daily corinthian e-edition, dec. 1, 2011

10A • Thursday, December 1, 2011 • Daily Corinthian

ZAC STACY, VANDERBILTStacy became Vanderbilt’s all-time single-sea-son rushing leader by running for 184 yards andthree touchdowns in the Commodores’ domi-nating 41–7 win at Wake Forest. The junior fromAlabama, who now has 1,136 yards, is only thefourth Vanderbilt running back to top the 1,000-yard mark and the first to do since 1995. He willhave an opportunity to add to his total as Van-derbilt heads to a bowl game for just the fifthtime in school history.

DENARD ROBINSON, MICHIGANMichigan snapped a seven-game losing streakto rival Ohio State thanks in large part to the ex-ploits of Robinson, who accounted for fivetouchdowns in the Wolverines’ 40–34 victory inAnn Arbor. The man they call Shoelace com-pleted 14-of-17 passes for 167 yards and threetouchdowns and added 170 yards rushing andtwo more scores to give Michigan its 10th win ofthe season and likely a spot in a BCS bowl.

MATT BARKLEY, USCIn what might be his final game at the L.A. Col-iseum, Barkley completed 35-of-42 passes for423 yards and six touchdowns as the Trojansrolled past rival UCLA, 50 –0, with ease. Barkley,a junior who will likely be a high pick in the2012 NFL Draft, set a new Pac-12 record withhis 39th touchdown pass on the season. USCfinished the season with a 7–2 record in leagueplay, two games ahead of UCLA, but is ineligi-ble to play in the league title game or a bowlgame due to NCAA sanctions. Barkley finishedthe season with 39 TDs and only seven INTs.

TRENT RICHARDSON, ALABAMARichardson made his case for the Heisman Tro-phy by rushing for a career-high 203 yards inAlabama’s 42–14 win over Auburn. He failed torun for a touchdown, but he had carries of 35yards and 57 yards that set up scores in thesecond half, and he caught a 5-yard TD pass inthe second quarter. Richardson leads the SECwith 1,503 yards rushing and ranks fifth in thenation with 20 rushing touchdowns.

TERRANCE GANAWAY, BAYLORBaylor is known for its passing attack, but theBears leaned a bit more on their running gameon Saturday with star quarterback Robert Grif-fin III sidelined for the second half with a re-ported concussion. Ganaway, a 242-poundtailback who began his career at Houston,rushed 42 times for 246 yards and two touch-downs in Baylor’s 66–42 win over Texas Tech atCowboys Stadium in Arlington. The Bears, whoclose the 2011 regular season vs. Texas nextweek, have won eight games for the first timesince 1991.

CONNOR SHAW, SOUTH CAROLINAShaw played his best game since taking overfor Stephen Garcia in midseason as the Game-cocks’ starting quarterback. The sophomorethrew for 210 yards and rushed for 107 to leadSouth Carolina to a surprisingly easy 34–13 winover Clemson. The Gamecocks have won threestraight in this underrated rivalry, somethingthat hasn’t happened since 1968-70. “Histori-cally, Clemson has owned this series,” Game-cocks coach Steve Spurrier said. “They don'town us now.”

MONTEE BALL, WISCONSINQuarterback Russell Wilson stole the headlinesearly in the season, but Ball is emerging as theBadgers’ top Heisman Trophy contender. Thejunior tailback rushed for 156 yards and fourtouchdowns to lead Wisconsin to a 45–7 winover Penn State. Ball now has 34 touchdownsthis season, the second-most in a single sea-son in NCAA history. Barry Sanders, whoscored 39 in 11 games for Oklahoma State in1988, holds the record. Ball, who has played12 games already, has two more games — theBig Ten title game and a bowl game — tobreak the record.

Thursday, Dec. 1West Virginia at South FloridaFriday, Dec. 2Ohio vs Northern IllinoisUCLA at OregonSaturday, Dec. 3Troy at Arkansas StateTexas at BaylorNew Mexico at Boise StateConnecticut at CincinnatiVirginia Tech vs ClemsonWyoming at Colorado StateUL-Monroe at Florida AtlanticBYU at HawaiiSouthern Miss at HoustonIowa State at Kansas StateGeorgia vs LSU Wisconsin vs Michigan State Idaho at NevadaUtah State at New Mexico StateMiddle Tennessee at North TexasOklahoma at Oklahoma StateSyracuse at PittsburghFresno State at San Diego StateUNLV at TCU

The 1998 Oregon Ducks’ championshipdreams were dashed by UCLA.

Score: UCLA 41, Oregon 38 (ot)Date: Oct. 17, 1998Details: In 1998, Reuben Droughns rushed

for over 200 yards in three of Oregon’s first fivegames, wins over Michigan State, Stanford andWashington. The Ducks also beat Texas-El Pasoand San Jose State in that early stretch, butDroughns injured his ankle against the Minersand didn’t play against the Spartans. It was achilling omen of things to come.

The Ducks were 5–0 and ranked No. 11 wentthey went south to meet No. 2 UCLA. The eyesof the nation were on the game, includingESPN’s GameDay crew. Oregon trailed 24–14at halftime, then scored 17 straight to take afourth-quarter lead. UCLA answered with twoTDs, the second set up by Droughns’ third fum-ble of the day. The Ducks would score to tie thegame, then survived a missed field goal as timeexpired, but Akili Smith threw an interception inovertime and the Bruins scored to win 41–38.

As big as the loss that day was the one thatlingered throughout the season, as Droughnshad suffered a broken leg at some point duringhis 172-yard performance.

1. LSU (12-0) Tigers overpower Hogs to secure SEC West title.2. Alabama (11-1) Tide’s spot in BCS title game all but wrapped up.3. Oklahoma State (10-1) Pokes need to win big and hope voters jump on board.4. Oregon (10-2) Ducks host UCLA in first-ever Pac-12 title game.5. Stanford (11-1) Cardinal likely headed to the Fiesta Bowl.6. Virginia Tech (11-1) Hokies win yet another Coastal Division title. 7. Oklahoma (9-2) Sooners playing for a BCS bowl in Stillwater.8. Arkansas (10-2) Hogs overwhelmed by LSU’s rushing attack.9. Michigan State (10-2) Spartans were Legends in the Big Ten.

10. Wisconsin (10-2) Badgers eager for another shot at Sparty.11. USC (10-2) Trojans end Year 2 of Lane Kiffin era in fine fashion.12. Kansas State (9-2) Cats were the biggest surprise of the 2011 season.13. Boise State (10-1) Broncos still smarting from lost opportunity vs. TCU.14. South Carolina (10-2) Gamecocks finish off 10-win season in style. 15. Georgia (10-2) Dawgs take 10-game winning streak to Atlanta.16. Baylor (8-3) Bears prove they can win without RGIII.17. TCU (9-2) Frogs can secure MWC title with a win vs. UNLV.18. Houston (12-0) Coogs one win away from BCS riches.19. Michigan (10-2) Wolverines end painful streak vs. hated Buckeyes.20. Nebraska (9-3) Nebraska faithful don’t like three-loss seasons.21. Penn State (9-3) Nittany Lions had no answer for Wisconsin attack.22. Notre Dame (8-4) Pressure will be on Brian Kelly next season.23. Missouri (7-5) Tigers top Kansas in last Border War showdown.24. Georgia Tech (8-4) Tech has lost six straight at home to Georgia.25. Clemson (9-3) Tigers’ late-season struggles continue.

Jacory Harris’ up-and-down career as thequarterback at Miami ended on a negativenote. The four-year starter threw four intercep-tions in the Hurricanes’ 24–17 loss at home to

a Boston Col-lege team thathad scored 19points or fewer

in all but one of its previous 10 games againstFBS competition. Miami finished the seasonwith a 6–6 overall record but will not play in abowl game due to an ongoing NCAA investiga-tion. The Canes lost three of their final fivegames, including two at home — by sevenpoints to both Virginia and Boston College. BC,which trailed 14–10 at the half, took the leadon a Chase Rettig-to-Chris Pantale 32-yardtouchdown pass early in the third quarter andthen went ahead by 10 early in the fourth quar-ter when All-America linebacker Luke Keuchlyreturned a Harris interception 45 yards for atouchdown. Keuchly, only a junior, became BC’sall-time tackles leader with his 525th careerstop in the first half. He also broke his own ACCsingle-season tackles record of 183 that he setlast season. The Eagles ended the season witha 4–8 record, their first losing mark since 1998.They went 3–5 in the ACC Atlantic Division, fin-ishing in fifth place ahead of only Maryland.

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WISCONSIN VS. MICHIGAN STATE (BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP GAME)

The Badgers will have an opportu-

nity to avenge their “Hail Mary” loss

when they face Michigan State in the

first-ever Big Ten Championship

Game. The Spartans have had a fine

season — they won 10 games for the

second year in a row — but Wisconsin

is the best team in the Big Ten. The

Badgers have been mauling the oppo-

sition with a devastating rushing at-

tack and an efficient passing game.

Junior tailback Montee Ball ranks

third in the nation in rushing (135.2

ypg) and has topped the 100-yard

mark in all but one Big Ten game.

Michigan State is good. Wisconsin is

better. Wisconsin 27, Michigan State 20

LSU VS. GEORGIA(SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME)

LSU’s has all but locked up a spot in

the national title game, but the Tigers

still have plenty to play for — a cov-

eted SEC championship. Les Miles’

club proved once again why it’s de-

serving of the No. 1 spot in the polls

with a thorough 41–17 victory over

Arkansas on Friday. The LSU rushing

attack churned out 286 yards on 46 at-

tempts and simply wore down the Ra-

zorback defense in the second half.

Georgia’s defensive numbers are out-

standing, but keep in mind that the

Bulldogs did not play Alabama, LSU

or Arkansas in the regular season.

Georgia did not beat another SEC team

that had a winning record in league

play. LSU 34, Georgia 17

UCLA AT OREGON (FRI)(PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME)

This isn’t what Pac-12 commissioner

Larry Scott had in mind when the

league expanded to 12 teams to set up

a conference championship game. Ore-

gon is a 31-point favorite over a UCLA

team that went 6–6 overall and is fresh

off a humbling 50–0 loss to USC. The

Trojans were obviously the best team

in the Pac-12 South, but are banned

from the postseason due to NCAA

sanctions. That leaves a very mediocre

UCLA team — with a coach (Rick

Neuheisel) who has been fired — as the

representative from the South. This will

be ugly. Oregon 48, UCLA 14

VIRGINIA TECH VS. CLEMSON(ACC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME)

Clemson established itself as a legit-

imate national title contender — at the

time — with a dominating 23–3 win at

Virginia Tech on Oct. 1. Times have

changed. The Tigers are now 9–3, hav-

ing lost three of their last four games,

each by at least 14 points. Virginia

Tech, on the other hand, has won seven

straight since that home loss to Clem-

son and is coming off an impressive

38–0 win at Virginia. Look for Logan

Thomas, David Wilson and the Hok-

ies’ offense to have their way against a

Clemson defense that has given up an

average of 410.7 yards in its last six

games. Virginia Tech 34, Clemson 24

SOUTHERN MISS AT HOUSTON(C-USA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME)

Houston is one win away from its

first Conference USA title since 2006

and its first-ever spot in a BCS bowl.

With a win over Southern Miss, the

Cougars, currently 12–0, are likely

headed to the Sugar Bowl to face

Michigan. But first things first: South-

ern Miss is a very good team that won

10 games in the regular season, high-

lighted by a 30–24 victory at Virginia

in September. The Golden Eagles are

potent on offense — 15th in the nation

in total offense and scoring offense —

but have had trouble at times on de-

fense. And that is a bad sign with Hous-

ton, the nation’s No. 1-ranked offense

on deck. This should be entertaining,

but the Coogs should prevail at home.

Houston 47, Southern Miss 31

TEXAS AT BAYLORNo Robert Griffin III? No problem

for Baylor — at least for one half

against a bad Texas Tech defense. With

their star quarterback sidelined with a

concussion, the Bears outscored Tech

35–14 in the final two quarters of a

66–42 win at Cowboys Stadium. Grif-

fin III should be back this week, and

Baylor will need him at his best against

a very good Texas defense. The Horns

somehow won at Texas A&M despite

gaining only 237 yards of offense.

Yards and points should be easier to

come by in Waco, but Texas might not

be good enough offensively to

outscore the Bears. Baylor 30, Texas 27

OKLAHOMA AT OKLAHOMA STATEOklahoma State is ranked No. 3 in

the BCS, but it appears as though the

Pokes are a long shot to play in the na-

tional title game — even with a con-

vincing win over Oklahoma coupled

with an LSU loss to Georgia in the SEC

title game. O-State would still welcome

a Big 12 championship and a first-ever

appearance in a BCS bowl, but the

Cowboys will likely never get over the

stunning loss to Iowa State that ulti-

mately cost them a shot at the title.

Oklahoma will no doubt provide a stiff

challenge, but the Pokes are healthier

and have the advantage of playing at

home. Oklahoma State 41, Oklahoma 33

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Wisconsin tailback Montee Ball rushed for 115 yards on 18 carries in the Badgers’ loss atMichigan State earlier this season. He leads the Big Ten in rushing.

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West Virginia by 3Northern Illinois by 7Oregon by 34Houston by 16LSU by 17Wisconsin by 7Virginia Tech by 10Baylor by 3Oklahoma State by 8Cincinnati by 7Pittsburgh by 10Kansas State by 7

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RewindTuesday, Nov. 22Ohio 21 Miami (Ohio) 14Thursday, Nov. 24Texas 27 Texas A&M 25Friday, Nov. 25Boston College 24 Miami (Fla.) 17Bowling Green 42 Buffalo 28California 47 Arizona State 38Colorado 17 Utah 14Houston 48 Tulsa 16Louisville 34 South Florida 24LSU 41 Arkansas 17Nebraska 20 Iowa 7Northern Illinois 18 Eastern Michigan 12Temple 34 Kent State 16Toledo 45 Ball State 28UCF 31 UTEP 14West Virginia 21 Pittsburgh 20Western Michigan 68 Akron 19Saturday, Nov. 26Air Force 45 Colorado State 21Alabama 42 Auburn 14Arizona 45 UL-Lafayette 37Baylor 66 Texas Tech 42Boise State 36 Wyoming 14Cincinnati 30 Syracuse 13Connecticut 40 Rutgers 22FIU 31 Middle Tennessee 18Florida Atlantic 38 UAB 3 5Florida State 21 Florida 7Georgia 31 Georgia Tech 17Hawaii 35 Tulane 23Kentucky 10 Tennessee 7Louisiana Tech 44 New Mexico State 0Marshall 34 East Carolina (ot) 27Michigan 40 Ohio State 34Michigan State 31 Northwestern 17Minnesota 27 Illinois 7Mississippi State 31 Ole Miss 3Missouri 24 Kansas 10NC State 56 Maryland 41North Carolina 37 Duke 21Oklahoma 26 Iowa State 6Oregon 49 Oregon State 21Purdue 33 Indiana 25San Diego State 31 UNLV 14San Jose State 27 Fresno State 24SMU 27 Rice 24South Carolina 34 Clemson 13Southern Miss 44 Memphis 7Stanford 28 Notre Dame 14USC 50 UCLA 0Utah State 21 Nevada 17Vanderbilt 41 Wake Forest 7Virginia Tech 38 Virginia 0Washington 38 Washington State 21Western Kentucky 41 Troy 18Wisconsin 45 Penn State 7

WACO, Texas — Bay-lor’s biggest player on the fi eld has the initials RG and is referred to by teammates as “Big Griff.”

Yes, his name is Robert Griffi n. But he isn’t the Heisman Trophy hopeful quarterback for the 19th-ranked Bears. This is the 6-foot-6, 330-pound right guard blocking for the quarterback with the same name.

“We never call him the other Robert Griffi n,” said Robert Griffi n III, the 6-2, 220-pound quarterback

who isn’t related to the big lineman. “No one calls me ‘Little Griff’, but we call him ‘Big Griff.’ He outweighs me by a lot, but by no means am I little.”

There is never any con-fusion on the fi eld over which Griffi n is which.

RG3 is the big-play, dual-threat quarterback who has 4,290 total yards and 41 touchdowns (34 passing, seven rushing) this season for the Bears (8-3, 5-3 Big 12).

Robert T. Griffi n, nick-named “RG2” by coach Art Briles, is the big man

blocking up front.“He stays pretty, I get

dirty. It’s my job,” said Griffi n the lineman. “I was born with that name. He was born with that name, and we’re just two athletes that came to Baylor and we love it. ... I love him just like a brother. He has my name, he’s No. 10, I’m No. 79. I’m going to block for him, I’m going to do what I have to do to protect that man and keep him off the grass.”

The team with two Rob-ert Griffi ns already has won the most games at

Baylor in 20 years. The Bears went 4-0 in No-vember after winning only four Big 12 games com-bined the previous 15 No-vembers.

Baylor plays its regular-season fi nale Saturday at home against Texas (7-4, 4-4). Then the Bears will play in their second con-secutive bowl game fol-lowing a 15-season post-season drought.

Even while playing one of the nation’s toughest schedules, the Bears still have a chance for their only 10-win season other

than 1980, which was Mike Singletary’s senior season.

Griffi n the offensive lineman will be playing his fi nal Baylor home game Saturday. He has been a starter both seasons since transferring from Navarro College after playing on a state championship team for Texas high school pow-er Euless Trinity.

Before joining the Bears, the lineman was known just as Robert Grif-fi n. The initial from his middle name, Torrez, was added at Baylor to distin-

guish him on rosters and in publications from the quarterback.

Griffi n, the fourth-year junior quarterback, is one of four players in major college history with at least 9,000 yards passing and 2,000 yards rushing in his career. The game against the Longhorns will be the last chance for RG3 to impress Heisman Tro-phy voters.

“Everybody knows who’s the Heisman,” said Griffi n the lineman. “He’s big Griff too. He does big things too, just like me.”

Baylor’s ‘Big Griff ’ guards Heisman hopeful RG3The Associated Press

Wisdom11 • Daily Corinthian Thursday, December 1, 2011

DEAR ABBY: I want you to know how much I agree with your answer to “Paying for My Popcorn in Oregon” (Sept. 15), who complained about her niece sneaking food into the theater.

I used to teach a par-enting class to parents who had kids in trouble with the law. I started out by asking, “How many of you teach your children to lie, cheat or steal?” Of course nobody admitted they did. I then had about 20 items I’d list, the movie food issue being one, driving over the speed limit, and so on. At least one of the 20 applied to everybody.

Then I’d say: “You taught your kids that it was OK to lie, cheat and steal — it’s only getting caught that’s bad. That’s why you are in my class today.” This is what that niece is teaching her

children. — PAUL IN DENVER

DEAR PAUL: Thank you for agreeing. How-ever, I’m sorry to say that

many readers thought the issue was more about the cost and selection of snacks than that of cheating the theater owners. My newspaper read-ers comment:

DEAR ABBY: For a family of four to see a movie and get a drink and popcorn or candy costs about $80. This is highway robbery. The cost of a drink is about 5 or 10 cents to the the-ater, and they charge a whopping $5. The same goes for popcorn. Let’s

be serious. How much does popcorn cost? A tub of popcorn at a theater is $7.50.

My children want the whole theater experi-ence, which includes a snack. How can a family afford to go to the movies at these prices? Theater owners should be able to make a reasonable profi t on the snacks, but this is ridiculous. Sorry, I will continue to bring my snacks in. — KIM IN CALIFORNIA

DEAR ABBY: “Paying” could search for activities to help them see another way of looking at the world.

Instead of going to a movie, I suggest that the aunt arrange to take the children (with or without her niece) to an outing such as craft time at a library, a visit to a museum, or gather in the kitchen to share a family

recipe and donate the food to a local shelter. They could spend an afternoon helping at the local food pantry, which would provide an oppor-tunity for her to discuss values and priorities.

In this way she could interact with her niece and the children and build lasting memories. They could even go to the grocery store and make a game out of seeing how much food they could buy for the amount they would have spent at the movie. — AN AWESOME AUNT IN HEBRON, OHIO

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phil-lips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Misbehaving kids often learn from parents’ bad example

Abigail Van Buren

Dear Abby

Ninth Grade

■ All As: McKayla Bradley, Abigail Clausel, Autumn Clites, Saman-tha Cornelius, Kaitlin Crum, Cheyenne Daniel, Ty Dickson, Kevin Ginn, Savannah Gray, Brian Hancock, Brett Holley, Kristen Jacobs, John-Stuart Jones, Kyndal Jones, Garison Lathrop, Jasmine Lee, Bailey Mitchell, Luke Osborn, Cheyenne Phillips, Alyssa Rice, Matthew Rowland, Cassandra Shields, Ben Shipman, Rebecca Spen-cer, Matthew Stewart, Kelsey Switcher, Madi-son Switcher, Samantha Talley, Parrish Tice, Kelsey Wills, Brandon Wood, Cody Woodruff

■ As & Bs: Alexis Bal-lard, Weston Bobo, Madison Briggs, Briana Bryan, Emmitt Burke, Ve-ronica Chadwell, Spencer Chandler, Evan Cooper, Chelsey Crum, Caleb Crum, Austin Davis, Rexs-ton Dixon, Brendie Eaton, Zaen Harbin, Zak Harbin, Sadie Hughes, Shannon Jeter, McCay Johnson, Anna Killough, Kaylee Martin, Destiney Mercer, Jordan Mercer, Shea Mercer, Kelsea Michael, Carleigh Mills, Blaine Mitchell, Logan Morton, Madison Parks, Cody Pit-tman, Macey Rinehart, Daniel Sauer, Courtney Seals, Kelsie Shelton, Conner Smith, Stegan Smith, Bradley Strachan, Alison Strickland, Taylor Trantham, Abie Trim, Alexanderia Tullis, Alison Yancey, Brandon Yancey

10th Grade

■ All As: Cheyenne Bennett, Marlee Sue Bradley, Kelsey English, Beth Ann Frazier, Alison Green, Angelia Hall, Riley Kuykendall, Riley Mc-Calla, Bailey McDaniel, Tyler Mercer, Drew Mitch-ell, Emile Neelis, Nathan Rhodes, Alan Spencer, Ashley Stewart, Alyssa Trulove, Rachel Winters,

Luke Wooten■ As & Bs: Shelbi

Barnes, Tyler Bryant, Blythe Bullard, Levi Bur-cham, Blake Cain, Olivia Cooley, Christopher Dil-worth, Philip Duncan, Courtney Evetts, Crissy Evetts, Ryleigh Follin, Nathan Ginn, Taylor Jack-son, Sarry-Ann Jones, Ashley McMillen, Jacob Meeks, Nathan More-lock, Cheyenne Null, Abby Null, Chase Peter-son, Brittney Rencher, Jennie Rencher, Ariana Ruiz, Steven Schermer, Briley Shadburn, Sa-mantha Sharp, Amber Smith, Brittany Stansel, Courtney Steele, Kaylee Switcher, Hagen Talley, Baylee Turner, Haley Wil-hite, Kayla Willingham

11th Grade

■ All As: Dylan Adams, Tiffany Blackard, Brittany Brooks, Lauren Coleman, Keri Crum, Brianna Davis, Brandon Grayson, Lindsey Ligon, Brianna Morphis, Marisa Nelms, Brooke Palmer, Taylor Rencher, Hannah Rinehart, Chase Settlemires, Whitney Shipman, Paden Tomlin, Katie Wilbanks, Chandler Wilder, Allison Wright

■ As & Bs: DJ Baker, Ashley Ballard, Lindsey Cox, Jordan Dickson, Paul Ellenburg, Fu Meng, Whitney Hearn, Emily He-fner, Jacklyn Hodum, Sa-brina Hunsucker, Marissa Hunter, Colton Jumper, Anna Kelly, Anna Kirk, Connor Medlin, Joshua Miller, Blake Mills, Hunter Mitchell, Hannah Parks, Elizabeth Peters, Kara Reynolds, Brad Roach, Trey Rogers, Autumn Rorie, Jonathan Shaw, Megan Singleton, Keano Stacy, Shelby Stewart, Hunter Thompson, Sayde Turner, Jacqulyn White, Tyler Wilbanks

12th Grade

■ All As: Jessica Belden, Annaleigh Cole-man, Price Coleman,

Eryn Coleman, Destinee Drewery, Allison Essary, Jake Haley, Logan Hall, Aubrey Hodges, Ashley Jones, Ladanna Jones, Sallie Jones, Shawnee Jones, Brittany Killough, Miranda Kirk, Maggie Macias, Connor Martin, Samantha Martin, Raven McCalla, Dalton Much-more, McKinley Ragan, Torry Rees, Dylan Rider, Daniel Shaw, Jay Vander-ford, Connor Wilbanks

■ As & Bs: Cade Arm-strong, Roxane Beck-ham, Victoria Gann,

Dana Glissen, Kiante Gwyn, McKenzie Hol-land, Samantha Hurst, Tyler Jones, Christopher Joyner, Anna Martin, Holly Mills, Tanner Mills, Julie Miranda, John Mitchell, Mallory Morgan, Summer Moss, Anissa Mullins, Lainna Mullins, Jessica Newman, Sa-mantha Null, Blake Null, Hannah Osborn, Tyler Pittman, Latisha Snyder, McKenzie Strickland, Cody Thomas, Carington Walls, Heath Wood, Sky-ler Wood

KHS Honor Roll — 1st Nine Weeks

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You can’t expect yourself to endure endless hours of thankless work without retaliating in some way at the end of the day. If your pleasure-to-pain ratio is off, every-thing will be off.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ll find a way to make a deal sweeter, to make an offer more graceful or to create a stir in an otherwise bor-ing situation. It’s a talent of yours, and you’ll feel complete when you use it.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). One of your favorite people will reach out and communicate with you. You weren’t sitting around waiting for the mes-sage, but you’ll respond quickly, and that quick response will convey your true affection.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). There’s a question in your mind about what you deserve and why. You feel that in many ways you are privileged beyond reason. Yet there’s something more you want, and you wonder whether you have a right to it.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Instead of smirking at the establishment, you lean forward to listen. You’ll like getting out of your own head in this way. And in listening, you learn a great deal about where your talents might best be utilized.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You don’t mind a sprinkle of uncertainty and unpredictability in your day. It makes life exciting — as long as circum-stances don’t make you feel too tense or aggra-vated. When it gets to that point, you can always walk away.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You don’t have to try to be interesting. You’re fascinating to someone as you react to the normal ups and downs of life. Heightened emotions cause you to do something you would not ordinarily do.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). If you take a dif-ferent action, you’ll get a different result. Don’t change what is already working well. Just know it’s better to be grateful for what comes than to push for more.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Your self-control may wane. Or perhaps the personal influ-ence you wield may not seem to be working as effectively as it did last week. You haven’t lost your touch; you just have to work a bit harder to maintain it now.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). A hotheaded person you know may act rashly today. Consider that it might be your steady attitude of stabil-ity that allows this person to fly off the handle. You’re the safety net.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’ll try to cover a wide base of interests, desires and activities — maybe too wide for one day’s work. There’s much to be accomplished before the weekend.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Whatever you hope to gain by your efforts is not likely to be what results. What comes will be better — more surpris-ing, complex and engaging. It’s truly a good day.

Today’s birthday

In many ways, you blossom. You become more focused and organized this month. January brings partnership proposals. In February, you will gain a greater understanding of your power, and you will use it to create and control your environment. There’s a tradeoff in the spring that leaves you feel-ing wealthier. Aquarius and Taurus people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 3, 1, 44, 39 and 18.

Astrological questions

“I don’t know if this is an actual phobia, but I’m afraid to open my email. I’m tired of banking scams and being called on to help a Nigerian businessman recover his lost gold. I’ve signed up for more shopping coupon programs than anyone could possibly deal with in a lifetime of shopping, and I could fill a library with all the free newsletters I get. I never know how to han-dle weird correspondence from ex-loves or dis-tant acquaintances, let alone the chain letters and unfunny forwards from well-meaning friends. Is it possible that an old-fashioned Capricorn can drop out of the digital world entirely?”

It is possible, yes. Many have. Although, be-cause you’re a Capricorn, and therefore probably trying to grow in power and personal influence, you will most likely need to stay involved the way most people do. Your phobia might therefore be handled with a progressive strategy to keep elec-tronic correspondence in a proper and contain-able compartment of your life. For instance, pick one time in the afternoon when you handle your emails. Set a timer for 15 minutes. Use the de-lete key with reckless abandon.

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Britney Spears spent the better part of last year circling the globe with her Femme Fatale tour and turning out the chart-topping hits. This birthday will usher in a new decade for the pop princess, and her new work will reflect the change. Born under a future-thinking Aquarius moon, Spears will keep striving for cutting-edge excitement in her quest to create fresh entertainment for her fans.

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IS THERE LIFE AFTER DEATH? People have always believed there is life after death. The fi rst inhabitants of America believed in what they called a “happy hunting ground” after death. If life after death does not exist, then man is on the same level of animal life. Why be concerned about the way we live if there is no life after death? If there is no life after death, there would be no reason to be religious. The Bible teaches there is life after death. Job believed there was life after death and that he would see God. “And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my fl esh shall I see God”. (Job 19:26). David believed that he would see his dead son and that he would dwell in the house of the Lord forever. “But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me” (2 Sam 12:23). “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever” (Ps 23:6). Solomon revealed that man’s spirit would return to God who gave it. “Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it” (Eccl 12:7). Paul refers to the reward of the righteous after death. “For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens” (2 Cor 5:1). The Bible refers to some who were alive after death. “I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. God is not the God of the dead, but of the living” (Matt 22:32). Peter, James and John saw Moses and Elias talking with Christ on the mount of transfi guration. “And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him” (Matt 17:3). Luke referred to the condition of the rich man and Lazarus after death in Luke 16:19-31. There is life after death and how we live will determine where we will live after death. All will be raised either to eternal life or eternal damnation. “Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation” (John 5:28-29). Only the prepared can look forward to death. Are we prepared for life after death?

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Civil War letter

The following letter is dated July, 1862 and postmarked West Point, Georgia. It is addressed to Bob Williams of Rienzi and reads as follows ...

“It pains me much to record to you the death of your beloved son, Zeb. He deposed this life on Sunday night at half after two in the morning. His illness was short after he had taken bad. I will start him home as soon as I can get him ready. John has been a faith-ful servant to Zeb. I put confi dence in him in get-ting Zeb home. I was able to wait on him in all the later part of his illness. He had medical attention from two able physicians and was treated kindly by all the family where he boarded. His expenses will be tolerably heavy. I do not know what they will be yet, I will put them in his black book what I pay, if I have to pay any. I want John to have enough to take him home. If I do you can

pay the amount to my mother that suits you.

“Yours respect-fully signed by L.B. Mitchell.”

This L.B. Mitchell

was Lyman Beecher Mitchell. He was the father of Burge Mitchell, Houston Mitchell, Mrs. W.A. McCord and Ely B. Mitchell. L.B. Mitchell was a Lieutenant in Com-pany E, 42nd Mississippi regiment. He enlisted in the Confederate Army at old Jacinto and was in many battles, one of which was Gettysburg.

Bob Williams of Rienzi sent the slave, John, along with his son Zeb when he enlisted in the Mississippi regiment. It was custom for soldiers to take along a Negro slave to wait on them when they went to war.

When Zeb became sick at the camp, located at Columbus, Georgia,

about 40 miles from the town of West Point, John was at his side day and night. There evidently was no hospital at the camp, or the one there was crowded, and that was the reason Zeb Wil-liams was at a private home.

Zeb died and Lt. Mitch-ell assumed the respon-sibility of seeing that his body was sent back to Rienzi.

The return from Geor-gia to Rienzi covered a distance of about 400 miles, so Lt. Mitchell worked out a plan to preserve the body for the long journey. He burnt some charcoal and placed it, after it had cooled, in the coffi n around the body of Zeb. Securing a wagon and a team of oxen and a permit he sent the slave John on his way to Rienzi with the body.

It took the slave nearly eight days traveling al-most constantly to make the journey. But he fi nally arrived at the old home place and there was great rejoicing as well as many tears.

There is an aftermath to this story. While Dr. Carroll Kendrick was serving in the Mississippi Legislature, a bill to grant a pension to Negro slaves who served in the war with their masters came up for consideration. Dr. Kendrick told the story about the faithful Negro slave John to the assem-bly and without a dissent-ing vote the bill passed.

Tishomingo was against secession

Old Tishomingo county, which included the present Alcorn, Tishomingo and Prentiss

counties voted against secession from the Union when a vote was tak-ing in Jackson on Jan. 9, 1861. However, since the majority of delegates to the meeting voted in favor of withdrawal from the Union, Old Tishom-ingo delegates signed the article of secession.

The Mississippi legisla-ture had called a conven-tion to meet Jan. 7, 1861 to consider secession. Delegates from the coun-ties were elected prior to that date.

In Old Tishomingo county two factions arose. Two tickets were presented for consider-ation of the voters.

The faction favoring immediate unconditional secession was repre-sented by A.B. Dilworth, W.M. Rogers, L.B. Gas-ton and B.D. Hodges.

The ticket favoring

secession conditional upon all Southern states going out of the Union together, and opposing individual state action, included A.E. Reynolds, W.W. Bonds, J.A. Blair and J.P. Young. This group won the county election and attended the secession convention in Jackson.

Mississippi was the second Southern state to secede preceded only by South Carolina.

Vicki Burress Roach is a professional genealogist and special columnist for the Daily Corinthian. Send queries to: Alcorn County Genealogical So-ciety, Attention: Vicki B. Roach, P.O. Box 1808, Corinth, Miss. 38835-1808. The Alcorn County Genealogical Society’s website is www.avsia.com/acgs.

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‘A Community Tradition’

2011Christmas

Basket Fund

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Basket Fund

’Tis the season for giving as donations continue to arrive for the 16th Annual Corinth Rotary Club/Daily Corinthian Christ-mas Basket Fund.

A $25,000 fund raising goal has been set so 1,100 food bas-kets can be given to local fami-lies on Saturday, Dec. 10.

So far $14,125 has been re-ceived.

Recent donations include $250 from Sherri and Michael E. Edwards; $200 from O.W. and W.J. Thornton; $100 from Ann P. Rhodes and Lin R. Gilmer in memory of Linton Rhodes; $100 from Geraldine Howell in mem-ory of Kathy Howell; $100 from Sherron and Donny Shadburn in memory of Velma Shadburn; $25 from Town and Country Mississippi Homemaker Volun-teers in honor of Lucille King; and a $100 anonymous gift.

Donations are a perfect time to make a tribute to a loved one. Contributions to the Christmas Basket Fund can be made “in honor of” or “in memory of” a special person or persons. The tribute will be published in the Daily Corinthian.

Donations can be brought by the newspaper office or mailed to: Daily Corinthian, Attn.: Christmas Basket Fund, P.O. Box 1800, Corinth, MS 38835.

Basket fundtops $14,000in donations

The photographic tribute to the veterans which gained much attention while on dis-play at the Corinth Library will soon have an extended stay at another area library.

“A Salute to Veterans” — which features almost 200 pho-tos of men and women from the region who answered America’s call and served in the armed forces — will go on display next week at the George E. Allen Public Library in Booneville.

It will remain on display in Booneville for about a month.

The exhibit made its debut on Veteran’s Day at the American Legion in Corinth before mov-ing to the Corinth Library.

The display has gained so much good response, the in-vitation for an extended stay for Prentiss County citizens to see the display was gladly ac-cepted by Alcorn County pho-tographers Bill Avery and Lisa Wilbanks, who undertook the project following the success of their recent “Faces and Places

Veteran photodisplay movesto new location

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A man who fled from the Mis-sissippi Highway Patrol in Alcorn County Tuesday afternoon has been charged with felony DUI.

Initially, there was some speculation that the man might

have been one of the suspects in the Abbeville bank robbery ear-lier in the day, but officials de-termined that was not the case, said MHP Trooper Ray Hall.

William R. Goodwin III, 31, of Oxford, was charged with felony DUI and some misde-

meanor traffic violations.A pursuit began on Missis-

sippi Highway 350 near the Alcorn and Tishomingo county line when a trooper attempted to stop Goodwin, who tried to evade the officer. The man turned off of the highway onto

a logging road.He then fled on foot and was

apprehended a short time later after a search of the area with the assistance of the Alcorn County Sheriff’s Department and the Mississippi Depart-ment of Transportation.

MHP pursuit ends in felonyBy JeBB Johnston

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aDaMsVille, tenn. — A late night fire resulted in heavy damage to three build-ings in downtown Adamsville on Monday. The fire began around 11 p.m. and seven fire departments responded to help get the fire under control.

The fire is believed to have started in the Saw Meal Res-taurant at some point around 10:45 p.m. and spread to dam-age the Saw Meal Coffee Shop, the Dance Academy and the Tanning Alley. Firefighters

worked throughout the night to contain the fire and protect the other downtown buildings.

“We do not have any idea what caused the fire,” said Sherry Kiser, who co-owns two

of the three buildings with her husband Sammy. “I’m sure that we will rebuild, but I just do not know when yet.”

Michelle Gieger, Sherry Kiser’s sister, is the owner and manager of the restaurant. She had closed the business at 9 p.m. and had left the building around 10 p.m., according to Kiser.

“It was a dreadful night for Adamsville that we will not forget anytime soon,” said Ad-amsville Mayor David Leckner. “On what should have been a

Blaze heavily damages downtown;mayor calls fire a ‘dreadful night’

By Jeff yorkFor the Daily Corinthian

“It was a dreadful night for Adamsville that we will not forget anytime soon. On what should have been a quiet, snow-

filled evening, we witnessed our vibrant downtown engulfed in flames. I stood

in the middle of Main Street in shock of what was taking place.”

David lecknerAdamsville Mayor

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Caterpillar provided a much needed spark for the Salvation Army.

The Corinth plant donated a forklift battery that kept the agency’s bale warehouse up and running.

“Our battery went down about two months ago and the cost to replace it was unbeliev-able,” said Salvation Army Di-rector Michelle Miles. “Cater-pillar was there to help.”

Without the electric forklift battery -- which can run in cost up to the $4,000-$5,000 range, the agency’s bale ware-house would have been out of commission.

“We go through everything that is donated,” said Miles. “What we make from recycling our bales helps fund our social service programs ... Caterpillar most graciously came through to keep that part of the Salva-tion Army going.”

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Caterpillar gift gives Salvation Army a liftBy steVe BeaVers

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Staff photo by Steve Beavers

Caterpillar with the assistance of tri star power was able to keep the bale operation of the Salvation Army rolling by donating the agency a forklift battery. Checking out the running of the forklift after the battery was installed were Caterpillar’s Lyle Tucker (from left), Brian Belue, Sal-vation Army Director Michelle Miles, Tri Star’s Robert Beaman and Lee Franklin.

The Corinth Christmas pa-rade is scheduled to start at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3.

“This year’s Christmas pa-rade is going to be filled with excitement,” said Montana Hill, director of Main Street Corinth. “Come out and enjoy all the creative floats, music and candy.”

Beginning in the area of First Baptist Church and the Corinth Library on Fillmore Street, the parade will follow its traditional route.

The theme for the 2011 Christmas parade is “1800’s

Christmas,” with participants choosing ways to decorate floats from a wide variety of options including Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” the founding of Corinth and the area’s Civil War history.

One local business, Nickels Signs and Graphics, are fol-

lowing the “1800’s Christmas” theme by decorating a trailer with reproductions of antique Christmas cards from the 19th century.

Waits Jewelry and Fine Gifts proprietor and civic and com-munity volunteer Rosemary Williams will serve as grand

marshall of the parade. The Corinth Civitans will assist with the lineup.

On the corner of Main Street and Fillmore Street a local Boy Scouts group will collect canned goods for the AMEN Food Pan-try. Parade participants and spectators are encouraged to bring canned goods to contrib-ute to this effort.

As of Tuesday there were 80 entries for the parade. En-try registration deadline was Wednesday.

For more information con-tact Main Street Corinth Di-rector Montana Hill at 287-1550.

Corinth’s ‘1800’s Christmas’ parade rolls Saturday“This year’s Christmas parade is going to be filled with excitement.

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quiet, snow-fi lled evening, we witnessed our vibrant downtown engulfed in fl ames. I stood in the mid-dle of Main Street in shock of what was taking place.”

The fi re departments that battled the blaze were the Adamsville Fire De-partment, Selmer Fire De-partment, Lawton Fire De-partment, Leapwood Fire Department, Crump Fire Department, Savannah Fire Department and Har-din Co. Fire Department.

“I witnessed brave men and women of the local fi re department in action. Through late night and into the morning hours, these volunteers worked together to prevent the total loss of our down-town area,” said Leckner. “On behalf of the City of Adamsville and the downtown association, I would like to extend our sincere gratitude for their hard work and efforts.”

“We must remember buildings can be rebuilt, lives cannot,” said Leckner. “God bless the brave men and women who volunteer to keep us safe from harm.”

Adamsville Fire Chief Terry Thrasher was out of town and unavailable for comment on the fi re.

of Alcorn County” and “Me and My Mom” exhib-its at the Corinth Library.

The veterans featured in the exhibit are from Alcorn, Prentiss, Tisho-mingo, Tippah and Union counties in Mississippi, McNairy County in Ten-nessee and several other states, including Ala-bama.

For the two photogra-phers — who spent count-less hours shooting pho-tos and assembling the displays — the work was a labor of love and an eye-opening experience.

And, the response has been great.

“The veterans are very appreciative of it,” said Wilbanks. “We are saying thanks to them for service to their country and they are the ones thanking us.”

“The response has been so big we are thinking about doing it again next year,” added Wilbanks, as many veterans left their phone numbers with their name in the guest registry at the photo exhibit.

The photos are dis-played on 14 black felt covered 4 foot by 8 foot panels. Intermingled with the panels are fl ags, boots and military stand-up dis-plays which were donated by the Army, Navy and Air Force recruiting cen-ters in Corinth.

The American fl ag is featured somewhere in each of the pictures.

“It’s taken a lot of effort, but it’s been well worth it,” added Wilbanks.

Brian Belue says the company reached out to its battery supplier, Tri Star Power of Tupelo, to help.

“We were able to get together a

lot of other batteries and take to Tri Star,” said the group manager. “Tri Star then took all the batteries and put together one good battery.”

Robert Beaman, Tri Star Power Branch Manager of the

Tupelo site, said the battery dis-tributor was more than willing to lend a hand.

“The Salvation Army is a won-derful thing that does so much good that we were glad to help,”

said Beaman.Tri Star Power distributes

and handles forklift batteries all throughout Mississippi, Louisi-ana, West Tennessee and all of Arkansas.

DISPLAY: Vets featured in the exhibit from around region

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

BLAZE: Crump, Lawton, Selmer fire departments helped battle fire



CATERPILLAR: ‘We were able to get together a lot of batteries and take to Tri Star’

Daily Corinthian Pet of the WeekThis is 1-year-old Ashes, who is a fun-loving feline and enjoys playing with lots of toys. She has been spayed and is current on all shots. She would love to find a “fur-ever” home where she could lay around all day, soak up some sun and enjoy the holiday season. Come visit Ashes Monday through Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Corinth-Alcorn Animal Shelter or Facebook: Corinth-Alcorn Animal Shelter or visit the website at www.alcornpets.com.

One of my faithful readers, Paul Fleming, who lives near Marion, Ill., sent me something the other day that has tremen-dous potential to help us to better carry our burdens, or whatever it is that is weighing us down.

The article has to do with stress management, and the Lord knows we need that kind of help today, with the state of our nation’s economy, the health-care debate and the breakdown of character, ethics and morals that have been the bedrock of our society.

The article, by an unknown author, is very good and I would like to share it with you and ask you to seriously ponder what it says. See if it does not make a difference in your perspective and how you face the challenges in the days ahead.

It begins: “A lecturer when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked, ‘How heavy is this glass of water?’ Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g. The lecturer replied, ‘The absolute weight doesn’t mat-ter. It depends on how long

you try to hold it. If I hold it for a minute, that’s not a problem.

If I hold it for an hour, I’ll have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you’ll have to call an ambulance. In each case, it’s the

same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.’

He continued, ‘And that’s the way it is with stress manage-ment. If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, as the burden becomes increasingly heavy, we won’t be able to carry on. As with the glass of water, you have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again. When we are refreshed, we can carry on with the burden.

‘So, before you return home tonight, put the burden of work down. Don’t carry it home. Whatever burdens you are car-rying now, let them down for a moment if you can.

‘My friend, put down every-thing that may be a burden to

you right now. Don’t pick it up again until after you have rested a while.

‘Here are some great ways of dealing with the burdens of life:

‘Accept that some days you’re the pigeon and some days you are the statue.

‘Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.

‘Always wear stuff that will make you look good if you die wearing it.

‘Drive carefully. It’s not only cars that can be “Recalled” by their maker.

‘If you can’t be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.

‘Since it’s the early worm that gets eaten by the bird, sleep late.

‘The second mouse gets the cheese.

‘When everything’s coming your way, you’re in the wrong lane.

‘Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live.

‘You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.

‘Some mistakes are too much

fun to only make once.‘A truly happy person is one who

can enjoy the scenery on a detour.‘Have an awesome day and

know that someone has thought about you today.’”

Well, that’s the end of the arti-cle, and I believe you will agree, it contains some great advice and suggestions for any of us who sometimes let our burdens pile up and feel like the weight of the world is on our shoulders.

One thing that really helps me is humor. When I can laugh a lot, I am not nearly as uptight as when I am too serious. It’s been said, and rightly so, we should take what we do seri-ously, but we should never take ourselves too seriously. There is another old saying that comes to mind that applies here.

We can burn the candle at both ends, and it does produce a bril-liant fl ame, but we are not nearly as bright as we think we are.

Jim Davidson is a public speak-er and columnist for the Daily Corinthian. He may be contact-ed at 2 Bentley Drive, Conway, AR 72034.

Are your burdens too heavy to carry?

Jim Davidson

Columnist

MIAMI — Say goodbye to the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, which was a study in contradic-tions: It spared the usual South-ern targets while Irene para-lyzed the Eastern seaboard and devastated parts of the North-east with deadly fl ooding.

The season ended Wednes-day as the sixth straight year without U.S. landfall of a major hurricane, yet Irene was one of the costliest storms in U.S. his-tory and killed at least 47 people here and at least eight more in the Caribbean and Canada.

Irene was not considered a major hurricane because it did not have winds exceeding 111

mph, or Category 3, when it made landfall in North Carolina on Aug. 27.

“You would think the impacts would be somewhat light, but the damages caused by Irene will be up there in one of the top 30 or so storms,” National Hurricane Center Director Bill Read said.

The season produced the third-highest number of tropi-cal storms on record, with 19, but only a slightly higher-than-average number of hurricanes, with six.

Read said low pressure sys-tems on the East coast and high pressure systems over the cen-tral U.S. created favorable steer-ing currents that kept the storms mostly churning far out to sea.

Storms won’t move into high

pressure, clearing the way for an easy storm season for the U.S. Gulf Coast. An exception was Tropi-cal Storm Lee, which formed off the Louisiana coast and drenched much of the eastern U.S.

“It was another very odd year,” said Dr. Jeff Masters, Weather Underground’s direc-tor of meteorology.

The rare combination of near-record ocean temperatures but unusually dry, stable air over the Atlantic was partially responsi-ble for the unusually high count of named storms, Masters said.

Hurricane Ophelia was the strongest storm of the season, at one point strengthening to a Category 4 with 140 mph winds when it was just northeast of Bermuda. Ophelia hit south-

eastern Newfoundland, Canada, as a tropical storm, but caused little damage.

The last major hurricane to hit the U.S. was Wilma, which cut an unusually large swath of damage across Florida in 2005.

Irene caught many New Eng-land residents by surprise in late August, following a rare path as it brushed up the Eastern sea-board from North Carolina, across the Mid-Atlantic and near New York City, where me-teorologists said they couldn’t ever recall a direct hurricane hit.

Broadway shows were can-celled as New York offi cials or-dered 370,000 people to leave their homes in low-lying areas and immobilized the nation’s biggest subway system.

Hurricane seasons ends, but Irene’s effects remainBY KELLI KENNEDY AND TONY WINTON

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Local/Region3 • Daily Corinthian Thursday, December 1, 2011

Clifford DoddsMr. Clifford Dodds, 74, of Corinth, died Wednesday,

November 30, 2011, at Magnolia Regional Health Center.Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced

by Corinthian Funeral Home.

Jimmy D. SwindleJimmy D. Swindle, 64, of Corinth, died Wednesday,

November 30, 2011, at Magnolia Regional Health Center.Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced

by Magnolia Funeral Home.

Scott HendersonTUPELO — Funeral services for Scott Henderson, 42,

are set for 4 p.m. Friday at W.E. Pegues Funeral Direc-tors with burial in Tupelo Memorial Park.

Mr. Henderson died Monday, November 28, 2011, at his residence. A native of Dayton, Ohio, he was born Dec. 15, 1968. He was raised in Tupelo and graduated from Tupelo High School where he played soccer. Mr. Henderson worked several years as warehouse manag-

er for Briggs Incorporated. He served in the U.S. Air Force and was a mem-ber of American Legion Post 6.

He was preceded in death by his father, William Henderson; and his grandfather, Aubrey Followell.

Survivors include his mother, Brenda Henderson (Gary Briggs) of Corinth; his sisters, Emily Henderson and Rebecca Henderson both of Ida-ho; an uncle, Larry Followell (Ann) of Jasper, Ala.; his aunts, Linda Tay-lor (Tom) of Houston, Tex. and Judy

Koger of Little Rock, Ark.; his grandmother, Wilma Fol-lowell of Tupelo; a stepbrother, Eddie Briggs (Pam) of Corinth; two stepsisters, Rhonda Kirk (Keith) of Dallas, Tex. and Robin Ferguson (Joe) of Jackson, Tenn.

Rev. Warren Jones will offi ciate.Visitation is 2 p.m. until service time Friday at the

funeral home.Online condolences can be made at www.peguesfu-

neralhome.com

Emma Lou Warner NunleyFuneral services for Emma Lou Warner Nunley, 49,

of Corinth, are set for 4 p.m. Friday at Corinthian Fu-neral Home with burial in Jones Cemetery in Parker Crossroads, Tenn.

Ms. Nunley died Wednesday, November 30, 2011, at her residence. Born Dec. 29, 1961, she was a home-maker and of the Church of Christ faith.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence and Mary Warner; her grandparents, Lonnie and Nan-cy Cox, and Alfred and Emma Warner; and a brother, Harold Warner.

Survivors include a son, Robbie Jones of Corinth; two sisters, Geneva Lambert of Kentucky and Brenda Flatt (David) of Corinth; and three brothers, Lonnie Bascomb (Gwen) of Glen, Clarence Warner (Debbie) of Corinth, and Willie Warner (Kathy) of Corinth.

Bro. G.W. Childs will offi ciate.Visitation is 3 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Deaths

Henderson

HB DildyFuneral services for HB Dildy, 85, of Corinth, are set

for 1 p.m. Friday at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Pleasant Hill Methodist Church Cemetery.

Mr. Dildy died Wednesday, November 30, 2011, at his residence. Born March 25, 1926 in Alcorn Coun-ty, he farmed and worked in construction.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Herman and Mattie Switcher Dildy; a daughter, Karen Dildy; two sons, Jerry and Tommy Dildy; two brothers, R.C. and Baxter Dildy; and three sisters, Cleo Cook, Mar-gie James and Laverne Hilburn.

Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Atri James Dildy; two sons, Benny Dildy and his wife Darnell, and Tony Dildy and his wife Helen; a daughter, Tammy Barnes and her husband Terry; a daughter-in-law, Barbara Boren; two sisters, Betty Sue Shadburn, and Helen Settlemires and her husband Dee Dee; 10 grandchildren, Regina, Tonya, Adrain, Sonya, Dewayne, Jeremy, David, Tiffany, Lee, and Demitria; 13 great grandchildren;

and six great-great grandchildren.The family would like to extend special thanks to

Betty Hayhurst, Lonnie and Nora Switcher, and all the staff of Southern Care Hospice.

Bro. Ray Bennett will offi ciate.Visitation is 5-9 p.m. tonight and from 11 a.m. until

service time Friday.In lieu of customary remembrances, the fam-

ily requests that memorials be made to the Ladies Auxiliary of the Theo Holiness Church account at Commerce National Bank, 306 South Cass Street, Corinth, Ms. 38834.

Online condolences can be left at www.memorial-corinth.com

Dildy

Wild turkey program

Shiloh National Military Park will host a special interpretive presentation on wild turkeys today at 4 p.m. The one-hour program will discuss the history, biology and behavior of America’s largest game bird. The presenta-tion will start in the Shiloh Visitor Center auditorium with a pre-sentation on wild turkey ecology. Then it will continue outdoors as participants will take a caravan drive to observe the birds on the battlefield.

For more information please contact the Shiloh Battlefield at 731- 689-5275 or visit www.nps.gov/shil or Facebook at www.face-book.com/ShilohNMP or Twitter at twitter.com/#!/shilohnps.

Activity center

The Bishop Activity Center will have the following activities for the week of Nov. 28 - Dec. 2: To-day — Bingo.

Senior citizens age 60 and above are welcome and encouraged to attend. Daily activities include crafts, jigsaw puzzles, quilting, table games (dominoes and Rook), washer games and Rolo Golf.

Pickin’ on the Square

Pickin’ on the courthouse square has moved to a new loca-tion for the winter months to the old East Corinth School audito-rium, corner of Third and Meeks Streets. Admission is free but a donation is taken for rent to be able to get into a good warm place for the winter months.

Pickin’ starts at 7 p.m. every Thursday night.

Country music night

The Joe Rickman Band will be playing on Thursday nghts from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at the Burnsville city park building. Admission is $3, single and $5, couple. There will be concessions. The event is

family-friendly with no smoking or alcohol. Proceeds go toward the community center.

For more information, call 662-287-3437.

Senior Bingo

Those ages 55 and up are invited to join Animal Rescue & Care for Senior Bingo every Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at Arby’s, 706 U.S. Hwy. 72 East. There is no charge to participate.

Christmas sale

The Corinth Artist Guild art gallery’s annual Christmas sale is open for Christmas shoppers. The guild beefs up its gift selec-tion each year in November and December, offering a variety of inexpensive items that have local flavor and artistry.

The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Call 665-0520 for more information.

Things to do Today

It looks like we’re fi nally settling in to a winter weather pattern in the Alcorn County area.

I have been receiving some questions about what to do with areas where people had gar-dens this year. During the fall and winter one of the most important things you can do to your garden spot is “soil test.” The main thing we want to get from this soil test during this time of year is the pH, then you can make a lime appli-cation if needed. It will then have time to work prior to the spring plant-ing season.

One of the most com-mon problems with gar-den areas is low pH. If your pH is as low as 5.0, research shows you are wasting over 50 percent of the fertilizer you put out simply because the plant cannot utilize the fertilizer that is avail-able. If you move the pH up to 6.0, you then only realize a 19 percent loss. Moving the pH to 7 will make 100 percent of the fertilizer available with

no loss, so you can see the impor-tance of liming.

Even if you soil tested and put lime out last year, you

need to soil test again. You might not need any lime this time but it pays to double check.

It is also important to remember many of the problems that were experienced in your garden this year might be around next year if appropriate measures aren’t taken to combat them. These problems include fungi, bacteria, nematodes and many other microorganisms. All of these have little diffi culty in surviving winter months.

If we have a light winter this year in Alcorn County it could prove to be a problem this coming spring and summer. By this I mean the insects and other nuisances such as those

listed above won’t have as hard a time surviving this winter as those in the past.

Experienced garden-ers know a winter clean-up will help reduce disease carryover. Re-moval of diseased leaves from an area where you might have experienced a problem with fungi last year will help in con-trolling it if it happens to come back this year. Perennial weeds in and around the garden area should be destroyed since these are often hosts for viruses and dif-ferent fungi.

If there are any old plants or parts of plants that are still in the garden, they should be removed from the area. Fungi and bacteria can overwinter in these plants and come back in the spring with another onslaught of problems.

If you have fruit trees that had problems with canker, black knot or other types of fungus problems last year, you should remove those branches that might be dead or dying. This will

also help control some insects that overwinter in dead branches.

It is important to remember if you prune a tree with a fungus problem, you should disinfect your pruning tools between cuts. This will prevent the spread of the fungus to different branches and other trees. A good disinfectant can be either bleach diluted to 10 percent strength or rubbing alcohol.

Pruning tools should be washed and dried before storing to pre-vent rusting. It is also important to remember any major pruning that doesn’t involve diseased or dying branches can be put off until later on in the winter months if need be. This would include fruit trees, grape vines and crape myrtles.

For more information concerning the winter care of your garden or trees, call Patrick Poind-exter, county director, at the Alcorn County Exten-sion office at 286-7755 or visit www.msucares.com.

Patrick Poindexter

Ag Lines

Taking care of garden during winter

Associated PressJACKSON — A state

judge has entered a default judgment in a lawsuit that claimed a woman nearly died from a failed abortion in Mis-sissippi that left her in a coma for a week.

Daschica Thomas and her husband fi led the lawsuit in 2005 in Hinds County Circuit Court against Dr. Joseph Book-er, the National Wom-en’s Health Organization of Jackson and others. The suit claimed Thomas went into the coma be-cause of a blood infection brought on by a botched abortion in 2003.

Circuit Judge William Gowan entered the de-fault judgment Tuesday in Thomas’ favor after the defendants didn’t show up for trial. The ruling didn’t mention damages,

and it wasn’t immediate-ly clear when that issue would be decided.

The ruling came less than a month after Mis-sissippi voters rejected a constitutional amend-ment that would have effectively banned abor-tions in the state.

Mark Wann, who once represented Booker in the case, said he’s no longer involved in the litigation and wouldn’t comment. Wann said he doesn’t know where to fi nd Book-er. A phone number for Booker wasn’t immedi-ately available.

The state Department of Health said Mississippi had one licensed abortion clinic in 2003, and the state has only one now. The current clinic is on the same Jackson site as the former clinic, but un-der different ownership.

Shannon Brewer is di-rector of All Women’s Healthcare of Jackson, which is currently the only abortion clinic in Mississippi. She said the National Women’s Health Organization no longer owns the Missis-sippi clinic and Booker doesn’t work at the clinic now. Brewer said she doesn’t know where he is.

The lawsuit claims that Booker wasn’t the doc-tor originally scheduled to perform the abortion, but the other doctor was out that day. When Booker was performing the abortion, he allegedly stopped abruptly, said he couldn’t fi nish it and told Thomas to come back so it could be completed by the other doctor.

The lawsuit claims a “reasonably prudent” phy-sician would have treated

Thomas with antibiotics because of her diabetes, but Booker didn’t. Thomas allegedly came down with a blood infection, went into a coma and needed blood transfusions. The lawsuit also claims, among other things, that Thomas couldn’t have children af-ter the abortion and that her husband lost his job for missing work while caring for her.

In December 1999, three dozen bags of aborted fetuses and oth-er remains were found buried in a shallow grave behind a business in the Gulf Coast city of Ocean Springs. An investigation revealed that the fetuses came from a storage room Booker had rented in nearby Gulfport, a city where he had performed abortions at a gynecol-ogy clinic.

Default judgment entered in abortion lawsuit

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What makes an economy work . . . or not? Ask any 10 economists and you’ll get at least 20 different answers. They really don’t know, but they can speculate based on years of study and a wide di-versity of shaky ideological models that never work as planned.

Just ask President Obama’s economic advisors, if you can

fi nd them. They’ve all left the White House after the stimulus debacle when they proph-esied unemployment no higher than 8-per-cent, and jobs, jobs, jobs.

Of course, there have been many explana-tions why nothing has worked to turn our souring economy around, including some explanations we have turned the economy around but we just don’t know it yet. That’s economist-speak for “we’re not as bad off as we would have been, and we’re not taking the blame for how bad it really is.”

I just fi nished reading the second edition of “Aftershock,” a book by David Wiedemer, Robert A. Wiedemer and Cindy Spitzer. They are what I would call “bubble” economists having “accurately predicted the domino fall of the conjoined real estate, stock, and pri-vate debt bubbles that led to the fi nancial cri-sis of 2008 and 2009.”

They’re predicting the bursting of the dol-lar bubble, government debt bubble and the world bubble. Don’t read this book if you’re looking for warm fuzzy predictions of good times.

They defi ne a bubble economy as one “that grows in a virtuous upward spiral of multiple rising bubbles – real estate, stocks, private debt, dollar and government debt – that in-teract to drive each other up, and that will inevitably fall in a vicious downward spiral as each falling bubble puts downward pres-sure on the rest, eventually pulling the whole economy down.”

I’m no economist, but that doesn’t sound good to me. But wait, it can get worse. The title of their book, “Aftershock,” is defi ned as “Phase II of the popping of the bubble econ-omy. Just when many people think the worst is over, then comes the aftershock, when the dollar bubble and the government debt bub-ble will burst.”

Interestingly, the authors don’t blame any-one in particular for our economic woes, but portray a sort of perfect storm of bad deci-sions by Washington, Wall Street and even good old American instant gratifi cation, i.e. spending what we don’t have.

Besides not blaming anyone in particu-lar, they also see no particular solution that would lead us away from the bursting bub-bles they’re predicting. Like I said, this is not a good book for those who want to feel better about the economy.

Nevertheless, we’re already hearing politi-cians on all sides explain how they plan to fi x the economy, or in the case of those still in of-fi ce why they can’t fi x the economy under the current circumstances. In other words, they don’t know how economies work either.

Why in the world would we expect any of these politicians to fi x the economy with more government programs? I believe we’d be a lot better off if the government would just leave the economy and businesses alone.

(Daniel L. Gardner is a Corinth native who currently lives in Starkville. He may be contacted at [email protected], or visit his website at http://www.danlgard-ner.com.)

Don’t expect clueless politicians to fix economy

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A verse to share

You could almost hear the hands rubbing together in glee in President Barack Obama’s political shop at the failure of the congressio-nal super committee. How the president’s politicos must welcome a new count in the indictment against the “do-nothing Congress.”

The phrase famously originates from the 1948 presidential election when Harry Truman (who bor-rowed it from a reporter) used it to lambaste a just-elected Republican Con-gress and claw his way to an upset re-election victory. Hopeful Democrats think “Give ‘em hell, Barry” can use the 1948 template to overcome his poor stand-ing in the polls in another victory over another new, unpopular Republican Con-gress.

That the Truman cam-paign is a template at all is a measure of Obama’s desperation, and of his de-fi nitive termination of the politics of hope and change. We associate 1948 with the smiling, triumphant Tru-man holding up a post-election copy of the Chicago Daily Tribune with the er-roneous headline “Dewey Defeats Truman.” That’s because there are no com-pelling photos of the low demagoguery that fueled

his re-elec-tion.

In his book “The Last Cam-paign,” Zach-ary Karabell writes: “It was a cam-paign of us and them, of anger and bitterness, of

the haves and have-nots. Truman fought to lead the country for another four years, and to achieve that victory he was willing to sow dissension, stir up fear, and slander his opponents.” In this sense, President Obama is sure to channel the Spirit of ‘48.

At his whistle-stops, Tru-man ranted: “The Republi-can gluttons of privilege are cold men. They are cunning men. And it is their con-stant aim to put the govern-ment of the United States under the control of men like themselves. They want a return of the Wall Street economic dictatorship.” Subtle. This was when he wasn’t comparing Repub-licans to Hitler and Tojo as threats to democracy.

Obama’s rhetoric isn’t so purple, but his agenda has boiled down to tax in-creases for the rich, a politi-cally popular wedge issue

that Democrats leverage at every opportunity. Want to reduce the defi cit by $1.2 trillion over the next 10 years when we’re set to spend roughly another $45 trillion? Sorry, it can’t be done without tax increases on the rich. Want to extend the temporary payroll tax cut? Sorry, it must be paid for with tax increases on the rich. Tax increases on the rich have become the Dem-ocrats’ alpha and omega, their sine qua non of gov-ernment.

Harry Truman, the nasty virtuoso of crude populism, would surely approve. But as Jay Cost pointed out in an essay for The Weekly Standard, Truman ben-efi ted in 1948 from condi-tions that Barack Obama, no matter how vigorous his hell-giving, can only envy.

Truman ran against the backdrop of popular New Deal legislation of recent vintage; Obama’s signature pieces of legislation, the stimulus and ObamaCare, stink in the nostrils of the American public. Truman used a brief downturn in the economy toward the end of 1948 to his advantage, win-ning over the Midwest by blaming Republicans for not doing enough to al-leviate falling crop prices; any downtick in this tenu-

ous economy will be a di-saster for Obama. Truman ran against a Republican in Thomas Dewey who was reluctant to attack him; Obama’s opponent will happily blast away.

Then there’s the matter of Democratic complicity in Congress doing nothing. Super committee Demo-crats rejected a last-ditch Republican offer of about $600 billion in consensus savings. The GOP wanted to salvage something; the Democrats wanted nothing – at least nothing without a tax increase. If President Obama were so worried about the defi cit stalemate, he could publicly offer his own package of specifi c entitlement savings that would immediately break the logjam. He can’t be-cause his base won’t abide it, and a substantial bi-partisan accomplishment would undo his campaign theme.

It’s too cynical by half, but Obama is going to make like Truman: He’ll buckle his chin strap, say anything to win and, if he succeeds, hope history cleans up the ugly affair later.

(Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review. He can be reached via e-mail: [email protected].)

Obama sure to channel the Spirit of ’48

In the spirit of the holiday season I have a gift for you: a freshly minted Herman Cain joke.

Q: Mr. Cain, what about Libya?

A: I never laid a hand on her.

But life isn’t all jokes and foolishness. It just seems that way when you’re deal-ing with politics. There are serious issues to be ad-dressed – college football, for example.

The grimmest college scandal in memory has erupted at Penn State, a quiet university deep in the Pennsylvania mountains, dedicated to academic ex-cellence and watching foot-ball.

One of its most widely re-spected football fi gures – a retired assistant coach of national reputation – has been persuasively accused of being a serial pedophile who used his access to the university and its athletic department to enhance the practice of his perversion.

Worse yet, the entire hi-erarchy of the school – from head coach to athletic direc-tor to president – seems to have turned a blind eye to

the situation. For years.

W h i c h would be bad enough if it h a p p e n e d at just any football-fi rst-a n d - e v e r y -thing-e lse-be-damned school (of

which there are many), but Penn State has long been considered the gold stan-dard of football integrity. It was big-time football the way it should be. Its ancient coach, Joe Paterno, was without rival when it came to reputation.

Now the president, the athletic director, and Pa-terno have been fi red, and Paterno’s name has been taken off the trophy award-ed to conference champions – the football equivalent of being brought before the troops at dress parade and having the epaulets and brass buttons ripped from your uniform.

Not many things shock me anymore, but I confess to being shocked at the Penn State scandal.

On another front, I’m not

so much shocked as disap-pointed at the number of people who don’t have a clue when it comes to Occu-py Wall Street and the rest of the Occupy movement.

Talking heads and edi-torial writers have looked disapprovingly at the (mostly) young people set-ting up camp in fi nancial districts around the nation and asked, “What do they want?” Or even, without irony, “Why don’t they get a job?”

And that’s the point, isn’t it? There are no jobs; not the kind the protesters have gone to college and trained for.

Times are hard for new graduates these days. I doubt that their future has been this bleak since the Great Depression. On av-erage, they graduate more than $25,000 in hock, often facing bleak job prospects. Then they look at Wall Street and the big banks and see the very people who gamed this economy into disaster still making mil-lions of dollars a year play-ing the same games and complaining about taxes.

Walmart sales are down

because people are skimp-ing on things like milk and meat. At the same time, Saks Fifth Avenue is sell-ing lots of $1,000 handbags and $2,000 suits.

What do they want, the protesters? They want jus-tice, for openers. They want the kind of society they were promised, one that gives people an equal chance at success if they’re willing to work for it.

They don’t want a society where the top 1 percent of the population commands more than one-fi fth of the nation’s income and more of than 35 percent of its wealth, a society ruled by a corporate elite whose only religion is greed.

They don’t want a society where in tough times the only people asked to make sacrifi ces are the old, the young, and the poor.

More than anything, they want their future back.

It’s not a lot to ask, actu-ally, not if we really are the exceptional nation we pre-tend to be.

(OtherWords columnist Donald Kaul lives in Ann Arbor, Mich. otherwords.org)

Current issues cause shock, disappointment

Danny Gardner

Columnist

Creator of goodness and beauty, in each new day, encourage us by your faithfulness and delight us by the constant surprises you bring. Amen.

The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. . . . and Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

— Matthew 1: 1, 16

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National Review

State

Daily Corinthian • Thursday, December 1, 2011 • 5

JACKSON — Former Mississippi Gov. William Waller Sr., who as a dis-trict attorney twice un-successfully prosecuted the man eventually con-victed of killing civil rights leader Medgar Evers, has died. He was 85.

Waller’s law offi ce said he died Wednesday, but declined to release other details. Waller died at St. Dominic Hospital in Jack-son, where he had been admitted Tuesday night.

Funeral arrangements were incomplete. A list of survivors was not im-mediately available.

The Democrat served from 1972-76 — a time when Mississippi gover-nors were limited to one term.

Waller also served as district attorney in Hinds County in the 1960s and twice tried to get a conviction against Byron De La Beckwith for Evers’ assassination. In 1994, prosecutor Bob-by DeLaughter was able to secure a guilty verdict when blacks were able to serve on the jury.

“Under the circum-stances, I think we did the very best job that we could,” Waller said in a 2001 interview with The Associated Press “I think the jury was taking the position that they wanted to be convinced beyond a reasonable doubt, to a moral cer-tainty, and a lot of jurors interpret that as eyewit-ness, direct proof.”

Charles Evers, the brother of Medgar Evers, said it’s unlikely Beckwith would have been convicted some 30 years later if it weren’t for Waller laying the foundation with the two trials in the 1960s.

“He was a true devoted Mississippian who be-lieved in law and order. He believed that if you com-mitted a crime you paid the price. He tried Byron Del Beckwith twice, which was unheard of in those days to prosecute a white man for doing anything to a black man.

“He did everything he could. He just couldn’t get a conviction,” Evers said.

Waller ran an unsuc-cessful campaign for gov-ernor in 1967 but turned

things around in 1971, when he rallied against the “Capitol Street” gang that was supporting his opponent. Waller, a Democrat, went on to win the general election over Charles Evers, an independent candidate.

Former Gov. William Winter, who was the lieutenant governor dur-ing Waller’s administra-tion, said he was sad-dened to hear a longtime contemporary had died. Winter said Waller was a friend and a success-ful governor who tried to do what he thought was best for Mississippi.

“He contributed much to the progress of Mis-sissippi. We are all in-debted to him for his leadership,” Winter said. “Bill Waller was forth-right. He was frank, can-did. He spoke his opin-ions in a way that didn’t always please people, but he called it just like he saw it.”

Gov. Haley Barbo-ur said in a statement that “Mississippians have lost a great leader who launched an era of change that continues to this day.”

Former Gov. Waller diesBY JACK ELLIOTT JR.

AND HOLBROOK MOHRAssociated PressDrainage project

money sought

NATCHEZ — Natchez officials say they intend to finish the North Nat-chez Drainage Project even if they have to bor-row the money.

City Engineer David Gardner said $750,000 is needed to finish the proj-ect. Gardner says he and his staff are working to find grants to help match the $4 million already pro-vided for the work.

He says the city has several pending grant applications with sev-eral agencies for various programs, including the Delta Regional Authority and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Charity apologizes for Seabee statue

BILOXI — A veterans’ charity group is apologiz-ing for mistakes on a Seabee statue.

The group was con-tacted when local Navy veterans noticed the hat atop the statue’s head wasn’t correct for a Navy chief petty officer. The insignia on the hat re-sembles one on a U.S. Coast Guard hat.

Others noticed the medals were displayed on the outside of the coat’s lapel, instead of under it.

The group known as Operation Never Forget uses donations to fund memorial busts of fallen military personnel.

‘Green’ cottages part of housing development

PASS CHRISTIAN — A new neighborhood in downtown Pass Christian is expected to appeal to people who want to live and work in the heart of Gulf Coast town.

The neighborhood is a mixture of MEMA cot-tages and what’s being called “green cottages.” There are 40 cottages in all.

Twenty of the rental homes are one-story, refurbished Mississippi Cottages that were do-nated by a nonprofit group.

The rest are two-story cottages designed to be energy efficient, from the electrical and water fixtures to the appli-ances. Part of the fund-ing comes from a grant that supports building “greener” homes.

The cottages are ex-pected to be finished in mid-February. There are one-, two- and three-bedroom models. The rent ranges from $500 a month to $1,200 a month.

Borsig: MUW won’t close, merge

COLUMBUS — Jim Borsig, the preferred candidate to become president of Mississippi University for Women, says the university is not going to close or merge.

Borsig also said MUW, which has also enrolled men since 1982, won’t abandon its historic mission of educating women.

“The women’s mis-sion is important, but it doesn’t have to be our only mission,” Borsig said Wednesday during an on-campus meeting with civic leaders.

The state College Board was expected to offer him the MUW presi-dency Wednesday after he spent several hours meeting with students, faculty and other groups on campus. The job pays $218,000 a year, with about $25,000 of that coming from the univer-sity’s foundation.

Borsig is currently the associate commissioner for external relations and public policy at the Col-lege Board.

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WASHINGTON — The coordinated plan that the Federal Reserve and other central banks an-nounced Wednesday is intended to ease fi nancial strains that threaten Eu-rope’s common currency and could tip the global economy into recession.

The Fed, the European Central Bank, the Bank of England and the central banks of Canada, Japan and Switzerland said they would make it easier for banks to get dollars if they need them. Stocks soared in response.

The plan helped boost confi dence among in-vestors and lenders and shows that the banks are able to take coordinated action to encourage lend-ing. But it isn’t a perma-nent fi x for the broader crisis in Europe: Debt burdens are overwhelm-ing Spain, Italy and other nations and raising fears that they’ll go into default. Banks that hold much of that debt have been reluc-tant to lend to each other.

Earlier, markets had fallen after the fi nance ministers of the 17 coun-tries that use the euro failed to reach an agree-ment on resolving the cri-sis. That means major dis-putes will now have to be addressed by the leaders of all 27 countries in the European Union who will hold their own meeting next Friday in Brussels.

Here are some ques-tions and answers about the crisis:

Q: Why the urgency now?

A: Earlier efforts, like bailouts of Greece, Por-tugal and Ireland, haven’t convinced investors that European policymakers can or will ease the crush-ing debts of some Europe-an nations. Jittery inves-tors are demanding that European governments pay ever-higher inter-

est rates on their bonds. Yields on Italian bonds, for instance, top 7 per-cent. That’s considered unsustainable. Even Ger-many, Europe’s economic powerhouse, struggled to sell bonds last week.

Q: Why are higher interest rates such a problem?

A: Governments have to pay more interest on their debts. So they can’t spend as much on goods and services that fuel eco-nomic growth. The econ-omy slows. Tax revenue then falls. The cost of un-employment benefi ts and other social programs ris-es. Some countries might abandon the euro, plung-ing the continent and per-haps the world’s economy into recession.

Q: Why would coun-tries want to jettison the euro and go back to their own curren-cies?

A: To become more ec-onomically nimble. When they joined together 12 years ago, the 17 eurozone gave up their currencies and adopted the euro, and they surrendered control of their interest-rate poli-cies to a new European Central Bank. That meant they couldn’t cut rates to boost their economies. Nor could they reduce the value of their currencies, to give their exporters an edge. (A lower currency makes exports cheaper for foreigners to buy.) Abandoning the euro would let them escape an economic trap.

Q: How did Europe get into this mess?

A: The euro made it easier to do business across Europe and made the continent a potent economic bloc. Yet the experiment was fl awed. Countries were harnessed to one another despite different economies and cultures. Banks lent at low rates even to weaker coun-tries like Greece. The euro meant lenders didn’t have

to worry that individual countries would suffer in-fl ation that would have reduced the value of their loans. Governments over-spent for years and got away with it because they could borrow at low rates. But once the Great Reces-sion hit hard, their debts became devastating.

Q: Why is a solution so hard?

A: The ECB and Germa-ny have resisted aggres-sive action. Many econo-mists want the central bank to buy the debt of Italy and other struggling countries. That would push down interest rates and ease those countries’ borrowing costs. The ECB has bought Italian and Spanish bonds. But it’s loath to do so in a big way. The ECB says it must control infl ation, not be a lender of last resort to gov-ernments. And it doesn’t want to set a precedent for bailing out fi nancially ailing nations. Germany opposes one idea — creat-ing joint bonds backed by the whole eurozone — be-cause it fears its own bor-rowing costs would surge if it had to borrow jointly with weaker countries.

Q: What options have European offi -cials considered?

A: Things that would have been unthinkable just weeks ago. One op-tion would be to have countries cede control of their budgets to a central authority. That author-ity would stop countries from spending beyond their means. There has also been talk of forming an elite group of euro na-tions to guarantee each other’s loans. It would require fi scal discipline from any country that wants to join. Once that happens, the ECB might be more willing to buy government bonds ag-gressively, thereby push-ing down interest rates and easing governments’ debt burdens.

WASHINGTON — Obama administra-tion offi cials promised Wednesday to make changes before the Christmas travel sea-son aimed at preventing nightmare scenarios like the one in October when hundreds of passengers were trapped for hours on planes in Hartford, Conn., during a freak snowstorm.

“We can act fast,” Fed-eral Aviation Administra-tor Randy Babbitt said as he and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood discussed the changes with reporters.

Babbitt described a di-sastrous scene at Brad-ley International Airport in which airliner tugs couldn’t get traction on the ice, power outages

shut down luggage belts and other problems.

Much of the chaos might have been miti-gated with better commu-nication among airlines, airports and air traffi c controllers, he said.

Planes crammed with hundreds of passengers on Oct. 29 could have been accommodated at other airports if airlines had known so many fl ights were going to Hartford, Babbitt said. Instead, travelers were stuck on planes, some for more than seven hours, after 28 fl ights were di-verted to Bradley because of weather and equip-ment problems at New York area airports.

Transportation Depart-ment rules limit tarmac delays to a maximum of three hours before air-lines must allow passen-gers to get off the plane. Airlines that exceed that limit face fi nes of up to $27,500 per person. But sometimes the lack of open gates or Customs of-fi cials make it impossible for airlines to let passen-gers disembark.

In the October storm, carriers only knew of their own diversions and not what other airlines were doing, Babbitt said

No one, including con-trollers, had a complete picture of what was hap-pening, Babbitt told over 100 aviation offi cials at a forum on tarmac delays hosted Wednesday by

FAA and the Transporta-tion Department.

“There is a lot of knowl-edge out there,” Babbitt said. “If everyone had ac-cess to the whole picture they wouldn’t have con-tinued to send planes to (Bradley).”

The diversions over-whelmed Bradley, which has only 23 gates. The airport received 20 inches of snow during the storm, which marked the fi rst time that area of Connect-icut had received over an inch of snow in October in more than a century of record-keeping, a Nation-al Weather Service offi cial told the forum.

The storm knocked out power to the airport sev-eral times during the day. Luggage belts quit work-ing. Tugs that move planes out of the way couldn’t get traction on the ice. Planes had trouble refueling and de-icing because of the power outages, prevent-ing departures. Seven of the diverted planes were international fl ights, but there weren’t enough Customs offi cials working to handle a large number of unexpected passengers who had to wait for more offi cials to arrive.

If a plane can’t get de-iced, “you might as well just weld the aircraft to the ramp — it’s not going anywhere,” Babbitt said.

And if planes can’t de-part, there’s no room to unload planes that have landed.

GOP: Offsetting cutsmust cover tax relief

WASHINGTON — Any extension of this year’s payroll tax cut must be paid for with savings from elsewhere in the budget, House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday.

Boehner’s comment meant that House and Senate Republicans are united in demanding that any even-tual measure, which could cost over $100 billion, not add to the federal deficit. It also suggested that Presi-dent Barack Obama and Congress would have to find mutually accept-able savings before any extension could become law.

The current tax cut expires Jan. 1.

U.S. finds reassurancein Egypt’s voting

WASHINGTON — The Obama ad-ministration offered tempered praise this week as millions of Egyptians cast ballots in an election likely to be the country’s freest and fairest ever — a vote the U.S. insisted go forward despite objections by pro-democracy street protesters.

The administration wanted timely elections even though they risked leaving the U.S. with less influence and fewer friends in the Middle East.

After two days of largely peaceful voting marked by high turnouts, U.S. spokesmen termed Egypt’s first vote since Hosni Mubarak’s ouster a suc-cess. They focused on the openness of the parliamentary election and not on the Islamic hardliners who may end up the big winners — or what that might mean for U.S. policy or U.S. ally Israel.

“I congratulate the Egyptian people for a peaceful, successful start to their election process,” Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said in

a statement Wednesday.

Cain accuser stands byclaim of longtime affair

WASHINGTON — An Atlanta busi-nesswoman who has asserted she had a longstanding affair with Repub-lican presidential candidate Herman Cain stood by her story Wednesday despite his denials, saying she was not proud to admit it.

“Our relationship was on and off for the last 13, 14 years,” Ginger White said in a nationally broadcast inter-view. “This was not a consistent love affair that went on every day for the last 14 years, so he is correct when he made that statement.”

But White also said she was “dis-appointed” that Cain reportedly re-ferred to her as a “troubled Atlanta businesswoman.”

U.S. scrambles tocontain Pakistan fallout

WASHINGTON — The Obama ad-ministration scrambled diplomatically Tuesday to repair the damage caused by a NATO air assault that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, hoping Pakistan won’t play spoiler in the U.S.-backed plan to shore up Afghanistan’s se-curity and bring international forces home.

Senior State and Defense Depart-ment officials were reaching out to their counterparts in Islamabad, while the first battlefield accounts suggested that NATO and Pakistani forces may have attacked one an-other in a tragic case of mistaken identity, with each believing the other was Taliban.

A U.S. investigation was under way into the incident, the deadliest among allies in the decade-long fight against al-Qaida and other extremist groups along the Afghan-Pakistani frontier.

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A-B-C-DAES Corp 14 12.08 +.43AK Steel ... 8.46 +1.00vjAMR ... .32 +.06AT&T Inc 15 28.98 +.92AbtLab 19 54.55 +1.50AcmePkt 47 33.43 +.06ActivsBliz 19 12.42 +.33AdobeSy 15 27.42 +1.35AdvATch lf ... 5.75 +1.41AMD 4 5.69 +.37Aetna 9 41.82 +1.89AkamaiT 29 28.91 +1.17AlcatelLuc ... 1.62 +.04Alcoa 10 10.02 +.71Allstate 39 26.79 +1.26AlphaNRs 56 24.00 +3.16AlteraCp lf 14 37.67 +2.77Altria 17 28.69 +.74Amazon ... 192.29 +3.90AMovilL s 10 23.82 +.45ACapAgy 4 28.69 +.51AEagleOut 17 13.91 +.48AEP 11 39.68 +1.42AmExp 12 48.04 +2.49AmIntlGrp 2 23.31 +2.18AmTower 86 59.00 +1.26Amgen 14 57.91 +1.77Anadarko ... 81.27 +4.51Annaly 8 16.07 +.27AntaresP ... 2.62 +.04Apache 10 99.44 +6.48AptInv ... 21.78 +1.49Apple Inc 14 382.20 +9.00ApldMatl 7 10.78 +.53ArcelorMit 9 18.89 +2.31ArchCoal 14 16.39 +1.78ArchDan 9 30.12 +1.06ArenaPhm ... 1.58 +.19AresCap 9 15.56 +.73AssuredG 20 9.70 +.36Atmel 8 8.87 +.20Avon 10 17.00 +.42BB&T Cp 15 23.17 +1.50BHP BillLt ... 75.17 +5.50BP PLC 16 43.55 +2.55Baidu 51 130.99 +6.07BakrHu 15 54.61 +3.59BcoBrades ... 16.50 +1.10BcoSantSA ... 7.48 +.32BcoSBrasil ... 7.72 +.51BkofAm ... 5.44 +.37BkNYMel 9 19.46 +1.38Barclay ... 11.65 +1.13Bar iPVix ... 41.81 -4.07BarrickG 12 52.88 +2.95Baxter 14 51.66 +2.24BerkH B 17 78.76 +3.63BestBuy 9 27.09 -.77BlockHR 14 15.73 +.55Boeing 14 68.69 +3.43BostonSci 16 5.90 +.35BreitBurn 21 18.50 +1.25BrigExp 23 36.43 -.01BrMySq 17 32.72 +1.22Broadcom 18 30.34 +1.11Broadwd h ... .66 -.04BrcdeCm 30 5.38 +.14CA Inc 13 21.20 +.82CBRE Grp 21 16.81 +1.68CBS B 15 26.04 +1.42CSX s 13 21.71 +1.03CVS Care 15 38.84 +1.16Calpine ... 15.04 +.04CapOne 6 44.66 +3.13CapitlSrce 34 6.45 +.43Carlisle 16 44.60 +1.86Carnival 14 33.20 +1.15Caterpillar 15 97.88 +7.34Cemex ... 4.66 +.34CenterPnt 15 19.90 +.68CntryLink 17 37.52 +1.17CheniereEn ... 10.10 +.10ChesEng 8 25.34 +1.56Chevron 8 102.82 +5.43Chicos 13 10.40 +.15Chimera 5 2.67 +.10CienaCorp ... 12.11 +.63Cisco 16 18.64 +.96Citigrp rs 7 27.48 +2.24Clearwire ... 1.78 +.20CliffsNRs 5 67.81 +4.70Coach 21 62.59 +2.39CocaCola 12 67.23 +1.04Comcast 16 22.67 +.92Comc spcl 16 22.36 +.80Comerica 12 25.22 +1.28CmclMtls ... 13.98 -.01ConAgra 14 25.26 +.73ConocPhil 9 71.32 +3.18Corning 6 13.27 +.08CSVelIVSt s ... 5.71 +.48CredSuiss ... 24.21 +1.75Cummins 11 96.33 +7.86DDR Corp ... 11.69 +.82DR Horton 52 11.91 +.66DanaHldg 28 12.46 +.57Danaher 18 48.38 +1.83Deere 12 79.25 +3.41Dell Inc 8 15.76 +.82DeltaAir 11 8.12 +.32DenburyR 13 16.90 +.92Dndreon ... 8.64 +.58DeutschBk ... 39.28 +3.74DevonE 6 65.46 +3.55Dex One h ... 1.31 -.26DigitalRlt 51 63.50 +.36DirecTV A 15 47.22 +1.55DxFnBull rs ... 62.04 +9.32DrSCBr rs ... 28.20 -6.09DirFnBr rs ... 41.33 -8.87DrxEnBear ... 11.51 -2.06DirxSCBull ... 44.84 +6.72DirxEnBull ... 49.21 +6.71Discover 6 23.82 +1.08Disney 14 35.85 +1.85DomRescs 18 51.62 +1.27DonlleyRR 10 15.02 +.55Dover 13 54.97 +1.97DowChm 12 27.71 +1.96DryShips ... 2.25 +.11DuPont 13 47.72 +2.64DukeEngy 16 20.85 +.64Dynavax ... 3.11 +.13

E-F-G-HE-Trade 38 9.18 +.48eBay 22 29.59 +.84EMC Cp 23 23.01 +.62EKodak ... 1.08 -.02Ecolab 26 57.02 +1.55ElPasoCp ... 25.01 -.19ElectArts ... 23.19 +1.50EmersonEl 16 52.25 +3.15EmpDist 17 21.05 +.61EnCana g 36 20.05 +.88EricsnTel ... 10.63 +.80Exelis n ... 8.94 -.15Exelon 12 44.31 +1.37ExpScripts 18 45.65 +2.45ExxonMbl 10 80.44 +3.51FedExCp 17 83.08 +4.50FifthThird 10 12.09 +.87Finisar 21 18.44 +1.33FstHorizon 32 7.70 +.48FstNiagara 13 8.80 +.38FlagstBc h ... .52 -.08Flextrn 8 5.97 +.45FocusMda 15 18.52 +1.44FordM 5 10.60 +.61ForestOil s 15 16.04 +1.96FosterWhl 14 18.55 +1.04FMCG s 7 39.60 +3.12FrontierCm 38 5.72 +.25Fusion-io n ... 33.49 -.38GATX 22 42.69 +3.65GNC n ... 27.27 +.04Gafisa SA ... 6.02 +.31Gannett 5 10.86 +.55Gap 11 18.69 +.72

NYSE

INDEXES

Name Vol (00) Last Chg

BkofAm 4012976 5.44 +.37

S&P500ETF2539103 124.99 +4.94

SPDR Fncl 1289415 12.81 +.75

GenElec 945825 15.91 +.99

iShEMkts 847884 40.01 +2.35

GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)Name Last Chg %Chg

FutureFuel 12.65 +2.32 +22.5PatriotCoal 10.41 +1.73 +19.9iP LXR2K 51.79 +8.57 +19.8PzenaInv 4.92 +.81 +19.7SunTr wtB 2.12 +.34 +19.1

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)Name Last Chg %Chg

52-Week Net YTD 52-wkHigh Low Name Last Chg %Chg %Chg %Chg

C-TrCVOL 37.75 -9.11 -19.4DrxRsaBear 28.04 -6.58 -19.0DirEMBear 18.12 -4.18 -18.7DrSCBr rs 28.20 -6.09 -17.8DirFnBr rs 41.33 -8.87 -17.7

DIARYAdvanced 2,713Declined 402Unchanged 51Total issues 3,166New Highs 105New Lows 23

DIARYAdvanced 344Declined 128Unchanged 24Total issues 496New Highs 13New Lows 9

DIARYAdvanced 2,144Declined 460Unchanged 77Total issues 2,681New Highs 59New Lows 58


Aerosonic 3.09 +.59 +23.6AvalRare n 3.34 +.63 +23.2ProlorBio 4.36 +.77 +21.4Argan 14.00 +2.18 +18.4PernixTh 8.00 +1.13 +16.4


ASpecRlty 9.00 -1.23 -12.0PyramidOil 3.80 -.20 -5.0FieldPnt 3.05 -.16 -5.0Medgenic n 3.25 -.16 -4.7MexcoEn 7.09 -.29 -3.9


CarverB rs 6.10 +4.60 +306.7Helios rsh 2.07 +.82 +65.6Zoltek 8.21 +2.48 +43.3CIFC Corp 5.59 +1.45 +35.0AdvATch lf 5.75 +1.41 +32.4


LandBncp 16.11 -5.37 -25.0ImperlSgr 4.42 -1.08 -19.6PorterBcp 2.15 -.45 -17.3Poniard rs 4.71 -.79 -14.4HorizPh n 5.21 -.76 -12.7


AMEX


NovaGld g 52969 11.49 +.78

AntaresP 52781 2.62 +.04

CheniereEn 48824 10.10 +.10

NwGold g 47067 11.09 +.69

GoldStr g 38538 2.07 +.21


NASDAQ


Microsoft 766672 25.58 +.74

Cisco 718210 18.64 +.96

SiriusXM 716233 1.80 +.08

Intel 698970 24.91 +1.33

PwShs QQQ 580137 56.39 +2.01

American BeaconLgCpVlInv 17.77 +0.79 -4.1

American CentEqIncInv 7.15 +0.22 +1.0GrowthInv 25.83 +1.04UltraInv 23.27 +0.93 +2.7ValueInv 5.54 +0.23 -2.0

American FundsAMCAPA m 18.88 +0.72 +0.6BalA m 18.17 +0.52 +3.0BondA m 12.46 +5.3CapIncBuA m49.21 +1.14 +1.4CapWldBdA m20.52 +0.11 +3.1CpWldGrIA m32.57 +1.20 -7.0EurPacGrA m36.65 +1.32 -11.4FnInvA m 35.55 +1.42 -2.2GrthAmA m 29.30 +1.13 -3.7HiIncA m 10.54 +0.08IncAmerA m 16.56 +0.41 +3.1IntBdAmA m 13.57 -0.01 +3.1InvCoAmA m27.08 +1.03 -2.5MutualA m 25.56 +0.87 +2.8NewEconA m24.14 +0.87 -4.7NewPerspA m26.91 +1.03 -6.0NwWrldA m 47.96 +1.62 -12.1SmCpWldA m33.90 +1.27 -12.8TaxEBdAmA m12.32 +8.1USGovSecA m14.61 -0.03 +6.8WAMutInvA m28.10 +1.11 +5.1

AquilaChTxFKYA m10.68 +7.6

ArtisanIntl d 20.52 +0.79 -5.4MdCpVal 21.30 +0.83 +6.1MidCap 34.48 +1.56 +2.5

BaronGrowth b 51.38 +2.23 +1.9

BernsteinDiversMui 14.62 +5.4IntDur 14.11 +6.1TxMIntl 13.16 +0.57 -16.3

BlackRockEngy&ResA m35.74 +2.45 -9.1EqDivA m 17.95 +0.69 +3.8EqDivI 17.99 +0.69 +4.0GlobAlcA m 18.84 +0.53 -2.2GlobAlcC m 17.53 +0.49 -2.9GlobAlcI d 18.94 +0.53 -2.0

CalamosGrowA m 50.46 +2.20 -5.5

ColumbiaAcornIntZ 35.29 +1.23 -11.6AcornZ 28.78 +1.39 -3.5StLgCpGrZ 12.53 +0.57 +0.9ValRestrZ 45.77 +2.36 -8.6

DFA1YrFixInI 10.34 +0.62YrGlbFII 10.22 +0.01 +0.85YrGlbFII 11.15 -0.01 +3.6EmMkCrEqI 17.93 +0.68 -18.1EmMktValI 27.55 +1.13 -22.8IntSmCapI 14.37 +0.59 -15.2USCorEq2I 10.57 +0.50 -2.8USLgValI 19.13 +0.90 -3.9USSmValI 23.34 +1.37 -8.5USSmallI 20.48 +1.13 -3.7

DWS-ScudderGrIncS 16.24 +0.69 +0.3

DavisNYVentA m 32.63 +1.32 -5.0NYVentY 33.04 +1.33 -4.8

Delaware InvestDiverIncA m 9.28 -0.02 +4.7

Dimensional InvestmeIntCorEqI 9.59 +0.44 -12.9IntlSCoI 14.73 +0.59 -12.8IntlValuI 15.30 +0.75 -14.6

Dodge & CoxBal 67.15 +2.37 -2.7Income 13.25 -0.01 +3.3IntlStk 30.81 +1.35 -13.7Stock 100.98 +4.71 -5.1

DreyfusApprecia 40.47 +1.49 +6.0

Eaton VanceLrgCpValA m16.97 +0.74 -6.0

FMILgCap 15.29 +0.54 +0.9

FPACres d 27.29 +0.63 +2.8NewInc m 10.73 -0.01 +2.0

Fairholme FundsFairhome d 25.10 +1.33 -29.5

FederatedToRetIs 11.28 +5.0

FidelityAstMgr50 15.08 +0.33 -0.8Bal 18.19 +0.47 +1.1BlChGrow 43.14 +1.83 -1.2Canada d 51.95 +2.42 -10.7CapApr 24.70 +0.99 -2.5CapInc d 8.64 +0.08 -3.6Contra 68.29 +2.50 +0.9DiscEq 21.69 +0.92 -3.7DivGrow 25.99 +1.26 -8.3DivrIntl d 26.71 +1.11 -11.4EqInc 40.73 +1.65 -6.6EqInc II 17.03 +0.67 -5.4FF2015 11.25 +0.23 -0.4FF2035 10.92 +0.35 -4.4FF2040 7.62 +0.25 -4.5Fidelity 31.33 +1.27 -2.3FltRtHiIn d 9.63 +0.02 +0.9Free2010 13.48 +0.26 -0.4Free2020 13.54 +0.31 -1.4Free2025 11.18 +0.31 -2.6Free2030 13.28 +0.38 -3.2GNMA 11.86 +7.2GovtInc 10.82 -0.02 +7.0GrowCo 85.29 +3.50 +2.6GrowInc 17.95 +0.75 -0.7HiInc d 8.50 +0.04 +0.6IntBond 10.80 -0.01 +5.1IntMuniInc d 10.32 +6.3IntlDisc d 28.64 +1.15 -13.3InvGrdBd 7.64 -0.01 +6.5LatinAm d 49.93 +2.11 -15.4LowPriStk d 35.98 +1.29 +0.2Magellan 63.47 +2.79 -11.3MidCap d 26.96 +1.11 -1.7MuniInc d 12.85 +8.7NewMktIn d 15.86 +0.08 +6.5OTC 56.00 +2.39 +1.9Puritan 17.68 +0.45Series100Idx 8.85 +0.37 +1.3ShTmBond 8.48 +1.5StratInc 10.97 +0.04 +3.2Tel&Util 16.95 +0.47 +8.6TotalBd 10.87 -0.01 +6.0USBdIdxInv 11.69 -0.02 +6.5Value 63.81 +2.97 -7.1

Fidelity AdvisorNewInsA m 19.96 +0.72 +0.2NewInsI 20.19 +0.73 +0.4StratIncA m 12.27 +0.05 +3.1

Fidelity SelectGold d 49.84 +3.03 -2.5

Fidelity Spartan500IdxAdvtg 44.30 +1.84 +1.0500IdxInstl 44.31 +1.85 NA500IdxInv 44.30 +1.84 +1.0ExtMktIdI d 36.27 +1.74 -3.8IntlIdxIn d 31.45 +1.35 -10.3TotMktIdAg d36.40 +1.56 +0.2TotMktIdI d 36.39 +1.56 +0.2

First EagleGlbA m 46.65 +1.47 +0.6OverseasA m21.96 +0.62 -3.1

FrankTemp-FrankFed TF A m 12.00 -0.01+10.0

FrankTemp-FranklinCA TF A m 7.01 +8.9

Name P/E Last Chg

5,628,691,001Volume 115,574,141Volume 2,370,194,129Volume

10,500

11,000

11,500

12,000

12,500

13,000

NJ J A S O

11,160

11,660

12,160Dow Jones industrialsClose: 12,045.68Change: 490.05 (4.2%)

10 DAYS

HY TF A m 10.12 +10.2Income A m 2.06 +0.04 +0.2Income C m 2.08 +0.04 -0.3IncomeAdv 2.05 +0.04 +0.3NY TF A m 11.70 -0.01 +8.3RisDv A m 34.69 +1.28 +5.6US Gov A m 6.92 +6.2

FrankTemp-MutualDiscov A m 27.34 +0.90 -4.0Discov Z 27.74 +0.90 -3.7Shares A m 19.78 +0.68 -3.3Shares Z 19.98 +0.69 -3.0

FrankTemp-TempletonFgn A m 6.29 +0.26 -9.9GlBond A m 12.73 +0.14 -3.5GlBond C m 12.75 +0.14 -3.9GlBondAdv 12.69 +0.14 -3.4Growth A m 16.81 +0.69 -5.5World A m 14.13 +0.57 -4.8

Franklin TempletonFndAllA m 10.01 +0.32 -2.9

GMOEmgMktsVI 11.69 +0.49 -13.6IntItVlIV 19.49 +0.81 -9.0QuIII 21.83 +0.68+10.2QuVI 21.84 +0.68+10.4

Goldman SachsHiYieldIs d 6.80 +0.05 -0.1

HarborBond 12.09 +0.04 +1.9CapApInst 37.71 +1.51 +2.7IntlInstl d 54.87 +2.56 -9.4

HartfordCapAprA m 29.42 +1.43 -19.2CpApHLSIA 37.74 +1.76 -15.1DvGrHLSIA 19.33 +0.83 -5.0

HussmanStratGrth d 12.79 -0.14 +5.2

INVESCOCharterA m 16.30 +0.62 +0.8ComstockA m15.05 +0.68 -3.3EqIncomeA m 8.20 +0.24 -3.2GrowIncA m 18.24 +0.77 -4.3

IvyAssetStrA m 23.70 +1.11 -2.9AssetStrC m 22.88 +1.07 -3.6

JPMorganCoreBondA x11.80 -0.05 +6.2CoreBondSelect x11.79-0.05+6.4HighYldSel x 7.65 +0.3ShDurBndSel x10.97 -0.01 +1.5USLCpCrPS 20.09 +0.88 -2.8

JanusGlbLfScT d 24.66 +0.95 +6.1OverseasT d 36.21 +1.40 -28.5PerkinsMCVT22.09 +0.82 -2.1

John HancockLifBa1 b 12.46 +0.32 -2.2LifGr1 b 12.27 +0.42 -4.4

LazardEmgMkEqtI d18.61 +0.78 -14.2

Legg Mason/WesternCrPlBdIns 11.00 -0.01 +5.4

Longleaf PartnersLongPart 26.74 +1.20 -3.0

Loomis SaylesBondI 13.96 +0.14 +2.7BondR b 13.90 +0.13 +2.3

Lord AbbettAffiliatA m 10.46 +0.50 -8.9BondDebA m 7.53 +0.05 +2.0ShDurIncA m 4.53 +0.01 +2.5ShDurIncC m 4.55 +1.7

MFSTotRetA x 13.98 +0.33 +1.3ValueA m 22.38 +0.95 -5.0ValueI 22.48 +0.95 -4.8

Manning & NapierWrldOppA 7.47 +0.34 -12.7

Matthews AsianChina d 24.68 +0.71 -15.9India d 15.05 +0.18 -30.0

MergerMerger m 15.99 +0.03 +1.3

Metropolitan WestTotRetBdI 10.38 -0.01 +4.5TotRtBd b 10.38 -0.01 +4.2

Morgan Stanley InstlMdCpGrI 36.25 +1.47 -2.9

NatixisInvBndY 12.08 +0.05 +3.8StratIncA m 14.41 +0.20 +2.4StratIncC m 14.49 +0.20 +1.7

Neuberger BermanGenesisIs 48.94 +2.30 +6.5

NorthernHYFixInc d 6.91 +0.03 +1.2

OakmarkEqIncI 27.98 +0.80 +0.9Intl I d 16.92 +0.65 -12.8Oakmark I 41.78 +1.62 +1.2

OberweisChinaOpp m 11.13 +0.38 -33.1

Old WestburyGlbSmMdCp 14.17 +0.55 -6.7

OppenheimerDevMktA m 31.00 +1.05 -15.0DevMktY 30.75 +1.05 -14.7GlobA m 56.16 +2.48 -7.0IntlBondA m 6.29 +0.06 -0.7IntlBondY 6.29 +0.06 -0.5MainStrA m 31.77 +1.27 -1.9RocMuniA m 15.62 +0.04 +8.6RochNtlMu m 6.70 +0.01 +8.4StrIncA m 4.05 +0.02 -0.1

PIMCOAllAssetI 11.92 +0.14 +1.8AllAuthIn 10.51 +0.14 +2.3ComRlRStI 7.82 +0.10 -4.3DivIncInst 11.17 +0.04 +2.7EMktCurI 10.08 +0.11 -3.5HiYldIs 8.82 +0.05 +1.4InvGrdIns 10.50 +0.01 +5.0LowDrIs 10.30 +0.02 +1.1RERRStgC m 4.48 +0.19+18.3RealRet 12.18 -0.03+11.0RealRtnA m 12.18 -0.03+10.6ShtTermIs 9.76 +0.01 +0.1TotRetA m 10.78 +0.03 +2.0TotRetAdm b 10.78 +0.03 +2.2TotRetC m 10.78 +0.03 +1.3TotRetIs 10.78 +0.03 +2.4TotRetrnD b 10.78 +0.03 +2.1TotlRetnP 10.78 +0.03 +2.3

PermanentPortfolio 48.25 +1.09 +5.3

PioneerPioneerA m 38.90 +1.71 -4.3

PutnamGrowIncA m 12.65 +0.60 -10.3NewOpp 51.28 +2.42 -7.6

RoycePAMutInv d 11.25 +0.60 -3.4PremierInv d 20.58 +1.01 +1.1

Schwab1000Inv d 37.34 +1.57 +0.4S&P500Sel d19.77 +0.82 +1.0

ScoutInterntl d 28.89 +1.25 -10.3

SequoiaSequoia 144.49 +4.52+12.4

T Rowe PriceBlChpGr 39.07 +1.58 +2.5CapApprec 20.79 +0.49EmMktStk d 29.91 +1.19 -15.2EqIndex d 33.72 +1.41 +0.9EqtyInc 22.76 +0.94 -6.6GrowStk 32.14 +1.32HiYield d 6.36 +0.04 -0.2IntlBnd d 9.95 +0.09 +1.5IntlGrInc d 12.11 +0.53 -9.0IntlStk d 12.91 +0.51 -9.3LatinAm d 43.82 +2.17 -22.7MidCapVa 22.49 +0.91 -5.1MidCpGr 58.38 +2.37 -0.3

NewAsia d 17.38 +0.52 -9.4

NewEra 46.44 +2.54 -11.0

NewHoriz 35.83 +1.60 +7.0

NewIncome 9.64 -0.01 +4.9

OrseaStk d 7.67 +0.33 -8.0

R2015 11.52 -3.1

R2025 11.42 -5.1

R2035 11.43 -6.5

Rtmt2010 15.03 -2.0

Rtmt2020 15.75 -4.2

Rtmt2030 16.26 -5.9

Rtmt2040 16.24 -6.8

ShTmBond 4.81 +1.3

SmCpStk 34.39 +1.84 -0.1

SmCpVal d 35.78 +2.07 -1.0

SpecInc 12.12 +1.8

Value 22.59 +1.00 -3.2Templeton

InFEqSeS 18.17 +0.71 -9.1Thornburg

IntlValA m 24.67 +0.91 -11.1

IntlValI d 25.23 +0.94 -10.8Tweedy Browne

GlobVal d 22.52 +0.61 -5.5Vanguard

500Adml 115.31 +4.80 +1.0

500Inv 115.28 +4.80 +0.9

AssetA 23.97 +0.59 -1.4

BalIdxAdm 21.71 +0.55 +3.3

BalIdxIns 21.71 +0.55 +3.3

CAITAdml 11.18 +8.1

CapOpAdml d72.15 +3.05 -6.0

DivGr 15.30 +0.52 +7.5

EmMktIAdm d33.53 +1.38 -15.9

EnergyAdm d122.95+6.65 +1.7

EnergyInv d 65.45 +3.54 +1.6

Explr 72.06 +3.65 -1.2

ExtdIdAdm 39.83 +1.95 -3.5

ExtdIdIst 39.83 +1.95 -3.5

FAWeUSIns d82.68 +3.69 -11.9

GNMA 11.16 +0.01 +7.0

GNMAAdml 11.16 +0.01 +7.1

GrthIdAdm 32.11 +1.25 +2.5

GrthIstId 32.11 +1.25 +2.5

HYCor d 5.57 +0.02 +4.3

HYCorAdml d 5.57 +0.02 +4.4

HltCrAdml d 55.99 +1.92 +9.2

HlthCare d 132.64 +4.57 +9.2

ITBondAdm 11.73 -0.05 +8.7

ITGradeAd 9.96 -0.03 +5.6

ITIGrade 9.96 -0.03 +5.5

ITrsyAdml 12.08 -0.03 +8.8

InfPrtAdm 28.12 -0.06+13.1

InfPrtI 11.45 -0.03+13.1

InflaPro 14.31 -0.04+13.0

InstIdxI 114.55 +4.78 +1.1

InstPlus 114.55 +4.77 +1.1

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Construction spendingLook for stronger construction spending by the private industry to again outweigh drops in government spending. Economists predict overall spending grew for the third straight month in October. In September, public spending on construction sank 0.6 percent. But private spending rose 0.6 percent on increased residential, health care and transportation construction.

Kroger earningsThe grocery chain’s third-quarter results should give a clue on how shoppers are feeling. Three months ago, it said that customers were feeling more pessimistic than at any time in the year. Customer baskets were less full at the register than they were before. Financial analysts expect Kroger to report a slight dip in third-quarter earnings per share from a year ago.

ManufacturingThe nation’s manufacturing industry is still growing, economists expect a report today to show. But it may not last. A read-ing above 50 on the Institute for Supply Management’s manufacturing index indi-cates growth. Economists expect a read-ing of 52, which would be the strongest since June. But economists with Capital Economics say that troubles in Europe and slowing growth in China could mean less demand for U.S. factories in the next few months. Manufacturing recovered before the rest of the economy after the recession, but it began slowing in April.

Price-to-earnings ratio: 13based on past 12 months’ results

Dividend: $0.46 Div. Yield: 2.0%

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Stan Choe, Jenni Sohn • APSOURCE: FactSet

The Dow moved back into positive territory for the year in November. It’s traditionally a good month for stocks and, thanks to a strong rally in the last three days, this year was no exception. Since 1950, the Dow has posted an average gain of 1.5 percent. Yet, as of Friday, the Dow was down 6 percent for the month on worries about Europe’s debt crisis and the U.S. government’s deficit. But the Dow climbed to close up 0.8 percent for the month. A strong start to the U.S. shopping season helped optimism. As did a joint move Wednesday by central banks to let European banks borrow dollars more cheaply.

BACK IN BLACK COMPANY (TICKER) NOVEMBER CHANGE

The Dow is up again for 2011 after a strong rally this week

Dec. 31, 2010 close 11,577.51

How S&P 500 industries did in November

Consumer staples 2%

Energy 2

Telecom 1

Health care 1

Industrials 1

Utilities Flat

Raw materials Flat

Consumer discretionary -1

Technology -2

Financials -5

Nov. 30close12,045.68

April 29 peak 12,810.54

Bank of America (BAC)JPMorgan Chase (JPM)Alcoa (AA)American Express (AXP)General Electric (GE)Microsoft (MSFT)Travelers (TRV)Chevron (CVX)United Technologies (UTX)Coca-Cola (KO)AT&T (T)DuPont (DD)

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)Cisco Systems (CSCO)

Dow industrial averageProcter & Gamble (PG)

Intel (INTC)IBM (IBM)

Verizon Comm. (VZ)3M (MMM)

Kraft Foods (KFT)Walt Disney (DIS)

McDonald’s (MCD)Exxon Mobil (XOM)

Merck (MRK) Caterpillar (CAT)

Wal-Mart Stores (WMT)Pfizer (PFE)Boeing (BA)

Hewlett-Packard (HPQ)Home Depot (HD)

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Sports8 • Daily Corinthian Thursday, December 1, 2011

Local ScheduleToday

BasketballWalnut Invitational(G) Ripley-Ashland, 4(B) Ripley-Ashland, 5:30(G) Walnut-Potts Camp, 7(B) Walnut-Potts Camp, 8:30

North Pontotoc TourneyKossuth

Friday

BasketballCentral @ New Site, 6Adamsville @ Corinth, 6Biggersville @ Wheeler, 6Kossuth @ East Union, 6

SoccerNorth Pontotoc @ Corinth, 5:30

Saturday

BasketballBiggersville @ Central (WXRZ), 6Walnut Invitational(G) Ashland-Potts Camp, 3(B) Ashland-Potts Camp, 4:30(G) Walnut-Ripley, 6(B) Walnut-Ripley, 7:30

North Pontotoc TourneyKossuth

WALNUT — Monday night’s late snow played havoc with the annual Walnut Tournament, knocking out the fi nal two games featuring the host Wildcats and Lady Wildcats twinbill with Ashland.

According to Walnut boys’ head coach Mike Lewis, those games will not be made up and be recorded as forfeits.

Ripley swept Potts Camp in the games that were played on Monday. The Lady Tigers won 69-43, with the Tigers claiming a 82-46 win.

Walnut tweaked the fi nal eight games, four each for Thursday and Saturday, to produce better matchups each night.

The remainder of the tournament, which features an all-Tippah County clash between Walnut and Ripley in the fi nal two contests, is as follows:

Thursday

(G) Ripley-Ashland, 4(B) Ripley-Ashland, 5:30(G) Walnut-Potts Camp, 7(B) Walnut-Potts Camp, 8:30

Saturday

(G) Ashland-Potts Camp, 3(B) Ashland-Potts Camp, 4:30(G) Walnut-Ripley, 6(B) Walnut-Ripley, 7:30

Walnut tweaksannual tourney

BY H. LEE SMITH [email protected]

Sports BriefsKHS Booster Club

Thirty guns in thirty days - Giving away a gun a day in December, start-ing Dec. 1. Tickets are $30 each, or 4 for $100. See any KHS Booster Club member for tickets, or call Christy Dickson at 665-2179 or Amy Mercer at 609-9430. Only 1,000 tickets will be sold and only a limited number remain.

Sports Ministry

Registration for the Jericho Sports Ministry basketball is under way at Tate Baptist Church. Cost is $35 for each player and includes jersey. Open to ages 4-15 years old. Practices will begin Dec. 5 and season starts Jan. 7. Season is eight weeks. Mandatory player evaluations will be Dec. 1-2 from 6-8 p.m. at Tate Baptist. For more info call the church, 286-2935, or Dr. Mike Weeden, 286-8860.

RailCat Camp

Cross City Baseball Academy -- lo-cated in the Corinth Sportsplex -- will host its RailCat Camp on Saturday, Dec. 10. Houston Astros coach Dave Clark, a 12-year major league veter-an, and St. Louis Cardinals closer Ja-son Motte will be at the camp. Camp is open to three different age groups: 7-9 camp is set for 9:30-11 a.m.; 10-12 is 11:15 a.m.-12:45 p.m.; and 13 and up will be held from 2-3 p.m. Camp is limited to 20 spots in each age group. Cost is $50 per player. For more information call 901-283-8315 or go to www.crosscitybaseball.com.

Staff photo by James McQuaid Murphy

Brave new worldTishomingo County’s Anna Claire Griffin goes up for two of her team-high-tying 18 points in the Lady Braves’ 70-61 win over Corinth in the Division 1-4A opener for both teams on Tuesday.

Monday Major

11-21Tons O’ Fun 30.5-13.5Shot Who? 30-14That Dog’ll Hunt 30-14Split Happens 23-21Outlaws 23-21Troy Boyz 21-23Misfi ts 21-23Nelson’s Garage 19-25Last Minute 12.5-31.5Old Codgers 10-34 High Team Game: Nel-

son’s Garage 1204High Team Series: Shot

Who? 3404High Individual

Games: (M) Tyler Corbin 258, Bud Brooks 257, J.C. Johnson 256. (W) Teresa Fu-gitt 207, Christy Hickox 203, Cindy Wooley 200.

High Individual Series:

(M) Corbin 743, Johnson 712, Adam Ellsworth 636. (W) Hickox 547, Wooley 532, Fu-gitt 514.

Thursday Morning

Coffee

11-10Iuka Wellness Center 37-

15Alley Kats 31-21Teapots 30-22Grits 29-23Bowling Buddies 27.5-

24.5Iuka Discount Drugs 27-

25IBEW Local 852 27-25Comediennes 27-25Sweetrolls 27-25Gunn Drug 26.5-25.5Liberty National 26-26Gutter Girls 23.5-28.5Hairport 22-30

Handicap Unlimited 19-33

Country Girls 18-34Sticky Pins 17.5-34.5 High Team Game: Bowl-

ing Buddies 854High Team Series:

Bowling Buddies 2447High Individual Games:

Pat Newton 200, Sherri Ba-tie 189, Sharon Keen 188, Marcia Cooper 182, Annette Tucker 179, April Clark 179.

High Individual Series: Batie 493, Newton 479, Sue Dees 465, Louise Jackson 464.

11-3

High Team Game: Handicap Unlimited 856

High Team Series: Sweet Rolls 2453

High Individual

Games: Barbara DeMattio 207, Vicki Frye 194, Mandy Thomas 191, Linda Skinner 189, Kathy Lambert 185.

High Individual Series: Teresa Fugitt 518, Skinner 506, Belinda Hardin 491, Thomas 489, Demattio 488.

Rebel Volunteer

11-17-11 We Bag Sand 33-11Kimberly-Clark 26-18Corinth Relics 25-19Plumrose 24.5-19.5Wayne’s Wrecker 21.5-

22.5Strikes & Spares,

Inc. 21.5-22.5They Ain’t Right 20.5-

23.5

Plaza Lanes Bowling Leagues

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BOONEVILLE — Northeast Mississippi Community Col-lege will host the 38th annual Mississippi Association of Community/Junior Colleges (MACJC) All-Star Football Classic at Tiger Stadium this weekend.

Players are scheduled to report today with the annual all-star event kicking off at 1 p.m. on Saturday.

Twelve teams of the MACJC’s 14 football-playing schools are scheduled to par-ticipate in the annual classic.

The head coach for the

North will be Northwest Mis-sissippi Community College Head Football Coach Ricky Woods and his staff while the South will be coached by Pearl River Community Col-lege head coach Tim Hatten.

MACJC State Champion East Mississippi will be play-ing for the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) National Champi-onship in the El Toro Bowl on Saturday on the campus of Arizona Western College as the second-ranked Lions take on the top-ranked Ari-zona Western College team at

Veterans Memorial Stadium in Yuma, Arizona.

MACJC state runner-up Mississippi Gulf Coast ac-cepted a bid to the Mississip-pi Bowl to be held on Sunday in Biloxi as the Bulldogs take on fi fth-ranked Blinn (Texas) Community College at Biloxi Indians Stadium.

During the 2010 classic, the North took the overall se-ries lead 18-17-2 with a 16-0 blanking of the South and ended the South’s two-game winning streak.

During the 2008 and 2009 games, the South had taken

back-to-back wins in the clas-sic to even the series at 17-17-2 with a 28-0 showing in 2009 and a 16-14 nail biter in 2008.

Prior to its 16-0 shutout in 2010, the North’s last win in the event came in 2007 when the North all-stars squeaked out a 17-14 decision.

Thirty-three players com-prise each roster with each institution contributing three athletes – the remainder of the roster is selected by the all-star coaches but no more

Northeast hosting annual All-Star football classic

Staff Report

Please see ALL-STARS |

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Ken-tucky coach John Calipari said his freshmen are “oblivi-ous” to what it means being ranked No. 1 in the country.

However, with the Wildcats atop the poll for the fi rst time in nearly two years, Marquis Teague, Michael Kidd-Gil-christ and Anthony Davis are about to experience it fi rst-hand.

“I’ve never been in this po-

sition. It’s pretty exciting just to know that you’re No. 1,” Teague said. “But you’ve still got to come out to perform.”

The Wildcats (6-0) re-turned to No. 1 for the fi rst time on Monday since a one-week stint in the 2009-10 season, but Calipari has been starting three freshmen and two sophomores who weren’t around the last time the pro-gram was at the top.

“I said (to them), ‘I want

you to understand, it’s not a burden, it’s a badge of hon-or,” Calipari said. “That’s what it is. And playing here, this is what you’re trying to attain. It’s not when we want it, but we’re there.”

The last few times, the stay at No. 1 was short-lived.

The top-ranked Wildcats lost to South Carolina in 2009-10 and Marquette in the 2003 NCAA tournament regional fi nals.

“It’s an honor, but it’s No-vember,” Davis said. “There’s not really much that we can do. We’re not even halfway through the season.”

This group takes the fl oor as No. 1 for the fi rst time Thursday when they host St. John’s (4-3) as part of the SEC-Big East challenge. Then on Saturday they face No. 5 North Carolina, which fell

Kentucky embracing view at top of rankingsThe Associated Press

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BOWLING: Plaza Lane reports scores NFL standings

AMERICAN CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PANew England 8 3 0 .727 331 223N.Y. Jets 6 5 0 .545 256 241Buffalo 5 6 0 .455 261 281Miami 3 8 0 .273 212 206

South W L T Pct PF PAHouston 8 3 0 .727 293 179Tennessee 6 5 0 .545 226 212Jacksonville 3 8 0 .273 138 200Indianapolis 0 11 0 .000 150 327

North W L T Pct PF PABaltimore 8 3 0 .727 272 182Pittsburgh 8 3 0 .727 233 188Cincinnati 7 4 0 .636 259 215Cleveland 4 7 0 .364 165 216

West W L T Pct PF PAOakland 7 4 0 .636 260 274Denver 6 5 0 .545 221 260Kansas City 4 7 0 .364 153 265San Diego 4 7 0 .364 249 275

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PADallas 7 4 0 .636 270 225N.Y. Giants 6 5 0 .545 252 277Philadelphia 4 7 0 .364 257 251Washington 4 7 0 .364 183 222

South W L T Pct PF PANew Orleans 8 3 0 .727 362 252Atlanta 7 4 0 .636 259 227Tampa Bay 4 7 0 .364 199 291Carolina 3 8 0 .273 252 305

North W L T Pct PF PAGreen Bay 11 0 0 1.000 382 227Chicago 7 4 0 .636 288 232Detroit 7 4 0 .636 316 246Minnesota 2 9 0 .182 214 295

West W L T Pct PF PASan Francisco 9 2 0 .818 262 161Seattle 4 7 0 .364 185 232Arizona 4 7 0 .364 213 256St. Louis 2 9 0 .182 140 270

___Thursday

Philadelphia at Seattle, 7:20 p.m.Sunday

Kansas City at Chicago, NoonAtlanta at Houston, NoonDenver at Minnesota, NoonCarolina at Tampa Bay, NoonCincinnati at Pittsburgh, NoonN.Y. Jets at Washington, NoonOakland at Miami, NoonTennessee at Buffalo, NoonIndianapolis at New England, NoonBaltimore at Cleveland, 3:05 p.m.St. Louis at San Francisco, 3:15 p.m.Dallas at Arizona, 3:15 p.m.Green Bay at N.Y. Giants, 3:15 p.m.Detroit at New Orleans, 7:20 p.m.

MondaySan Diego at Jacksonville, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 8Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 7:20 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 11New Orleans at Tennessee, NoonIndianapolis at Baltimore, Noon

Kansas City at N.Y. Jets, NoonMinnesota at Detroit, NoonHouston at Cincinnati, NoonTampa Bay at Jacksonville, NoonAtlanta at Carolina, NoonPhiladelphia at Miami, NoonNew England at Washington, NoonSan Francisco at Arizona, 3:05 p.m.Chicago at Denver, 3:05 p.m.Buffalo at San Diego, 3:15 p.m.Oakland at Green Bay, 3:15 p.m.N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 7:20 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 12St. Louis at Seattle, 7:30 p.m.

FBS Bowl GlanceSubject to ChangeSaturday, Dec. 17New Mexico BowlAt Albuquerque

MWC vs. Pac-12, 1 p.m. (ESPN)Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

At Boise, IdahoUtah State (6-5) vs. MWC, 4:30 p.m. (ESPN)

New Orleans BowlLouisiana-Lafayette (8-4) vs. CUSA, 8 p.m.

(ESPN)___

Tuesday, Dec. 20Beef ‘O’Brady’s BowlAt St. Petersburg, Fla.

Big East vs. CUSA, 7 p.m. (ESPN)___

Wednesday, Dec. 21Poinsettia BowlAt San Diego

MWC vs. WAC, 7 p.m. (ESPN)___

Thursday, Dec. 22MAACO BowlAt Las Vegas

MWC vs. Pac-12, 7 p.m. (ESPN)___

Saturday, Dec. 24Hawaii BowlAt Honolulu

WAC vs. CUSA, 7 p.m. (ESPN)___

Monday, Dec. 26Independence BowlAt Shreveport, La.

ACC vs. MWC, 3 p.m. (ESPN)___

Tuesday, Dec. 27Little Caesars Pizza Bowl

At DetroitBig Ten vs. MAC, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN2)

Belk BowlAt Charlotte, N.C.

ACC vs. Big East, 7 p.m. (ESPN)___

Wednesday, Dec. 28Military Bowl

At WashingtonAt large vs. ACC, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Holiday BowlAt San Diego

Big 12 vs. Pac-12, 7 p.m. (ESPN)___

Thursday, Dec. 29Champs Sports Bowl

At Orlando, Fla.ACC vs. Big East, 4:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Alamo BowlAt San Antonio

Pac-12 vs. Big 12, 8 p.m. (ESPN)___

Friday, Dec. 30Armed Forces Bowl

At DallasCUSA vs. BYU (8-3), 11 a.m. (ESPN)

Pinstripe BowlAt Bronx, N.Y.

Big East vs. Big 12, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)Music City Bowl

At Nashville, Tenn.SEC vs. ACC, 5:40 p.m. (ESPN)

Insight BowlAt Tempe, Ariz.

Big 12 vs. Big 10, 9 p.m. (ESPN)___

Saturday, Dec. 31Meinke Car Care Bowl

At HoustonBig 12 vs. Big Ten, 11 a.m. (ESPN)

Sun BowlAt El Paso, Texas

Pac-12 vs. ACC, 1 p.m. (CBS)Liberty Bowl

At Memphis, Tenn.SEC vs. CUSA, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Fight Hunger BowlAt San Francisco

Pac-12 vs. ACCWAC, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)Chick-fi l-A Bowl

At AtlantaSEC vs. ACC, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

___Monday, Jan. 2TicketCity Bowl

At DallasBig Ten vs. CUSA, 11 a.m. (ESPNU)

Capital One BowlAt Orlando, Fla.

Big 10 vs. SEC, Noon (ESPN)Outback BowlAt Tampa, Fla.

SEC vs. Big 10, Noon (ABC)Gator Bowl

At Jacksonville, Fla.Big 10 vs. SEC, Noon (ESPN2)

Rose BowlAt Pasadena, Calif.

BCS (Pac-12 champion) vs. BCS (Big Ten champion), 4 p.m. (ESPN)

Fiesta BowlAt Glendale, Ariz.

BCS vs. BCS (Big 12 champion), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

___Tuesday, Jan. 3

Sugar BowlAt New Orleans

BCS (At-large) vs. BCS (SEC Champion), 7 p.m. (ESPN)

___Wednesday, Jan. 4

Orange BowlAt Miami

BCS (At-large) vs. BCS (ACC Champion), 7 p.m. (ESPN)

___Friday, Jan. 6Cotton Bowl

At Arlington, TexasBig 12 vs. SEC, 7 p.m. (FOX)

___Saturday, Jan. 7

BBVA Compass BowlAt Birmingham, Ala.

Big East vs. SEC, 11 a.m. (ESPN)___

Sunday, Jan. 8GoDaddy.com Bowl

At Mobile, Ala.Arkansas State (9-2) vs. MAC, 8 p.m. (ESPN)

___

Monday, Jan. 9BCS National Championship

At New OrleansBCS1 vs. BCS2, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

___Saturday, Jan. 21

East-West Shrine ClassicAt St. Petersburg, Fla.

East vs. West, TBA, (NFLN)___

Saturday, Jan. 28Senior Bowl

At Mobile, Ala.North vs. South, 3 p.m. (NFLN)

___Saturday, Feb. 5Texas vs. NationAt San Antonio

Texas vs. Nation, 1 p.m. (CBSSN)

NHL standingsEASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAPittsburgh 25 14 7 4 32 80 63N.Y. Rangers 21 13 5 3 29 60 46Philadelphia 23 13 7 3 29 80 68New Jersey 22 12 9 1 25 57 58N.Y. Islanders 22 7 11 4 18 43 69

Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAToronto 24 14 8 2 30 79 75Boston 22 14 7 1 29 75 47Buffalo 24 13 10 1 27 68 63Ottawa 24 12 10 2 26 75 83Montreal 24 10 10 4 24 61 60

Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAFlorida 24 13 7 4 30 67 60Washington 23 12 10 1 25 71 75Tampa Bay 23 11 10 2 24 63 72Winnipeg 24 9 11 4 22 70 80Carolina 26 8 14 4 20 61 86

WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GAChicago 25 14 8 3 31 80 78St. Louis 24 14 8 2 30 59 50Detroit 22 14 7 1 29 65 49Nashville 24 11 9 4 26 60 63Columbus 24 6 15 3 15 55 79

Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAMinnesota 24 14 7 3 31 57 53Vancouver 24 14 9 1 29 73 60Edmonton 24 12 10 2 26 65 60Calgary 23 10 12 1 21 51 60Colorado 24 10 13 1 21 62 73

Pacifi c Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAPhoenix 23 13 7 3 29 65 57Dallas 24 14 9 1 29 62 65Los Angeles 24 12 8 4 28 57 55San Jose 21 13 7 1 27 60 48Anaheim 23 6 13 4 16 50 76

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for over-time loss.

Tuesday’s GamesN.Y. Islanders 2, Buffalo 1St. Louis 2, Washington 1Florida 3, Carolina 1N.Y. Rangers 4, Pittsburgh 3Ottawa 6, Winnipeg 4Phoenix 4, Chicago 1Calgary 1, Nashville 0Vancouver 4, Columbus 1

Thursday’s GamesPittsburgh at Washington, 6 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at Carolina, 6 p.m.Ottawa at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.Phoenix at Winnipeg, 7:30 p.m.Columbus at Calgary, 8 p.m.Nashville at Vancouver, 9 p.m.Florida at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.Montreal at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.

Friday’s GamesDetroit at Buffalo, 6:30 p.m.New Jersey at Minnesota, 7 p.m.N.Y. Islanders at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.St. Louis at Colorado, 8 p.m.Columbus at Edmonton, 8:30 p.m.Philadelphia at Anaheim, 9 p.m.

TransactionsBASEBALL

American LeagueCHICAGO WHITE SOX — Named Marco

Paddy special assistant to the general man-ager/internal operations.

DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with INF Ramon Santiago on a two-year contract.

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Promoted Stan Bo-roski to bullpen coach, Chaim Bloom and Erik Neander to director of baseball opera-tions and James Click to director of base-ball research and development.

National LeagueCHICAGO CUBS — Agreed to terms with

OF David DeJesus on a two-year contract.PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Agreed to

terms with RHP Scott Elarton, INF Kevin Frandsen, C Tuffy Gosewisch, LHP Pat Misch, INF Pete Orr, OF Scott Podsednik, RHP Brian Sanches and LHP Raul Valdes on minor league contracts.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Agreed to terms with 1B/OF Nick Evans on a minor league contract.

FOOTBALLNational Football League

BUFFALO BILLS — Placed DT Torell Troup on injured reserve. Signed DE Lionel Dot-son from the practice squad. Signed LB Robert Eddins to the practice squad.

CHICAGO BEARS — Signed LB Thaddeus Gibson to the practice squad.

DETROIT LIONS — Signed DL Keyunta Dawson. Signed WR Marcus Harris to the practice squad. Placed WR Nate Hughes on practice squad injured reserve.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Signed OL Rob Bruggeman and WR Zeke Markshausen to the practice squad.

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Re-signed DT Ryan Baker and G Ray Feinga. Waived PK Shayne Graham and DT Igor Olshansky.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed DB Nate Jones.

NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed LB Chase Blackburn. Placed OT Will Beatty on injured reserve. Signed WR Isaiah Stanback to the practice squad. Terminated the practice-squad contract of QB Ryan Perrilloux.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed CB Brandyn Thompson. Waived CB Do-monique Johnson.

HOCKEYNational Hockey League

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Announced C Brad Mills has cleared waivers and was assigned to Albany (AHL).

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Re-signed D Victor Hedman to a fi ve-year contract.

MISC.

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COLLEGEFOOTBALL

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than eight players from one school is allowed on one team.

All-star coaches are selected on a rotating basis.

Athletes will report to the MACJC All-Star Classic head-

quarters at noon today and im-mediately hit the fi eld.

Each squad – North and South – will have three practices before Saturday’s game. Thursday play-ers will only practice once while teams double up on Friday.

The MACJC All-Star Classic

has been a springboard from community college to the next level of football. Numerous ath-letes from past all-star classics have gone on to sign scholar-ships to Football Bowl Subdivi-sion (former the NCAA’s Divi-sion I) schools.

Northeast will have eight play-ers participating in the all-star game including DL Devin Slate, DL Jeremiah Boothe, DL An-thony Payne, DB Frankie Lee, DB Devin Lindsey, LB Courtney Sutton, K Taylor Earhart, and OL Kyle Davis.


ALL-STARS: Numerous athletes from past classics have gone on to major colleges

from the top spot following a 90-80 loss to UNLV.

The North Carolina loss came hours after Kentucky beat Port-land.

“We were talking about (be-ing ranked No. 1). We weren’t sure. We were like, ‘Are we go-ing to be No. 1?’ and all this,” Davis said. “But at the end, it just means we’ve got to work even harder now because teams are going to come after us.”

St. John’s will be without coach Steve Lavin as he con-tinues to recover from prostate cancer surgery. Lavin has said his stamina has not improved enough for him to coach from the bench. He missed the open-

er and returned for four more before missing the Red Storm’s last two home games.

“We want coach Lavin to feel like he can take as much time as he needs based off our be-havior — that’s the most im-portant thing for us,” assistant coach Mike Dunlap said. “I don’t want to paint our players as being machine-like, because they’re not. But, they feed off of the rest of the coaching staff’s energy levels. We have a ten-dency as a staff to have a lot of energy.”

St. John’s hasn’t beaten the No. 1 team in the country in 27 years and has started with a tough schedule early against ranked opponents Arizona and Texas A&M before dropping

a home game on Saturday to Northeastern.

Freshman forward Moe Har-kless says he’s excited to travel to Rupp Arena because Ken-tucky reminds him of his own team.

“They’re like a longer version of us. But if we put more pres-sure on them and play more physical than they play, we’ll be fi ne,” Harkless said. “We just have to go out there, play hard, and execute.”

Calipari said the Wildcats have struggled with physical opponents and that he’s noticed other defi ciencies on things like breaking traps and defending 3-point shooters off screens af-ter watching Portland hit 11 of 23 shots from beyond the arc.

Still, Kentucky has won every game by at least 10 points this season, including over then-No. 13 Kansas on Nov. 15. But the Wildcats have not played anyone at home with a current RPI above 121.

That’s led to lopsided vic-tories against Marist (by 50), Radford (48) and Portland (24) that has Calipari ready to see what his team can do.

“These are learning oppor-tunities, and you can’t learn against Popcorn State. You just can’t,” the coach said. “You can play those games and you’ve got to fi ll out your schedule, but you need these kind of games. You just don’t need 12 of them, especially when you have a young team.”


KENTUCKY: Wildcats have enjoyed double-digit wins at home, but bigger test coming

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Federal agents have searched the cam-pus offi ce of former Syracuse as-sistant basketball coach Bernie Fine as part of the investigation of child molestation allegations against him, according to a law enforcement offi cial familiar with the inquiry.

Fine’s offi ce at the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center was searched early Tuesday morn-ing, according to the person

who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of ano-nymity because it’s an ongoing investigation.

The U.S. Secret Service al-ready searched Fine’s house last Friday. Federal prosecu-tors with the U.S. Attorney’s offi ce in northern New York, which is leading the investiga-tion, would not say what they sought or found there, saying it was under seal. The warrant approving the search of his of-

fi ce also was sealed.Three men, including two

former Syracuse ballboys, have accused Fine of molesting them as children. He has denied the allegations. The university fi red him Sunday after a third ac-cuser went public and ESPN broadcast a 2002 audiotape, obtained and recorded by ac-cuser Bobby Davis, of a con-versation between Davis and a woman ESPN identifi ed as Fine’s wife, Laurie, in which

she says she knew “everything that went on.”

As the investigation contin-ues, advocates for sex abuse victims have said Hall of Fame coach Jim Boeheim should re-sign or be fi red for adamantly defending Fine and verbally disparaging the accusers.

Contacted by The Associ-ated Press by phone Wednes-day, Boeheim repeated several times, “I can’t talk about any-thing.”

Source: Feds search former assistant’s officeThe Associated Press

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