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The festivities began shortly after sunrise, as members of the traditionally African-American Krewe of Zulu boarded floats at the Louisiana Superdome in preparation for their annual parade through the city. Soon to follow would be the parade of Rex, King of Carni- val. Entertainer Pete Foun- tain’s marching club hit the Uptown streets shortly after 7 a.m. on its trek through downtown and into the French Quarter. Gray skies hung over the city and there was a threat of rain. But spirits didn’t appear dampened. On Bourbon Street, the rain turned the garbage remain- ing from Monday night’s rev- elry into mush. But that didn’t keep the tra- dition of costumes that lam- poon current events from popping up. Strolling down Bourbon with family members, Allen Logue, 58, was clad as a one- man oil spill cleanup crew. Logue, an oil field consul- tant from Barataria, La., who said he did work for BP in Alaska, didn’t have to do much shopping to build his costume. He already had a hard-hat helmet and BP- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Group home for boys opening in city By Pamela Hitchins [email protected]A new group home in Vicksburg for at-risk and troubled teen boys is about to become a reality. The three-bedroom Sher- man Avenue house in the Riviera Heights neighbor- hood off North Washing- ton Street is being opened to provide a “stable, family- like” home for six boys ages 13 to 19 by the Waters Youth Foundation. Chief Executive Officer Larry Waters, a Vicksburg native who lived in South- ern California for many years before returning in 2004, opened a similar home in Los Angeles in 1989, he said. “It was a very effective pro- gram,” said Waters. “The boys who lived there are doing well — they have jobs, they’ve joined the service or gone to college. It’s given them an opportunity to grow up in something like a family atmosphere and become pro- ductive citizens.” Monday, Waters and his staff, including Executive Director Maresa Rone Hart, City jacks up contribution to youth camp By Manivanh Chanprasith [email protected]A nonprofit youth coun- seling center will get nearly $18,000 in city money to fund a six-week summer camp, an increase of $16,000 from previous allocations approved by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. Monday’s vote on fund- ing for Central Mississippi Prevention Services was 2-1. “A lot of these programs are not usually tied to city responsibilities,” Mayor BRYANT HAWKINS•THE VICKSBURG POST Senate redistrict plan unveiled; Bryant says he has his own From staff and AP reports JACKSON — A proposal to redraw Mississippi’s 52 Senate districts — including Vicksburg-based District 23 — quickly gained some sup- port when unveiled Monday, but it could be derailed with Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant’s plan to intro- duce his own revamped map. A remap- ping plan approved by a redistricting committee of senators and House mem- bers shows the district rep- resented by state Sen. Briggs Hopson III picking up more of Yazoo County to make up for population losses dis- trictwide. It would continue to include all of Warren and Issaquena counties and add precincts in Yazoo City, Holly Bluff and Benton. “The good thing is that it didn’t really change a whole lot,” Hopson said of the joint committee’s proposal, which now moves to the Senate Elections Committee before going to the full Senate. “It’s a good, contiguous, well- drawn-up district overall.” Hopson wouldn’t comment on the fate of an alternate map pushed by Bryant, the Senate’s presiding officer. The battle potentially pits Bryant, who’s running for governor, against the Repub- lican-led redistricting com- mittee he appointed. Lawmakers say it’s unprec- edented for a lieutenant governor to circumvent the redistricting committee and release a separate map. Tra- ditionally, the presiding offi- cer supports the plan created by the committee. Legislators also are redraw- ing the 122 districts in the House to reflect population changes in the 2010 Census. Both chambers are work- ing on maps that would increase representation in fast-growing DeSoto County, just south of Memphis and account for population losses in the economically strug- gling Delta. Maps OK’d for the House show Warren County with five representatives instead of four, with communities around Vicksburg sliced and moved around to account for countywide population loss. District 55 Rep. George Flaggs, D-Vicksburg, would lose Kings and parts of north Vicksburg to District 51 Rep. Rufus Straughter, D-Belzoni, and Eagle Lake to District 49 Rep. Willie Bailey, D-Green- ville. It does stretch farther Gas costs increase price tag for bridge By Danny Barrett Jr. [email protected]Spikes in fuel prices have inflated by more than 14 percent how much Warren County will have to pay to replace a relief bridge on Redbone Road, officials said. A contract to build a new bridge on Redbone and Paces Bayou off U.S. 61 South at the city limits, went to Laurel-based Magco Inc. The firm’s low bid of $510,845.62 beat an offer by Madison-based Key LLC but outpaced the estimated $434,627.62 con- struction cost. Key, which built the new Yazoo River bridge in Redwood and is replacing the Haining Road bridge at the Port of Vicksburg, bid $573,827.25. Carey Webb of the Mis- sissippi Department of Transportation’s Office of State Aid Road Construc- tion said the cost reflected the gas price hikes felt nationwide. “We had not put any bid specs out since the price of gas went up,” Webb told the board Monday after bids were read. Work on Redbone is expected to Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant See Senate, Page A7. See County, Page A3. See City, Page A3. See Group, Page A7. See Mardi Gras, Page A7. ROGELIO SOLIS•THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sen. Briggs Hopson III, R-Vicksburg, right, and Sen. Buck Clarke, R-Hollandale confer over changes in Senate district lines Monday. ‘The boys who lived there are doing well — they have jobs, they’ve joined the service or gone to college. It’s given them an opportunity to grow up in something like a family atmosphere and become productive citizens.’ LARRY WATERS A bedroom at Vicksburg’s first group home for troubled boys. TURN IT UP Musician Pete Fountain, center, greets friends as he leads his Half-Fast Walking Club through New Orleans this morning. Muhammad Ali, left, and Joe Frazier
T U E S D A Y, M A R C H 8, 2011 • 5 0 ¢ W W W. V I C K S B U R G P O S T. C O M E V E R Y D A Y S I N C E 1883
WEATHERTonight:
Thunderstorms; lows in the 60s
Wednesday:Partly cloudy; highs in the
70sMississippi River:
34.7 feetRose: 0.9 foot
Flood stage: 43 feetA7
DEATHS• Lucille V. Tucker • Leonard Wilson
A7TODAY IN HISTORY
1782: The Gnadenhutten massacre takes place as more than 90 Indians are slain by militiamen in Ohio in retaliation for raids car-ried out by other Indians.1862: During the Civil War, the ironclad CSS Vir-ginia rams and sinks the USS Cumberland and heavily damages the USS Congress, both frigates, off Newport News, Va. 1944: Two days after an initial strike, U.S. heavy bombers resumed raiding Berlin during World War II.1971: Joe Frazier defeats
Muham-mad Ali by deci-sion in what was billed as “The Fight of the Cen-tury” at
Mardi Gras mixing with spring breakBy The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS — Rev-elers bared fl esh and threw beads on Bourbon Street until the sun rose on Mardi Gras to mark the annual pre-Lenten celebration that takes on so many shapes in New Orleans, from early morning parades to gay costume balls and second-line dancing of Mardi Gras Indians.
The festivities began shortly after sunrise, as members of the traditionally African-American Krewe of Zulu boarded fl oats at the
Louisiana Superdome in preparation for their annual parade through the city.
Soon to follow would be the parade of Rex, King of Carni-val. Entertainer Pete Foun-tain’s marching club hit the Uptown streets shortly after 7 a.m. on its trek through downtown and into the French Quarter.
Gray skies hung over the city and there was a threat of rain. But spirits didn’t appear dampened.
On Bourbon Street, the rain turned the garbage remain-ing from Monday night’s rev-
elry into mush.But that didn’t keep the tra-
dition of costumes that lam-poon current events from popping up.
Strolling down Bourbon with family members, Allen Logue, 58, was clad as a one-man oil spill cleanup crew.
Logue, an oil fi eld consul-tant from Barataria, La., who said he did work for BP in Alaska, didn’t have to do much shopping to build his costume. He already had a hard-hat helmet and BP-
A new group home in Vicksburg for at-risk and troubled teen boys is about to become a reality.
The three-bedroom Sher-man Avenue house in the Riviera Heights neighbor-hood off North Washing-ton Street is being opened to provide a “stable, family-like” home for six boys ages 13 to 19 by the Waters Youth Foundation.
Chief Executive Offi cer Larry Waters, a Vicksburg native who lived in South-ern California for many years before returning in 2004, opened a similar home in Los Angeles in 1989, he said.
“It was a very effective pro-
gram,” said Waters. “The boys who lived there are
doing well — they have jobs, they’ve joined the service or gone to college. It’s given them an opportunity to grow up in something like a family atmosphere and become pro-
ductive citizens.”Monday, Waters and his
staff, including Executive Director Maresa Rone Hart,
A nonprofi t youth coun-seling center will get nearly $18,000 in city money to fund a six-week summer camp, an increase of $16,000 from previous allocations approved by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
Monday’s vote on fund-ing for Central Mississippi Prevention Services was 2-1.
“A lot of these programs are not usually tied to city responsibilities,” Mayor
BRYANT HAWKINS•THE VICKSBURG POST
Senate redistrict plan unveiled;Bryant says he has his own
From staff and AP reports
JACKSON — A proposal to redraw Mississippi’s 52 Senate districts — including Vicksburg-based District 23 — quickly gained some sup-port when unveiled Monday, but it could be derailed with Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant’s plan to intro-duce his own revamped map.
A remap-ping plan approved by a redistricting committee of senators and House mem-bers shows the district rep-resented by state Sen. Briggs Hopson III picking up more of Yazoo County to make up for population losses dis-trictwide. It would continue to include all of Warren and Issaquena counties and add precincts in Yazoo City, Holly Bluff and Benton.
“The good thing is that it didn’t really change a whole lot,” Hopson said of the joint committee’s proposal, which now moves to the Senate Elections Committee before going to the full Senate. “It’s a good, contiguous, well-drawn-up district overall.”
Hopson wouldn’t comment on the fate of an alternate map pushed by Bryant, the Senate’s presiding offi cer.
The battle potentially pits Bryant, who’s running for governor, against the Repub-lican-led redistricting com-mittee he appointed.
Lawmakers say it’s unprec-edented for a lieutenant governor to circumvent the redistricting committee and release a separate map. Tra-ditionally, the presiding offi -cer supports the plan created by the committee.
Legislators also are redraw-
ing the 122 districts in the House to refl ect population changes in the 2010 Census. Both chambers are work-ing on maps that would increase representation in fast-growing DeSoto County, just south of Memphis and account for population losses in the economically strug-gling Delta.
Maps OK’d for the House show Warren County with fi ve representatives instead
of four, with communities around Vicksburg sliced and moved around to account for countywide population loss.
District 55 Rep. George Flaggs, D-Vicksburg, would lose Kings and parts of north Vicksburg to District 51 Rep. Rufus Straughter, D-Belzoni, and Eagle Lake to District 49 Rep. Willie Bailey, D-Green-ville. It does stretch farther
Gas costsincreaseprice tagfor bridgeBy Danny Barrett [email protected]
Spikes in fuel prices have infl ated by more than 14 percent how much Warren County will have to pay to replace a relief bridge on Redbone Road, offi cials said.
A contract to build a new bridge on Redbone and Paces Bayou off U.S. 61 South at the city limits, went to Laurel-based Magco Inc. The fi rm’s low bid of $510,845.62 beat an offer by Madison-based Key LLC but outpaced the estimated $434,627.62 con-struction cost. Key, which built the new Yazoo River bridge in Redwood and is replacing the Haining Road bridge at the Port of Vicksburg, bid $573,827.25.
Carey Webb of the Mis-sissippi Department of Transportation’s Offi ce of State Aid Road Construc-tion said the cost refl ected the gas price hikes felt nationwide.
“We had not put any bid specs out since the price of gas went up,” Webb told the board Monday after bids were read. Work on Redbone is expected to
Lt. Gov. PhilBryant
See Senate, Page A7. See County, Page A3.
See City, Page A3.See Group, Page A7.
See Mardi Gras, Page A7.
ROGELIO SOLIS•THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sen. Briggs Hopson III, R-Vicksburg, right, and Sen. Buck Clarke, R-Hollandale confer over changes in Senate district lines Monday.
‘The boys who lived there are
doing well —
they have jobs, they’ve joined
the service or gone to college. It’s given them an opportunity to grow up in
something like a family atmosphere and become
productive citizens.’LARRY WATERS
A bedroom at Vicksburg’s first group home for troubled boys.
TURN IT UP
Musician Pete Fountain, center, greets friends as he leads his Half-Fast Walking Club through New Orleans this morning.
Muhammad Ali, left, and Joe Frazier
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JACKSON (AP) — A video circulating on the Internet shows a Mississippi special needs student being punched in the face, and now the teen-ager’s family wants stiffer punishment and a stronger bullying policy.
Amy Snyder said Monday that her nephew, a 16-year-old freshman at East Union High near New Albany, was punched Feb. 25. She said the other student was wearing a boxing glove when he hit her nephew. She said it was a vio-lent and unprovoked attack.
Snyder said her nephew functions on a 10-year-old level and has not been back to the school. The student didn’t tell anyone because the others involved told him it was a prank, Snyder said. The family learned about the video from a friend after students began talking about it. They found the video on Facebook.
Snyder said school officials didn’t treat the incident as bul-lying because there had been no other reports of problems between her nephew and
the other students. She said family members are angered by what they consider light punishment.
Snyder said the student who hit her nephew, whom she described as a junior who turned 18 after the inci-dent, and the boy who took the video on a cell phone were suspended five days. She said another student was sus-pended for fewer days, but she wasn’t sure how many.
Union County School District Superintendent Ken Basil said Monday that the punishment described by the victim’s aunt is not accurate. But he said he’s prohibited from disclos-ing the exact punishments.
Basil also said the district followed policy in disciplin-ing those involved. He said he would have to ask the school board attorney if the incident qualified as bullying under school policy.
The school contacted the sheriff’s department about the incident, Basil said. A sheriff’s investigator did not respond Monday to a message.
Delta housing fees suitrescheduled for August
GREENVILLE, Miss. — The trial of a lawsuit chal-lenging rent increases at apartments owned by the South Delta Regional Hous-ing Authority has been rescheduled for Aug. 22 in federal court in Greenville.
The trial had been set for March 21. A mediation ses-sion will be May 12 at the fed-eral courthouse in Oxford.
The lawsuit was filed in 2009 after residents received notices that rent would more than double at housing units in Bolivar, Washington, Sun-flower, Sharkey and Hum-phreys counties. The lawsuit seeks a temporary restrain-ing order and a hearing for preliminary injunction.
The more than 200 plaintiffs contend the housing author-ity failed to provide a griev-ance procedure as required by federal law.
Rayne twister damageto cost school $500,000
RAYNE, La. — The Acadia Parish School Board declared a state of emergency Monday because of a weekend tor-nado that caused $500,000 in damage to Rayne High School.
Superintendent Johnny Bourque told the board the school has major roof damage and broken win-dows. School will not resume Wednesday as scheduled, he added.
James Wallace, who repre-sents the district’s property claims insurer, told the board that damage estimates at the school are at least $500,000.
The tornado packed winds of up to 135 mph and cut a path of destruction five miles long through the town. One person was killed.
Higher ed trusteeresigns in Louisiana
BATON ROUGE — The longest serving member of the board of regents for Loui-siana’s public higher educa-tion system is stepping down.
Roland Toups’ resignation was announced Monday by board chairman Bob Levy. It took effect immediately.
The statement by Levy didn’t give a reason for Toups’ resignation, and a board spokeswoman didn’t elaborate when questioned.
Gov. Mike Foster appointed Toups to the board in March 1997. He was reappointed in 2003 and 2009.
Gov. Bobby Jindal has not indicated whom he will appoint to fill the vacancy.
We welcome items for the Community Calendar. Submit items by e-mail ([email protected]), postal service (P.O. Box 821668, Vicksburg, MS 39182), fax (634-0897), delivered in person to 1601-F N. Frontage Road, or by calling 636-4545 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays. If corresponding by fax, mail or e-mail, be sure to include your name and phone number.
CHURCHESShiloh Baptist — Youth reviv-al, 7 tonight-Wednesday; the Rev. Adrian Clark, speaker; Fri-day 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m., dinners with three sides and dessert; $5 chicken or $6 fish; delivery for three or more orders; pre-sented by the ladies auxiliary, Dr. Willie J. Jones, pastor; 920 Meadow St.Greater Jerusalem Bap-tist — Appreciation service for the Rev. Kemp Burley Jr., pastor, 6 p.m. Saturday; the Rev. Raymond Gill of Bastrop, guest speaker; 5026 Mount Alban Road.
PUBLIC PROGRAMSAARP Tax Aid — 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesdays until April 15; free tax counseling and servic-
es; public library.Serenity Overeaters Anony-mous — 6-7 p.m. Wednes-day, Bowmar Baptist Church, Room 102C; 601-638-0011.Serenity Al-Anon — 5:30 p.m. Thursday; family, friends of alcoholics and addicts; Riv-er Region West Campus, 1111 N. Frontage Road; 601-883-3849, 601-883-3290 or 601-636-3229. Spring Break Basketball Frenzy — 6 p.m. Friday; four games; $1 admission; Kings Empowerment Center.Levi’s — A Gathering Place; 7-10 p.m. Saturday, music by Merv Stewart; donations ap-preciated. Genealogy Fair — March 25; statewide interactive video conference; Betty Wiltshire, researching African-American and Native American ances-try; Mona Vance, how to ar-chive family memories; and Rick Dixon, preserving and restoring tombstones; WC Extension Service, 601-636-5442.Festival of Barbershop Har-mony — 7 p.m. April 2; Mag-nolia Chorus, Men in Black,
Vocality and Center Stage Show Chorus; tickets: $20/$10 student, 769-218-2438, 601-383-4264 or www.magnolia-chorus.org; Belhaven Univer-sity Center for the Arts, 835 Riverside Drive, Jackson.
CLUBST.K Soul Undisputed Fan Club — Scholarship avail-able; applications provided to guidance counselors at Vicks-burg and Warren Central High Schools; Barbara Copeland, 601-529-5180, or Felicia Stew-art, 601-529-6740; April 16 deadline.Lions — Noon Wednesday; Dr. Jennifer Melton, audiolo-gist, Magnolia Speech School, speaker; Jacques’ Cafe.Vicksburg Eagles Youth Football — Register 5:15 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday; ages 6-12; Vicksburg Junior High Stadium.Vicksburg Al-Anon — 8 p.m. Wednesday; family, friends of alcoholics and addicts; 502 Dabney Ave.; 601-636-1134.American Legion Post 213 — Legionnaires meeting, 8 p.m. Wednesday; refresh-
ments will be served. Port City Kiwanis — 7 a.m. Thursday, Shoney’s; Pauline Vessell, MS Special Olympics Area 10 director, speaker. Military Order of the Purple Heart and Ladies Auxilia-ry — 9 a.m. Thursday, regular meeting; Charlie Tolliver, 601-636-9487, or Edna Hearn, 601-529-2499; Battlefield Inn.Vicksburg Toastmasters Club No. 2052 — Noon Thursday; IT Lab, Porters Cha-pel Road; Jeff Hensley, 601-634-4596.
Madison Parish High School participated Feb. 26 in the first African Ameri-can History Quiz Bowl. The school was omitted from a Thanks & Appreciation letter in Saturday’s edition.
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HilldaleA boil water notice has
been lifted for Hilldale Water District customers on Gibson Road starting at the intersec-tion of Lee Road going west, all of Halls Ferry Road and all of Greenbriar Subdivision.
Port Gibson man being heldin homeless woman’s killing
A Port Gibson man was still being held and questioned by Port Gibson police in the case of a woman whose body was found Sunday morning behind a church, police Chief Calvin Jackson said today.
Dexter Watson, 41, 907 Vine St., was charged with pos-session of drug parapher-nalia, Jackson said, and he was being questioned in the slaying.
An autopsy showed Patri-cia Dotson, 34, died of stab wounds to the face and trauma to the head, Clai-borne County Coroner J.W. Mallett said.
Dotson was homeless but had family in the city, includ-ing her grandfather, Consta-ble Roosevelt Dotson, Jack-son said.
Mallett said more tests that “will take some time” will be needed to show if Dotson was sexually assaulted.
Dotson’s body was discov-ered behind First Baptist Church on Farmer Street about 7:45 a.m. Sunday by a church worker.
Jackson said questioning is continuing with people in the community, some of whom have said Dotson was last seen “hanging out” Satur-day night. She is believed to have died around 3 or 4 a.m. Sunday, Jackson said.
City woman heldin boyfriend’s cutting
A Vicksburg woman accused of cutting her boy-friend with broken glass early this morning was being held at police headquarters, said Lt. Bobby Stewart.
Adleine Bingham, 21, 300 N. Poplar St., was arrested at
River Region Medical Center at 2:06 a.m., Stewart said.
Bingham’s boyfriend, Earl Jones, 26, 1900 Baldwin Ferry Road, Apt. 12B, received 18 staples to close an abdominal wound, said the lieutenant.
Stewart said Bingham and Jones were visiting his cousin at 780 U.S. 61 North, Apt. 16H, when they began arguing over keys. While arguing, a glass mug broke and Bingham cut Jones with a piece of the glass, Stewart said.
She was being held with-out bond because she was already out of jail on a $2,500 bond for a felony shoplifting charge July 3 and a $5,000 bond for an aggravated domestic assault charge August 16, Stewart said.
She was expected to be transferred to the Warren County Jail. Jones was treated and released, said RRMC spokesman Allen Karel.
Appliances missingfrom mobile home
A burglary was reported Monday at 6:09 p.m. at a mobile home for sale on the lot at C & W Homes, 5540 U.S. 61 South, Lt. Bobby Stewart said.
A G.E. refrigerator valued at $1,300 and a Hotpoint stove valued at $800 were reported stolen, he said.
Four teens injuredin Vicksburg wreck
A two-vehicle wreck at Drummond and Bowmar
streets Monday afternoon sent four Vicksburg teens to River Region Medical Center, Vicksburg Fire Department records showed.
Emergency personnel responded at 4:12, and took Michelle Crawley, 19, and Kayla Shelton, 18, both of 2521 Oak St.; Ashley Murphy, 17, 512 Fairground St.; and Kendrick Williams, 16, 2608 Roosevelt Ave., to the emer-gency room.
All were treated and released, said River Region Medical Center spokesman Allen Karel.
No details about the wreck were available.
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Joe Herrod of Jefferson Construction repaints walls at Vicksburg High School’s Memorial Stadium on Monday.
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Reeves to speakat Tea Party meeting
Mississippi lieutenant gubernatorial candidate Tate Reeves will speak at the Vicksburg Tea Party meet-ing Thursday night at 6:30 at Shoney’s restaurant on Pem-berton Square Boulevard.
Reeves, a Rankin County native, was elected trea-surer in 2003 as the state’s first Republican treasurer. He served as president of the National Association of State Treasurers for 2006-07.
Tate holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designa-tion and is a member of the CFA Society of Mississippi and the CFA Institute.
Other candidates for the office include state Sen. Billy Hewes, R-Gulfport, and Reform Party candidate Tra-cella Lou O’Hara Hill.
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On the agendaMeeting Monday, the
Warren County Board of Supervisors:• Took no action after a closed
session to discuss the law-suit filed here and in 12 other Mississippi counties where districts are to be re-drawn this year.Local branches of the
NAACP have asked the U.S. District Court in both Missis-sippi federal court districts that the qualifying dead-line for local elections be ex-tended to June 1, the same deadline as legislative races. NAACP officials have said county officials need the time to redraw lines due to population shifts resulting from the 2010 census.
Counties involved in the suit include Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, DeSoto, Panola, Pike, Simpson, Talla-hatchie, Tunica, Warren, Web-ster and Winston counties.
District 1 in Warren County outpaced growth in Districts 2 and 3, forcing a redistricting process by supervisors and hired regional planner Cen-tral Mississippi Planning and Development District. Local and private bills have been filed by legislators in DeS-oto and Forrest counties to seek an extension of the local qualifying deadline. • Approved a selection com-
mittee to vet project ideas for a future round of com-munity development block grants.They consist of County
Administrator John Smith, Chancery Clerk Dot McGee, Purchasing Agent Tonga Vin-son, Purchasing official Pen-ny Evans and Loretta Brantley of the Accounting Depart-ment. Smith said the funds were for public facilities, but no specific project had been identified.• Approved an emergency
declaration to speed up a resurfacing project at the Port of Vicksburg.
Last week, crews discovered no earth under a 30-cu-bic yard section of con-crete being replaced near the T-dock crane support platform, said Brian Rob-bins of county engineer-ing firm ABMB Engineers Inc. Officials said a quote will be sought from Vicks-burg-based Triple J, the firm hired to resurface the ap-proach.
• Approved an additional $775 to Fordice Construc-tion Co. to build a bladder tank in the plumbing chase of the restroom at Eagle Lake boat landing. Total adjusted contract price is $105,560. A final payment of $23,489 for the firm was also approved.
• Approved matching money through June for the Dis-trict Attorney’s Office to fund an assistant DA posi-tion.
A Victims Against Women Act grant administered on the state level by the De-partment of Public Safety pays the salary of a third as-sistant in the DA’s office. A $2,952.26 local match pairs with $11,809.06 in feder-al money to cover the sal-ary. Another grant applica-tion to fund the position through June 2012 will be completed in April, accord-ing to the formal request from DA Ricky Smith.
• Approved advertising for three new motor graders.
The equipment will replace three Volvo graders to be sold back to Scott Equip-ment for $135,078 each to pay off balloon notes due in August.
• Approved $48,490.63 in in-voices submitted by County Engineer John McKee for various engineering ser-vices.
• Approved advertising this year’s White Goods Disposal Day, set for Saturday, March 19 at Fisher Ferry Volunteer Fire Department’s Good-rum Road station.
On the agendaMeeting Monday, the
Board of Mayor and Al-dermen:
• OK’d meeting minutes from Jan. 18.
• Took under advisement un-til the next board meeting a request from River 101.3 and K Hits 104.5 for $500 in radio sponsorships dur-ing Porters Chapel Acad-emy and St. Aloysius High School baseball home games in March and April.
• OK’d the following bud-get amendments: a $2,500 transfer from ambulance services category into the fire department services category of the general fund to cover physicals for new hires; a $287,557.50 increase in revenue in the federal grants fund to add the engineering portion of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 592 water line project, a $95,852.50 in-crease of transfers in the federal grants fund and a $383,410 increase in capital in the water mains depart-ment of the federal grants fund; increase in supplies of $5,463 and increase in capital of $8,179 in the Preserve America services fund, a $13,642 decrease in Preserve America ser-vices for the purchase of a monument and banners; a $11,727.41 increase in rev-enue and a $11,727.41 in-crease in capital expenses to add the final reimburse-ment in the Wisconsin and Clay streets overlay proj-ects; and a $2,000 increase in capital and a $2,000 de-crease in water plant sup-plies in the water operat-ing fund to replace a sewer pump at the water treat-ment plant.
• OK’d a $3,000 monetary re-quest from the Vicksburg Convention and Visitors Bureau for the Mississippi Society of Association Ex-ecutives Mid-Year confer-ence set for May 1 to 3. The money will be used toward transportation expenses for the conference, held in Vicksburg this year.
• OK’d a contract with Zam-belli Fireworks Internation-
ale of New Castle, Penn., for this year’s July 4th cel-ebration. The contract is for $30,000.
• Accepted an application and OK’d a preliminary or-der for ad valorem tax ex-emption for Foam Packag-ing Inc.
• Tabled a request from parks and recreation department to change high school rent-al fees for use of city pool at $950 per school for entire season and $100 per game for softball and baseball varsity and junior games.
• Accepted letter establish-ing special assessment and adopted order for demo-lition and site clearing for the following properties: 1506 Jackson St. and 723 Johnson St.
• Discussed dilapidated buildings and overgrown lot codes and authorized Victor Gray-Lewis, director of Buildings and Inspec-tions, to proceed to cut, clean and demolish the fol-lowing properties: 807 First North St. and 2631 Hannah Ave. Gave a 60-day exten-sion for removal dilapidat-ed building to 911 Clay St.
• OK’d Vicksburg Main Street Program’s March advertis-ing.
• Approved final payment of $185,073.25 to Clear River Construction Co. for Cham-pion Hills recreation com-plex and accepted closed documents.
• OK’d payment of $2,500 to Comb Foundation Inc. for the energy audit grant writ-ing fee.
In closed session, the board:
• Discussed a hire in water mains department, a new hire in the water and gas department, four promo-tions in cemetery, right of way and sewer depart-ments and a resignation in the police department.
• Discussed a real estate mat-ter and 12 personnel mat-ters in police, fire, street, sewer and right of way de-partments.
The board meets next at 10 a.m. Thursday at City Hall Annex room 109.
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begin this month and last 90 working days. Details on detours were to be finalized at a later date.
State aid funds for Warren County from MDOT totaled $1,263,987.22 this fiscal year, up about 13.5 percent from last year but down about 19 percent since 2006. Road maintenance money is avail-able to all 82 Mississippi counties based on size and population.
Board President Richard George said the county’s four-year plan for road and bridge improvements will proceed despite likely higher costs from the price of gas.
“We’d be hard-pressed to stop,” George said. “When you think about road mainte-nance, that’s about as basic as you can get.”
The bridge on Redbone was one of seven projects on the list estimated to cost at least $400,000. Two sets of bridges, one at Rawhide Road and relief bridges at Fisher Ferry Road and the Big Black River, are in con-struction phases. Repairs to shorter bridges inside the city at Wood Street, Avenue D and the rail bridge at Bald-win Ferry Road follow on the list, the first two estimated at $129,276 and the third at $250,000. Costs for those three are subject to rise with fuel prices, though engi-neers and supervisors could choose to delay the work for a better market environment.
The price of a gallon of reg-ular gas this morning was $3.49 at most Vicksburg sta-tions as the cost of a barrel of oil on the New York Mercan-tile Exchange was about $105.
Paul Winfield said, “but I do believe that, as leaders, it’s incumbent upon us to provide programs to offer services to fill the need. We have a lot of young people here who lack a lot of oppor-tunities and so we need to provide a platform that is productive.”
South Ward Alderman Sid Beauman cast the dissent-ing vote.
“I am very impressed with their program,” he said, “but I was thinking along the lines of $5,000, not $17,000.”
In previous years, the city has given $1,500 to CMPS’ programs, which are open to the public.
The board voted to grant $17,815.50 to CMPS, which will match that money to fund their six-week camp that has enrolled as many as 130 students. The camp this year begins June 1.
The city’s share will help fund a satellite summer camp, held for the second year at the Vicksburg Hous-ing Authority main office on Elizabeth Circle. The main camp is at 2406 Grove St.
Facility director Joseph Johnson said the camp’s pro-grams, which will be taught by certified teachers and counselors, will engage stu-dents in “alternative activi-ties” that teach life-training skills, problem-solving skills and social skills, as well as academics.
This year, Johnson said he wants to focus on reading.
“We’re trying to sell them on reading,” he said. “We know if we can get a child to read, we can help them academically.”
The camp also offers such
recreational activities as swimming trips to the city pool or basketball games on the courts at the Grove Street facility.
CMPS was founded 11 years ago and also offers tutoring services, substance-abuse counseling, general counsel-ing and state test prepara-tion programs and meals for students.
CMPS also receives funds from United Way of West Central Mississippi, dona-tions and state and federal grants.
Separately, the board also voted Monday to submit an application for a $35,000 grant under the Mississippi Department of Transporta-tion’s Enhancement Urban Youth Corps program to offer summer jobs to young people.
The grant would provide jobs and life skill classes for students ages 16 to 25, city grant writer Marcia Weaver said.
The grant requires a 20 percent local match and stu-dents will be paid the mini-mum wage, which is $7.25 per hour.
“This type of initiative will help us because some of these dollars will be new dollars that we don’t have to spend of our own to continue with the projects,” Winfield said.
Last year, the board opened entry-level summer posi-tions around City Hall for 45 students, chosen through a lottery.
Students were paid mini-mum wage, and the city spent about $30,000 for the entire project.
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is coming under increasing fi re for being a passive, reactive commander in chief, who all too often stands on the side-lines instead of entering the arena during the great policy battles of our time.
As protests mounted in Libya last month to topple Moammar Gad-hafi ’s evil dictatorship, Obama was muting his words, pleading for an end to the violence, yet reluctant to fully side with the rebels who were fi ghting to remove the Gadhafi regime from power.
The Washington Post in a blis-tering editorial, sternly lectured Obama for his timidity and wait-and-see passiveness at a time when the only moral position was to be immediately on the side of the Libyan democracy movement, which has swept across North Africa and the Middle East.
Soon after that editorial, the White House toughened some of its rhetoric against Gadhafi ’s regime and in behalf of the rebels who are fi ghting a war to free themselves from tyranny.
But the White House’s response to the Post’s editorial and other critics was a litany of weak, namby-pamby
excuses that only made Obama’s presidency seem impotent. He couldn’t speak out more force-fully because of potential repri-sals against Americans who were trapped there, the White House told reporters.
Obama came into offi ce promis-ing to strengthen America’s image in the world, especially in the fi ery cauldron of the Middle East. He has deliberately toned down the rheto-ric in the midst of the war on terror, reaching out to engage despots in a “dialogue” that has produced no fruit and weakened our reputation abroad.
But the foreign policy arena isn’t the only place where Obama is being criticized. He’s being taken to task for his reluctance to roll up
his sleeves and get his hands dirty in the budget debates and other domestic policy battles on Capitol Hill. And some of that criticism is coming from his allies in the news media.
“For a man who won offi ce talk-ing about change we can believe in, Barack Obama can be a strangely passive president,” writes Wash-ington Post columnist Ruth Marcus, who also says she “generally shares the president’s ideological perspective.”
“There are a startling number of occasions in which the presi-dent has been missing in action — unwilling, reluctant or late to weigh in on the issue of the moment. He is, too often, more reactive than inspirational, more cautious than
forceful,” she said.Take, for example, Obama’s arms-
length — no, make that football-fi eld-length — posture in this week’s rough-and-tumble budget debate to avoid a government shut-down. Obama wanted nothing to do with it, staying on the side-lines, hoping House and Senate leaders would work things out by themselves.
The White House feared a shut-down for a number of reasons, but fi rst and foremost for the political fallout that could rain down on it. A Washington Post poll released this week showed that Americans were evenly split over who would be at fault if a budget extension deal could not be reached. Thirty-fi ve percent said they would fault Obama, while 36 percent would blame the Republicans.
But if Democrats were looking to the White House to help design a potential compromise or at least help in the negotiations, they were sorely disappointed.
In the end, the news stories said the stopgap measure was the result of both parties on Capitol Hill. In fact, the two-week spending exten-sion that easily passed the House and Senate — with $4 billion in
budget cuts — was the work of Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker John Boehner.
Earlier this week, Boehner com-plained that Obama had largely sat on the sidelines throughout the budget debate and could have done more. That led to a 10-minute phone call from the president to the speaker to discuss the pend-ing bill. Obama said in a statement: “We cannot keep doing business this way. Living with the threat of a shutdown every few weeks is not responsible ...”
Not responsible? What is not responsible is running up a budget defi cit of $1.6 trillion in this fi scal year, with annual trillion-dol-lar-plus defi cits forecast for the remainder of this decade.
To be sure, two weeks doesn’t leave much time to work out a com-promise budget for the remain-ing seven months of the fi scal year. But Republicans are determined to keep the Democrats and Obama on a short leash, just to keep the pres-sure on them to cut a deal.
Will Obama sit this one out, too? •
Donald Lambro writes for United Feature Syndicate
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OLD POST FILES120 YEARS AGO: 1891Ada M. Ward, age 10, dies. • The cistern at the home of Wil-liam Monteith near the Constitution Engine House is struck by lightning. • Brick work on the new hotel on Clay Street will be completed in the next few weeks. • Services are held for Mrs. John McElligott.
110 YEARS AGO: 1901The judge rules that the ballot boxes must be introduced in the Kiersky-Kelly case. • Mrs. Julius Morris is in Port Gibson visiting her daughter, Mrs. David Bock.
100 YEARS AGO: 1911The Vicksburg Automobile Company’s garage — the old skat-ing rink at Clay and Monroe streets, together with 10 automo-biles, burn.
90 YEARS AGO: 1921Sister Mary Helena Love dies in Canton. • David Wesson, cotton oil expert, visits here.
80 YEARS AGO: 1931Bettie McFarland, one of the city’s oldest residents, dies at the age of 88. • Dan Flohr is on the sick list.
70 YEARS AGO: 1941A delegation of St. Louis businessmen visits Vicksburg. • Ser-vices are held for Henry S. Harrell.
60 YEARS AGO: 1951Judge R.B. Anderson convenes the March criminal term of Warren County Circuit Court. • Snow fl urries are predicted for Vicksburg. • Services are held for R.A. Geary, president of Merchants National Bank and Trust.
50 YEARS AGO: 1961Wade H. LaGrone dies. • Doris Day stars in “Midnight Lace” at the Rivoli Drive-In Theatre. • Mrs. James Lache dies.
40 YEARS AGO: 1971Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Aston announce the birth of a daugh-ter, Patricia, on March 3. • Bobby Baylot receives the Virga-damo Award at the St. Aloysius High School athletic banquet. • Henry Tompkins, Utica resident, dies. • Warren County Bar Association adopts resolutions on the death of Billy H. Quin.
30 YEARS AGO: 1981Karen Hopson is crowned Miss Vicksburg. • Tonya Paige Gordon is 4 years old. • Mr. and Mrs. Terry Davis are the par-ents of a daughter, Amy Lauren, born March 8.
20 YEARS AGO: 1991Willie England, injured in an explosion at Ergon barge clean-ing plant on the harbor, is awarded $6 million. • A group of former St. Aloysius High School football players play in a ben-efi t game for fellow classmate Michelle Coomes, who was par-alyzed in a car accident.
10 YEARS AGO: 2001Kaitlyn Lonesha Shelton celebrates her fi rst birthday. • Cecil H. Dement, 50-year resident of Vicksburg, dies. • Lou Ann Dykes directs kindergartners in “Wackadoo Zoo” at Redwood Elementary.
President Obama’s talk varies greatly from his walk
Obama came into offi ce promising to strengthen America’s image in the
world, especially in the fi ery cauldron of the Middle East.
For-pro� t collegesFor-profi t colleges and universi-
ties are higher education’s boom sector. From 1999 through 2009, student enrollment — either by mail, online or at various offi ce-park “campuses” — skyrocketed 236 percent. That’s 10 times the rate of growth at public colleges and universities and nonprofi t private institutions.
The schools’ bottom lines have grown just as fat, with federal student aid the source of roughly two-thirds of their revenue. During the 2008-2009 school year, they soaked up about $20 billion in student loans and $4.31 billion in Pell Grants.
For-profi ts boast that they pro-vide access to higher education to low-income and minority stu-dents. Indeed, about 20 percent of black students and nearly one of every four Pell Grant recipients enroll in a for-profi t college or university.
But the educational benefi ts to students are not clear, and tax-payers deserve an explanation.
The Education Trust, an advo-cacy group for low-income stu-
dents funded by major phi-lanthropies, has assembled troubling data. The graduation rate for fi rst-time, full-time stu-dents seeking four-year bach-elor’s degrees is just 22 percent. The University of Phoenix, the nation’s largest for-profi t college, had a 9 percent graduation rate for these students in 2008.
Two-year programs in which students receive associates’ degrees or certifi cates have higher completion rates. But these programs aren’t cheap, and they are marketed aggressively.
The College Board, a nonprofi t group that helps students access higher education, says the aver-age annual cost of tuition and fees at a community college is $2,700. It is $7,605 at a public four-year college. It is $27,200 at a pri-vate four-year college. And it is $13,900 at a for-profi t college.
For-profi t university students end up carrying huge debt loads, and they account for more than 40 percent of all federal stu-dent loan defaults even though they make up only 12 percent of
enrollments and 24 percent of federal loan dollars.
The U.S. Department of Edu-cation has proposed rules that would protect taxpayers and students. They are called “gain-ful employment” regulations. Their purpose is to hold schools accountable for the supposed economic benefi ts of their career-training programs.
Under the proposed rules, schools that saddle students with excessive debt and have loan repayment rates below 35 per-cent no longer would be sup-ported with Pell Grants and Stafford Loans.
Recently, the Republican-con-trolled House of Representatives (with the help of some Demo-cratic members) voted to defund any attempt to implement, administer or enforce the Depart-ment of Education’s proposed rule.
This cynical vote is the “job killer.” It dooms students to heavy debt for training that pro-vides dubious prospects of gain-ful employment.
Taxpayers deserve an explanation
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2,000 Yemeni inmatesseek to topple leader
SANAA, Yemen — About 2,000 inmates staged a riot at a prison in the Yemeni capital after taking a dozen guards hostage and joined calls by anti-government pro-testers for the country’s pres-ident to step down, a security offi cial said today.
And for the fi rst time since anti-government protests started in Yemen in mid-Feb-ruary, graffi ti against Presi-dent Ali Abdullah Saleh sur-faced in his birthplace, the farming village of Sanhan just outside Sanaa. Police said they were investigating who was behind the slogans that read: “The people want the regime to step down.”
The unrest in the central prison in the capital, Sanaa, erupted late Monday when prisoners set their blankets and mattresses ablaze and occupied the facility’s main courtyard, the offi cial said.
The guards failed to subdue the prisoners.
Obama resumes trialsat Guantanamo Bay
WASHINGTON — Presi-dent Barack Obama reversed course Monday and ordered a resump-tion of mili-tary trials for terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, making his once ironclad promise to close the iso-lated prison look even more distant.
Guantanamo has been a major political and national security headache for the president since he took offi ce promising to close the prison within a year, a deadline that came and went.
Obama made the change with clear reluctance, bowing to the reality that Congress’ vehement opposition to trying detainees on U.S. soil
leaves them nowhere else to go. The president empha-sized his preference for trials in federal civilian courts, and his administration blamed congressional meddling for closing off that avenue.
20 die in car bombingin eastern Pakistan
ISLAMABAD — The Tali-ban detonated a car bomb in Pakistan’s third-largest city today, killing 20 and wound-ing more than 100 people in an attack they said targeted the country’s main intelli-gence agency.
The blast in the Punjabi city of Faislabad underscored the reach of al-Qaida and Taliban in the U.S.-allied nation.
The militants are based in the tribal regions close to Afghanistan, but have been able to tap into extremist net-works in the country’s heart-land of Punjab and strike there with regularity.
Stocks rise, oil dipson OPEC output talks
NEW YORK — Stocks rose today after oil prices fell and OPEC said it might increase oil production.
Oil fell $1.22 to $104.22 a barrel after Kuwait’s oil min-ister said that OPEC mem-bers are in informal talks about raising output.
The group is facing pres-sure to increase production after the violence in Libya caused oil prices to surge. Oil rose to nearly $107 a barrel Monday, its highest since Sept. 26, 2008. In turn, gas prices have skyrocketed, from about $2.70 to near $3.50 in the past few weeks.
The Dow Jones rose 32, or 0.3 percent, to 12,123. The Standard & Poor’s 500 rose 5, or 0.4 percent, at 1,315. The Nasdaq rose 6, or 0.2 percent, to 2,753.
Q: I worked for a company that was sold in July 2010. Our former company had a profi t-sharing plan. We were noti-fi ed that the profi t sharing had been stopped upon the sale of the dealership, and we would receive a payout. My share was estimated at around $35,000. I am 57 years old and would like to retire around 62 or 63. I have $6,000 invested in a 401(k) for about $33,000 and a little Social
Security, if there i s a ny left. We are still paying on our home, and will have it paid off in less than 10 years. Should
I take the profi t sharing and pay on the home or invest it? — Mary, Charleston, W.Va.
A: Once again, there is so much more information required to make a decision. If you are paying a very high interest rate on your home mortgage, it may be well to pay part of it down. Giving the assets you mentioned, retiring at 62 or 63 years old maybe an extremely diffi-cult goal to reach. Whatever Social Security you’ve earned
will be there for you. Having approximately 10 years left on your mortgage takes you to 67 years old unless you acceler-ate. I don’t see how any rea-sonable acceleration is possi-ble. I think the fi rst step is to fi nd the services of a compe-tent investment adviser or do a good deal of homework and determine where you should invest with profit-sharing proceeds. While $35,000-plus sounds like a great deal of money in today’s world, even invested in a corporate securi-ties that is giving a 5 percent dividend. You can see that the income generated will be min-imal. Unfortunately, in today’s world of very low interest and as a consequence return on investments, the saver such as yourself is left with two alternatives. One to settle for the very small return (that may very well mean you will be working a lot longer than you like) or take a fair degree of risk. If you are fortunate and make good decisions, the money will be there for a more comfortable retirement. If conditions work against you, you are really behind the eight ball.
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clinical consultant Michelle Johnson and home director Pat Anderson, held an open house and invited city and county officials, Youth Court and children’s service pro-viders and school officials to see the home.
“These children might be abused, maybe neglected — we won’t know until they’ve been appointed to us,” said Hart. “But now our children will get to stay in Warren County.”
A group home for adoles-cent boys was operated for several years by Warren Yazoo Mental Health Center in the 1990s, but closed for lack of funding, said Jeanine Hanks, who coordinates ado-lescent services on the Wis-consin Avenue campus.
“It’s definitely a needed service in Warren County,” Hanks said. “There is a shortage of group-home facil-ities in the state, especially for kids who have some emo-tional problems, and group homes are ideal for them.”
Currently, some of those Warren County boys get placed in foster homes, but for group home-placement they must go to Rankin
County, Jackson or other areas in the state, Hart said.
Bedrooms in the Sherman Avenue home have been freshly painted, outfitted with dressers, nightstands and twin beds topped with colorful quilted comforters and plenty of pillows. The family room is set up with a television, DVD player, gas-burning fireplace, couches and pillows, books, board games and other items for the boys’ free time.
“We want them to feel like it’s a real home,” Hart said. “We want them to know they are safe here, and they can talk to us when they need to.”
Waters and his staff have received the OK of the Mis-sissippi Department of Human Services and await licensing by the Missis-sippi Department of Mental Health before accepting boys into their care.
At least two staff mem-bers will be in the home at all times, Hart said. Meals will be prepared by the staff, but each boy will be required to do daily chores including keeping his bedroom neat, folding and putting away his
own laundry and helping with yardwork.
The boys will have access to group and individual coun-seling, anger management skills, help and supervision with homework, tutoring as needed and mentoring. In addition, they will be taken to the Warren County-Vicks-burg Public Library three times a week and on other excursions as well.
“Whatever it is that they need, we’ll provide it,” Hart said, adding that the place-ments will be long term, even years if necessary.
Community help also is welcomed, Johnson said. “We’re accepting any dona-tions in any amount to help create the atmosphere that we want for these young men. We want to set up a basketball court, we need outside seating — we’re look-ing for somebody to adopt our backyard,” she said.
Waters said he has been working with DHS for about a year to get the home licensed and operational. He hopes to open a home for adolescent girls, perhaps out-side the city limits in Warren County.
branded sweat shirt.“The only thing I had to
shop for was the Jim Beam,” Logue said.
As part of his costume, Logue carried super-absor-bent kitchen napkins to clean up any kind of mess he might encounter, though the most likely spill would be beer.
This year, Carnival has seemed bigger and more brash than in recent years since Hurricane Katrina, per-haps because this year it falls during spring break.
“I just hope the crowds are having a good time,” said Anthony “Tony” Barker, king of Zulu.
“No matter the weather, we’re going to have some fun,” said Henry Youngblood, a 78-year-old second-liner and retired praline salesman.
The city was in a trium-phant mood.
“We’re back all the way, and we’ll continue climbing,” said Herschel Abbott Jr., the king of Rex, the holder of the keys to the city during Carnival.
The triumph was not with-out reason. New Orleans — America’s poster child of disaster — has come a long way since Hurricane Katrina. Its beloved New Orleans
Saints won the Super Bowl last year and it has largely overcome the disaster of the BP oil spill.
This year, the sheer timing of Mardi Gras helped. Stu-dents have been out in force — giving a bit more punch to this annual pre-Lenten celebration.
Ali Miller, 23, an early child-hood major at the University of Southeastern Louisiana, was jubilant as she walked home Mardi Gras morning after a long night of drinking in the French Quarter and throwing beads from a bal-cony on Bourbon Street.
“There is nothing like New Orleans,” she said. “I would never ever want to grow up anywhere but here!”
Mardi Gras officially kicked off Monday evening when Rex was given the keys to the city by New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu in a blow-out on the riverfront that included fireworks, music, a fly-over by Dolphin military helicopters and Rex’s pro-nouncement that “all com-mercial endeavors be sus-pended and that pleasure may rule day and night.”
southeast into nonmunicipal Warren County to pick up more of the Tingleville pre-cinct. District 54, represented by Republican Alex Mon-sour, would lose Issaquena to Bailey, the Redwood and 3-61 precincts to Straughter and much of the Yokena precinct to District 85 Rep. Chuck Middleton, D-Port Gibson. It would gain precincts in northeast Warren County currently represented by Republican Phillip Gunn and in southwest Yazoo County.
Bryant in a statement said the Joint Reapportion-ment Committee’s map is “the beginning of the pro-cess” of redistricting. He did not respond to an interview request from The Associated Press.
Bryant said on Marshall Ramsey’s radio show on Supertalk Mississippi that he has been working with Republican political consul-tant Josh Gregory to draw his own map. Gregory helped revamp Mississippi’s con-gressional districts after the 2000 Census.
Flaggs issued a statement this morning “pleading” with Bryant not to trump the joint committee’s proposed map, citing the cost of holding another election next year — repeating a scenario that fol-lowed redistricting after the 1990 Census.
The biggest differences between the commit-tee’s plan and Bryant’s are expected in the Pine Belt area in and around Hatties-burg and in the Jackson area.
“I continue to oppose the gerrymandered district within the Pine Belt area that collapses a Republican district only to create one controlled by Democrats,” Bryant said.
For the past decade, the
Hattiesburg area has had three Senate districts, all cur-rently held by white Republi-cans. One of them, Tom King, is not seeking re-election.
The committee’s plan would convert one of the three seats into a majority-black district, giving Democrats a better chance to win it. Bryant’s would keep all as majority-white districts, making them safer for Republicans.
The Senate redistricting chairman, Republican Terry
Burton of Newton, said that during 16 public hearings, one of the things people mentioned most often was a desire for a majority-black district in the Hattiesburg area.
“We produced a plan that is representative of the people of Mississippi,” Burton said Monday.
In the Jackson area, the committee’s plan would set a 50.3 percent black voting age population for District 29, now represented by David Blount, a white Democrat. Lawmakers say Bryant’s plan would set a significantly higher black voting age pop-ulation in District 29, which could make it harder for Blount to be re-elected.
Sen. Hob Bryan, D-Amory, said that based on Census numbers, the Hattiesburg area is entitled to 2.2 Senate districts. Bryan supports the committee’s plan and said it’s “disturbing” that Bryant and the area’s three current senators are only listening to Republican supporters.
Bryan said some Hatties-burg-area residents have been pushing for years for a majority-black Senate dis-trict, and it was easy to draw one. Bryan asked: “Why are not their voices just as important as the other voices?”
Legislators face a time
crunch because Mississip-pi’s new redistricting plans must be approved by the U.S. Justice Department, which checks to ensure that minor-ity voting strength is not diluted. Lawmakers say the Justice Department needs about 60 days to examine the maps. June 1 is the candi-dates’ qualifying deadline for legislative elections.
The House passed its own redistricting plan this past week and it awaits Senate consideration. The 66-56 House vote was split largely along party lines, with most Democrats for and most Republicans against.
Republican Gov. Haley Barbour said Monday that the House plan would leave many Mississippians with-out fair representation par-ticularly in growing suburbs around Jackson and Hatties-burg. Bryant said he does not expect to see the House plan supported in the Senate.
The Senate has 12 majori-ty-black districts. The plan released Monday would increase that to 15. Burton said 13 of the 15 would be considered viable for a black candidate to win because they’d have black majorities of at least 60 percent.
The Senate committee’s plan also would reduce the number of split precincts from 129 to 17.
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Lucille V. TuckerGULFPORT — Lucille V.
Tucker died Monday, Feb. 28, 2011, at Driftwood Nurs-ing Center in Gulfport. She was 92.
Born in Madison County, she had been a resident of Vicksburg for most of her life and had lived in Gulf-port for the past six years. She was a charter member of Woodlawn Baptist Church of Vicksburg.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Tucker Sr.; two sons, Edward Tucker Jr. and George Tucker; a daughter, Billie Tucker; and two brothers and two sisters.
She is survived by a daugh-ter, Emma Ruth Whitney of Lima, Ohio; two sons, Jimmie Tucker of Gulfport and John Tucker of Houstonville, Ky.; nine grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Glenwood
Funeral Home in Vicksburg with the Rev. Gene Jacks offi-ciating. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Gardens Ceme-tery in Vicksburg. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. Wednes-day until the service.
Leonard wilsonPORT GIBSON — Leonard
Wilson died Thursday, March 3, 2011, at River Region Medi-cal Center. He was 75.
Mr. Wilson was preceded in death by a wife, Lucille “Willie Mae” Wilson; and his parents, Johnny Wilson and Ethel Nash Wilson.
He survived by his wife, Earnestine Wilson of Port Gibson; his stepmother, Ruby Lee Wilson of Port Gibson; three sons, Johnny Wyatt Sr., Andrea Wyatt and Leonard Wilson Jr., all of Port Gibson; two daughters, Mabel Brown of Chicago and Richelle Townsend of Southaven; two brothers, Johnny Wilson of Vicksburg and Everette Wilson of Phoenix, Ariz.; three sisters, Willie Ruth Wilson of Port Gibson, Belia Wilson of Gladstone, Mo., and Delia Monroe of Warner Robins, Ga.; and nieces, nephews, friends and other relatives, including Ollie Wells of Port Gibson.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Jerusalem Bap-tist Church with the Rev. Eddie Walls officiating. Burial will be at McCay Cem-etery. Visitation will be from 1 until 6 p.m. Wednesday at
Thompson Funeral Home in Port Gibson and Thursday at the church from 10 a.m. until the service.
DEATHS
JACKSON — A bill sent to the Mississippi governor’s desk would allow the state Department of Education to conduct a survey to deter-mine if children can enroll in kindergarten sooner.
Under the bill, each school district will be surveyed to determine the feasibility of allowing children who turn 5 by July 1 to enroll in kin-dergarten. Currently, a child must turn 5 by Sept. 1 to enter public kindergarten.
The survey would assess student preparedness and adjustment to the school learning environment, among other factors.
Findings will be submitted to the Legislature by July 1, 2012.
Simmons sworn inas new state senator
The newest member of the Mississippi Senate has taken his oath of office.
Derrick Simmons, a Greenville attorney and a municipal judge in Moor-hea d and Sunflower, was sworn-in on Monday. Sim-mons won a special elec-tion March 1. The election was held after Democrat Johnnie Walls resign Jan. 3 to become a circuit judge.The district includes parts of Bolivar and Washington counties.
Kindergarten survey bill goes to governor
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WHO’S HOTRAVERN JOHNSONMississip-pi State basketball player was named Co-SEC Player of the Week on Monday after aver-aging 23 points in wins over Arkansas and South Carolina.
SIDELINESTexas Techcans Knight
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Pat Knight sat in the Texas Tech locker room and lauded his bosses for the way they let him go after three disappointing seasons. It was, after all, di� erent from the way his famous father was oust-ed at Indiana more than a decade ago.
“It’s not an ugly situa-tion,” Knight said. “I mean, we left on good terms. I’m glad it ended like that, especially after being part of the deal at Indi-ana. That was tough. But this is di� erent. It’s busi-ness.”
Texas Tech � red Knight on Monday, ending a dis-appointing tenure for a coach who failed to lead the Red Raiders to the NCAA tournament after taking over for his father in February 2008. He will coach the Red Raiders at this week’s Big 12 Tour-nament and then step down. Knight said he was glad his dismissal came before the tournament because of all the po-tentially negative media chatter about a pending � ring.
“It’s not just negative toward us. It’s negative to the university,” Knight said. “It’s not good, even for the guy that’s follow-ing.”
Knight is 50-60 in his � rst Division I coaching job.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
NBA
Concussion sidelines Chris PaulBy The Associated Press
CHICAGO — New Orleans star Chris Paul sat out Monday’s loss to the Chi-cago Bulls and is day to day while he recovers from a concussion.
Coach Monty Williams said the four-time All-Star “looked a lot better than he did sitting on that fl oor” Sunday night in Cleveland, when he collided with Cava-liers guard Ramon Sessions, but the Hornets won’t rush him back.
They next play Dallas on Wednesday. Paul was at the arena Monday but did not make himself available for comment before or after the game. Jarrett Jack started in his place.
Paul was injured in the third quarter against the Cavaliers, when he lost the
ball driving into the lane and hit his forehead on Sessions’ right shoulder. Paul stayed on the fl oor as trainers from both teams attended to him.
Paul, who was moving his legs and feet, was placed on a fl at board and a brace was put on his neck. He was wheeled to the locker room and gave a thumbs up to the crowd as he left the court.
The Hornets said Paul was fully conscious and never lost any feeling anywhere. He was taken to the Cleve-land Clinic for precautionary tests, then rejoined the Hor-nets at the arena and accom-panied them on their charter fl ight to Chicago.
Paul had 13 points and 11 assists in 26 minutes in New Orleans’ 96-81 victory.
“He looked good this morn-ing in the meeting,” Williams said. “He took that brace
off his neck. He was watch-ing fi lm intently, as if he was playing the game. I know he’s in some pain. You don’t take a hit like that and not be in some pain, but people don’t realize how tough that kid is. He’s played through pain all year long, with his knee and his hip. His knee is back to 100 percent. He takes falls all the time, but last night was a different scenario. I almost have to be the uncle/father/brother, and just say, ‘Look, dude, you’re not playing tonight.”’
Williams said he suffered several concussions, but, “that was back before they started saying they were con-cussions. You had a head-ache for two, three days, they were like, ‘Drink more water and take an aspirin or some-thing.’ It’s not something you want to play with.”
By The Associated Press
Yahoo! Sports reported Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel was informed that some of his players had sold memorabilia to the owner of a tattoo parlor more than eight months before the school said it was made aware of improper transactions.
The website, citing an unidentifi ed source, reports Tressel received information as early as April 2010 that players were selling items to Edward Rife, who owns Fine Line Ink Tattoos in Columbus
Ohio State athletic direc-tor Gene Smith has said the local U.S. Attorney’s offi ce on Dec. 7 alerted the school that some of its players were sell-ing items such as jerseys and championship rings to Rife.
Soon after, the school opened an investigation and informed the NCAA of the pos-sible rules violations.
On Dec. 23, quarterback Terrelle Pryor was among fi ve players suspended by the NCAA for the fi rst fi ve games of the 2011 season. All the players were allowed to play in Ohio State’s 31-26 vic-tory against Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl.
If it is proven that Tres-sel knew about the possible NCAA violations and did not inform Smith or the compli-ance offi ce, the coach and the program could face more sanctions.
Tailback Dan “Boom” Herron, wide receiver DeVier Posey and left tackle Mike Adams, along with Sugar Bowl star Solomon Thomas, a backup defen-sive end who had the game-clinching interception, were also suspended.
Each player was also made to repay to charity the value of what he gained by swap-ping their memorabilia for cash and tattoos.
COLLEGEFOOTBALL
Flowers wins Howell TrophyDelta State forward Veronica Walker takes Gillom TrophyBy David BrandtThe Associated Press
JACKSON — Former Southern Miss star Clarence Weatherspoon knows a good big man when he sees one. So in his mind, Gary Flowers deserves all the accolades that come his way.
Flowers, a 6-foot-8 senior forward, won the Cellular South Howell Trophy on Monday afternoon, given to Mississippi’s top men’s col-lege basketball player. Delta State’s Veronica Walker won the Cellular South Gillom Trophy, given to the state’s top women’s player.
“The thing that’s so impressive about Gary is his versatility,” Weather-spoon said. “He can hit a shot from outside, post you up and fi nish around the basket with either hand. He’s aggressive and physi-cal. There’s really not much else you could want from a big guy.”
Flowers is averaging 19 points and 7.8 rebounds per game for the Golden Eagles, pushing them into
the NCAA Tournament con-versation for the fi rst time in years.
Southern Miss fi nished the regular season with a 21-9 record and 9-7 mark in Con-
ference USA.The other two fi nalists for
the Howell Trophy were Ole Miss guard Chris Warren and Mississippi State guard Dee Bost.
Walker, a 6-foot-1 forward from Indianola, is averaging 18.4 points and 9.8 rebounds for the Statesmen, leading the team in both categories. Delta State (26-3) has been one of the nation’s top Divi-sion II teams all season and will face North Alabama in the fi rst round of the NCAA South Region Tournament on Wednesday.
“The day Veronica decided to come to Delta State was a huge day for our pro-gram,” Delta State coach Sandra Rushing said. “She’s such a hard worker and has improved her offensive game every day since she’s arrived on campus. But the reason I like her most is simple — she’s a winner.”
Walker played in high school at Indianola Gentry, where she won back-to-back Class 4A state titles with current Delta State point guard Bug Cooper.
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JimTressel
Report: Tressel knew ofviolations
Southern Miss forward Gary Flowers drives toward the basket as Marshall guard DeAndre Kane blocks his path. Flowers was awarded the Howell Trophy, which is named
after Mississippi State and NBA standout basketball player Bailey Howell and given to the state’s best collegiate bas-ketball player, on Monday.
Delta State basketball player Veronica Walker, left, is pre-sented the Gillom Trophy by its namesake, former Ole Miss basketball player Peggie Gillom-Granderson, Monday.
New Orleans Hornets point guard Chris Paul looks up from the bench during the first half of Monday’s game against the Chi-cago Bulls. Paul is recovering from a concussion.
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Conferencetournaments
SEC TournamentTV: WJTVThursday
Ole Miss vs. South Caroli-na, 2:30 p.m. ,1490 AM
FridayMississippi St. vs. Vander-bilt-LSU winner, 9 p.m., 105.5 FM
C-USA TournamentWednesday
Southern Miss vs. Tulane, 2:30 p.m.
B1 SPORTS
college baseballSOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE
East All Games Conference W L W LVanderbilt .....................11 1 0 0Florida ...........................10 1 0 0South Carolina .............8 1 0 0Tennessee ....................7 2 0 0Kentucky .......................5 6 0 0Georgia .........................3 8 0 0
West All Games Conference W L W LLSU ...............................11 1 0 0Arkansas .......................10 1 0 0Mississippi St. ............10 3 0 0Ole Miss ......................10 3 0 0Auburn ..........................8 3 0 0Alabama .......................6 5 0 0
Monday’s GamesNo games scheduled
Today’s GamesEastern Kentucky at Kentucky, 3 p.m.Wofford at Vanderbilt, 4 p.m.Georgia at Mercer, 5 p.m.Memphis at Auburn, 6 p.m.Georgia Southern at Florida, 6 p.m.Troy at Alabama, 6:05 p.m.Western Kentucky at Ole Miss, 6:30 p.m.Mississippi Valley St. at Mississippi St., 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday’s GamesEastern Kentucky at Kentucky, 3 p.m.Kennesaw St. at Vanderbilt, 4 p.m.Memphis at Auburn, 6 p.m.Florida at South Florida, 6 p.m.Davidson at South Carolina, 6 p.m.Georgia vs. Alabama, at Lawrenceville, Ga., 6 p.m.Sacred Heart at LSU, 6:30 p.m.Western Kentucky at Ole Miss, 6:30 p.m.Mississippi St. at UAB, 6:30 p.m.
CONFERENCE USA All Games Conference W L W LUCF ..............................9 2 0 0Tulane ...........................9 3 0 0Southern Miss ............8 3 0 0UAB ..............................8 3 0 0East Carolina ................7 3 0 0Memphis .......................6 3 0 0Rice ..............................8 5 0 0Houston ........................6 5 0 0Marshall ........................5 5 0 0
Monday’s GamesNo games scheduled
Tuesday’s GamesMarshall at Virginia, 2 p.m.East Carolina at Campbell, 5 p.m.Mount St. Mary’s at Central Florida, 5:30 p.m.Memphis at Auburn, 6 p.m.South Alabama at Southern Miss, 6 p.m.Tulane at La.-Monroe, 6 p.m.McNeese St. at Houston, 6:30 p.m.Sam Houston St. at Rice, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday’s GamesHigh Point at East Carolina, 4 p.m.Boston College at Central Florida, 5:30 p.m.Alabama A&M at Southern Miss, 6 p.m.Memphis at Auburn, 6 p.m.Florida International at Rice, 6:30 p.m.Mississippi St. at UAB, 6:30 p.m.Texas Southern at Houston, 6:30 p.m.
Mississippi scheduleMonday’s Games
Jackson St. 8-6, Concordia 3-0Mississippi College 13, Blackburn 8
Today’s GamesHuntingdon at Millsaps, 2 p.m.South Alabama at Southern Miss, 3 p.m.Trevecca Nazarene at Belhaven, 4 p.m.Miss. Valley St. at Mississippi St., 4 p.m.Western Kentucky at Ole Miss, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday’s GamesTougaloo at Martin Methodist, 1 p.m. (DH)Huntingdon at Mississippi College, 2 p.m.Mississippi Valley St. at Delta St., 4 p.m.Trevecca Nazarene at Belhaven, 4 p.m.Alabama A&M at Southern Miss, 6 p.m.Western Kentucky at Ole Miss, 6:30 p.m.Mississippi St. at UAB, 6:30 p.m.
mlbspring Training
AMERICAN LEAGUE W L PctKansas City ................................. 7 3 .700Detroit .......................................... 8 4 .667Minnesota .................................... 6 3 .667Texas ........................................... 6 4 .600Baltimore ..................................... 4 3 .571Los Angeles ................................ 5 5 .500Seattle ......................................... 4 4 .500Boston ......................................... 4 5 .444Cleveland ..................................... 4 5 .444New York ..................................... 4 5 .444Toronto ........................................ 4 5 .444Oakland ....................................... 4 6 .400Chicago ....................................... 2 6 .250Tampa Bay .................................. 2 7 .222
NATIONAL LEAGUE W L PctSan Francisco ............................. 9 3 .750Atlanta ......................................... 7 3 .700St. Louis ...................................... 6 3 .667Washington .................................. 5 3 .625Cincinnati ..................................... 6 4 .600Milwaukee .................................... 6 4 .600Colorado ...................................... 5 4 .556Florida .......................................... 4 4 .500San Diego ................................... 4 4 .500Philadelphia ................................. 5 6 .455Pittsburgh .................................... 5 6 .455New York ..................................... 4 5 .444Chicago ....................................... 4 6 .400Los Angeles ................................ 4 7 .364Arizona ........................................ 4 9 .308Houston ....................................... 2 8 .200NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.
———Monday’s Games
Florida 4, Atlanta 3, 10 inningsWashington 14, Houston 9Tampa Bay 4, Pittsburgh 2St. Louis 10, Minnesota 4Boston 6, Baltimore (ss) 5N.Y. Yankees (ss) 7, Philadelphia 1Detroit 2, N.Y. Mets 1Chicago White Sox (ss) 16, Cleveland 16, tieChicago Cubs 14, L.A. Angels 13Milwaukee 15, Cincinnati 2Arizona (ss) 8, Kansas City (ss) 6Chicago White Sox (ss) 12, Arizona (ss) 1Seattle 6, Oakland 3L.A. Dodgers 7, Colorado 1Baltimore (ss) 0, N.Y. Yankees (ss) 0, tieKansas City (ss) 11, San Diego 3San Francisco 4, Texas 1
Today’s GamesPittsburgh vs. Minnesota, 12:05 p.m.Florida vs. Detroit, 12:05 p.m.Houston (ss) vs. Boston (ss), 12:05 p.m.Boston (ss) vs. St. Louis, 12:05 p.m.N.Y. Mets (ss) vs. Houston (ss), 12:05 p.m.Toronto vs. Tampa Bay, 12:05 p.m.Baltimore vs. Philadelphia, 12:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees vs. Atlanta, 12:05 p.m.Washington vs. N.Y. Mets (ss), 12:05 p.m.Colorado (ss) vs. Chicago White Sox, 12:05 p.m.San Diego vs. Oakland, 2:05 p.m.Cincinnati vs. Kansas City, 2:05 p.m.San Francisco vs. Seattle, 2:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers vs. Milwaukee, 2:05 p.m.Arizona vs. Cleveland, 2:05 p.m.Texas vs. L.A. Angels, 2:05 p.m.Chicago Cubs vs. Colorado (ss), 2:05 p.m.
Wednesday’s GamesWashington vs. Florida, 12:05 p.m.Philadelphia vs. Detroit, 12:05 p.m.
Minnesota vs. Baltimore (ss), 12:05 p.m.Toronto vs. Tampa Bay, 12:05 p.m.St. Louis vs. Atlanta, 12:05 p.m.Houston vs. N.Y. Mets, 12:10 p.m.Colorado vs. L.A. Angels, 3:05 p.m.San Diego (ss) vs. Cleveland, 3:05 p.m.Oakland vs. Texas, 3:05 p.m.Kansas City vs. Chicago Cubs, 3:05 p.m.Seattle vs. L.A. Dodgers, 3:05 p.m.Cincinnati vs. San Diego (ss), 3:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox vs. San Francisco, 3:05 p.m.Milwaukee vs. Arizona, 3:10 p.m.Baltimore (ss) vs. Boston, 6:05 p.m.Pittsburgh vs. N.Y. Yankees, 6:05 p.m.
Thursday’s GamesToronto vs. Minnesota, 12:05 p.m.Boston vs. Tampa Bay, 12:05 p.m.St. Louis vs. Atlanta, 12:05 p.m.N.Y. Mets vs. Washington (ss), 12:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees vs. Philadelphia, 12:05 p.m.N.Y. Mets vs. Florida, 12:05 p.m.Cleveland vs. Chicago Cubs, 2:05 p.m.San Diego vs. L.A. Dodgers, 2:05 p.m.San Francisco vs. Cincinnati, 2:05 p.m.Kansas City (ss) vs. L.A. Angels (ss), 2:05 p.m.Colorado vs. Milwaukee, 2:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox (ss) vs. Texas, 2:05 p.m.L.A. Angels (ss) vs. Seattle, 2:05 p.m.Kansas City (ss) vs. Oakland, 2:05 p.m.Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m.Washington (ss) vs. Houston, 6:05 p.m.Detroit vs. Florida, 6:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox (ss) vs. Arizona, 7:40 p.m.
nbaeasTeRn conFeRence
Atlantic Division W L Pct GBx-Boston .......................46 15 .754 —New York ......................33 29 .532 13 1/2Philadelphia ..................32 30 .516 14 1/2New Jersey ..................19 43 .306 27 1/2Toronto .........................17 46 .270 30
Monday’s GamesL.A. Clippers 92, Charlotte 87Portland 89, Orlando 85New York 131, Utah 109Chicago 85, New Orleans 77Memphis 107, Oklahoma City 101Dallas 108, Minnesota 105Houston 123, Sacramento 101
Today’s GamesL.A. Lakers at Atlanta, 6 p.m.Golden State at Cleveland, 6 p.m.Philadelphia at Indiana, 6 p.m.Milwaukee at Washington, 6 p.m.Portland at Miami, 6:30 p.m.Houston at Phoenix, 8 p.m.
Wednesday’s GamesChicago at Charlotte, 6 p.m.Golden State at New Jersey, 6 p.m.Oklahoma City at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.Utah at Toronto, 6 p.m.L.A. Clippers at Boston, 6:30 p.m.New York at Memphis, 7 p.m.Cleveland at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.Indiana at Minnesota, 7 p.m.Dallas at New Orleans, 7 p.m.Detroit at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.Orlando at Sacramento, 9 p.m.
college baskeTballconference tournaments
Southeastern ConferenceAt Atlanta
First RoundThursday
Georgia vs. Auburn, NoonOle Miss vs. South Carolina, 2:30 p.m.Arkansas vs. Tennessee, 6:30 p.m.Vanderbilt vs. LSU, 9 p.m.
QuarterfinalsFriday
Alabama vs. Georgia-Auburn winner, NoonKentucky vs. Ole Miss-South Carolina winner, 2:30 p.m.Florida vs. Arkansas-Tennessee winner, 6:30 p.m.Mississippi St. vs. Vanderbilt-LSU winner, 9 p.m.
SemifinalsSaturday
Alabama—Georgia-Auburn winner vs. Kentucky—Ole Miss-South Carolina winner, NoonFlorida—Arkansas-Tennessee winner vs. Missis-sippi St.—Vanderbilt-LSU winner, 2:30 p.m.
ChampionshipSunday
Semifinal winners, Noon
Conference USAAt El Paso, Texas
First RoundWednesday
East Carolina vs. UCF, NoonSouthern Miss vs. Tulane, 2:30 p.m.Marshall vs. Houston, 6:30 p.m.SMU vs. Rice, 9 p.m.
QuarterfinalsThursday
UAB vs. East Carolina-UCF winner, Noon
Memphis vs. Southern Miss-Tulane winner, 2:30 p.m.UTEP vs. Marshall-Houston winner, 6:30 p.m.Tulsa vs. SMU-Rice winner, 9 p.m.
SemifinalsFriday
UAB—East Carolina-UCF winner vs. Memphis—Southern Miss-Tulane winner, 3 p.m.UTEP—Marshall-Houston winner vs. Tulsa—SMU-Rice winner, 5:30 p.m.
ChampionshipSaturday
Semifinal winners, 10:30 a.m.
SWACAt Garland, Texas
First RoundWednesday
Jackson St. vs. Prairie View, 12:30 p.m.Texas Southern vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 8 p.m.
ThursdayMVSU vs. Grambling St., 12:30 p.m.Alabama St. vs. Alabama A&M, 8 p.m.
SemifinalsFriday
Jackson St.-Prairie View winner vs. MVSU-Gram-bling St. winner, 2:30 p.m.Alabama St.-Alabama A&M winner vs. Texas Southern-Arkansas-Pine Bluff winner, 8 p.m.
ChampionshipSaturday
Semifinal winners, 7:30 p.m.
———The AP Top 25
By The Associated PressThe top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ col-lege basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 27, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking: Record Pts Pvs1. Ohio St. (52) .........................29-2 1,612 12. Kansas (13) ..........................29-2 1,569 23. Pittsburgh ..............................27-4 1,493 44. Notre Dame ..........................25-5 1,416 85. Duke ......................................27-4 1,265 46. North Carolina .......................24-6 1,209 137. San Diego St. .......................29-2 1,197 98. BYU .......................................28-3 1,187 39. Purdue ...................................25-6 1,108 610. Texas ..................................25-6 1,081 711. Syracuse .............................25-6 984 1212. Florida .................................24-6 931 1413. Wisconsin ............................23-7 870 1014. Louisville .............................23-8 794 1115. Kentucky .............................22-8 639 2016. Arizona ................................25-6 562 1817. St. John’s ...........................20-10 462 1518. Xavier ..................................24-6 437 2319. Kansas St. ..........................22-9 345 —20. West Virginia ......................20-10 294 —21. Connecticut .........................21-9 281 1622. Georgetown .........................21-9 244 1723. Utah St. ...............................28-3 234 2524. Temple ................................24-6 209 —25. Cincinnati ............................24-7 202 —Others receiving votes: Texas A&M 177, Van-derbilt 101, Villanova 64, UCLA 40, UNLV 29, Missouri 22, George Mason 12, Old Dominion 11, Alabama 10, Belmont 9, Butler 9, Gonzaga 6, Saint Mary’s, Calif. 4, Va. Commonwealth 3, UAB 2, Harvard 1.Ballots Online: http://tinyurl.com/cfbse4
Women’s baskeTballConference USA
At El Paso, TexasFirst RoundWednesday
UAB vs. Marshall, 1 p.m.Memphis vs. Southern Miss, 3:30 p.m.East Carolina vs. Tulsa, 6 p.m.SMU vs. UTEP, 8:30 p.m.
QuarterfinalsThursday
UCF vs. UAB-Marshall winner, 1 p.m.Rice vs. Memphis-Southern Miss winner, 3:30 p.m.Tulane vs. East Carolina-Tulsa winner, 6 p.m.Houston vs. SMU-UTEP winner, 8:30 p.m.
SemifinalsFriday
UCF—UAB-Marshall winner vs. Rice—Memphis-Southern Miss winner, 10 a.m.Tulane—East Carolina-Tulsa winner vs. Houston—SMU-UTEP winner, 12:30 p.m.
ChampionshipSaturday
Semifinal winners, 7 p.m.
Southwestern Athletic ConferenceAt Garland, Texas
First RoundWednesday
Prairie View vs. Jackson State, 10 a.m.Southern vs. Alabama State, 5:30 p.m.
ThursdayAlcorn State vs. Grambling State, 10 a.m.Alabama A&M vs. MVSU, 5:30 p.m.
SemifinalsFriday
Prairie View-Jackson State winner vs. Alcorn State-Grambling State winner, NoonSouthern-Alabama State winner vs. Alabama A&M-MVSU winner, 5:30 p.m.
ChampionshipSaturday
Semifinal winners, 5 p.m.
nhleasTeRn conFeRence
Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAPhiladelphia ....65 40 19 6 86 208 174Pittsburgh .......67 38 21 8 84 193 166N.Y. Rangers ..68 35 29 4 74 193 164New Jersey ....65 30 31 4 64 139 168N.Y. Islanders .67 25 32 10 60 184 213
Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GASan Jose ........66 38 22 6 82 185 167Dallas ..............66 36 23 7 79 184 186Phoenix ...........67 34 23 10 78 191 194Los Angeles ...66 36 25 5 77 183 163Anaheim .........66 35 26 5 75 182 193NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for over-time loss.
Monday’s GamesWashington 2, Tampa Bay 1, SOSt. Louis 5, Columbus 4, SODallas 4, Los Angeles 3, OT
Today’s GamesOttawa at New Jersey, 6 p.m.Toronto at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.Edmonton at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.Boston at Montreal, 6:30 p.m.Chicago at Florida, 6:30 p.m.Colorado at Minnesota, 7 p.m.Vancouver at Phoenix, 8 p.m.Nashville at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.
Wednesday’s GamesEdmonton at Washington, 6 p.m.Atlanta at Carolina, 6 p.m.St. Louis at Columbus, 6 p.m.Los Angeles at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.Chicago at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m.Calgary at Dallas, 8 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at Anaheim, 9:30 p.m.
nascaRSprint Cup Schedule
Through March 6Feb. 20 — Daytona 500 (Trevor Bayne)Feb. 27 — Subway Fresh Fit 500 (Jeff Gordon)March 6 — Kobalt Tools 400 (Carl Edwards)March 20 — Jeff Byrd 500 presented by Food City, Bristol, Tenn.March 27 — Auto Club 400, Fontana, Calif.April 3 — Goody’s 500, Ridgeway, Va.April 9 — Samsung Mobile 500, Fort Worth, TexasApril 17 — Aaron’s 499, Talladega, Ala.April 30 — Crown Royal Presents Matthew & Dan-iel Hansen 400, Richmond, Va.
Sprint Cup StandingsThrough March 6
1. Tony Stewart .................................................. 1132. Kurt Busch .................................................... 1133. Carl Edwards ................................................ 1064. Juan Pablo Montoya ..................................... 1065. Ryan Newman .............................................. 1036. Paul Menard ................................................... 967. Martin Truex Jr. .............................................. 958. Denny Hamlin ................................................. 959. A J Allmendinger ............................................ 9410. Dale Earnhardt Jr. ........................................ 9111. Mark Martin ................................................... 9112. Jimmie Johnson ............................................ 8713. Kasey Kahne ................................................ 8714. Kyle Busch .................................................... 8615. Bobby Labonte .............................................. 8416. Matt Kenseth ................................................. 7717. Marcos Ambrose ........................................... 7618. Clint Bowyer .................................................. 7519. Jeff Gordon ................................................... 7420. Kevin Harvick ................................................ 71
———Nationwide Series Schedule
Through March 5Feb. 19 — DRIVE4COPD 300 (Tony Stewart)Feb. 26 — Bashas’ Supermarkets 200 (Kyle Busch)March 5 — Sam’s Town 300 (Mark Martin)March 19 — Scotts EZ Seed 300, Bristol, Tenn.March 26 — Nationwide Series 300, Fontana, Calif.April 8 — O’Reilly Auto Parts 300, Fort Worth, TexasApril 16 — Aaron’s 312, Talladega, Ala.April 23 — Nashville 300, Lebanon, Tenn.April 29 — BUBBA burger 250, Richmond, Va.
Nationwide Series StandingsThrough March 5
1. Reed Sorenson .............................................. 1112. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. ...................................... 1093. Jason Leffler .................................................. 1064. Danica Patrick ................................................. 985. Justin Allgaier ................................................. 956. Trevor Bayne .................................................. 877. Aric Almirola .................................................... 858. Kenny Wallace ................................................ 849. Mike Bliss ........................................................ 8210. Joe Nemechek .............................................. 79
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL1 p.m. ESPN2 - Big East, first round, Seton Hall vs. Rutgers5:30 p.m. Big Ten - Big Ten, quarterfinal, Michigan vs. Ohio St.6 p.m. ESPN2 - Sun Belt, championship, North Texas vs. UALR6 p.m. ESPNU - Big East, first round, Villanova vs. South Florida8 p.m. ESPN - Horizon League, championship, Butler vs. Wisconsin-Milwaukee8 p.m. ESPN2 - Summit League, championship, Oakland vs.Oral Roberts8 p.m. ESPNU - Big East, first round, Marquette vs. Providence
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL1 p.m. ESPNU - Sun Belt, champion-ship, Western Kentucky vs. UALR3 p.m. ESPNU - Summit League, championship, Oakland vs.South Dakota State6 p.m. ESPN - Big East, champion-ship, UConn vs. Notre Dame
NHL7 p.m. Versus - Colorado atMinnesota9:30 p.m. FSN - Nashville at San Jose
SOCCER1:30 p.m. FSN - UEFA Champions League, Roma at Shakhtar Donetsk7 p.m. FSN - UEFA Champions League, Arsenal at Barcelona (tape)
March 81954 — The Milwaukee Hawks
beat the Baltimore Bullets twice, 64-54 and 65-54, in the only double-header in NBA history involving the same two teams.
1971 — Joe Frazier wins the world heavyweight title with a unanimous 15-round decision over Muhammad Ali.
2005 — Oakland (Mich.) upsets top-seeded Oral Roberts 61-60 to win the Mid-Continent Confer-ence tournament and an automatic bid to the NCAAs. It’s the fourth straight season a team with a losing record has made the men’s NCAA tournament.
2008 — At age 60, Saoul Mamby loses a unanimous 10-round deci-sion to Anthony Osbourne in Grand Cayman. Mamby, a former super lightweight champion, becomes the oldest boxer in a sanctioned fight.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The Uni-versity of Notre Dame has decided to stop using hydraulic lifts to film football practices after a student plunged to his death while video-ing a practice in October. Univer-sity officials said Tuesday that the school will instead use a remote video system.
NFL Film’s Sabol recovering from seizure
NFL.com is reporting that NFL Films president Steve Sabol is in a Kansas City hospital recovering from a seizure he had Saturday night.
The 68-year-old Sabol was in Kansas City to accept an award on behalf of NFL Films when he became ill. Sabol was taken to a hospital, underwent a series of tests over the weekend, and was awake and alert Monday. Steve’s father, Ed, is the founder of NFL Films.
mlbJohnson, Marlins defeatBraves in spring game
JUPITER, Fla. — Josh John-son labored through another diffi-cult inning in spring training, then found what he had been looking for: his rhythm.
The Florida Marlins ace allowed one run in 32⁄3 innings Monday against the Atlanta Braves.
Johnson gave up five runs in his only previous spring start and sur-rendered a run to the Braves in the first inning. He shut them out after that, giving up three hits and one walk while throwing 67 pitches.
Bryan Petersen drove in a run in the 10th inning to give Florida a 4-3 victory.
Tim Hudson started for the Braves and allowed one run in three innings. He gave up four hits and walked two.
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ROYAL OFFENSEFergie got loan from U.S. pedophile
LONDON (AP) — Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah are in the spotlight for their ties to a wealthy United States sex offender — he for being pictured with an underage masseuse at the man’s home and she for accepting money from the American to help pay off her massive debts.
Andrew’s ex-wife, Sarah, Duchess of York, confi rmed in an interview Monday in the Evening Standard newspaper that she did receive fi nancial help from convicted U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. But she claimed to have known nothing about his background and vowed to repay the $24,500 he advanced to settle a debt to her former personal assistant, Johnny O’Sullivan.
“I am just so contrite I cannot say,” the duchess was quoted as saying. “Whenever
I can I will repay the money and will have nothing ever to do with Jeffrey Epstein ever again.”
The payment was handled through Andrew’s offi ce, the duchess said, and she wasn’t directly involved. There was no comment from Andrew’s offi ce.
Meanwhile, Prime Minis-ter David Cameron gave his backing to Andrew, who has also been under fi re for host-ing the son of Tunisia’s dic-
tator shortly before a popu-lar uprising overthrew the leader and his relationship with Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, one of Libyan leader Moam-mar Gadhafi ’s sons.
Some politicians had urged that the prince be sacked from his position as the U.K. trade envoy, although Business Sec-retary Vince Cable noted that the government had no power to fi re him — he’s a volunteer, not an employee.
Over the weekend, British newspapers carried photo-graphs of Andrew with his arm around a young woman who now claims to be one of Epstein’s underage victims. There has been no sugges-tion, however, that Andrew was involved in inappropri-ate relationships with under-age women.
Wills, Katevisit Belfast,have a � ip
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — She fl ipped a pancake on Shrove Tuesday — and somehow it even landed back in the pan.
Prince William and fi ancee Kate Middleton traveled to Belfast today, delighting a sur-prised but enthusiastic crowd with their fi rst offi cial visit to Northern Ireland before their April 29 wedding.
Police kept watch from the rooftops for a visit that brought the center of Belfast to a stand-still. Up to 100 people gathered in the bright sunshine near city hall to greet the couple, but the crowd swelled to several hun-dred as nearby shoppers real-ized something special was happening.
“My little heart is beating 90 to the dozen after meeting Kate,” said Gloria Lowry, from Carrickfergus. “She is abso-lutely beautiful and William so handsome. They make a per-fect couple.”
It was the couple’s third public outing in recent weeks, com-pleting a circuit that has taken them to all parts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Last month, the couple traveled to Wales and to Scotland.
As they arrived at George Best City Airport, they were welcomed by Lord Mayor Pat Convery and Dame Mary Peters, gold medalist in the
pentathlon in the 1972 Olym-pics and now Lord Lieutenant of Belfast.
Outside city hall, William and Middleton were cheered as they took turns fl ipping a pancake, the traditional treat eaten on Shrove Tuesday, the day before the Catholic season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday.
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TONIGHT ON TV ■ MOVIE“The Devil’s Advocate” — After moving to New York, a lawyer, Keanu Reeves, and his wife, Charlize Theron, gradu-ally learn his new employer’s, Al Pacino, true identity./7 on SYFY■ SPORTSCollege basketball — Last year’s NCAA Tournament dar-ling, Butler, tries to punch its ticket back to the Big Dance when it takes on Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the Horizon League tournament champi-onship game./8 on ESPN■ PRIMETIME“V” — The Fifth Column tries to � gure out Anna’s plans for the Blue Energy reactor; Diana tells Lisa that the time to ful� ll her destiny is upon her./8 on ABC
THIS WEEK’S LINEUP■ EXPANDED LISTINGSTV TIMES — Network, cable and satellite programs appear in Sunday’s TV Times magazine and online at www.vicksburgpost.com
MILESTONES■ BIRTHDAYSMicky Dolenz, actor-director, 66; Peggy March, pop singer, 63; Gary Numan, singer, 53; Aidan Quinn, actor, 52; Camryn Man-heim, actress, 50; Andrea Parker, actress, 41; Freddie Prinze Jr., actor, 35; James Van Der Beek, actor, 34; Kristinia De-Barge, rhythm-and-blues singer, 21. ■ DEATHSCharles Edward Clark — The judge who served 23 years on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals including 11 years as chief judge has died. Clark, 85, died Sunday, o� cials at Sebrell Fu-neral Home in Ridgeland con� rmed Monday, but the family had not released other details. The funeral service is scheduled at St. James Episcopal Church in Jackson at 11 a.m. Thursday.Mike DeStefano — The comedian who � nished among the top � ve � nalists last season in NBC’s “Last Comic Standing” has died. His representative at 3 Arts Entertainment con� rmed DeStefano died Sunday in New York City. The representative wouldn’t dis-close DeStefano’s age or the cause of death. Ulysses S. Grant V — The last surviving great-grandson of Ul-ysses S. Grant has died in a southwest Missouri home brimming with artifacts from the nation’s 18th president and commander of the Union forces in the Civil War. Ulysses S. Grant VI says his grandfather Ulysses S. Grant V died Wednesday at age 90 at his home near the town of Battle� eld, named for its proximity to a Civil War clash.
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Wooten tapped for Silver Em at Ole MissTerry Wooten, the New York-based editor of Kitco News, will
receive the University of Mississippi’s highest journalism award.The Silver Em award will be presented to Wooten at a March
31 luncheon in Oxford.Wooten, a Pontotoc native who studied journalism at Ole
Miss, is in charge of developing global news coverage in metals, energy and other commodities for the Kitco Metals website and for other global clients.
The Silver Em has been awarded annually since 1958.Among the winners are the late Turner Catledge, a Neshoba
County native who went on to become managing editor of The New York Times; Bill Minor, a � gure in Mississippi journalism for 60 years; and William Raspberry, former columnist for The Wash-ington Post.
Sheen � red from ‘Two and a Half Men’Charlie Sheen was � red Monday from “Two
and a Half Men” by Warner Bros. Television fol-lowing the hard-living actor’s bouts of wild par-tying, repeated hospitalizations and a bitter me-dia campaign against his studio bosses.
The action was taken after “careful consider-ation” and was e� ective immediately, the studio said in a statement. No decision has been made on the show’s future without its star, Warner spokesman Paul McGuire said.
A call to his attorney, Marty Singer, seeking comment was not returned Monday. CBS declined to comment.
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Baby has 1 scratch after car lands on cribThe father of a baby girl said the Kentucky infant survived with
just a scratch on the head after a sport utility vehicle crashed into her room and came to rest atop her crib.
Kenneth Enright said that the SUV barely missed his 10-month-old daughter when it crashed Monday morning into his home in Kirksville, central Kentucky.
Enright said the Toyota 4-Runner tore a gaping hole through a wall and he quickly ran into the room where he heard his daughter crying. He said he found the infant just inches away from the SUV’s front tire and adds she had her hands up “like, get me out of here.”
Authorities said it appeared the driver lost control, adding the crash is considered an accident.
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Author Ilesinjuredin wreckon U.S. 61
JACKSON (AP) — Author Greg Iles is hospitalized in serious condition after being injured in a traffic acci-dent in south-western Mississippi.
Patrice Guil-foyle, a spokes-woman for the Univer-sity of Missis-sippi Medical Center, said Iles was admitted Monday night.
Adams County Sheriff Chuck Mayfi eld said Iles, who lives in Natchez, was injured when his car collided with a pickup on U.S. Highway 61.
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Rough play causes painful injury to family petDear Abby: My 9-year-old
son’s friend “Isaac” was over for a visit. He was captivated by our Labrador retriever, “Layla,” who is very loving. Isaac doesn’t have a dog, so he wanted to play with Layla. At one point, I overheard him say to my son, “Look, I’m riding your dog!” I immediately intervened, but I was too late.
A day or so later, Layla was unable to descend our stair-way and was clearly in pain. She has been on pain medi-cation for three weeks and is growing progressively worse. The next step is to get X-rays and/or an MRI to see if she has a spinal injury, and then determine her treatment. It’s possible the damage is irreversible.
My wife and I are extremely upset about this, but we’re afraid to tell our son or Isaac and his parents for fear it will place undue guilt on a 9-year-old boy. On the flip side, I wouldn’t want him to do this to anyone else’s beloved pet. How do you recommend we proceed? — Heartbroken in New York
Dear Heartbroken: Chil-dren are not mind-readers. If you don’t tell them when they make a mistake, they won’t realize they have made one. Contact Isaac’s parents and explain what happened. If your dog needs treatment, they should be responsible for whatever damage their son did.
Dear Abby: The other day I was with a friend who is a bit overweight. We were trying on clothes in one of the stores. She grabbed a shirt she was sure she could fit into, but when she tried it on, it ripped. She had to pay for it.
On the ride home my friend asked me, “Am I fat?” I was at a loss, so I told her no. What should I have done? I feel hor-rible for lying, but I didn’t
know what else to do. — Lost for Words
Dear Lost for Words: You could have replied, “What size was the shirt?” And when she answered, you should have said, “I guess you’re a size or two larger.” It would have been more tactful than saying she was fat, and gotten the point across.
Dear Abby: My wife and I recently attended the funeral of a friend’s father. During the sermon I noticed tears in our friend’s eyes and offered her my handkerchief. On the way home, this sparked a conver-sation about the obligation of a person who receives a hand-kerchief. Should it be returned after the event, or should it first be laundered? Or is it considered a gift, not to be returned at all?
Later that evening at a movie, I noticed a woman hand some-one her handkerchief saying, “It’s monogrammed. It was my mother’s.” No mention was made of a request that it be returned. I’m sure most people wouldn’t mind letting go of a standard handkerchief, but
one with sentimental value would be different, wouldn’t it? What do you suggest? — Real Men Carry Handkerchiefs
Dear Real Man: You were chivalrous to offer your hand-kerchief to the grieving daugh-ter. Had it merely been used to dab away a tear, it could have been returned to you at the end of the service. If, how-ever, there was makeup on it — or the dab was followed by a swipe of her nose — the woman should have held onto it, laundered it and returned it to you in the presumably pris-tine condition it was in when you gave it to her.
As to the monogrammed (heirloom) hanky you saw lent in the theater, when the woman explained its signifi-cance to her friend, that was the tip-off that she expected it to be returned.
•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.
Foot pain can be causedby myriad of illnesses
Dear Dr. Gott: Please tell me about nondiabetic neu-ropathy of the feet. What causes it? Is there any cure?
Dear Reader: The word neuropathy signifies nerve damage. People commonly associate it with diabetes; however, a number of other possible causes for the dis-order include alcoholism, hypothyroidism, Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome, celiac disease, deficiency of pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), kidney and/or liver dis-orders, Guillain-Barre syn-drome, varicella-zoster infection (shingles), hepati-tis C, HIV/AIDS, exposure to toxins, traumatic injury and more.
Neuropathy can affect our nerves, muscles, joints and organs. When it occurs in the legs, it can cause a feel-ing of numbness in the feet, gait abnormalities, burning, aching, tingling and trouble walking.
Our nervous systems involve the brain and spinal cord. All nerves in other parts of the body are referred to as our peripheral nervous system. Peripheral neurop-athy typically begins in the longest nerves — the toes. It can affect nerves that con-trol muscles, blood pressure, bladder function, heart rate and more. PN can ultimately lead to numbness of the feet or hands, a burning sensa-tion, muscle weakness, lack of coordination and a great deal more.
Diagnosis should begin in your physician’s office and might include examination and history as well as a check of your muscle strength, the ability to detect specific sen-sations and reflexes. Your physician may also choose to order laboratory testing to determine whether your thyroid is functioning prop-erly, if you have any vitamin deficiencies or malfunction of your liver and kidneys. A nerve-conduction study can measure the speed with which your nerves carry elec-trical signals. A CT or MRI might be ordered to deter-mine whether you suffer from a herniated disc or other abnormalities. Finally, a nerve biopsy can be ordered. This test can reveal abnor-malities; however, it will not always be clear what has damaged the nerves to cause the neuropathy.
Treatment consists of treating any underlying dis-eases and over-the-counter pain relievers for mild cases. As symptoms exacerbate, heavier prescription drugs might follow. When those fail to offer relief from pain, drugs such as codeine might be ordered. Some medications, such as lidocaine patches, antidepressants and anti-seizure drugs, have shown promise when prescribed for
nerve pain. On the home front, I rec-
ommend you stop smoking if you currently do so, exercise regularly if your physician approves, massage your feet to improve circulation, and avoid activity such as cross-ing your legs when sitting, a habit that can worsen the nerve damage.
•Write to Dr. Peter Gott in care of United Media, 200 Madison Ave., 4th fl., New York, NY 10016.
If tomorrow is your birthday: In the next year, there is a good chance you could find yourself involved in a novel endeavor.Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20) — Rather than focusing on the am-bitions of another, which you only half-heartedly support, put your mind to developing your own hopes and desires.Aries (March 21-April 19) — Things will work out far better for you if you don’t advertise your intentions to anybody. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — It’s to your advantage to look ahead so that you can effectively begin to blend your present interests with what you hope to accomplish sometime down the line. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Be sure that what you say and do leaves a favorable impression on your companions.Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Because your mental processes are likely to be operating at full speed, you could be bombard-ed with a profusion of constructive thought. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Finding solutions could be rather easy for you, because you’ll have a special aptitude for ferreting out the root causes of vexing problems.Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Keep an open mind when talking to your mate or special someone. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — A frustrating problem concerning your work or career that has been plaguing you lately could suddenly make a major shift for the better.Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — If you hang out with certain peo-ple who act and think in progressive terms, it will have a marvel-ous affect on your outlook and behavior.Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — There is no reason why you need to settle for the status quo. If you have a different way of doing something that you believe would be better, don’t hesi-tate to give it a try.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Rely as much on your men-tal abilities as you do your physical ones, if you find yourself in-volved in some kind of competitive activity. Using your head gives you an edge.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Although most things in general should turn out favorably for you, you’re likely to be luckiest in activities that involve your material affairs. Make hay while the sun shines.
Teens: High school students who have developmental disabil-ities have trouble being accepted by others, according to their peers. In a survey of more than 1,000 St. Louis-area high school students asking about attitudes toward teens with develop-mental disabilities, almost two-thirds identified “being accepted by others” as the greatest problem faced by those with develop-mental disabilities. Developmental disabilities include cerebral palsy, mental retardation, autism, epilepsy and other similar dis-abilities, which may occur prior to the age of 22.
As a part of Right to be Proud, an awareness campaign on be-half of St. Louis city and county citizens with developmental disabilities, students at nine area high schools polled a random sampling of approximately 100 students at their respective schools to determine students’ familiarity with and attitudes to-ward teenagers with developmental disabilities.
The survey also found that girls are more likely than boys to have positive attitudes toward individuals with developmental disabilities. For instance, 60 percent of girls said they would con-sider going to a social activity with a person who has a devel-opmental disability, while 38 percent of boys said they would do so. Also, more girls than boys (71 percent vs. 59 percent) said they believe that students with disabilities should not attend schools with only students who have similar problems. In addi-tion, 65 percent of girls said they would volunteer to assist a stu-dent with a developmental disability, while only 40 percent of boys said they would do so.
The survey findings also suggest that older students may feel more confident in their relationships with students with devel-opmental disabilities. Sixty-one percent of 12th-graders and 63 percent of 11th-graders said they are willing to volunteer to as-sist students with developmental disabilities, compared with 51 percent of 10th-graders and 47 percent of those in the ninth grade.
Students responded similarly when asked if they would con-sider attending a social activity with someone who has a de-velopmental disability. Only 49 percent of 10th-graders and 39 percent of ninth-graders said they would consider it, while 63 percent of 12th-graders and 56 percent of 11th-graders said they would consider it. Would you consider it?
•Dr. Robert Wallace writes for Copley News Service. E-mail him at rwallace@Copley News Service.
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Notice of Pending SaleAlta Maye Martin Estate Real Property3215 Mechanicsburg RoadBentonia, Mississippi 39040This notice is directed to certain relatives of Alta MayeWarnock Martin and ErnestG. Martin, both deceased.When living, they resided atthe above address.Alta Maye Martin diedNovember 22, 2010 and lefta Will which directed herproperty, including a farm of133 acres, more or less, located on MechanicsburgRd., be disposed of in a certain manner. She directedthat the real estate be sold,offering it first to living members of the family who,for this purpose, were defined as her nephews andtheir children, and her deceased husband's niecesand nephews and childrenthereof. The court of jurisdiction has ordered thesale to be conducted in amanner approved by thecourt. Family members whose addresses are known to the executor have been mailed anotice of the sale.All family members whohave not received a letter,but would like to have information on the sale (orhave questions) are requested to contact the undersigned Executor no later than March 15, 2010. Signed February 22,2011James L. Warnock, EstateExecutorJames L. Warnock, ExecutorAlta Maye Martin Estate262 Brisage Blvd.Madison, MS 39110601.853.2172 or601.946.4566Publish: 3/1, 3/8(2t)
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALSFOR PROVIDING FUNDINGTO WARREN COUNTY FOR THE PURPOSE OFFUNDING SPECIFICPAVING PROJECTS The Warren County Board ofSupervisors is seeking proposals from qualified financial institutions to provide up to $800,000.00 inbank qualified, tax exemptfunding for the purpose ofcompletion of the roadpaving projects known asFairways 75(310) and ForestCove 75(311) PavingProjects. The purpose ofthis RFP is to invite qualifiedfinancial institutions to offerto provide the funding needed, based upon a competitive rate quote. These projects are currentlyadvertised for competitivebid as required by law. Once the total costs are determined through the bidding process, it is WarrenCounty's intent to establish anon-revolving line of creditfor the funding needed andhave it repaid over a 10-yearperiod through a Special Assessment to the propertyowners which is authorizedunder Mississippi Code 65-19-88. Warren Countywill be the sole responsibleparty for repayment to the financial institution. Engineering estimates indicate that total costs forthese projects should not exceed $800,000.00. Contractor bids for theseprojects are due on April 4,2011 and once awarded,contract time for Fairways is90 calendar days and ForestCove is 60 calendar days. Itis estimated that WarrenCounty will require the fundsfor disbursement in July2011. At a minimum, proposalsshould include an introductory cover letter,information about the rate(s)offered, an amortizationschedule for the funding overa 10-year period, and thespecific number of days forwhich the quoted rate will befirm. Deadline for receipt of proposals is 10:00 a.m. onMonday, March 21, 2011.Late proposals will not beconsidered. Proposalsshould be sealed and clearlymarked "PROPOSAL FORFUNDING PAVINGPROJECTS" and be submitted to the WarrenCounty Chancery Clerk's Office, Dot McGee,Chancery Clerk, 1009 CherryStreet, Vicksburg, MS 39183or P.O. Box 351 Vicksburg,MS 39181 prior to the deadline shown above. Thephone number is 601-636-4415. Please contact John Smith,County Administrator, at601-634-8073 if you havequestions or need more information. The Warren County Board ofSupervisors reserves theright to waive minor informalities in proposals, toreject any and all proposals,to evaluate alternative offersor proposals, and tonegotiate with the financialinstitution offering fundingbelieved most advantageousto the County. This notice is published pursuant to an order of theWarren County Board of Supervisors dated the 7thday of February 2011.Warren County Board of SupervisorsBy: Dot McGee, Chancery ClerkPublish: 3/1, 3/8(2t)
11. BusinessOpportunities
01. Legals
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALSFOR PROVIDING FUNDINGTO WARREN COUNTY FOR THE PURPOSE OFFUNDING SPECIFICPAVING PROJECTS The Warren County Board ofSupervisors is seeking proposals from qualified financial institutions to provide up to $800,000.00 inbank qualified, tax exemptfunding for the purpose ofcompletion of the roadpaving projects known asFairways 75(310) and ForestCove 75(311) PavingProjects. The purpose ofthis RFP is to invite qualifiedfinancial institutions to offerto provide the funding needed, based upon a competitive rate quote. These projects are currentlyadvertised for competitivebid as required by law. Once the total costs are determined through the bidding process, it is WarrenCounty's intent to establish anon-revolving line of creditfor the funding needed andhave it repaid over a 10-yearperiod through a Special Assessment to the propertyowners which is authorizedunder Mississippi Code 65-19-88. Warren Countywill be the sole responsibleparty for repayment to the financial institution. Engineering estimates indicate that total costs forthese projects should not exceed $800,000.00. Contractor bids for theseprojects are due on April 4,2011 and once awarded,contract time for Fairways is90 calendar days and ForestCove is 60 calendar days. Itis estimated that WarrenCounty will require the fundsfor disbursement in July2011. At a minimum, proposalsshould include an introductory cover letter,information about the rate(s)offered, an amortizationschedule for the funding overa 10-year period, and thespecific number of days forwhich the quoted rate will befirm. Deadline for receipt of proposals is 10:00 a.m. onMonday, March 21, 2011.Late proposals will not beconsidered. Proposalsshould be sealed and clearlymarked "PROPOSAL FORFUNDING PAVINGPROJECTS" and be submitted to the WarrenCounty Chancery Clerk's Office, Dot McGee,Chancery Clerk, 1009 CherryStreet, Vicksburg, MS 39183or P.O. Box 351 Vicksburg,MS 39181 prior to the deadline shown above. Thephone number is 601-636-4415. Please contact John Smith,County Administrator, at601-634-8073 if you havequestions or need more information. The Warren County Board ofSupervisors reserves theright to waive minor informalities in proposals, toreject any and all proposals,to evaluate alternative offersor proposals, and tonegotiate with the financialinstitution offering fundingbelieved most advantageousto the County. This notice is published pursuant to an order of theWarren County Board of Supervisors dated the 7thday of February 2011.Warren County Board of SupervisorsBy: Dot McGee, Chancery ClerkPublish: 3/1, 3/8(2t)
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'SNOTICE OF SALE WHEREAS, on September27, 2006, Daniel V. Jenningsand Maketta J. Jennings ex-ecuted a certain deed of trustto Law Office of KimberlyWalker, Trustee for the benefit of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., which deed oftrust is of record in the officeof the Chancery Clerk ofWarren County, State of Mississippi in Book 1615 atPage 707 and re-recorded inBook 1703 at Page 373; andWHEREAS, said Deed ofTrust was subsequently assigned to Wells FargoBank N.A., as Trustee, forCarrington Mortgage LoanTrust, Series 2006-NC5 Asset-Backed Pass-ThroughCertificates, by instrumentdated October 1, 2010 andrecorded in Book 1514 atPage 489 of the aforesaidChancery Clerk's office; and WHEREAS, Wells FargoBank N.A., as Trustee, forCarrington Mortgage LoanTrust, Series 2006-NC5 Asset-Backed Pass-ThroughCertificates, has heretoforesubstituted J. Gary Masseyas Trustee by instrument dated October 5, 2010 andrecorded in the aforesaidChancery Clerk's Office inBook 1514 at Page 656; 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, Wells Fargo Bank N.A.,as Trustee, for CarringtonMortgage Loan Trust, Series2006-NC5 Asset-BackedPass-Through Certificates,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 March 29, 2011 offerfor sale at public outcry andsell within legal hours (beingbetween the hours of 11:00a.m. and 4:00 p.m.), at theWest Door of the CountyCourthouse of Warren County, located at Vicks-burg, Mississippi, to the highest and best bidder forcash the following describedproperty situated in WarrenCounty, State of Mississippi,to-wit:Lot 62 of Greenbrier Subdivision, as shown byplat of record in Plat Book 2at Page 18 of the LandRecords of Warren County,Mississippi.I WILL CONVEY only suchtitle as vested in me as Substituted Trustee.WITNESS MY SIGNATUREon this 2nd day of March,2011./s/ J. Gary MasseySUBSTITUTED TRUSTEEShapiro & Massey, L.L.C.1910 Lakeland DriveSuite BJackson, MS 39216(601)981-9299 224 High Hill DriveVicksburg, MS 3918009-103287LBPublish: 3/8, 3/15, 3/22(3t)
01. Legals
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'SNOTICE OF SALE WHEREAS, on September27, 2006, Daniel V. Jenningsand Maketta J. Jennings ex-ecuted a certain deed of trustto Law Office of KimberlyWalker, Trustee for the benefit of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., which deed oftrust is of record in the officeof the Chancery Clerk ofWarren County, State of Mississippi in Book 1615 atPage 707 and re-recorded inBook 1703 at Page 373; andWHEREAS, said Deed ofTrust was subsequently assigned to Wells FargoBank N.A., as Trustee, forCarrington Mortgage LoanTrust, Series 2006-NC5 Asset-Backed Pass-ThroughCertificates, by instrumentdated October 1, 2010 andrecorded in Book 1514 atPage 489 of the aforesaidChancery Clerk's office; and WHEREAS, Wells FargoBank N.A., as Trustee, forCarrington Mortgage LoanTrust, Series 2006-NC5 Asset-Backed Pass-ThroughCertificates, has heretoforesubstituted J. Gary Masseyas Trustee by instrument dated October 5, 2010 andrecorded in the aforesaidChancery Clerk's Office inBook 1514 at Page 656; 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, Wells Fargo Bank N.A.,as Trustee, for CarringtonMortgage Loan Trust, Series2006-NC5 Asset-BackedPass-Through Certificates,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 March 29, 2011 offerfor sale at public outcry andsell within legal hours (beingbetween the hours of 11:00a.m. and 4:00 p.m.), at theWest Door of the CountyCourthouse of Warren County, located at Vicks-burg, Mississippi, to the highest and best bidder forcash the following describedproperty situated in WarrenCounty, State of Mississippi,to-wit:Lot 62 of Greenbrier Subdivision, as shown byplat of record in Plat Book 2at Page 18 of the LandRecords of Warren County,Mississippi.I WILL CONVEY only suchtitle as vested in me as Substituted Trustee.WITNESS MY SIGNATUREon this 2nd day of March,2011./s/ J. Gary MasseySUBSTITUTED TRUSTEEShapiro & Massey, L.L.C.1910 Lakeland DriveSuite BJackson, MS 39216(601)981-9299 224 High Hill DriveVicksburg, MS 3918009-103287LBPublish: 3/8, 3/15, 3/22(3t)
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1997 Ford E150 Customizedraised roof van, loaded,150,000 miles $3,995. 601-218-1940
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2000 NUBIRA DAE Woo.4 door, purple/ white freshlypainted Tinker Bell interior,new 18 inch rims, new bat-tery, brakes, very smoothride! $4200. 601-218-8306.
