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Five Questions

1 The city of Paris is divided into 20boroughs called what?2 What does it mean when aQisappended to the end of a companysstock ticker symbol?3 What was founded in 1939 in Wil-liamsport, Penn.?

4 What are the only two Major LeagueBaseball teams that play their homegames in Mountain Time?5 What did 11-year-old Frank Epperson

invent in 1905 when he left a glass ofhomemade soda he was stirring outon his back porch overnight?

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insideClassifeds 8BComics 7B

Obituaries 4AOpinions 6A

LocaL FoLks

Bobby Knight is in the eighthgrade at Columbus MiddleSchool.

caLendar

Thursday, Oct. 3Book signings: Adele Elliott ofColumbus will read from her debutnovel Friendship Cemetery ata book signing from 5-7 p.m. atHollyhocks, 204 Fifth St. S., in Co-lumbus. She will also attend book

signings Oct. 12 from 4-6 p.m.

at the Nor th Mississippi Holistic

Center, 140 Brickerton, and Oct.

28 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at theColumbus-Lowndes Public Library,

314 Seventh St. N. For more

information, call 662-368-2211 or

email [email protected].

Friday, Oct. 4MSU fall plant sale: Missis-sippi States Horticulture Club and

student chapter of the AmericanInstitute of Floral Designers hosttheir fall plant and wreath saleat the greenhouse area behindDorman Hall on campus from 8a.m-5:30 p.m. For more informa-tion, call 662-325-2311.

Friday and Saturday,Oct. 4-5Seventh Avenue HeritageFestival: This celebration of theunique culture that existed inthis once-bustling business andentertainment district featureslive music, food, childrensactivities and more. Entertainersinclude Ginuwine and friends.For more information, contactKabir Karriem, 662-549-4314.

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Veronica Cook, 10, right, gets excited about the game room at GT Lanes bowling alley with her sister, Chasity Cook, 13, Tues-day. Veronica and Chasity visit the bowling alley every Tuesday for their fathers mens league night. Their parents are Alana andMike Cook of Starkville.

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FormerMississip-pi gover-nor HaleyBarbourtalks withNancyReevesfollowinga lun-cheon atthe LionHills GolfClub inColumbus

Tuesday.

BY NATHAN GREGORY

[email protected]

Columbus councilmen willhave to ll out a travel request ap-plication and have it approved bythe board prior to traveling on thecitys dime moving orward.

The two-page application pro-

cess, which councilmen unani-mously approved during Tuesdayscity council meeting, includeslling out blank spots where coun-cilmen must indicate the event,purpose o the trip, departure andreturn dates and type o transpor-tation. It also must include an item-ized estimate o travel costs.

Prior to Tues-days implementa-tion o the new pol-icy, council travelrequests were gen-erally lumped intoconsent agendas,meaning voted onwith little or no dis-cussion.

Councilmen also approved a

set o agenda submission guide-lines during Tuesdays meetingthat tighten the timerame duringwhich an item can be added to theagenda. That change came aboutater councilman Charlie Boxasked city attorney Je Turnageto drat an agenda guideline pol-icy last month. With approval othe new guidelines, councilmenand the mayor must submit any

agenda items by the Wednesdayprior to each regular meeting.The agenda has to be submittedto the citys inormation technol-ogy department by noon the nextday and posted to the citys web-site by 5 p.m.

Late-notice items can be addedto the agenda at the meeting by atwo-thirds vote. Councilmen can

Vote: Councilmen must get permission to travel

Barbour makes pitch for Kemper Plant

BY slim smiTH

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Much like a ast run-ner giving his opponent aseemingly insurmountablehead start, Haley Barbourfexed his rhetorical mus-cles Tuesday beore a jointlunch meeting o the Lown-des County RepublicanWomen and the ColumbusRotary Club.

The ormer two-term

Mississippi Governorturned lobbyist conceded

two othe ma-jor pointsused toa t t a c kthe Kemper County lignitecoal plant plentiul andcheap natural gas.

With a price tag estimat-ed between $4.3 billion and$5 billion, easily the mostexpensive project in statehistory, the lignite coalplant has been character-

ized as obsolete by criticswho say new extraction

techniques has made nat-ural gas ar more plentiul

and economical.Barbour not only ac-knowledged that the priceo natural gas is very low,he also admitted that it isan under-utilized energy,something he says wontalways be the case.

Natural gas (prices)have always been very vol-atile, Barbour said. It canbe used or so many thingsbeyond what it is beingused or now. Its plentiuland its cheap. But thats ashort-term view o it. What

we do know is that natural

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BY sARAH FOWlER

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Out o the1,277 civilianemployees at Co-lumbus Air ForceBase, approxi-mately 230 will beurloughed and without a paycheckdue to the recent government shut-down.

According to base ocials, theimpact o pay or Department oDeense civilian workers is a com-plicated issue that depends on Con-gress.

Furloughed employees wouldreceive back pay only i specicallyappropriated by Congress, base o-cials said.

I Congress ails to pass a con-tinuing resolution or appropriation,all civilian personnel paid by appro-priated unds will be urloughed,except or the minimum numbernecessary to accomplish excepted

activities that are essential to nation-al security and saety. Congressionalactions will determine i retroactivepay will be provided or urloughedpersonnel there is no guarantee oback pay.

Without the 230 employees, baseocials said it will put a strain on

TV wars: Cable ONE drops CNN; DISH feuding with WCBI

BY sARAH FOWlER

[email protected]

Failed contract negotiations mean theloss o six channels or Cable ONE cus-tomers.

CNN, CNN en Espanol, HeadlineNews, Turner Classic Movies, TruTV andBoomerang were removed rom CableONEs lineup Monday morning at 9 a.m.ater Cable ONE and Turner Networkchannels ailed to reach a nancial agree-

ment, according to a Cable ONE press re-lease.

Cable ONE has been in negotiations torenew our contract with Turner Networkor the past several months and we havemade every eort to reach a air deal, Ca-ble ONE CEO Tom Might said. However,Turner has demanded an increase o near-ly 50% or channels with steadily decliningratings. Since we were unable to reach aair deal with Turner, weve been orced to

drop these channels romour channel line-up.

Might reused to sayhow much the cable compa-ny pays or the channels.

Other Turner networkchannels TBS, TNT, andthe Cartoon Network were secured by Cable ONEand will continue to be onthe regular channel lineup. Might said heis hopeul negotiations will continue andthat Cable ONE will be able to oer the six

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Five-Day forecast for the Golden Triangle

Almanac Data National Weather

Lake Levels

River Stages

Sun and MoonSolunar table

Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.

City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W

Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, i-ice, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow

Yesterday 7 a.m. 24-hr.Lake Capacity yest. change

The solunar

period schedule

allows planning days

so you will be fshing

in good territory or

hunting in good cover

during those times.

Temperature

Precipitation

Tombigbee

Yesterday Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr.River stage yest. change

Columbus Tuesday

High/low ..................................... 85/60

Normal high/low ......................... 82/57Record high ............................ 93 (1981)

Record low .............................. 42 (1972)

Tuesday ........................................... 0.00"Month to date ................................. 0.00"

Normal month to date ...................... 0.13"Year to date .................................. 50.18"

Normal year to date ....................... 41.65"

Thursday Friday

Atlanta 83 62 pc 84 65 pc

Boston 75 58 s 71 57 sh

Chicago 82 67 t 84 67 pc

Dallas 90 73 s 92 61 pc

Honolulu 86 73 c 87 73 s

Jacksonville 85 67 pc 85 69 pc

Memphis 84 70 t 89 71 pc

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t-storm; warm

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Warm and humid

with sunshine

87

64

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A couple of

thunderstorms

76

49

Sunday

Not as warm with a

few showers

Aberdeen Dam 188' 163.55' +0.16'

Stennis Dam 166' 136.70' +0.16'

Bevill Dam 136' 136.44' +0.07'

Amory 20' 11.60' +0.13'

Bigbee 14' 3.87' +0.08'

Columbus 15' 5.16' +0.06'

Fulton 20' 7.45' +0.05'

Tupelo 21' 0.90' +0.30'

Last

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Full

Oct. 18

First

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New

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Sunrise ..... 6:49 a.m.

Sunset ...... 6:37 p.m.

Moonrise ... 4:27 a.m.

Moonset .... 5:08 p.m.

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Major ... 11:08 a.m.

Minor ..... 4:56 a.m.

Major ... 11:31 p.m.

Minor ..... 5:19 p.m.

Major ... 11:52 a.m.

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Nashville 84 64 t 87 63 pc

Orlando 86 72 t 85 72 t

Philadelphia 81 63 pc 83 66 pc

Phoenix 93 67 s 90 65 s

Raleigh 87 61 pc 86 63 pc

Salt Lake City 55 39 sh 53 36 s

Seattle 60 43 s 62 49 pc

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WednesdaySay What?

It feels really good to be a part ofthe record.

East Mississippi Community Col-leges sophomore wide receiver

Brandon Bell. Story, 1B.

FarM tourThe Mississippi Sustainable Agriculture Network presented ree

arm tours Sunday at Black Creek Farm in Columbus, Bountiul

Harvest in Starkville and Beaverdam/High Hope Farms in Cedar

Blu. These arm and garden enthusiasts were snapped at Scott

and Lydia Enlows Black Creek Farm.

Scene&Seen

Willie Nash, Dotijetta Fisher, Melvin Jones and Dorothy Scarbrough

Emile, Julie and Charles Cantrell

Josephine Alexander and Mar y Tuggle Amanda, Magnolia and Will Reed

Jara and Fred Lee Patti and Tommy Alderman

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Jordan: In his prime, hecould beat LeBron, othersThe AssociATed Press

CHARLOTTE, N.C. NBA legend Michael Jor-dan believes he could beatLeBron James in a one-on-one basketball game whenhe was in his prime.

Hes not sure aboutKobe Bryant.

In a video promotingthe NBA 2K14 video gamethat was released Tuesday,ordan said theres a long

list o players he wouldveliked to have played one-on-one Jerry West, El-

gin Baylor, Julius Erving,Carmelo Anthony, Dwy-ane Wade, Bryant andames, who dons the cover

o this years game.I dont think I would

lose, Jordan said in the

video, beore smiling andadding, Other than toKobe Bryant because hesteals all o my moves.

Responded James: MJsaid that?

James was told o Jor-dans comments ater theMiami Heat completedtheir frst training camppractice in the Bahamason Tuesday, and said thatthe buzz would serve asgood promotion or thegame.

Absolutely, I thoughtabout the matchup, Jamessaid. But no one wouldever see it. Its not going tohappen. But its good orpeople to talk about.

AP Photo/John Swart, File

In this 1992 fle photo, Chicago Bulls Michael Jordandrives on New York Knicks Gerald Wilkins during thefrst quarter o Game 7 o the Eastern Conerence semi-fnals in Chicago.

Amusement park giant buys Harlem GlobetrottersThe AssociATed Press

PHOENIX Geor-gia-based Herschend Fami-ly Entertainment Corp. hasacquired Harlem Globetrot-

ters International Inc. romShamrock Capital Advisors.

Herschend, based in Nor-cross, Ga., is a amily-ownedcompany that owns andoperates 26 theme parks,

aquariums and other attrac-tions nationwide. Among itsoperations is a partnershipwith country singing starDolly Parton or Dollywoodand Dollywoods SplashCountry in Tennessee. Italso is an operating partnero Stone Mountain Park inAtlanta, and owner o SilverDollar City in Branson, Mo.Founded by the Herschend

amily 50 years ago, thecompany also owns New-port Aquariums in New Jer-sey and Kentucky and WildAdventures Theme Park inValdosta, Ga.

The Phoenix-based Glo-betrotters have providedbasketball hilarity to audi-ences since 1926, perorm-ing 25,000 games aroundthe globe.


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Mississippi gets OK for business exchange

AREA ARRESTS

The ollowing arrestswere reported by the Lown-des County Sheris Oceand the Columbus PoliceDepartment:

n CalvinS e b a s t i a nBailey, 48,o 383 ReadDrive, was

arrested byCPD Sept. 30and chargedwith the saleo cocaine.He was released the sameday on $2,500 bond. Hiscourt date is scheduled orNov. 21.n Jalisa Brooks, 21, o

901 11th St. S. Apt. 4, wasarrested at her residence by

CPD Sept. 30 and chargedwith elony malicious mis-

chie. She was released thesame day on a $2,500 bond.Her court date is scheduledor Dec. 19.n Jonathan Charles Mc-

Fadden Cameron, 19, o 249Burns Circle, was arrest-ed by MDOC Sept. 30 andcharged with violation oprobation.n Julia Gonzales, 28, o

930 Old Mayhew Road, was

arrested by CPD Set. 30 andcharged with ve counts o

ailure to appear and viola-tion o probation. Her courtdate is scheduled or Oct.16.n Breman Sean Wool-

bright, 42, o 122 GaylaneDrive, was arrested at theGilmore Inn by CPD Sept.29 and charged with elonyshopliting, third oense o$250 or more. His court dateis scheduled or Nov. 21.

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Chromcraft Revingtonagrees to sell for $3.45MThe AssociATed Press

SENATOBIA Fur-niture maker ChromcratRevington Inc. is being soldor $3.45 million.

The company, which isbased in West Laayette,Ind., and has a actory inSenatobia, has agreed tomerge with Denver-based

apparel maker Sport-HaleyHoldings.

Sport-Haley would pay$2.7 million when the dealcloses. It would pay anoth-

er $750,000 when Chrom-crats plant in Delphi, Ind.,is sold or mortgaged, or180 days ater the mergeris complete, whichever isearlier.

Lesbian sues town for denying gay bar permitBy hoLBrooK Mohr

The Associated Press

JACKSON A wom-an is suing the leaders oa north Mississippi town,accusing them o conspir-ing to prevent her romopening a gay bar by de-nying an application or abusiness license.

Pat PJ Newton ledthe ederal lawsuit Tues-

day against the mayor

and several aldermen oShannon, a town o about1,700 in Lee County whereNewton has been trying toopen a cae and bar calledOHaras to cater to thegay community.

The 55-year-old New-ton, who is a lesbian, isseeking monetary damag-es and an order to allowher to open the businessas well as attorneys ees

and court costs.

The Southern PovertyLaw Center is represent-ing the Memphis, Tenn.,woman in the lawsuit ledin U.S. District Court inAberdeen.

It says Shannon MayorRonnie Hallmark led aconspiracy to deny New-ton a business licenseand solicited communityopposition to the bar.

The mayor and alder-

men did not immediate-

ly respond to a phonemessage let Tuesday atShannon Town Hall. Thelawsuit names six currentor ormer members o theboard o aldermen.

The lawsuit says New-ton got a state businesslicense and liquor permitand made expensive up-grades to the bar, but wasdenied a license under the

citys zoning ordinance.

By eMiLy WAGsTer PeTTUs


JACKSON MississippiInsurance Commissioner MikeChaney received conditional ed-eral approval Tuesday to run anonline marketplace where busi-nesses with 50 or ewer employ-ees can buy health insurance,

starting in January.Chaney was doing a telephoneinterview with The Associated

Press when he received the no-tice rom Health and HumanServices Secretary Kathleen Se-belius. He said the notice is goodnews. It allows the MississippiInsurance Department to devel-op the Small Business HealthOptions, or SHOP, exchange un-der the ederal health overhaullaw.

With conditional approval,ederal ocials expect the Mis-sissippi department will con-

tinue developingthe marketplacecalled One Mis-sissippi in com-pliance with theAordable CareAct, and will beready to provideaordable, qualitycoverage to smallbusiness owners and their em-ployees in 2014, Sebelius wrotein the letter, a copy o whichChaney sent to AP.

The Aordable Care Act isthe health overhaul signed by

President Barack Obama in2010. Chaney, a Republican, hassaid repeatedly that he opposes

the law but he believes its hisduty to try to ollow its mandates.

An exchange is an online mar-ketplace, and there had long beenuncertainty about whether theederal government would allowa state to run a Small BusinessHealth Options exchange i thestate were not running its ownindividual exchange. Mississip-pis individual exchange is run bythe ederal government becauseRepublican Gov. Phil Bryant ob-jected to a state-run exchange.

The notice about MississippisSHOP exchange came the same

day that people were rst able tobuy individual coverage throughonline insurance marketplaces

created under the ederal healthlaw.

In an interview with AP onTuesday, Bryant repeated hisobjections to the law. He said theederal government is grabbingtoo large a role in health care.

I think its going to be a di-saster once people begin to un-derstand its going to cost themmoney, Bryant said.

The Mississippi Center orHealth Policy estimated in 2012that up to 275,000 Mississippi-ans could get insurance throughthe individual exchange, with

230,000 qualiying or ederal taxcredits that would reduce whatthey pay.

By BreTT ZoNGKer


WASHINGTON Dozens oveterans barricaded outside theclosed World War II Memorial be-cause o the government shutdownwere escorted past the barriersTuesday by members o Congressso they could see the monument.

More than 125 veterans romMississippi and Iowa arrived or apreviously scheduled visit to thememorial Tuesday morning to ndit barricaded by the National ParkService. Several members o Con-

gress escorted them inside ater

cutting police tape and moving bar-riers that blocked the memorial.John Kleinschmidt, 87, o Ames,

Iowa, said the barriers were openedjust enough or his group to walkthrough reely by the time he ar-rived. Kleinschmidt trained as afight engineer during World War IIbut was never deployed abroad.

Its unortunate that this is whathappens when they know that thereare busloads o veterans comingdown here, and they dont have thegood sense to say keep the damnthing open, he said. These are the

guys that created it.The Honor Flight Network

brings groups o World War II veter-ans rom across the country or reeto visit the memorial built in theirhonor on an almost daily basis.

Wayne Lennep, a volunteer withthe Mississippi Coast Guard HonorFlight group, said the trip had beenplanned or months or a group o 91veterans as well as amily membersand escorts. Their chartered planelet Gulport on Tuesday morning.

The veterans were met at thememorial by Sen. Roger Wickerand Reps. Steven Palazzo, AlanNunnelee and Gregg Harper, allMississippi Republicans. Other law-makers joined as well. Lennep saidWicker and Palazzo have met theveterans on previous trips.

Veterans pass barriers at closed WWII Memorial

AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

World War II Veteran George Bloss, o Gulport, looks out over the National World War II Memorial in Washington,Tuesday. Veterans who had traveled rom across the country were allowed to visit the National World War II Memo-rial ater it had been ofcially closed because o the partial government shutdown. Ater their visit, National WorldWar II Memorial was closed again.

More than 125 veterans rom Mississippi and Iowa

arrived or a visit to fnd memorial barricaded

Ofcials expect the department will developthe marketplace called One Mississippi in

compliance with the Aordable Care Act

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Miriam WilderMiriam Randall Wilder,

age 99, o Columbus, MS,passed away September 30,2013, at Peach Tree Village oBrandon, MS, where she wasa resident.

Funeral services will beThursday, October 3, 2013,at 2:00 PM at Memorial Fu-neral Home Chapel with Rev.

Farley Earnest ofciating. The interment willimmediately ollow at Friendship Cemetery.Visitation will be Thursday, October 3, 2013,rom 1:00 PM until the time o the services atMemorial Funeral Home.

Miriam Wilder was the youngest o eightchildren. Her mother, Etta Smith Randall,lived with Jim and Miriam Wilder rom the mid1940s until her death in 1966. Yearly amily re-unions were held at the Wilders where teenageriends and amily gathered to participate inbackyard ootball, dances and slumber parties.Many generations o young people knew thatthey were always welcome in her home wheregood ood was always in abundance.

Mrs. Wilder graduated rom high school inthree years and was able to attend MississippiState College or Women or one year becausea brother paid her tuition. The next year tu-ition increased and she was no longer able tocontinue.

Jim and Miriam Wilder were marr ied romJuly 26, 1936, until his death June 25, 1973. Hewas chairman o the board o deacons at FirstBaptist Church Columbus when he died. From1940 - 1945, Miriam packed parachutes at Co-lumbus Air Force Base. She was the city tennischampion in the 1950s.

Mrs. Wilder was an avid reader, Atlan-ta Braves and tennis an, and loved workingcrossword puzzles. She was one o the originalsponsors o the Central Mississippi Down Syn-drome Society.

Mama Widdy as she was aectionatelycalled by her grandchildren and great-grand-children was a long time active member oFirst Baptist Columbus where she taught Sun-day School or many years. She was an avidduplicate bridge player and served as directoro several bridge groups or years. In 2005, shewas recognized as a Golden Age Master o theAmerican Contract Bridge League.

At the age o 92, Mrs. Wilder was diag-nosed with early onset Alzheimers disease.She moved to Peach Tree Retirement Villagein Brandon, MS, near daughter, Karen Crowewhere she lived the last years o her lie. Untilthe disease progressed, she kept her sense ohumor and a twinkle in her eye. Her avoritepast time was looking through numerous pho-to albums, especially rom her 90th, 95th, and99th birthday celebrations flled with photo-graphs, cards, and letters rom amily, riends,and ellow bridge players. She spent many,many hours reading her cards and viewing pic-tures over and over. The personal letters re-vealed the high esteem with which Mrs. Wilderwas regarded. She had no idea o the posit iveimpact she had on generations o young peoplewho were requent visitors to her home as doc-umented in the letters written to her.

Survivors include her children, James Jim-my William Wilder, Jr. and his wie Jean o Co-lumbus, MS, Sandra Murphy and her husbandPaul o Louisville, KY, Karen Crowe and herhusband Ron o Brandon, MS, George Wilderand his wie Madeliene o Montgomery, AL andDavid Wilder and his wie Sue o Casselberry,FL; and 13 grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be David Paul Freeman,Shane Crowe, Kevin Crowe, Davis Wilder,Grady Bubba Randall and Christopher Mur-phy.

Memorials may be made to the First BaptistChurch Mission Program, P.O. Box 829, Co-lumbus, MS 39703.

The amily wishes to thank the sta o PeachTree Retirement Village or their love and careor Mrs. Wilder or over seven years. Specialthanks to Dr. Kathy Gregg and Cindy Jayroe oSt. Joseph Hospice Ministry.

Words cannot express our appreciation toher special caregivers the last days o her lie,Melony Anderson, Sherry Wallace, YolandaThurman, Britney Henry, Sheila Rhodes, Pen-ny Beennan and Linda Boyd.

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p.m. or inclusion the next day

Monday through Thursday; and

on Friday by 3 p.m. or Sunday

and Monday publication. For

more inormation, call 662-

328-2471.

Mikayla SouthCOLUMBUS Mi-

kayla Ruth South, 1,died September 30,2013, at her residence.

Services are Thurs-

day at 6 p.m. at Me-morial Funeral HomeChapel. Visitation isone hour prior to ser-vices. Burial is Fridayat 2 p.m. at BarrancasNational Cemetery inPensacola, Fla.

Mikayla was bornAugust 17, 2012, toRichard and BarbaraSouth o Columbus.

In addition to herparents, survivorsinclude her brothers,oseph and Michael

South; and sisters,Rebekah, Kristen,Rachael and BrigitaSouth.

Robert BagwellWEST POINT

Robert Bagwell, 66, dieOct. 1, 2013, at NorthMS Medical Center.

Arrangements areincomplete and will beannounced by CalvertFuneral Home.

Randy PhillipsSTARKVILLE

Randy Phillips, 56 ,died Oct. 1, 2013, at hisresidence.

Arrangements areincomplete and will beannounced by CalvertFuneral Home.

Ruby WilliamsCOLUMBUS Ruby

Williams died Oct. 1,2013.

Arrangements areincomplete and will beannounced by LowndesFuneral Home.

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HATTIESBURG Emmerich Newspaperswill launch a new weeklynewspaper in HattiesburgThursday.

The Hattiesburg Postwill add to Emmerichs sta-ble o 25 daily and weeklynewspapers elsewhere inthe state. It will competewith Gannett Co.s dailynewspaper, the HattiesburgAmerican.

The company ownsweekly newspapers serv-ing Petal, Lamar County

and Camp Shelby and alsopublishes a magazine inHattiesburg.

The newspaper will bepublished by David Gus-tason. David Breland willbe the news editor o the

new paper and sister publi-cations.

Gustason says the news-paper will be published inthree sections each weekand the company will mailree copies to residents overthe next ew months. Thepaper will also be bundledwith The Lamar Times andThe Petal News.

Emmerich to start weeklynewspaper in Hattiesburg

By NicoLe WiNFieLd


VATICAN CITY Pope Francis says hedoesnt want a Vati-can-centric church con-cerned about itsel but amissionary church thatreaches out to the poor,the young, the elderlyand even to non-believers.Thats the vision he laidout as he opened a land-mark meeting Tuesday onreorming the 2,000-year-old institution.

Francis convened theinaugural meeting o hiseight cardinal advisers orthree days o brainstorm-ing on revamping the an-tiquated Vatican bureau-cracy and other reorms.The move ulflls a keymandate o the cardinalswho elected him: Theywanted a pope who wouldinvolve local church lead-

ers in helping make deci-sions about the 1.2-billionstrong church.

The closed- door meet-ing got underway againstthe backdrop o one o themost tangible signs thatchange is already aoot:The secret ive Vaticanbank, under investigationor alleged money-laun-dering by Italian prosecu-

tors, released its frst-everannual report Tuesday,the latest step towardfnancial transparencychampioned by Francisand his predecessor Ben-edict XVI.

Net earnings at thebank, known as the Insti-tute or Religious Works,rose more than our-oldto $116.95 million in 2012,the report said. Morethan 50 million euros othat was given to the popeor his charitable works.

Francis has put the

Vatican bank on notice,orming a commission oinquiry to look into its ac-tivities amid accusations

by Italian prosecutorsthat its clients may haveused its lax controls tolaunder money.

Pope wants church with modern spirit

AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca, File

In this Sept. 18, 2013, fle photo, Pope Francis waves to aithul as he arrives or his weekly general audience inSt. Peters Square at the Vatican.


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OpinionBIRNEY IMES SR. Editor/Publisher 1922-1947BIRNEY IMES JR. Editor/Publisher 1947-2003BIRNEY IMES III Editor/Publisher

PETER IMES General ManagerSLIM SMITH Managing EditorBETH PROFFITT Advertising DirectorMICHAEL FLOYD Circulation/Production Manager

Dispatchthe

Letter the editor

our View

Hes been gone or a while,but hardly orgotten.

Haley Barbours secondterm as governor o Mississip-pi ended two years ago. Oldelected oicials never die,o course, they just becomelobbyists, which was the rea-son or Barbours visit to theFriendly City on Tuesday.

Beore an adoring joint lun-

cheon o the Columbus-Lown-des Republican Women andthe Columbus Rotary, Bar-bour displayed some o theskills that allowed him to riserom an obscure Yazoo Citylawyer to the inner sanctumo the national RepublicanParty.

He held the audience in hisamiable grasp or the betterpart o an hour while address-ing a subject that most o thecrowd could not have caredless about, U.S. energy policy,speciically, the controversialKemper County lignite plant.

Because electricity sup-pliers are divided into threeregions, Columbus residents

are unlikely to recognize thedirect impact o the plant,which is being built by Mis -sissippi Power, which servicesthe southernmost region othe state. Here, our electricityis provided by TVA.

While the two civ ic orga -nizations chose the speaker,

the speaker clearly chose thesubject. As a lobbyist or theKemper plant, Barbour wason the clock. You suspect heis always on the clock.

Even so, its easy to seewhy Ba rbour is so comort -able in these settings. He isnot a commanding presencenor is he the most skilled ospeakers.

But what he is, what hehas always been, is a skilledpolitician, someone who canmake his case in an aable,thoroughly believable way.

Unquestionably, he hasa way with people. He iscomortable speaking beorestrangers because he seems

to have never met any.Tuesday provided a hand-

ul o examples. As he spoke,he was able to pick out someamiliar aces and use themto build rapport with those hedidnt know.

There was a nod to GilHarris, a retired Ceco Build-ings engineer. And when, atthe close o his speech he

entertained questions, heused a question about the gov-ernment shutdown to urtherconnect with his audience ac-knowledging Sonic Johnson,who ha ndles publ ic a airs orColumbus Air Force Base.

I see Sonic is here, so Iguess (the shutdown) means

he has the day o, Barbourquipped.

When one o the womenin the crowd asked about hiswie, Marcia, Barbour sa idthat his wie was happy ater42 years o marriage, mainlybecause Ive been gone or 30years o i t. T he audience ateit up, o course.

A ormer Canadian pr ime

minister once observed, Pol-itics is the skilled use o bluntobjects.

Barbour seems to havealways known that.

These days, he may earnhis living as a lobbyist, but heremains, irst and oremost, askilled politician.

Takes issue with choice of storiesI and when the orts o olly all, then, and only

then will we realize the destructive nature o somany o our current problems, among which arethe highly partisan antics o the press. What in theworld is going on?

How should we interpret certain news ac-counts? Two examples o our conusion arearticles which appeared in The Commercial Dis-patch on Sept. 12 and 22, 2013. The frst is entitledFuneral planned or Connecticut slave who died in1798. The deceased, known as Mr. Fortune, willbe given an elaborate uneral ater his skeletonlies in state in the Capitol Rotunda in Hartord. Oneo the organizers said: Its a long overdue honor.

Were not just remembering one man. His body isrepresenting all o the slaves that came [sic] overhere and worked in this country. Quinnipiac Uni-versity, in its recent examination, was not able todetermine his cause o death but ound evidenceo a neck racture around the time o the 1798death not associated with hanging. One mightask why a mans death rom natural causes in Con-necticut in 1798 should be o interest to the readerso a local Mississippi newspaper today.

Example Two is The Dispatchs ront page storyo Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013, entitled What REALLYhappened to Jimmie Lee Gri fth. Mr. Grifthsbody was ound on Sturgis-Louisville Road inOktibbeha County, on Sept. 24, 1965, only 48 yearsago. There have been three ofcial investigations

o the death, one by State ofcials and two by Fed-eral agents, the frst in 1965, the last in 2012. TheDispatch reports The case has never been solvedand the evidence to suggest his murder was racial-ly motivated is scant. So why is this very lengthystory timely, noteworthy, and o great interest?

Over and over again, we bite our tongues anddecide not to speak out, not to protest outrageousconduct and statements by so-called politicalleaders. Grin and bear it seems to be the order othe day. Whether because o intimidation or lazi-ness we are earul o speaking out. We keep ourdeepest concerns to ourselves and suer in silence.I we are as helpless as all that, then there is norealistic basis or hope o improvement. Who isunaraid to be labeled, to be vilifed, to stand up or

our vital interests? What has become o the adageused when we were younger, the one about st icksand stones? Today we let words hurt us. How sadthat is.

O critical importance to all o us who live in thisbeautiul and historic town is where we are headedunless steps are taken to reverse our direction.Are we destined to become another Macon, oncea vibrant town? Is political leadership to be basedsolely upon racial population percentages, orshould qualifcations matter at all? We constantlyhear black politicians say that they represent theblack community and not the community at large.

What is likely to happen i things continue tomove along racial lines is a declining young work-ing population, a constantly decreasing tax base,ewer businesses, and ewer jobs. Where will theunds come rom to properly sustain the communi-ty?

We are ortunate to have a locally owned news-paper. Yet we continue to suer rom its reusal totell it the way it is. Articles such as those o Sept.12 and 22 are not only harmul and counterproduc-tive, but they represent a deault in responsibility,one which could well lead to the ultimate demise oour very special place.

Ben C. Toledano

Columbus

congress

Heres a big newsalert: House Re-publicans opposeObamacare.

That s why theyveshut the governmentdown.

No, doing sowont actual ly stopObamacare. To a greatextent, the programis on autopilot. TheRepublicans shut downthe government, but

the exchanges areopen or business.

The last time the Republicansshut down the government, theyat least had the fg lea that theywere doing so to protest the sizeo government.

Not this time. This time, its notabout the size o government. Itsnot about the defcit. The Senatealready has gone along with theHouses insistence that agenciescut their spending in the comingweeks.

This is pure symbolism onthe Republican side at the

expense o people who depend onthe government and work or thegovernment.

Maybe you or a loved one istrying to sign up or a potentiallyliesaving clinical tr ial. Sorry. Youcant.

Maybe you work as an air tra-fc controller or a prison guard.The good news is youre stillworking. The bad news is youdont get paid.

Its not right.Make no mistake. This is not

going to help Republi-cans in the long run.Playing games withpeoples lives is notsmart politics. The actthat many well-knownRepublican senatorshave made clear thatthis is not an appro-priate way to protestObamacare under-scores the ideologicalextremism that holdssway in the House.

Just the other day, alielong Republican sought me outto express his immense rustra-tion. Why are they doing this, hekept asking me. Dont they un-derstand that however unpopularObamacare is, closing down thegovernment as a symbolic protestis going to be seen as irresponsi-ble? Its even more unpopular thanObamacare.

I have no answer. Or rather,I have no answer other than theobvious one: that the House is un-der the control o extremists whoare throwing a political temper

tantrum, and responsibility bedamned.As a Democrat, I should be

pleased. As an American, I amdeeply troubled.

Were used to having extrem-ists hold sway on cable television.But thats entertainment. You canvote with your clicker. You donthave to watch. At the end o theday, no one gets hurt.

Congress should be dierent.Its not a TV show. Its not a tryoutor the next round o Crossfre,

or at least it shouldnt be. This isreal lie. This is about parents notgetting paid, people who needloans or their businesses notgetting help, people who are sickhaving to wait or the ideologuesto stop playing games.

Im always willing to workwith anyone o either party tomake sure the Aordable CareAct works better, the presidentsaid. But one action o one partyin one house o Congress in onebranch o government doesnt get

to shut down the entire govern-ment just to refght the results oan election.

Except that they did.Obamacare was a central issue

in the last election. By the time hewon his partys nomination, MittRomney had eectively turned hisback on his own (similar) programin Massachusetts and was urgingvoters who opposed Obamacareto vote or him. I you wanted toget rid o Obamacare, the wayto do it was to elect Romney andgive Republicans a majority in theSenate.

It didnt happen. Romney lost.The Senate remains in Democrat-ic hands. Thats how it works ina democracy. You win some, andyou lose some. The tea par ty lost.Better luck next time.

Or not. There may be somenew contestants or Newt Ging-richs slot on Crossfre. Betterthere than in Congress.

Susan Estrich is a nationallysyndicated columnist . To fnd outmore about her go to www.creators.com.

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CLUBSn FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS

The Friends and Neighbors Club meets

second Wednesdays September-May at

10 a.m. at Lion Hills Gol Club, Columbus

(and ourth Wednesdays June-August at

restaurants TBA). Contact Rhena Friloux,

662-549-8800 or Twyla Summerord,

662-328-3381.

n GOLDEN TRIANGLE AA

Golden Triangle AA meets daily or

support. I you want to drink, that is your

business. I you want to stop drinking,

that is our business. For inormation,

call 662-327-8941.

n SENIOR CRAFTS

The Starkville Sportsplex oers senior

crats on Tuesdays, 10-11:30 a.m. Crats

are provided by the Parks Department.

For inormation, call Lisa Cox at 662-323-

2294.

n TOPS

Take O Pounds Sensibly No. 288 meets

every Monday at Community Baptist

Church, Yorkville Road East. Weigh-in

begins at 5:30 p.m. Contact Pat Harris,

662-386-0249.

n TOPS

Take O Pounds Sensibly No. 266 meetsevery Monday at the Episcopal Church

o the Good Shepherd, 321 Forrest Blvd.

Weigh-in begins at 5:15 p.m. Contact

Margaret Sprayberry, 662-328-8627.

n TOPS

Take O Pounds Sensibly No. 270 meets

every Tuesday at the Church o Christ

Fellowship Hall, 900 Main St. in Caledo-

nia. Weigh-in begins at 5:15 p.m. Con-

tact Lorene Hawkins, 662-356-4838.

n QUILTING CLUB

The Quilting Club meets in the Activities

Room adjacent to the multi-purpose

acility at the Starkville Sportsplex on

Thursdays 10 a.m.-noon. Bring your own

project to work on. For inormation, call

Lisa Cox, 662-323-2294.

HeaLtH noteSn DIABETES SUPPORT

The Diabetes Support Group meets the

second Thursday o each month at 6 p.m.,

Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle

Classroom 4. For inormation, call 662-

244-1597 or email ino.goldentriangle@

bmhcc.org

n DIABETES SUPPORT

The Diabetes Evening Support Group

meets the second Thursday o each month

at 6 p.m., Baptist Golden Triangle Class-

room 5. For inormation, call 662-244-1596

or email [email protected]

n NUTRITION EDUCATION

Nutrition Education Classes or congestive

heart ailure meet the third Friday o

every month at 3 p.m., Baptist Memorial

Hospital-Golden Triangle Classroom 5.

For inormation, call 662-244-1597 oremail [email protected]

n PROSTATE SCREENING

Baptist Center or Cancer Care oers ree

prostate PSA screenings the last Friday o

every month rom 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Locations

rotate between Columbus and Starkville.

For appointments, call 662-244-4673.

n ABUSE RECOVERY GROUP

A ree Domestic Abuse Recovery Group

meets every Thursday at 6 p.m., through

Sae Haven Inc. Group counseling or

rape recovery is available. For inorma-

tion, call 662-327-6118 or 662-889 -

2067.

n ALZHEIMERS SUPPORT

The Alzheimers Columbus Chapter

Caregiver Support Group meets the

ourth Thursday o every month at 6 p.m.,

at ComorCare, 118 S. McCrary Road,

Columbus. For inormation, contact Co-

lumbus Jones, 662-244-7226.

n CHILDBIRTH CLASSES

Baptist Golden Triangle oers child-

birth classes on Tuesday nights at 6 p.m.

To register, call the Education Department

at 662-244-2498 or email ino.goldentri-

[email protected]

n HOSPICE VOLUNTEERS

Baptist Memorial Hospice is seeking

volunteers to assist in various ways in

the oce and with their amilies. For inor-

mation, call 662-243-1173 or email ino.

[email protected]

n CPR CLASSES

CPR Classes are oered at Baptist Gold-

en Triangle twice monthly, at 6 p.m. in the

Patient Tower. Pre-registration is required.

Contact the Education Department at

662-244-2498 or email ino.goldentrian-

[email protected].

n COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS

Families who have experienced the death

o a child are invited to attend The Com-

passionate Friends meeting Oct. 8, 6:30

p.m. at North Mississippi Medical Cen-

ter-West Point, 835 Medical Center Drive.

n HEALTH FAIR

North Mississippi Medical Center-West

Point hosts a health air Oct. 16, 9 a.m.- 1

p.m. at the Wellness Center, 851 Medical

Center Circle. Door prizes will be awarded

throughout the day.

n ALZHEIMERS SUPPORT

The Alzheimers West Point Chapter Support

Group meets Oct. 17, 6:30 p.m., at the

Henry Clay Retirement Center Parlor, 133

Commerce St., West Point. For inormation,

call Brenda Johnson at 662-495-2339.

n CHILDBIRTH CLASSES

North Mississippi Medical Center-West Point

oers a prepared childbirth class or expect-

ant parents Oct. 31-Nov. 21, 6:30- 8:30 p.m.

Fee is $35. To register or or more inorma-

tion, call 662-495-2292.

ReUnIonSn DOWDLE REUNION

Descendants o William John Dowdle and

Catherine Pace Dowdle will meet Oct. 12

at Lucern Clubhouse in Union. Bring a

covered dish. Business meeting will ollow

lunch.

otHeR eVentSnSQUARE DANCING

The Starkville Sportsplex oers square

dancing on Mondays, 7 p.m.-9 p.m. in the

Activities Room adjacent to the multi-pur-

pose acility, 405 Lynn Lane. For inorma-

tion, call Lisa Cox at 662-323-2294.

nREBECCAS ROOMS FUNDRAISER

Rebeccas Rooms hosts a chicken plate

undraiser Oct. 5, 11 a.m.- 1 p.m. in the

Old Navy parking lot, Columbus. Advance

tickets are $8. For tickets, call Reid Carter,

662-251-0627, or Denene Thomason, 662-

539-4286.

n AUDUBON MEETING

Oktibbeha Audubon Society meets Oct.

10, 7 p.m. at MSUs Clay Lyle Entomology

Building. Dr. Francisco Vilella will present

a program on Bird Conservation in the

Savanna Wetlands o the Orinoco River in

South America.

nAWARENESS FESTIVAL

Vineyard Court Nursing Center hosts a

breast cancer awareness estival Oct. 17,

10 a.m.-until. Free and open to the public.

Jumpers, ood, ace painting, balloon

animals, music and more.

nFINE-FREE WEEKEND

Columbus-Lowndes Public Library hosts

a ne-ree weekend Oct. 17- 19. Patrons

will be able to return books and media ree

o charge i they are late. For inormation,

contact WilLani Turner, 662-329-5300 or

[email protected]

n ARCHAEOLOGY EXPO

Mississippi Archaeology Expo is Oct. 19,

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Drill Field o

Mississippi State University. The Expo is a

hands-on amily air or children and adults

that eatures a variety o educational exhib-

its, tours and demonstrations.

nCHRISTMAS ASSISTANCE

Christmas assistance registration or Lown-

des, Noxubee, Clay and Monroe Counties

is Oct. 28-31 and Nov. 1, 9 a.m. to noon.

Pick up registration requirements at The

Salvation Army, 2219 Main St., Columbus.

n MEMORIAL SERVICES

Baptist Hospice Golden Triangle hosts

their annual Celebration o Lie Service and

Reception at First Baptist/Ministry ActivityCenter, 3000 Bluecutt Road, Nov. 3, 2- 4

p.m. Register by Nov. 1. For inormation,

662-243-1173.

nART AUCTION

Annunciation Catholic Schools PSA hosts

its annual art auction Nov. 8, 7 p.m. at

Trotter Convention Center. Advance tick-

ets $25. For inormation, call 662-328-

4479 or AnnunciationCatholicSchool.org

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NEW ORLEANS A BP executive who ledthe companys eorts tohalt its massive 2010 oilspill in the Gul o Mexi-co testied Tuesday thathis decisions were guidedby the principle that theyshouldnt do anythingthat could make the crisiseven worse.

James Dupree, BPsrst witness or the sec-

ond phase o a trial overthe deadly disaster, saidhis teams worked simul-taneously on severalstrategies or killing thewell that blew out in April2010.

Dupree said the com-pany decided in mid-Maythat it wasnt ready toemploy the capping strat-egy. He also said he wasconcerned that it couldeopardize other eortsto seal the well.

We were very intentnot to make the situationworse, said Dupree, who

was promoted to BPs re-gional president or theGul o Mexico ater thespill was stopped. Dupreeis scheduled to resumehis testimony Wednes-day.

BPs trial adversaries

have argued that the com-pany could have stoppedthe spill much earlierthan July 15 i it had usedthe capping strategy.

Earlier Tuesday, anemployee o the companythat owned the doomed

Deepwater Horizon drill-

ing rig testied that hewas surpr ised when BPscrapped the cappingstrategy his team had de-vised and never heard anexplanation or the deci-sion.

We were so close.We had come a longway, said Robert Turlak,Transoceans manager osubsea engineering andwell control systems.

During the rst ewweeks ater the spill , en-gineers ocused on two

methods or stopping thefow o oil: Capping thewell was one option. Theother, called top ki ll, in-volved pumping dril lingmud and other materialinto the Deepwater Hori-zon rigs blowout pre-venter.

BP executive defends spill response tactics

AP Photo/BP PLC, File

In this 2010 image rom video, oil fows out at the siteo the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gul o Mexico.


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Let thememories begin.

Beautiful Beginnings Maternity Fair

for First-Time Parents

Thursday, Oct. 24, 6 pm

Baptist Golden Triangle Outpatient Pavilion

Conference Center2520 5th Street, North Columbus, MS

Pre-register by Oct. 18 by calling 662-244-1132.

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BY ANDREW TAYlOR


WASHINGTON The po-litical stare-down on CapitolHill shows no signs o easing,

leaving ederal governmentunctions rom inormation-al websites, to national parks,to processing veterans claims

in limbo rom coast to coast.Lawmakers in both parties om-inously suggested the partialshutdown might last or weeks.

A unding cuto or mucho the government began Tues-

day as a Republican eort tokill or delay the nations healthcare law stalled action on ashort-term, traditionally rou-

tine spending bill. Republicanspivoted to a strategy to try toreopen the government piece-meal but were unable to imme-diately advance the idea in theHouse.

National parks like Yellow-stone and Alcatraz Island wereshuttered, government web-

sites went dark and hundredso thousands o nonessentialworkers reported or a hal -dayto ll out time cards, hand in

their government cellphonesand laptops, and change voice-mail messages to gird or adeepening shutdown.

The Deense Departmentsaid it wasnt clear that serviceacademies would be able to par-ticipate in sports, putting Satur-days Army vs. Boston College

and Air Force vs. Navy ootballgames on hold, with a decisionto be made Thursday.

And the White House said

Wednesday that PresidentBarack Obama would have totruncate a long-planned trip toAsia, call ing o the nal twostops in Malaysia and the Phil-ippines.

Even as many governmentagencies closed their doors,health insurance exchanges

that are at the core o Obamashealth care law were up andrunning, taking applications orcoverage that would start Jan. 1.

Govt shutdown: No progress on ending stalemateLawmakers suggest shutdown lasting weeks

Councilcontinued from Pge 1a

also table late-notice itemswith a two-thirds vote.

The travel requestchange was initially calledor last week by councilmanBill Gavin, who said moretransparency was needed,particularly rom electedocials, on how much tax-payer money was beingspent on lodging, ood andtravel expenses.

Approval o the new poli-cies did not curb discussionon a recent trip councilmenoseph Mickens, Marty

Turner and Kabir Karriemtook to Washington, D.C.,or the Congressional BlackCaucus Foundations 43rdAnnual Legislative Coner-ence.

Gavin pointed out that

on Sept. 3 the council ap-proved or the three to usecity unds to pay or theSept. 18-21 trip, which end-ed up costing $5,385.85.But on Tuesday, an itemwas on the agenda to ratiy$1,683.89 worth o expens-es to pay or an additionalday.

Gavin questioned whythe city should have to payor the extra day, which wasSept. 22.

On Sept. 3, you changed

the airline tickets and thehotel reservations to refectthe extra day, Gavin said.Only the dates o Sept. 18-21 were presented to thiscouncil.

I think it was just a mereoversight, Turner said. Iunderstand your concern.

Gavin reiterated thatthe extra day was neverapproved by the council ormayor.

Mickens explained thatthere were events takingplace on the 21st, includ-ing a late aternoon awardsdinner eaturing PresidentBarack Obama as a speakerthat he was able to attend,and there was no way thecouncilmen could arriveback in Columbus beore

the 22nd.I want to make one

thing perectly clear, Mick-ens replied. What was theprice o the trip when thecouncil met, that price didntchange...it was paid or be-ore we got to D.C. Whenthe council got there we puton no more prices. The onlyprices that added were perdiem...Im not pointing thenger at nobody, but thecouncilmen did not add oneday to that deal. It was paid

or when wegot there.The roomwas paid or,the airarewas paid or,so I cantsee what thecouncil didwrong.

In Tuesdays public le,there were no receipts ohotel, airare, registration,mileage or meal expensesrelated to the trip.

Mickens then deerredto Turnage, who said hecould see where there wasa misunderstanding aboutwhat the council approvedSept. 3.

I youre (in D.C.) un-til 9:30 you cant come

back that night, he said.The policy the mayor andcouncil just approved willeliminate any reasonablechance or there being anymore misunderstandinggoing orward.

Gavin said he respect-ully disagreed with Tur-nage and Mickens.

On Sept. 3, when youall changed the hotel res-ervations and the airlinereservations, it cost $200extra per ticket to change

those airline reservations.This extra day cost thecity an extra $1,683.89,Gavin said. I have beoreme the items you all hadbeen signed up or ... therewere no events that wereoriginally signed up or inyour application to attendon (the 21st), so I dont seewhy you could not havecome back.

Mickens said adding thedinner eaturing Obama

was done because he wasable to get a ticket, whichcost $700, to the event. Thenancial statement provid-ed to The Dispatch doesnot indicate the city paidor him to attend. He saidhe was very ortunate toget a ticket.

I understand whatyoure saying and I applaudwhat youre saying, Mick-ens said. We dont havethe right to add on to noexpenditure once we leave

the city. We dont evenhave a credit card...neitherone o us made a reserva-tion or no airplane ticket.

Were a governingbody, Gavin said. Thecouncil voted on the tripor the 18th through the21st not the 22nd. Thatswhat we voted on. Only onthe day o the council meet-ing did these plans getchanged. Why could younot have presented that tocouncil at that time?

Karriem passed coun-cilmen a copy o the orig-inal letter, saying theconerence was the 18ththrough the 21st and notuntil the 21st.

We went to the coner-ence. There were activities

on the 21st...the coner-ence was still going on thatSaturday. I dont want togive the impression like westayed another night, Kar-riem said.

There were no eventsthat you all were sched-uled to go to on Saturday,Gavin said. There wereevents on Saturday. I do notdisagree with that.

Turnage said i thecouncilmen were on o-cial business on the 21st

and returned the day aterocial business was over,that would not trigger anyillegal expenditure.

Ater more discussion,the council voted 4-2 orthe city to pay or the extraday. Gavin and Box wereopposed.

In other business, theboard: Approved a contract

with Columbus-based AirEnvironmental to conductan environmental surveyand asbestos testing onthe city hall building or$2,856. The survey is as-sociated with the citys ap-plication or ederal grantunding that would be usedto restore the building; Approved budget

amendments to the 2012-13 budget, which include$350,033 in cash out to cov-er shortages in sales taxrevenue, police nes, util-ity expenses and garagesupplies. City chie nan-cial ocer Milton Rawlesaid the overages will notnecessitate a dip into re-serves; Approved a request

to hire an IT specialist andtire and oil service techni-cian.

Cable Onecontinued from Pge 1a

dropped channels again.While Cable ONE cus-

tomers are without thosechannels, WCBI GeneralManager Bobby Berry saidhe is trying to ensure DISHcustomers dont lose the lo-cal CBS aliate.

DISH Network is inthe middle o contract ne-gations with several CBSaliates and has launchedan ad campaign encourag-ing the satellite customersto call WCBI and complainabout a potential rate in-crease.

According to an adver-tisement placed in The Dis-patch by DISH Network,

customers will be orcedto pay three-times whatthey are currently payingnow based on the nancialdemands o CBS. In thead, DISH states, DISHdeends your right to a airdeal.

Berry said the ad is mis-leading.

Basically, what thismeans is DISH network

has engaged in a very ag-gressive, misleading, ad-vertising campaign to Dishcustomers in the Colum-bus area, Berry said.

Three-times what?Berry asked. Three-timesa penny, three-times a dol-lar, three-times ten dollars?Its not going to aect yourbill. Your bill is not going upthree times.

Berry, who is a DISHnetwork customer, said it ishis understanding that cus-tomers do not pay or localchannels.

You dont currently payor the service anyhow, hesaid. According to Dishs

customer service, you donot pay or your local HDchannels. So i youre pay-ing three times nothing,youre paying nothing.

According to Berry,television stations enterinto either a must carryor retransmission agree-ment with cable and sat-ellite providers. Berry saidthe majority o networks

enter into a retransmissionagreement which gives thesatellite provider rights tothe programming in returnor nancial reimburse-ment. When it came time tonegotiate a contract, a dealcould not be met and thetime table was extended.

Berry said marketsacross the United Statesare dealing with negotia-tions with DISH.

CBS in Jackson andHattiesburg are o theair, he said. (Columbus)is not the only town or tele-vision market that is goingthrough this same battlewith DISH. This is going

on all across the countryright now.

Contract negotiationswere extended until Fridaymorning at 8 a.m. Berry isoptimistic that a deal canbe reached.

We eel condent,based on our conversa-tions, that things will beworked out, he said. Butthere is no guarantee.

Barbourcontinued from Pge 1a

gas (prices) are vola-tile based on its history.Three times in 10 yearsits gone up to more than$10 (per thousand cubiceet). I you are thinkingabout long term, I wouldurge you to be cautious.

Barbour says as thecurrent supply o cheapnatural gas leads to morediverse applications o

the product, it will invari-ably increase demand.He said currently manynatural gas produces areproviding natural gas be-low the cost required toextract it, mainly to main-

tain leases that requirecompanies to drill or losetheir leases.

For those reasons,Barbour said, the Kem-per lignite plant makessense or the states long-term energy security.

New technology, hesaid, has not only madelignite coal cleaner toburn, but its omissions

can be used to extractvast quantit ies o oil thathad previously been un-recoverable. The plantscarbon dioxide emissionscan be pumped into theground on oil drilling

sites to capture oil.Mississippi power

has sold all o its carbondioxide to oil companiesor $2 billion, Barboursaid. Thats $2 billionthat will be split betweenthe rate-payers and stock-holders.

Whi le crit ics havepointed to Kempers 22percent rate hike to pay

or construction, Barboursaid its a ar better dealor consumer than previ-ous rate hikes attached toplant construction.

When Plant Danielsopened in Jackson Coun-

ty, the rate increase was34 percent, Barboursaid. Grand Gul (nucle-ar power plant) was evenhigher 54 percent. Andi there are cost overruns,that cost is not passedonto the consumers. Thelegal limit or the rate in-crease is 24 percent.

Barbour ignored someother key charges levied

by critics o the Kem-

per plant, among themthat Mississippi Power, asubsidiary o The South-ern Company, alreadycharges ar more orpower than the two oth-er suppliers Entergyand TVA who provideelectricity to the state.Furthermore, critics sayKempers patented tech-nology is unproven and

that lignite produces ar

less uel when gasiedthan coal. There is alsothe matter o the statelegislatures agreementto und the project whichis currently being chal-lenged in court.

Critics have also sug-gested that there are hid-den rate increases, butBarbour did not respondto those charges Tues-

day.

Furloughcontinued from Pge 1a

day to day operations.However, we will con-

tinue to conduct the 14thFlying Training Wing

mission to Produce Pi-lots, Advance Airman andFeed the Fight. We willdenitely eel the impacto a manning shortall oour valued team mem-bers, base ocials said.

In addition to the 230

workers being urloughed,the base commissary willbe closed until urther no-tice. The Base Exchange

remains open.Ocials at Golden Tri-angle Regional Airport donot oresee the airport ex-periencing any problemsbecause o the govern-ment shutdown.

Mike Hainsey, the air-

ports executive director,said he has talked with o-cials rom both the Fed-eral Aviation Administra-

tion and TransportationSecurity Administrationabout possible repercus-sions.

We do not expect anydelays or impacts causedby the government shut-down, he said.

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Foreign visitors take photographs as baby orphaned elephants return back or eeding time ater spending theday in Nairobi National Park, at the David Sheldrick Wildlie Trust elephant orphanage in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday,Sept. 30, 2013. The risk to the countrys tourism was one o the rst concerns expressed by ocials duringthe initial days o the Westgate Mall siege, but tourists continue to fy to Kenya or saaris and beach vacationsseemingly despite a number o oreigners being killed in last weeks attack.

Mall attack to cost Kenya $200million in lost tourism


NAIROBI, Kenya When Ohioresident Bill Haynes heard aboutthe shooting at Westgate Mall byIslamic extremist gunmen lastmonth, he considered canceling hisupcoming 17-day saari to Kenyaand Tanzania.

You cant help but be con-cerned, said Haynes, 67. Heres aplace were going to be in about fvedays and there are some terroristsshooting the place up. That wouldcause anybody to give some pause.

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Nairobi, Haynes went through withhis trip except or a stop at Lamu,a coastal city near Somalia wherea French woman was kidnapped in2011.

The risk to tourism was oneo the frst concerns ofcials ex-pressed ater the attack that let atleast 67 dead including 18 oreign-ers. Tourism generates 14 percento Kenyas GDP and employs 12percent o its workorce, accordingto Moodys Investment Servicesand the World Travel and TourismCouncil.

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LONDON LanceArmstrongs Olympicmedal is back with the

IOC.The Internat ionalOlympic Committeestripped the Americanrider o the bronze med-al rom the 2000 SydneyGames in January ater headmitted to doping.

Ater months o delays,Armstrong handed backthe medal two weeks agoto the U.S. Olympic Com-mittee.

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INSIDEnWEEK 6: Complete MACJCstandings, schedule; HolmesC.C.-EMCC fact box.Page 2B

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East Mississippi Community College wide receivers Justin Mack(6) and Brandon Bell (14) celebrate a Bell touchdown earlier thisseason. No. 2 EMCC faces Holmes C.C. Thursday in Goodman.

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STARKVILLE No walk-ing.

Rick Ray knows you dontsell a college program to ans,recruits and even current play-ers by slowing down the tempo.This is why his main objectiveor the rst week o practiceor the 2013-14 season is to goaster every day. Thereoretheir will not be any walking:whether its to and rom drills,bringing the ball up the court orcertainly in scrimmages underRays supervision.

We know its going to bemore intense with just more

players to practice with, Mis-sissippi State sophomore guardCraig Sword said. We still dontknow how anything is going to

work becauselast year was socrazy.

MSU is com-ing o a 10-22season wherethey nishedtied or 13th inthe SoutheasternConerence in alost year where

injuries and o the court issuesmarred anything that he couldpossibly implement.

I dont know about a spe-

cic number but it was a lowpercentage o things that wegot accomplished in that rstseason, Ray said. I think wehave leaders now that eel com-ortable taking over and beingeither vocal or knowing whatwere trying to do.

In his second year con-trolling the Mississippi Statemens basketball team and hissecond year as a Division 1college basketball coach, Rayis most concerned with estab-lishing a pace o play that bet-

ter represents what he came toStarkville or in the rst place.

Its kind o like the oensesin college ootball because the

only way you play ast is i youpractice ast, Ray said Mondayater the rst day o workouts.I told them there are two com-ponents to us having shorterpractices. One is playing hard.For the most part our guys dothat, so thats not a problem.The second component is lis-tening.

According to new NCAArules, all Division 1 collegebasketball programs now have42 days in which to conduct 30practices beore the opening

night o play.Two elements make Rays

initiative or a higher tempo oplay easier and the most obvious

is the number o student-ath-letes he has at his disposal onthe foor. At points last yearMSU was down to six scholar-ship players and orced to useassistant coaches and manag-ers in drills and scrimmagework. Without a scout team oreven second-team to work with,MSU had to conserve energy inpreparation and slow the tempodown on both ends o the foorto simply survive.

Ray posted on Instagramhis rst practice plan Monday

Ray, Bulldogs look to take giant steps forward this season

Bell, No. 2 EMCC focus on Holmes C.C.By ScoTT WAlTErS

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SCOOBA - While the EastMississippi Com-munity Collegeoense may aweans, sometimesplayers can betaken aback inthe same man-

ner.When we are

in the moment,sometimes it ishard to keep up, EMCC soph-omore wide receiver Brandon

Bell said. Everything we do isso ast. Our job is to get to theright spot and to make plans.There are so many chancesin a ootball game, i one playdoesnt go to you, the next one

probably will.These days, lie is good or

the Lions.Now rated No. 2 in the lat-

est in National Junior CollegeAthletic Associat ion rankings,

EMCC (5-0, 2-0 North Divi-sion) will ace Holmes Com-munity College (1-4, 1-2) inanother North Division battleThursday night.

Kicko is set or 7 p.m. inGoodman.

Through the rst ve gameso the season, EMCC has out-scored its opposition, 337-13.EMCC celebrated Homecom-ing with a 90-7 win over Coa-homa Community College Sat-urday in Scooba. In that win,EMCC matched a NJCAA na-tional record or points scored

Vols perfect

home markon line FridayBy ScoTT WAlTErS

swalters@cdi spatch.com

In the preseason, Starkvi lle Academy ootballcoach Je Terrill thought his young squad wouldbe battle-tested and ready to play its best at theend o the season.

Terrill hopes that strong play continues thisweek.

In the thick o the Mississippi Associationo Independent Schools Class AAA, District 1,Division II race, Starkville Academy will aceanother huge district test at 7 p.m. Friday whenit plays host to Madison-Ridgeland Academy atJ.E. Logan Field.

We have playedreally well athome, Terrill said.Hopeully thattrend will contin-ue. We knew therewould be some ups and downs with so manysophomores on the roster. We are looking or-ward to the nal month o the season and seeingwhat we can get accomplished.

Starkville Academy (3-3, 1-2 district) is 1-1 inDivision II play, which makes this game critical,especially with ones at Heritage Academy andJackson A

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