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Mississippileads u.S.in test onabortion lawBy Emily Wagster PettusThe Associated Press

JACKSON — A national effort to put abortion bans into state constitutions is looking for its first victory next month in Mississippi, where voters are being asked to approve an amendment declar-ing that life begins when a human egg is fertilized.

Supporters hope the so-called person-hood initiative will succeed in a Bible Belt state that already has some of the nation’s toughest abortion regulations and only a single clinic where the proce-dures are performed.

The initiative is endorsed by both can-didates in a governor’s race that’s being decided the same day. While Mississippi is the only state with such an amend-ment on the ballot this fall, efforts are under way to put the question to voters in at least four other states in 2012.

Any victory at the state level would likely be short-lived since a life-at-fertil-ization amendment would conflict with the U.S. Constitution. Leaders of the movement say their ultimate goal is to provoke a court fight to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that established a legal right to abortion.

Opponents say defining life as begin-ning at fertilization could block some common forms of birth control and deter Mississippi physicians from performing in vitro fertilization because they’d fear criminal charges if an embryo doesn’t survive. They also say supporters of the amendment are trying to impose their religious beliefs on others to force women to carry unwanted pregnancies, including those caused by rape or incest.

Those campaigning for the Mississippi initiative — including the Tupelo-based American Family Association — are using glowing images of babies in utero or chubby-cheeked newborns, and say

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Worldwide demonstrationsgaining momentum — and cashBy The Associated Press

NEW YORK — The month-old Occupy Wall Street move-ment continues to grow, with nearly $300,000 in the bank and participants finding sat-isfaction in the widening impact they hope will coun-ter the influence on soci-ety by those who hold the purse strings of the world’s economies.

The expanding occupa-tion of land once limited to a small Manhattan park in the shadow of the rising World Trade Center com-plex continued through the weekend, with hundreds of thousands of people rallying around the world and numer-ous encampments springing up in cities large and small, including in Jackson.

For the most part, the pro-test action remained loosely organized and there were no specific demands, some-thing Legba Carrefour, a par-ticipant in the Occupy D.C. protest, found comforting Sunday.

“When movements come up with specific demands, they cease to be movements and transform into political

campaign rallies,” said Car-refour, who works as a coat check attendant despite hold-ing a master’s degree in cul-tural studies. “It’s compelling a lot of people to come out for their own reasons rather than the reasons that some-one else has given them.”

The demonstrations world-wide have emboldened those camped out at Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park, the epicenter of the movement that began a month ago today. But there is conflict, too. Some protesters eventually want the move-ment to rally around a goal, while others insist that isn’t the point.

“We’re moving fast, without a hierarchical structure and lots of gears turning,” said Justin Strekal, a college stu-dent and political organizer who traveled from Cleveland

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Joe Fowler of Georgetown, Texas, watches as balloons rise to flight Sunday during the final day of the 2011 Great Mississippi River Balloon Race in Natchez. The competition and festival began Friday night with a balloon glow, and organizers said thousands of people visited to watch the balloons race across the river between Natchez and Vidalia. One Natchez couple was married Saturday morning in a balloon above Natchez.

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vicksburg teacher ‘Most inspiring’By John [email protected]

Walk into Kimberly Rhodman’s second-grade class at Dana Road Elementary School and the energy is evident.

Her classroom is bright and cheerful. Her students tackle classwork with enthusiasm. They gather around their teacher ready to ask questions and give answers.

“She does so many things to get her children interested in learning,” said friend Kathy Trip-lett. “Last year, her class was in an accelerated reading program and read almost 5,000 books, the most of any class in the school district. She is an inspiration to her students and to me. Last year, she lost 89 pounds and that inspired me to lose 84.”

So when Triplett saw the announcement in the July issue

of Spry magazine seeking nomi-nations for the Spry Inspiration Awards, she didn’t hesitate to nominate her friend as the Most Inspiring Teacher.

The publishers of the maga-zine, which is a regular feature in The Vicksburg Post, notified

Second-grade teacher Kimberly Rhodman addresses her students at Dana Road Elementary.

Photographers Tami and Stephen Johnson take pictures of Kimberly Rhodman and her class.

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Dr. Beverly McMillan, left, president of Pro-Life Mississippi, addresses a prayer rally in Jackson in June.

City teen nabbed in golf-club attack

A 15-year-old Vicksburg resident accused of hitting a man in the head with a golf club Wednesday night spent the weekend in the Warren County Juvenile Deten-tion Center, police Lt. Bobby Stewart said.

The teen was arrested at Vicksburg High School at 10:30 Friday morning and charged with simple assault, a misdemeanor, Stewart said.

Louis Taylor, 24, 2958 Valley St., told police he was visiting a relative in the 2200 block of Pearl Street when he stepped outside and was attacked. He was able to identify the teen for investigators.

Taylor, who suffered a 3-inch cut above his eye, refused medical treat-ment at the scene but later went to River Region Medi-cal Center and was trans-ferred to University Medical Center, where he was treated and discharged, a hospital spokesman said.

The teenager was expected to appear in Warren County Youth Court today or Tues-day, said Stewart.

Cash, CD playeramong missing items

Three burglaries were reported over the weekend, police Lt. Bobby Stewart said.

Friday at 7:50 a.m., $17 was reported stolen from a 2002 Nissan Altima parked in the 2000 block of Grove Street.

Saturday at 5:42 p.m., $60 and three bags of potato chips valued at $1.99 each were reported stolen from a home in the 1000 block of Harrison Street.

Saturday at 6:39 p.m., a Sony CD player valued at $175 was reported stolen from a 2002 Ford Escape parked in the 1000 block of First East Street.

crimefrom staff reports

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they’re trying to end a sin that blights America.

The proposal being decided Nov. 8 has divided the medi-cal community and bewil-dered some physicians.

“We feel like the docs and the patients are get-ting caught in the middle of a war between the anti-abortion folks and the pro-choice folks,” said Dr. Wayne Slocum of Tupelo, head of the Mississippi section of the American College of Obste-tricians and Gynecologists, which opposes the initiative.

George Cochran, a Univer-sity of Mississippi consti-tutional law professor, said even if Mississippi voters adopt the initiative, he believes it’s unlikely to ever be enforced because it’s cer-tain to be challenged and overturned in court.

“Suits are brought, they have it declared unconstitu-tional,” Cochran said. “It’s not very difficult.”

Cochran said there’s a 5-4 majority on the U.S. Supreme Court now to uphold Roe v. Wade. That and other Supreme Court rulings have required states to allow abor-tions up to the point that a fetus could survive outside of the womb — about 24 weeks.

Still, a win at the ballot box “will send shockwaves around this country, then around the world,” predicted Keith Mason, co-founder of Personhood USA, the Colo-rado group that’s pushing petition drives.

Mason’s group eventually wants to amend the U.S. Con-stitution to say life begins at fertilization, and he hopes the push for state consti-tutional amendments will create momentum. Similar “human life” amendments have been introduced on the

federal level over the past 30 years and have failed.

Thad Hall, a University of Utah professor who has written a book about abor-tion politics, said people who want to outlaw abor-tion are seeking state-by-state changes that often put the question to voters, rather than federal changes.

“What you see here is a kind of difference between slowness and difficulty in policy changes on federal level ... and the ease with which states can change public policy,” Hall said.

People are gathering sig-natures in Florida, Montana, Ohio and Oregon to try to put personhood initiatives on ballots starting in 2012, Mason said. He said simi-lar efforts will begin in eight other states.

Personhood Ohio said Friday that it had reached its first threshold toward the 2012 ballot by gathering more than 1,000 signatures, allowing it to start knocking on doors to gather the rest of the 385,000 it needs.

Previously, Mason’s group got amendments on Colo-rado ballots in 2008 and 2010, but they were rejected. Some groups that oppose abor-tion, including Eagle Forum, opposed the Colorado efforts, saying the ballot initiatives only enriched Planned Par-enthood and other groups that support abortion rights.

In Mississippi, the state’s largest Christian denomina-tion, the Mississippi Bap-tist Convention, is backing the personhood proposal through its lobbying arm, the Christian Action Commis-sion. “The Lord expects us to value life, even as he does,” the commission’s executive director, Jimmy Porter, says

in a video.The state already has sev-

eral laws regulating abor-tions, including parental or judicial consent for any minor to get an abortion and mandatory in-person coun-seling and a 24-hour wait before any woman can termi-nate a pregnancy.

The Mississippi State Medi-cal Association says it is not supporting the initiative — a step short of actively oppos-ing it.

“I agree with the senti-ments of this movement; but, I can’t agree with throwing a physician into a system where the decision will not be malpractice but wrong-ful death or murder,” the group’s president and family physician Dr. Thomas E. Joiner wrote to members.

Slocum, who leads the ob-gyn group, said the amendment could ban forms of birth control that prevent a fertilized egg from implant-ing, such as the IUD or the morning-after pill, and that it might limit physicians’ will-ingness to perform in vitro fertilization.

The American Society for Reproductive Medicine also opposes the amendment, saying it would “unduly restrict an infertile patient’s right to make decisions about embryos created as part of the in vitro fertiliza-tion process.”

Dr. Freda Bush of Jackson, an obstetrician-gynecolo-gist who’s campaigning for the ballot measure, said she believes the initiative would not affect hormonal birth control pills or curtail in vitro fertilization.

She said opponents of the ballot measure are spreading rumors to scare people.

Jackson man accusedin beating, killing

JACKSON — An autopsy will be performed on a Jack-son man who died Satur-day night after a fight, Hinds County Coroner Sharon Grisham-Stewart said.

Police said 27-year-old Tim-othy Jackson and 31-year-old Timothy Love were argu-ing when the fight became physical.

Spokeswoman Colen-dula Green said Jackson was body-slammed and beaten with a folding chair. Grisham-Stewart said he was pronounced dead at the scene. Love is charged with murder and was at the Hinds County Detention Center.

State Fair closeson high note

JACKSON — Mississippi State Fair officials estimate nearly 700,000 people strolled the midway during this year’s event.

Before the fair’s final day Sunday, Billy Orr, executive director of the Mississippi State Fair Commission, said attendance was about 50,000 short of last year’s record 673,000.

The Band Perry, Boyz II Men, the Oak Ridge Boys and Keith Sweat all performed free-admission concerts at this year’s fair.e.

Police investigatinghomeless man’s death

BILOXI — Biloxi police are investigating the death of a homeless man.

Chief John Miller said police responded to a report of a body Sunday on the lawn of a home on Porter Avenue.

Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove said the man, identified as a 44-year-old homeless man, had a medi-cal condition. Authorities were trying to determine if his condition resulted in his death.

An autopsy was scheduled for today, and the man’s iden-tity was not being released pending notification of next of kin.

The police chief said inves-tigators were treating the death as suspicious, though the death “may not” be a homicide.

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State high court asks for more info as it mulls damages in Sears caseBy Jack Elliott Jr.The Associated Press

JACKSON — The Missis-sippi Supreme Court has asked attorneys for more information as it considers whether the state’s limitation on damages in civil cases is constitutional.

In an order last month, the court asked attorneys for Sears, Roebuck and Co., and for plaintiff Lisa Lear-month to explain why a Mis-sissippi jury failed to distin-guish between noneconomic damages and economic damages.

Learmonth sued Sears after she was in a collision with one of the company’s vans

near Philadelphia in 2005.A federal jury in 2008 deter-

mined that Sears was liable for Learmonth’s injuries and awarded $4 million in dam-ages. The parties agreed $2.2 million was for noneconomic damages, and the federal judge reduced that part of the damages to $1 million.

The case is now before the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, which asked the Mississippi court if the $1 million cap is unconstitutional under state law.

Mississippi Justice Michael K. Randolph, in a Sept. 15 order, said lawyers must explain to the court how, if the jury did not specify the

amount of noneconomic dam-ages, they came up with the $2.2 million figure.

Sears was given until today to respond to the order; Lear-month’s attorneys until Nov. 14. A response by Sears is due Nov. 28.

Sears had asked the 5th Cir-cuit for a new trial, which it denied.

The case has been watched by various business and trade associations, and by Republi-can Gov. Haley Barbour, who said in court papers that “the noneconomic damage caps and other tort reform mea-sures leveled the playing field for all litigants, ensured fair and predictable results, averted a health care crisis

and attracted new businesses to the state.”

The $1 million cap on non-economic damages applies to what a jury can award some-one for such things as pain and suffering. The limits on damages were adopted by Mississippi lawmakers after years of contentious wran-gling over tort changes.

Noneconomic damages under Mississippi law do not include punitive damages.

There is no cap on damages for economic losses, such as how much the person could have expected to earn in his or her lifetime or for such things as continuing medi-cal expenses.

The initial limits on lawsuit

awards came in 2002 during Democratic Gov. Ronnie Mus-grove’s administration. Bar-bour defeated Musgrove in 2003. The law was amended in 2004 amid complaints that the initial changes didn’t go far enough.

Doctors, businesses and medical groups argued for years that the legal climate in Mississippi was unten-able because of excessive awards. Plaintiffs’ attorneys and others claimed caps on damages further victim-ized people who had been wronged by negligence and denied people the compensa-tion they deserved.

Last September, the Supreme Court overturned a

$1.67 million verdict awarded to Richard Lee Lymas against the owners of a Belzoni con-venience store who were sued after Lymas was shot and wounded in the store’s parking lot.

Trade groups believed the case was a chance for the court to affirm the consti-tutionality of Mississippi’s non-economic damage caps, which were challenged by Lymas.

The Supreme Court did not address the issue. The court said its decision that Lymas failed to prove the store was liable for his injuries made his challenge to the tort reform statute moot.

New Regions, Trustmark feescausing customers to leave

JACKSON (AP) — Within weeks of each other, Missis-sippi’s two biggest banks have imposed new fees to make up for lost revenue.

Regions Bank said it will charge $4 a month for using some debit cards at stores. Trustmark National Bank said it won’t charge for debit card use — at least now, though it wouldn’t rule it out forever — but will charge some checking accounts $5 a month, starting Nov. 1.

Both Regions and Trust-mark operate branches in Vicksburg.

Regions, based in Birming-ham, Ala., has 15 percent of Mississippi’s market share. Jackson-based Trustmark controls about 13 percent of the state market.

Institutions such as Bank-Plus, First M&F Bank and Hope Credit Union have reported an uptick in new accounts in recent weeks, believed to be the result of the new fees.

Entergy giving away 10,000 trees in 4 statesNEW ORLEANS — Power

provider Entergy Corp. said it will provide 10,000 free trees to its residential cus-tomers in Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas.

Entergy said the plan is part of the Arbor Day Foun-dation’s program aimed at conserving energy through strategic tree planting, which provides shade.

In return for the trees, cus-tomers must agree to plant them in a location that will reduce their energy con-sumption, and they must care for them. The trees, which will be 2 feet to 4 feet tall, will be delivered in the fall.

Entergy has 2.7 million power customers in Arkan-sas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.

No jackpots wonin Louisiana lotteries

NEW ORLEANS — Jack-pots went unclaimed in Loui-siana’s three biggest lotter-ies. The Louisiana Lottery Corp. said estimated jack-pots for Wednesday’s draw-ing rise to $124 million for the Powerball, $325,000 for Loui-siana Lotto and $90,000 for Easy 5.

The Powerball’s $200,000 consolation prize had nine winners, but all were in other states: Florida, Geor-gia, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin.

One Powerball ticket sold in Louisiana matched four num-

bers and the Powerball to win $10,000.

Sixteen Lotto tickets won $2,097 by matching five of six Lotto numbers.

Fleeing suspectkilled in wreck

MONROE — A domes-tic violence suspect fleeing Monroe police died from inju-ries sustained in a one-vehi-cle crash, state police said.

The accident happened early Sunday morning on Louisiana 15 south of Monroe in Ouachita Parish.

Troopers said Monroe police were chasing 25-year-old Willie L. Ross when his car ran off the road and overturned.

Investigators said Ross was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle

in the crash. He was pro-nounced dead by the Ouach-ita Parish Coroner’s Office.

French Week plannedfor Nov. 17-20 in N.O.

NEW ORLEANS — The consulate general of France in New Orleans is planning a variety of French-centered activities in New Orleans Nov. 17-20.

Dubbed Semaine Francaise, or French Week, more than 20 events are planned.

Included are business and economic symposiums, a Beaujolais festival, exhibits by French artists, photogra-phers and cinematographers, a concert and tours of the French Quarter.

New Orleans was founded as a French colony in 1718.

Fish throw

Austin Busby, 8, of Gautier, winds up for his throw in the mul-

let toss at the Gau-tier Mullet Festival

Saturday. The annual contest tests how far

participants can throw the fish, also known as

Biloxi Bacon.

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OLD POST FILES120 YEARS AGO: 1891Drummond and Harris streets will be graded. • Mayor R.V. Booth is advertising for bids.

110 YEARS AGO: 1901J.W. Culley of Vicksburg is in Fayette on business. • Justice J.T. Stevens of Yokena is here on a visit.

100 YEARS AGO: 1911George Keagle and Bessie Quin are married. • The Vicksburg merchants’ trip to Greenville is a great success.

90 YEARS AGO: 1921The local Elks have their annual roll call. • Col. E.N. Scudder is here from Issaquena County. • Capt. J.S. McNeily, veteran editor of the Herald, returns from a trip to Glen Allan.

80 YEARS AGO: 1931Daniel L. Jones, constable, dies. • A marriage license is issued to Dan O’Brien and Verner Abbott.

70 YEARS AGO: 1941The Rev. William Hill of Brookhaven dies. • Hugh Kearney is called to active duty by the U.S. Navy. • Capt. Robert O’Conner of Vicksburg is named assistant camp officer at Camp Bland-ing, Fla.

60 YEARS AGO: 1951Thomas Prewitt is named president of the senior class at Carr Central High School. • Mr. and Mrs. Harold Vanderbilt of New York City and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Cushing of Newport, R.I., visit here.

50 YEARS AGO: 1961The Vicksburg Greenies defeat Meridian 7-0; Culkin turns back Columbia, 72-34. • Robert Taylor stars in “The Hangman” at the Rivoli Drive-In Theatre. • Dr. and Mrs. Wayne Elliott announce the birth of a daughter, Sarah Sevier Elliott, on Oct. 14.

40 YEARS AGO: 1971Burt Lancaster stars in “The Professionals” at Showtown USA. • Mrs. Mary Miles dies. • Mr. and Mrs. Mike Baroudy announce the birth of a daughter, Regina, on Oct. 10.

30 YEARS AGO: 1981Services are held for Mrs. Geneieve Spellman. • Dean Andrews is chosen as the attorney for Vicksburg schools, replacing Lee Davis Thames. • Jean Blue and Raphael Franco are reappointed to the Board of Architectural Review.

20 YEARS AGO: 1991Hebeler Welding Company of Vicksburg builds a giant steam stripping system for a Louisiana Chemical Plant. • Eugene Rawl-ings dies. • Carrie Jones is the overall winner at the Ladies Golf Association tournament at Clear Creek. • Kenny Frazier of Utica and Michael Lewis of Rebul Academy are awarded player of the week honors for the Mississippi area.

10 YEARS AGO: 2001Ted Rule dies. • Ashton Lee Boland wins a savings bond for her “Sell with Braille” invention that earned second place in the Invent America competition. • Russian ballerina Svetlina Todi-nova performs at the Southern Cultural Heritage Complex.

JACKSON — The University of Mississippi’s drama over a mascot used to be considered a family affair — perhaps amus-ing to Mississippi State fans, but a matter that didn’t affect many people outside Ole Miss.

Now, it could become every voter’s business.

Ole Miss introduced a new mascot, Rebel Black Bear, in 2010 to replace Colonel Reb, the goateed old gentlemen who’d been banned from the sidelines since 2003 because some saw him as a racially insensitive remnant of long-ing for Mississippi’s long-gone plantation days. Many fans saw Colonel Reb as simply an avun-cular, big-headed mascot, and his banishment was not univer-sally popular.

This past January, Rep. Mark DuVall, D-Mantachie, intro-duced a bill to require Ole Miss to bring back Colonel Rebel and to require the band to play “Dixie” and a similar song, “From Dixie With Love,” during football and basketball games.

“To me, a colonel is a leader,” DuVall told The Associated

Press. “The same as Colonel Sanders is the leader of Ken-tucky Fried Chicken, Colonel Rebel is a leader of the Rebel nation.”

The bill generated some talk but died. Lawmakers said they shouldn’t micromanage schools’ decisions about mas-cots or songs.

Now, the Colonel Reb Politi-cal Action Committee wants to make the mascot an issue for the entire state.

Arthur Randallson of South-aven, the PAC’s director, said the mascot election by the Ole Miss student body, which resulted in the Black Bear, was unfair because Colonel Reb was left off the ballot. He

believes the old man “would have won in a landslide.”

“That’s why there was fear of having Colonel Reb on the ballot ... students, fans and alumni would have voted for it,” said Randallson, an Ole Miss graduate student in Southern studies.

But should a school mascot be ensconced in the state constitution?

“The statewide voters pay their tax revenue to the fund-ing of Ole Miss. They have earned by their tax dollars the right to have a say in this issue,” Randallson said.

Three initiatives will be on ballot Nov. 8 — restricting emi-nent domain, requiring voter

ID and defining life as begin-ning at fertilization. It will be at least a year before the mascot initiative could come up for a vote.

Getting an initiative on the ballot can be tricky. State law requires voters’ signatures to be divided equally among the five U.S. House districts Mis-sissippi used during the 1990s: in the northeast, the Delta, east-central, southwest and the Gulf Coast. The Legislature can draw its own proposal to submit to voters along with the original initiative.

Randallson said the Colonel Reb PAC has gathered almost 10,000 signatures since starting the effort last month. At least 89,285 are needed.

Ole Miss athletic director Pete Boone hasn’t commented on the initiative but has said he wants Ole Miss fans to unite: “We are too small of a school to compete with the big schools to be splintered.”

The Colonel Reb initiative is one of four petition drives still active, according to the secre-tary of state’s office. The others would:

• Prohibit laws forcing a person or employer to par-ticipate in a health care system or plan. Steven Palazzo was one of two GOP state lawmakers to file the proposal, before he was elected to Congress last November. Palazzo acknowl-edged when the ballot ini-tiative was filed that it may duplicate efforts by Repub-lican Gov. Haley Barbour to repeal a provision of the federal health care over-haul. But Palazzo said the law should be attacked from every angle.

• Require people receiving public assistance, as well as contractors and subcontrac-tors and state employees, to undergo random drug testing.

• Provide that the state and its residents don’t have to obey any unconstitutional directives from any level of government.

•Jack Elliott Jr. lives near Jackson and covers Mississippi for The Associated Press.

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Kings call for economic fairness at MLK memorial dedicationWASHINGTON (AP) — For

many who helped dedicate the new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Sunday, the tow-ering granite monument is a stark reminder that the civil rights leader’s dream of social and economic justice has yet to be realized.

In many ways, the ceremony was a passing of the torch to a younger generation with speeches marked by fierce rhetoric over the nation’s eco-nomic disparities.

Thousands gathered at the memorial site, some as early as 5 a.m., to hear President Barack Obama, King’s children and other civil rights leaders. Speaker after speaker invoked King’s “I Have a Dream” speech from 1963 to challenge others to carry on his fight.

“Yes, my father had a dream. It was a dream, he said, that was deeply embedded in the American dream,” said King’s son Martin Luther King III. “The problem is the American dream of 50 years ago ... has turned into a nightmare for mil-lions” who have lost their jobs and homes.

The nation has “lost its soul,” he said, when it tolerates such vast economic disparities, teen bullying, and having more people of color in prison than in college.

His sister, the Rev. Bernice King, reminded the crowd that just before her father’s assassi-nation in 1968, he was mobiliz-ing a poor people’s campaign to occupy the nation’s capital until the economic system changed.

She said the postponement of an earlier dedication because of Hurricane Irene that was

planned on Aug. 28, the 48th anniversary of her father’s “Dream” speech, might have been an act of God.

“Perhaps the postponement was a divine interruption to remind us of a King that moved us beyond the dream of racial justice to the action and work of economic justice,” she said. “Perhaps God wanted us to move beyond the ‘dream’ into action.”

Other speakers included union leaders, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Andrew Young, the former Atlanta mayor and U.N. ambassador who was an aide to King. Young urged the crowd to vote for a presi-dent who has their interests at heart.

Actress Cicely Tyson said her

contemporaries are passing the fight on to a new generation. She passed the microphone to 12-year-old Amandla Stenberg. The girl recalled learning about the civil rights movement in school and named four young girls killed in a 1963 church bombing in Birmingham, Ala.

“As Dr. King said at their funeral, ‘They didn’t live long lives, but they lived meaningful lives,”’ Amandla said. “I plan to live a meaningful life, too.”

Some looked to Obama to carry on King’s legacy.

Street vendors nearby sold framed photographs edited to depict King and the nation’s first black president convers-ing together in the Oval Office, along with a wide swath of buttons, posters and other

souvenirs showing King and Obama.

U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Geor-gia said Obama’s election was “just a down payment” on King’s dream. “We’re not there yet,” he said.

About 1.5 million people are estimated to have visited the memorial’s 30-foot-tall statue of King and its granite walls where 14 of his quotations are carved in stone since it opened in August. The memorial is the first on the National Mall hon-oring a black leader.

The sculpture of King with his arms crossed appears to emerge from a stone extracted from a mountain. It was carved by Chinese artist Lei Yixin. The design was inspired by a line from the “Dream” speech: “Out

of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.”

Obama, who was just 6 years old when King was assassi-nated, saluted the civil rights icon as a man who pushed the nation toward what it “ought” to be and who changed hearts and minds.

“He had faith in us,” Obama said. “And that is why he belongs on this Mall: Because he saw what we might become.”

“As tough as times may be, I know we will overcome,”

Obama said. “I know there are better days ahead.”

The president, who credits King with paving his way to the White House, left a copy of his inaugural speech in a time capsule at the monument ear-lier in the day.

Many who crowded in to see the president and hear Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder sing chanted “four more years” when Obama arrived. And they said the talk of economic fair-ness resonated with their own lives.


A woman reacts as gospel music is performed during the dedication of the Martin luther King Jr. Memorial, in Washington sunday.

President Barack Obama, center, his daughter Malia Obama and harry Johnson, president and CeO of the Martin luther King Jr. Memorial Foundation, look at the Martin luther King Jr. Memorial.

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Strikes hit Greece as crisis enters decisive weekATHENS, Greece (AP) —

Strikes halted ferries to the Greek islands and left rotting trash piling up in Athens for the 16th straight day today, as unions fought back against more austerity cuts at the start of a crucial week for both Greece and the 17-nation eurozone.

Tax collectors and customs officers also walked off the job and protesting civil ser-vants occupied the finance and labor ministry buildings in the Greek capital.

Greece faces a key vote on new austerity measures Thursday, and other eurozone countries are rushing to find a comprehensive solution to Europe’s escalating debt crisis in time for a Sunday summit in Brussels by European lead-ers. Both the Greek vote and the debt plan are needed so Europe can avoid a loss of con-fidence in global markets that some fear would plunge the world economy back into a recession.

Amid the barrage of union protests, parliament’s finance committee today approved the new austerity measures, which include pension cuts and across-the-board tax hikes, as well as pay and staff cuts in the civil service.

“The government is destroy-ing its central administration

and cutting away the safety net for our citizens, while dramatic cuts in pay are driv-ing workers into poverty and deprivation,” the civil ser-vants’ union ADEDY said. “The latest measures are the deathblow for our income.”

Prime Minister George Papandreou said he was deter-mined to see the latest reforms through.

“It will demonstrate that we, by ourselves, are seeking

to make major changes,” he said at an emergency meet-ing with President Karolos Papoulias. “It will mean we can go to the (debt) negotia-tions ... with our heads held high and with a stronger nego-tiating position.”

He added: “This is the most critical week for Europe, and of course for Greece, with decisions that will determine the fate of the eurozone.”

The government was consid-

ering using the army to help clear the trash in Athens, but was to decide on emergency plans later in the day, an offi-cial with knowledge of the con-tingency plans told The Asso-ciated Press. He asked not to be named because discussions were still ongoing.

Police said a private truck, hired by the government to replace striking garbage col-lectors, was attacked today by dozens of men in an Athens.

3 charged after 4 disabled adults found locked in basementPHILADELPHIA (AP)

— Three people have been charged following the discov-ery of four malnourished men-tally disabled adults chained to a boiler in a locked north-east Philadelphia basement room that was too small for an adult to stand up straight and also reeked of waste from the buckets they used to relieve themselves, police said Sunday.

Officers were investigating a report of squatters in a build-ing Saturday when they found three men and a woman in a 15-by-15-foot room behind a steel door that was chained shut. The subbasement room they were in called to mind a Cold War-era bomb shelter and contained a makeshift bed, mattress and sheets, said Officer Tanya Little.

“It was horrible,” she said. “The space was very tiny.”

Police are investigating the possibility that the suspects were trying to make money through access to the victims’ Social Security or disability checks, Little said.

Charges of criminal con-spiracy, aggravated assault, kidnapping, criminal tres-pass, unlawful restraint, false imprisonment and related offenses were filed Sunday

against Linda Ann Weston, 51, and Thomas Gregory, 47, both of Phil-adelphia, as well as Eddie Wright, 49,

officially l i s t e d a s

homeless but originally from Texas. Listed numbers for the defendants could not be found Sunday and it was unclear whether they had attorneys.

It wasn’t clear how they know the victims.

Federal charges could also be added, Lt. Raymond Evers told The Philadelphia Inquirer.

“We’re going to find every crime possible in the crime code to put on these individu-als,” Evers said.

The 29-year-old woman and the men, who are 31, 35, and 41, have the mental capacity of 10-year-olds, police said. They were taken to a hospital for treatment and listed in stable condition. Little said the vic-tims, whose names were not released, appeared to have no physical problems other than malnourishment.

Little said that getting infor-mation from the victims had been difficult due to their dis-ability, but they apparently had been brought to Phila-delphia about 10 days before they were found. They had apparently been in West Palm Beach, Fla., and before that in Texas, she said.

“It’s heartbreaking that people can do such horrify-ing things to other people,” she said.

Union doing its own studyof ailing post office’s future

WASHINGTON (AP) — The post office’s largest union said Sunday it is hiring its own financial consultants to study the future of the financially strapped agency.

The National Association of Letter Carriers said it is hiring the investment bank Lazard Group LLC and former White House adviser Ron Bloom as consultants on the future of the post office. Bloom is a former assistant to President Barack Obama for manufac-turing policy.

The Postal Service lost $8 bil-lion in 2010 and the picture is likely to be worse when details

of fiscal 2011 are released next month. The agency has pro-posed cutting mail delivery to five days a week, closing thou-sands of offices and cutting its staff by as many as 200,000.

“The nation’s letter carri-ers are committed to preserv-ing six-day-a-week universal services to every address in every village, town and city in the nation,” said Fredric V. Rolando, president of the 280,000-member union.

Rolando said the cost of the consulting services will depend on how extensive the work will be. The focus is a long-term plan, he said.

Obama leaves on bus tourto push parts of jobs plan

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will urge Congress to get to work this week on passing pieces of his larger, now-defunct jobs bill during a three-day bus tour through North Caro-lina and Virginia, two south-ern states that could be criti-cal to his re-election.

The two-state swing, which kicks off today in Asheville, N.C., is Obama’s latest attempt to combine cam-paigning for his jobs bill with campaigning for his re-elec-tion. While he has pledged to travel the country pitching his plans to get Americans back to work, his stops have focused on political swing states.

The bus tour comes as the fight over Obama’s jobs pro-posals enters a new phase. The president’s efforts to get his entire $447 billion bill passed were blocked by Senate Republicans, leaving Obama and his Democratic allies to push fo proposals in the bill to be passed piece by piece.

That means Obama’s cry could go from “Pass this bill” to “Pass these bills.”

“Although Congress is adopting a

piece-by-piece approach, the president believes that every single piece should pass, and that at the end of the day we should have all of the compo-nents of the American Jobs Act passed through the Con-gress so the president can sign them, even if that means that he has to sign multiple pieces of legislation,” White House spokesman Josh Ear-nest said.

Despite Obama’s calls for urgency, it appears lawmak-ers might not take up indi-vidual components of the bill until November. The Senate is set to debate appropria-tions bills this week, and law-makers have a vacation at the end of the month.

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No cupcakes here! Illinois school wins gold for fighting obesityDANVILLE, Ill. (AP) —

Five-year-olds dance hip-hop to the alphabet. Third-grad-ers learn math by twisting into geometric shapes, fifth-graders by calculating calo-ries. And everyone goes to the gym — every day.

In the middle of America’s heartland, a small public school, Northeast Elemen-tary Magnet School, has taken on a hefty task — reversing obesity.

And it’s won a gold medal for it, becoming the first ele-mentary school in the coun-try to receive that award from the Alliance for a Healthier Generation. The Alliance was founded by the Ameri-can Heart Association and the William J. Clinton Foundation to reduce childhood obesity. Only two other schools have taken the gold.

The cafeteria here serves

fresh fruit and veggies, low-fat or no-fat milk, no sodas or fried foods and no gooey desserts. There are no sweets

on kids’ birthdays and food is never used as a reward. Teach-ers wear pedometers and par-ents have to sign a contract

committing to the school’s healthy approach.

Northeast Elementary is not in some posh, progressive

suburb. It’s in Danville, Ill., an economically struggling city of 30,000 in farm country some 150 miles south of Chi-cago. But teachers, parents and students have embraced the rigorous curriculum and kids even call it “fun.”

From the outside, it’s a drab 50’s-era yellow brick building in a blue-collar neighborhood of modest frame homes, a few blocks from a homeless shel-ter and a Salvation Army dona-tion center. Inside, it’s a cheer-ful oasis for almost 300 kids and has caught the attention of some of the nation’s biggest obesity-fighting advocates.

Former President Bill Clin-ton said the steps Northeast has taken are an exemplary way to tackle “a terrible public health problem.”

“We will never change it by telling people how bad it is. We’ve got to show people how

good it can be,” Clinton said, paraphrasing a colleague at the Alliance’s June awards ceremony in Little Rock, Ark.

Northeast’s strict, no-good-ies program might sound extreme, but students seem to have bought it.

During a recent nutri-tion lesson, first-graders sat raptly on the hallway floor as a teacher read “The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” a classic kids’ story about a caterpillar that can’t seem to stop eating — all kinds of fruit at first. But when the bug moved on to chocolate cake and ice cream, the youngsters gasped and said in hushed tones, “junk food,” as if it were poison.

“We’re a healthy school,” said 10-year-old Naomi Woods, a shy, slim fifth-grader. “We’re not allowed to eat junk food or stuff like that.”


Naomi Woods, left, eats lunch with her classmates at Northeast Elementary Magnet, in Danville, Ill.

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to New York to help. “... Egos are clashing, but this is par-ticipatory democracy in a little park.”

Even if the protesters were barred from camping in Zuc-cotti Park, as the property owner and the city briefly threatened to do last week, the movement would con-tinue, Strekal said.

Wall Street protesters are intent on building on momen-tum gained from Saturday’s worldwide demonstrations, which drew hundreds of thousands of people, mostly in the U.S. and Europe.

Nearly $300,000 in cash has been donated through the movement’s website and by visitors to the park, said Bill Dobbs, a press liaison for Occupy Wall Street. The movement has an account at Amalgamated Bank, which bills itself as “the only 100 percent union-owned bank in the United States.”

Donated goods ranging from blankets and sleeping bags to cans of food and med-ical and hygienic supplies are being stored in a cavernous space donated by the United Federation of Teachers, which has offices in the build-ing a block from Wall Street near the private park protest-ers occupy.

Among the items are 20 pairs of swimming goggles (to shield protesters from pepper-spray attacks). Sup-porters are shipping about 300 boxes a day, many with notes and letters, Strekal said.

“Some are heartwrenching, beautiful,” and come from people who have lost jobs and houses, he said. “So they send what they can, even if

it’s small.”Strekal said donated goods,

stored for a “long-term occu-pation,” have been used to create “Jail Support” kits con-sisting of a blanket, a granola bar and sanitary wipes for arrested protesters to receive when they are freed.

The movement has become an issue in the Republican presidential primary race and beyond, with politicians from both parties under pres-sure to weigh in.

President Barack Obama referred to the protests at Sunday’s dedication of a monument for Martin Luther King Jr., saying the civil rights leader “would want us to challenge the excesses of Wall Street without demoniz-ing those who work there.”

Many of the largest of Sat-urday’s protests were in Europe, where those involved in long-running demonstra-tions against austerity mea-sures declared common cause with the Occupy Wall Street movement. In Rome, hundreds of rioters infil-trated a march by tens of thousands of demonstra-tors, causing what the mayor estimated was at least $1.4 million in damage to city property.

U.S. cities large and small were “occupied” over the weekend: In addition to Jackson, Washington, D.C.; Fairbanks, Alaska; Burling-ton, Vt.; Rapid City, S.D.; and Cheyenne, Wyo., were just a few. In Cincinnati, protest-ers were even invited to take pictures with a couple get-ting married; the bride and groom are Occupied Cincin-nati supporters.

More than 70 New York

protesters were arrested Saturday, more than 40 of them in Times Square. About 175 people were arrested in Chicago after they refused to leave a park where they were camped late Satur-day, and there were about 100 arrests in Arizona — 53 in Tucson and 46 in Phoenix — after protesters refused police orders to disperse. About two dozen people were arrested in Denver, and in Sacramento, Calif., anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan was among about 20 people arrested after failing to follow police orders to disperse.

Activists around the coun-try said Saturday’s protests energized their movement.

“It’s an upward trajectory,” said John St. Lawrence, a Florida real estate lawyer who took part in Saturday’s Occupy Orlando protest, which drew more than 1,500 people. “It’s catching people’s imagination and also, knock on wood, nothing sort of negative or discrediting has happened.”

St. Lawrence is among those unconcerned that the movement has not ral-lied around any particular proposal.

“I don’t think the underly-ing theme is a mystery,” he said. “We saw what the banks and financial institutions did to the economy. We bailed them out. And then they went about evicting people from their homes,” he said.

In Richmond, Va., about 75 people gathered Sunday for one of the “general assem-bly” meetings that are a key part of the movement’s con-sensus-building process. Pro-tester Whitney Whiting, a

video editor, said the process has helped “gather voices” about Americans’ discontent.

“In regards to a singular issue or a singular focus, I think that will come eventu-ally. But right now we have to set up a space for that to happen,” Whiting said.

Some U.S. protesters, like those in Europe, have their own causes. Unions that have joined forces with the move-ment have demands of their own, and on Sunday mem-bers of the newly formed Occupy Pittsburgh group demanded that Bank of New York Mellon Corp. pay back money they allege it over-charged public pension funds around the country.

New York’s attorney gen-eral and New York City sued BNY Mellon this month, accusing it of defrauding clients in foreign currency exchange transactions that generated nearly $2 billion over 10 years. The company has vowed to fight the lawsuit and had no comment about the protesters’ allegation about pensions.

Lisa Deaton, a Tea Party leader from southern Indi-ana, said she sees similari-ties between how the Tea Party movement and the Wall Street protests began: “We got up and we wanted to vent.”

But the critical step, she said, was taking that emotion and focusing it toward chang-ing government.

The first rally she orga-nized drew more than 2,500 people, but afterward, “it was like, ‘What do we do?”’ she said. “You can’t have a con-cert every weekend.”


TONIGHT

Partly cloudy with thunder-storms after midnight, lows

in the 50s; partly cloudy with a chance of showers Tuesday, highs in the 70s

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PRECISION FORECASTBY CHIEF METEOROLOGIST

BARBIE BASSSETTTuESdAy

73°

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 FORECASTtuesday-wednesday

partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms; highs in the 70s, lows in the 50s

STATE FORECASTtOnIGHt

partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms after midnight; lows in the

50s

tuesday-wednesdaypartly cloudy with a

chance of showers and thunderstorms; highs in the 70s, lows in the 50s

ALmAnACHIGHs and LOws

High/past 24 hours............. 86ºLow/past 24 hours .............. 54ºAverage temperature ........ 70ºNormal this date .................. 66ºRecord low .............39º in 1948Record high ...........89º in 1972

RaInfaLLRecorded at the

Vicksburg Water PlantPast 24 hours ................0.0 inchThis month .............0.51 inchesTotal/year ............. 32.29 inchesNormal/month .....1.55 inchesNormal/year ....... 41.27 inches

sOLunaR tabLeMost active times for fish

and wildlife Tuesday:A.M. Active .........................10:32A.M. Most active ................ 4:19P.M. Active ..........................10:57P.M. Most active ................. 4:45

sunRIse/sunsetSunset today ....................... 6:29Sunset tomorrow .............. 6:28Sunrise tomorrow ............. 7:07

RIVER DATAstaGes

Mississippi Riverat Vicksburg

Current: 10.1 | Change: -0.7Flood: 43 feet

Yazoo River at GreenwoodCurrent: 13.1 | Change: -0.1

Flood: 35 feetYazoo River at Yazoo CityCurrent: 8.9 | Change: -0.2

Flood: 29 feetYazoo River at Belzoni

Current: 12.0 | Change: -0.2Flood: 34 feet

Big Black River at WestCurrent: 2.4 | Change: -0.1

Flood: 12 feetBig Black River at BovinaCurrent: 6.5 | Change: NC

Flood: 28 feet

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Cairo, Ill.Tuesday ................................. 15.3Wednesday .......................... 16.6Thursday ............................... 17.3

MemphisTuesday ...................................-2.4Wednesday ............................-2.3Thursday .................................-2.0

GreenvilleTuesday ................................. 15.3Wednesday .......................... 14.8Thursday ............................... 14.5

VicksburgTuesday ....................................9.8Wednesday .............................9.4Thursday ..................................9.0

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Participants in the Occupy Wall Street Protest continue their encampment at Zuccotti Park in New York.

Rhodman on Sept. 9 that she had won the award.

“I was ecstatic,” she said. “I received an e-mail that said Spry magazine had some good news for me and wanted me to call them. I was sitting in my car and called. They said I had been nominated for an award and that I had won. It was mind-blowing.”

Her story will appear in the magazine’s December issue, which will appear in the Dec. 11 issue of The Vicksburg Post.

“We are very proud of her to be able to receive this award,” Dana Road principal Dr. Ethel Lassiter said. “We support her and any mem-bers of our staff who helped her receive it.”

Rhodman, 48, has been a teacher for 16 years, first at Bovina and then at Dana Road, where she has spent most of her career.

“She has always been concerned about her stu-dents,” Triplett said, adding that Rhodman’s weight loss served as an inspiration to help her students stay healthier.

“She was concerned about their health because of the obesity rate in Mississippi,” Triplett said. “She wanted to do something to make her students healthier. She really

got started after Michelle Obama’s visit.”

Rhodman said she lost her weight through a combina-tion of diet and exercise, adding that she decided to incorporate exercise and dance in the lesson plans for her students. The program began on the first day of school.

“I wanted to do something to make returning to school exciting,” she said. “Children return to school after the summer dreading to go back. So I began getting the chil-dren involved with exercise and music.”

The students have exer-cise sessions in the morning when school starts and in the afternoon. But the activity doesn’t stop with the work-out sessions.

Rhodman incorporates music and dance during the school day as she teaches the students language arts.

“We’re teaching these stu-dents 4,000 words a year,” she said. “That’s a lot for them to remember. I began to include music and exercise with the lessons and found that the kids got excited and enjoyed it. We put the words to music and introduced dance steps to the words. It makes it easier for them to learn. They are able to better remember them.”

Her methods are spreading to other classrooms at the school.

“You can hear the music coming from other rooms,” she said. “It’s slowly catch-ing on. One will start, then another, and then another.”

Rhodman and her class got

the chance to demonstrate what they do Friday, when freelance photographers Tami and Stephen Johnson from Jackson visited the school to photograph her and the class for the magazine. It was a session that included exercise class and individ-

ual photos of Rhodman and Triplett.

“I couldn’t think of anyone better,” Triplett said. “When the magazine called me and said she had won, I was very happy.”

BOSTON (AP) — Firefight-ers rescued at least 15 people, including a 6-year-old boy who was dropped from a third-floor window, from an explosion and six-alarm fire that tore through a large apartment building early today.

Police said they arrested a man who showed up at a hos-pital with burns and claimed he started the fire in the city’s Roxbury neighborhood. They did not identify him or release any information about a pos-sible motive.

Ten people from the large, U-shaped building were taken to the hospital, most with smoke inhalation, and two firefighters and a police offi-cer were treated for injuries believed to be minor.

Herbert and Judith Lamb were forced to drop their 6-year-old grandson from the window of their third-floor apartment into the arms of a waiting firefighter.

“Thank God I caught him. I’ve never had to do that before, and I hope I never have to do it again,” Boston Fire Lt. Glenn McGillivray said. He said firefighters knew Judith Lamb wouldn’t be able to hold on to the child until more help arrived, so they told her to drop him. Then they used a ladder to rescue her.

Residents who escaped said they heard an explosion at about 1 a.m.

A short time later, a man showed up at Boston Medical Center with burns and said he started the fire, fire depart-ment spokesman Steve Mac-Donald told The Associated Press. It was not clear if he lived in the building or was visiting. He was arrested and charged with arson.

MacDonald said the windows and frame were blown out in one corner of the building and bricks littered the street. More than two dozen apartments were damaged or destroyed.

Firefighters said all resi-dents were accounted for, though MacDonald said crews had not yet been able to enter the building.

About 160 firefighters were called to the scene and they were still pouring water on the building several hours after the blaze started.

A temporary shelter was set for displaced residents.

MacDonald could not imme-diately confirm initial media reports that the fire might have been started after a gas line to a stove was cut.

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Bangkok factory park evacuated due to floodingBANGKOK (AP) — Bang-

kok breathed easier today as barriers protecting the cap-ital from Thailand’s worst flooding in decades held firm, but authorities ordered a new evacuation in an industrial park north of the city, as the disaster’s economic impact worsened.

Authorities ordered the evacuation of the Nava Nakorn industrial estate, in Pathum Thani province just north of Bangkok, after water burst through one of several protective walls hurriedly constructed in the past few days.

At least four other major industrial parks have been inundated, leaving upward of 100,000 workers idle and dis-rupting supply chains, espe-cially in the automotive and electronic industries.

The Labor Ministry said that more than 260,000 people had lost jobs and 6,533 businesses nationwide had to close due

to floods Oct. 10-Wednesday. Thailand’s Central Bank last week estimated that the total cost of the floods could be $3 billion.

The nationwide death toll

rose to 307, mostly from drowning.

Outside the capital, thou-sands of people remain dis-placed and hungry residents were struggling to survive

in half-submerged towns. On Sunday, the military rescued terrified civilians from the rooftops of flooded buildings in the swamped city of Ayut-thaya, one of the country’s

hardest-hit.At the same time, officials

were expressing growing optimism that the capital, Bangkok, would be spared thanks to the city’s complex system of flood walls, canals, dikes and underground tun-nels that help divert vast pools of runoff south into the Gulf of Thailand.

Today, the Flood Relief Operation Center ordered all factories at the Nava Nakorn industrial estate in Pathum Thani province just north of Bangkok to halt work and prepare their workers for evacuation.

The order was issued in a live television broadcast after water started to break through makeshift barriers erected the past few days at the estate, which was founded in 1971.

Officials later said they managed to keep the flooded area to under 10 percent of the estate, and had the situ-

ation under control.The flood center’s spokes-

man, Wim Rungwattana-jinda, said 200 buses and trucks were mobilized to take evacuated workers to emer-gency shelters, including a huge temple complex belong-ing to the Dhammakaya Bud-dhist sect that could house as many as 5,000.

Companies with operations at Nava Nakorn include Jap-anese watchmakers Casio and Seiko, the Swiss pow-dered milk and food producer Nestle, Japanese electronics firm Toshiba and hard drive maker Western Digital, which has already lost another pro-duction facility at another industrial park.

The biggest blows were suf-fered by Honda and Toyota for whom Thailand is a major production base. Both have been forced to stop all work due to flooding of their facilities.

5 killed when Syrian security forcesclash with gunmen in northwest

BEIRUT — Syrian security forces clashed today with gunmen believed to be army defectors and at least five of the government troops were killed, an activist said.

The fighting was the last in a series of small battles, mostly in the northwest of the country, which suggests that the seven month-old uprising against President Bashar Assad is becoming increasingly militarized.

The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said five soldiers and other members of security forces were killed in the town of Qusair, near the border with Lebanon. The town has seen clashes between troops and suspected defectors for weeks.

To the north, troops also battled with suspected defectors in the town of Hass, where 17 people were wounded. It was not clear whether civilians num-bered among the casualties, according to the observatory.

Syria-based rights activ-ist Mustafa Osso said there were also clashes in the nearby Jabal al-Zawiya region, near Hass, today, but he had no word on casualties.

The Syrian uprising began more than seven months ago

by mostly peaceful protesters looking to topple a regime that has held power for more than four decades. But in recent weeks, there have been reports of violence.

Afghan intel chieftargeted in bombing

KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber on foot struck the convoy of a north-ern Afghanistan provincial intelligence chief today, kill-ing a young boy and wound-ing the official, the region’s deputy governor said.

Officials also said today that Taliban insurgents shot and killed five Afghan sol-diers the day before in the west.

The suicide bomber struck the convoy of Gen. Sayed Ahmad Sadat at 8:30 a.m. as he was driving by on his way to work in Maimanah, capi-tal of Faryab province, the provincial deputy governor, Abdul Satar Barez, said.

Barez said a bystander, a boy about 3, was killed while Sadat and four of his body-guards were wounded.

The province largely has seen less violence than

Afghanistan’s restive south and regions along the east-ern border with Pakistan, areas where the Taliban has deeper roots and has waged a particularly fierce cam-paign against U.S.-led forces that have been battling them in the decade-long war.

Britian offersmore aid to Libya

TRIPOLI, Libya — Brit-ain’s foreign secretary said it’s “very, very important” to catch Moammar Gadhafi and other former Libyan regime figures wanted by the Interna-tional Criminal Court.

William Hague made the comments today during a visit to Tripoli. He also prom-ised more humanitarian aid and says the final shipment of Libyan cash that had been frozen in the United Kingdom will be returned soon.

The longtime Libyan leader remains on the run and fight-ing with his supporters con-tinues on two fronts more than two months after Tripoli fell to revolutionary forces. Some believe he might try to flee. Hague said Britain has been reminding neighboring countries of their responsibil-ity to hand over any regime suspects.

Workers wade through floodwaters at Nava Nakorn industrial estate today on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand.


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Indy 500 winnerdies in race crash

By The Associated Press

LAS VEGAS — Every race car driver heads onto the track understanding this race could be the last and hoping it won’t be.

On Sunday, IndyCar drivers got a harsh reminder when the worst happened to one of their own.

Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon died when his car got caught up in a 15-car pileup, sailed over another vehicle and smashed into a catch fence at Indy-Car’s season-ending race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

“Things happen in this kind of racing,” said Wade Cunningham, also caught

up in the wreck. “It’s so close. Not much room for error. I was near the front of what caused all this, so I’m not thrilled about it.”

The green flag had barely stopped waving when disas-ter struck.

Wheldon, driving from the back of the field for a chance at $5 million, was moving through the pack when he drove into a tangle of cars careening off each other in every direction.

Unable to avoid the massive

wreck unfolding before him, Wheldon clipped another car and went hurtling through the air, his car bursting into flames as it flew into a fence.

After just 11 laps, the race

was over. Two hours later, track offi-

cials announced that Whel-don was dead. The English-man was 33.

“One minute you’re joking

around at driver intros and the next, Dan’s gone,” said Dario Franchitti, whose wife, actress Ashley Judd, had to bring him a box of tissues. “I lost, we lost, a good friend.”

LOTTERYLa. Pick 3: 6-0-5 La. Pick 4: 9-6-5-9 Weekly results: B2

SchEduLEPREP FOOTBALLVicksburg at MurrahFriday, 7 p.m.

WC at ClintonFriday, 7 p.m.

PCA hosts ManchesterFriday, 7 p.m.

On TV7:30 p.m. ESPN - The Mi-ami Dolphins and New York Jets collide in a Mon-day Night Football show-down.

WhO’S hOTNICK MEKUSSt. Aloy-sius golfer was part of the win-ning Mis-sissippi team in the first Mississip-pi/Louisiana Junior Ryder Cup on Sunday, earning 2.5 of 3.0 points for Team Mississippi in individual play.

SidELinESLSU, Alabama topfirst BCS standings

LSU, Alabama, Oklaho-ma and Oklahoma State hold the top four spots in the first BCS standings, setting up two poten-tially huge conference games that could deter-mine which teams play for the national title.

Southeastern Confer-ence rivals first-place LSU and second-place Ala-bama meet Nov. 5 in Tus-caloosa, Ala.

The Tigers play defend-ing national champion Auburn at home on Sat-urday and the Crimson Tide is at Tennessee. If they can get through that, both will be off for a week before a likely No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup that could decide the SEC West.

Third-place Oklahoma and fourth-place Okla-homa State have to wait longer to play their po-tential Big 12 showdown. The Bedlam rivalry is set for Dec. 3 at Stillwater, Okla.

The only other time the top four teams in the first BCS standings of the sea-son came from two con-ferences was 2000, when the Big 12 (Nebraska and Oklahoma) and the Big East (Virginia Tech and Miami) did it.

The BCS standings com-bine the coaches’ poll, Harris poll and a compila-tion of six computer rank-ings. The top four teams in the AP Top 25, which is not part of the BCS stand-ings, were LSU, Alabama, Oklahoma and Wiscon-sin.

Boise State was fifth in the first BCS standings.

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INSIDE: NFL Roundup/B3

Cincinnati 27 / Indianapolis 17 Chicago 39 / Minnesota 10Green Bay 24 / St. Louis 3Atlanta 31 / Carolina 17 New England 20 / Dallas 16

N.Y. Giants 27 / Buffalo 24Pittsburgh 17 / Jacksonville 13Oakland 24 / Cleveland 17Philadelphia 20 / Washington 13 Baltimore 29 / Houston 14

San Francisco 25 / Detroit 19

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From the opening kick-off to the final drive Friday night, Porters Chapel seemed a step away from victory.

Each time, instead of moving forward, the Eagles took a step back.

PCA couldn’t overcome a slew of mistakes and missed opportunities, and lost 6-0 to Heidelberg Academy. The defeat cost PCA (5-4, 2-2 District 4-A) a chance to host a playoff game and might have put its postseason hopes in jeopardy. It can still reach the playoffs either by beat-ing Prentiss Christian in the season finale on Oct. 28, or if district leader Newton Academy beats Park Place this week. No matter what, PCA can’t do better than third place and will travel for its play-off opener.

“I’ve still got big ideas ahead for this team. I’ll never give up on them. As

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Bucaneers pillage SaintsSaints coach hurt in sideline accident as Tampa Bay tied for first placeBy The Associated Press

TAMPA, Fla. — The New Orleans offense took a hit early on when coach Sean Payton was hurt during a sideline accident.

However, four turnovers

turned out to be a much bigger factor in the Saints’ division defeat on the road.

Josh Freeman threw for 303 yards and two touchdowns, Earnest Graham rushed for 109 yards in place of injured starter LeGarrette Blount,

and Tampa Bay outlasted New Orleans 26-20.

A bad tone was set on the first drive for the Saints when Payton toppled to the ground during an impact with New Orleans tight end Jimmy Graham in the first quarter.

Payton got his left leg caught under Graham as he was tackled on the sideline, suf-fering a torn ligament and a broken bone.

“I had a couple of guys on

Red-hot Cardinals headed to World SeriesBy The Associated Press

MILWAUKEE — Left behind in the postseason race, the St. Louis Cardinals decided that they’d focus on small goals in Septem-ber. Now, the ultimate one is within reach.

The Cardinals’ wild ride is headed to the World Series.

“It’s kind of surreal that we’re here,” said third base-man David Freese, who took MVP honors in the series. “But this team deserves what we’ve been rewarded.”

Freese hit a three-run homer in the first inning

and manager Tony La Russa again turned to his brilliant bullpen for seven sturdy innings as St. Louis captured its 18th pennant with a 12-6 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday night.

“For two weeks in August we started mugging games left and right and we had to say, hey, look, unless we go about this better, we’re going to ruin everything we accom-plished as far as respect,” La Russa said. “And we started winning a little bit. And liter-ally played every game like it was the last game of our life.”

Trailing by 101⁄2 games in

the wild-card race on Aug. 25, the Cardinals surged down the stretch and took advan-tage of a monumental col-lapse by Atlanta to win a playoff spot on the final night of the regular season.

In a twist of fate, it was Phil-adelphia that helped them get in by completing a three-game sweep of the Braves.

Once in the postseason, Albert Pujols and the Car-dinals took out the heavily favored Phillies in the first round, then dispatched the division-rival Brewers on

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Indycar drivers crash during a wreck that involved 15 cars during the IndyCar Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Sunday. Dan Wheldon was killed in the crash.

New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma takes down Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Kregg Lumpkin dur-

ing the second quarter Sunday. The Buccaneers are tied for first place in the NFC South with a 26-20 win.

St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa and players cel-ebrate after Game 6 of the National League championship series against the Milwaukee Brewers Sunday.

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East W L T Pct PF PANew England .....5 1 0 .833 185 135Buffalo ...............4 2 0 .667 188 147N.Y. Jets ............2 3 0 .400 121 125Miami .................0 4 0 .000 69 104

South W L T Pct PF PATennessee .........3 2 0 .600 105 94Houston .............3 3 0 .500 141 124Jacksonville .......1 5 0 .167 72 132Indianapolis .......0 6 0 .000 104 163

North W L T Pct PF PABaltimore ...........4 1 0 .800 148 71Cincinnati ...........4 2 0 .667 137 111Pittsburgh ..........4 2 0 .667 119 102Cleveland ...........2 3 0 .400 91 117

West W L T Pct PF PASan Diego .........4 1 0 .800 120 109Oakland .............4 2 0 .667 160 150Kansas City .......2 3 0 .400 77 150Denver ...............1 4 0 .200 105 140

nATIOnAl COnfEREnCEEast

W L T Pct PF PAN.Y. Giants ........4 2 0 .667 154 147Washington ........3 2 0 .600 96 83Dallas .................2 3 0 .400 115 121Philadelphia .......2 4 0 .333 145 145

South W L T Pct PF PATampa Bay ........4 2 0 .667 113 145New Orleans .....4 2 0 .667 177 151Atlanta ...............3 3 0 .500 135 147Carolina .............1 5 0 .167 133 163

North W L T Pct PF PAGreen Bay .........6 0 0 1.000 197 114Detroit ................5 1 0 .833 178 114Chicago .............3 3 0 .500 146 132Minnesota ..........1 5 0 .167 121 145

West W L T Pct PF PASan Francisco ...5 1 0 .833 167 97Seattle ...............2 3 0 .400 94 122Arizona ..............1 4 0 .200 96 121St. Louis ............0 5 0 .000 49 137

Sunday’s GamesGreen Bay 24, St. Louis 3Pittsburgh 17, Jacksonville 13Philadelphia 20, Washington 13San Francisco 25, Detroit 19Atlanta 31, Carolina 17Cincinnati 27, Indianapolis 17N.Y. Giants 27, Buffalo 24Oakland 24, Cleveland 17Baltimore 29, Houston 14New England 20, Dallas 16Tampa Bay 26, New Orleans 20Chicago 39, Minnesota 10Open: Arizona, Denver, Kansas City, San Diego, Seattle, Tennessee

Today’s GameMiami at N.Y. Jets, 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 23Houston at Tennessee, noonWashington at Carolina, noonSan Diego at N.Y. Jets, noonSeattle at Cleveland, noonDenver at Miami, noonAtlanta at Detroit, noonChicago vs. Tampa Bay at London, noonKansas City at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.Pittsburgh at Arizona, 3:05 p.m.St. Louis at Dallas, 3:15 p.m.Green Bay at Minnesota, 3:15 p.m.Indianapolis at New Orleans, 7:20 p.m.Open: Buffalo, Cincinnati, N.Y. Giants, New Eng-land, Philadelphia, San Francisco

Oct. 24Baltimore at Jacksonville, 7:30 p.m.

BUCCAnEERS 26, SAInTS 20New Orleans 7 3 3 7 — 20Tampa Bay 3 17 3 3 — 26

First QuarterTB—FG Barth 48, 8:19.NO—Colston 38 pass from Brees (Kasay kick), 5:38.

Second QuarterTB—Benn 65 pass from Freeman (Barth kick), 13:17.TB—FG Barth 42, 5:26.TB—Parker 19 pass from Freeman (Barth kick), 3:40.NO—FG Kasay 33, :02.

Third QuarterNO—FG Kasay 24, 3:18.TB—FG Barth 42, :35.

Fourth QuarterNO—Ingram 12 run (Kasay kick), 12:59.TB—FG Barth 38, 7:24.A—56,590.

——— NO TBFirst downs ...............................20 .......................21Total Net Yards ......................453 .....................420Rushes-yards ......................20-70 ................25-117Passing ...................................383 .....................303Punt Returns ..................... 1-(-10) ....................3-24Kickoff Returns ......................3-69 ....................3-30Interceptions Ret. ....................0-0 ....................3-16Comp-Att-Int .................... 29-45-3 .............. 23-41-0Sacked-Yards Lost ..................0-0 ......................0-0Punts ..................................4-55.0 .................4-47.3Fumbles-Lost ...........................1-1 ......................0-0Penalties-Yards .....................7-53 ....................7-64Time of Possession ............28:33 ..................31:27

———INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—New Orleans, Ingram 9-22, Brees 3-21, Sproles 1-16, P.Thomas 7-11. Tampa Bay, Graham 17-109, Lumpkin 2-13, Freeman 4-3, Parker 1-(minus 3), Benn 1-(minus 5).PASSING—New Orleans, Brees 29-45-3-383. Tampa Bay, Freeman 23-41-0-303.RECEIVING—New Orleans, Sproles 8-46, Graham 7-124, Colston 7-118, Moore 2-46, Meachem 1-23, Henderson 1-12, Ingram 1-6, P.Thomas 1-5, Col-lins 1-3. Tampa Bay, Williams 6-59, Winslow 5-40, Benn 3-83, Briscoe 2-49, Parker 2-32, Graham 2-22, Lorig 2-9, Pianalto 1-9.MISSED FIELD GOALS—Tampa Bay, Barth 55 (WL).

GIAnTS 27, BIllS 24Buffalo 14 3 0 7 — 24N.Y. Giants 7 10 7 3 — 27

First QuarterNYG—Bradshaw 1 run (Tynes kick), 5:20.Buf—Jackson 80 run (Lindell kick), 5:06.Buf—Roosevelt 60 pass from Fitzpatrick (Lindell kick), :24.

Second QuarterNYG—FG Tynes 26, 9:51.NYG—Bradshaw 1 run (Tynes kick), 2:58.Buf—FG Lindell 49, :39.

Third QuarterNYG—Bradshaw 1 run (Tynes kick), 6:53.

Fourth QuarterBuf—St.Johnson 9 pass from Fitzpatrick (Lindell kick), 8:57.NYG—FG Tynes 23, 1:32.A—79,243.

——— Buf NYGFirst downs ...............................17 .......................24Total Net Yards ......................374 .....................414Rushes-yards ....................23-155 ................33-122Passing ...................................219 .....................292Punt Returns .........................2-11 ....................1-17Kickoff Returns ......................1-21 ....................4-88Interceptions Ret. ....................0-0 ....................2-25Comp-Att-Int .................... 21-30-2 .............. 21-32-0Sacked-Yards Lost ................3-25 ......................0-0

Punts ..................................3-45.3 .................3-53.7Fumbles-Lost ...........................1-0 ......................0-0Penalties-Yards .....................7-75 ....................7-79Time of Possession ............29:13 ..................30:47


RUSHING—Buffalo, Jackson 16-121, B.Smith 4-26, Fitzpatrick 3-8. N.Y. Giants, Bradshaw 26-104, Ware 5-19, Manning 2-(minus 1).PASSING—Buffalo, Fitzpatrick 21-30-2-244. N.Y. Giants, Manning 21-32-0-292.RECEIVING—Buffalo, Jackson 5-47, St.Johnson 5-39, Spiller 5-39, Nelson 4-62, Roosevelt 1-60, Chandler 1-(minus 3). N.Y. Giants, Ballard 5-81, Manningham 5-56, Nicks 4-96, Bradshaw 2-26, Pascoe 2-17, Cruz 2-12, Scott 1-4.MISSED FIELD GOALS—N.Y. Giants, Tynes 50 (BK).

fAlCOnS 31, PAnTHERS 17Carolina 3 7 7 0 — 17Atlanta 7 7 0 17 — 31

First QuarterCar—FG Mare 42, 4:54.Atl—Turner 1 run (Bryant kick), :00.

Second QuarterCar—Stewart 1 run (Mare kick), 10:13.Atl—Mughelli 1 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick), 3:49.

Third QuarterCar—Newton 14 run (Mare kick), 6:28.

Fourth QuarterAtl—FG Bryant 24, 14:12.Atl—Ryan 1 run (Bryant kick), 7:00.Atl—Turner 2 run (Bryant kick), 1:57.A—69,047.

——— Car AtlFirst downs ...............................24 .......................24Total Net Yards ......................368 .....................325Rushes-yards ....................25-142 ................35-166Passing ...................................226 .....................159Punt Returns ...........................1-0 ......................1-8Kickoff Returns ......................4-88 ....................1-22Interceptions Ret. ....................0-0 ....................3-79Comp-Att-Int .................... 21-35-3 .............. 14-22-0Sacked-Yards Lost ................2-11 ......................1-4Punts ..................................2-40.5 .................3-43.0Fumbles-Lost ...........................2-0 ......................0-0Penalties-Yards .....................7-85 ....................4-57Time of Possession ............29:26 ..................30:34


RUSHING—Carolina, Newton 6-50, Stewart 7-48, D.Williams 12-44. Atlanta, Turner 27-139, Snelling 3-12, Rodgers 1-8, Ryan 3-7, Mughelli 1-0.PASSING—Carolina, Newton 21-35-3-237. Atlanta, Ryan 14-22-0-163.RECEIVING—Carolina, Smith 5-66, Olsen 5-42, Shockey 4-60, Stewart 3-24, Naanee 2-31, LaFell 1-12, D.Williams 1-2. Atlanta, Gonzalez 3-29, Douglas 2-57, White 2-21, Mughelli 2-20, Palmer 1-8, Turner 1-8, Kelly 1-7, Snelling 1-7, Rodgers 1-6.MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.

COllEGE fOOTBAllTop 25 schedule

Friday’s GameNo. 11 West Virginia at Syracuse, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s GamesNo. 1 LSU vs. Auburn, 2:30 p.m.No. 2 Alabama vs. Tennessee, 6:15 p.m.No. 3 Oklahoma vs. Texas Tech, 7 p.m.No. 4 Wisconsin at No. 15 Michigan St., 7 p.m.No. 5 Boise St. vs. Air Force, 2:30 p.m.No. 6 Oklahoma St. at Missouri, 11 a.m.No. 7 Stanford vs. Washington, 7 p.m.No. 8 Clemson vs. North Carolina, TBANo. 9 Oregon at Colorado, 2:30 p.m.No. 10 Arkansas at Ole Miss, 11:21 a.m.No. 12 Kansas St. at Kansas, 11 a.m.No. 13 Nebraska at Minnesota, 2:30 p.m.No. 16 Virginia Tech vs. Boston College, 2 p.m.No. 17 Texas A&M at Iowa St., 2:30 p.m.No. 20 Georgia Tech at Miami, TBANo. 23 Illinois at Purdue, 11 a.m.No. 25 Houston vs. Marshall, 3:30 p.m.

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Mississippi college scheduleArkansas at Ole Miss, 11:21 a.m.Union, Ky. at Belhaven, 1:30 p.m.Concordia, Ala. at Alcorn St., 2 p.m.Miss. Valley St. at Grambling, 2 p.m.Valdosta St. at Delta St., 3 p.m.Howard Payne at Mississippi College, 3 p.m.SMU at Southern Miss, 7 p.m.Open date: Mississippi St., Jackson St., Millsaps

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SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCEEast

Conference All Games W L W LSouth Carolina ..4 1 6 1Georgia ..............4 1 5 2Florida ................2 3 4 3Vanderbilt ..........1 3 3 3Tennessee .........0 3 3 3Kentucky ............0 3 2 4

West Conference All Games W L W LAlabama ............4 0 7 0LSU ....................4 0 7 0Auburn ...............3 1 5 2Arkansas ............1 1 5 1Ole Miss ...........0 3 2 4Mississippi St ..0 4 3 4

Saturday’s GamesJacksonville St. at Kentucky, 11 a.m.Arkansas at Ole Miss, 11:20 a.m.Auburn at LSU, 2:30 p.m.Army at Vanderbilt, 6 p.m.Tennessee at Alabama, 6:15 p.m.

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CONFERENCE USAEast Division

Conference All Games W L W LMarshall .............2 1 3 4East Carolina .....2 1 2 4Southern Miss .1 1 5 1UCF ...................1 1 3 3UAB ...................0 3 0 6Memphis ............0 3 1 6

West Division Conference All Games W L W LSMU ...................3 0 5 1Houston .............2 0 6 0Tulsa ..................2 0 3 3UTEP .................1 2 3 3Rice ...................1 2 2 4Tulane ................1 2 2 5

Thursday’s GamesCentral Florida at UAB, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s GamesMemphis at Tulane, 2:30 p.m.East Carolina at Navy, 2:30 p.m.Marshall at Houston, 3:30 p.m.

Tulsa at Rice, 6 p.m.Colorado St. at UTEP, 7 p.m.SMU at Southern Miss, 7 p.m.

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SWACEastern

Conference All Games W L W LAlabama St. 6 0 6 1Jackson St. 4 1 6 1Alabama A&M 4 1 5 2Alcorn St. 1 4 1 4MVSU 0 6 0 7

Western Conference All Games W L W LPrairie View 4 2 4 3Ark-Pine Bluff 3 2 4 3Southern U. 2 3 2 5Grambling 1 3 4Texas Southern 1 4 2 4

Saturday’s GamesConcordia-Selma at Alcorn St., 2 p.m.Miss. Valley St. at Grambling St., 2 p.m.Central St., Ohio at Texas Southern, 2 p.m.

BCS Standings listOct. 16

Avg Pv 1. LSU ....................................0.9522 — 2. Alabama .............................0.9519 — 3. Oklahoma ..........................0.9301 — 4. Oklahoma St. .....................0.8568 — 5. Boise St. ............................0.8027 — 6. Wisconsin ..........................0.7708 — 7. Clemson .............................0.7582 — 8. Stanford .............................0.7484 — 9. Arkansas ............................0.6263 —10. Oregon ..............................0.6190 —

The AP Top 25The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press col-lege football poll, with first-place votes in parenthe-ses, records through Oct. 15, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pv 1. LSU (41) ...............................7-0 1,452 1 2. Alabama (11) ........................7-0 1,411 2 3. Oklahoma (6) ........................6-0 1,372 3 4. Wisconsin .............................6-0 1,252 4 5. Boise St. (1) .........................6-0 1,218 5 6. Oklahoma St. ........................6-0 1,186 6 7. Stanford ................................6-0 1,164 7 8. Clemson ................................7-0 1,064 8 9. Oregon ..................................5-1 1,020 910. Arkansas ..............................5-1 946 1011. West Virginia ........................5-1 778 1312. Kansas St. ...........................6-0 762 1713. Nebraska ..............................5-1 748 1414. South Carolina .....................6-1 690 1515. Michigan St. .........................5-1 610 2316. Virginia Tech ........................6-1 597 1917. Texas A&M ..........................4-2 467 2118. Michigan ...............................6-1 442 1119. Auburn ..................................5-2 374 2420. Georgia Tech .......................6-1 281 1221. Houston ................................6-0 238 2522. Washington ..........................5-1 221 NR23. Illinois ...................................6-1 207 1624. Arizona St. ...........................5-2 144 1824. Georgia ................................5-2 144 NROthers receiving votes: Penn St. 130, Notre Dame 107, Southern Cal 87, Baylor 19, SMU 19, Texas 12, Cincinnati 4, Southern Miss 4, Wake Forest 3, Rutgers 2.

USA Today Top 25 PollThe USA Today Top 25 football coaches poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 15, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Oklahoma (31) ......................6-0 1,426 1 2. LSU (15) ...............................7-0 1,410 2 3. Alabama (12) ........................7-0 1,403 3 4. Wisconsin (1) ........................6-0 1,262 4 5. Stanford ................................6-0 1,222 5 6. Oklahoma State ....................6-0 1,173 7 7. Boise State ...........................6-0 1,172 6 8. Clemson ................................7-0 1,028 8 8. Oregon ..................................5-1 1,028 910. Arkansas ..............................5-1 931 1111. Nebraska ..............................5-1 775 1412. South Carolina .....................6-1 765 1313. Michigan State .....................5-1 690 1914. West Virginia ........................5-1 688 1614. Virginia Tech ........................6-1 688 1716. Kansas State .......................6-0 678 1817. Michigan ...............................6-1 458 1018. Texas A&M ..........................4-2 415 2319. Georgia Tech .......................6-1 396 1220. Houston ................................6-0 359 2221. Illinois ...................................6-1 260 1522. Penn State ...........................6-1 253 2523. Auburn ..................................5-2 202 NR24. Washington ..........................5-1 174 NR25. Arizona State .......................5-2 86 20Others receiving votes: Georgia 60, Notre Dame 36, Rutgers 31, Southern Methodist 27, Texas 26, Cincinnati 14, Southern Miss 14, Baylor 9, North Carolina 9, Temple 3, Virginia 3, TCU 1.

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Region 2-6ATeam Overall RegionNorthwest Rankin ....................8-0 ......................4-0Madison Central ......................6-2 ......................4-0Murrah .....................................4-4 ......................3-1Clinton .....................................3-5 ......................1-3Jim Hill .....................................2-6 ......................1-3Vicksburg ...............................3-5 ......................1-3Warren Central ......................1-7 ......................1-3Greenville-Weston ...................2-6 ......................1-3

Friday’s GamesVicksburg at Murrah, 7 p.m.Northwest Rankin at Greenville-Weston, 7 p.m.Warren Central at Clinton, 7 p.m.Jim Hill at Madison Central, 7 p.m.

Region 4-1ATeam Overall RegionCathedral .................................8-0 ......................6-0Bogue Chitto ...........................7-1 ......................5-1Stringer ....................................6-2 ......................5-1University Christian .................4-3 ......................4-2Dexter ......................................4-4 ......................4-2Resurrection ............................4-3 ......................3-3Mount Olive .............................2-7 ......................2-5Hinds AHS ..............................3-6 ......................2-5Salem ......................................4-5 ......................2-5St. Aloysius ............................1-9 ......................1-7

Friday’s GamesResurrection at University Christian, 7 p.m.Bogue Chitto at Stringer, 7 p.m.Open date: St. Aloysius, Hinds AHS, Cathedral, Dexter, Mount Olive, Salem

Region 6-4ATeam Overall RegionMendenhall ..............................6-2 ......................4-0

Magee ......................................4-4 ......................3-1Florence ...................................7-2 ......................3-1Port Gibson ............................7-2 ......................3-2Germantown ............................2-6 ......................1-3Raymond .................................3-6 ......................1-4Richland ...................................0-9 ......................0-3

Friday’s GamesRichland at Port Gibson, 7 p.m.Germantown at Magee, 7 p.m.Florence at Mendenhall, 7 p.m.East Marion at Raymond, 7 p.m.

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Team Overall RegionNewton Academy ....................4-4 ......................3-0Heidelberg Academy ...............4-4 ......................2-1Prentiss Christian ....................4-4 ......................2-1Porters Chapel .......................5-4 ......................2-2Park Place ...............................3-5 ......................1-2Ben’s Ford ...............................1-7 ......................0-4

Friday’s GamesManchester Academy at Porters Chapel, 7 p.m.Newton Academy at Park Place, 7 p.m.Prentiss Christian at Heidelberg Academy, 7 p.m.Open date: Ben’s Ford

District 3-ATeam Overall RegionCENLA .....................................8-1 ......................5-0Wilkinson Christian ..................8-1 ......................5-0Amite .......................................5-4 ......................4-1Riverfield ..................................5-3 ......................3-2Claiborne Academy .................2-5 ......................2-3Glenbrook ................................4-4 ......................2-3Tallulah Academy ..................0-9 ......................0-6Union Christian ........................0-8 ......................0-5

Friday’s GamesAmite at Wilkinson Christian, 7 p.m.Union Christian at Riverfield, 7 p.m.Prairie View at Tallulah Academy, 7 p.m.CENLA at Glenbrook, 7 p.m.

District 3-AATeam Overall RegionRiver Oaks ..............................5-3 ......................1-0Central Hinds .........................4-5 ......................1-0Riverdale .................................4-5 ......................1-1Prairie View .............................2-6 ......................0-2

Friday’s GamesCentral Hinds at River Oaks, 7 p.m.Prairie View at Tallulah Academy, 7 p.m.Open date: Riverdale

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At Charlotte Motor SpeedwayConcord, N.C.

Lap length: 1.5 miles(Start position in parentheses)

1. (2) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 334 laps, 136 rating, 47 points.2. (25) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 334, 108.4, 44.3. (3) Carl Edwards, Ford, 334, 118.4, 42.4. (8) Kasey Kahne, Toyota, 334, 98.7, 40.5. (12) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 334, 106.7, 39.6. (14) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 334, 90.3, 38.7. (4) A J Allmendinger, Ford, 334, 100.3, 37.8. (1) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 334, 121.2, 37.9. (17) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 334, 91.1, 35.10. (6) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 334, 96.5, 35.11. (11) David Ragan, Ford, 334, 105.8, 34.12. (16) Joey Logano, Toyota, 334, 78, 32.13. (20) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 334, 83.3, 31.14. (32) Juan P. Montoya, Chevrolet, 334, 68.9, 31.15. (5) Greg Biffle, Ford, 334, 112.7, 30.16. (26) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 333, 64.6, 28.17. (7) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 333, 77.5, 27.18. (28) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 333, 62.7, 26.19. (15) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 333, 75.3, 25.20. (31) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 333, 58.7, 24.21. (23) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 333, 68.2, 23.22. (38) J.J. Yeley, Ford, 333, 52, 23.23. (18) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 332, 74.8, 21.24. (19) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 332, 53.4, 20.25. (21) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 332, 61, 19.26. (29) David Reutimann, Toyota, 332, 65.6, 18.27. (27) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 332, 59.9, 17.28. (30) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 332, 52.3, 0.29. (22) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 331, 48.1, 15.30. (42) Mike Bliss, Ford, 331, 37.7, 0.31. (10) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 329, 83.2, 0.32. (24) Casey Mears, Toyota, engine, 323, 46.5, 12.33. (41) Hermie Sadler, Ford, 322, 34.4, 0.34. (9) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, accident, 316, 86.8, 11.35. (35) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, engine, 292, 37.4, 9.36. (33) David Gilliland, Ford, 289, 37.5, 8.37. (13) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 287, 57.6, 7.38. (43) Robby Gordon, Dodge, vibration, 33, 31.8, 6.39. (37) Michael McDowell, Toyota, susp., 30, 33.4, 5.40. (34) Travis Kvapil, Ford, overheating, 27, 33, 0.41. (36) David Stremme, Chevrolet, overheating, 22, 30.5, 3.42. (40) Andy Lally, Ford, brakes, 20, 28.6, 2.43. (39) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, vibration, 11, 28.1, 0.

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ers intercept seven passes off Bob Waterfield in a 16-0 victory over the Los Angeles Rams.

1960 — The National League for-mally awards franchises to the New York Metropolitan Baseball Club Inc. headed by Joan Payson and a Houston, Texas, group headed by Judge Roy Hofheinz, Craig Cullinan and R.E. Smith.

1995 — The Cleveland Indians beat the Seattle Mariners 4-0 in Game 6 of the American League championship series to claim their first AL pennant since 1954.

2010 — Detroit ties its own NFL record with its 24th straight loss on the road, falling to the New York Giants 28-20. The Lions’ last road win was Oct. 28, 2007. The first 24-game road losing streak was set in the 2001-03 seasons

lOTTERYSunday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 6-0-5La. Pick 4: 9-6-5-9Monday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 5-2-6 La. Pick 4: 2-8-2-6 Tuesday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 9-0-7 La. Pick 4: 2-3-6-6 Wednesday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 1-7-6 La. Pick 4: 4-3-7-0 Easy 5: 1-11-22-32-33 La. Lotto: 9-20-27-33-35-36 Powerball: 10-12-23-43-47 Powerball: 18; Power play: 3Thursday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 8-9-3 La. Pick 4: 4-9-2-4 Friday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 6-1-9La. Pick 4: 5-7-8-9Saturday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 9-9-6La. Pick 4: 8-8-2-0Easy 5: 8-20-23-27-32La. Lotto: 10-11-12-20-34-38Powerball: 5-10-24-38-43Powerball: 1; Power play: 4

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Ole Miss loses pair to season-ending injuries

OXFORD — Ole Miss defensive end Wayne Dorsey and corner-back Marcus Temple are out for the season after getting injured in Sat-urday’s 52-7 loss to No. 2 Alabama.

It’s more bad news for the Rebels, who have lost 11 of their past 12 Southeastern Conference games dating back to 2009. Both seniors were key contributors on defense. Dorsey is leading Ole Miss with five tackles for a loss and three sacks while Temple has 28 tackles and is second on the team with two interceptions.

Richt says he has addressed postgame skirmish

ATLANTA — Coach Mark Richt said Sunday he has talked with all Georgia players and coaches who were involved in heated exchanges on the field after the Bulldogs’ 33-28 win at Vanderbilt on Saturday, but didn’t say if he would impose any punishment.

The win pushed Georgia (5-2 over-all, 4-1 Southeastern Conference) into Sunday’s Top 25 at No. 24.

As the teams headed toward the middle of the field, Vanderbilt coach James Franklin exchanged terse words with Georgia defensive coordinator Todd Grantham.

Grantham landed in trouble for his sideline antics last year when he was seen making a choke sign as Florida lined up for the winning field goal last year. As Grantham and Franklin exchanged words, players had to be pulled apart by coaches and Vanderbilt police.

A Vanderbilt player, Austin Mona-han, helped to separate Franklin and Grantham.

“I saw it,” he said. “I just think tempers were hot. It was a very heated ballgame, a very close ball-game, very emotional ballgame for everybody. It was just a situation where I’m sure words were spoken and that kind of stuff.”

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McAlister’s Deli to hostVicksburg football night

The Vicksburg High School foot-ball team will host a school night event at McAlister’s Deli from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Tuesday. Ten percent of sales go to support Vicksburg High athletics.

N.Y. high school playerdies after head injury

HOMER, N.Y. — A high school football player died after he was hit during a game in upstate New York and suffered a head injury, a death that comes at a time when youth sports are under scrutiny over whether enough is being done to protect players’ heads.

Ridge Barden, a 16-year-old line-man from John C. Birdlebough High School in Phoenix, was face down after the play Friday and was able to sit up, but he complained of a very bad headache and collapsed when he tried to stand, authorities said.

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Packers stay unbeaten, Giants rebound with victoryBy The Associated Press

It seems fitting that the NFL’s last unbeaten team is its reign-ing champion.

Playing catch with his receiv-ers while almost unchallenged by the St. Louis defense, Aaron Rodgers threw for 310 yards and three touchdowns as Green Bay romped 24-3. The Packers coasted, with all the scoring coming in the open-ing half.

The defending Super Bowl winners are the only 6-0 team after Detroit lost to San Fran-cisco 25-19 in a game marred by a bumping incident between the coaches.

After the 49ers improved to 5-1 and dropped the Lions to the same record, San Fran-cisco’s first-year coach, Jim Harbaugh, charged across the field, lifting his shirt to expose his belly to attempt a chest bump. He extended his right hand to Lions coach Jim Schwartz for a shake and slapped him on the back with his left hand.

Schwartz didn’t like what was done or said — claiming he heard an expletive — and went charging after Harbaugh. Players from both teams got in the middle of the tiff, and Harbaugh admitted, “That’s totally on me. I shook his hand too hard.”

There were no such issues at Lambeau Field, where Rodgers threw a career-long 93-yard scoring pass to Jordy Nelson among his three TD passes.

Giants 27, Bills 24Ahmad Bradshaw ran for

a career-best three touch-downs and 104 yards, Law-

rence Tynes kicked a 23-yard field goal with 1:32 remain-ing and the Giants (4-2) rebounded from a bad home loss to Seattle with a win over Buffalo (4-2). Ryan Fitzpatrick threw TD passes of 60 yards to Naaman Roosevelt and 9 yards to Stevie Johnson, but his final attempt was batted down by Jason Pierre-Paul. Fitzpatrick also was intercepted twice by Corey Webster, the last start-ing the series that led to the winning kick.

49ers 25, Lions 19Harbaugh, a first-year NFL

coach who played at Michigan, and Schwartz had to be sep-arated more than once after Schwartz came running and lunging toward Harbaugh as both teams were going to the tunnel. Alex Smith’s fourth-down, 6-yard pass to Delanie Walker gave San Francisco the go-ahead touchdown with 1:51 left, then David Akers kicked a 37-yard field goal. He also had a 55-yarder to end the first half and the surging 49ers had five sacks of Mat-thew Stafford.

Raiders 24, Browns 17The Raiders (4-2) honored

their late owner, Al Davis, Jacoby Ford returned a kick-off 101 yards and Kevin Boss caught a 35-yard touchdown pass on a fake field goal against Cleveland (2-3).

Eagles 20, Redskins 13Philadelphia snapped a four-

game losing streak as the defense finally came up with some big plays, mainly Kurt

Coleman’s three interceptions of Rex Grossman. Michael Vick threw for 237 yards and a touchdown.

Patriots 20, Cowboys 16Dallas fell victim to its own

conservatism on offense and defense late in the game. Tom Brady threw an 8-yard touch-down pass to Aaron Hernan-dez with 22 seconds left to cap an 80-yard drive for New Eng-land (5-1).

Ravens 29, Texans 14Billy Cundiff kicked five

field goals and the Ravens (4-1) held Houston scoreless over the final 21 minutes. They limited Arian Foster, the 2010 rushing king, to 49 yards on 15 attempts.

Steelers 17, Jaguars 13Rashard Mendenhall ran

for 146 yards and a touch-down, and Ben Roethlis-berger passed for a score for

the Steelers (4-2).

Falcons 31, Panthers 17Michael Turner ran for 139

yards and two touchdowns for the Falcons.

Cam Newton, who grew up just a few miles south of the Georgia Dome, wowed the crowd most of the day. He threw for 237 yards and ran for a 14-yard touchdown that put the Panthers (1-5) ahead 17-14 heading to the final quarter.

Bengals 27, Colts 17Nate Clements blocked a

late field goal try that would have tied the game, and Carlos Dunlap returned a fumble 35 yards for the clinching score.

Bears 39, Vikings 10Devin Hester set the tone

with a 48-yard touchdown catch and scored on a career-best 98-yard kickoff return before leaving with a chest injury.

Eagles fly over BearsFrom staff reports

Hinds Community College came into Saturday night’s game against Southwest Com-munity College riding a four-game winning streak.

Hinds jumped out early to a big lead, but eventually left Summit with a 28-20 victory to improve to 6-1 overall and 4-0 in the South division.

Sophomore quarterback Deon Anthony helped the Eagles set the tone for an early

advantage just 2:30 into the game when he connected on a 37-yard touchdown pass with Quantavius Leslie. Anthony found Quadarius Mireles on a 65-yard bomb to cap a two-play, 79-yard scoring drive that took just 36 seconds. Hinds led 14-0 after the Kyle Williams PAT. Anthony completed 17-of-23 passes for 268 yards and two touchdowns


HOW THEY DIDA look at how college foot-ball players with ties to the Vicksburg area did in games played over the weekend• Tarleton State wide receiver

Cordell Valentine (War-ren Central) had 190 all-purpose yards and scored two touchdowns in a 54-27 win over Texas A&M-Com-merce on Saturday. Valen-tine caught three passes for 50 yards, including a 16-yard TD, and returned five kickoffs for 140 yards and a score. Valentine’s 87-yard TD return was his second in as many games.

• Murray State defensive back Darius Buck (Warren Cen-tral) had five solo tackles, one assist and one tackle for loss in a 36-27 win over Eastern Illinois.

• Mississippi State defensive

back Marvin Bure (Vicks-burg High) assisted on one tackle in a 14-12 loss to No. 15 South Carolina. Missis-sippi State long snapper Reed Gordon (Porters Cha-pel) successfully snapped on five punts, one extra point and three field goal attempts.

• Mississippi College defen-sive back Horace Allen (VHS) had two solo tackles, one assist and one tackle for loss in a 34-21 loss to East Texas Baptist.

• Mississippi College defen-sive end Dekores Branch (VHS) had two solo tackles and three assists against East Texas Baptist.

• Mississippi College line-backer Hunter Farrior (Central Hinds) had two solo tackles, three assists and one tackle for loss against East Texas Baptist.

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long as they play hard, good things will happen,” PCA coach Wade Patrick said.

Against Heidelberg (4-4, 2-1), the Eagles’ offense never got in gear and a couple of huge special teams plays were squashed just before they could’ve given them the touchdown they craved all night.

On the opening kickoff, Heidelberg’s Austin Brown called for a fair catch on a pooch kick at the 30-yard line. The ball deflected off his hands and into those of Richie Bufkin, who sprinted into the end zone. By rule, however, the kicking team can’t advance a muffed kick. PCA got the ball at the 31-yard line and quickly drove inside the 5, but a fum-bled snap was recovered by Heidelberg.

It turned out to be the best scoring chance the Eagles had all night. They finished the game with four first downs and 75 total yards, turned it over four times and ran just 11 plays in the second half.

One of the turnovers, a half-ending interception, came after Alton Burden returned a kickoff 33 yards into Heidel-berg territory. Burden was tackled by the last defender between him and the end zone.

“We just struggled. It was just a bunch of different stuff. It wasn’t one thing. We had open passes we didn’t hit, they covered us on some, we didn’t block on some,” Pat-rick said, adding of the two near-misses, “It would’ve been a big momentum builder, but that didn’t cost us the ballgame. There were other things along the way that cost us.”

While the offense stumbled, PCA’s defense stood strong.

me. ... Next thing I know I’m rolling up under Sean, I’m looking up at Sean and he’s on the ground,” Graham said.

Graham spent time with Payton after the game and said the coach was in good spirits.

“I talked to him and said ‘My bad,’ Graham said. “He said ‘No, it’s not your fault. You’re the one fighting for the first down.”’

The win pulled the Bucs (4-2) into a first-place tie with the Saints in the NFC South and snapped New Orleans’ four-game winning streak.

“The train keeps rolling,” New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees said. “This a long season. It’s a marathon. There’s no doubt we’ve got to get better. We will.”

Payton spent the second half in the training room watching the game on TV and gave the play-calling duties to offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael.

Payton will have surgery on the knee today and will begin rehabilitation.

“Nobody ever thinks their coach is going to get knocked out of the football game,” New Orleans running back Mark Ingram said.

their own turf in Game 6 of the NL championship series.

“I mean, you could have never known,” Pujols said.

Freese, often overlooked in a lineup anchored by All-Stars, batted .545 with three homers and nine RBIs in the series.

Looking for its second title in six seasons, St. Louis opens the World Series at home Wednesday night with ace Chris Carpenter on the mound against the AL cham-pion Texas Rangers.

It’s been such a frenetic run, it seems fitting that a squirrel has become the team’s unofficial mascot.

The rally squirrel started in the division series against Philadelphia when the furry rodent scampered across home plate during Game 4.


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Brooks, Jackson join Nashville Songwriters hallNASHVILLE (AP) — Garth

Brooks and Alan Jackson have won more honors than they can count. The one they took home Sunday night was near the top of the list.

Brooks and Jackson were inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame along with top songsmiths John Bettis, Thom Schuyler and Allen Shamblin.

“It’s the songwriter, that’s what it’s all about,” Brooks said. “I mean this is it. We can talk all day about entertainer. We can talk all day about record sales. It starts with the songs. And to be confused as a song-writer, then honored as one, that’s the bomb.”

Jackson and Brooks are mem-bers of the so-called “Class of ’89” group of country super-stars. Their success over the last two decades helped push country music from the county fair to major arenas and foot-ball stadiums.

Brooks, inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York City earlier this year, is the best-selling solo artist in U.S. history with more than 128 million albums sold. Songs like “If Tomorrow Never Comes” and “The Thunder Rolls” helped launch his career.

Jackson, who helped spear-head the new traditionalist movement in country, has 35 No. 1 country songs, including “Chattahoochee” and “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning),” which Taylor Swift sang for him Sunday.

“I’ve won a lot of awards but the songwriting thing has always been most important to me,” Jackson said. “I’ve never thought of myself as much of a singer, so I’ve always fell back on my songwriting. It’s the most creative part of the business. It all starts with the songs.”

Jackson and Brooks were inducted as songwriter/artists. Brooks said straight songwriter

inductees like Bettis (“Slow Hand,” “Human Nature” and “Top of the World,”) Schuyler (“16th Avenue” and “Long Line

of Love”) and Shamblin (“The House That Built Me” and “I Can’t Make You Love Me”) are the real stars of the night.

“I can go in that room and show you the guys I hang out with, and all of them are song-writers,” Brooks said. “And to be called that with these guys, because their talent is amaz-ing, makes me very proud. I’m not saying I agree with it, but I’m very proud.”

Kimberly Perry of family act The Band Perry won the Nash-ville Songwriters Association International song of the year for the breakthrough hit “If I Die Young.” Chris DuBois, who co-wrote Brad Paisley hits “Old Alabama” and “Anything Like Me,” was named songwriter of the year.

Swift won her fourth song-writer/artist of the year award in five years and at 21 remains the youngest winner of that award. Swift told the audi-ence about her first big Nash-ville showcase at the age of 14 when many of the industry’s most influential people were in attendance.

1960 letterfrom Beatle offered gig

LONDON (AP) — Some-where, an aging drummer (identity unknown) is proba-bly still kicking himself.

A newly discovered letter found folded in a book at a Liv-erpool yard sale has shed new light on the Beatles’ early days, revealing that Paul McCart-ney offered an audition to a mystery drummer in 1960, just a few days before the band left for a formative two-month gig in Hamburg, Germany.

The letter, to be auctioned next month by Christie’s, has surprised Beatles schol-ars. It was written two years before the band bounced drummer Pete Best in favor of Ringo Starr, who arrived just in time to help the Beatles’ conquer first England and then the world, earning untold millions along the way.

The Aug. 12, 1960, letter hand-written by McCartney offers an audition to someone who had advertised his or her avail-ability in the Liverpool Echo newspaper four days earlier. The unsigned ad said simply: “Drummer—Young—Free.”

McCartney, who was then playing guitar in the band while the late Stuart Sutcliffe handled bass guitar, offered the drummer an audition with the caveat that if he joined the band he must be ready to travel almost immediately to Hamburg. The Beatles honed their musical chops playing at low-rent clubs in the German city’s famed red-light district.

“Expenses paid 18 pounds per week (approx) for two months,” McCartney writes. “If interested ring Jacaranda club.”

The letter is signed, “Yours sincerely, Paul McCartney of the BEATLES.”

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TONIGHT ON TVn MOVie“i am number Four” — One of nine living on Earth, an alien, Alex Pettyfer, with extraordinary abilities poses as an ordinary teenager in the hope of evad-ing those sent to kill him./6 on showtimen sPOrtsnLF — Two AFC East rivals col-lide as the Miami Dolphins face the New York Jets on Monday Night Football./7:30 on esPnn PriMetiMe“how i Met Your Mother” — Ted’s friends get involved when he doesn’t do a background check on his new lady friend; Lily and Marshall deal with learning their baby’s gender./7 on CBs

THIS WEEK’S LINEUPn eXPanDeD ListingstV tiMes — Network, cable and satellite programs appear in Sunday’s TV Times magazine and online at www.vicksburgpost.com

MILESTONESn BirthDaYsearl thomas Conley, country singer, 70; Jim seals, singer, 69; Michael McKean, actor, 64; Margot Kidder, actress, 63; george wendt, actor, 63; alan Jackson, country singer, 53; norm Macdonald, comedian, 48; Ziggy Marley, reggae singer, 43; eminem, rapper, 39; wyclef Jean, singer, 39.n Deathsue Mengers — A former Hollywood super-agent whose cli-ents included Barbra Streisand, Cher, Michael Caine and Joan Collins has died. Mengers claimed to be 78, though some sourc-es listed her age as 81. Mengers died Saturday at her Beverly Hills home in the company of friends that included actress Ali MacGraw, Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter reported on the magazine’s Web site Sunday. Carter, who had known Mengers for almost 20 years, wrote that her death followed a series of small strokes. A child of German immigrants who came to the United States amid the Holocaust, Mengers started as a recep-tionist with MCA talent agency in the 1950s and later was a sec-retary at the William Morris Agency. Mengers became an agent in 1967 for Creative Management Agency, which later merged with International Famous Agency to become International Cre-ative Management. At her peak in the early 1970s, Mengers was one of Hollywood’s most-powerful agents, with a client list that also included Gene Hackman, Faye Dunaway, Bob Fosse, Peter Bogdanovich, Ryan O’Neal, Candice Bergen and Cybill Shep-herd. Mengers reportedly was the basis for a character played by Dyan Cannon in the 1973 murder romp “The Last of Sheila,” co-written by Anthony Perkins, another of her clients.

PEOPLE

Comic Lopez says he will return to TVComedian George Lopez said he is creating a

new family-orientated sitcom where he will play a father and husband, vowing to return to tele-vision less than two months after TBS canceled his late-night show “Lopez Tonight.”

Lopez told The Associated Press his now un-titled show “will be the opposite” of “George Lo-pez,” the syndicated television sitcom that aired on ABC from 2002 and 2007 and made him a household name.

He also plans to star in his third live HBO standup special next year, his first since 2009.

Viewership for his late-night show on TBS declined heavily in its second year

He said the show suffered after he lost his 10 p.m. time slot to Conan O’Brien. He said TBS’ plan was for Lopez to go on after O’Brien at midnight and win over O’Brien’s young viewers.

Instead, Lopez’s total viewership dropped 40 percent in its second year, from an average of 910,000 nightly viewers to 543,000. By August, the audience had dropped to 391,000.

The comedian said it is unfortunate his show was canceled be-cause there are few minority hosts on late-night television.

Ga. Radio Hall of Fame inducts BrownThe late soul legend James Brown has been inducted into the

Georgia Radio Hall of Fame.Brown’s daughter, Deanna Brown Thomas, ac-

cepted the honor for him at an awards ceremo-ny on Saturday in Atlanta.

Brown died in December 2006 at age 73. He purchased WRDW-AM in Augusta, Ga., in the late 1960s, where he had shined shoes as a boy. He also operated or owned radio stations in At-lanta, Baltimore and Knoxville, Tenn.

The “Godfather of Soul” was among several honorees to receive their awards posthumously. Other awardees include Ernie Harwell, the legendary voice of the Detroit Tigers, who died last year and Ben Porter, a Macon radio station owner who got his radio start in south Georgia as “Jack the Bellboy.” Porter also died in 2010.

The Georgia Hall of Fame was established in 2007.

ANd ONE MORE

Cops: Men sold guns from hot dog standA Northern California hot dog vendor offered undercover of-

ficers more than just mustard, ketchup and relish on the side, authorities said.

Jose Gilberto Ortiz, 58, was arraigned in U.S. District Court in San Jose on Thursday on charges of selling firearms to the offi-cers from his hot dog stand.

His partner, 23-year-old Guillermo Gonzalez Castillo, was also arraigned on weapons charges. Castillo is additionally accused of selling the San Jose police officers methamphetamine.

Authorities said the officers purchased a sawed off shotgun, a machine gun and other firearms from the pair. They were arrest-ed at the hot dog stand on Sept. 2.

Messages for the men’s attorneys were not immediately re-turned.

alex Pettyfer

George Lopez

JamesBrown

garth Brooks is inducted into the nashville songwriters hall of Fame sunday in nashville.

alan Jackson is inducted into the nashville songwriters hall of Fame.

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Son starts second marriage before ending firstDear Abby: My son, “Beau,”

married “Patsy” four years ago. She left him after two years and moved out of state. There are no legal separation papers, no child support, and my grandson lives with his daddy.

Beau has a mistress now and tells people they’re “engaged.” “Luci’s” family refers to my son as her fiance and she’s considered Mommy to my grandson. When I corrected those titles at a recent family function, it caused friction.

In my opinion, they can’t be engaged until Beau is first divorced. To me, marriage is important; it matters. I am dis-turbed by my son’s refusal to end his marriage. I feel it is unfair to Luci, who just had his second child. Beau claims Patsy left him, so she should file for the divorce.

Please understand that Luci and I have become close. She’s thoughtful, intelligent, well-spoken, and a wonderful mother to both my grandchil-dren. I just feel Beau should finish his first marriage. This is not the type of man I meant to raise, and that this is the

person he has become shames me to my soul.

Am I out of step with society? Am I the only one who finds this setup unfair to Luci and insulting to me, the mother who tried to raise him to be a better man than this? I have talked to a counselor, Abby, and it’s killing me. — Disre-spected Mother in Texas

Dear Mom: You’re not out of step, and you are correct that the current arrangement is unfair to Luci. If your son should die tomorrow (heaven forbid), Patsy would be a merry widow with all his assets, and Luci would be left with fond memories and a baby to raise by herself. Period.

Not knowing Beau, I can’t know his reasons for not divorcing the woman who left him and ensuring that Luci and the children are taken

care of. But I am sure of this: His reasons are NOT solely that he thinks his wife should be the one to file.

Raising a child well does not guarantee he (or she) will turn out to be a carbon copy of his or her parent. So for your own sake, please stop personaliz-ing this.

Dear Abby: I was out to lunch with my son, his new wife, “Taylor,” and her family. My son asked, “Mom, do you want something else to eat?” Naturally, I thought he was speaking to me, so I answered. I was crushed when he said, “No, I was talking to ‘Sally’” (Taylor’s mother)!

I feel it’s wrong for my son to call someone else Mom, and furthermore, Sally should have said something, but she didn’t. Taylor and I are close, but she would never call me Mom, especially in front of her own mother. Am I being silly? Or should I let this go? — His Only Mom

Dear Only Mom: Let it go. Your son was probably call-ing Taylor’s mother “Mom” because he had been asked to do so. (“‘Sonny,’ we’re family

now. Please call me ‘Mom.’”) It would not, however, be con-frontational to tell your son that hearing him do it was hard to swallow.

Dear Abby: I walk daily with a friend who constantly com-plains about her job — “I have seven meetings, a person to train and e-mails to write, blah, blah, blah ...” I occasion-ally have an opening to men-tion my problems, but it’s rare. I love this friend, but her con-stant complaining is wear-ing on me. How can I get her to just enjoy the break and not spend 20 minutes moan-ing and groaning? — Wearing Thin in Virginia

Dear Wearing Thin: Try this. The next time she does it, say: “Let’s not take the office with us. Let’s enjoy our break and use the time to talk about other things.” Say it with a smile, then change the subject.

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

Moderate drinking is healthy,but you shouldn’t go overboard

Dear Doctor K: I enjoy an alcoholic beverage from time to time. Now I hear it might actually be good for my heart health. How can I enjoy regular drinking without it becoming a harmful habit?

Dear Reader: What you’ve heard is true. Study after study has shown that moderate alco-hol consumption is associated with good health. But — and it’s an important “but” — alco-hol is healthful only if you drink moderately and don’t go over-board. A little may be better than none, and also better than more.

In order to be sure you’re drinking moderately, you have to know exactly what that means. Moderate drink-ing means one or two drinks per day for men and one drink per day for women. The limit is higher for men because they are larger than women, on average. Men also metabolize alcohol differently.

One alcoholic drink is usually defined as a beverage that con-tains 14 grams of alcohol. By that standard, a 12-ounce bottle of beer that’s 5 percent alco-hol counts as a single drink. So does a 5-ounce glass of wine that’s 12 percent alcohol. Ditto for 1.5 ounces of hard liquor that’s 40 percent alcohol (80 proof).

The health benefits of mod-erate alcohol intake are stron-gest for protection against heart attack and stroke. It can also help increase “good” HDL cholesterol. Moderate drink-ing also seems to lower your risk of developing Type 2 dia-betes and having gallstones. It also appears to protect you against developing dementia in old age.

Unfortunately, the news isn’t all good: Moderate drinking seems to increase the risk of colon and breast cancer. Women may be able to reduce the breast cancer risk some by increasing their intake of folate.

If you’re drinking more than the recommended daily amount of alcohol, its benefits quickly vanish. Not only that, there’s a long list of harmful side effects that take their place, including serious liver disease (cancer and cirrhosis), high blood pres-sure, certain cancers, traffic accidents and violence.

So what’s considered heavy drinking? The National Insti-tute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism defines it for men as more than four drinks in a single day or more than 14 in a week. For women, it’s defined as more than three drinks in a single day or more than seven in a week.

You might have heard that certain kinds of alcoholic drinks are “healthier” for you than others. In particular, you may have heard that red wine is particularly healthy. This is a controversial area. I think the current evidence does not sug-gest that red wine is any health-

ier than other types of alcoholic drink. There are health ben-efits from moderate alcohol intake of any type.

If you’re worried that you’re drifting into heavy drinking, keep track of how much you drink. If you decide you need to slow down, try to follow the guidelines above.

•Write to Dr. Komaroff in care of United Media, 200 Madison Ave., 4th fl., New York, NY 10016, or send questions to his website, www.AskDoctorK.com.

If tomorrow is your birthday: Acquiring some new acquain-tances can help refurbish your circle of friends and make life more exciting in the year ahead. Traveling in different circles opens the door for many new experiences and gives you great-er experience.Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — If you let your instincts direct your conversations with friends, you’ll discover that you’ll be saying all the right things, making you look warm and caring. Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Participate in activities that serve to reinforce your faith and basic philosophical beliefs. The wis-dom and strength you’ll gain will serve you in effective ways down the line.Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Lady Luck might treat you in an exceptionally kind manner by making it possible for you to participate in a successful endeavor that others already have underway.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Even though you rarely depend on others, larger benefits are likely to come your way through partnership arrangements at this time. Get out there and mix it up with colleagues.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Follow your ambitious instincts and let others idle their time away if they wish. In fact, it’s pos-sible that you could even outdo your toughest competitors by a few strides. Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20) — It pays to treat life philosophical-ly, because it can help reinforce your faith and core philosophy. Treat problems that occur as a game instead of dire issues.Aries (March 21-April 19) — The secret to getting what you want is to make sure the people you’re involved with do as well as you. If they happen to be the winners, you’ll come out on top.Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Because you’re a good conversa-tionalist and you display a genuine interest in others, people will find you to be an extremely desirable companion. Enjoy the popularity and good company.Gemini (May 21-June 20) — This is an especially good day to both make and save money, so keep your eyes peeled for situa-tions that afford you the kinds of opportunities to do so. Some might even fall in your lap.Cancer (June 21-July 22) — You naturally possess leadership qualities, and this will extend to your organizational abilities. Look for important ways to display both of these facets in your life.Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — A pleasant surprise is in the offing, when you discover that someone whom you thought bore you ill will is in reality quite anxious to become your friend. Don’t hesitate to respond in kind.Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Engage in warm, in-depth con-versations with friends when the occasion arises. Much can be gained, not only in terms of fulfilling relationships, but also from a learning standpoint.

Dr. Wallace: The teen years are when most drivers learn to drive and to accept the responsibility of maintaining good be-hind-the-wheel attitudes and behaviors. My father is an insur-ance agent and always reminds me what to do if I have an ac-cident while driving my car. I have a copy of his tips in the glove compartment of my car, and I hope your teen readers will clip this column out and put it in their cars in case they have an ac-cident.

• Help the injured — If anyone is injured, help them only to the extent you are qualified.

• Place flares and flags — Place flares or flags you might have so other traffic can move easily past the scene and avoid further accidents.

• Exchange information — Collect the facts. Give your name, address, license number and insurance company to the other parties involved and obtain the same information from them.

• Call insurance company — Call your insurance company and shortly thereafter file a complete report with them.

• File a police report — Regardless of the extent of damages or injuries, it is wise to file a report with the police. This should be done within 48 hours. All states have an amount of damages that if exceeded, requires you to file an accident report. (This is true even if your vehicle is the only one involved and nothing else has been damaged.) — Bess, Oakland, Calif.

Bess: Thanks to you and your father for this useful informa-tion. I already filed this in my car’s glove compartment, hoping that I will never have to use it.

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

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALSWARREN COUNTY BOARDOF SUPERVISORSADMINISTRATION OF SECTION 125 CAFETERIAPLANThe Warren County Board ofSupervisors is seeking proposals from qualifiedfirms to provide Third PartyAdministration (TPA) services for a Section 125Cafeteria Plan for its employees. It is the County's intention to begin anew benefit year on February1, 2012. This RFP has thepotential to result in a multi-year contract for professional services. To be considered for anaward, firm must be recognized as a Third PartyAdministrator and must beon the current list of approved Cafeteria PlanProviders as published bythe State of Mississippithrough the Office of theState Auditor. For a list ofapproved providers, pleasevisitwww.osa.state.ms.us/down-loads/cafeteria-approved.pdfProposals must be submittedto the Warren CountyChancery Clerk's Office,1009 Cherry Street, Vicksburg, MS 39183. Deadline for receipt of proposals is 10:00 a.m. onMonday, November 7, 2011.Late proposals will not beconsidered.The complete Request forProposals package may beobtained by contacting theWarren County ChanceryClerk's Office, at the addresslisted above. The phonenumber is 601-636-4415.Any questions should be addressed to John Smith,County Administrator, at601-634-8073 or [email protected] Warren County Board ofSupervisors reserves theright to waive minor informalities in proposals, toreject any and all proposals,to evaluate alternative methods or proposals, and toaward contracts to the firmsor companies believed mostadvantageous to the County.This notice is published pursuant to an order of thesaid Board of Supervisorsdated the 17th day of October 2011.Warren County Board of SupervisorsBy: Dot McGee, ChanceryClerkPublish: 10/17, 10/24(2t)

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COMMISSIONER'S NOTICE OF SALEWHEREAS, on or about May 20, 2003, Harvest InvestmentsCorporation executed a Warranty Deed in favor of TheresaLaurent and Clark Duhon, as joint tenants with full rights ofsurvivorship and not as tenants in common, (hereafter "Sub-ject Warranty Deed") which was filed and recorded in Book1322 at Page 43 in the Office of the Chancery Clerk of War-ren County, Mississippi; WHEREAS, on or about May 20, 2003, Theresa Laurent andClark Duhon, Jr. executed an Adjustable Rate Note (hereafterthe "Note") in favor of Option One Mortgage Corporation(hereafter "Option One"); WHEREAS, as collateral for said Note, Theresa Laurent andClark Duhon, Jr. executed a Deed of Trust (the "SubjectDeed of Trust") also dated May 20, 2003, in favor of LemAdams, III, as trustee for Option One which granted a lien on,and security interest in, certain real property located in Warren County, Mississippi; WHEREAS, the Subject Deed of Trust was recorded in Book1427 at Page 368 in the Office of the Chancery Clerk of Warren County, Mississippi;WHEREAS, located on, and attached to this real property is amanufactured home more particularly described as a 2003South Ridge SR2819AB, Serial No. 1SRP17703ABAL (hereafter the "Subject Mobile Home"); WHEREAS, through inadvertence, error, and mutual mistake,an incorrect legal description was identified in the SubjectWarranty Deed and the Subject Deed of Trust; WHEREAS, through inadvertence, error and mutual mistake,page 6 containing paragraphs 21 through 31 is omitted fromthe Subject Deed of Trust; WHEREAS, the property intended to be described in theSubject Warranty Deed and the Subject Deed of Trust is described below; WHEREAS, by Default Judgment and Order entered on July1, 2010 by the Chancery Court of Warren County, Mississippi, in Cause No. 2009-236GN, Option One Mortgage Corporation and Lem Adams, III, as Trustee v.Theresa Laurent, Clark Duhon, Jr., Harvest Investments Corporation, and Mississippi Department of Employment Security (hereafter "Option One et al. v. Laurent et al."), theCourt held that the legal description as contained in the Subject Warranty Deed and in the Subject Deed of Trust arereformed and corrected to reflect the true intent of the partiesand to read as set forth below; WHEREAS, by Default Judgment and Order entered on July1, 2010 by the Chancery Court of Warren County, Mississippi, in Cause No. 2009-236GN, Option One v. Laurent et al., the Court held that the Subject Deed of Trust istrue, complete and enforceable despite the missing pagecontaining paragraphs 21 through 31; WHEREAS, by Default Judgment and Order entered on July1, 2010 by the Chancery Court of Warren County, Mississippi, in Cause No. 2009-236GN, Option One v. Laurent et al., the Court held that the Subject Deed of Trustcontains and references the Subject Property, including theSubject Mobile Home; WHEREAS, by Default Judgment and Order entered on July1, 2010 by the Chancery Court of Warren County, Mississippi, in Cause No. 2009-236GN, Option One v. Laurent et al., the Court held that the Subject Property andthe Subject Mobile Home are both properly secured by theSubject Deed of Trust; WHEREAS, by Default Judgment and Order entered on July1, 2010 by the Chancery Court of Warren County, Mississippi, in Cause No. 2009-236GN, Option One v. Laurent et al., the Court held that all interest previously heldby Harvest Investments Corporation in the Subject Propertyhas been conveyed and transferred to Theresa Laurent andClark Duhon, Jr.; WHEREAS, by Default Judgment and Order entered on July1, 2010 by the Chancery Court of Warren County, Mississip-pi, in Cause No. 2009-236GN, Option One v. Laurent et al.,the Court held that Option One has a valid and perfected firstlien against the Subject Property by virtue of the SubjectDeed of Trust; WHEREAS, by Default Judgment and Order entered on July1, 2010 by the Chancery Court of Warren County, Mississippi, in Cause No. 2009-236GN, Option One v. Laurent et al., the Court held that the Mississippi Departmentof Employment Security had no objection to the relief sought byPlaintiffs and asserted its right to a junior priority lien; WHEREAS, by Default Judgment and Order entered on July1, 2010 by the Chancery Court of Warren County, Mississippi, in Cause No. 2009-236GN, Option One v. Laurent et al., the Court held that Plaintiffs could proceed withjudicial foreclosure of the Subject Property; WHEREAS, by Amended Order Granting Default Judgmententered on July 20, 2011 by the Chancery Court of WarrenCounty, Mississippi, in Cause No. 2009-236GN, Option Onev. Laurent et al., the Court held that prior to noticing the Subject Property for sale, Plaintiffs learned that the propertywas sold at tax sale for the unpaid 2007 taxes; WHEREAS, by Amended Order Granting Default Judgmententered on July 20, 2011 by the Chancery Court of WarrenCounty, Mississippi, in Cause No. 2009-236GN, Option Onev. Laurent et al., the Court held that the maturation of the2007 tax sale, necessitated that the lender engage in negotiations with Cherokee Rose Properties for repayment ofthe taxes so that the lender could proceed with the judicialforeclosure of the Subject Property; WHEREAS, by Amended Order Granting Default Judgmententered on July 20, 2011 by the Chancery Court of WarrenCounty, Mississippi, in Cause No. 2009-236GN, Option Onev. Laurent et al., the Court held that on March 29, 2011, JohnShingler, as a member of Cherokee Rose Properties, LLC executed a quitclaim deed, conveying all right, title and interest in the Subject Property to Wells Fargo Bank, NA, asTrustee for GSAMP Trust 2003-HE2 Mortgage Pass-ThroughCertificates, Series 2003-HE2 (hereafter "Wells Fargo");WHEREAS, by Amended Order Granting Default Judgmententered on July 20, 2011 by the Chancery Court of WarrenCounty, Mississippi, in Cause No. 2009-236GN, Option Onev. Laurent et al., the Court held that Option One's interest inthe Subject Deed of Trust was subsequently transferred toWells Fargo; WHEREAS, by Amended Order Granting Default Judgmententered on July 20, 2011 by the Chancery Court of WarrenCounty, Mississippi, in Cause No. 2009-236GN, Option Onev. Laurent et al., the Court held that Plaintiffs could proceedwith the judicial foreclosure of the Subject Property pursuantto the terms of the Order Granting Default Judgment enteredby the Court on July 1, 2010 and filed with the Clerk's Officeon July 21, 2010; WHEREAS, on October 3, 2011, the Court entered an OrderGranting Motion to Substitute Real Party in Interest that identified American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc., as servicer for Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, SBMwith Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association astrustee for GSAMP Trust 2003-HE2 Mortgage Pass-ThroughCertificates, Series 2003-HE2 as the real party in interest inplace of Option One; WHEREAS, default having been made in the terms and conditions of said Note and/or said Subject Deed of Trust andthe entire debt secured thereby having been declared to bedue and payable, and the legal holder of said indebtedness,American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc., as servicer forWells Fargo Bank, National Association, SBM with Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association as trustee forGSAMP Trust 2003-HE2 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-HE2, having requested the undersigned Commissioner to execute the trust and sell theland and property in accordance with the terms of said Subject Deed of Trust for the purpose of raising the sums duethereunder, together with attorneys' fees, Commissioner'sfees, and expenses of sale:NOW THEREFORE, I, DOT MCGEE Commissioner, will onthe 8th day of November, 2011, offer for sale at public outcryto the highest bidder for cash or credit, within legal hours (between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.) at the frontdoor steps of the Courthouse in Vicksburg, Warren County,Mississippi, the following-described property:COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THEDAN LANDRY 10 ACRE PARCEL ON GLASS ROAD, RUNTHENCE ALONG THE NORTH BOUNDARY NORTH 25DEGREES 04 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST, 181.0 FEETTO AN IRON WHICH IS THE POINT OF BEGINNING OFTHIS PARCEL; FROM SAID POINT OF BEGINNING, RUNTHENCE ALONG SAID NORTH BOUNDARY NORTH 25DEGREES 04 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST, 227.91 FEETTO AN IRON WHICH IS THE NORTHEAST CORNER OFTHE LANDRY 10 ACRE PARCEL; RUN THENCE ALONGTHE EAST BOUNDARY OF SAID LANDRY PARCELSOUTH 50 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 41 SECONDS EAST,103.08 FEET; RUN THENCE SOUTH 18 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 22 SECONDS EAST, 187.5 FEET TO AN IRON;LEAVING SAID EAST BOUNDARY RUN SOUTH 64 DE-GREES 03 MINUTES 19 SECONDS WEST 182.38 FEETTO AN IRON; RUN THENCE NORTH 25 DEGREES 06MINUTES 22 SECONDS WEST 72.5 FEET TO AN IRON;RUN THENCE NORTH 40 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 28SECONDS WEST 65.3 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING 1.0 ACRES, MORE OR LESS,IN SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 15 NORTH, RANGE 3 EAST,IN WARREN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI. THIS PARCEL IS INA FLOOD PRONE AREA. THIS SURVEY COMBINES LOTS12 AND 13, OF A PREVIOUS SURVEY THAT DIVIDED UPTHE 10 ACRE LANDRY TRACT. THERE IS A PLAT OFTHIS SURVEY ATTACHED TO WARRANTY DEEDRECORDED IN BOOK 1322 AT PAGE 43, SUBJECT TO A50 FOOT INGRESS\EGRESS EASEMENT FOR THE ADJACENT LOTS BEING 50 FOOT ADJACENT WITH THEWESTERLY BOUNDARY AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.TOGETHER WITH A PERPETUAL, NON-EXCLUSIVEEASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS AND LOCATION OF UTILITIES, OVER AND ACROSS THE EXISTING ROADWAY BETWEEN GLASS ROAD AND THEABOVE-DESCRIBED PROPERTY. TOGETHER WITH a manufactured home more particularlydescribed as a 2003 South Ridge SR2819AB, Serial No. 1SRP17703ABAL. WITNESS my signature on this the 12th day of October,2011. /s/ Dot McGee____________________________________DOT MCGEECOMMISSIONERWarren County Chancery ClerkP.O. 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SEALED BIDS for furnishingCity Park Softball Field #2Lighting Project will bereceived in the office of theCity Clerk of the City ofVicksburg, Mississippi until9:00 o'clock a.m., Tuesday,October 25, 2011. They willbe publicly opened and readaloud by the Mayor andAldermen of the City ofVicksburg in a RegularBoard Meeting at 10:00o'clock a.m., Tuesday,October 25, 2011.Bidders are cautioned thatthe City Clerk does notreceive the daily U.S. Mailon or before 9:00 a.m. Bidswill be time-stamped uponreceipt according to CityClerk's time clock.Specifications and instruc-tions for bidding are on filein the office of the CityClerk, second floor, CityHall, 1401 Walnut Street,corner Crawford and WalnutStreets, Vicksburg,Mississippi.A performance bond and apayment bond, each in theamount of 100 percent ofthe contract, issued by aSurety Company licensed tooperate in the State ofMississippi will be requiredby the successful bidder.The Mayor and Aldermen ofthe City of Vicksburgreserve the right to rejectany and all bids and towaive informalities./s/ Walter W. Osborne, Jr.Walter W. Osborne, Jr., CityClerkPublish: 10/14, 10/17(2t)

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IN THE CHANCERYCOURT OF WARRENCOUNTY, MISSISSIPPIRICHARD LANCE LANDRENEAUPLAINTIFFVS.NO. 2011-314GNAPRIL E. PUJOLSDEFENDANTSUMMONSTHE STATE OF MISSISSIPPITO: April E. Pujols1320 East Laurel AvenueEunice, LA 70535NOTICE TO DEFENDANTTHE COMPLAINT WHICHIS ATTACHED TO THISSUMMONS IS IMPORTANTAND YOU MUST TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TOPROTECT YOUR RIGHTS.You have been made Defendant in the suit filed inthis Court by Richard LanceLandreneau, Plaintiff, seeking a divorce. Defendants other than you inthis action are: None.You are required to mail orhand deliver a written response to the Complaintfiled against you in this action to William M. Bost, Jr.,Attorney for Plaintiff, whosepost office address is 1221Grove Street, Vicksburg,Mississippi 39183.YOUR RESPONSE MUSTBE MAILED OR DELIVERED NOT LATERTHAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE 17TH DAY OFOCTOBER 2011, WHICH ISTHE DATE OF THE FIRSTPUBLICATION OF THISSUMMONS. IF YOUR RESPONSE IS NOT SOMAILED OR DELIVERED, AJUDGMENT BY DEFAULTWILL BE ENTEREDAGAINST YOU FOR THEMONEY OR OTHERRELIEF DEMANDED INTHE COMPLAINT.You must also file the original of your Responsewith the Clerk of this Courtwithin a reasonable time afterward.Issued under my hand andthe seal of said Court, thisthe 12th day of October2011.Dot Magee, Chancery ClerkWarren CountyBy: Denise Bailey, D.C.(seal)Publish: 10/17, 10/24, 10/31(3t)

IN THE CHANCERYCOURT OF WARRENCOUNTY, MISSISSIPPIRICHARD LANCE LANDRENEAUPLAINTIFFVS.NO. 2011-314GNAPRIL E. PUJOLSDEFENDANTSUMMONSTHE STATE OF MISSISSIPPITO: April E. Pujols1320 East Laurel AvenueEunice, LA 70535NOTICE TO DEFENDANTTHE COMPLAINT WHICHIS ATTACHED TO THISSUMMONS IS IMPORTANTAND YOU MUST TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TOPROTECT YOUR RIGHTS.You have been made Defendant in the suit filed inthis Court by Richard LanceLandreneau, Plaintiff, seeking a divorce. Defendants other than you inthis action are: None.You are required to mail orhand deliver a written response to the Complaintfiled against you in this action to William M. Bost, Jr.,Attorney for Plaintiff, whosepost office address is 1221Grove Street, Vicksburg,Mississippi 39183.YOUR RESPONSE MUSTBE MAILED OR DELIVERED NOT LATERTHAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE 17TH DAY OFOCTOBER 2011, WHICH ISTHE DATE OF THE FIRSTPUBLICATION OF THISSUMMONS. IF YOUR RESPONSE IS NOT SOMAILED OR DELIVERED, AJUDGMENT BY DEFAULTWILL BE ENTEREDAGAINST YOU FOR THEMONEY OR OTHERRELIEF DEMANDED INTHE COMPLAINT.You must also file the original of your Responsewith the Clerk of this Courtwithin a reasonable time afterward.Issued under my hand andthe seal of said Court, thisthe 12th day of October2011.Dot Magee, Chancery ClerkWarren CountyBy: Denise Bailey, D.C.(seal)Publish: 10/17, 10/24, 10/31(3t)

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28. FurnishedApartments

FURNISHED APART-MENT. Utilities included, ca-ble, internet, laundry room.$750 a month. 601-415-9027or 601-415-7974.

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SPACIOUS 2 BEDROOMapartment. 61 South area.Meadowbrook Properties,601-619-9789.

30. HousesFor Rent

3 BEDROOM 2 bath, 2 CarGarage, County. 103 HilldaleDrive. $1,100 month. 601-618-4641.

3 BEDROOMS 2.5 baths.4 years old, 2-story, all elec-tric, garage, 2000 squarefeet, hardwood and ceram-ic. $1500 monthly, deposit/references required. 601-218-1002.

LARGE 2 BEDROOM 2 bathhouse. Fenced back yard.Enchanted Hills. $700 amonth. Deposit andreferences required. 601-831-2133.

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


31. Mobile HomesFor Rent

2 BEDROOM, 2 bath.Very private, secure lot.Double garage and carport.RVs/ 1 bedroom trailers,utilities furnished. 601-301-0285.

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

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33. Commercia lProperty

1,000 SQUARE FOOTClass A office space onManor Drive. $975 month.

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2.1 AND 1.8 acre lot. Chi-na Grove. Ready to build.$31,400 and $30,200. 601-634-8255. May & CampbellLand Co.

36. Farms &Acreage

ACREAGE FOR SALE.See larger ad this edition.Call Bruce King, 601-831-7662.

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