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    Weather

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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?

    Answers, 6B

    insideClassifeds 5BComics 4B

    Obituaries 5AOpinions 4A

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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

    [email protected]

    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 oc 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 Volkswagen vanis ending.

    Brazil is the last place in the world stillproducing the iconic vehicle, or bus asits known by acionados, but VW says

    production will end Dec. 31. Saety reg-

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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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    Highest honors

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    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 nally 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.

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    Starkville collected $441,240.29in non-2 percent sales tax receipts orJuly, a gure which represents thesecond-best July on record or thecity.

    Sales tax returns or the calen-dar year continue to track closelyto 2012s pace. The city is averag-ing $462,780.52 monthly in generalreturns this calendar year, a g-ure close to last years average o$470,133.21.

    Julys total also represents a newhigh or the current scal year, atimerame that spans rom October2012 to Sept. 30. So ar in FY 2013,

    Starkville has distributed about $5.72million in sales taxes. That gureeclipses FY 2012s total distributionby about $154,000. The city is cur-rently outpacing its FY 2012 monthlyaverage by about $14,000.

    Although the months non-2 per-cent receipts refect summer growthin the citys economy, it also rep-resents the second-lowest grossingmonth or this calendar year. OnlyJanuary saw less sales tax income($430,732), while Julys mark rep-resents $1,000 slide rom June, the

    See sales tax, 6A

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    Record low .............................. 44 (1953)

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    A ThousAnd Words

    MondaySay What?This is totally irresponsible, completely juvenile and,as I called it, legislative arson. Its just destructive.

    House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi speaking aboutRepublican opposition to a sweeping health care overhaul

    as an excuse or a government shutdown. Story, 3A.

    Breaking Bad, ModernFamily crowned at EmmysBy LyNN ELBER

    P Television Writer

    LOS ANGELES Breaking Bad, the brutal,drug-ueled saga o an ev-erymans ambition turnedevil, captured its rst bestdrama Emmy Award onSunday, denying the onlineseries House o Cards ahistory-making honor.

    I did not see this com-ing, said Breaking Badcreator Vince Gilligan,tipping his hat to Netfixspolitical thriller House oCards, the rst digital con-tender or top Emmy hon-

    ors.Attention and acclaim or

    the AMC cable channelsBreaking Bad has builtas it nears the end o itsve-season run next Sun-

    day, with the nal eight-ep-isode arc eligible or nextyears Emmys.

    Modern Family won itsourth consecutive trophyor top comedy series eventhough its ot-honored castwas shut out this time.

    Je Daniels won theEmmy or best drama seriesactor or his portrayal o anidealistic TV anchormanin The Newsroom, withClaire Danes capturing topactress honors or her trou-bled CIA agent in Home-land.

    Daniels noted that hedalso received an age 50-plus

    acting honor rom AARP,which represents the inter-ests o older Americans.

    With all due respect tothe AARP, this is even bet-ter, Daniels said.

    Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

    Vince Gilligan, center, and the cast and crew o Break-ing Bad accept the award or outstanding drama seriesat the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards at Nokia Theatre inLos Angeles on Sunday.

    By LyNN ELBER

    AP Television Writer

    LOS ANGELES Theexclusion o Jack Klug-man rom

    an EmmyAwards trib-ute that in-cludes Cory Monteith isan insult to the memoryo the late TV veteran andthree-time Emmy win-ner who starred in TheOdd Couple and Quin-cy M.E., Klugmans sonsays.

    I think its criminal,said Adam Klugman in aninterview with The Asso-ciated Press. My dad wasat the inception o televi-sion and helped build it inthe early days.

    Ceremony producersannounced this weekthat ve individual sa-lutes would be includedon Sunday nights Emmyshow in addition to thetraditional in memoriamsegment that groups to-

    gether industry memberswho died in the past year.

    Besides Monteith, theGlee star who died inJuly o a heroin and drugoverdose, those to behonored include The So-pranos star James Gan-dolni; Jean Stapleton oAll in the Family; come-dian and actor JonathanWinters; and FamilyTies producer Gary Da-vid Goldberg.

    Monteith, who was 31when he died, is by ar theyoungest o the group. Allthe others are Emmy win-ners, while he had yet tobe nominated in his ab-breviated career.

    Emmy nominees whodied last year and wont

    be accorded separatetributes include LarryHagman o Dallas andCharles Durning o Eve-ning Shade.

    Hagman, Durningand Klugman will be in-cluded in the group re-membrance, an academyspokesman said Friday.The ceremony at theNokia Theatre in Los An-geles airs at 8 p.m. EDTSunday on CBS.

    Its an insult and it re-ally seems typical o thisyouth-centric culture thathas an extremely short at-tention span and pandersto only a very narrowdemographic o youngadults, Adam Klugmansaid.

    Actor deserves individual Emmy tribute, son says

    online:n emmys.org

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    ws sf-dcd gd.Adam Klugman, son of actor Jack Klugman

    By CAROLyN THOMPSON

    The Associated Press

    BEMUS POINT, N.Y. In-creasingly popular bathroom wipes pre-moistened towelettes thatare oten advertised as fushable are being blamed or creatingclogs and backups in sewer sys-tems around the nation.

    Wastewater authorities saywipes may go down the toilet, buteven many labeled fushable ar-ent breaking down as they coursethrough the sewer system. Thatscosting some municipalities mil-lions o dollars to dispatch crewsto unclog pipes and pumps and toreplace and upgrade machinery.

    The problem got so bad in thiswestern New York communitythis summer that sewer ocialsset up traps basket strainersin sections o pipe leading to an

    ot-clogged pump to gure outwhich households the wipes werecoming rom. They mailed lettersand then pleaded in person or res-idents to stop fushing them.

    We could walk right up, knock

    on the door and say, Listen, thisproblem is coming right rom your

    house, said Tom Walsh, seniorproject coordinator at South &Center Chautauqua Lake SewerDistricts, which was dispatchingcrews at least once a week to cleara grinder pump that would seize up

    trying to shred the brous wipes.The National Association o

    Clean Water Agencies, which rep-resents 300 wastewater agencies,says it has been hearing com-plaints about wipes rom sewersystems big and small or about thelast our years.

    Popular bathroom wipesblamed for sewer clogs

    AP Photo/ City of Vancouver

    In this Aug. 16, 2013, photo provided by the City o Vancouver, Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator Frank Dickposes with ushable wipes that made it through a test to see i they would break down, at the Westside Wast-erwater Treatment Plant in Vancouver, Wa. Various bathroom wipes were specially dyed and then sent throughthe sewer system, but instead o dissolving, most wound up intact.

    AP Photo/Julio Cortez

    In this photograph taken, Friday, Sept. 20, 2013, in Middlesex, N.J., thelabel that indicates wipes should not be ushed in a toilet is seen on abox next to baby wipes at the ofce o Rob Villee, executive director othe Plainfeld Area Regional Sewer Authority in New Jersey.

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    The Associated Press

    WASHINGTON Even be-ore a budget deadline arrives,leaders rom both parties areblaming each other and someRepublicans are criticizing theirown or a government shut-down many are treating as inev-itable.

    The top Democrat in theHouse says Republicans arelegislative arsonists whoare using their opposition to asweeping health care overhaulas an excuse to close govern-ments doors. A leading teaparty antagonist in the Senatecounters that conservativesshould use any tool availableto stop the Aordable Care Actrom taking hold. President BillClintons labor secretary saysthe GOP is willing to risk theentire system o government toget your way, while the House

    speaker who oversaw the lastgovernment shutdown urgedellow Republicans to rememberthis is not a dictatorship.

    The unyielding political pos-turing on Sunday comes oneweek beore Congress reachesan Oct. 1 deadline to dodge anyinterruptions in governmentservices. While work continues

    on a temporary spending bill,a potentially more devastatingseparate deadline looms a ewweeks later when the govern-ment could run out o money topay its bills.

    This is totally irresponsi-ble, completely juvenile and, asI called it, legislative arson. Itsjust destructive, House Demo-cratic Leader Nancy Pelosi saidin an interview that aired Sun-day.

    The Republican-led House onFriday approved legislation de-signed to wipe out the 3-year-old

    health care law that PresidentBarack Obama has vowed topreserve. But the Houses movewas more a political win than ameasure likely to be implement-ed.

    Across the Capitol, SenateDemocratic Leader Harry Reidsaid he would keep the healthlaw intact despite Republicans

    attempts, in his words, to takean entire law hostage simplyto appease the tea party anar-chists.

    One o those tea party agi-tators, Sen. Ted Cruz o Texas,showed little sign on Sunday thathe cared about the uphill climbto make good on his pledge toderail the health care law overObamas guaranteed veto.

    I believe we should stand ourground, said Cruz, who alreadywas trying to blame Obama andhis Democratic allies i the gov-ernment shuts down.

    Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Mis-souri Democrat, said Cruzseorts were destructive andsel-serving as Cruz eyes aWhite House campaign.

    I cannot believe that theyare going to throw a tantrum

    and throw the American peopleand our economic recovery un-der the bus, she said.

    This is about running orpresident with Ted Cruz. Thisisnt about meaningul states-manship, she added later.

    Blame already being cast over budget fghtWrangling over the budget comes as lawmakers consider separatelegislation that would let the United States avoid a rst-ever deault

    on its debt obligations

    AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

    Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, during anews conference with conservative Congressional Republicans atthe Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. Cruz and Leestand as the Senates dynamic duo for conservatives, crusadingagainst President Barack Obamas health care law while infuriatingmany congressional Republicans with a tactic they consider futile,self-serving and detrimental to the partys political hopes in 2014.

    THE AssOcIATEd PrEss

    ABERDEEN For-mer Ecru police ocerody Mac Rock o Ponto-

    toc has been sentenced toone year in prison on twocivil rights violations.

    U.S. District Judge

    Sharion Aycock sentencedRock this past week inU.S. District Court in Ab-erdeen.

    Rock was accused odepriving two motoristso their civil rights in 2008by demanding money inexchange or destroying

    trac tickets.

    The indictment saidsuch action deprives aperson o his or her consti-tutional rights or protec-tion against unreasonablesearches and seizures.

    The U.S. attorneys o-ce also says Rock mustcomplete 100 hours com-munity service.

    Rock was ordered to re-port to prison by Nov. 18.

    Ex-Ecru police ofcer sentencedMan was accused o demanding cash

    in exchange or destroying tickets

    THE AssOcIATEd PrEss

    PURVIS A pair o es-caped inmates who killeda 95-year-old woman havebeen sentenced to lie inprison without parole.

    Lamar County CircuitCourt Judge Tony Mozin-go sentenced 23-year-oldames Robert Martin and

    27-year-old David EdwardBass Friday ater the twopleaded guilty to capitalmurder in the 2012 deatho Ada Smith.

    Smith was ound deadOct. 21 in her home nearPurvis, bound to a chairwith orange shoestringsand stabbed in the throat.

    You both are cowardsand you do not deservethe (sentence) you will re-ceive, Laura Taylor, oneo Smiths 21 grandchil-dren, said in court Friday.

    Neither o you are menbecause no man wouldtake the lie o an old lady,

    tying her up with shoe-

    string and then stabbingher in the neck.Investigators said the

    men stabbed Smith in partbecause she wouldntstop talking about Jesus.

    She was trying to talkto you about the Lord,Mozingo said in part.

    Prosecutors had threat-ened to seek the deathpenalty in a trial that hadbeen set or Dec. 9 beorethe men agreed to pleadguilty. The pair had alsobeen charged with bur-glary and intent to commit

    burglary.Both suspects walked

    o the Mississippi Depart-

    ment o Corrections For-

    rest County CommunityWork Center the day be-ore they killed Smith, hid-ing out in another houseovernight beore breakinginto Smiths home. Martinhad been a ve-year sen-tence or a grand larcenyconviction rom MonroeCounty. Bass was servinga seven-year sentence orve burglary convictionsrom Lee County.

    The men stole Smithscar, which authorities lateround stashed in a swampyarea near Slidell, La. U.S.

    Marshalls arrested bothmen at a bar on BourbonStreet in New Orleans.

    Pair get lie in killing o 95-year-oldNeither o you are men because no

    man would take the lie o an old lady,

    tying her up with shoestring and then

    stabbing her in the neck.Laura Taylor, one of the victims grandchildren

    THE AssOcIATEd PrEss

    NATCHEZ NatchezRegional Medical Centerwill seek a stalking horsebid in which a potential buy-er makes an initial oer to

    set the foor or an auction.Hospital ocials tell The

    Natchez Democrat thatthree health care providershave agreed to participate.

    We are hopeul thatwithin a matter o weeks

    we will have identieda stalking horse, saidHealthcare ManagementPartners Director ClareMoylan.

    Healthcare Manage-ment Partners was hired

    by Adams County in Julyto help negotiate the sale othe county-owned NRMC.

    The three potentialbidders have been givenaccess to proprietary inor-mation about the hospitals

    nances, employees andoutlook or coming years.

    In the stalking horseprocess, HMP will negoti-ate a selling price with oneo the interested parties.Once that price and anystipulations are decided,the agreement with thestalking horse becomes thebase bid or the hospitalssale.

    I no one outbids thestalking horse, the hospi-tal is automatically sold tothe stalking horse, whichwould have provided thecounty with a security toensure the sale.

    Natchez hospital looks or bidderHospital seeking initial oer to set

    the foor or an auction

    THE AssOcIATEd PrEss

    JACKSON The na-tional Association o Zoos& Aquariums has pulled itsaccreditation rom the onlyMississippi zoo which heldit, because o nancial insta-bility.

    The Jackson Zoo, whichkeeps 773 animals on 30acres next to LivingstonPark in west Jackson, willkeep provisional accredita-tion during an appeal pro-cess that ends in March,The Clarion-Ledger report-

    ed.The problem is thatewer and ewer people arecoming to see the zoosanimals and its interactiveexhibits, educational pro-grams and indoor and out-door activities. Attendancehas dropped rom a peak

    o 192,000 to 117,000 lastyear. Ticket sales last yearbrought $850,275, less thanone-quarter o the zoosbudget. Six years earlier,tickets brought in nearly$1.2 million, two-thirds o allrevenue.

    As a result, the zoo nowrelies more heavily on gov-ernment subsidies to stayafoat. It got more than $2.2million combined abouttwo-thirds o its $3.5 millionbudget last year alonerom the state and the city.

    The zoo itsel is well run

    but its location is one o themore challenged amongthe roughly 220 AZA-accred-ited zoos in North America,said national zoo consultantRick Biddle o Philadelphia,Pa.-based Schultz & Wil-liams.

    You are just under one

    mile rom 220 to the zoo,and thats a rough one mile,said Biddle, who is helpingthe Jackson Zoo examineits options. It needs to bemore engaging and welcom-

    ing; it needs to have a senseo arrival. I you see no signsor all you see is the bumpyroad, then you are startingyour experience wrong.

    The zoos executive di-rector, Beth Po, said manypeople tell her I used tocome all the time but myneighbors araid to comeor I never go to west Jack-son. Im araid to go to thezoo.

    Zoo ocials ace hardchoices: Closing the park,cutting its collection, reno-

    vating and adding new ex-hibits in hopes o drawingbigger crowds, or relocat-ing.

    Closure is a worst-casescenario. That would be atragedy or this city and thestate, said board memberEric Stracener.

    Financial instability puts JacksonZoos accreditation on the lineTicket sales last year only covered

    one-quarter o budget

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    Mississippi voices

    OXFORD A charmedlie.

    That s what the evidencesays about Robert Khayat.

    High school athleterecruited to Ole Miss romMoss Point. Big man on cam-

    pus drated into the pros.Happy home and amily. Twodegrees in law, the secondrom Yale. A 14-year tenureas the 15th chancellor o theUniversity o Mississippicapped by welcoming BarackObama and John McCain ortheir rst debate. Seven bowlgames with six wins. Hisname in granite across theront o the majestic Robert C.Khayat Law Center.

    Speaking o that new$50 million law school, U.S.Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss.,

    beeed up the rather somberdedication by invoking Kha-yatman as a better name orthe honoree. His mind is ast-er than a speeding bullet; hispride is more powerul than alocomotive, able to leap overstubborn search committeesin a single bound, Wickersaid. Look, up in the skybox,hes a jock, hes a judge, hes abrain; yes, hes Khayatman.And then, more slowly, Heghts a never-ending battleor truth, justice and the OleMiss way.

    Now contrast that lie withanother:

    Missed a big no excuse eld goal that wouldhave won a big game.

    Struggled with recurring and painful pancreatitis,so severe at its onset that it almost killed him.

    Rejected by coworkers of almost two decades for arole as their new leader.

    Admired father arrested, charged with corruptionand acing prison.

    Depicted as a black-hooded executioner when astate senator decided to stage a protest over loss otradition.

    Actua lly, most will know, the lives are one and thesame.

    Mississippians have long been amiliar, or good orill, with the Khayat name. Now, with release o his au-

    tobiography, The Education o a Lietime, we obtaininsights to Khayat as a person.

    Turns out hes one o us.He doesnt grumble, complain, boast or brag in the

    book. He just puts his story out there.Theres a wonderul vignette o his attempt to woo

    90-pound spinster Gertude Ford, who came to the dooro her Jackson home in an inside-out dressing gown,drink in one hand and cigarette in the other, chihua-huas yipping around. She made him sit on an ottoman,explained that Shakespeare was a raud and made itclear that i she wrote $100 million check, it wouldntbounce.

    Their chat ended, the chancellor headed or the doorwith an invitation to return i he wanted to, but alsowith a parting shot: Im not giving one red cent to Ole

    (the common term or urine).The rest o the story? The Gertrude Castello FordCenter on University, where Obama and McCain metback in 2008, is a world-class perorming arts center.And a foor-to-ceiling portra it (without the cigaretteand drink, but with the chihuahas) adorns the entranceto the Ford Ballroom at the Inn at Ole Miss.

    The missed eld goal was at Tennessee, part o astint in athletics that included college baseball and acouple o years with the Washington Redskins as alineman and placekicker.

    The pancreatitis started in Vicksburg, where Khayatwas practice teaching high school in case the procareer didnt work out. He spent months in the hospital,received Last Rites.

    The vote was by the law school aculty, most owhom had encouraged him to seek the deanship yetchanged their minds when a strong minority candidateapplied.

    His ather was Jackson County Supervisor EddieKhayat, a practitioner o graveling country churchparking lots and using county equipment to dig ruralgraves deeds that were practical in political termsbut against the law. (Ater one mistrial, the elderKhayat pleaded guilty to another count, was ned andorced rom oce. He died our years later.)

    And the execution scene, with Col. Reb as thecondemned person, was a highlight o what manysaw and many still see as the dening theme o theKhayat tenure: The struggle over whether the Ole Missbrand would be last bastion o the Conederacy oras center o research and learning.

    That tug-o-war continues, o course, and wi ll or a

    long, long time.Meanwhile, thanks to his book (Nautilus Press, 302

    pages), we learn that Robert Khayats lie, like mosto ours, has not been all sunshine and roses and notdominated entirely by setbacks and ailures.

    And we learn that achievement is not the product oluck or magic or any other charm.

    Just the courage to make decisions and the stub-bornness to persevere.

    Charlie Mitchell is a Mississippi journalist. Write tohim at Box 1, University, MS 38677, or e-mail [email protected].

    HealtH care

    News consumers bynow have absorbed themessage that Repub-licans are going to de-und Obamacare, shutdown the government,ruin the economy andstarve the poor.

    This is what Demo-crats would have youbelieve and, given theGOPs recent ob-structionist history, itwould not be a stretch.However, there is analternative scenario that bearsair consideration.

    Not deund, as the House votedto do Friday, but delay.

    Democrats and PresidentObama see delay as just anothermaneuver to upend Obamacare.Extort is the word Obamarecently used. But lets step backa moment and examine some othe reasoning. Sometimes evenpartisans are right.

    Topping the list is the act thatthe Aordable Care Act (ACA) isbecoming increasingly unpopular.Only 39 percent o Americanscurrently avor the health-careprogram, compared with 51percent in January, according toa recent CNN/ORC Internationalpoll.

    Some o the reasons:Many companies are cut-

    ting worker hours to below thethreshold (30 hours) at whichtheyre required to comply with

    Obamacare. (SeaWorld is cutt inghours or thousands o workers.)

    Others are cutting workerscompletely to avoid complianceor to reduce costs associated withthe expanded coverage. (TheCleveland Clinic cited Obamacareas one reason or oering earlyretirement to 3,000 workers andhinting at uture layos.)

    Many young people, unem-ployed or earning little, wil l havetrouble paying premiums onceopen enrollment or health insur-ance exchanges begins Oct. 1.Even discounts wont be enough

    or some, who then will ace nes

    or have to turn toparents who ace theirown insurance chal-lenges. List-price pre-miums or a 40-year-old buying a mid-rangeplan will average closeto $330 per month,

    according to a recentAvalere Health study.For someone who is60, premiums will runabout $615 a month.Forget retirement.

    One o the mostpopular aspects o Obamacarehas been that children can remainon their parents policy untiltheyre 26, but theres nothingmagical about 27 i you donthave a job, are still in school orare otherwise dependent. Expectmany under-30s to decline to buyinsurance, whereupon Americasyouth will be under the thumbo the Internal Revenue Service.Remember, the Supreme Courtruled that the individual mandateto purchase insurance is a tax.

    The other most-popular itemwas the requirement that preex-isting conditions not precludeinsurance coverage. Under a pro-posed alternative plan unveiledrecently by the Republican StudyCommittee the AmericanHealth Care Reorm Act (H.R.3121) this provision would beprotected and unded throughstate-based, high-risk pools andother reorm measures.

    The biggest concern across al ldemographics is the likely eecton the larger economy. What hap-pens when so many people losehours and work and, thereore,income?

    Moreover, the law is being ap-plied unairly and unequally, withexemptions and delays oeredto special groups and the brunto the strain alling directly onmiddle-class Americans.

    Larger employers, or exam-ple, have been given a one-yearreprieve on nes or leaving work-ers uncovered. No such grace or

    individual citizens. The incen-

    tives to cut employees and hoursprompted three powerul ormersupporters to write a strong lettero dissent to Democratic leaders.The letter writers, saying theACA would destroy the backboneo the American middle class andthe very health and wellbeing o

    our members along with millionso other hardworking Americans,also lamented the alsehood thatemployees could keep the insur-ance they like. This is obviouslynot true, despite Obamas repeat-ed assurances to the contrar y.

    The authors were all unionleaders, including James Hoa,president o the InternationalBrotherhood o Teamsters.

    Finally, in a tweak not likely toinspire admiration, the presidentis oering Congress a break otherAmericans wont get . Obamacarerequires congressional leadersand sta to enter the exchangeslike everyone else, but Obamahas oered a special dispensationto soten the blow. Their employ-er you will pay part o thepremium, a compensatory optionnot oered to non-ederal employ-ers and their beuddled, underem-ployed stas.

    Delay may eel like one moreRepublican strategy, but thatdoesnt necessarily make itunwise. I we can delay sendingcruise missiles to Syria pend-ing a better solution, perhapstheres some sense to delaying ahealth-care overhaul that creates

    unacceptable collateral damage tocitizens and that is not quite readyor public consumption.

    In the long run, delay mightbenet Obama, especially i itaverts a revolt once citizens ullyabsorb the expensive realitieso Obamacare and promises notkept. He has already demonstrat-ed that he is comortable withwaiting when risks are dispropor-tionate to theoretical gains.

    Kathleen Parkers nationallysyndicated column is a regularfeature of The Dispatch. Her e-mailaddress is kathleenparker@wash-

    post.com.

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    voice oF tHe people

    For the past 10 years, An-nunciation Catholic ChurchsSt. Vincent de Paul Societyhas served in our community

    working alongside with HelpingHands, Salvation Army, Owens

    Foundation and Love in Deedo First Baptist Church. Each othese ministries seeks to helpthose in our community who acecrisis o any kind. Oten thesecrises result in need or nancialassistance with utilities, rent,mortgages, educational certica-tions, school supplies, clothing,ood, and other necessities olie. As we work with our clients,those working ull-time, part-

    time, unemployed, or disabled,we encourage them to seek toimprove their lives with theirown eorts.

    However, or many o these in-dividuals, transportation to work

    or to school remain an obstacleto urthering their education orgetting to and rom work. Oten

    we provide transportation to hos-pitals or treatment or to doctorsappointments, because, whenthe client looks to catch a ride,the cost is as much as $10 or aride downtown rom the housingprojects.

    That is why we were sothrilled when the city took the

    initiative to provide bus trans-portation or our community, ... acommunity lled with individu-als held back by lack o mobilityor improving their day-to-daylives. It is our prayer that Colum-

    bus residents and store ownerswil l be fexible and look at thebigger picture ... the lives thatcan be changed by simply provid-ing aordable transportation.

    It is the measure o a commu-nity s true heart by how it deals

    with the least o these. Maywe move orward to prov ide thisvital ser vice or our citi zens.

    Karen Overstreet

    Columbus

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    The AssociATed Press

    CANTON Federalauthorities are investi-gating the emergencylanding o a medical he-licopter.

    The MedStat EMSInc. helicopter was dam-aged while landing easto Canton Thursdaynight, reports WJTV-TV.

    The pilot injured hisback in the crash andwas transported by aUniversity o MississippiMedical Center helicop-ter. The CEO o Wino-na-based MedStat saysanother o his companyshelicopters picked up theoriginal patient, who wasen route to Baptist Med-ical Center in Jacksonrom Pioneer Communi-ty Hospital in Ackerman.

    FAA eyesemergencylanding ofmedical

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    The AssociATed Press

    JACKSON The Mis-

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    o state newspapers pub-

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    1922.

    Julia Marks Young,

    director o the MDAH

    Archives and RecordsServices Division, saysMDAH will partner withLouisiana State Universi-ty Libraries Special Col-lections on the project.

    LSU has extensiveexperience with digitalcontent and technologyprojects as an establishedNDNP (National Digital

    Newspaper Program)grant recipient, saidYoung.

    With newspaper hold-ings rom 1801 to thepresent comprising morethan 13,000 rolls, the mi-croflmed newspapersare some o the most re-quently used holdings atMDAH, Young said.

    She said genealogists,local ofcials, journalists,documentary producers,attorneys, students, andother researchers rely onMississippis newspapersor inormation on localand national events; birth,death, and marriage no-tices; and city and countyinormation.

    Department of Archives to digitize newspapers with grant$274,000 gan wll dgz 100,000pag f pap fm 1836 1922

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    PESHAWAR, Pakistan An-gry Pakistani Christians on Mon-day denounced the deadliest at-tack ever in this country againstmembers o their aith as thedeath toll rom the church bomb-ings climbed overnight to 81.

    A pair o suicide bombers blewthemselves up amid hundredso worshippers outside a historicchurch in northwestern Pakistan.

    The attack on the All Saints

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    A wing o the Pakistani Talibanquickly claimed responsibility orthe bombing, saying they wouldcontinue to target non-Muslims

    until the U.S. stops drone attacksin the remote tribal region o Pa-

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    What dialogue are we talkingabout? Peace with those who arekilling innocent people, asked the

    head o the All Pakistan Minori-ties Alliance, Paul Bhatti, whosebrother, a ederal minister, wasgunned down by an Islamic ex-tremist in 2011.

    They dont want dialogue,said Bhatti. They dont wantpeace.

    The death toll on Mondayclimbed to 81, ater three moreo the wounded in Peshawar diedovernight, according to police of-

    cial Noor Khan.Our state and our intelligence

    agencies are so weak that anybodycan kill anyone anytime. It is ashame, said Bhatti.

    Angry Christians blockedroads around the country to pro-test the bombings. On one o themain roads coming into the capi-

    tal o Islamabad, demonstratorsburned tires and demanded gov-ernment protection or the mem-bers o the Christian minority.

    Missionary schools around thecountry would be closed or threedays, said Christian leader NasirGill.

    Churches and other places im-portant to the Christian commu-nity in Peshawar have been givenextra security, said Khan, the po-lice ofcial.

    But this has not been sufcientto appease angry Christians in Pa-kistan, who want the governmentto take even stronger steps to pro-tect them.

    Many churches, as well asmosques and other religious insti-tutions, already receive some typeo police protection although manyChristians say that is too little. Apolice ofcer who was supposedto be protecting the church wherethe suicide bombers attacked Sun-day was killed in the incident.

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    Keenum said he wantsto ensure MSU uses itsresources and researchto help make a dierencein the companys success.

    Its a tremendousstatement by Yokoha-ma Tire to invest in thestates most comprehen-sive research universityand recognizing the rolethat we have played upto this point in helpingto attract them to locatehere, but also recogniz-ing the role we can playin the uture in helpingthem be even more suc-cessul, Keenum said.Taking advantage othe outstanding graduatestudents we produce andhaving them within suchclose proximity, I canoresee internships andco-op programs with ourstudents working withthe plant, but also withthe outstanding researchand scientists we havethat are doing expansivehigh-tech automotive re-search on our campus

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    Young said Yokoha-mas choice to locate inClay County is a greathonor and hoped itwould be the beginningo a long-term partner-ship with EMCC.

    The emphasis thatYokohama brings to ed-

    ucation through theircontribution shows theyrealize we must equipour students on the com-munity college level, andthe high school level aswell, to give these youngmen and young womenand also non-traditionalstudents who are poten-

    tial job holders the back-ground and training theyneed at whatever levelwe must start that train-ing on, Young said. Forsome, it will be advancedmanuacturing right o.For some, it will be de-veloping basic skil ls andmoving up the ladder to

    where they can be suc-cessul.

    Bryant said the gitto MSU and EMCC is asymbol o long-term in-vestment in the state as awhole.

    They realize this isgoing to be a 60-year,80-year commitment, so

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    These gentlemenrisked their lives to bringliberty and reedom to theFrench people, Heath-er Clave, who works incommunications or theConsul General o Francein Atlanta, told The SunHerald. They deserve

    that highest honor.Denis Barbet, theconsul general o Francein Atlanta, will be atTuesdays ceremony at theOld Capital Museum inackson. It begins at 2:30

    p.m.Johnson, wearing a

    hat that read GeneralPattons Third Army,sat on his backporch lastweek talking about his

    service. When he joinedthe military he was Pvt.1st Class Joseph R. John-son, assigned to the ThirdArmy.

    He was trained to shoota 40mm Boors gun. Hewas a decent shot.

    I was good, he said.

    I lived and was raised ona arm and I could shoot asquirrels eye at 40 yards.

    Ater boot camp hecrossed the Atlantic inve days with 1,500 othersoldiers on an Englishship. They eventuallymade their way to En-gland, where he remem-bers the Nazis relentlessbombing.

    They were airing

    bad, he said o theEnglish. Those bombsmade a terrible noise.

    At Normandy, he waspart o the th wave osoldiers who rushed thebeach. The rst, secondand third wave werenearly completely lost.

    What he remembers themost was the noise. Hesaid our American bat-tleships turned longwaysin the sea and shot at theGermans.

    The French hadhedgerows everywhere.Germans were dug in be-hind them. Johnson and aew others were orderedto remove the hedgerows.He took a 50-caliber

    machine gun, he said, andwe mowed them downlike weed eaters.

    He laughed and said,Theyll never get all theammo o that beach.

    Later, Johnson wasassigned to a unit thatpicked up SS troops

    those who had playedroles at Nazi concentra-tion camps. Telling thatpart o his story, he said,I I cry, Im sorry.

    He talked about thesmell o human bodiesat the camps. He talkedabout being ordered toblow up a gas chamber.He put dynamite beneathit.

    The last time I saw it,

    it was going up toward themoon.

    Ater the war hemarried his wie, Olivia,and theyre still together.They had three children.Johnson worked at AirForce bases in Alabamaand Utah. In 1985, he

    retired rom ColumbusAir Force Base, where hewas trac managementocer.

    A ew weeks ago hegot a phone call tellinghim about the LegionO Honor. Asked how heresponded, he said, I toldthem O.K.

    He gave 42 years o hislie to the U.S. military asa civilian and soldier. The

    awards are just part odoing your job, he said.

    He plans on puttingthe Legion O Honor inthe room where he keepshis other awards, includ-ing our Bronze Stars.

    The other Mississippi-ans who will be honored

    Tuesday are James F. Rob-inson o Aberdeen, JackCarver o Belzoni, Thom-as Creekmore o OceanSprings, Gerald Campbello Gulport, William S.Fuller o Vicksburg, EdsolWells o Lauderdale,Joseph Coscia o South-aven, Malcolm Jones oHazelhurst, and HarryC. Quinn and William W.Correll, both o Madison.

    Volkswagencontinued from Pge 1a

    ulations mandate that ev-ery vehicle in Brazil musthave air bags and anti-lockbraking systems starting in2014, and the company saysit cannot change productionto meet the law.

    Although output will haltin Brazil, there should beplenty o VW vans rollingalong or decades i onlybecause there are so many,and they are so durable.VW produced more than 10million Volkswagen Trans-porter vans globally sincethe model was introduced63 years ago in Germany,though not all resemblethe classic hippie machine.More than 1.5 million havebeen produced in Brazilsince 1957.

    The VW van is so deep-ly embedded in popular

    culture, it will likely live oneven longer in the imagina-tion.

    The van represents ree-dom, said Damon Ristau,the Missoula, Montana, di-rector o the documentary

    The Bus, which ollowsvan anatics and their aec-tion or the machine. It hasa magic and charm lackingin other vehicles. Its aboutthe open road, about bring-ing smiles to peoples aceswhen they see an old VWvan rolling along.

    Perhaps nothing witha motor has driven itseldeeper into American andEuropean pop culture thanthe VW, known or its dura-bility but also its tendency tobreak down. Van lovers sayits ailures only reinorce itscharm: Because its engine

    is so simple, its easy to x,imparting a deeper sense oownership.

    The van made an ap-pearance on Bob Dylanand Beach Boys record al-bum covers, among many,

    though in music circles itsmost closely linked to theGrateul Dead and the le-gion o touring ans that ol-lowed the rock group acrossthe U.S., the machines serv-ing as rolling homes. SteveJobs is said to have sold hisvan in the 1970s to buy a cir-cuit board as he built a com-puter that helped launch Ap-ple. The vehicle is linked tothe Caliornia sur scene, itscavernous interior perector hauling boards.

    But in poorer regionslike Latin American andArica, the vehicle doesnt

    carry the same romanticappeal. It denitely doesnthold the cool mystique inSao Paulo that it does in SanFrancisco.

    Its used in Brazil by thepostal service to haul mail,

    by the army to transport sol-diers, and by morticians tocarry corpses. It serves as aschool bus or kids, operatesas a group taxi, and deliversconstruction materials towork sites.

    Sales taxcontinued from Pge 1a

    third-lowest monthly re-turn or 2013.

    Starkville saw a 6.73percent increase in salestax returns when com-paring July 2012 and July2013. A similar gain, 5.92percent, was seen be-tween May 2012 and May2013. The city has expe-rienced only two months,February and June, inwhich 2013 numbers de-clined compared to themonths totals in 2012.

    Julys ood and bever-age tax return receipt,an almost $16,000 sliderom June, represents

    the citys lowest grossingmonth this year. WhileStarkvilles 2 percent re-turns have fuctuated as

    high as Aprils $162,626mark, the city is now aver-aging $134,544 per month.

    Starkville collected

    only $111,942.77 in July,the sixth-lowest grossingindividual month sinceJanuary 2011.

    With six months o col-lections remaining to bereported, the city is about$600,000 shy o 2012s to-

    tal ood and beverage taxtotal.

    Hotel tax returns, an-other portion o 2 percenttax, also ell about $5,000rom Junes mark. Julystotal, $10,244.40, rep-resents a $700 declinecompared to July 2012.

    Starkville is averagingalmost $13,500 in hoteltax returns or the year,or about $700 less than2012s monthly average.

    The citys 2 percent

    returns are spread un-equally between econom-ic development, tourisminitiatives and Mississippi

    State University studentorganizations. StarkvilleParks Commission re-ceives a lions share, 40

    percent, o those returns.Ten percent o those mon-ies fow back to city gov-ernment itsel.

    General sales tax numbersJuly 2012: $413,415.31

    July 2013: $441,240.29

    A 6.73 percent increase.

    2 percent food andbeverage tax:July 2012: $115,724.10

    July 2013: $111,942.77

    A 3.27 percent decrease.

    2 percent hotel tax:July 2012: $10,970.51

    July 2013: $10,244.40

    A 6.62 percent decrease.

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    By JOHN ZENORThe Associated Press

    TUSCALOOSA, Ala. Al-abamas special teams and de-ense are providing a nice bail-out whenever the oense isntscoring.

    The top-ranked CrimsonTide has scored just about ev-ery way this season return-ing a punt, a kick, a blockedpunt, and two interceptions ortouchdowns.

    That knack helped Alabama(3-0) beat No. 10 Texas A&Mand create more lopsided scores

    against Virginia Tech and Colo-rado State, games when the o-ense stalled at times.

    Alabama managed its thnon-oensive touchdown whenKenyan Drake smothered apunt Saturday night againstColorado State and Dillon Leescooped and scored rom 15yards with Alabama leading7-0 early in the second quar-

    ter. Two ourth-quarter touch-downs helped Alabama earn a31-6 victory.

    We always want to makebig plays on special teams,Tide linebacker C.J. Mosleysaid. That was a big momen-tum changer. It put points on

    the board. And we went backout on deense and executed.At the end o the day, we wantour special teams to make playsand put points on the board.

    Alabamas oense put up bignumbers against Texas A&M,but it had modest success in theother two games, including 338yards against Colorado State.

    Alabama is last in the South-

    eastern Conerence in rush-ing, averaging 132.0 yards pergame, and 13th in total oense(370.7).

    Next up is No. 21 Mississippiat 5:30 p.m. Saturday (ESPN).

    We have a dicult gamecoming up, and we need toget it right, Alabama coachNick Saban said. We didntdo a very good job on thirddown. We couldnt run the ball,couldnt nish a lot o drives,and consequently they stayedin the game.

    The non-o ensive touch-

    downs have accounted or 35points and Alabama holds a57-point edge against oppo-nents. The Tide deense andspecial teams accounted orthree touchdowns in 14 gameslast season. It has produced 33in Sabans six-plus seasons.

    Against Colorado State, Al-abamas oense got limited

    By MATTHEW STEVENS

    [email protected]

    STARKVILLE The statement couldnt bemisunderstood.

    Minutes ater a 62-7 victory against Troy onSaturday at Davis Wade Stadium, Mississippi

    State ootball coach Dan Mullen made sure ev-erybody knew who was the Bulldogs startingquarterback. The individual he named didntplay in the 55-point blowout.

    Tyler (Russell) is our starting quarterback,Mullen said. We plan on Tyler being the starteragainst LSU and going orward.

    Leading up to the game against Troy, Mullenand his coaches gave the impression Russellwould return or MSUs game against LSU onOct. 5 at Davis Wade Stadium. MSU (2-2) has abye week this week.

    MSU lost Russell on a rst-down scramble ina season-opening 21-3 loss to then-No. 13 Okla-

    homa State. Deensive tackle James Castleman

    dragged Russell down while sophomore line-

    backer Ryan Simmons nished the play. Replays

    shown on the Reliant Stadium jumbotron and on

    television appeared to show inadvertent contact

    between Simmons leg and Russells head. Min-

    utes later, members o the MSU training sta

    led Russell o the eld. He was later diagnosed

    By BRETT MARTEL

    The Associated Press

    NEW ORLEANS Drew Brees pulled himselup in the end zone ater hisdiving touchdown scram-ble and held both armshigh, basking in the cheerspouring orth rom the rol-licking Superdome crowd.

    It has only been a yearsince the Saints were 0-3,shrouded in scandal andgoing nowhere. It might aswell have been a lietimeago.

    Brees passed or threetouchdowns to go with hisscoring run and the Saintsbeat the Arizona Cardinals31-7 on Sunday to improveto 3-0 or the rst timesince 2009, when they wonthe Super Bowl.

    Hopeully we can justcontinue to get a littlebit better, and gain con-dence and momentumand keep the train rolling,said Brees, who connect-ed twice with tight endimmy Graham or scores

    and once with RobertMeachem. Im very happy

    to be 3-0, 2-0 in the (NFCSouth) division, 3-0 in theNFC. All those things aresignicant.

    Deensively, New Orle-ans couldnt ask or muchmore. The Saints allowed asingle-season record 7,042yards a year ago. This sea-son under new coordinatorRob Ryan, New Orleanshas allowed our TDs in therst three games. The unitproduced our sacks andtwo interceptions o Arizo-nas Carson Palmer.

    Saints deensive endCameron Jordan sackedPalmer twice. Outside line-backer Junior Galette addedanother, as did rookie deen-sive end Glenn Foster.

    It was all just pressureeverywhere, said Jordan,who exchanged high-veswith ellow deensive line-man Akiem Hicks in thelocker room aterward.When youre part o aD-line like that, I mean, itsa party.

    First-round drat choice

    saety Kenny Vaccaromade his rst career in-terception, and KeenanLewis, acquired in reeagency last oseason, hadhis rst interception withthe Saints.

    By DAN GELSTON,

    The Associated Press

    LOUDON, N.H. MattKenseth just might win a champi-onship with a touch o dominance,not dullness.

    Kenseth has rmly deendedthe style o his 2003 championship,stating his one-win season in thenal year beore NASCAR madethe move to the playo-style Chaseormat was as meaningul as all the

    titles collected by Jimmie Johnsonor Tony Stewart.He probably wont have to justi-

    y anything about his Cup run thisseason. There are plenty o check-ered fags.

    Kenseth made it 2-or-2 in theChase, holding o Joe Gibbs Rac-ing teammate Kyle Busch to winSunday at New Hampshire Motor

    Speedway.He ollowed his win in the Chase

    or the Sprint Cup championshipopener at Chicagoland with hisseries-high seventh victory o theseason. Kenseth made his 500thcareer start and built a 14-pointlead over Busch beore the seriesshits to Dover.

    One win or seven, Kenseth willtake a title any way he can.I youre ortunate enough to

    win a championship, or anotherchampionship, I dont think theresa bad way to win it, he said. I knowit still gets brought up because itwas the last year without the Chaseand we won once race. But I wasreal proud o what we did that year.

    It was tough to accomplish.Kenseth was paired with owner

    Jack Roush or more than a decadeand won 22 races, a pair o Daytona500s and the 2003 championship.Hes having a career year in hisrst season at JGR, obliterating hisprevious season best or wins 5in 2002.

    I dont eel like Im necessarilya better driver than what I was lastyear, he said. Things are dier-ent.

    Kenseths gamble to changeteams has been a success, andKenseths eyes glistened as tearsrolled down his cheeks in VictoryLane. He reached or a big whitetowel to wipe them away.

    Weve known Matt or a longtime but, in all reality, we wouldnthave guessed seven wins, teamPresident J.D. Gibbs said.

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    By JAy COHEN

    The Associated Press

    CHICAGO The titlewas right there, across theront o the soaked grayT-shirts that each o theAtlanta Braves wore.

    WE OWN THEEAST, it read.

    Atlanta wrapped up theNL East crown, and thenrode two homers by An-drelton Simmons to a 5-2victory against the Chica-go Cubs that touched o awild part y in the crampedvisitors clubhouse at

    Wrigley Field.The game was in the

    sixth inning when theWashington Nationals lost4-2 to the Miami Marlinsto give Atlanta its rst di-vision championship ineight years. There were aew high-ves in Atlantasdugout when the Mar-lins won, and a couple oBraves ans did the toma-hawk chop in the stands.

    Manager Fredi Gonza-lez high-ved a an as hemade his way to the dug-

    out ater a lineup change,and the celebration real-ly picked up when CraigKimbrel nished or hismajor league-best 49thsave. The Braves pouredout o the dugout and bull-pen and jumped in a cir-cle near the mound at the99-year-old ballpark.

    What a great eeling,Gonzalez said. It really isa great eeling to realizeweve played 150-somegames to get to this point.We knew early on that the

    Nationals had lost but westill wanted to be able tocelebrate and come outwith a win. And we did.

    The Braves sprayedbubbly and doused eachother with beer in theclubhouse. Cigars werepassed around, and thesmoke quickly lled thesmall room. A couple oplayers took a quick breakto check on their antasyootball teams, and thenre-joined the party.

    This is only one cele-bration o our, hopeully,slugger Freddie Freemansaid.

    Simmons hit a solodrive in the ourth and atwo-run shot in the eighth,giving him 17 homers onthe year.

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    Mississippi State quarterbacks Dak Prescott, let, and Tyler Russell stand on the sideline Saturday

    during a break in the action o a 62-7 victory against Troy at Davis Wade Stadium. MSU coach DanMullen reiterated Russell is the teams starting quarterback and that he expects him to play nextweek against No. 6 LSU.

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    Nick Dimino, o West Point, and Adam Long, o Aberdeen,won the Bass Pro Shops Catfsh National Championshiplast weekend on the Mississippi River by the Fitz TunicaCasino and Hotel in Tunica. With a two-day weight o239.6 pounds they were able to top more than 60 teams,including some o the best in the nation. Dimino and Longwere fth ater day one with 125.25 pounds. They broughtin 114.35 pounds on day two to take the win.

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    INSIDEnMORE COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Mississippi Statesenior running back LaDarius Perkins injured hisankle against Troy on Saturday, but he is expectedto play next week vs. LSU.Page 4B

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    MHSAARegion 2-6A Division Overall

    W L W L PF PAolumbus 0 0 2 2 81 72

    Madison Cent. 0 0 2 2 122 118NW Rankin 0 0 2 2 52 82Starkville 0 0 2 2 108 104

    arren Cent. 0 0 2 2 67 62Murrah 0 0 2 3 185 155

    linton 0 0 1 3 76 138reenville 0 0 1 3 51 114

    WEEK FIVELouisville 21, Columbus 10Forest Hill 29, Murrah 26Clinton, openGreenville, openMadison Central, openNorthwest Rankin, openStarkville, openWarren Central, open

    WEEK SIXFridays Games

    Madison Central at ClintonStarkville at ColumbusMurrah at GreenvilleWarren Central at Northwest Rankin

    Region 1-5A Division Overall

    W L W L PF PAxford 0 0 4 0 134 50altillo 0 0 4 1 151 83

    Lake Cormorant 0 0 2 2 94 100

    New Hope 0 0 2 2 113 48est Point 0 0 2 2 116 135larksdale 0 0 1 2 61 82

    Lewisburg 0 0 1 2 64 64enter Hill 0 0 1 3 53 119

    WEEK FIVEClarksdale at Charleston, canceledLake Cormorant 34, Hernando 29 (Sat.)New Hope 21, Amory 0Saltillo 49, Baldwyn 19West Point 14, Noxubee County 6Center Hill, openLewisburg, openOxford, open

    WEEK SIXFridays Games

    Lewisburg at Center HillNew Hope at ClarksdaleSaltillo at Lake CormorantWest Point at Oxford

    Region 1-4A Division Overall

    W L W L PF PAorinth 0 0 4 1 129 65

    Itawamba AHS 0 0 3 2 117 139hannon 0 0 2 2 48 73mory 0 0 2 3 85 117ishomingo Co. 0 0 2 3 137 144

    Pontotoc 0 0 1 4 55 107

    WEEK FIVENew Hope 21, Amory 0Corinth 24, New Albany 16Itawamba AHS 44, Aberdeen 36North Pontotoc 14, Pontotoc 7Lafayette County 10, Shannon 0Booneville 48, Tishomingo County 26

    WEEK SIXFridays Games

    Bruce at AmoryCorinth at AberdeenItawamba AHS, openRipley at PontotocShannon at OkolonaBaldwyn at Tishomingo County

    Region 4-4A Division Overall

    W L W L PF PA

    Leake Central 0 0 5 0 158 40

    est Lauderdale 0 0 3 2 109 105

    aledonia 0 0 2 3 103 135

    Kosciusko 0 0 2 3 102 134

    Noxubee Co. 0 0 2 3 72 90

    Houston 0 0 0 5 53 107

    WEEK FIVE

    East Webster 25, Caledonia 13

    Choctaw County 12, Houston 8Forest 13, Kosciusko 7

    Leake Central 26, Union 0

    West Point 14, Noxubee County 6

    Newton County 33, West Lauderdale 10

    WEEK SIX

    Fridays Games

    Caledonia at Choctaw County

    Eupora at Houston

    Louisville at Kosciusko

    Seast Lauderdale at West Lauderdale

    Leake Central, open

    Noxubee County, open

    Region 4-3A Division Overall

    W L W L PF PA

    Kemper Co. 0 0 5 0 164 106

    Louisville 0 0 5 0 145 34

    Nettleton 0 0 3 2 127 90

    outh Pontotoc 0 0 3 2 132 112

    berdeen 0 0 2 3 138 142

    inona 0 0 1 4 73 118

    WEEK FIVE

    Itawamba AHS 44, Aberdeen 36

    Kemper County 30, Velma Jackson 26Louisville 21, Columbus 10

    Nettleton 6, Kossuth 0

    Walnut 22, South Pontotoc 14

    Cleveland 13, Winona 6

    WEEK SIX

    Fridays Games

    Corinth at Aberdeen

    Kemper County at Philadelphia

    Louisville at Kosciusko

    Nettleton at Mantachie

    South Pontotoc at Mooreville

    Water Valley at Winona

    Region 4-2A Division Overall

    W L W L PF PAEast Webster 0 0 5 0 154 78Eupora 0 0 3 0 134 41Bruce 0 0 3 1 143 44

    alhoun City 0 0 3 2 128 93kolona 0 0 2 2 79 60

    WEEK FIVERipley 22, Calhoun City 19East Webster 25, Caledonia 13Eupora at Byhalia (moved to today)

    North Panola 28, Okolona 20Bruce, openWEEK SIX

    Fridays GamesBruce at AmoryNorth Panola at Calhoun CityEast Webster at J.Z. GeorgeEupora at HoustonShannon at Okolona

    Region 1-1A Division Overall

    W L W L PF PACoffeeville 2 0 2 3 131 177Smithville 2 0 4 1 150 66Coldwater 1 0 2 2 106 128

    Falkner 1 0 2 2 137 148Hamilton 1 1 3 2 117 92Houlka 1 1 2 3 90 175Biggersville 0 2 1 4 128 211Thrasher 0 2 2 2 28 60Vardaman 0 2 1 4 34 173

    WEEK FIVEFalkner 32, Hamilton 27 (Thursday)Smithville 47, Biggersville 6Coffeeville 34, Thrasher 7Houlka 59, Vardaman 13Coldwater, open

    WEEK SIXFridays Games

    Falkner at Houlka (Thursday)Coffeeville at BiggersvilleSmithville at ColdwaterVardaman at ThrasherHamilton, open

    Region 3-1A Division Overall

    W L W L PF PANoxapater 2 0 2 2 87 67Pelahatchie 2 0 3 1 152 78Sebastopol 2 0 3 2 165 112

    Nanih Waiya 1 0 2 2 113 88French Camp 1 1 1 4 108 124Ethel 0 1 1 3 58 84West Lowndes 0 2 1 3 51 129East Oktibbeha 0 2 0 2 13 84West Oktibbeha 0 2 0 2 0 89

    WEEK FIVESebastopol 37, East Oktibbeha 0Pelahatchie 28, Ethel 0French Camp 34, West Lowndes 6Noxapater 42, West Oktibbeha 0Nanih Waiya, open

    WEEK SIXFridays Games

    East Oktibbeha at NoxapaterEthel at West LowndesWest Oktibbeha at French CampNanih Waiya at PelahatchieSebastopol, open

    MPSADistrict 1-AAA Division Overall

    Division I

    W L W L PF PA

    Jackson Acad. 2 0 3 2 163 38Washington 1 0 4 0 128 34Mad-Ridgeland 1 0 3 2 129 70

    Division IIW L W L PF PA

    Heritage Acad. 1 1 4 1 136 64Magnolia Hts. 1 1 4 1 164 112

    Starkville Acad. 1 2 2 3 109 102Pillow Acad. 0 1 2 3 125 126Hillcrest Chr. 0 2 1 4 57 161

    WEEK FIVEHeritage Academy 33, Hillcrest Chr. 0Magnolia Heights 20, Starkville Acad. 8Jackson Acad. 28, Briarcrest (Tenn.) 24Jackson Prep 19, Madison-Ridgeland 13

    Pillow Academy 43, Kirk Academy 18Washington School 33, Lee Academy 6

    WEEK SIXFridays Games

    Jackson Academy at Pillow AcademyMadison-Ridgeland at Magnolia HeightsOak Hill Academy at Heritage AcademyWinston Academy at Starkville Academy

    Hillcrest Christian, openWashington School, open

    District 2-AA Division OverallW L W L PF PA

    Leake Acad. 2 0 3 2 101 79Tri-County Acad. 1 1 4 1 134 68Oak Hill Acad. 1 1 3 2 139 116Canton Acad. 0 0 4 1 125 53Winston Acad. 0 1 1 4 70 110Manchester Ac. 0 1 1 4 45 135

    WEEK FIVELeake Academy 17, Tri-County Acad. 7

    Canton Academy 28, Central Hinds 13Winona Chr. 20, Manchester Academy 7Oak Hill Acad. 26, Newton Co. Acad. 20Winston Academy 14, Central Holmes 0

    WEEK SIXFridays Games

    Leake Academy at Canton AcademyManchester Academy at Hartfield Acad.

    Oak Hill Academy at Heritage AcademyCentral Hinds Acad. at Tri-County Acad.Winston Academy at Starkville Academy

    District 2-A Division Overall

    W L W L PF PA

    Immanuel Chr. 1 0 2 3 93 130Carroll Acad. 1 1 2 3 59 137Greenville Chr. 0 0 0 4 6 173Deer Creek Ac. 0 1 2 3 114 123

    WEEK FIVECarroll Academy 14, Deer Creek Acad. 0Heidelberg Acad. 46, Immanuel Chr. 12

    Benton Academy 48, Greenville Chr. 0WEEK SIX

    Fridays GamesIndianola Academy at Carroll AcademyImmanuel Christian at Greenville Chr.Claiborne (La.) at Deer Creek Academy

    Eight Man District 1 Division Overall

    W L W L PF PAKemper Acad. 1 0 3 2 154 112Central Acad. 1 1 1 4 100 136Hebron Chr. 0 0 2 2 94 84

    Calhoun Acad. 0 0 1 3 98 82Strider Acad. 0 1 0 3 0 156

    WEEK FIVEClinton Christian 22, Kemper Acad. 14Rebul Academy 26, Central Academy 6Calhoun Academy, open

    Hebron Christian, openStrider Academy, open

    WEEK SIXFridays Games

    The Veritas at Kemper AcademyCalvary Christian at Central AcademyHebron Christian at Delta AcademyStrider Academy at Calhoun Academy

    Prep Football Weekend Review/PreviewMississippi Standings

    ACFAEight-Man Division Division Overall

    W L W L PF PAVictory Chr. 2 0 4 1 176 88Tabernacle 1 1 3 3 176 231Tuscaloosa Chr. 1 1 2 3 128 145New Life Chr. 0 1 0 2 14 80First Assembly 0 1 0 2 12 97

    WEEK FIVETabernacle 40, Tuscaloosa Christian 34Victory Christian 34, Ezekiel 6First Assembly at New Life (not reported)

    WEEK SIXFridays Games

    Victory Christian at Tuscaloosa ChristianTabernacle at New Life ChristianFirst Assembly Christian, open

    AHSAARegion 4-2A Division Overall

    W L W L PF PALamar County 3 0 4 0 160 33Aliceville 3 0 3 1 114 65Marion 2 1 3 1 112 96Oakman 2 1 3 1 183 68Cold Springs 1 2 2 2 99 72Hale County 1 2 1 3 46 85Hatch 0 3 0 4 26 188Sulligent 0 3 0 4 44 181

    WEEK FOURAliceville 26, Cold Springs 6Lamar County 46, Sulligent 14Oakman 69, Hatch 6

    Marion 44, Hale County 14WEEK FIVE

    Fridays GamesBerry at Lamar County

    Aliceville at Pickens CountyNorthside at OakmanHale County at GreensboroLynn at Cold SpringsDallas County at MarionHatch at SunshineSulligent at Fayette County

    Region 5-1A Division Overall

    W L W L PF PAPickens County 3 0 4 0 187 32Hubbertville 2 1 3 1 124 106Marion County 2 1 3 1 202 137Brilliant 2 1 2 2 50 85Berry 1 2 2 2 108 110Parrish 1 2 1 3 94 108South Lamar 1 2 1 3 61 133Lynn 0 3 1 3 92 186

    WEEK FOURPickens County 40, Brilliant 0Marion County 60, Hubbertville 36South Lamar 42, Lynn 19Parrish 28, Berry 12

    WEEK FIVEFridays Games

    Vina at BrilliantAliceville at Pickens CountyMeek at Marion CountyHubbertville at Shoals ChristianSouth Lamar at Central of Coosa CountyLynn at Cold SpringsBerry at Charlotte CatholicParrish at Cordova

    AISARegion 2-1A Division Overall

    W L W L PF PA

    Marengo Acad. 2 0 4 0 186 34

    Pickens Acad. 2 0 4 0 123 46Jackson Acad. 1 1 1 3 69 123

    Sparta Acad. 1 1 1 3 51 96

    Sumter Acad. 1 2 1 3 88 96

    Eastwood Chr. 1 2 1 3 33 148Meadowview Ch. 0 2 0 4 39 171

    WEEK FOURMarengo 37, Patrician Acad. 0 (Thurs.)

    Pickens Academy 29, South Choctaw 7

    Clarke Prep 37, Jackson Academy 0Escambia Academy 35, Sparta Acad. 3

    Southern Academy 33, Sumter Acad. 28

    South Montgomery 38, Eastwood Chr. 6Chambers Academy 62, Meadowview 27

    WEEK FIVE

    Fridays GamesPickens Academy at Eastwood ChristianMeadowview Christian at Jackson Acad.Wilcox Academy at Marengo AcademyChambers Academy at Sparta AcademyPatrician Academy at Sumter Academy

    Alabama Standings

    Top PerformancesHighlights from Week Five ...

    nDemarcus Brooks (Louisville): 11 rushes, 43 yards,rushing TD, 93 yard KO return TD in victory against Columbus

    nJamarcus Brown (Pickens County): 9 rushes, 230yards, our TDs in victory against Brilliant

    nHolden Fields (South Lamar): 12 rushes, 125 yards, twoTDs in victory against Lynn

    nJosh Lewis (Pickens Academy): 127 rushing yards, 128passing yards, three TDs in victory against South Choctaw

    nDarion Manning (Aliceville): 21 rushes, 205 yards, TDin victory against Cold Springs

    nDrew Riley (Oak Hill Academy): 17 rushes, 91 yards,two TDs in victory against Newton County AcademynAnthony Sharp (Victory Christian): 15 rushes, 181yards, three TDs in victory against Ezekiel Academy

    nBrenton Spann (New Hope): Pair o rushing TDs invictory against Amory

    nMark Thatcher (Heritage Academy): Interception returnor TD, kicko return or TD in victory against Hillcrest Chr.

    nAeris Williams (West Point): 35 rushes, 162 yards, TDin victory against Noxubee County

    Snapshots

    Jim Lytle/Special to The Dispatch

    West Oktibbeha County High Schools Ty Smith(11) tries to bring down Noxapaters Tyrell Carter(2) Friday night in Maben.

    Snapshots

    Jim Lytle/Special to The Dispatch

    East Oktibbeha County High Schools Mario Thomas (9) struggles to grab the wetootball while trying to feld a punt Friday night in a 37-0 loss to Sebastopol in aClass 1A, Region 3 game in Craword.

    Snapshots

    David Miller/Special to The Dispatch

    Caledonia High School linebacker Josh Livingston (30)wraps up an East Websters Deangelo Liggins (2) Fridaynight in Caledonia. East Webster 25-13.

    Five ThingsFive Things We Learned from Week Five ...

    n1. LOUISVILLE IS REALLY GOOD: Quickly havingestablished themselves as a avorite in Class 3A, the

    Wildcats have size, speed, and depth. Louisville has

    a monster deensive line, a veteran quarterback, and

    several talented receivers.

    n2. WEST POINT STILL HAS CONFIDENCE: Aterbeing roughed up South Panola and Columbus in their

    non-region schedule, it would be OK i doubt had set in

    with the Green Wave. Instead, West Point

    dominated every phase o the game in a victory

    against Noxubee County.

    n3. POWER POINTS ARE YOUR FRIEND: Thisseason, the MAIS has shited away rom wild cards.

    Instead, the association is using a power-point system

    to determine the fnal participants in the Class AA

    and A playos. Oak Hill Academy earned 15 o those

    points in a win Friday at Newton County Academy.

    n4. OKTIBBEHA COUNTY PAIR STRUGGLES: Withnew coaches and a cloudy uture or each program,

    one has to wonder the incentive at East Oktibbeha and

    West Oktibbeha. So ar, the teams are 0-4 and have

    been outscored 173-13.

    n5. RAIN CAN COME FAST AND FOR LONG PERIODSOF TIME: All results rom this past weekend should

    come listed with an asterisk. On a night when it rained

    or most or all o the night, it was difcult to hang on

    to the ootball and to fgure out who you were throwing

    to or blocking.

    Five Things to Watch in Week Six ...

    n1. BIG RIVALRY GAME: Ater realignment brokeup the Columbus and Starkville rivalry, the two were

    unable to put together a non-region matchup. Now,

    the two play again Friday in Columbus. Since the top

    two teams in Region 2-6A host in the playo, this is ahuge game.

    n2. BIG RIVALRY GAME, PART II: Even thoughit is merely Week One in Class 5A, Region 1 play,

    the title could be on the line when West Point visits

    Oxord. This rivalry has been un o late and will match

    high-scoring Chargers oense against a Green Wave

    deense still looking or an identity.

    n3. OAK HILL UP FOR CHALLENGE?: Two seasonsago, Heritage Academy scored on each o frst three

    oensive plays against Oak Hill Academy. The Raiders

    eel like they have closed the gap. We will see how ar

    Friday night in Columbus.

    n4. IMMANUEL THINKS PLAYOFFS: ImmanuelChristian can all but lock up a playo berth Friday

    night in its MAIS Class A, District 2 game at

    Greenville Christian. The Rams are 1-0 in the district

    and will only play our district games.n5. FINALLY SOME GOOD NEWS: The long rangeweather orecast calls or a high o 84 degrees with a

    10-percent chance o rain Friday night. It will be neat

    having heat timeouts again, without players having to

    stand up to keep rom drowning.

    Catching up with

    Troy ArnoldHebron Christian School Senior

    nWHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT PLAYINGFOOTBALL? The best thing about playing is

    being out there with your teammates. You

    are trying to accomplish something as a group.

    nWHAT IS THE BEST THING TO HAPPEN TO YOU ON AFOOTBALL FIELD? Anytime I make a big play and the crowd

    gets excited.

    nWHAT IS THE BIGGEST cHALLENGE ABOUT PLAYING EIGHT-MAN FOOTBALL? The biggest thing is depth because you

    never get a break and never get a rest. Its a challenge to

    play eight-man, especially since we have to go both ways.

    nWHAT IS THE KEY TO WINNING IN EIGHT-MAN FOOTBALL?It is all about containment. You have to make that frst stop

    are you are in trouble.

    nArE THE EAGLES ExcITED ABOUT A cHANcE TO MAKE THEPLAYOFFS? That is our No. 1 goal. It has been a couple o

    years (not eligible last two years due to changing to eight-

    man league), so we have been waiting or this or a while.

    The DispaTch www.cdispatch.com2B Monday, SepteMber 23, 2013

    FRIDAYSGAMES

    All games start at 7 p.m.Starkville at ColumbusNew Hope at ClarksdaleEthel at West LowndesWest Point at OxordCaledonia at Choctaw Co.Noxubee Co. at Leake Cent.Corinth at Aberdeen

    Bruce at AmoryEast Webster at J.Z. GeorgeLouisville at KosciuskoEast Oktibbeha at NoxapaterWest Oktibbeha at FrenchCampOak Hill Ac. at Heritage Ac.Winston Ac. at Starkville Ac.Hebron Christian at DeltaImmanuel Christian atGreenville ChristianFriendship at Central Ac.Victory Christian at Tuscalo-osa, 7 p.m.Aliceville at Pickens CountyBerry at Lamar CountySouth Lamar at CentralSulligent at Fayette CountyPickens Academy at

    Eastwood Christian

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