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welcomeCenter’ssupervisoris ‘fired’By Pamela [email protected]

Elmerree Bradley, the long-time supervisor of the Mississippi Develop-ment Authority’s Warren County Welcome Center, has reportedly been fired.

“Elmerree Bradley is no longer employed with the Welcome Center,” said Jennifer Spann, public relations manager with the MDA’s Tourism Divi-sion, the oversight agency for the state’s 12 welcome centers. “Other than that, we really don’t have any other comment since it is a personnel matter.”

Bradley, who did not respond to requests for comment, was a 28-year veteran at the center overlooking the Missis-sippi River bridges.

Ann Jones, owner of Mississippi River Tours, which runs the Sweet Olive boat tours from City Front, said Brad-ley called her early this week as she returned from Jackson after being terminated. Jones said many people involved in Vicksburg tourism were shocked and saddened by the news.

“A lot of people in the tourism industry are very upset about the process,” Jones said. “Everybody is having trouble getting answers.”

“We’re in shock,” said Vicksburg Convention and Visitors Bureau board member Shirley Waring. “We’re wonder-ing what brought this on.”

Waring said Bradley was widely respected by local tourism profession-als, and provided a wel-coming, gracious atmo-sphere for visitors.

“I have dealt with her extensively over the years,” Waring added. “She’s extremely quali-fied, extremely profes-sional and has been doing an excellent job for the community. She’s a true tourism professional.”

In 2006, Bradley was appointed to the volun-teer VCVB board, the 11-member city-county organization established by the state Legislature in 1972 to oversee about $1 million annually in tourism dollars collected through an extra 1 per-

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buyouts best option, thompson says in city

By Danny Barrett [email protected]

The best option for flood-damaged homes in Vicks-burg and Warren County is a federal buyout, U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said in Vicksburg Thursday night.

“Given what you’re facing here in Warren County, I think the board ought to consider looking at a buyout program,” Thompson said to about 65 people packed into the Board of Supervisors’ meeting area. “I know there are two or three genera-tions of homeowners there, and I’ve gone through this in that same area already. People are reluctant to leave, there’s nothing you can do. If they voluntarily agree to participate, then we’ll get an appraisal on the prop-erty. Pay the mortgage off, then whatever the appraised value of the property is, that is the check they’ll get.”

Thompson, the ranking Democrat on the House Homeland Security Commit-tee who organized Thurs-day’s meeting, acknowledged purchasing flood-prone prop-erties has turned redundant due to past floods on the Mississippi River. Still, he said, this year’s record flood demands another round of applications from the city, county or both.

Countywide, 1,340 struc-tures have been evacuated,

707 of them primary dwell-ings. More than 3,200 people have been displaced. Inside the city, most homes along and west of rail tracks in the Ford, Kings and Chicka-saw areas were flooded up to rooftops. The river at Vicks-burg crested May 19 14.1 feet above flood stage at 57.1 feet, the highest mark since 1927. Levels have fallen about half a foot a day since, coming in at 47.3 feet this morning.

The 2008 flood, when the river reached 50.9 feet in Vicksburg, displaced 145 people from 101 homes inside the city, mostly in the same three subdivisions along North Washington Street.

BryanT HawkinS•The Vicksburg PosT

At Chotard: ‘I’ve seen a lot of floods, but this one is the worst’By John [email protected]

Chotard Landing Resort owner Jerry Johnson looked in the direction of Chotard Lake and took a deep breath.

“I’ve missed this (summer) season,” he said. “There ought to be 200 boats out there fishing.”

An oxbow lake formed when the Mississippi River changed its course ages ago, Chotard Lake in Issaquena County is a popular location for fishing or a weekend get-away. The resort on the river side of the levee is home to 12 full-time residents and about 60 part-timers who own

camps in the area.It’s home to the annual

Grand Gulf Bass Club tour-nament for the Special Olym-pics during the summer. In February, Vicksburg fisher-man Kenny Williams caught a record 327-pound, 8-foot 5 1/4-inch alligator gar, the largest alligator gar caught in the U.S., while fishing on Chotard Lake.

This time of year, Johnson said, the landing usually is populated with people using their camps for vacation or to get away for a weekend.

But right now, the land-ing is a watery ghost town,

See Flood, Page A8.

See Chotard, Page A8.

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U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson addresses City of Vicksburg and Warren County officials Thurs-day evening at the Warren County Courthouse.

Chotard Landing owner Jerry Johnson drives his boat past his flooded store Thursday.

miSSiSSippi river flooD 2011City official:Quick actionis needed

City workers Eric Scott, left, and John Palmer work to clean up the entrance to City Front Thursday afternoon, remov-

ing temporary walls and scooping up mud and debris left by the historic flood.

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Senate panel approvesU.S. attorney Adams

JACKSON, Miss. — The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved the president’s nomination of Assistant U.S. Attorney Felicia C. Adams as U.S. Attorney for the North-ern District of Mississippi.

The committee’s website says approval came Thurs-day. The nomination now goes to the full U.S. Senate. No date has been set for a vote.

Adams has been an assis-tant U.S. attorney since 2000 in the state’s Southern Dis-trict. From 1989 to 2000, she held that position in the Northern District.

Man, 63, drownsin Luxapalila Creek

COLUMBUS, Miss. — Columbus police say a 63-year-old man drowned while swimming in Luxa-palila Creek. His name was withheld until his family could be notified.

Officer Terrie Songer, a police spokeswoman, tells The Commercial Dispatch that the man’s body was pulled out of the creek after a passer-by called 911 about 1:30 p.m. Thursday.

Songer says the man and a woman had spread out a blanket on the bank nearby, and his wallet was on a rock nearby. She says investiga-tors think the man’s friend may have been walking her dog when he went swimming to cool off from 90-degree heat.

Bossier City child killedin accidental shooting

BOSSIER CITY, La. — A 5-year-old child has died in what Bossier City police described as an accidental shooting.

Police said the child found a loaded handgun in a cabinet Thursday night and acciden-tally shot himself.

Detectives said the child’s mother, who was home at the time, was not aware the gun was in the home.

The child was taken to LSU Medical Center, but died at the hospital.

Vicksburg police officers Russell Dorsey, left, and Charles Huggins block traffic Thursday evening after a utility pole holding a transformer snapped and fell on China Street between Walnut and Washington. Entergy Mississippi

spokesman Don Arnold said this morning that 813 cus-tomers lost power and electricity was restored by 2 this morning.

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PuBlic ProGramSVicksburg Farmers’ Market — 4-7 p.m. Wednesdays; 8-11 a.m. Saturdays; Jackson and Washington streets.Master Gardeners — 8-11 a.m. Saturday; figs; Vicksburg Farmers’ Market, Jackson and Washington streets.Shape Up Vicksburg — School’s Out Get Healthy Walk: 8:30 a.m. Saturday; War-ren Junior High School; Linda Fondren, 601-619-7277.Levi’s — A Gathering Place; 7-10 p.m. Saturday, music by Old Habits; donations appre-ciated.Sushi Workshop — 5:30-7:30 p.m. July 19; William Furlong, presenter; space limited, res-ervations required; SCHS, 601-631-2997.Narcotics Anonymous — River City Group, 8 p.m. Sun-

day, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; Good Shepherd Community Center, 629 Cherry St.; daytime, Alvin J., 601-661-7646 or 601-415-1742; evening, Jackie G., 601-638-8456 or 601-415-3345.

cluBSAmerican Legion Post 213 — Today: 4-8 p.m., reduced prices on food and beverages; 8-10, contemporary jazz and dance/party mix with DJ Reo; 8 p.m. Saturday, dance/par-ty mix with DJ Reo; $5 cover charge per night; 1618 Main St.Rosa A. Temple High Re-union — 3 p.m. Saturday; planning meeting; Dorwin Shields, 601-634-0791 or Mary Logan, 601-638-2898; 805 Monroe St.Mississippi Chapter of Blacks in Government — 6 p.m. Saturday; Juneteenth Celebration; Grove Street Bap-tist Church, 2715 Alcorn Drive; Bobbie Bingham Morrow, 601-630-5847.Exchange Club — 12:30 p.m. Monday; Shoney’s. Vicksburg NAACP — 6 p.m. Monday, executive committee meeting; 7, regular meeting

is open to the public; Jackson Street Center; John Shorter, 601-218-9264.Vicksburg Kiwanis — Noon Tuesday, Jacques’ Cafe; Kaci Holdiness and Donna Cook to speak on DECA. PRAM River City Chapter — Noon Tuesday, Warren-Yazoo Mental Health Service confer-ence room; Paige Caldwell, Outlets at Vicksburg, to speak; Leigh Cook, 601-802-1009, to RSVP.

cHurcHeSZion Travelers M.B. — Re-vival, 7 tonight ; the Rev. Brian Snow, speaker; the Rev. Alfred E. Lassiter, pastor; 1701 Pop-lar St.Spring Hill M.B. — Revival, 6:30 tonight-Saturday; the Revs. F.R. Lenoir and J.L. Ham-mitte, speakers; 815 Mission 66.Shekinah Glory Worship Center International — Ga-rage sale, 7 a.m. until Satur-day; Berryman Road.Mercy Seat — Car wash, 9 a.m.-noon Saturday; Pizza Hut, Pemberton Boulevard. New Mount Pilgrim M.B. — Appreciation service for sen- iors, 3 p.m. June 18; Percy

Washington, deacon, Alice Evans and Curlie Whiten; Terri Griffin 601-218-8297;501 Pop-lar St.Travelers Rest Baptist Church — Food program daily for ages 18 and under: 7:30-8:30 a.m., breakfast; 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., lunch; Latrice McGill, 601-636-3712; 718 Bowmar Ave.

BeneFitSKids Fighting Cancer — 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday; yard sale, lemonade and iced tea stand; benefits the Ameri-can Cancer Society and local victims with expenses; 4407 Halls Ferry Road, Lot 12; 601-831-2804.Flood Victims — 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday; local and area talent; benefits flood victims; Vicksburg Mall; 601-831-8065 or 601-218-5526; sponsored by Charles Pendleton, El-dridge Skinner, Fred Hall Hud-son and the American Red Cross.Fire Victims — Saturday: 10 a.m., poker run; noon, spa-ghetti plates; 1 p.m., car wash; 3, auction and raffle; 7, pool tournament; Pig Willie’s, 601-831-3259; benefits Beth Mul-len and family.

Fire destroys rolling Fork restaurant, churchA Rolling Fork restaurant

and church were destroyed in a fire Thursday, said King Evans, Sharkey County arson investigator.

The fire at Highway 61 Res-taurant and the Church of God, which were next door to each other on Locust Street, was reported at 3:20 a.m. and was not extinguished until 7 a.m.

No injuries were reported in the fire, which started in the restaurant before spread-ing to the church, Evans said.

The investigator declined to discuss the cause.

Third DUI landscity man in lockup

A Vicksburg man arrested in a traffic stop at 2:10 this morning was being held at the police department for thrid-offense DUI, a felony.

Lt. Bobby Stewart said Larry Floyd, 34, 141 Morning View Drive, was picked up in the 1900 block of Mission 66.

Floyd was being held with-out bond.

City man chargedwith selling pot

A Vicksburg man was arrested at his home early this morning after reports of suspected drug activity nearby.

Vicksburg Police Lt. Bobby Stewart said Jesse Lynch, 32, 609 Redbone Road apartment C, was arrested at 6:30 a.m.

He was charged with the sale of marijuana and being held without bond, Stewart said.

City woman chargedwith damaging truck

A Vicksburg woman accused of breaking windows out of a vehicle was arrested Thursday and later released on $2,500 bond, jail records showed.

LaRhonda Clark, 34, 2727 Alcorn Drive, was arrested at 7:30 a.m. at her home for felony malicious mischief on a May 10 report of $900 worth of broken windows to a Dodge Durango, Vicksburg police Lt. Bobby Stewart said.

AC, gun, TVmissing in burglaries

Two residential burglaries were reported in Vicksburg Thursday, Vicksburg police Lt. Bobby Stewart said.

At 11:30 a.m. in the 900 block of Polk Street, a GE air

conditioner valued at $100 was missing.

At 11:25 p.m. in the 100 block of Dell Street, a Smith & Wesson .38 revolver valued at $400, a Gateway laptop computer valued at $800 and a 46-inch Samsung flat-screen TV valued at $500 were reported missing from the home.

Purse, cash takenfrom unlocked car

An auto burglary was reported Thursday at 11:25 p.m. in the 2800 block of Ken Karyl Avenue, Vicksburg police Lt. Bobby Stewart said.

Missing from the unlocked vehicle was a purse of unknown value containing $100.

crime & Firefrom staff reports

Driver dies 7 weeks after wreck that killed teenTUPELO (AP) — A 33-year-

old woman whose car ran head-on into a car of teenag-ers who were coming home on prom night has died in a hospice seven weeks after the

wreck. Lee County Coroner Caro-

lyn Gillentine-Green said that Cheryl Arnold of Saltillo died of injuries suffered in the April 22 accident that killed

17-year-old April Stamper of Mantachie and injured other teens.

Stamper and her friends from Mantachie High School were driving home after a drive to

Fulton to get ice cream. The Mississippi Highway

Patrol said Arnold’s car was on the wrong side of U.S. High-way 78, and she was suspected of drinking.

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House majority whip Mosswon’t seek re-electionBy Molly DavisThe Associated Press

JACKSON — State House majority whip Harvey Moss said Thursday he will retire from the Legislature after 28 years, defending what he called a legacy of fighting for conser-vative morals and leading key legislation that improved the state’s economy.

The Corinth representative’s brand of populist Democrat politics is losing several key players this year. The state’s increasingly powerful Repub-lican party holds that conser-vatism is inconsistent with tax increases, but Moss says tax increases are sometimes necessary.

“You can’t turn people out of mental health. You’ve got to keep the highway patrol going. You’ve got to keep the school buses going,” he said.

Moss first took his seat in 1984 and counts the 1987 trans-portation bill — a highway expansion funded by a five-cent tax increase — as one of his major career victories. He said it helped to bring new factories and expand existing businesses along the routes it created, including Highway 45.

“It was one of the most major economic factors that we’ve had in our whole state,” he said.

As Majority Whip, he took on the responsibility of shor-ing up support for major party initiatives in the House.

“Education, transportation, public health and economic development — Harvey’s been in the middle of all of it,” said House Speaker Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, who is also retir-ing from the legislature this year. “He’s just a quiet fellow that’s never asked for much recognition.”

Moss and McCoy’s retire-ment means that the Dem-ocrat Party will see a broad leadership gap after the 2011 elections. Rep. J.P. Compretta, D-Bay St. Louis, another ally of McCoy, has announced he is not seeking re-election either.

Moss chaired the Commit-tee on Oil, Gas and Other Min-erals and the Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review. PEER is an oversight committee com-prised of members of both chambers.

Ex-broker gets 16 years in loan fraud caseJACKSON (AP) — Minis-

ter and former Ridgeland mortgage broker Mark Cal-houn has been sentenced to 16 years and eight months in prison for mortgage fraud in a scheme that involved more than $10 million in fraudulent loans.

Calhoun and father-and-son associates J. Larry Kennedy, 70, and Keith Kennedy, 45, who operated a mortgage loan clos-ing business, must also forfeit $10 million, U.S. District Judge Dan Jordan said at their sen-tencing Wednesday.

He gave Larry Kennedy a five-year prison term and his son six years. Both are from Mendenhall.

Calhoun and the elder Ken-

nedy must report to prison Aug. 1, he said. Keith Kennedy is already in jail because he tested positive for marijuana, violating his bond.

Prosecutors said Calhoun prepared fictitious documents to ensure lenders would make loans to prospective borrow-ers, and the three also some-times benefited from inflated values set on homes.

Each said he is innocent. Cal-houn, 54, who owned Silver

Cross Financial Group, did say he had made mistakes and apologized to anyone he had hurt.

Calhoun is “definitely more than the sum of his mis-takes. He has a lot of good in his heart,” federal assistant public defender Kathy Nester told Jordan.

The judge noted that Cal-houn has several past convic-tions: illegally accessing cable, false checks to a car dealer, six

counts of forgery and embez-zling money from a school in 1999.

“He did not stop,” the judge said. “He just kept going. There’s no reason to believe there won’t be recidivism.”

None got the maximum sen-tence, which would have been life for Calhoun, nearly 16 years for Larry Kennedy and 17.5 for Keith Kennedy.

The judge added points against Calhoun for obstruc-tion of justice involving a juror he ran into at Wal-mart. According to testimony, he said “God is on my side” loudly enough for her to hear. Jordan removed the woman from the jury that later con-victed all three men.

Minor, ex-judgesre-sentencingto resumeMondayBy Jack Elliott Jr.The Associated Press

JACKSON — The federal re-sentencing hearing for impris-oned Mississippi attorney Paul Minor and two former judges will resume Monday in Jackson.

U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate said he wanted the weekend to review infor-mation he received over two days of arguments that ended Thursday.

On Wednesday, Wingate refused to throw out the con-victions of Minor and former Harrison County judges Wes Teel and John Whitfield.

They must be resentenced because a federal appeals court vacated their brib-ery convictions in 2009. The appeals court upheld other convictions, including honest services fraud against each of the men and racketeering against Minor.

ABMB engineers, from left, Dallas Stringer, Kory Connelly and Jacob Walker and MAGCO employee Frankie Upton work on rebuilding the bridge on Redbone Road about a mile from U.S. Highway 61 South Thursday after-

noon. The old bridge, torn down Wednesday, was showing wear and was partially made of wood. Engineers hope the project will be finished in less than two months.

REDBOnE BRiDGE WORK

MORTON (AP) — State Rep. Tracy Arinder, a Dem-ocrat from Morton, who had dropped out of a cam-paign for re-election to the Mississippi House in May is back in it.

Arinder, who served two terms from Scott County, qualified to run as an inde-pendent .

Arinder said he made the decision after watch-ing how legislative races around the state developed. He said Scott County needs an experienced lawmaker in Jackson.

Arinder will face Demo-crat Tom Miles of Morton and Republican Brenda Whatley-Kirby on Nov. 8.

Arinder first sought political office 12 years ago when he ran for the state Senate and lost. Later, after the death of former Rep. Dick Livingston and Liv-ingston’s son decided not to continue serving, Arinder ran for the open seat and won.

Judge reprimanded over Pledge jailingJACKSON — A Mississippi

judge will be publicly repri-manded for jailing an attor-ney who refused to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in his courtroom.

Chancellor Talmadge Little-john of New Albany will also be fined $100.

On Thursday, the Mis-sissippi Supreme Court affirmed the recommen-dation from the state Commission on Judicial Performance.

Candidate heldon $100,000 bond

BLUE MOUNTAIN — A Democrat running for Tippah County sheriff

was held on $100,000 bond after shooting a .32 caliber revolver in the direction of his employees, officials said.

Tippah County jail records show that 60-year-old James A. Keenon is charged with attempted aggravated assault.

Authorities said the inci-dent happened about 5 p.m. Tuesday at Big M Trucking in Blue Mountain.

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Rep. Arindergets back oncampaign trail

Prosecutors said Mark Calhoun prepared fictitious documents to ensure lenders would make loans to

prospective borrowers, and the three also sometimes benefited from inflated values set on homes.

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OLD POST FILES120 YEARS AGO: 1891Virginia Rapp, who has been teaching in the Mary LeGrant Institute, goes to West Carroll Parish to spend the summer.

110 YEARS AGO: 1901The BBLA gives an excursion on the steamer Belle of the Bends. • D. Hart, manager of Dr. Ingersoll’s plantation in Issaquena, is in the city.

100 YEARS AGO: 1911W.O. Ligon, U.S. deputy marshal, is in town. • Funeral services are held for Phil Rosconi.

90 YEARS AGO: 1921Rupert Evans, Maurice Emmich, W.L. Tucker Jr. and Joseph Palermo are due home from a trip to Tennessee.

80 YEARS AGO: 1931The Robert Crump Wilkerson Boy Scout huts are dedicated at the Wilkerson Reservation. • James Shirley goes to San Anto-nio where he expects to be located in the future.

70 YEARS AGO: 1941W.F. Laughlin retires as deputy chancery clerk to form a law partnership with state Sen. J.H. Culkin. • Funeral services are held for Thomas J. Foster.

60 YEARS AGO: 1951Frank Spruiell resigns his position as athletic director at Carr Central High School. • Sgt. John Pittman, farm boy from Tallula who is returning with the nation’s highest honor, the Congres-sional Medal of Honor, visits here.

50 YEARS AGO: 1961Charles Hall dies. • Wauwice Henderson is a candidate for Miss Vicksburg. • Curt Jergens stars in “Ferry to Hong Kong” at the Joy Theatre.

40 YEARS AGO: 1971Funeral services are held for Mrs. Selena Anderson, Rolling Fork resident. • Cornel Wilde stars in “Maracaibo” at Show-town USA.

30 YEARS AGO: 1981Mr. and Mrs. William F. Hambright of Utica announce the birth of a son, William Rodney, on June 11. • Lloyd Magee and Jean Hunt are cast as William and Mary Detweiler in the Vicksburg Little Theatre Production of “How the Other Half Loves.”

20 YEARS AGO: 1991Six Vicksburg Warren School District teachers — Patricia Hughes, Barbara Tolliver, Mary Chaney, Miriam Wahl, Jana Underwood and Linda Turner — receive International Paper Company Foundation grants totaling $13,000.

10 YEARS AGO: 2001Jean E. Dawson dies. • Jada M. Selma is named valedictorian of the sixth grade at Vicksburg Intermediate School. • Caitlyn Reeves celebrates her third birthday.

LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H. — A few hundred New Hampshire Republicans mingle loudly on a sunset dinner cruise, oblivious to the scheduled speak-ers and to the lovely, green land-scape rolling by. The best discus-sions, as usual, are located near the bar, where veterans of pri-maries past are gossiping, com-plaining and thoroughly enjoying their disproportionate influence over American politics.

Mitt Romney, one overhears, didn’t fill the audience for his town hall meeting. Herman Cain is getting a noisy buzz. Rudy Giu-liani might run, if only to erase the memory of his last, disas-trous campaign. Tim Pawlenty is the most sophisticated networker but has yet to catch fire.

A skulking columnist asks: What of former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman? “Don’t know much about him,” says a longtime GOP activist, “but I hear he is a mod-erate.” It is not intended as a compliment.

Huntsman, making his way smoothly around the deck, seems determined to convert every-one, handshake by handshake. His staff believes his compara-tive advantage is retail politics.

Huntsman is beginning a two-day, 11-stop tour of New Hamp-shire’s North Country, including two VFWs and Chutters candy shop. Scheduling must be a chal-lenge; the region is populated by about 18 people per square mile. When it comes to grass-roots politics, Huntsman is burrowing deep.

Compared to some others in the Republican field, Huntsman is barely registered in national polls. But activists in early pri-mary states see a serious resume and considerable political skills. Some talk of his potential for 2016. A number of political heavy-hitters have signed on this time around. In a flat political market, Huntsman is considered a growth stock.

The media have often covered

Huntsman as a liberal Republi-can — a Rockefeller reincarna-tion. After all, he supports civil unions. He made it easier to get a drink at a bar in Utah. This easy press narrative gives Huntsman an odd advantage in a Republi-can primary: He is more conser-vative than his image. For many Republicans, he will improve upon closer inspection.

“At the beginning of a cam-paign,” Huntsman tells me, “labels drive the debate. Once I’m better known — my record as governor, my temperament — this will shift.” Recognizing the power of labels, however, he suggests a different one: “Maybe conservative problem-solver.”

As governor of Utah, it is true that Huntsman pursued a mod-erate environmental agenda

and did not go out of his way to offend immigrants. If these are disqualifying for a GOP presi-dential candidate, Republicans have no intention of winning. Huntsman is also strongly pro-life. His growth-oriented eco-nomic agenda as governor — a flat tax, a reduction in the sales tax — is a conservative model. And his business background appeals to important Republican constituencies.

Huntsman believes the presi-dential election will be a con-test of economic visions. “As if it weren’t apparent before, it will be jobs, jobs all the time. On the economy, there is not one alarm bell ringing but two or three alarm bells ringing.” Americans will want a candidate, he says, who “gets the private sector, and it helps to have been there.” The choice, in Huntsman’s stark formulation, is “between a top-heavy statist model and return-ing to our capitalist roots.”

As America’s just-returned ambassador to China, Hunts-man also brings foreign policy credentials to a Republican field lacking in them. But here he has raised questions of consistency. On the stump, he speaks mov-

ingly of visiting Chinese “free-dom fighters” who were beaten and imprisoned for defending their rights. At the same time, he opposes the American operation in Libya, on the grounds that it is not “core to our national security interests.” As president, would Huntsman really have allowed the leveling of Benghazi and the victory of Moammar Gadhafi?

Another foreign policy issue is more easily dismissed. Why did Huntsman agree to be President Obama’s ambassador to China? Because he was not Obama’s ambassador to China. He was America’s ambassador to China. When a president calls with such a request, the proper, patriotic response is: “Yes, sir.” It is never a scandal to serve one’s country.

Huntsman may not be able to overcome the obstacle of his ano-nymity, at least this time around. But he contributes a thoughtful competence to the Republican field. While some seem to be run-ning for a host position on Fox News, Huntsman appears to be running for president.

•Michael Gerson’s email address is [email protected].

A sunset dinner cruise with Jon Huntsman

Time to leaveA change of course in Afghanistan

As Americans remembered the sacrifices made by members of their armed forces this past Memorial Day weekend, it’s time to reassess the nation’s goals for its foreign wars — especially the war in Afghanistan and the broader battle against terrorism.

During a speech before the Brit-ish Parliament President Barack Obama said that the United States was preparing to turn a corner in Afghanistan. During that tran-sition, “we will pursue a lasting peace with those who break from al-Qaida and respect the Afghan constitution.” Obama’s plan is to begin withdrawing some of the 100,000 troops from Afghanistan in July, with all combat forces due out by 2014.

He should move faster.Obama is getting heat on Capi-

tol Hill from both Republicans and Democrats who argue for an accelerated withdrawal. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, a Montana Dem-ocrat, last week called for “a change of course in Afghanistan,” saying that the death of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden “provides an opportunity for the Congress and the White House to assess a new strategy for keeping America safe and defending our interests around the world.”

We agree. Close to 1,500 mem-

bers of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan; more than 11,000 have been wounded during nearly a decade of fighting. The broad goal of the action in Afghanistan in 2001 was to topple the Taliban government and to find bin Laden. It took almost 10 years, but with bin Laden dead, it’s time to change course.

That message is getting a bipar-tisan hearing on Capitol Hill. Influ-ential Sens. John Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts, and Richard G. Lugar, Republican of Indiana, have suggested rethinking the war effort.

Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said recently:

“We should be working toward the smallest footprint necessary, a presence that puts Afghans in charge and presses them to step up to that task. Make no mistake; it is fundamentally unsustainable to continue spending $10 billion a month on a massive military oper-ation with no end in sight.”

Kerry is right. And so is Lugar, who noted that “the broad scope of our activities suggests that we are trying to remake the economic, political and security culture of Afghanistan — but that ambitious goal is beyond our power.”

The simple truth is that the United States has accomplished

its goals in Afghanistan. A recent USA Today/Gallup Poll found that 59 percent of those surveyed believed that the U.S. had accom-plished its mission and that the troops should come home; 36 per-cent believed that troops should remain.

Building a true nation out of this fractured Afghanistan would take decades and billions of dol-lars more of U.S. treasure. It’s not worth it. The terrorists — al-Qaida — have mostly moved next door to Pakistan. The goal should be to disrupt their activities and pro-mote a peaceful transition to dem-ocratic reforms and promote the aspirations of the Arab spring.

A senior administration official told The Washington Post that the killing of bin Laden “may have a significant effect going forward on the setting of milestones and the pace and slope” of the U.S. troop withdrawal. It should.

Obama should make good on that promise to begin the with-drawal by July. American mili-tary families have made enormous sacrifices over the past decade to root out terrorists. Their efforts have helped make the country safer. But it’s time to face reality in Afghanistan and speed up the pro-cess of bringing home the troops.

MICHAELGERSON

At the beginning of a campaign, labels drive the debate.

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Deliberations expected today in second Blagojevich trialCHICAGO (AP) — The

political corruption case against ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is now in the hands of jurors — again.

For the second time, a jury will try to reach a verdict on charges including that he sought to sell or trade Presi-dent Barack Obama’s vacated U.S. Senate seat and tried to shake down executives by threatening state decisions

that would hurt their businesses.

Jurors were expected to begin deliber-ations today a f t e r g e t -ting the case

Thursday. Blagojevich’s

first trial last year ended with a hung jury, with the panel

agreeing on a single count — that he lied to the FBI about how involved he was in fund-raising as governor.

The impeached governor, 54, faces 20 counts, including attempted extortion and con-spiracy to commit bribery. He did not take the stand in his first trial, but he testified for seven days this time and denied all wrongdoing.

During closing arguments

Thursday, prosecutors described Blagojevich as a schemer who lied to jurors even when confronted with FBI wiretap recordings that seemed to catch him in the act.

“What he is saying to you now is not borne out any-where on the recordings that you have,” prosecutor Carrie Hamilton said, urging jurors to listen to the recordings

carefully.“There’s one person in the

middle of it — the defen-dant,” she said, pointing at Blagojevich. “What you hear is a sophisticated man ... trying to get things for himself.”

Blagojevich’s attorney coun-tered that the government showed only that he talks a lot.

“He didn’t get a dime, a nickel, a penny ... nothing,”

defense attorney Aaron Gold-stein shouted just feet from the jury box. Pointing at Blagojevich, Goldstein added that the trial “isn’t about any-thing but nothing.”

Pacing the crowded court-room and sometimes pound-ing his fist on a lectern, Gold-stein echoed what Blagojevich said on the stand: His recorded conversations were mere brainstorming.

Weiner should keep job, polls sayNEW YORK (AP) — Anna

Wisniewska may not like Rep. Anthony Weiner’s raunchy online behavior, but she thinks he should keep his job.

“You cannot judge anyone,” said Wisniewska, 35, who was born in Poland, but is now a U.S. citizen and lives in the con-gressman’s district. “He did what he did and he apologized. It’s only between him and his wife.”

Weiner told a newspaper Thursday he would not resign, but instead would focus on get-ting work done and would “try to make amends” with his con-stituents and family. Now, there are indications in his home dis-trict that he may survive: A new NY1-Marist Poll showed the congressman continues to have strong backing from his constituents in the 9th congres-sional district.

It is a bit of positive news for the seven-term lawmaker from New York, who faces calls from his colleagues in both parties to leave office after he admit-ted sending sexually explicit photos and messages over the Internet to a half-dozen women over the past three years.

According to the poll, 56 percent of registered voters polled in Weiner’s district think he should stay on the job. Thirty-three percent think he should go, while 12 percent are unsure.

The survey of 512 adults on June 8, which included 411 reg-istered voters, had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percent. It was performed by the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.

Aides say Weiner was heart-ened by the polls showing no clamor for his resignation and is talking regularly with his wife, Huma Abedin, who is overseas with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The 46-year-old Demo-crat, who came and went from his Queens co-op on Thurs-day, planned to work out of his

Queens office today.In private phone calls, Dem-

ocrats have made clear to Weiner that staying would be tough on him and his wife of a year, who is pregnant with the couple’s first child.

On Wednesday, Rep. Allyson Schwartz, D-Pa., became the first of a half-dozen Democrats to say he should leave office. Meanwhile, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of Califor-nia has said in a statement that she’s “disappointed” in Weiner and called for an ethics com-mittee investigation.

Investigators:Nuclear chiefschemed toclose dump

WASHINGTON (AP) — While he apparently broke no laws, the head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission with-held and manipulated infor-mation to make the case for shutting down the proposed radioactive waste dump at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, according to an internal investigation.

The inquiry requested by Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Com-mittee says that NRC Chair-man Gregory Jaczko was “not forthcoming” to other com-missioners when he decided to shut down in October the technical review of the Energy Department’s application for the underground nuclear dump.

Jaczko called the shutdown of Yucca a complicated issue and said the report’s findings “reaf-firm that my actions have been and remain consistent with established law, guidance and my authorities as chairman.”

Republicans and many Demo-crats outside Nevada favor cre-ation of a single storage site for nuclear waste, but the Yucca Mountain project is fiercely opposed by Nevada lawmak-ers, including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who has vowed to do everything in his power to kill it.

Gingrich ‘committed’after staff’s mass exit

ATLANTA (AP) — Rocked by the stunning walkout of his entire senior campaign brain trust, Newt Gingrich is none-theless vowing to remain in the race for president.

But whether the former House speaker remains a viable candi-date is now in serious doubt.

Already, his opponents in the Republican field are scrambling to capitalize on the upheaval, courting disillusioned Gingrich donors and picking off key cam-paign supporters.

News of the Gingrich staff exodus had barely registered Thursday before former Min-nesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty was trumpeting word that one of Gingrich’s national co-chair-men — former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue — had jumped ship and joined Pawlenty’s White House campaign. Two top staffers who fled Ging-rich’s campaign — including campaign manager Rob John-son — have close ties to Rick Perry, ramping up speculation that the brash Texas governor could jump into the unsettled GOP race.

Gingrich maintained he’s still in the contest.

“I am committed to running the substantive, solutions-ori-ented campaign I set out to run earlier this spring,” he said shortly after word broke of the mass staff exit.

He is set to deliver what is

billed as a major foreign policy address to the Repub-lican Jewish Coalition in Los Ange-les and is then sched-

uled to attend a Republ i -

can debate Monday in New Hampshire.

But political strategists said the 67-year-old Gingrich — already mounting an uphill fight for the Republican nom-ination — now faces nearly insurmountable obstacles.

Rich Galen, a former Gingrich aide, said he doesn’t believe his old boss can recover.

“It is coming to a quick and merciful end,” Galen said, com-paring Gingrich’s comeback bid to “watching a really great prize fighter come back for one last fight that he never should have.”

A political campaign in disar-ray will struggle to raise money and attract talented staff. On Thursday, Gingrich appeared to be leading a campaign with-out an infrastructure.

In addition to losing his cam-paign manager, senior adviser and longtime press aide, he also saw key staff in the piv-otal early primary and caucus states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina leave.

Ash-filled urn makes way to GoodwillFENTON, Mich.— State

police in Michigan are trying to find who left what appear to be a grandmother’s cremated remains in an urn at a Good-will store near Flint.

Fenton Goodwill store man-ager Allen Ryckman said “it’s got to be the No. 1 or No. 2 weirdest item” the store has ever received. He said it appears to have come from a house that was cleaned out.

The Flint Journal said store workers found the box just before Easter.

The box has the label “grand-ma’s urn.” The cream-colored urn is about 10 inches tall and weighs about 10 pounds. It doesn’t have any identifying marks or label.

Second-largest wildfirein Arizona still growing

SPRINGERVILLE, Ariz. — A major wildfire in Arizona’s eastern mountains burned out of control early today after charring more than 603 square miles of timber, destroying dozens of struc-tures and keeping thousands of evacuees away from their homes.

Crews Thursday made prog-ress in burning up fuel ahead of the fire as part of a strat-egy to choke it on its north-ern flanks. Smoke from the

burn operations puffed shades of black and gray in the hills just above the town of Eagar as grass was singed and trees here and there lit up orange.

Helicopters helped with the operations and a large air tanker dropped fire retardant on the northwestern edge to keep the flames from hooking around and making a run for Eagar and Springerville.

As conditions eased some-what, fire officials took stock of what the Wallow fire did in the resort community of Greer: 22 homes lost, five damaged, and two dozen outbuildings charred when the fire raced through a day earlier.

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Q: Back when I was in high school I wrote a jingle for a very popular fast-food chain for fun and money. I believe the jingle would make a great commercial. I think it’s one

of those songs that would stick in the public’s head, which makes for great adver-tising.

How I can go about patenting my song? How do I approach the corporation? And how do I protect myself? — Leslie, via e-mail

A: I really don’t want to be

the one to pop your bubble, but, unfortunately, the chances of this type of thing being picked up by the fast-food places are less than slim. First, if you have a jingle it can’t be patented, but you can copyright it, which is a very inexpensive process. I would then contact the cor-poration and ask who their advertising agency is and you can submit it to them directly. Unfortunately, these agen-cies are very averse to using unsolicited material, but on the other side of that once it’s copyrighted you have nothing to lose. I really wouldn’t get my hopes up too high.

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

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Shell drilling planchallenged by groups

ATLANTA (AP) — Environ-mental groups asked a fed-eral appeals court Thursday to throw out a U.S. govern-ment decision to approve a Shell oil exploration plan that involves five proposed wells under more than 7,000 feet of water in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulation and Enforcement approved the plan in May. The plan also includes three previously approved wells 72 miles off Louisiana.

Defenders of Wildlife, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Natural Resources Defense Council claim in a petition filed in the 11th Cir-cuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Atlanta that the decision vio-lates the law and that the envi-ronment would be harmed if it stands.

New regulations for deepwa-ter drilling were imposed fol-lowing last year’s deadly rig explosion and Gulf oil spill.

The conservation groups argue that there is no basis to conclude that drilling in waters substantially deeper than the BP well that blew out would have no significant impact on the environment. BP’s well that blew out was in 5,000 feet of water. Engineer-ing experts and some industry observers have argued that more than a year after the disaster oil companies are still not adequately prepared to prevent a deepwater blowout or be able to efficiently deal

with one if it were to occur again. The industry says it is prepared and it is eager to get back to business in the Gulf.

A moratorium on deepwa-ter drilling in the Gulf was imposed after the BP oil spill. It was lifted in October, though permits have only started to flow again in recent months. The industry has prodded the government to move faster, while environmental groups have encouraged the govern-ment to slow down.

Shell said that the petition “fails to take into account the comprehensive nature of the approved exploration plan.”

Court rules in favor of Mardi Gras magnate’s sonNEW ORLEANS — A state

appeals panel has upheld the court-ordered transfer of control over Blaine Kern Artists Inc. to the Mardi Gras magnate’s son, Barry Kern.

The one-sentence ruling Tuesday denied the elder Kern’s challenge to an April ruling by Civil District Court Judge Kern Reese that enforced a father-son deal confected last year. That deal was intended to quell a family rift that threat-ened float production for a number of the largest Carni-val parades.

The deal, brokered by three prominent Carnival cap-

tains, called for Blaine Kern Sr. to sell all of his shares to his son and for the board of directors to turn over management control of the 54-year-old Mardi Gras giant to Barry Kern, 48, at a share-holders meeting. But Blaine Kern stood pat, and no such meeting or vote took place.

Toyota expects31 percent profit drop

TOKYO — Toyota fore-casts its annual profit to dive 31 percent, hammered by

production disruptions from parts shortages, but its out-look Friday projects a robust recovery from the earth-quake and tsunami in coming months.

Toyota Motor Corp. had not given an earnings forecast earlier because of uncer-tainties about its production

outlook after the March 11 disaster wiped out key parts suppliers in northeastern Japan.

Toyota forecast a $3.5 bil-lion profit for the fiscal year through March 2012, down from 408 billion yen for the previous fiscal year.

Family feuds over futureof Klinger’s beloved food

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A family feud slathered with accusations of financial mis-deeds is threatening the future of an Ohio restaurant whose hot dogs were made famous by cross-dressing Cpl. Max Klinger on “M-A-S-H.”

The fight centers on the own-ership of Tony Packo’s, a corner bar and grill that grew out of the Great Depression and whose chili-topped hot dogs, stuffed cabbage and roast beef platters continued to please fans even after the iconic TV show ended its run three decades ago.

“If you’re ever in Toledo, Ohio, on the Hungarian side of town, Tony Packo’s got the greatest Hungarian hot dogs,” Jamie Farr’s character Cpl. Max Klinger said on an epi-sode in 1976.

The son and grandson of the restaurant’s namesake

have been trading accusations for nearly a year, and each is trying to buy the company. The restaurant’s lender foreclosed on its loans, and a judge put a third party in charge of the restaurant while he sorts out the mess.

Both sides are due in court today, when a Lucas County judge is to decide on several motions on how to proceed.

The character played by Toledo native Jamie Farr put Packo’s on the map when he portrayed a homesick U.S. sol-dier in the Korean War who longed for Packo’s hot dogs and wore dresses in hopes of con-vincing the Army he was crazy and should be discharged.

Packo’s was mentioned in just six of the 250 episodes of “M-A-S-H” — most notably in the final episode in 1983.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A panel has been set up to handle appeals on damage claims against BP over its massive oil spill last year.

The 25-person panel was appointed by Jack M. Weiss, the chancellor of the Louisiana State University law center. The panel will look at appeals for the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, which was set up to handle the billions of dollars in claims against BP and the other companies involved in the April 20, 2010, rig explosion that led to the release of 206 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.

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where floodwaters meander around elevated houses and only the roofs of lower build-ings are visible. Chotard Landing has been flooded since April.

The only signs that people have recently been there are piles of flood-damaged building materials and other items heaped on the porches or landings of homes.

Vicki Worley, who manages the landing’s store and handles condo and cabin rentals for John-son, moved to Chotard Land-ing from Brandon a year ago. This was her first flood.

“I’ve read about them and seen pictures,” she said. “I don’t want to ride this rodeo again.”

She said she had to move her belongings to higher ground twice.

“We had to do it by boat that second time,” she said.

Getting to Chotard Landing involves taking U.S. 61 North to Low Water Bridge Road in Issaquena County, taking the northern end of Mississippi 465 along the mainline levee. The road is pockmarked with potholes and ruts caused by the steady traffic of dump trucks in May when the fight against the river was at its peak. People park on the levee and then take a boat to the resort.

Shoving off from the make-shift landing at the base of the levee, Johnson maneu-vered his pontoon boat and described the damage.

“Most of these houses are 10 to 12 feet off the ground,” he said.

“That house is 16 feet off the ground,” he said, point-ing at one building. “It was the highest one here, and it

got 1 1/2 feet of water in it.”Johnson pointed to a river

gauge on the piling of one house that showed a present flood stage of 47 feet.

“It got to 57.1 feet here,” he said. “The current was swift. It’s pretty calm now, but when it got to 52 feet, it was shooting through here.”

The real tragedy of the flood, Johnson said, is that most of the home and camp owners, including himself, didn’t have flood insurance.

“We had built our homes above the 100-year flood

level,” he said. “We never

thought it would get this high. I’ve been living here since 1973, and I’ve owned the resort for

20 years. I’ve seen a lot of floods, but this one is the worst,” he said.

Johnson said he had more than 3 1/2 feet of water in his condo.

“We had to move stuff from my rental condos,” he said. “A lot of it we just couldn’t get out.”

Johnson said he’ll rebuild.“I could get this place ready

in a couple of weeks if FEMA (Federal Emergency Man-agement Agency) would leave me alone,” he said. “They won’t let me put noth-ing back until they inspect it.”

He said most of the resort’s full- and part-time residents are waiting for the waters to recede before returning to clean up and rebuild.

Some people, he said, will leave, “But they weren’t coming back anyway.”

And this year’s Special Olympics bass tournament?

“We’re going to hold it,” Johnson said. “I don’t know what they’ll find when they get here, but we will have the tournament.”


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Post-flood, a few homes were raised, and several couldn’t be reconnected to utilities or receive city building per-mits because damage totaled more than 50 percent of the home’s value. In 2009, about seven homeowners who returned did so after waiv-ing off all future claims on the National Flood Insurance Program.

When properties are pur-chased by local governments via the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, reloca-tion stipends are paid and the land can be used only for public use, such as park space. No new construc-tion or substantial repairs to existing structures may be made in known flood zones.

Local governments must agree to pay 25 percent fund-ing matches to FEMA money paid to any property owner for selling a flooded home, the same match required for cities and counties in the flooded areas to be reim-bursed for overtime pay and debris cleanup. Warren County supervisors attended Thursday, but asked no ques-tions. The board is expected to start talks today on how to craft buyout plans.

Building and Inspections Department chief Victor

Gray-Lewis said the city was prepared to buy 16 flooded properties after the 2008 flood — only to endure a year’s wait for the money, and people lost interest.

“Because it took so long to actually get the money in hand, we lost half of those would-be participants who are now flooded today,” Gray-Lewis said.

An “expedited application process” will fast-track appli-cations from localities in the 14 counties declared federal disaster areas, though dead-lines and criteria for submis-sion and approval aren’t set yet, said Janna Henderson, interim director of disaster-related grants with the Mis-sissippi Emergency Manage-ment Agency. Homeowners can hire a private contrac-tor on their own to appraise houses, still subject to review by MEMA, Henderson said.

Mayor Paul Winfield said the city plans to contract out the job of debris cleanup. Winfield and Thompson thought out loud on ideas to move flooded houses to higher ground onto city-owned lots, though specifics on locations were few.

“It would be a good gesture on our part if we can offer that alternative,” Winfield

said. Thompson said that is not

consistent with the purposes of monies currently avail-able to local governments, but it could be part of a plan the city could craft for lots it owns outside of flood zones.

“You can say, ‘Look, we happen to have 20 lots in the city we own. We’ll put

you from where you are to a city lot.’ And that can count toward the down payment on that house. But, the block grant applications and other things are real essentials. I think you gotta come up with that plan, then you gotta try to sell it. And you can still do that while participating in the (buyout) program.”

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An American flag, washed from a Chotard Landing condo by floodwater, hangs from a tree Thursday.

Flooding might have spread invasive fishNEW ORLEANS (AP) —

While scientists have been battling to keep a ravenous, invasive fish species out of the Great Lakes, some worry that spring floods along the Missis-sippi River might be spreading the Asian carp downstream.

Duane Chapman, a U.S. Geological Survey biologist and Asian carp expert, says the fish are likely to show up

in places where Mississippi floodwaters intruded. They can weigh up to 100 pounds, grow 4 feet long and live for 25 years.

They could crimp food sources for decades.

“I think there is a very seri-ous issue here,” said Chap-man. “We may now be find-ing them in lakes, ponds, bayous, anywhere the river

water went.”Asian carp is a term applied

to several related species of carp that were brought to the United States in the 1970s to control algae in catfish farms in the South. Floods washed them into the Mississippi River in the 1980s.

Since their escape into the wild, the carp have established themselves in the Mississippi

and Missouri river basins. They endanger native fish by greedily eating aquatic veg-etation and robbing local spe-cies of their food supply.

The battle to keep them out of the Great Lakes includes the use of underwater cam-eras and sonar to monitor the effectiveness of the Army Corps of Engineers’ electronic barriers.

‘I don’t want to ride this rodeo again.’ViCki Worley

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TONIGHT

Partly cloudy tonight, lows in the upper 60s; partly

cloudy with showers and thunderstorms in the after-noon, highs in the mid-90s

68°

PRECISION FORECASTBY CHIEF METEOROLOGIST

BARBIE BASSSETTSATuRdAy

95°

WEATHERThis weather package is compiled from historical records and information

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

City of Vicksburg and The Associated Press.

LOCAL FORECASTsaturday-sunday

Partly cloudy with a chance of isolated to scat-tered showers and thun-derstorms; highs in the

90s; lows in the 60s

STATE FORECASTtOnIGHt

Partly cloudy, lows in the upper 60s

saturday-sundayPartly cloudy with a

chance of isolated to scat-tered showers and thun-derstorms; highs in the

90s; lows in the 60s

ALmAnACHIGHs and LOws

High/past 24 hours............. 92ºLow/past 24 hours .............. 71ºAverage temperature ........ 82ºNormal this date .................. 78ºRecord low ...57º before 1885Record high ...........99º in 1914

raInfaLLRecorded at the

Vicksburg Water PlantPast 24 hours ................0.0 inchThis month ............... 0.0 inchesTotal/year ............. 19.68 inchesNormal/month .....1.24 inchesNormal/year ....... 28.07 inches

sOLunar tabLeMost active times for fish

and wildlife Saturday:A.M. Active ........................... 1:30A.M. Most active ................ 7:44P.M. Active ............................ 1:57P.M. Most active ................. 8:11

sunrIse/sunsetSunset today ....................... 8:08Sunset tomorrow .............. 8:09Sunrise tomorrow ............. 5:56

RIVER DATAstaGes

Mississippi Riverat Vicksburg

Current: 47.3 | Change: -0.5Flood: 43 feet

Yazoo River at GreenwoodCurrent: 16.1 | Change: NC

Flood: 35 feetYazoo River at Yazoo City


Yazoo River at BelzoniCurrent: 23.1 | Change: -0.5

Flood: 34 feetBig Black River at West


Big Black River at BovinaCurrent: 7.0 | Change: -0.1

Flood: 28 feet

steeLe bayOuLand ...................................89.8River ...................................95.6

mISSISSIPPI RIVER FORECAST

Cairo, Ill.Saturday ................................ 37.1Sunday ................................... 36.4Monday ................................. 35.6

MemphisSaturday ................................ 24.3Sunday ................................... 23.8Monday ................................. 23.4

GreenvilleSaturday ................................ 49.4Sunday ................................... 48.7Monday ................................. 48.2

VicksburgSaturday ................................ 47.1Sunday ................................... 46.6Monday ................................. 46.1

DEATHSThe Vicksburg Post prints obituaries in news form for area residents, their family members and for former residents at no charge. Families wishing to publish additional information or to use specific wording have the option of a paid obituary.

Lonzo AdamsServices for Lonzo Adams

will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Shiloh M.B. Church in Copiah County with the Rev. Troy Smith officiating. Burial will follow at Antioch Cemetery with Robbins Funeral Home in charge. Visitation will be at the funeral home today from 2 until 5 p.m.

Mr. Adams died Saturday, June 4, 2011, at River Region Medical Center. He was 64.

He was a construction worker and a member of Shiloh M.B. Church in Jeffer-son County.

He is survived by his com-panion, Nancy Bailey; and other relatives.

Berda Catherine AmosBerda Catherine Amos

died Tuesday, June 7, 2011, at River Region Medical Center. She was 73.

Ms. Amos attended Bowman High School and was a member of Mount

Hebron Bap-tist Church in Bovina.

She worked at The Valley department store and at an insur-ance com-pany before

starting at Westinghouse

in 1967. She served as union steward and treasurer for the local International Brother-hood of Electrical Workers. She retired from Cooper/Crouse Hinds Lighting after 32 years of service.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Charlie Amos and Roberta Brick-ley Amos; four brothers, James “Jack” Amos, Benard Amos, Abraham Amos and Aubrey Amos; and three sis-ters, Henrietta Amos Pilate, Geneva Amos Jackson and Lucille Amos Brown.

Survivors include two daughters, Berda Ann Amos

of Vicksburg and Tangie Amos Neal of Saginaw, Mich.; one sister, Mary Lee Robbins of Vicksburg; one brother, Simon Amos of Vicksburg; three grandchildren; and nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul Bap-tist Church, Bovina, with the Rev. Willie White officiating. Burial will follow at Mount Hebron Baptist Church Cem-etery, Bovina. Visitation will be from 1 until 7 tonight at Lakeview Memorial Funeral Home with family present from 6 until 7 p.m.

Blanche Broome Millsaps

Blanche Broome Millsaps died Wednesday, June 1, 2011, at River Region Medical Center. She was 80 years old.

Born in Sumrall, Mrs. Mill-saps had been a resident of Vicksburg since 1966.

She retired from South Central Bell where she was one of the first female frame atten-dants, which were fondly

called “frame dames.”

Mrs. Millsaps was active in the civil rights move-ment, state and local politics and community projects. A favorite Telephone Pioneers project was making “hug-a-bears,” which were provided to police and fire depart-ments to comfort trauma-tized children.

Mrs. Millsaps was espe-cially proud to be known as “the Vicksburg flag lady.” In 1994, she led the effort to raise a U.S. flag over the Old Mississippi River Bridge, and she has kept a flag flying con-tinuously for 17 years. Her legacy will live on with the Army-Navy Club assuming responsibility for future flag raisings. Memorials to the Blanche Millsaps Flag Fund can be sent to the Army-Navy Club of Vicksburg, c/o Louis Decell, 4312 Windsor Point, Vicksburg, MS 39180.

Mrs. Millsaps was a

member of many organiza-tions: Telephone Pioneers of America, Communications Workers of America, Repub-lican National Committee, Ladies of the Elks and Order of the Eastern Star. She attended Westminster Pres-byterian Church.

Mrs. Millsaps was preceded in death by her husband, David M. Millsaps Sr.; her parents, Edna and Buford Broome; and a brother, James Broome.

Survivors include one son, David M. Millsaps Jr. of Rich-land, Wash.; one daughter, Earline Millsaps (and hus-band Robin Feuerbacher) of Hood River, Ore.; a brother, Richard Broome of Sumrall; dear friends, Marvin Ander-son, Calvin Allen and Ciera Horton of Vicksburg; and her faithful companion, Lucky.

The family acknowledges the loving care provided by Dr. Edney, Dr. Halinski, CFNP Debbie Hoover, Private Home Care sitters Ashley Hansford and Demetrius Armstead and the nursing staffs of Promise Hospital and Shady Lawn Nursing Home.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Glenwood

Funeral Home Chapel in Vicksburg with the Rev. Scott Reiber officiating. Graveside services with the Rev. Doug Barber officiat-ing will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Rock Hill Baptist Church Cemetery in Sumrall. Visi-tation will be from 5 until 7 tonight at the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be Howard Sumrall, Charles Sumrall, Jim Hatten, Bobby Broome, Lavelle Broome, Junior Dale Broome, Jack Lucas and Bruce Lucas.

Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Army-Navy Club.

Louis PreisWEST MONROE, La. —

Louis “Dunnie” Preis died Wednesday, June 8, 2011, at his home in West Monroe. He was 75.

Born in Waterproof, La., Mr. Preis had been a West Monroe resident for a year. He attended Auburn Univer-sity, where he played football and was a sprinter for the track and field team.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Louis Sr. and Edna Joyce Prichard Preis; and his wife, Marian Powell

Preis.He is survived by his chil-

dren, Bill Pries of Helena, Mont., Cathye Preis Davis of Choudrant, La., Wes Preis of Rayville, La., and Scott Preis of Cumming, Ga.; a sister, Joyce McKnelly of Overland Park, Kan.; and grandchil-dren and nieces.

Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Natchez City Cem-etery with the Rev. Ray Var-nado officiating. Burial will follow under the direction of Comer Funeral Home of Fer-riday, La. Visitation will be from 1 until 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Online condolences may be offered at www.comerfh.com.

Clarence WalkerClarence Walker died

Thursday, June 9, 2011, at St. Dominic-Jackson Memo-rial Hospital in Jackson. He was 96.

Mr. Walker was a veteran of World War II. He was retired from Anderson Tully Lumber Mill and a member of Triumphant Baptist Church.

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

BlancheMillsaps

BerdaAmos

Probe: Troops left exposed in deadly Afghan attackWASHINGTON (AP) — A

U.S. military investigation says command failures left American soldiers in an inde-fensible position without ade-quate support when hundreds of insurgents attacked their remote outpost in northeast-ern Afghanistan with rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and guns.

Eight U.S. troops were killed and 22 were wounded during the October 2009 attack on Combat Outpost Keating, one the deadliest battles during the nearly decade-long war. The investigation released Friday by U.S. Central Command in Tampa, Fla., recommended giving four officers letters of admonition or reprimand for putting the 53 American troops in a vulnerable position at the outpost in mountain-ous Nuristan province near the Pakistan border.

Documents show Stan-ley McChrystal, then the top American general in Afghani-stan, approved the decision to punish the officers — a cap-

tain, a major, a lieutenant col-onel, and a colonel. For their privacy, their names were removed from the copy of the report posted on Central Com-mand’s website. The investi-gation says the soldiers from B Troop, 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry, were in a “tactically indefensible position” with an “unclear mission.”

The investigation, led by Army Gen. Guy Swan, said in the weeks before the attack there were reports of a large enemy force massing near Keating and preparing for an attack. Those reports were sent up the chain of command, “but there was an inadequate

response, and ultimately, a failure of intelligence to pre-pare the unit for the enemy’s action,” according to the inquiry.

The report also says there were too few troops at Keat-ing. And because the base was scheduled to be closed, the construction of barriers and other defenses weren’t pursued “since improvements would be of limited duration,” the report said.

But McChrystal, who was removed last summer as U.S. commander in Afghani-stan after a magazine article anonymously quoted people around him criticizing mem-

bers of President Barack Obama’s national secu-rity team, praised the offi-cers’ prior performance and acknowledged the tough cir-cumstances they faced.

In a December 2009 memo, McChrystal said he recog-nized the “extremely diffi-cult missions and extraor-dinary responsibilities we have given these officers in a challenging, complex combat environment.”

Many of the Afghan soldiers stationed alongside the Amer-ican troops at Keating either ran or hid during the firefight, according to witness state-ments included in the investi-gation. The U.S. has spent bil-lions of dollars training and equipping the Afghan army and police.

Aggressive fungus strikes Joplin tornado victimsJOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — A

Joplin doctor said Thursday his hospital treated five Joplin tornado victims for a rare, aggressive fungal infection sometimes found in survivors of other natural disasters.

Dr. Uwe Schmidt, an infec-tious disease specialist at Freeman Health System in Joplin, said three of those patients who contracted zygo-mycosis have since died, but he stopped short of blaming their deaths specifically on the infections.

“These people had multiple traumas, pneumonia, all kinds of problems,” Schmidt said.

“It’s difficult to say how much the fungal infections contrib-uted to their demise.”

Jacqueline Lapine, a spokeswoman for the Mis-souri Department of Health and Senior Services, said the department has received reports of eight suspected deep-skin fungal infections among victims of the tornado. She said all of the victims had sustained trauma from the tornado with multiple inju-ries and secondary wound infections.

Zygomycosis, now known as mucormycosis, is a fungal infection that spreads rapidly

and can be caused by soil or vegetative material becoming embedded under the skin. It’s more prevalent in people with weakened immune systems or untreated diabetes but can affect healthy people who suffer trauma and are injected with contaminated soil.

Dr. Benjamin Park with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said people who have had a traumatic skin injury that is not improving should seek medical attention immediately so the infection can be identified and treated promptly.

“These fungal infections

are usually quite serious, and often have a case-fatality rate of 50 percent or higher,” Park said in an e-mail to The Asso-ciated Press. “Although per-sons with weakened immune systems and those with diabe-tes are the most common risk groups, otherwise healthy people can develop infection, particularly after a traumatic wound. Skin infection usu-ally occurs following trau-matic inoculation of the fungal spores into the skin.”

Schmidt said he had seen only two cases of zygomy-cosis in his 30 years of prac-tice, and both of those cases

involved people with untreated diabetes.

“I never have seen person-ally this kind of fungal infec-tion of the skin,” he said.

Stacy Fender, a spokes-woman for CoxHealth, said Cox South hospital in Spring-field has one patient who might have a fungal infection.

Overall numbers weren’t available. The health depart-ment in Springfield-Greene County, where some patients were treated, declined to release information about patients sickened by the fungus, citing patient privacy concerns.

documents show Stanley McChrystal, then the top American general in Afghanistan, approved the decision to punish the officers — a

captain, a major, a lieutenant colonel, and a colonel. For their privacy, their names were removed from the copy of the report posted on

Central Command’s website. The investigation says the soldiers from B Troop, 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry, were in a “tactically indefensible

position” with an ‘unclear mission.’

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cent tax on restaurants and hotel rooms.

After she served sev-eral years, part of the law was changed, making state employees ineligible to be voting members of the local tourism boards.

Bill Seratt, executive direc-

tor and one of three paid staffers at the VCVB, said Thursday that he had heard Bradley had been fired, “but that’s all I’ve heard.”

“It’s a personnel issue,” he said. “I know people at MDA but even if I called them, they would not discuss it.”


Gates blasts NATO, questionsfuture of alliance with Europe

BRUSSELS (AP) — Amer-ica’s military alliance with Europe — the cornerstone of U.S. security policy for six decades — faces a “dim, if not dismal” future, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said today in a blunt valedictory address.

In his final policy speech as Pentagon chief, Gates ques-tioned the viability of NATO, saying its members’ penny-pinching and lack of political will could hasten the end of U.S. support. The North Atlan-tic Treaty Organization was formed in 1949 as a U.S.-led bulwark against Soviet aggres-sion, but in the post-Cold War era it has struggled to find a purpose.

“Future U.S. political lead-ers — those for whom the Cold War was not the forma-

tive experience that it was for me — might not consider the return on America’s invest-ment in NATO worth the cost,” he told a European think tank on the final day of an 11-day overseas journey.

Gates has made no secret of his frustration with NATO bureaucracy and the huge restrictions many European governments placed on their military participation in the Afghanistan war. He ruffled NATO feathers early in his tenure with a direct challenge to contribute more front-line troops that yielded few contributions.

Even so, Gates’ assessment today that NATO is falling down on its obligations and foisting too much of the hard work on the U.S. was unusu-ally harsh and unvarnished.

He said both of NATO’s main military operations now — Afghanistan and Libya — point up weaknesses and fail-ures within the alliance.

“The blunt reality is that there will be dwindling appe-tite and patience in the U.S. Congress — and in the Amer-ican body politic writ large — to expend increasingly precious funds on behalf of nations that are apparently unwilling to devote the nec-essary resources or make the necessary changes to be seri-ous and capable partners in their own defense,” he said.

Without naming names, he blasted allies who are “willing and eager for American tax-payers to assume the growing security burden left by reduc-tions in European defense budgets.”

Serb leader: We did not hide MladicBELGRADE, Serbia —

Ratko Mladic was treated in a Serbian military hospi-tal nearly a decade ago, but after that the army did not help him hide, the country’s defense minister said today.

“Some eight or more years ago he was in a hospital con-nected to some diseases, but not under his name,” minis-ter Dragan Sutanovac said.

Sutanovac said that an internal investigation shows Mladic “for many years was not connected to the military or defense ministry.”

Mladic was arrested in a village north of Belgrade and

extradited last month to the U.N. war crimes court in The Hague, where he is facing charges of genocide commit-ted during Bosnia’s 1992-1995 war — the worst carnage in Europe since World War II.

Protesting soldierkilled in Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A Somali government soldier protesting the anticipated removal of the country’s popular prime minister was

killed by fellow soldiers in the capital, a witness said.

Protester Faysal Abdul-lahi said today several bul-lets hit the soldier in the face and neck as he shouted pro-prime minister slogans in Mogadishu’s Dharkinley neighborhood.

Abdullahi said the soldier was wearing army fatigues and held aloft the picture of Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed.

The soldier’s death is the second since riots erupted Thursday in Somalia’s capital.

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DALLAS — Dirk Nowit-zki waited five long years for that elusive third vic-tory over Miami, yet there was only a short celebration when it finally came.

He briefly thrust both arms in the air, a sea of blue screaming around him, but then quickly walked off the floor.

To Nowitzki, the real party can’t come until next week.

“There’s really nothing to celebrate,” he said. “We’re going in there Sunday swing-ing, like we did today, from the jump, and hopefully steal one Sunday.”

And now it really is “now or never” for LeBron James and the Miami Heat.

Nowitzki scored 29 points, driving for the go-ahead dunk with 2:45 remaining, and the Mavericks beat the Heat 112-103 on Thursday night to take a 3-2 series lead.

The Mavs, who blew a 2-0 lead against the Heat in the 2006 finals, can wrap up their first championship in Game 6 at Miami on Sunday night.

“We didn’t want to go to Miami and give them basi-cally two shots to close us out. So we kept plugging there in the fourth. So defi-nitely a big win for us,” Now-itzki said. “And now we have to go down there and basi-cally approach Sunday’s game as Game 7.”

James, who called this game “now or never,” responded from his worst

playoff performance with 17 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, and Dwyane Wade battled through a sore left hip after a first-quarter colli-

sion to finish with 23 points.“I could have made a couple

of more plays for my team,”

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LOTTERYLa. Pick 3: 8-7-3La. Pick 4: 2-9-9-2 Weekly results: b2

Clean sweepBraves take thirdin a row from Marlins/b3

SChEduLE

SUMMER bASEbALLPCA at St. AloysiusMonday, 5 p.m.

Warren Central at St. AlTuesday, 4 p.m.

ON TV6 p.m. ESPN - Two of col-lege baseball’s most sto-ried programs, Arizona State and Texas, vie for a trip to Omaha as their su-per regional series begins tonight.

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bLAKE WATKINSMem-ber of the Mississip-pi Gators 13-year-olds’ tour-nament baseball team went 9-for-9 with four doubles, helping his team win the Clinton Invitational last weekend.

SIdELINES

Pryor dismissesoffer from CFL

COLUMbUS, Ohio (AP) — The next step may be the most impor-tant one for former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor.

Pryor attorney Larry James said Thursday that the QB turned down a chance to play in the Ca-nadian Football League and is now focusing his energies on being select-ed by an NFL team later this summer.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders, who held Pryor’s Canadian Foot-ball League negotiating rights, made a play for him Wednesday night. Pryor turned down the Roughriders and the CFL on Thursday morning.

“He just said he’s not in-terested in the Canadian Football League,” James said. “Obviously the of-fer was not sufficient to whet his taste buds.”

Pryor, who left Ohio State amidst a scandal in-volving the swap of auto-graphs and memorabilia for cash and discounted tattoos, is also dismissing any further talks with the NCAA.

“They’re not going to give him or any other student-athlete any due process rights to speak of, so he’s moved on,” James said.

nba finals

Mavs take Game 5,one win from title

college baseball

Gators hoping to be at full strengthBy The Associated Press

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida should have one of its best players back for this weekend’s super regional matchup against Mississippi State.

But the Gators still aren’t sure about the return of their top closer.

Coach Kevin O’Sullivan said Thursday that pitcher/designated hitter Brian John-son has gone through several practices and a bullpen ses-sion without showing signs of the concussion that kept him out of last weekend’s NCAA Gainesville Regional.

“He’s fully rested,” O’Sullivan said. “He looked great. You get to this point in the year, a guy who throws 80, 85 innings, it’s not a bad thing that he gets a week off, 10 days off.”

Johnson was injured on May 28th when catcher Mike Zunino hit him in the back of the head while trying to throw out a runner at second base in a game against Geor-gia. Johnson has been a reg-ular weekend starter and is 8-3 with a 3.66 ERA. He’s hit-ting .312 with five home runs and 27 RBI as a designated hitter and first baseman.

O’Sullivan isn’t as sure about first baseman/closer Austin Maddox, however. The sophomore suffered a sprained left foot while run-ning down a foul ball against Manhattan last Friday and missed the rest of the NCAA regional.

“Austin’s more day-to-day,” he said. “I’m probably less optimistic about him this weekend.”

Maddox has emerged as Florida’s top closer as the

season has progressed. He is 2-0 with a 0.74 ERA with five saves in 19 games. He’s also hitting .280 with six home runs and 30 RBI.

Maddox and Johnson played key roles in Florida’s four games against Mis-sissippi State this season. Maddox recorded two saves and Johnson drove in six-runs — including a grand slam that gave the Gators (48-16) a come-from-behind victory in the Southeastern

Conference Tournament. He also threw six scoreless innings in Florida’s 18-0 vic-tory in Starkville during a three-game series in April. That was the only blowout among the four games the teams have played this year.

Mississippi State (37-23), which won the Atlanta Regional as a No. 3 seed, is buoyed by the fact it played Florida close in all but one game. The familiarity with the Gators has them confi-dent despite a 1-3 record.

“We’ve played them four times and we’ve hung in there with them three of the four,” outfielder C.T. Brad-ford said. “We feel good. We feel like we’ve seen their entire staff and we’re going to be just fine.”

Mississippi State’s coach, John Cohen, said the famil-iarity helps a little but won’t do any good if the team doesn’t play well.

“As a coach you can drive yourself crazy analyzing the other club to death,” said Cohen, a former Florida assistant under Pat McMa-hon. “Florida’s not going to give you anything. They’re not going to walk you. They’re not going to give you errors. You have to go out and you have to earn it.”

SWAC bansJSU fromtitle gameBy The Associated Press

HOUSTON — The South-western Athletic Conference voted Thursday to ban Jack-son State and Southern from competing in the league’s 2011 football championship game.

The NCAA already hit both schools with a postsea-son ban because of low APR scores, which were released last month. But the SWAC championship did not apply because the NCAA considers the game an extension of the regular season.

The league does not receive an automatic bid to the Foot-ball Championship Subdivi-sion playoffs.

The SWAC also banned Southern and Grambling from competing in next year’s league basketball tour-nament because of low APR scores.

A message was left seeking comment from SWAC com-missioner Duer Sharp.

Jackson State president Carolyn Meyers called the SWAC’s decision “regretta-ble” in a statement released by the university.

“JSU is disappointed in the decision of the SWAC to uphold the NCAA ban on postseason play due to our low APR,” Meyers said.

“We remain committed to the timely graduation of all our students — student-ath-letes included.”

The problems with APR scores have been widespread for schools in the SWAC and MEAC, which are com-pletely comprised of histori-cally black colleges and uni-versities. The two leagues account for only 24 of more than 340 schools evaluated by the NCAA, but out of the 58 harshest penalties handed out by the NCAA in May, half of them went to teams in the two conferences.

The schools in both leagues typically don’t have large athletic budgets, and lack the athletic infrastructure of BCS schools that employ well-staffed compliance depart-ments and sprawling aca-demic centers for athletes.

Southern is the first NCAA program banned from the football and basketball post-seasons because of low APR scores.

“While we are not happy with the decision, we expected the vote and we understand it,” Sandy Pugh, Southern’s interim athletic director, said in a release. “The Southwestern Athletic Conference presidents had to make a strong statement and Southern University accepts its punishment.”

The SWAC’s decision is sure to put a damper on the upcoming football season. Southern and Jackson State have combined for more than 30 league champion-ships, and the annual game between them can draw up to 40,000 fans.

Southern last won the league title in 2003 and went 2-9 last season. Jackson State has won 16 SWAC foot-ball championships, the last coming in 2007. It also played for the title in 2008 and tied for the Eastern Division crown last season.

The SWAC released a state-ment Thursday saying any future NCAA postseason bans also would prohibit teams from playing in league championships.

See NBA, Page B3.

Dallas’ Dirk Nowitzki tries to drive past Miami’s Lebron James in the second half of Game 5 of the NbA Finals on Thursday. Nowitzki scored 29 points as the Mavericks won 112-103.

ThE ASSoCIATED PrESS

Florida’s brian Johnson (35) pitches against Georgia in the Southeastern Conference Tournament. below, he’s carted off after being hit in the head by a thrown ball in the same

game. The Gators are expecting Johnson to return for this weekend’s NCAA super regional series against Mississippi State, which begins today.

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back in action

On the airMiss. State at Florida• Today, 11 a.m., ESPN2• Saturday, 11 a.m., ESPN• Sunday, Noon, ESPN** If necessaryRadio: 105.5 FM

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college baseballSuper Regionals

Best-of-three(x-if necessary)

TodayMississippi St. at Florida, 11 a.m.Stanford at North Carolina, 2 p.m.Arizona St. at Texas, 6 p.m.Oregon St. at Vanderbilt, 7 p.m.

SaturdayMississippi St. at Florida, 11 a.m.UC Irvine at Virginia, NoonStanford at North Carolina, 2 p.m.Texas A&M at Florida St., 3:30 p.m.Connecticut at South Carolina, 5 p.m.Arizona St. at Texas, 6 p.m.California vs. Dallas Baptist, 7 p.m.Oregon St. at Vanderbilt, 8 p.m.

SundayUC Irvine at Virginia, Noonx-Mississippi St. at Florida, NoonTexas A&M at Florida St., 3 p.m.x-Stanford at North Carolina, 3 p.m.Connecticut at South Carolina, 6 p.m.x-Arizona St. at Texas, 6 p.m.California vs. Dallas Baptist, 9 p.m.x-Oregon St. at Vanderbilt, TBA

Mondayx-UC Irvine at Virginia, TBAx-California vs. Dallas Baptist, TBAx-Connecticut at South Carolina, TBAx-Texas A&M at Florida St., TBA

mlbAmerican League

East Division W L Pct GBBoston ..........................36 26 .581 —New York ......................33 27 .550 2Tampa Bay ...................33 29 .532 3Toronto .........................32 31 .508 4 1/2Baltimore ......................29 31 .483 6

Central Division W L Pct GBCleveland ......................34 26 .567 —Detroit ...........................34 28 .548 1Chicago ........................31 34 .477 5 1/2Kansas City ..................27 36 .429 8 1/2Minnesota .....................24 38 .387 11

West Division W L Pct GBTexas ............................35 29 .547 —Seattle ..........................32 31 .508 2 1/2Los Angeles .................30 34 .469 5Oakland ........................27 37 .422 8

Thursday’s GamesKansas City 3, Toronto 2Boston 8, N.Y. Yankees 3Detroit 4, Seattle 1Chicago White Sox 9, Oakland 4Minnesota 5, Texas 4

Today’s GamesCleveland (Carmona 3-7) at N.Y. Yankees (Nova 4-4), 6:05 p.m.Seattle (Bedard 3-4) at Detroit (Penny 5-4), 6:05 p.m.Tampa Bay (Hellickson 7-3) at Baltimore (Arrieta 7-3), 6:05 p.m.Boston (C.Buchholz 4-3) at Toronto (Jo-.Reyes 2-4), 6:07 p.m.Oakland (Godfrey 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (E.Jackson 4-5), 7:10 p.m.Texas (C.Wilson 6-3) at Minnesota (Duensing 3-5), 7:10 p.m.Kansas City (Francis 2-6) at L.A. Angels (E.Santana 3-5), 9:05 p.m.

Saturday’s GamesCleveland at N.Y. Yankees, 12:05 p.m.Boston at Toronto, 12:07 p.m.Texas at Minnesota, 3:10 p.m.Seattle at Detroit, 6:05 p.m.Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m.Oakland at Chicago White Sox, 6:10 p.m.Kansas City at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m.

———National League

East Division W L Pct GBPhiladelphia ..................37 26 .587 —Atlanta ..........................35 28 .556 2Florida ...........................31 30 .508 5New York ......................30 32 .484 6 1/2Washington ...................27 36 .429 10

Central Division W L Pct GBSt. Louis .......................38 26 .594 —Milwaukee .....................35 28 .556 2 1/2Cincinnati ......................33 31 .516 5Pittsburgh .....................30 31 .492 6 1/2Chicago ........................25 36 .410 11 1/2Houston ........................24 39 .381 13 1/2

West Division W L Pct GBSan Francisco ..............35 28 .556 —Arizona .........................34 29 .540 1Colorado .......................30 32 .484 4 1/2Los Angeles .................29 35 .453 6 1/2San Diego ....................29 35 .453 6 1/2

Thursday’s GamesArizona 2, Pittsburgh 0Chicago Cubs 4, Philadelphia 3, 11 inningsAtlanta 3, Florida 2St. Louis 9, Houston 2N.Y. Mets 4, Milwaukee 1Colorado 9, L.A. Dodgers 7San Diego 7, Washington 3Cincinnati 3, San Francisco 0

Today’s GamesChicago Cubs (Zambrano 5-2) at Philadelphia (Halladay 8-3), 6:05 p.m.N.Y. Mets (Gee 6-0) at Pittsburgh (Morton 6-2), 6:05 p.m.Arizona (J.Saunders 3-5) at Florida (Ani.Sanchez 5-1), 6:10 p.m.Atlanta (T.Hudson 4-5) at Houston (An.Rodriguez 0-3), 7:05 p.m.St. Louis (Lohse 7-2) at Milwaukee (Narveson 2-4), 7:10 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 5-4) at Colorado (Chacin 6-4), 7:40 p.m.Washington (Marquis 6-2) at San Diego (Latos 4-6), 9:05 p.m.Cincinnati (T.Wood 4-4) at San Francisco (Vogel-song 4-1), 9:15 p.m.

Saturday’s GamesChicago Cubs at Philadelphia, 3:10 p.m.Cincinnati at San Francisco, 3:10 p.m.Atlanta at Houston, 6:05 p.m.N.Y. Mets at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m.Arizona at Florida, 6:10 p.m.St. Louis at Milwaukee, 6:10 p.m.L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 7:10 p.m.Washington at San Diego, 7:35 p.m.

bRaVes 3, maRlINs 2Atlanta Florida ab r h bi ab r h biSchafer cf 4 0 0 0 Coghln cf 4 0 0 0AlGnzlz ss 4 0 1 1 Infante 2b 4 0 1 0McCnn c 4 0 1 0 Morrsn lf 3 0 1 0C.Jones 3b 3 0 1 0 GSnchz 1b 4 0 0 0Fremn 1b 4 1 1 0 Dobbs 3b 4 0 0 0Hinske lf 2 0 0 0 Stanton rf 4 1 1 1Mather ph-rf 1 0 0 0 J.Buck c 4 1 1 0Conrad 2b 3 1 1 0 Bonifac ss 4 0 2 1Uggla 2b 1 0 0 0 Volstad p 2 0 1 0MaYng rf-lf 3 1 1 0 Mujica p 0 0 0 0Jurrjns p 2 0 1 1 Helms ph 1 0 0 0OFlhrt p 0 0 0 0 Sanchs p 0 0 0 0DHrndz ph 1 0 0 0 Choate p 0 0 0 0Venters p 0 0 0 0 Badnhp p 0 0 0 0Totals 32 3 7 2 Totals 34 2 7 2Atlanta .....................................000 001 200 — 3Florida ......................................000 000 200 — 2LOB—Atlanta 6, Florida 6. 2B—Ale.Gonzalez (10), McCann (14), Infante (8), J.Buck (10). HR—Stan-ton (14). CS—C.Jones (1). S—Jurrjens. IP H R ER BB SO AtlantaJurrjens W,8-2 7 6 2 2 0 2O’Flaherty H,12 1 1 0 0 0 0

Venters S,2-3 1 0 0 0 0 1 FloridaVolstad L,2-6 6 2-3 6 3 3 2 7Mujica 1-3 0 0 0 0 1Sanches 1-3 1 0 0 1 0Choate 1-3 0 0 0 0 1Badenhop 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 1HBP—by O’Flaherty (Morrison). WP—Volstad.Umpires—Home, Mike DiMuro; First, Jim Reyn-olds; Second, Tim Welke; Third, Andy Fletcher.T—2:46. A—16,613 (38,560).

mINoR league baseballSouthern League

North Division W L Pct. GBTennessee (Cubs) ........38 23 .623 —Jackson (Mariners) .......36 25 .590 2Huntsville (Brewers) .....30 30 .500 7 1/2Chattanooga (Dodgers) 29 32 .475 9Carolina (Reds) ............18 43 .295 20

South Division W L Pct. GBMobile (Diamondbacks) 36 25 .590 —Birm. (White Sox) .........34 26 .567 1 1/2Jacksonville (Marlins) ...32 29 .525 4Montgomery (Rays) ......28 33 .459 8Mississippi (Braves) ..23 38 .377 13

———Thursday’s Games

Tennessee 9, Carolina 3Huntsville 6, Jackson 2Mobile 4, Birmingham 1Chattanooga 7, Mississippi 1Montgomery 5, Jacksonville 2

Today’s GamesTennessee at Carolina, 6:15 p.m.Jackson at Huntsville, 6:43 p.m.Chattanooga at Mississippi, 7:05 p.m.Mobile at Birmingham, 7:05 p.m.Jacksonville at Montgomery, 7:05 p.m.

Saturday’s GamesTennessee at Carolina, 5:15 p.m.Chattanooga at Mississippi, 6:05 p.m.Mobile at Birmingham, 6:30 p.m.Jackson at Huntsville, 6:43 p.m.Jacksonville at Montgomery, 7:05 p.m.

NbaNBA FINALS

(Best-of-7)Dallas 3, Miami 2

May 31: Miami 92, Dallas 84June 2: Dallas 95, Miami 93June 5: Miami 88, Dallas 86June 7: Dallas 86, Miami 83Thursday: Dallas 112, Miami 103Sunday: Dallas at Miami, 7 p.m.x-Tuesday: Dallas at Miami, 8 p.m.x-if necessary

maVeRIcKs 112, HeaT 103MIAMI (103)James 8-19 1-2 17, Bosh 6-12 7-9 19, Anthony 1-1 0-0 2, Bibby 1-2 0-0 2, Wade 6-12 10-12 23, Haslem 5-8 0-0 10, Miller 3-5 0-0 9, Howard 3-3 0-0 6, Chalmers 4-6 3-3 15, House 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 37-70 21-26 103.DALLAS (112)Marion 4-11 0-0 8, Nowitzki 9-18 10-10 29, Chan-dler 5-7 3-5 13, Barea 6-11 1-1 17, Kidd 4-6 2-2 13, Terry 8-12 2-2 21, Cardinal 1-1 1-2 4, Stevenson 1-2 1-2 4, Mahinmi 1-1 1-3 3. Totals 39-69 21-27 112.Miami 31 26 22 24 — 103Dallas 30 30 24 28 — 1123-Point Goals—Miami 8-20 (Chalmers 4-6, Miller 3-4, Wade 1-2, Bibby 0-1, Bosh 0-1, House 0-2, James 0-4), Dallas 13-19 (Barea 4-5, Kidd 3-5, Terry 3-5, Cardinal 1-1, Nowitzki 1-1, Stevenson 1-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Miami 42 (James, Bosh 10), Dallas 32 (Chandler 7). Assists—Miami 25 (James 10), Dallas 23 (Terry, Kidd 6). Total Fouls—Miami 26, Dallas 20. Tech-nicals—Marion. A—20,433 (19,200).

NHlSTANLEY CUP FINALS

Vancouver 2, Boston 2June 1: Vancouver 1, Boston 0June 4: Vancouver 3, Boston 2, OTJune 6: Boston 8, Vancouver 1June 8: Boston 4, Vancouver 0Today: Boston at Vancouver, 7 p.m.Monday: Vancouver at Boston, 7 p.m.x-Wednesday: Boston at Vancouver, 7 p.m.x-if neccessary

NascaRSprint Cup Schedule

Feb. 20 — Daytona 500 (Trevor Bayne)Feb. 27 — Subway Fresh Fit 500 (Jeff Gordon)March 6 — Kobalt Tools 400 (Carl Edwards)March 20 — Jeff Byrd 500 presented by Food City (Kyle Busch)March 27 — Auto Club 400 (Kevin Harvick)April 3 — Goody’s Fast Relief 500 (Kevin Harvick)April 9 — Samsung Mobile 500 (Matt Kenseth)April 17 — Aaron’s 499 (Jimmie Johnson)April 30 — Crown Royal Presents The Matthew & Daniel Hansen 400 (Kyle Busch)May 7 — Southern 500 (Regan Smith)May 15 — FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks (Matt Kenseth)May 21 — x-NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race (Carl Edwards)May 21 — x-Sprint Showdown (David Ragan)May 29 — Coca-Cola 600 (Kevin Harvick)June 5 — STP 400 (Brad Keselowski)June 12 — Pocono 500, Long Pond, Pa.June 19 — Heluva Good! Dips 400, Brooklyn, Mich.June 26 — Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif.July 2 — Coke Zero 400, Daytona Beach, Fla.July 9 — Quaker State 400, Sparta, Ky.July 17 — Lenox Tools 301, Loudon, N.H.July 31 — Brickyard 400, IndianapolisAug. 7 — Pennsylvania 500, Long Pond, Pa.Aug. 14 — Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y.Aug. 21 — Michigan 400, Brooklyn, Mich.Aug. 27 — Irwin Tools Night Race, Bristol, Tenn.Sep. 4 — Labor Day Classic 500, Hampton, Ga.Sep. 10 — One Last Race To Make The Chase 400, Richmond, Va.Sep. 18 — Chicagoland 400, Joliet, Ill.Sep. 25 — Sylvania 300, Loudon, N.H.Oct. 2 — AAA 400, Dover, Del.Oct. 9 — Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas City, Kan.Oct. 15 — Bank of America 500, Concord, N.C.Oct. 23 — Talladega 500, Talladega, Ala.Oct. 30 — TUMS 500, Ridgeway, Va.Nov. 6 — AAA Texas 500, Fort Worth, TexasNov. 13 — Kobalt Tools 500, Avondale, Ariz.Nov. 20 — Ford 400, Homestead, Fla.

Sprint Cup standings1. Carl Edwards ................................................. 4852. Jimmie Johnson ............................................ 4453. Dale Earnhardt Jr. ........................................ 4444. Kevin Harvick ................................................ 4425. Kyle Busch .................................................... 4256. Kurt Busch .................................................... 4147. Matt Kenseth ................................................. 4128. Tony Stewart ................................................. 3939. Clint Bowyer .................................................. 39110. Ryan Newman ............................................ 38211. Denny Hamlin ............................................. 38112. Greg Biffle ................................................... 37713. Jeff Gordon .................................................. 36414. Mark Martin .................................................. 35714. Juan Pablo Montoya .................................... 35716. A.J. Allmendinger ......................................... 35217. David Ragan ................................................ 34418. Kasey Kahne ............................................... 33919. Marcos Ambrose .......................................... 33820. Paul Menard ................................................ 331

———Nationwide Schedule

Feb. 19 — DRIVE4COPD 300 (Tony Stewart)Feb. 26 — Bashas’ Supermarkets 200 (Kyle Busch)March 5 — Sam’s Town 300 (Mark Martin)March 19 — Scotts EZ Seed 300 (Kyle Busch)March 26 — Royal Purple 300 (Kyle Busch)April 8 — O’Reilly 300 (Carl Edwards)April 16 — Aaron’s 312 (Kyle Busch)April 23 — Nashville 300 (Carl Edwards)April 29 — BUBBA burger 250 (Denny Hamlin)May 6 — Royal Purple 200 (Kyle Busch)May 14 — 5-hour ENERGY 200 (Carl Edwards)May 22 — Iowa John Deere Dealers 250 (Ricky Stenhouse Jr.)May 28 — Top Gear 300 (Matt Kenseth)June 4 — STP 300 (Justin Allgaier)June 18 — Alliance Parts 250, Brooklyn, Mich.June 25 — Bucyrus 200, Elkhart Lake, Wis.July 1 — Subway Jalapeno 250, Daytona Beach, Fla.July 8 — Feed The Children 300, Sparta, Ky.July 16 — New England 200, Loudon, N.H.July 23 — Federated Parts 300, Lebanon, Tenn.July 30 — Kroger 200, IndianapolisAug. 6 — U.S. Cellular 250, Newton, IowaAug. 13 — Zippo 200 at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y.Aug. 20 — NAPA Auto Parts 200, MontrealAug. 26 — Food City 250, Bristol, Tenn.Sep. 3 — Great Clips 300, Hampton, Ga.Sep. 9 — Virginia 529 College Savings 250, Rich-mond, Va.Sep. 17 — Dollar General 300, Joliet, Ill.Oct. 1 — OneMain Financial 200, Dover, Del.Oct. 8 — Kansas Lottery 300, Kansas City, Kan.Oct. 14 — Dollar General 300, Concord, N.C.Nov. 5 — O’Reilly Challenge, Fort Worth, TexasNov. 12 — Wypall 200, Avondale, Ariz.Nov. 19 — Ford 300, Homestead, Fla.

Nationwide Series standings1. Reed Sorenson .............................................. 4882. Elliott Sadler .................................................. 4863. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. ..................................... 4824. Justin Allgaier ............................................... 4775. Aric Almirola .................................................. 4426. Jason Leffler ................................................. 4377. Kenny Wallace .............................................. 4178. Steve Wallace ............................................... 3859. Brian Scott .................................................... 36610. Michael Annett ............................................ 346

golfPGA Tour

FedEx-St. JudeThursday

At TPC SouthwindMemphis, Tenn.

Purse: $5.6 millionYardage: 7,239; Par: 70 (35-35)

(a-amateur)First Round

David Mathis ...............33-32—65 ........................-5John Merrick ................34-32—66 ........................-4Kris Blanks ..................34-32—66 ........................-4Kevin Kisner ................33-33—66 ........................-4Robert Karlsson ..........32-34—66 ........................-4Colt Knost ....................33-33—66 ........................-4Keegan Bradley ...........34-33—67 ........................-3Fabian Gomez .............33-34—67 ........................-3Jeff Quinney ................34-34—68 ........................-2Len Mattiace ................36-32—68 ........................-2Retief Goosen .............35-33—68 ........................-2Heath Slocum ..............36-32—68 ........................-2Boo Weekley ...............34-34—68 ........................-2Marco Dawson ............33-35—68 ........................-2Tag Ridings .................35-33—68 ........................-2Shaun Micheel ............33-35—68 ........................-2Kent Jones ..................35-33—68 ........................-2Scott Gutschewski .......33-35—68 ........................-2Martin Piller .................37-31—68 ........................-2John Senden ...............32-37—69 ........................-1John Daly ....................34-35—69 ........................-1Camilo Villegas ...........32-37—69 ........................-1Brendan Steele ...........35-34—69 ........................-1Carl Pettersson ...........35-34—69 ........................-1Steve Marino ...............37-32—69 ........................-1Jimmy Walker ..............35-34—69 ........................-1Aron Price ...................36-33—69 ........................-1David Hearn ................37-32—69 ........................-1Lee Westwood ............36-33—69 ........................-1Stephen Ames .............34-35—69 ........................-1Scott Stallings .............35-34—69 ........................-1a-Bobby Hudson .........33-36—69 ........................-1Michael Bradley ...........37-33—70 ........................ ERobert Allenby .............35-35—70 ........................ ETroy Matteson .............37-33—70 ........................ EJohn Rollins .................36-34—70 ........................ EDicky Pride ..................35-35—70 ........................ ESteve Flesch ...............31-39—70 ........................ EJohn Mallinger .............36-34—70 ........................ E

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June 101933 — Johnny Goodman wins the

U.S. Open golf title, making him the last amateur to win this event.

2005 — Baltimore’s 4-3 win over Cincinnati marks the first time that three 500-homer players appear in the same game — the Orioles’ Sammy Sosa (580) and Rafael Palmeiro (559), and the Reds’ Ken Griffey Jr., who hits a solo shot in the eighth inning for No. 511.

2010 — Southern California is placed on four years’ probation, receives a two-year bowl ban and a sharp loss of football scholarships. The NCAA cites USC for a lack of institutional control. The NCAA found that Reggie Bush, identified as a “former football student-ath-lete,” was ineligible beginning at least by December 2004. The NCAA also orders USC to vacate every victory in which Bush participated while ineligible. USC loses 30 schol-arships over a three-year period, 10 annually from 2011-13.

2010 — The University of Colo-rado accepts an invitation to join the Pac-10 Conference.

golfMathis holds firstlead of PGA career

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — David Mathis matched his best round ever on the PGA Tour, shooting a 5-under 65 Thursday to grab the opening-round lead at the St. Jude Classic.

Mathis jumped to the top of the leaderboard late in the day, finish-ing with six birdies and one late bogey. He is back on the PGA Tour for a second time thanks to finish-ing 13th on the Nationwide Tour money list last year.

Robert Karlsson, who lost a four-hole playoff here a year ago, shot a 66 and was tied with John Merrick, Kris Blanks, Kevin Kisner and Colt Knost.

NflTitans’ WR Brittarrested in New Jersey

NEWARK, N.J. — Tennessee Titans wide receiver Kenny Britt was arrested again in New Jersey, a day after appearing in court for a previous arrest on traffic charges.

Police said the former Rutgers star was charged with resisting arrest after two plainclothes offi-cers suspected he was carrying a marijuana cigar and attempted to handcuff him at a Hoboken car wash Wednesday evening.

Hoboken Detective Sgt. Sam Wil-liams said two detectives from the city’s vice squad were in line to pay at the car wash when they detected an odor of marijuana. One of them noticed Britt allegedly holding a brown, rolled cigar they believed to be the source.

Both detectives identified them-selves as police, Williams said, and attempted to handcuff Britt, who allegedly tried to wrestle free and push away while attempting to crush the cigar in his fist. Williams said police believe a man who was with Britt may have disposed of the cigar in the scuffle.

Britt is charged with obstruct-ing the administration of the law, resisting arrest and tampering with or fabricating evidence. Police did not recover the cigar or find any drugs on Britt, and he has not been charged with any drug-related offenses. Britt was released on his own recognizance, according to police, and has a June 16 court date.

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Lookouts add to M-Braves’ skidFrom staff reports

A change in venue did noth-ing to change the fortunes of the Mississippi Braves.

Alfredo Silverio and Brian Cavazos-Galvez each drove in two runs during a four-run rally in the eighth inning, and Chattanooga beat the M-Braves 7-1 in the opener of a five-game series at Trustmark Park.

It was the fourth consecu-tive loss for the M-Braves, and 12th in 16 games. They’ve al-lowed at least seven runs in each of their last four games.

Unlike some recent blow-outs, this one was close un-til the eighth. Chattanoo-ga loaded the bases on two walks and a base hit, then Sil-

verio lined his single to left to plate two runs and put the Lookouts ahead 4-1. Two batters later, Cavazos-Galvez dou-bled to left to bring in two more runs.

Cavazos-Galvez, who en-tered as a defensive replace-ment in the fifth inning, finished 2-for-2 with two doubles and two RBIs. Silverio went 2-for-5 with three RBIs.

Starting pitcher Chris With-row held the M-Braves to one run on three hits over six in-nings. Withrow and three re-lievers combined to strike out 13 batters.

Braves finish sweep;Yanks, Sox get feistyBy The Associated Press

Jair Jurrjens is all the Atlanta Braves needed to come up with a rare sweep of the Marlins in Florida.

Jurrjens threw seven solid innings and drove in a run as the Braves handed the Mar-lins their eighth straight loss with a 3-2 win Thursday night. Alex Gonzalez also drove in a run with a double as the Braves completed a three-game sweep at Sun Life Sta-dium for the first time since May 2-4, 1995.

“They always pitch really good against us and this is a tough lineup,” Jurrjens said. “To come here and try to battle this heat is not easy. These guys play us like we are play-ing in the World Series. We have a small rivalry between us.”

The eight-game losing streak for the Marlins is their longest skid since they also dropped eight in a row Aug. 15-22, 2007.

“When you go back, it’s one pitch, one play, it’s one some-thing during the game,” Mar-lins manager Edwin Rodriguez said. “That clutch hit never shows. Then again, they’re battling out there. The inten-sity is out there. We need to keep playing with that inten-sity until we get out of this.”

Jurrjens (8-2), the league leader with a 1.82 ERA, allowed two runs and six hits. He threw 61 of his 87 pitches for strikes and struck out two.

Eric O’Flaherty tossed a scoreless eighth and Jonny Venters pitched the ninth to earn his second save in three opportunities as Gonzalez gave closer Craig Kimbrel the night off after a 28-pitch

appearance Wednesday.“I try not to make it any dif-

ferent, but there’s definitely a little bit more excitement out there (in the ninth),” Ven-ters said.

In Thursday’s other National League games, it was Arizona 2, Pittsburgh 0; the Chicago Cubs 4, Philadelphia 3 in 11 innings; St. Louis 9, Houston 2; the New York Mets 4, Mil-waukee 1; Colorado 9, the Los Angeles Dodgers 7; San Diego 7, Washington 3; and Cincin-nati 3, San Francisco 0.

Red Sox 8, Yankees 3David Ortiz got more than

even for getting drilled.Ortiz broke loose soon after

CC Sabathia hit him with a pitch, starting and finishing a seven-run burst in the seventh inning that led the Boston Red Sox over the Yankees in a rain-delayed game that ended at 1:43 a.m. local time

After a wait of almost 3 1/2 hours, Josh Beckett (5-2) out-pitched Sabathia (7-4) for the third time this season. The Red Sox outscored New York 25-13 while completing their second three-game sweep at Yankee Stadium in a month. The Red Sox are 8-1 against their longtime rivals this year.

A storm that brought light-ning bolts over the Bronx delayed the start for 3 hours, 27 minutes. Shortly after the game began at 10:32 p.m., Beckett and Sabathia began zapping hitters.

Plunked in the right thigh by Sabathia’s 97 mph fastball in the fourth inning, Ortiz swung things in Boston’s favor a little later. The Red Sox trailed 2-0 when he singled off Sabathia

to start the seventh, and his two-run double off David Rob-ertson capped the big rally.

Bad blood seemed to be brew-ing from the get-go on a humid night. Beckett had already hit Derek Jeter — near the elbow, with his second pitch of the game — and Alex Rodriguez around the hip when Ortiz came up in the fourth with one out and a runner on first.

Sabathia’s first pitch was a heater that squarely nailed Ortiz.

“The ball just got away from me,” the lefty ace said.

Plate umpire Hunter Wen-delstedt immediately pointed at both dugouts to issue warnings against further hostilities.

Elsewhere in the American League, it was Kansas City 3, Toronto 2; Detroit 4, Seattle 1; the Chicago White Sox 9, Oakland 4; and Minnesota 5, Texas 4.

OaklandmanagerGeren fired

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — With his banged-up team mired in a nine-game losing streak and rampant specula-tion about the tenuous status of manager Bob Geren, gen-eral manager Billy Beane felt he had no other choice than to make a change at skipper.

The A’s fired a manager during the season for the first time in a quarter cen-tury on Thursday, letting Geren go after four-plus sea-sons and bringing in former Arizona and Seattle skipper Bob Melvin for the rest of the season.

“It felt like at this point a change was necessary,” Beane said. “It got to the point where the emphasis was on the status of the manager on a daily basis and no longer on the field. When that starts to happen, you need to shift the focus to what’s really impor-tant, which is performance. That’s how we came to this decision.”

Geren posted a 334-376 record, including a 27-36 mark this season that has left Oak-land eight games behind Texas in last place in the AL West.

The A’s currently have four starting pitchers on the dis-abled list. Oakland also was without injured All-Star closer Andrew Bailey for the first two months and is last in the American League with just 223 runs through the first 63 games.

This is the first time the A’s have fired a manager during the season since getting rid of Jackie Moore after 73 games in 1986.

LeBron’sbig nightnot enough

DALLAS (AP) — LeBron James said Game 5 of the NBA Finals was going to be the most important of his life.

He responded with a triple-double.

Even that wasn’t enough for the Miami Heat.

His final line: 17 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, the first triple-double in Heat playoff history and the sev-enth of his postseason career. Still, the Heat fell to the Dallas Mavericks 112-103 on Thurs-day night, falling behind 3-2 in the title series.

“The only thing that applies to me is a win. Win or a loss,” James said. “I could have made a couple more plays for my team, but at the end of the day, all it is is about a win or a loss. And a triple-double means absolutely nothing, you know, in a loss.”

With that, his “Now or Never!!” post on Twitter at 2:27 a.m. Eastern time Thursday looks more than a little omi-nous for the Heat, who have to win two games at home to take the title. Game 6 is in Miami on Sunday night.

“Triple-double,” Heat for-ward Chris Bosh said. “We just didn’t win the game.”

According to the NBA and STATS LLC, James’ was the 29th triple-double in Finals history. But he was held to two points in the fourth quar-ter again, and those came with 29.6 seconds remaining. He had been stuck on 15 points for 15 minutes before his final basket of the game.

“I don’t think it was a case of offense again tonight,” James said. “There was enough offensive play. We shot 52 percent, they shot 56 percent. We scored 103 points, they scored 112. The offense wasn’t a problem.”

James has been criticized throughout the finals for his

offense, especially late in games. His scoring and field goal totals dropped from the previous game in each of the three most recent finals out-ings. A slight uptick came Thursday, when James shot 8-for-19 from the field.

James has 11 points in the five fourth quarters of this series. By comparison, Mavs star Dirk Nowitzki has 52 in those periods.

“LeBron was much more aggressive tonight,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “Obviously, he had a triple-double. And he had an impact on the game.”

He had exceptional moments late in games against Chicago and Boston, particularly from beyond the 3-point arc. But on Thursday, he was 0-for-4 on 3s, including a miss that could have put Miami up by one with 1:50 left.

“Shot I made before,” James said. “Just didn’t make it that time.”

The Larry O’Brien Trophy was not awarded Thursday night, so technically, it wasn’t a now-or-never scenario for

James.But before the game, James’

teammates said they under-stood what he meant. And no explanation is necessary now, not staring at a 3-2 deficit.

James found it mildly humor-ous that his late-night tweet generated so much attention. He came into Thursday look-ing to recover from his lowest-scoring postseason game in 90 career outings, an eight-point night in Game 4, after which he’s heard two days of ques-tions about not carrying more of the offensive workload.

“Whatever I do ... someone is going to say something about it,” James said.

James said. “But at the end of the day, all it’s about is a win or a loss. Triple-double means absolutely nothing in a loss. So we will be better in Game 6 on Sunday.”

Chris Bosh had 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Heat, who get the final two games at home with history against them as they try to win a title in their first season together: In the 26 previous finals that were tied 2-2, the Game 5 winner won 19 of them.

“We fought hard all season for home-court advantage. We’re down 3-2,” Bosh said. “We protect home court, we win the series, so we just have to keep that in mind.”

The Mavs shot 60 percent through three quarters, briefly gave up the lead in the fourth, then outscored Miami 17-4 in the final 4:23, controlling the final few min-utes just as they had in thrill-ing comebacks in Games 2 and 4.

Dallas shot 56.5 percent from the field, including 13-of-19 (68 percent) from 3-point range.

“We made more shots,” Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said. “We did a lot of good things defensively, which led to good offense. ... You never know when the games are going to go that way. The thing we’ve got to do is we’ve got to make sure our defense is consistent.”

Jason Terry scored 21 points and J.J. Barea had 17 for the Mavs, who insisted at some point their shots would

start falling even against the Heat’s stingy defense. Jason Kidd and Tyson Chandler both finished with 13 points.

“We are getting the same looks we knew we would get,” Terry said. “After Games 1 and 2, you watch it on film, you see it and then you realize you’re going to have the opportunities. I said to myself, I said to my team-mates, we’re not going to continue to miss those open shots that we’re getting.”

James scored eight points in Game 4, going just 3-of-11, the first time in 90 post-season games he didn’t hit double figures.

This time, the concern was Wade, who banged his hip in the first quarter and appeared to be limping at various points from there.

“I don’t talk about injuries,” Wade said. “It was unfortu-nate I had to leave the game, but I came back and finished it.”

Miami stormed into the lead midway through the fourth with a 9-0 run, all layups, dunks and free throws until Wade’s 3-pointer

made it 99-95 with 4:38 left.The Mavs tied it at 100 on

Terry’s 3-pointer with 3:23 left, and after James missed, Nowitzki drove for a base-line dunk and a 102-100 lead. James was called for an offensive foul and missed a 3-pointer on Miami’s next two possessions before Kidd drilled a 3-pointer to make it 105-100.

This has been develop-ing into one of the closest finals the NBA has ever seen. Games 2-4 were decided by three points or fewer. That hadn’t happened in the championship round since 1948, when the Baltimore Bullets and Philadelphia Warriors played Games 2-4 within a three-point margin during the Basketball Asso-ciation of America finals, a year before that league merged with the National Basketball League to become the NBA.

The first four games were determined by 15 total points, the fewest since a 12-point difference between the Celtics and Lakers in the 1969 finals.

AlfredoSilverio


Atlanta Braves pitcher Jair Jurrjens connects for an RBI single Thursday against the Florida Marlins. The Braves beat the Marlins 3-2 to complete their first three-game sweep in Miami since 1995.


The Miami Heat’s LeBron James (6) passes around Dallas’ Shawn Marion in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Thursday. James had a triple-double, with 17 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.

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Rapper Flo Rida charged with DUIA large crowd pleaded with officers to let rapper Flo Rida go

and one fan offered to drive him home after he was charged with driving under the influence early Thursday in Miami Beach, police said.

According to an arrest report, officers spot-ted his 2008 Bugatti driving erratically about 3:45 a.m. The report said the rapper, whose real name is Tramar Dillard, failed a field sobriety test, blew twice the legal limit on a device to measure his blood-alcohol level, had bloodshot, watery eyes and slurred his speech.

After his second attempt at trying to walk a straight line the rapper said, “officers, I can’t do this. I don’t feel I can walk a straight line. I had a few drinks. Let’s try another test. I live on the other side of the bridge. I can make it home,” according to the Miami Beach Police.

The 31-year-old was charged with DUI and driving with a sus-pended license after failing to pay a traffic ticket. He is being held on $2,000 bond.

An e-mail seeking comment was sent to his agent Thursday.His debut song, the party jam “Low,” and “Right Round” both

hit the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

CMT edits Shania’s fall out of showCable channel CMT says a fall by Shania Twain

was edited out of replays of its awards show to save her from embarrassment.

Twain slipped and fell on her way to the stage Wednesday night during a live telecast of the CMT Music Awards. The channel left that part out of a replay right after the telecast and dur-ing another replay Thursday.

“The last thing we want to do is embarrass anyone on our show, particularly someone as gracious as Shania Twain,” John Hamlin, the show’s executive producer, said in a statement Thursday.

Footage of the fall aired Thursday on cable news channels and was available on the Internet.

“Taking it out was the right thing to do for her or anyone else for that matter,” Hamlin said.

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Man returns bag with $17,000 in cashA 54-year-old Chicago-area man who found and returned

more than $17,000 in cash credits his deceased parents for teaching him right from wrong.

Robert Adams of Arlington Heights said he was waiting to use an ATM in Rolling Meadows, when he noticed a clear plastic bag containing mostly $20 and $100 bills.

Adams tried to return the bag with “Chase” written on it to a nearby bank branch but employees said it didn’t belong to them. Police determined it was under the care of Loomis, an ar-mored truck company.

Loomis said they are investigating, but have not said whether Adams will get a reward.

Adams said “I don’t care if you put another zero on there, I wasn’t raised to take money that isn’t mine.”


Writer, producer,director Sterndies at 88

NEW YORK (AP) — Leon-ard Stern, a prolific writer-pro-ducer-director whose credits include “The Honeymooners,” “Get Smart,” and “McMillan and Wife,” died Tuesday. He was 88.

Stern died of heart fail-ure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, said his spokes-m a n , D a l e Olson.

A native of New York City, Stern found early success in TV writing for Jackie Gleason in “The Honeymooners” as well as the classic 1950s sitcom “The Phil Silvers Show” and “The Steve Allen Show.”

In the 1960s he produced the spy satire “Get Smart,” and in the 1970s wrote, directed and produced “McMillan and Wife,” the lighthearted crime drama starring Rock Hudson.

Film credits included screen-plays for the 1952 version of “The Jazz Singer” starring Danny Thomas, as well as a pair of Abbott and Costello comedies. Three decades later, he wrote and directed “Just You and Me, Kid,” starring George Burns and 14-year-old Brooke Shields. In 1985, he wrote the script for the action-thriller “Target,” starring Gene Hackman and directed by Arthur Penn.

Stern was also involved in publishing, including the word game Mad Libs, which he co-created.

During his career he won three Emmy awards, two Golden Globes and a Peabody award.

Stern is survived by his wife of 55 years, actress Gloria Stroock, as well as a son, Michael Stern, a daughter, Kate Stern, two grandchildren, and a great-granddaughter.

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Eastwood, Mirren and others fete FreemanCULVER CITY, Calif. (AP)

— Standing on the sound-stage where Fred Astaire once danced and Dorothy skipped down the yellow brick road, Morgan Freeman accepted the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award.

Clint Eastwood, Sidney Poit-ier, Helen Mirren, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Robbins and Forest Whitaker were among the stars who feted Freeman, a Mississippi native, during a ceremony Thursday at Sony Studios, former home of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

The storied Stage 15 — which AFI Chair Sir Howard Stringer said was once graced by Astaire and Judy Garland in film — was transformed into an elegant ballroom, its walls draped in red and gold and dotted with giant framed photos of Freeman, whom Poitier introduced as “a prince of the craft of acting.”

In a room filled with hun-dreds of his colleagues and friends, Freeman listened to star after star share what they admire about him and his work. The 74-year-old Oscar winner sat at the head table near the center of the room, beaming.

Jackson told the actor he was inspired by both Free-man’s work and his words.

“In a world of too much cubic zirconium, you are the real thing,” he said.

Whitaker called Freeman an “adviser, a beacon, a con-fidant, a shoulder to lean on, protector, and friend,” both in real life and in the characters he has played on film.

Freeman blew Robbins a kiss when “The Shawshank Redemption” star said, “It was an honor being locked up with you, Morgan.”

The 3 1/2 hour celebration included clips of Freeman’s legendary films and early per-formances — including him singing and dancing on TV’s “The Electric Company” in

the early 1970s — interspersed with recorded segments of Freeman and other actors and filmmakers reflecting on his career.

There were clips of Free-man the soldier, as in 1989’s “Glory”; Freeman the detec-tive, as in “Se7en”; Freeman the loyal friend, as in “Driving Miss Daisy”; and Freeman as God, as in “Bruce Almighty” and “Evan Almighty.”

“I should be ashamed to say that sooner or later, I knew that someone was going to call on me to play God,” Freeman said. “I just had to be sure that when I said OK, that it was a comedy.”

There were also musical tributes: Garth Brooks and a chorus performed “Lean on Me,” Betty White changed the words from “Hello, Dolly” to “Hello, Morgan,” and Rita Moreno performed her own unique song that she said she’d written just for the occa-

sion. Eastwood presented Freeman with the star-shaped AFI award, calling him “the greatest actor.”

“He is the most effortless person to be around and to act,” Eastwood said. “I don’t know if it’s proper to love another man, but this is as close as I’m going to get to it.”

On TV“TV Land Presents: AFI Life Achievement Award Hon-oring Morgan Freeman” will be shown June 19 at 8 p.m. on TV Land.


Morgan Freeman, right, and Forest Whitaker at the taping of “TV Land Presents: AFI Life Achievement Award Honoring Morgan Freeman” in Culver City, Calif., Thursday.

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come to my attention that at work I am considered “bossy.” It came as a shock to me. I’m hurt that my co-workers and department manager think of me this way.

I know I come on strong sometimes when it comes to helping customers, but I view it as helping. When I suggest to co-workers that they keep their areas clean and orderly, it is perceived as bossy. I’m just trying to help them not get fired for slacking off.

I’m older than some of my co-workers and my manager. I tried for the manager position, and was initially angry when someone else got it. But now I see she does a good job, and I respect her. It seems, however, that my actions have sent the wrong message. What can I do to mend fences? Or, should I just forget about it and look for something else? — Mis-judged in Albuquerque

Dear Misjudged: No, you should apologize to anyone you might have offended. And, as well-intentioned as you are,

in the future resist the urge to correct your fellow employ-ees. Your job is to be part of a team, not a scolding school-marm. Sometimes it’s how you say something, not necessar-ily what was said, that’s the problem.

Dear Abby: My daugh-ter, “Alana,” has a 7-year-old son my husband and I have helped to raise while she got her life together and pur-sued her lucrative career. “Tristan” excels in school and is a great little man. The prob-lem is, every time Alana gets a new boyfriend, she rushes to make the boyfriend Tristan’s “daddy.”

The men my daughter chooses are crude, rude and, without fail, feel a need

to “straighten out” Tristan. My grandson does not need straightening out because he is polite, engaging and a good soul. The newest guy in Ala-na’s life, “Jeff,” told me point blank that if Alana doesn’t stop babying her son, Tristan will grow up to be a girl! This man is homophobic, sexist, racist and controlling.

Alana claims she’s “in love” and fails to see the potential harm this guy could inflict on Tristan. We do not employ cor-poral punishment, but Jeff has already said (several times) he would “beat his butt”! What should we do? — Fearful Nana in Georgia

Dear Nana: Where is your daughter meeting these people? It appears her taste in men is atrocious, and she has serious self-esteem issues. You and your husband need to get across to her how harm-ful it is for her to repeatedly introduce men to her son as “daddies.” Parents should wait until they know their pro-spective mates well enough to be assured they won’t

injure the child physically or psychologically.

If Alana insists on marry-ing Jeff, offer to take Tristan to live with you. If that’s not acceptable, the next time Jeff says he’ll “beat Tristan’s butt” respond point blank that if he lays a hand on your grandson, you’ll report him to Child Pro-tective Services.

You could also point out to your daughter that now that she has her life together and a “lucrative career,” the last thing she would need is a scan-dal because she tolerated such a thing happening to her son. And while you’re at it, make it plain that trying to “toughen up” a 7-year-old the way this man is suggesting would not only be counterproductive, it could damage him in ways she can’t imagine.

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Water, medications helpprevent gout attacks

Dear Dr. Gott: I just found out that the terrible pain I have been having is gout. Through many hours of research on the Internet, I have found out that I should not eat high-purine foods but should eat low-purine foods. However, I cannot find a list of what is acceptable versus what is not. Can you help? Also, is there a website, book or other resource where I could find menus? Thank you.

Dear Reader: Gout is a form of arthritis that causes a buildup of urate crystals in one or more joints. These crys-tals develop because of greater-than-normal levels of uric acid in the blood. Uric acid is cre-ated during the breakdown of purines. Gout most commonly affects the base of the great toe, but can also appear in other joints such as the feet, ankles, knees, wrists and hands.

Symptoms include intense pain in the affected joint. (Onset often occurs suddenly and often at night, with swell-ing and tenderness.) The joint may become red and hot. Pain is typically worse during the first 12 to 24 hours and is fol-lowed by discomfort that can last from a few days to a few weeks.

Treatment generally involves prescription medication. Some people opt for a low-dose daily pill, which can prevent an attack, while others prefer to take medication only after an attack has begun, which reduces the severity and length of an attack. Types of medica-tions used include nonsteroi-dal anti-inflammatory drugs, colchicine, corticosteroids, xan-thine oxidase inhibitors (which block uric-acid production) and probenecid, which increases uric-acid removal. Which medi-cation and treatment type is best for you depends on several factors and is best discussed with your physician.

High-purine foods include organ meats, anchovies, her-ring, asparagus and mush-rooms. Meats, fish and poul-try are not high-purine foods, but consuming too much may present a problem. You should limit your intake to four to six ounces daily or consider alter-native sources. Limiting or avoiding alcohol may also be beneficial.

As for what you can do to prevent an attack, this is easy. Drink plenty of water (between eight and 16 cups daily to assist uric-acid removal), con-sume low-fat dairy products (a good source of protein pro-viding a possible protective effect against gout), maintain a healthy weight, and eat plenty of fruits, vegetables and whole grains.

I don’t know that there is a source for low-purine menus; however, I don’t believe one is necessary. If you take appropri-ate steps to avoid high-purine foods, maintain an otherwise healthful diet and weight, and follow your physician’s advice regarding medication,

you should be fine. You prob-ably won’t have to make dras-tic changes unless you cur-rently eat large amounts of organ meats, which are rather unhealthful. Anchovies and herring are often salted and packed in oil, making them unfavorable to a healthful diet, except as an occasional treat.

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Dr. Wallace: My boyfriend and I plan to live together soon af-ter we graduate from high school. My parents are really upset about this arrangement and think it’s wrong to live together be-fore getting married.

Will we be having sex living together? Of course we will, but if we were having sex in the back seat of his car and then going to our respective houses, no one would say anything.

I guess everything is relative. — Nameless, Michigan City, Ind.Nameless: I’m saying something. It’s wrong to have premarital

sex when living together and it’s wrong to have premarital sex anywhere at any time!

Premarital sex has caused more breakups than any other “act of love.”

Dr. Wallace: I have acne, but it’s not severe and it hasn’t got-ten any worse in the past year.

But it’s frustrating because there hasn’t been any noticeable improvement, either. Is it possible that the acne will disappear in time? Or should I see a dermatologist? Our family doesn’t have a lot of extra money. — Nameless, Brookhaven, Miss.

Nameless: Most teens do outgrow complexion problems, but some will not and will suffer severe acne problems that result in facial scarring.

Don’t take that chance. Have a parent make an appointment to have you visit a dermatologist for a consultation. The treat-ment, if needed, is relatively inexpensive.

•Dr. Robert Wallace writes for Copley News Service. E-mail him at rwallace@Copley News Service.

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LEGAL GRANTS(Block Grants)MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OFHUMAN SERVICESDivision of Community ServicesLegislative Public Hearing The Mississippi Departmentof Human Services, Divisionof Community Services willbe conducting the LegislativePublic Hearing on the Community Services BlockGrant and Low-IncomeHome Energy AssistancePrograms under Title 26 ofthe Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981,as amended. The hearingfor the 2012 programs isscheduled for Tuesday, June28, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. at theHoliday Inn, 100 NorthFrontage Road, Meridian,Mississippi.The Community ServicesBlock Grant provides fundsfor a range of activities toameliorate the causes andeffects of poverty. For FiscalYear 2012, at least 90 percent of the funds allocated to the Statethrough these grants will becontracted to non-profit community action agencies,migrant seasonal farm worker organizations or community-based organizations that meet theeligibility requirements as described in Section 675 ofthe Community ServicesBlock Grant Act, as amended. The eligibility requirements for the programare outlined in the application process. The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Programassists eligible households topay the costs of home energy bills and other energy-related services, forexample, wood, kerosene,electricity, gas, heaters,blankets, fans and air conditioners. For Fiscal Year2012, at least 90 percent ofthe funds allocated to theState through these grantswill be contracted to private,nonprofit, and public agencies designated in accordance with Public Law97-35, as amended. The eligibility requirements forthe program are outlined inthe application process. Copies of the state plans areavailable for review at theMississippi Department ofHuman Services bycalling 601-359-4768 or 1-800-421-0762.Inquiries, comments or suggestions regarding theblock grant plan and/or eligibility requirements mustbe received on or before July1, 2011 by the Division ofCommunity Services, P. O.Box 352, Jackson, Mississippi 39205. Public comments will be reviewedbefore finalizing the 2012State Plan for these programs.Publish: 6/10, 6/17(2t)

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01. LegalsIN THE CHANCERYCOURT OF WARRENCOUNTY, MISSISSIPPICHARLES DEWAYNE CURTIS PLAINTIFF VS.MELISSA CAROL CURTISDEFENDANT NO. 2011-188GNSUMMONS THE STATE OFMISSISSIPPITO: MELISSA CAROL CURTIS(Residence and Post OfficeAddress Unknown).You have been made a Defendant in the suit filed inthis Court by CHARLES DEWAYNE CURTIS. Plaintiff, seeking divorce onthe ground of Desertion. Youare required to mail a handdelivered written response tothe Complaint filed againstyou in this action to Jerry W.Campbell, attorney for Plaintiff, whose address is914 Grove Street, Vicksburg,Warren County, Mississippi.Your response must bemailed or delivered not laterthan thirty (30) days after the10th day of June, 2011,which is the date of the firstpublication of this Summons.If you response is not delivered, a Judgment byDefault will be enteredagainst you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.You must also file the original of your responsewith the Clerk of this Courtwithin the reasonable timeanswered. Issued under myhand and seal of said Courtthis the 8 day of June, 2011.DOT MCGEE CHANCERYCLERKBY: /s/ Denise Bailey D.C(SEAL)Publish: 6/10, 6/17, 6/24(3t)

SEALED BIDS for furnishingHeavy Duty ConventionalDump Truck with a HeavyDuty Semi-Elliptical DumpBody will be received in theoffice of the City Clerk of theCity of Vicksburg, Mississippiuntil 9:00 o'clock a.m., Tuesday, July 05, 2011.They will be publicly openedand read aloud by the Mayorand Aldermen of the City ofVicksburg in a RegularBoard Meeting at 10:00 o'clock a.m., Tuesday, July05, 2011Bidders are cautioned thatthe City Clerk does not receive the daily U.S. Mail onor before 9:00 a.m. Bids willbe time-stamped upon receipt according to CityClerk's time clock.Specifications and instructions for bidding areon file in the office of the CityClerk, second floor, City Hall,1401 Walnut Street, cornerCrawford and WalnutStreets, Vicksburg, Mississippi.Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Bidder'sBond in the amount of 5% ofbid must accompany same.(No Business or PersonalChecks)The Mayor and Aldermen ofthe City of Vicksburg reserve the right to reject anyand all bids and to waive in-formalities./s/ Walter W. Osborne, Jr.Walter W. Osborne, Jr., CityClerkPublish: 6/10, 6/17(2t)

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01. LegalsIN THE CHANCERYCOURT OF WARRENCOUNTY, MISSISSIPPI INTHE MATTER OF: THELAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF MARY K.SCHULTZ CAUSE NO.2011-064PRNOTICE TO CREDITORSLetters Testamentary uponthe Estate of MARY K.SCHULTZ, deceased,having been granted to theundersigned on the 2nd dayof June, 2011, by theChancery Court of WarrenCounty, Mississippi, notice ishereby given to all personhaving claims against saidEstate to present the sameto the Clerk of said Court forprobate and registration, according to law, within three(3) months from the first publication of this notice, orthey will be forever barred,This the 3 day of June, 2011./s/ Stacy HartleySTACY HARTLEYEXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF MARY K.SCHULTZ, DECEASEDTRAVIS T. VANCE, JRAttorney at Law914 Grove Street Vicksburg, Ms 39183MSB No. 6085Telephone: (601) 638-0046Facsimile: (601) 638-1643Publish: 6/10, 6/17, 6/24(3t)

IN THE CHANCERYCOURT OF WARRENCOUNTY, MISSISSIPPIIN THE MATTER OF THEESTATE OFJEAN DOWE SMITH, DECEASED PROBATE NO.2010-124 PRNOTICE TO CREDITORSOF JEAN DOWE SMITHNOTICE is hereby given thatLetters Testamentary in theEstate of Jean Dowe Smithwere granted to the undersigned by theChancery Court of WarrenCounty, Mississippi, on the20th day of May, 2010, andall persons having claimsagainst said estate are hereby notified and requiredto have same probated andregistered by the Clerk ofsaid Court as required by lawwithin ninety (90) days of thefirst date of publication hereon. Failure to do so willforever bar such claims.WITNESS MY SIGNATUREthis the 23rd day of May,2011./S/ Gary SmithGARY SMITH , Executor ofthe Estateof Jean Dowe Smith Publish: 5/27, 6/3, 6/10, 6/17(4t)

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01. LegalsNOTICE TO CREDITORSOF THE ESTATE OF LILLIEFRANCES GERRARD PROBATE # 2011-060-PRLetter of Testamentary weregranted to the undersignedby the Chancery Court ofWarren County, Mississippion the 23rd day of May,2011, and the Notice is hereby given to all personshaving claims against theEstate of the Decedent tohave some probated, registered and allowed bythe Clerk of said Court withinninety(90) days of the firstpublication of this notice; failure to do so within saidperiod will forever bar allclaims. This 25th day of May,2011. HELEN GOSSEXECUTRIXPublish: 5/27, 6/3, 6/10(3t)

TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OFSALEWHEREAS, on December30, 2010, Elvin L. Kelly, executed a deed of trust toLeslie R. Sadler, Trustee forthe benefit of AlexanderNeal, Columbus Neal, andCharles Neal, which deed oftrust is recorded in Deed ofTrust Book 1703 at Page737 in the office of theChancery Clerk of the County of Warren, State ofMississippi;WHEREAS, default havingbeen made in the performance of the terms,conditions, and stipulationsas set forth by said Deed ofTrust and the entire debt secured thereby, havingbeen declared to be due andpayable in accordance withthe terms of said Deed ofTrust, and the legal holder ofsaid indebtedness, Alexander Neal, ColumbusNeal, and Charles Neal, having requested the undersigned Trustee to execute the trust and sellsaid land and property in accordance with the terms ofsaid Deed of Trust for thepurpose of raising the sumsdue thereunder, togetherwith attorney's fees,Trustee's fees and expenseof sale;NOW THEREFORE, I, LeslieR. Sadler, Trustee, by virtueof the authority conferredupon me in said Deed ofTrust, will on the 28th day ofJune, 2011, offer for sale atpublic outcry for cash to thehighest bidder, and sell within legal hours (being between the hours of 11:00A.M. and 4:00 P.M.) at theWest Front door of the County Courthouse at Vicksburg, County of Warren, State of Mississippi,the following described property situated in theCounty of Warren, State ofMississippi, to-wit:Beginning at the NorthwestCorner of a 20 (twenty) acretract of land of NormanWarner, as the same is ofrecord in Book 218 at Page382 of the Land Deedrecords of Warren County, inthe State of Mississippi; running thence South 00 degrees, 07 minutes West528.0 feet to the point of beginning of the tract or parcel herein conveyed;thence East 185.0 feet,thence South 92.0 feet;thence East 124.0 feet;thence South 160.0 feet;thence West 302.5 feet;thence North 01 degree and15 minutes West 252.0 feetto the point of beginning,together with all improvements, easementsand appurtenances thereupon situate, or thereunto appertaining.I WILL CONVEY only suchtitle as is vested in me asTrustee.WITNESS MY SIGNATURE,this the 31st day of May,2011./s/ Leslie R. SadlerLeslie R. Sadler, TrusteePrepared By: Ellis, Braddock& Dees, Ltd901 Belmont StreetVicksburg, MS 39180601-636-5433 Publish: 6/3, 6/10, 6/17,6/24(4t)

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TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OFSALEWHEREAS, on December30, 2010, Elvin L. Kelly, executed a deed of trust toLeslie R. Sadler, Trustee forthe benefit of AlexanderNeal, Columbus Neal, andCharles Neal, which deed oftrust is recorded in Deed ofTrust Book 1703 at Page737 in the office of theChancery Clerk of the County of Warren, State ofMississippi;WHEREAS, default havingbeen made in the performance of the terms,conditions, and stipulationsas set forth by said Deed ofTrust and the entire debt secured thereby, havingbeen declared to be due andpayable in accordance withthe terms of said Deed ofTrust, and the legal holder ofsaid indebtedness, Alexander Neal, ColumbusNeal, and Charles Neal, having requested the undersigned Trustee to execute the trust and sellsaid land and property in accordance with the terms ofsaid Deed of Trust for thepurpose of raising the sumsdue thereunder, togetherwith attorney's fees,Trustee's fees and expenseof sale;NOW THEREFORE, I, LeslieR. Sadler, Trustee, by virtueof the authority conferredupon me in said Deed ofTrust, will on the 28th day ofJune, 2011, offer for sale atpublic outcry for cash to thehighest bidder, and sell within legal hours (being between the hours of 11:00A.M. and 4:00 P.M.) at theWest Front door of the County Courthouse at Vicksburg, County of Warren, State of Mississippi,the following described property situated in theCounty of Warren, State ofMississippi, to-wit:Beginning at the NorthwestCorner of a 20 (twenty) acretract of land of NormanWarner, as the same is ofrecord in Book 218 at Page382 of the Land Deedrecords of Warren County, inthe State of Mississippi; running thence South 00 degrees, 07 minutes West528.0 feet to the point of beginning of the tract or parcel herein conveyed;thence East 185.0 feet,thence South 92.0 feet;thence East 124.0 feet;thence South 160.0 feet;thence West 302.5 feet;thence North 01 degree and15 minutes West 252.0 feetto the point of beginning,together with all improvements, easementsand appurtenances thereupon situate, or thereunto appertaining.I WILL CONVEY only suchtitle as is vested in me asTrustee.WITNESS MY SIGNATURE,this the 31st day of May,2011./s/ Leslie R. SadlerLeslie R. Sadler, TrusteePrepared By: Ellis, Braddock& Dees, Ltd901 Belmont StreetVicksburg, MS 39180601-636-5433 Publish: 6/3, 6/10, 6/17,6/24(4t)

SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'SNOTICE OF SALEWHEREAS, on April 20,2007, Blue Rose Investments, LLC executed adeed of trust to Robert B.Andrews, Trustee for thebenefit of RiverHills Bankwhich deed of trust is recorded in Deed of TrustBook 1651 at Page 084 inthe office of the ChanceryClerk of the County of Warren, State of Mississippi;andWHEREAS, on June 2,2009, RiverHills Bank, substituted Robert G. Ellis astrustee in place of Robert B.Andrews. by instrumentrecorded in Book 1496 atPage 603 in the office of theChancery Clerk of the County of Warren, State ofMississippi; andWHEREAS, default havingbeen made in the terms andconditions of said deed oftrust and the entire debt secured thereby, havingbeen declared to be due andpayable in accordance withthe terms of said deed oftrust, and the legal holder ofsaid indebtedness, RiverHills Bank,. having requested the undersignedSubstituted Trustee to execute the trust and sellsaid land and property in accordance with the terms ofsaid deed of trust for the purpose of raising the sumsdue thereunder, togetherwith attorney's fees,Trustee's fees and expenseof sale;NOW THEREFORE, I,Robert G. Ellis, SubstitutedTrustee in said deed of trust,will on the 28th day of June,2011, offer for sale at publicoutcry for cash to the highestbidder, and sell within legalhours (being between thehours of 11:00 A.M. and 4:00P.M.) at the West Front doorof the County Courthouse atVicksburg, County of Warren, State of Mississippi,the following described property situated in theCounty of Warren, State ofMississippi, to-wit:Part South Half of West HalfSection 34, Township 16North, Range 3 East, Vicksburg, Warren County,MS: PPIN 16678; 2700Washington Street, as further described in that cer-tain Warranty Deed recordedin Book 1044 at page 402 ofthe Warren County, Mississippi land records inthe Chancery Clerk's Officeof the Warren County, Mississippi, and incorporatedherein by reference.The precise description ofsubject land, as contained inthe above referenced Warranty Deed is as follows: Beginning at a point on theWest side of WashingtonStreet, which is the Northeast corner of that certain tract of land heretofore conveyed by MaryElla Hughes to Rosie X.Smith by deed bearing dateof the 10th day of September, 1921, dulyrecorded in Book 148 atPage 559 of the Landrecords in the office of theclerk of the Chancery Courtof Warren County, Mississippi; running thencein a Northerly direction alongthe West line of WashingtonStreet, a distance of sixty-three (63) feet, more orless, to the point where thesaid West line of WashingtonStreet intersects the Southline of that certain tract ofland which was conveyed byMary Ella Hughes to theMayor and Aldermen of theCity of Vicksburg in and bythat certain agreement bearing date the 9th day ofSeptember, 1913, made andentered into by and betweenthe same Mayor and Aldermen of the City ofVicksburg and Mary EllaHughes, which said agree-ment is duly recorded inBook 124 at Page 430, etseq., of the Land Records inthe office of the said Clerk ofthe Chancery Court of Warren County, Mississippi;running thence in a Westerlydirection along the South lineof said tract of land so conveyed to the said Mayorand Aldermen of the City ofVicksburg, a distance of onehundred and twenty-five(125) feet; running thence ina Southerly direction on aline parallel with the Westline of Washington Street, adistance of Sixty-three (63)feet, more or less, to theNorth line of the land soheretofore conveyed by MaryElla Hughes to the saidRosie X. Smith by the saiddeed recorded in Book 148at Page 559 aforesaid, running thence in an Easterlydirection along the North lineof the said land conveyed tothe said Rosie X. Smith, adistance of one hundredtwenty-five (125) feet, to thepoint of beginning. Being thesame property conveyed toJosephine R. Morrissey bydeed recorded in Book 156at Page 239 of the WarrenCounty, Mississippi LandRecords.I WILL CONVEY only suchtitle as is vested in me asSubstituted Trustee.WITNESS MY SIGNATURE,this the 31st day of May,2011./s/ Robert G. EllisRobert G. Ellis, TrusteeEllis, Braddock & Dees, Ltd.901 Belmont StreetVicksburg, MS 39180Telephone 601-636-5433Publish: 6/3, 6/10, 6/17, 6/24(4t)

01. Legals


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01. Legals

Substitute Trustee's Noticeof SaleSTATE OF MISSISSIPPICOUNTY OF WarrenWHEREAS, on the 29th dayof July, 2004, and acknowledged on the 30thday of July, 2004, TommyHunter, executed and delivered a certain Deed ofTrust unto Jim B. Tohill,Trustee for Argent MortgageCompany, LLC, Beneficiary,to secure an indebtednesstherein described, whichDeed of Trust is recorded inthe office of the ChanceryClerk of Warren County, Mississippi in Book 1483 atPage 474 #212635; and WHEREAS, by various assignments on record saidDeed of Trust was ultimatelyassigned to Wells FargoBank, N.A. in Trust for thebenefit of Park Place Securities, Inc. Asset-Backed Pass-ThroughCertificates Series 2004-WCW2 by instrument recorded in the office of theaforesaid Chancery Clerk inBook 1436 at Page 551A#242206; and WHEREAS, on the 9th dayof January, 2007, the Holderof said Deed of Trust substituted and appointedEmily Kaye Courteau asTrustee in said Deed ofTrust, by instrument recorded in the office of theaforesaid Chancery Clerk inBook 1436 at Page 552#242207; andWHEREAS, default havingbeen made in the paymentsof the indebtedness securedby the said Deed of Trust,and the holder of said Deedof Trust, having requestedthe undersigned so to do, onthe 1st day of July, 2011, Iwill during the lawful hours ofbetween 11:00 a.m. and 4:00p.m., at public outcry, offerfor sale and will sell, at thewest front door of the WarrenCounty Courthouse at Vicksburg, Mississippi, forcash to the highest bidder,the following described landand property situated in Warren County, Mississippi,to-wit:All of that certain Lot or Parcel of Land lying and be-ing situated in Part of theSoutheast One-Quarter ofSection 23, Township 16North, Range 4 East, of theCounty of Warren, State ofMississippi.Commencing at an iron rodon the South line of U.S.Highway No. 80, marking theNorthwest corner of the B.P.Buford 46.6 acre tract asrecorded in Deed Book 1048at Page 79 of the LandRecords of Warren County,Mississippi; thence runSouth 04 degrees 30 minutes East 533.37 feet,and run thence South 89 degrees 47 minutes 30 seconds West, 183.56 feet;thence South 01 degrees 33minutes 23 seconds West,35.60 feet; thence South 54degrees 29 minutes 18 seconds East, 355.50 feet;thence run South 45 degrees47 minutes West, 367.79feet to an iron rod, and thePOINT OF BEGINNING;thence run South 43 degrees49 minutes 36 seconds East,167.52 feet; thence runSouth 50 degrees 52 minutes 17 seconds West,133.34 feet to an iron rod;thence North 31 degrees 16minutes 10 seconds West,159.76 feet to a point in thecenterline of a 50 foot wideroad; thence run North 45degrees 47 minutes Eastalong the centerline of saidroad 98.16 feet to the Pointof Beginning containing .431acres.TOGETHER WITH: A perpetual, non exclusiveright of way and easement tobe used in common, for thePurpose of a Roadway, andfor the installation and maintenance of utility linesover and across that certain50 foot wide strip describedas commencing at the Northeast Corner of saidB.P. Buford Tract; thence runSouth 86 degrees 00 minutes West 506.21 feet tothe intersection of the Southline of U.S. Highway No. 80with the centerline of SilverLeaf Drive and the Point ofBeginning of road easement;thence run 25 feet either sideof the following describedcenterline; South 06 degrees48 minutes 39 seconds East58.65 feet; thence South 27degrees 20 minutes 29 seconds East 76.9 feet;thence South 39 degrees 12minutes 31 seconds East102.1 feet; thence South 36degrees 01 minutes 10 seconds East 43.78 feet;thence South 55 degrees 02minutes 51 seconds East125.37 feet to a point in thecenterline of another Road;thence leaving the centerlineof said Silver Leaf Drive, runalong the centerline of Another Road as follows;South 38 degrees 33 minutes West 195.0 feet;thence South 07 degrees 41minutes 36 seconds West,100.47 feet; thence runSouth 22 degrees 16 minutes 27 seconds West,235.74 feet; thence runSouth 45 degrees 47 minutes West. 527.06 feet tothe End of EasementTOGETHER WITH: That certain manufactured homepermanently affixed to theabove described lot or tractof land. I will only convey such titleas is vested in me as Substitute Trustee.WITNESS MY SIGNATURE,this 7th day of June, 2011.Emily Kaye CourteauSubstitute Trustee2309 Oliver RoadMonroe, LA 71201(318) 330-9020COC/F06-1919Publish: 6/10, 6/17, 6/24(3t)


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01. Legals

Substitute Trustee's Noticeof SaleSTATE OF MISSISSIPPICOUNTY OF WarrenWHEREAS, on the 29th dayof July, 2004, and acknowledged on the 30thday of July, 2004, TommyHunter, executed and delivered a certain Deed ofTrust unto Jim B. Tohill,Trustee for Argent MortgageCompany, LLC, Beneficiary,to secure an indebtednesstherein described, whichDeed of Trust is recorded inthe office of the ChanceryClerk of Warren County, Mississippi in Book 1483 atPage 474 #212635; and WHEREAS, by various assignments on record saidDeed of Trust was ultimatelyassigned to Wells FargoBank, N.A. in Trust for thebenefit of Park Place Securities, Inc. Asset-Backed Pass-ThroughCertificates Series 2004-WCW2 by instrument recorded in the office of theaforesaid Chancery Clerk inBook 1436 at Page 551A#242206; and WHEREAS, on the 9th dayof January, 2007, the Holderof said Deed of Trust substituted and appointedEmily Kaye Courteau asTrustee in said Deed ofTrust, by instrument recorded in the office of theaforesaid Chancery Clerk inBook 1436 at Page 552#242207; andWHEREAS, default havingbeen made in the paymentsof the indebtedness securedby the said Deed of Trust,and the holder of said Deedof Trust, having requestedthe undersigned so to do, onthe 1st day of July, 2011, Iwill during the lawful hours ofbetween 11:00 a.m. and 4:00p.m., at public outcry, offerfor sale and will sell, at thewest front door of the WarrenCounty Courthouse at Vicksburg, Mississippi, forcash to the highest bidder,the following described landand property situated in Warren County, Mississippi,to-wit:All of that certain Lot or Parcel of Land lying and be-ing situated in Part of theSoutheast One-Quarter ofSection 23, Township 16North, Range 4 East, of theCounty of Warren, State ofMississippi.Commencing at an iron rodon the South line of U.S.Highway No. 80, marking theNorthwest corner of the B.P.Buford 46.6 acre tract asrecorded in Deed Book 1048at Page 79 of the LandRecords of Warren County,Mississippi; thence runSouth 04 degrees 30 minutes East 533.37 feet,and run thence South 89 degrees 47 minutes 30 seconds West, 183.56 feet;thence South 01 degrees 33minutes 23 seconds West,35.60 feet; thence South 54degrees 29 minutes 18 seconds East, 355.50 feet;thence run South 45 degrees47 minutes West, 367.79feet to an iron rod, and thePOINT OF BEGINNING;thence run South 43 degrees49 minutes 36 seconds East,167.52 feet; thence runSouth 50 degrees 52 minutes 17 seconds West,133.34 feet to an iron rod;thence North 31 degrees 16minutes 10 seconds West,159.76 feet to a point in thecenterline of a 50 foot wideroad; thence run North 45degrees 47 minutes Eastalong the centerline of saidroad 98.16 feet to the Pointof Beginning containing .431acres.TOGETHER WITH: A perpetual, non exclusiveright of way and easement tobe used in common, for thePurpose of a Roadway, andfor the installation and maintenance of utility linesover and across that certain50 foot wide strip describedas commencing at the Northeast Corner of saidB.P. Buford Tract; thence runSouth 86 degrees 00 minutes West 506.21 feet tothe intersection of the Southline of U.S. Highway No. 80with the centerline of SilverLeaf Drive and the Point ofBeginning of road easement;thence run 25 feet either sideof the following describedcenterline; South 06 degrees48 minutes 39 seconds East58.65 feet; thence South 27degrees 20 minutes 29 seconds East 76.9 feet;thence South 39 degrees 12minutes 31 seconds East102.1 feet; thence South 36degrees 01 minutes 10 seconds East 43.78 feet;thence South 55 degrees 02minutes 51 seconds East125.37 feet to a point in thecenterline of another Road;thence leaving the centerlineof said Silver Leaf Drive, runalong the centerline of Another Road as follows;South 38 degrees 33 minutes West 195.0 feet;thence South 07 degrees 41minutes 36 seconds West,100.47 feet; thence runSouth 22 degrees 16 minutes 27 seconds West,235.74 feet; thence runSouth 45 degrees 47 minutes West. 527.06 feet tothe End of EasementTOGETHER WITH: That certain manufactured homepermanently affixed to theabove described lot or tractof land. I will only convey such titleas is vested in me as Substitute Trustee.WITNESS MY SIGNATURE,this 7th day of June, 2011.Emily Kaye CourteauSubstitute Trustee2309 Oliver RoadMonroe, LA 71201(318) 330-9020COC/F06-1919Publish: 6/10, 6/17, 6/24(3t)

IN THE CHANCERYCOURT OF WARRENCOUNTY, MISSISSIPPIMARIA DEL CARMEN URESTI PLAINTIFF VS.JUAN GERARDO URESTIDEFENDANT NO. 2011-187GNSUMMONSTHE STATE OF MISSISSIPPITO: JUAN GERARDO URESTI(Residence and Post OfficeAddress Unknown).You have been made a Defendant in the suit filed inthis Court by Maria Del Carmen Uresti, Plaintiff,seeking a divorce on theground of Desertion. You arerequired to mail a hand delivered written response tothe Complaint filed againstyou in this action to Jerry W.Campbell, attorney for thePlaintiff, whose address is914 Grove Street, Vicksburg,Warren County, Mississippi.Your response must bemailed or delivered not laterthan thirty (30) days after the10th day of June, 2011,which is the date of the firstpublication of this Summons.If you response is not delivered, a Judgment byDefault will be enteredagainst you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.You must also file the original of your responsewith the Clerk of this Courtwithin the reasonable timeanswered. Issued under myhand and seal of said Courtthis the 8th day of June,2011.DOT MCGEE, CHANCERYCLERKBY: /s/ Denise Bailey D.C.(SEAL)Publish: 6/10, 6/17, 6/24(3t)

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19. Garage &Yard Sales

1005 MAIN STREET,Saturday, 7am- until, Multifamily sale. Greatbargains!!!

110 DUNIGAN ROAD, offCulkin Road just past oldCulkin School, Saturday,7am-12:30pm, baby itemsand clothes, purses, shoes,dishes, etcetera.

133 BERRYMAN ROAD,Saturday 7am-2pm. Bakesale. Proceeds for ShekinahGlory Worship Center, Inter-national Summer Confer-ence travel expenses.

206 NEWITT VICK,Openwood Plantation, Sat-urday, 7am-12 noon, 2 fam-ilies, bedding, kitchen, girl'sclothes, furniture, Orientalrug, antiques, ice chests.

207 CobblestoneDrive, off Oak Ridge.

Saturday 6am- 11am.Clothes, jewelry, Pandorabeads, hand bags, plants,

much more.

2902 DRUMMONDSTREET. Friday, Saturdayand Sunday 6am-6pm. Fur-niture, trampoline, chinacabinet, some antiques,glassware, bric-a-brac, Chil-drens toys, clothes andbooks, etcetera. 769-203-2646. Call anytime, every-thing must go.



220 CAIN RIDGE ROAD,Saturday 7am- until. Chest-of-drawers, large GeorgeForeman grill with book,home accessories andmany more items.

3056 ½ WISCONSIN AV-ENUE. Saturday, 7am-10am. Closet Sale! Design-er shoes and clothes andmore.

3120 MT. ALBAN Satur-day 6am- 10am. Babyitems, lots of miscellaneous.

3440 TIFFENTOWNROAD. Saturday 7am-11am! Name brand clothing,much more at a great price.

3740 OLD HIGHWAY 27.Saturday 8am- until. 4 fami-lies, kids clothing, TV's,Razer dirt bike, miscellan-neous.

4816 GIBSON ROAD, offHalls Ferry, Saturday andSunday, 7am-until, lots ofgreat buys!

8540 FISHER FERRYROAD. Saturday and Sun-day 8am-12pm. In homeand outdoor miscellaneous!

97 Southall Drive, pastCulkin Ballfields, Saturday6am. Mom moved out ofstate. What didn't fit on truck,she said SELL!! Tupperware,Kitchenware, Yard Flags,Telescope, Oil Lamps,Movies, Small Appliances,Crystal Stemware, MuchMore.

Ask us how to “PostSize” your ad with some

great clip art! Call theClassified Ladies at 601-636-Sell (7355).

GARAGE SALE OVER?River City Rescue Missionwill pickup donated left overitems. 601-636-6602.

HUGE YARD SALETons of clothes and shoes,sizes for girls, teens, & ladies,some mens. Home decor, TV,computers, appliances, &miscellaneous. Saturday 7am-12 noon, no early birds.WARRENTON FARM ANDGARDEN, Hwy 61 S.

MAN'S SALE, OLD tools,etcetera, 2932 Clay Street,Saturday 7am- until.

MARION PARK. 303Warren Street. PowerTools, Kids Clothing,Books, and much more.Saturday the 11th. 7AM-11AM.

RUMMAGE SALE. 733Stinson Road. Saturday9am- until. Furniture, cloth-ing. Lots of miscellaneous.

STILL HAVE STUFF after your Garage Sale?Donate your items to

The Salvation Army, we pick-up!

Call 601-636-2706.

What's going on inVicksburg this weekend?Read The Vicksburg Post!

For convenient home deliv-ery call 601-636-4545, ask

for circulation.

YARD SALE 514 Elm-wood Street, Oak Park Sub-division, Saturday, 7am-un-til, summer items, clothes,furniture, miscellaneous.


YARD/ MOVING SALE,26 Lake Haven Drive, LakePark, Saturday, 6am-12noon, matching wingbacksofa/ love seat, matchingT.V. center and computerdesk, VCR, VHS tapes,CD's, DVD's, clothes,scrubs, kitchen things, bathset and towels, jewelry,much more! Furniture willbe inside. Canceled if rain-ing.

21. Boats,Fishing Supplies

BOAT FOR SALE16 foot bass Tracker 25horse power motor withtrailer. 601-738-5120.

What's going on in Vicks-burg this weekend? ReadThe Vicksburg Post! Forconvenient home delivery,call 601-636-4545, ask forcirculation.


ALLBRITECONSTRUCTION

WATER & FIRE Cleanup & Restoration

All Home RepairsOne call does it all!Licensed & Insured

228-348-2921

BATHS, KITCHENS,CABINETRY. Professional,reasonable rates. 601-634-6894, 601-629-8570.

FREE ESTIMATESTREY GORDON

ROOFING & RESTORATION•Roof & Home Repair

(all types!)•30 yrs exp •1,000’s of ref

Licensed • Insured601-618-0367 • 601-456-4133

D & D TREE CUTTING•Trimming • Lawn Care

• Dirt Hauled• Insured

For FREE EstimatesCall “Big James”

601-218-7782

DIRT AND GRAVELhauled. 8 yard truck. 601-638-6740.

DIRT WHERE NEEDEDFill dirt, top soil, clay

gravel, 610, sand, masonry sand, fuel sand. Replace old driveways &

do new driveways.Forming and Finishing

FRED CLARK601-638-9233 • 601-218-9233

I-PHONE REPAIR. Buy,sell and repair. ArcueSanchez - 601-618-9916.

LARRY'S MAINTE-NANCE. Painting, pressurewashing, gutter cleaning,etcetera. 601-415-5715.

PURVIS UPHOLSTERY.ANTIQUES to four

wheelers. We do it all.Call 601-634-6073.

REAVES HVACAir condition/ heat/ electrical

Commercial • ResidentialMaintenance ProgramsOffice 601-429-5338Cell 601-415-7859

[email protected]

River City Lawn CareYou grow it - we mow it!Affordable and profes-

sional. Lawn and land-scape maintenance. Cut, bag, trim, edge.

601-529-6168.

26. For RentOr Lease

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1911 Mission 66Suite B-Apprx. 2450 sq. ft.Suite E-Apprx. 1620 sq. ft.

Office or Retail!Great Location!

BRIAN MOORE REALTY

Connie - Owner/ Agent

318-322-4000

FOR LEASE- MISSION 66Suite 4A- Approximately 805square feet, Suite 4B- Approx-imately 1605 square feet.CHEAP RENT!! Greg- 601-291-1148.

28. FurnishedApartments

COMPLETELY FUR-NISHED. 1 Bedroom apart-ment. Utilities provided iIn-cluding cable, internet andlaundry room. $900 a month.601-415-9027 or 601-638-4386.

Corporate Apartments.Cable, Wi-Fi, off-streetparking, pool. Pets OK.

1 BR - $900 monthlyStudio - $700 monthly

601-638-2000


29. UnfurnishedApartments

BEAUTIFULLAKESIDE

LIVING

• 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom Apts.• Beautifully Landscaped• Lake Surrounds Community

• Pool • Fireplace• Spacious Floor Plans

601-629-6300www.thelandingsvicksburg.com

501 Fairways DriveVicksburg

CommodoreApartments

1, 2 & 3Bedrooms

605 Cain Ridge Rd.Vicksburg, MS

39180

601-638-2231

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24 Month Warranties Available

601-636-31472970 Hwy 61 North • VicksburgMonday - Saturday 8am-7pm

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IF WE DON’T HAVE

WHAT YOU WANT,

WE CAN GET IT!!

Bradford RidgeApartments

Live in a Quality Built Apartmentfor LESS! All brick,

concrete floors and double wallsprovide excellent soundproofing,

security, and safety.601-638-1102 • 601-415-3333

COME CHECK US OUT TODAYYOU’LL WANT TO MAKE YOUR

HOME HEREGreat Location, Hard-Working Staff

601-638-7831 • 201 Berryman Rd.

COME CHECK US OUT TODAYYOU’LL WANT TO MAKE YOUR

HOME HEREGreat Location, Hard-Working Staff

601-638-7831 • 201 Berryman Rd

S H A M R O C KA PA RT M E N T S

SUPERIOR QUALITY,CUSTOM CABINETS,

EXTRA LARGE MASTER BDRM,& WASHER / DRYER HOOKUPS.

SAFE!!SENIOR CITIZEN DISCOUNT

601-661-0765 • 601-415-3333

801 Clay Street 601-630-2921www.the-vicksburg.com

UTILITIES PAID!1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments

Studios & Efficiencies

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Vicksburg, Ms.601-636-3625

Equal Housing Opportunity

BienvilleApartments

The ParkResidencesat Bienville

1, 2 & 3 bedroomsand townhomes

available immediately.

VICKSBURGS NEWEST,AND A WELL MAINTAINED

FAVORITE. EACH WITHSPACIOUS FLOOR PLANS ANDSOPHISTICATED AMENITIES.

FOR LEASING INFO, CALL 601-636-1752www.parkresidences.com • www.bienvilleapartments.com

and

EQUAL HOUSINGOPPORTUNITY

131 LAURA LAKE RD.4BR/ 2BA home (2200 sq. ft.)is located on a spacious lot in

Walnut Cove. Professionallandscaped flower beds,

beautiful granite kitchen count-er tops, new Owens Corningarchitectural shingled roof,

large screened sunroom withbrick knee wall, new carpetthroughout and ceramic tile.

Move in ready.$219,500 • 601-831-1955


$450 MONTHLY! GATEDHas it all. 1 bedroom,washer/dryer included. 1115First North. 512-787-7840.

2 BEDROOM $400 rent,3 BEDROOM $450 rent,4 BEDROOM $500 rent.All are duplexes, $200

deposit. Refrigerator andstove. 601-634-8290.

DOWNTOWN, BRICK,MARIE Apartments. Total

electric, central air/ heat,stove, refrigerator. $520, water

furnished. 601-636-7107, [email protected]

VAN GUARD APART-MENTS. 2 bedroom town

house, $550. Washer/ dryerhookup. $300 deposit. Man-

agement 601-631-0805.

30. HousesFor Rent

1405 DIVISION STREET,3 bedroom, 1 bath, centralair/ heat. $650 month, $650deposit. 678-571-8049.

2 BEDROOM, 1 bath.City location, remodeled,hardwood floors throughout,quiet established neighbor-hood. 601-218-1002.

3 BEDROOM, 1.5 bath.Central air/ heat, convenientlocation. $750 monthly, de-posit/ references required.601-631-4755.

COTTAGE FOR RENT. 2 bedroom 1 bath. New

Orleans style with extras.water and lawn service in-cluded. Culkin area. $650monthly, deposit and ref-

erences required.601-831-1711.

HOUSE FOR RENT706 Maurice remodeled 3bedroom. 1 bath FamilyRoom. 601-218-9631

LARGE 2 BEDROOM, 2Bath House with largefenced yard. Refrigerator,stove washer/ dryer includ-ed. $900 monthly plus de-posit References. ContactStacie at 601-218-9134Jones and UpChurch.

LOS COLINAS. SMALL 2Bedroom, 2 Bath Cottage.Close in, nice. $795 month-ly. 601-831-4506.

31. Mobile HomesFor Rent

MEADOWBROOKPROPERTIES. 2 or 3 bed-room mobile homes, southcounty. Deposit required.

601-619-9789.


32. Mobile HomesFor Sale

14X80. 4 BEDROOM, 2bath on 1.8 acres. 3180Grange Hall Road. $35,000.601-994-3018.

1994 28X52 DOUBLEWIDE. Remod-

eled 3 bedroom, 2 bath.$14,000 cash or certifiedcheck. Must be moved. 601-218-3847, 5pm-9pm.

2002 MODEL 28x78 3bedroom, 2 bath doublewide with vinyl siding, shin-gles, all appliances and fire-place. Eat off floor condi-tion, delivery included$39,500. Call Wayne 662-417-2354.

32. Mobile HomesFor Sale

2008 4 BEDROOM, 2bath double wide, land andhome in Vicksburg. SuperNice! Only $45,900. CallWayne, 662-417-2354.

2008 LEXINGTON16X80. 3 bedrooms, 2baths, air, all electric. $6000and refinance. 601-529-9015, 601-618-9965.

KEEP UP WITH ALLTHE LOCAL NEWS

AND SALES...SUBSCRIBE TO

THE VICKSBURG POSTTODAY! CALL

601-636-4545, ASK FORCIRCULATION.

MOBILE HOME-$29,900. 28x68 doublewide, in Cophia County tobe moved. New air, lots ofextras. Call Mike 601-212-2330.

NEW 2011 MODEL 3bedroom, 2 bath 16x80 Hor-ton open floor plan, deliveryincluded. $34,900. CallWayne. 662-417-2354.

SPECIAL 2011 MODEL 3bedroom, 2 bath 16x76.Brand spanking new! Only$28,500. Call Wayne, 662-417-2354.


34. HousesFor Sale

Beautiful custom built homeoverlooking Vicksburg CountryClub golf course. Features split

plan w/ 4 BR, 2.5 BA. Hugemaster suite has large BA withoversized spa tub & separateshower. Priced to sell below

appraised value. For appt to viewthis wonderful home,call (601) 218-1900.


34. HousesFor Sale

137 Woodstone Drive(Fairways)

BY OWNER! Meticulouslykept, quiet neighborhood, 4 br/2.5ba., 2470 sf, lots ofamenities, large wooded lot.

A Must see!601-638-0317, 601-529-5137,

601-529-0720

2 BEDROOM HOUSE inCary. No flood water here.Big lot, low taxes. Nicehouse. Call BrokerSouth,601-301-0691 or for appoint-ment only, 662-873-0022.

3 BEDROOMS, 1.5 baths,large lot, fruit and nut trees,quiet Blakely subdivisionneighborhood. Moving, mustsell as is quickly. $68,000.479-966-0184.

AskUs.

2150 South Frontage Road bkbank.comMember FDIC

! FHA & VA! Conventional! Construction! First -timeHomebuyers

Candy FranciscoMortgage Originator

MortgageLoans601.630.8209

Open Hours:Mon-Fri 8:30am-5:30pm

601-634-89282170 S. I-20 Frontage Rd.

www.ColdwellBanker.comwww.homesofvicksburg.net

Rental includingCorporate Apartments

Available


34. HousesFor Sale

312 DOGWOOD LAKE 3bedroom 3 bath, pool,$165,000. Call 601-738-1601 for appointment.

McMillinReal Estate601-636-8193

VicksburgRealEstate.com

FOR LEASE OR Rent.899 National Street. Com-pletely renovated. 3 bed-room, 1.5 bath. 1504square feet. Section 8 ok.601-885-4354.

HOUSE FOR SALE,NEW everything! ShadyLane, 3 bedrooms, 1.5

baths. Priced in the $80's.Must be pre-approved.

Call to view, 601-631-0056or 601-415-5888.

Carla Watson...............601-415-4179

Mary D. Barnes .........601-966-1665Stacie Bowers-Griffin...601-218-9134

Jill WaringUpchurch....601-906-5012

Andrea Upchurch.......601-831-6490Broker, GRI

601-636-6490

Licensed inMS and LA

Jones & UpchurchReal Estate Agency

1803 Clay Streetwww.jonesandupchurch.com

THINKING OFMOVING TO

EAGLE LAKE?Call me for listings.Bette Paul Warner

601-218-1800McMillin Real Estatewww.Lakehouse.com

34. HousesFor Sale

Kay Odom..........601-638-2443Kay Hobson.......601-638-8512Jake Strait...........601-218-1258Bob Gordon........601-831-0135Tony Jordan........601-630-6461Alex Monsour.....601-415-7274Jay Hobson..........601-456-1318Kai Mason...........601-218-5623Daryl Hollingsworth..601-415-5549

Sybil Carraway...601-218-2869Catherine Roy....601-831-5790Mincer Minor.....601-529-0893Jim Hobson.........601-415-0211

AARRNNEERRRREEAALL EESSTTAATTEE,, IINNCCV

JIM HOBSONREALTOR®•BUILDER•APPRAISER

601-636-0502


35. Lots For Sale1 LOT FOR sale. 22 min-

utes from Vicksburg. Lightpole and drive way. $8500.601-940-8480.


40. Cars & Trucks

1984 PONTIAC FIRE-BIRD. New radiator, posi-tive rear end, B&M air shiftracing transmission, clear ti-tle, 350 engine. $750. 601-636-8535.

1994 MITSUBISHIGALANT. Good air withstereo. $1,500. 601-529-1195.

1995 ISUZU RODEO.Sharp looking, great dealonly $3500! Sam the Bear,769-203-9249. Dealer.

1997 CHEVROLET 2500cargo van, high mileage butmaintained. $1,300. Call601-636-8821,601-415-3177

1998 HONDA ACCORD.Automatic, cold air, runsgood. Only $2800! Call Samthe Bear, 769-203-9249.Dealer.

1999 CHEVROLET 15004x4 extended cab. Only$9995! Call Ryan, 318-828-9559. Dealer.

2001 CHEVROLETTRACKER. This one willnot last long, call today!Sam the Bear, 769-203-9249. Dealer.

2001 MAZDA MPV. Greatfirst car, gas saver. Only$3200! Call Sam the Bear,769-203-9249. Dealer.

2006 CHRYSLER 300.Low miles, clean. What adeal! Call Sam the Bear,769-203-9249. Dealer.

40. Cars & Trucks

1988 CADILLAC. Veryclean. $2,500. 601-831-3704.

2007 ECLIPSE. BLACK,gas saver! Only $14,995!Call Ryan today! 318-828-9559. Dealer.

2007 GRAND MARQUIS.Loaded, only 51,000 miles.Value priced at $13,995.Call Ryan for a test drive,318-828-9559. Dealer.

2007 PONTIAC G5Coupe. Sporty with sunroof!Call today! Sam the Bear,769-203-9249. Dealer.

2007 SILVERADOCREW 4x4. $17,995 or bestoffer! Call Ryan, 318-828-9559. Dealer.

2007 TOYOTA CAMRY.Only 42,000 miles, supercar! This one won't lastlong! Call Ryan today!318-828-9559. Dealer.

2008 CHEVROLET COL-ORADO Crew Cab. Greatshape, gas saver! Drive ittoday! Sam the Bear, 769-203-9249. Dealer.

2008 CHEVROLET MAL-IBU. Only 18,000 miles, gassaver! $19,995 or best offer.Call Ryan today! 318-828-9559. Dealer.

2008 CHEVROLETTRAIL Blazer. Loaded,ready to go! $15,995 nego-tiable. Call Ryan, 318-828-9559. Dealer.

40. Cars & Trucks

2008 NISSAN ALTIMACoupe. 40,000 miles.

$15,500. Great condition. 601-218-5710.

2009 GMC EXTENDEDcab 4x4. Only 28,000miles, vinyl floor, bumper tobumper warranty, powertrain warranty to 100,000miles. Like new! Call 601-218-9654 days, 601-636-0658 nights. Dealer.

2009 VOLKSWAGENBEETLE Coupe. Low miles,perfect for college student.Call Sam the Bear, 769-203-9249. Dealer.

2010 KIA FORTE. Plentyof warranty, good lookingcar! great gas mileage Callfor a test drive today, Samthe Bear, 769-203-9249.Dealer.

GUARANTEEDFINANCING! ! !

Gary’s Cars ForLess

601-883-9995For pre-approval:www.garyscfl.com

SSI/ Disability WelcomeAll CreditAccepted!

Minimum income$1,000

HEY! NEED CASHNOW? We buy junk cars!Call today, we'll come pickthem up with money inhand! 601-631-0222.

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