley alone approach $1 billion, the

release said. More than $3.1 million in reinforcements to the mainline levee north of Vicksburg at Buck Chute and Lake Albemarle are expected to wrap up by late January.

The Mississippi River and Tributaries System — a series of levees, flood-ways and control structures between Cairo, Ill., and the Gulf of Mexico — prevented more than $120 billion in damages during the Great Flood of 2011, the Corps said. Despite the new funding, the Corps expects it will “take years to restore the system to its pre-flood levels,” the release said.

See Rec, Page A10.

See Mayor, Page A9.

The Mississippi River and Tributaries System — a series of levees, floodways and control structures between Cairo, Ill., and the Gulf of Mexico — prevented more

than $120 billion in damages during the Great Flood of 2011, the Corps said.

A gate off Fisher Ferry Road blocks access to the once-pro-posed recreational complex where dirt work was halted when money earmarked for the project was moved.

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Vicksburg Police Department Investigator Robert Whitten, left, places shell casings into an envelope on Pat-ton Street Thursday after an 18-year-old woman was injured in a crossfire of bullets.

A shooting suspect who later was released from custody is loaded into a Vicksburg cruiser after a bullet was found in the pocket of his pajama pants.

City woman shot in crossfire on Patton StreetBy Danny Barrett [email protected]

A Vicksburg woman was shot in the hip when she was caught in what was described as a crossfire of bullets on Patton Street Thursday afternoon.

Shirel Hall, 18, 1200 Mission 66, was treated at River Region Medical Center and transferred to University Medical Center in Jackson, said Lt. Sandra Wil-liams of the Vicksburg Police Depart-ment. A UMC spokesman said Hall was treated in the emergency room and released later Thursday.

The shots on Patton, a neighborhood east of Washington and Clark streets, were fired at about 12:30 p.m.

Details from Lt. Williams were few, but a neighbor, who was in his yard picking up pecans, said he was forced to “hit the ground like it was Afghanistan” when he heard the shots.

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CHURCHESKing Solomon Baptist — Reconciliation and healing services, 7 tonight-Saturday; 1401 Farmer St.; speakers: the Revs. Marcus Cheeks of Jack-son, Jackie Davis of Greenville and Edward Crowley of Poca-hontas; the Rev. R.D. Bernard, pastor.

Rock of Ages — Combined New Year’s Eve service with Pleasant Valley Baptist, 10 p.m. Saturday.Bethlehem M.B. — Watch meeting, 10 p.m. Saturday; the Rev. Dennis J. Redden Sr., pastor; 3055 N. Washington St.Mount Carmel Ministries — Watch meeting, 10:30 p.m. Saturday; 2015 Grove St.Bingham Memorial M.B. — Combined watch meeting with Trinity Temple Baptist, 10 p.m. Saturday; 1063 Green St.House of Peace Worship — Prophetic New Year’s Eve ser-vice, 10 p.m. Saturday, break-fast; Apostle Linda Sweezer, founding pastor; 601-630-3362; 2372 Grove St.

Zion Travelers M.B. — Watch meeting, 10 p.m. until Satur-day; Alfred Lassiter Jr., pastor; 1701 Poplar St.The Word Church — Service with Prophet Bill Dickers, 10 p.m. Saturday-midnight; 11:30 a.m. Sunday; 6:30 p.m. Mon-day-Tuesday; Bishop Oscar L. Gates, pastor; 1201 Grove St.Trinity Theological Semi-nary — Registration open, classes start 6 p.m. Jan. 12; Emma Roberts, 601-638-3062, or Pastor Joe Harris Jr., 601-636-2407; 260 Mississippi 27.

CLUBSVAMP — Noon Tuesday; Lin-da Fondren, Bonney Ander-son and Stuart Miller, speak-

ers; Ameristar Buffet.Vicksburg Kiwanis — Noon Tuesday, Jacques’ Cafe; John George, Corps of Engineers, speaker.Les Soeurs Charmantes So-cial and Civic Club — Seek-ing debutantes from 1972 to present for 40-year celebra-tion in 2012; Carolyn Stroth-ers, 601-636-5857.

PUBLIC PROGRAMSLevi’s — A Gathering Place; New Year’s potluck with mu-sic, 7-10 p.m. Saturday; dona-tions appreciated. American Legion Post 213 “The Hut” — Dance: Satur-day, 9 p.m. until; food and par-ty favors; DJ Duncan Smith;

admission, $4 advance from any Hut member, $5 at the door; Sunday, 8 p.m. until; DJ “Horseman” Mitchell; $3 single, $5 couple; cash raffle drawing.Spinning Fiber Workshop — 10 a.m.-noon Wednesdays, Jan. 11, 18 and 25; review of basic techniques; $90 mem-bers and $100 nonmembers; supplies included; Brenda Harrower, presenter; South-ern Cultural Heritage Center; 601-631-2997 or e-mail [email protected] Vicksburg Al-Anon — Noon Tuesday; sec-ond floor, First Presbyterian Church, 1501 Cherry St.; 601-634-0152.

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CulkinCulkin Water District has

lifted a boil water alert for all customers from the 5200 block of Rawhide Road to the 9100 block of Youngton Road.

Vicksburg Police Officer Derick Smith sprays down a burning pickup after

it caught on fire in a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 20 East just past

the Big Black River Thursday after-noon. Smith, who was traveling while

off-duty, drove up on the fire and worked to extinguish it until fire-

fighters from the Bolton Fire Depart-ment arrived. At right is Bolton’s

Andrew Arther. Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol Cpl. Odis Easderling

said the accident occurred when two trucks, which had been on the shoul-

der, merged into traffic and a Subaru, driven by Erin Webber of Phoenix, hit

them, causing the fire. The Subaru came to a stop in a ditch, and no

injuries were reported. Eastbound traffic for four miles was blocked for

about two hours.

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State revenue rises; governor-elect waryJACKSON

(AP) — State revenues a r e r u n -ning ahead of projec -tions, accord-ing to fig-ures released

Thursday by

the Mississippi Department of Revenue.

But Gov.-elect Phil Bryant urged caution, citing high unemployment and pro-jections of slow economic growth.

“We must prepare for the budget challenges that lie ahead,” he said.

Through December, the Department of Revenue said, the state had collected nearly $2.1 billion for the general fund, where most spending is concentrated.

That’s nearly 3 percent, or $62 million, more than pro-jected for the first six months of the 2012 budget year. In

December alone, collections were 5.7 percent above the same month in 2010.

The trend could give law-makers more to spend as they write the 2013 budget that takes effect July 1. The 2012 legislative session begins Tuesday.

The state’s unemploy-

ment rate is 9.7 percent, and Warren County’s is 10.8 per-cent, according to the latest figures from the Mississippi Department of Employment Security. The national unem-ployment rate is 8.6 percent.

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Man’s throat cut; suspect out of jail on bondThe case of a Vicksburg

man accused of cutting the throat of a neighbor 10 days ago is expected to be pre-sented to the next term of the Warren County grand jury, which is scheduled for January, Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace said this morning.

Curtis Tunnell, 20, 4519 Haleys Point, was cut Dec. 20 while he and Adrian Gaines, 33, 4516 Haleys Point, were playing video games.

“They were at Gaines’ resi-

dence, a fight broke out and Gaines cut him with a beer bottle from ear to ear,” Pace said authorities believe.

Gaines was arrested two days later at his home, Pace said, and remained in the Warren County Jail until Tuesday when he was released on a $10,000 bond.

Tunnell was treated and released from River Region Medical Center after hospi-tal staff notified law enforce-ment authorities of the vic-tim’s injuries.

Haleys Point is a wind-ing road off North Frontage Road and only part of it is inside the city limits.

Pace said the case initially was investigated by the Vicksburg Police Depart-ment and later turned over to the sheriff’s department after the address was found to be outside the city limits.

CRIMEfrom staff reports

Tenn. teenarrestedin drive-bykilling

HOLLY SPRINGS (AP) — Marshall County authorities have arrested a 16-year-old in a Christmas morning drive-by shooting that left one person dead.

Sheriff Kenny Dickerson said the juvenile, whose name he would not release, was arrested Thursday. Dick-erson said the teenager was being held in a juvenile deten-tion facility as ordered by a justice court judge. Details about what led to the teen’s arrest were not released.

Corey Albright of Ross-ville, Tenn., was being held today on one count of murder and five counts of drive-by shooting.

Rico R. Fleming also of Ross-ville, Tenn., was being sought and is considered armed and dangerous.

The shooting occurred along U.S. Highway 72 just west of Slayden in Marshall County. Sixteen-year-old Derica Pat-terson of Memphis died on the scene. Four others were wounded.

City of Hattiesburg settles police abuse lawsuitHATTIESBURG, Miss. —

The City of Hattiesburg has reached a settlement with a man who filed a lawsuit, claiming he suffered abuse at the hands of the Hattiesburg Police Department.

Woodrow Williams sued the city, Capt. Jamie Hooker and three unnamed offi-cers in U.S. District Court in March. Hooker was later dis-missed from the suit with-out prejudice because Wil-liams did not serve process

to Hooker within the allotted time period.

U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett signed an order Dec. 15, dismissing the lawsuit.

Williams’ attorney, Wesley T. Evans, said the settlement agreement included confi-dentiality restrictions, so he couldn’t disclose the amount.

Williams sought more than

$2 million in damages in his original lawsuit.

The lawsuit claims Hooker and the other officers beat Williams during a traffic stop, causing injuries.

Girl, 5, on bikekilled in accident

SHREVEPORT, La. — Shreveport police say a 5-year-old girl died after a man backed out of a drive-

way and ran over her and her bicycle.

The accident happened just after 3 p.m. Thursday.

Mackenzie Beightol was taken to a local hospital where she died a short time later. Police said the accident remains under investigation.

1 arrested in robberyof Mandeville bank

MANDEVILLE, La. — One

of three men accused of rob-bing a Regions Bank branch in Mandeville last week has been of arrested, St. Tam-many Parish sheriff’s depu-ties said.

Deputies said 30-year-old Thaddeus Price of Chalmette was arrested at his home Wednesday.

Price, who was the driver of the getaway vehicle, was booked into the St. Tammany Parish Jail on one count of first-degree robbery.

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Hattiesburg Tea Party organizer Vincent seeks Rep. Palazzo’s seatBy Jeff AmyThe Associated Press

JACKSON — U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo will face a challenge in the Republican primary from Hattiesburg Tea Party organizer Ron Vincent.

Vincent, a retired engineer, announced his bid for the 4th District Congressional District

seat Thursday.“The country is going down-

hill,” Vincent said. “We’re spending too much money and we’re going into oblivion. Somebody’s got to step up.”

The 71-year-old Vincent, who sits on the Lamar County Republican Executive Com-mittee and founded the Pine Belt Republican Club last year,

has never run for public office. He said he chose to run after others with more experience turned down his entreaties to challenge Palazzo in the south Mississippi district. The fresh-man congressman defeated longtime Democratic incum-bent Gene Taylor in 2010.

Vincent said that among those he had approached was

state Sen. Michael Watson, R-Pascagoula. Watson said earlier this month that he was considering a challenge, as did Brian Sanderson, former head of the Gulf Coast Busi-ness Council. They have made no further statements on their intentions. Taylor has not closed the door on running.

In a statement, Palazzo said

he was meeting demands to rein in spending.

“The people of this district sent me to Washington to reverse the Obama adminis-tration’s big-government, big spending policies,” he said. “That’s exactly what we’ve spent the last 12 months doing, and it’s an honor to serve the people of South Mississippi.”

‘the worst I’ve ever seen’

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two men died and 61 other people were injured Thursday in a pre-dawn pileup involving about 40 cars, vans and other vehicles on a busy interstate that crosses New Orleans, closing the route for hours both ways, police said.

Drivers said they drove into thick smoke or fog that limited visibility on westbound lanes of Interstate 10 heading across eastern New Orleans. Those who came upon the scene said they heard injured motorists pleading for assistance.

“You just hear all kinds of calls and people screaming for help,” tow truck driver

Wesley Ratcliff said. In 13 years responding to wrecks, he added, “This is the worst I’ve ever seen it.”

Officer Garry Flot, a police spokesman, would not talk about possible causes.

All lanes were reopened late Thursday afternoon as the investigation continued.

The highway is heavily traf-ficked, a major corridor for thousands of commuters who enter New Orleans each day from its eastern suburbs and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Those driving the route at the time of the wrecks said they suddenly found themselves in utter darkness, unable to see

the lights of cars ahead.“I thought it was fog; my hus-

band thought it was smoke,” Stacie Williams said. “Cars were driving in front of us and before you know it, it seemed as if they had dropped off the face of the Earth.”

Seven people were taken to south Louisiana’s top trauma center, where several were in critical condition, said Marvin McGraw, spokesman for the Interim LSU Public Hospital.

Flot said 25 people were taken to hospitals with inju-ries ranging from minor to critical. He said they included a 62nd injured person — a fire-fighter whose face was cut

while working at the scene. Flot said 37 others refused treatment for minor injuries.

Flot said the dead were a pickup driver and a 54-year-old passenger in another pickup, both from Louisiana.

Cars, tractor-trailers, vans and other vehicles collided on lanes approaching the city’s business district.

Eastbound lanes were closed to let emergency vehicles get in, and traffic was detoured off the highway well into the afternoon.

Interstate 10 stretches from Florida to California and is a major corridor for commercial truck traffic.

BP money buys jingles,towels, Christmas lights

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Sports towels and fleece blankets. A poker tournament. A $1 million Christmas display. A prom for senior citizens. BP gas card giveaways. A “most deserving mom” contest. And advertis-ing, lots of advertising.

Florida Panhandle officials made the mix of eyebrow-rais-ing purchases with $30 million BP gave them this year to help tourism recover from 2010’s disastrous Gulf oil spill.

The money allowed seven area tourism bureaus to try promotions they could never have afforded otherwise, and it has propelled the Panhan-dle’s visitor counts to record numbers this year following a disastrous season right after the spill. The question now is what happens when the BP money dries up, most likely next April. The grants dou-bled and tripled the tourism-promotion budgets in these Panhandle counties, and offi-cials worry the boost in visi-tors might prove fleeting.

“It is one thing to have your numbers go up when a tre-

mendous amount of money is being put, not only in our economy, but in all of north Florida,” said Curt Blair, exec-utive director of the Franklin County Tourist Development Council. “We will see after April whether part of this was a real recovery ... or if we see fall-off. ... Whether we’ve done that or if we’ve just propped up the market.”

BP announced the $30 mil-lion tourism grants in April. While the agreement for the $30 million doesn’t prevent Florida from pursuing any claims against BP or others, officials there decided a week later not to join other Gulf states in a lawsuit against Transocean, the owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig at the heart of the spill.

BP has given $150 million to Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi for tourism promotion since the oil spill, with the Sunshine State get-ting the most — $62 million.

Metrocenter Sears among closuresJACKSON (AP) — Sears

Holdings Corp. said it will close three stores in Missis-sippi, including one at Metro-center Mall in west Jackson.

The others are in McComb and Columbus.

The three are among the dozens of retail outlets the company says it will close as a result of poor holiday sales.

The company announced 79 closings Thursday. It had

said earlier this week that it would close up to 120 stores nationwide.

The company said employ-ment varies by stores and format, and it could not pro-vide the total number of affected employees.

Sears Holdings said it could no longer prop up “margin-ally performing” locations and would refocus its efforts on stores that make money.

Sports, politics compete with inaugurationBATON ROUGE (AP) —

Football and national poli-tics are taking precedence over Gov. Bobby Jindal’s inauguration for two of his predecessors.

Half of Louisiana’s living former governors will be on hand when Jindal takes the oath of office for his second term. The Jan. 9 inauguration is clashing with LSU’s BCS National Championship game and the presidential race.

Former Gov. Edwin W. Edwards was in federal prison when Jindal was first sworn in as governor four years ago.

Now, living in Gonzales and newly married, Edwards’ cal-endar is too crowded for the

inauguration, although he will attend the inaugural ball Jan. 8. His wife, Trina, said they are going to New Orleans for the matchup

between LSU and Alabama.

“We will be at the ball, but not the inauguration since we were invited to go to the game and had already accepted the invitation,” she said.

Former Gov. Buddy Roemer, who is vying for the GOP pres-idential nomination, also sent his regrets.

“Unfortunately, he will not be attending. The New Hamp-shire primary is Jan. 10, so he will be traveling through-out the state,” said campaign spokesman Carlos Sierra.

The state’s four living former governors were among the more than 1,000 people who received invitations.

Former. Govs. Kathleen Blanco and Mike Foster plan to make the trip. “I’m going to go,” Foster said.

Jindal and other statewide elected leaders will be sworn in at the Old State Capitol, a switch from the traditional venue of the more modern State Capitol a few blocks away.

Mississippi getting $1.4M health grantJACKSON (AP) — The

Mississippi Department of Health has received a $1.4 mil-lion grant to assist in efforts toward HIV prevention, sur-

veillance activities and con-tinued studies of AIDS.

U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said the funds came from the U.S. Department of

Health and Human Services for MDSH’s Comprehensive HIV Prevention Project. The project runs Sunday through through Dec. 31, 2016.

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Vehicles lay mangled in the westbound lane of Interstate 10, between Interstate 510 and Michoud Boulevard, in eastern New Orleans Thursday.

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OLD POST FILES120 YEARS AGO: 1891Thomas Solly, architect of the new City Street Hotel, is in the city. • Ida Taylor recites at the opera house for the benefit of the hospital.

110 YEARS AGO: 1901H.A. Gabriel, until recently a prosperous merchant here, returns to Greece to wed. • Details of the opening of the American National Bank are arranged. • Joseph Gotthelf of Memphis is in the city.

100 YEARS AGO: 1911Mrs. J.W. Mozinger is on the sick list.

90 YEARS AGO: 1921“‘The Greenwich Village Follies’ is a dazzling medley of tune-ful mirth,” Dr. George Crock says in his review. • Monte Blue is seen at the Alamo Theatre in “A Perfect Crime.” • Mrs. S.W. Johnston is chosen president of the Civil League. • Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Bucci are the proud parents of a son.

80 YEARS AGO: 1931Florian Yoste, jeweler, dies. • Alice Hamilton of Alexandria, La., is in the city visiting Mrs. Elizabeth Laughlin. • Charles Warner, who has been quite ill, is improving.

70 YEARS AGO: 1941Mrs. Henry Meltzer of New York is here on a visit to her par-ents. • A.C. Vickery is speaker at the weekly meeting of the Kiwanis Club. • Alfred Habert, resident of Madison Parish, dies in Shreveport.

60 YEARS AGO: 1951Cecil Jaquith is named district sales manager of the South-ern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co. in Jackson. • William Corley, resident of Mayersville, dies. • Raymond Massey stars in “Drums” at the Strand Theatre. • Fred Najour bowls the highest single game of the commercial league season here.

50 YEARS AGO: 1961Jack Bradfield passes away. • Clara Ervin, retired teacher, dies. • The Rev. W.F. Mansell is leading morning devotions on radio station WQBC. • H.D. Connor ships 2470 Angus, Here-ford and mixed breed cattle to Colorado by rail.

40 YEARS AGO: 1971Wilbert Harris of Delta, La., dies. • The Vernon Boone home on Gibson Road is destroyed by fire.

30 YEARS AGO: 1981Services are held for Ida Neal Broadway. • Ronnie Andrews is elected secretary of the Vicksburg Homebuilders Association.

20 YEARS AGO: 1991Carbet A. McCoy slams into the back of a log truck after fall-ing asleep at the wheel. He receives minor injuries. • Caple Redwine Clark, 106, dies. • Mr. and Mrs. David Cyr announce the birth of a daughter, Rachel Elizabeth, on Dec. 27.

10 YEARS AGO: 2001The first local Futsal game, similar to soccer, is played in Warren Central’s gym. • Jean H. Webb, former Vicksburg res-ident, dies at 101.

Oh, how I love humanity, With love so pure and pringlish, And how I hate the horrid French, Who never will be English!

— G.K. Chesterton•

WASHINGTON — Under the strain of the debt crisis, Europe is revealing cracks it has long tried to plaster, paint and ignore.

Prime Minister David Cameron’s recent veto of a tighter European fiscal union brought angry criti-cism. Some continental legislators called for a European Union with-out the inconvenience of the United Kingdom. French leaders, with their own country’s credit rating under threat of downgrade, tried to direct the attention of rating agen-cies to British economic failures — a blame-shifting strategy practiced by guilty children on playgrounds everywhere.

“There are few more comic spectacles,” responded the Daily Mail, “than Frenchmen throw-ing fits of Gallic pique against the victors of Waterloo.” In hours of national need, England still turns to the Duke of Wellington. History persists.

British officials report that diplo-matic tempers have now begun to cool. Few contemplate a decisive break along the English Channel. The U.K. will continue its decades-

long tightrope walk — seeking free access to a single European market without joining a single European superstate.

Cameron’s decision on the fiscal treaty was consistent with this approach. Britain’s financial sector represents more than 10 percent of its economy. Europeans would love to tax and regulate it. About 75 percent of a proposed European financial transaction tax would fall on the United Kingdom. So Cam-eron reasonably rejected a deal that did not include safeguards for the British financial industry. But Europe’s division runs deeper than the details of tax policy. The Euro-pean Union not only encompasses 27 nations but two distinct eco-nomic and social models: Anglo-Saxon liberalism and the Franco-German version of highly regulated

capitalism. Britain and a few other nations (such as Denmark, Poland and Hungary) have often defended the former within the councils of Europe — an important, uphill task.

Former Prime Minister Marga-ret Thatcher, however, predicted an irrepressible conflict. European fed-eralism, she argued, was insepara-ble from statism and protectionism. Rather than containing German influence, the European project eventually would be a bureaucratic leviathan dominated by Germany. And Thatcher thought the out-come of such integration would be unstable. It would leave German taxpayers to provide “ever greater subsidies for failing regions of for-eign countries,” while condemning “the south European countries to debilitating dependency on hand-outs from German taxpayers.”

Smaller nations would eventually resent “economic disruption, rule by remote bureaucracies and the loss of independence.”

For decades, the European Union has tried to avoid a showdown between British and continen-tal economic visions. But the debt crisis has forced Germany into a more aggressive posture. Fiscal limits — in practice, political limits — must be imposed on failing, irresponsible countries to prevent German taxpayers from providing endless bailouts. This approach is perfectly reasonable — for Ger-many. But, as Thatcher argued, “attempts at cooperation that are too ambitious are likely to create conflict.”

The last few years have revealed the relative strengths and weak-nesses of the British and continen-tal models. Yes, the United King-dom remains an economic mess, with 0.5 percent growth and a budget deficit at almost 10 per-cent of Gross Domestic Product. But Britain has provided inves-tors with political reassurance. It has a stable coalition government that has pushed for emergency budget reductions. It remains free to manage its own currency and set its own interest rates. As a result, British bonds are regarded as a safe harbor.

In contrast, the eurozone has bumped along from crisis to crisis, doing the minimal amount to avoid immediate disaster. Its most recent agreement promises to impose uni-versal fiscal discipline by unspeci-fied mechanisms, under question-able legal authority, after a perilous political process involving a variety of parliaments and constitutional courts. Europe seems destined for policies that impose austerity with-out promoting competitiveness and economic growth — a recipe for public resentment. A likely reces-sion would make the financing of public debt even more difficult. This month, Standard & Poor’s put 15 eurozone countries on warning for a credit downgrade.

Critics of the European proj-ect may feel vindicated, but they should not be pleased. About 40 percent of British trade, and 15 per-cent of U.S. trade, is conducted with continental Europe. The fates of American, British and other Euro-pean banks are closely tied. The breakup of the eurozone would not be amicable or orderly. Even those of Thatcherite sympathies have little choice but to root for Europe now.

•Michael Gerson’s e-mail address is michaelgerson(at)washpost.com.

Fiscal limits must be imposed on failing, irresponsible European countries

MICHAELGERSON

For decades, the European Union has tried to avoid a showdown be-tween British and continental eco-nomic visions. But the debt crisis has forced Germany into a more

aggressive posture.

Kim Jong IlThe death of North Korean

dictator Kim Jong Il presents both dangers and opportuni-ties for America. The dangers come from the instability in the North Korean regime, which with Cuba is the last of the old, hard-core communist regimes. Every other communist regime — China, Russia, Vietnam — has switched to some sort of capital-ism, however imperfect. Capital-ism produced prosperity. By con-trast, socialism, especially in its virulent communist version, pro-duced poverty and starvation.

North Korea also has performed two nuclear tests. According to the Federation of American Sci-entists, it may have up to nine nuclear weapons, although no one knows the exact number, or if it actually possesses such weap-ons. The Pyongyang regime also possesses a significant chemical-weapons capability.

Although socialist regimes are supposed to elevate to power only the best to lead the “vanguard of the proletariat,” as Lenin put it, North Korea developed a nepo-

tistic dynasty. In 1994, Kim suc-ceeded his father, longtime dic-tator Kim Il Sung. Although the younger Kim was dubbed the “Dear Leader,” only his friends, cronies and some brainwashed North Koreans will mourn his demise.

In 1994, he had a chance to mod-ernize North Korea. In 1989, the Berlin Wall had fallen. Its arms patron, the Soviet Union, dis-solved its own Communist Party in 1991. And neighbor and patron China had switched to a market economy in 1978. But Kim contin-ued his father’s obsession with socialism, leading his country to continued impoverishment, even starvation. Yet Kim himself, according to Russian reports, had live lobsters flown to him during his trips to Russia and China.

By contrast, South Korea trans-formed itself from total poverty after the Korean War in 1953 into today’s economic powerhouse.

North Korea long has been a mystery to outsiders. That remains so today, with the heir apparent to the socialist dynasty

being Kim Jong Un, Kim Jong Il’s third son and the vice chair-man of the Central Military Commission. The younger Kim reportedly is 27 or 28 years old, attended high school in Switzer-land and is obsessed with the National Basketball Association. So he at least has some knowl-edge of the prosperity and free-dom of noncommunist countries.

But the new leader also faces challenges within the ruling regime, said Doug Bandow, senior fellow at the Cato Institute and the author of two books on Korean policy. “From the Ameri-can standpoint, we should be pre-pared to talk but shouldn’t expect to get anything out of it. There will be no agreement during the transition” on North Korea get-ting rid of its nuclear arsenal because “there are low hopes of anything to come out of the generals.”

The new leader — or some-one else — first must solidify his position as the person in charge before anything meaningful can result.

Death brings dangers, opportunities

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Q: My parents and I lost our house because we had fallen behind on property taxes. We had been making payments, but at one point the mort-gage company returned the check and told us it wanted the entire amount owed, more

than $10,000. We were unable to pay, so the mort-gage company told us to move out and said i t wa s going to

auction off the house.If the mortgage company has

problems selling the property, can it come back and sue us for leaving the house in dis-repair? The yard needs some work, but I’m not going to put any money or effort into fixing it up for someone else. Can we get into trouble for this? — Bill, via e-mail

A: I sympathize with your situation in having lost the

house, but once lost, the amount you may owe is estab-lished. That would be the dif-ference between what you owe on the mortgage and for what the house sold. Once that sale takes place, any other expense is on the new owner of the property through the bidding process. Your responsibility is over once that takes place.

Will the mortgage com-pany come after you? Maybe. Some lenders are just writ-ing it off. Others are selling the owed-money accounts to collectors, who buy them for very little money per dollar and may even ask for the full amounts owed but settle for less. Sometimes the collectors are successful.

As far as leaving the prop-erty in an unsalable condition, unless it can be demonstrated that you destroyed the place in anger against the lender, you have no responsibility in that regard.

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

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Stocks lookto end yearon low note

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks were slipping on the final trad-ing day of the year.

The Dow Jones industrial average today fell 23 points, or 0.2 percent, to 12,264. The S&P 500 fell 1 point to 1,262. It’s up just 0.3 percent for 2011. The Nasdaq fell 1 point to 2,612.

McDonald’s Corp. is shap-ing up to be the Dow’s biggest winner this year with a gain of 31 percent. Bank of America Corp. was the worst perform-ing stock in the index, down 59 percent.

For the year, utilities stocks rose the most of the 10 sec-tors in the S&P 500. They were up 16 percent. Other winning groups in 2011 were consumer staples and health care com-panies, both up 11 percent.

In Europe, many of the big-gest markets ended down in 2011. The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares closed up 0.1 percent at 5,572.28, meaning that it ended the year 5.6 percent lower. Ger-many’s DAX ended 0.9 percent higher at 5,898.35, a 14.7 per-cent decline over the year.

The CAC-40 in France was 0.2 percent higher at 3,134. Despite the rise, it’s still look-ing like it will end the year around 17 percent lower from where it started at 3,804.78.

No major economic reports were scheduled for today. Trading has been quiet this week with many investors away on vacation. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange has been about half of its daily average.

Better news on the job market and home sales lifted stocks Thursday, pushing the Dow up 135 points. And, today, Ford reported that its sales topped 2 million this year for the first time since 2007. Ford rose 0.5 percent.

Markets will be closed Monday for New Year’s Day.

In other corporate news: • Sears fell 0.5 percent to

$32.77 after the company’s credit rating was downgraded to “junk.”

The company said this week it would close 100 Sears, including the one at Jack-son Metrocenter, and Kmart stores.

• AMR Corp., the parent com-pany of American Airlines, fell 19 cents to 33 cents. The com-pany filed for bankruptcy pro-tection last month.

‘A misery for everyone’

PARIS (AP) — Just three years ago, the euro was being praised as the can-do currency that had delivered unprece-dented prosperity in Europe.

Now, it’s widely derided as a hugely flawed experiment in the wake of a debt crisis that’s threatening its very existence — an uncomfortable backdrop as the currency’s notes and coins hit their first decade in circulation on Sunday.

The question is: Will it get to its 11th birthday, let alone 20th? In the euro’s tumultuous short history, it has already been her-alded as the ultimate mark of a peaceful, united Europe; scoffed at as a giant act of hubris by a distant political elite; and cred-ited with giving Europe a more influential voice in the world.

These days, as it faces its biggest crisis yet, the euro is a daily reminder to more than 330 million people of the dismal state of the economy in the 17-nation eurozone. Many countries seem headed back into recession, and policymak-ers are grappling with a spiral-ing debt crisis.

While few Europeans are pre-pared to scrap the euro — in part because they fear a chaotic collapse more than the current muddle — some are nostalgic for the money they counted on before it arrived.

Parisians waiting to exchange their old francs outside a branch of the Banque de France before a Feb. 17 deadline harked back

to the “rosy” days.“Life was better before,” said

Mamia Zenak, a 52-year-old doctor. “It (the euro) is a misery for everyone.”

But it was not always so.In 2009, fanfare accompa-

nied the 10th anniversary of the euro’s “launch,” when it began floating on international exchanges and banks and gov-ernments started using it in their accounting. It was widely credited with briefly cushioning the countries that use it from the banking crisis sparked by the collapse of U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers in 2008, and for preventing proud euro member Ireland from descend-ing into the economic chaos that befell non-euro Iceland.

“When the euro was launched there were plenty of people who thought it would crash and burn,” the BBC wrote in a story on its website at the time. “Ten years on, its role as a global currency is secure.”

It doesn’t look so secure now. Events took a dark turn in 2010, when the debt-fueled boom years finally caught up with Greece and the euro-zone realized it didn’t have the tools to deal with its economic implosion.

Eventually Greece’s euro partners and the Interna-tional Monetary Fund found

the money to bail the country out but it wasn’t long before Ireland had to be rescued too after its property and banking sectors collapsed. In 2011, Por-tugal’s failure to deal with its chronically sclerotic economy meant it joined the bailout club too. Meanwhile, Iceland, which suffered terribly in the crisis of 2008 appears to be on the mend after allowing its currency to fall and its banks take big finan-cial hits.

Now as 2012 dawns, the euro’s role as even a regional currency is uncertain as the crisis has spread to much-big-ger Italy, with many skeptical about its ability to survive, at least in its present form.

Today’s pessimism, which saw the euro fall to a 15-month low against the dollar of $1.2857 on Thursday, recalls the early days, when consumers wor-ried that the currency would do them in financially, as shop-keepers took advantage of the changeover to hike prices. Maria Esteban, a catering man-ager in Madrid, remembered the price of a beer jumping from 150 pesetas to (euro) 1.50 — an increase of 66 percent.

“People barely knew what they were paying,” said the 50-year-old.

Prices that had been set for their ease — 10 francs, which was one coin, for a cone of roasted chestnuts in Paris, for instance — saw some of the most egregious markups.

Mortgage rates wrap up2011 above record lows

WASHINGTON — Fixed mortgage rates rose slightly this week off their record lows. The year is ending much like it began, with few people able to take advantage of the best rates in history.

Freddie Mac said Thurs-day that the average on the 30-year home loan increased to 3.95 percent from 3.91 per-cent. Last week’s rate was the lowest average on records dating to the 1950s.

The average on the 15-year fixed mortgage rose to 3.24 percent. That’s up from 3.21 percent, also a record low.

Rates have been below 5 percent for all but two weeks in 2011. Even so, this year is shaping up to be one of the worst ever for home sales.

Previously occupied homes are selling just slightly ahead of last year’s dismal pace. And new-home sales appear headed for their worst year on records going back half a century.

Next year could be better. More than 5 percent of house-holds said this month they plan to purchase a home within the next six months, according to the Conference Board.

Builders are also hopeful that the low rates could boost sales next year. Low mort-gage rates were cited as a key reason the National Associa-tion of Home Builders survey of builder sentiment rose in December to its highest level in more than a year.

Verizon to charge $2for one-time payments

NEW YORK — Verizon Wireless, the country’s larg-est cellphone company, said Thursday that it will start charging $2 for every pay-ment subscribers make over the phone or online with their credit cards.

The company said this “con-venience fee” will be intro-duced Jan. 15.

The fee won’t apply to elec-tronic check payments or to automatic credit card pay-ments set up through Veri-zon’s AutoPay system. Paying by credit card at a Verizon store will be free, as will mail-ing a check.

Other carriers have tried to get subscribers to move to auto payments. AT&T Inc. offers a $10 gift card for those who set up AutoPay. Sprint Nextel Corp. charges subscrib-ers who have caps on the fees they can rack up each month. Those people are charged $5 monthly unless they set up automatic payments.

It’s not uncommon for utili-ties, universities and even state tax departments to charge convenience fees for online payments. Each credit-card payment comes with fees that the companies can avoid by getting electronic checks instead.

BuSInESSBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

No fanfare as euro marks10th year in circulation

ThE AssoCiATEd PREss

Euro signs are projected on a bridge in Paris on Dec. 31, 2001, the day before the currency began circulating in Europe.

1 euro equals $1.30 in American currency.

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Military sees surge in useof synthetic marijuana

SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. troops are increasingly using an easy-to-get herbal mix called “Spice,” which mimics a marijuana high and can bring on hallucinations that last for days.

The abuse of the drug has so alarmed military officials that they’ve launched an aggres-sive testing program that this year has led to the investiga-tion of more than 1,100 sus-pected users, according to mil-itary figures.

So-called “synthetic” pot is readily available on the Inter-net and has become popular nationwide in recent years, but its use among troops and sail-ors has raised concerns among the Pentagon brass.

Mississippi passed a law ban-ning the product in 2010.

“You can just imagine the work that we do in a mili-tary environment,” said Mark Ridley, deputy director of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, adding, “you need to be in your right mind when you do a job. That’s why the Navy has always taken a zero toler-ance policy toward drugs.”

Two years ago, only 29 Marines and sailors were inves-

tigated for Spice. This year, the number topped 700, the investi-gative service said. Those found guilty of using Spice are kicked out, although the Navy does not track the overall number of dismissals.

The Air Force has punished 497 airmen so far this year, compared to last year’s 380, according to figures provided by the Pentagon. The Army does not track Spice investi-gations but says it has medi-cally treated 119 soldiers for

the synthetic drug in total.Military officials empha-

size those caught represent a tiny fraction of all service members and note none was in a leadership position or believed high while on duty.

Spice is made up of exotic plants from Asia like Blue Lotus and Bay Bean. Their leaves are coated with chem-icals that mimic the effects of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, but are five to 200 times more potent.

More than 40 states have banned some of its chemicals, prompting sellers to turn to the Internet, where it is mar-keted as incense or potpourri. In some states, Spice is sold at bars, smoke shops and con-venience stores. The packets usually say the ingredients are not for human consump-tion but also tout them as “mood enhancing.”

Lt. Commander Donald Hurst, a fourth-year psychi-atry resident at San Diego’s Naval Medical Center, said the hospital is believed to have seen more cases than any other health facility in the country.

District of Columbia must pay$1 million in historic gun case

WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia has been ordered to pay more than $1 million in attorneys’ fees as a result of a historic gun case that was ultimately decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Dick Heller sued the city in 2003 over its ban on hand-gun ownership and the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the ban in June 2008, saying it vio-lated the Second Amendment.

A federal judge Thursday issued an opinion awarding Heller’s attorneys $1,137,072.27 in fees and expenses. The attor-neys had argued they should be awarded $3.1 million. Attor-neys for the city said the figure

should be closer to $840,000. District of Columbia Attor-

ney General Irvin B. Nathan, the head of the office that rep-resents the city in legal mat-ters, said in a statement that Heller’s lawyers had requested an “outlandish fee.” Nathan praised the U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan’s decision not to accept the full hourly rate the attorneys had requested or the full number of hours they had billed for.

Heller’s lead lawyer, Alan Gura, said his team is still studying the opinion and pos-sible next steps. Gura said he is pleased with much of the opin-ion, but he said the fee calcu-

lation the judge used was out-dated and that lawyers doing similar work in Washington are typically compensated at a higher rate. The judge’s opinion awards Gura approxi-mately $662,000 for more than 1,500 hours of work on the case, paying him at a rate of $420 per hour. Five other mem-bers of Heller’s team are also compensated.

After the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in 2008, the city rewrote its gun laws and for the first time in more than 30 years permitted handgun own-ership. The new laws, however, include numerous registration requirements.

Spice in the Service


Obama’s domestic policy chief leaving jobWASHINGTON (AP) —

Melody Barnes is leaving as White House chief domestic policy adviser at a time when President Barack Obama’s administration is getting little notice for its work on the home front to fix the struggling economy.

Barnes, who will be gone by Tuesday, is quick to point out that there have been many domestic achievements,

even though the public is dissatisfied.

Her office is wrestling with multiple thorny issues now just as it was when Barnes started as Obama’s domestic policy team director in 2009.

Back then, the economy plunged into free-fall and the country was in its worst eco-nomic crisis since the 1930s. Jobs were being lost at a rate of about 750,000 a month —

a number Barnes still finds so staggering she said she has to double-check it every time she says it. Homes were being foreclosed, unemploy-ment was skyrocketing and reaching double the national average in the black community.

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan dragged on and an outbreak of H1N1flu virus became a pandemic.

Lt. Commander

Donald Hurst, a

fourth-year psychiatry resident at

San Diego’s Naval Medical Center, said the hospital is believed to have seen

more cases than any other health facility in the

country.

A poster warning of the effects of the drug ‘Spice’ hangs on a wall at the Naval Hospital in San Diego.

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Syrian rebels back off violence for Arab League visitBEIRUT (AP) — The rebel

Free Syrian Army said today it has stopped its offensive against government targets during a month-long mis-sion by Arab Legue monitors, saying it wants to expose how the regime is killing peaceful protesters.

The leader of the FSA, break-away air force Col. Riad al-Asaad, said his troops have halted the attacks since the

observers arrived Tuesday. The government insists ter-rorists and gangs are driving the nine months of crisis.

“We stopped to show respect to Arab brothers, to prove that there are no armed gangs in Syria, and for the monitors to be able to go wherever they want,” al-Asaad said from his base in Turkey.

“We only defend ourselves now. This is our right and

the right of every human being,” he said, adding that his group will resume attacks after the observers finish their mission.

The Free Syrian Army says is made up of some 15,000 army defectors who abandoned the regime during the uprising. The group has claimed respon-sibility for attacks on govern-ment installations that have killed scores of soldiers and

members of security forces.Also today, Russia’s Foreign

Ministry said an initial assess-ment by Arab League observ-ers in Syria was “reassuring,” even as activists reported fresh violence by security forces that killed nine.

Moscow is one of Syria’s few remaining allies follow-ing more than nine months of violence stemming from a massive protest movement.

The United Nations says some 5,000 people have been killed in the government crackdown on dissent.

“Moscow appraises with sat-isfaction the real beginning of the Arab League activities in Syria,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The min-istry noted that the Sudanese general who heads the mis-sion visited the restive city of Homs.

U.S. aimsto revivedialoguewith Taliban

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration hopes to restore momentum in the spring to U.S. talks with the Taliban insurgency that had reached a critical point before falling apart this month because of objections from Afghan President Hamid Karzai, U.S. and Afghan offi-cials said.

One goal of renewed talks with the insur-gents would be to iden-tify cease-fire zones that could be used as a stepping-stone toward a full peace agreement t h at st op s most fight-ing, a senior administra-tion official told The Asso-ciated Press — a goal that remains far out of reach.

U . S . o f f i -cials from the State Depart-ment and White House plan to continue a series of secret meetings with Taliban repre-sentatives in Europe and the Persian Gulf region next year, assuming a small group of Tal-iban emissaries the U.S. con-siders legitimate remains will-ing, two officials said.

The U.S. outreach to the Taliban this year had fits and starts but had progressed to the point that there was active discussion of two steps the Taliban seeks as precursors to negotiations, the senior U.S. official said. Talks are on an unofficial hiatus at Karzai’s request, U.S. and other offi-cials said.

Those trust-building mea-sures were a Taliban head-quarters office and the release from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, of about five Afghan pris-oners considered affiliated with the Taliban. Those steps were to be matched by assur-ances from at least part of the Taliban leadership that the insurgents would cut ties with al-Qaida, accept the elected civilian government of Afghanistan and bargain in good faith.

The Taliban office idea is seen the most likely to regain traction next year, but it’s unclear when it might open. A political office in a neu-tral third country would be authorized to conduct talks on a peaceful end to the 10-year war.

Karzai remains opposed to the more difficult prisoner transfer plan, which is fur-ther complicated by new con-gressional restrictions on any prisoner transfers.

PresidentBarack Obama

PresidentHamid Karzai

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TONIGHT

Partly cloudy tonight, lows in the mid-40s; mostly clear and sunny Saturday, highs

in the mid-60s

45°

PRECISION FORECASTBY CHIEF METEOROLOGIST

BARBIE BASSSETTSATuRdAy

64°

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 FORECASTSaturday-SundayMostly clear and sunny;

highs in the mid-60s, lows in the 30s and 40s

STATE FORECASTtOnIGHt

Partly cloudy, lows in the mid-40s

Saturday-SundayMostly clear and sunny;

highs in the mid-60s, lows in the 30s and 40s

ALmAnACHIGHS and LOwS

High/past 24 hours............. 64ºLow/past 24 hours .............. 35ºAverage temperature ........ 50ºNormal this date .................. 48ºRecord low .............10º in 1917Record high ...........79º in 1889

raInfaLLRecorded at the

Vicksburg Water PlantPast 24 hours ................0.0 inchThis month .............7.92 inchesTotal/year ............. 44.89 inchesNormal/month .....5.76 inchesNormal/year ....... 52.18 inches

SOLunar tabLeMost active times for fish

and wildlife Saturday:A.M. Active .........................10:18A.M. Most active ................ 4:07P.M. Active ..........................10:38P.M. Most active ................. 4:28

SunrISe/SunSetSunset today ....................... 5:06Sunset tomorrow .............. 5:07Sunrise tomorrow ............. 7:04

RIVER DATAStaGeS

Mississippi Riverat Vicksburg

Current: 37.4 | Change: -0.4Flood: 43 feet

Yazoo River at GreenwoodCurrent: 25.2 | Change: -0.1

Flood: 35 feetYazoo River at Yazoo City


Yazoo River at BelzoniCurrent: 25.2 | Change: -0.5

Flood: 34 feetBig Black River at West


Big Black River at BovinaCurrent: 23.1 | Change: -0.6

Flood: 28 feet

SteeLe bayOuLand ...................................86.2River ...................................85.5

mISSISSIPPI RIVER FORECAST

Cairo, Ill.Saturday ................................ 38.2Sunday ................................... 38.4Monday ................................. 38.7

MemphisSaturday ................................ 21.4Sunday ................................... 22.0Monday ................................. 21.9

GreenvilleSaturday ................................ 40.2Sunday ................................... 40.1Monday ................................. 40.0

VicksburgSaturday ................................ 37.4Sunday ................................... 37.2Monday ................................. 37.0

Firefighters battle blaze on Russian nuclear submarineMOSCOW (AP) — Fire-

fighters extinguished a mas-sive fire aboard a docked Russian nuclear submarine today as some crew members remained inside, officials said, giving assurances that there was no radiation leak and the vessel’s nuclear-tipped mis-siles were not on board.

Military prosecutors have launched an investigation into whether safety regula-tions were breached. Presi-dent Dmitry Medvedev sum-moned top Cabinet officials to report on the situation and demanded punishment for anyone found responsible.

The fire broke out Thursday at an Arctic shipyard outside the northwestern Russian city of Murmansk where the sub-marine Yekaterinburg was in dry-dock. The blaze, which shot orange flames high into the air through the night, was put out today and firefighters continued to spray the vessel with water to cool it down, Emergency Situations Minis-ter Sergei Shoigu said.

Russian state television earlier showed the rubber-coated hull of the submarine still smoldering, with firefight-ers gathering around it and some standing on top to douse it with water. Most modern submarines’ outer hulls are covered with rubber to make them less noisy and more diffi-cult for an enemy to detect.

Seven members of the sub-marine crew were hospital-ized after inhaling poisonous carbon monoxide fumes from the fire, Shoigu said.

An unspecified number of crew remained inside the submarine during the fire, Defense Ministry spokesman Col. Igor Konashenkov said in a statement. He insisted there never was any danger of it spreading inside the sub and said the crew reported that conditions on board remained normal.

Konashenkov’s statement left it unclear whether the crew were trapped there or ordered to stay inside.

There has been no radiation leak from the fire, the Defense Ministry and Foreign Ministry said, and Norway’s Radiation

Protection Authority across the border reported it has not measured any increased radioactivity.

The governor in Finnmark, Norway’s northeastern prov-ince that borders Russia, and the radiation agency com-plained about the Russian response.

“There have been problems to get clear information from the Russian side,” Gunnar Kjoennoey told Norwegian broadcaster NRK. “We have an agreement to exchange information in such cases, but there has been no information from the Russian side so far.”

Russia’s military says the blaze started on wooden scaf-folding and then engulfed the sub’s outer hull. The vessel’s nuclear reactor had been shut down and its nuclear-tipped missiles and other weapons had been unloaded before dry-dock repairs, it said.

Toxic fumes from the blaze had spread to the town of Roslyakovo where the ship-yard is located, but officials said there was no need to evacuate local residents.

The Interfax news agency quoted the former director of the biggest shipyard in the area as saying the fire was

probably caused by the fail-ure to take proper safety pre-cautions, such as coating the scaffolding with special sprays to make it fire-resistant.

“It was either lack of pro-fessionalism or an attempt to save money that has turned into huge losses,” Nikolai Kal-istratov said.

The Yekaterinburg is a Delta-IV-class nuclear-powered sub-marine that normally carries 16 nuclear-tipped interconti-nental ballistic missiles. The 548-foot vessel has a displace-ment of 18,200 tons when submerged.

The chief of the General Staff of the Russian armed forces, Gen. Nikolai Makarov, led a team of senior military offi-cials to Roslyakovo to oversee the emergency response.

The damage from the fire could be so massive that the submarine would need to be scrapped, news reports said today. But Deputy Prime Min-ister Dmitry Rogozin, who is in charge of the nation’s mili-tary industries, said that the submarine will rejoin the navy after repairs.

The Russian navy suffered its worst accident in August 2000, when the Kursk nuclear submarine exploded and sank during naval maneuvers, kill-ing all 118 crew members aboard.

A 2008 accident at the Nerpa nuclear-powered submarine killed 20 Russian seamen and injured 21 others when its fire-extinguishing system activated in error and spewed suffocating Freon gas.

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state government, but again, he gave no specifics.

“Some of the work was done pro bono (no fee), and some of it is done for a fee,” he said.

In addition to his annual pay, Winfield was paid $2,500 to $3,000 in fees for doing spe-

cial work for Port Gibson, such as handling bond issues, Reeves said.

Winfield’s decision to remain on as Port Gibson’s attorney raised questions during and after his election in Vicksburg. He said he was not prohibited from holding

both offices.Reeves said Winfield spent

about two days a month in Port Gibson, mostly attend-ing board meetings and when he could not be there, his brother, Michael Win-field, also an attorney, took his place.

“It has been a great oppor-tunity to represent the citi-zens of Port Gibson,” Paul Winfield said. “I have offered to assist them with the tran-sition to a new attorney, and I will work with the new attor-ney to bring them up to date on the city’s pending legal

matters. We’re leaving (Port Gibson) in pretty good shape legally.”

The new board of mayor and aldermen in Port Gibson was elected in November and sworn in last week.

Firefighters spray water on a burning nuclear submarine in the Murmansk region of Rus-sia today.


both sides of Patton Street in the 800 block.

Arrested was George Love Jr., 16, 804 Patton, who was charged as an adult with attempted aggravated assault. Williams would not

say if Love is believed to have fired shots, but a .22 rifle was recovered from him at the home, she said.

Hall was shot after driving a Ford Taurus onto Patton Street, Williams said, but it

was unclear if she knew the people involved.

Another teen on Patton, in whose pajama pants pocket a bullet was found, was arrested, questioned and later released, Williams said.

Love was released from the Warren County Jail Thurs-day night on a $15,000 bond, Williams said.

Police recovered 45 shell casings from a .45-caliber pistol on Patton Street, Wil-

liams said.Police were continuing to

question people believed to be at the scene, Williams said.

DEATHSThe 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.

Charles Henry JohnsonServices for Charles

Henry Johnson will be at 1 p.m. today at W.H. Jeffer-son Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Mr. Johnson died Monday, Dec. 26, 2011, at River Region Medical Center. He was 73.

He was a retired custodian for the Vicksburg Country Club and had worked for Anderson Tully lumber mill and the City of Vicksburg.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Agnes Johnson.

He is survived by numerous cousins and other relatives, including Dwan Henderson of Vicksburg,

Robert Earl Parker Jr.Services for Robert Earl

“Bob the Tattoo Kid” Parker Jr. will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hickory Tree M.B. Church with the Rev. Willie Thomas officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery. Visi-tation will be from 5 until 7 tonight at W.H. Jefferson Funeral Home.

Mr. Parker died Monday, Dec. 26, 2011, at his home. He was 23.

He was preceded in death by a son, Kemarrion Parker; his grandfathers, Curtis Anderson Sr. and George Parker; a grandmother, Augusta Anderson; his great-

grandfathers, Albert Thomas Sr. and Square Harris; and an aunt, Brelyn Gross.

He is survived by his par-ents, Angela “Darrell” Harris and Robert Parker Sr.; five daughters, Kierra and Sierra Parker, Madison Nelson, Kaleigh Carter and Breamari Warren-Parker, all of Vicksburg; two sons, Kaleeb Carter and DeMarius Beamon, both of Vicksburg; his grandparents, Lorraine O’Neal, Flora Parker, and Jamie Lee and Mary Wash-ington, all of Vicksburg; his great-grandmother, Bea-trice Thomas; three sisters, La’Quinta O’Neal, Sherrice Johnson and Latisha Brooks, all of Vicksburg; five broth-ers, DeShawndric Parker, Demetri Raye, Ladarius Parker, Desmon Parker and Robert Early, all of Vicks-burg; and nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins and other relatives, including Glory Tolliver of Kansas City, Mo.

Margaret Gray RamseyMargaret Gray Ramsey

died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011, at her home. She was 64.

Dillon-Chisley Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.

Sarah Lois TeeterROLLING FORK — Sarah

Lois Teeter died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011, at her home. She was 69.

Mrs. Teeter was born in Georgia, she lived for years in Dale, Ark., before moving to the Mississippi Delta for the past 20 years. She was a member of the Assembly

of God Church in Greenville where she played keyboard in the church.

Survivors include her hus-band, Kenneth Teeter of Roll-ing Fork; three daughters, Linda Burton and Sherry Sims, both of Hernando, and Connie Higgs of Golconda, Ill.; three sisters, Ann Den-ning of Greenville, Darlene Beliew of McGehee, Ark., and Deborah Gladney of Amory; four brothers, Homer Atch-ley of Glen Allan and Glen Atchley, Ricky Atchley and Louis Atchley, all of Green-ville; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Services will be at noon Sat-

urday at Glenwood Funeral Home in Rolling Fork with the Rev. Anthony Prestage officiating. Burial will follow at Mound Cemetery in Roll-ing Fork. Visitation will be tonight from 5 until 8 at the funeral home.

Larry Donnell WhitakerServices for Larry Donnell

Whitaker will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Burial will follow under the direction of W.H. Jefferson Funeral Home.

Mr. Whitaker died Satur-day, Dec. 24, 2011, at his resi-dence. He was 47.

He was preceded in death

by his paternal grandpar-ents, Joe Yates and Della Mae Sims.

He is survived by two sons, Devin Whitaker and Donavon Whitaker, both of Vicksburg; a daughter, Matya Whitaker of Vicksburg; his father, Robert Sims; his step-father and mother, George and Lucille Whitaker Ross; two brothers, Jeffery Ross and Kenneth Ross, both of Vicksburg; his grandparents, Roosevelt Lee of Chicago and Susie Tolliver of Aurora, Ill.; and aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives.


with the other members of the county’s delegation and local hotel and restaurant owners for their opinions on the tax. Sen. Briggs Hopson III, R-Vicksburg, said he had heard about Winfield’s plan, but was not very familiar with it.

“I had hoped to talk with the mayor and city leaders about it before we go into the session,” he said. State Rep. George Flaggs Jr., D-Vicks-burg, said no one has talked to him about the sports park or the hotel and food tax increases.

Attempts to contact Reps. Chuck Middleton, D-Port Gibson, and Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, were unsuccessful.

The game plan for a new city recreational complex has waxed and waned for years.

• In 2003, the City of Vicks-burg Board of Mayor and Aldermen purchased for $325,000 200 acres off Fisher Ferry Road just south of St. Michael Catholic Church and announced plans to build a sports complex with softball and soccer fields and outdoor basketball courts.

The city dedicated $4 mil-lion from a $16.9 million bond issue to pay for dirt work and construction of the complex, but work was halted in 2009 when the city transferred $2.2 million of that money to help cover the $8 million expense of replacing the deteriorating railroad bridge on Washington Street near Clark Street.

Total cost so far: $325,000 for the purchase, and $2.7 million for preliminary plans, engineering and dirt work.

• In 2007, the City board hired USA Partners Sports Alliance of Jacksonville, Fla., for $250,000 to determine the feasibility of a proposed $25 million sports complex at Halls Ferry Park, including

Bazinsky Field, proposed by the Aquila Group of Vicks-burg. It would include base-ball and softball fields and related amenities, a water park, a baseball stadium/ballpark and facilities for golf, soccer, volleyball, tennis and other activities. The Aquila Group would lead the construction and manage-ment of the fields and sports facilities.

A study by the Mississippi Department of Environmen-tal Quality found the site was not suitable because part of Halls Ferry Park was built on what was once the city’s landfill.

Under an agreement between the city and USA Partners, which was hired after Aquila approached the city, the $250,000 feasibility study cost would be returned to the city if the complex did not materialize. More than four years later, the city has not been reimbursed.

City attorney Lee Davis Thames Jr. said the city has won a judgment against the company and its owner, Jay Daniels. He said the city is in the process of determin-ing which of Daniels’ assets in Florida can be seized to recover the money.

Total cost, including Fisher Ferry, means the city has spent about $3 million on sports complex plans.

Now, just more than half-way through his four-year term, Winfield has said he will tell residents about his plans for a new complex after he has cost estimates in hand for purchasing and preparing.

City recreation director Joe Graves said the mayor hasn’t talked to him about the pro-posed complex, adding, “when they’re ready, I guess they’ll call us in and let us know.”

North Ward Alderman

Michael Mayfield said he, Winfield, Thames and city buildings and inspection director Victor Gray-Lewis toured the parcel Winfield likes. He said it is between Culkin Road and River Region Medical Center on U.S. 61 North, which is not in the city limits. Mayfield said the property is owned by Vicksburg businessmen John Bell and Pete Buford.

Buford would not confirm that.

Bell declined to comment, saying, “You’ll have to talk to the city about that.”

Thames would not confirm Mayfield’s comments, but said, “He shouldn’t have told you that.”

South Ward Alderman Sid Beauman said he hasn’t talked with Winfield about the newest site and he hasn’t seen it. He said the board needs to reach a decision on

Fisher Ferry before buying any more property.

“It’s a waste of time and $2 million, and we need to go in (to Fisher Ferry) and start again,” he said. “When we stopped that project we had the pads built for six adult softball fields at Fisher Ferry. All we had to do was go in and build them. That was our biggest need.”

“We’ve spent $2 million out there and we need to determine how we’re going to account for that to the people,” Mayfield said. “We have to reach a decision (on Fisher Ferry). You can’t advance until you’ve covered your rear.”

County land records show Bell and Buford own a 38-acre spot in the area May-field says is under consider-ation, but no one is discuss-ing the potential price tag.

Property owners with land

adjacent to the acreage, which includes giant bluffs and low flatlands, said they

have not been contacted by the city about their property.

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From Great Successor to Supreme Leader to Great Leader

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea warned the world today there would be no softening of its position toward South Korea’s gov-ernment after Kim Jong Il’s death as Pyongyang strength-ened his son and heir’s author-ity with a new title: Great Leader.

North Korea’s powerful National Defense Commis-sion said the country would never deal with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, a conservative who stopped a no-strings-attached aid policy toward the North in 2008.

The stern message also said North Korea was uniting around Kim Jong Un, refer-ring to him for the first time with the title Great Leader — previously used for his father — in a clear message of conti-nuity. It was the latest incre-mental step in a burgeoning personality cult around the son following the Dec. 17 death of Kim Jong Il.

Kim Jong Un was made a four-star general last year and appointed a vice chair-man of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party. Since his father’s death, North Korean officials and state media have given him a

series of new titles: Great Suc-cessor, Supreme Leader and now Great Leader.

The top levels of govern-ment appear to have rallied around Kim Jong Un, who is in his late 20s, in the wake of his father’s death. Still, given his inexperience and age, there are questions outside North Korea about his leadership of a nation engaged in delicate

negotiations over its nuclear program and grappling with decades of economic hardship and chronic food shortages.

“We declare solemnly and confidently that the foolish politicians around the world, including the puppet group in South Korea, should not expect any change from us,” the National Defense Commis-sion said. “We will never deal

with the traitor group of Lee Myung-bak.”

In a combative voice, a female news anchor for state TV read the National Defense Commission statement, saying the “evil misdeeds” of the Lee administration reached a peak when it prevented South Kore-ans from visiting North Korea to pay respects to Kim Jong Il, except for two delegations led

by a former first lady and a business leader, both of whose husbands had ties to North Korea.

North Korea had said for-eign official delegations would not be allowed at the funeral but that it would welcome any South Koreans who wanted to travel to pay respects to Kim.

“Even though we lost Kim Jong Il, we have the dear

respected Kim Jong Un,” Kang Chol Bok, a 28-year-old officer of the Korean People’s Inter-nal Security Forces, told The Associated Press. “We will turn our profound sorrow into strength and courage.”

In a new postage stamp, Kim Jong Un was featured with Kim Jong Il against the back-drop of sacred Mount Paektu, the North’s official Korean Central News Agency said. It appeared to be the first time that the son has been featured on a postage stamp. North Korea has often depicted Kim Jong Il and his father, North Korean founder Kim Il Sung, together in official artwork.

The North’s statement is a warning for Seoul not to take the new leadership lightly, said Koh Yu-hwan, a North Korea expert at Seoul’s Dong-guk University.

“It is also raising the stakes in case the South wants better relations so Pyongyang can extract greater concessions” during any later talks, Koh said. He added that it’s “too early to say the North is dash-ing hopes for reforms.”

While blasting the South’s leader, the North also offered hope for improved ties with the South, saying it “will con-tinue to push hard toward the path of improved relations.”

But it added that any better ties won’t be “based on the deceitful ploys South Korea is employing by mixing ’tough-ness’ and ’flexibility.”’ Seoul has signaled a change in its approach toward Pyongyang in recent months, saying it will be more flexible in deal-ing with the North.

A magazine cover in Beijing, China, today features North Korea’s new leader, Kim Jong Un.The associaTed press

North Koreabeefs upsupportfor new guy

‘Baghdad is the castle of resistance’: Iraqis cheer U.S. departureBAGHDAD (AP) — Hun-

dreds of Sunni Muslims gath-ered in Baghdad today to celebrate the withdrawal of American forces, but in a sign of the sectarian divisions that re-emerged immediately after their departure, Shiite Mus-lims did not join the event.

The celebration took place near the Abu Hanifa mosque,

the main house of worship in the primarily Sunni neighbor-hood of Azamiyah in north-ern Baghdad. To secure the event, Iraqi troops blocked traffic on roads leading to the mosque and searched people approaching the area.

During the rally, men and children waved Iraqi flags and raised banners praising those

who resisted the U.S. presence in Iraq.

“Baghdad is the castle of resistance,” one banner read. “The deeds of the heroes are stronger than the weapons of the occupiers,” read another banner. Women threw choc-olates to the crowd as a sign of joy.

The mosque’s preacher,

Sheik Ahmed al-Taha, accused Americans of stirring up sec-tarian tension among Iraqis.

“The occupiers created the sectarian conflict as an exit from the quagmire they found themselves in when they were facing 200 military operations against them every day. By dividing Iraqis, the Americans made Iraqis attack each other

instead of attacking them,” al-Taha said.

The preacher also called on the government to demand compensation from the U.S. for the loss of lives and damage.

The lingering sectarian divisions Iraq faces was clear during the prayer service and rally, which was almost entirely Sunni. Shiites were

invited but did not show up.Shiites have given the depar-

ture of the U.S. a different name. Sunnis generally call it the “evacuation day,” whereas Shiites call it the “fulfillment day” as a way to show Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who leads a Shiite-dominated gov-ernment, fulfilled his promise to get U.S. troops out.

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LOTTERYLa. Pick 3: 5-1-0La. Pick 4: 4-3-4-3 Weekly results: B2

Offensive explosionBaylor beats Washington67-56 in Alamo BowlStory/B3

SChEduLE

PREP SOCCERVicksburg hosts ClintonTuesday, 5:30 p.m.

St. Aloysius hosts Crystal SpringsTuesday, 5:30 p.m.

PREP BASKETBALLWarren Central at ClintonTuesday, 6 p.m.

St. Al at West LincolnTuesday, 6 p.m.

ON TV5:40 p.m. ESPN - A big weekend of football be-gins tonight with four college bowl games, highlighted by the Music City Bowl in Nashville be-tween Mississippi State and Wake Forest. Com-plete bowl schedule/B2

WhO’S hOT

AMA ARKOFULVicksburg High bas-ketball player had 22 points and seven assists in a 52-44 vic-tory over Mendenhall Thursday. Story/B2

SIdELINES

Saints’ Thomasfined by NFL

METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Saints running back Pierre Thomas has been fined $12,500 for a uni-form violation and a touchdown celebration in which he placed a bow on a football and gave it to a fan.

Thomas violated NFL policies by wearing Christmas-themed green and red tape on his uni-form, and was fined $5,000.

Notice of the fines was taped to Thomas’ locker by teammates with a bow on top as a prank.

Thomas said he’s still happy he “gave a lucky fan a wonderful gift.”

college football

Saturday Meinke Car Care Bowl / Texas A&M (6-6) vs. Northwestern (6-6) / 11 a.m. ESPNSaturday Sun Bowl / Georgia Tech (8-4) vs. Utah (7-5) / 1 p.m. CBS

Saturday liBerty Bowl / Vanderbilt (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3) / 2:30 p.m. ESPNSaturday Fight hunger Bowl / UCLA (6-7) vs. Illinois (6-6) / 2:30 p.m. ESPN

Saturday ChiCk-Fil-a Bowl / Virginia (8-4) vs. Auburn (7-5) / 6:30 p.m. ESPNMonday roSe Bowl / Oregon (11-2) vs. Wisconsin (11-2) / 4 p.m. ESPN

Monday FieSta Bowl / Stanford (11-1) vs. Oklahoma St. (11-1) / 7:30 p.m. ESPN

Music city BowlMississippi st. (6-6) vs.

Wake Forest (6-6)5:40 TONIGhT

TV: ESPN

coMpleteBowl schedule / B2

Bulldogs try to finish on high note By The Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Wake Forest wide receiver Chris Givens has some pow-erful motivation when the Demon Deacons meet Missis-sippi State for the first game between the programs.

It’s not protecting Atlantic Coast Conference bragging rights over the mighty South-eastern Conference.

No, this is much more personal.

Mississippi State linebacker Christian Holmes is Givens’ second cousin, and that means family pride is on the line tonight at the Music City Bowl.

“I know if he wins, I’m not ever going to hear the end of it,” Givens said. “I really don’t want that. Just going home because everybody is Mississippi State fans. I would like to just go home and say we beat Mississippi State in a bowl game.”

Wake Forest coach Jim Grobe doesn’t care what motivates Givens, the red-

shirt junior who set a school record with 1,276 yards receiving this season.

“I would guess if you grew up in Mississippi, that you’d want to play well against Ole Miss or Mississippi State, either one,” Grobe said. “Hopefully, we’ll see.”

Mississippi State wants to finish off a season that started with high expecta-

tions only to end with its first trip to the Music City Bowl after six losses to teams ranked in the Top 25 at some point in the season. After back-to-back losses to Ala-bama and Arkansas, the Bulldogs became bowl eli-gible by routing Ole Miss 31-3 in the Egg Bowl.

Senior running back Vick Ballard and senior quarter-back Chris Relf, who will start his second straight game, know what they want now.

“I want to win, and I want to leave out on a good note and hopefully send the

college basketball

Howard makes big impact for TigersBy Jeff [email protected]

In his first season at Jack-son State, Kelsey Howard has taken on some of the nation’s best players and programs.

The list includes three top 10 teams — Ohio State, Baylor and Florida — along with three more high profile clubs in Memphis, California and St. Mary’s.

The former Vicksburg High star hasn’t been an idle par-ticipant, either. He’s Jackson State’s leading scorer with 14.4 points per game, and has drawn the opposition’s best perimeter defender. While most games have seen How-ard’s Tigers battle long odds as outmanned guests, there have been moments of joy.

The highlight came on Dec. 15 when the Tigers (2-10) upset SMU, 59-58, in Dallas. The win came on the sev-enth day of a nine-day trip that had started in Berke-ley, Calif. Howard played a huge role in the victory, with a game-best 27 points. It was his best scoring game since a 37-point effort for Vicksburg

in a Class 6A playoff game at Olive Branch in 2009.

Howard said he felt from the outset that it would be a good night.

“All the games have been tough, but this one was my best game of the season,” Howard said. “I hit my first two shots and I knew then I was going to have a good game. It felt a lot like that game I had up in Olive Branch.”

Howard led the Tigers out to a comfortable lead, but then the Mustangs mounted a comeback. With 20 sec-onds left and the game tied, Howard went to the free throw line for two shots.

“There was a lot of pres-sure to hit those free throws,” Howard said. “I just needed to step up and make them. I hit both. I got fouled again with 13 seconds left. I missed the first but made the second and we won by one.”

Howard said the victory made the long trip — which included losses to California, St. Mary’s and North Texas — worthwhile.

“It was a great win,”

Howard said. “We seemed to find some chemistry in that game. I think all these good teams that we’ve played has prepared us for our conference.”

Before Howard and the Tigers look toward the begin-ning of Southwestern Ath-letic Conference play, he reflected on the season’s first half.

“It seems like we’ve been everywhere. Florida, Ohio, California, Texas,” Howard said. “It’s been exciting. I feel we’ve bonded as a team. We’ve gotten used to each other.”

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vs. SMU

Jackson State’s Kelsey Howard has a layup attempt blocked by Florida’s Kenny Boynton (1) earlier this season. Howard, a former Vicksburg High star, is JSU’s leading scorer.

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Mississippi State players celebrate after beating Ole Miss this season. Mississippi State will play Wake Forest in the Music

City Bowl tonight in Nashville. It’s the first time the schools have ever played in football.

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USM KOsAlcorn for8th in rowBy The Associated Press

HATTIESBURG — Jona-than Mills scored 19 points off the bench and Southern Miss won its eighth straight game by overpowering Alcorn State in the second half of an 80-49 victory Thursday night.

The Golden Eagles (12-2) trailed 20-10 with 8:26 left in the first half before rallying for a 31-26 halftime lead.

In the second half, South-ern Miss shot 47.2 percent from the field (17-of-36) while holding the Braves to 21.4 percent (6-of-28).

“I thought we were slug-gish, which is going to happen when you play 30-plus games,” Southern Miss coach Larry Eustachy said. “But I thought we responded to what I told them at halftime. We had some great spurts, particu-larly in the second half. This team has great upside. But overall, I thought it was a great win.”

Alcorn State (3-9) made only 15 field goals in 50 attempts for the game and was 1-of-12 from 3-point range. The Braves made 18 of 23 free throws.

Darnell Dodson added 16 points and 11 rebounds for the Golden Eagles, who had a 56-30 rebounding advantage.

Xavian Rimmer scored 12 of his 18 points for Alcorn State in the first half and Kendrick McDonald added 16 points, hitting 10 of 12 foul shots.

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nflAMERICAN CONFERENCE

East W L T Pct PF PAy-New England ..12 3 0 .800 464 321N.Y. Jets ............8 7 0 .533 360 344Buffalo ...............6 9 0 .400 351 385Miami .................5 10 0 .333 310 296

South W L T Pct PF PAy-Houston ..........10 5 0 .667 359 255Tennessee .........8 7 0 .533 302 295Jacksonville .......4 11 0 .267 224 316Indianapolis .......2 13 0 .133 230 411

North W L T Pct PF PAx-Baltimore ........11 4 0 .733 354 250x-Pittsburgh .......11 4 0 .733 312 218Cincinnati ...........9 6 0 .600 328 299Cleveland ...........4 11 0 .267 209 294

West W L T Pct PF PADenver ...............8 7 0 .533 306 383Oakland .............8 7 0 .533 333 395San Diego .........7 8 0 .467 368 351Kansas City .......6 9 0 .400 205 335

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PAN.Y. Giants ........8 7 0 .533 363 386Dallas .................8 7 0 .533 355 316Philadelphia .......7 8 0 .467 362 318Washington ........5 10 0 .333 278 333

South W L T Pct PF PAy-New Orleans ..12 3 0 .800 502 322x-Atlanta ............9 6 0 .600 357 326Carolina .............6 9 0 .400 389 384Tampa Bay ........4 11 0 .267 263 449

North W L T Pct PF PAy-Green Bay ......14 1 0 .933 515 318x-Detroit .............10 5 0 .667 433 342Chicago .............7 8 0 .467 336 328Minnesota ..........3 12 0 .200 327 432

West W L T Pct PF PAy-San Francisco 12 3 0 .800 346 202Seattle ...............7 8 0 .467 301 292Arizona ..............7 8 0 .467 289 328St. Louis ............2 13 0 .133 166 373x-clinched playoff spoty-clinched division

———Sunday’s Games

Chicago at Minnesota, NoonCarolina at New Orleans, NoonDetroit at Green Bay, NoonSan Francisco at St. Louis, NoonTennessee at Houston, NoonBuffalo at New England, NoonN.Y. Jets at Miami, NoonIndianapolis at Jacksonville, NoonWashington at Philadelphia, NoonSan Diego at Oakland, 3:15 p.m.Kansas City at Denver, 3:15 p.m.Seattle at Arizona, 3:15 p.m.Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 3:15 p.m.Baltimore at Cincinnati, 3:15 p.m.Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 3:15 p.m.Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 7:30 p.m.

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NFL Playoff ScenariosAFC

CLINCHED: New England-East Division and first-round bye; Houston-South Division; Baltimore and Pittsburgh-wild-card spots.

NEW ENGLANDClinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with:• Win or tie• Baltimore loss or tie AND Pittsburgh loss or tie

BALTIMOREClinches AFC North Division and first-round bye with:• Win • Tie AND Pittsburgh loss or tie• Pittsburgh lossClinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with:• Win AND New England loss

PITTSBURGHClinches AFC North Division and first-round bye with:• Win AND Baltimore loss or tie• Tie AND Baltimore lossClinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with:• Win AND Baltimore loss or tie AND New Eng-land loss

DENVERClinches AFC West Division with:• Win• Tie AND Oakland loss or tie• Oakland loss

OAKLANDClinches AFC West Division with:• Win AND Denver loss or tie• Tie AND Denver lossClinches wild-card spot with:• Win AND Cincinnati loss AND Tennessee loss or tie• Win AND Cincinnati loss AND N.Y. Jets win

CINCINNATIClinches wild-card spot with:• Win or tie• N.Y. Jets loss or tie AND Oakland loss or tie• N.Y. Jets loss or tie AND Denver loss or tie

N.Y. JETSClinch wild-card spot with:• Win AND Cincinnati loss AND Tennessee loss or tie AND Oakland loss or tie• Win AND Cincinnati loss AND Tennessee loss or tie AND Denver loss or tie

TENNESSEEClinches wild-card spot with:• Win AND Cincinnati loss AND N.Y. Jets win AND Oakland loss or tie• Win AND Cincinnati loss AND N.Y. Jets win AND Denver loss or tie• Win AND Cincinnati loss AND N.Y. Jets loss or tie AND Oakland win AND Denver win

NFCCLINCHED: Green Bay-North Division and home-field advantage throughout NFC playoffs; New Orleans-South Division; San Francisco-West Divi-sion; Atlantaand Detroit-wild-card spots.

SAN FRANCISCOClinches first-round bye with:• Win• Tie AND New Orleans tie• New Orleans loss

NEW ORLEANSClinches first-round bye with:• Win and San Francisco loss or tie• Tie and San Francisco loss

N.Y. GIANTSClinch NFC East Division with:• Win or tie

DALLASClinches NFC East Division with:• Win

nbaEASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division W L Pct GBToronto .........................1 1 .500 —Philadelphia ..................1 1 .500 —New York ......................1 2 .333 1/2New Jersey ..................1 2 .333 1/2Boston ..........................0 3 .000 1 1/2

Southeast Division W L Pct GBMiami ............................3 0 1.000 —Atlanta ..........................2 0 1.000 1/2Orlando .........................2 1 .667 1Charlotte .......................1 1 .500 1 1/2Washington ...................0 2 .000 2 1/2

Central Division W L Pct GBIndiana ..........................2 0 1.000 —Chicago ........................2 1 .667 1/2Cleveland ......................1 1 .500 1Milwaukee .....................1 1 .500 1Detroit ...........................0 2 .000 2

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBNew Orleans ................2 0 1.000 —San Antonio ..................2 1 .667 1/2Houston ........................1 1 .500 1Memphis .......................0 2 .000 2Dallas ............................0 3 .000 2 1/2

Northwest Division W L Pct GBOklahoma City ..............4 0 1.000 —Portland ........................3 0 1.000 1/2Denver ..........................2 1 .667 1 1/2Minnesota .....................0 2 .000 3Utah ..............................0 2 .000 3

Pacific Division W L Pct GBGolden State ................2 1 .667 —L.A. Clippers .................1 1 .500 1/2L.A. Lakers ...................2 2 .500 1/2Sacramento ..................1 2 .333 1Phoenix .........................0 2 .000 1 1/2

———Thursday’s Games

Orlando 94, New Jersey 78Houston 105, San Antonio 85Oklahoma City 104, Dallas 102Chicago 108, Sacramento 98Portland 111, Denver 102L.A. Lakers 99, New York 82

Today’s GamesOrlando at Charlotte, 6 p.m.Cleveland at Indiana, 6 p.m.Detroit at Boston, 6:30 p.m.New Jersey at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.Phoenix at New Orleans, 7 p.m.Miami at Minnesota, 7 p.m.Houston at Memphis, 7 p.m.Toronto at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.Washington at Milwaukee, 7:30 p.m.Philadelphia at Utah, 8 p.m.Chicago at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

Saturday’s GamesDenver at L.A. Lakers, 2:30 p.m.Indiana at Detroit, 5 p.m.Atlanta at Houston, 6 p.m.New York at Sacramento, 7 p.m.Phoenix at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.Utah at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.Philadelphia at Golden State, 8 p.m.

college basketballSOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE

Conference All Games W L PCT W L PCTKentucky ............0 0 .000 12 1 .923Mississippi St. .0 0 .000 12 2 .857Alabama ............0 0 .000 10 3 .769Florida ................0 0 .000 10 3 .769LSU ....................0 0 .000 10 3 .769Arkansas ............0 0 .000 9 3 .750Ole Miss ...........0 0 .000 9 3 .750Auburn ...............0 0 .000 8 3 .727Vanderbilt ..........0 0 .000 9 4 .692Georgia ..............0 0 .000 8 5 .615South Carolina ..0 0 .000 6 6 .500Tennessee .........0 0 .000 6 6 .500

Thursday’s GamesRutgers 85, Florida 83, 2OTTennessee 86, The Citadel 55LSU 69, Grambling St. 37Vanderbilt 74, Marquette 57Alabama 72, Jacksonville 55

Today’s GamesDelaware St. at Georgia, 1 p.m.Georgia Southern at Auburn, 6 p.m.Ole Miss at Dayton, 6 p.m.Texas Southern at Arkansas, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s GamesLouisville at Kentucky, 11 a.m.SC-Upstate at South Carolina, 11 a.m.Yale at Florida, 1 p.m.Utah St. at Mississippi St., 1 p.m.

Sunday’s GamesNo games scheduled

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CONFERENCE USA Conference All Games W L PCT W L PCTSouthern Miss .0 0 .000 12 2 .857Tulane ................0 0 .000 11 2 .846Marshall .............0 0 .000 9 3 .750UCF ...................0 0 .000 9 3 .750Rice ...................0 0 .000 9 4 .692East Carolina .....0 0 .000 8 4 .667Memphis ............0 0 .000 7 5 .583SMU ...................0 0 .000 7 5 .583Houston .............0 0 .000 6 5 .545UTEP .................0 0 .000 7 7 .500Tulsa ..................0 0 .000 6 7 .462UAB ...................0 0 .000 4 7 .364

Thursday’s GamesCentral Florida 80, Stetson 70Memphis 64, Robert Morris 47UTEP 79, Ark.-Pine Bluff 58East Carolina 84, NC Central 76Belmont 79, Marshall 74Southern Miss 80, Alcorn St. 49

Today’s GamesRhode Island at Central Florida, 8 p.m.Texas St. at Houston, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s GamesVirginia-Wise at East Carolina, NoonRice at Texas, 1 p.m.Louisiana Tech at SMU, 1 p.m.Tulane at Texas-Pan American, 1 p.m.Southern Miss at McNeese St., 1 p.m.Alabama A&M at UAB, 2 p.m.Tulsa at TCU, 6 p.m.Charlotte at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Sunday’s GamesAkron at Marshall, 3 p.m.

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SWAC Conference All Games W L PCT W L PCTPrairie View .......0 0 .000 4 9 .308Southern U. .......0 0 .000 4 9 .308Alcorn St. .........0 0 .000 3 9 .250Alabama A&M ...0 0 .000 2 6 .250Alabama St. .......0 0 .000 2 9 .182Jackson St .......0 0 .000 2 10 .167MVSU ................0 0 .000 1 10 .091Texas Southern .0 0 .000 1 10 .091Ark.-Pine Bluff ...0 0 .000 1 11 .083Grambling St. ....0 0 .000 0 10 .000

Thursday’s GamesSouthern U. 73, Loyola NO 68UTEP 79, Ark.-Pine Bluff 58LSU 69, Grambling St. 37Southern Miss 80, Alcorn St. 49

Today’s GamesReinhardt at Alabama St., 6 p.m.Texas Southern at Arkansas, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s GamesMississippi Valley St. at Iowa St., NoonArk.-Pine Bluff at New Mexico St., 1 p.m.Alabama A&M at UAB, 2 p.m.

Sunday’s GamesNo games scheduled

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Top 25 scheduleThursday’s Games

No. 5 North Carolina 100, Elon 62Rutgers 85, No. 10 Florida 83, 2OTVanderbilt 74, No. 14 Marquette 57No. 17 Kansas 89, Howard 34No. 18 Michigan 71, Penn St. 53No. 24 Harvard 67, Boston College 46

Today’s GamesNo. 7 Duke vs. Western Michigan, 6 p.m.No. 8 Missouri at Old Dominion, 6 p.m.No. 20 Murray St. at Eastern Illinois, 7 p.m.No. 23 Virginia vs. Towson, 6 p.m.No. 25 San Diego St. vs. Redlands, 9 p.m.

Saturday’s GamesNo. 2 Ohio St. at No. 13 Indiana, 5 p.m.No. 3 Kentucky vs. No. 4 Louisville, 11 a.m.No. 9 Connecticut vs. St. John’s, 11 a.m.No. 10 Florida vs. Yale, 1 p.m.No. 11 Wisconsin vs. Iowa, NoonNo. 12 Georgetown vs. Providence, 1 p.m.No. 15 Mississippi St. vs. Utah St., 1 p.m.No. 16 Michigan St. at Nebraska, 2 p.m.No. 17 Kansas vs. North Dakota, 3 p.m.No. 19 UNLV at Hawaii, 7 p.m.No. 21 Creighton at Wichita St., 5 p.m.No. 24 Harvard vs. Saint Joseph’s, 3 p.m.

Sunday’s GamesNo. 1 Syracuse at DePaul, 4 p.m.No. 5 North Carolina vs. Monmouth (NJ), 2 p.m.No. 7 Duke vs. Pennsylvania, 5 p.m.No. 14 Marquette vs. Villanova, NoonNo. 18 Michigan vs. Minnesota, 3 p.m.No. 22 Pittsburgh vs. Cincinnati, 6 p.m.

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Mississippi college scheduleThursday’s Games

Mississippi College 69, Millsaps 60Southern Miss 80, Alcorn St. 49Belhaven 84, Rust 54

Today’s GamesMillsaps vs. Rust, at Belhaven, 3 p.m.Ole Miss at Dayton, 6 p.m.Belhaven vs. Mississippi College, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s GamesMississippi Valley St. at Iowa St., NoonUtah St. at Mississippi St., 1 p.m.Southern Miss at McNeese St., 1 p.m.

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Thursday’s ScoresEAST

Fordham 72, Georgia Tech 66Harvard 67, Boston College 46Hofstra 83, Iona 75La Salle 70, Boston U. 53Rutgers 85, Florida 83, 2OTSacred Heart 77, New Hampshire 59St. Francis (NY) 66, Brown 49

SOUTHAlabama 72, Jacksonville 55Belmont 79, Marshall 74Davidson 75, Penn 70Eastern Kentucky 67, Austin Peay 65East Carolina 84, NC Central 76Florida Gulf Coast 84, Maine 72LSU 69, Grambling St. 37Louisiana Tech 69, Spring Hill 41Memphis 64, Robert Morris 47Middle Tennessee 71, Fla. International 66NC State 87, Campbell 81North Carolina 100, Elon 62Southern Miss 80, Alcorn St. 49Southern U. 73, Loyola NO 68Tennessee 86, The Citadel 55Tennessee St. 83, UT-Martin 67Western Kentucky 76, La.-Monroe 71, OTWake Forest 72, Yale 71

MIDWESTButler 53, Green Bay 49Cincinnati 56, Oklahoma 55Evansville 78, S. Illinois 60Illinois St. 65, N. Iowa 61Kansas 89, Howard 34Michigan 71, Penn St. 53VCU 76, Akron 75, OTVanderbilt 74, Marquette 57Wright St. 64, Loyola of Chicago 48

SOUTHWESTKent St. 69, Arkansas St. 54Texas A&M 76, Arkansas Tech 58UALR 69, North Texas 66

FAR WESTCalifornia 53, Southern Cal 49Denver 79, Troy 62Fresno St. 55, Pacific 47Hawaii 100, SC State 73Oregon 92, Washington St. 75Pepperdine 77, San Francisco 61Saint Mary’s (Cal) 98, BYU 82Stanford 60, UCLA 59Washington 95, Oregon St. 80Weber St. 78, Idaho St. 64

TOURNAMENTCable Car Classic

First RoundSanta Clara 75, E. Michigan 55Wagner 72, Air Force 61

Don Haskins Sun Bowl InvitationalChampionship

Colorado St. 79, Jacksonville St. 56Third Place

UTEP 79, Ark.-Pine Bluff 58Dr Pepper Classic

First RoundChattanooga 85, Longwood 50Utah Valley 42, Hampton 40

UCF Holiday ClassicFirst Round

Rhode Island 79, James Madison 60UCF 80, Stetson 70

soUtHeRn MIss 80, alcoRn st. 49ALCORN ST. (3-9)Francis 1-5 0-0 2, Starks 2-3 0-0 4, McDonald 3-8 10-12 16, Hawkins 0-3 1-2 1, Rimmer 6-14 5-5 18, Oakley 0-10 0-2 0, Baker 0-0 0-0 0, Moore 0-1 2-2 2, Tufono 1-1 0-0 2, Sullivan 2-5 0-0 4. Totals 15-50 18-23 49.SOUTHERN MISS (12-2)Bolden 4-11 2-4 10, Pelham 1-1 0-0 2, Page 3-11 1-2 10, McGill 2-4 1-1 5, Johnson 3-9 0-0 6, Dod-son 6-12 4-6 16, Carlisle 1-2 0-0 2, Watson 1-2 3-4 5, Jenkins 2-3 0-0 5, Franklin 0-2 0-0 0, Mills 7-13 5-11 19. Totals 30-70 16-28 80.Halftime—Southern Miss 31-26.3-Point Goals—Alcorn St. 1-12 (Rimmer 1-5, Hawkins 0-2, Oakley 0-5), Southern Miss 4-16 (Page 3-9, Jenkins 1-1, Franklin 0-1, Bolden 0-1, Johnson 0-2, Dodson 0-2). Fouled Out—Francis, Starks. Rebounds—Alcorn St. 30 (Francis 7), Southern Miss 56 (Dodson 11). Assists—Alcorn St. 6 (Hawkins 2), Southern Miss 14 (Watson 10). Total Fouls—Alcorn St. 19, Southern Miss 22. Technicals—Alcorn St. Bench 2. A—3,017.

woMen’s basketballWomen’s Top 25 schedule

Thursday’s GamesNo. 2 UConn 93, Fairfield 40No. 4 Stanford 61, Southern Cal 53No. 5 Maryland 85, No. 19 Delaware 76No. 12 Miami 91, Va. Commonwealth 61No. 13 Texas Tech 81, Cal St. Bakersfield 63No. 15 Georgetown 65, Vermont 53No. 18 Green Bay 80, Illinois-Chicago 63No. 24 North Carolina 74, Savannah St. 21No. 25 Vanderbilt 81, Western Carolina 36

Today’s GamesNo. 1 Baylor vs. Mississippi Valley St., 7 p.m.No. 3 Notre Dame at Mercer, 6 p.m.No. 8 Duke at Temple, 6 p.m.No. 9 Ohio St. at Wisconsin, 7 p.m.No. 10 Texas A&M vs. McNeese St., 7 p.m.No. 11 Rutgers at George Washington, 6 p.m.No. 13 Texas Tech at San Diego, 9 p.m.No. 15 Georgetown at Dartmouth, 6 p.m.No. 20 Purdue vs. Minnesota, 6 p.m.No. 23 Nebraska at No. 16 Penn St., 6 p.m.No. 24 North Carolina vs. N.C. Central, 6 p.m.

Saturday’s GamesNo. 4 Stanford at UCLA, 4 p.m.No. 18 Green Bay vs. Loyola of Chicago, 2 p.m.No. 21 DePaul vs. Northern Illinois, 2 p.m.

Sunday’s GamesNo. 6 Kentucky at Florida, Noon.No. 7 Tennessee at Auburn, 2 p.m.No. 17 Georgia vs. Arkansas, 1 p.m.

nHlEASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAN.Y. Rangers ..35 22 9 4 48 103 76Philadelphia ....36 22 10 4 48 123 106Pittsburgh .......37 21 12 4 46 120 97New Jersey ....36 20 15 1 41 100 104N.Y. Islanders .35 12 17 6 30 80 112

Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GABoston ............34 24 9 1 49 121 64Toronto ...........37 18 14 5 41 116 122Ottawa ............37 17 15 5 39 113 128Buffalo ............36 17 16 3 37 97 106Montreal ..........38 14 17 7 35 97 107

Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAFlorida .............37 19 11 7 45 99 101Winnipeg .........37 18 14 5 41 101 105Washington .....35 18 15 2 38 104 106Tampa Bay .....36 16 17 3 35 99 120Carolina ..........39 13 20 6 32 101 130

WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GAChicago ..........37 23 10 4 50 122 105Detroit .............36 23 12 1 47 118 81St. Louis .........36 21 11 4 46 94 80Nashville .........37 19 14 4 42 98 104Columbus .......37 10 22 5 25 91 124

Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAVancouver ......38 24 12 2 50 128 92Minnesota .......39 21 12 6 48 93 91Colorado .........39 20 18 1 41 104 113Calgary ...........38 18 16 4 40 93 102Edmonton .......36 15 18 3 33 99 100

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GASan Jose ........34 19 11 4 42 99 83Los Angeles ...38 18 14 6 42 82 89Dallas ..............36 20 15 1 41 96 105Phoenix ...........38 18 16 4 40 98 101Anaheim .........36 10 20 6 26 85 120NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for over-time loss.

———Thursday’s Games

N.Y. Islanders 3, Calgary 1Philadelphia 4, Pittsburgh 2Carolina 4, Toronto 3, OTTampa Bay 4, Montreal 3Minnesota 4, Edmonton 3Winnipeg 1, Los Angeles 0, OTColumbus 4, Dallas 1Colorado 3, Phoenix 2Vancouver 5, Anaheim 2

Today’s GamesBuffalo at Washington, 6 p.m.Calgary at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at Florida, 6:30 p.m.Nashville at St. Louis, 7 p.m.Detroit at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday’s GamesEdmonton at N.Y. Islanders, NoonPittsburgh at New Jersey, 2 p.m.Carolina at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m.Phoenix at Minnesota, 5 p.m.Montreal at Florida, 6 p.m.Ottawa at Buffalo, 6 p.m.Toronto at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.St. Louis at Detroit, 6 p.m.Washington at Columbus, 6 p.m.Boston at Dallas, 7 p.m.Colorado at Anaheim, 7 p.m.Vancouver at Los Angeles, 9 p.m.

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the NFL title with a 47-7 rout of the Chicago Bears.

1962 — Green Bay beats the New York Giants 16-7 to win the NFL title for the second straight year.

2000 — Nebraska ends a disappoint-ing season by setting a bowl record for points in a 66-17 victory over Northwestern in the Alamo Bowl.

2007 — Drew Brees sets an NFL record with 443 completions, passing the previous mark of 418 set by Rich Gannon in 2002. Brees completes 35 of 60 passes for 320 yards with three TD passes in New Orleans’ 33-25 loss to Chicago. Devin Hester of the Bears breaks his own NFL record when he returns a punt 64 yards for a touch-down. It gave him six kick runbacks (two kickoff, four punt) for scores on the season.

PReP basketballMissy Gators finishperfect run at Mendenhall

Thanks to Ama Arkoful, the Vicksburg Missy Gators got exactly what they needed out of their three-day stay in Mendenhall.

Arkoful had 22 points, seven assists and four steals on Thursday, leading the Missy Gators to a 52-44 victory over Mendenhall at the Mendenhall Holiday Tournament.

Aleeshah Smith added 15 points for Vicksburg (7-8), which trailed by five points entering the fourth quar-ter but outscored the Lady Tigers 24-8 in the final period.

Arkoful scored 65 points in the tournament as Vicksburg won all three of its games. The fresh-man point guard averaged 21.7 points, 6 assists and 4.3 steals in the tournament.

college basketballLSU routs Gramblingfor seventh straight win

BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU extended its winning streak to seven games with a 69-37 victory against Grambling State on Thurs-day night.

LSU has held its opponent to fewer than 60 points in all seven victories. The 37 points were the fewest allowed by LSU in a game since a 68-24 victory against Nich-olls State nine seasons ago.

Jalen Courtney came off the bench to lead LSU (10-3) with a career-high 14 points. Quincy Rob-erts was the top scorer for Gram-bling (0-10) with 19 points.

college footballMiami returns $83,000from convicted booster

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Court records show the University of Miami has agreed to repay $83,000 received from former booster and convicted Ponzi scheme architect Nevin Shapiro.

That figure includes $3,000 in pen-alties levied by the NCAA on 11 cur-rent Miami athletes who received money from Shapiro. It also com-pletes the university’s obligations in the Shapiro bankruptcy case.

Shapiro is serving a 20-year term for running what federal offi-cials say was a $930 million Ponzi scheme. Bankruptcy proceedings designed to recover at least some of the money that investors lost were initiated in 2009.

The university is being inves-tigated by the NCAA for how it handled its dealings with Shapiro, and may face sanctions when that inquiry is complete.

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younger guys into next season on a good note,” Relf said.

Relf will start because sophomore Tyler Rus-sell sprained his left MCL in practice before coming to Nashville. Coach Dan Mullen has limited Russell, who started four games this season, to make sure he’s healthy enough to play if needed against Wake Forest as the only other option on the roster at quarterback.

“I expect him to be ready to play,” Mullen said. “I want to see how the game goes.”

The Bulldogs have won four straight bowl games. That includes a 52-14 rout of Mich-igan in last season’s Gator Bowl, Mullen’s first bowl game as MSU’s coach. Relf started that game and was the MVP, throwing for 281 yards and three touchdowns.

This bowl is Wake Forest’s 10th overall and first since 2008, when it beat Navy 29-19 in the EagleBank Bowl. Its only other bowl game against an SEC team was a 34-10 loss to LSU in the 1979 Tangerine Bowl.

The Demon Deacons want to cap a season in which they’ve rallied from a 3-9 record in 2010.

“We’re looking at it, we don’t want to end the season on a sour note,” Wake Forest nose guard Nikita Whitlock said. “We want to end on a high. Being an SEC school makes it all the better.”

Grobe is concerned about containing Ballard, who ran for 1,009 yards and eight TDs

this season. Mississippi State has plenty of size on the offensive line to pave the way for the 220-pound Ballard, and Wake Forest gave up 162.9 rushing yards per game this season, including 184 to Zac Stacy of Vanderbilt in a 41-7 loss to end the regular season.

“No disrespect to Vander-bilt, it’s going to be a lot more physical,” Wake Forest line-backer Kyle Wilber said. “It’s going to be a lot more physi-cal. He’ll run you over or shake you. He’ll run past you, especially with that offensive

line blocking for him.”Grobe knows his Demon

Deacons are well rested with a month’s break from that loss to Vanderbilt, which was their fourth in their final five games. But physical teams that like to pound the ball are dangerous.

“Got to get your pads down and grab some grass because you know you’re going to be on skates if you don’t,” Grobe said.

That means Wake Forest will have to hold onto the ball offensively. Tanner Price is the second quarterback in

school history to throw for more than 2,800 yards, with 2,803 yards and 20 TDs. He’ll have to stay away from Bull-dogs lineman Fletcher Cox, who could leave for the NFL after this game.

Givens likely will be going one-on-one against Bull-dogs cornerback Johnthan Banks, a junior with five interceptions.

The receiver already has heard from the NFL that he could be a second- or third-round draft pick and will weigh his options after the bowl.

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the good in what otherwise can be a painful experience. The Tigers lost big at Florida (99-59), Baylor (92-59) and Ohio State (85-41).

Ask Howard about the top 10 teams JSU has faced and one word comes back.

“Tough,” he answers. “Every team we play has good shooters, but what makes the big teams good is that they have better post play.

“Ohio State was the best team we’ve played. Not only do they have (Jared) Sullinger, but the rest of the team is just huge. They had No. 44 (William Buford) guard me. He was taller, bigger than me. That’s the one thing I found that I have to get better at and that is I need to get stronger. Some-times I get pushed around. It is so much more physical in college than it ever was in high school.”

Jackson State took on Flor-ida, considered one of the

preseason favorites in the Southeastern Conference, in its season opener. The Gators were also one of the more unusual matchups for Howard and the Tigers.

“They came out shooting threes and never stopped,” Howard said. “They were all-around good.”

Baylor won Howard’s nod as the most punishing team.

“The most physical team,” he said of the Bears. “They really attacked the basket. Quincy Acy is tough.”

For good measure, Howard also got to play in an NBA arena when JSU played at Memphis.

Through it all, Howard said Jackson State coach Tevester Anderson has kept the Tigers’ attitude positive.

“Coach Anderson preaches to play hard, play defense and rebound,” Howard said. “He said SMU was a great win for the program and that we need to build on it.”

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GAME INFOTime: 5:40 tonightTV: ESPNRadio: 105.5 FMSeries record: 0-0WHAT’S AT STAKEMississippi State’s losses

came to teams ranked either when the Bulldogs played them or currently, including four in the final BCS Top 10. This is MSU’s second straight bowl under coach Dan Mul-len, and they’re trying to win a fifth straight bowl for the program and in consecu-tive years for only the second time and first since 1999-2000. Wake Forest rallied from a 3-9 season in 2010, and has won five of its last six bowls.

KEY MATCHUPWake Forest WR Chris Giv-

ens on Mississippi State CB Johnthan Banks. Givens set a school record with 1,276 yards receiving. Banks inter-cepted five passes this sea-son and broke up nine more.

PLAYERS TO WATCHWake Forest: QB Tanner

Price. The sophomore is only the second quarterback in school history to throw for more than 2,800 yards. He threw for 2,803 yards with 20 touchdowns. He’s thrown 127 consecutive passes without an interception and has not had a pass picked off since he was intercepted three times by North Carolina on Oct. 29.

Mississippi State: Defen-sive lineman Fletcher Cox. The 6-foot-4, 295-pound ju-nior was named All-SEC with four sacks, 121⁄2 tackles for loss and three quarterback hurries this season.

FACTS & FIGURESMississippi State is 8-20-1

all-time against the ACC. ... Bulldogs coach Dan Mullen has never coached against Wake Forest. ... The Bulldogs are 3-2 all-time versus the ACC in bowl games ... Missis-sippi State ranks 23rd nation-ally in pass defense. ... The Bulldogs are one of six teams in the country to score a pair of touchdowns off both punt returns and interception re-turns.

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Baylor, Washington light up scoreboardBy The Associated Press

If that really was Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III’s final college game, what an incredible way to go out.

Just ask him. “We went out in style!” Grif-

fin shouted to his teammates.It was amazing the Baylor

quarterback had any breath left at all. Not after a record-shattering Alamo Bowl that might not only be remem-bered as the highest-scoring regulation bowl game in his-tory, but also possibly as Grif-fin’s last addition to his legacy in Waco.

The AP Player of the Year wasn’t dazzling Thursday night, but he didn’t need to be as No. 15 Baylor still pulled out an incredible 67-56 victory over Washington.

If it was RG3’s final showcase before jumping to the NFL, it was a gripping goodbye to watch. One of the nation’s most electrifying players was upstaged by an even more exciting nail-biter that shat-tered the previous record for points in regulation set in the 2001 GMAC Bowl.

Fans showered Griffin with chants of “One more year! One more year!” as he paraded the Alamo Bowl trophy around the field. He stopped at the front-row stands and showed off his prize to his mother, who has already been looking at her son’s NFL draft prospects.

Griffin said he’ll start look-ing, too, soon enough.

For now, there was still the craziness of this game to sort through.

“I want Baylor nation to enjoy this,” Griffin said. “It’s not about me. I’ve got about two weeks. I’ll enjoy this the next day, and then the next day, and then I’ll make it.”

The previous bowl record for a regulation game was 102 points in the 2001 GMAC Bowl between Marshall and East Carolina. That game went to double overtime and ended with a combined 125 points, which still stands as the over-all bowl record.

Baylor, which won a bowl game for the first time since 1992, and Washington (7-6) also set a bowl record for total offense with 1,397 yards.

“We just knew we needed to score,” Washington quar-terback Keith Price said. “We needed to score fast, just to

give our defense a boost.”Griffin had an unremark-

able night, throwing just one touchdown pass and running for another score. But Ter-rance Ganaway starred ably in his place, rushing for 200 yards and five touchdowns. His last was a 43-yard run with 2:28 left to seal Baylor’s first 10-win season since 1980.

Price outplayed his Heisman counterpart, going 23 for 27 with 438 yards and four touch-downs. He also ran for another three scores.

“I think we’ll have a hard time this bowl season to see a quarterback play as well as he did,” Washington coach Steve Sarkisian.

Griffin was 24-of-33 for 295 yards. His only touchdown throw came on the game’s opening drive.

Blown out in four other games against ranked oppo-nents this season, the Hus-kies finally made one inter-esting. Not that it started that way after Baylor ran up 245

yards of offense alone in the first quarter — awful even by the standards of Washington’s defense, which is among the nation’s worst.

Price, a sophomore who threw a school-record 29 touchdown passes in his first year as the starter, began cut-ting into a 21-7 deficit with a 12-yard scoring strike to James Johnson. Seven min-utes later, Washington tied it when Devin Aguilar somer-saulted over the goal line after catching a 1-yard lob.

Soon, it was practically a free-for-all of big plays.

A 56-yard touchdown dash by Chris Polk. An 80-yard TD catch by Washington’s Jer-maine Kearse. An 89-yard scoring rumble by Ganaway. Kearse again, catching and darting for 60 yards before get-ting dragged down, setting up Price’s fourth touchdown toss on the next play.

In all, five plays covered 50 or more yards, three of them for scores.

Champs Sports BowlFlorida State 18,Notre Dame 14

Florida State rallied from a 14-point second-half deficit and used a pair of touchdown passes by E.J. Manuel and two field goals from Dustin Hop-kins to slip past Notre Dame in the Champs Sports Bowl.

The victory was FSU’s fourth straight bowl win. FSU receiver Rashad Greene, who caught one of Manuel’s touch-down passes, was named the game’s MVP.

The Seminoles trailed 14-0 early in the third quarter. They closed the gap to 14-9 with an 18-yard touchdown pass from Manuel to Bert Reed to open the fourth, but failed on their 2-point conversion attempt.

They took the lead 1:32 later after Nigel Bradham inter-cepted a pass inside the Notre Dame 20 to set up an 18-yard TD catch by Greene to make it 15-14.

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Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III looks to pass during the first half of Thursday’s Alamo Bowl gainst Washington. Griffin, the Heisman Trophy winner, threw for 295 yards and a touchdown as Baylor won 67-56.


The Vicksburg Post invites all hunters to submit photographs of wildlife they have killed. Please include the following: A general location of the hunt; what type of weapon was used; how long the shot was; and the size of the animal. If it is a buck, include information on rack length, width and points. Please submit pictures of children before they have been blooded. Pictures with an excess amount of blood will not be considered. Photos can be hand-delivered to The Vicksburg Post, 1601F North Frontage Road, Vicksburg; e-mailed to [email protected]; or mailed to: Sports, P.O. Box 821668, Vicksburg, MS, 39182.

Siblings John Michael and Madison Wilkerson have had a banner deer season. Nine-year-old John Michael, left, bagged a 9-point, 175-pound buck with 18-inch main beams while hunting with his grandfather, Gwin Taylor. Madison, 10, shot a 6-pointer while hunting with her grandfather in northern Warren County. John Michael and Madison are the children of Tammy and Jason Wood, and Charles and Teresa Wilkerson.

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Carter McElroy, 10, was hunting with his grand-father in Carroll County when he shot this 12-pointer. Carter made the 100-yard shot with a .243. The buck’s rack had a 16-inch spread and weighed 150 pounds. Carter is the son of Genna Brown and Glenn McElroy.


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Need help avoiding hangover? Less booze, more H2OCHICAGO (AP) — Attorney

Colleen Gorman has a holi-day ritual that doesn’t involve buying presents or counting down to midnight: She goes online to look for new hangover remedies she hasn’t tried.

She already has scratched off those big “prevention” pills, vitamins and chugging sports drinks, along with more quirky folk remedies including peanut butter sandwiches.

“My fiance says I should probably just drink less,” said Gorman, 28, of Chicago.

Experts say that’s good advice for everyone.

“The only way to pre-vent a hangover is to not get drunk,” said Boston Uni-versity researcher Jonathan Howland.

That might be too radical a remedy for many revelers, but it’s the only one proved to work. Still, there are strategies that can soften the blow.

Topping the list? Don’t drink

on an empty stomach, said Sam Zakhari, director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism’s Metab-olism and Health Effects divi-sion. Food helps absorb alco-hol and delay its toxic effects on the body.

Drinking plenty of water before, during and after also helps because alcohol can dehy-drate the body.

Kim Khan teaches at the American Professionals Bar-tending School in Villa Park, Ill., and devotes a class to serv-ing responsibly. That includes

encouraging bar patrons to drink water. Khan, who also tends bar, says alternating drinks with glasses of water helps and is a method she uses “because I’ve been doing this way too long.”

Some people think choosing clear alcohols is safer, because darker-colored drinks contain more compounds called con-geners. That is based on an unproven theory that those compounds cause the body to make toxins that upset the stomach and cause other hang-over symptoms, said Howland, a researcher in the emergency medicine department.

But no one really knows what causes hangovers, which makes preventing them a chal-lenge, Howland said.

He’s hoping to find a clue in his research into why some people don’t get hangovers. About 1 in 4 drinkers never feel yucky after overindulging.

Settlementreached inElly MaeBarbie suit

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The actress who played Elly May Clampett on “The Bev-erly Hillbillies” has settled her lawsuit over a Barbie doll that uses the character’s name and likeness.

An attorney for actress Donna Douglas said she set-tled with CBS and toymaker Mattel Tuesday. Douglas’ law-suit had sought at least $75,000. Details of the settlement were confidential.

Douglas played the critter-loving tomboy for all nine seasons of the CBS comedy about a backwoods family that strikes oil and moves to Bev-erly Hills.

She claimed CBS Consumer Products Inc. and Mattel Inc. needed her approval for the Barbie. In court documents, CBS and Mattel said they didn’t need her OK because the network holds exclusive rights to the character.

Still rockingClark celebrates 40 yearsof New Year’s Eve specialBy David BauderAP television writer

NEW YORK — Forty years ago, Dick Clark’s New Year’s Eve special was created to give young people an alternative to a seasonal institution, band-leader Guy Lombardo.

Now Clark’s annual show is the institution.

“New Year’s Rockin’ Eve,” with Clark and Ryan Seacrest, pays tribute to its own history during a sprawling, nearly six-hour program Saturday night. The celebration takes up all of prime time on ABC, breaks for a half-hour of local news, then comes back on the air for 2 1/4 hours that includes the ball dropping in New York City’s Times Square to mark the beginning of 2012.

“I’m looking forward to it being 2:15 (a.m. on Sunday),” said Larry Klein, who has been producing the show since 1977.

Clark’s special shows no sign of slippage, after collect-ing its biggest audience in five years last year. The 18.8 mil-lion people who were watching ABC during the last half-hour of 2010 and first half-hour of 2011 were more than NBC and Fox’s audience combined, the Nielsen ratings company said.

The show isn’t designed to be a recap of the year in music, but that’s almost what it turns out

to be, Klein said.In all, 29 separate musical per-

formances are planned.This year’s headliner is Lady

Gaga, who gets the prime slot in Times Square in the moments before midnight. Justin Bieber, Pitbull, Hot Chelle Rae, Flor-ence + The Machine, Gym Class Heroes, Nicki Minaj and Taio Cruz are among the other featured performers from New York and Los Angeles. Beyonce is scheduled to perform from London, where she’s on tour.

It might not seem so from that lineup, but Klein said booking the show is a challenge because performers frequently are offered some of their most lucrative gigs of the year on New Year’s Eve. What Clark has to offer is exposure to a large audience not often seen this side of “American Idol.”

And it’s unique. Klein remem-bers Jennifer Lopez’s exhila-ration a few years back after performing in Times Square despite wearing a skimpy outfit and being pelted by freezing rain.

“No matter how much I can try to explain to people what it’s like to be in Times Square live, I can’t do it justice,” he said.

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On TV“New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” will begin on ABC Saturday at 7 p.m.

Topping the list? Don’t drink on an empty stomach, said Sam Zakhari, director of

the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and

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division. Food helps absorb alcohol and delay

its toxic effects on the body.

TONIGHT ON TVn MoViE“Serendipity” — A man, John Cusack, and a woman, Kate Beckinsale, try to find each other after spending one night together 10 years earlier./7 on Stylen SPortScollege football — Mississippi State hopes to finish its season on a high note in the Music City Bowl against Wake Forest./5:40 on ESPnn PriMEtiME“chuck” — When Sarah’s origi-nal handler shows up, she wor-ries he will hurt those closest to her, including her mother./7 on nBc

THIS WEEK’S LINEUPn EXPAnDED liStingStV tiMES — Network, cable and satellite programs appear in Sunday’s TV Times magazine and online at www.vicksburgpost.com

MILESTONESn BirtHDAYSJames Burrows, TV director, 71; Davy Jones, singer, 66; Patti Smith, singer, 65; Meredith Vieira, TV host, 58; Suzy Bogguss, country singer, 55; Matt lauer, “Today” show co-host, 54; trac-ey Ullman, actress-comedian, 52; tyrese gibson, singer-actor, 33; Jamie Follese, pop-rock musician, 20. n DEAtHkaye Stevens — The singer and actress who performed with the Rat Pack and was a frequent guest on Johnny Carson’s “The Tonight Show” has died at a central Florida hospital at 79. Close friend Gerry Schweitzer confirmed that Stevens died Wednes-day at the Villages Hospital north of Orlando following a battle with breast cancer and blood clots. Stevens, a longtime South Florida resident, performed with Rat Pack members including Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Joey Bishop. She also sang solo at venues like Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas and the Plaza Hotel’s Persian Room in New York City. During the Vietnam War era, Stevens performed for American soldiers in the war zone with Bob Hope’s USO tour.

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Actress Clarkson to lead Carnival paradeActress Patricia Clarkson will lead the Carnival

parade of the Krewe of Muses in her hometown of New Orleans.

The star of the 2010 thriller “Shutter Island” and the 2003 drama “Pieces of April” will step into a whimsical limelight by riding on a red fiber-op-tic-lit float shaped like a high-heeled shoe.

The Krewe of Muses is an all-women’s orga-nization that parades through New Orleans on Feb. 16.

The krewe traditionally selects an honorary rider who exemplifies a muse from Greek mythology, such as dance, poetry or music.

Rapper’s murder conviction upheldA Louisiana appeals court has upheld the mur-

der conviction and life sentence for rapper C-Murder.

C-Murder, whose real name is Corey Miller, was convicted of shooting a teenager to death in 2002.

A three-judge panel from the state’s 5th Circuit Court of Appeal on Wednesday rejected Miller’s argument that he didn’t get a fair trial.

In 2009, a jury convicted Miller of second-de-gree murder for shooting 16-year-old Steve Thomas during a confrontation at a nightclub.

Wynonna Judd engaged to drummerWynonna Judd is engaged

to her boyfriend, the drummer for the country group Highway 101.

Judd, 47, and Cactus Moser, 54, got engaged Dec. 24. They are currently touring together as Wynonna and The Big Noise.

Judd, who is from Ashland, Ky., has sold more than 30 mil-lion albums throughout her 28-year career and has won five Grammys. She and mother Naomi have performed as The Judds.

Jordan engaged to model Yvette PrietoMichael Jordan is engaged to longtime girlfriend Yvette Prieto,

a Cuban-American model he’s been dating for three years.Publicist Estee Portnoy confirmed the news.The Bobcats owner got engaged over the Christmas weekend.

No wedding date has been set.

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Vehicle smashes into house — againA Tennessee National Guardsman had his Christmas Eve inter-

rupted by news that a vehicle had smashed through his house — in the exact same spot another one did nearly two years ago.

In February 2010, a runaway construction truck had run into Doug Edmisten’s house when he was home from Iraq for his son’s birth.

Edmisten said he, his wife and their son were visiting family when his neighbor called and said, “Merry Christmas. There’s a van in your house.”

The vehicle belonged to a neighbor, who told police he’d been working on the vehicle’s brakes. The last time, the Edmisten family spent 65 days in a motel while the damage was repaired.

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Daughter wants to break free of needy momDear Abby: I’m a 25-year-old

woman with no future. I am the youngest of three daugh-ters. My parents are divorced and my sisters are both mar-ried. Mom has no income of her own, so it’s mainly me.

I have come to realize that I’ll never be able to have an apart-ment of my own or fully live my life because of her. She’s controlling and always finds a way to make me feel guilty about going out or enjoying myself. I have never had a relationship because she has always found a way of sabotag-ing any relationship I’m in.

I think she’s bipolar, but she doesn’t believe in medication

or that it’s even real. I feel as if I’m being forced to take care of her, and when I finally have a chance to have a real life, it will be too late.

I have discussed this with my sisters, but they haven’t helped. I’m very depressed and don’t know what to do. If I bring this up with Mom, she

gets angry and won’t talk to me for days. Please help me find a way out. — Trapped in Chicago

Dear Trapped: Your umbili-cal cord was supposed to have been severed 25 years ago, at birth. You are an adult individ-ual who deserves happiness and freedom from this attach-ment to your mother.

She might not believe in doctors and therapists — and that’s her privilege as long as she’s not a danger to herself and others. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t talk with a mental health profes-sional about this unhealthy situation.

Your sisters haven’t helped you because they have their freedom and don’t want to share the responsibility you have been carrying alone. And your mother doesn’t want to let go of you because if she does, she’ll have to assume responsibility for herself.

Please act now. Your escape hatch is the door to a thera-pist’s office. You deserve a life, so go there and get one.

•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.

Dementia not always precededby problems with memory

Dear Doctor K: I am in my mid-60s, and I’m worried I might be getting more forget-ful than normal for my age. I function fairly well most of the time. But sometimes I’ll forget something like the details of a phone conversation I recently had. How can I know what’s normal?

Dear Reader: You some-times forget things you didn’t used to forget? Well, join the club. Each of us has more difficulty remembering things as we get older — it’s a normal part of aging. Like thinning hair and stiffer joints, subtle memory problems are common.

We used to think that there were two conditions to distin-guish: the normal memory problems of aging versus dementia. We now know that there is also a middle ground of weakened mental function. By this I mean a state that’s worse than normal age-related problems, but not as bad as dementia from Alzheimer’s disease or other brain dis-eases. This in-between state is called “mild cognitive impairment.”

Fortunately, mild cognitive impairment stays mild in many cases. Nevertheless, a person with mild cognitive impair-ment is about three times more likely to develop full-blown dementia than those without it. It is a risk factor for developing dementia and may be a stage on the road to dementia. Fortunately, many people who get to that stage don’t keep heading down the road to full dementia.

People with mild cognitive impairment are able to handle the tasks of day-to-day living. They may be less efficient than they used to be, but they can live independently.

It surely does not sound like you have dementia. If you are not having trouble managing activities like shopping, pre-paring meals and paying bills, dementia is unlikely.

So the question is whether your memory problems are just normal aging or some-thing else. Mild cognitive impairment is one possibility, but not the only one. Memory problems can also come from something other than a brain disorder. If a patient of mine is having serious memory prob-lems, I consider other possible causes. These include depres-sion, side effects from medica-tions, thyroid problems, low vitamin B12, among others. Diagnosing and treating these conditions can fix the memory problems.

If you don’t have one of these conditions, the next question is whether you have mild cognitive impairment. Your

doctor might be able to get a sense of your memory and cognitive shortcomings just by speaking with you. He or she may also ask brief, stan-dardized sets of questions to assess your weak areas. The doctor also may talk to your family and friends about their perceptions of your mental function.

Right now, the best tests for mild cognitive impairment and dementia are tests of think-ing and memory performed by neuropsychologists. New brain-imaging techniques, blood and spinal fluid tests are also under development.

I predict that in the next 10 years we will develop much better tests for determining if a person has mild cognitive impairment.

•Write to Dr. Komaroff in care of United Media, 200 Madison Ave., 4th fl., New York, NY 10016, or send questions to his website, www.AskDoctorK.com.

If tomorrow is your birthday: In the year ahead, you are likely to strike a better balance in your personal affairs. In doing so, you will acquire a better balance between work and play, allow-ing you to devote more time to pleasurable pursuits.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Achieving what you hope to ac-complish might be a bit tough, not because of circumstances or outside influences, but due to the way you are handling things.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — If you waste your time trying to satisfy an old grudge, it’s likely to rob you of time spent doing something truly meaningful. Don’t squander a perfectly good day.Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20) — Unfortunately, your family and friends may not be as eager to share their bounty with you as you are with them. If this is the case, don’t fault them — they don’t see things the same way you do.Aries (March 21-April 19) — Abide by some healthy mental standards by refusing to yield to negative thinking, which can easily happen if things don’t go exactly as you planned. Stay positive. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Of course you have a lot on your mind, but that doesn’t justify failing to properly acknowledge people who have gone out of their way to help you. Keep a good perspective.Gemini (May 21-June 20) — One of your secrets to getting along with everybody and managing people so well is letting each person think that he or she is his or her own boss. You don’t need credit, just results.Cancer (June 21-July 22) — When a serious development aris-es that requires you to make a weighty decision, let your heart rule your head. It would be the smartest thing to do in this in-stance.Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — A matter that could look more seri-ous on the surface than it actually is might cause you to pause a bit. Once you think about it, however, you’ll be able to handle it without incident.Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — It’s up to you to control events instead of allowing them to dominate you. If you are weak or wishy-washy about your objectives, your chances for getting what you want are nil.Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Guard against inclinations not to listen to what others want or even the good suggestions they make just so you can get everything you want. Life is happiest when shared.Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Innately, you are a considerate, practical and logical person, yet you could allow your strong emotions to surface and roll over everybody. Regain control.Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Just because certain peo-ple put personal gain above their nobler inclinations doesn’t mean you have to do so as well. You can make a bigger impact through setting an example.

Dr. Wallace: I’ve always been rather slim and want to stay that way, but lately I have been adding a pound here and a pound there. I am well aware that I’m a prime candidate to become a victim of anorexia (self-starvation).

I’ve heard of tragic outcomes to young girls who follow this method to keep their shapes, and I don’t want it to happen to me. What can I do? — Nameless, Hammond, La.

Nameless: Don’t look at food as the enemy or try to keep your slim figure by severely limiting how much you eat. Instead, fo-cus on nutrition. Eat plenty of whole grains, fresh fruits, vege-tables and moderate amounts of lean meats, chicken and fish. Two super foods are broccoli and cantaloupe. Both are very tasty and filling. Learn the calorie counts of your favorite foods, and eat more of your nutritious, low-calorie favorites and less of your favorite higher-calorie foods, but do not eliminate them completely.

Get regular exercise and maintain balance and moderation in your life; don’t push yourself to extremes in behavior in the name of an ideal, especially the illusory ideal of “thinness.” The anorexic, either consciously or subconsciously, is willing to sacri-fice her (or his) life for this ideal by convincing herself or himself that the only way to stay slim is to avoid food. This decision will wreck your health and could prove fatal.

You can’t live without food. Stay active, and let yourself enjoy what you eat, and, indeed, enjoy your life!

Dr. Wallace: No lectures on the evils of smoking — please. All I want is a scientific answer to my question. I’m 18 and enjoy smoking. But I am concerned about the health risk. I’m con-sidering switching brands and smoking the low-tar kind. How much safer are low-tar cigarettes than regular-tar cigarettes? - Tonya, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Tonya: Low-tar is better than high-tar, but there is no such thing as a safe cigarette. Indeed, according to the American Lung Association, low-tar cigarettes often produce higher levels of harmful chemicals such as carbon monoxide than do high-tar cigarettes. Another problem is that many smokers, in order to get the amount of nicotine they’re used to, simply inhale low-tar cigarettes more deeply and more frequently. Or they just smoke more of them (and spend more money).

The only way to avoid the health problems associated with tobacco is to stop smoking. Oops! I started to preach. Well, you asked for it by writing to me.

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

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SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'SNOTICE OF SALEWHEREAS, on October 24,2009, Jeffrey Lee Laubachand Paula Dianne Laubach,husband and wife as jointtenants with right of survivorship executed a certain deed of trust to LSI - Lender's Service, Inc.,Trustee for the benefit ofMortgage Electronic Registrations Systems, Inc.which deed of trust is ofrecord in the office of theChancery Clerk of WarrenCounty, State of Mississippiin Book 1703 at Page 510;andWHEREAS, said Deed ofTrust was subsequently assigned to JPMorganChase Bank, National Association by instrumentdated October 6, 2011 andrecorded in Book 1528 atPage 511 of the aforesaidChancery Clerk's office; andWHEREAS, JPMorganChase Bank, National Association has heretoforesubstituted J. Gary Masseyas Trustee by instrument dated November 10, 2011and recorded in the aforesaidChancery Clerk's Office inBook 1530 at Page 158; andWHEREAS, default havingbeen made in the terms andconditions of said deed oftrust and the entire debt secured thereby having beendeclared to be due andpayable in accordance withthe terms of said deed oftrust, JPMorgan ChaseBank, National Association,the legal holder of said indebtedness, having requested the undersignedSubstituted Trustee to execute the trust and sellsaid land and property in accordance 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 January 20, 2012 offer 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 Warren County, located at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to thehighest and best bidder forcash the following describedproperty situated in WarrenCounty, State of Mississippi,to-wit: The Following describedproperty:Situated in the County ofWarren, State of Mississippi,more particularly describedas follows, to-wit:Lot 72 of Openwood Plantation Subdivision, PartIII, as shown by Plat ofRecord in Plat Book 2 atPage 32-33 of the WarrenCounty Land Records.I WILL CONVEY only suchtitle as vested in me as Substituted Trustee.WITNESS MY SIGNATUREon this 21st day of December, 2011.J. Gary MasseySUBSTITUTED TRUSTEEShapiro & Massey, L.L.C.1910 Lakeland DriveSuite BJackson, MS 39216(601)981-9299205 E. Pecan Tree LaneVicksburg, MS 3918311-002723JCPublish: 12/30, 1/6, 1/13(3t)

Substitute Trustee's Noticeof SaleSTATE OF MISSISSIPPICOUNTY OF Warren WHEREAS, on the 23rd dayof December, 2004, and acknowledged on the 23rdday of December, 2004,Odell F. Allen and Tena M.Mace aka Tena Marie Mace,executed and delivered acertain Deed of Trust untoWilliam H. Glover, Jr.,Trustee for Wells FargoBank, N.A., Beneficiary, tosecure an indebtednesstherein described, whichDeed of Trust is recorded inthe office of the ChanceryClerk of Warren County, Mississippi in Book 1509 atPage 182; andWHEREAS, on the 25th dayof August, 2008, Wells FargoBank, NA, assigned saidDeed of Trust unto US BankNational Association, asTrustee for SASCO Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-GEL4, by instrument recorded in the office of theaforesaid Chancery Clerk inBook 1484 at Page 123 Instrument Number 259532;and WHEREAS, on the 25th dayof July, 2008, the Holder ofsaid Deed of Trust substituted and appointedEmily Kaye Courteau asTrustee in said Deed ofTrust, by instrument recorded in the office of theaforesaid Chancery Clerk inBook 1484 at Page 124 Instrument Number 259533;andWHEREAS, default havingbeen made in the paymentsof the indebtedness securedby the said Deed of Trust,and the holder of said Deedof Trust, having requestedthe undersigned so to do, onthe 20th day of January,2012, I will during the lawfulhours of between 11:00 a.m.and 4:00 p.m., at public out-cry, offer for sale and willsell, at the west front door ofthe Warren County Courthouse at Vicksburg,Mississippi, for cash to thehighest bidder, the followingdescribed land and propertysituated in Warren County,Mississippi, to-wit:All of Lot 4 of Benard AcresSubdivision, a plat of whichis filed for record in PlatBook 3 at Page 12 of theland records of WarrenCounty, Mississippi.I will only convey such titleas is vested in me as Substitute Trustee.WITNESS MY SIGNATURE,this 20th day of December,2011.Emily Kaye CourteauSubstitute Trustee2309 Oliver RoadMonroe, LA 71201(318) 330-9020COC/F08-1938Publish: 12/30, 1/6, 1/13(3t)

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Substitute Trustee's Noticeof SaleSTATE OF MISSISSIPPICOUNTY OF Warren WHEREAS, on the 23rd dayof December, 2004, and acknowledged on the 23rdday of December, 2004,Odell F. Allen and Tena M.Mace aka Tena Marie Mace,executed and delivered acertain Deed of Trust untoWilliam H. Glover, Jr.,Trustee for Wells FargoBank, N.A., Beneficiary, tosecure an indebtednesstherein described, whichDeed of Trust is recorded inthe office of the ChanceryClerk of Warren County, Mississippi in Book 1509 atPage 182; andWHEREAS, on the 25th dayof August, 2008, Wells FargoBank, NA, assigned saidDeed of Trust unto US BankNational Association, asTrustee for SASCO Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-GEL4, by instrument recorded in the office of theaforesaid Chancery Clerk inBook 1484 at Page 123 Instrument Number 259532;and WHEREAS, on the 25th dayof July, 2008, the Holder ofsaid Deed of Trust substituted and appointedEmily Kaye Courteau asTrustee in said Deed ofTrust, by instrument recorded in the office of theaforesaid Chancery Clerk inBook 1484 at Page 124 Instrument Number 259533;andWHEREAS, default havingbeen made in the paymentsof the indebtedness securedby the said Deed of Trust,and the holder of said Deedof Trust, having requestedthe undersigned so to do, onthe 20th day of January,2012, I will during the lawfulhours of between 11:00 a.m.and 4:00 p.m., at public out-cry, offer for sale and willsell, at the west front door ofthe Warren County Courthouse at Vicksburg,Mississippi, for cash to thehighest bidder, the followingdescribed land and propertysituated in Warren County,Mississippi, to-wit:All of Lot 4 of Benard AcresSubdivision, a plat of whichis filed for record in PlatBook 3 at Page 12 of theland records of WarrenCounty, Mississippi.I will only convey such titleas is vested in me as Substitute Trustee.WITNESS MY SIGNATURE,this 20th day of December,2011.Emily Kaye CourteauSubstitute Trustee2309 Oliver RoadMonroe, LA 71201(318) 330-9020COC/F08-1938Publish: 12/30, 1/6, 1/13(3t)

PUBLIC NOTICE- WarrenCounty. Mabrie Gilmor willbe applying for a full pardon30 days from posting for thecrime of vehicularmanslaughter committed6/1990 charged in this coun-ty and has lived a law abid-ing life since, forgiveness issought. If there are objec-tions to granting of this par-don, please contact the Pa-role Board by phone at (601)576-3520 or fax (601) 576-3528. Publish: 12/8, 12/9, 12/10,12/11, 12/12, 12/13, 12/14,12/15, 12/16, 12/17, 12/18,12/19, 12/20, 12/21, 12/22,12/23, 12/24, 12/25/26,12/27, 12/28, 12/29, 12/30,12/31, 1/1, 1/ 2, 1/3, 1/ 4,1/5, 1/6, 1/7, 1/8(30t)

Substitute Trustee's Noticeof SaleSTATE OF MISSISSIPPICOUNTY OF WarrenWHEREAS, on the 15th dayof November, 2004, and acknowledged on the 15thday of November, 2004, Latricia D. Rawls, an unmarried woman, executedand delivered a certain Deedof Trust unto CTC Real Estate Services, Trustee forMortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.,Beneficiary, to secure an indebtedness therein described, which Deed ofTrust is recorded in the officeof the Chancery Clerk ofWarren County, Mississippiin Book 1501 at Page 383Number 216926; andWHEREAS, on the 21st dayof June, 2011, MortgageElectronic Registration Systems, Inc., assigned saidDeed of Trust unto The Bankof New York Mellon fka TheBank of New York asTrustee for the Certificateholders ofCWABS, Inc., Asset-BackedCertificates, Series 2004-15,by instrument recorded in theoffice of the aforesaidChancery Clerk in Book1524 at Page 302 Number200161; and WHEREAS, on the 5th dayof May, 2005, the Holder ofsaid Deed of Trust substituted and appointedEmily Kaye Courteau asTrustee in said Deed ofTrust, by instrument recorded in the office of theaforesaid Chancery Clerk inBook 1376 at Page 646Number 221384; andWHEREAS, default havingbeen made in the paymentsof the indebtedness securedby the said Deed of Trust,and the holder of said Deedof Trust, having requestedthe undersigned so to do, onthe 6th day of January, 2012,I will during the lawful hoursof between 11:00 a.m. and4:00 p.m., at public outcry,offer for sale and will sell, atthe west front door of theWarren County Courthouseat Vicksburg, Mississippi, forcash to the highest bidder,the following described landand property situated in Warren County, Mississippi,to-wit:That part of Section 7, Township 15 North, Range 4East, described as follows,to-wit:Beginning at the Northwestcorner of what is known asthe Carpenter Tract as described in Book 436 atPage 27 of the LandRecords of Warren County,Mississippi, and run thenceSouth 66 degrees 48 minutes East along theSouth line of Halls FerryRoad a distance of 121.9feet thence continuing alongthe South line of Halls FerryRoad, South 67 degrees 05minutes East, 112.2 feet;South 66 degrees 34 minutes East, 121.8 feet;South 67 degrees 25 minutes East 199.9 feet;South 70 degrees 52 minutes East, 232.9 feet;thence leaving said HallsFerry Road; run South 13 degrees 35 minutes East,161.4 feet; thence South 28degrees, 07 minutes East,78.7 feet to the Point of Beginning of the parcel ofland herein described, beingthe Northwest corner of saidproperty being a point on theSouth line of proposedstreet, and from said point ofbeginning run thence South51 degrees 24 minutes East,145.8 feet; thence South 41degrees 05 minutes West,66.0 feet; thence South 38degrees, 17 minutes West,97.5 feet; thence North 59degrees 01 minutes West,169.0 feet; thence North 37degrees 58 minutes East,76.9 feet; thence North 50degrees 20 minutes East,41.2 feet; thence 52 degrees10 minutes East 71.0 feet tothe Point of Beginning, beingwhat is known as Lot 11 ofWood Glen Subdivision.Also: A right of way andeasement over and across astrip of land described as follows:Beginning at the Northwestcorner of what is known asthe Carpenter Tract as described in Book 436 atPage 27 of the LandRecords of Warren County,Mississippi, and run thenceSouth 66 degrees 40 minutes East along theSouth line of Halls FerryRoad a distance of 121.9feet; thence continuing alongthe South line of Halls FerryRoad, South 67 degrees 05minutes East, 112.2 feet;thence South 70 degrees 52minutes East, 232.9 feet tothe Point of Beginning of theeasement herein described,being a point on the Southline of Halls Ferry Road; runthence South 13 degrees 35minutes East, 161.4 feet;thence South 28 degrees 07minutes East, 70.7 feet;thence South 51 degrees 24minutes East, 145.8 feet;thence South 43 degrees 04minutes East, 134.4 feet;thence South 40 degrees 08minutes East, 129.6 feet;thence North 58 degrees 15minutes East, 50 feet; thenceNorth 40 degrees 55 minutesWest, 128 feet; thence North42 degrees 30 minutesWest, 144 feet; thence North50 degrees 55 minutesWest, 146 feet; thence North31 degrees 15 minutesWest, 57 feet; thence North11 degrees 25 minutesWest, 60 feet; thence North09 degrees 13 minutesWest, 69.6 feet to a point onthe South right of way line ofHalls Ferry Road, thencealong said right of way lineNorth 77 degrees, 09 minutes West, 64.4 feet tothe point of beginning.I will only convey such titleas is vested in me as Substitute Trustee.WITNESS MY SIGNATURE,this 7th day of December,2011.Emily Kaye CourteauSubstitute Trustee2309 Oliver RoadMonroe, LA 71201(318) 330-9020COC/F05-0844Publish: 12/16, 12/23, 12/30(3t)

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Substitute Trustee's Noticeof SaleSTATE OF MISSISSIPPICOUNTY OF WarrenWHEREAS, on the 15th dayof November, 2004, and acknowledged on the 15thday of November, 2004, Latricia D. Rawls, an unmarried woman, executedand delivered a certain Deedof Trust unto CTC Real Estate Services, Trustee forMortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.,Beneficiary, to secure an indebtedness therein described, which Deed ofTrust is recorded in the officeof the Chancery Clerk ofWarren County, Mississippiin Book 1501 at Page 383Number 216926; andWHEREAS, on the 21st dayof June, 2011, MortgageElectronic Registration Systems, Inc., assigned saidDeed of Trust unto The Bankof New York Mellon fka TheBank of New York asTrustee for the Certificateholders ofCWABS, Inc., Asset-BackedCertificates, Series 2004-15,by instrument recorded in theoffice of the aforesaidChancery Clerk in Book1524 at Page 302 Number200161; and WHEREAS, on the 5th dayof May, 2005, the Holder ofsaid Deed of Trust substituted and appointedEmily Kaye Courteau asTrustee in said Deed ofTrust, by instrument recorded in the office of theaforesaid Chancery Clerk inBook 1376 at Page 646Number 221384; andWHEREAS, default havingbeen made in the paymentsof the indebtedness securedby the said Deed of Trust,and the holder of said Deedof Trust, having requestedthe undersigned so to do, onthe 6th day of January, 2012,I will during the lawful hoursof between 11:00 a.m. and4:00 p.m., at public outcry,offer for sale and will sell, atthe west front door of theWarren County Courthouseat Vicksburg, Mississippi, forcash to the highest bidder,the following described landand property situated in Warren County, Mississippi,to-wit:That part of Section 7, Township 15 North, Range 4East, described as follows,to-wit:Beginning at the Northwestcorner of what is known asthe Carpenter Tract as described in Book 436 atPage 27 of the LandRecords of Warren County,Mississippi, and run thenceSouth 66 degrees 48 minutes East along theSouth line of Halls FerryRoad a distance of 121.9feet thence continuing alongthe South line of Halls FerryRoad, South 67 degrees 05minutes East, 112.2 feet;South 66 degrees 34 minutes East, 121.8 feet;South 67 degrees 25 minutes East 199.9 feet;South 70 degrees 52 minutes East, 232.9 feet;thence leaving said HallsFerry Road; run South 13 degrees 35 minutes East,161.4 feet; thence South 28degrees, 07 minutes East,78.7 feet to the Point of Beginning of the parcel ofland herein described, beingthe Northwest corner of saidproperty being a point on theSouth line of proposedstreet, and from said point ofbeginning run thence South51 degrees 24 minutes East,145.8 feet; thence South 41degrees 05 minutes West,66.0 feet; thence South 38degrees, 17 minutes West,97.5 feet; thence North 59degrees 01 minutes West,169.0 feet; thence North 37degrees 58 minutes East,76.9 feet; thence North 50degrees 20 minutes East,41.2 feet; thence 52 degrees10 minutes East 71.0 feet tothe Point of Beginning, beingwhat is known as Lot 11 ofWood Glen Subdivision.Also: A right of way andeasement over and across astrip of land described as follows:Beginning at the Northwestcorner of what is known asthe Carpenter Tract as described in Book 436 atPage 27 of the LandRecords of Warren County,Mississippi, and run thenceSouth 66 degrees 40 minutes East along theSouth line of Halls FerryRoad a distance of 121.9feet; thence continuing alongthe South line of Halls FerryRoad, South 67 degrees 05minutes East, 112.2 feet;thence South 70 degrees 52minutes East, 232.9 feet tothe Point of Beginning of theeasement herein described,being a point on the Southline of Halls Ferry Road; runthence South 13 degrees 35minutes East, 161.4 feet;thence South 28 degrees 07minutes East, 70.7 feet;thence South 51 degrees 24minutes East, 145.8 feet;thence South 43 degrees 04minutes East, 134.4 feet;thence South 40 degrees 08minutes East, 129.6 feet;thence North 58 degrees 15minutes East, 50 feet; thenceNorth 40 degrees 55 minutesWest, 128 feet; thence North42 degrees 30 minutesWest, 144 feet; thence North50 degrees 55 minutesWest, 146 feet; thence North31 degrees 15 minutesWest, 57 feet; thence North11 degrees 25 minutesWest, 60 feet; thence North09 degrees 13 minutesWest, 69.6 feet to a point onthe South right of way line ofHalls Ferry Road, thencealong said right of way lineNorth 77 degrees, 09 minutes West, 64.4 feet tothe point of beginning.I will only convey such titleas is vested in me as Substitute Trustee.WITNESS MY SIGNATURE,this 7th day of December,2011.Emily Kaye CourteauSubstitute Trustee2309 Oliver RoadMonroe, LA 71201(318) 330-9020COC/F05-0844Publish: 12/16, 12/23, 12/30(3t)

Substitute Trustee's Noticeof SaleSTATE OF MISSISSIPPICOUNTY OF Warren WHEREAS, on the 22nd dayof February, 2007, and acknowledged on the 22ndday of February, 2007, BrianK. Russell, executed and delivered a certain Deed ofTrust unto Recontrust Company, NA, Trustee forMortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. asnominee for CountrywideHome Loans, Inc.,Beneficiary, to secure an indebtedness therein described, which Deed ofTrust is recorded in the officeof the Chancery Clerk ofWarren County, Mississippiin Book 1641 at Page 553Number 243221; andWHEREAS, on the 1st dayof March, 2010, MortgageElectronic Registration Systems, Inc., assigned saidDeed of Trust unto BACHome Loans Servicing, LPf/k/a Countrywide HomeLoans Servicing, LP, by instrument recorded in theoffice of the aforesaidChancery Clerk in Book1506 at Page 680 InstrumentNumber 276306; and WHEREAS, on the 25th dayof September, 2008, theHolder of said Deed of Trustsubstituted and appointedEmily Kaye Courteau asTrustee in said Deed ofTrust, by instrument recorded in the office of theaforesaid Chancery Clerk inBook 1486 at Page 20 Instrument Number 261916;andWHEREAS, default havingbeen made in the paymentsof the indebtedness securedby the said Deed of Trust,and the holder of said Deedof Trust, having requestedthe undersigned so to do, onthe 13th day of January,2012, I will during the lawfulhours of between 11:00 a.m.and 4:00 p.m., at public outcry, offer for sale and willsell, at the west front door ofthe Warren County Courthouse at Vicksburg,Mississippi, for cash to thehighest bidder, the followingdescribed land and propertysituated in Warren County,Mississippi, to-wit:All of Lot Twenty-Two (22) ofthat certain tract of land inWarren County, Mississippiknown as Shoreline Estates,being Lots 14 through 23, inclusive, of the Survey andSubdivision of Part ofParcels 3 and 2 South, of"Tarri-Longer Ranch, PartThree", in Section 21, Township 18 North, Range 2East, Warren County, Mississippi, a plat of whichappears of record in PlatBook 3 at Page 26 of theLand Records of WarrenCounty, Mississippi. SaidParcel is the same that wasconveyed to Forrest L. McNair and Patsy P. McNairby Merchants National Bank,Trustee for the LorenaBonelli Trust by correctivewarranty deed datedSeptember 16, 1981 andrecorded in Deed Book 644at Page 12 of the WarrenCounty, Mississippi LandRecords.I will only convey such titleas is vested in me as Substitute Trustee.WITNESS MY SIGNATURE,this 19th day of December,2011.Emily Kaye CourteauSubstitute Trustee2309 Oliver RoadMonroe, LA 71201(318) 330-9020COC/F08-2309Publish: 12/23, 12/30, 1/6(3t)

01. Legals

Substitute Trustee's Noticeof SaleSTATE OF MISSISSIPPICOUNTY OF Warren WHEREAS, on the 22nd dayof February, 2007, and acknowledged on the 22ndday of February, 2007, BrianK. Russell, executed and delivered a certain Deed ofTrust unto Recontrust Company, NA, Trustee forMortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. asnominee for CountrywideHome Loans, Inc.,Beneficiary, to secure an indebtedness therein described, which Deed ofTrust is recorded in the officeof the Chancery Clerk ofWarren County, Mississippiin Book 1641 at Page 553Number 243221; andWHEREAS, on the 1st dayof March, 2010, MortgageElectronic Registration Systems, Inc., assigned saidDeed of Trust unto BACHome Loans Servicing, LPf/k/a Countrywide HomeLoans Servicing, LP, by instrument recorded in theoffice of the aforesaidChancery Clerk in Book1506 at Page 680 InstrumentNumber 276306; and WHEREAS, on the 25th dayof September, 2008, theHolder of said Deed of Trustsubstituted and appointedEmily Kaye Courteau asTrustee in said Deed ofTrust, by instrument recorded in the office of theaforesaid Chancery Clerk inBook 1486 at Page 20 Instrument Number 261916;andWHEREAS, default havingbeen made in the paymentsof the indebtedness securedby the said Deed of Trust,and the holder of said Deedof Trust, having requestedthe undersigned so to do, onthe 13th day of January,2012, I will during the lawfulhours of between 11:00 a.m.and 4:00 p.m., at public outcry, offer for sale and willsell, at the west front door ofthe Warren County Courthouse at Vicksburg,Mississippi, for cash to thehighest bidder, the followingdescribed land and propertysituated in Warren County,Mississippi, to-wit:All of Lot Twenty-Two (22) ofthat certain tract of land inWarren County, Mississippiknown as Shoreline Estates,being Lots 14 through 23, inclusive, of the Survey andSubdivision of Part ofParcels 3 and 2 South, of"Tarri-Longer Ranch, PartThree", in Section 21, Township 18 North, Range 2East, Warren County, Mississippi, a plat of whichappears of record in PlatBook 3 at Page 26 of theLand Records of WarrenCounty, Mississippi. SaidParcel is the same that wasconveyed to Forrest L. McNair and Patsy P. McNairby Merchants National Bank,Trustee for the LorenaBonelli Trust by correctivewarranty deed datedSeptember 16, 1981 andrecorded in Deed Book 644at Page 12 of the WarrenCounty, Mississippi LandRecords.I will only convey such titleas is vested in me as Substitute Trustee.WITNESS MY SIGNATURE,this 19th day of December,2011.Emily Kaye CourteauSubstitute Trustee2309 Oliver RoadMonroe, LA 71201(318) 330-9020COC/F08-2309Publish: 12/23, 12/30, 1/6(3t)

02. Public Service

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05. Notices“Credit problems?

No problem!”No way. The Federal

Trade Commission says no company can legally

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A message from The Vicksburg Post

and the FTC.

Warren County LongTerm Recovery

CommitteeA non-profit volunteer

agency organized to provide for the unmetneeds of the Warren

County victims of the2011 flood.

VOLUNTEERSNEEDED

Volunteers experiencedwith construction anddesign are needed to

assist the LTRC invarious projects

supporting 2011 Floodvictims in

Warren County.Please call 601-636-1788

to offer support.

05. Notices

Center ForPregnancy ChoicesFree Pregnancy Tests

(non-medical facility)· Education on All

Options· Confidential Coun-

selingCall 601-638-2778

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ENDING HOMELESS-NESS. WOMEN with chil-dren or without are you inneed of shelter? Mountainof Faith Ministries/ Wom-en's Restoration Shelter.Certain restrictions apply,601-661-8990. Life coach-ing available by appoint-ment.

Is the one youlove

hurting you?Call

Haven House FamilyShelter

601-638-0555 or1-800-898-0860

Services available towomen & children who are

victims of domestic violence and/or homeless: Shelter, coun-seling, group support.(Counseling available by

appt.)

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Call 601-634-0640 any-time or 1-800-793-8266

We can help!One child,

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11. BusinessOpportunities

06. Lost & Found

LOST A DOG? Found a cat? Let The

Vicksburg Post help! Run a FREE 3 day ad!

601-636-SELL or e-mail classifieds@vicksburg

post.com

06. Lost & Found

FOUND! BLACK MALELabrador. Redbone Roadarea. 601-636-5862.

LOST LARGE BLACKLabrador. Wearing pink col-lar. Blind in one eye! Miss-ing from Timberlane area.601-415-2284, 601-636-8774.


07. Help Wanted

“ACE”Truck Driver Training

With a DifferenceJob Placement Asst.

Day, Night & RefresherClasses

Get on the Road NOW!Call 1-888-430-4223MS Prop. Lic. 77#C124

BARTENDER, CASHIER,WAITERS needed. Full and

part time. Please send resumes to:Dept 3774

The Vicksburg PostP.O. Box 821668

Vicksburg, MS 39182

COUNSELOR NEEDEDFOR a juvenile group home.Must have a Master's degreein counseling, social work orrelated field. Must have ex-perience working in the sub-stance abuse field. Pleasefax your resume to 318-574-4093, attention Janet.

HAIR STYLIST POSITION

Local salon has opening forfull or part timeCosmetologist. 601-415-8205.

LOOKING FOR A Feder-al or Postal Job? Whatlooks like the ticket to a se-cure job might be a scam.For information call TheFederal Trade Commission,toll free 1-877-FTC-HELP,or visit www.ftc.gov. A mes-sage from The VicksburgPost and the FTC.

MANAGER TRAINEES-BEST Value Rental, aneight Store Rent to Ownchain has an immediateopening for a ManagerTrainee in Vicksburg. If youhave previous sales, collec-tions, or management expe-rience, we would like to talkwith you. All applicantsmust have valid drivers li-cense and be able to lift 75pounds without assistance.Five day, 40 hour workweek. Excellent trainingprovided, pay commensu-rate with experience. Applyin person to Best ValueRental, 1904 Clay Street,Vicksburg. EOE , No phonecall, please!

07. Help Wanted

HAIR STYLIST AND Bar-ber needed for local salonon Oak Street. 601-218-6675, 601-738-5287.

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LPN/ RN NEEDED assoon as possible. Call Nursing Management Inc.

800-448-3634.

MASSAGE THERAPISTPOSITION.

Local salon has opening formassage therapist. Part orfull time. 601-415-8205.

EXPERIENCEDMECHANIC

NEEDED

Apply in person only at:Sheffield Rentals

1255 Hwy 61 SouthVicksburg.

NO PHONE CALLS,PLEASE

NOW HIRING SHIP fit-ters, Flux Core Welders,Short Arc Welders, StickWelders, Pipe Welders, andPipe Fitters. Must have 3 ormore years experience.Work located alongLouisiana/ Gulf Coast area.Please call 985-542-7881 orFax resumes to 985-346-7882. EOE

PART TIME ON-SITEapartment manager neededfor small local apartmentcomplex. Must be honest,dependable, work well withpublic, must have good cler-ical skills, experience aplus. Serious inquiries only,fax resume to: 318-352-1929.


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

14. Pets &Livestock

FULL BLOODED AUS-TRALIAN Shepherd. Smalltype, black tri-colored male.$100. 601-415-1373.

www.pawsrescuepets.org

If you are feeding a strayor feral cat and needhelp with spaying orneutering, pleasecall 601-529-1535.

15. AuctionOUR ON-LINE

SUBSCRIPTION keepsyou “plugged” in to allthe local news, sports,community events. Call

Circulation, 601-636-4545.

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.

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Classified InformationLine Ad DeadlinesAds to appear Deadline

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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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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

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find it! Classifieds Really Work!


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READ THE CLASSIFIEDS DAILREAD THE CLASSIFIEDS DAILY!Y!

14x70 MOBILE HOME forsale, has water damage.$1,000 or best offer. 601-529-3790.

Classifieds Really Work!

16. Antiques

STACY DOUGLASANTIQUES

New Shipment from New Orleans!

619 Crawford Street(beneath Cinnamon Tree)

504-427-4071

29. UnfurnishedApartments

17. Wanted ToBuy

PLEASE CALL THEGentleman of Junk for allyour junk vehicle needs.Just in time for extraChristmas cash, Pleaseleave message if no an-swer. 601-868-2781.

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.


18. Miscellaneou sFor Sale

AMAZING CLEARANCE for 2011!

Courtney's Antiqueand Gift Shop, every-

thing reduced, creativepricing! Many one-of-a-kind items. Cash only!For more information

call 662-873-4236 days,601-842-2460 evenings,

10am- 4pm, or by appointment.

1415 WashingtonStreet.

FIREWOOD FOR SALE.$75 per truck load. Deliv-ered and stacked. 601-634-6140 or 601-638-6740.

FIREWOOD FOR SALE.Long wheel base, $70 perload. We deliver. 601-636-7402 or 601-636-5771.

HOME COMPUTER SER-VICE and repair. Reasonableprices. Pick up available .601-502-5265, 601-636-7376.

KENMORE ELITE SIDEby side black refrigerator,black Kenmore microwave,black Kenmore dishwasher.601-638-4791.

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!

18. Miscellaneou sFor Sale

THE BEST WAY to bargain hunt is to

check the Classifieds Daily. We make it easywith our convenient

home delivery. For details call 601-636-4545, Circulation.

TWIN MATTRESS SETS$175, Full sets $199. Newsofa love seat $675. 601-638-7191. Discount FurnitureBarn.

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).

GARAGE SALE OVER?River City Rescue Missionwill pickup donated left overitems. 601-636-6602.

LAST MOVING SALE.Many items, make offer,518 Dallas Street. (Fort Hillarea, follow signs) Fridayand Saturday 6am- until.

STILL HAVE STUFF after your Garage Sale?Donate your items to

The Salvation Army, we pick-up!

Call 601-636-2706.

What's going on inVicksburg this weekend?Read The Vicksburg Post!

For convenient home deliv-ery call 601-636-4545, ask

for circulation.

19. Garage &Yard Sales

MOVING SALE104 Windy Lake Circle.Saturday only 8am- until. Noearly birds! Furniture, TV's,Baby items, clothes.

20. Hunting

1994 KAWASAKI 4004x4. Extra wheels and tireswith winch, adult ridden,good condition. $1800. 601-831-2999.

Call our Circulation Department for

CONVENIENT Home Delivery and/ or our On-line Subscription.

Monday- Friday, 8am-5pm, 601-636-4545.

21. Boats,Fishing Supplies

What's going on in Vicksburg?

Read The Vicksburg Post!For convenient home

delivery, call 601-636-4545, ask for

circulation.

24. BusinessServices

CLARK’S CONSTRUCTION

Dozer, Track hoe, Form setting, Concrete,

Demolition work.

601-218-9233 • 601-638-9233

State licensed and Bonded

• 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.

24. BusinessServices

DIRT, SAND, CLAY grav-el, 6/10. Anywhere andAnytime. 601-218-9233,601-638-9233.

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

I-PHONE REPAIR. Buy,sell and repair. ArcueSanchez - 601-618-9916.

KATHY'S CARE SER-VICES. Let me lighten yourload!House cleaning, errands,pet care. Rates available onrequest! 601-831-6170.

PLUMBING SERVICES-24 hour emergency- brokenwater lines- hot waterheaters- toilets- faucets-sinks. Pressure Washing-sidewalk- house- mobilehomes- vinyl siding- brickhomes. 601-618-8466.

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.

26. For RentOr Lease

RICHARD M. CALDWELL

BROKER

SPECIALIZING IN RENTALS(INCLUDING CORPORATE

APARTMENTS)CALL 601-618-5180

[email protected]

28. FurnishedApartments

2 OR 4 bedroom apartmentfor rent. Section 8 welcome.Recently remodeled. 601-636-4338, 601-218-1210.

29. UnfurnishedApartments2 BEDROOM Duplex,

$400. 4 bedroom duplex,$500. With stove and refrigerator. $200 deposit.

601-634-8290.

THE COVEStop looking,

Start living!Paid cable, water and

trash. Washer, Dryer andbuilt-in microwave

furnished.

601-638-55871-601-686-0635

Ask about ourHoliday special!


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


30. HousesFor Rent

1621 BROADHILL, 2 bed-room, 1 bath, $650. 118Fleur De Lis, 3 bedroom,2.5 bath, $1300. Call An-drea, Jones & Upchurch,601-831-6490.

3 BEDROOM HOUSE.Freshly painted, hardwoodfloors, Central air/ heat $575,$250 deposit. 601-618-5071.

3 BEDROOMS, 2 baths.Formal dining/ living, den,hardwood floors, workshop,$975 monthly. 601-831-0066.

IN TOWN LOCATION 1bedroom. $325 deposit,$325 rent. 601-218-1688,601-636-2111.

LOS COLINAS. SMALL 2Bedroom, 2 Bath Cottage.Close in, nice. $795 month-ly. 601-831-4506.

31. Mobile HomesFor Rent

MEADOWBROOKPROPERTIES. 2 or 3 bed-room mobile homes, southcounty. Deposit required.

601-619-9789.

32. Mobile HomesFor Sale

12x 70 MOBILE HOMEfor sale. $1,800. ValleyPark. 662-347-7295.

FOUR BEDROOM DOUBLE WIDE.

4 bedrooms, 2 baths, allappliances, central air.

$29,900! Call 662-417-2354,

601-916-9796.

KEEP UP WITH ALLTHE LOCAL NEWS

AND SALES...SUBSCRIBE TO

THE VICKSBURG POSTTODAY! CALL

601-636-4545, ASK FORCIRCULATION.

OWNER FINANCE, NO CREDIT CHECK!

5 bedrooms, 3 baths withland. Must have $5,000

deposit. Call Buddy, 601-941-2952.

USED 16X80. 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, all

appliances, central air,some furniture. Delivery,

setup and tie down.$17,900. 662-417-2354,

601-916-9796.

USED 16X80. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths,

glamor bath, all appli-ances, extra clean!

Only $12,900. 662-417-2354, 601-916-9796.

33. Commercia lProperty

COMMERCIAL BUILD-ING or Turn- Key restaurantwith 2 lots for sale at EagleLake. Call 850-683-1085.


34. HousesFor Sale

Open Hours:Mon-Fri 8:30am-5:30pm

601-634-89282170 S. I-20 Frontage Rd.

www.ColdwellBanker.comwww.homesofvicksburg.net

Eagle Lake - 16853 Hwy 465,2 story apartment 2BR/1BA

upstairs, 1BR /1BA downstairs,lakefront, deck, pier, completelyfurnished, reduced, make offer.

50 Sullivan Cove - 2 story,2BR/1BA up, 1BR down,

everything new, flooring toroof, deck, community pier,boat launch, 2 lots, $130,000

Bette Paul Warner601-218-1800

McMillin Real Estate

34. HousesFor Sale

3 BEDROOMS, 2 baths.South county, carport,basement. $35,000. 601-529-0829.

CARY, MS. 3 bed, 2 bathhome, 4.5 lots. Shown byappointment only. Asking$115,000. 601-824-0270.

FOR SALE BY owner! 4bedroom, 2 bath, Garage,Updated kitchen and bath-room. Overlooking WindyLake. $179,500. Seller paysclosing. MUST SEE! Call forappointment. 601-619-1510.

HOUSES FOR SALE1862 MLK

807 First NorthLAND FOR SALE

801 First NorthFarmer St. Bl. 3

Call [email protected]

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

Kay Odom..........601-638-2443Kay Hobson.......601-638-8512Jake Strait...........601-218-1258Alex Monsour.....601-415-7274Jay Hobson..........601-456-1318Daryl Hollingsworth..601-415-5549

Sybil Caraway....601-218-2869Catherine Roy....601-831-5790Mincer Minor.....601-529-0893Jim Hobson.........601-415-0211

AARRNNEERRRREEAALL EESSTTAATTEE,, IINNCCVJIM HOBSON

REALTOR®•BUILDER•APPRAISER

601-636-0502


40. Cars & Trucks

YEAR END SPECIAL!!

Garyscfl.com

2003 Buick Rendevous$955 Down

$176 Bi -WeeklyGary’s Cars601-883-9995

1965 CHEVROLETTRUCK. Partially restored,Negotiable. 318-574-1213,601-218-8356.

1999 SILVERADO 4x4.105,000 miles. Excellentcondition. New tires,brakes, rotors. Very wellmaintained. $7,500. 601-218-6132.

Bradford RidgeApartments

Live in a Quality Built Apartmentfor LESS! All brick,

concrete floors and double wallsprovide excellent soundproofing,

security, and safety.601-638-1102 • 601-415-3333

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

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

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

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

River CityDirt Work, LLC

• Dozer / Trackhoe Work• Dump Truck •

• Bush Hogging • Box Blade• Demolition • Debris Removal

• Hydro Seeding• Deliver

Dirt -13 yd. load $85 locally• Gravel • Sand • Rock

Res. & Com. • Lic. & Ins.Robert Keyes, Jr. (Owner)

601-529-0894

All Business &

Service Directory Ads

MUST BE PAID

IN ADVANCE!

ROCKETTAXICAB

601-636-0491FREERides for

Children 4 & Under

SPEEDIPRINT &OFFICE SUPPLY

• Business Cards• Letterhead• Envelopes• Invoices

• Work Orders• Invitations

(601) 638-2900Fax (601) 636-6711

1601-C North Frontage RoadVicksburg, MS 39180

PATRIOTIC• FLAGS

• BANNERS

• BUMPER STICKERS

• YARD SIGNSShow Your Colors!

MAGNOLIA MANOR APARTMENTSElderly & Disabled3515 Manor Drive

Vicksburg, Ms.601-636-3625

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