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Five Questions
1 According to slogans, what candyMakes Mouths Happy and is FunYou Can Eat?2 Who began singing with collegeriend Bobby Hatfeld in 1962?3 In 2005, who became the frstproessional goler to win the sameevent the Mizuno Classic in fveconsecutive years?4 What playwright took the title WhosAfraid of Virgina Woolf?rom grafti heonce saw written in soap on the mirror
o a Greenwich Village bar?5 In Carlo Collodis novel, whom doesPinocchio angrily kill with a mallet atthe beginning o the book?
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Dr. Susanne Cunninghampractices at Curtis OptometryClinic in Columbus.
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Tuesday through Saturday,Sept. 24-28Possum Town Storytelling Festi-val: Internationally known storytellersLen Cabral, Carmen Agra Deedy andKuniko Yamamoto weave words intomagic at the second annual PossumTown Storytelling Festival presentedby the Columbus Arts Council. Pro-grams or all ages will be presented
at the Rosenzweig Arts Center, 501Main St., in Columbus. Ask about thestorytelling and origami workshops.For inormation, contact the CAC, 662-328-2787 or visit columbus-arts.org.
Wednesday, Sept. 25Table Talk: Dr. Kendall Dunkelburg,Mississippi University or Womenproessor o English, previews the
speakers at the 25th annual EudoraWelty Writers Symposium (Oct. 24-26). Bring lunch at 11:30 a.m. andsocialize; iced tea provided. Or joinriends rom noon-1 p.m. or the pro-gram. For more inormation, contactthe library at 662-329-5300.
Thursday, Sept. 26History and Traditions of SECFootball: This undraiser or the
Mississippi State Wesley Foundationeatures SEC historian Dr. Mark Wind-ham rom 6-8:30 p.m. at the FirstUnited Methodist Church. Food andellowship is 6-7 p.m.; Dr. Windhamspresentation is 7-8:30 p.m. Ticketsare $25, available through Sept. 18at the FUMC ofce and Wesley boardmembers. Call 662-323-1778 ormore inormation.
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BY NATHAN GREGORY
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On the eve o breaking ground on theirnew plant in Clay County, Yokohama TireCompany made another statement o com-mitment to the Golden Triangle area.
The global tire manuacturing giantannounced plans to give $250,000 each to
Mississippi State University and East Mis-sissippi Community College Sunday.
On hand or the announcement were
newly-named YTC Mississippi presidentTadahuru Yamamoto, MSU president MarkKeenum, EMCC president Rick Young,Yokohama Rubber Company president Hi-komitsu Noji and Mississippi governor PhilBryant.
The ofc ial ground -breaking ceremony,which was not open to the publ ic, was heldat 9:30 a.m. today.
Yamamoto said he hopes the gi t wi ll as -sist the two institutions o higher learningin developing workorce training programsthat would be instrumental in helping YTC
Mississippi and other Golden Triangle areaindustry orward.
Yokohama gives $250K to both MSU, EMCC
AP Photo/Andre Penner
In this Sept. 16,2013, photo,
Enio Guarnieriwipes the VWemblem o his1972 Volkswa-
gen van, in SaoPaulo, Brazil.
Guarnieri, whokeeps his blueand white van
or Kombi in hiscluttered garage,bought the vehi-cle a year ago tostoke childhood
memories.
Long, strange trip endingfor Volkswagens hippie van
THE AssOciATEd PREss
SAO PAULO It carried hippiesthrough the 1960s, hauled surers insearch o killer waves during endless
summers and serves as a workhorseacross the developing world, but the
long, strange trip o the Volkswagenvan is ending.
Brazil is the last place in the worldstill producing the iconic vehicle, orbus as its known by afcionados, but
VW says production will end Dec. 31.
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President oYokohama Rub-ber CompanyHikomitsu Noji,let, and Missis-sippi GovernorPhil Bryantpose or photosduring the Yoko-hama Communi-ty Giting NewsConerence atthe Ritz Theater
in downtownWest Point onSunday.
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Kenya mallcrisis: Fate
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NAIROBI, Kenya A Kenyanmilitary spokesman Monday saidthat the ate o hostages inside amall besieged by al-Qaida-linked ter-rorists was not clear despite earlierstatements that most hostages hadbeen rescued.
Military helicopters circled overthe mall at daybreak, when about fveminutes o sustained gunfre brokeout at the mall, a clear indication thatat least one o the estimated 10 to 15gunmen who attacked the mall whenit was flled with shoppers Saturdaywas still on the loose.
A large milita ry assault began on
the mall shortly beore sundown onSunday, with one helicopter skim-ming very close to the roo o theshopping complex as a loud explo-sion rang out, ar larger than any pre-vious grenade blast or gunfre volley.Ofcials said the siege would soonend and said most hostages hadbeen rescued and that ofcials con-trolled most o the mall.
But ofcials never said how manyhostages had been rescued, andKenyas military spokesman on Mon-day was still not able to provide clear
Highest honors
William Browning/Dispatch Sta
Columbus resident Joseph R. Johnson sits on the back porch o his East Columbus home Friday morning. Johnson is a veterano World War II and will receive the French Legion o Honor Tuesday.
Columbus resident to receiveFrench Legion of HonorBY WiLLiAM BROWNiNG
[email protected]
On the 640-acre Alabama arm hegrew up on, 16-year-old Joseph R.Johnson told his ather he wanted
to join the Army a ter World War II brokeout.
Being underage, Johnson neededhis athers signature to go o to war.His ather didnt like that idea. Johnsonpersisted.
We had a world to save, he said lastweek. I we let Hitler alone he wouldtake over the world.
His ather fnally relented and hisyoungest son went o to war. On June 6,1944, Johnson took part in the Invasiono Normandy in France. Thousands diedon that beach, but the Allies won thebattle and, roughly a year later, the war.
Youre looking at a miracle, Johnsonsaid while talking about the battle. AndId do it again.
Today, hes an 88-year-
old Columbus resident
living on Lehmberg Road.
On Tuesday, he will re-
ceive the French Legion o
Honor during a ceremony
in Jackson. The distinction
recognizes contributions
and acts o bravery. It is
Frances highest military honor.
In all, 11 Mississippi residents will
receive the honor Tuesday.See kenYa, 6A
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Johnson
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