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The Americorps National Civilian Community Corps class that came to Vicks-burg this week will be last to arrive during the summer.

“We’re changing over to a winter campus so that our Corps members can be trained before the height of hurricane season,” said Americorps NCCC com-munity relations specialist Erika Roberts on Wednes-day after the third Ame-riCorps class arrived in Vicksburg. “This class is our bridge class to help us bridge the gap between us changing over.”

The Vicksburg operation — at the former All Saints’ Episcopal School on Con-federate Avenue — will join those in Vinton, Iowa, and Perry Point, Md., as winter campuses.

The other two programs, in Sacramento, Calif., and Denver, are fall campuses.

For the winter session,

team leaders will arrive in January and members in February. All members will serve the required 10 months and complete at least 1,700 community ser-vice hours through Novem-ber. Hurricane season begins June 1 and runs through Nov. 30 with the height in August.

The bridge class is smaller, at 70 members, than a regular class of about 160, Roberts said.

Members will train this month and begin fanning across the Southern region Aug. 3 to work on volunteer projects. The bridge class will graduate in May.

New member Alexzan-dra Cutts of Coweta, Okla., a suburb of Tulsa, joined to follow in the footsteps of her youth minister who vol-unteered with AmeriCorps a couple of years ago, she said.

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AmeriCorps NCCC Logistics Assistant Paul Klockars, left, talks to the new class about the supplies they will be

issued during their tour of the supply room at the South-ern Region campus.

AmeriCorps Team Leader Birhana Ibrahim, 24, of Irving, Texas, left, leads new members Alexzandra Cutts, 19, of Coweta, Okla., and Kristen Cordeoro, 22, of Edison, N.J., on a tour of the National Civilian Community Corps cam-pus at the former All Saints’ Episcopal School.

Changing times for AmeriCorps classVolunteer group shifting seasonsto better prepare for hurricanes

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By John [email protected]

Vicksburg police are look-ing to make a deal on some surplus guns.

The Vicksburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen on Friday declared the police department’s collection of 1,864 assorted firearms sur-plus property, clearing the way to sell or trade the guns with a federally licensed fire-arms dealer and get police officers new weapons.

“The guns will be sold at auction,” Police Chief Walter Arm-strong said. “What we’re hoping is that we can work a deal with a dealer to either trade the guns for new service weapons, or sell them and raise enough money to buy new guns.”

Armstrong said police offi-cers are using 19-year-old 9mm Beretta handguns, and the department is overdue in replacing the weapons.

“I was in the (Missis-sippi) Highway Patrol for 25 years,” Armstrong said. “They replaced guns five times during that period. Six months after I retired, they changed guns again. Other police departments replace their guns about every five years.

“This is a safety issue for the officers. When they go out to do their job, they have to know that everything is working 100 percent,” he said.

The surplus weapons include handguns, rifles and shotguns that were either used in crimes, modified or had their serial num-bers removed, or abandoned or reported lost and never reclaimed.

Armstrong said interested federally licensed dealers can get a list of the weapons and a bid packet from the

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Campaign spending in June for county-level offices was heaviest in the six-person field for circuit clerk, according to a third round of finance reports filed Friday.

Incumbent Shelly Ashley-Palm-ertree, a Democrat, raised $2,554.50 for the period and $10,734.50 to date, reports show. The two-term incum-bent clerk has self-funded about half her campaign. Contributions

to candidate Jan Hyland Daigre, a former school board member and one of two running as independents, reached $10,381.69 to date, more than $8,700 of which was raised for the election season’s third reporting period ending June 30. No donations are noted on the report.

Reports on campaign cash were received by 23 of 38 candidates in contested races for chancery clerk, circuit clerk, sheriff, tax assessor, tax collector and the county board, according to the circuit clerk’s office.

Mississippi law mandates full disclo-sure of contributions of more than $200. The primary is Aug. 2, and the general election is Nov. 8.

Democrat Preston Balthrop, an auto sales manager, reported no money raised and $2,300 spent, duplicating last month’s report. Independent candidate Robert Terry reported $6,930 raised and $10,274.96 spent to date, with $1,024 raised by 10 people listed as “friends.” Republican David Sharp, a teacher, reported $700 for the month and

$800 overall, mostly from himself. No report was received from his pri-mary opponent, sheriff’s deputy Bill Jeffers.

In the hotly contested chancery clerk race, Republican Donna Farris Hardy, a retired health care admin-istrator, reported $10,108 raised to date and $4,085.25 on hand. Her pri-mary opponent, city accountant Doug Whittington, reported $1,900 raised to date and $4,259.83 spent.

Cash rolls in to circuit clerk candidates in June

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See AmeriCorps, Page A7.

Betty Ford

By The Associated Press

Betty Ford said things that first ladies just don’t say, even today. And 1970s Amer-ica loved her for it.

According to Mrs. Ford, her young adult children prob-ably had smoked marijuana — and if she were their age, she’d try it, too. She told “60 Minutes” she wouldn’t be surprised to learn that her youngest, 18-year-old Susan, was in a sexual relation-ship (an embarrassed Susan issued a denial).

She mused that living together before marriage might be wise, thought women should be drafted into the military if men were, and spoke up unapologeti-cally for abortion rights, taking a position contrary to the president’s. “Having babies is a blessing, not a duty,” Mrs. Ford said.

The former first lady, whose triumph over drug and alco-hol addiction became a beacon of hope for addicts and the inspiration for her Betty Ford Center in Cali-fornia, died at age 93, family friend Marty Allen said Friday.

Details of her death were not immediately available, and Allen, chairman emeri-tus of the Ford Foundation, said he would not comment further until he received instruction from the family.

Family spokesman Bar-bara Lewanbrowski said the family expects to organize a service in Palm Springs, Calif., over the next few days.

Ford’s body will be sent to Michigan for burial along-side former President Gerald Ford, who is buried at his namesake library in Grand Rapids.

“She was a wonderful wife and mother; a great friend; and a courageous First Lady,” former President

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for addicts,dies at 93

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PUBLIC PROGRAMS Levi’s — A Gathering Place; 7-10 tonight, music by Old Habits; donations appreci-ated.Community Healing Ser-vice — 4 p.m. Sunday; for those impacted by the 2011 flood; Mayor Paul E. Win-field and Vicksburg pastors, guest speakers; sponsored by The Salvation Army; Triumph Church, 4305 I-20 Frontage Road. Tuesday Vicksburg Al-Anon — Noon Tuesday; sec-ond floor, First Presbyterian Church, 1501 Cherry St.; 601-634-0152.Vicksburg Housing Author-ity Career Center — Registra-tion for GED classes, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday; Mary Lacey, instruc-tor, 601-638-1661 or the Rev. Manney Murphy, 601-738-8140.YMCA Swimming Lessons — July 18-21 and 25-28; 5-5:50 p.m. beginner; 6-6:50 p.m. intermediate; members $25, non-members $50; Ver Beck Branch, Oak Ridge Road; register at Purks YMCA.

BENEFITSLetitia Street Reunion — 10 until today; selling hot dogs,

nachos and other snacks; County Market, 2101 Clay St.Bake Sale — 12:30-2 today, to benefit Blue Icez High Step-pers; Paula, 601-415-4057, for information or to donate goods. Raffle Tickets — $5 each, on sale until July 16; first place prize, 26-inch Sanyo HDTV; second place, $200 gift certifi-cate to Posh Salon and Spa; third place, $50 tool set; ben-efits Bowmar Elementary stu-dent Hope Lee’s trip to Junior National Young Leaders Con-ference; Vickie Lee, 601-456-1258 or 601-634-2111.

CHURCHESFirst Baptist — Musical spon-sored by the deacons and mothers, 6 tonight; local solo-ists; Patricia Stamps, 601-831-2111, or Victoria Ellis, 601-400-1343; 1511 1/2 Lane St.Warrenton Independent Baptist — Tim Frith and Gos-pel Echoes concert, 7 tonight; 601-825-3977 or 601-906-0677; 829 Belva Drive.

CLUBSRosa A. Temple High School Class of 1971 — Sunday: 10:30 a.m., memorial service at New Mount Zion Baptist Church; the Rev. Alfred Las-siter Jr., speaker; 516 Feld St.; 2 p.m., picnic; Kings Empow-erment Center; Gloria Harris, 601-415-0881.American Legion Post 213 — The Hut, 1618 Main St.; tonight, 9 until: dance music by DJ Jamal Lee, $5; Sunday, 8 p.m.: dance music by DJ J.L. “Horseman” Mitchell, $3 for singles or $5 for couples: 6 p.m. Monday, committee

meeting; 8 p.m. Wednesday, regular meeting.Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary — Noon Mon-day; welcoming new leaders, Capt. and Lt. Bhatnagar; lunch served, $6; members bring food items for pantry; guests welcome; 530 Mission 66.Warren County Republi-can Executive Committee — 5:30 p.m. Monday, Warren County Courthouse; visitors welcome. NAACP, Vicksburg Branch — Executive meeting, 6 p.m. Monday, Jackson Street Com-munity Center; regular meet-ing at 7; John Shorter, 601-218-9264. 412th Theater Engineer Command — No-host alum-ni breakfast, 7 a.m. Tuesday, Shoney’s; alumni, current unit members and friends wel-come. PRAM River City Chapter — Noon Tuesday; Anne Jernigan, The Gibbes Company public relations firm, speaker; to at-tend, Leigh Cook, 601-802-1009; Warren-Yazoo Mental Health conference room.Vicksburg Kiwanis — Noon Tuesday, Jacques’ Cafe; Paul Bowers, People Lease, speak-er. WC Democratic Executive Committee — 5 p.m. Tues-day; Warren County Court-house; John Shorter, 601-218-9264.Warren Central High School Class of 2002 — Seeking classmates; send contact info to [email protected].

Volunteers appreciatedI would like to express my

sincere appreciation to Pam Piazza, a volunteer with the Capital River Chapter of the American Red Cross.

Late Sunday evening, Pam called to say she was at a fire. She remained on the scene to ensure the family’s needs were met. She waited with the client until family arrived to make certain they had lodging for the night and understood the assistance the Red Cross would provide.

It was such a hot, muggy night and the firefighters were fighting extreme heat, and Pam realized they would be there for quite a while. She returned to the fire with cold, bottled water and snacks.

Our community depends on the Red Cross in times of need, and the Red Cross depends on the support and dedication of our volun-teers. Pam’s efforts are a true reflection of the humanitar-ian and volunteer spirit of the Red Cross.

On behalf of the Capital River Chapter of the Amer-ican Red Cross, I extend our deepest appreciation to the volunteers who assist us each and every day in making a difference in the lives of others.

Janice M. SawyerAmerican Red Cross

VWSD board efficientI would like to thank the

Vicksburg Warren School District board for such an organized meeting June 30.

The board members stayed on task with their agenda. The only people who were allowed to speak were those called upon or those on the agenda. If someone tried to speak, they were quickly

reminded who was supposed to be speaking. This made the meeting go quickly.

I urge parents to attend the VWSD board meetings. But, also remember, I believe you will need to be on the agenda or called upon to speak at the board meetings.

Again, thank you VWSD board members for keep-ing the meeting on task and only allowing the people who were called out by the board to speak. I look forward to the next meeting.

Nichole LittleVicksburg

Legion visit successOn behalf of American

Legion Post 3 and Post 213, please accept this deep appreciation of all individu-als who helped make the visit of Jimmie L. Foster, commander of the 2.5 million-member American Legion, a success.

Special thanks to James Brown, Dorwin Shields, Janelle Lee, Elva Smith Tol-liver, Wardell Wince, Robert L. Hubbard, Clyde Harris and John Dolan.

A very special thanks to Chief Walter Armstrong and the police department; Richard George and the Warren County Board of Supervisors; Ken McGuire and Johnny Bracy, depart-ment commander and adju-tant; Mary Lyles, department president; Mayor Paul E. Winfield and crew; Post 213 Auxiliary; and others.

Also, thanks to all of those in attendance for making this a very special occasion.

Douglas D. WattsPost 213 commander

Louis G. HastyPost 3 commanderCharles Scott Sr.

District 6 vice commander

Two sentencedin Circuit Court

In Warren County Circuit Court for the week ending Friday:

• Jimmy B. Cogan II, 33, 135 Hennington Road, pleaded guilty to manufac-ture of methamphetamine and was sentenced by Cir-cuit Judge M. James Chaney to three years of probation, plus a $1,000 fine and $622.50 in court costs. Cogan was arrested Sept. 11, 2009.

• Natalie Kanick Gibson, 29, 415 Covington Park Drive, Jackson, was found guilty of violating probation and sen-tenced by Chaney to three years of probation, plus $50 per month supervisory fees . Gibson was arrested Oct. 15, 2007, on 22 counts of uttering a forgery.

The Mississippi Depart-ment of Environmental Qual-ity will be providing a curb-side pickup of household hazardous materials next week for Warren County residents affected by Missis-sippi River flooding at Lake Chotard, Thompson Lake and Glass Road. The U.S. 61 South and business areas and the Big Black River area will also be serviced in the pickup.

The waste collection will take place Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and residents who place their trash on the public road out of the way of traffic will have it collected.

Household chemicals such

as paints, antifreeze, clean-ing supplies, gas and oils all will be eligible for pickup on the days designated. Com-puters, lighting ballasts, tele-visions, cell phones and ther-mostats are also acceptable.

“Any type of chemical prod-uct that you use to maintain your home, yard, equipment/vehicles should be included in this grouping,” the MDEQ said in a press release.

MDEQ also said should there be a significant amount of waste that cannot be col-lected during the designated days, a collection drop-off site may be established.

School supply drivekicks off Monday

Guaranty Bank and Trust Co. on Monday will kick off the Stuff the Bus School Supply Drive and donors can enter a drawing for a chance to win a $100 Visa gift card.

School supplies are being accepted through Aug. 12 at the 1900 Cherry St. bank location, also where donors can register to win the gift card.

The drawing is scheduled for Aug. 12.

For more information, call 601-661-6322.

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Fountain Construction employees Neal McQueen, driving bulldozer, and Jessie Dennis work on the foundation of a new MEA Medical Clinic on East Clay Street. Fountain Construction owner Brad Fountain said his company would do the foundation as well as building the clinic. He anticipates the clinic being completed by October. MEA Medical Clinics are after-hours medical clinics and patients do not need an appointment. MEA, which began in Pearl in 1979, has 12 locations throughout Mississippi.

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PHILADELPHIA, Miss. — The Mississippi Choctaw Tribal Council voted Friday to hold a new election for tribal chief.

Chief Beasley Denson was defeated by Phyliss J. Anderson.

The action came after an unidentified person filed an appeal from the June 14 elec-tion. The council said a new election must be held within 30 days.

The complaint said voters who were already in line were allowed to cast their votes after polls were set to close at 8 p.m. on June 14. The election commission allowed the votes, but the Tribal Council overturned that decision and ordered the new election.

Denson and Anderson advanced from the June 14 election.

Man hurt in plantexplosion dies

GREENWOOD, Miss.

— A Delta Oil Mill worker severely burned in a grain explosion June 27 has died.

Leflore County Coroner Debra Sanders said Kend-all Jasper died early Friday while being treated at Doc-tors Hospital in Augusta, Ga.

The burn center’s spokes-man says Jasper’s co-worker, Terry Bates, who also was burned in the explosion, was listed in critical condition Friday.

RIF: Loss of moneyhurts book program

HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. — Thousands of Missis-sippi children are receiv-ing books from Reading Is Fundamental, but officials said the nationwide pro-gram is endangered by the loss of federal money, Judy Cheatham, vice president of literacy services for RIF, said.

The organization says in a news release that in 2010, nearly 10,000 RIF volunteers distributed nearly 300,000 books to more than 85,000 children in Mississippi. Fed-eral funding was cut this past spring.

Byram mullssmoking limits

BYRAM, Miss. — The City of Byram is exploring a no-smoking ordinance that was introduced to residents this week during a public hearing.

The proposed ordinance would mirror others across Mississippi.

City Clerk Angela Richburg said the proposal would pro-hibit smoking in public areas and at government property, within 25 feet of the doors.

Dozens of cities statewide are smoke-free, including Starkville, Tupelo, Aberdeen, Kosciusko, Laurel and Grenada.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Texas woman and a Flor-ida man have been con-victed of cruelty to monkeys they dressed as pirates and brought onto Bourbon Street in New Orleans nine days before Mardi Gras, the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said Friday.

A jury also convicted James Wells Poole, 62, of St. Augus-tine, Fla., and 64-year-old Joan Susanne Newberger of Rio Hondo, Texas, on Thurs-day of lacking permits for the monkeys.

“The monkeys were ... in poor overall health with a diaper rash, dehydration and pierc-ings,” department spokesman Adam Einck said in an e-mail Friday.

Einck said state wildlife agents confiscated the mon-keys Feb. 26 after watching them touch people as part of a street act. The pair also said they were just masking for Mardi Gras, and dressed the monkeys to match.

Wildlife agents said in Feb-ruary that they were charg-ing $2 for people who wanted their pictures taken with the

monkeys. Newberger told WWL-TV that people were pestering her for pictures, and she started charging to dis-courage them.

Civil District Judge Sean Early ordered Poole and New-berger to forfeit the monkeys to the state. The state will give them to the Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo in Monroe, where they have been living.

One died at the zoo, WWL-TV reported. A woman who answered the zoo’s phone Friday said she could not talk about the monkeys.

2 convicted of cruelty to monkeys on Bourbon Street

New Choctaw chief election orderedthe south

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By Emily Wagster PettusThe Associated Press

JACKSON — Republican Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant of Brandon continues to be the top fund-raiser in the race for Missis-sippi governor, with less than a month to go before the Aug. 2 primaries.

In the race for lieuten-ant governor, Republican Tate Reeves of Flowood, is still collect-ing the most money.

Candidates f i l e d c a m -

paign finance reports Friday, to show money raised and spent through June 30.

Reeves reported spending nearly $1.3 million this year and having more than $1.4 million cash on hand. Among Reeves’ contributors is state Sen. Billy Hudson of Hatties-burg, who gave $10,000.

Five-term state Sen. Billy Hewes III of Gulfport, who’s also in the Republican pri-mary for lieutenant governor, reported spending $1.4 million and having $567,289 on hand. His father, Billy Hewes Jr. of Gulfport, has given $7,300 cash

and has made a $100,000 loan to the campaign. Among other big contributors to the Hewes campaign is Republican money man W.D. Mounger of Jackson, who gave $25,000.

The lieutenant governor’s race will be decided, for all practical purposes, by the two-person Republican primary. No Democrat is running. Two Reform Party groups are trying to get a candidate on the Nov. 8 general election ballot, but Reform candidates have no history of financing significant statewide cam-paigns in Mississippi.

Bryant reported spending nearly $2.3 million and having $1.1 million on hand. Holly-wood agent Sam Haskell of Oxford, who gave $35,000. John J. Jennings of Longwood, Fla., president of Waste Pro, gave Bryant $25,000.

Among others in the gover-nor’s race:

• Republican Dave Dennis, a contractor from Pass Chris-tian, spent $807,157 and had $508,283 cash on hand. He put $519,075 of his own money into his campaign, including a $250,000 loan. Among his biggest contributions were $11,000 from Jimmy Alex-ander of Meridian, owner of A&B Electric; and $10,000 from

Ernest M. Gibson of Meridian, executive for Gibson Steel.

• Republican Hudson Hol-liday, a Pearl River County supervisor, spent $100,064 and had $482,784 on hand.

• Democrat Bill Luckett, an attorney and business-man from Clarksdale, spent $551,091 and had $441,827 on hand. Luckett listed contribu-tions totaling $49,800 this year from his own company, Blues Express LLC of Clarksdale.

• Democrat Johnny DuPree, the mayor of Hattiesburg, spent $336,993 and had $119,937 on hand. Among his biggest contributions was $36,345 from Hattiesburg business-man Thomas A. Blanton.

• Republican businessman Ron Williams of Moss Point spent $597,338 and reported no cash on hand. Like Holliday, Williams is paying for most of his own campaign.

By Danny Barrett [email protected]

A M o n d ay d e a d l i n e approaches for those affected by the historic Mississippi River Flood of 2011 to regis-ter for financial assistance, though most claims filed so far have been in Warren County.

Through Thursday, 900 applications for individual and household assistance have been filed and more than $2 million had been paid out locally, according to a release from the Federal Emergency

Management Agency.In Yazoo County, 423 claims

have translated into more than $1 million in aid.

In Tunica County, where the economy was hit hard by casino closures and a 31 percent unemployment rate in May, more than $4.1 mil-lion has been paid out to 414 claimants.

A disaster recovery center at 2127 Washington St. and a center in the Tunica County’s Dundee community will close at 7 p.m. Thursday. A center in Cleveland will close Tues-

day, and one in Woodville, Wednesday.

Registrants with FEMA may call the agency’s help line, 800-621-3362, to learn the status of their request, update their contact information, respond to requests for information or ask questions about the appli-cation process.

No new requests related to the April tornadoes and storms will be processed because the deadline has passed, the agency said.

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120 YEARS AGO: 1891Many citizens favor building a bridge over Big Black at Ivanhoe Ferry. • Funeral ser-vices take place for Samuel Raney.

110 YEARS AGO: 1901The Greenville ball team is here for a game with the locals. • Blanche Wilson returns to St. Louis after visiting relatives here.

100 YEARS AGO: 1911Crichlow’s homer wins for Vicksburg in the game with Meridian, 4-2. • Mrs. R.C. Wilk-erson, and child, are taking a sea trip from New Orleans to New York. • Policeman Felix Mullen is very ill.

90 YEARS AGO: 1921P.M. Harding is in Jackson to consult about Warren County’s road program. • Henry Baer is due home from a visit to Europe.

80 YEARS AGO: 1931Guy Brown Jr. returns from Washington where he attended the visual education meet. • Madeline Hawman, 11, drowns near Eagle Lake.

70 YEARS AGO: 1941Mr. and Mrs. H.V. Cooper and son, John Thomas, return from visits to Boston and Sewanee where Mr. Cooper attended an educational meeting. • Sgt. Hugh L. Bryant is here from Camp Blanding, Fla., for a visit

with his mother, Mrs. P.S. Bryant.

60 YEARS AGO: 1951Judge and Mrs. Ben Guider announce the birth of daughter, Mary Dodson. • Mr. and Mrs. Richard Nichols announce the birth of a daughter, Martha Suzanne, on July 11.

50 YEARS AGO: 1961Josephine and Mary Alice Styles and Mrs.

J.P. Styles leave for a trip to Rome and other points in Europe.

40 YEARS AGO: 1971O.E. McClelland dies. • Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Davis of Port Gibson announce the birth of a son, Jarvis Edward, on June 30.

30 YEARS AGO: 1981Samuel Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Smith of Vicksburg, is elected by his fellow delegates at Mississippi Boys State to attend Boys Nation in Washington, D.C. • The first barge completed by R.W. McGuffie Co. Inc., Marine Division, is launched. • Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Abbott Jr. are the parents of a son, Karl Joseph, born July 11.

20 YEARS AGO: 1991A love letter that Elvis Presley wrote in 1958 to a woman who lives in Vicksburg is auctioned in London by Christie’s Fine Art Auctioneers. • Sandra Berry, a mathematics teacher at Warren Central High School, is selected to receive a Mississippi 1991 Presi-dential Award for Excellence in Science and Mathematics teaching.

10 YEARS AGO: 2001Virginia Clare Ewing of Anguilla is honored as a member of the 2001 Debutante Club. • Surplus City reports two guns missing. • Vickie Barrett joins Fisher-Riles Funeral Home.

OLD POST FILESMODERATELY CONFUSED

by Jeff Stahler

FISHTRAP HOLLOW, Miss. — I’ve had tractor envy all my life. Whenever I’d see a glittery one decorating a Christmas card, or a restored vintage tractor in a sad movie about the decline of the small American farm, or some old workhorse reverting to dust in a dead man’s over-grown pasture, I’d turn to whoever I was with at the time and say, “Gosh, I wish I had an old tractor.”

“They are dangerous,” was the stock reply.

And they are dangerous. I’ve had enough relatives who were serious farm-ers to know that is absolutely true. One cousin who had been farming all his life was killed in a tractor accident not that long ago. Growing up, my father never let me near his.

Still, I wanted one. I had use for one. To have a tractor is to have a certain amount of power. You can cut your own tall grass and not be at the mercy of some week-end farmer who wants the hay. You can pull people out of ditches. You can dig up a plot for a pumpkin patch. You can knock down privet and sumac. You can ride in the Christ-

mas parade.The list of tractor uses is endless.A man in the next county named Pete

had his tractor for sale on craigslist. Seemed odd shopping for a tractor on the computer, but the price was right. It was red. A Ford. Circa 1957. You know what Willie says: Nothing lasts forever but old Fords and natural stone.

My new husband likes tractors. It’s one of two million things we have in common. He didn’t say, “They are dangerous.” He said, “Let’s go look at it.”

It hadn’t been painted or dolled-up, which is a good sign. Paint can hide things. It came with a mower, though Pete was honest to a fault: “It’s wore out,” he said. He was throwing the mower in for free, if we wanted to haul it away. We did.

Pete has a trailer and agreed to deliver. We didn’t dicker. I hate dickering. It never works for me. We agreed to the asking price and a time to meet.

I can’t tell you how good it felt to sit at the Exxon station on the edge of town and wait to lead Pete and his trailer to this hollow. We sat in the heat in our truck and listened to Jimmie Rodgers’ songs, which somehow seemed appropriate. We caught sight of the tractor just as Iris Dement was yodeling about Hobo Bill’s last ride.

The tractor, once delivered, looked as if it had been parked in my front yard for-ever. It’s almost the same vintage as my house. I couldn’t stop taking photographs, which I’ll probably never get developed.

Then I got to drive my new old tractor around the yard. It made me feel on top of the world. It didn’t feel dangerous. It felt right.

Old tractors are beautiful in the same way lighthouses and old faded-paint Coca-Cola signs on the sides of build-ings are. They have a graceful if hulking design, unlike those fast and fancy new lawn mowers that can turn on a dime and cut an acre a minute. Old tractors are like circus elephants, plodding but majestic.

The tractor spent the night in the car shed where I’m supposed to keep my car. I never bother to shelter the car. But the tractor is old and needs special consid-eration. This morning I went out and sat in the tractor seat under the shed. I felt happy and daring and 12 years old.

•Rheta Grimsley Johnson writes for King Features Syndicate.

I can’t tell you how good it felt to sit at the Exxon station

on the edge of town and wait to lead

Pete and his trailer to this hollow.

Vintage tractorturns an adultinto wide-eyed12-year-old girl

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GulfportFrom other Mississippi newspapers:

•The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson:At the annual convention of the Mis-

sissippi Press Association in June, Gov. Haley Barbour took a great deal of pride in his support of expanding the port at Gulfport.

It’s understandable. It was a big gamble in 2005, but it’s one he was will-ing to take and it appears that, when all is said and done, future Mississip-pians will look back and appreciate his stance.

Expanding the Mississippi State Port of Gulfport is a long-term project that will create thousands of jobs and strengthen the state and national econ-omies, Barbour told the newspaper edi-tors and publishers.

“This will be a huge economic boom,

not just for Gulfport, and I think that’s very important to understand,” Bar-bour said. “I honestly believe 25 years from now we’ll look back — I won’t because I’ll be dead and gone — but you young people will look back and say this is the biggest economic devel-opment project in the history of Mississippi.”

Some in attendance wondered why Barbour was so proud of the port expansion. First, as Barbour noted, it’s strategically set up for even more expansion in coming years.

Creation of a railroad hub near Hat-tiesburg, for example, could further Mississippi’s role as an import site.

But some of Barbour’s pride can be laid at the fact that the port expansion was a hard-fought battle.

Mississippians who lived through

the devastation of Hurricane Katrina Aug. 29, 2005, remember how Barbour skillfully used his former Washington lobbying skills along with the clout of then-Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran, to bring mil-lions of dollars in reconstruction funds to the state.

But many who hailed Barbour then reviled him when he directed to the port some of the $5.4 billion in Hous-ing and Urban Development funds that he, Cochran and then-Sen. Trent Lott obtained.

As Barbour rightly pointed out then, housing was important and grants were directed for it, but without jobs for the region, new housing was superfluous.

Despite the blistering criticism, he was right then, and he could be right on this in the future, as well.

Barbour was correct with expansion

Strengthen domestic violence lawMississippi Press, Pascagoula:Mississippi penalties for misde-

meanor domestic violence are too weak to make first offenders think twice about repeating their crimes.

According to Jackson County District Attorney Tony Lawrence, some people charged with simple assault domes-tic violence — a misdemeanor — come into court and say: “Judge, it’s just a fine, a night in jail. It was worth it.”

Such comments speak volumes about how ineffective the misdemeanor pen-alties currently are. Yet experts say that nipping domestic violence in the bud, before it escalates, is crucial to breaking the cycle.

Fortunately, efforts are under way

to toughen the penalties for misde-meanor charges in Mississippi. State Sen. Michael Watson, R-Pascagoula, is setting up meetings with law enforce-ment agencies and district attorneys to gather ideas for the next legislative ses-sion in January.

Penalties under the state’s felony law, meanwhile, impose up to five years in prison. In fact, the felony charge has been strengthened so that aggra-vated assault domestic violence is now defined as causing serious bodily harm not only with a weapon — but also by choking. This is an improvement.

So what’s the remedy?One promising idea is a program

implemented by Pascagoula City Court

called New Beginnings. It’s a nonprofit program, funded by a grant, that takes couples referred by an arresting officer and city prosecutor. Offenders can have their records cleared if they complete the program without another domestic violence arrest.

If such a plan could be extended state-wide, it could attack the problem at its root while also offering an incentive for offenders to get back on track.

In the meantime, much higher fines and possibly a longer cooling-off period are certainly in order for those arrested for misdemeanor charges. Something has to be done to make people think twice before they resort to violence at home.

Let the sun shine throughDaily-Leader, Brookhaven:Current weather conditions aside,

the sun is shining a little brighter in Mississippi.

That is because, as of July 1, two new laws are allowing the “sun” of openness to better illuminate the goings-on of local and state governments.

One new law that garnered much attention as the bill was being debated during this year’s legislative session addressed open meetings and public record access.

Now, public officials who illegally close meetings that should be open to the public can be held personally responsible for paying fines of $500 to

$1,000. Previously, taxpayers were on the hook for paying the fines, as they were allowed to be paid out of public coffers.

Also, denying someone access to a public record now can cost an official $100 per incident. Under the old law, the fine was the same, but the per-incident aspect was not spelled out.

Another new law that perhaps did not get as much attention earlier this year now requires the state Department of Finance and Administration to post agencies’ budget information on public websites. State universities and junior colleges have until next July to take similar action.

With the online access aspect now in place, the response time - at least for some information related to state agen-cies — can be almost instantaneous. Some municipal and county leaders on the local level across the state have moved to provide similar speedy access to local records online, but access aspects are not universal and more work needs to be done in that regard.

Still, the implementation of new laws represents a great step forward in the areas of access to public meetings and records and to seeing how public monies are being spent. And with more open government, better government should surely follow.

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Lawmakers outraged over Casey Anthony’s acquittal have responded by proposing so-called Caylee’s laws that would allow prosecutors to bring felony charges against parents who do not quickly report missing children.

The new measures were trig-gered, at least in part, by an online peti-tion that had more than 700,000 signa-tures Friday.

Some ques-tioned whether a new law would do any good because the circumstances of the Anthony case were so rare, but law-makers in at least a dozen or so states have already floated proposals reacting to the verdict.

“Casey Anthony broke new ground in brazenness,” said Florida state Rep. Scott Plakon, who is sponsoring the proposal in his state. “It’s very sad that we even need a law like this, but Casey Anthony just proved that we do.”

In June 2008, Anthony’s daughter Caylee, then 2, was last seen at the Orlando home she shared with her mom and grandparents. For the next month, Casey Anthony, then 22, left her parents’ house and spent most of her time with friends, shopping and par-tying, telling her family and others that Caylee was with an imaginary nanny.

Anthony’s mother called detectives when Anthony could not produce her child. Anthony told investigators she hadn’t called them because the nanny had kidnapped the child and she had been con-ducting her own search.

Anthony was acquitted of murder in Caylee’s death, but convicted of four misde-meanor counts of lying to investigators. She was sen-tenced to the maximum of four years, but after serving nearly three years in jail awaiting trial couple with good behav-ior credits, she is set to go free on July 17.

HOUSTON (AP) — Gov. Rick Perry rebuffed criti-cism Friday from the United Nations and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for Texas’ execution of a Mexican man whose lawyers said he was not informed he could have sought legal help from the Mexican government after he was arrested for the murder of a San Antonio teenager.

“If you commit the most heinous of crimes in Texas, you can expect to face the ultimate penalty under our laws,” Perry’s spokeswoman Katherine Cesinger said a day after convicted killer Hum-berto Leal was put to death in Huntsville.

In Geneva, the U.N.’s top human rights official said Leal’s execution amounted to a breach of international law.

The Texas governor has the authority in execution cases to issue a one-time 30-day reprieve, an authority Perry and other governors in the nation’s most active capital punishment state rarely use.

“After reviewing the totality of the issues ... including the most recent Supreme Court ruling on Thursday, Gov. Perry agreed that Leal was guilty of raping and bludgeon-ing a 16-year-old girl to death,” Cesinger said.

Adria Sauceda was killed in 1994 in a gruesome attack in which her head was bashed with a 30- to 40-pound piece of asphalt and she was raped, strangled, bit and then left nude on a dirt road with a piece of wood stuck in her.

From the Texas death cham-ber Thursday evening, Leal, 38, took responsibility for the slaying, asked for forgiveness and wrapped up his comments by twice shouting: “Viva Mexico!”

He was born in Monterrey, Mexico, and moved with his family to the U.S. when he was about 1 1/2 years old.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama used a bleak jobs report Friday to prod Congress toward a swift agreement on deficits and the national debt. But the higher unemployment numbers hardened partisan views that a weak economy can’t tolerate added taxes or cuts in spend-ing, both key to the grand deal Obama seeks.

White House, congressional negotiators and their aides worked to bridge differences over how to reduce long term deficits by as much as $4 tril-lion over 10 years. Obama plans to call the eight top lead-ers of Congress to the White House on Sunday to assess progress.

Summing up the difficulties facing them, House Speaker John Boehner likened the task to a notoriously confounding puzzle. “This is a Rubik’s Cube that we haven’t quite worked out yet,” he said.

A budget agreement is cen-

tral to increasing the nation’s borrowing limit, currently capped at $14.3 trillion, by Aug. 2 to avoid a potentially catastrophic government default. That looming dead-line and a new unemployment rate of 9.2 percent heightened the pressure for a deal, uniting the two most high profile chal-lenges now facing Obama’s presidency.

Obama called on Congress to move quickly to raise the debt ceiling. He said uncer-tainty over a potential default has hindered hiring in the pri-vate sector.

“The sooner we get this done, the sooner that the mar-kets know that the debt limit ceiling will have been raised and that we have a serious plan to deal with our debt and deficit, the sooner that we give our businesses the certainty they will need in order to make additional investments to grow and hire,” Obama said from the Rose Garden in the

morning.Obama made his case pri-

vately Friday to House Dem-ocratic leader Nancy Pelosi during a half hour meeting at the White House. And in Congress, Boehner, R-Ohio, embraced the desire to act with speed, even though some members of his party ques-tioned the urgency.

“While some think that, you know, we can go past August the 2nd, I frankly think it puts us in an awful lot of jeopardy and puts our economy in jeop-ardy, risking even more jobs,” Boehner said. “So I believe it’s important that we come to an agreement, but it has to be an agreement that really does fundamentally change our spending and our debt situation.”

Both parties as well as pri-vate economists agree that if Washington does not raise the debt ceiling by early August, the economy will be deeply shaken and perhaps slip back

into recession.Obama’s contention that

hiring is already freezing up because of the uncertainty, though, is a harder case to make. There is scant evidence that the markets are acting nervously.

The yields on Treasury bonds, which should go up if investors get nervous about a default, are close to historic lows. But it is possible that anxiety is affecting invest-ment behavior in ways diffi-cult to pin down.

The White House and Con-gress are seeking common ground on a budget deal that would trim 10-year defi-cits by as much as $4 trillion. Obama has urged lawmakers to strive for that number, but some officials on Friday said they believed that a smaller, $2 trillion deal appeared more realistic.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — When Rodrick Shonte Dantzler raised a gun to his head after going on a deadly shooting spree, the bullet

ended what those close to him described as a troubled life in which he frequently resorted to violence a n d o f t e n made threats

against women and relatives.

Police say the 34-year-old ex-con targeted two former girlfriends in Thursday’s ram-page, fatally shooting both of them and five members of their families, including his

own 12-year-old daughter. He also shot and wounded two other people — one of them another ex-girlfriend — while leading officers on a chase through Michigan’s second-largest city.

“He went out hunting these people down. It was very much a purposeful act.” Police Chief Kevin Belk said.

Dantzler’s rap sheet goes back to 1992, when he was charged as a juvenile with breaking and entering and car theft. That was followed over the next eight years by charges of trespassing, domestic violence, larceny and assault.

Dantzler’s mother, who said her son set fire to her house when he was 18, was among

four women who sought pro-tective orders against him in the mid- to late 1990s.

“Rodrick has a very explo-sive temper and will act vio-lently without thinking,” Vic-toria Dantzler wrote in the petition filed in Kent County Circuit Court.

Dantzler was armed with a .40-caliber handgun and plenty of ammunition, the police chief said.

Police did not know where he obtained the gun. As a con-victed felon, Dantzler would have been forbidden from legally owning the weapon.

The shooting spree trans-fixed Grand Rapids, a south-western Michigan city with a population of 188,000. The trag-edy began unfolding Thurs-

day afternoon when police responding to 911 calls found four gunshot victims in one house and three in another.

Officers caught up with Dantzler after the ex-girl-friend he wounded called police and said he was fol-lowing her in his car. After a lengthy chase through city streets and down an interstate highway, the gunman crashed his vehicle while driving down an embankment.

He then barged into a house and took several strangers hostage. During the five-hour standoff, Dantzler alternately threatened to shoot the hos-tages and pleaded with police to take him out. He ended the drama by shooting himself.

States weigh’Caylee’s Law’

Gunman often resorted to violence, made threats

Rodrick ShonteDantzler

CayleeAnthony

Grim jobs report casts shadow over debt talks

‘This is a Rubik’s Cube ThaT we haven’T quiTe woRked ouT yeT’

President Barack Obama delivers a statement on the monthly jobs report Friday.The associaTed press

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Q: I recently retired from a good job to marry an older man. As we both get older, I worry about my financial sit-uation. I currently have an income of $48,000 per year from retirement and other sources.

My hus-band pays all living expenses and taxes, so this money is free and clear to me. I have assets in my own

name of about $500,000. My husband has made me the joint owner of our paid for house ($500,000-plus) and the ben-eficiary of his IRA and other assets ($700,000). He feels this arrangement should provide a comfortable future for me if anything would happen to him. But I worry that with an uncertain economy, pending inflation and other factors, this arrangement may not be sufficient. I would appreciate your opinion on this matter. — Charles, via e-mail

A: A lot of folks who will be

reading your letter would say, what in the world is she wor-ried about? You have more than a $1,000 coming in that your current husband asks for no share of. He also pays all of the living expenses. When he passes away, the house will be completely yours (over $500,000) and he is also leav-ing you several thousands of dollars when he passes. He thinks this arrangement will provide a comfortable future for you, and it’s hard to argue with that. Certainly, there are other variables involved; maybe everyone feels they never have enough. On bal-ance, it seems to me that your current husband has been very generous. You men-tioned you are marrying “an older man.” How much older? How old are you now? In other words, how much more would you accumulate in this retire-ment fund that you are col-lecting? That’s a variable to be considered, but on balance, I would say that you have not in anyway been mistreated.

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

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WASHINGTON — The International Monetary Fund has approved provid-ing Greece just over $4.2 bil-lion in the latest installment of a rescue package aimed at helping the country pull back from an impending debt default.

The move by the executive board was expected after a decision last week by euro-zone finance ministers to give Greece their portion of a $17.39 billion loan payment that is part of a $259 billion package agreed on last year.

The IMF action Friday under new Managing Direc-tor Christine Lagarde came as European banks, insur-ance companies and other financial institutions were trying to get the private sector involving in helping save Greece from default.

Wells Fargo settles$125M mortgage suit

NEW YORK — Wells Fargo & Co. has agreed to pay $125 million to a group of pension funds and other investors to settle allegations the bank failed to warn investors of

the risks the poorly-written mortgage backed securities.

The mortgage-backed secu-rities were sold by Wells Fargo in 2005 and 2006. The investors said in their com-plaint that in its bid to collect fees, the bank misstated and omitted details that show the securities were backed by poor quality mortgages sold to people without proper doc-umentation. The bank denied any wrongdoing.

Living Social tapsbanks to lead IPO

Online coupon seller Living Social has selected banks to underwrite a stock offer-ing that will seek to raise $1 billion, CNBC reported on Friday.

The Groupon competitor tapped JP Morgan, Bank of America and Deutsche Bank to lead the offering, accord-ing to the report. Living Social has not yet filed paper-work with the Securities and Exchange Commission, but the reported size of the

offering implies a valuation between $10 billion and $15 billion.

The announcement comes a month after No. 1 daily deal site Groupon filed papers for a stock offering expected to raise at least $750 million.


An unexpected drop in hiring put an end to the excitement that had been bubbling up on Wall Street over the past two weeks.

Stock indexes fell sharply Friday, erasing most of the week’s gains, after the gov-ernment reported that U.S. employers created the fewest number of jobs in nine months. The 18,000 net jobs in created in June were a fraction of what many economists expected and dampened hopes that the economy was improving. Pri-vate companies added jobs at the slowest pace in more than a year. The unemployment rate edged up to 9.2 percent, its highest level this year.

A broader measure of weak-ness in the labor market was even worse. Among Ameri-cans who want to work, 16.2 percent are either unem-ployed or unable to find full-time jobs. That was up from 15.8 percent in May.

“There’s just a lot more evi-dence than before that we’re in an extended weak patch,” said Brian Gendreau, market strategist for Cetera Financial Group. He said private econo-mists will likely reduce their projections for overall eco-nomic growth this year.

The Standard and Poor’s 500 index fell 9.42 points, or 0.7 percent, to 1,343.80. That elim-inated the index’s gains from Thursday and left it with a 0.3 percent gain for the week.

The Dow Jones industrial average lost 62.29, or 0.5 per-cent, to 12,657.20. The Dow, which had been down by as much as 150 points Friday, had only its second down day over the past nine. The Nasdaq composite dropped 12.85, or 0.4 percent, to 2,859.81. It was its first loss in two weeks.

Companies whose business would be most affected by a weakening economy were hit hardest. Bank of America

Corp., General Electric Co. and Boeing Co. were among the biggest decliners in the Dow average.

“The chance of a July bounce back in the economy looks pretty slim now,” said Jay Tyner, president of Semmax Financial Group in Greens-boro, North Carolina.

Expectations for Friday’s jobs report were raised Thurs-day after payroll processor ADP said that private compa-nies added more than 150,000 jobs in June. While the ADP report does not always accu-rately predict the broader Labor Department report, some investors said that the apparent clashing pictures of the job market were due to a jobs pickup in the last weeks of June.

Phil Orlando, chief market

strategist at Federated Inves-tors, said he believes manufac-turers began rehiring workers in late June following signs that Japan’s economy was improving. Hiring slumped in May due partly to high fuel prices and disruptions of industrial supplies because of the earthquake and tsunami disasters in Japan.

Traders rushed to the rel-ative safety of government bonds. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 3.01 per-cent from 3.19 percent just before the jobs report came out. Bond yields fall when demand for them increases.

Oil prices fell 2.5 percent. The slowdown in hiring sug-gested that demand for fuel will increase less than traders had expected.

PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) — Ingalls Shipbuilding will graduate 162 from its appren-tice program during ceremo-nies today at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum convention center in Biloxi.

Speakers at the ceremony include Irwin F. Edenzon, president of Ingalls Ship-building, and Navy Rear Adm. David Lewis, program execu-tive officer for ships.

The Ingalls Apprentice School is a program that offers on-the-job experience and related studies, which are courses taught at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community Col-lege. The program offers 13 craft apprentice programs that last from two to four years.

John Lotshaw, director of workforce education and training, said apprentices in the program are paid roughly $40,000 a year, receive ben-efits and have their tuition and books covered by the program.

“This program is highly competitive, but it is a great program,” he said. “Graduates have gone on to be vice presi-dents in the company. There are no limits to what you can do when you graduate.”

Wilfred Bolds Jr., 34, of Mobile, Ala., said he was hired into the apprentice program in January 2008.

“Ultimately, when it is all said and done, it meant a second chance at life,” he said.

Bolds, a New Orleans native, had set his sights on a career as a marine biologist, but got married, had children and had to work, he said.

“I wasn’t able to complete my college education,” he said. “I felt like I let my parents down and my wife and kids.”

The apprentice program, he said, allowed him to obtain schooling as a ship fitter while being paid.

Gary Mercer, apprentice pro-gram manager, said the pro-gram allows people to learn a trade with on-the-job and classroom training.

“What that provides is a solid foundation in a special-ized field that is generally not available anywhere else,” he said.

The program, which is offered in partnership with Mississippi Gulf Coast C.C., has 60 faculty and staff with 15 programs and more than 120 courses.

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Chance of afternoon show-ers and thunderstorms

with a high in the upper 90s and a low in the lower

70s

97°

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BARBIE BASSSETTTONIGHT

71°

WEATHERThis weather package is compiled from historical records and information

provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the

City of Vicksburg and The Associated Press.

LOCAL FORECASTsunday-tuesday

Chance of showers and thunderstorms; highs in

the upper 90s; lowes in the upper 70s

STATE FORECASTtOday

Chance of afternoon showers and thunder-

storms; highs in the upper 90s; lows in the lower 70s

sunday-tuesdayChance of showers and thunderstorms; highs in

the upper 90s; lowes in the upper 70s

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High/past 24 hours............. 95ºLow/past 24 hours .............. 71ºAverage temperature ........ 83ºNormal this date .................. 82ºRecord low .............63º in 1901Record high ........ 102º in 1969

RainfaLLRecorded at the

Vicksburg Water PlantPast 24 hours ........................N/AThis month .............0.83 inchesTotal/year ............. 21.20 inchesNormal/month .....0.97 inchesNormal/year ....... 30.96 inches

sOLunaR tabLeMost active times for fish

and wildlife Sunday:A.M. Active ........................... 1:15A.M. Most active ................ 7:29P.M. Active ............................ 1:43P.M. Most active ................. 7:58

sunRise/sunsetSunset today ....................... 8:12Sunset tomorrow .............. 8:12Sunrise tomorrow ............. 6:04

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Mississippi Riverat Vicksburg

Current: 36.9 | Change: -0.1Flood: 43 feet

Yazoo River at GreenwoodCurrent: 15.1 | Change: -0.1

Flood: 35 feetYazoo River at Yazoo City

Current: 18.5 | Change: NCFlood: 29 feet

Yazoo River at BelzoniCurrent: 15.6 | Change: NC

Flood: 34 feetBig Black River at West

Current: 2.5 | Change: -0.1Flood: 12 feet

Big Black River at BovinaCurrent: 7.4 | Change: NC

Flood: 28 feet

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Cairo, Ill.Sunday ................................... 35.8Monday ................................. 35.9Tuesday ................................. 35.7

MemphisSunday ................................... 22.4Monday ................................. 21.8Tuesday ................................. 21.4

GreenvilleSunday ................................... 39.9Monday ................................. 39.6Tuesday ................................. 39.3

VicksburgSunday ................................... 36.4Monday ................................. 36.1Tuesday ................................. 35.8

city clerk’s office in City Hall. He said he plans to put the guns on display in the near future for dealers to examine.

Mayor Paul Winfield said city officials had to petition the city, county and circuit courts to release the weap-ons to the police department so that they could be sold.

“We’ve passed the last hurdle,” Armstrong said Friday. “Hopefully we’ll be able to work out a good deal. We have a lot of weapons that are in good shape, and some are quite interesting.”

In another police matter, the board authorized city clerk Walter Osborne to advertise for bids for new police uniforms.

The board tabled advertis-ing for police uniforms on Monday, after Armstrong said he wanted to change uniform shirts. The chief said Friday that the police will look at the light blue shirt that officers now wear, and black and navy blue shirts. He said the black and navy blue shirts are cheaper than the shirts now worn by officers.

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Hallie Mae CollinsHallie Mae Collins died

Wednesday, July 6, 2011, at her residence. She was 93.

Mrs. Collins was a lifelong resident of the Kings com-munity. She was of the Bap-tist faith.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Charlie and Annie Mae Collins; and a brother, Charlie Collins Jr.

She is survived by her nieces, Alberta Feather-man and Wanda Feather-man, both of Vicksburg, and Brenda Hamilton of San Antonio, Texas; a nephew, Joe Lee Featherman of Vicksburg; and other rela-tives, including James and Carol Williams, Claude Blue, Shonda Smith and John Taylor, all of Vicksburg.

W.H. Jefferson Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.

Thelma Thomas Shelton

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. —

Thelma Thomas Shelton died Thursday, July 7, 2011, at The Medical Center in Niagara Falls. She was 64.

Mrs. Shelton was born in Vicksburg and attended public schools. She was a homemaker.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Larry Wash-ington; seven brothers; four sisters; and her parents, Col-lins and Willie Mae Thomas.

She is survived by her daughter, Sharon Shelton of Niagara Falls; a son, Larry Washington of Niagara Falls; two brothers, Robert L. Kelly of Vicksburg and Horace Smith of Detroit; and three sisters, Martha Samerkand and Annie Bell, both of Niag-ara Falls, and Noveta Welch of Detroit.

Williamson Funeral Home of Niagara Falls has charge of the arrangements.

Services will be at Mount Zion MB Church at 11 a.m. Wednesday with the Rev. James Giles officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery.

Meeting Friday, the Vicksburg Board of Mayor and Alder-men:

• Heard an update on pro-grams at the Southern Cul-tural Heritage Center.

• Took under advisement a $250 bid from Felix and Dorothy Robinson for sur-plus property on Meadow Street. The Robinsons sub-mitted the lone bid for the property.

• Accepted a $70,175 bid from Central Asphalt of Vicksburg for resurfacing the entrance at the Vicksburg Airport.

• Received, but did not open, proposals from Seimans Inc. of Flowood and John-son Controls of Madison for energy performance con-tracting services to improve energy efficiency in city buildings.

• Accepted a $129,350 bid from Empire Truck Sales of Jackson for a new dump truck. Empire was the lone bidder for the truck.

In a related matter, the board approved the transfer of $191,794 from various street department funds

to the street department’s capital fund to pay for the truck, a fork lift and a secu-rity system for the street de-partment.

• Authorized Mayor Paul Win-field to sign an agreement with the Mississippi De-partment of Archives and History and the Vicksburg Foundation for Historic Preservation for a survey of buildings on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Sky Farm Avenue.

• Approved the following budget amendments: $650 from the street department supplies budget to the capi-tal budget for a window air conditioner; $35,600 from the sewer department maintenance fund to the capital fund for pump rent-als during the flood; $3,600 from the inspection depart-ment capital fund to sup-plies for gasoline; $23,000 from the fire department service fund to supplies for gas and oil; $434 from the mosquito department sup-plies fund to capital for a new laptop computer.

City Clerk Walter Osborne said the computer is used to operate the sprayer on the department’s spray truck.

• Adopted an order allowing partial payment for ad va-lorem taxes for real and per-sonal property and mobile homes.

• Adopted the Mississippi Department of Revenue’s 2011-12 vehicle assessment schedule, and set a July 25 hearing for protests to the schedule. The assessment schedule is used to deter-mine ad valorem taxes on vehicles.

• Accepted a resolution from Vicksburg Main Street ask-ing the board to renew the special 5.05-mill assessment on commercial real prop-erty.

In a related matter, the board approved a resolution to levy the millage and set an Aug. 15 special hearing on the tax.

• Authorized Winfield to amend a professional ser-vices contract with victim case manager Stacey Waites under the Mississippi STOP

Violence Against Women Program. The amendment limits her hours to no more than 26 hours a week at $20 an hour.

The board also authorized Winfield to sign a grant agreement with the pro-gram.

• Authorized applying for a Mississippi Department of Transportation Airport Mul-timodal grant.

• Authorized advertising for bids for workers compensa-tion and property and liabil-ity insurance.

• Authorized Winfield to sign an agreement with Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Missis-sippi to reimburse the city for ambulance service for patients.

• Approved purchasing a $200 advertisement for the city in the Perfect Pageant program book. Kimberly Wilson of Vicksburg, Missis-sippi’s Perfect Miss, asked the board for the ad in June.

• Approved paying a $3,679 invoice from the Vicksburg-Tallulah Regional Airport.

• Approved the claims docket.

On the agenda

City Clerk Walter Osborne, the lone Democrat in the race, reported $710 raised and $3,004.97 spent, both to date. Independent Alecia Ashley reported $1,641 raised and $1,141 spent to date, with no activity reported for June. No report was received from Republican Dawn Cain Barnes or independent Gene Thompson.

The general election winner replaces retiring incumbent Dot McGee.

In the tax assessor’s race, independent candidate Ben Luckett reported $7,592.70 to date and $3,995.57 spent. Local jeweler Doug Tanner, also running as an indepen-dent, reported $6,920 raised and $6,571.75 spent. Neither listed donations for the June period. Democrat Angela Brown reported $5,427.70 raised and $2,844.44 spent to date, noting $250 gift from local fitness advocate Linda Fondren, whose name also appeared alongside her hus-band, James, on a $500 gift to District 2 Supervisor Wil-

liam Banks. Both Brown and Luckett are deputy tax asses-sors. Brown’s primary oppo-nent, Gary Lick, showed a $400 gift from himself as the extent of his campaigning in June. Mike Caruthers, a busi-nessman and the lone Repub-lican in the race, reported $1,100 raised and $654.66 spent, mainly on signs.

The general election winner replaces retiring incumbent Richard Holland.

No report for the period was received from Sheriff Martin Pace or challenger Bubba Comans, a Democrat.

On the legislative level, state Rep. George Flaggs, D-Vicksburg, reported $28,824.08 in donations to date, with $3,147 spent for the month. Donations noted included $750 each from Stra-tegic Healthcare LLC and Desoto Healthcare LLC, both based in Wiggins. A pair of contributions totaling $1,750 came from the Wiggins office of public accounting firm Tice & Associates and offi-cials R. Brent Tice and Jamie

Tice. Republican Sam Smith reported $1,625 in small donations to date.

State Rep. Chuck Middle-ton, D-Port Gibson, reported $8,900 raised and $3,900 spent to date. A $6,000 donation to himself was noted, as were $300 gifts from Mississippi Power, Mississippi Malt Bev-erage and AT&T Mississippi. Middleton’s district covers parts of three precincts in south Warren County.

No report was shown on the Secretary of State’s website for his primary opponent, Jeffery Harness, of Fayette, or for state Rep. Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, whose district covers parts of three north Warren County precincts. Democrat Jim Culberson, of Yazoo City, reported $17.40 in spending on a report on the site.

State Rep. Alex Monsour and state Sen. Briggs Hopson III, both Republicans, are unopposed this year. Hopson reported $2,550 raised and $418.80 spent to date, includ-ing two $500 gifts this period from MS Health Care Asso-ciates PAC and MS Dental PAC. No report was received for Monsour.

In other races, no report was received from indepen-dent De Reul in the race for

county supervisor for Dis-trict 2. A previous report showed $9,005.20 raised for the year. Banks ramped up fundraising in June, report-ing $3,450 in gifts and $1,243 spent for the year. Contribu-tions were engineer-heavy, with $500 from Warren County Engineer John McKee and a $1,000 gift from Madison County Engineer Rudy Warnock. McKee’s listed donations to county board incumbents totals $1,500 for the year. War-nock’s local political activ-ity reached the same level, adding a $500 gift to Dis-trict 4 supervisor candidate Casey Fisher, a Democrat. No report was received for Republican Trey Smith or Democrat Tommie Rawlings.

Tax Collector Antonia Flaggs Jones reported $799 raised to date. Republican Patty Mekus reported $350 raised, $250 of which came from retired businessman Bob Croisdale.

District 1 Supervisor David McDonald reported $7,800 raised and $5,332 spent to date, with $2,468 on hand. No donations are noted on the report. John Arnold, a real estate broker, lists a $1,000 contribution from RMW Associates LLC as

part of $4,559 raised to date. No report was received for businessman Joe Channell. All three are vying for the Republican primary nod. No reports were received from independents Reed Birdsong or Jerry Briggs Jr.

District 3 Supervisor Charles Selmon, also the president of the Missis-sippi Association of Supervi-sors, reported $2,650 raised and $1,094 spent for the year to date. No report was received from Jim Stirgus Jr., the district’s school board member who is running as an independent.

District 4 Supervisor Bill Lauderdale reported $4,780 raised and $1,935 spend to date. Fisher, a minister, showed $1,070 raised and $546.07 spent for the year.

District 5 Supervisor Rich-ard George reported $1,500 raised to date, with no money spent. No reports for the period were received for opponents Joe Wooley, J.W. Carroll or Ellis Tillotson. All four are independents.

Warren County’s three Jus-tice court judges and three constables are unopposed in this year’s county- and state-level election cycle. All have declined gifts for the cycle.

siana, and it was the best trip I’ve ever had. We did hard work, but it wasn’t that hard.”

Team leader Samantha Ahrendt of Pewaukee, Wis., returned for her second year at the Vicksburg campus.

“That whole year was just a great experience,” said the 22-year-old. “I got to serve in six of the 11 states, and I really believe in the program.”

A University of Wisconsin gradu-

ate in meteorology, Ahrendt said her experience in natural disaster relief helped her see the “other” side of weather.

“I spent so much time studying severe storms and hurricanes,” she said, “and to be on the other end is pretty cool to see.”

AmeriCorps NCCC is a team-based residential program for young men and women ages 18 to 24.

During the program, members are paid a $200 living allowance every two weeks. After comple-tion, each member will be eligi-ble for a $5,550 Segal Education Award.

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Syrians pour into streets in protestBEIRUT (AP) — Hundreds of thou-

sands of Syrians poured into the streets of the opposition stronghold Hama on Friday, bolstered by a gesture of support from the American and French ambas-sadors who visited the city where a mas-sacre nearly 30 years ago came to sym-bolize the ruthlessness of the Assad dynasty.

The visit by U.S. Ambassador Robert Ford drew condemnation from the Syrian government, which said the unauthor-ized trip was proof that Washington was inciting violence in the Arab nation.

State Department spokeswoman Vic-

toria Nuland called the charge “abso-lute rubbish.”

Mass demonstrations also erupted in cities and towns nationwide, trigger-ing a crackdown that killed at least 13 people, activists said. But Hama’s protest was by far the largest, galvanizing resi-dents in a city that has drawn the biggest crowds since the revolt began nearly four months ago.

In 1982, the late Hafez Assad ordered troops to crush a rebellion by Islamist forces, killing between 10,000 and 25,000 people, rights activists say.


JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan is the world’s newest nation, officially breaking away from Sudan after two civil wars fought over five decades.

In the new country capital, Juba, residents are danc-ing in the streets, banging on drums and chanting the name of the country’s presi-dent, Salva Kiir.

South Sudan earned inde-pendence at 12:01 this morn-ing, after voting overwhelm-ingly in January to form its own country.

That vote was guaranteed in a 2005 peace deal that

ended the most recent north-south war.

Later Saturday, world lead-ers will attend a celebra-tory ceremony. U.N. Secre-tary-General Ban Ki-moon already has arrived. Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell will also attend, as will Sudan President Omar al-Bashir.

Police arrest man, 63,in UK hacking scandal

LONDON — British police

said they have arrested a 63-year-old man as part of an investigation into phone hacking at the News of the World tabloid.

The paper has been engulfed by allegations its journalists paid police for information and hacked into the phone messages of celeb-rities, young murder victims and the grieving families of dead soldiers.

Earlier Friday, former News of the World editor and prime ministerial spokesman Andy Coulson was arrested, along with Clive Goodman, former royal editor at the

tabloid. Both have since been released on bail.

Shouting, Gadhafilashes out at NATO

TRIPOLI, Libya — An agi-tated Moammar Gadhafi lashed out Friday at those seeking to push him from power, warning in an audio message broadcast on state TV that NATO and his other enemies will be trampled “under the feet of the Libyan masses.”

In the capital of Tripoli, meanwhile, thousands rallied in the main square for mass

prayers and a show of sup-port for Gadhafi.

“The enemies of the masses will fall under the feet of the masses, under the march-ing of the masses,” said the embattled leader, his voice rising to a shout. “The col-laborators and traitors will fall — east and west — and NATO will fall under the feet of the Libyan masses, under the feet of the free Libyan people!”

2nd worker dies afterDutch stadium collapse

ENSCHEDE, Netherlands

— Dutch authorities said a second worker has died of injuries sustained when the roof of a soccer stadium par-tially collapsed during con-struction work.

The municipality of Enschede says in a statement that a 24-year-old died Friday afternoon. A 31-year-old man died Thursday during the accident at FC Twente’s Grolsch Veste stadium.

Five other workers remain hospitalized.

Enschede Mayor Peter den Oudsten says it is “terrible that we must again mourn a fatality.”

worldBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

George H.W. Bush said in a statement on Friday. “No one confronted life’s struggles with more fortitude or hon-esty, and as a result, we all learned from the challenges she faced.”

While her husband served as president, Betty Ford’s comments weren’t the kind of genteel, innocuous talk expected from a first lady, and a Republican one no less. Her unscripted comments sparked tempests in the press and dismayed Presi-dent Gerald Ford’s advisers, who were trying to soothe the national psyche after Watergate. But to the scan-dal-scarred, Vietnam-wea-ried, hippie-rattled nation, Mrs. Ford’s openness was refreshing.

Candor worked for Betty Ford, again and again. She would build an enduring legacy by opening up the toughest times of her life as public example.

In an era when cancer was discussed in hushed tones and mastectomy was still a taboo subject, the first lady shared the specifics of her breast cancer surgery. The publicity helped bring the disease into the open and inspired countless women to seek breast examinations.

Her most painful revelation came 15 months after leaving the White House, when Mrs. Ford announced that she

was entering treatment for a longtime addiction to pain-killers and alcohol. It turned out the famously forth-coming first lady had been keeping a secret, even from herself.

She used the unvarnished story of her own descent and recovery to crusade for better addiction treat-ment, especially for women. She co-founded the non-profit Betty Ford Center near the Fords’ home in Rancho Mirage, Calif., in 1982. Mrs. Ford raised millions of dol-lars for the center, kept close watch over its operations, and regularly welcomed groups of new patients with a speech that started, “Hello, my name’s Betty Ford, and I’m an alcoholic and drug addict.”

Although most famous for a string of celebrity patients over the years — from Eliz-abeth Taylor and Johnny Cash to Lindsay Lohan — the center keeps its rates relatively affordable and has served more than 90,000 people.

“People who get well often say, ‘You saved my life,’ and ‘You’ve turned my life around,”’ Mrs. Ford once said. “They don’t realize we merely provided the means for them to do it themselves, and that’s all.”

In a statement Friday, Pres-ident Barack Obama said the Betty Ford Center would honor Mrs. Ford’s legacy “by giving countless Americans a new lease on life.”

“As our nation’s first lady,

she was a powerful advo-cate for women’s health and women’s rights,” the presi-dent said. “After leaving the White House, Mrs. Ford helped reduce the social stigma surrounding addic-tion and inspired thou-sands to seek much-needed treatment.”

Mrs. Ford was a free spirit from the start. Elizabeth Bloomer, born April 8, 1918, fell in love with dance as a girl in Grand Rapids, Mich., and decided it would be her life. At 20, despite her moth-er’s misgivings, she moved to New York to learn from her idol Martha Graham. She lived in Greenwich Vil-lage, worked as a model, and performed at Carnegie Hall in Graham’s modern dance ensemble. “I thought I had arrived,” she later recalled.

But her mother coaxed her back to Grand Rapids, where Betty worked as a dance teacher and store fashion coordinator and married Wil-liam Warren, a friend from school days. He was a sales-man who traveled frequently; she was unhappy. They lasted five years.

While waiting for her divorce to become final, she met and began dating, as she put it in her memoir, “proba-

bly the most eligible bachelor in Grand Rapids” — former college football star, Navy veteran and lawyer Jerry Ford. They would be married for 58 years, until his death in December 2006.

When he proposed, she didn’t know about his politi-cal ambitions; when he launched his bid for Con-gress during their engage-ment, she figured he couldn’t win.

Two weeks after their Octo-ber 1948 wedding, her hus-band was elected to his first term in the House. He would serve 25 years, rising to minority leader.

Mrs. Ford was thrust into a role she found exhaust-ing and unfulfilling: political housewife. While her hus-band campaigned for weeks at a time or worked late on Capitol Hill, she raised their four children: Michael, Jack, Steven and Susan. She arranged luncheons for con-gressional wives, helped with her husband’s campaigns, became a Cub Scout den mother and taught Sunday school.

A pinched nerve in her neck in 1964, followed by the onset of severe osteoarthri-tis, led her to an assortment of prescription drugs that

never fully relieved the pain. For years she had been what she later called “a controlled drinker, no binges.” Now she began mixing pills and alco-hol. Feeling overwhelmed and underappreciated, she suffered an emotional break-down that led to weekly visits with a psychiatrist.

The psychiatrist didn’t take note of her drinking but instead tried to build her self-esteem: “He said I had to start thinking I was valuable, not just as a wife and mother, but as myself.”

She became the first first lady to appear on a TV sitcom, doing a cameo on the “Mary Tyler Moore Show.” (Nine years later, Moore would check into the Betty Ford Center for alcohol treatment.)

Reporters kept after her with questions about social issues and family life, but Mrs. Ford refused to wring her hands over the state of America’s youth or the “new morality.” Perhaps she declined to judge because her own behavior was sus-pect by 1970s standards: she was divorced, had seen a psychiatrist, admitted taking Valium daily. She considered her personal values decid-edly old-fashioned, however.

She was 56 when she moved into the White House, and looked more matronly than mod. Ever gracious, her chestnut hair carefully coifed into a soft bouffant, she tended to speak softly and slowly, even when taking a feminist stand.

Her breast cancer diagno-sis, coming less than two months after President Ford was whisked into office, may have helped disarm the cler-gymen, conservative activ-ists and Southern politicians who were most inflamed by her loose comments. She was photographed recover-ing at Bethesda Naval Hospi-tal, looking frail in her robe, and won praise for grace and courage.

“She seems to have just what it takes to make people feel at home in the world again,” media critic Mar-shall McLuhan observed at the time. “Something about her makes us feel rooted and secure — a feeling we haven’t had in a while. And her cancer has been a cathar-sis for everybody.”

The public outpouring of support helped her embrace the power of her position. “I was somebody, the first lady,” she wrote later. “When I spoke, people listened.”

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The Salvation Army of Vicksburg is planning a heal-ing service for the people affected by the historic 2011 Mississippi River flood.

“This is so that we can show our care for each other,” said Cap. Srikent Bhatnagar, director of the local Sal-vation Army, which has been active in flood relief through a head-quarters set up on Wash-ington Street, in the former Blackburn Motor Co. build-ing. “This is for everyone to show the unity in this community.”

The service will be Sunday at 4 p.m. at Triumph Church on Honeysuckle Lane, off North Frontage Road, and it is open to the entire community.

Prayer and singing will make up the majority of the service, Bhatnagar said.

The Mississippi River at Vicksburg crested May 19 at 57.1 feet, 14.1 feet above flood stage. The water dipped below flood stage, which is 43 feet, on June 16. At least 3,200 people in Vicksburg and Warren County were displaced.

“I strongly believe it is good for the community to come together,” said Bhatnagar. “People have been separated because of this flood, and this is a great time for everyone to be united.”

At the service, 60 teenag-ers from Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi will sing. The teens, 13 to 16 years old, have been participating in Salva-tion Army Camp, where they learned songs for the service.

Mayor Paul Winfield is scheduled to speak.

The service, which will last about an hour, is hosted by The Salvation Army, and pas-tors from churches around Vicksburg and the surround-ing area have been invited.

“This is a small community, but a very powerful one,” Bhatnagar said.

Young peopleneed to move out, grow up

Q: At what age should young adults leave home?

Juli: This is a question more and more parents are asking. In the past, high school or college graduation was when most young adults were expected to become financially independent. Most young adults married and began their occupations or careers by their early 20s. Now, adulthood seems to be too much for a 22-year-old.

Many par-ents think kids should live a little before set-tling down. So, it is common for parents to still be financially supporting young adults into their late 20s or early 30s.

The trend to delay mar-riage, com-mitment to a career and parent-hood might appear to be a gift. In my opinion, it is a handicap. Yes, young adults don’t typically have the

wisdom to think through the lifetime decisions they are faced with. That is why they need mentors and coaches. However, the greatest teacher in life is the process of making choices and living with the consequences.

Kids are staying dependent beyond what is healthy. If you really want to give your 20-something a jump on life, don’t get in the way of the adult responsibilities.

Q: How do I teach my kids sound financial principles?

Jim: Many parents, sadly, are not teaching their kids money management.

Consider these statistics:• Just 26 percent of kids 13 to

21 say their parents taught them to manage money.

• Eighty percent of under-graduates have at least one credit card and nearly half of college graduates carry four or more credit cards.A good, old-fashioned

allowance and a piggy bank might be a decent beginning. But financial expert Dave Ramsey says use three piggy banks — one for spending, one for saving and one for giving. Kids need to learn that once the spend money runs out, it’s gone. And they need to delay gratification for the bigger-ticket items. Most importantly, they need to learn the importance of setting aside money to give to charity or the church.

More than anything, though, kids need Mom and Dad to set a good example. They’re not going to learn to spend, save and give wisely if their parents are living on credit and debt. In fact, I believe there are many adults out there who could benefit from the “three piggy bank” approach!

•Jim Daly is president of Focus on the Family, P.O. Box 444 Colorado Springs, CO 80903, host of the Focus on the Family radio program, and a husband and father of two. Dr. Juli Slattery is a licensed psychologist, co-host of Focus on the Family, author of several books, and a wife and mother of three. The website is www.family.org.

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ServiceSundayfor floodvictims

By Pamela [email protected]

Vicksburg’s oldest church, Christ Episcopal, has a new rector.

The Rev. Sam Godfrey, a native of Natchez, recently took over duties as priest at the church at Main and Locust streets. Founded in 1839, it’s the oldest continu-ally inhabited church and also the oldest public meeting place in the city.

Godfrey said he is happy to be serving t here.

“We are really enjoying Vicks-burg and finding our way around,” said Godfrey, 55, who moved from Como to the River City with his wife Patty, 56, a lawyer and teacher.

Godfrey also is an attorney, and for 11 years was in practice in Nat-

chez with his wife, a Memphis native. The couple met while they were both in law school at Ole Miss, he said.

Feeling led by God to do more for the church than simply attend and worship, Godfrey entered The School of Theology at the Univer-sity of the South in Sewanee in 1994.

“Part of the equation was that I really started to pray,” he said. “A lot of prayer went into it.”

Godfrey was assisted by the thorough discernment counsel he received from the Episcopal Dio-cese of Mississippi, but also got a sense of confirmation from people around him who felt he was meant for the priesthood.

“Other people saw it in me before I made the decision to go,” he said.

Godfrey was ordained in 1997, and for 14 years was vicar at Holy Innocents Episcopal Church in Como and also St. Stephen’s Epis-copal Church in nearby Batesville.

“Ministry begins at the altar but doesn’t end at the back door of the church,” he said. “I love celebrat-ing the Eucharist. I enjoy preach-ing, and I enjoy being with people. It all goes together.”

Episcopal baptisms were recorded in Vicksburg as early as 1829. The cornerstone of Christ Church was placed in 1839 and church history dates from there.

The original rectory next door was destroyed during the Civil War and in 1873 rebuilt on the same site, where Sam and Patty Godfrey now make their home. Their son, Russell, 20, is a junior at Louisiana State University.

If you goThe Salvation Army’s heal-ing service for flood victims will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at Tri-umph Church on Honey-suckle Lane, off North Frontage Road.

Christ EpiscopalThe Rev. Sam Godfrey, new rector of Christ Episcopal, stands in front of the church at Main and Locust streets.

BryanT Hawkins•The Vicksburg PosT


VATICAN CITY — The Vatican will display 100 select documents from its Secret Archives at an unprecedented exhibit next year that includes previously unpublished papers from its World War II papacy.

“Lux in Arcana: The Vatican Secret Archives Revealed” will open in Feb-ruary at Rome’s Capitoline Museums and marks the first time such precious docu-ments have been allowed out of the Vatican vaults for view by the general public.

The occasion is the archive’s 400th anniversary.

Some of the documents con-cern Pope Pius XII, accused by some of not doing enough to stop the Holocaust.

Vatican setsrare exhibit

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church eventsAntioch Baptist

Services at Antioch Bap-tist Church and Unity Out-reach Ministries (A Full Gospel Ministry), 1800 Poplar St., behind Jones-Upchurch Realty, begin at 9:15 a.m. with children’s church, followed by worship at 10 weekly.

Tuesday prayer is at 6:30 p.m., and midweek service/Bible study is at 7. Alfred E. Lassiter Sr. is pastor.

Baha’i FaithServices for Baha’i Faith

are comprised of a devotional at 11 a.m. Sunday, followed by Deepening at 11:30. The phone number is 601-415-5360.

BerachahActivities at Berachah

Church, 2918 Fisher Ferry Road, begin at 7 tonight with praise and fellowship.

Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m., followed by praise and worship at 10:30. Chil-dren’s church is provided for ages 4-8 and a nursery for ages 3 and younger. Bible study is at 6:30 p.m. Monday. On Wednesday, church ser-vice is at 6:30 p.m. Youth service is at 7. Roger Cress-well is pastor. Visit www.berachah.net.

Bethel A.M.E.Services at Bethel A.M.E.

Church, 805 Monroe St., begin at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday school, followed by worship at 11 a.m. Commu-nion is each first Sunday.

Wednesday Bible study begins at 6:30 p.m. Member-ship training is at 10 a.m. each Saturday before the first and third Sunday. Choir rehearsal is at 10 a.m. each Saturday before the fourth Sunday. Board meeting is each second Sunday after the service. The Rev. Quincy Jones is pastor.

BinghamMemorial M.B.

Services at Bingham Memorial M.B. Church, 1063 Green St., begin at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday school, led by Dorothy Miles, superinten-dent. Worship is each second Sunday at 11. Covenant begins at 10:30 each second Sunday. Worship with Com-munion are each fourth Sunday at 11.

Business meeting begins at 6 p.m. Monday. Prayer meet-ing/Bible study begins at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Youth choir rehearsal begins at noon each second Saturday. Choir rehearsal begins at 7 p.m. Wednesday before the fourth Sunday and at noon each fourth Saturday.

The Rev. James Archer is pastor.

Bovina BaptistServices at Bovina Baptist

Church, 5293 U.S. 80, begin at 9:45 a.m. with Sunday school led by Jim Daquilla. Worship is at 11 with Wayne Pinker-ton, guest speaker. The sanc-tuary choir is led by Jerry Stuart, music minister, sing-ing special music. Donna Harper is pianist. Bobbie Bruce is organist. Jo Sumrall is minister of children. Brian Parker is minister of stu-dents and education. Sunday evening service begins at 5 with youth Bible study. Wor-ship begins at 6, followed by deacons meeting at 7.

Wednesday activities begin at 6 with business meet-ing, handbells, youth Bible study, children’s Game Face and younger children’s choir rehearsal. Adult choir rehearsal is at 6:45. A nurs-ery is provided.

Bowmar BaptistServices at Bowmar Baptist

Church, 1825 U.S. 61 South, begin at 8:30 a.m. with clas-sic worship. Lifegroups meet at 9:20. Creative worship for families, Stepping Stones (5-year-old worship) and youth worship (grades 7-12) begin at 10:30. Children in grades first-sixth will wor-ship with their parents for the summer. Signing for the

hearing impaired is available upon request during the clas-sic and creative services. Call 601-636-2596 or visit www.bowmarbaptist.com.

Bradley’s Chapel U.M.C.Services at Bradley’s

Chapel United Methodist Church, 13815 Oak Ridge Road, begin at 9:45 a.m. with Sunday school, followed by worship at 11. Music is led by Hope Raney. Earlene Alexander is pianist. Chil-dren’s church is led by Ann Grimshel.

On Monday, UMW and UMM begin at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday night prayer meeting begins at 6 at the home of John and Bev-erly Harris. The Rev. Harry Hawkins is pastor.

Bypass Church of ChristSunday services at Bypass

Church of Christ, 787 U.S. 61 North, begin at 9:30 a.m. with Bible class. Worship is at 10:30 with Dr. Willie Nettle, minister, delivering the sermon. Worship consists of congregational and a cap-pella singing and observance of the Lord’s Supper. Nettle will speak during the eve-ning assembly at 6.

Midweek Bible class begins at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

For transportation or a free Bible correspondence course or home Bible study, call 601-638-6165.

Visit www.bypasscoc.com.

Calvary BaptistServices at Calvary Baptist

Church, 2878 Old Highway 27, begin at 9:45 a.m. with Sunday school. Worship is at 11 with deacon nominations at the close of services. Bruce Bryant, interim pastor, will deliver the message. R.L. Sig-rest is worship leader. Eve-ning activities begin at 3 p.m. with deacons meeting. Sanc-tuary choir practice begins at 3:45. Discipleship training for all ages at 5. Worship at 6 will be led by Byron Storey, summer youth director, and the youth worship team.

On Wednesday, the quar-terly business meeting and youth WAC are at 6 p.m.

On Friday, from 4:30 p.m. until 10 a.m. Saturday the youths will have a BYN/Bowl/Lock-in.

Calvary M.B. Services at Calvary M.B.

Church, 406 Klein St., begin at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday school. Worship begins at 11 each first and fifth Sunday. The Rev. Joe Mosley, interim pastor, will conduct services this Sunday. Breakfast is served at 9 a.m. each second Sunday. Mission meeting is each third Sunday. Covenant is each fourth Sunday. Both begin at 11 a.m.

Prayer meeting/Bible study begins at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

Cedar Grove M.B.Services at Cedar Grove

M.B. Church, 3300 Grange Hall Road, begin at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday school led by Jimmie Jefferson, super-intendent. Worship begins at 11 with the Rev. Paul H. Fleming, pastor. Communion is each third Sunday.

Choir rehearsal is at 7 p.m. each Monday with Tra-vanti Hill, minister of music, leading. Children’s choir rehearsal is at 7 p.m. each second Tuesday.

Prayer meeting and Bible study are each Wednesday. Wednesday Night Live wor-ship is each first Wednesday. Both begin at 7 p.m.

Brotherhood Ministry meets at 7 p.m. each second Friday.

Christ EpiscopalChrist Episcopal Church,

1115 Main Street, will cel-ebrate the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost with Holy Eucharist Rite I, at 8 a.m. in the chapel and Holy Eucha-rist Rite II, at 10 in the nave. The Rev. Sam Godfrey will preach and celebrate at both services. Sunday school begins at 9 in the parish hall, followed by choir practice at 9:30. Fellowship and refresh-

ments will follow the 10 a.m. service in the parish hall. Child care will be provided during the service.

The Wednesday Coffee/Bible study group will meet at 10 a.m. in the Sunday school building. Godfrey will conduct a healing service at 12:15 p.m. in the chapel.

Call 601-638-5899. The web-site is christchurchvburg.dioms.org.

Christian Home Services at Christian Home

No. 2 M.B. Church, 4769 Lee Road, begin at 9 a.m. with Sunday school. Regular wor-ship begins at 11 a.m. each second and fourth Sunday. Communion service is each second Sunday. Bibel study begins at 6 p.m. Tuesday. For transportation, call 601-883-0286 or 601-636-0419. The Rev. Johnny Hughes is pastor.

Church of ChristSunday services at Church

of Christ, 811 Culkin Road, begin at 10 a.m. with Bible classes. Worship is at 11.

On Wednesday, a Bible class for all ages is at 7 p.m. Call 601-636-0141 or 601-529-0904 for a free Bible study. Larry Harris is the minister.

Church of ChristServices at Church of

Christ, 3333 N. Frontage Road, begin at 9 a.m. with Bible classes for all ages. Worship is at 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. with Eric Welch pre-senting the lesson for the worship service. On Wednes-day, Bible class begins at 7 p.m.

Call 601-636-4801 or e-mail [email protected] for a free correspondence course or home Bible study course. “A Minute of Inspiration” is broadcast on River 101.3 between 6:45 and 6:55 a.m. weekdays.

The Church of the HolyTrinity, Episcopal

The Church of the Holy Trinity, Episcopal, South and Monroe streets, will cel-ebrate the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost with Holy Eucharist, Rite 1 at 8 a.m. and Holy Eucharist, Rite II at 10:30. Adult and youth Sunday school is at 9:30. Chil-dren’s Sunday school begins at 10:15. A nursery is pro-vided from 9:15 until 11:30 a.m. The youth will leave at 6 a.m. for a trip to Lake Junaluska.

Pilates is at 9 a.m. Tues-day, Wednesday and Friday. On Tuesday, Lunch Bunch Group meets at 12:10 p.m. On Wednesday, Carol Mead speaks on Part II.

Clover Valley M.B.Services at Clover Valley

M.B. Church, 7670 Mississippi 27 South, begin at 10 a.m. with Sunday school, followed by worship. Communion is each first Sunday; Covenant is each third Sunday; pantry donations are accepted each second and fifth Sunday; fourth Sunday worship is a devotional service by the women’s ministry; all start at 11. Bible study is at 7 p.m. each Tuesday. Missionary workers meet at 6:30 p.m. each second Tuesday. Choir rehearsal begins at 5 p.m. Monday and at 11 a.m. each

Saturday before the second Sunday. Call 601-636-6375 or 601-638-2070. The Rev. Samuel Jones is pastor.

Crawford Street U.M.C.Services at Crawford Street

United Methodist Church, 900 Crawford St., begin at 9:45 a.m. with Sunday school. Chancel choir rehearsal is at 10:40. Worship is at 10:55. The Rev. Cary Stockett is pastor. The sanctuary and Sunday school rooms are handicap accessible in Wesley Hall. The youth will leave at 6 a.m. Sunday for Lake Junaluska.

On Tuesday, Men’s Break-fast and Devotion begins at 6:50. Mother’s Morning Out meets from 9 a.m. until noon Tuesday and Thursday. On Thursday, grades K-6 will leave at 10 a.m. for a trip to the Mississippi Children’s Museum. Visit www.craw-fordstreetumc.org.

Ebenezer BaptistServices at Ebenezer Bap-

tist Church, 2346 Grove St., begin at 9 a.m. with Sunday school each second, third and fourth Sunday. Willie H. Smith is superintendent. Communion is each first Sunday at 8:30 a.m. Bible class/Prayer meeting begins at 6 p.m. each second and fourth Wednesday. The Rev. Dr. Michael R. Reed is pastor.

Edwards BaptistServices at Edwards Bap-

tist Church, 101 Magnolia St., Edwards, begin at 10 a.m. with Sunday school, followed by worship at 11. Bible study begins at 6 p.m. Sunday. All services will be led by the Rev. Dr. John McCall, interim pastor. On Wednesday, the church will observe the 94th birthday of McCall during the family night supper.

Curlee Green is minister of music. Linda Dickson is pia-nist. Choir practice begins at 9:15. A nursery is provided and managed by Debby Best. Call 601-852-8141 or visit [email protected].

First BaptistServices at First Baptist

Church, 1607 Cherry St., begin at 9:30 a.m. with Bible study, followed by worship at 10:50 with Dr. Jeff Hol-land, guest speaker, deliver-ing the message. Bible study groups are available, and a nursery is provided. Sunday school and morning worship for the hearing impaired are available.

Celebrate Recovery begins at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Mafan Building, 1315 Adams St. On Wednesday: Eng-lish As a Second Language begins at 8:30 a.m.; Missions Mosaic begins at 4:30 p.m.; Children’s Water and the Word are at 5:30; Church Family Time begins at 5:50; Community Service Proj-ect and preschool care are at 6; Family Night Supper is from 4:45 until 6 p.m. Call church office by noon Monday for reservations and cancellations.

On Friday, English as a Second Language begins at 8:30 a.m. Celebrate Recovery meets at 6 p.m. at the Mafan Building.

Visit www.fbcvicksburg.org.

First Christian ChurchServices at First Chris-

tian Church, (Disciples of Christ), 3005 Porters Chapel Road, begin at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday school. Worship is at 10:45 with the chancel choir presenting the anthem. The Lord’s Supper is celebrated weekly. A nursery is pro-vided. Choir rehearsal begins at 6 p.m. Wednesday, fol-lowed by fellowship supper at 7.

Gibson MemorialActivities at Gibson Memo-

rial Untied Methodist Church, 335 Oak Ridge Road, begin at 10 a.m. with Sunday school. The Dabney Bible Class can be heard at 10 a.m. Sunday on WBBV 101.3. Wor-ship is at 11. Greg Hazelrig is pastor. Paul Ballard is wor-ship leader.

On Wednesday, bell choir practice begins at 5:15 p.m. and choir practice is at 6:30.

Visit www.gibsonumc.org.

Gospel Temple M.B.Services at Gospel Temple

M.B. Church, 1612 Lane St., begin at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday school. Recco Owns is Sunday school superin-tendent. Bennie Slaughter is deacon and assistant super-intendent. Worship and Com-munion service are at 11 a.m. each second and fourth Sunday.

Women’s ministry meeting is at 6 p.m. Monday. Prayer/Bible study meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The Rev. Walter Edley is pastor. For transportation call 601-634-0759.

Grace BaptistServices at Grace Bap-

tist Church, 1729 Hankinson Road, begin at 9:45 a.m with Bible study, followed by Tim Frith and the Gospel Echoes in concert. Ed Crawford will lead the music. Disciple-ship training is at 5:30 p.m., followed by worship at 6:30. On Wednesday, senior adult fellowship begins at 10 a.m. prayer meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. WMU meets at 8:30 a.m. Thursday. The Rev. Bryan Abel is pastor.

Greater Grove StreetServices at Greater Grove

Street M.B. Church, 2715 Alcorn Drive, begin at 8:30 a.m. with worship. Fifth Sunday services begin at 10 a.m. The Lord’s Supper is observed each first Sunday. Children’s church and a nursery are provided.

Bible school begins at 6 p.m. with Hour of Power Service each Wednesday before the fourth Sunday. Baptismal is each last Wednesday. On Thursday, Bible Class and fellowship begin at 10:30 a.m.

Valet parking is available for the handicapped or senior citizens.

For transportation or prayer request, call 601-218-3911 or visit www.ggsmbc.org. C.J. Williams is minister of music.

The Rev. Dr. Casey D. Fisher is pastor.

Greater JerusalemBaptist

Services at Greater Jeru-salem Baptist Church, 5026 Mount Alban Road, begin at 8:30 a.m. with Sunday school. Worship is at 9:30. The Lord’s Supper is observed each first and third Sunday. Pastor aide meeting is each fourth Sunday following worship.

On Tuesday, Men of Jeru-salem rehearsal begins at 6:30 p.m., followed by Voices of Jerusalem rehearsal at 8. Wednesday night prayer ser-vice begins at 6:30, followed by Bible class at 7.

Deacons meet at 7 p.m. each last Thursday.

Youth choir rehearsal is at noon each third and fourth Saturday.

To purchase a recording of the service contact Edward Huell or Gregory Linzy Jr., 601-834-8186. Revival services are set for August 1 through August 3.

Kemp Burley Jr. is pastor.

Greater MountLebanon

Services at Greater Mount Lebanon Baptist Church, 339 Alpine St., begin at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday school. Wor-ship with Communion is at 11 each first and third Sunday with the Rev. Curtis Ross, pastor. Youth service is each fifth Sunday at 11.

Senior choir rehearsal is each first, second and third Tuesday at 7 p.m.

On Wednesday, Sunday Preview begins at 5:30 p.m. Intercessory prayer is at 6:30. Bible study begins at 7.

Deacons board will meet at 8 p.m. Wednesday before the third Sunday.

Greater Mount ZionServices at Greater Mount

Zion Baptist Church, 907 Farmer St., begin at 10 a.m. with Sunday school, followed by worship at 11. Commu-nion is each first Sunday. The usher ministry meets each fourth Sunday follow-ing the service. Youth min-istry meets at 6:30 p.m. each second and fourth Tues-day. Youth choir rehearses at 6:30 p.m. Monday before the fourth Sunday. Prayer meeting is at 6:30 p.m. each Wednesday. Bible study is at 7. Praise and worship choir rehearses at 6:30 p.m. Monday before the first, second and fifth Sunday. Women’s ministry meets at 6:30 p.m. each first and third Tuesday. Gregory Butler is pastor. For transportation, call 601-636-0826. Visit [email protected].

Hawkins U.M.C.Services at Hawkins United

Methodist Church, 3736 Halls Ferry Road, begin at 8:45 a.m. with Sunday school, followed by worship at 10. A nursery is available. The UMW exec-utive committee meets at 4 p.m. UMYF begins at 6.

On Monday, Feeding the Homeless begins at 5:30 p.m. Cub Scouts meets at 6. Boy Scouts meets at 7. On Tues-day, Prayer group meets at 6. On Wednesday, Handbells begins at 5:45 p.m. Chancel choir begins at 7.

Children’s Tour-a-Town begins at 8 a.m. Thursday. Mission committee meets at 7. The Rev. Susannah Carr is pastor.

House of PeaceServices at The House

of Peace Worship Church International, 2372 Grove St., begin at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday school. Worship is at 11, followed by a new mem-ber’s class. On Monday, Bible class begins at 5 p.m. Inter-cessory prayer begins at 6. On Tuesday, intercessory prayer begins at 5 p.m. Bible study and Teen Talk are at 6, followed by choir rehearsal.

Grace and Prophecy with Apostle Linda Sweezer is broadcast at 11 p.m. Wednes-day on The Word Network. Visit www.grandprophecy.com.

Moving Into the Harvest leadership conference is set for July 22 and 23 at the Roll-ing Fork location. Apos-tle Michael Exum, execu-tive director of the Potters House International is guest speaker. Registration is required, adults $20, college students $15 and youth $10.

Immanuel BaptistServices at Immanuel

Baptist Church, 6949 U.S. 61 South, begin at 9:45 a.m. with Sunday school, followed by worship and children’s church, led by children’s director Ashley Coomes, at 10:45. Evening activities begin at 5 with discipleship training and choir practice. Evening worship is at 6.

On Wednesdays, prayer service, children’s classes for grades K-6 and youth ser-vices begin at 7 p.m. Adult choir practice begins at 8, led by interim music direc-tor Dale Yocum. A nursery is available. Billy Brumfield is pastor. Jason McGuffie is

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“I will run the way of Thy commandments, when Thou shalt enlarge my heart.”

Psalm 119.32•

There is an unseen world right where you are. Did you know that in the room where you are reading this, that there are cartoon, music, murder mysteries, and concerts going on? You just don’t see them unless you have your radio or televi-sion tuned in to the right frequency.

•So many people are missing out on the joys and privileges of the Christian life because they are not living a “tuned in” life to Jesus. To experience the abundant life that Jesus died to give you, all you have to do is tune in.

•Christians march to a different beat. They whistle a different tune. And that is where our blessings lie — where the world cannot see.

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church eventsassociate pastor and youth minister.

Jubilee Revival CenterServices at Jubilee Revival

Center, 900 Clay St., begin at 10:30 a.m. with worship. Evening worship is at 6. On Tuesday, intercessory prayer begins at 5 p.m., followed by Bible study at 6.

King David No. 1 M.B.Services at King David No.

1 M.B., 2717 Letitia St., begin at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday school. Communion is at 11 each second Sunday. The 16th anniversary celebra-tion for the Rev. A.L. Hines, pastor, and wife begins at noon Sunday.

Choir rehearsal is at 6 p.m. each first, third and fourth Monday. Bible study is at 6 p.m. Wednesdays. The Usher Board meets at 11 a.m. each second Saturday.

Creative Woman’s ministry will resume in September.

King David No. 2 M.B.Services for King David

No. 2 M.B. Church, will be at Holly Grove M.B. Church, 746 Johnson St., at 9:45 a.m. with Sunday school. Worship with Communion is each second and fourth Sunday at 11.

The Rev. Johnny L. Wil-liams is pastor.

King of KingsServices at King of Kings

Christian Center, 4209 Mount Alban Road, begin at 9 a.m. with Sunday school, followed by worship with the Home-coming Celebration at 10. Children’s ministry for ages 2-6 is Sunday. Ages 2-10 meet Thursday.

Bible class is at 6:30 p.m. each Thursday. For trans-portation, call 601-661-6444 or 601-629-7791. Willie P. Taylor is pastor.

King SolomonSunday services at King

Solomon Baptist Church, 1401 Farmer St., begin with Hour of Soul-Saving Power at 8:15 a.m. with the Voices of Praise Choir. Regular wor-ship is at 10 a.m. with the mass choir providing the music.

Evening service begins at 5 with Women of Worship pro-viding the music. The Rev. R.D. Bernard, pastor, will deliver both services. Com-munion will be served at both services. Nursery is pro-vided beginning at 9:30 a.m. The service can be heard on WRTM-FM 100.5 at 11 a.m. and on WJIW-FM 104.7 and KJIW-FM 94.5 at 7 p.m.

CDs or DVDs of Sunday messages are available by calling the church at 601-638-7658. Transportation is avail-able by calling 601-831-4387 or 310-283-0594 the day before.

Lighthouse AssemblyServices at Lighthouse

Assembly of God, 1790 Sher-man Ave., begin at 9:45 a.m. with Sunday school. Wor-ship is at 10:45 with Debbie Quimby leading praise and worship. Children’s church is led by Harry and Vickie Ogle. Wednesday services begin at 6:30 p.m. with Bible study for all ages. The Rev. George Farris is pastor.

Lighthouse BaptistSunday school at Light-

house Baptist Church, 1804 Sky Farm Ave., begins at 9:45 a.m. Sharon Forbes will lead the children and youth classes. Mike Sharp will lead the adult class. Worship is at 11 with Dr. E.L. Sharp, pastor, delivering the message. Sunday evening activities begin at 5:30 with training union for young adults, led by Debra Grayson and men’s prayer. Worship is at 6 with special music and the pas-tor’s message.

Wednesday activities begin at 7 p.m. with young adults training union, led by Gray-son and Bible study and prayer service for adults. A nursery is provided.

Living Word BaptistServices at Living Word

Baptist Church, 2845 Clay St., Suite 13 (in the Emmich Building), begin at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday school and new members orientation. Worship is at 11. Morning Glory worship services are at 8:30 a.m. each first and third Sunday. Bible study is at 7 each Wednesday night. W.I.T.N.E.S.S., a women’s ministry, is at 10 a.m. each first and third Saturday.

Man II Man, a men’s min-istry, is at 8:30 a.m. each second and fourth Sunday. Dr. Stevie C. Duncan is senior pastor. Visit www.the-livingwordbaptistchurch.com

Locust Grove M.B.Services at Locust Grove

M.B. Church, 472 Stenson Road, begin at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday school. Rudolph Walker is the superinten-dent. Communion is each second Sunday at 10:30 and each fourth Sunday at 8:30. Fifth Sunday worship begins at 8:30. Testimonial services begin at 8:30 a.m. each fifth Sunday. Bible study begins at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Choir practice begins at 5:30 p.m. each first, second and fourth Monday. The Rev. Robert L. Miller is pastor.

Lutheran Churchof the Messiah

The Divine Service for the Third Sunday after Trin-ity will be celebrated at The Lutheran Church of the Mes-siah (LCMS), 301 Cain Ridge Road, at 9 a.m. Sunday school for all ages begins at 10:30 a.m.

Visit www.lutheranchur-chofthemessiah.org or call 601-636-1894.

Mercy Seat BaptistServices at Mercy Seat

Baptist, 5 Dos Casas Lane, begin at 10 a.m. with Sunday

school, led by Grace Brown. Communion begins at 11 a.m. each third and fourth Sunday. Covenant is each third Sunday. Prayer services and Bible study, from the Book of Acts begin at 6 p.m.

Choir practice led by Mattie Lacey begins at 6:30 p.m. each Thursday before the third and fourth Sunday. Musicians are Shirley Cole-man-Harris and Charlie Gross. The Rev. Rudy Smith is pastor.

Mount Alban M.B.Sunday services at Mount

Alban M.B. Church, 2385 Mount Alban Road, begin at 9 a.m. with Sunday school led by Leonard Knight, deacon and superintendent. Worship with Communion is each first Sunday; praise and worship are each second, third and fourth Sunday; youth service is each fifth Sunday; all start at 11.

On Wednesday, prayer/Bible study is at 6:30 p.m. On Thursday, choir rehearsal begins at 6 p.m. Women of Faith ministry meets at 10 a.m. each second Saturday.

The Rev. Henry Lee Taylor Jr. is pastor.

Mount Ararat M.B.Services at Mount Ararat

M.B. Church, 50 Culkin Road, begin at 10 a.m. with Sunday school the second through the fifth Sunday. Henry Middleton is superin-tendent. Communion begins at 11:30 each first Sunday. Choir rehearsal begins at 5 p.m. each Thursday before the first Sunday at 5 p.m. The Rev. Johnny L. Williams is pastor.

Mount Ararat M.B.Services at Mount Ararat

M.B. Church, Eagle Lake community, are at 1:30 p.m. each second Sunday. Dr. L.A. Hall Sr. is pastor.

Mount Calvary BaptistServices at Mount Calvary

Baptist Church, 1350 East Ave., begin at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday school, directed by Al Evans, superintendent. Worship is at 11 with Mincer Minor, pastor, delivering the message. Communion is each second and third Sunday at 11. Children’s ministry for ages 1-7 begins at 9:30 a.m. in the annex each Sunday. Fifth Sunday worship begins at 8 a.m.

Brotherhood meets at 6 p.m. each first Tuesday. Ushers meet at 6 p.m. each Tuesday before the second Sunday. Wednesday’s youth Bible study and intercessory prayer begin at 6 p.m., fol-lowed by adult Bible study at 7. Junior choir rehearses at 5 p.m. Thursday before the first and third Sunday. Senior choir rehearses at 6 p.m. each Thursday. Male chorus rehearses at 6 p.m. Thursday before the fifth Sunday.

Women’s ministry begins at 10 a.m. each first Saturday.

The trustee board meet-ing begins at 9 a.m. and the deacons at 11 each Saturday before the second Sunday.

For transportation call 601-636-4999.

Mount Carmel M.B.Services at Mount Carmel

M.B. Church, 2629 Alma St., begin at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday school led by Keafur Grimes. Worship with Com-munion is Sunday with Dr. Wright L. Lassiter, guest speaker, delivering the message; Sunday school enhancement is each second Sunday; worship and testi-mony service is each third Sunday; and youth services each fourth and fifth Sunday. All are at 11 a.m.

Wednesday’s prayer meet-ing/Bible study is at 6:30 p.m.

Senior choir rehearsal begins at 4 p.m. Saturday before the first Sunday.

Male choir rehearsal begins at 7 p.m. Friday before the third Sunday. Youth choir rehearsal is at 1 p.m. Satur-day before the fourth Sunday.

Mission Society meets at 3 p.m. at the church each second Monday and at 2 p.m. each fourth Saturday at Carmel Manor, 910 Bowman St. Dr. Franklin L. Lassiter is pastor.

Mount CarmelSunday services at Mount

Carmel Ministries, 2015 Grove St., begin at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday school for all ages. Worship begins at 11. Communion is each first Sunday. Musicians rehearsal begins at 6 p.m. Monday.

On Wednesday, praise and worship choir rehearsal begins at 5 p.m. Bible study is at 7.

Men’s fellowship is at 7 p.m. Thursdays. Youth choir rehearsal begins at noon Sat-urday before each second and third Sunday. Exercise class begins at 8 a.m. Sat-urdays. For information or transportation, call 601-218-5087 or 601-638-9015. E-mail [email protected].

Mount Givens M.B.Services at Mount Givens

M.B. Church, 210 Kirkland Road, begin at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday school each second, third, fourth and fifth Sunday. Alice Scott is teacher. Sarah Cosey is superintendent. Communion is each fourth Sunday at 11 a.m.

Bible study is each Wednes-day at 6: 30 p.m., led by the Rev. Terry L. Moore, pastor.

Choir rehearsal begins at 6:30 p.m. each third and fourth Friday, under the direction of Karen Baker, musician.

Revival services are set for Aug. 22-26.

Call 601-631-0602.

Mount Hebron M.B. Services at Mount Hebron

M.B. Church, Bovina, are at 11:30 a.m. each first Sunday and include Communion. The Rev. Willie J. White is pastor.

Mount HerodenServices at Mount Heroden

Baptist Church, 1117-19 Clay St., begin at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday school directed by Hilda Y. White, superinten-dent. Worship is at 11. Com-munion is each first Sunday at 11. Youth service is at 11 each second Sunday. Prayer meeting/Bible study is at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Youth choir rehearses each second Satur-day at 12:30 p.m. Dr. Louis A. Hall Sr. is pastor.

Mount Olive M.B.Services at Mount Olive

M.B. Church of Villa Nova, 210 Villanova Road, in the Oak Ridge community, begin with Sunday school at 8:30 a.m. and worship at 10 each Sunday. Communion is at 10 a.m. each third Sunday. On Tuesday, Bible study begins at 6:45 p.m. The Rev. Richard Hopkins is pastor.

Mount Pilgrim Services at Mount Pilgrim,

Freetown, begin at 10 a.m. with Sunday school. First Sunday services begin at 11 a.m., led by Gracie Dan-iels, evangelist. Communion is each second Sunday and worship is each fifth Sunday; both begin at 11 a.m. Bible class is at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The Rev. Joseph L. Brown is pastor.

Mount Zion No. 1 M.B.Services at Mount Zion

No. 1 M.B. Church, 920 Fifth North St., begin at 8:30 a.m. with Sunday school, followed by worship at 10. Holy Com-munion is each first Sunday at 10 a.m. Prayer service begins at 6:30 p.m. Wednes-day, followed by Bible class at 7, led by the Rev. Larry Brown, pastor. On Satur-day, prayer service begins at 5:30 p.m., followed by Bible class at 6, led by Percy Bell, deacon.

Narrow Way M.B.Services for Narrow Way

M.B. Church will be at St. James No. 1 M.B. Church, 400 Adams St., beginning at 11 a.m. each first and third Sunday. Communion is each first Sunday. Bible class begins at 6 p.m. Tuesday. The Rev. James E. Williams is pastor. Call 601-218-8061.

Nazarene ChurchServices at Vicksburg First

Church of the Nazarene, 3428 Wisconsin Ave., begin at 9:45 a.m. with Sunday school. Worship begins at 10:50. Eve-ning service begins at 6 with the youth in charge. Hispanic Sunday service and chil-dren’s Sunday school are at 7:30.

Vacation Bible school is each night at 5:30 Monday through Friday. The closing program will be at 10:50 a.m. July 17. All mid-week activi-ties are canceled.

Visit www.vicksburg-naz-arene.org for a full listing of activities and services.

The Rev. Chuck Parish is senior pastor. Pastor Emeri-tus is the Rev. Kuhrman Cox.

New Dimension WorldServices at New Dimen-

sion World, 2011 Washington St., begin at 11 a.m. Sunday with worship. Sunday ser-vices can be watched live at www.NDWorld.org. Tuesday Night Touch (question and answer Bible study) is at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Bishop George Tyler Straughter is founder and senior pastor. Call 601-456-0215.

New Mount Elem M.B.Services at New Mount

Elem M.B. Church, 3014 Wis-consin Ave., begin at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday school, followed by worship at 11. Revival begins each night at 7 Tues-

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tODAY• First Baptist — 6 p.m., Deacons and Mothers Musical; local soloists; Patricia Stamps, 601-831-2111, or Victoria Ellis, 601-400-1343; 1511 1/2 Lane St.• Temple of Empowerment — 4 p.m., Youth Extravaganza; praise and worship, dance and mime, food and more; Georgia Elmore, 601-218-4796, or Shirley Jackson, 601-630-5712; 707 Pierce St.• Warrenton Independent Baptist — 7 p.m., Tim Frith and the Gospel Echoes concert; 829 Belva Drive.

sunDAY• Grace Baptist — 11 a.m., Tim Frith and the Gospel Echoes concert; 1729 Hankinson Road.• King David No. 1 M.B. — Noon, 16th anniversary of the Rev. A.L. Hines, pastor and Carolyn Hines, wife; the Rev. Leroy Chat-man, guest speaker; 2717 Letitia St.• Living Water Christian Fellowship — 10 a.m., Opening of new sanctuary with Super praise and worship; noon, lunch; 2 p.m., dedication service; 2075 Culkin Road.

MOnDAY• Shiloh M.B. — 7 p.m., revival; the Rev. Willie White, speaker; Dr. Willie J. Jones, pastor; 920 Meadow St.

tuesDAY• New Mount Elem M.B. — 7 p.m., revival; the Rev. Terry Moore, evangelist; Dr. Leonard Walker, pastor; 3014 Wisconsin Ave.• Shiloh M.B. — 7 p.m., revival; the Rev. James Archer, speaker; Dr. Willie J. Jones, pastor; 920 Meadow St.

WeDnesDAY• The Church of the Holy Trinity — 6:30 p.m.; Carol Mead, speaker; part two of the World Resurrected; South and Mon-roe streets.• New Mount Elem M.B. — 7 p.m., revival; the Rev. Terry Moore, evangelist; Dr. Leonard Walker, pastor; 3014 Wisconsin Ave.• Shiloh M.B. — 7 p.m., revival; the Rev. Walter Edley, speaker; Dr. Willie J. Jones, pastor; 920 Meadow St.

thursDAY• New Mount Elem M.B. — 7 p.m., revival; the Rev. Terry Moore, evangelist; Dr. Leonard Walker, pastor; 3014 Wisconsin Ave.• The Word Church of Vicksburg — Noon, “Come and Dine with the Father”; apostle Oscar L. Davis, pastor; 1201 Grove St.

FrIDAY• New Mount Elem M.B. — 7 p.m., revival; the Rev. Terry

Moore, evangelist; Dr. Leonard Walker, pastor; 3014 Wisconsin Ave.• Travelers Rest Baptist — 7 p.m., Youth Night Explosion; mime, praise dancers and choirs invited; the Rev. Thomas E. Bernard, pastor; 718 Bowmar Ave.

JuLY 19• Greater Mount Zion M.B. — 7 p.m., Youth revival; youth choirs, mime and praise ministries are welcome; the Rev. Brian Snowden, speaker; Maxine Graham, 601-218-8435, or Walter Griffin, deacon, 601-218-1459; 907 Farmer St.

JuLY 20• Greater Mount Zion M.B. — 7 p.m., Youth revival; youth choirs, mime and praise ministries are welcome; the Rev. Brian Snowden, speaker; Maxine Graham, 601-218-8435, or Walter Griffin, deacon, 601-218-1459; 907 Farmer St.

JuLY 21• Greater Mount Zion M.B. — 7 p.m., Youth revival; youth choirs, mime and praise ministries invited; the Rev. Brian Snowden, speaker; Maxine Graham, 601-218-8435, or Walter Griffin, deacon, 601-218-1459; 907 Farmer St.

JuLY 23• Greater Grove Street M.B. — 11 a.m., Fun Day; 2715 Alcorn Drive.• Greater Mount Zion M.B. — 7 p.m., Youth Gospel Extrava-ganza; youth choirs, mime and praise ministries invited; Max-ine Graham, 601-218-8435, or Walter Griffin, deacon, 601-218-1459; 907 Farmer St.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOLMOnDAY-thursDAY

• Travelers Rest Baptist — 7 p.m.; 718 Bowmar Ave.

MOnDAY-FrIDAY• Nazarene Church — 5:30 p.m.; 3428 Wisconsin Ave.• Northside Baptist — 6 p.m.; 4820 N. Washington St.

JuLY 18-22• Jackson Street M.B. — 6 p.m.; 1416 Jackson St.

JuLY 20-22• Greater Grove Street M.B. — 6-8 p.m.; 2715 Alcorn Drive.• Shiloh M.B. — 6 p.m.; 920 Meadow St.

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church eventsday through Friday with the Rev. Terry Moore, evangelist.

Dr. Leonard Walker is pastor.

New Mount PilgrimServices at New Mount

Pilgrim M.B. Church, 501 N. Poplar St., begin at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday school led by Leroy Gillium, deacon and assistant superintendent. The following begin at 11 — second Sunday services; Cov-enant after Sunday school each third Sunday; and Com-munion services each fourth Sunday.

Life Changing for Today’s Christian is set for 6:30 p.m. Monday. Minister Jacqueline Griffin is instructor.

Prayer meeting is at 6 p.m. Tuesday, followed by Bible study under the direction of the Rev. Virdell Lewis.

Senior choir practice led by Jean Thomas begins at 6:30 p.m. each Wednesday before the second, third and fourth Sunday.

The Usher Board meeting begins at 11 a.m. each first Saturday. Recordings of ser-vices are available from Lee Griffin, deacon, or by calling 601-636-6386. The Rev. Henry J. Williams is pastor.

New Popular GroveServices at New Popular

Grove Independent Meth-odist Church, 4366 Missis-sippi 27, Edwards, begin at 10 a.m. with Sunday school. Marshall Harris is superin-tendent. Worship begins at 11 with Tommie L. Moore, associate pastor, delivering the message. Communion is each first and third Sunday. On Thursday, Bible class begins at 6:30 p.m. James O. Bowman, pastor. Dorothy Hattsfield is associate minis-ter. Call 601-529-2044.

Northside Baptist Services at Northside Bap-

tist Church, 4820 N. Washing-ton St., begin at 9:45 a.m. with Sunday school, followed by children’s church and wor-ship led by Dr. Frank Lescal-lette, pastor, at 11. Registra-tion for vacation Bible school will follow the service. There will be food, games and a waterslide so bring a change of clothes. Evening activities are canceled.

Wednesday activities begin at 6 p.m. with mission study, men’s Bible study and GAs, followed by prayer service at 7. A nursery is provided.

Vacation Bible school is from 6 to 8 each night for all ages Monday through Friday.

Pentecostal ExplosionServices at Pentecostal

Explosion Ministries, 2130 Washington St., begin with Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., followed by praise and wor-ship at 10:30.

Wednesday Bible study is at 6:30 p.m.

Corporate prayer/Bible study is at 7 p.m. each second and fourth Friday.

Leonard and Paula Calcote are pastors. Call 601-953-6812.

Pleasant GreenServices at Pleasant Green

Baptist, 817 Bowman St., begin with Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., led by Ernest Walker, deacon and superin-tendent, and Elwin Johnson, assistant superintendent. Second Sunday worship

begins at 11 a.m. Communion is each fourth Sunday. Bible study is at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Deacons and trustees meet each Tuesday before the second Sunday at 6 p.m. Mis-sion ministry meets Satur-day before the first and third Sunday at 10 a.m. Herman L. Sylvester is pastor.

Pleasant Hill M.B.Services at Pleasant Hill

M.B. Church, 11170 Halls Ferry Road, begin at 10 a.m. with Sunday school. Wor-ship and Communion begin at 11:15 each second Sunday. Worship is at 11:15 each fourth Sunday. Prayer and Bible study begin at 6 p.m. Wednesday. The Rev. Joseph Brisco is pastor.

Pleasant Valley M.B.Services at Pleasant Valley

M.B. Church, 260 Missis-sippi 27, begin at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday school and new members class. Worship with Communion is at 11. On Tuesday, Shady Lawn Nurs-ing Home Ministry begins at 6 p.m. Bible class begins at 7. The Rev. Joe Harris Jr. is pastor.

Port Gibson U.M.C.The Fourth Sunday after

Pentecost services at Port Gibson United Method-ist Church, 901 Church St., begin at 10 a.m. with Sunday school. Worship is at 11 with the Rev. David Harrison, bringing the message.

Professional counseling is offered at Grace Chris-tian Counseling Center, 907 Church St. Call 601-437-5046.

Porters Chapel U.M.C.Services at Porters Chapel

United Methodist Church, 200 Porters Chapel Road, begin at 8:30 a.m. with early service. Good News Discus-sion Group meets at 9:45. Sunday school is at 10. Tradi-tional worship service is at 11 with the Rev. D.R. Ragsdale delivering the sermon. Ken Warren will lead the congre-gational singing. A nursery is provided for children as old as 5.

Boy Scouts meeting begins at 7 p.m. Monday. Cursillo will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tues-day. Call 601-636-2966. E-mail [email protected].

RefugeServices at Refuge Church,

6202 Indiana Ave., begin at 10:45 a.m. with praise and worship with Trevor Meade, bringing the message. Kidz Konstruction for ages 4 to 9 begins at 10:45.

Wednesday Family Night for all ages begins at 7 in the Family Life Center. A nursery is available for chil-dren as old as 4. Call 601-638-4439 or visit www.myref-ugechurch.com.

Ridgeway BaptistServices at Ridgeway Bap-

tist Church, 4684 Redwood Road, begin at 9:45 a.m. with Sunday school. Children’s church and worship are at 11. Evening service begins at 6. The Rev. Gene Jacks, pastor, will deliver messages of the day.

Prayer group meets at 10 a.m. Tuesdays in the fellow-ship hall. Bible study/prayer meeting begins at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

St. George OrthodoxServices at St. George

Antiochian Orthodox Chris-tian Church, 2709 Washing-ton St., include: The Fourth Sunday After Pentecost; The Holy Fathers of the Fourth Ecumenical Council; The commemoration of the New Martyr St. Joseph of Damas-cus; Great Vespers at 5:30 tonight; Matins at 9:30 a.m. Sunday; the Divine Liturgy at 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

Confessions are heard before and after every ser-vice. All services are in Eng-lish. The Very Rev. John W. Morris is pastor. Call 601-636-2483. Visit www.stgeor-gevicksburg.org.

St. James M.B. No. 1Services at St. James M.B.

Church No. 1, 400 Adams St., begin at 9 a.m. with Sunday school led by Robert Hub-bard, superintendent, and Walter Bell, assistant super-intendent. Worship is at 11 a.m. each second and fourth Sunday. Communion is each second Sunday. Bible class begins at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

The Rev. Willie J. White is pastor.

St. Luke Churchof God in Christ

Services at St. Luke Church of God in Christ, 915 First East St., begin at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday school, followed by worship at 11. Evening worship service begins at 7 with YPWW Bible study.

One Hour of Prayer is at 8 a.m. Saturday.

Weekly services are can-celed due to members attend-ing State Convocation in Jackson. Family and Friends Day is set for July 24.

Elder Douglas Anderson is pastor. For transportation, call 601-638-0389.

St. Mary’s CatholicSt. Mary’s Catholic Church,

1512 Main St., will celebrate the 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time at 9 a.m. Sunday. Daily Mass is at 6:30 a.m. Monday through Saturday in the parish chapel. Devotion to the Blessed Mother is at 7 p.m. Monday in the chapel.

Choir rehearsal is at 6 p.m. Wednesday. The Rosary is recited at 8:30 a.m. Sunday before Mass. The Sacrament of Penance is from 8 to 8:45 a.m. Sunday, or by appoint-ment. Youth Mass is each fourth Sunday. The Rev. Mal-colm O’Leary, SVD, is pastor. Call 601-636-0115.

St. Mary’s EpiscopalSt. Mary’s Episcopal

Church, 900 First North St., will observe the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost at 10:30 a.m. The Rev. Denny Allman will bring the mes-sage and serve at the Eucha-rist, using Rite II from the Book of Common Prayer. Snacks and fellowship are available in the parish hall following the service.

St. Paul CatholicSunday at St. Paul Catholic

Church, 713 Crawford St., is the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Rosary Saturday is at 5 p.m. Vigil Mass is at 5:30 tonight. Sunday Mass is at 10:30 a.m. Daily Mass is at 7 a.m. Tuesday through Friday. Sacrament of Reconciliation is Saturday at 5 p.m.

Shiloh PrimitiveServices for Shiloh Primi-

tive Baptist Church, War-riors Trail, begin at 10:30 a.m. with singing, prayers and a sermon. Dinner is served each first and third Sunday.

Elder Charles Holden is pastor.

Southside BaptistServices at Southside

Baptist Church, 95 Baptist Drive, begin at 9:45 a.m. with Sunday school, followed by worship at 11 with Greg Clemts, pastor, speaking. Andrew Clemts, interim song director, and Jim Bowman, instrumentalist, will lead the music. Adult choir practice is at 4 p.m. and Bible study at 5, followed by worship at 6.

Midweek prayer services are at 10 a.m. each Wednes-day, and Bible study/prayer service is at 7 p.m. Call 601-631-0047, or visit www.south-sidebcvicksburg.com.

Spring Hill M.B.Services at Spring Hill M.B.

Church, 815 Mission 66, begin at 9 a.m. each second and fourth Sunday. Youth minis-try services begin at 9 a.m. each fifth Sunday. Commu-nion is each second Sunday. Children’s church is provided for ages 2-15. Bible study begins at 6 p.m. Wednes-day. Javelin Clark is music minister. The Rev. Reginald Anderson is pastor.

Spring Hill M.B.Services at Spring Hill M.B.

Church, Grand Gulf Road, begin at 10 a.m. with Sunday school each first and third Sunday, all other Sundays it begins at 9:30. Communion services begin at 11 a.m. each first and third Sunday. Bible class begins at 6:30 p.m. each Wednesday before the first and third Sunday. The Rev. Joseph L. Brown is pastor.

Standfield New Life Services at Standfield New

Life Christian Church, 1404 Lane St., begin at 10 a.m. with worship. Maximized Manhood begins at 5 p.m. each first and third Sunday. New membership orienta-tion begins at 2 p.m. each second and fourth Sunday. Bible study is at 6 p.m. each Wednesday. Angel Food orders are taken monthly; call 601-638-5380.

Temple of Empowerment

Services at Temple of Empowerment, 707 Pierce St., begin at 9 a.m. with worship. Communion is each first Sunday. Women’s Sunday is each third and fifth Sunday. Youth is each fourth Sunday. On Wednesday, intercessory prayer begins at 6:30 p.m., followed by Bible study at 7. G. Tyrone Haggard is pastor and founder.

TriumphServices at Triumph

Church, 136 Honeysuckle Lane, begin with pre-service prayer at 8:15 and 10:15 a.m. Worship is at 8:30 and 10:30 with the sanctuary choir presenting praise and wor-ship under the direction of Landy Maughon. Mike Fields, pastor, will bring the mes-sage. The service at 10:30 will be streaming live on www.tri-umphchurchvicksburg.com.

Kingdom Kids Church and a teen class are available.

Corporate prayer is at 6 a.m. Tuesday and at 6 p.m. Saturday.

Wednesday services are as follows: Elevate Your Life classes, GENERATE student ministries and Kingdom Kids church. All begin at 6:30 p.m. Choir practice begins at 7:35. Men’s fraternity meets from 8 until 9:30 a.m. each first Sat-urday. A nursery is provided for ages 3 and younger.

Triumphant BaptistServices at Triumphant

Baptist Church, 124 Pittman Road, begin at 8:30 a.m. with New Sunday Connection/New Members Transition Classes at the Kings Empow-erment Center. Partners in Prayer begins at 9:30 a.m. in the sanctuary, followed by worship at 10.

Women’s ministry is at 5:30 p.m. Monday in the adminis-tration building.

Activities at the Kings Empowerment Center include aerobics at 6 p.m. Monday and Thursday and Bible study at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Mass choir rehearsal is at 7 p.m. Thursday at the church. Elders Bible study is at noon Friday in the administration building. Usher/Helps Min-istry is at 4 p.m. each fourth Saturday at the administra-tion building.

For transportation, call 601-218-1319, 601-638-8135 or 601-638-8108. The Rev. Dexter Jones is pastor.

WarrentonIndependent

Tim Frith and the Gospel Echoes will be in concert tonight at 7. A love offering will be taken.

Services at Warrenton Independent Baptist Church, 829 Belva Drive, begin at 10 a.m. with Sunday school. Worship is at 11 with Marvin E. Curtis Jr., pastor, deliv-ering the message. Junior church is during worship and is led by Scott Audirsch, associate youth pastor. Eve-ning worship is at 6 with Curtis delivering the mes-sage. Wednesday prayer meeting begins at 7 p.m. with Curtis. Prayer time will follow. Visit www.warrenton-baptist.net.

Wayside ApostolicServices at Wayside Apos-

tolic Church of Deliver-ance, 4615 Halls Ferry Road, begin at 10 a.m. with Sunday school, followed by wor-ship at 11:30. On Wednes-day, prayer service begins at 6 p.m. Bible study begins at 6 p.m. Friday. Bishop Frank Allen and overseer Mattie P. Allen are pastors. Call 601-638-4654.

Wayside Baptist Services at Wayside Baptist

Church, 6151 Jeff Davis Road, begin with Sunday school at 9:45 a.m., followed by worship at 11 with Jason Wooley. Eve-ning worship is at 6.

On Wednesday, prayer meeting/Bible study is at 7 p.m. A nursery is provided Sunday mornings.

WestminsterServices at Westminster

Presbyterian Church, 3601 Halls Ferry Road, begin at 9:45 a.m. with Sunday school. Worship with Communion is at 11 with Scott Reiber, pastor, preaching, assisted by Elder Bob LaBarre. Evening worship begins at 6. Terry

Warren will assist. Mary Claire Allison is choir direc-tor. Dr. Gwen Reiber is the organist.

Mary Martha Circle meets at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday. On Wednesday, prayer/Bible study begins at 6:30 p.m.

Wilderness BaptistServices at Wilderness

Baptist Church, 5415 Gibson Road, begin at 9:45 a.m. with Sunday school, fol-lowed by worship at 11 with Bob Conrad, pastor. Eve-ning Bible study begins at 6. Prayer service on Wednes-day is canceled. A nursery is provided.

Woodlawn BaptistServices at Woodlawn

Baptist Church, 2310 Culkin Road, begin at 9:40 a.m. with Sunday school, followed by worship at 11 with Dr. Farris W. Smith, delivering the message. The Rev. Kent Campbell, pastor is on the Honduras mission trip. The Rev. Mike Barber is minister of music. A nursery is avail-able for ages 3 and younger. Children’s church is available for 4 years through second grade. Morning services are at 11 on WBBV-FM 101.3 or www.woodlawnbc.com. Eve-ning worship and youth Bible study begin at 6.

On Wednesday, early ser-vice begins at 10 a.m. Eve-ning service and Under-ground connections for the youth begin at 6. Sanctuary choir practice begins at 7:10.

Call 601-636-5320.

The Word ChurchServices at The Word

Church, 1201 Grove St., begin at 10 a.m. with Sunday school, followed by worship at 11:30. Bible class Tuesday nights begins at 6:30 for one hour of power prayer.

Noon Day Prayer “Come and Dine with the Father” is each Thursday. Intercessory prayer begins at 6 tonight.

Apostle Oscar L. Davis is pastor. Call 601-807-3776.

Word of FaithSunday services at Word of

Faith Christian Center, 3525 Wisconsin Ave., begin at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday school, fol-lowed by worship at 10:30.

Corporate prayer is at 10:15 a.m. Sunday and 6:45 p.m. Wednesday.

Midweek services and Glo-rify God youth ministry are at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

The Rev. Reginald L. Walker is pastor. Bishop Keith A. Butler is founder. Call 601-638-2500.

Zion Travelers M.B. Services at Zion Travelers

M.B. Church, 1701 Poplar St., begin with Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., under the direction of Virginia Houston, min-ister and superintendent. Eddie James Lee is deacon and assistant superinten-dent. The following are at 11 a.m. — Communion each first Sunday; worship each second and fourth Sunday; women’s ministry each third Sunday; and youth ministry each fifth Sunday.

Choir practice is Monday after the second and fourth Sunday and Thursday after the first and third Sunday at 6 p.m. Tuesday, inter-cessory prayer is at 6 p.m. Prayer meeting is at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. Bible study is at 6. Alfred E. Lassiter Jr. is pastor.

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DHARMSALA, India (AP) — In a lifetime spent advocat-ing the plight of his Tibetan community, promoting inter-religious harmony and plead-ing for world peace, the Dalai Lama now faces perhaps his greatest challenge: trying to truly retire from politics.

The Dalai Lama has been in the United States this week on an 11-day Buddhist ritual.

In May, he formally stepped down as head of the Tibetan government-in-exile, giving up the political power that he and

his predeces-sors as Dalai Lama have wielded over Tibetans for hundreds of years. Though he remains t h e sp i r i -

tual leader of Tibetan Bud-

dhism, his decision to abdicate is one of the biggest upheavals in the community since the Chinese crackdown led him to flee in 1959 into exile in India.

And it raises the question of whether a man worshipped by his people as a living deity can ever stop leading them.

“It’s almost impossible for the Tibetan people to accept that their political, religious leader, their Buddha, will be truncated to just a religious leader,” said Tenzin Tsun-due, a 37-year-old poet and activist.

The Dalai Lama, the 14th in a line of men said to be the living incarnation of Chenrezig, a Buddhist god of compas-

sion, says he had little choice. Though he appears hearty, he turned 76 this week.

He said he needed to act now because he feared politi-cal chaos would erupt in the Tibetan community after his eventual death, when the Chi-nese government and Bud-dhist monks are certain to argue over the identity of his successor.

“Now, that danger is no longer there,” he said in an interview with The Associ-ated Press ahead of his U.S.

visit.Earlier this year, as he

watched the vibrancy of the election campaign for a new exile government, the Dalai Lama decided his people were ready, he said. He delivered a major address on March 19 calling on parliament to strip him of his political powers.

“That night, my sleep was extraordinarily, very sound,” the Dalai Lama said.

His people were terrified.The Dalai Lama, the living

symbol of Tibetans’ strug-

gle against China, is the only leader most have ever known, and his predecessors have ruled them for more than 3 1/2 centuries. For a deeply religious people, his effort to tease apart his spiritual and temporal roles was confusing and frightening.

The Dalai Lama says his daily life has changed little since his official retirement.

His dream now, he said, is to return to what he feels he is at heart: “A simple Buddhist monk.”

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LOTTERYLa. Pick 3: 2-8-7 La. Pick 4: 3-0-8-8Weekly results: C2

No hard feelingsDale Earnhardt Jr. and Jimmie Johnson try to move on after Daytona fiasco. Story/C3

SChEduLEPREP BASKETBALLMAC All-Star gameToday, 1 p.m.at Mississippi College

ON TV6:30 p.m. TNT - It’s horsepower, not horses in Kentucky as the Sprint Cup Series makes its Bluegrass State debut with the Quaker State 400. Lineup/C2

WhO’S hOTED EASLEYMobile BayBearsand former Mississippi State catcher hit a grand slam, two doubles and drove in six runs in a 14-9 victory over the Mississippi Braves on Friday. Story/C2

SIdELINESYao Ming calls ita career in Houston

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Rockets center Yao Ming is retiring, ac-cording to a report by Ya-hoo! Sports.

The 7-foot-6 Chinese star, plagued by lower-body injuries in the sec-ond half of his career, has informed the league of-fice that his playing ca-reer is over, the website reported.

The Rockets declined to comment on the report because of the lockout.

Yao’s contract expired after last season, and the Rockets said they were interested in re-sign-ing him if he came back healthy. Yao said in April in China that his profes-sional future depended on his recovery from a stress fracture in his left ankle.

An eight-time All-Star selection, Yao averaged 19 points and 9.2 re-bounds in his eight sea-sons, but his impact on the league goes far be-yond the numbers.

Yao single-handedly ex-panded the NBA’s reach throughout Asia, spiking merchandise sales and TV ratings for games af-ter the Rockets made him the top overall pick in the 2002 draft.

Skeptics doubted Yao was ready for the league, but he made the All-Rookie team after aver-aging 13.5 points, 8.2 re-bounds and 1.74 blocks in 82 games.

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Hamilton haunted by fan’s fallBy The Associated Press

ARLINGTON, Texas — Josh Hamilton could hear 6-year-old Cooper Stone screaming for his dad, who tumbled over an outfield rail-ing and fell 20 feet onto the concrete.

“In my mind, it happened in slow motion,” Hamilton said Friday, a day after the fatal accident. “I threw the ball and saw him go for it and saw him just tip right over the edge there. When it hap-pened, it was just disbelief.”

Firefighter Shannon Stone, who only minutes earlier had called out to Hamilton for a foul ball, fell headfirst after reaching out to catch one tossed his way by the Texas Rangers outfielder during the second inning. Stone died about an hour later.

“It’s just hard for me, hear-ing that little boy screaming for his daddy. ... That’s one of the main things I remember,” Hamilton said. “It’s definitely on my mind and in my heart. I can’t stop from praying enough for them.”

Hamilton said he is relying on his Christian faith, just as he has during an inspir-ing comeback from cocaine and alcohol addictions that almost kept him from ever playing in the major leagues.

The reigning AL MVP, whose major league debut in 2007 came almost eight years after he was drafted as the No. 1 overall pick, was selected by fans to start his fourth consecutive All-Star

game next week.Hamilton was in the start-

ing lineup for the second game of Texas’ game against Oakland on Friday night. Rangers manager Ron Wash-ington offered the slugger the day off, but Hamilton

wanted to play.“You pray, and you just

understand that there’s noth-ing that you can do to change it now,” Hamilton said. “We live in a fallen world and

Gators need morefunding for tripBy Steve [email protected]

The Vicksburg High School’s 7-on-7 football squad took a big hit to its hopes of playing in the 7-on-7 national tournament in Washington, D.C. on Friday.

Vicksburg assistant coach Michael Banks, who will be running the team at the tournament, said that the Gators are still short of funds needed to take the 20-player team to the tournament, which starts Thursday.

The team found out the cheaper option — taking a pair of vans — was not an option due to school district regulations and the team is down to two choices, a char-tered tour bus or a flight, to D.C.

The team raised $5,000 towards the trip. But now the trip requires about twice that amount to cover all of the expenses.

The coaches were forced to start working the phones to find some more donors and field some more bus bids to enable the team to make the trip.

“Our backs are against the wall and we just found this out around 2 p.m. (Friday),” Banks said.

The team will conduct a car wash at the Taco Bell on Pemberton Boulevard at 8:30 a.m. today to make a last ditch effort to raise the funds.

Those interested in making donations can call Banks at 601-301-0333.

Manning ready for lockout to endColts’ QB said labor dispute is interfering with rehab from neck surgeryBy Brett MartelAP Sports Writer

THIBODAUX, La. — The power and accuracy with which Peyton Manning’s passes bowl over bad guys in a recent “Football Cops” TV spoof was nowhere to be seen at the Manning family’s annual football camp.

After not making any throws during Friday morn-ing’s instructional sessions, the Indianapolis Colts quar-terback stressed that he is taking a “very cautious” approach to his comeback from offseason neck surgery because of the NFL lockout.

“That’s one thing these owners didn’t take into account. You’ve got a guy rehabbing and you can’t use your training room and can’t use your trainer,” Man-ning said. “When you find a good trainer and a good rehab guy that you like, it’s a pretty special bond. These guys kind of know your body. So the fact that I haven’t had access to my guys and I’ve been some-what on my own, I’ve been extra cautious and extra slow and making sure we don’t have any setbacks.”

Manning’s father, former Saints quarterback Archie Manning, mentioned that Peyton has been throwing at some of the offseason work-outs he has organized with Colts teammates in recent months. However, Peyton Manning declined to get into specifics about his condition, stressing only that he has been “very, very limited as to what I’ve been able to do and what I’ve allowed myself to do.”

Manning said he usually

puts himself through three rehabilitation sessions per day and even got one in Friday morning before camp started.

Lockout or not, this has

been another busy offsea-son for the Mannings, who got together on the campus of Nicholls State for the 16th year of the Manning Pass-ing Academy. On March 21,

Giants quarterback Eli Man-ning became a father for the first time when his wife, Abby, had their first child, a daughter named Ava. Only 10 days later, Peyton and his wife, Ashley, had twins — a daughter, Mosley, and son, Marshall.

Peyton Manning has avoided speaking publicly about his new experience as a father or the twins.

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Flags at the Brownwood Central Fire Station fly at half-mast for firefighter Shannon Stone, who died after trying to catch a baseball at Rangers Ballpark Thursday night.

Keselowski takes winat Kentucky SpeedwayBy The Associated Press

SPARTA, Ky. — Brad Keselowski has a special gauge that lets him know how much fuel he has in whatever car he’s driving: His behind.

It didn’t fail him Friday night at Kentucky Speedway.

The defending NASCAR Nationwide Series cham-pion used a light touch on the gas pedal over the final miles to pick up his first victory of the season, need-ing just one tank of fuel to navigate the last 67 laps and beat Kevin Harvick by over a second.

Kyle Busch, who started 41st after crashing during qualifying, was third fol-lowed by Kasey Kahne and Elliott Sadler.

“If you keep kind of paying in, the machine is going to pay out,” Kesel-owski said. “If you keep doing the right things long enough, you will be rewarded and today was a day of reward.”

And dominance.Keselowski led 132 laps

and spent the majority of the race pulling away from the rest of the 43-car field. Harvick was the only one able to stay within striking distance, but a late miscue cost him dearly.

Both drivers were attempting to stretch their fuel during the lengthy green flag run at the end

when Har-vick’s crew ordered him to pit only to tell him to stay out at the last second and hope

for a cau-tion after

another car spun out.The yellow flag never flew,

and Harvick wasted valu-able gas getting up to speed while giving Keselowski enough breathing room to survive.

“I was as confused as you could have imagined,” Har-vick said. “I should have just done what I wanted to do, that would have been easier.”

Keselowski thought Har-vick may have been toying with him. When it turned out he wasn’t, it let Kesel-owski take a leisurely route to the finish.

“Essentially it opened the box up for me to be more aggressive saving fuel,” Keselowski said. “I don’t know if we would have ran out or not, it’s hard to tell.”

Not that it mattered in the end as Keselowski put together his best perfor-mance since winning at Gateway last fall to beat a field stacked with fellow Sprint Cup regulars in town to run in tonight’s inaugu-ral Cup race at the track.

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mlbAmerican league

East Division W L Pct GBBoston ..........................53 35 .602 —New York ......................51 35 .593 1Tampa Bay ...................49 39 .557 4Toronto .........................43 47 .478 11Baltimore ......................36 50 .419 16

Central Division W L Pct GBCleveland ......................47 40 .540 —Detroit ...........................47 42 .528 1Chicago ........................43 46 .483 5Minnesota .....................39 47 .453 7 1/2Kansas City ..................36 52 .409 11 1/2

West Division W L Pct GBTexas ............................49 41 .544 —Los Angeles .................47 42 .528 1 1/2Seattle ..........................43 45 .489 5Oakland ........................39 51 .433 10

Friday’s GamesToronto 11, Cleveland 7Tampa Bay at New York, ppd., rainBoston 10, Baltimore 3Texas 8, Oakland 5Detroit at Kansas City, (n)Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, (n)Seattle at L.A. Angels, (n)

Today’s GamesTampa Bay (Price 8-7) at N.Y. Yankees (A.J.Burnett 8-7), 12:05 p.m.Minnesota (Duensing 6-7) at Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 6-5), 4:10 p.m.Toronto (Morrow 5-4) at Cleveland (Tomlin 10-4), 6:05 p.m.Baltimore (Simon 1-1) at Boston (Lackey 5-8), 6:10 p.m.Detroit (Furbush 1-2) at Kansas City (Hochevar 5-8), 6:10 p.m.Oakland (McCarthy 1-5) at Texas (C.Lewis 8-7), 7:05 p.m.Seattle (Pineda 8-5) at L.A. Angels (Pineiro 4-3), 8:05 p.m.

Sunday’s GamesTampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 12:05 p.m.Toronto at Cleveland, 12:05 p.m.Baltimore at Boston, 12:35 p.m.Detroit at Kansas City, 1:10 p.m.Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 1:10 p.m.Oakland at Texas, 2:05 p.m.Seattle at L.A. Angels, 2:35 p.m.

Monday’s GamesNo games scheduled

Tuesday’s GamesAll-Star Game at Phoenix, AZ, 7:05 p.m.

National leagueEast Division

W L Pct GBPhiladelphia ..................55 33 .625 —Atlanta ..........................53 36 .596 2 1/2New York ......................45 43 .511 10Washington ...................45 45 .500 11Florida ...........................41 48 .461 14 1/2

Central Division W L Pct GBMilwaukee .....................47 42 .528 —St. Louis .......................47 42 .528 —Pittsburgh .....................46 42 .523 1/2Cincinnati ......................44 45 .494 3Chicago ........................36 54 .400 11 1/2Houston ........................30 60 .333 17 1/2

West Division W L Pct GBSan Francisco ..............50 39 .562 —Arizona .........................48 41 .539 2Colorado .......................42 47 .472 8San Diego ....................40 49 .449 10Los Angeles .................38 51 .427 12

Friday’s GamesPittsburgh 7, Chicago Cubs 4Colorado 3, Washington 2Atlanta at Philadelphia, (n)Florida 6, Houston 3Cincinnati at Milwaukee, (n)Arizona at St. Louis, (n)San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, (n)N.Y. Mets at San Francisco, (n)

Today’s GamesAtlanta (Hanson 10-4) at Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 9-6), 3:10 p.m.San Diego (Harang 7-2) at L.A. Dodgers (R.De La Rosa 3-4), 3:10 p.m.Chicago Cubs (Dempster 5-6) at Pittsburgh (Cor-reia 11-6), 6:05 p.m.Colorado (Jimenez 3-8) at Washington (Marquis 7-3), 6:05 p.m.Cincinnati (Cueto 5-3) at Milwaukee (Marcum 7-3), 6:10 p.m.Houston (Myers 3-8) at Florida (Nolasco 5-5), 6:10 p.m.Arizona (D.Hudson 9-5) at St. Louis (C.Carpenter 4-7), 6:15 p.m.N.Y. Mets (Capuano 8-7) at San Francisco (Lince-cum 6-7), 8:05 p.m.

Sunday’s GamesHouston at Florida, 12:10 p.m.Atlanta at Philadelphia, 12:35 p.m.Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 12:35 p.m.Colorado at Washington, 12:35 p.m.Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 1:10 p.m.Arizona at St. Louis, 1:15 p.m.San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m.N.Y. Mets at San Francisco, 7:05 p.m.

Monday’s GamesNo games scheduled

Tuesday’s GamesAll-Star Game at Phoenix, AZ, 7:05 p.m.

mAJOR lEAGUE lEADERSAMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING—AdGonzalez, Boston, .355; Bautista, Toronto, .330; MiYoung, Texas, .327; VMartinez, Detroit, .319; MiCabrera, Detroit, .317; Konerko, Chicago, .316; JhPeralta, Detroit, .310.RUNS—Granderson, New York, 77; Bautista, Toronto, 70; MiCabrera, Detroit, 62; Ellsbury, Bos-ton, 62; Kinsler, Texas, 62; AdGonzalez, Boston, 61; Zobrist, Tampa Bay, 58.RBI—AdGonzalez, Boston, 77; Beltre, Texas, 68; Teixeira, New York, 65; Konerko, Chicago, 64; Granderson, New York, 62; Bautista, Toronto, 61; Youkilis, Boston, 59; MiYoung, Texas, 59.HITS—AdGonzalez, Boston, 126; MiYoung, Texas, 115; Ellsbury, Boston, 109; MeCabrera, Kansas City, 106; Markakis, Baltimore, 105; ACabrera, Cleveland, 104; AGordon, Kansas City, 101.DOUBLES—AdGonzalez, Boston, 28; Zobrist, Tampa Bay, 28; Ellsbury, Boston, 25; MiYoung, Texas, 25; Beltre, Texas, 24; AGordon, Kansas City, 24; Quentin, Chicago, 24; Youkilis, Boston, 24.TRIPLES—Granderson, New York, 7; AJackson, Detroit, 7; Bourjos, Los Angeles, 6; RDavis, Toron-to, 6; Aybar, Los Angeles, 5; Cano, New York, 5; Crisp, Oakland, 5; Gardner, New York, 5; Zobrist, Tampa Bay, 5.HOME RUNS—Bautista, Toronto, 29; Granderson, New York, 25; Teixeira, New York, 25; Konerko, Chicago, 22; NCruz, Texas, 20; MarReynolds, Baltimore, 20; DOrtiz, Boston, 19.STOLEN BASES—Ellsbury, Boston, 28; Andrus, Texas, 26; Crisp, Oakland, 26; RDavis, Toronto, 24; Gardner, New York, 22; ISuzuki, Seattle, 22; BUpton, Tampa Bay, 20.PITCHING—Sabathia, New York, 12-4; Ver-lander, Detroit, 11-4; Weaver, Los Angeles, 11-4; Scherzer, Detroit, 10-4; Tomlin, Cleveland, 10-4; Lester, Boston, 10-4; Ogando, Texas, 9-3; CWil-son, Texas, 9-3; Haren, Los Angeles, 9-5; Arrieta, Baltimore, 9-6.STRIKEOUTS—Verlander, Detroit, 138; FHernan-dez, Seattle, 134; Shields, Tampa Bay, 132; Price, Tampa Bay, 122; Weaver, Los Angeles, 120; Sabathia, New York, 117; CWilson, Texas, 117.SAVES—League, Seattle, 23; Valverde, Detroit,

22; CPerez, Cleveland, 21; MaRivera, New York, 21; Papelbon, Boston, 19; Walden, Los Angeles, 19; SSantos, Chicago, 18.

NATIONAL LEAGUEBATTING—JosReyes, New York, .354; Pence, Houston, .325; Kemp, Los Angeles, .323; Braun, Milwaukee, .320; Votto, Cincinnati, .319; McCann, Atlanta, .314; Helton, Colorado, .314.RUNS—JosReyes, New York, 65; RWeeks, Mil-waukee, 62; Bourn, Houston, 60; Braun, Milwau-kee, 57; Votto, Cincinnati, 57; CYoung, Arizona, 56; CGonzalez, Colorado, 55; Kemp, Los Angeles, 55; BPhillips, Cincinnati, 55; Stubbs, Cincinnati, 55.RBI—Fielder, Milwaukee, 71; Howard, Philadel-phia, 71; Kemp, Los Angeles, 66; Berkman, St. Louis, 62; Braun, Milwaukee, 62; Pence, Houston, 59; Beltran, New York, 57; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 57; Walker, Pittsburgh, 57.HITS—JosReyes, New York, 124; SCastro, Chi-cago, 113; Pence, Houston, 112; Votto, Cincinnati, 104; Bourn, Houston, 103; Kemp, Los Angeles, 103; BPhillips, Cincinnati, 103.DOUBLES—Beltran, New York, 26; Pence, Hous-ton, 24; CYoung, Arizona, 24; SCastro, Chicago, 23; Ethier, Los Angeles, 23; Headley, San Diego, 23; CaLee, Houston, 23; SSmith, Colorado, 23.TRIPLES—JosReyes, New York, 15; Victorino, Philadelphia, 9; SCastro, Chicago, 8; Bourn, Hous-ton, 7; Maybin, San Diego, 6; Rasmus, St. Louis, 6; SDrew, Arizona, 5; Fowler, Colorado, 5.HOME RUNS—Berkman, St. Louis, 23; Fielder, Milwaukee, 22; Kemp, Los Angeles, 22; Bruce, Cincinnati, 19; CPena, Chicago, 19; Howard, Phila-delphia, 18; Stanton, Florida, 18.STOLEN BASES—Bourn, Houston, 35; JosReyes, New York, 30; Kemp, Los Angeles, 26; Stubbs, Cincinnati, 23; Desmond, Washington, 20; Braun, Milwaukee, 19; Rollins, Philadelphia, 19.PITCHING—Jurrjens, Atlanta, 12-3; Halladay, Philadelphia, 11-3; Correia, Pittsburgh, 11-6; Han-son, Atlanta, 10-4; Hamels, Philadelphia, 10-4; Gallardo, Milwaukee, 10-5; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 9-4; DHudson, Arizona, 9-5; ClLee, Philadelphia, 9-6.STRIKEOUTS—Kershaw, Los Angeles, 147; Halladay, Philadelphia, 131; ClLee, Philadelphia, 128; Lincecum, San Francisco, 126; AniSanchez, Florida, 117; Hamels, Philadelphia, 115; Norris, Houston, 113.SAVES—Kimbrel, Atlanta, 27; Hanrahan, Pitts-burgh, 26; HBell, San Diego, 26; BrWilson, San Francisco, 25; Street, Colorado, 25; LNunez, Florida, 24; Axford, Milwaukee, 23.

All-Star Game RostersTuesday

At Chase Field, Phoenix(s-starter, elected by fans; m-managers pick; p-players’ selection; i-injured, will not play; r-injury replacement)

American LeaguePITCHERS — p-Josh Beckett, Boston; m-Aaron Crow, Kansas City; m-Gio Gonzalez, Oakland; p-Felix Hernandez, Seattle; p-Brandon League, Seattle; p-Chris Perez, Cleveland; m-David Price, Tampa Bay; pi-Mariano Rivera, N.Y. Yankees; p-James Shields, Tampa Bay; m-Jose Valverde, Detroit; p-Justin Verlander, Detroit; r-Jordan Walden, L.A. Angeles; p-Jered Weaver, L.A. Angels; m-C.J. Wilson, Texas.CATCHERS — s-Alex Avila, Detroit; p-Russell Martin, N.Y. Yankees; m-Matt Wieters, Baltimore.INFIELDERS — p-Adrian Beltre, Texas; p-Asdrub-al Cabrera, Cleveland; p-Miguel Cabrera, Detroit; s-Robinson Cano, N.Y. Yankees; s-Adrian Gonza-lez, Boston; s-Derek Jeter, N.Y. Yankees; p-Howie Kendrick, L.A. Angels; s-Alex Rodriguez, N.Y. Yankees.OUTFIELDERS — s-Jose Bautista, Toronto; m-Michael Cuddyer, Minnesota; p-Jacoby Ells-bury, Boston; s-Curtis Granderson, N.Y. Yankees; s-Josh Hamilton, Texas; p-Matt Joyce, Tampa Bay; p-Carlos Quentin, Chicago White Sox.DESIGNATED HITTERS — s-David Ortiz, Boston; p-Michael Young, Texas.FINAL VOTE (One player to be selected) — Alex Gordon, OF, Kansas City; Adam Jones, OF, Baltimore; Paul Konerko, 1B, Chicago White Sox; Victor Martinez, DH, Detroit; Ben Zobrist, 2B, Tampa Bay.

National LeaguePITCHERS — m-Heath Bell, San Diego Padres; m-Matt Cain, San Francisco; m-Tyler Clippard, Washington; p-Roy Halladay, Philadelphia; p-Cole Hamels, Philadelphia; p-Joel Hanrahan, Pittsburgh; p-Jair Jurrjens, Atlanta; p-Clayton Kershaw, L.A. Dodgers; p-Cliff Lee, Philadelphia; m-Tim Lince-cum, San Francisco; p-Jonny Venters, Atlanta; m-Ryan Vogelsong, San Francisco; p-Brian Wilson, San Francisco.CATCHERS — s-Brian McCann, Atlanta; p-Yadier Molina, St. Louis.INFIELDERS — m-Starlin Castro, Chicago; s-Prince Fielder, Milwaukee; p-Chipper Jones, Atlanta; p-Brandon Phillips, Cincinnati; s-Placido Polanco, Philadelphia; s-Jose Reyes, N.Y. Mets; m-Gaby Sanchez, Florida; p-Troy Tulowitzki, Colo-rado; p-Joey Votto, Cincinnati; s-Rickie Weeks, Milwaukee.OUTFIELDERS — m-Carlos Beltran, N.Y. Mets; s-Lance Berkman, St. Louis; s-Ryan Braun, Mil-waukee; p-Jay Bruce, Cincinnati; p-Matt Holliday, St. Louis; s-Matt Kemp, L.A. Dodgers; p-Hunter Pence, Houston; m-Justin Upton, Arizona.FINAL VOTE (One player to be selected) — Andre Ethier, OF, L.A. Dodgers; Todd Helton, 1B, Colorado; Ian Kennedy, RHP, Arizona; Mike Morse, OF, Washington; Shane Victorino, OF, Philadelphia.

miNOR lEAGUE bASEbAllSouthern leagueNorth Division

W L Pct. GBChattanooga (Dodgers) 9 6 .600 —Huntsville (Brewers) .....9 6 .600 —x-Tennessee (Cubs) .....8 7 .533 1Carolina (Reds) ............5 9 .357 3 1/2Jackson (Mariners) .......5 11 .313 4 1/2

South Division W L Pct. GBMobile (Diamondbacks) 11 4 .733 —Mississippi (Braves) ..8 8 .500 3 1/2x-B-ham (White Sox) ...8 8 .500 3 1/2Montgomery (Rays) ......8 8 .500 3 1/2Jacksonville (Marlins) ...5 10 .333 6x-clinched first half

———Friday’s Games

Montgomery 6, Jacksonville 3Chattanooga at Tennessee, (n)Carolina at Huntsville, ppd., rainBirmingham 9, Jackson 5Mobile 14, Mississippi 9

Today’s GamesChattanooga at Tennessee, 5:15 p.m.Carolina at Huntsville, 5:43 p.m., 1st gameBirmingham at Jackson, 6:05 p.m.Montgomery at Jacksonville, 6:05 p.m.

Mississippi at Mobile, 7:05 p.m.Carolina at Huntsville, 8:13 p.m., 2nd game

Sunday’s GamesBirmingham at Jackson, 2:05 p.m.Chattanooga at Tennessee, 4 p.m.Montgomery at Jacksonville, 5:05 p.m.Mississippi at Mobile, 6:05 p.m.Carolina at Huntsville, 6:43 p.m.

cycliNG2011 Tour de France

July 2 — Stage 1: Passage du Gois La Barre-de-Monts—Mont des Alouettes Les Herbiers, flat, 191.5 kilometers (119 miles) (Stage: Philippe Gil-bert, Belgium; Yellow Jersey: Gilbert)July 3 — Stage 2: Les Essarts, team time trial, 23 (14.3) (Garmin-Cervelo; Thor Hushovd, Norway)July 4 — Stage 3: Olonne-sur-Mer—Redon, flat, 198 (123.0) (Tyler Farrar, United States; Hushovd)July 5 — Stage 4: Lorient—Mur-de-Bretagne, flat, 172.5 (107.2) (Cadel Evans, Australia; Hushovd)July 6 — Stage 5: Carhaix—Cap Frehel, flat, 164.5 (102.2) (Mark Cavendish, Britain; Hushovd)July 7 — Stage 6: Dinan—Lisieux, flat, 226.5 (140.7) (Edvald Boasson Hagen, Norway; Hush-ovd)July 8 — Stage 7: Le Mans—Chateauroux, flat, 218 (135.5) (Cavendish; Hushovd)July 9 — Stage 8: Aigurande—Super-Besse Sancy, medium mountain, 189 (117.4)July 10 — Stage 9: Issoire—Saint-Flour, medium mountain, 208 (129.2)July 11 — Rest day in Le Lioran Cantal.July 12 — Stage 10: Aurillac—Carmaux, flat, 158 (98.2)July 13 — Stage 11: Blaye-les-Mines—Lavaur, flat, 167.5 (104.1)July 14 — Stage 12: Cugnaux—Luz-Ardiden, high mountain, 211 (131.1)July 15 — Stage 13: Pau—Lourdes, high moun-tain, 152.5 (94.8)July 16 — Stage 14: Saint-Gaudens—Plateau de Beille, high mountain, 168.5 (104.7)July 17 — Stage 15: Limoux—Montpellier, flat, 192.5 (119.6)July 18 — Rest day in the Drome region.July 19 — Stage 16: Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux—Gap, medium mountain, 162.5 (101)July 20 — Stage 17: Gap—Pinerolo, Italy, high mountain, 179 (111.2)July 21 — Stage 18: Pinerolo—Galibier Serre-Chevalier, high mountain, 200.5 (124.6)July 22 — Stage 19: Modane Valfrejus—Alpe-d’Huez, high mountain, 109.5 (68.0)July 23 — Stage 20: Grenoble, individual time trial, 42.5 (26.4)July 24 — Stage 21: Creteil—Paris Champs-Elysees, flat, 95 (59)Total — 3,430 (2,131.2)

NAScARNationwide-Feed The chil-

dren 300 ResultsFriday

At Kentucky SpeedwaySparta, Ky.

Lap length: 1.5 miles(Start position in parentheses)

1. (5) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 200 laps, 143.5 rating, 0 points.2. (6) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 200, 133.4, 0.3. (41) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 200, 106.5, 0.4. (18) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 200, 97.6, 0.5. (1) Elliott Sadler, Chevrolet, 200, 108.5, 40.6. (19) Kenny Wallace, Toyota, 200, 84.5, 38.7. (21) Michael Annett, Toyota, 200, 86.4, 37.8. (2) Carl Edwards, Ford, 200, 118.6, 0.9. (3) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 200, 109, 35.10. (4) Joey Logano, Toyota, 200, 102.3, 0.11. (10) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 199, 101.5, 33.12. (13) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 199, 74.8, 33.13. (14) Jason Leffler, Chevrolet, 199, 91.4, 31.14. (12) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 199, 90.2, 0.15. (7) Brian Scott, Toyota, 199, 88.8, 29.16. (17) Mike Wallace, Chevrolet, 199, 68.9, 29.17. (11) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 199, 81.4, 27.18. (26) David Reutimann, Toyota, 199, 73.5, 0.19. (8) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 199, 88.6, 25.20. (20) Aric Almirola, Chevrolet, 198, 77.3, 24.21. (9) Steve Wallace, Toyota, 198, 75.4, 23.22. (27) Blake Koch, Dodge, 198, 64.3, 22.23. (23) David Stremme, Chevrolet, 196, 64, 0.24. (16) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, 196, 69.1, 20.25. (22) Derrike Cope, Chevrolet, 196, 54.7, 19.26. (34) Timmy Hill, Ford, 195, 49.5, 18.27. (32) Eric McClure, Chevrolet, 194, 48.4, 17.28. (39) Charles Lewandoski, Chevrolet, 193, 44.3, 16.29. (35) Kevin Lepage, Chevrolet, 193, 47.4, 15.30. (38) Jamie Dick, Chevrolet, 193, 44.1, 0.31. (42) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 176, 42, 13.32. (29) Jennifer Jo Cobb, Dodge, ignition, 169, 37.1, 12.33. (40) Robert Richardson Jr., Chevrolet, acci-dent, 119, 36.2, 11.34. (30) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet, accident, 104, 53.1, 10.35. (15) Will Kimmel, Ford, accident, 62, 55.4, 9.36. (28) Scott Riggs, Dodge, overheating, 20, 41.7, 0.37. (25) Jeff Green, Chevrolet, vibration, 18, 41.2, 7.38. (36) Tim Andrews, Chevrolet, transmission, 11, 36.1, 6.39. (37) Johnny Chapman, Chevrolet, ignition, 10, 35.5, 5.40. (43) Mike Harmon, Chevrolet, brakes, 7, 32, 4.41. (33) Chase Miller, Chevrolet, ignition, 3, 33.9, 3.42. (24) John Jackson, Toyota, electrical, 3, 32.4, 2.43. (31) Dennis Setzer, Chevrolet, brakes, 2, 30.8, 1.

———Race Statistics

Average Speed of Race Winner: 138.408 mph.Time of Race: 2 hours, 10 minutes, 3 seconds.Margin of Victory: 1.180 seconds.Caution Flags: 5 for 24 laps.Lead Changes: 8 among 6 drivers.Lap Leaders: E.Sadler 1-8; K.Harvick 9-43; C.Edwards 44; K.Harvick 45-65; B.Keselowski 66; M.Wallace 67; B.Keselowski 68-134; J.Nemechek 135-136; B.Keselowski 137-200.Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): B.Keselowski, 3 times for 132 laps; K.Harvick, 2 times for 56 laps; E.Sadler, 1 time for 8 laps; J.Nemechek, 1 time for 2 laps; C.Edwards, 1 time for 1 lap; M.Wallace, 1 time for 1 lap.Top 10 in Points: 1. E.Sadler, 641; 2. R.Sorenson, 637; 3. R.Stenhouse Jr., 614; 4. J.Allgaier, 598; 5. J.Leffler, 568; 6. A.Almirola, 553; 7. K.Wallace, 532; 8. S.Wallace, 490; 9. M.Annett, 483; 10. B.Scott, 483.

Sprint cup-Quaker State 400 lineupAfter Friday qualifying; race today

At Kentucky SpeedwaySparta, Ky.

Lap length: 1.5 miles(Car number in parentheses)

1. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, Owner Points.2. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, Owner

Points.3. (22) Kurt Busch, Dodge, Owner Points.4. (4) Kasey Kahne, Toyota, Owner Points.5. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, Owner Points.6. (2) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, Owner Points.7. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, Owner Points.8. (6) David Ragan, Ford, Owner Points.9. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, Owner Points.10. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, Owner Points.11. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, Owner Points.12. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, Owner Points.13. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, Owner Points.14. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, Owner Points.15. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, Owner Points.16. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, Owner Points.17. (00) David Reutimann, Toyota, Owner Points.18. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, Owner Points.19. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, Owner Points.20. (33) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, Owner Points.21. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, Owner Points.22. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, Owner Points.23. (43) A J Allmendinger, Ford, Owner Points.24. (47) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, Owner Points.25. (13) Casey Mears, Toyota, Owner Points.26. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, Owner Points.27. (83) Brian Vickers, Toyota, Owner Points.28. (5) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, Owner Points.29. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, Owner Points.30. (51) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, Owner Points.31. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, Attempts.32. (36) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, Owner Points.33. (60) Mike Skinner, Toyota, Attempts.34. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, Owner Points.35. (34) David Gilliland, Ford, Owner Points.36. (46) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, Attempts.37. (38) Travis Kvapil, Ford, Attempts.38. (66) Michael McDowell, Toyota, Attempts.39. (71) Andy Lally, Ford, Attempts.40. (81) Scott Riggs, Chevrolet, Attempts.41. (37) Tony Raines, Ford, Attempts.42. (32) Mike Bliss, Ford, Owner Points.43. (7) Scott Wimmer, Dodge, Owner Points.

Failed to Qualify44. (30) David Stremme, Chevrolet.45. (15) Michael Waltrip, Toyota.46. (50) T.J. Bell, Toyota.47. (95) David Starr, Ford.48. (77) Robby Gordon, Dodge.

GOlFJohn Deere classic Par Scores

FridayAt TPC Deere Run

Silvis, Ill.Purse: $4.5 million

Yardage: 7,268; Par: 71

Second Rounda-denotes amareur

Chez Reavie .............................66-62 — 128 -14Steve Marino ............................64-66 — 130 -12Steve Stricker ...........................66-64 — 130 -12Jhonattan Vegas ......................68-64 — 132 -10Mark Wilson .............................65-67 — 132 -10Brendon de Jonge ...................66-66 — 132 -10Kyle Stanley .............................65-67 — 132 -10Kirk Triplett ...............................68-65 — 133 -9Arjun Atwal ...............................67-66 — 133 -9Billy Mayfair ..............................67-66 — 133 -9John Mallinger ..........................68-65 — 133 -9David Mathis ............................68-65 — 133 -9Nathan Green ...........................69-64 — 133 -9Chris Stroud .............................69-64 — 133 -9Matt McQuillan .........................64-69 — 133 -9Cameron Percy ........................66-67 — 133 -9Kris Blanks ...............................63-71 — 134 -8Jim Herman ..............................66-68 — 134 -8William McGirt ..........................67-67 — 134 -8Charles Howell III .....................66-68 — 134 -8Lee Janzen ...............................66-68 — 134 -8D.A. Points ...............................66-68 — 134 -8Davis Love III ...........................64-70 — 134 -8Dean Wilson .............................69-65 — 134 -8Chris Couch .............................70-65 — 135 -7Michael Letzig ..........................70-65 — 135 -7Zach Johnson ...........................66-69 — 135 -7Cameron Beckman ..................66-69 — 135 -7Scott Stallings ..........................69-66 — 135 -7Aron Price ................................69-66 — 135 -7Brian Gay .................................68-67 — 135 -7Michael Connell ........................69-66 — 135 -7Charles Warren ........................67-68 — 135 -7Steven Bowditch ......................67-68 — 135 -7Joe Ogilvie ...............................69-67 — 136 -6Duffy Waldorf ...........................67-69 — 136 -6Woody Austin ...........................69-67 — 136 -6Heath Slocum ...........................70-66 — 136 -6Jason Day ................................67-69 — 136 -6Todd Hamilton ..........................70-66 — 136 -6Andres Gonzales ......................68-68 — 136 -6Chad Campbell ........................67-69 — 136 -6Josh Teater ..............................66-70 — 136 -6Troy Merritt ...............................68-68 — 136 -6J.J. Henry .................................68-68 — 136 -6Cameron Tringale ....................70-66 — 136 -6Troy Matteson ..........................67-69 — 136 -6Brian Davis ...............................70-66 — 136 -6David Hearn .............................67-69 —136 -6Shane Bertsch ..........................71-66 —137 -5Alex Prugh ................................69-68 —137 -5

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scoreboardAUTO RACING

7 a.m. Speed - Formula One, quali-fying for British Grand Prix, at Northamptonshire, England

4:30 p.m. Versus - IRL, IndyCar, pole qualifying for Honda Indy Toronto (tape)

6:30 p.m. TNT - NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Quaker State 400, at Sparta, Ky.

8:30 p.m. ESPN2 - NHRA, qualifying for Route 66 Nationals, at Joliet, Ill. (tape)

BOXING9:15 p.m. HBO - Champion Akifumi

Shimoda (23-2-1) vs. Rico Ramos (19-0-0), for WBA super bantam-weight title; junior middleweights, Paul Williams (39-2-0) vs. Erislandy Lara (15-0-1), at Atlantic City, N.J.

CYCLING7 a.m. Versus - Tour de France, stage

8, Aigurande to Super-Besse Sancy, France

GOLF7:15 a.m. TGC - European PGA Tour,

Scottish Open2 p.m. CBS - PGA Tour, John Deere

Classic2 p.m. NBC - USGA, U.S. Women’s

Open Championship5:30 p.m. TGC - Champions Tour,

First Tee OpenHORSE RACING

6 p.m. ESPN - NTRA, Hollywood Gold Cup

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL3 p.m. Fox - Atlanta at Philadelphia6 p.m. MLB - Regional coverage, Cin-

cinnati at Milwaukee or Baltimore or Boston

6 p.m. WGN - Chicago Cubs at Pitts-burgh

MAJOR LEAGUE LACROSSE6 p.m. ESPN2 - All-Star Game, at

BostonSOCCER

10:30 a.m. ESPN - FIFA, Women’s World Cup, quarterfinal, England vs. France

1:15 p.m. ESPN - FIFA, Women’s World Cup, quarterfinal, Germany vs. Japan

July 91887 — Charles Comiskey of the

St. Louis Browns becomes the first major leaguer to be paid for a prod-uct endorsement. The first base-man and manager is the spokes-man for Menell’s Penetrating Oil.

1995 — Pete Sampras becomes the first American to win Wimble-don three straight years by beating Boris Becker in four sets.

2006 — Italy wins its fourth World Cup title winning the shootout 5-3, after a 1-1 draw. Outplayed for an hour and into extra time, the Ital-ians win it after French captain Zin-edine Zidane is ejected in the 107th for head-butting Marco Materazzi in the chest.

2009 — Michael Phelps breaks the world record in the 100-meter but-terfly at the U.S. national cham-pionships in Indianapolis. Phelps swims the two-lap final in 50.22 sec-onds, lowering Ian Crocker’s mark of 50.40 set at the 2005 world cham-pionships in Montreal.

lOTTERy

Sunday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 0-8-7La. Pick 4: 5-3-9-7Monday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 9-5-2La. Pick 4: 7-4-0-5Tuesday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 6-2-0La. Pick 4: 2-7-0-1 Wednesday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 9-2-0La. Pick 4: 7-9-4-4Easy 5: 1-3-7-28-36La. Lotto: 5-7-25-30-37-39Powerball: 11-15-24-50-55Powerball: 8; Power play: 2Thursday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 5-5-9 La. Pick 4: 9-2-5-4 Friday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 2-8-7La. Pick 4: 3-0-8-8Saturday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 9-7-2La. Pick 4: 8-4-5-6Easy 5: 15-21-26-30-34La. Lotto: 9-16-20-23-24-32Powerball: 1-11-18-29-51Powerball: 32; Power play: 3

GOlFDottley gets VicksburgCountry Club golf title

Will Dottley claimed the Vicks-burg Country Club championship with a 10-stroke lead on July 4.

Dottley broke par on all three days at the par-71 course. He shot 67 in the first round and followed it with a 2-under 69 in round two, to take an 11-stroke lead into the final round. He shot a 70 on Monday to finish with a 7-under 206.

Jake Dornbusch was second with a 216 after firing a 69 in round three. Todd Boolos was third at 222, followed by Warren Central golfer Parker Rutherford’s 224 and Ben Brooks’ 225.

Mike Curtis won the first flight with a 224 and Johnny Mims took the second flight with a 235.

bASEbAllM-Braves outsluggedby red-hot BayBears

The Mobile BayBears hung big numbers on the board in the first and seventh innings to win a 14-9 slugfest over the Mississippi Braves at Hank Aaron Stadium in Mobile on Friday.

Former Mississippi State catcher Ed Easley went 3-for-5 with two doubles, a grand slam and six RBIs to pace the BayBears.

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Georgia declares Kingacademically ineligible

Georgia’s depth chart at tailback took another hit Friday when senior Caleb King was declared academi-cally ineligible for the 2011 season.

King ended spring prac-tice as the team’s starter. Washaun Ealey, who led Georgia in rushing last season, left school in May after two suspensions for dis-ciplinary reasons.

Friday’s announcement by coach Mark Richt opens the way for incoming freshman Isaiah Crowell to begin his career as the starting tail-back. Even with King on the depth chart, many observers already expected Crowell to win the job.

Richt talked about his high expectations for Crow-ell, from Carver High in Columbus, when the highly recruited back signed with Georgia in February. Richt hinted that Crowell could be the starter when the Bull-dogs open their season against Boise State in the Georgia Dome on Sept. 3.

“I wouldn’t be shocked to see him run that rock in the Dome against Boise State on the opening play if he does what he’s supposed to do,” Richt said.

With the departures of King and Ealey, junior Car-lton Thomas (5-foot-7, 170 pounds) is the leading returning rusher, logging 272 yards and two touchdowns last year. Redshirt freshman Ken Malcome also will have a chance to earn significant playing time. Junior line-backer Richard Samuel is a former tailback. Walk-on Brandon Harton was third on the depth chart, behind King and Thomas, at the end of spring.

“Its unfortunate Caleb will not be with us this season,” Richt said. “We wish him the best in whatever he decides to do; however, we have to move forward and this will provide more opportunities for others to step up.”

King was suspended for two games last season after

failing to appear in court to deal with a speed-ing ticket. He missed the Liberty Bowl because of academic issues.King rushed

for 430 yards with two touch-downs on 80 carries in 2010. Ealey led the team with 811 yards rushing and 11 touch-downs last season.

NCAA places WVU on2 years probation

The NCAA said Friday it has accepted West Virginia’s self-imposed sanctions that include two years’ probation for major rules violations under former coaches Rich Rodriguez and Bill Stewart.

The report by the NCAA infractions committee said three failure-to-monitor vio-lations occurred involving out-of-season coaching and the use of non-coaching staff to work with players.

Under the sanctions released Friday, the Moun-taineers will lose a schol-arship for the upcoming season and have recruiting restrictions and staff reduc-tions. The probation doesn’t include postseason play.

“I am pleased that the Committee accepted the self-imposed penalties the University proposed, with-out imposing any additional ones,” West Virginia athletic director Oliver Luck said in a statement. “The University has already taken corrective action and put new systems in place to address all the issues raised.”

The infractions commit-tee didn’t decide the Moun-taineers failed to promote an atmosphere of compliance with NCAA rules.

Earnhardt, Johnson forgive and forgetSPARTA, Ky. (AP) — Dale

Earnhardt Jr. heard about how his fans flooded Jimmie Johnson’s Twitter page after the five-time NASCAR cham-pion seemed to abandon his Hendrick Motorsports team-mate late in last week’s race at Daytona and couldn’t help but rib the social-media loving Johnson.

“I called him up and said, ‘Now you know why I don’t have Twitter,”’ Earnhardt said Friday at Kentucky Speedway, where the Cup series will make its debut this weekend.

Earnhardt couldn’t help but laugh, even if the fans of the series’ most popular driver weren’t quite so forgiving of Johnson’s late move to pit for gas instead of trying to nudge Earnhardt to his first victory in more than three years.

The duo spent most of the 400-mile race working as a two-car tandem, with Johnson serving as the pusher much in the same way Earnhardt pushed Johnson to victory at Talladega this spring.

Yet as the laps dwindled and the group of leaders started to pull away, Johnson crew chief Chad Knaus ordered his driver to pit in hopes that a little extra fuel would provide the difference if the there were multiple green-white-check-ered finishes.

“It was just do what we can to get our best finish and kind of every man for themselves because we were so deep in the field,” Johnson said.

The decision left Earnhardt to fend for himself and he ended up 19th after getting caught up in a wreck on the final lap. Frustrating? Yes. Johnson’s fault? Hardly. The move didn’t exactly help him

either. Johnson came in 20th.“I figured Jimmie would

still have a good opportunity to get up to me and help us and pretty much we were in fine shape until people forgot how to drive or people thought they could disobey the laws of physics or whatever they were trying to do,” Earnhardt said. “The caution was out. It was a good time to go to pit road.”

The disappointing night con-tinued a mid-summer swoon by Earnhardt. He’s finished no better than 19th in any of his last three races, dropping him down to seventh in the standings with two months to go before the Chase for the championship begins.

It’s hardly time to panic, but it’s not exactly the direction Earnhardt would like to be going as the series enters the

dog days.“I hate what’s happened the

last couple weeks,” Earnhardt said. “I have some regrets. Maybe I shouldn’t have beat up the car so much.”

And maybe, he allows, his fans shouldn’t beat up so much on Johnson, a recent Twitter convert.

“I don’t know if I should be that surprised at anything the fans (say), because they’re passionate you know,” Earn-hardt said. “They get it in their minds what they think is right and what they think happened and they get up and run with it.”

Johnson was quick to point out that he received plenty of positive feedback from Earnhardt supporters, and declared the decision to pit a non-issue. It didn’t even come up during the weekly Tuesday team-wide call.

“It was pretty cut and dry,” Earnhardt said. “It really didn’t bother me at all.”

Ortiz, Red Sox beat up on OriolesBy The Associated Press

David Ortiz homered in Bos-ton’s eight-run first inning, then got into a bench-clearing brawl with Baltimore reliever Kevin Gregg as the Red Sox routed the Orioles 10-3 on Friday night.

Ortiz and Gregg exchanged a flurry of punches in the eighth, but neither connected before they were separated as both benches and bullpens emptied for the second time in the inning.

Moments before the fight, Ortiz started toward the mound after taking a second straight pitch inside from Gregg. The benches and bull-pens emptied, but nothing developed and Ortiz stepped back into the batter’s box.

Blue Jays 11, Indians 7Travis Snider drove in five

runs and Rajai Davis knocked in four as the Toronto Blue Jays rebounded a day after a stunning loss to beat the Cleveland Indians.

Rays-Yankeesrained out

Derek Jeter arrived at his locker, turned on the computer touch screen and immediately checked the weather radar.

The forecast? Storms, rather than hits.

Jeter’s chances to get his 3,000th hit at Yankee Stadium dwindled Friday night when New York’s game against Tampa Bay was rained out and the teams tangled on a makeup date. The postpone-ment left him two hits shy of the milestone, with two games remaining on the homestand.

The Yankees said they didn’t want to play a traditional dou-bleheader Saturday. General

manager Brian Cashman gave a succinct answer on why not: “Gate,” he said.

Instead, the Yankees pro-posed a day-night double-header. The Rays voted that down, and the sides finally agreed on Sept. 22, a mutual off day that followed a two-game series between the teams in New York.

Pirates 7, Cubs 4Mike McKenry’s first major

league home run, a three-run shot in the eighth inning, lifted Pittsburgh to a victory over the Chicago Cubs and assured the Pirates of a winning record at the All-Star break for the first time in 19 years.

Rockies 3, Nationals 2Jason Hammel pitched into

the seventh inning for his second win in 13 starts, and the Colorado Rockies beat the

Washington Nationals to end a five-game losing streak.

Hammel (5-8) allowed two runs and five hits in 61⁄3 innings as Colorado won for the first time in eight road games.

The right-hander was coming off his shortest outing of the season, when he gave up seven runs in 32⁄3 innings in a loss to Kansas City.

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things you try to do good, try to make people happy or put a little joy in their day, some-thing can go wrong. You just trust God.”

After Hamilton picked up another foul ball earlier in the second inning Thursday night and tossed it to a ball girl, he heard someone in the stands call out, “Hey, Hamil-ton, how about the next one.”

When the left fielder turned around, he saw Stone and the boy whose favorite player is Hamilton.

“I just gave him a nod, and I got the next one and threw it in that direction,” Hamil-ton said. “When I glanced up there, the first person I saw was the dad and the boy. And it looked like somebody who would love to have a baseball.”

That next one came when Oakland’s Conor Jackson hit a ball that ricocheted into the outfield.

Hamilton tossed it up, and Stone tumbled over the rail-

ing, landing in an area out of sight from the field behind the 14-foot-high outfield wall.

“Nobody’s at fault at all. Nobody should feel responsi-bility. Not anybody,” Athletics manager Bob Melvin said.

“Hopefully Hamilton is fine, ... hopefully his teammates and family and everybody help him,” Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said. “It’s not his fault. Hope-fully we try to forget this day, but it’s going to be very tough to forget.”

When Hamilton returned to left field after the Rangers batted in the second, he went over to the fence and asked how the man was. Hamilton was told that Stone had hurt his arms and his head but was talking and asking about his son.

“Immediately, I thought he was going to be OK,” Ham-ilton said. “But then found after the game that he had passed on. It’s just a shock.”

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Jeff Burton (31), Clint Bowyer (33), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (88) and Jimmie Johnson (48) race during the Coke Zero 400 at Day-tona International Speedway on July 2.

Baltimore Orioles relief pitcher Kevin Gregg fights with Boston Red Sox designated hit-ter David Ortiz after they exchanged words after Ortiz flied out during the eighth inning Friday.

TONIGHT ON TV n MOVIE“Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” — Following a long prison term for insider trad-ing, master manipulator Gor-don Gekko, Michael Douglas, keeps his real motives hidden when he forges an alliance with his daughter’s fiancé, Shia LaBeouf./7 on HBOn SPORTSNASCAR — The Sprint Cup Se-ries makes its Bluegrass State debut as the Quaker State 400 revs up in Sparta./6:30 on TNTn PRIMETIME“CHAOS” — The agents must persuade a dying Middle Eastern dictator to keep his violent son from taking power./7 on CBS

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

MILESTONESn BIRTHDAYSEd Ames, actor-singer, 84; Brian Dennehy, actor, 73; Dean Koontz, author, 66; John Tesh, TV-radio personality, 59; David Ball, country singer, 58; Jimmy Smits, actor, 56; Tom Hanks, ac-tor, 55; Kelly McGillis, actress, 54; Courtney Love, actress-sing-er, 47; Jack White, musician-producer, 36; Fred Savage, actor-director, 35; Georgie Henley, actress, 16.

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Crow helps group protecting horsesSinger, songwriter Sheryl Crow said she’ll donate part of the

profits from an upcoming concert in Wyoming to a wild horse protection group that is suing the government to try to stop a big mustang roundup in Nevada.

Crow said the Colorado-based Cloud Founda-tion will get a share of the gate from her show with Kid Rock at Cheyenne Frontier Days on July 22.

The Grammy Award winner who grew up in Missouri says she shares the foundation’s dedi-cation to the preservation of wild horses on public lands.

The group’s lawyers are due in federal court in Reno on Thurs-day. They’re trying to win an emergency injunction to block the Bureau of Land Management’s roundup of 1,700 mustangs scheduled to begin next weekend along the Nevada-Utah line.

New era of ’Dallas’ headed to TNTA new generation of “Dallas” is headed for the airwaves.TNT says it is moving ahead with an updated version of the

prime-time soap that aired on CBS from 1978 to 1991. The network announed Friday that the 10-episode season will be broadcast next summer.

“Dallas” veteran Larry Hagman will be back at Southfork Ranch, as will his long-ago co-stars Linda Gray and Patrick Duffy. Hagman will reprise his role as villainous oil baron J.R. Ewing. Gray will again play J.R.’s wife, Sue Ellen, and Duffy returns as his younger brother, Bobby.

Children’s book by Lopez coming in fallNew dad Mario Lopez is writing a children’s

book.Celebra Children’s Books said that Lopez’s

“Mario and Baby Gia” will come out Sept. 27. The book is named for Lopez’s infant daugh-ter, Gia Francesca. She is Lopez’s first child with girlfriend Courtney Mazza, whom he met while performing in Broadway’s “A Chorus Line.”

The publisher is an imprint of Penguin Group (USA).

The 37-year-old Lopez is best known for his role as A.C. Slater on “Saved by the Bell.” He’s also appeared on “Golden Girls” and “Dancing with the Stars,” and he hosted the MTV reality show “America’s Best Dance Crew.”

Jackson doc’s court hearing postponedA hearing in the criminal case of Michael Jackson’s doctor has

been postponed because lawyers are bogged down viewing hundreds of hours of rehearsal footage from the singer’s “This Is It” concert.

In a conference with attorneys, Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor accepted the requests to delay a July 12 hearing to July 20. He said he wants to know then when the involuntary man-slaughter trial of Dr. Conrad Murray can go forward. It is now set for Sept. 8.

Prosecutors want to show jurors clips from the posthumous feature film “This Is It” to prove Jackson was healthy in the days before his death. The defense wants to show he was ill.

Murray, a Houston cardiologist with an office in Las Vegas, is accused of giving the superstar an overdose of the anesthetic propofol and other sedatives when he could not sleep. Jackson died on June 15, 2009, in his rented Beverly Hills mansion where Murray had been attending him. Murray has pleaded not guilty.

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Doctored images of fireworks draw flakTV footage of Boston’s July Fourth fireworks show was spec-

tacular. Some of the shots also were physically impossible.The CBS national broadcast Monday included shots of colorful

explosions over the city landmarks including Fenway Park, the Statehouse and Quincy Market.

Organizers of the show acknowledged to The Boston Globe that some scenes had been altered: Images of fireworks going off over the Charles River were superimposed over pre-filmed landmarks in other parts of the city.

David Mugar, the Boston-area businessman and philanthro-pist who is the show’s executive producer, defends the practice. He said the broadcast was entertainment and not news.


Tween girl feels life is over before 8th gradeDear Abby: I’m only 12 and I

feel like my life is ending. I just finished seventh grade, I don’t have many friends and I feel like the ones I do have don’t really care.

I do gymnastics and vol-leyball, but my friends there don’t really care, either. My family is no help. My sisters are too busy with their friends and boys to care. My parents don’t know anything about me. On top of that, there’s a boy I like who acts like I don’t exist. What should I do? — Friendless in Michigan

Dear Friendless: I find it interesting that when people write to me, it’s often the

LAST thing in their letters that’s the crux of the problem. I’m sorry your love life isn’t going well at the moment, but your life isn’t “over.” In fact, it’s just beginning. Everyone has days when they feel alone in the crowd — even kids who are popular.

Your parents have known you all your life. If they don’t

yet know the person you’re becoming, it may be because you haven’t let them. They have experienced much of what you’re going through, and I’m sure they’ll be glad to share their wisdom if they’re given the chance.

As to the guy you like, he might be shy or not yet ready for romance. Give him some time to grow up and appreci-ate you, and he might start to like you, too.

Dear Abby: Please tell par-ents and teachers to warn children that when they walk on the roads to walk facing the traffic. We have come up behind many people walking

with their backs to the traffic, some of whom are listening to music or talking on their cell-phones and don’t even know anyone is around. — Collette in Newburgh, Maine

Dear Collette: I’m pleased to print your warning. There is a name for pedestrians who do as you have described and aren’t aware of their surround-ings or impending danger. It’s “casualty.”

•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.

Lewy body dementia might be Alzheimer’s predecessor Dear Dr. Gott: I have been

waiting for a column about Alzheimer’s or a form of dementia like it. My brother has a dementia called Lewy body. I have never heard of this before. He was highly intelli-gent, and it always amazed me how much his brain stored.

When you look at his face, you can see the blankness. When he tries to say some-thing, he doesn’t know how to get it out. He forgets to swal-low. Sometimes he knows me, and other times he forgets my name but remembers that we were connected. He now calls me by my first and middle name when he used to use my first name or call me “Sis.” Please help me to understand what is going on.

Dear Reader: Lewy body dementia is the second-most-common form of progressive dementia following Alzheim-er’s disease. It is named because of the development of abnormal round structures (Lewy bodies) within the areas of the brain that control think-ing and movement.

Symptoms can mimic those of Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s. The first sign is

often visual hallucinations, which can include seeing shapes, colors, animals and people that aren’t there. Other symptoms include delusions, having false ideas about a sit-uation or person, sleep dif-ficulties, fluctuating atten-tion, including long periods of lethargy.

Still other symptoms include staring into space, disorga-nized speech and/or frequent episodes of drowsiness, cogni-tive problems such as a short-ened attention span, memory loss and confusion, and move-ment disorders including a shuffling walk, rigid mus-cles, slowed movement or tremors.

Men over the age of 60 and those who have a family member with Lewy body dementia are at the highest risk of developing condition.

The cause isn’t known, but it might be related to Alzheim-er’s or Parkinson’s. Lewy bodies are often found in the brains of those with Parkin-son’s and other rare forms of dementia that contain a protein associated with Par-kinson’s. Sufferers of Lewy body dementia also develop plaques and tangles within the brain that are associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

Treatment involves cholin-esterase inhibitors typically prescribed for Alzheimer’s dis-ease, Parkinson’s medications and antipsychotic drugs.

Cholinesterase inhibi-tors increase levels of neu-rotransmitters, which can help improve cognition and alertness and may reduce behavioral problems and hallucinations.

Parkinson’s medications reduce tremors, muscle rigidity and more, but might worsen confusion, delusions and hallucinations.

Antipsychotic drugs might diminish delusions and hallu-cinations; however, approxi-mately one-third of Lewy body sufferers are dangerously sen-sitive to these drugs and might

develop permanent damage such as worsening confusion or Parkinson’s symptoms.

When possible, it is benefi-cial to try nonmedicinal thera-pies to help reduce symptoms, such as reducing clutter and distracting noises; break-ing tasks into smaller, easier steps; focusing on success, not failure; creating a structured routine; and having caretak-ers modify responses, such as not correcting and quiz-zing, but rather being reas-suring and validating con-cerns. Encouraging exercise, making a nighttime ritual and improving communication are helpful when the patient is at home. Music, aroma and mas-sage therapies can promote calmness and relaxation.

Finally, caregivers should provide the patient with a healthful diet and an exercise program, and attempt to keep stress levels down in order to provide the best possible help to the sufferer.

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

Dr. Wallace: I’m writing a research paper in summer school on the good and evils of watching television. I’d like to include you as a part of the research, along with a couple of other celebrities.

First, do you feel television has more positive or more negative programs? Next, what are your five favorite television programs? And fi-nally, how many hours per week do you watch televi-sion? — Tim, Richmond, Va.

Tim: Thanks for thinking of me as a celebrity. I asked my wife, Mona, if she was aware that her husband was a celeb. She said I should stop dream-ing and take out the trash.

Now back to your ques-tions. Television is a marvelous invention and can be a won-derful learning tool, if used properly. The potential for television is unlimited. Would our world be a better place to live if television had not been developed? No! Can television have negative influences on the family? Yes! Wise parents encourage their children to

watch programs that will en-rich their lives.

I enjoy programs on the His-tory Channel, ESPN (sports channel), public television, the Discovery Channel and local news. I don’t watch programs filled with murder, violence and mayhem. And I limit my television viewing to about 12 hours a week. The main rea-son I don’t watch more is that I have a very busy schedule of traveling, lecturing, writ-ing and doing research for my column as well as making breakfast every morning for my wife.

According to a teen maga-zine, by age 14, the average person has witnessed 8,700 murders and over 150,000 other acts of violence on tele-vision. I fear that so much un-consciously digested mayhem can have negative psychologi-cal consequences, especially on people with other emo-tional difficulties in their lives.

Please send me a copy of your research paper when it is finished. I would like to use the information in a future

column.Dr. Wallace: I’m 18 and like

to play the state lottery. I buy one ticket a week with hopes of hitting the big jackpot. My grandmother thinks this is de-plorable because she says the lottery is just a form of gam-bling. I don’t see it that way. The money goes to improve education. How do you see it? — Nameless, Porterville, Calif.

Nameless: Your grandmoth-er is right. The lottery is a form of gambling. The federal gov-

ernment feels the same way. People who purchase lottery tickets and lose cannot claim the loss as a deductible con-tribution to a charitable orga-nization. The Council on Com-pulsive Gambling reports that lottery gamblers make up 47 percent of all gambling hot line telephone calls.

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

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Producer rubin talks Adele, Chili PeppersBy Nekesa Mumbi MoodyAP music writer

NEW YORK — So far, Adele’s “21” is the best-selling album of the year, with a little over 2.5 million copies sold. Rick Rubin, who produced several tracks on the album, says while he had no idea the album would connect with so many people, he understands why it has.

“She doesn’t carry any of the baggage of many of today’s pop stars, and it truly is about the music first, and her voice and her lyrics, and baring her soul with what she’s saying. I would say what she makes is her art, and at no time does it feel like product,” he said in a phone interview recently. “So much of pop music feels like

product.”The Brit-

ish singer won Gram-mys for her debut album “19,” but has catapulted to superstar

status with the success of “21”

and hits like the No. 1 “Rolling in the Deep.” Figures released by Nielsen SoundScan earlier this week showed it was the year’s most popular album at the mid-way point.

Rubin says the raw emo-tions in songs on the album, inspired mostly by the 23-year-old’s breakup with a boyfriend, are what people are respond-ing to.

“She really bared her soul

lyrically, and I think that’s what resonating with people — the truth in her lyrics, and the passion in which she tells that truth,” he said.

Rubin, a Grammy-winning producer who’s worked with artists ranging from Jay-Z to Johnny Cash to Neil Dia-mond, has several other high-profile projects he’s working on, including albums from Metallica, Linkin Park, the Avett Brothers and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Rubin describes the Chili Peppers’ album “I’m With You,” due out Aug. 30, as unlike anything the band has ever done — but unmis-takably Peppers music. He credits that in part to gui-

tarist Josh Klinghoffer, who replaced John Frusciante, and personal changes group mem-bers have gone through since putting out their last album five years ago.

“Anthony (Kiedis) and Flea had children during that time, so their lives have changed a lot since the last album we made, and because they had taken this time off, they came back with a real hunger and excitement about the music-making process again,” Rubin said.

“I think it’s the first time in their career that they’d ever taken off that big of a chunk of time, and they’ve been a band for 28 years now,” he said. “It really feels like starting all over again, because they have the dynamics of a new band.”

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If tomorrow is your birth-day: Some new friends you make in the next year are like-ly to infuse a fresh vitality into your social interests. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — One of your better attributes is being able to manage dif-ficult developments that un-nerve others. This talent will make you a star.Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — In your own quiet way, you could have a strong influence over someone with whom you are close. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You could be unusually lucky in having everything go your way, so why not focus your ef-forts on something new that has caught your fancy lately? If you don’t try, you’ll never know. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Even if this isn’t a workday for you, you might still be able to make some extra money tak-ing an educated gamble on something financial. It’s what you know that’ll make you a winner.Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Concern yourself with things that could have a favorable effect on your future, rather than concentrating merely on the immediate. Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — You could be invited to take part in something new that another has going for him or herself. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — A couple of friends whom you’ve been closely involved with lately are grateful for the way you’ve treated them, and may have something very nice in mind for you.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — You’re in a very good achievement cycle, so engage yourself in something that can make you a winner. Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20) — Because conditions are excep-tionally favorable for you, you should be able to successfully advance a particularly impor-tant personal interest. At least

give it a try.Aries (March 21-April 19) — Don’t get upset over some change of plans triggered by shifting conditions that might occur today, because you’ll tend to benefit from them. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — As long as you don’t split hairs over trivialities, you and all the other parties involved should

benefit from some kind of ver-bal agreement into which you enter. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — If you understand that free rides aren’t being given away and you are prepared to work hard for something you want, your potential for getting it is pretty good.

TOMORROW’S HOROSCOPEBY BERNICE BEDE OSOL • NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION

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� ATTENTION �THE CITY OF VICKSBURG

WILL BE ACCEPTINGAPPLICATIONS FOR ENTRY LEVEL

POLICE OFFICERS• Beginning salary $13.65 hr.

• Great benefits package which includes:Merit raises; Employer Paid Health, Life, Dental

& Vision; State Retirement, 9 + Holidays;Sick/Personal Accrued leave

Hiring Qualifications:• 21 years of age• United States Citizen• High school graduate (GED acceptable)• If any military service, must have honorable

discharge• Pass fitness agility test• Score 70% or better on Civil Service written

examination• Pass background check. Cannot have a felony

conviction.• Pass a Computerized Voice Stress Analyzation

(CVSA)• Pass drug screen & physical examination• Receive satisfactory psychological evaluation• Hold valid driver’s license

Application packets may be picked up at the HumanResources Department, 1415 Walnut Street,Vicksburg, MS beginning Monday, July 11, 2011 and deadline to return is Friday, July 22, 2011. Test date is Saturday, July 30, 2011. For more info. Call 601-631-3710 Ext. 1 or visit www.vicksburg.org

• The City of Vicksburg is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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07. Help Wanted

01. Legals 01. Legals 01. Legals

SEALED BIDS for furnishing Fire DepartmentUniforms; Service Department Uniforms; Service Department LeaseUniforms will be received inthe office of the City Clerk ofthe City of Vicksburg, Mississippi until 9:00 o'clocka.m., Monday, August 01,2011. They will be publiclyopened and read aloud bythe Mayor and Aldermen ofthe City of Vicksburg in aRegular Board Meeting at10:00 o'clock a.m., Monday,August 01, 2011.Bidders are cautioned thatthe City Clerk does not receive the daily U.S. Mail onor before 9:00 a.m. Bids willbe time-stamped upon receipt according to CityClerk's time clock.Specifications and instructions for bidding areon file in the office of the CityClerk, second floor, City Hall,1401 Walnut Street, cornerCrawford and WalnutStreets, Vicksburg, Mississippi.The Mayor and Aldermen ofthe City of Vicksburg reserve the right to reject anyand all bids and to waive informalities./s/ Walter W. Osborne, Jr.Walter W. Osborne, Jr., CityClerkPublish: 7/9, 7/15(2t)

IN THE CHANCERYCOURT OF WARRENCOUNTY, MISSISSIPPI RE:IN THE MATTER OF THEESTATE OF JOE MINORDECEASED NO: 2011-017PR NOTICE TOCREDITORS OF JOE MINOR NOTICE is herebygiven that Letters of Administration on the Estateof Joe Minor deceased, Probate No. 2011-017PR,were granted to the undersigned by theChancery Court of WarrenCounty, Mississippi on the18th days of February, 2011and all persons havingclaims against said estateare hereby notified and required to have the sameprobated and registered bythe Clerk of said Court as required by law within ninety(90) days from date of firstpublication of this notice.Failure to do so will foreverbar such claims. WITNESSmy signature this the 6 dayof July, 2011./s/ Karl MinorKARL MINOR ADMINISTRATOR OF THEESTATE OF JOE MINOR,DECEASEDPublish: 7/9, 7/16, 7/23(3t)

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

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and white markings, possi-bly Blue Heeler mix. Foundin the Issaquena/ WarrenCounty line area. 601-636-2194.

VICKSBURG MUNICIPAL AIRPORTVICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPIINSTALLATION OF AN AUTOMATED WEATHER OBSERVATION SYSTEM (AWOS)A.I.P. Project 3-28-0073-004-2011Sealed bids for the project "Installation of An AutomatedWeather Observation System (AWOS)" will be received bythe City Clerk, or Appointed Designee for the City of Vicksburg, until 9:00 AM (Central Time) on the 1st day ofAugust , 2011, at the office of the City Clerk, 1401 WalnutSt., Vicksburg, MS 39180, at which time and place they willbe publicly opened and read aloud at 10:00 a.m., on the 1stday of August, 2011. Proposals received after this time willbe returned unopened. Bidders are cautioned that the City Clerk does not receive thedaily U.S. Mail on or before 9:00 a.m. Bids will be time-stamped upon receipt according to City Clerk's timeclock.The work is generally described as follows:Installation of an Automated Weather Observation System(AWOS)Contract Time is 60 consecutive calendar days. LiquidatedDamages in the amount of $500 per calendar day will be assessed thereafter. The work performed shall be in exact accordance with theConstruction Plans, Technical Specifications (on file at the office of the said Owner), Proposals and Special Provisions,under the direct supervision and to the entire satisfaction ofthe Owner and in accordance with the laws of the State ofMississippi. All project related work will also have to be completed in accordance with current FAA guidelines forwork in Airport Operational Areas and in secured airfield areas.Contractors must be qualified under Mississippi Law and beregistered with the State of Mississippi and as a licensedgeneral contractor capable of performing the required work.Any questions that bidders might have should be directed tothe airport's engineering consultant, Neel-Schaffer, Inc.,Ridgeland, MS, to the attention of Tom Henderson, (601)898-3358 (phone), or (601) 898-3358 (fax).All bids that are mailed shall be sent to the City of Vicksburgat the address below:Attention City Clerk's OfficeCity of Vicksburg, Mississippi1401 Walnut St.Vicksburg, MS 39180(601) 634-4553The Contract Documents (Specifications, Proposal Forms,etc.) may be examined at the following locations:Airport Director's Office, Vicksburg Municipal Airport, 5855Highway 61 South, Vicksburg, MS 39180; (601) 801-3525

City Clerk's Office, City of Vicksburg, 1401 Walnut St.Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180; (601) 634-4553Neel-Schaffer, Inc., 1022 Highland Colony Parkway Ridgeland, Mississippi 39157; (601) 898-3358; (601) 898-8485 (fax)Federal Aviation Administration, Airports District Office, 100West Cross Street, Suite "B", Jackson International Airport,Jackson, Mississippi 39208-2307; (601) 664-9900Office of Aeronautics, Mississippi Department of Transportation, 401 North West Street, Jackson, Mississippi(601) 359-7850ABC Plan Room, 805 East River Place, Jackson, Mississippi,39202AGC Plan Room, 2093 Lakeland Drive, Jackson, Mississippi,39236-2367Copies of the Contract Documents may be purchased at theoffice of Neel-Schaffer, Inc., for $50.00 for each set, by certified or cashiers check made payable to the NEEL-SCHAFFER, INC. The purchase price of the contractdocuments is non-refundable.Bidder's attention is invited to section 100 of the GeneralConditions relative to Pre-award, Equal Employment Opportunity, and Requirements of Non-segregated Facilities.Bids must be submitted on the Standard Form of Bid Proposal for that contract, and must include a Bid Bond orother acceptable bid guarantee in the amount of 5% of thebid. The successful bidder will be required to execute theStandard Form of Contract and Agreement. The Bidder shallguarantee to hold his bid(s) good and may not withdraw hisbid(s) for a period of ninety (90) calendar days after thescheduled closing time for receiving bids. This project is subject to the requirements of the Davis-BaconAct, as amended. The Contractor is required to comply withwage and labor provisions and to pay minimum wages in accordance with the schedule of wage rates established bythe United States Department of Labor.Award of contract is also subject to the following Federal provisions:Executive Order 11246 and DOL Regulation 41 CFR PART60 - Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Employment OpportunityDOL Regulation 29 CFR Part 5 n Davis Bacon Act DOT Regulation 49 CFR PART 29 n Government wide Debarmentand Suspension and Government wide Requirements forDrug-free WorkplaceDOT Regulation 49 CFR PART 30 - Denial of Public WorksContracts to Suppliers of Goods and Services of Countriesthat Deny Contracts to Suppliers of Goods and Services ofCountries that Deny Procurement Market Access to U.S.Contractors (Foreign Trade Restriction).TITLE 49 United States Code, CHAPTER 501 n Buy American PreferencesContractors must also comply with the Mississippi Employment Protection Act at MCA Sec. 71-11-1.The award, if made, will be made to the party submitting thebid deemed most favorable to The City of Vicksburg at thetime the conditions are stipulated. The City of Vicksburg alsoreserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive anyand all informalities or irregularities in the bids received on either or both contracts.CITY OF VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPIBy: /s/ Walter W. Osborne, Jr.Walter W. Osborne, Jr.City ClerkPublish: 7/9, 7/11(2t)

IN THE CHANCERYCOURT OF WARRENCOUNTY, MISSISSIPPIIN THE MATTER OF THEGUARDIANSHIP OFDAVON LEABRAM ISAIAHO'NEAL, MINORCAUSE NO. 2011-072PRALBERT AND EZELLMCDONALD PETITIONERS, PETITIONERSUMMONS (Service by Publication: Residence Unknown)THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPITO:DAVID O'NEAL, whoselast known address was2010 Military Avenue, Vicksburg, Mississippi, butwhose present address isunknown to Petitioners afterdiligent search and inquiry toascertain same. NOTICE TO DEFENDANTYou are summoned to appear and defend againstthe Petition for Letters ofGuardianship at 10:30 a.m.on the 10th day of August,2011 in the Chancery Courtroom of the WarrenCounty Courthouse, Vicksburg, Mississippi and incase of your failure toappear and defend, a judg-ment will be entered againstyou for the relief demandedin the Petition for Letters ofGuardianship.Issued under my hand andseal of said Court, this the7th day of July, 2011.CHANCERY CLERK OFWARREN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPIBY:/s/ Denise Bailey D.C.Publish: 7/9, 7/11, 7/18(3t)

IN THE CHANCERYCOURT OF WARRENCOUNTY, MISSISSIPPIIN THE MATTER OF THEGUARDIANSHIP OFDAVIAN TRENIGELTHEODORUS MCDONALD,MINOR CAUSE NO. 2011-074PRALBERT AND EZELLMCDONALD PETITIONERS, PETITION-ERSUMMONS (Service by Publication: Residence Unknown)THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPITO:DAVID O'NEAL, whoselast known address was2010 Military Avenue, Vicksburg, Mississippi, butwhose present address isunknown to Petitioners afterdiligent search and inquiry toascertain same. NOTICE TO DEFENDANTYou are summoned to appear and defend againstthe Petition for Letters ofGuardianship at 10:30 a.m.on the 10th day of August,2011 in the Chancery Courtroom of the WarrenCounty Courthouse, Vicksburg, Mississippi and incase of your failure toappear and defend, a judg-ment will be entered againstyou for the relief demandedin the Petition for Letters ofGuardianship.Issued under my hand andseal of said Court, this the7th day of July, 2011.CHANCERY CLERK OFWARREN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPIBY:/s/Denise Bailey D.C.Publish: 7/9, 7/11 7/18(3t)

Barnes GlassQuality Service at Competitive Prices#1 Windshield Repair & Replacement

Vans • Cars • Trucks•Insurance Claims Welcome•

AUTO • HOME • BUSINESSJason Barnes • 601-661-0900

BUFORDCONSTRUCTION CO., INC.

601-636-4813State Board of Contractors

Approved & Bonded

Haul Clay, Gravel, Dirt,Rock & Sand

All Types of Dozer WorkLand Clearing • Demolition

Site Development& Preparation Excavation

Crane Rental • Mud Jacking

ROSSCONSTRUCTION

New HomesFraming, Remodeling,

Cabinets, Flooring,Roofing & Vinyl Siding

State Licensed & BondedJon Ross 601-638-7932

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BUILDERSSTRAIGHT LINE

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•Roofing •Doors •Siding•Fencing •Landscaping

•Over 25 yrs. Exp. •Insured•Local ReferencesNo Job Too Small!

Your Flood Specialist!Jeff Beal (Owner)

601•642•[email protected]

• Licensed • Insured• Residential • CommercialFUSON ELECTRIC, INC.

25 YRS. EXPERIENCE• Flood Inspections

Matthew - 601-218-5561Amos - 601-831-7605

FLOOD RECOVERYDozer and Trackhoe Work

Debris Hauling &Demolition. Give us a call.

We will take care of everything. Call Dave

601-551-8503

PATRIOTIC• FLAGS

• BANNERS

• BUMPER STICKERS

• YARD SIGNSShow Your Colors!

SPEEDIPRINT &OFFICE SUPPLY

• Business Cards• Letterhead• Envelopes• Invoices

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1601-C North Frontage RoadVicksburg, MS 39180

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Simmons Lawn ServiceProfessional Services &

Competitive Prices• Landscaping • Septic Systems• Irrigation: Install & Repair• Commercial & Residential

Grass CuttingLicensed • Bonded • Insured

12 years experienceRoy Simmons (Owner)

601-218-8341

865-803-8227

•34 years experience•Fully insured

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M&M HOUSEMOVING & RAISING

All Business & Service Directory Ads MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE !

Touching Hearts, LLCPrivate Duty Sitting and

Homemaker ServiceCaregivers available

WHEN and WHERE youneed them.

•LPN’s •CNA’s •NURSE ASSISTANTS

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MDS is seekingQualified Class

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Requirements:• Minimum 2

years tractor/ trailerexperience withinthe last 5 years

• At least 23 years of age

• Must have gooddriving/ work

history

• CompetitiveWages

• Good MedicalBenefits Package

BUSINESSIS

BOOMING!!

06. Lost & Found

FOUND!MINI PINSCHER ON

Marion Lane in Wildwoodarea behind old Mercy(Parkview) Hospital, olderdog, very friendly and ac-tive. 228-596-0501.

LOST A DOG? Found a cat? Let The

Vicksburg Post help! Run a FREE 3 day ad!

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

post.com

LOST DOGShar-pei mix, brownish red incolor, male. Almost blindand needs medication foreyes. Missing from PooleRoad and Clark Road area.If found please call (601)618-1959 or (601) 218-2650.

LOST!SET OF KEYS. 2

Chrysler keys, key fob, as-sorted keys and discounttabs, missing in the Free-town/ Culkin Road areapossibly Cracker Barrelvicinity. 601-994-4903.

07. Help Wanted

“ACE”Truck Driver Training

With a DifferenceJob Placement Asst.

Day, Night & RefresherClasses

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

Earn Extra MoneyDeliver the new AT&TReal Yellow Pages inthe Vicksburg Area.

FT/PT, daily work, quickpay, must be 18 yrs!,have drivers license &

insured vehicle(800)422-1955 Ext. 18:00A-4:30P Mon.-Fri.

REGIONAL DRIVERS Home Most WeekendsBenefits after 90 days$1500 Sign On Bonus

Class A CDL 2 years OTRCall Dancor Transit

@ 866-677-4333 M-F 8am to 5pm

www.dancortransit.com

HEY! NEED CASH NOW?We buy JUNK CARS,

VANS, SUV’S, TRUCKS,SCHOOL BUSES, HEAVY

EQUIPMENT, HEAVY DUTYTRUCKS & TRAILERS.

Whether your junk is run-ning or not, & PAY YOUCASH NOW. Call today,

we'll come pick your junk upwith CASH in hand!1-800-826-8104

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07. Help Wanted

AVON. NEED AN extracash? Become an AvonRepresentative today. Call601-454-8038.

EXPERIENCEDMECHANIC NEEDED

Apply in person only at:Sheffield Rentals

1255 Hwy 61 SouthVicksburg.

NO PHONE CALLS, PLEASE

NOW TAKING APPLICA-TIONS for position of Ap-parel Clerk. Looking for fastworking, dependable andfriendly person to work inthe apparel department.Please apply in person at:3427 Halls Ferry, Vicksburg,MS. No phone calls.

PART TIME FRONTcounter clerk needed. Cus-tomer sale experience re-quired. Mail resumes to:Front Counter Clerk, POBox 509, Vicksburg, MS39181.

07. Help Wanted

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

RN'S NEEDED! ChargeNurse- PRN. Rolling Forkarea. Great pay! ContactStaffing at 601-933-0037

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TO BUY OR SELL

AVONCALL 601-636-7535

$10 START UP KIT

10. Loans AndInvestments

“WE CAN ERASE yourbad credit- 100% guaran-teed.” The Federal TradeCommission says the onlylegitimate credit repairstarts and ends with you. Ittakes time and a consciouseffort to pay your debts.Any company that claims tobe able to fix your creditlegally is lying. Learn aboutmanaging credit and debt atftc.gov/credit

A message from TheVicksburg Post and theFTC.

13. SituationsWanted

EXPERIENCED CARE-GIVER EXCELLENT refer-ences, available 7 days perweek, full time- 12 hour shiftor live in, for your total careplease call 601-497-5144.

14. Pets &Livestock

5 ROTTWEILLER pup-pies 6 weeks old. 3 female2 male. 601-634-0140.

AKC DOBERMAN PINCH-ERS! 16 weeks old, all shots,tails docked. $350 or best of-fer. 601-870-2903.

AKC/ CKC REGISTERED Yorkies,

Yorkie-Poos, Maltese,Malti-Poos.$400 and up!

601-218-5533, ��

Vicksburg WarrenHumane Society& MS - Span

Hwy 61 S - 601-636-6631

CATS:Male . .$25 Female ........$35

DOGS (UNDER 40 LBS):Male . .$55 Female ........$65

• For the above category ofanimals, pick up applications at

the Humane Society

DOGS (OVER 40 LBS):Male . .$70 Female ........$80

• For dogs over 40 lbs,call 866-901-7729 for appt.

Low CostSpay & Neuter Program

Foster aHomeless

Pet!

www.pawsrescuepets.org

14. Pets &Livestock

littlecreekpuppies.comCKC Tea cup and tiny toyMalti Poos and Yorkies.$300 and up. 318-237-5156.

SHIH TZU BABIES rarebrindle (brown and gold) smallsize, shots and wormed, CPRregistered. Male $200, female$250. email [email protected]. Delhi 318-282-0437,318-680-2100.

WOULD LIKE TO find aBorder Collie. Full blood ormixed. 601-636-7448, 601-631-4647.

15. AuctionLOOKING FOR A great

value? Subscribe to TheVicksburg Post, 601-636-4545, ask for Circulation.

ESTATE AUCTIONSATURDAY JULY 9th,

10 AM108 TERRACE STREET

VICKSBURG

The auction will be on theshady back lawn of Mrs.Carolyn Kaiser's home inMarion Park. Partial list:lovely dining room setcomplete with china

cabinet, Baldwyn studentpiano, Waltham 31 day

chime clock, living roomset, den set, mirrors,

painting, coffee table,small miscellaneous tables, small china cabinet, corner cabinets, lovely wrought

iron dining/patio set, solidwood bedroom sets, chests

of drawers, 75 pieces ofsterling, estate jewelry and

much more. Image atwww.msauctionservice.comMississippi Auction Service

Hardy A. Katzenmeyer,Auctioneer, Ms Lic 988

601 415 3121Cash, check, MC/Visa, 10% buyer's premium

17. Wanted ToBuy






WANTED: ANYTHINGOLD-Money,coins,war relics,

books,photos,documents,etectera.601-618-2727.

WE HAUL OFF old appli-ances, lawn mowers, hot waterheaters, junk and abandonedcars, trucks, vans, etcetera.601-940-5075, if no answer,please leave message.

WE PAY CASH for junk.Cars, trucks. Vans, SUVs,and old dump trucks. 601-638-5946 or 601-529-8249.

18. Miscellaneou sFor Sale

¼ HORSE POWER 3phase 220/440 Volt TEFCindustrial electric motor.1725 RPM 48 frame, brandnew. $35. 601-634-6121,leave message.

24. BusinessServices

18. Miscellaneou sFor Sale

30-06 WEATHERSBYVan Guard deer rifle withRed Seal scope $500. 601-638-3203.

ARENDER FARM'SFRESH tomatoes $1.25 perpound. 935 Tucker Road.601-636-3941.

FOR LESS THAN 45cents per day, haveThe Vicksburg Post

delivered to your home.Only $14 per month,

7 day delivery.Call 601-636-4545,

Circulation Department.






HEY! NEED CASHNOW? We buy junk cars,vans, SUVs, heavy equip-ment and more! Call today,we'll come pick them upwith money in hand! 1-800-826-8104.

THE PET SHOP“Vicksburg’s Pet Boutique”3508 South Washington Street

Pond fish, Gold fish, Koi, fish foodaquarium needs, bird food, designer collars, harnesses & leads,loads of pet supplies!Bring your Baby in for a fitting today!

PORTABLE CRIB,BEDDING, breathable

bumper pad. Perfect forgrandparents. $80.

601-634-6551

PORTABLE STAGING.TWIN deep fryer.

Can be seen atAll About Bargains,

1420 Washington Street,601-631-0010,

601-529-9895 cell.

QUALITY USED HOTELFurniture. Ideal for yourrental properties, your

home, apartmentor your office.

All About Bargains, 1420 Washington

Street, 601-631-0010, 601-529-9895.

STRICK’SSEAFOOD601-218-2363

The Best Juke Boxin Warren County

EAGLE LAKE, MS

CCheapestheapestPrices in TPrices in Town!own!

Live Crawfish$1.75/lb

Fresh Seafood& Sack Oysters

USED TIRES! LIGHTtrucks and SUV's, 16's,17's, 18's, 19's, 20's. A fewmatching sets! Call TD's,601-638-3252.

11. BusinessOpportunities

19. Garage &Yard Sales

1109 CHOCTRAW TRAILOpenwood Plantation. Sat-urday 6am- 11am. Furni-ture, linens, books, miscel-lanoues.

150 REDBONE ROAD,formerly Warrenton Churchof Christ, Saturday, 7am-12noon, benefits church.

1931 WASHINGTON,corner Belmont/

Washington, Patty's Detail and More,

7am- until, clothes,t.v.'s, baby items, NEW

kitchen and bath accessories, lots more.

25 OLD ENGLISH Lane,past Pebble Beach inFairways, Saturday,

7am-11am, sportsequipment, toys, china,school uniforms, home

décor, much more!

3 CRESTWOOD DRIVE,past Waterways, off HallsFerry, Saturday, 7am-12

noon, benefits NicaraguaMission Trip, small

furniture, clothes, electronics,

dishwasher, household miscellaneous.



2 FAMILY GARAGE sale.1680 Hwy 80. Dave's Cus-tom Meats. Saturday 7am-12 noon. Lots of miscella-neous.

6 A.M.-NOON SATURDAY,601 Holly Ridge Drive, BelleMeade Subdivision, offPorters Chapel Road. Name-brand clothes, shoes, bikes,toys, games, furniture,household. Deals!

604 BRIARFIELD. BellMeade. Saturday 6am- untilJohn boat and trailer, schooluniforms, plus size clothes.

6611 PAXTON ROAD, at 3-Way stop behindVoTech , Saturday,

6am-12 noon, multiple family sale. Come find a bargain!

720 ROY YOUNG ROAD.Neighborhood sale, Satur-day 7am- until. Collectibles,glassware, bottles, frames,jewelry, tools, books, fabric,oil lamps, milk glass andmore. Off Oak Ridge Road,6 miles past Super Junior.

907 NEWIT VICK DRIVE,Openwood Plantation. Sat-urday 7am- until. Yard tools,clothes, household décor,Christmas decorations,Chaise lounge, wingbackchairs, fishing rods and sup-plies, and lots more.



Ask us how to “PostSize” your ad with some

great clip art! Call theClassified Ladies at 601-636-Sell (7355).

ESTATE/ GARAGESALE

113 Robinhood Road,Sherwood Forest off ofFisher Ferry Road. Fridayand Saturday, 7 am to 5 pm.Furniture, appliances, homedecor, linens, men's andwomen's clothing, dishes,tools, too much to list.

GARAGE SALE -112Westwood Drive, LakelandVillage. Saturday 6am-11am. Home décor, kidsgames, books, clothes(small women and juniorsclothes), shoes, purses,paint ball gun with bottles,hunting bow.

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

HUGE SALE, SATUR-DAY, 7am-until, Over 50years accumulation; linens,glassware, small appli-ances, hand made items,Collections (Bells, Angels,Snowmen, etcetera), dinetteset, Christmas items, 6miles past Super Junior onOak Ridge Road, take righton Roy Young Road, lasthouse, 1180, several saleson this road.

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CALL 601-636-SELL ANDPLACE YOUR CLASSIFIED AD TODAY. Classifieds Really Work!

Classified Advertisingreally brings big results!

Call 601-636-SELL tosell your Car or Truck!


The Car Store

601-638-6015 • 2800 Clay Street • Vicksburg, MS • Mon-Fri 8-5:30 • Closed Sat & Sun

CARS • CARS • CARS• CARS• CARS

TRUCKS • TRUCKS • TRUCKS • TRUCKS

2005 CHEVY IMPALA V2157 ...........28 Months @ $290 per month ............ $1030*down-

2004 NISSAN SENTRA S V2139.......28 Months @ $320 per month ...............$1030*down-

2006 CHEVY COBALT LS V2156 .....28 Months @ $300 per month ........... $1065*down-

2004 KIA AMANTI V2151................28 Months @ $300 per month ...................$1380*down-

2007 PONTIAC G6 V2158 .............28 Months @ $340 per month .............. $1730*down-

2007 PONTIAC G6 V2149................28 Months @ $340 per month .................. $2150*down-

2008 CHEVY IMPALA LT V2150 ...28 Months @ $340 per month ............... $2185*down-

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2000 FORD EXPEDITION XLT V2153.....24 Months @ $250 per month.......... $1260*down

2001 FORD F-150 XLT V2147 ...........28 Months @ $290 per month ...... $1660*down

2005 GMC ENVOY SLT V2155 ...........28 Months @ $350 per month ..... $1660*down

2001 CHEVY TAHOE LS V2154 ...........28 Months @ $340 per month ...... $1940*down-

2003 FORD EXPEDITION EDDIE BAUER V2133R 28 Months @ $370 per month $2150*down-

CASH • CASH • CASH • CASH • CASH1995 INFINITI J30 V1231R...............................................................................$900*

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Equal Housing Opportunity

19. Garage &Yard SalesCOLLEGE ITEMS!

102 Ross Lane Saturday6am-9am! Must make space!

MOVING SALE, 105 MADISON RIDGEROAD, OFF LEE ROAD

IN LITTLEWOODSSUBDIVISION,

HOUSEHOLD GOODS, FURNITURE, CLOTHES,

BEDDING, MUCH MORE. EVERYTHING

MUST GO!

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

The Salvation Army, we pick-up!

Call 601-636-2706.

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

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

for circulation.

YARD SALE, 3204 OakRidge Road, Friday andSaturday, 7am-12 noon.

20. Hunting

2006 HONDA RANCHER4x4 ES. A-1 condition,$2800. 601-831-7000, 601-638-9341.

MEMBERS WANTED. 61North Hunting club. $600/year. 601-831-0374, 601-529-6062.

21. Boats,Fishing Supplies

What's going on in Vicks-burg this weekend? ReadThe Vicksburg Post! Forconvenient home delivery,call 601-636-4545, ask forcirculation.

22. MusicalInstruments

JESSIE FRENCH AN-TIQUE piano. Brown needsminor tuning. Call 601-636-4718. Must sell immediate-ly, moving.


C & M FOUNDATION re-pair and house leveling. Re-place worn or rotten sillsand pillars. Stop shakingfloors. Free estimates, 601-964-8508, 601-689-7362.

TYLER’S HOUSE LEVELING& MOBILE HOMES

REPLACE ROTTEN WOOD, ADD NEW SEALS,

HEAVY DUTY BLOCKS. SPECIALIZE IN LEVELING

35 YEARS EXPERIENCEFREE ESTIMATES

CALL 601-402-5135

• BankruptcyChapter 7 and 13

• Social Seurity Disability• No-fault Divorce

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Derrik J. LangAP entertainment writer

LOS ANGELES — Mick Jagger isn’t sure where his latest musical creation will end up on iTunes.

The Rolling Stones rocker has teamed up with Eurythmics co-founder Dave Stewart, reggae maestro Damian Marley, soul songtress Joss Stone and “Slumdog Millionaire” composer A.R. Rahman for Super-Heavy, a new group fusing their different styles on an as-yet untitled album set for release Sept. 20 in the United States, and a day before in the rest of the world.

“What bit of iTunes genres does it go on? The unknow-able? Isn’t there an unknown section?” Jagger joked during a preview event at Jim Henson Studios, where the group recorded some of their eclec-tic music.

Stewart called the collabora-tion wide-ranging.

The record-ing pro-cess began in Holly-wood with the entire group, but they also recorded separately. Other record-ings took place in Florida, France, Greece, Turkey, India and the Caribbean. Stewart said the group recorded about 35 hours of music.

“Working with four other vocalists was inter-esting to me,” said Jagger. “I’ve never actually done it before. Normally, I have to do everything, which I’m quite happy to do. Don’t worry. It was kind of fun because when we had to finish it off, I realized we all had a part to play.”

Jagger said the group would wait for reaction to the album before deciding if the supergroup will go on tour.

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S AT U R D A Y, J U lY 9, 2011 • S E C T I O N D

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Water wisely so plants can beat the summertime bluesGardens are feeling the

heat of summer.Before this week’s rain,

most of us had been watering to keep lawns and ornamen-tals alive. For best results, experts tell us, water deeply and early in the day.

There is a simple scientific reason behind this advice, says Mia Amato, author of “The Garden Explored,” an Accidental Scientist publica-tion created at the Explor-atorium, San Francisco’s museum of science, art and human perception. The book is part of a series designed to help readers discover that science is part of the things they do every day.

Plant cells hold a signifi-cant amount of water, but it varies from plant to plant. At its molecular level, water has the ability to dissolve minerals necessary for plant growth and to carry along critical gases such as oxygen and carbon dioxide. Roots absorb water that travels up

the stem, and excess water evaporates back into the air through stomata, micro-scopic air vents on the sur-face of the leaves, in a pro-cess called transpiration.

The water movement through the plant is initi-ated not by the roots, but at the leaf level. As transpira-tion begins in response to increased sunlight, a simple suction pulls water upward throughout the day, from the roots into the leaves, Amato explained.

During hot, dry periods, water evaporation through the stomata causes the roots and stems to suck up all available soil moisture until the plant’s insides collapse

and it wilts. In most plants, transpiration begins at sun-rise and increases through-out the day.

By watering a plant in the early morning, as the sto-mata are beginning to open, transpiration will draw water up into the plant and the plant’s internal struc-ture will efficiently distrib-ute the water. The stomata close up late in the day as the sun sets. If a plant is watered in the evening, as the darkening sky signals the stomata to close, the water will stay around the root level and drain uselessly into the soil. Wet leaves and stems from watering late in the day may not be able to dry out adequately and often invite fungal diseases, such as downy mildew and rust.

A plant’s water require-ment depends on how much it evaporates water, more on a sunny day than a cloudy one, and its location in a yard. A plant that gets

dappled shade doesn’t need quite as much water as a plant that gets full sun all day.

Plants tell us when they need watering. Dull, limp or wilting leaves are generally a good indication. Some plants, such as hydrangeas, pineap-ple sage and Mexican bush sage, wilt faster than others. They can be used as indica-tor plants to signal that the

rest of a garden needs water.

“Learning to conserve

MIRIAMJABOuR

IN THEGARDEN

The Old Farmers Almanac forecasts that the hottest period this summer for Vicksburg and surrounding

areas is late June and early to mid-July, with a hurricane occurring in late July. September and October should be much cooler

and slightly rainier than normal.

See Watering, Page D3.

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Wanda Tiger stands outside her FEMA trailer in Little Axe, Okla.

Katrina trailers more than a temporary homeThousands shipped out, American Indian tribes asking for moreBy The Associated Press

LITTLE AXE, Okla. — Wanda Tiger and her hus-band needed a new home after a long-term house-sit-ting arrangement came to an end. But for members of their American Indian tribe in rural Oklahoma, affordable housing options were few.

Then tribal leaders learned of an impossibly attractive offer: Mobile homes that had never been occupied were available from the government almost for free. They had stood vacant for years after being rejected as temporary housing following Hurricane Katrina.

To Tiger and members of other tribes, the homes seemed perfect, even luxurious.

“When you ain’t got noth-ing, you’re happy with what-ever you can get,” said Tiger, a member of the Absentee Shaw-nee tribe who now lives in a three-bedroom home courtesy

of the Federal Emergency Man-agement Agency. “They call them temporary homes, but hey, sometimes it’s your perma-nent home, and we’re satisfied with it.”

Nearly six years after the hur-ricane, the mobile homes that became a symbol of the gov-ernment’s failed response are finally being put to good use. FEMA has quietly given many

of them away to American Indian tribes that are in desper-ate need of affordable housing.

In the aftermath of the 2005 hurricane, FEMA bought thou-sands of temporary homes for $20,000 to $45,000 each — both mobile homes and travel trailers.

The mobile homes proved impractical in areas where power and water service had

been destroyed. And some people living in travel trailers started to fall sick because the RVs had high levels of form-aldehyde, a cancer-causing chemical common in building materials.

Since then, it seemed doubtful that many of the mobile homes would ever be used. But on American Indian reservations, the offer of free housing has been welcomed, particularly among families who live in con-ditions so crowded that it’s not uncommon for a single mobile home to be shared by more than a dozen relatives.

Tribes have taken almost 2,000 of the government homes and requested more.

Before and during Katrina, critics complained that the homes would not protect resi-dents from future storms. Some also worried the shelters would turn into permanent housing,

‘When you ain’t got nothing,you’re happy with whatever you can get’

After being approved for one of the government homes,

tribal workers cleared some trees from a piece

of land owned by Charles Tiger and his wife, Wanda. Their new place even had

an air conditioner, a luxury on the Absentee Shawnee

reservation.

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potentially creating neigh-borhoods of dilapidated mobile homes.

Then the formaldehyde concerns arose, leading the government to trash most of the travel trailers or sell them to people who signed papers prom-ising not to live in them.

The mobile homes that remained were parked at FEMA storage cen-ters all over the country, costing the agency mil-lions each year to main-tain. At one point, more than 19,000 were parked at the Hope, Ark., airport. The fleet was so large that two of the facil-ity’s three runways were closed for more than five years.

Although the mobile homes were never sus-pected of making anyone sick, most stayed empty, even after new disasters struck.

In Cordova, Ala., which was among the many places crippled by this spring’s his-toric tornado season, local leaders refused to let the mobile homes into town, despite pleas from some residents who wanted the shelters.

“I don’t feel guilty,” Mayor Jack Scott said, explain-ing that he did not want the shelters to become perma-nent. “I can look anyone in the eye.”

FEMA slowly auctioned off most of the homes and found uses for others, including giving some to the tribes. It has also used a limited number of homes in areas recently struck by twisters, including Joplin, Mo., and other parts of Alabama.

For the last several years, the agency “has been work-ing to reduce the number of units in our inventory, while maintaining the capability to purchase units through pre-positioned contracts,” FEMA said in a statement.

Susan Popkin, a housing expert at the Washington-based Urban Institute, ques-tioned the purchase of the shelters, suggesting that it might have been smarter to give storm victims vouchers to rent apartments than to offer them a trailer.

“It was a big stretch for them to take that on after Katrina,” Popkin said. “Their strength is in dealing with people for the first few weeks after the emergency.”

But tribal leaders were thrilled to take the homes.

After 1,300 mobile homes were distributed to tribes during 2008 and 2009, fed-eral officials asked early this year if they wanted more, said Brian Sullivan, a spokesman for the Depart-ment of Housing and Urban Development. Ninety-five tribes responded with requests for 3,000 homes —

five times as many as were available.

About 550 homes were dis-tributed this spring. Tribal governments paid only to transport them.

John Ballard, chief of the Ottawa Tribe in far north-

eastern Oklahoma, said his tribe spent an average of $3,000 to acquire each home. The tribe has received 39 units for the elderly and first-time homebuyers, he said.

“Three thousand dol-lars is not too much to pay for a house,”

Ballard said. “These trailers are a great deal for our tribe ... I would take 100 more. I’ve had people send me pictures and thank-you cards and want to give me their first-born over this stuff. This has made a great impression on peoples’ lives.”

Similar stories are told by George Blanchard, governor of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe, and Paula Pechonick, chief of the Delaware Tribe of Oklahoma. Blanchard said his only gripe is that there aren’t enough homes to meet the demand.

Tiger and her husband, who live in Little Axe, a rural community southeast of Oklahoma City, were sur-prised that the homes had been vacant for so long.

“We saw it on the news, and we thought so many people like ourselves could use them, but they were just sitting there,” Tiger said. “Why did it take someone so long to decide, ‘Hey, these could be used’? There are a lot of homeless people in this country.”

The retired couple had been house-sitting for a relative for years when the family member told them they needed to leave in a few weeks.

After being approved for one of the govern-ment homes, tribal work-ers cleared some trees from a piece of land owned by the Tigers. Their new place even had an air conditioner, a luxury on the reservation.

The paperwork that came with the home in 2009 included a warning about formaldehyde and possible symptoms, but the Tigers have never experienced any problems.

Compared to some homes on reservations, FEMA’s homes are like “castles,” said Cheryl Causley, chair-woman of the National American Indian Housing Council.

“It shows you the vast dis-crepancy and the uneven treatment among the citi-zens of the United States,” Causley said. “Our people would go miles to receive those units. If there’s any more of them, we would love them. Our need is that extreme.”

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clean water should be part of every gardener’s life,” Amato aid.

She has an automatic timer on her sprinkler system, which turns on at sunrise. Drip irrigation systems are highly efficient, as well, because they deliver mois-ture directly to the root zones.

The benefit of mulching should never be underesti-mated. Three to four inches of mulch around plants will prevent weeds that rob mois-ture. Mulch also decreases the rate that water evapo-rates from the soil. Mulch should be applied early in the season when the soil is still moist and cool and should not touch the trunks of trees or woody shrubs, as it can hold too much moisture after

heavy rains and promote disease.

The Old Farmers Alma-nac forecasts that the hot-test period this summer for Vicksburg and surrounding areas is late June and early to mid-July, with a hurricane occurring in late July. Sep-tember and October should be much cooler and slightly rainier than normal.

Water wisely this summer, and consider using more native plants and drought-resistant alternatives in the future.

•Miriam Jabour, a Master Gardener and Master Flower Show judge, has been active in the Openwood Plantation Garden Club for over 35 years. Write to her at 1114 Windy Lake Drive, Vicksburg, MS 39183.

WateringContinued from Page D1.

FEMAContinued from Page D1.

In Cordova, Ala., which was among the many

places crippled by this spring’s historic

tornado season, local leaders refused to let

the mobile homes into town, despite pleas from some residents

who wanted the shelters.

Home births on rise by 20 percentNEW YORK (AP) — One

mother chose home birth because it was cheaper than going to a hospital. Another gave birth at home because she has multiple sclerosis and feared unnecessary medical intervention. And some choose home births after cesarean sec-tions with their first babies.

Whatever their motiva-tion, all are among a striking trend: Home births increased 20 percent from 2004 to 2008, accounting for 28,357 of 4.2 mil-lion U.S. births, according to a study from the Centers for Dis-ease Control and Prevention released in May.

White women led the drive, with 1 in 98 having babies at home in 2008, compared to 1 in 357 black women and 1 in 500 Hispanic women.

Sherry Hopkins, a Las Vegas midwife, said the women whose home births she’s attended include a pediatrician, an emer-

gency room doctor and nurses. “We’re definitely seeing well-educated and well-informed people who want to give birth at home,” she said.

Robbie Davis-Floyd, a medi-cal anthropologist at the Uni-versity of Texas at Austin and researcher on global trends

in childbirth, obstetrics and midwifery, said “at first, in the 1970s, it was largely a hippie, countercultural thing to give birth outside of the hospital. Over the years, as the formerly ‘lay’ midwives have become far more sophisticated, so has their clientele.”

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecolo-gists, which certifies OB-GYNs, warns that home births can be unsafe, especially if the mother has high-risk conditions, if a birth attendant is inadequately trained and if there’s no nearby hospital in case of emergency. Some doctors also question whether a “feminist macho-ism” is at play in wanting to give birth at home.

Gina Crosley-Corcoran, a Chi-cago blogger and pre-law stu-dent, had a C-section with her first baby and chronicled night-marish pressure from nurses and doctors to abandon a vagi-nal birth with her second. She followed up with a third child born at home in April.

“I do think there’s a backlash against what’s happening in hospitals,” she said. “Women are finding that the hospi-tal experience wasn’t a good one.”

The associaTed pressGina Crosley-Corcoran holds her 2-month-old daughter, Jolene, while sons, Jonas 4, left, and Jules 3, look on in Lombard Ill.

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