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VOLUME 127 

NUMBER 123 

4 SECTIONS 

By Danny Barrett Jr. 

dbarrett@vicksburgpost. 

com 

Some voters said Saturday 

that familiarity with 

the candidates will tip 

the scales as much as the 

issues in the four-person 

race for the Democratic 

nomination 

for 

mayor of 

the City of 

Vicksburg. 

Ronald 

Queen 

knows Paul 

Winfield 

from his 

days as a 

coach at Vicksburg Middle 

School. 

“He’s certified and qualified,” 

Queen said. “I think 

he’ll make an excellent 

mayor. He’s concerned 

about people.” 

Former police officer and 

constable Rudolph Walker, 

another self-described 

longtime pal of Winfield’s, 

said the attorney’s “tremendous 

people skills” will 

serve well if the local attorney 

and state party treasurer 

is elected. 

“He’s not just for a particular 

group of people but for 

everybody,” said Walker, 

one of about 40 who gathered 

for a fish fry and 

campaign visibility event 

Saturday. 

Winfield, 35, is one of four 

vying for the party’s nod, 

Three of the four Democratic candidates 

for mayor responded in writing 

to nine questions mailed to them in 

April by The Vicksburg Post. 

The answers of Gertrude Anderson 

Young, John Shorter and Paul 

Winfield follow in the order received. 

No responses were received from 

Tommy Wright, who will be the 

fourth candidate in the primary. 

If one candidate wins more than 

half the votes cast Tuesday, that candidate 

will be the party’s nominee 

to face incumbent Mayor Laurence 

Leyens, an independent, on June 2. If 

no candidate receives more than half 

the votes cast Tuesday, there will be 

a runoff for the party nomination on 

May 19. 

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1. Traffic citations by the Vicksburg 

Police Department have been criticized 

and praised in letters to the 

editor. What is your assessment of 

SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2009 • $1.50 

ELECTION DAY: TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2009 

Democrat hopefuls make final push 

Gertrude A. 

Young 

See Election, Page A7. 

SAMPLE 

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DeMoCRATiC PRiMARY 

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 

All precincts 

foR MAYoR 

John P. Shorter 

Paul E. Winfield 

Tommy Wright 

Gertrude A. Young 

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3 of 4 Dems answer questions on issues 

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Democratic mayoral hopeful John shorter, above right, shares his campaign platform 

with B.J. friley, a Warrenton heights resident, saturday. Below, Democratic mayoral 

hopeful Paul Winfield, right, shares his campaign platform with Mark Williams at the 

former l.D’s ii Kitchen on halls ferry Road. 

the department overall? 

GeRTRuDe AnDeRson YounG: At 

this point and time I cannot make a 

valid assessment about the VPD or 

the traffic citations because it would 

all be based on hearsay. When I am 

elected mayor, I will do a thorough 

assessment not only of the police 

department but all city departments. 

John shoRTeR: Many citizens of 

Vicksburg, including myself, believe 

new leadership in the police department 

is long overdue. Leadership 

that would prioritize major criminal 

acts with all the intensity the current 

administration prosecutes traffic 

offenses. Leadership that is trusted, 

credible and empathetic toward their 

community. 

PAul WinfielD: The Vicksburg 

Police Department is in need 

of improvement. Under the current 

administration, the focus has 

merediTh spencer•The Vicksburg PosT 

been more profit driven, e.g. routine 

traffic stops resulting in thousands 

of arrests for fine collections, 

rather than solving crimes perpetrated 

against citizens of Vicksburg. 

According to current U.S. Census 

Bureau statistics, local crime rates 

exceed the national average in 

areas of murder, rape, aggravated 

assault, burglary, theft, and arson, 

among others. As Mayor, I will work 

to reduce crime, by (1) hiring the 

right people to fill the right positions 

within the department and allow 

them to do their jobs; (2) putting 

more police officers on the streets 

by hiring civilians to do administrative 

tasks within the department; (3) 

reprioritizing our focus on the youth 

by attracting productive activities 

as an alternative to criminal behavior; 

(4) and, initiating community 

See See Q&A, Page A7. 

Marian Hill Chemical Dependency Center 

has relocated to River Region West Campus 

1111 N. Frontage Rd., Vicksburg • 601-619-3838 

Swine flu 

death tollreaches 

19 

in Mexico 

By The Associated Press 

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s 

health secretary says the 

number of confirmed swine 

flu cases has risen to 473, 

including 19 people who died. 

The previous confirmed 

death toll was 16. 

Jose Angel Cordova is 

urging citizens not to let 

their guard down against a 

virus that has killed a total 

of 20 people and is spreading 

across Asia and Europe. 

Experts warned the virus 

could mutate and come back 

with a vengeance. 

Cases 

outside 

Mexico 

suggest 

the new 

swine flu 

strain is 

weaker 

than 

feared. 

But governments 

moved 

Inside 

Swine flu 

by the 

numbers•A9 

Web site 

warned of flu 

before CDC, 

WHO•B9 

quickly anyway to ban flights 

and prepare quarantine 

plans. 

In the first known reported 

case of the new, mutated 

virus infecting another species, 

pigs in the province 

of Alberta have become 

infected and are under 

quarantine. 

They apparently got the 

virus from a Canadian farm 

worker who recently visited 

Mexico and got sick with 

swine flu, Canadian officials 

said Saturday. 

They told a press conference 

in Ottawa that the pigs 

do not pose a food safety 

See Swine, Page A9. 

No confirmed 

swine cases 

in Miss., La. 


BATON ROUGE, La. — 

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s 

administration closed 

a Lafayette Parish school, 

the fifth closed in that parish 

because of swine flu fears, 

as the number of suspected 

cases in Louisiana rose to 23 

on Saturday. 

No cases of swine flu have 

been confirmed in the state. 

Jindal said all 23 suspected 

victims of swine flu are being 

treated at home with antiviral 

medication. 

Meanwhile in Mississippi, 

officials continued to have 

no reported cases of the outbreak, 

but health officials 

said that it’s likely only a 

matter of time. 

“We’ll be surprised if the 

first case isn’t confirmed 

See Jindal, Page A9.

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Mild resistance for high court pick expected 

WASHINGTON (AP) — 

Awaiting President Barack 

Obama’s first Supreme Court 

pick, activists expect a lessspirited 

nomination battle 

than would have been anticipated 

if a conservative justice 

had stepped down or Democrats 

held a slimmer edge in 

the Senate. 

Retiring Justice David H. 

Souter is part of the court’s 

liberal wing, and his replacement 

by a 

Democratic 

administration 

probably 

won’t change 

the ideological 

balance. 

With Democrats 

holding 

a nearly filibuster-proof 

margin in the 

Senate, the confirmation process 

may be noisy. But it also 

may lack the same energy and 

tension were Republicans in a 

reasonable position to block 

the nominee. 

That doesn’t mean conservative 

groups won’t use the 

Choosing sides with fellow justices 

occasion to air their views 

and communicate with their 

members. 

“Obama’s own record and 

rhetoric make clear that he 

will seek left-wing judicial 

activists who will indulge their 

passions, not justices who will 

make their rulings with dispassion,” 

percent 20 said 30Ed Whelan, 10 40 

Supreme Court Justice David Souter agreed with Ruth Bader 

Ginsburg in nearly 90 percent of split decision cases, while siding 

with Samuel Alito only one in every seven cases. 

Percentage of time Souter agreed with justices in 

nonunanimous cases, 2008-09 term, as of April 30 

president of the conservative 

Ethics and Public Policy 

Center. 

Democrats doubt there will 

be much punch in a Republi- 

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Supreme Court. Height 

Massachusetts Gov. 

can-led pushback. 

equals Deval 

Patrick, Harvard Law 

“I’d venture a guess that the 

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Cass Sunstein 

most politically astute conservatives 

are not enthusiastic 

percent and U.S. 

District Judge Ruben Castillo 

of Chicago have also been 

at the prospect of igniting a 

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In urging the Senate to act 

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Palmieri, a former Clin- 

said he hoped “we can swear 

in our new Supreme Court justice 

in time for him or her to 

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with the Center for American 

be seated” by early October. 

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His spokesman said Obama 

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intended to have a nomination 

that he would step down at 

before the Senate “well before 

the end of the court’s term 

the end of July.” 

in late June. His retirement 

Souter was named to the 

after almost two decades of 

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Supreme Court Justice David Souter on Friday announced his retirement from the bench. 

of people’s lives,” Obama told 

reporters after speaking with Choosing sides with fellow justices 

Souter by telephone. Word of 

the impending retirement had Supreme Court Justice David Souter agreed with Ruth Bader 

leaked Thursday night. Ginsburg in nearly 90 percent of split decision cases, while siding 

Some of the names that have with Samuel Alito only one in every seven cases. 

been circulating outside the 

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court in 1990 by the first President 

Bush, a Republican. But 

on abortion as well as other 

issues, the New Hampshire 

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conservative the GOP had 

expected. In 2000, he was one 

of four dissenting justices on a 

ruling that declared President 

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Analysis: 

New justice 

may reignite 

social issues 


President Barack Obama 

has tried to hold off debate 

on contentious social issues 

such as abortion, immigration 

and gay rights as he focuses 

on the economy and the wars 

in Iraq and Afghanistan. The 

Supreme Court vacancy will 

make that harder to do. 

Political battles over new justices 

tend to center on those 

types of social issues far more 

than on economic and foreign 

affairs, which have dominated 

the opening months of 

Obama’s administration. 

Some liberals have criticized 

Obama for postponing efforts 

to revamp immigration laws, 

protect access to abortion and 

allow gays to serve openly in 

the military. The president 

has taken the heat from his 

political base, hoping to avoid 

getting bogged down on a volatile 

issue early in his term, 

as President Bill Clinton did 

on the question of gays in the 

military. 

The strategy has worked so 

far. Even the grumbling liberals 

are, on balance, happy 

to have Obama in the White 

House after eight years of 

Republican George W. Bush. 

And the economic distress has 

preoccupied Congress and the 

general public. 

But the process to replace 

retiring Supreme Court Justice 

David Souter could pump 

new oxygen into national 

debates over abortion, immigration, 

minority rights, limits 

to privacy and other matters. 

Obama has tried to push several 

of these social issues to 

the political background. At 

his news conference Wednesday, 

he said a bill important 

to abortion-rights advocates 

is not his highest priority. 

Access to abortion must be 

protected, he said, but “the 

most important thing we can 

do to tamp down some of the 

anger surrounding this issue 

is to focus on those areas that 

we can agree on.” 

A Supreme Court nomination 

process threatens to 

amplify criticisms of Obama 

from liberals. Relatively few 

have added their voices so far 

to critics from the right. But 

those who have spoken out are 

likely to get more attention, 

and perhaps more support. 

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GOP: Obama’s first 100 days 

all spending, taxing, borrowing 

WASHINGTON — Republicans 

say President Barack 

Obama’s first 100 days in 

office can be summed up 

in three words: spending, 

taxing, borrowing. 

In the party’s weekly radio 

and Internet address, Rep. 

Lynn Jenkins chided Obama 

and Democrats in Congress 

for pushing through a $787 

billion stimulus package and 

a $3 trillion federal budget 

for next year 

that she said 

will waste 

taxpayers’ 

dollars and 

burden future 

generations. 

“The plans 

they’ve 

passed in the 

first 100 days 

Rep. Lynn 

Jenkins 

will add more to our nation’s 

public debt than all previous 

presidents combined in 200- 

plus years,” said the Kansas 

Republican, a former state 

treasurer. “They’ve taken 

away President Obama’s 

promised middle-class tax 

cut and paved the way for a 

new national energy tax to 

be paid by every American 

who dares to flip on a light 

switch.” 

Pointing to the stimulus 

package, Jenkins contended 

millions of dollars 

have already needlessly gone 

for a homeless program in 

washington 

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a town which doesn’t have 

such a problem, an artwalk 

in New York as well as sidewalks 

and trash cans outside 

a Michigan casino. 

Officials: Gitmo courts 

likely to stay open 

WASHINGTON — The 

Obama administration may 

revamp and restart the Bushera 

military trial system 

for suspected terrorists as 

it struggles to determine 

the fate of detainees held at 

Guantanamo Bay and fulfill a 

pledge to close the prison by 

January. 

After taking office, Obama 

suspended the tribunal 

system and ordered a 120-day 

review of the cases against 

the 241 men being held at the 

Navy prison in Cuba. That 

review was supposed to end 

May 20. 

But two U.S. officials said 

Saturday the administration 

wants a three-month extension. 

The delay means that 

legal action on the detainees’ 

cases would continue to be 

frozen. 

Plea: Internet use key 

to Al-Qaida operations 

WASHINGTON (AP) — In 

the days following the Sept. 

11 terrorist attacks, alleged 

al-Qaida operations mastermind 

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed 

intended to use his free 

Hotmail account to direct a 

U.S.-based operative to carry 

out an attack, according to a 

guilty plea agreement filed 

by Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri 

in federal court. 

The document shows how 

al-Qaida, at least in 2001, 

embraced prosaic technologies 

like pre-paid calling 

cards, public phones, computer 

search engines and 

simplistic codes to communicate, 

plan and carry out its 

operations. 

Al-Marri also surfed the 

Internet to research cyanide 

gas, using software to cover 

his tracks, according to the 

document filed Thursday in 

federal court in Peoria, Ill. 

He marked the locations of 

dams, waterways and tunnels 

in the United States in 

an almanac. 

The government claims this 

reflects intelligence that al- 

Qaida was planning to use 

cyanide gas to attack those 

sites. 

As a result of his guilty 

plea, al-Marri could be sentenced 

up to a maximum 

15-year term in federal 

prison. 

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VOLUME 127 

NUMBER 85 

2 SECTIONS 

By Pamela Hitchins 

WEATHER 

Tonight: 

Storms, low of 60 

Friday: 

Showers, high of 78 

Mississippi River: 

31.1 feet 

Rose: 0.6 foot 

Flood stage: 43 feet 

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Vicksburg’s Internet newspaper 

phitchins@vicksburgpost.com 

Jurors needed just 35 

minutes Wednesday to 

convict Eric Jackson of 

three counts of murder 

by depraved heart in last 

summer’s shooting deaths 

of Denise Jackson, 25, her 

THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2009 

Jackson guilty 

in three slayings 

DEATHS 

 

 

Hutchison 

 

Singleton 

 

 

unborn baby boy and Preston 

Qualls, 25. 

Warren County Circuit 

Judge Isadore Patrick 

immediately imposed the 

statutory sentences of life 

without parole and added 

that the terms be served 

See Slayings, Page A9. 

WIND AND RAIN 

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TODAY IN 

HISTORY 

1804: The Louisiana 

Purchase is divided into 

the Territory of Orleans 

and the District of Louisiana. 

1827: Composer Ludwig 

van Beethoven 

dies in Vienna. 

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Trees snap, power fails in storm 

More expected 

tonight, Friday 

By Steve Sanoski 

ssanoski@vicksburgpost.com 

About 600 Warren County homes were 

without power this morning following the 

second night of storms, which downed 

many trees but damaged few homes and 

caused no injuries, city and county officials 

said. 

“We had some strong winds and torrential 

rains, but it looks like we were spared 

the brunt of the storm,” said Sheriff 

Martin Pace. “Throughout the course of 

the night we responded to several calls of 

trees blocking the roadways, and we had 

those cleared pretty quickly. It was nothing 

compared to what some of the counties 

just south of us experienced.” 

A tornado ripped through Simpson 

County and the town of Magee early this 

morning, injuring at least 20, damaging 

or destroying 60 homes and requiring 

three people to be airlifted to Jackson for 

See Storm, Page A10. 

Cables keep truck of cows from crossing 

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A just-installed safety barrier 

performed as designed 

Wednesday night, keeping 

a cattle-laden semi that 

careened off Interstate 20 out 

of oncoming traffic. 

“It was storming really bad. 

The driver said he saw lights 

coming at him from the east- 

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Classifieds . .B6 

Comics .A8 

Puzzles . .B5 

Dear Abby . .B5 

Editorial . .....A4 

People/TV .B4 

Judge drops 

charge against 

UPS driver 


dbarrett@vicksburgpost.com 

The judge said the video 

didn’t show the dog being 

struck and a misdemeanor 

charge of animal cruelty was 

dismissed against a United 

Parcel Service driver in 

Warren County Justice Court 

on Tuesday. 

See Dog, Page A9. 

Harry Sharp 

tapped for 

Green Acres 

receivership 



Harry Sharp of Vicksburg, whose business 

background includes cemetery management, 

was named Wednesday to head a receivership 

established by court order to 

operate Green Acres Memorial 

Park. 

Sharp is owner of Sharp 

Enterprises of Vicksburg. The 

Duff Green Mansion, a tour 

home and bed and breakfast, 

is a Sharp property, and he is 

also volunteer chairman of the 

Vicksburg Main Street board of 

directors. 

In the role, he will assume all day-to-day 

operations, including the sale of pre-need and 

at-need goods and services for the 15-acre 

commercial cemetery and management of the 

cemetery’s funds under court oversight. 

Green Acres came under court supervision in 

January after Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann 

said the owners, who live in Texas, could 

not show compliance with a state law requiring 

pre-payments by customers being held in 

reserve. 

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AmeriCorps expects 

to double volunteers 



More people than originally anticipated will 

arrive in Vicksburg this summer and take 

up residency at the former All Saints’ Episcopal 

School as members of the AmeriCorps 

National Civilian Community Corps. 

“We were going to start with 80 members, 

but the great news is we will now begin with 

160,” Jules Hampton, AmeriCorps NCCC 

regional deputy director, told 

the Vicksburg Board of Mayor 

and Aldermen Wednesday. 

The Episcopal diocese of Mississippi, 

which co-owns the 

school with the Episcopal dioceses 

of Louisiana, Arkansas 

and Western Louisiana, 

is leasing 75 percent of the 

40-acre complex to Ameri- 

Corps, a government service 

program launched 15 years ago. It will be the 

fifth such AmeriCorps complex in the country, 

and the only one in the Southern region. 

The All Saints’ campus operated as a religious 

boarding school for nearly a century until 2006, 

when regular classes ceased. 

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MISSISSIPPI 

LEGISLATURE 

BARBOUR GETS 

TEEN TEXTING 

Lawmakers also appear 

at stalemate on 

cigarette tax 

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EDITORIAL 

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Since Mississippians 

still can’t 

agree on voter 

reforms as clear 

and elementary as 

voter ID or early 

voting, that’s de 

facto evidence that 

the Supreme Court 

should safeguard 

Section 5. 

OUR OPINION 

Primary 

One job on the ballot, but it’s important 

There’s a primary election in Vicksburg 

Tuesday. 

Does it matter? 

Consider that the four people on the 

ballot are asking to be responsible for: 

• Managing about $100 million of the 

money we will pay for car tags, property 

taxes and in sales taxes over the next 

four years plus millions more in gaming 

revenue and state and federal grants. 

• Creating or managing the recreation 

infrastructure, allocating resources for 

new or maintained swimming, baseball, 

softball, picnicking and general 

use area. 

• Staffing and equipping fire, rescue 

and ambulance services to provide lifesaving 

services. 

• Staffing and equipping a civilian 

police force to keep order and conduct 

thorough and professional criminal 

investigations. 

• Selecting leaders for the fire, police 

and all other departments to provide 

optimum use of public assets to deliver 

the highest-possible quality of public 

services. 

• Overseeing the staffing and management 

of water, gas and sewer and sanitation 

utilities with more than 10,000 

customers, assuring reliable services 

via a well-maintained infrastructure at 

the lowest possible pricing. 

• Promoting Vicksburg as a place to 

reside, provide employment and invest. 

• Managing about 600 employees and 

an annual payroll of about $18 million. 

• Guiding the continuing development 

of the city through zoning decisions 

and industrial recruitment. 

The voting Tuesday will be to decide 

a Democratic nominee, with a runoff 

between the top-two voter-getters 

two weeks later unless one of the four 

receives more than half the votes cast. 

The winner then challenges two-term 

incumbent Laurence Leyens on June 2. 

In Vicksburg, the mayor has one vote 

on the city board. It counts the same as 

the votes of the two aldermen, neither 

of whom is being challenged for new 

four-year terms. 

Our view, as might be expected, is 

that it really does matter who serves 

in each elected office in the community. 

Very few jobs carry with them so 

many duties, not the least of which is 

embodying the tone and spirit of the 

people. 

If you agree, we’ll see you at the polls. 

Green Acres ‘thefts’ may never be tallied 

An amount that may never be calculated 

precisely is how much money 

clients of Green Acres Memorial Park 

paid once and will be required to pay 

again. 

While people have gone to prison 

for taking less than $20 that wasn’t 

theirs, another aspect of the Green 

Acres fiasco is that no one seems to 

be accountable for what appears to 

be wholesale fraud involving what 

now appears to be $1 million or more 

in advance payments made by families 

doing business with the private 

cemetery. 

Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann 

and Dave Scott, chief of Hosemann’s 

Business Regulation and Enforcement 

Division, have performed admirably 

in bringing the case to light and trying 

to piece together byzantine financial 

records to determine what money went 

where over a period of several years. 

They have plenty to do other than try 

to send somebody to jail, which, by statute, 

is outside their authority. 

And while criminal prosecution has 

not been ruled out, it’s hard to know 

whom to prosecute. The Texan who 

owned Green Acres, Mike Graham, is 

deceased, and there’s little reason to 

believe his heirs had any knowledge of 

the situation in Vicksburg. 

Scores of families — no one knows 

how many — went to the cemetery 

office to buy burial spaces. Their 

deeds remain valid and, it appears, at 

least some of the payment price was 

reserved to pay for ongoing mowing 

and maintenance of the cemetery on 

U.S. 80. The victims are those who also 

prepaid varying amounts for grave 

opening and closing services, vaults, 

markers and other merchandise. Their 

money has been siphoned away. 

Mississippi now has statutory oversight 

for trust accounts of the type 

Green Acres told clients would be used 

to preserve their funds. There are 

reporting requirements as part of the 

oversight, and it was failing to meet the 

reporting requirements that eventually 

led to Hosemann’s action. Green 

Acres is now in receivership, operating 

“normally.” 

Even though vendors are offering 

discounts to clients who were bilked 

out of their money, the whole situation 

remains unsettling for at least one 

other reason. Taking money under 

false pretenses or converting it to unauthorized 

purposes is always bad. But 

it’s worse to take advantage of those 

who are grieving or those trying to 

keep expenses related to their own 

deaths from falling to their heirs. 

There’s no “good part” to this story. 

Cochran clears way for Mabus confirmation 

Partisanship? 

Consider the introduction last week 

by Sen. Thad Cochran, a Mississippi 

Republican, of former Gov. Ray Mabus, 

a Democrat. Mabus was appearing 

before the Senate as President Barack 

Obama’s nominee for Secretary of the 

Navy. 

After listing Mabus’ summa cum 

laude degree from Ole Miss and magna 

cum laude degree from Harvard, his 

service as state auditor, governor and 

as ambassador to Saudi Arabia as an 

appointee of former President Bill Clinton, 

Sen. Cochran said this: 

“I know that (he) will bring to this 

job the same high level of energy and 

skill that has been the hallmark of his 

career throughout the many responsibilities 

of public service that he has 

held. His academic credentials, his 

record of distinguished service to the 

State of Mississippi and to our country 

has been exemplary. His integrity and 

judgment will also serve him well .... I 

commend President Obama for nominating 

him, and I look forward to working 

with him in this new capacity.” 

Mabus’ introduction by a person from 

the other side of our nation’s great 

political divide came after a rather 

searing examination in The New York 

Times of the divorce case between 

Mabus and his former wife, Julie. The 

Times suggested the divorce, which 

was bitter and involved lengthy litigation, 

cast a shadow over the nomination. 

Had he chosen the path of pure 

partisanship, Cochran, no hero in The 

Times’ view, could have exploited that 

shadow. Instead, he removed it. That’s 

class. 

Mabus served two years in the Navy, 

but the appointment for which he is 

sure to be confirmed is a civilian job. 

It has nothing to do with military tactics 

or strategies. The secretary is an 

“enabler,” directing recruiting, supplying, 

equipping, training and mobilizing 

operations for the Navy and Marine 

Corps. Another job is to manage the 

building, equipping, supply and repair 

of naval ships and bases. The secretary 

carries a mighty checkbook, which 

doesn’t bode ill for his native state. 

Mabus campaigned hard for Obama 

in Mississippi and earned the appointment, 

for which he is fully qualified. 

One other point: Several men (there’s 

only been one woman) who have been 

Secretary of the Navy have gone on 

to serve in the Senate. John Chafee, 

John Warner and Jim Webb are three. 

Perhaps, in the future, there will be 

another. Cochran is in what may well 

be his last term. Here’s hoping whoever 

follows him has the character and 

integrity that “Thad” never fails to 

show. 

Mississippians still 

need safeguards 

of Voting Rights Act 

When election reform is debated in Mississippi, 

the debate quickly gets away from 

how reforms can legitimately increase 

voter participation or safeguard the process 

from those who would cheat. It degenerates 

into a debate of how partisan advantage 

can be written into or out of the law. 

The same can be said of recent developments 

regarding the contentious issues of 

voter identification, early voting provisions 

and the U.S. Supreme 

Court’s consideration of 

whether Congress properly 

exercised its constitutional 

authority in 

2006 when it approved 

the Voting Rights Act 

Reauthorization and 

Amendment Act. 

That law extended 

SID 

SALTER 

Section 5 of the Voting 

Rights — as Congress 

has done each time it 

was set to expire. But 

the constitutionality of 

the most recent extension of the Voting 

Rights Act has been challenged. 

Section 5 has since enactment in 1965 

required a number of Southern states (and 

parts of New York, California and other 

states) with a history of discrimination 

against minority voters to get U.S. Justice 

Department “pre-clearance” of any 

changes in voting procedures, district line 

or voting practices. 

Section 5 has been successful in rooting 

out voter discrimination — so much so that 

it’s difficult to find clear examples of ongoing 

discrimination — so to a degree, the law 

worked so well as for some to question the 

continued need for it, hence the legal challenge 

now before the high court. 

In the long interim since 1965, the 

Supreme Court has moved to a posture in 

which the court requires that when Congress 

enacts laws regulating unconstitutional 

conduct by the states, it must provide 

specific evidence that the states are indeed 

violating the constitution. 

There was a time that I believed that perhaps 

Section 5 had outlived its usefulness 

in Mississippi. But the Ike Brown case was 

evidence that discrimination — white on 

black and black on white — still exists and 

has the potential to threaten free and unfettered 

elections in this state. 

Mississippi still needs Section 5 of the 

VRA to protect all of us. 

But it’s also true that some of the voices 

that speak the loudest in trying to defend 

the extension of the Voting Rights Act’s 

protections — depending on their partisan 

affiliation or their race or both — are also 

those who fight the hardest to block either 

voter ID or early voting provisions. 

Republicans and white voters generally 

tend to be strong proponents of voter ID 

and contend that such provisions would go 

a long way toward putting the Ike Browns 

of the political world out of business. But 

those same voices — with exceptions — 

oppose early voting provisions. 

Democrats and African-American voters 

generally tend to object to voter ID and see 

it as a less-than-subtle attempt at voter 

intimidation and thereby voter suppression. 

But those same voices loudly sing the 

praises of early voting. 

The truth is that voter ID is a good idea 

for all Mississippians interested in free 

and fair elections. The truth is that early 

voting increases voter participation across 

party and racial lines and would be good 

for Mississippi. 

But the greater truth is that since Mississippians 

still can’t agree on voter reforms 

as clear and elementary as voter ID or 

early voting, that’s de facto evidence that 

the Supreme Court should safeguard Section 

5. 

• 

Sid Salter is Perspective editor of The Clarion-Ledger. 

Phone him at 601-961-7084 or e-mail ssalter@ 

clarionledger.com.


WEEK IN 

VIcKsburg 

Warm days with only a few 

clouds and comfortable nights 

were the hallmarks of the 

week’s weather. Highs ranged 

as far as 86 and lows dipped to 

60. About a third of an inch of 

rain was recorded during one 

shower. 

The Mississippi River held 

steady on the Vicksburg gauge 

several days before beginning 

a slow fall. Readings started at 

37.2 feet and ended at 36.9 feet. 

The forecast for today was a 

reading of 36.2 feet. 

In the face of criticism by at 

least two Democratic candidates 

for mayor, incumbent Laurence 

Leyens said Police Chief Tommy 

Moffett is doing an excellent job. 

Cameras were busy as a new 

film was being shot for the Visitor 

Center of the Vicksburg 

National Military Park and 

Mike Gillis, writer and director, 

was shooting his faith-centered 

movie, “Change of Hearts.” 

James McGee, 74, died two 

days after being involved in a 

wreck on Halls Ferry Road. 

The Vicksburg Art Association 

opened its spring show at 

the Firehouse Gallery. 

The Street Medical Foundation 

turned 50, with the local 

organization recounting how it 

funded pioneering work in some 

now-routine procedures, such as 

implanting cardiac pacemakers. 

High school student Dana 

Cotton worked to reclaim the 

small but significant Gee Family 

Cemetery on Fonnsylvania Road 

from time and the elements. The 

first known burial there was in 

1845. 

Two Saturday sessions saw 

about 2,100 students complete 

their school sports physicals. 

The exams were provided at no 

charge by physicians and staff 

associated with River Region 

Medical Center. 

Workers in the 2010 Census 

began their preliminary 

inventory of properties and 

addresses. The final tally will 

show whether Warren County 

has grown or lost population 

from the 2008 estimate of 48,087 

residents. 

Eric Abcock, 24, was injured 

when he was pinched between 

two rail cars at the E.W. Haining 

Industrial Center. Rescue workers 

said it wasn’t clear how the 

accident happened. 

Workers from a Florida company 

gave the exterior of the BB 

Club at Clay and Walnut Streets 

a bath — not to be confused 

with pressure washing. The 1916 

building is a popular venue for 

concerts, receptions and social 

events. 

All three of Warren Central 

High School’s bands received the 

highest awards given at the state 

band festival. 

The line was long to shake 

hands with Dan Mullen, new 

football coach at Mississippi 

State University, during his visit 

to meet with alumni and supporters. 

He asked everyone to 

buy tickets and take friends to 

Bulldog games. 

Porters Chapel’s Josh Perry 

and Matthew Warren and St. 

Al’s Corey Jones were described 

as “unsung heroes” as the 

Eagles and Flashes continued to 

advance in post-season playoffs. 

Mayor Laurence Leyens said 

a Florida firm, USA Partners 

Sports Alliance, may need legal 

action to spur repayment of 

$250,000 the city advanced and 

the firm has said it owes and will 

repay. 

In the days leading to Tuesday’s 

Democratic Primary, candidate 

Gertrude Young said the 

Vicksburg Fire Department is 

$600,000 over budget due to overtime. 

Mayor Laurence Leyens 

said the department has not 

exceeded its allotment. 

Rodney Smith was tapped 

as principal of Warren Central 

High School. He will replace 

Pam Wilbanks, who is retiring. 

An overflow audience of more 

than 250 Green Acres Memorial 

Park clients listened as state officials 

explained what led to the 

takeover of the private cemetery 

and the current situation. 

In addition to James McGee, 

deaths included Mildred Alma 

Bailey Pettway, Ernest Kurtz 

MacDowell Jr., Carolina Virginia 

Moore, James W. Raney 

Sr., Shirley Rives Galbert, Clyde 

R. Hill, Raymond Booze Sr. and 

Linda Lee Simmons. 

Prescription for Mississippians: Eat less, move more 

Energy is required to power 

the economy, provide transportation 

around town or across 

the ocean and make life at home 

comfortable. 

Mississippi is blessed with rich 

energy resources. Oil, natural gas, 

lignite coal, bioresources and electricity 

essential to business, industry 

and home life are abundant in 

the Magnolia State. 

The Mississippi Development 

Authority reports that over 1,500 

oil and 1,800 natural gas producing 

wells in addition to an estimated 4 

billion tons of lignite coal and more 

than 19 million acres of timber providing 

biomass resources are in 

Mississippi. 

Chevron’s Pascagoula petroleum 

refinery, one of the 10 largest in 

the nation plus Ergon’s Vicksburg 

and Hunt Southland’s Refinery in 

Sandersonville account for more 

than 2 percent of total U.S. refining 

capacity. 

There are 13 natural gas-fueled 

electric power merchant plants in 

Mississippi representing a capital 

investment of over $3.9 billion generating 

7,993 megawatts of electricity 

which can power over 5 million 

homes. 

Entergy’s Grand Gulf Nuclear 

Power Plant near Port Gibson operates 

safely and reliably, generating 

1,320 megawatts of electricity 

with zero carbon dioxide, nitrogen 

oxide, sulphur dioxide or mercury 

emissions. The Grand Gulf 

Nuclear Plant has been expanded 

and another reactor could be added 

which would benefit Mississippi’s 

economy. Today the Grand Gulf 

Nuclear Power Plant generates 

about 25 percent of the state’s total 

electric power generation. 

Choctaw Generation LLP near 

Ackerman, known as the Red Hills 

power plant, operates the world’s 

largest circulating fluidized bed 

technology for generation of electricity. 

The plant’s circulating fluidized 

bed utilizes Choctaw county 

lignite coal as fuel burned at 

extreme heat to reduce emissions 

well below regulatory requirements 

for cleaner air while generating 

440 megawatts of electricity 

for the Tennessee Valley Authority 

and distributors of TVA power 

in Northeast Mississippi. 

The Mississippi Lignite Mining 

Company supplies lignite coal to 

Choctaw Generation from a permitted 

area of 5,280 acres with reserves 

of over 200 million tons of mineable 

lignite. 

CHARLIE 

MITchEll 

Four words: Eat less, move more. 

If you are an average Mississippi 

man, woman or child, you filled 15 

prescriptions in 2007. 

According to the Kaiser Foundation, 

that’s three more than the average 

American. 

We’re not hypochondriacs in this 

state. And Lord knows we’re not 

wealthy. 

But, on average, we are fatter than 

others, have more diagnosed cases 

of high blood pressure and, surprisingly, 

are rated second-highest in 

“sedentary lifestyles.” 

Probably the No. 1 way of dealing 

with high blood pressure is to take a 

pill. But especially in milder cases, an 

alternative is to eat healthier foods 

and exercise. 

The people who need to read this 

will stop now, thinking it’s another 

lecture exhorting the benefits of 

chomping raw broccoli, buying 

some Spandex and joining a fitness 

center. 

It’s not. 

It’s about simple stuff we can do 

for ourselves — to feel better and, 

if that’s not motivational enough, to 

save money. 

Kaiser reports that in 2004, the 

average Mississippian paid $2,119 for 

hospitalization, where the average 

American paid $1,931. And, because 

our per-capita income is lower, the 

higher hospital tab has a more profound 

impact on our wallets. 

All those pills we took in 2007 cost 

$2.34 billion — or $807 per Mississippian, 

paid by us, our insurance companies 

or our fellow taxpayers. 

The kicker statistic is this: Nationally, 

overall health-care expenses are 

rising at a rate of 7 percent a year. In 

Mississippi, charges by doctors, hospitals, 

nursing homes, pharmacies 

and every component in the healthcare 

dollar are rising faster — at 8 

percent a year. (It seems all the savings 

from the governor and the Legislature 

stopping “lawsuit abuse” a 

few years ago have yet to kick in.) 

So if we’re already paying more 

for health care and using more than 

other Americans and the prices 

are rising more quickly, it follows 

that there’s no place where people 

could benefit more from a few 

adjustments. 

An expert’s view is available from 

Dr. Dan Jones, chancellor of University 

Medical Center and contributing 

author of a February article in the 

Journal of the Mississippi State Medical 

Association. Dr. Jones, a worldclass 

researcher and past president 

of the American Heart Association, 

can still cut to the chase. 

“If Mississippi is to improve its 

rates of hypertension (high blood 

pressure), Mississippians will need 

to move more and eat less,” Dr. Jones 

Oil, natural gas, lignite coal, 

bioresources and electricity 

essential to business, industry 

and home life are abundant in 

the Magnolia State. 

Mississippi has energy assets 

sufficient to meet the future 

GLENN 

Mccullough Jr. 

Poultry litter biomass waste, 

timber, corn and soybean biomass 

contribute to over 7 percent 

on Mississippi’s total renewable 

energy consumption which doubles 

the United States’ average of 

renewable energy consumption. 

The Mississippi Technology Alliance 

in cooperation with Mississippi’s 

university research institutions 

is internationally recognized 

as a leader in renewable energy 

technologies. 

Mississippi Power is in the final 

planning phase of permitting for 

an Integrated Gasification Combined 

Cycle lignite-fueled power 

plant that will generate 582 megawatts 

of electricity. The $2.2 billion 

project in Kemper County will optimize 

economic development and 

environmental stewardship as well 

as provide affordable, reliable electricity 

for Mississippians. 

Beyond oil, natural gas, lignite coal, 

biomass and electric power generation, 

smart metering for an electricity 

smart grid is key to energy 

efficiency. Smart Synch, a company 

based in Jackson has partnered with 

At&T to promote its leading wireless 

smart meter technology that 

enables utilities, business, industry 

and consumers to use energy more 

efficiently which is a win for all. 

With almost 10,000 miles of natural 

gas pipeline, Mississippi leads 

all Southeastern states in this 

important energy infrastructure. 

Liquified natural gas, ethanol and 

biodiesel capacity also are significant 

contributors to Mississippi’s 

energy advantage. 

Gov. Haley Barbour and the Mississippi 

Development Authority 

are providing strong leadership 

for energy security today bringing 

power to the possibilities of 

tomorrow. 

• 

Glenn McCullough Jr. is a resident of Tupelo, 

which he formerly served as mayor. He is a 

former chairman of the Tennessee Valley 

Authority and serves on the Governor’s Task 

Force on Energy in Mississippi. E-mail reaches 

him at glenn@results.ms. 

If we don’t do it for ourselves, 

or, as the saying 

goes, for our loved ones, 

maybe we can do it for our 

wallets or purses. 

wrote, adding candidly, “It is simple. 

It is not easy.” 

One of the reasons it’s not easy is 

the incessant TV commercials for 

workout devices or food plans. A picture 

of a plump lady is followed by 

one of her in a bikini. Men lose a rim 

of flab and develop six-pack abs in 30 

seconds. Some bite on the ads and try 

sudden, whole body makeovers. The 

vast majority change the channel, or 

go make a sandwich because they’re 

honest enough to know they can’t 

make that kind of commitment. 

What the commercials don’t tell 

you and Dr. Jones probably would 

is that conditions leading to heart 

disease and stroke (two of the consequences 

of high blood pressure) 

develop over a long period of time 

and the secret — if there is one — is 

to establish a level of fitness over a 

long period of time and maintain it. 

A person who hasn’t done a pushup 

in 40 years doesn’t need to start 

doing 40 every morning. A person 

who hasn’t walked a mile in 20 

years doesn’t need to jog 20 every 

afternoon. 

The people who need the most help 

I don’t claim to know a lot about 

politics, but what I do know is this: 

The mayoral candidates are all 

talking about the airport and Chief 

Tommy Moffett. Well, that’s all 

good and fair, but when is someone 

going to start talking about the 

young people? 

Lately, young people are committing 

more crimes, including murder 

and burglary. Something needs to 

be done to give them something to 

do when they are not in school. 

As a parent, I am afraid to let my 

12-year-old go to the mall or the 

skating rink without me. We live in 

Vicksburg! 

I know we are not immune to the 

sins of the world, but everybody 

knows everybody here. Instead of 

placing the blame on any particular 

person, we need to work together 

to ensure the future of this city 

and county moves forward and not 

backward. The only answer I see is 

for all of the city officials, whomever 

they may be, to get together 

and help the youth set, work toward 

and reach some kind of positive 

goal. 

There needs to be more sports 

activities for young people. When I 

was growing up, there were plenty 

of things for us to do. Now, there 

is next to nothing for them to do, 

except get into trouble. I challenge 

the candidates to look at the real 

future of Vicksburg, the youth. 

Angela Johnson 

Vicksburg 

Relay was too rowdy 

As a family, we attended the April 

24 Relay for Life events at Warren 

Central High School. This is a very 

worthwhile event that we have 

attended, as a family, for many years. 

To say the least we were more 

than surprised by all of the outside 

distractions that were going 

on during the event; and especially 

the total lack of respect by certain 

groups of people during the lighting 

of the luminaries. I personally witnessed 

the Warren County Sheriff’s 

Department make several arrests. I 

appreciate what these officers did. 

I have been to many events in my 

life — Mardi Gras seems to come 

to mind — where the crowd was 

less volatile than this crowd. Parents 

should be held accountable for 

the whereabouts of their children, 

and when I say children, I’m talking 

15-18 -year-old thugs who should be 

old enough to know better, but just 

never received the upbringing. 

I see this trend in Warren County 

is on the rise and think what a 

shame that a few are able to spoil 

what so many have worked so hard 

for. Please tell me where to mail my 

donation. I will mail it in next year. 

Steve Reed 

Vicksburg 

School violence is serious 

I have an 8-year-old son and a 

9-year-old daughter who, up until 

this year had only gone to private 

lETTErs To ThE EDITor 

— and could derive the greatest benefit 

— are those for whom the walk 

from the bedroom to the kitchen is 

the most strenuous exercise they 

get. 

Change will come incrementally, 

not instantly. Major change can come 

with minor effort. 

And progress is being made. In the 

article, Dr. Jones reports better blood 

pressure management has been an 

important contributor to the recent 

rapid decline in age-adjusted death 

rates for coronary heart disease and 

stroke. 

Speaking of contributors, the 

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 

has given Ole Miss $2 million to study 

childhood obesity prevention policies 

in the state. It will include how 

the 2007 law that reintroduces PE as 

an elementary school requirement 

in the state’s public schools translates 

to the general health of children 

and, incidentally, whether it 

improves grades. 

People aren’t cars, but there is an 

analogy. Left idle, our tires go flat 

and our hoses clog. It’s not necessary 

for us to run in Talledega form 

to stay in shape. But we have to do 

something, and it can be as simple 

as eating a little less, moving a little 

more. 

If we don’t do it for ourselves, or, as 

the saying goes, for our loved ones, 

maybe we can do it for our wallets 

or purses. 

• 

Charlie Mitchell is executive editor of The 

Vicksburg Post. Write to him at Box 821668, 

Vicksburg, MS 39182, or e-mail cmitchell@ 

vicksburgpost.com. 

Candidates forgetting youth? 

school. This school year the private 

school they went to closed and we 

put our children in public school. 

How bad can it be, right? Most of 

the kids in Vicksburg go to or have 

gone there. 

Let me tell you about the state 

of this town’s public schools. My 

9-year-old daughter has been propositioned 

by a 9-year-old boy, called 

names and hit by a boy in her class. 

My 8-year-old son has been called 

names, threatened, hit, urinated on 

in the bathroom and jumped by two 

boys who ganged up on him in the 

bathroom and kicked him numerous 

times. 

Every time an incident has 

occurred I have gone to the teachers 

about it. My kids have been told 

to ignore it. When I insisted, the 

kids were made to go to the principal’s 

office, yet nothing has ever 

been done about any of it. I am not 

even sure if these children’s parents 

have been notified. 

The level of violence in the elementary 

school astounds me. And 

the little of nothing that is done 

about it floors me even more. 

My children just happen to go to 

Sherman Avenue Elementary but 

numerous other mothers I have 

talked to have similar problems 

at many other Vicksburg schools. 

One mother told me it gets worse 

in junior high, and worse yet in 

high school. 

I am very fortunate in my life 

and I don’t have to work. I will be 

homeschooling my kids beginning 

in August. I feel sorry for all the 

parents who don’t have this luxury 

and have to leave their kids in those 

horrible situations. 

If you only have one child there 

are several affordable private 

schools in this town and you won’t 

have to deal with this sort of thing, 

but when you have two kids it gets 

close to $900 a month to send them 

to private school. Public school is 

the only choice for so many people. 

Vicksburg officials should be 

ashamed of the condition of the 

schools and the administrators of 

the schools need to take this childon-child 

violence way more seriously 

before there is a lawsuit, or 

worse, we have a tragedy like we 

have seen recently in the news 

where boys have committed suicide 

after continuously being picked on 

at school. This is no joke. 

Peggy Brister 

Vicksburg 

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of celebrating a Mass of Reparation, 

to make amends for 

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The motivation: to provide 

an outlet for Catholics upset 

with what Wenski calls the 

University of Notre Dame’s 

“clueless” decision to invite 

President Barack Obama to 

speak at its commencement 

on May 17. 

The nation’s flagship Catholic 

university’s honoring of 

a politician whose abortion 

rights record clashes with a 

fundamental church teaching 

has triggered a reaction 

among the nation’s Catholic 

bishops that is remarkable in 

scope, church observers say. 

At least 55 bishops have publicly 

denounced Notre Dame 

recent weeks, employing an 

arsenal of terms ranging from 

“travesty” and “debacle” to 

“extreme embarrassment.” 

The bishops’ response is 

part of a decades-long march 

to make abortion the paramount 

issue for their activism, 

a marker of the kind of 

bishops Rome has sent to the 

U.S. and the latest front in a 

struggle over Catholic identity 

that has exposed rifts between 

hierarchy and flock. 

Bishops who have spoken 

out account for 20 percent of 

the 265 active U.S. bishops — a 

minority, but more than double 

the number who suggested 

five years ago that then-Democratic 

presidential hopeful and 

Catholic John Kerry should 

either be refused Communion 

or refrain from it because of 

his abortion stance. 

“I think they do believe the 

chips are down,” said James 

Hitchock, a history professor 

at St. Louis University. 

“The election has changed 

the whole landscape. Now we 

have a strongly pro-abortion 

administration in power, and 

he’s in a position to achieve 

what we’ve been trying to 

stave off now for years.” 

As for Wenski, he issued a 

statement and then came up 

with the Mass idea after angry 

Notre Dame graduates from 

central Florida asked for guidance 

about how to respond, he 

said in an interview. 

AMSTERDAM — The 

man who drove his car into 

a crowd of parade spectators 

and killed six people died 

of his injuries Friday, leaving 

unresolved the mystery 

of why he tried to attack the 

Dutch royal family. 

The 38-year-old suspect, 

identified by Dutch media as 

Karst Tates, had been in critical 

condition since the attack 

Thursday on Queen’s Day, 

the Dutch national holiday. 

Hours after his death 

during the night, the Defense 

Ministry announced that a 

55-year-old driver for the military 

police, Roel Nijenhuis, 

also died of his injuries. Five 

bystanders died on Thursday. 

Ten other people were 

hurt when the man rammed 

his small black car through 

“I figured, ‘I’m a bishop — 

I’m not going to tell them to 

attack Notre Dame with a 

pitchfork,’” said Wenski, who 

is not among the nation’s more 

confrontational bishops. “I’m 

going to tell them to go pray.” 

Wenski said he will not 

“preach a tirade against Notre 

Dame” during the Monday 

Mass at Orlando’s Cathedral 

of St. James. What must be 

atoned for, Wenski said, is 

complacency among Catholics 

about the killing of unborn 

children, which contributed to 

the climate that allowed Notre 

Dame to think it was all right 

to honor Obama. 

Almost immediately after 

Notre Dame invited Obama 

and he accepted, anti-abortion 

and conservative Catholic 

groups launched protests, and 

bishops began either making 

statements or releasing letters 

written to the university president, 

the Rev. John Jenkins. 

Former U.S. ambassador to 

the Vatican Mary Ann Glendon 

turned down a prestigious 

Notre Dame medal 

last week because she was 

to have shared the stage with 

Obama. 

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BAGHDAD — A gunman 

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opened fire on a U.S. 

military team Saturday, killing 

two American soldiers 

and wounding three, the U.S. 

military said, in an attack 

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Iraqi officials described the 

attacker — who was killed in 

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at least 14 people in the last 

month and driven tens of 

thousands from their homes. 

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Kids get a boost to the bank Cinco de Mayo is Tuesd y 

BB Club 

getting 

big bath 



Mold and mildew were being washed 

off the stone exterior of the historic BB 

Club on Clay Street Tuesday, as Pensacola, 

-based Restoration Concepts began 

a weeklong face lift of the 93-year-old 

building. 

“When we get through cleaning this it’s 

going to be as clean as the day they put 

it up there,” said Restoration Concepts 

owner Patrick Murrell, who has been in 

the business of cleaning buildings large 

and small for the past decade. 

The structure at the Walnut Street 

intersection was erected by Vicksburg’s 

Jewish community in 1916 as a literary 

and social club, the B’Nai B’rith Club. 

Starting in the 1960s, it was city property 

and headquarters for the Vicksburg 

Police Department and Municipal 

Court. When police operations moved to 

a new building on Veto Street in 1995, the 

stately structure was declared surplus 

and sold. When interior paneling and 

other changes were pulled away, ornate 

woodwork and other elements of the 

three-story structure, which included a 

basement swimming pool, were revealed, 

almost unscathed. 

Now owned by Dan Fordice, the structure 

houses a catering business and 

is rented for wedding receptions and 

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2009 

‘Very beautiful’ 

The BB Club 

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Approved by Candidate Paul Winfield 

other private functions. The three-story 

complex measures 16,500 square feet 

and includes a kitchen, ballroom, stage, 

orchestra balcony, formal dining room, 

library, reading room and billiards room. 

Murrell said a nontoxic wash that kills 

biological growth is being applied on the 

roof and exterior of the building at a lowpressure. 

“It looks like a lot of pressure, but you 

could run your hand through it and it 

SUZANNE FELICIANO 

wouldn’t hurt you. We call it a souped-up 

water hose,” explained Murrell. “In fact, 

on an old limestone building like this, 

power-washing could cause some real 

damage.” 

The typical output of commercial 

power-washers ranges from 3,000 to 5,000 

pounds-per-square-inch, he said, compared 

to the 400 psi hoses used to clean 

Brian Foster with Restoration Concepts cleans the front of the BB Club Tuesday. 

See Cleaning, Page A9. 

By Emily Wagster Pettus 


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JACKSON — The Mississippi House and Senate 

will be asked next week to enact the state’s first 

cigarette tax increase in a generation by levying 

an extra 50 cents on each pack of smokes. Negotiators 

reached a compromise 

on the issue 

Tuesday after months of 

haggling. 

If approved, the state 

excise tax would go from 

18 cents to 68 cents a 

pack on May 15 — a month and a half after the 

federal cigarette tax went from 39 cents to $1.01 a 

pack. 

Mississippi’s cigarette tax has not changed since 

1985 and is currently the third-lowest in the nation. 

Health advocates have been rallying for a tax 

increase as a way to decrease smoking. In tough 

economic times, lawmakers also are looking to the 

cigarette tax to bolster the anemic budget and head 

off a dramatic increase in the price of car tags. 

The deal came after months of on-again, off-again 

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Cemetery getting 

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receiver says 



Special session for 

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See Taxes, Page A9. 

If you go 

A semblance 

of normalcy is 

returning to Green 

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Park since the 

state seized its 

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receiver 

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Candidates at a glance 

LAurence LeYenS 

• Age: 45 

• Occupation: mayor, since 2001 

• Family: married to Shelley Leyens. 

Three children, ages 2 to 12. 

• Education: a graduate of Warren 

Central High School, Millsaps College, 

majoring in business administration 

with emphasis in economics 

and marketing 

• Faith: Jewish 

• Affiliations: Vicksburg-Warren County Chamber of 

Commerce; Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation; 

Vicksburg Main Street Program; Vicksburg-Warren 

County Humane Society; Vicksburg Rotary Club; 

Vicksburg Historical Society; Vicksburg Foundation 

for Historic Preservation and Vicksburg Art Association 

• Experience: former insurance agent; two years 

consulting work and two years in corporate management 

for Blue Shield of California Southern Region; 

former owner of insurance and financial company; 

real estate development and restoration in 

Vicksburg 

• Website: none 

JoHn SHorter 

• Age: 42 

• Occupation: material coordinator 

for Desert Support Services of 

Palm Springs, Cal. 

• Family: married to Vicki Shorter. 

Two children, ages 12 and 21 

• Education: a graduate of Vicksburg 

High School and Hinds Community 

College in Utica 

• Faith: Christian; member of Calvary M.B. Church. 

• Affiliations: NCAA Vicksburg Chapter president; 

Warren County Democratic Executive Committee 

Q&A 

Continued from Page A1. 

policing to improve relationships 

and restore trust in the 

department. 

• 

2. Largely due to gaming 

revenue, Vicksburg has perhaps 

the highest budget 

per-citizen of any city in 

the region. How should this 

city’s revenue advantages 

be used to better benefit 

the people who live here? 

Young: Basically, in the 

past, the majority of the 

gaming revenue went into 

the general fund. I believe 

that some of the revenue 

needs to be geared specifically 

toward more youth and 

senior citizen activities and 

setting up more economic 

development projects, such 

as an incubator for small 

businesses. 

SHorter: After paying 

off city debt for the three 

(not two) bonds and getting 

spending under control, I will 

push to substantially lower 

the water, natural gas and 

garbage bills. Additionally, I 

will push to reverse the forprofit 

operation of the recreation 

department involving 

the Aquila Group that owes 

the city $250,000. I will support 

hiring a full staff to offer 

youth and adult sport activities 

along with mentoring for 

the youth. I believe gaming 

revenue should be used to 

substantially reduce city utilities 

and to enhance life for 

all citizens. 

WinfieLd: Reduced taxes, 

safer neighborhoods and 

improved city services are 

just a few benefits that 

should be afforded to all of 

our residents. The City of 

Vicksburg has received millions 

of dollars in form of tax 

revenues from the gaming 

industry. Unfortunately, the 

current administration has 

mostly spent city funds in 

certain areas of our community, 

while ignoring others. 

City revenues should benefit 

those who have located their 

homes and businesses in the 

limits. 

• 

3. Are you satisfied with 

the working relationship 

between city and county 

governments? do you have 

plans to change or increase 

combined services? 

Young: I am not satisfied 

with the working relationship 

between the city and the 

county governments. I think 

the two governments should 

communicate more and work 

together. It is at the expense 

of the taxpayer when they 

do not work together. For 

example, the city has created 

an emergency management 

department, when we 

already have one that serves 

countywide. As a result, the 

city taxpayer is paying twice 

for the same service. I do 

think we should modify some 

of the services between the 

city and the county. 

SHorter: No, I do not 

agree with their current 

working relationship. I will 

strive to achieve common 

ground on all issues. I currently 

see areas in the recreation 

department where 

a partnership of services 

would benefit the citizens of 

Vicksburg and the county. 

WinfieLd: As the former 

Warren County board attorney, 

I know firsthand the 

relationship between the 

current administration and 

county officials. It has been 

my observation that the 

current administration has 

failed to work effectively 

with the county on matters 

that would have directly benefited 

the city. As a result, 

the city jeopardized ambulance 

and rescue services 

for county residents. I have 

an established relationship 

with the county supervisors. 

As mayor, I will work 

with county officials to identify 

opportunities to partner 

more with the county to benefit 

the citizens of Vicksburg. 

• 

4. Please state your intentions 

about citizen access 

to meetings of city officials 

and public records maintained 

by the city, including 

police and fire investigations. 

Young: I will abide by the 

state statute which says that 

a citizen is able to access 

meetings of city officials and 

public records unless it pertains 

to a real estate or personnel 

matter or an impending 

lawsuit. 

SHorter: I support public 

access to the Board of Mayor 

and Aldermen meetings, its 

citizens’ committee boards 

and the commissioner 

boards’ meetings. Written 

information to questions and 

transcripts should be at the 

lowest price possible, if not 

free. I will request that citizen 

rights be returned for 

the questioning of the Board 

of Mayor and Aldermen on 

TV 23. 

WinfieLd: My administration 

will fully comply with 

the Mississippi Open Meetings 

and Public Records Act. 

• 

5. What is the future of 

nroute? 

Young: NRoute has 

become a model for the state 

of Mississippi. Over 90,000 

trips have been provided 

since inception, which validates 

the need. As mayor, I 

know the system will always 

chairman; American Legion Post 213 

• Experience: five years service in U.S. Navy; 20 years 

experience in logistics and small business management 

• Website: none 

PAuL WinfieLd 

• Age: 35 

• Occupation: Attorney; currently 

serving fifth term as city attorney 

for the City of Port Gibson 

• Family: married to Malissa Winfield, 

a practicing attorney in Jackson. 

One son, age 3 

• Education: a graduate of Warren 

Central High School and University of Mississippi, 

majoring in political science, and juris doctrate from 

Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge. 

• Faith: Missionary Baptist; member of Springhill 

M.B. Church. 

• Affiliations: St. Charles Chapter of the American 

Inns of Court; American Bar Association; Magnolia 

Bar Association; Mississippi Association for Justice; 

Louis A. Martinet Legal Society; Delta Theta Phi Law 

Fraternity, International; Former River Hills Bank 

advisory board member; University of Mississippi 

“M” Club member; Board of directors for the United 

Way of West Central Mississippi; Former board 

member for Keep Vicksburg Warren Beautiful, Inc.; 

Andrew Jackson Council for the Boy Scouts of Mississippi; 

Kappa Epsilon Sigma Chapter of Phi Beta 

Sigma Fraternity, Inc.; First Vice Director, Phi Beta 

Sigma Fraternity for the State of Mississippi; Treasurer 

for the Mississippi Democratic Party; Obama 

Delegate for the Democratic National Convention 

• Experience: former Municipal Court judge for the 

City of Port Gibson; board attorney for the Warren 

County Board of Supervisors from 2005 to 2008; 

• Website: www.winfieldforvicksburg.com 

be subsidized, just as the 

convention center, but the 

values are in the economic 

tools they provide. 

SHorter: NRoute is proving 

its value, but I do believe 

that the city board should 

provide a maximum level 

of subsidy allowed and a 

formula for determining 

the level. NRoute is part of 

that enhancement of life in 

Vicksburg. 

WinfieLd: I support the 

NRoute transit system. 

NRoute is an important tool 

for economic development 

because it provides our citizens, 

including the elderly 

and disabled, with the freedom 

of mobility to shop, play 

and work. It also employs a 

number of our citizens. 

• 

6. the Vicksburg Board of 

Mayor and Aldermen approved 

an $18.2 million 

bond issue in 2002 and a 

$16.9 million bond issue in 

2007. Would you support 

another bond issue, and, if 

so, what projects might a 

bond issue be suitable for? 

Young: No. I would not 

support another bond issue 

at this present time until our 

indebtedness is paid off so 

that we can maintain our AA 

rating and be able to borrow 

in case of an emergency. 

Shorter: No! The bonds 

have not benefited the residents 

directly or indirectly. 

We cannot count street 

paving because street paving 

is part of ongoing maintenance 

service that should be 

budgeted and provided annually. 

The current and past 

administrations combined 

will have spent $60 million 

when you include emergency 

funds and the three bonds. 

The harm produced by the 

bonds for the residents of 

Vicksburg has been higher 

city debt, higher water, natural 

gas and garbage bills and 

inflated property values with 

no return on the $60 million. 

We should not allow that 

amount of spending without 

a return on the taxpayers’ 

money. 

Winfield: I would consider 

supporting a bond issue for 

a worthy project or initiative, 

if there is support from 

the community. The most 

important question to ask 

is whether the bond issuance 

is in the best interests 

of the city. There are several 

projects that could be critical 

to the potential growth 

of our city such as a wastewater 

treatment facility or 

improvements to the current 

city water and sewer lines 

in underserved areas. These 

types of projects could significantly 

reduce the cost of 

construction and improve 

living conditions for our 

citizens. As mayor, I will be 

toMMY WrigHt 

• Age: 39 

• Occupation: owner of Corner 

Pocket convenience store 

• Family: married to Catina Wright. 

Six children, ages 2 to 15 

• Education: attended Vicksburg 

schools and vocational schools in 

North Carolina and Missouri 

• Faith: no affiliation 

• Affiliations: registered with Dun & Bradsheet and 

Department of Defense 

• Experience: 20 years working in general construction; 

10 years in business management; eight years 

Website building and computer programming and 

rebuilding 

• Website: www.tommywright.org 

gertrude Young 

• Age: 53 

• Occupation: realtor, youth minister, 

registered nurse and office 

manager 

• Family: married to John Young. 

Guardian of four children 

• Education: a graduate of North 

Vicksburg High, Hinds Community 

College, Mississippi Valley State University and Alcorn 

State University, with further studies at Jackson 

State University and University of Southern 

Mississippi 

• Faith: Missionary Baptist; minister and member of 

Mount Carmel Baptist Church 

• Affiliations: Vice president of Warren County Habitat 

for Humanity; member of Warren County Democratic 

Executive Committee; Delta Sigma Thetha 

Sorority Inc.; NRoute Transportation Commission 

member 

• Experience: North Ward Alderman from 1993 

through 2005; former Warren County Election commissioner 

• Website: http://www.electgertrude.us/index.html 

fiscally responsible when 

spending public money. 

• 

7. does Vicksburg need to 

annex? Will that happen 

during your term? 

Young: The City of Vicksburg 

should not annex any 

more areas at the present 

time. We should focus on the 

areas annexed in 1990 in completing 

the tasks of bringing 

them up to the required standards 

as promised. 

Shorter: No! An administration 

must first show 

that it can provide adequate 

services and affordable 

living for its current residents 

before the administration 

can consider annexing 

others. There is still a fire 

hydrant shortage, drainage 

problems and unsatisfactory 

emergency response time 

throughout the city. 

WinfieLd: I do not believe 

an annexation would be feasible 

for our community’s 

future growth. I do not anticipate 

an annexation during 

my administration. Rather, 

I will work to improve the 

condition of underserved 

areas that have already been 

annexed, like Kings and 

Warrenton. 

• 

8. How would you complete 

the sentence, “Vicksburg’s 

most crucial challenge is 

...” explain how you would 

meet that challenge. 

Young: Vicksburg’s most 

crucial challenge is to maintain 

focus on its citizens. The 

citizens need to feel safe at 

all times, whether in their 

homes or when they move 

throughout the city. I plan 

to bring back neighborhood 

policing, the police explorers 

program or something similar 

which worked with the 

youth. I will have the officers 

check on the elderly as they 

did in the past and the firefighters 

checking the smoke 

alarms in the homes of the 

elderly, making sure that 

both the new police officers 

and firefighters are familiar 

with the people, our streets 

and neighborhoods. Employment 

for our citizens should 

also be a key focus, as well as 

entrepreneurship with small 

businesses. I will work on 

programs that would assist 

our citizens in cross-training 

for jobs and careers and to 

provide some type of business 

incubator as guidance 

for new business start-ups. 

SHorter: I see Vicksburg’s 

most crucial challenge 

is making our hometown 

affordable and attractive 

to industry. The theory of 

affordable living is being 

played out every day. Companies 

move from the North 

to the South for affordable 

living, resulting in the companies 

paying lower wages. 

Companies move from the 

South to Mexico or China 

because of affordable living, 

resulting in lower wages. My 

goal is to stop the rhetoric 

of higher property values 

because you plant a tree 

or perform routine maintenance 

on your home and to 

substantially lower the city 

utilities (water and natural 

gas), resulting in affordable 

living for Vicksburg. Property 

values should rise when 

there is a combination of 

job growth and population 

growth, creating a demand 

for property (with the exception 

for remodeling or expansion 

of property). You cannot 

have one without the other. 

Sustainable property values 

and affordable water and 

natural gas bills will make 

the City of Vicksburg more 

attractive to companies, 

moreso than anything the 

past two administrations 

have done. 

WinfieLd: Vicksburg’s 

most crucial challenge is to 

implement a progressive 

vision that will make our 

city a model community in 

the state and throughout the 

Southeast region. 

• 

9. What should be on voters’ 

minds as they make their 

choice on election day? 

Young: The most important 

issue that should be on 

a voter’s mind is who has the 

most experience to run a city, 

who is the most knowledgeable 

about city government 

and city ordinances and who 

wants a community where 

all people are included. 

SHorter: The voters 

should ask themselves the 

following and vote accordingly: 

Which candidate best 

champions the needs of the 

people? Is the candidate talking 

about the issues or running 

a popularity contest? 

Did the candidate’s answers 

address your needs sufficiently? 

Is the candidate 

transverse and fair-minded 

in his or her thinking for the 

betterment of the city? 

WinfieLd: The voters have 

a clear choice to make as we 

consider what direction to 

take our city. Voters should 

consider whether they want 

four more years of the same 

old policies from the current 

administration, that have 

clearly been exclusive rather 

than inclusive of all the citizens 

of Vicksburg. Vicksburg 

needs a mayor for the people. 

I offer a unique opportunity 

to empower all citizens 

to be a part of the growth 

and vision of Vicksburg. I 

will bring fresh ideas and an 

energized spirit to the mayor’s 

position coupled with a 

solid track record in working 

with and respecting people 

despite their differences. 

2009 Vicksburg 

elections 

• Primary election — 

Tuesday 

• Primary runoff (if necessary) 

— May 19 

• General election — 

June 2 

• Polls open from 7 a.m. to 

7 p.m. 

• To find out where to vote, 

call the city clerk’s office 

at 601-631-3716 

Polling locations 

• Auditorium precinct — 

Vicksburg Auditorium, 

901 Monroe St. 

• Cedar Grove precinct 

— Rolling Acres Community 

Center, 131 Elizabeth 

Circle 

• St. Aloysius precinct — 

St. Aloysius School gym, 

1900 Grove St. 

• American Legion precinct 

— American Legion 

Post 3, 1712 Monroe St. 

• Vicksburg Junior High 

School precinct — Warren 

Central Junior High 

School, 1630 Baldwin Ferry 

Road 

• No. 7 fire station precinct 

—No. 7 fire station, 

3217 Washington St. 

• Elks Lodge precinct — 

Elks Lodge No. 95 BPOE, 

1366 U.S. 61 South 

• Plumbers/pipefitters 

precinct — Plumbers/ 

Pipefitters Union Hall, 

3203 North Frontage 

Road 

• Kings precinct — Kings 

Community Empowerment 

Center, 224 R.L. 

Chase Circle 

• Carpenters Union Hall 

precinct — Carpenters 

Union Hall, 4589 U.S. 61 

South 

• Porters Chapel Methodist 

church precinct — 

Porters Chapel Methodist 

Church, 200 Porters Chapel 

Road 

Election 


which will be ticket to a oneon-one 

race June 2 against 

Mayor Laurence Leyens, an 

independent. While Winfield 

is making his first bid 

for public office, candidates 

John Shorter, 42, and Gertrude 

Anderson Young, 53, 

will have their sixth election 

under their belt once primary 

votes are counted. 

“I’ve known everything 

about him,” B.J. Friley said 

of Shorter, a coordinator for 

a California-based defense 

contractor, as the candidate 

canvassed south Vicksburg 

in hopes of improving on a 

third place finish in the mayoral 

primary in 2005. “He’s 

already got my vote.” 

Farther up the block, Greg 

Haggard plans to remain 

loyal to Young, alderman 

for the city’s North Ward for 

eight years before losing to 

Michael Mayfield in primary 

voting four years ago. 

“If she loses, I’ll support 

Shorter,” Haggard said. 

A fourth candidate, convenience 

store owner Tommy 

Wright, 39, has campaigned 

with yard signs and a Web 

site but declined to appear 

at a pair of privately-sponsored 

forums since qualifying 

ended. 

North Ward Alderman 

Michael Mayfield and South 

Ward Alderman Sid Beauman 

are unopposed for the 

primary. 

Vicksburg voter rolls stood 

at 18,809 voters, according 

to the most recent figures 

available from the city clerk’s 

office. In 2005, the rolls 

showed 18,380 voters. 

The mayor’s post pays 

$77,000 annually, while the 

aldermen are paid $61,600. 

Raises to take effect in 2010 

and 2011 will lift the mayor’s 

pay to $80,850 and the aldermen’s 

pay to $64,680. 

Polls are open from 7 

a.m. to 7 p.m. The National 

Weather Service forecast 

for Tuesday shows dissipating 

rain and mostly sunny 

with a high temperature of 85 

degrees.


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soon,” said state health official 

Dr. Ed Thompson. He did 

not have an exact number of 

samples that the state has 

tested, although he said it 

was “dozens, not hundreds.” 

Several of the samples have 

been confirmed as seasonal 

flu, not swine flu. 

In Louisiana, Jindal said 

Ascension Episcopal School 

will not open Monday 

because of a cluster of probable 

cases. Jindal said the five 

Lafayette Parish schools’ students 

interact often in extracurricular 

activities. 

The schools will remain 

closed for up to two weeks, 

Jindal said. 

“The goal is to prevent the 

spread of illness as much as 

possible,” he said. 

Of the 23 suspected swine 

flu cases, there are 17 in 

Lafayette Parish; two in 

Orleans Parish; and one each 

in Ascension, Beauregard, 

St. Martin and St. Tammany 

parishes. 

Swine 


risk, adding that the traveler 

recovered from the 

swine flu and the pigs 

are “well on their way to 

recovery.” The outbreak 

occurred on a single farm, 

where about 10 percent of 

2,200 pigs showed a fever 

and loss of appetite. No pigs 

have died from the virus, 

officials said. 

The U.S. Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention 

said it’s too early to 

declare victory. 

The World Health Organization 

also decided against 

a full pandemic alert, but 

that doesn’t mean people 

can relax, said Dr. Mike 

Ryan, WHO’s global alert 

and response director. 

“These viruses mutate, 

these viruses change, 

these viruses can further 

reassort with other 

genetic material, with other 

viruses,” he said. “So it 

would be imprudent at this 

point to take too much reassurance” 

from the small 

number of deaths. 

“We have seen times 

where things appear to be 

getting better and then get 

worse again,” said Dr. Anne 

Schuchat, the U.S. agency’s 

interim science and public 

health deputy director. “I 

think in Mexico we may be 

holding our breath for some 

time.” 

The global caseload was 

763 and growing — the vast 

majority in Mexico, the U.S. 

and Canada. Costa Rica 

reported its first confirmed 

The Vicksburg Post prints obituaries 

in news form for area residents, 

their family members and for former 

residents at no charge. Families wishing 

to publish additional information or to 

use specific wording have the option of 

a paid obituary. 

Ethel L. Bryant 

Ethel L. Bryant died Friday, 

May 1, 2009 at Promise Hospital 

of Vicksburg. She was 70. 

A native of Bolton, Miss., 

Bryant was preceded in 

death by her parents, John 

(Jack) Bryant and Mary Hill. 

Survivors include a sister, 

Roberta Currie of Vicksburg, 

and a host of other relatives 

and friends. 

Lakeview Memorial 

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arrangements. 

Corinne Robertson Mills 

Ex-Congressman Jack Kemp dies at 73 


Jack Kemp, the ex-quarterback, 

congressman, one-time 

vice-presidential nominee and 

self-described “bleeding-heart 

conservative” died Saturday. 

He was 73 

His longtime friend Edwin J. 

Feulner confirmed that Kemp 

died after a lengthy illness. 

Kemp had announced in January 

2009 that he had been 

diagnosed with cancer. He 

said he was undergoing tests 

but gave no other detail. 

Senate Republican leader 

Mitch McConnell called Kemp 

“one of the nation’s most distinguished 

public servants, 

Jack was a powerful voice in 

American politics for more 

than four decades.” 

Kemp, an ex-quarterback for 

the Buffalo Bills, represented 

western New York for nine 

terms in Congress, leaving 

the House for an unsuccessful 

presidential bid in 1988. 

Eight years later, after 

serving a term as President 

George H.W. Bush’s housing 

Corinne Robertson Mills 

“Cin”, 71, died Friday, May 1, 

2009 at St. Dominic Jackson 

Memorial Hospital. 

A funeral service will be 

held at 10 a.m., Monday, May 

4, 2009 at the First United 

Methodist Church in Clinton 

with burial following in Lakewood 

Memorial Park. Visitation 

will be from 4 p.m. to 6 

p.m. today at Wright & Ferguson 

Funeral Home in Clinton, 

and will resume at 9 a.m. 

Monday at the church. 

Mrs. Mills was born Feb. 

15, 1938 in Louisville, Mississippi. 

A graduate of Louisville 

High School, she continued 

her education at Millsaps 

College, transferring after 

two years to the University 

of Mississippi where she 

earned a Bachelor of Education. 

Shortly after graduation, 

she married Tommy 

Mills. 

After raising her family in 

Jackson, they moved to Clinton 

in 1982, where they established 

their business, Mills 

True Value Hardware. Mrs. 

Mills was a faithful member 

of First United Methodist 

Church. 

She enjoyed interior decorating 

and was often called 

upon by her friends to help 

redesign and decorate their 

homes. Mrs. Mills delighted 

in her grandchildren and 

cherished attending their 

activities. She also enjoyed 

planning and hosting parties 

for her family and friends. 

She will be most remembered 

as a beloved wife and 

daughter, a devoted mother, 

and a cherished grandmother. 

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Jack Kemp, a one-time vice presidential candidate and U.S. 

Congressman, died on Saturday. He was xx. 

secretary, he made it onto the 

national ticket as Bob Dole’s 

running-mate. 

With that loss, the Republican 

bowed out of political 

office, but not out of politics. 

In speaking engagements and 

a syndicated column, he continued 

to advocate for the tax 

swine flu case — the first 

in Latin America outside 

Mexico. 

Swine flu cases have been 

confirmed in 18 countries 

so far — including Europe, 

the Middle East and the 

Asia-Pacific region — and 

experts believe the actual 

spread is much wider than 

the numbers suggest. 

U.S. President Barack 

Obama urged caution 

Saturday. 

“This is a new strain of 

the flu virus, and because 

we haven’t developed 

an immunity to it, it has 

more potential to cause us 

harm,” Obama said. Later, 

he spoke with Mexican 

President Felipe Calderon 

for about 20 minutes to 

share information. 

What started as a swine 

flu outbreak more than a 

week ago in Mexico quickly 

ballooned to a global health 

threat, with the WHO 

declaring a pandemic was 

imminent. Now public 

health officials are having 

to carefully calibrate their 

statements. Push the message 

too far, and they could 

lose credibility if the virus 

fizzles out. But if they back 

off and it suddenly surges, 

the consequences could be 

much more dire. 

Some Mexicans have criticized 

their government for 

reacting too slowly to the 

outbreak at first, and now 

for overreacting in ordering 

a five-day, nationwide 

shutdown of all nonessential 

government and private 

business. Responding to 

the attacks, Health Secretary 

Jose Angel Cordova 

said: “It’s absurd to think 

that Mexico was putting on 

a show. I think it’s preferable, 

at a certain moment, 

to take advanced measures 

and succeed in containing 

the problem than to not 

take them and ask, ’Why 

didn’t we take them?”’ 

Mexico’s last confirmed 

swine flu death occurred 

Tuesday, and the last suspected 

death came Wednesday, 

said Pablo Kuri, an epidemiologist 

and adviser to 

Cordova. 

Cordova said hospitals 

are now handling fewer 

patients with swine flu 

symptoms, a sign that the 

disease is presently not 

very contagious. Mexican 

investigators who visited 

280 relatives of victims 

found only four had the 

virus. 

But experts said there 

is much they don’t know 

about the outbreak in 

Mexico, where tests confirmed 

16 deaths and nearly 

450 people sickened. A multinational 

team of virus 

sleuths are trying to piece 

together the epidemiological 

puzzle. 

Kuri said three of the 

dead were children: a 

9-year-old girl, a 12-year-old 

girl and a 13-year-old boy. 

Four were older than 60. 

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missed by her many friends. 

She is preceded in death by 

her father, Neville Robertson, 

and sister, Carole Myres. 

Survivors include her husband 

of 49 years, Tommy 

Mills of Clinton; daughter, 

Lisa Neeld and her husband 

Edward “Bubba” of Clinton; 

daughter, Stacey Teller 

and her husband Blake of 

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reform and supply-side policies 

— the idea that the more 

taxes are cut the more the 

economy will grow — that he 

pioneered. 

Kemp’s rapid and wordy 

style made the enthusiastic 

speaker with the neatly sideparted 

white hair a favorite on 

• 

By the numbers 

the lecture circuit, and a millionaire. 

(His style didn’t win 

over everyone. In his memoirs, 

former Vice President Dan 

Quayle wrote that at Cabinet 

meetings, Bush would be irked 

by Kemp’s habit of going off on 

tangents and not making “any 

discernible point.”) 

Kemp also signed on with 

numerous educational and 

corporate boards and charitable 

organizations, including 

NFL Charities, which kept 

him connected to his football 

roots. 

Kemp was a 17th round 

NFL draft pick in 1957 by the 

Detroit Lions but was cut 

before the season began. After 

being released by three more 

NFL teams and the Canadian 

Football League over the next 

three years, he joined the 

American Football League’s 

Los Angeles Chargers as a 

free agent in 1960. A waivers 

foul-up two years later would 

land him with the Buffalo Bills, 

who got him at the bargain 

basement price of $100. 

Deaths: 19 confirmed in 

Mexico and one confirmed in 

U.S., a 21-month-old boy from 

Mexico who died in Texas. 

• Confirmed sickened worldwide, 

779: 443 in Mexico; 

197 in U.S.; 85 in Canada; 15 

in Spain; 15 in Britain; six in 

Germany; four in New Zealand; 

two in Israel, France 

and South Korea; one each in 

Costa Rica, Ireland, Italy, Switzerland, 

Austria, Hong Kong, 

Denmark and the Netherlands. 

• U.S. confirmed cases: New 

York 50; Texas 28; California 

24; Arizona 17; South Carolina 

13; Delaware 10; Massachusetts 

eight; New Jersey seven; 

Maine six; Wisconsin three; 

Ohio three; Indiana three; Illinois 

three; Kansas two; 

Colorado two; Virginia two; 

Michigan two; Missouri two; 

Connecticut two; Florida two; 

New Hampshire one; Utah 

one; Rhode Island one; Iowa 

one; Kentucky one; Minnesota 

one; Nebraska one; Nevada 

one. 

• President Barack Obama 

and Mexican President Felipe 

Calderon spoke for 20 minutes 

Saturday by phone “to 

share information about each 

country’s efforts to limit the 

spread” of the flu strain, the 

White House says. 

• The World Health Organization 

says it has sent 2.4 million 

treatments of anti-flu 

drug Tamiflu to 72 developing 

countries, taking the drugs 

from a stockpile donated by 

Roche Holding AG. 

• U.S. Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention says 

about a third of the confirmed 

U.S. cases of swine flu are people 

who had been to Mexico 

and likely picked up the infection 

there. 

• Mexico has taken extraordinary 

measures against the 

epidemic, ordering all nonessential 

government and private 

businesses to shut down 

for five days. 

• The U.S. government says 

schools with confirmed cases 

should close for at least 14 

days because children can be 

contagious for seven to 10 

days from when they get sick. 

More than 430 U.S. schools 

had closed, affecting about 

245,000 children in 18 states. 

• The U.N. and World Trade 

Organization say there’s no 

justification for any anti-pork 

trade measures as a result of 

the swine flu epidemic since 

there is no evidence the virus 

is spread by food. 

• Canadian officials say pigs in 

the province of Alberta have 

been infected with the new 

swine flu virus and are under 

quarantine. 

Vicksburg; grandchildren, 

Kayla, Chappell and Audrey 

Neeld all of Clinton, and 

Morgan, Barrett and Brandon 

Teller all of Vicksburg. 

She is also survived by her 

mother, Corinne Robertson 

Willis of Clinton; brotherin-law, 

Richard Mills of New 

York and numerous nieces, 

nephews and cousins, including 

Blanche White of Jackson, 

all of who loved her very 

much. 

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TODAY 

77° 

TONIGHT 

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throughout the day with a 

high in the upper 70s 

WEATHER 

This weather package is 

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records and information 

provided by the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, the 

City of Vicksburg and The 

Associated Press. 

LOCAL FORECAST 

Monday-Wednesday 

Partly cloudy; highs in the 

mid-80s; lows in the mid- 

60s 

STATE FORECAST 

Today 

Scattered showers and 

thunderstorms with highs 

around 80 

Monday-Wednesday 

Partly cloudy; highs 

around 80; lows around 60 

ALmAnAC 

HigHs and LoWs 

High/past 24 hours............. 86º 

Low/past 24 hours .............. 70º 

Average temperature ........ 78º 

Normal this date .................. 70º 

Record low ... 45º before 1885 

Record high ...........90º in 2002 

RainfaLL 

Recorded at the 

Vicksburg Water Plant 

Past 24 hours ........................N/A 

This month .........................None 

Total/year ............. 17.77 inches 

Normal/month .....0.56 inches 

Normal/year ....... 22.58 inches 

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Most active times for fish 

and wildlife Monday: 

A.M. Active ........................... 1:54 

A.M. Most active ................ 8:05 

P.M. Active ............................ 1:35 

P.M. Most active ................. 7:47 

sunRise/sunseT 

Sunset today ....................... 7:43 

Sunset tomorrow .............. 7:44 

Sunrise tomorrow ............. 6:13 

RIVER DATA 

sTages 

Mississippi River 

at Vicksburg 

Current: 36.5 | Change: -0.4 

Flood: 43 feet 

Yazoo River at Greenwood 



Yazoo River at Yazoo City 

Current:17.7 | Change: -0.4 


Yazoo River at Belzoni 



Big Black River at West 

Current: 3.6 | Change: 0.0 


Big Black River at Bovina 



sTeeLe bayou 

Land ...................................84.0 

River ...................................83.8 

mISSISSIPPI RIVER 

FORECAST 

Cairo, Ill. 

Monday ................................. 39.2 

Tuesday ................................. 40.8 

Wednesday .......................... 42.2 

Arkansas City 

Monday ................................. 29.1 

Tuesday ................................. 30.5 

Wednesday .......................... 31.8 

Greenville 

Monday ................................. 40.9 

Tuesday ................................. 42.1 

Wednesday .......................... 43.5 

Vicksburg 

Monday ................................. 35.8 

Tuesday ................................. 36.1 

Wednesday .......................... 37.3


Pop icon Pontiac 

hits end of the road 

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It 

could crash through burning 

buildings, make a fool of 

any number of small-town 

Southern sheriffs, help save 

the world from giant robots, 

even take criminals off to jail 

while engaging in witty repartee 

with its driver. 

In the end, about the only 

thing a Pontiac automobile 

couldn’t do anymore was persuade 

enough people to keep 

buying it. 

So General Motors 

announced this past week 

that it is killing off the Pontiac 

brand, maker of muscular, 

noisy, gas-guzzling V-8-powered 

vehicles immortalized in 

song and movies for the way 

they seemed to shout to every 

other car on the block: “Out of 

the way, pipsqueak!” 

When Burt Reynolds needed 

to outrun Jackie Gleason’s 

bumbling Sheriff Buford T. 

Justice across the South in 

the 1977 movie “Smokey and 

the Bandit,” he chose a black 

Pontiac Trans Am. When he 

needed a car to crash through 

burning buildings in “Hooper,” 

it was a red Trans Am. 

On TV, the star of the hit 

1980s series “Knight Rider” 

wasn’t really David Hasselhoff, 

it was his talking Pontiac. 

When Jim Garner’s private 

eye Jim Rockford needed to 

hit the road to solve a crime, 

he didn’t get behind the wheel 

of a Ford Mustang or a Chevrolet 

Camaro. He chose a Pontiac 

Firebird. 

And when a bored high 

school senior from Nashville, 

Tenn., decided to tune out his 

physics teacher’s lecture one 

day and check out a copy of 

Car and Driver magazine, it 

was a picture of a hot new Pontiac 

he saw on the cover. By 

the end of class, John Wilkin 

had written the 1964 pop classic 

“GTO.” 

Soon after, he would become 

known as Ronny Wilkin, frontman 

for a Beach Boys-soundalike 

group called Ronny 

and the Daytonas, and he 

would have the country singing: 

“Little GTO, you’re really 

lookin’ fine. Three deuces and 

a four-speed and a 389. Listen 

to her tachin’ up now, listen 

to her whine. Come on and 

turn it on, wind it up, blow it 

out GTO.” 

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too. 

Sometime in the ’80s, however, 

the love affair began to 

fade. 

Car enthusiasts speculated 

this week whether it was 

changing tastes, the move 

toward more environmentally 

sensitive cars or perhaps Pontiac’s 

inability to keep coming 

up with new signature muscle 

cars that was to blame. 

Pontiac’s more recent contributions 

to America’s automotive 

efforts included the very 

uncool Aztek, a chunky vehicle 

that looked like an SUV 

that tried to squeeze under a 

low-clearance bridge. 

Jim Mattison, whose Michigan-based 

Pontiac Historic 

Services provides information 

on the model to collectors. 

Pontiac, which discontinued 

the Firebird and Trans Am 

in 2002, tried bringing back 

the GTO in 2004. But the new 

model, produced in Australia, 

never caught on and was discontinued 

two years later. 

Pontiac, however, will live on, 

at least in museums, in private 

collections, and in song. 

Wilkin heard “GTO” on the 

radio just the other day. 

“It made me happy and sad 

at the same time,” he said. “I 

was happy to hear the song 

but at the same time it was 

like it was being played at a 

funeral.” 

UAW wins big stake but can’t run Chrysler 

DETROIT (AP) — The 

United Auto Workers union 

would appear to be the big 

winner in the Chrysler bankruptcy 

saga, having exercised 

its considerable political 

muscle to win a 55 percent 

stake in the country’s thirdlargest 

automaker. 

But when one considers the 

55 percent is in a company 

that lost $16.8 billion last year 

and has seen its sales drop by 

half, the victory seems less 

impressive. Especially since 

the union’s stock must necessarily 

be converted at some 

point to cash to pay billions of 

dollars in retiree health care 

bills over the next 25 years. 

Plus, the union’s control in 

the boardroom will be limited. 

Despite the large stake, 

it gets only one seat on a 

nine-member board that will 

govern a new Chrysler-Fiat 

joint venture. 

Yes, the union could still come 

out the winner at Chrysler 

and at General Motors Corp., 

which has offered the UAW a 

39 percent stake as part of its 

own reorganization plan. But 

that depends on the iffy prospect 

of the companies making 

money again and their stock 

values sharply rising. 

“I think it’s a whole lot 

weaker than it appears,” said 

Gerald Meyers, a University of 

Michigan business professor 

and former CEO of American 

Motors Corp. “I would say the 

UAW wouldn’t want to get into 

the speculative game of the 


Members of the United Auto Workers Local 72 in Kenosha, 

Wis. enter their union hall Wednesday. 

stock market. That’s not reassuring 

to retirees.” 

Unions have in the past 

traded an ownership stake 

in a struggling company for 

wage cuts or other money-saving 

steps. For the most part 

the deals, such as an employee 

stock ownership plan at UAL 

Corp., parent of United Airlines, 

have worked well at 

first, only to fall apart when 

economic times grew tough, 

with labor and management 

fighting as profits declined. 

The UAW started making 

concessions during 2007 contract 

negotiations and that 

helped in negotiating the 

stakes they stand to gain now. 

At the time, both GM and 

Chrysler had huge labor cost 

disadvantages compared with 

Japanese automakers, mainly 

because they have far more 

retirees and had agreed to pay 

their health care bills. 

For GM, the health care tab 

is projected to total $46.7 billion 

over the lives of about 

350,000 retirees and spouses. 

At Chrysler, it’s $10.9 billion 

for around 82,000 retirees. 

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companies persuaded a reluctant 

UAW to take billions in 

cash to set up trust funds 

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VEBAs, to pay the bills starting 

next year. 

The UAW spent nearly 

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unfairly rewarded for that 

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stressed in order to pay the 

benefits. So what we will need 

to do ... is as soon as we possibly 

can, to start selling these 

shares,” he said. 

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SPORTS 

sunDAY, mAY 3, 2009 • SECTION B 

PUZZLES B8 

Steve Wilson, sports editor | E-mail: sports@vicksburgpost.com | Tel: 601.636.4545 ext 142 

SCHEDULE 

PREP BASEBALL 

PCA hosts Univ. Christian 

Tuesday, 6 p.m. 

PCA at Univ. Christian 

Thursday, 4 p.m. 

St. Aloysius at 

Stringer or East Webster 

Thursday, TBA 

ON TV 

Noon ABC - It hasn’t been 

an exciting series, but a 

Game 7 is a Game 7. The 

Atlanta Hawks and Miami 

Heat square off today to 

determine their first-round 

NBA Eastern Conference 

playoff series. 

WHO’S HOT 

REGAN NOSSER 

St. Aloysius 

outfielder 

went 2-for- 

3 with a 

double, 

two RBIs 

and a run 

scored in a 

series-clinching 4-2 playoff 

win over West Lowndes on 

Saturday. 

SIDELINES 

Johnson takes lead 

into final round 

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) 

— Tiger Woods dropped 

out of the lead with late 

bogeys for the second 

straight day, leaving former 

Masters champion Zach 

Johnson with a two-shot 

advantage Saturday heading 

into the final round of 

the Quail Hollow Championship. 

Johnson was among 

the few who survived the 

“Green Mile,” the three-hole 

stretch of closing holes at 

Quail Hollow. He made a 

12-foot birdie on the 17th 

that carried him to a 4-under 

68 and a chance to win 

for the second time this 

year. 

Johnson’s par-birdie-par 

finish — this one day after 

he went bogey-bogey-bogey 

— gave him a 4-under 

68 and a two-shot lead 

over Woods, McNeill and 

Lucas Glover, all of whom 

dropped at least one shot 

over one of the toughest 

closing stretches on the 

PGA Tour. 

Johnson was at 11-under 

205 and in position to 

win for the second time 

this year. 

“I’ve got a two-shot lead. 

I’m happy to be there,” 

Johnson said. “At the same 

time, on this golf course, 

that’s a matter of one hole. 

Maybe even one shot.” 

The final two groups, including 

Johnson and Mc- 

Neill, had to wait out a 1 

hour, 12-minute storm 

delay before finishing the 

18th hole. PGA Tour officials 

blew the horn to 

stop play right after Woods 

staggered to the finish line 

with a 70. 

Woods birdied all the par 

5s, including a two-putt 

from 12 feet on the 15th 

hole that put him in the 

outright lead at 11-under 

par for the first time in a 

third round that featured 

seven players atop the leaderboard 

at some point. 

LOTTERY 

La. Pick 3: 5-0-0 

La. Pick 4: 2-9-1-5 

Easy 5: 15-16-21-26-28 

La. Lotto: 1-20-25-32-37-38 

Powerball: 3-20-38-42-45 

Powerball: 27; Power play: 3 

Weekly resuls: B2 

Flashes move on to semifinals 

By Ernest Bowker 

ebowker@vicksburgpost.com 

Longshot 

gets win 

at Derby 


LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The 

cowboy and his horse beat 

them all. 

Four Hall of Fame trainers. 

The ruler of Dubai. Two very 

sentimental favorites. 

Trainer Bennie Woolley Jr. 

hitched Mine That Bird to 

the back of his pickup and 

drove to the Kentucky Derby 

from New Mexico. With an 

inspired ride on the rail from 

Calvin Borel, it all added up 

to one of the greatest upsets 

in 135 years of America’s 

most famous horse race. 

“Those cowboys,” trainer 

Bob Baffert said, “they came 

with a good horse.” 

Mine That Bird went off at 

50-1 odds Saturday, but that 

was only one measure of how 

little attention he garnered 

before pulling away in the 

stretch to score a 6 3/4-length 

victory at Churchill Downs, 

St. Aloysius second baseman Justin Rushing 

tries to turn a double play as West Lowndes’ 

pREp BaSEBaLL 

the second-biggest stunner 

in Derby history. The margin 

was the largest since Assault 

won by eight lengths in 1946. 

“All I asked him was to 

lay the horse back and be 

patient, and he did that magically,” 

Woolley said. 

That should have been no 

surprise since Borel used 

the same rail-hugging ride to 

win the Derby two years ago 

with Street Sense. 

St. Aloysius is starting to 

formulate a script for its run 

through the playoffs — win 

a laugher on the road, then 

wow the home fans with a 

heart-stopper. 

Regan Nosser doubled in 

the go-ahead runs as the 

Flashes rallied for three runs 

with two outs in the bottom 

of the sixth inning Saturday 

night, then held on for a wild 

4-2 win over West Lowndes 

in Game 2 of a third-round 

Class 1A series. 

Although St. Al swept 

the best-of-three series, it 

marked the second straight 

round in which it came from 

behind to win the clinching 

game after earning an easy 

win in Game 1. Last week, 

the Flashes (24-3) beat Cathedral 

in eight innings in Game 

2 after rolling in Game 1. 

“We’ve done a good job 

with that all year,” said 

Nosser, who went 2-for-3 with 

a double, two RBIs and a run 

scored. “Several times we’ve 

come from behind and pulled 

out a win.” 

St. Al will now make its 

first appearance in the Class 

1A semifinals since 2002. It’ll 

face either East Webster or 

Stringer in a best-of-three 

series beginning on Thursday. 

Stringer took Game 1 

from East Webster on Friday, 

but Saturday’s game was 

rained out. They’ll play on 

Monday and, if necessary, on 

Tuesday. 

St. Al will be on the road for 

Game 1 and Game 3 of the 

South State finals, regardless 

of which team advances. 

Until then, they’ll take a 

moment to savor this one. 

West Lowndes pitcher 

Tyquan Lucious kept the 

Flashes off the scoreboard 

until the fifth inning, when 

Nosser singled and scored 

on one of the Panthers’ five 

errors. West Lowndes got the 

run back on a controversial 

play in the top of the sixth. 

With one out and runners 

on first and third, Lucious hit 

a line drive back at pitcher 

Ryno Martin-Nez. The ball 

kicked off Martin-Nez’s foot 

and into the glove of third 

baseman Stephen Evans, 

who then threw to second 

for an apparent inning-ending 

double play. The umpires 

ruled the ball had hit Martin- 

Nez and the ground, however, 

and the double play was 

wiped off the board. On top of 

that, the runner scored from 

third to put West Lowndes 

(20-8) ahead 2-1. 

The breaks went against 

the Panthers in the bottom 

of the inning. A walk and 

an error put runners at first 

and second with two outs for 

Joseph Brown, who quickly 

fell behind in the count 0-2. 

Three straight pitches barely 

missed the strike zone to 

bring the count full before 

Brown hit a sharp grounder 

to short. Demetrius Malone 

misplayed the ball, allowing 

Corey Jones to score the 

tying run from second base. 

Nosser, the No. 9 hitter, 

then smashed a double to the 

wall in left center, bringing 

in two runs to give St. Al a 

4-2 lead. 

“Standing on deck, I knew 

what I had to do. I had 100 

percent trust that Joseph 

was going to get on base and 

give me a chance,” Nosser 

said. 

West Lowndes had one last 

chance in the seventh. 

Martin-Nez walked the 

leadoff batter and gave up a 

single to D.Q. Farmer before 

St. Al coach Clint Wilkerson 

pulled him. Wilkerson went 

Jockey Calvin Borel celebrates after riding Mine That Bird to 

victory in the 135th Kentucky Derby on Saturday. 

HORSE RaCINg 

“I learned by Street Sense 

being so patient with these 

3-year-olds,” Borel said. 

“They can only go so fast, so 

far. When I hollered at him, 

he just went on.” 

Pioneerof the Nile was 

second. Musket Man was 

another nose back in third. 

Mine That Bird ran 1 1/4 

miles on a sloppy track in 

2:02.66 and paid $103.20 to 

win — the second-largest 

payout in Derby history 

mErEdiTh spEncEr•The Vicksburg PosT 

D.Q. Farmer (18) is out at second Saturday at 

Bazinsky Field. 

The associaTed Press 

See Derby, Page B3. 

with his Game 1 starter, Stephen 

Evans, who had thrown 

nearly 100 pitches on Thursday 

but asked Wilkerson for 

the chance to repeat his firstround 

feat of winning Game 

1 and closing out Game 2. 

He did. 

Evans struck out Devin 

Malone for the first out of 

the inning, then got Clark 

McCollum to fly out to right. 

West Lowndes’ Ryan Stowers 

broke for third on contact, 

and was well off second base 

when Jones caught the ball. 

The St. Al right fielder fired 

a perfect strike to second to 

double up Stowers and end 

the game. 


COLLEgE 

BaSEBaLL 

Eagles 

rally to 

topple 

Tulane 

From staff reports 

For 15 innings this weekend, 

Southern Miss didn’t 

do a whole lot of things 

right. 

That was quickly erased 

by a couple of innings 

where it couldn’t do anything 

wrong. 

Southern Miss scored 

nine runs in its final two 

at bats to come from 

behind and defeat Tulane, 

9-7, Saturday afternoon in 

Hattiesburg. The Golden 

Eagles, who had only five 

hits in the first game of 

the series, used a five-run 

seventh inning and a fourrun 

eighth to erase a 5-0 

Tulane lead. 

“This is as big of a win 

as we have had all season 

at home,” said Southern 

Miss coach Corky Palmer. 

“We showed a lot of fight 

and came from behind 

today like a lot of the old 

Southern Miss teams did 

for years at The Pete. 

Hopefully this can give us 

some momentum headed 

into the final weeks of the 

season.” 

Down by five runs in the 

seventh inning, Southern 

Miss made its charge. 

Josh Fields walked with 

the bases loaded to force 

in a run, and two more 

scored on an error. Bo 

Davis then ripped a tworun 

double off the wall to 

tie the game at five. 

Tulane retook the lead 

in the top of the eighth 

inning on a two-run 

double by Drew Allain. 

Southern Miss clawed 

right back, though, scoring 

four runs in the 

bottom of the eighth to 

take its first lead of the 

day. Michael Ewing’s 

bases-clearing, threerun 

double just inside the 

right field line was the big 

blow. He later scored on a 

single by James Ewing. 

Birthday boy Busch 

wins at Richmond 

Kyle 

Busch 

NaSCaR 

RICHMOND, Va. — Kyle 

Busch celebrated his 24th 

birthday with a trip to Victory 

Lane, winning Saturday 

night at Richmond 

International Raceway. 

The win snapped a 

monthlong losing streak — 

an eternity by Busch’s standards 

— and made him just 

the second NASCAR driver 

to win a Cup race on his 

birthday. Cale Yarborough 

did it twice, celebrating his 

March 27th birthday with 

wins at North Wilkesoboro 

in 1977 and Atlanta in 1983. 

“You guys are awesome!” 

Busch radioed his crew. 

“May 2nd, baby! Thank 

you.” 

Busch celebrated the win 

with his trademark sarcastic 

bow to the crowd, then 

swan-dived into the arms of 

his Joe Gibbs Racing crew 

once in Victory Lane. 

“It’s an awesome win for 

us,” Busch said. “It’s really 

exciting to win on my birthday 

and to 

have my 

team guys 

enjoy it as 

much as I 

do. They’re 

having a 

good time. 

We struggled 

for 

four weeks. 

It’s been a struggle for us — 

we haven’t finished where 

we want to. We made it 

happen here.” 

The win was his third 

since arriving in Richmond: 

He drove to a victory in 

teammate Denny Hamlin’s 

charity race at Southside 

Speedway on Thursday 

night, and used a pass of 

Carl Edwards with 22 laps 

to go to win Friday night’s 

Nationwide Series race. 

For the Cup win, Busch 

used a quick jump on a 

late restart to again pass 

See NASCAR, Page B3.

B2 Sunday, May 3, 2009 The Vicksburg Post 

Late to bed, early to rise raises fears of old superstitions 

Lyme Disease victims who’ve had 

the illness for a while before it was 

diagnosed seldom get completely 

cured. The sleep disorder hardly 

ever goes away, and Lyme victims 

hardly ever reach REM (Rapid Eye 

Movement) sleep, which is when one 

dreams. 

In 30 years, I might have had three 

dreams, and have had to adapt to getting 

by on five or six hours of sleep a 

night. I hardly ever go to bed before 

10:30 or 11 p.m., take three Benadryl 

when I hit the hay, then don’t really 

doze off for almost another hour. If I 

wake up before 3 a.m., I usually take 

another Benadryl; if I wake up much 

after that, I generally just stay in bed 

until daylight, so as to not awaken 

Betsy. 

The other night was a pre-3 a.m. 

awakening, so I finally got up to take 

another pill, then dozed off again 

after 4, waking up with the birds at 

daylight but lying there until all my 

broke parts felt like they were in 

On Tv 

BY tHe assoCIateD Press 

AUTO RACING 

Noon Speed - Rolex Sports Car Series, 

Verizon Wireless 250 

6 p.m. ESPN2 - NHRA, Midwest Nationals, 

at Madison, Ill. (tape) 

CYCLING 

4 p.m. Versus - Tour de Romandie, 

final stage, (tape) 

GOLF 

7:30 a.m. TGC - European PGA Tour, 

Open de Espana 

Noon TGC - PGA Tour, Quail Hollow 

Championship 

2 p.m. CBS - PGA Tour, Quail Hollow 

Championship 

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 

12:30 p.m. TBS - Boston at 

Tampa Bay 

1:10 p.m. WGN - Florida at 

Chicago Cubs 

7 p.m. ESPN - Chicago White Sox at 

Texas Rangers 

NBA PLAYOFFS 

Noon ABC - Miami at Atlanta, 

Eastern Confernce Game 7 

2:30 p.m. ABC - Dallas at Denver, 

Western Conference Game 1 

NHL PLAYOFFS 

1 p.m. NBC - Anaheim at Detroit, 

Western Conference Game 2 

6:30 p.m. Versus - Carolina at 

Boston, Eastern Conference Game 2 

RODEO 

9 p.m. Versus - PBR U.S. Air Force 

Invitational (tape) 

sidELinEs 

from staff & aP rePorts 

basEbaLL 

Hall leads Biscuits 

to win over M-Braves 

Port Gibson native J.T. Hall 

scored two runs, including the goahead 

run in the top of the eighth 

inning, to lead the Montgomery Biscuits 

to a 3-2 victory over the Mississippi 

Braves on Saturday night at 

Trustmark Park. 

Hall went 1-for-4. He reached on a 

walk and scored in the first inning, 

and led off the eighth with a single. 

He then advanced to second on a 

ground out and scored on Cesar 

Suarez’s single to put the Biscuits 

ahead 3-2. 

The Braves stranded a runner at 

second in the bottom of the eighth, 

and another at third in the ninth. 

fLashback 

BY tHe assoCIateD Press 

May 3 

1941 — Whirlaway, ridden by 

Eddie Arcaro, has an easy start to 

the Triple Crown with an eightlength 

victory over Staretor in the 

Kentucky Derby. 

2001 — Dallas, with an 84-83 win 

over Utah, becomes the sixth team 

in NBA history to win a five-game 

series after trailing 0-2. The Mavericks 

rally from double-digit deficits 

in all three wins, including 17 in 

Game 5. 

2003 — Funny Cide becomes the 

first gelding since Clyde Van Dusen 

in 1929 to win the Kentucky Derby. 

Ridden by Jose Santos, Funny Cide 

holds off 5-2 top choice Empire 

Maker by 1 3/4 lengths, making his 

decisive move midway through the 

final turn. 

2008 — Big Brown, ridden by 

Kent Desormeaux, defies history 

with his 4 3/4-length victory in the 

Kentucky Derby. Big Brown is the 

first horse since the filly Regret in 

1915 to win the Derby off just three 

career starts and the second to 

win from post position No. 20. Filly 

Eight Belles finishes second and 

then breaks both front ankles while 

galloping out a quarter of a mile 

past the wire. She is euthanized on 

the track. 

roBert HItt 

nEiLL 

place. I heard an unusual bird call 

close to the window, a whip-poor-will, 

and rolled out to glance outside. As I 

hit the floor, I grimaced: the doggone 

clock said 6:13 a.m. 

Understand that my maternal 

grandmother Ma’am (she kept a 

steel thimble on her finger to raise 

a knot on a youngster’s head if he 

missed saying “Yes, Ma’am”) was 

very superstitious. She hardly got 

out of bed on Friday the 13ths, and 

if a black cat crossed her path she 

would stop, turn three times in a 

circle, make an X with her toe, and 

spit in the X before continuing on her 

way. I do get out of bed on Friday the 

SCOREBOARD 

majOR LEaguE basEbaLL 

American League 

East Division 

W L Pct GB 

Toronto .........................17 9 .654 — 

Boston ..........................15 9 .625 1 

New York ......................13 11 .542 3 

Tampa Bay ...................10 15 .400 6 1/2 

Baltimore ......................9 15 .375 7 

Central Division 

W L Pct GB 

Chicago ........................12 10 .545 — 

Kansas City ..................13 11 .542 — 

Detroit ...........................12 11 .522 1/2 

Minnesota .....................12 12 .500 1 

Cleveland ......................9 15 .375 4 

West Division 

W L Pct GB 

Seattle ..........................14 10 .583 — 

Texas ............................10 12 .455 3 

Los Angeles .................10 13 .435 3 1/2 

Oakland ........................9 12 .429 3 1/2 

Friday’s Late Game 

Seattle 8, Oakland 7 

Saturday’s Games 

L.A. Angels 8, N.Y. Yankees 4 

Toronto 5, Baltimore 4, 11 innings 

Detroit 9, Cleveland 7 

Boston 10, Tampa Bay 6 

Kansas City 10, Minnesota 7, 11 innings 

Oakland 3, Seattle 2 

Chicago White Sox at Texas, (n) 

Today’s Games 

L.A. Angels (Saunders 3-1) at N.Y. Yankees 

(Hughes 1-0), 12:05 p.m. 

Cleveland (Cl.Lee 1-3) at Detroit (Verlander 1-2), 

12:05 p.m. 

Baltimore (Guthrie 2-1) at Toronto (Richmond 3-0), 

12:07 p.m. 

Boston (Penny 2-0) at Tampa Bay (J.Shields 2-2), 

12:38 p.m. 

Kansas City (Meche 1-2) at Minnesota (S.Baker 

0-3), 1:10 p.m. 

Oakland (Outman 0-0) at Seattle (Jakubauskas 

1-3), 3:10 p.m. 

Chicago White Sox (Danks 2-1) at Texas (Harrison 

1-2), 7:05 p.m. 

——— 

National League 

East Division 

W L Pct GB 

Florida ...........................14 10 .583 — 

Philadelphia ..................12 10 .545 1 

Atlanta ..........................11 12 .478 2 1/2 

New York ......................10 13 .435 3 1/2 

Washington ...................6 17 .261 7 1/2 

Central Division 

W L Pct GB 

St. Louis .......................17 8 .680 — 

Chicago ........................12 11 .522 4 

Cincinnati ......................12 11 .522 4 

Pittsburgh .....................12 11 .522 4 

Milwaukee .....................12 12 .500 4 1/2 

Houston ........................10 14 .417 6 1/2 

West Division 

W L Pct GB 

Los Angeles .................16 8 .667 — 

San Francisco ..............11 11 .500 4 

San Diego ....................11 12 .478 4 1/2 

Arizona .........................11 13 .458 5 

Colorado .......................9 13 .409 6 

Friday’s Late Games 

L.A. Dodgers 1, San Diego 0 

San Francisco 3, Colorado 2 


Washington 6, St. Louis 1 

Chicago Cubs 6, Florida 1 

Houston 5, Atlanta 1 

Philadelphia 6, N.Y. Mets 5, 10 innings 

Colorado 5, San Francisco 1 

Arizona 4, Milwaukee 1 

Pittsburgh 8, Cincinnati 6 

San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, (n) 


N.Y. Mets (Maine 1-2) at Philadelphia (Blanton 

0-2), 12:35 p.m. 

Cincinnati (Cueto 1-1) at Pittsburgh (Karstens 1-0), 

12:35 p.m. 

Houston (W.Rodriguez 2-2) at Atlanta (Jo-.Reyes 

0-1), 12:35 p.m. 

St. Louis (Lohse 3-0) at Washington (Lannan 0-3), 

12:35 p.m. 

Arizona (Petit 0-2) at Milwaukee (Bush 1-0), 1:05 

p.m. 

Florida (Nolasco 1-2) at Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 

2-1), 1:20 p.m. 

Colorado (Hammel 0-0) at San Francisco (Zito 

0-2), 3:05 p.m. 

San Diego (Gaudin 0-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 

4-0), 3:10 p.m. 

asTROs 5, bRavEs 1 

Houston 

Atlanta 

ab r h bi 

ab r h bi 

KMatsu 2b 5 0 2 1 Schafer cf 5 0 2 0 

Bourn cf 5 0 1 1 Escoar ss 2 0 0 0 

Brkmn 1b 5 1 1 1 Parr p 0 0 0 0 

Ca.Lee lf 4 1 2 0 M.Diaz ph 1 0 0 0 

Michals lf 0 0 0 0 C.Jones 3b 3 0 0 0 

Tejada ss 4 1 0 0 Ktchm 1b 3 0 1 0 

Pence rf 4 1 3 0 OFlhrt p 0 0 0 0 

Blum 3b 3 0 1 0 Infante ss 1 0 0 0 

Sampsn p 0 0 0 0 Francr rf 4 1 1 0 

JaSmth ph 1 0 0 0 KJhnsn 2b 3 0 2 0 

Brocail p 0 0 0 0 D.Ross c 4 0 0 0 

Hwkns p 0 0 0 0 B.Jones lf 4 0 1 0 

IRdrgz c 4 1 2 1 Jurrjns p 0 0 0 0 

Oswalt p 1 0 0 0 Norton ph 0 0 0 0 

FPauln p 0 0 0 0 Carlyle p 1 0 0 0 

Erstad ph 0 0 0 1 Prado 1b 1 0 0 0 

Byrdak p 0 0 0 0 

Kppngr 3b 2 0 0 0 

Totals 38 5 12 5 Totals 32 1 7 0 

Houston 100 300 001 — 5 

Atlanta 010 000 000 — 1 

E—C.Jones 2 (4). DP—Houston 1, Atlanta 1. 

LOB—Houston 7, Atlanta 10. 2B—I.Rodriguez 

(4), Schafer (6), Francoeur (3), K.Johnson (3). 

3B—Bourn (3). HR—Berkman (6). CS—Pence (2), 

Schafer (1). SF—Erstad. 

13ths, but cringe the whole day. If a 

black cat crosses the street, I detour 

three blocks to avoid that part of the 

street being in my path. I don’t walk 

under ladders. If a salt shaker spills, 

I toss a few grains over my left shoulder. 

I grab a button when a hearse 

goes by. I have accumulated over 21 

broken bones, another dozen major 

joint injuries, five serious concussions, 

135 or so stitches, have been 

struck three times by poisonous 

snakes and three times by lightning. 

I figure I’ve obviously broken 

seven mirrors, each with seven years 

of bad luck to endure before the next 

seven years starts. 

I know better than to get out of bed 

at 6:13 — durn that whip-poor-will! 

Went to the kitchen to make Slung 

Coffee. My favorite cup, the one 

with “Grunk” on it, specially made 

by Mammy Grudge Mud Pottery in 

the Caboose for my Christmas present 

from Sir the Grandson, slipped 

off the counter-top and broke. My 

IP H R ER BB SO 

Houston 

Oswalt 1 0 0 0 1 2 

F.Paulino 2 3 1 1 2 3 

Byrdak W,1-0 2 1-3 2 0 0 2 0 

Sampson H,4 1 2-3 1 0 0 0 1 

Brocail H,2 1 1 0 0 0 1 

Hawkins 1 0 0 0 1 2 

Atlanta 

Jurrjens 2 4 1 1 0 0 

Carlyle L,0-1 3 4 3 1 0 2 

O’Flaherty 2 2 0 0 0 0 

Parr 2 2 1 1 0 1 

WP—F.Paulino. 

Umpires—Home, Chad Fairchild; First, Phil Cuzzi; 

Second, Jerry Crawford; Third, Paul Nauert. 

T—2:48 (Rain delay: 1:37). A—28,203 (49,743). 

naTiOnaLs 6, caRdinaLs 1 

St. Louis 

Washington 

ab r h bi 

ab r h bi 

Schmkr 2b 4 0 0 0 CGzmn ss 4 1 1 0 

Rasms lf 4 1 2 1 NJhnsn 1b 2 0 0 1 

Ludwck rf 4 0 0 0 Zmrmn 3b 4 1 2 0 

Duncan 1b 4 0 0 0 Dunn lf 3 1 1 3 

Ankiel cf 3 0 1 0 Dukes pr-lf 0 1 0 0 

YMolin c 3 0 1 0 Kearns rf 4 1 2 1 

Thurstn 3b 3 0 1 0 WHarrs cf 4 0 0 0 

Barden ss 3 0 0 0 AHrndz 2b 4 0 2 1 

Pineiro p 2 0 0 0 Nieves c 4 0 1 0 

KGreen ph 1 0 0 0 Martis p 3 1 0 0 

Walters p 0 0 0 0 

Totals 31 1 5 1 Totals 32 6 9 6 

St. Louis 000 000 100 — 1 

Washington 000 040 02x — 6 

E—Duncan (3). DP—Washington 1. LOB—St. 

Louis 3, Washington 5. 2B—Zimmerman (9). 

3B—Kearns (2). HR—Rasmus (1), Dunn (7). 

SF—N.Johnson. 

IP H R ER BB SO 

St. Louis 

Pineiro L,4-1 7 7 4 1 1 4 

Walters 1 2 2 2 1 0 

Washington 

Martis W,3-0 9 5 1 1 0 6 

Umpires—Home, Angel Hernandez; First, Bill 

Welke; Second, Kevin Causey; Third, Tim Welke. 

T—2:07. A—19,950 (41,888). 

minOR LEaguE basEbaLL 

Southern League 

North Division 

W L Pct. GB 

Tennessee (Cubs)........11 9 .550 — 

Huntsville (Brewers).....10 11 .476 1 1/2 

West Tenn (Mariners)..10 12 .455 2 

Carolina (Reds)............9 14 .391 3 1/2 

Chattanooga (Dodgers) 8 15 .348 4 1/2 

South Division 

W L Pct. GB 

Birmingham (W. Sox) ...15 7 .682 — 

Mobile (Diamondbacks) 15 8 .652 1/2 

Jacksonville (Marlins)...13 10 .565 2 1/2 

Mississippi (Braves) .....10 12 .455 5 

Montgomery (Rays)......10 13 .435 5 1/2 

——— 


Tennessee at Huntsville, 1st game, ppd., rain 

Carolina 3, Chattanooga 2, 14 innings 

Jacksonville 7, Mobile 4 

Tennessee at Huntsville, 2nd game, ppd., rain 

Montgomery 3, Mississippi 2 

West Tenn 14, Birmingham 4 


Chattanooga at Carolina, 1 p.m. 

Montgomery at Mississippi, 1:05 p.m. 

Mobile at Jacksonville, 2:05 p.m. 

West Tenn at Birmingham, 2:05 p.m. 

Tennessee at Huntsville, 5 p.m., 1st game 

Tennessee at Huntsville, 7:30 p.m., 2nd game 

cOLLEgE basEbaLL 

Southeastern Conference 

EASTERN DIVISION 

SEC Overall 

Florida ....................................15-8 ..................33-14 

Georgia ..................................14-9 ..................33-14 

S. Carolina ..........................11-12 ..................29-18 

Vanderbilt ............................10-12 ..................27-19 

Kentucky ................................8-15 ..................23-23 

Tennessee .............................7-16 ..................21-25 

WESTERN DIVISION 

SEC Overall 

Ole Miss ...............................15-8 ..................35-13 

Arkansas ................................14-7 ..................31-12 

LSU ........................................14-8 ..................34-13 

Alabama ................................13-9 ..................31-15 

Auburn ...................................8-16 ..................27-21 

Miss. State ...........................6-16 ..................21-24 


Florida 7, Georgia 6 

Florida 10, Georgia 9, 11 innings, completion of 

suspended game 

Tennessee 8, Kentucky 2 

South Carolina 14, Vanderbilt 5 

Ole Miss 8, Auburn 2 

Mississippi State 7, Alabama 3, susp., weather, 

6th inning 

Arkansas 11, LSU 4, first game 

LSU at Arkansas, second game, (n) 


Tennessee at Kentucky, Noon 

Alabama at Mississippi State, Noon, completion 

of suspended game 

Vanderbilt at South Carolina, 12:30 p.m. 

Florida at Georgia, 1 p.m. 

LSU at Arkansas, 1 p.m. 

Ole Miss at Auburn, 1 p.m. 

Alabama at Mississippi State, 1:30 p.m. 

——— 

Conference USA 

C-USA Overall 

Rice .......................................12-5 ..................30-11 

East Carolina .........................12-6 ..................34-14 

Houston .................................11-6 ..................22-24 

Southern Miss .....................11-9 ..................28-18 

Tulane ......................................8-9 ..................27-20 

UAB .........................................8-9 ..................26-20 

Marshall .................................8-12 ..................19-26 

hand and wrist had been bruised 

and gouged by a falling refrigerator 

the evening before, which I now figured 

was a portend of getting up at 

6:13. The bad luck was stretching out 

twelve hours before my error. 

The whole day went like that. I 

picked up and dropped stuff; folks 

grabbed my hurt arm; I got a letter 

from the tax folks; the bank called. 

The luck didn’t stop there, either, 

but stretched forward another six 

hours. We woke up waterless the 

next morning, although my waking 

up was at a more reasonable 5:24 

a.m., just barely light enough for me 

to go check the breaker box, the reset 

buttons, the pressure gauge and all 

the valves at the well. 

Nothing to do but dip some water 

out of the ice chest which had held 

the drinks for Saturday’s joint choir 

party, so I could make Slung Coffee 

and wait for a more reasonable hour 

to call Billy Schultz to come fix the 

well, cogitating all the while on how 

UCF .......................................5-12 ..................16-29 

Memphis ................................5-12 ..................19-27 


East Carolina 3, Louisiana-Lafayette 1 

UAB 9, Memphis 7 

Marshall 18, Central Florida 8 

Southern Miss 9, Tulane 7 

Rice 7, Houston 5 


Marshall at Central Florida, 10 a.m. 

Louisiana-Lafayette at East Carolina, 11 a.m. 

Memphis at UAB, 1 p.m. 

Rice at Houston, 1 p.m. 

Tulane at Southern Miss, 1 p.m. 

Saturday’s Scores 

EAST 

Dominican, N.Y. 7-7, Sciences, Pa. 2-4 

Farmingdale 17, St. Joseph’s, L.I. 3 

Hofstra 16, Towson 7 

Iona 6, Fairfield 3 

Manhattan 17, Niagara 6 

Pace 10-6, Merrimack 5-8 

Rhode Island 5, Fordham 2 

Theil 6-10, Saint Vincent 1-5 

Wagner 8-4, Long Island U. 4-3 

SOUTH 

Austin Peay 6, Tenn.-Martin 3 

Bethel, Tenn. 11, Mid-Continent 5 

East Carolina 3, Louisiana-Lafayette 1 

E. Kentucky 15, Chicago St. 0 

Fla. Gulf Coast 12, ETSU 9 

Lipscomb 5, Belmont 4 

Manchester 13-12, Transylvania 8-8, 1st game, 

11 innings 

Missouri S&T 7-1, N. Kentucky 5-8 

Morehead St. 6, Jacksonville St. 2 

Murray St. 10-4, Tennessee Tech 7-1 

Northwestern St. 10-12, Cent. Arkansas 3-6 

Ole Miss 8, Auburn 2 

S.C.-Aiken 7, Erskine 1 

Southern Miss 9, Tulane 7 

Tennessee 8, Kentucky 2 

The Citadel 5, Samford 1 

Thomas More 11-8, Westminster 3-1 

Western Carolina 9, UNC-Greensboro 4 

W. Kentucky 6, Ark.-Little Rock 5 

Winthrop 5, UNC-Asheville 4 

MIDWEST 

Centenary 10-6, N. Dakota St. 3-5 

Dakota Wesleyan 10, Mount Marty 9 

Dickinson St. 8, Dakota St. 7, 10 innings 

Jamestown 15, Dickinson St. 2 

Mary 6, SW Minnesota St. 5 

North Dakota 12, Concordia, Moor. 11 

SOUTHWEST 

Angelo St. 10, E. New Mexico 4 

McNeese St. 8, Lamar 4 

Mississippi College 15, Texas-Tyler 4 

Rice 7, Houston 5 

Texas Southern 5-17, Prairie View 3-6 

FAR WEST 

New Mexico 8, UNLV 6 

TOURNAMENT 

Appalachian Athletic Conference 

Union, Ky. 14, Virginia-Wise 4 

Dakota Athletic Conference 

Double Elimination 

Dakota St. 10, Mayville St. 0 

pREp basEbaLL 

sT. aLOYsius 4, WEsT LOWndEs 3 

West Lowndes (20-8)..............100 001 0 — 2 5 5 

St. Aloysius (24-3)...................000 013 x — 4 6 0 

WP-Ryno Martin-Nez (4-2). LP-Tyquan Lucious. 

Save-Stephen Evans. 

2B-Regan Nosser (SA), D.Q. Farmer (WL). Multiple 

hits-Nosser (SA) 2, Pierson Waring (SA) 2, 

Farmer (WL) 2. 

nba 

NBA Playoffs 

FIRST ROUND 

(Best-of-7) 

Saturday 

Boston 109, Chicago 99, Boston wins series 4-3 

Today 

Miami at Atlanta, Noon, series tied 3-3 

CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS 

(Best-of-7) 

Today 

Dallas at Denver, 2:30 p.m. 

Monday 

Orlando at Boston, 7 p.m. 

Houston at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m. 

cELTics 109, buLLs 99 

At Boston 

CHICAGO (99) 

Salmons 3-12 5-6 12, Ty.Thomas 2-4 0-0 4, Noah 

1-2 5-5 7, Rose 9-18 0-0 18, Gordon 7-23 15-15 

33, Miller 3-8 3-4 9, Hinrich 5-10 4-6 16, Hunter 

0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-77 32-36 99. 

BOSTON (109) 

Pierce 6-17 7-8 20, Davis 6-16 3-7 15, Perkins 

6-8 2-3 14, Rondo 2-8 3-6 7, R.Allen 6-14 9-9 23, 

Scalabrine 3-6 0-0 8, Marbury 0-3 2-2 2, House 

5-5 2-2 16, Moore 1-1 2-2 4. Totals 35-78 30-39 

109. 

Chicago 28 11 33 27 — 99 

Boston 23 29 26 31 — 109 

3-Point Goals—Chicago 7-24 (Gordon 4-12, 

Hinrich 2-5, Salmons 1-5, Rose 0-1, Miller 0-1), 

Boston 9-17 (House 4-4, Scalabrine 2-3, R.Allen 

2-5, Pierce 1-4, Marbury 0-1). Fouled Out—Noah, 

Miller. Rebounds—Chicago 49 (Noah 15), Boston 

54 (Perkins 13). Assists—Chicago 17 (Gordon 4), 

Boston 25 (Rondo 11). Total Fouls—Chicago 29, 

Boston 23. Technicals—Miller, House, Perkins, 

Rondo, Boston defensive three second. A—18,624 

(18,624). 

nhL 

NHL Playoffs 

CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS 

(Best-of-7) 

Saturday 

Washington 3, Pittsburgh 2, Washington leads 1-0 

much this was going to cost me — 

drill a new well, or buy a new 500- 

gallon pressure tank, or was the submersible 

pump burnt up? 

The Shudco guys arrived about 10 

a.m., and found that black ants had 

invaded and shorted out the pressure 

switch. Praise the Lord, my luck 

finally changed. 

Incidentally, the man told me that 

if I’d smear a thick ring of grease 

around the nipple that the switch 

screws onto, the ants would not 

cross that barrier. That will also 

work to protect any outside electrical 

accoutrements. 

I’ve been lectured about Christians 

being superstitious, but facts is facts. 

On the other hand, maybe if I’d just 

prayed for divine forgiveness after 

getting up at 6:13 a.m., I might still 

be drinking Slung Coffee out of my 

favorite Grunk cup. 

• 

Robert Hitt Neill is an outdoors writer and he lives 

in Leland, Miss. 

Chicago 6, Vancouver 3, Series tied 1-1 

Today 

Anaheim at Detroit, 1 p.m., Detroit leads 1-0 

Carolina at Boston, 6:30 p.m., Boston leads 1-0 

Monday 

Pittsburgh at Washington, 6 p.m. 

gOLf 

PGA Tour 

Quail Hollow Championship Scores 

Saturday 

At Quail Hollow Club 

Charlotte, N.C. 

Purse: $1.17 million 

Yardage: 7,442; Par: 72 

Third Round 

Zach Johnson ...... 70-67-68—205 ......................-11 

Lucas Glover ....... 68-71-68—207 ........................-9 

Tiger Woods ........ 65-72-70—207 ........................-9 

George McNeill ... 69-68-70—207 ........................-9 

Brendon de Jonge 72-69-67—208 ........................-8 

Sean O’Hair ......... 69-72-67—208 ........................-8 

Bubba Watson ..... 71-65-72—208 ........................-8 

Retief Goosen ..... 68-68-72—208 ........................-8 

Y.E. Yang ............ 72-71-66—209 ........................-7 

David Toms ......... 71-71-67—209 ........................-7 

Ross Fisher ......... 73-67-69—209 ........................-7 

Davis Love III ...... 70-69-70—209 ........................-7 

Jason Dufner ....... 67-71-71—209 ........................-7 

Martin Kaymer ..... 71-70-69—210 ........................-6 

Danny Lee ........... 71-69-70—210 ........................-6 

Jeff Klauk ............ 69-71-70—210 ........................-6 

Jim Furyk ............. 71-66-73—210 ........................-6 

Nick Watney ........ 71-71-69—211 ........................-5 

Fredrik Jacobson . 71-70-70—211 ........................-5 

Ian Poulter ........... 71-70-70—211 ........................-5 

Bo Van Pelt ......... 69-71-71—211 ........................-5 

Charles Warren ... 69-71-71—211 ........................-5 

Bill Haas .............. 69-71-71—211 ........................-5 

Ted Purdy ............ 70-69-72—211 ........................-5 

Geoff Ogilvy ........ 71-73-68—212 ........................-4 

Joe Ogilvie .......... 71-72-69—212 ........................-4 

Tim Petrovic ........ 71-70-71—212 ........................-4 

Brendon Todd ..... 70-70-72—212 ........................-4 

Camilo Villegas ... 71-67-74—212 ........................-4 

John Huston ........ 73-71-69—213 ........................-3 

Kent Jones .......... 72-70-71—213 ........................-3 

Boo Weekley ....... 71-70-72—213 ........................-3 

Cliff Kresge .......... 69-72-72—213 ........................-3 

Steve Marino ....... 67-72-74—213 ........................-3 

Jeff Maggert ........ 68-70-75—213 ........................-3 

Phil Mickelson ..... 67-71-75—213 ........................-3 

Jonathan Byrd ..... 72-72-70—214 ........................-2 

Martin Laird ......... 74-70-70—214 ........................-2 

Matt Bettencourt .. 72-71-71—214 ........................-2 

Rocco Mediate .... 72-70-72—214 ........................-2 

Jeff Overton ......... 70-71-73—214 ........................-2 

Ben Curtis ........... 74-70-71—215 ........................-1 

Will MacKenzie .... 70-74-71—215 ........................-1 

Michael Allen ....... 70-73-72—215 ........................-1 

Brian Davis .......... 72-71-72—215 ........................-1 

David Mathis ....... 70-73-72—215 ........................-1 

Ken Duke ............ 70-72-73—215 ........................-1 

Chad Campbell ... 72-70-73—215 ........................-1 

Hunter Mahan ..... 68-72-75—215 ........................-1 

Cameron Beckman 73-71-72—216 ....................... E 

Shaun Micheel .... 74-69-73—216 ........................ E 

John Senden ....... 71-72-73—216 ........................ E 

Peter Tomasulo ... 74-69-73—216 ........................ E 

Mathew Goggin ... 71-71-74—216 ........................ E 

Jonathan Kaye .... 70-72-74—216 ........................ E 

Steve Lowery ...... 73-71-73—217 .....................+1 

Mark Calcavecchia 69-74-74—217 ....................+1 

Anthony Kim ........ 70-69-78—217 .....................+1 

Robert Karlsson .. 70-69-78—217 .....................+1 

Bill Lunde ............ 72-72-74—218 .....................+2 

Parker McLachlin 73-71-74—218 .....................+2 

Kevin Sutherland . 71-72-75—218 .....................+2 

Robert Allenby ..... 67-74-77—218 .....................+2 

Tom Pernice, Jr. . 72-69-77—218 .....................+2 

Trevor Immelman 73-70-76—219 .....................+3 

John Rollins ......... 70-74-76—220 .....................+4 

Gary Woodland ... 70-74-76—220 .....................+4 

Pat Perez ............ 74-70-76—220 .....................+4 

Rich Beem ........... 71-73-76—220 .....................+4 

Steve Wheatcroft . 70-73-77—220 .....................+4 

Chris Stroud ........ 73-69-78—220 .....................+4 

Steve Flesch ....... 69-74-78—221 .....................+5 

Aron Price ........... 71-73-78—222 .....................+6 

Brad Faxon .......... 74-69-80—223 .....................+7 

LOTTERY 

Sunday’s drawing 

La. Pick 3: 8-0-6 

La. Pick 4: 0-8-7-4 

Monday’s drawing 

La. Pick 3: 5-7-5 

La. Pick 4: 3-2-4-6 

Tuesday’s drawing 

La. Pick 3: 0-1-8 

La. Pick 4: 1-3-0-2 

Wednesday’s drawing 

La. Pick 3: 8-7-1 

La. Pick 4: 9-9-9-5 

Easy 5: 08-11-23-24-22 

La. Lotto: 14-21-01-13-06-23 

Powerball: 6-19-36-50-59 

Powerball: 13; Power play: 5 

Thursday’s drawing 

La. Pick 3: 1-9-5 

La. Pick 4: 9-2-4-7 

Friday’s drawing 

La. Pick 3: 9-2-9 

La. Pick 4: 6-7-2-2 

Saturday’s drawing 

La. Pick 3: 5-0-0 

La. Pick 4: 2-9-1-5 

Easy 5: 15-16-21-26-28 

La. Lotto: 1-20-25-32-37-38 

Powerball: 3-20-38-42-45 

Powerball: 27; Power play: 3

The Vicksburg Post Sunday, May 3, 2009 B3 

Little drama as Celtics put down Bulls 

BOSTON (AP) — After a 

record-setting seven overtimes 

in the first six games, 

the Celtics made an early 

night of it with a dominating 

stretch in the second. 

That’s second quarter, not 

second OT. 

Ray Allen followed his 

51-point Game 6 performance 

with 23 on Saturday 

night, Paul Pierce added 20 

and Boston pulled away from 

Chicago just before the half to 

finish the Bulls off 109-99 — 

a rare regulation victory in 

what might have been be the 

best first-round playoff series 

in NBA history. 

The Celtics will play Orlando 

in the Eastern Conference 

semifinals starting Monday. 

The seventh-seeded Bulls 

return to Chicago knowing 

they took the defending NBA 

champions to the limit — and 

quite often beyond. 

Ben Gordon scored 33 for 

Chicago and Kirk Hinrich 

scored 14 of his 16 in the fourth 

quarter to help Chicago cut 

it to three points — thanks 

in part to a bizarre scoring 

change that added a point to 

the Bulls’ score two quarters 

after a first-half 3-pointer was 

mistakenly ruled a 2. 

But Boston made all 11 of 

its free throws in the last 2 

minutes to hold on and keep 

its drive for an 18th NBA title 

alive. 

Kendrick Perkins had 13 

rebounds, Rajon Rondo had 

11 assists and Eddie House 

scored 16 points — going 

5-for-5 from the floor, including 

four 3-pointers. 

After three consecutive overtime 

games, the series went 

from Odyssey to oddity when 

an unusual scoring correction 

helped the Bulls cut the deficit 

to three points in the fourth 

quarter. 

ATLANTA (AP) — A sevengame 

series is supposed to be 

the ultimate playoff thriller. 

So, what can we say about 

this Miami-Atlanta matchup? 

Yawn. 

Even with Dwyane Wade 

playing a starring role, the 

Heat and the Hawks have managed 

to wring all the drama 

out of a to-the-limit series that 

— mercifully — will be decided 

today in Atlanta. If creating a 

bit of excitement was required 

for advancement, neither of 

these teams would get a 

chance to face Cleveland in 

the second round. 

The playoffs: Where boring 

Derby 

Continued from Page B1. 

behind Donerail ($184.90) in 

1913. 

Most of the pre-race storylines 

belonged to highprofile 

trainers like Baffert, 

who was recently elected to 

the Hall of Fame and whose 

colt Pioneerof the Nile was 

making his debut on dirt 

after racing on synthetic surfaces 

out West. 

But the cowboy in the dark 

glasses and big black hat outfoxed 

Baffert and the likes 

of Bill Mott (12th with Hold 

Me Back), Nick Zito (17th 

with Nowhere to Hide), and 

D. Wayne Lukas, last with 

Flying Private. 

Woolley was no kinder to 

sentimental favorites Larry 

Jones and Tom McCarthy, 

two home-state trainers 

whose feel-good stories also 

dominated the headlines for 

most of the week. 

Also leaving empty-handed 

was Sheik Mohammed al 

Maktoum of Dubai, whose 

duo of Regal Ransom and 

Desert Party failed to achieve 

his goal of winning the Derby 

after nearly a decade and 

millions of dollars spent 

trying. 

Mine That Bird got 

squeezed coming out of the 

starting gate, but Borel took 

a firm hold and wrestled the 

horse to the rail while they 

were in last place. 

They were 12th and going 

strong with a quarter mile to 

go, after working their way 

Chicago Bulls forward John Salmons, left, 

drives against Boston’s Paul Pierce during 

nba playoffs 

With 5:44 left in regulation, 

the public address announcer 

said that a “technical error” 

in the first half had credited 

Gordon with a 2-pointer 

instead of a 3-pointer. Officials 

can use video replay to 

check whether a shot is from 

beyond the arc or not, but it is 

supposed to come at the first 

break after the basket — not 

around Atomic Rain. Borel 

quickly angled Mine That 

Bird back to the inside with 

three-sixteenths to go and 

shot the gelding through a 

tight spot approaching the 

eighth pole. 

“I had enough room,” Borel 

said. “He’s a small horse.” 

Once free, Mine That Bird 

quickly accelerated toward 

an improbable victory. 

“I salute Calvin for his terrific 

ride,” said trainer Todd 

Pletcher, whose Derby losing 

streak extended to 0-for- 

24. “It’s an amazing story. It 

just shows you how special 

this race is. Anything can 

happen.” 

Woolley, a former quarterhorse 

trainer who spent 

two quarters later. 

The change made the Celtics’ 

lead 89-84, then Gordon 

hit a pair of free throws. Perkins 

followed with a layup and 

then traded free throws with 

Gordon before Eddie House 

hit a 3-pointer to make it 96-88 

with 2:30 left. 

The Celtics made 11 straight 

free throws from there — one 

of them on a three-point play 

by Allen that made it 105-97 


Racing fan Matt Ravers cheers during the first race at the 

135th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday. 

time on the rodeo circuit as 

a bareback rider, hobbled 

on crutches to the winner’s 

circle. The 45-year-old selfdescribed 

cowboy from New 

Mexico broke his right leg 

in a motorcycle accident two 

months ago. 

“I’m feeling like I never 

have before,” he said. “I was 

just blown away.” 

He met up with a tearful 

Borel, whose mind was on 

his parents and paid them 

tribute by crossing the finish 

line with his whip pointing to 

the overcast sky. 

“If they could only be here 

to see what I accomplish in 

my life,” he said, his voice 

choking. 


the first quarter of Saturday’s playoff game. 

Boston won, 109-99, to clinch the series. 

with 37 seconds left. 

Chicago led by as many 

as nine points, 32-23, after 

Gordon scored the first five 

points of the second quarter 

— giving him 17 at that 

point. The Bulls took a 36-30 

lead with 8:01 left in the half 

before Boston scored the next 

11 points and 20 of the next 

22 to go into the break with a 

14-point lead. 

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happens. 

“Neither team,” said Marvin 

Williams, managing a weak 

smile after Atlanta practiced 

Saturday, “has executed as 

well as they want to.” 

They certainly haven’t bothered 

to show up in tandem. 

The Hawks have won their 

three games by an average of 

17 points; the Heat’s average 

margin of victory is a staggering 

23 points. Three games 

have been decided by at least 

26; none has been closer than 

10 at the end. 

The first basket doesn’t 

always win, but whoever is 

ahead by the end of the first 

quarter is in good shape. 

There have been a grand total 

of 12 lead changes the entire 

series, none of them occurring 

after the opening period. 

The teams managed to go two 

straight games without the 

lead switching hands once. 

“It definitely is crazy,” Hawks 

forward Josh Smith said. “It 

seems like when one of us 

makes a run, the other team 

isn’t able to make a push to 

come back. I don’t know what 

it is. Just confidence, I guess. 

But I know we’ve got to get off 

to a good start.” 

As things stand, this series 

might be remembered for 

Atlanta’s real-life mascot, 

Spirit the Hawk, flying around 

Philips Arena during the early 

minutes of Game 2, refusing to 

go to its handler. After being 

released from the rafters, the 

fierce-looking bird perched on 

the scoreboard high above the 

court, then swooped down to 

a handrail in the lower deck 

and finally settled atop the 

backboard. 

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Edwards, then set his sights 

on leader Jeff Gordon. Busch 

raced past Gordon on the 

next lap, then held on for the 

Richmond sweep. 

It is Busch’s series-best 

third Cup win of the season, 

and 50th of his career spanning 

NASCAR’s top three 

series. 

Tony Stewart was second, 

followed by Jeff Burton, Ryan 

Newman and Mark Martin. 

Burton and Martin both 

recovered from earlier accidents 

— Burton spun after 

contact with Dale Earnhardt 

Big inning propels 

Rebs past Auburn 


Ole Miss continued to come 

up with the big hit when it 

needed it, using a four-run 

rally in the third inning to 

push past Auburn 8-2 on Saturday 

night. 

Matt Smith hit a two-run 

homer during the game-turning 

inning, and Tim Ferguson 

had a two-run triple as the 

Rebels turned a one-run deficit 

into a 5-2 lead. 

Ferguson was 3-for-3 at the 

plate with three RBIs, while 

Smith was 2-for-4 with three 

RBIs and a run scored. Ole 

Miss (35-13, 15-8 Southeastern 

Conference) added single 

runs in the fourth, fifth and 

ninth innings as it clinched 

the weekend series. 

Nathan Baker (4-1) picked 

up the win with 4 2/3 innings 

of strong relief. He held the 

Tigers scoreless during his 

stint while striking out five 

and allowing six hits. 

“Phillip (Irwin) really battled 

today, but Auburn was 

getting after it offensively,” 

said Ole Miss coach Mike 

Bianco. “Baker did a good job 

today of coming in and holding 

them back. The last two 

days we have really competed 

offensively. We have really 

battled with two strikes and 

with two outs and gotten some 

big hits.” 

Auburn led 2-1 after two 

innings, but the Rebels took 

the lead for good in the third. 

Logan Power singled, then 

Smith’s two-run homer to 

right made it 3-2. Two more 

singles by Kyle Henson and 

Kevin Mort set the stage for 

Ferguson, who tripled in both 

runners to make it 5-2. 

Auburn loaded the bases in 

the bottom half of the third 

with one out, sending Bianco 

to the bullpen for Baker. 

Baker got the next batter 

to ground into a double play 

and the Rebels got out of the 

inning with no damage. 

MSU 7, Alabama 3, susp. 

Saturday night’s Mississippi 

State-Alabama game was suspended 

due to heavy rains 

and possible tornadoes in the 

Oktibbeha County area. 

MSU led 7-3 in the top of 

the sixth inning when play 

was halted. The teams will 

resume that nine-inning contest 

at noon today at Dudy 

Noble Field. The series finale, 

a seven-inning game, will be 

played 30 minutes after the 

completion of that contest. 

In Saturday night’s action, 

Alabama built a 2-0 lead with 

Jr., and Martin was involved 

in an accident with Martin 

Truex Jr. — for their strong 

finishes. 

Busch credited one final 

caution-free run for being 

able to hold off Stewart, who 

had fresher tires. 

“Those guys had to run us 

down,” Busch said. “We took 

four tires and then we were 

going to stay out from then 

on out. We made the most of 

the effort. I didn’t think we 

could do it. I knew we had a 

good car, not a great car. 

“All you have to do is hang 

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two runs in the top of the first 

inning. 

The Bulldogs responded with 

a seven-run bottom of the first 

inning. It is the second time 

this season that MSU has had 

a seven-run inning. 

That outburst included an 

RBI single by Scott DeLoach, 

an RBI double by Connor 

Powers, a three-run double by 

Jason Nappi and an RBI single 

by Jet Butler. 

Florida 7, Georgia 6 

Junior reliever Billy Bullock 

retired all six batters he 

faced for his ninth save of the 

season as Florida (32-14, 14-8 

SEC) edged Georgia (33-13, 

14-8) and moved the Gators 

into a first-place tie in the SEC 

East with the Bulldogs. 

Eight of Florida’s nine starters 

contributed a hit in the 

win. Teddy Foster and Buddy 

Munroe both homered for 

Florida, while Bryce Massanari 

and Joey Lewis went deep 

for Georgia. 

Arkansas 11-0, LSU 4-5 

Junior Dallas Keuchel 

allowed three runs and five 

hits in eight strong innings 

for Arkansas, which beat 

LSU 11-4 in the first game of 

a doubleheader. 

Game one of the three-game 

series was originally scheduled 

to be played on Friday, 

but heavy rains in the Fayetteville 

area forced the game to 

be played on Saturday as the 

first game of a doubleheader. 

In game two, Louis Coleman 

threw a two-hit shutout as 

LSU earned the split with a 

5-0 victory. 

Arkansas (31-13, 14-8 SEC) 

moved into first place in the 

SEC West after the first game, 

only to fall a half-game back of 

LSU (35-13, 15-8) and Ole Miss 

after the nightcap. LSU went 

from first place, to third, then 

back into first in the span of a 

few hours. 

Keuchel got off to a rocky 

start in the first inning after 

giving up a two-run home run 

to Blake Dean, but Arkansas 

was able to answer in the 

bottom of the second with a 

home run of its own, a solo 

shot by Andy Wilkins, his 14th 

of the year. 

After the shaky first, Keuchel 

settled down to cruise through 

the next seven innings, giving 

up only 1 run on 3 hits. The 

8 1/3 innings of work was a 

career high for Keuchel. 

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Sam Hornish Jr. was a 

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at Talladega last week until 

he was part of the 10-car accident 

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Jamie McMurray came 

back from a mid-race spin 

to finish seventh and was 

followed by Gordon, Casey 

Mears and Juan Pablo 

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THE SOUTH 

Karen Gamble, managing editor | E-mail: newsreleases@vicksburgpost.com | Tel: 601.636.4545 ext 137 

MDOT boss 

among many 

to support 

killer’s parole 


Mark Jones’ fingers glide with purpose across his Braille Reader. 

It’s the fingers that catch the stares of two 

wide-eyed visitors in the basement of Mark 

Jones’ Openwood subdivision home. 

They glide effortlessly over what appears to 

be a small computer connected wirelessly to the 

Internet. Four large buttons are on the machine’s 

face, a spacebar in the middle. Below is a row of 

raised dots extending 

the length of the 

machine. 

Jones works his 

fingers quickly, first 

finding this newspaper’s 

Web site 

— www.vicksburgpost.com 

— in his 

favorites bookmark 

folder. “OK, I think 

I am there,” says 

Jones, sitting in a swivel chair in the home, also 

the studio for two Vicksburg radio stations, 105.5 

FM and AM 1490, he owns. “I ‘see’ the news link, 

sports, crime. Let me read this.” 

“A Vicksburg man was in the Warren County 

Jail this morning for molestation of a minor,” 

he said, expertly repeating the first item that 

appeared in The Vicksburg Post’s crime section 

on Wednesday — making the jaws of his two visitors 

nearly hit the floor. 

Technology has brought to Jones something he 

never believed would be possible — the ability 

to read the local newspaper by himself when he 

wants to and where he wants to. 

Born blind in 1955, Jones said he has thirsted 

for the opportunity to do so without much 

thought. Throughout his life, Jones has been 

able to hear news — mostly state and national 

— through a special service by radio or have articles 

read to him by someone else. Through technology, 

though, Jones is able to read the local 

paper for himself. 

He connects wirelessly using a machine called 

a Braille Reader, which cost about $7,000. Developed 

in 1821, Braille allows blind people to use 

six raised dots that are formed into a rectangle 

with three dots running vertically. The raised 

dots can be formed into 64 different positions 

creating letters. It is read by running the fingers 

across the raised dots. 

Jones began learning Braille as a 6-year-old 

and can read it effortlessly now. He has spent 

his life in Mississippi and has been in the radio 

business since his college days at Millsaps. He 

replaced Bob Pittman, who later founded MTV, 

at his first radio job in Jackson and has worked 

at radio stations from Aberdeen to Vicksburg. 

His wish to read a local newspaper, though, 

had never been granted until last Sunday when 

he sat with his Braille Reader on his lap and 

began to search this newspaper’s Web site, www. 

vicksburgpost.com. New on the Web site is the 

e-Post, a complete edition, page by page, just as 

it appears in print. Jones, however, uses the links 

on which local stories have been posted for about 

seven years. 

Several days before our visit, the daughter 

of friends of his had been killed in an accident. 

Jones had heard the story, but wanted to read it 

for himself. He navigated around the site — finding 

it easy at times and difficult at others — until 

he found the newspaper account. “I know that 

family and I just wanted to see what it said, to 

read the story,” he said. 

It took about 15 minutes for Jones, a father of 

mErEdiTh spEncEr•The Vicksburg PosT 

His fingers 

do the walking 

technology takes blind man into new newspaper world 

SEAN MURPHY 

POST WEB EDITOR 

Mark Jones reports the weather forecast on 105.5 FM. 

Mark Jones reads The Vicksburg Post. 

four himself, to find the link containing the story. 

He finished reading it, put the Braille Reader 

down, and tended to other activities. 

On Wednesday, he again showed his prowess 

on the reader. It comes equipped with a voice 

synthesizer, but many of the words get garbled, 

making some difficult to understand. Plus, he 

said, hearing the news is a far cry from reading 

it. 

Jones admits he still needs to practice navigating 

the newspaper’s Web site, even quipping that 

a small advantage is one can read Braille in the 

middle of the night with no lights on. 

A big advantage he sees will be during high 

school football season. The radio stations he 

runs are planning on covering Warren County’s 

two biggest high school football teams again this 

season. Last year he did three coaches’ pregame 

shows with Warren Central coach Curtis Brewer, 

but he had to ask general questions. He said that 

will change this year. 

Jones will be able to read about those teams, 

keep informed about local news. He will enjoy 

the taste of freedom. 

“A lot of people don’t appreciate the local newspaper 

and they complain about it,” Jones said. 

“There are not a lot of locally owned newspapers 

around anymore, and people need to be proud 

of it. You can get national news from so many 

places, but there aren’t many places to get Vicksburg 

news.” 

Thanks to Internet technology — the latest 

advancement in the ever-evolving world of newspapers 

— Jones can keep informed in the same 

way as the thousands of subscribers to this 

newspaper — he can read it. 

JACKSON — The director 

of the Mississippi Department 

of Transportation, a 

judge, sheriff and circuit 

clerk in Kentucky were 

among those who supported 

the parole of Douglas 

Hodgkin, a convicted killer 

released from prison last 

month. 

Hodgkin, 43, was convicted 

in 1987 of capital murder in 

the death of 

Jean Elizabeth 

Gillies, 

a University 

of Mississippi 

student 

who was 

raped, sodomized 

and 

strangled in 

1986. He was 

Butch 

Brown 

released April 13 after serving 

21 years, creating a furor 

in Mississippi and prompting 

state lawmakers to make 

changes in the parole system. 

MDOT Executive Director 

Butch Brown sent at least 

two letters on agency letterhead 

supporting Hodgkin’s 

parole, according to documents 

obtained by The Associated 

Press through a public 

records request. The letters 

in Hodgkin’s Parole Board 

file date back as far as 1996 

and coincide with the years 

he was eligible for parole. 

In letters dated Nov. 16, 

2004 and May 1, 2006, Brown 

describes himself as a former 

elected official, current head 

of a state agency and “close 

friend of Douglas Hodgkin’s 

father, Will, a gentleman of 

utmost integrity with the 

highest moral character.” 

Will Hodgkin was a successful 

banker in central 

Kentucky. He did not respond 

to a message left at his home. 

Douglas Hodgkin’s number 

was not listed. 

James S. Chenault, a 

retired circuit court judge in 

Kentucky, supported Hodgkin’s 

parole in a 2002 letter 

that said: “Hodgkin is the 

scion of one of the most 

prominent families in Clark 

County (if not also in central 

Kentucky).” 

The letter, which was written 

on court letterhead 

with the handwritten word 

“retired” near the top, says, 

in part, “what’s happened 

has happened. At some time, 

the book must be closed and 

everyone must get on with 

their lives.” 

Chenault did not respond to 

a message left at his home. 

Gillies’ was attacked at 

her Oxford apartment Oct. 

22, 1986. Hodgkin, of Winchester, 

Ky., had been in a 

relationship with the 24-yearold 

woman, who was eight 

weeks pregnant. Hodgkin 

was sentenced to life. At 

that time, however, life sentences 

came with a chance 

for parole. 

Bill Gillies, the victim’s 

brother, said if Hodgkin kills 

again the people who helped 

him walk out of prison will 

“have blood on their hands.” 

“This case was never about 

justice,” he said. “This case 

was always about politics.” 

Brown, the MDOT chief and 

former Natchez mayor, wrote 

that he was “acutely aware 

of the horrible crime Douglas 

committed” but he “has 

been adequately punished” 

and “serving additional jail 

time will serve no useful 

purpose.” 

In a telephone interview, 

See Hodgkin, Page B6.


A view from the top 

Historic photos taken in and around Vicksburg are featured on 

Sundays in The Vicksburg Post. Many of the photos are from 

the J. Mack Moore Collection at the Old Court House Museum. 

Though not all photos were taken by Mr. Moore, they are part of 

the collection given to the museum by longtime Vicksburg Post 

managing editor Charles J. Faulk. Appropriate photos from the 

public will also be accepted and published. To submit a photo, 

contact Karen Gamble at 636-4545. 

Jindal scales back 

sex offender ideas 

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) 

— Gov. Bobby Jindal scaled 

back plans for toughening 

sex offender laws after House 

Speaker Jim Tucker and 

another lawmaker sent him 

an unusually blunt letter questioning 

whether the proposals 

were constitutional and how 

they would be 

paid for in a 

tight budget 

year. 

Tucker, a 

Jindal ally 

on most 

issues, and 

Rep. Ernest 

Wooton, chairman 

of the 

Bobby 

Jindal 

House Criminal Justice Committee, 

sent the 10-page letter 

to the governor in February. 

The letter amounts to a long 

list of problems in Jindal’s 

plans to crack down on sex 

offenders. 

“The proposed legislation, 

while admirable in intent, 

raises some questions we 

believe need to be addressed 

prior to the preparation of legislation,” 

Tucker and Wooton 

said in the Feb. 20 letter 

obtained by the Associated 

Press. 

Wooton said he learned of 

the governor’s sex offender 

proposals from a Jindal press 

release that laid out “seven 

legislative priority areas for 

tightening laws and penalties 

on sex offenders that will be 

the basis for several bills.” The 

press release was the result of 

speeches Jindal made around 

Louisiana on his plans for sex 

offender bills. 

Wooton’s committee staff 

pored over the proposals and 

found problems with their 

purpose, costs and constitutionality, 

Wooton said. 

Tucker and Wooton’s letter 

questioned how the state 

could entirely ban convicts 

from being in the presence 

of minors: If “the offender is 

hired to work in a grocery 

store bagging groceries or at a 

movie theater collecting tickets, 

would that employment 

violate the law? How long 

does this employment restriction 

last? For the remainder of 

his natural life?” 

Two signs and several buildings tell a bit about Vicksburg in the 

1950s era. The Tilghman building was on Clay and Washington 

streets and once housed the telephone office. The sign out front 

advertised the Old Southern Tea Room, which was internationally 

famous, and next door was Werleins for Music, which was 

Hodgkin 


Brown said he still believes 

in second chances. 

“I don’t know the Hodgkins, 

I only know a friend of theirs 

who was our consultant on 

the bridge replacement on 

the Mississippi Gulf Coast ... 

and as I recall they weren’t 

trying to get him paroled, 

they were trying to get him 

relocated to Kentucky.” 

Brown’s letter, however, 

said “Douglas Hodgkin 

deserves an opportunity to 

be paroled.” 

It also says Brown was 

a “close friend” of Hodgkin’s 

father. Brown now says 

“that’s a stretch. I’m not a 

close personal friend, I think 

I met him once.” 

“I don’t think I even wrote 

the letter to be honest with 

you,” Brown said. “I think I 

just put it on my letterhead.” 

He said he doesn’t know 

who may have composed the 

letter.Brown has been the 

executive director of MDOT 

for eight years. 

Former Clark County, Ky., 

Sheriff Gary O. Lawson 

wrote several letters over 

the years, including one on 

sheriff’s department letterhead 

and dated Nov. 15, 2004, 

after he retired. The word 

“retired” was handwritten 

next to the word sheriff. He 

did not immediately respond 

public meetings this week 

demolished and Unifirst Savings and Loan, built on the site. It 

later was the headquarters for the Vicksburg Convention and 

Visitors Bureau. The photo is from the Old Court House Museum 

collection. 

to a message left at his home 

Friday. 

Others, like Phil Bryant, 

who was state Auditor at the 

time and now is Mississippi’s 

lieutenant governor, opposed 

the release. 

“I trust we will not allow a 

sexual predator and murderer 

back on the streets,” 

Bryant wrote in 2000. 

“I stand by that position,” 

Bryant said Friday. “Violence 

touched my family in 1981 

with the death of my aunt. 

Her death is something we 

live with each day.” 

Another letter, written 

by a funeral home worker 

who prepared Gillies’ body, 

said she “saw first hand the 

remains of what this man 

done to this beautiful young 

woman.” 

The file also contains letters 

Hodgkin wrote himself, 

and letters from people 

pleading that he remain 

behind bars. 

“I hate that I am guilty of 

this senseless act,” Hodgkin 

wrote in 1996. “I now know 

and understand how great a 

loss Jeanie’s death is.” 

Preservationists sue 

over La. hospital plans 

Region 


NEW ORLEANS — A preservation 

group is suing the 

federal government, claiming 

it failed to adequately assess 

the effect of building two new 

hospitals in New Orleans’ 

Mid-City neighborhood. 

The National Trust for Historic 

Preservation wants a 

federal judge keep the government 

from moving ahead 

with the plans until a more 

thorough review is done. 

The U.S. Department of 

Veterans Affairs and Federal 

Emergency Management 

Agency are named as 

defendants. 

In November, the VA 

announced plans to build in 

Mid-City, and the city was 

given a year to secure the 

necessary land. The state 

has yet to fully secure the 

$1.2 billion expected for a 

teaching hospital that would 

be nearby and replace the 

Hurricane Katrina-shuttered 

Charity Hospital. But it plans 

to use FEMA funds. 

The trust claims, among 

other things, that the agencies 

failed to fully consider 

all alternatives to building in 

Mid-City as well as the cumulative 

impact of the project. 

About 70 acres — including 

land with homes rebuilt after 

Hurricane Katrina and other 

structures the trust considers 

historic — would have to 

be cleared for a project city 

and business leaders see as 

crucial to reviving the local 

economy and improving 

health care in the city. 

man sought in 

N.o. bar shootings 

NEW ORLEANS — Police 

are searching for a 25-yearold 

man suspected of killing 

a woman and injuring her 

companion in a French Quarter 

bar. 

Police say the pair were 

shot about 5 a.m. Saturday at 

Erin Rose Bar. 

trial delayed for man 

linked to fatal overdose 

NEW ORLEANS — A federal 

judge has agreed to 

postpone a trial for a New 

Orleans man accused of conspiring 

to sell heroin that a 

teenager ingested before he 

died of an overdose last year. 

Wade allegedly conspired 

with 21-year-old Shanon 

Frank to sell the heroin that 

19-year-old Pierce Sharai 

ingested at a New Orleans 

hotel before he died in January 

2008. 

Monday 

• Warren County Board of 

Supervisors, 9 a.m., Warren 

County Court House, third 

floor. 

• Vicksburg Board of Mayor 

and Aldermen, 10 a.m., room 

109, City Hall Annex, 1415 

Walnut St. 

• Home Investment Partnership 

Program public hearing, 

5 p.m., Warren County Courthouse, 

third floor 

Tuesday 

• Vicksburg Board of Zoning 

Appeals, 5 p.m., room 109, City 

Hall Annex, 1415 Walnut St. 

BONE DRUG MAY SPUR JAW DAMAGE 

While it has been known for 

some time that injections of the class 

of anti-osteoporosis drugs known as 

bisphosphonates might trigger jawbone 

decay after certain dental procedures, 

the pill forms of these same 

drugs have now been shown to have 

the same side effect. According to 

recent research, oral treatment with 

alendronate (Fosamax) for as little as 

a year was found to increase the risk 

for jawbone disease after a tooth 

extraction or other dental problem. 

Analysis of the medical records of 

patients who had taken alendronate 

pills showed that four percent displayed 

active jawbone decay, or 

osteonecrosis. The cases, which were 

related to tooth extractions and denture-related 

ulcers, should prompt 

greater care and awareness of this 

potential problem. 

At the office of BRENT 

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complete, quality dental care for all 

Dr. Thomas’ 

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We examine the oral cavity, the 

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cancer, or other disease? We 

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next appointment. We are dedicated 

to your oral health and offer a variety 

of procedures to help achieve a 

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TONIGHT ON TV 

n MOVIE 

“The Wedding Date” — A desperate 

woman, Debra Messing, pays a male 

escort, Dermot Mulroney, $6,000 to accompany 

her to London for her sister’s 

wedding./7 on TBS 

n SPORTS 

NBA Playoffs — The Miami Heat and 

Atlanta Hawks will battle in Game 7 

of their best-of-seven playoff series./ 

noon on ABC 

n PRIMETIME 

“The Celebrity Apprentice” — The 

Debra Messing 

teams must create a new jingle and a 

30-second radio spot for a company; former winner Piers Morgan 

interviews the contestants; the finalists are selected./8 on 

NBC 

THIS WEEK’S LINEUP 

n EXPANDED LISTINGS 

TV TIMES — Network, cable and satellite programs appear in 

Sunday’s TV Times magazine and online at www.vicksburgpost. 

com 

MILESTONES 

n BIRTHDAYS 

Pete Seeger, folk singer, 90; Ann B. Davis, actress, 83; Frankie 

Valli, singer, 75; Christopher Cross, singer, 58; Brad Martin, 

country singer, 36; Cheryl Burke, dancer, 25; Jill Berard, actress, 

19. 

n DEATHS 

Ben Enoch — One of Wales’ most promising golfers, died in a 

car crash. He was 19. 

Danny Gans — Singer-actor-impressionist Danny Gans, who 

spent more than a decade as one of the most popular entertainers 

in Las Vegas, died. He was 52. 

PEOPLE 

Madonna’s adoption effort hits snag 

The father of a girl from Malawi whom Madonna 

hopes to adopt says he’s capable of taking 

care of his daughter. 

James Kambewa (kam-BEH’-wah) is believed 

to be the biological father of Chifundo (chee- 

FOON’-doh) “Mercy” James. He told CBS News 

in an interview to be broadcast Monday on “The 

Early Show” that he does not want the pop star 

to adopt the 4-year-old. 

Kambewa also says he had never met his 

daughter and has only seen her picture in newspapers and on 

television. 

Comedian arrested in assault case 

Standup comic Robert Schimmel has been arrested on suspicion 

of beating his wife. 

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Sgt. Jay Royal says the 59-yearold 

comedian was taken into custody early Saturday after an alleged 

fight at his home in Calabasas. 

The comedian has been a frequent guest on Conan O’Brien’s 

TV show and on Howard Stern’s radio program. His 2008 memoir 

“Cancer on $5 a Day” chronicles his battle with non-Hodgkin’s 

lymphoma. 

ANd ONE MORE 

Madonna 

Outhouses cushion small plane crash 

A small airplane dropping from the sky after its engine failed 

wound up on a cushioning bunch of portable toilets — and the 

pilot was able to walk away apparently unhurt. 

Sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer says the plane was about 150 

feet in the air when the engine quit. 

Troyer told The News Tribune that the pilot tried to turn 

around to land but didn’t quite make it. 

The plane hit a fence, flipped over and landed upside down 

on top of the portable toilets standing in a storage yard. 

TOMORROW’S HOROSCOPE 

BY BERNICE BEDE OSOL • NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION 

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — You won’t be good at playing politics 

when it comes to your social affairs, so be careful about trying 

to play one pal against another. 

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — You might try to blame your associates 

if you are unable to achieve your objectives or assignments. 

Sadly, this excuse is likely to blow up in your face. 

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — If you hear only what you want, 

you’re apt to read negative meanings into what is said and it will 

put you in a worse mood. 

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — If your handling of funds is too loosely 

structured, an individual with whom you’re involved will recognize 

this as a perfect time to place a claim on something valuable 

that is rightfully yours. 

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Either deliberately or accidentally, 

you could find yourself in opposition to those with whom 

you’re involved. 

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Unless you pace yourself properly, 

you could run out of steam before you are halfway into your 

course. 

Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Instead of being proud that others 

are admiring someone you’re extremely fond of, you could 

become jealous and possessive of that person. 

Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Be careful that you don’t act 

in a manner that might alienate the very people who can help 

you achieve your purposes. 

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Your bright, absorbent mind 

usually grasps ideas and concepts instantly. But if for some 

strange reason, you don’t understand the information, speak up 

immediately. 

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — In most activities, you’ll conduct 

your affairs with extreme efficiency. Yet when it comes to your 

financial affairs, carelessness might be the order of the day. 

Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20) — Out of fear or shyness, you can 

sometimes function too independently for your own good. 

Aries (March 21-April 19) — The beginning of a new week 

is always a good time to start a program for promoting good 

health. If you’re feeling ill effects from the weekend, resolve to 

take back control of your body. 

MTV bets on model for pop culture show 

NEW YORK (AP) — MTV 

has been without a show 

that has defined pop culture 

since the demise of “Total 

Request Live” and is betting 

on a 25-year-old British model 

who dates a rock star to help 

fill that void. 

“The Alexa Chung Show” 

will be a mix of celebrity talk, 

music and online interaction 

with viewers. The stakes are 

high; it’s the most important of 

nine new series the slumping 

MTV has in the works. The 

midday series begins June 

15. 

MTV’s viewership for the 

first three months of 2009 is 

down 18 percent from the 

year before. The docu-soap 

“The Hills” is still popular, 

and MTV is generating 

modest heat with the competition 

“America’s Best Dance 

Crew,” but it has lacked the 

daily stop-off point for stars 

that “TRL” provided before its 

slow demise and cancellation 

last November. 

At its height, during the 

’N Sync and Britney Spears 

years, “TRL” set the tone for 

the music business and drew 

huge crowds to MTV’s Times 

Square studio. 

Chung, who has been on TV 

shows since she was 18 and 

Grandson on a lot of meds needs medication review 

Dear Dr. Gott: I have a 

13-year-old grandson who has 

several problems that he takes 

medication for. He is currently 

on Geodon, Vyvanse, Prevacid, 

buspirone and benztropine. 

My reason for writing is that 

I am concerned about some 

of the things he is doing. He 

constantly says he is starving. 

He is getting chubby. He 

also vomits a lot, usually 10 

to 20 minutes after eating. 

He complains about frequent 

stomachaches, backaches and 

headaches. And the thing that 

scares me the most is that he 

overheats all the time. His face 

will get red and blotchy, but he 

doesn’t sweat. If the temperature 

is above 65 degrees, he 

complains about being hot. 

Do you have any suggestions 

about how I can help him? 

Dear Reader: Since you do 

not provide any of the diagnoses 

that your grandson 

was given, I will first have to 

review his medications to get 

an approximate picture. 

First, you state he is taking 

Geodon. This is an antipsychotic 

medication used for 

schizophrenia, manic episodes 

of bipolar disorder and acute 

agitation of schizophrenic 

patients. 

Common side effects include 

motor restlessness (from an 

inner disquiet to an inability 

to sit or lie still), extrapyramidal 

symptoms (twitching, 

tremor and more), nausea, 

vomiting, dyspepsia (indigestion, 

heartburn), headache 

and anxiety. 

His next medication is 

British model Alexa Chung 

now dates Arctic Monkeys 

singer Alex Turner, is a fresh 

face able to relate to both stars 

and the audience at home, network 

executives said. 

“We just all really fell for her,” 

said David Sirulnick, MTV’s 

executive vice president for 

ASK 

THE 

DOCTOR 

Dr. PETEr 

GOTT 

news and production. 

The idea is to introduce 

Chung’s show at midday for 

young viewers home for the 

summer and, if it works out 

well, move later to an afterschool 

time slot. 

Facebook is working with 

Vyvanse. This is an amphetamine 

used to treat Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity 

Disorder. 


nausea, vomiting, abdominal 

pain, headache, psychotic 

episodes and dyskinesia 

(impairment of voluntary 

movements). Because it is 

an amphetamine, it is a controlled 

substance and has a 

high potential for abuse and 

dependency. When stopping 

this mediation, it is vital to 

do so with physician supervision, 

because withdrawal 

symptoms can be dangerous 

depending on how long and 

at what dose the medication 

was given. 

Prevacid is a proton-pump 

inhibitor, which reduces the 

amount of acid the stomach 

produces. Common side 

effects include nausea, abdominal 

pain, headache, back pain, 

hunger/increased appetite, 

weight gain, agitation, anxiety 

and vomiting. 

Buspirone is an antianxiety 

medication. Common 

side effects include vomiting, 

nausea, worsening of 

pre-existing psychotic symptoms, 

fever and hyperthermia 

(overheating). 

Your grandson’s final medication 

is benztropine, which 

is used for Parkinsonism and 

extrapyramidal disorders, 

such as tardive dyskinesia. 


nausea, vomiting, hyperthermia, 

fever and exacerbation 

of pre-existing psychotic 

symptoms. 

Based on his medications, 

I assume he has been diagnosed 

with ADHD, bipolar 

mania and anxiety. The Prevacid 

is likely taken to prevent 

or reduce side effects 

from one or more of the medications. 

His benztropine has 

two potential uses: to reduce 

or eliminate side effects from 

one or more of his medications 

or because he has an extrapyramidal 

disorder. 

He is on several powerful 

medications that are likely 

interacting and causing side 

effects. If this is the case, they 

are doing more harm than 

good. Urge his parents to take 

him back to the prescribing 

physician and express concern 

MTV as a partner in the series. 

MTV wants to use Facebook 

and Twitter to reach viewers 

in a way that “TRL” — which 

asked viewers to vote on their 

favorite videos — could barely 

touch upon. 

“The show will air one hour 

a day,” Sirulnick said. “but for 

the other 23 hours we want 

viewers to be engaged with 

Alexa and what is on the 

show.” 

Sirulnick said MTV has been 

searching for the last few 

years for someone to build a 

show around. 

MTV is going against the 

grain in that many young 

viewers are seeking a version 

of comfort TV, given the popularity 

of reruns of “George 

Lopez” and “The Fresh 

Prince of Bel-Air,” said Brian 

Graden, MTV’s entertainment 

president. 

Among MTV’s other new 

shows will be “The Buried 

Life,” with four men trying to 

cross out items on a young 

person’s version of a bucket 

list; “Gone Too Far,” an intervention 

series for addicts; 

and “Disaster Date,” a hidden 

camera show about people 

set up on awful blind dates by 

their friends. 

Couple feels pressure to adopt brother along with sister 

Dear Abby: A year ago, my 

husband and I chose to permanently 

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“Martha’s” 11-year-old daughter, 

“Stella.” She is smart as a 

whip and has a heart as big 

as Texas. My problem is, what 

should I do about Martha’s 

other child, Stella’s 8-year-old 

brother, “Carl”? 

We are adopting Stella with 

no opposition from family. 

Martha neglects Carl as she 

did Stella, but refuses to give 

him up because she says she 

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Should we consider adopting 

this other child? We already 

have my biological son with 

us full time. Help! — Worried 

up North 

Dear Worried: If you believe 

that Carl is being neglected or 

that Martha is an unfit mother, 

it should be reported immediately 

to children’s services. If 

they investigate and find there 

is cause, Stella’s brother will 

be removed from the house. 

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will be an expensive undertaking, 

emotionally and financially, 

and there may be repercussions 

within the family. 

You should consult the attorney 

who is assisting you in 

Stella’s adoption. 

• 

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about his current situation. If 

more than one physician prescribed 

the medications, then 

all the doctors need to have a 

meeting to be brought up to 

speed on what the others are 

prescribing and why. 

Finally, you express concern 

that your grandson gets red 

and blotchy and complains 

about being hot at relatively 

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yet another side effect of his 

medications, it may also be 

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known as anhidrosis. 

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body’s inability to sweat. 

If your grandson truly 

has anhidrosis, he needs to 

undergo testing to determine 

if there is an underlying 

cause. He also needs to carefully 

monitor his activity to 

prevent overheating. 

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‘Da Vinci’ author Dan Brown releasing novel in September 

By Hillel Italie 


NEW YORK — At last, a new 

Dan Brown novel is coming. 

Six years after the release 

of his mega-selling “The Da 

Vinci Code,” the Knopf Doubleday 

Publishing Group 

announced that Brown’s 

“The Lost Symbol,” a thriller 

set during a 12-hour period 

and featuring “Da Vinci Code” 

symbolist Robert Langdon, 

will come out in September. 

“This novel has been a 

strange and wonderful journey,” 

Brown said. “Weaving 

five years of research into the 

story’s 12-hour time frame 

was an exhilarating challenge. 

Robert Langdon’s life 

clearly moves a lot faster than 

mine.” 

The first printing will be 5 

million copies, Knopf Doubleday 

said Monday, a modest 

number considering that 

“The Da Vinci Code” has sold 

more than 80 million worldwide 

and inspired a spin-off 

community of travel books, 

diet books, parodies and religious 

works. 

A film version, starring Tom 

Hanks, came out in 2006 and 

made more than $700 million 

at the box office. Hanks 

will again be seen as Langdon 

when the adaptation of 

Brown’s “Angels & Demons” 

debuts in May. 

Brown, 44, had kept his readers 

and the struggling book 

industry in suspense as year 

after year passed without 

a new novel. As far back as 

2004, Doubleday had hinted 

that a follow up was coming, 

The Warren County-Vicksburg 

Public Library reports 

on new books regularly: 

• “I See You Everywhere” 

by Julia Glass is the story 

of two sisters, together and 

apart, told in their alternating 

voices over 25 years. 

Louisa is the older one, the 

conscientious student, precise 

and careful: the one who 

yearns for a good marriage, 

an artistic career, a family. 

Clem, the youngest, is the 

rebel: committed to her work 

but not to the men who fall 

for her daring nature. Louisa 

resents the fact that the 

charismatic Clem has always 

been the favorite, yet Clem 

resents the high expectations 

Louisa imposes on her. 

• “Your Heart Belongs to 

Me” by Dean Koontz is his 

latest riveting thriller. At 34, 

Internet entrepreneur Ryan 

Perry has it all, until he is 

diagnosed with an incurable 

cardiomyopathy and is 

placed on the list for a heart 

transplant. It’s his only hope 

and he feels like he’s about 

to lose it all — his health, his 

girlfriend and his life. One 

year later, Ryan has never 

felt better and he hopes to 

renew his relationship with 

Samantha. Then the heartrelated 

gifts start showing 

up. Most disturbing of all, a 

graphic heart surgery video 

and the chilling message: 

Your heart belongs to me. 

• “What Doesn’t Kill You” 

by Virginia DeBerry and 

Donna Grant focuses on the 

life of opinionated, straighttalking, 

40-something Tee. 

She has built a fine life for 

herself, but after her daughter’s 

wedding Tee finds herself 

facing the loss of her 

job and bankruptcy. That’s 

when she decides that it’s 

time for her to wake up and 

face reality. Beyond “making 

money,” Tee never really 

decided what she wanted to 

do with her life. Then she 

stopped thinking about it and 

invested her hopes in someone 

else’s dream. Now it’s 

her chance to invest in herself. 

Can she step out on faith 

to follow her own dream? 

• “Black Ops” by W.E.B. 

Griffin takes us into the 

world of Presidential Agent 

Charley Castillo. Across the 

globe, there have been assassinations 

and some near 

misses. The Office of Organizational 

Analysis comes 

to the conclusion these were 

not coincidences and Castillo 

is next. He has made more 

than a few enemies, foreign 

Dan Brown 

tentatively titled “The Solomon 

Key” and widely believed 

to be about Freemasons in 

Washington, D.C. (Brown has 

been spotted over the years 

in Washington, researching 

Masonic temples.) 

Monday’s announcement did 

not say where the story was 

set or who it would be about, 

and Doubleday spokeswoman 

Suzanne Herz declined to offer 

further information. In “The 

Da Vinci Code,” a murder at 

the Louvre museum in Paris 

sets Langdon on an investigation 

that includes secret 

religious cults and speculation 

that Jesus had fathered a 

child with Mary Magdalene — 

a scenario that enraged scholars, 

critics and religious officials, 

all of it only bringing the 

book more readers. 

Eager for success, but unprepared 

for obsession, Brown 

became increasingly reluctant 

to make public appearances 

or talk to the media. His 

reserve was only magnified by 

new on the shelves 

If you go 

The Warren County-Vicksburg 

Public Library’s Youth 

Advisory Council’s Game 

Night Extravaganza will be 

from 4 to 6 p.m. May 12. 

Families are invited. Games 

scheduled for the evening 

will be Pictionary, Scrabble, 

Guitar Hero, Dance Dance 

Revolution and other Nintendo 

Wii sports games. 

For information, call 601- 

630-4103. 

and domestic. Confiscating 

some 60 million illicit dollars 

and leaving a trail of 

dead bad guys top the list of 

why, but it’s the question of 

“Who?” that has everyone 

watching his back. Is it the 

South American drug lords? 

Or the Muslim extremists? 

Or the former East German 

police force? 

• “The Letters” by Luanne 

Rice and Joseph Monninger 

are from an estranged husband 

and wife. Sam and 

Hadley West are both trying 

in their own ways to survive 

after the unthinkable loss 

of their only son in Alaska. 

For Sam, a sports journalist, 

acceptance means an arduous 

trek by dogsled across 

the bleak and beautiful arctic 

wilderness to find the place 

where Paul died. For Hadley, 

it means renting a benignly 

haunted, salt-soaked cottage 

off the Maine coast, where 

she begins to paint again. 

Now, at opposite ends of the 

country, waiting for their 

divorce to be final, they begin 

to exchange letters by post, 

missives filled with longing 

and truths they’ve never 

before voiced, as they recall 

their marriage — its magic 

moments and challenges — 

and begin to rediscover the 

reason they fell in love in the 

first place. 

• “The Bishop’s Daughter” 

by Tiffany L. Warren 

introduces us to Emoni 

Prentiss. She is strong in her 

walk — but unsure about her 

future. She keeps the business 

affairs of her father’s 

successful Atlanta church 

in order — but can’t get her 

personal business moving in 

the right direction. She’s the 

oldest and most reliable of 

Bishop Prentiss’ children — 

but is wondering if she’s tried 

too hard not to be a “wild 

preacher’s kid.” So Emoni 

is intrigued when sparks fly 

between her and Freedom of 


Life’s newest member, Darrin 

Bainbridge. 

• “Cape Disappointment” 

by Earl Emerson is his first 

“Thomas Black” novel in 

more than a decade. The 

bomb that nearly killed 

Black went off in a school 

gymnasium after a Senate 

candidate had spoken. Amid 

the carnage, Black nearly 

bled to death. But he survives 

— and enters a tunnel 

of dreams and hallucinations, 

oblivion and unconnected 

memories. People 

come and go from his hospital 

room. A beautiful woman 

kisses him. A madman’s rant 

echoes in his mind. Then 

when Black — widower, hero 

and private investigator — is 

released from the hospital, 

he faces the twin tragedies 

that have devastated his life, 

and the fact that his lovely 

wife, Kathy, is really gone for 

good. Or is she? 

• “Knit Two” by Kate 

Jacobs is a “Friday Night 

Knitting Club” novel. Drawn 

together by the sense of 

family the club has created, 

the knitters rely on 

one another as they struggle 

with new challenges: for 

Catherine, finding love after 

divorce; for Darwin, the hope 

for a family; for Lucie, being 

a single mom and caregiver 

for her elderly mother; and 

for 70-something Anita, a 

proposal of marriage from 

her sweetheart that provokes 

the objections of her 

grown children. As the club’s 

projects — an afghan, baby 

booties, a wedding coat — 

are pieced together, so is 

their understanding of the 

patterns underlying the 

stresses and joys of being 

mother, wife, daughter and 

friend. Because it isn’t the 

difficulty of the garment 

that makes you a great knitter, 

it’s the care and attention 

you bring to the craft, 

as well as how you adapt to 

surprises. 

• “In Love with a Younger 

Man” by Cheryl Robinson 

drops us into the life of successful 

corporate sales professional 

Olena Day. However, 

her private life isn’t so 

successful, but that is going 

to change. With a one-year 

paid sabbatical, she has 

everything mapped out: buy 

a BMW convertible, rent a 

condo out of town, write the 

great American novel and, 

then, who knows? Maybe fall 

in love? But what happens 

when two men are vying for 

her attention, yet only one — 

book 

a copyright infringement lawsuit 

that was decided in his 

favor, but not before Brown 

was forced to testify in London 

and prepare an in-depth brief 

about his career, writing process 

and the fury he faced 

when promoting “The Da 

Vinci Code.” 

“I recall feeling defenseless 

because more than a year had 

passed since I’d researched and 

written the novel, and the precise 

names, dates, places and 

facts had faded somewhat in 

my memory,” Brown wrote. 

The trial, too, only made his 

book sell more. 

Inspired in part by the commercial 

fiction of Sidney Sheldon, 

Brown is an Amherst College 

graduate who has said 

he long gave up on the idea 

of being a literary writer and 

instead wanted to write novels 

read by many. But neither the 

author nor his publisher nor 

booksellers expected such 

a boom for “The Da Vinci 

Code,” his fourth novel, which 

remained on best-seller lists 

for more than three years 

and made million sellers out 

of such previous books as 

“Deception Point” and “Angels 

& Demons.” 

The long silence after “The 

Da Vinci Code,” far longer 

than the time spent between 

his previous books, led to 

speculation that Brown was 

hopelessly blocked, as staggered 

by fame as “Forever 

Amber” author Kathleen 

Winsor or Grace Metalious of 

“Peyton Place,” novelists who 

never again approached the 

the younger — captures her 

heart? 

• 

Denise Hogan is reference interlibrary 

loan librarian at the Warren County- 

Vicksburg Public Library. Write to her at 

700 Veto St., Vicksburg, MS 39180. 

“TORN FABRIC” 

By GAIL 

GRABOWSKI 

ACROSS 

1 Dance floor 

flasher 

7 Derby feature 

11 Authority 

14 Big name in 

hotels 

18 Biblical landfall 

19 “Look what I 

did!” 

20 Farm eatery? 

21 2000s scandal 

subject 

23 As it was 

formerly known, 

channel with the 

slogan “play 

every day” 

26 “The Cider 

House Rules” 

Oscar winner 

27 Name to a 

position 

28 Gauguin’s 

retreat 

29 Bank employee 

30 Defeat 

32 “Enough!” 

34 Marine predator 

38 Memorable 

times 

42 Cutter’s cousin 

43 Waldo of kids’ 

books, e.g. 

47 Took the role of 

52 Legal hurdle 

53 Mil. bigwigs 

55 Olympics cheer 

56 Flimsy 

57 Platte River 

settler 

58 Some e-mail 

receivers 

60 Couldn’t rush at 

rush hour 

63 Candied veggie 

64 Succotash 

staples 

66 Yukon, e.g.: 

Abbr. 

67 Tiny arachnids 

68 Crew members 

70 Broadway 

“Music Man” 

portrayer 

Robert 

73 Story to verify 

76 Clothes line 

78 Site of many 

styles 

79 Madrid Mrs. 

82 “That used to be 

the case” 

86 Timer alert 

87 Short flight 

88 “Bonanza” 

brother 

89 Strauss’s “__ 

Heldenleben” 

90 Lambaste 

92 Rub the right 

way 

94 Hard to dispute, 

as a theory 

96 It can be seen 

from the Seine 

98 Select group 

101 Ben-Gurion 

Airport is its 

hub 

102 Lunch orders 

103 Safe bronzing 

product 

108 Watch for cops, 

e.g. 

112 Future litigator’s 

study 

113 Intending 

117 Seasonal 

dancing center? 

122 Playful prank 

123 Seattle Post- 

Intelligencer, 

e.g. 

125 Hold precious 

126 Bartender’s 

supply 

127 Blacken 

128 More chilling 

129 Corpse sniffer of 

film 

130 Was ahead 

131 Web page stats 

132 Celtic rivals 

heights of their controversial 

best-sellers. 

Brown is a native of Exeter, 

N.H., who still lives in his home 

state with his wife, Blythe 

Brown, whom the novelist 

cited during the London trial 

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one letter to each square, 

to form six ordinary words. 

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as a virtual co-author, an energetic 

researcher who brought 

an invaluable “female perspective” 

to a book immersed 

in “the sacred feminine, goddess 

worship and the feminine 

aspect of spiritually.” 

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME 

by Mike Argirion and Jeff Knurek 

Now arrange the circled letters 

to form the surprise answer, as 

suggested by the above cartoon. 

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11 Slow-moving 45 Bottom point 

critters 

46 Mosque leaders 

12 Lofty 

48 Small and 

13 Jabber 

sprightly 

14 Expense report 49 Bonkers 

need 

50 Nice friend 

15 Counting 51 “Gimme a few 

everything 

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RELEASE DATE—Sunday, May 3, 2009 

Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle 

61 Not-so-good 

gds. 

62 In the middle of 

65 Examined by 

the doctor 

68 “Dreams From 

My Father” 

memoirist 

69 Track long shots 

71 Icky stuff 

72 Harmonic and 

melodic 

73 Gray area?: 

Abbr. 

74 Valuable vein 

75 Make __ 

adventure 

77 Ruckus 

79 It’s a wrap 

80 Subject of 

Randy Wyatt’s 

play “Synonymy” 

81 Mimics 

83 Cowardly 

84 ’60s protest 

85 Epitome of 

thinness 

91 Juilliard deg. 

93 Cry out loud 

95 It includes Napa 

and Sonoma 

counties 

97 Southernmost of 

the 48 sts. 

99 Golf lesson 

subject 

100 Watched from 

behind 

103 Gp. advocating 

adoption 

104 “The Devil 

Wears __” 

MAY 105 Bank 3, 2009 

takebacks 

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107 Abbr. between a 

first and last 

name, maybe 

109 Upscale auto 

110 Stand in a 

studio 

111 Very 

competitive 

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115 Radar’s soda 

116 Itty-bitty biter 

118 Find a space 

119 Bee’s charge? 

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GASOLINE PRICES 

Average regular unleaded 

self-service prices as of 

Friday: 

Jackson.............................$1.90 

Vicksburg.................$1.91 

Tallulah .............................$1.89 

Sources: Jackson AAA, 

Vicksburg and Tallulah, 

Automotive. com 

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Submit items by e-mail 

(newsreleases@vicksburgpost. 

com), postal service (P.O. Box 

821668, Vicksburg, MS 39182), 

fax (634-0897) , or delivered in 

person to 1601-F N. Frontage Road 

by Wednesday for publication 

Sunday. Be sure to include your 

name and phone number. 

Rector inducted 

as MBS fellow 

Vicksburg lawyer Kenneth 

B. Rector has been 

inducted into the Mississippi 

Bar Foundation as a 

fellow. 

Rector practiced law for 

several years in Chicago 

and was 

admitted 

to the Trial 

Bar of the 

Northern 

District 

of Illinois 

before he 

returned 

to Mississippi 

in 1993. He is currently 

a partner in Wheeless, 

Shappley, Bailess and 

Rector and practices civil 

litigation, commercial 

transactions and employment 

law. 

He has been president 

of the Warren County Bar 

Association and is on the 

Secretary of State’s Business 

Reform Committee 

for Limited Liability Companies 

and Partnerships. 

Rector has bachelor’s 

and law degrees from 

the University of Mississippi 

and was admitted 

to the Mississippi Bar in 

1977 and the Illinois Bar in 

1989. He and his wife, Kay, 

also an attorney, live in 

Vicksburg with their four 

children. 

PERS members 

to cast ballots 

Kenneth B. 

Rector 

Eleven candidates are 

running for a spot on the 

Public Employees’ Retirement 

System of Mississippi 

Board of Trustees. 

The election will fill an 

unexpired term, through 

June 30, 2014, created by 

the retirement of John L. 

Mulholland. 

Ballots, biographical 

information and candidate 

statements will be mailed 

to PERS state employees 

by May 18. Members may 

vote by mail, phone or 

Internet, and the deadline 

is 5 p.m. June 18. 

If no candidate receives 

a majority of votes, there 

will be a runoff between 

the two with the most 

votes. 

The candidates are: 

• Tracy C. Byas of 

Canton. 

• Lynda Babin Dutton of 

Brandon. 

• Dr. Lanny B. Glover of 

Brandon. 

• David Johnson of 

Flowood. 

• Harold Loftin of 

Tupelo. 

• Steven W. McCoy of 

Hattiesburg. 

• H. S. “Butch” McMillan 

of Madison. 

• Danada McMurtry of 

Brandon. 

• Don Richardson of 

Madison. 

• Patricia “Clarice” 

Sykes of Grenada. 

• James Walker of 

Natchez. 

Future of 2009 growing season looking bright 

Hike in soybeans, decline in corn expected as fertilizer costs rise, farmers rotate crops 



‘Some of the fields where the corn is already 8 inches 

tall — they literally had 8 feet of water over them 

last year at this time. It’s a good start, but that doesn’t 

guarantee a good finish.’ 

John CoCCaro 

ExtEnsion sErvicE dirEctor 

Plagued by widespread 

flooding, tornadoes and 

severe storms last spring, 

area farmers are off to a 

much more promising start 

to the summer crop season 

as planting begins to wrap 

up in Warren County, said 

Extension Service Director 

John Coccaro. 

“Some of the fields where 

the corn is already 8 inches 

tall — they literally had 8 

feet of water over them last 

year at this time,” said Coccaro, 

adding cautiously, “it’s 

a good start, but that doesn’t 

guarantee a good finish.” 

Heavy rains and cooler 

than average temperatures 

in early April saturated fields 

and delayed some planting, 

but Coccaro said most farmers 

were able to get their 

corn in by the middle of the 

month. Planting of soybeans 

— which edges corn as the 

No. 1 crop in the county — 

will be ongoing through 

May, said Coccaro. However, 

farmers such as Doug Jeter 

planned to have all of his 

beans in the ground by today. 

Veratect’s Verasight Global, which identifies and tracks civil unrest around the world 

“Everything has been going 

really good, and we’re just 

hoping it stays that way,” 

said Jeter, whose 430 acres 

off Long Lake Road were 

flooded last spring. “We 

had to replant a little corn 

because of some hard rains, 

which rotted the seeds — 

and I know some farmers 

who had to start all over 

— but right now things are 

going good.” 

Jeter said he’s been keeping 

a close eye on the Mississippi 

River, which has been holding 

about 5 to 6 feet below 

flood stage of 43 feet. His 

land, as well as nearby fields 

off Chickasaw Road that he 

farms with Tom and Edward 

McKnight, are among the 

first in the county that go 

under water during flooding. 

“We’re not out of the woods 

yet,” he said. 

The Mississippi River at 

Vicksburg rose above flood 

stage on March 29, 2008, 

crested at 50.9 feet on April 

19 and did not fall below flood 

stage until May 10. 

Jeter and the McKnights 

are among many farmers 

Computer specialist to offer classes at Extension office 

Computer skills are so 

important today. Nearly 

all occupations these days 

require employees to have at 

least some computer skills 

and many job announcements 

include specific software 

skills applicants should 

possess. Due to this need, the 

Warren County Extension 

Service is hosting computer 

instructional classes one day 

per month. 

Dr. John Giesemann, computer 

specialist with the 

Mississippi State University 

Extension Service, has 

agreed to travel to Vicksburg 

monthly to conduct handson 

computer classes in a 

lab format. The classes are 

taught in the Extension office 

conference room. Giesemann 

provides laptop computers 

loaded with Microsoft Windows 

XP operating systems 

and Microsoft Office 2007. 

Most of the courses he offers 

teach participants various 

programs within Microsoft 

Office, such as Word, Excel 

and Power Point. Other computer-related 

skills are also 

available. 

Offered are: 

• Microsoft Word — Intro 

to Word, Graphics in Word, 

Advanced Graphics in Word, 

Tables in Word, Other Stuff 

in Word, Merge in Word. 

• Microsoft Excel — Intro 

to Excel, Data Management 

1 in Excel, Data Management 

2 in Excel, Pivot Tables in 

Excel, Advanced Functions in 

Excel, Macros in Excel. 

• Microsoft Power Point 

— Intro to Power Point, 

Advanced Power Point, 

Photos in Power Point, Photo 

Albums in Power Point. 

• Others — Intro to the 

Internet, Intro to E-mail, 

Selecting Digital Cameras, 

Using Digital Cameras, Editing 

Digital Photos, Adobe 

Photoshop Elements, and 

File and Folder Management. 

Cost is $20 per day and 

includes either a full-day 

session or two half-day sessions. 

For example, Giesemann 

will teach both Intro 

to Power Point and Photos in 

Power Point — each are halfday 

sessions — May 12. Don’t 

sign up for the May class, 

though. It’s already full. 

thE associatEd prEss 

Web site had swine flu hunch well before outbreak 

By Jessica Mintz 

AP technology writer 

on alert and online 

Online: 

www.veratect.com 

john COCCARO 

county extenSIon dIRectoR 

the idea fueling Veratect and similar companies is 

that blogs, online chat rooms, twitter feeds and news 

media and government Web sites are full of data that 

public health agencies could use to respond faster to 

problems like outbreaks of swine flu. 

SEATTLE — Weeks before 

the Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention and the 

World Health Organization 

alerted the public to a 

growing number of swine 

flu cases, a startup based in 

Seattle’s suburbs already had 

a hunch something was up. 

Veratect Corp., a 2-yearold 

company with fewer 

than 50 employees, combines 

computer algorithms with 

human analysts to monitor 

online and off-line sources 

for hints of disease outbreaks 

and civil unrest worldwide. It 

tracks thousands of “events” 

each month — an odd case of 

respiratory illness, or a run 

on over-the-counter medicines, 

for example — then 

ranks them for severity and 

posts them on a subscriptiononly 

Web portal for clients 

who want early warnings. 

The idea fueling Veratect 

and similar companies 

is that blogs, online chat 

rooms, Twitter feeds and 

news media and government 

Web sites are full of data that 

public health agencies could 

use to respond faster to problems 

like outbreaks of swine 

flu. 

Veratect has attracted 

attention in recent days by 

publicly posting a timeline 

of the outbreak and publishing 

short reports on Twitter, 

where more than 4,000 

people signed up to receive 

updates. 

But skeptics question 

whether these companies 

can reliably detect meaningful 

signals from all the noise 

online or whether they are 

mainly good at spotting patterns 

in hindsight. Complicating 

the picture, the 

companies are reluctant to 

disclose their sources and 

methods. 

For information 

To find out more about the 

Warren County Extension 

Service’s computer classes, 

call 601-636-5442. 

Veratect’s chief executive, 

Robert Hart, says the 

company alerted clients to a 

potentially severe outbreak 

before the general public 

learned of swine flu. Veratect’s 

computer systems, which 

troll the Web for reports that 

seem out of the ordinary, 

unearthed clues, and a team 

of about 30 analysts, many 

of them multilingual holders 

of public health degrees, 

chased down the ones that 

seemed most alarming. 

See Farming, Page B10. 

Veratect says it posted a 

report to clients on April 

6 describing an unusual 

number of respiratory illnesses 

in the Mexican state 

of Veracruz, then sent an 

e-mail on April 16 to the 

CDC pointing to an outbreak 

of atypical pneumonia in 

Oaxaca state, after officials 

there issued an alert. 

A key clue came in Mexican 

media reports on April 6 

indicating a Veracruz community 

called La Gloria — 

now considered a swine flu 

hot spot — was starting to 

point fingers. Local residents 

blamed waste from a 

nearby pig breeding farm for 

the respiratory illness, while 

health officials pinned it on 

See Veratect, Page B10. 

Giesemann requests that we 

limit participation to 12. The 

type of instruction he provides 

requires considerable 

one-on-one interaction. 

Reminders: First Tuesday 

Gardening Series with 

Extension Horticulture 

Agent Donna Beliech, Turf 

Care Basics, Tuesday, noon 

to 1 p.m., Extension conference 

room; Logger Education 

Core Class for Professional 

Loggers’ Certification, 

Friday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Extension 

conference room, $90. 

• 

John C. Coccaro is county Extension 

director. Write to him at 1100-C Grove 

St., Vicksburg, MS 39180 or call 601- 

636-5442. E-mail him at jcoccaro@ext. 

msstate.edu.

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a fly. 

“Playing the blame game 

is one of those indicators” 

that something unusual is 

going on, said Dr. James 

Wilson, Veratect’s chief scientist. 

When the company 

posted the La Gloria information, 

it treated the incident 

as a matter of “moderate 

severity.” 

To be sure, not everything 

Veratect turned up was 

related to the outbreak. Veratect 

told its clients of a Canadian 

lawyer RELEASE hospitalized DATE—Sunday, in May 3, 2009 

late March after a trip to 

Mexico, but on Tuesday the 

company said he has since 

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data. Marty Pfinsgraff, iJet’s 

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risks, civil unrest and issues 

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by Mike Argirion and Jeff Knurek 

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suggested by the above cartoon. 

PRINT YOUR ANSWER IN THE CIRCLES BELOW 

Specialists in disease outbreaks 

acknowledge that 

unscientific, community-level 

information can be valuable. 

But some public health 

experts say it’s not possible 

to draw firm conclusions 

from online tools or 

reports from companies like 

Veratect. 

“They are considered interesting, 

unofficial, instructive, 

imaginative, and then I 

would go back and emphasize 

unofficial,” said Dr. 

William Schaffner, a public 

health expert at Vanderbilt 

University. 

Farming 


in the county and state who 

are replacing corn with soybeans 

this season, primarily 

due to the high cost of fertilizer. 

Of their combined 3,200 

acres, only about 500 acres 

were planted with corn. Corn 

fields require about $100 in 

fertilizer per acre, Jeter said, 

compared to soybeans, which 

don’t require any starter 

fertilizers. However, he also 

noted soybean seeds have 

risen in price by about 40 

percent. 

“We cut our acres of corn 

almost in half compared to 

last year,” Jeter said, adding 

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Heart 

the flood ruined the entire 

corn and winter wheat crops 

last year. 

While total acreage counts 

in Warren County are not yet 

available, Coccaro said many 

farmers are replacing corn 

with soybeans. 

“Soybean production will 

probably increase in Warren 

County this year, and corn 

will probably be off a little 

bit,” he said. 

The March planting intentions 

report by the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture 

predicted 630,000 acres of 

corn will be planted in the 

state this year, compared 

to 720,000 acres last year. 

According to the most recent 

USDA data available, Warren 

County farmers have rotated 

constantly DOING, BEING and GIVING 

everything to all the people in their lives. 

between corn and soybeans 

drastically in the past few 

years. A total of 16,800 acres 

of corn were harvested in 

2007, compared to 8,500 acres 

of soybeans — a significant 

shift from 2006, when 12,400 

acres of soybeans were harvested 

and 6,300 acres of corn 

were taken to the mill. 

“Corn and soybeans work 

extremely well as rotation 

crops, and a lot of farmers 

are into rotating their crops 

pretty regularly,” said Coccaro. 

“Corn prices are still 

good, but they have scaled 

back compared to a couple 

of years ago and corn is definitely 

more expensive to 

grow.” 

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SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2009 • SECTION C 

LOCAL EVENTS CALENDAR C2 | WEDDINGS C3 


THIS & THAT 

from staff reports 

Scrapbooking, art, 

cooking set at SCHC 

The Southern Cultural 

Heritage Foundation has 

announced June events. 

Space is limited and reservations 

are required for 

each. Call 601-631-2997 or 

e-mail info@southernculture.org. 

On the schedule are: 

• A cooking workshop 

for the entire family called 

“Super Foods, Super Families, 

Super You,” set for 6 

p.m. June 2. 

Kristin Gluck will lead 

the workshop. Super foods 

are ingredients that help 

lower cholesterol, reduce 

risk of heart disease and 

cancer and are proven 

to increase health, delay 

aging and increase energy 

levels. The cost is $25 for 

adult SCHF members, $30 

for nonmembers and $10 

for children ages 6-18. 

• Scrappin’ on the River, 

a scrapbooking workshop 

that will run from 9 a.m.-4 

p.m. June 20. The session 

is open to all skill levels. 

Vicksburg native and a 

Creative Memories consultant 

Colleen Wells will 

teach. The cost is $25 for 

SCHF members and $30 

for nonmembers. 

• The 2009 Vicksburg 

Multicultural Arts Camp, 

set for 8 a.m.-noon June 

22-26. The camp is open 

to children 6-12, and the 

fee is $50 per child and 

includes supplies, materials 

and a daily snack. 

Vicksburg High School art 

instructor Kathy Gibson 

and choral director Tracy 

Gardner will lead the 

camp, which will end 

with a performance and 

exhibit. 

Best in Show goes 

to Porter in N.O. 

Vicksburg artist and 

downtown gallery owner 

H.C. Porter was awarded 

Best of Show, the highest 

honor at the 2009 New 

Orleans Jazz and Heritage 

Festival’s 

Contemporary 

Crafts 

Exhibition, 

for her 

Backyards 

& Beyond: 

Mississippians 

and Their 

Stories 

exhibit. 

H.C. 

Porter 

Porter was one of 65 participants 

in the contest. 

Her media paintings tell 

the stories of life on the 

Mississippi Gulf Coast 

after Hurricane Katrina 

hit in August 2005. Next 

year, the exhibit will travel 

to the William J. Clinton 

Presidential Library in 

Little Rock for the fifth 

anniversary of Katrina. 

Local’s 2-D painting 

on display at ORAG 

The Ouachita River Art 

Gallery’s May artist will 

be a local, Anne Eberle. 

Her two-dimensional 

paintings are based on 

physics and astronomy. 

Eberle has a bachelor’s 

degree from Purdue University 

and a master’s 

from Northeast Louisiana 

University. She has studied 

at the Kansas City Art 

Institute and Louisiana 

Tech University. 

The exhibit is free and 

the hours are 10 a.m. to 

5 p.m. Tuesday through 

Saturday. The gallery is 

located at 308 Trenton St., 

West Monroe. For information, 

call 318-322-2380 

or visit www.orag.org. 

Family ties 

History, curiosity link this descendant 

If Sid Champion had his druthers, he would like 

to be buried in the family graveyard with his greatgreat-grandparents, 

Sid and Matilda Champion, 

for Sid — who is the fifth of the family to have that 

name — said he is “a part of this land, and it is a 

part of me.” 

He was standing near the family burial plot on 

the plantation known as Champion Hill between 

Edwards and Bolton. A rusty iron fence and a 

profusion of wildflowers surround the cemetery. 

Beyond it is a wilderness 

of hardwoods 

where rows 

of cotton once 

stretched into the 

distance. 

GorDoN 

COTTON 

The place originally 

contained 

1,400 acres but 

is now 564, still 

owned by the descendants. Today it is used for 

hunting and farming. Before the War Between the 

States, when Sid Champion married Mary Matilda 

Montgomery, it was valued at $106,450, the equivalent 

of several million today. 

If it hadn’t been for that war, Champion Hill 

might have eluded the pages of history. But that 

was not the case, for on May 16, 1863, the armies 

of South and North clashed in a long and bloody 

battle that was in many respects the last hurrah 

for Confederate Gen. John C. Pemberton in his 

efforts to halt the invading army commanded by 

Gen. U.S. Grant. 

That was 146 years ago, and the Champion Hill 

Heritage Foundation has planned a variety of 

activities commemorating the event. 

The first Sid Champion was a lieutenant colonel 

in the 28th Mississippi Cavalry. He was a little 

older than most of the men in gray — he was 38, 

and he fought in battles not only in Mississippi but 

also in Georgia and Tennessee. Matilda stayed at 

home and ran the plantation, but she feared the 

worst, predicting that the end would be “beyond 

human comprehension.” 

Sid Champion came home to ruin and desolation 

and died three years later. Five generations of the 

family have been named for him, none for Matilda, 

but she was the star of the drama that unfolded. 

“At the time of the battle, Matilda cowered in the 

cellar with an infant child as fighting literally raged 

around her home,” Sid said. “She was there when 

Union army surgeons took over the house. She saw 

the piles of arms and legs that had been amputated 

on her dining room table and stacked outside.” 

He has that table, along with other family treasures, 

because several days after the battle Matilda 

fled to her parents’ home at Vernon, then 

came back with wagons and servants to help her 

haul away everything she could. No longer would 

she stay at the scene of such horrors. He’ll bring 

that table home to Champion Hill for the day on 

this May 16. 

“There was no time for animosity,” he said. “She 

was absolutely terrified of the Yankees. She settled 

on poor land in Rankin County on Fannegusha 

Creek,” but after the war, when her husband 

returned, they went back to Champion Hill. The 

house had been torched by Yankee soldiers after 

the siege of Vicksburg, so Sid and Matilda built a 

smaller home a mile or so away from the bloody 

hill. It was there that he died at 45 of malignant billious 

fever and was buried in the yard, a few hundred 

feet from the house where his 41-year-old 

widow reared their four children. Times were dark 

and the future seemed dreary, “but she made a go 

of it,” Sid said. “At one time, she had been a lady 

of the highest level of Southern society,” but the 

outcome of the Civil War and the resulting military 

occupation of the South found the resolute 

lady holding onto plow handles and following a 

mule back and forth across the fields. At night, she 

schooled the children not only in basics but also in 

the classics. 

As the years passed and the veterans grew old 

and began visiting the battlefields and holding 

reunions, many from both sides, who were usually 

incredibly polite to one another, visited Champion 

Hill. 

to Champion Hill 

Sid Champion V stands on his family property at Champion Hill. At top is the home Sid and 

Matilda Champion built after the Civil War. 

If you go 

The 146th anniversary of the Battle of Champion 

Hill will kick off at 8 a.m. May 16 at Champion 

Hill M.B. Church near Bolton. Donations of $5 

per person are requested. A pulled-pork lunch 

will be offered for $5 a plate and T-shirts and coffee 

mugs will be available for purchase, along 

with $5 tickets raffling a replica 1858 Army Texas 

.44-caliber revolver. Proceeds benefit the Champion 

Heritage Foundation and battlefield preservation. 

Take Interstate 20 to the Bolton exit, and 

go south through town. After crossing the railroad 

tracks, take the first right onto Champion 

Hill Road and proceed about 4 miles. The church 

will be on the left, marked with an American flag. 

For information, call 601-953-4755 or visit www. 

battleofchampionhill.org. 

“Matilda became the darling of the Illinois soldiers,” 

Sid said, so when the Illinois Memorial 

Temple was dedicated in the Vicksburg National 

Military Park in 1906 she received a personal invitation 

from the governor of Illinois, “pretty cool for 

the widow of a Confederate lieutenant colonel.” 

She died the following year at 80. 

Sid’s father, who was No. 4 in the naming, wasn’t 

very interested in the history of the family, and his 

son recalls that he was “extremely closed-mouth 

about the battle, couldn’t understand how people 

would fixate upon this great bloodletting, as he 

called it” and thought a memorial verse said over 

the graves of the dead was enough. 

“As a result, I grew up knowing that there was a 

battle fought here, but not a whole lot more.” 

Sid was born in Vicksburg and grew up here, 

in Gulfport and Jackson and now lives in Clinton. 

He went to Hinds and Southern Miss, earning 

a degree in music education. He taught music 

in public schools for 16 years, then left to do construction 

work. He is married and has a 13-yearold 

daughter, Lauren Necole. His son, who was Sid 

VI, died as an infant and is buried in Edwards with 

most of the other family members. On Sundays, 

Sid plays the piano at Pocahontas Baptist Church. 

He has always loved history, though, and he’s just 

the opposite of his father when it comes to interest 

in Champion Hill. After his father’s death, he 

discovered a batch of letters Sid I wrote to Matilda 

KATIE CARTER•The Vicksburg PosT 

during the war, which have been edited and published 

by Becky Drake and Margie Bearss under 

the title, “My Dear Wife — Letters to Matilda.” 

“I found out what an incredible story my family 

history is,” he said. “It isn’t about me. It pricked my 

curiosity, and I’ve been on a quest ever since.” The 

name Sid Champion carries with it a bit of responsibility, 

especially when you’re the end of the line, 

and Sid feels that the Champions are “just a little 

cog in the wheel of history of the United States, 

and I am responsible for passing this history along 

the best that I can for as long as I can.” 

That’s why he just made a trip to Iowa where he 

met with re-enactors and Boy Scouts to talk about 

the battle and instill in them the importance of 

heritage. 

He also takes people on guided tours of the battle 

site. He has a Web site, battleofchampionhill.org, 

and has gotten calls from Canada to Pelahatchie. 

The tour is strenuous, he said: “We walk it all until 

our legs come loose.” 

Sid has discovered two classes of tourists: “One 

class is, ‘Well, I know my great-uncle’s cousin 

fought here, I think, and I just want to see what 

it looked like.’ Then you have the ones who play 

‘stump the chumps,’ me being the chump. That’s 

why I carry my reference books and maps with 

me.” 

He likes to take people down to the double 

trench, 78 yards long, where the Union dead were 

buried. It’s a very sobering scene. The Union dead 

were later moved to the National Cemetery in 

Vicksburg. Most of the Confederate dead remain 

there, their graves unknown, thus unmarked. 

Some months after the battle, Sid said, Southern 

soldiers passing through noted seeing the bones of 

some scattered about the battlefield. 

Champion Hill is private property, strictly posted. 

There has been talk for years of making it a state 

or national park, a plan opposed by Sid and his relatives. 

Once he retires, he plans to build a house on 

the place. He said he has enjoyed his first 50 years 

so much that he thinks the second half of his century 

is going to be even greater. 

Until then, the place is still Champion property. 

“The family can do what they want to with this 

place,” he said, “after they come back from my 

funeral.” 

• 

Gordon Cotton is an author and historian who lives in Vicksburg.

C2 Sunday, May 3, 2009 The Vicksburg Post 

‘The Tale of the Talented Cat’ 

7 tonight; Blue Barn Theatre, 1001 E. P. Spencer Drive, Port 

Gibson; written by Mary Ellis, CEO of Theatre Plus in Port 

Gibson; $5 for adults, $2 for children younger than 18; 

601-437-9054. 

Selling at Farmers’ Markets Workshop 

10 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday; Ethnic Heritage Building of the 

Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum, Jackson; 

601-359-1163 or e-mail paige@mdac.state.ms.us. 

Battle of Champion Hill 146th Anniversary 

8 a.m. May 16, Champion Hill M.B. Church near Bolton; admission: 

$5 per person; $5 pulled-pork plate, $5 raffle tickets 

for replica 1858 Army Texas .44-caliber revolver; 601- 

953-4755 or www.battleofchampionhill.org 

Ballroom Dance Lessons 

The mambo; 5-7 tonight and May 17; Southern Cultural 

Heritage Center Academy Building; $20 per person per 

session; taught by James Frechette of Jackson-area Applause 

Dance Factory; 601-631-2997 or info@southerculture.org. 

Vicksburg Theatre Guild Shows 

“The Fantasticks”: 2 this afternoon; $12 for adults, $10 for 

55 and older, $7 for students and $5 for 12 and younger; 

“Always...Patsy Kline”: May 15-17 and 22-24; 7:30 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays 

and 2 p.m. Sundays; all shows at Parkside 

Playhouse, 101 Iowa Ave.; 601-636-0471 or www.e-vgt. 

com. 

Tell Me A Story: 

Photographing the American South 

Exhibit that runs through May 15; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday- 

Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday; Historic Jefferson College, 

near Natchez; 601-442-2907 or www.mdah.state.ms.us. 

Problem Solving Gardening Lecture 

5:30 p.m. Monday; Southern Cultural Heritage Center; 

free; Rob Mendrop of Dreamscape Designs in Edwards 

will lead; 601-631-2997 or info@southernculture.org. 

Cinco de Mayo Workshop 

3:45 to 5 p.m. Tuesday; Kathy Gibson, Vicksburg High art 

Biltmore Estate Festival of Flowers 

Asheville, N.C., through May 17: The Biltmore house and gardens in 

springtime bloom; 800-624-1575, www.biltmore.com. 

Georgia Renaissance Festival 

Atlanta, through June 7: Massive festival with costumed performers, 

craft demonstrations, period activities and more than 100 shops; 770- 

964-8575, www.georgiarenaissancefestival.com. 

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 

New Orleans, today: Massive annual musical event featuring more 

than 300 artists; www.nojazzfest.com. 

International Azalea Festival 

Norfolk, Va., today: Parade of nations, films, a yacht race, ship tours 

and more; 757-282-2801, www.azaleafestival.org. 

Georgia Renaissance Festival 

Atlanta, Saturdays and Sundays through June 7: The grandest party 

since Camelot; www.garenfest.com. 

Contraband Days 

Lake Charles, La., through May 10: Fun festival with live music, pirate 

re-enactments and plenty of great Louisiana cooking; 337-436-5508, 

www.contrabanddays.com. 

North Carolina Strawberry Festival 

Chadbourn, N.C., today: Sweet festival featuring live music, crafts, 

hot-air balloon rides and plenty of strawberry delicacies; www.ncstrawberryfestival.com. 

Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival 

Fernandina Beach, Fla., today: Fun festival featuring music, arts, great 

shrimp dishes and pirates; www.shrimpfestival.com. 

Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival 

Breaux Bridge, La., today: Plenty of great food and music and good 

times; 337-332-6655, www.bbcrawfest.com. 

Memphis in May 

Memphis, today-Saturday, 14-16, 23: Four festivals in one: Beale 

Street Music Festival, an International Festival honoring the country of 

Chile, the World Championship Barbecue Festival and the Sunset Symphony; 

www.memphisinmay.org. 

Cotton Pickin’ Fair 

Gay, Ga., today: Old-time arts and crafts, magicians, dancers and performers; 

706-539-6814, www.cpfair.org. 

May-retta Daze 

Marietta, Ga., today: Craftspeople and vendors from around the 

South; www.mariettaga.gov. 

Rendezvous on the River 

Parkersburg, W.V., Wenesday-Saturday: A gathering of muzzleloaders 

and mountain men to re-create 19th century frontier life; 304-420- 

4800, www.blennerhassettislandstatepark.com. 

local events & ENTERTAINMENT 

instructor, will teach; Vernon Anaya, Mexico native, will 

speak; $10 per child, ages 5 and older, supplies included; 

reservations: Southern Cultural Heritage Center, 601-631- 

2997, info@southernculture.org. 

Book-signings 

Gayden Metcalfe, “Some Day You’ll Thank Me For This: 

The Official Southern Ladies’ Guide to Being a ‘Perfect’ 

Mother,” noon Wednesday; Barry Mazon, “Meeting Jimmie 

Rodgers: How America’s Original Roots Music Hero 

Changed the Pop Sounds of a Century,” 4 p.m. May 13; Lorelei 

Books, 1103 Washington St.; 601-634-8624 or www. 

loreleibooks.com. 

A Chocolate Affair 

7 p.m. Thursday; Southern Cultural Heritage Center; event 

will feature chocolate desserts and entertainment by Jim 

Robinson and Maria Adona; tickets: $15 for SCHC members, 

$20 for nonmembers; 601-631-2997 or info@southernculture.org. 

‘Gold in the Hills’ 

Presented by Westside Theatre Foundation in the Coral 

Room at The Vicksburg on Clay Street; 8:15 p.m. May 15- 

16, June 19-20, Aug. 14-15, Sept. 18-19, Oct. 16-17, Nov. 

7 and Dec. 18-19; $10 for adults, $5 for children; 601 636- 

4146. 

Clinton Nature Center Events 

10 a.m. Saturday, Tracks on the Trace; 10 a.m. May 16, Nature 

Photography Workshop; 7 p.m. May 21, Adventures 

in Kenya lecture; 10 a.m. May 30, Hummingbirds Up- 

Close; all events will be at Price Hall except Tracks on the 

Trace, which will be on the trails of the center; 617 Dunton 

Road; events are free; 601-926-1104 or www.clintonnaturecenter.org. 

Vicksburg Theatre Guild Auditions 

“Gold in the Hills”: 5:30 p.m. May 17 and 6:30 p.m. May 19; 

needed are ages 6 to adult; all auditions at Parkside Playhouse, 

101 Iowa Ave.; 601-636-0471 or www.e-vgt.com. 

Basic Digital Photography Workshop 

5:30-7 p.m. March 19 and 21; Old Court House Museum, 

1008 Cherry St.; $35 per person; bring your own camera; 

taught by Vicksburg native Cami Calnan; 828-242-2308 or 

cami@camiphoto.com. 

southern travel calendar 

submitted to The Vicksburg Post 

Head to Riverfest, set for May 22-24 in Little Rock, Ark., for arts, 

food and 100-plus bands on five stages. 

International Barbecue Festival 

Owensboro, Ky., Friday-Saturday: Tasty backyard barbecue, live entertainment, 

a classic car show, arts and crafts, eating contests and 

more; 270-926-6938, www.bbqfest.com. 

Carthage Buggy Festival 

Carthage, N.C., Friday-Saturday: Food, live music, arts and crafts and 

plenty of old-fashioned buggies; 910-947-2331, www.thebuggyfestival.com. 

Gum Tree Festival 

Tupelo, Saturday-May 10: An outdoor celebration of visual arts, music 

and writing on the lawn of the Lee County Courthouse; 662-844- 

2787, www.gumtreemuseum.com. 

600 Festival 

Charlotte, N.C., May 21-23: High-speed festival featuring entertainment, 

appearances by race car drivers and plenty to appease motorsports 

fans; 704-455-6814, www.600festival.com. 

Abbey Road on the River 

Louisville, Ky., May 21-25: Four days of art, food, fun and live music 

paying tribute to the Beatles; 216-378-1980, www.abbeyroadontheriver.com. 

Riverfest 

Little Rock, Ark., May 22-24: More than 200,000 visitors every year 

with more than 100 groups on five stages; plus arts and food; 501-255- 

3378, www.riverfestarkansas.com. 

Florida Folk Festival 

White Springs, Fla., May 22-24: Three days of the music, dance, stories, 

crafts and food that make Florida unique; www.floridastateparks. 

org/folkfest. 

Freedom Weekend Aloft 

Anderson, S.C., May 22-25: More than a hundred competing hot air 

balloons, skydivers, live music, a Frisbee dog contest, children’s activities 

and more; 864-222-0051, www.freedomweekend.org. 

Digital Photography Workshop 

6-7:30 p.m. May 14 and 19; Southern Cultural Heritage 

Center Academy Building; $40 for SCHF members and $45 

for nonmembers; 601-631-2997 or info@southernculture. 

org. 

Mississippi Delta Tennessee Williams Festival 

Will explore influences of Mississippi Delta on author Tennessee 

Williams with particular emphasis on his early play, 

“Spring Storm”; Oct. 16-17 in Clarksdale; www.coahomacc.edu/twilliams. 

2009 Holly Days Arts and Crafts Show 

Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation accepting applications 

for 2009 event, set for 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 5; vendor 

space limited, acceptance based on images of crafts or art; 

exhibit space: $40 for SCHF members, $50 for nonmembers; 

applications must be postmarked no later than Aug. 

1; acceptance letters will be sent by Sept. 1; 601-631-2997 

or www.southernculture.org. 

2009 Farmers’ Market 

Begins June 6; 8-11 a.m. Saturdays and 4-6 p.m. Wednesdays; 

lot at Grove and Levee streets; 601-634-4527 or 

www.downtownvicksburg.org. 

LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT 

LaNise Kirk 

Variety; Ameristar’s Cabaret; today and Tuesday-Sunday; 

free; 601-638-1000. 

Passion 

Variety; Ameristar’s Cabaret; May 12-17; free; 601-638- 

1000. 

Dr. Zarr’s Funkmonster 

Variety/Funk; Ameristar’s Bottleneck Blues Bar; Friday and 

Saturday; free; 601-638-1000. 

Breakaway 

Variety; Ameristar’s Bottleneck Blues Bar; May 15-16; free; 

601-638-1000. 

Live 

Rock; Ameristar’s Bottleneck Blues Bar; 7:30 p.m. May 16; 

tickets: $40, $50; 601-638-1000. 

TAKe NOTE 

from staff reports 

Book tells story 

of Civil War soldier 

The words 

of a Civil War 

soldier who 

spent time 

in Vicksburg 

have been 

compiled into 

a book. 

“A Civil 

War Diary” 

features the 

accounts of 

James A. 

Black, first 

assistant surgeon 

of the 

49th Illinois 

Infantry Regiment. 

He spent about three months in Mississippi, 

describing the weather, terrain, and 

daily life in Vicksburg, Corinth, Jackson, 

Decatur, Canton and other places. He spent 

1,461 days as a Union private. 

The book was transcribed by Benita K. 

Moore and is available at www.52264.authorworld.com. 

For more information, call 888-728-8467. 

Snakes, Vidalia 

subjects of lectures 

Historic Jefferson College in Washington 

will present two events this week. For information, 

call 601-442-2901 or email hjc@mdah. 

state.ms.us. 

The offerings are: 

• A Lunchtime Lecture called The Moving 

of Vidalia, to be presented at noon Tuesday 

by Corinne Randazzo, a former Vidalia resident. 

Admission is free, and participants are 

encouraged to bring a sack lunch. 

• An EXPLORE! Ssssnakes program that 

will be presented Saturday. Children 6-8 

can attend from 10-11:30 a.m., and ages 9-12, 

from 2-3:30 p.m. The program costs $10 and 

will teach children about venomous snakes. 

Space is limited to 8. 

Biologist to speak 

at Jackson Audubon 

The Jackson Audubon Society will hold its 

monthly chapter meeting at 6:30 p.m. May 

26 at the Clinton Community Nature Center, 

617 Dunton Road.. 

Sean McGregor, associate conservation 

biologist with the Museum of Natural Science, 

will be the speaker. 

Admission is free. For information, call 601- 

956-7444 or visit www.jacksonaudubonsociety.org.

The Vicksburg Post Sunday, May 3, 2009 C3 

Mr. Smith, Miss Carter are married March 28 

The engagement of Ashley 

Lauren Thompson to James 

Allen Karel Jr., both of Vicksburg, 

is announced today. 

Vows will be exchanged at 

6 p.m. May 23, 2009, at First 

Baptist Church of Vicksburg. 

A reception will follow at 

the Southern Cultural Heritage 

Center. All relatives and 

friends are invited to attend. 

Miss Thompson is the 

daughter of Lana Blackwell 

of Grand Bay, Ala., and Dr. 

Phil Thompson of Raleigh. 

She is the granddaughter of 

Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Garner 

and the late W.L. Thompson 

and Orzell Thompson, all of 

Raleigh. 

Mr. Karel is the son of Jim 

and Sharon Karel of Vicksburg. 

He is the grandson of 

Mr. and Mrs. Jack R. Branning 

and the late Pat Liston 

of Vicksburg and the late Mr. 

and Mrs. Anthony Karel of 

Holland, Mich. 

The bride-elect is a graduate 

of Raleigh High School. 

Ashley Lauren Thompson 

Engaged to marry 

James Allen Karel Jr. 

Thompson to wed Karel 

She attended Mississippi State 

University, where she was a 

member of Delta Gamma 

sorority, Habitat for Humanity 

and numerous honor 

societies. 

She received a Bachelor 

of Science degree in nursing 

from the University of 

Mississippi Medical Center, 

where she was a member of 

the American Association of 

Nurses. 

Miss Thompson is a registered 

nurse in post-anesthesia 

at River Region Medical 

Center and is pursuing a master’s 

degree at UMC to become 

a nurse practitioner. 

The prospective groom is a 

graduate of St. Aloysius High 

School. He received a Bachelor 

of Arts degree in communication 

from Mississippi State 

University, where he was a 

member of PRSSA. 

Mr. Karel is employed in 

the marketing department at 

River Region Medical Center. 

Benjamin Russell Smith 

and Anissia Tarenette Carter 

were married at 5 p.m. March 

28, 2009, at Traveler’s Rest 

M.B. Church. The Rev. Antione 

Eakins officiated at the 

ceremony. 

The bride is the daughter of 

Willie Jean Carter and Eugene 

McGraw of Vicksburg. She is 

the granddaughter of the late 

Willie and Rachel Carter and 

the late Mary Pierce, all of 

Vicksburg. 

The groom is the son of Eddie 

and Julia Ford of Vicksburg. 

He is the grandson of the late 

Lorraine Davis of Vicksburg. 

The bride was given in marriage 

by her uncle, Willie 

Carter Jr., of Southfield, Mich. 

The bride’s chosen colors 

were Victorian lilac, purple 

and silver. 

Selections by Kenny G, 

Johnny Gill and Marvin 

Sapp were presented on CD 

throughout the ceremony. 

Maids of honor were Angela 

Jenkins, sister of the bride, 

and Ashley Smith, sister of 

the groom, both of Vicksburg. 

Matron of honor was Angela 

Loving Whitney of Byram. 

Bridesmaids were Beverly 

Jones, Lashondra Lott, Renaye 

Brown, Kimberly Bolls, 

Christy Bracey, Pamela Trisby, 

Tameka Butler and Sandra 

Wesley, all of Vicksburg. 

Junior bridesmaids were 

Jonikqua Dillon, daughter 

of the bride, Chelsea King 

and Kennedy Davis, all of 

Vicksburg. 

Flower girls were Mia Alexander, 

Destiny Carson, Erica 

Mary Estelle Roberts and 

Nathan Keel Wilds, both of 

Vicksburg, will be married at 

6 p.m. May 30, 2009, at Jordan’s 

Chapel. A reception will follow 

at the home of Joe and Roxanne 

Gay. 

All relatives and friends are 

invited to attend. 

Miss Roberts is the daughter 

Carson and Jalisa Shaw. 

Serving as best men were 

Wesley Smith, brother of the 

groom, Shelley Price and 

Robert Thomas, all of Vicksburg. 

Groomsmen were Darrick 

Carson Sr., Eric Carson 

Sr., Reginald Holmes, Derrick 

Moore, Jeremy Brown, Jamal 

Miss Roberts, Mr. Wilds 

to recite vows May 30 

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Russell Smith 

The bride is the former 

Anissia Tarenette Carter 

of Mr. and Mrs. Jessie J. Roberts 

of Vicksburg. 

She is a self-employed medical 

coding consultant. 

Mr. Wilds is the son of A.J. 

“Buck” and Anne Wilds of 

Vicksburg. 

He is a senior engineering 

technician with Applied 

Research Associates. 

Lee, Gregory Hudson and 

Morris Alexander, brother of 

the bride, all of Vicksburg. 

Junior groomsmen were 

Dedrick Trisby, Darrick 

Carson Jr. and Eric Carson 

Jr., all of Vicksburg. 

Ushers were Wayne Smith 

and Fredrick Price, both of 

Upcoming weddings 

May 9 

Vicksburg. 

Ring bearer was Darius 

Carter, son of the bride. 

Bible bearer was Joshua 

Alexander. 

Miniature bride was SaKyaih 

McCline; miniature groom 

was William Carter, son of 

the bride. 

Escorted and seated as special 

guests were aunts of the 

bride and groom: Ethel Carter 

Carson, Katie Mae Gray, Lorraine 

Johnson and Betty 

Clark. 

Special wedding assistants 

were Rebecca Curtis and 

Willie Walker. 

A reception followed at the 

VFW on Monroe Street. 

Hostesses were Lillian 

Porter, Marisha Davis, Sarah 

Ross, Charlene Allen, Ida 

Burse, Harriet Moore, Andrea 

Jenkins, Annie Mae Houston, 

Mattie Thomas, Jackie Cobbs 

and Kimberly Smith, sister 

of the bride. Denetra Bracey 

served as tea girl. 

Guests were entertained 

with music by DJ Flash, Eric 

Hall. 

The couple will make their 

home in Vicksburg. The bride 

is employed at Kings Head 

Start Center, and the groom 

is employed at Ameristar 

Casino. 

Bachelorette party 

Angela Jenkins, sister of the 

bride, hosted a bachelorette 

party at Loving’s Place. 

Shower 

Members of the bridal party 

honored the bride with a miscellaneous 

shower at Loving’s 

Place. 

• Tiffany Chanté Hubbard and Kenneth Ray Boley Jr. 

3 p.m. at Greater Grove Street M.B. Church 

Reception to follow at Vicksburg City Auditorium 

Friends and relatives are invited 

• Jennifer Jean Schaffer and Adam Thomas McGahey 

5 p.m. at B’nai B’rith Literary Club 

Reception to follow 

Friends and relatives are invited 

The engagement of Erica 

Jamette Taylor to Denard 

Andre Wilson, both of Vicksburg, 

is announced today. The 

wedding will be at 5 p.m. June 

27, 2009, at Wilsonwood Lodge. 

A reception will follow. 

Miss Taylor is the daughter 

of the late Hattie M. Taylor 

and the late James E. Taylor. 

She is the granddaughter of 

the late Dennis Taylor Sr., the 

late Josie B. Taylor and the 

late Willie Ruth Butler. 

Mr. Wilson is the son of Eva 

M. Hayward and Fred Holmes 

Jr., both of Vicksburg. He is 

the grandson of the late Caleb 

Wilson and the late Doris 

Wilson. 

The bride-elect is a 1993 

honor graduate of Warren 

Central High School, where 

Erica Jamette Taylor 


Denard Andre Wilson 

Taylor to wed Mr. Wilson 

she was a member of the 

FTA, Mu Alpha Theta, HOSA, 

Science Club and Student 

Council. 

She received a Bachelor of 

Science degree in biology education 

and a Master of Arts 

degree in teaching and secondary 

education biology 

from Alcorn State University. 

She was a member of the 

ASU Ambassadors and Alpha 

Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. 

Miss Taylor is a biology 

teacher at Warren Central 

High School. 


1991 graduate of Warren Central 

High School. He attended 

Jackson State University. 

Mr. Wilson is store manager 

of Wendy’s in Winnsboro, La. 

Rodney and Cheri Howell 

of Vicksburg announce the 

engagement of their daughter, 

Mallory Lynn, to Brody 

Britton Henley. Mr. Henley is 

the son of Brenda Britton of 

Delta and Michael and Brenda 

Henley of Tallulah. 

Miss Howell is the granddaughter 

of Faye Cowart and 

the late Archie Cowart of 

Vicksburg and Betty Howell 

and George Wilson and the 

late Durell Howell, all of 

Cleveland. 

Mr. Henley is the grandson 

of the late Wilasten and Hibo 

Mallory Lynn Howell 


Brody Britton Henley 

Howell, Henley to wed 

Britton of McGehee, Ark. 


graduate of Vicksburg High 

School. She is a full-time student 

at Hinds Community College 

in Vicksburg. 


1998 graduate of Tallulah High 

School. He is a journeyman 

plumber/pipefitter with Union 

Local 619. 


4 p.m. June 20, 2009, at First 

Christian Church. A reception 

will follow at the Vicksburg 

Convention Center. 

Tullos to marry Madison 

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Madison 

of Vicksburg announce 

the engagement of their son, 

Hilton “Scooter,” to Kayla 

Marie Tullos of Philadelphia. 

Miss Tullos is the daughter of 

Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Lofton of 

Philadelphia and Mr. and Mrs. 

Frank Tullos of Raymond. 

Miss Tullos is the granddaughter 

of Edna Killen and 

the late Carl Killen of Union, 

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lundy, the 

late Arvon Tullos, the late 

Hilda Tullos and the late A.G. 

Lofton, all of Philadelphia, and 

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brunson of 

Terry. 

Mr. Madison is the grandson 

of the late Hilton Fuller 

of Clarksville, Tenn., the late 

Elizabeth Langley and the late 

Kayla Marie Tullos 


Hilton Madison 

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Madison, 

all of Vicksburg. 


graduate of Neshoba Central 

High School in Philadelphia. 

She will graduate this month 

from Holmes Community College 

with an associate degree 

in occupational therapy. 

The prospective groom is 

a 2000 graduate of Warren 

Central High School. He is 

employed with Hintson Farms 

in Redwood and owns Madison 

Trucking. 

The wedding will be at 4 

p.m. May 30, 2009, at the J.O. 

Smith Jr. home. A reception 

will follow. All relatives and 

friends are invited to attend.


Marcus Allen 

Carl Cammack Jr. 

George Elmore 

Rondell Evans 

Darrell Harris 

Jarvis Holmes 

George Ivy III Benjamin Jones 

Morris Lias Jonathan Smith 

Baron Meeks 

Donald Murray 

AKA presents Beautillion men 

The Mu Xi Omega chapter 

of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 

Inc. formally presented 17 

young men as part of the 11th 

Biennial Beautillion at the 

Vicksburg City Auditorium 

Saturday night. The presentation 

to society was the culmination 

of six months of 

intense practice, leadership 

development workshops and 

community service projects 

and included the dispersal of 

plaques and nearly $10,000 in 

scholarships. 

The program, themed A 

Touch of Class, was led by 

Channel 16 WAPT news 

anchor Sherita Erves and Dr. 

Samuel Thornton of the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture 

and featured choreography 

by Cedric Jackson. Berteal 

Rogers and Antrice Smith 

served as chairmen. 

Awards presented during the 

evening included Mr. Leadership 

to Jarvis Holmes, Mr. Debonair 

to Donald Murray, Most 

Improved to Karlton Winters, 

Mr. Esquire to Charles Winston 

Jr., who received a trophy 

and a $1,200 scholarship; First 

Runner-Up to Carl Cammack 

Jr., who received a trophy 

and a $1,050 scholarship; and 

Second Runner-Up to Winters, 

who received a trophy and a 

$975 scholarship. 

Participants were: 

• Marcus J. Allen, the son 

of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Allen 

Sr. He was escorted by Petra 

Chess, the daughter of Mr. and 

Mrs. Odis Chess. 

• Carl Cammack Jr., the son 

of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Cammack 

Sr. He was escorted by Moniqua 

Johnson, the daughter of 

Monique Edwards Brown. 

• George L. Elmore, the 

son of Mr. and Mrs. Donnie 

Elmore. He was escorted by 

Dominique Washington, the 

daughter of Beatrice Brooks. 

• Rondell Evans, the son of 

Anthony Williams and Bobbie 

Chambliss. He was escorted 

by LaFarran Durman, the 

daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent 

Durman. 

• Darrell R. Harris, the son 

of Dorothy Harris. He was 

escorted by Alpha Jones, 

the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 

Eddie Henderson. 

• Jarvis L. Holmes, the son 

of Len Jackson and Grayilyn 

Sanders. He was escorted by 

Megan Sullivan, the daughter 

of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence 

Sullivan. 

• George Ivy III, the son of 

Mr. and Mrs. George Ivy II. 

He was escorted by Carolette 

Ivy, the daughter of Carolyn 

Johnson. 

• Benjamin T. Jones, the 

son of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Henderson. 

He was escorted by 

Mina Abdurman, the daughter 

of Edwin Abdurman and 

Sabina Roberto. 

• Morris R. Lias, the son 

of Dorothy Ann Lias. He was 

escorted by Ashlea Brandon, 

the daughter of Carl Brandon 

and Debra Knox. 

• Jonathan Jarmarcus 

Malone Smith, the son of Mr. 

and Mrs. Barry Smith. He was 

escorted by Hannah Kariuki, 

the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. 

Benson Kariuki. 

• Baron R. Meeks, the son 

of Willie Griffin and Robbie 

Meeks. He was escorted by 

Shandell Marie Lewis, the 

daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Virdell 

Lewis Jr. 

• Donald D. Murray, the son 

of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kelly 

Jr. He was escorted by Kasey 

L. Wilson, the daughter of Mr. 

and Mrs. Nathan Wilson. 

• Cameron R. Smith, the 

son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles 

R. Smith. He was escorted by 

Kamiko S. Martin, the daughter 

of Jack Phillips Jr. and 

Nikko Martin. 

• Deontae L. Stokes, the son 

of Milton Stokes and Francis 

Dixon Redfield. He was 

escorted by Chandria Murrell, 

the daughter of Mr. and 

Mrs. Leonard Murrell. 

Cameron Smith 

• Quincy B. Williams, the 

son of Joseph Ballard and 

Gloria Williams. He was 

escorted by Olivia Martinez, 

the daughter of John Pinkard 

and Gertrude Davis. 

• Charles Edward Winston 

Jr., the son of Charles Edward 

Winston Sr. and the late Mageline 

Winston. He was escorted 

by Dornisha Erves, the daughter 

of Mr. and Mrs. Donald 

Erves. 

• Karlton D. Winters, the 

son of Dewayne Winters and 

Jacqueline Cooper. He was 

escorted by Jennifer White, 

the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 

Damion Mitchell. 

Deontae Stokes 

Charles Winston Jr. 

Quincy Williams 

Karlton Winters 

Gray, Mr. McKnight to wed 

The engagement of Rochelle 

Yvonne Gray to Thomas Farrell 

McKnight, both of Vicksburg, 

is announced today. 


3 p.m. June 6, 2009, at Clear 

Creek Golf Course in Bovina. 

A reception will follow. All relatives 

and friends are invited 

to attend. 

Miss Gray is the daughter 

of Donna Ruth Gray and 

Michael Anthony Drake of 

Vicksburg. She is the granddaughter 

of Betty Jean Davis, 

the late Lewis Gray, Lucy Mae 

Johnson and the late King 

Anderson. 

Mr. McKnight is the son of 

Barbara Ann McKnight and 

the late Herbert McKnight III 

Rochelle Yvonne Gray 


Thomas Farrell McKnight 

of Vicksburg. He is the grandson 

of the late Hezekiah Copeland, 

the late Fallie Copeland, 

the late Herbert McKnight and 

the late Tometta Douglass. 


graduate of Vicksburg High 

School, where she was a 

member of the FHA and Environmental 

Club. She attended 

Hinds Community College. 

Miss Gray is employed in 

the table games department 

at Ameristar Casino. 


1999 graduate of Vicksburg 

High School. He attended 

Hinds Community College 

and is an account manager at 

Rent-A-Center. 

Denise Marie Robertson 


Christopher Benson Warnock 

Robertson to wed Warnock 

Rick and Gwen Robertson 

of Vicksburg announce the 

engagement of their daughter, 

Denise Marie of Florence, 

to Christopher Benson Warnock. 

Mr. Warnock is the son 

of Benson and Astrid Warnock 

of Utica. 

Miss Robertson is the granddaughter 

of Caley and Marie 

Nichols of Vicksburg and Nell 

Robertson and the late Ralph 

Robertson of Dothan, Ala. 

Mr. Warnock is the grandson 

of the late Murry and Ada 

Graham of Utica and the late 

Henry and Maryetta Warnock 

of Delta. 

The bride-elect is a 2000 graduate 

of Warren Central High 

School. She was a member of 

the Vicksburg Rebelettes and 

Vicksburg Cotillion Club. She 

attended Hinds Community 

College Allied Health Center. 

Miss Robertson is a dental 

assistant for Dr. Albert W. 

Tutor Jr. 


1999 graduate of Rebul Academy. 

He is employed in the 

parts department at Gray- 

Daniels Nissan. 

The wedding will be at 6 p.m. 

June 27, 2009, at First Baptist 

Church of Vicksburg. A reception 

will follow at the B’nai 

B’rith Literary Club. All relatives 

and friends are invited 

to attend. 

Davis to wed McBride May 9 

The engagement of Crystal 

Michelle Davis and Micheal 

Montreal McBride, both of 

Vicksburg, is announced 

Crystal Michelle Davis 


Micheal Montreal McBride 

today. Vows will be exchanged 

May 9, 2009, in Vicksburg. 

All relatives and friends are 

invited to attend.

The Vicksburg Post Sunday, May 3, 2009 C5 

Moose Lodge 1581 

The Esquire Club of Vicksburg 

suzanne feliciano•The Vicksburg Post 

New officers, from left, are Dale McDuff, 

treasurer; Gene Maynard, administrator; Bob 

McAdam, junior past governor; Larry Mayberry, 

junior governor; Kap Bontje, prelate; 

and Greg Johnson, governor. 

New officers, from left, are Lester Magee, 

parliamentarian; Harrison Havard Jr., assistant 

recording secretary; James Stirgus 

suzanne feliciano•The Vicksburg Post 

Jr., president; and G.T. Clay Sr., financial 

secretary. 

New officers, from left, are Mark Reeves, 

three-year trustee; Tommy Gray, two-year 

trustee; Chris Higgins, outer guard; and Chris 

Bontje, sergeant-at-arms. 

New officers, from left, are Michael Mayfield, 

vice president; James Jefferson Jr., social 

secretary; John Walls Jr., treasurer; and John 

‘Ghosts’ frighteningly familiar 

By Christy Lemire 

AP movie critic 

Adams, recording secretary. George Madison 

Jr. is sergeant-at-arms. 

New officers of the Women’s Auxiliary are, 

from left, Vicki Wester, chaplain; Jane Reeves, 

recorder; and Elaine Lewis, secretarytreasurer. 

LOS ANGELES — You will 

be shocked — shocked! — to 

learn that in “Ghosts of Girlfriends 

Past,” Matthew McConaughey 

plays an arrogant 

womanizer who coasts on his 

looks and charm but eventually 

realizes that love does 

matter after all. 

Call it laziness, call it finding 

your niche. You’ve seen 

McConaughey in this kind of 

role before, usually with Kate 

Hudson as his co-star. (Jennifer 

Garner stands in as the 

voice of reason this time.) 

You’ve also seen “Ghosts of 

Girlfriends Past” before, in 

countless variations of Charles 

Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” 

But you won’t see Dickens 

credited anywhere here, even 

though the plot finds McConaughey, 

as playboy photographer 

Connor Mead, reluctantly 

revisiting the myriad 

women he’s wronged with the 

ghosts of girlfriends past, present 

and future as his guides. 

Oh, no — this is a wholly 

creative enterprise. Jon 

Lucas and Scott Moore, who 

also were behind the overbearing 

“Four Christmases,” 

wrote the screenplay; Mark 

Waters, who’s enjoyed better 

material with the Tina Feyscripted 

“Mean Girls” and 

the 2003 remake of “Freaky 

Friday,” directs. You can count 

the jokes that work on one 

hand; the rest is pratfalls and 


Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner appear in a 

scene from “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.” 

film review 

predictability. 

When we first meet Connor 

in his Manhattan photo studio, 

he’s propositioning his lingerie-clad 

models; later, he’ll 

break up with three women 

simultaneously by video conference 

while his latest conquest 

(R&B singer Christina 

Milian) waits on the couch. 

How he scores with his cheesy 

pickup lines is baffling; perhaps 

he blinds them into submission 

with the impossible 

whiteness of his teeth. 

Which brings us to one of 

the chief flaws of “Ghosts of 

Girlfriends Past” — all the 

women, except Garner’s character, 

are malleable sluts willing 

not only to jump into bed 

with Connor (or do it in an 

airplane bathroom or on top 

of a car), they’re also stupid 

enough to fall in love with him. 

It’s an ongoing gag: Some of 

them have dated him for two 

days or an hour. All of them 

are miffed, or worse. 

Connor doesn’t have much 

more respect for his younger 

brother’s fiancee (Lacey Chabert 

as a squeaky control-freak) 

or her three bridesmaids, two 

of whom he’s already slept 

with. “Ghosts of Girlfriends 

Past,” a New Line Cinema 

release, is rated PG-13 for 

sexual content throughout, 

some language and a drug 

reference. Running time: 100 

minutes. One star out of four. 

Fall Registration 

Visit our website: 

www.vicksburgdancestudio.com 

Monday - 

Thursday 

May 4th - 7th 

3:30 p.m. - 

6:00 p.m 

New officers of the Women’s Auxiliary, from 

top left, are Pat Johnson, academy of friendship; 

Laura Bedgood, youth involvement; 

and Wanda Reeves, community service. 

Below, from left, are Deborah Holloway, 

argus; and Terri Reeves, family involvement. 

Darlene Winningham is senior regent; Colleen 

van den Neiuwboer is junior regent; 

C.J. Bonjte is junior graduate regent; and 

Theresa Mayberry is Moosehaven. Sandy 

McAdams leads PEP; Helen Daniels, health 

awareness; Suzanne Daniels, membership/ 

ESP; and Anita Speed, publicity. Tammy Tapp 

is guide; Mary Alice Goff is assistant guide; 

Gloria Cummins is sentinel; and Terri Spears 

is meeting coordinator. 

Valerie McVan Atwood 

Instructor 

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Instructor 

3419 Wisconsin Avenue • 601-636-9389


40 winners named 

in VAA awards show 


The Vicksburg Art Association 

has announced winners 

of its 2009 Members’ Spring 

Show, which wrapped up 

Wednesday. The awards: 

Best in Show 

• First — “Peaches” by Pat 

Walker-Fields. 

• Second — “Retrospect” by 

James Smithhart. 

• Third — “Cedar Sap” by 

Wanda Hurt Warren. 

• David A. Leenknecht 

Award in Photography — 

“Over the Balcony” by Shu 

Chang. 

Watercolor 

• First — “Parrots on 

Parade” by Leslie Horton. 

• Second — “Tulips of the 

Field” by Dave Montgomery. 

• Third — “Periqite Legere” 

by Elizabeth Rogers-Hamel. 

Oil 

• First — “Peaches” by Pat 


• Second — “Green Apple” 

by Pat Walker-Fields. 

• Third — “Condo Lighthouse” 

by JNet Jarmon. 

• Honorable mention — 

“Favorite Part of the Day” by 

Linda Harris; “Icon’na Love 

You” by Wanda Hurt Warren; 

and “Chicken” by Elizabeth 

Roberts-Hamel. 

Drawing 

• First — “Flatboat Captain” 

by Patsy Kirkwood. 

• Second — “Class Model” 

by Patsy Kirkwood. 

• Third — “Stopping to Smell 

the Roses” by Sally Green. 


“Planet X Series” by Lisa 

King-Floore and “Dreaming” 

by Leah Johnson. 

Acrylic 

• First — “Retrospect” by 

James Smithhart. 

• Second — “Identity Crisis” 

by Jean Blue. 

• Third — “Old Court House” 

by Leslie Horton. 


“Daily Bread” by Jessy Jeffers; 

“Butterfly” by Marjean 

Jones; “Time to Leave” by 

JNet Jarmon; and “Wine & 

Grapes” by Jessy Jeffers. 

Print 

• First — “Wendy’s Goat” by 

Elke Briuer. 

• Second — “Bayou Serenade” 

by Elke Briuer. 

• Third — “Go Green” by BJ 

Crawford. 

3-D 

• First — “Cedar Sap” by 

Wanda Hurt Warren. 

• Second — “Prince of Battles” 

by Mark Bleakley. 

• Third — “ Ce l t i c 

Tetramorph” by Mark 

Bleakley. 


“Expectations” by Lesley 

Silver and “School of Fish” by 

Lee H. Abraham. 

Photo Mono 

• First— “Mirror Image” by 

Shu Chang. 

• Second — “Milton” By 

Randall Hughes. 

• Third — “Alanah” by Randall 

Hughes. 

Photo Color 

• First — “Three Kings” by 

Glen Gregory. 

• Second — “Woman & 

Baby” by James Treadwell. 

• Third — “Cannons” by 

Michael Taylor. 


“Delta House” by Glen Gregory 

and “Toledo Sunset” by 

Leah Norris. 

Mixed Media 

• First — “Footprints & 

Shadows” by Lesley Silver. 

• Second — “Genesis” by 

Jean Blue. 

• Third — “Madonna” by 

Mary Qasim. 


“Garden of Tomorrow” by Lisa 

King-Floore; “Openings” by 

Lesley Silver; and “Autumn” 

by Peggy Ederington. 

People’s Choice 

•First — “Peaches” by Pat 


• Second — “Still Waiting” 

by Jean Blue. 

• Third — “Class Model” by 

Patsy Kirkwood. 

Bob Dylan’s lastest CD tends to drag 

By David Bauder 

AP entertainment writer 

The curse of Bob Dylan’s bootleg 

series is that you might start 

thinking of his official releases 

as first drafts. 

Dylan has been on a roll this 

past decade, staring mortality 

in the face and wringing memorable 

music from it. The “Tell 

Tale Signs” disc of outtakes and 

reimaginings proved just how 

sturdy the work is. It also contributes 

to making “Together 

Through Life” a letdown. 

This is a batch of mostly pedestrian 

compositions in a bluesy 

style, with Los Lobos’ David 

Hidalgo’s accordion giving 

several of the cuts a Tex-Mex 

feel. “My Wife’s Home Town” 

(that would be hell) with blues 

maestro Willie Dixon getting a 

co-writing credit, and “It’s All 

Good” best flash a nimble wit. 

Bob Dylan’s “Together Through Life” 

Robert Hunter, known for his 

songwriting with the Grateful 

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and while the love-gone-wrong 

songs match Dylan’s haggard 

voice, they offer little real 

insight or emotional tug. The 

style of “Shake Shake Mama,” 

repeating a verse’s opening 

line, sounds stale. 

Enjoyable moments, like 

the repeated guitar riff on 

“Jolene,” are clustered in the 

disc’s second half. In fact, the 

last two cuts on the album, particularly 

the darkly funny “It’s 

All Good,” are the best. 

It’s hard not to wonder what 

life may eventually be wrung 

out of these songs. Maybe some 

time on the road, with a rewrite 

or two, will make them feel less 

like first drafts. Maybe there 

are outtakes, better versions 

or better songs, that somehow 

got left off the disc. 

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PHOTOS BY OUR READERS 

Birds visiting her yard in Bovina have kept Mary Irene Wilson busy with her camera. In 

no time, she snapped a male rose-breasted grosbeak, top left; a male goldfinch, top 

right; a male eastern bluebird, bottom left; and a male indigo bunting, bottom right. 

GIVE US YOUR BEST SHOT! 

The Vicksburg Post will accept for publication photos submitted by readers. The photos should be current and of interest to the public, either because of their subject matter or their 

oddity, or the photographic skill shown. These are the criteria that will be used in determining which photos will be published. Submitted photos should be accompanied by complete 

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person at Post Plaza or by mail to The Vicksburg Post, News photos, P.O. Box 821668, Vicksburg, MS 39182. 

01. Legals 

02. Public Service 

05. Notices 

07. Help Wanted 07. Help Wanted 07. Help Wanted 

07. Help Wanted 07. Help Wanted 

NON DISCRIMINATION 

POLICY 

As a recipient of Federal Financial 

Assistance Heritage 

House Nursing Center does 

not exclude, deny benefits 

to, or otherwise discriminate 

against any person onthe 

grounds of race, color, and 

national origin, or on the basis 

of disability or age in admission 

to participate in, or 

receipt of the services and 

benefits of any of its programs 

and activities or in 

employment herein, whether 

carried out by Heritage 

House Nursing Center directly 

or through a contractor or 

any other entity with whom 

the Heritage House Nursing 

Center arranges to carry out 

its programs and activities. 

This state is in accordance 

with the provisions of Title VI 

of the Civil Rights Act of 

1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation 

Act of 1973, the 

Age Discrimination Act of 

1975, and Regulations of the 

U.S. Department of Health 

and Human Services issued 

pursuant to the Acts. Title 45 

Code of Federal Regulations 

part 80, 84, and 91. (other 

Federal Laws and Regulations 

provide similiar protection 

against discrimination on 

grounds of sex, and creed.) 

In case of questions concerning 

this policy, or in the 

event of a desire to file a 

complaint alleging violations 

of the above, please contact: 

Heritage House Nursing 

Center 

Robert Greer 

Coordinator/Administrator 

601-638-1514 

Publish: 5/1, 5/2, 5/3(3t) 

02. Public Service 

FREE PUPPIES TO good 

homes. Dalmation and 

Labrador mix. Very pretty 

puppies, great pets, 6 

weeks old Sunday. 601- 

218-3544, 601-218-4278. 

Unexpected Litter of kittens or 

puppies? The Vicksburg Post 

can help! Call 601-636-SELL 

to run your ad today! 

FREE WALKER MIX only 

to good home. 1 ½ year old 

medium size dog, buck skin 

color, really sweet, needs 

country home. For interview 

call 601-218-3383. 

KEEP UP WITH all the local 

news and sales...Subscribe 

to The Vicksburg 

Post TODAY!! Call 601- 

636-4545, Circulation. 

TRYING TO LOCATE 

friends and relatives of 

Jessie Fielder. Please Call 

337-367-3810. 

05. Notices 

Center For 

Pregnancy Choices 

Free Pregnancy Tests 

(non-medical facility) 

· Education on All 

Options 

· Confidential Counseling 

Call 601-638-2778 

for appt 

www.vicksburgpregnancy.com 

EMERGENCY 

CA$H 

BORROW $100.00 

PAYBACK $105.00 

BEST DEAL IN TOWN 

VALID CHECKING 

ACCOUNT REQUIRED 

FOR DETAILS CALL 

601-638-7000 

9 TO 5 MON.- FRI. 

Is the one you 

love 

hurting you? 

Call 

Haven House Family 

Shelter 

601-638-0555 or 

1-800-898-0860 

Services available to 

women & children who are 

victims of 

domestic violence and/or 

homeless: Shelter, counseling, 

group support. 

(Counseling available by 

appt.) 

ENDING HOMELESS- 

NESS. WOMEN with children 

or without are you in 

need of shelter? Mountain 

of Faith Ministries/ Women's 

Restoration Shelter. 

Certain restrictions apply, 

601-661-8990. Life coaching 

available by appointment. 

KEEP UP WITH all the 

local news and sales...- 

subscribe to The Vicksburg 

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601-636-4545, 

ask for Circulation. 

Runaway 

Are you 12 to 17? 

Alone? Scared? 

Call 601-634-0640 anytime 

or 1-800-793-8266 

We can help! 

One child, 

one day at a time. 

06. Lost & Found 

LOST CAT! 

GRAY NEUTERED 

MALE cat lost on South 

Frontage Road by The 

Crossings Apartments. 601- 

529-4650. 

07. Help Wanted 

Applications being accepted for: 

• RN • 

3-11 Shift 

Monday-Friday 

We offer Blue Cross/ 

Blue Shield medical 

insurance, PTO & 

401K-Plan. 

Apply in Person at: 

Shady Lawn Nursing Home 

60 Shady Lawn Place 

For more information, 

contact: 

Brooke Lott or 

Robyn Montgomery 

(601)-636-1448 

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Ready to hire 

the best? 

Call 601-636-SELL 

to run your 

Help Wanted ad! 

Searching for the perfect job? 

Ready to hire competent 

people for that new position? 

Check out our website 


Inspirations 

Outpatient Geriatric Counseling Center 

Accepting Resumes for 

Receptionist/ Assistant 

for very busy medical 

office. Must be reliable, 

hard working, dependable, 

punctual, and honest. 

Will train the right 

person for the position. 

Outgoing personality and 

people skills a plus. Send 

resumes to: Manager, 

P.O. Box 821135, 


located on the campus of Natchez 

Community Hospital is hosting a 

Friday, May 15th 

4-6pm 

We are recruiting 

LPC, LCSW, LMSW and LPC-i 

for Program Therapists positions. 

For more information, please call 601.445.1718. 

151 Jefferson Davis Blvd. Suite B 

Natchez, MS 39120 

Ask about our Sign-on-Bonus 

and Relocation Assistance 

HUMAN RESOURCES 

DIRECTOR 

River Region Health System, a 372 bed 

acute-care hospital in Vicksburg, Mississippi, 

is seeking a Human Resources Director. 

Reporting to the CEO, the successful 

candidate will be a member of the senior 

management team and will be responsible for 

the management of all Human Resources 

functions including recruitment, retention, 

regulatory compliance, benefits, 

organizational development, employee 

relations, and JCAHO preparedness. 

Minimum requirements include bachelor's 

degree in Human Resources and three years 

experience as a Human Resources Director. 

Healthcare experience required. 

Position offers comprehensive 

benefit package, salary 

commensurate with experience. 

STAFF NURSE 

Nursing opportunities available for RNs. 

Current MS RN licensure required. New 

graduates welcomed. May be eligible for a 

$5,000 sign-on bonus with commitment. 

MOBILE TECHNICIAN 

Must have a high school diploma or 

equivalent and at least three years related 

experience. Valid Mississippi Class D driver’s 

license required 

We offer excellent compensation and top tier 

benefit package. If you are interested in more 

details and in working with our dynamic 

organization contact us at 601.883.5900. To 

apply visit our website at www.riverregion.com. 

An Equal Opportunity Employer.

D2 Sunday, May 3, 2009 The Vicksburg Post 

1635 Redbone Rd. 

GRAND GULF 

EMPLOYEES WILL 

LOVE THIS 5.3 

ACRES WITH 

POND. Home built 

1993, 3 BRS/2B, huge 

living/dining area, spacious kitchen, screened porch, sunporch 

(heated and cooled) overlooking lg. pond. Away from house 

heated and cooled shop, pole barn, dock! 

206 ST CHARLES 

SAVANNAH HILLS LIKE 

BRAND NEW beautiful 1.5 

story, lg. master suite 

downstairs, plus guest BR/B 

down. Custom cabinetry 

throughout, granite counter 

tops in kitchen, gas log FP, office, wine bar, hardwood,carpet, 

ceramic floors. Upstrs. 2BR/1B, huge closets. 1/2 lot next door to 

be conveyed w/purchase. 

JONES & UPCHURCH, INC. 

Call Andrea at 

601-831-6490 

Top Producer 2007 

601-831-6490 

EMAIL: ANDREA@JONESANDUPCHURCH.COM 

Andrea Upchurch WWW.VICKSBURGHOMES.COM 

331 Claremont 

Priced to sell and move in ready can best describe this 

cute three bedroom, two bath home. Features include 

hardwood floors, freshly painted walls in warm neutral 

colors, bright kitchen with new ceramic tops and floor, 

and spacious bedrooms. 

$119,900 

601-636-5947 or 601-415-4114 

LEECH REAL ESTATE 

www.VanessaLeech.com • leechrealestate@cablelynx.com 

80 

Edgewood 

Place 

You have got to see this one. Approx. 2200 sq ft. 

home w/ 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. Hardwood floors, 

large game room, covered patio, large fenced yard. 

Priced to sell at $169,900. First time buyers can 

receive up to $8000 tax rebate. 

Call Beverly at 415-9179 for more information. 

McMillin 

And 

Real 

Estate 

Beverly McMillin 

601-415-9179 

Home for Sale? Show it to the world 

at www.vicksburgrealestate.com 

BETH MAZZANTI 

& Coldwell Banker All Stars 

PRESENTS 

1603 CHAMBERS ST. 

New 

Listing 

$ 

132,000 

This charming 

3 bedroom 

2 bath Chambers 

St cottage is the 

perfect in-town 

starter home. 

With 1427 

square feet, this well maintained residence includes a family 

room w/gas log fireplace, separate dining room, hardwood 

floors, fenced back yard & a new HVAC system & roof. 

Call Beth @601-218-2489 

601-634-8928 or 601-638-6009 

homesofvicksburg.com 

530 INGLEWOOD DR. 

Presented By 

Anita Tarnabine 

“SERVING BUYERS AND SELLERS 

SINCE 1994” 

There is an 

abundance of 

space here, 

inside and out. 

Large living 

areas including 

formal and 

informal, 

3 large custom designed bedrooms and 3 full bathrooms. Tavertine 

countertops through out. The wood used includes river birch, red 

oak, yellow poplar and cypress. Call me to find out about an 

additional 1000 square feet +/-of living space not included in the 

cost. All this on a corner lot & at a price designed to sell. $145,000 

601-415-5097 

anita.tarnabine@coldwellbanker.com 

100 W. Pecan Tree Lane 

Openwood Plantation. Large tree shaded lot with azaleas 

galore in full bloom! Plenty of room for children to play or 

maybe a garden. Good condition. 3 bedrooms and 2 baths. 

Living/dining plus family room. Large front porch and rear 

covered patio, fenced back yard, two car garage and a shop. 

2735 Washington Street, Vicksburg, MS 39180 • 601-638-6243 

317 Linda Street 

Presented By 

V alorie Spiller 

REALTOR ASSOCIATE ® 

Spacious Spotless 

3 bedroon 2 full 

bath home is 

waiting for you! 

This Lovely home 

is a must see. 

Nice big corner lot 

along with a big 

work shed. Nice size laundry room, new roof and much 

more. 250 additional square footage--Air condition 

sunroom is not added in--extra extra house for your 

money. Don't this one call Valorie at(601)456-6234. 

601-634-8928 

601-456-6234 

214 Brookwood 

Wonderful Family home in Brookwood Subdivision. Features 

4 bedrooms, split plan, 2 full baths, 2 HVAC systems, 2 water 

heaters. Large Master bedroom and bath with whirlpool tub and 

separate shower. This home is only 7 years old, barely broken in, 

brand new hot tub remains on back patio. Also has a bonus 

room at front of home that could be an office or guest room. 

$ 

239,900. 

REALTOR ASSOCIATE® 

ANDREA LEWIS 

REAL 

ESTATE 

OF VICKSBURG INC. 

601-636-1354 

or 601-218-0644 

andrealewis@cablelynx.com 

07. Help Wanted 07. Help Wanted 07. Help Wanted 

REGISTERED NURSE 

Camellia Home Health and Hospice is 

expanding our operations in the Vicksburg 

area and is currently seeking a full-time 

RN to provide in-home care to patients in 

Warren and Claiborne Counties. We offer 

competitive compensation packages 

including mileage reimbursement, paid 

health, dental, life and 401K. 

For immediate consideration fax resume 

to 601-636-7926 or call 601-638-6606. 

www.camelliahealth.com 

Equal Opportunity Employer 

EXPERIENCED DEALERS 

Must be experienced in Blackjack and Craps 

GO FOR YOUR OWN TOKES! 

Average March ’09 Toke Rate: $18.87/hr 

Average April ’09 Toke Rate: $21.69/hr 

TABLE GAMES SUPERVISOR 

Technical understanding of Blackjack and Craps, policies, 

procedures and a demonstrated ability to coordinate or supervise 

the work of others; 1-2 years of supervisory experience required. 

FOOD & BEVERAGE SUPERVISOR 

Responsible for leadership and goal attainment for all food and 

beverage outlets; Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Restaurant 

Management preferred. One to two years restaurant manager 

experience preferred. 

SLOT FLOOR SUPERVISOR 

Oversees all slot activities on assigned shift; 

Minimum one year slot floor experience required. 

Candidates who submitted an application more than 90 days 

ago should complete a new application online 

www.riverwalkvicksburg.com 

Or, stop by our Human Resources office at 

210 Miller Street, Monday-Friday, 9am to 4pm. 

“Not The Same Old Team” 

EOE/DRUG FREE 

MEMORIAL DAY 

SALUTE TO OUR 

MILITARY 

On Sunday, May 24th, the 

Classified Department will offer 

a special page just for 

OUR MILITARY. 

Bring in your Photographs, where 

your loved one is serving or has 

served and $18 for our 

“ SALUTE TO OUR MILITARY” 

Hurry, Hurry, Hurry, The deadline 

is Tuesday, May 19th at 3pm. 

1601 F North Frontage Road 


601-636-SELL (7355) 

Discover a new world of 

opportunity with 

The Vicksburg Post Classifieds. 

BAILEY CABLE TV Inc. 

has an opening for an Installer/ 

Technician in Port 

Gibson. All inquiries, mail 

to: P.O. Box 33, Crystal 

Springs, MS 39059. 

DISABLED, BUT MO- 

BILE couple seeks dependable 

house help. Includes 

cleaning, light moving and 

some laundry. References 

required. Mail inquiry to: 

3412 Pemberton Square 

Boulevard, Suite 2/240, 

Vicksburg, MS 39182. 


DRIVER TRAINEES NEEDED 

NO CDL? 

No Problem! 

Earn up to $900/wk. 

Home weekends with 

TMC 

Company endorsed 

CDL Training. 

1-800-350-7364 

STAFF ACCOUNTANT 

Account reconciliations; prepares detailed analysis of 

balance sheet and P&L accounts; prepares assigned 

journal entries; prepare, review and maintain scheduled 

and ad hoc financial reports; maintain fixed asset records. 

4-year accounting degree or equivalent work experience; 

experience with MS Office Products with working 

knowledge of Excel and Infinium. 

Candidates who submitted an application more than 

90 days ago should complete a new application online 

www.riverwalkvicksburg.com 

Or, stop by our Human Resources office at 

210 Miller Street, Monday-Friday, 9am to 4pm. 

“Not The Same Old Team” 

EOE/DRUG FREE 

MEDICAL MARKETER 

Camellia Home Health and Hospice is seeking 

a medical marketer with established contacts. 

Experience selling home health or hospice is a 

plus. The ideal candidate will have numerous 

established contacts with 

physicians in the area and be able to 

generate referrals quickly. 

We offer competitive compensation packages 

including mileage reimbursement, paid health, 

dental & life insurance and 401K. 

For immediate consideration fax resume to 

601-636-7926 or call 601-638-6606. 

www.camelliahealth.com 

Equal Opportunity Employer 

Ethanol Processing Opportunity 


Drivers Wanted! 

1-877-285-8621 

Call M-F 8am-5pm 

Maintenance Technician 

Shady Lawn Health & 

Rehabilitation is now 

accepting applications 

for a Maintenance 

Technician. Commercial 

HVAC certification & 

Commercial Electrical 

Experience necessary. 

Desired Skills: 

Restaurant equipment & 

commercial appliance 

repair including refrigeration, 

experience in low 

voltage wiring & fire 

alarm system installation 

and troubleshooting, 

commercial plumbing & 

boiler repair, drywall 

experience and painting 

are all desirable skills for 

this opportunity. This is a 

permanent position with 

a full benefit package. 

Please apply in person 

or forward resume to: 

Attn. James 

: 

Rife, 

Administrator 

syadmin@vanguardhc.com 

Shady Lawn Health & 

Rehabilitation 

60 Shady Lawn Place 


601-636-8811 (fax) 

EOE 

Bunge-Ergon Vicksburg, LLC, a joint venture between Bunge North America 

and Ergon, Inc., has the following technical opening at its ethanol facility in 

Vicksburg, Mississippi. This is an ideal career opportunity to get involved 

with a facility dedicated to the production of a renewable fuel. 

SAFETY / ENVIRONMENTAL / HEALTH MANAGER – This person will develop, 

coordinate and administer safety and environmental programs. Must be 

responsible for ensuring plant is adhering to Federal, State and Local safety 

regulations, laws, policies and procedures through collaboration with 

corporate safety department, operations staff and office personnel. 

This person will also be responsible for the administration and reporting 

requirements of all applicable safety programs and responsible for 

managing/ directing the activities of the environmental technician. 

The ideal candidate will have prior experience in a ethanol processing 

refinery or chemical plant; 3 to 5 years of related technical experience, to 

include Process Safety Mgmt. (PSM), OSHA/EPA Compliance, Training 

and Workers Comp. Must have effective communication skills and 

computer proficiency in Microsoft Applications. 

We offer a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits. 

Interested candidates should respond by e-mailing a cover letter, 

resume and salary requirements to: 

bna.bev.vks@bunge.com 

Bunge-Ergon Vicksburg, LLC, is an Equal Opportunity Employer 


DEPENDABLE MAINTE- 

NANCE PERSON. Minimum 

3 years experience. 

Pay commensurate with experience. 

Mail resume to 

320 Fisher Ferry Road, 

Vicksburg, MS 39180. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PART-TIME SENIOR 

CITIZEN Aide needed for 

Women's Restoration Shelter. 

Prefer female, age 55 or 

older, able to climb stairs, 

be computer literate, able to 

multi task, perform office 

duties, run errands, 

etcetera. Hours Monday- 

Friday 1-5pm, $6.55/ hour. 

Fax resume to 601-661- 

6233. 

PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE 5. 

Tensas Parish Health Unit St. 

Jospeh, LA. Contact: Becky 

Brown, RNC8, 318-361-7229. 

We are an equal opportunity 

employer. 

TOTAL ENVIRONMEN- 

TAL SOLUTIONS now accepting 

applications. Apply 

at 720 Porters Chapel 

Road, 8am-3:00pm, Monday- 

Friday. 601-638-3977. 

Immediate opening for 

CDL A, B or C Driver 

Must have passenger 

endorsement! 

Call Ashley at WillStaff 

601-630-9011 

VICKSBURG 

CONVALESCENT HOME 

FULL-TIME RN 

32 HOURS/WEEK NIGHT SHIFT 

3/2 SPLIT SCHEDULE 

WE OFFER: 

HEALTH/VISION/DENTAL 

INSURANCE, 401K, PAID 

TIME OFF 

APPLY IN PERSON 

M-F 8A-3P 

1708 CHERRY STREET 

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE 

Hiring Evnet! Hiring Event! Hiring Event! 


V105.5 FM AND NEW- 

STALK 1490 RADIO is currently 

looking for an experienced 

media salesperson, 

non-smokers only. Salary 

plus commission, if qualified. 

Call Mark Jones 601- 

883-0855, between 5pm 

and 8pm. All interviews are 

confidential. 

10. Loans And 

Investments 

“WE CAN ERASE your 

bad credit- 100% guaranteed.” 

The Federal Trade 

Commission says the only 

legitimate credit repair 

starts and ends with you. It 

takes time and a conscious 

effort to pay your debts. 

Any company that claims to 

be able to fix your credit 

legally is lying. Learn about 

managing credit and debt at 

ftc.gov/credit 

A message from The 

Vicksburg Post and the 

FTC. 

11. Business 

Opportunities 

GREAT BUSINESS 

OPPORTUNITY! 

Restaurant in high traffic 

area, new equipment. 

Low assumable lease. 

601-218-2582. 

14. Pets & 

Livestock 

ALL NEW HAPPY JACK 

Kennel Dip II controls 

fleas, ticks, mosquitoes, 

stable flies and MANGE 

without steroids. 

Biodegradable. 

Faulk's Farm & Garden 

(601-636-2832) 

www.happyjackinc.com 

VICKSBURG WARREN 

HUMANE SOCIETY 

Highway 61 South 

601-636-6631 

Currently housing 135 unwanted 

and abandoned animals. 

67 dogs & puppies 

66 cats & kittens 

1 Guinea Pig 

1 Rabbit 

Please adopt today! 

Call the Shelter for more information. 

HAVE AHEART, SPAY 

OR NEUTER YOUR PETS! 

Look for us on www.petfinder.com 


— HIRING EVENT— 

for the Vicksburg, Tallulah 

& Port Gibson areas! 

Wednesday•May 6•10am-3pm 

STORE MANAGERS 

1 year mgmt. exp. in a retail environment preferred 

STORE MANAGERS 

in TRAINING 

1 year retail mgmt. exp. preferred. Position begins at competitive 

hourly wage and with opportunity to become Store Mgr. 

ASST. MANAGERS 

6 months supervisory experience preferred 

LEAD ASSOCIATES 

Apply in person: Vicksburg Convention Center 

1600 Mulberry St. • Vicksburg, MS 39180 

SAME DAY INTERVIEWS! 

For directions and to apply 

online if you can’t attend, 

visit: www.dollargeneral.com 

Supports a Drug Free Workplace • Equal Opportunity Employer 

The Classified Marketplace... 

Where buyers and sellers meet. 

14. Pets & 

Livestock 

DACHSHUND MINI, VA- 

RIETY of colors. Males and 

females. 601-619-1514 or 

601-942-7793 

VICKSBURG WARREN 

HUMANE SOCIETY 

Hwy 61 S. • 601-636-6631 

PET OF THE WEEK 

“Butter” 

2 yr old male! 

Very sweet pet, 

ready for second 

chance home. 

Please adopt today! 

Call the Shelter for more information. 

HAVE AHEART, SPAY OR 

NEUTER YOUR PETS! 

Look for us on www.petfinder.com 

Please have 

your pets 

spayed and 

neutered. 

www.pawsrescuepets.org 

15. Auction 

LOOKING FOR A great 

value? Subscribe to The 

Vicksburg Post, 601-636- 

4545, ask for Circulation. 

17. Wanted To 

Buy 

WE BUY ESTATES. 

Households and quality 

goods. Best prices. You 

call, we haul! 601-415-3121, 

601-661-6074. www.msauctionservice.com 

18. Miscellaneou s 

For Sale 

32 INCH TOSHIBA T.V. 

$275. Call 601-638-6439, 

601-831-2336. 

6.5 X 15 FOOT FLAT bed 

tandem axle trailer. Has 

lights and 2 inch Bulldog 

hitch. 601-638-5397. 

ALL WOOD BUNK beds, 

$300. Green Microfiber 3- 

seat sofa bed with 4 pillows, 

$350. Mirrored Armoir, $40. 

Queen size mattress and 

box spring, $150. Call 601- 

638-0457. 

BRAND NEW KING size 

pillow top mattress set. New 

in plastic. Can deliver. 

$245. 601-573-6930. 

BRAND NEW QUEEN 

size mattress set. In plastic, 

with factory warranty. 

$145. 601-573-6930. 

DAVIDS BRIDAL. Satin 

gown with beaded lace halter 

and tulle skirt. Size 6, 

$200. Robin, 601-529-3193. 

NEW FURNITURE 

ARRIVALS!!! 

Discount 

Furniture Barn 

600 Jackson Street 

Vicksburg, MS 

601-638-7191 

FOR LESS THAN 45 

cents per day, have 

The Vicksburg Post 

delivered to your home. 

Only $14 per month, 

7 day delivery. 

Call 601-636-4545, 

Circulation Department. 

FOR SALE! Work shell, 

fits small Pick ups. Asking 

$600. Call 601-638-3821. 

K&K CRAWFISH NOW 

selling purged crawfish, 

ready for the pot! 318-207- 

6221, 318-282-5460,. 

KIOTI 5 FOOT finishing 

mower with rear discharge. 

$500. Call 601-429-5279. 

NEW BUTANE WALL 

heater. Paid $400, asking 

$250. Beauty control products, 

50 percent off. 601- 

618-5499. 

Don’t send that lamp to the curb! 

Find a new home for it through 

the Classifieds. Area buyers and 

sellers use the 

Classifieds every day. Besides, 

someone out there needs 

to see the light.

The Vicksburg Post Sunday, May 3, 2009 D3 

18. Miscellaneou s 

For Sale 

MATTRESS SET. FULL 

size, brand new in plastic. 

With warranty. $125. 601- 

573-6930. 

SOFA AND RECLINER. 

New, beautiful, still packaged! 

Only $799! Can deliver. 

601-209-0872. 

T.V. STAND. SOLID 

wood side posts, black tempered 

glass shelves, great 

shape. $150. 703-677-1907. 

THE PET SHOP 

“Vicksburg’s Pet Boutique” 

2106 Cherry Street 

Pond Fish are here; variety of Koibutterfly, 

swordtail; xl large, large 

& small goldfish-fantail, calico, 

blue calico shumbukin; all kinds 

of tropicals including cichlids-lots 

of blue & bright colors; turtles 

(legal); cockatiels, parakeets, small 

critters. Pet supplies-collars, leads, 

cages, carries. Pets welcome! 

TROY BUILT SHIFT on 

the run 42 inch cut riding 

mower. 2 summers old, 

barely used. $500. 225-270- 

6330. 

19. Garage & 

Yard Sales 

2002 KIA OPTIMA SE. 

Loaded, leather, sunroof, 

cd, great air/heat. 109, 000 

miles. $4200 601-415-1903. 

ESTATE SALE 

301 Hwy 577, Waverly, LA. 

30 miles from Vicksburg. 

May 7th – May 9 th , 9am-5pm. 

Pre-sale by appointment. 

Over 2000 items. 1800's 

antique and marble top furniture, 

piano, fine China and glassware, 

jewelry, needlepoint, pie safe. 

318-341-9058. 

Picture previews & directions: 

www.bayoubellesonline.com 

INDOOR/ OUTDOOR 

SALE. Antiques, Replicas. 

Beds, desks, sofas, miscellaneous 

clothing and stuff. 

601-661-9747. 

What's going on in 

Vicksburg this weekend? 

Read The Vicksburg Post! 

For convenient home delivery 

call 601-636-4545, ask 

for circulation. 

20. Hunting 

2003 KAWASAKI 

PRAIRIE 650 4-wheeler. 

New Mud-Lite tires, needs 

carburetor work. $1200. 

601-218-1941. 

REPAIRS FOR ATV, UTV, 

Cycles and small engine. 

Sales, service, custom work, 

parts and accessories. Now in 

Vicksburg. Call 601-955-5308. 

21. Boats, 

Fishing Supplies 

SEADOO JET SKI, 3 person, 

runs great, new trailer. 

$1750. 601-415-2224. 

34. Houses 

For Sale 

21. Boats, 

Fishing Supplies 

What's going on in Vicksburg 

this weekend? Read 

The Vicksburg Post! For 

convenient home delivery, 

call 601-636-4545, ask for 

circulation. 

24. Business 

Services 

AFFORDABLE PAINT- 

ING. QUALITY work. Exterior/Interior: 

sheet rock finishing. 

20 years experience. 

601-218-0263. 

ALPHA CLEANS WIN- 

DOWS, gutters. Interior, exterior 

painting. Repairs, remodeling. 

601-636-5883. 

BACK HOE WORK 

Drains, tree removal, septic 

tanks. Free estimate! 

Contact Herman Thomas 

601-456-6154. 

Toni Walker Terrett 

Attorney At Law 

601-636-1109 

• Bankruptcy 

Chapter 7 and 13 

• Social Seurity Disability 

• No-fault Divorce 

FREE ESTIMATES 

TREY GORDON 

ROOFING & RESTORATION 

•Roof & Home Repair 

(all types!) 

•30 yrs exp •1,000’s of ref 

Licensed • Insured 

601-618-0367 

15. Auction 

24. Business 

Services 

DEPENDABLE GRASS 

CUTTING service. A great 

looking yard is possible today. 

Residential or commercial. 

Free estimates. Call 601-529- 

3649. 

DIRT AND GRAVEL 

hauled. 8 yard truck. 601- 

638-6740. 

ELECTRICIAN. LI- 

CENSED and insured from 

changing out outlets to upgrading 

electrical panels 

boxes. Call 601-738-0828. 

ELVIS YARD SERVICES. 

General yard clean-up, rake 

leaves, grass cutting, tree 

cutting, reasonable. 601- 

529-9730. Quick response. 

REAVES A/C 

• Clean & Service 

air conditioner 

• All point inspection 

• $60 (limited time!) 

•601-638-6651 

•601-831-0516 

15. Auction 

24. Business 

Services 

GRASS CUTTING/YARD 

WORK, bush hogging, teele 

gardening. Reasonable 

rates. Call 601-218-3948. 

River City Lawn Care 

You grow it we mow it! 

Affordable and professional. 

Lawn and landscape 

maintenance. 

Cut, bag, trim, edge. 

601-529-6168. 

STYLES BY AMANDA 

now at Scissors Salon & 

Spa. 1580 Highway 61 

North Bypass. 601-638- 

0420, 601-618-5339. Call 

Amanda or come on in for 

your one-of-a-kind cut and 

color. Style By Amanda. 

PS: Male styles too. 

VICKSBURG DRYER 

VENT SERVICES. In the 

United States, more than 

15,000 clothes dryer related 

fires occur annually. Do not 

let your castle go up in 

smoke. Residential dryer 

vent and exhaust cleaning, 

$20. Call 601-218-4606 for 

appointment. 

ZACKARY ROOFING, INC. 

Zackary & Chris 

Free Estimates 

Commercial & Residential 

24 Hour Leak Specialist 

601-529-6621 

No Up-Front Money 

Locally Owned & Operated 

Licensed • Bonded • Insured 

Member Better Business Bureau 

“We’ve Gotcha Covered.” 

15. Auction 

LARGE 2-DAY 

EQUIPMENT AUCTION 

HOLLINGSWORTH ENTERPRISES INC, FOREST MS 

 

 

LOCATION/DIRECTION: * 3 Miles North of Forest on Hwy 21 * Watch for Signs 

FRIDAY ATV’s, Tractors, Skid-Steers, Dozers, Backhoes, Forklifts Excavators, 

Trucks, 5th Wheels, Goosenecks, Construction Attachments, Salvage Tractors 

SATURDAY Cars/Pickups, Boats, Campers, Field Equipment, Farm Machinery, 

Shop Tools, Utility Trailers, Lawnmowers, Misc 

Selling for Several Counties, Electric Companies, Farms, and Local Lending Institutions! 

FARM & CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 

HEAVY TRUCKS * TRAILERS * AUTOMOBILES * MISC 

Visit our website for more details: www.hollingsworthauction.com 

NOW SELLING LIVE ONLINE (Friday Only!)We offer Proxibid for online bidding, 

Visit our website and follow the “Auction” and “Proxibid” links to register, 

browse our catalog, and bid. Register early for this and future auctions with us. 

www.hollingsworthauction.com or www.proxibid.com 

AUCTIONEERS: Corbert Hollingsworth MS Lic. 142; Chad Brantley MS Lic. 823; 

Joey McCann MS Lic 157 

Classified...Where Buyers And Sellers Meet. 

Send a loving message 

to your Mom for 

Mother’s Day! 

On Sunday, May 10th 

we will have a 

“Mother’s Day” card 

in the Classified Section 

of The Vicksburg Post. 

Cost is $1 per word, 

$10 per photo. 

Hurry, Hurry, Hurry! 

Deadline is Wednesday,’’ 

May 6th at 3pm. 

We think you are the 

Best Mom in the 

whole world! 

Love your family! 

To my wife, Happy Mother’s 

Day! Your son & I love you! 

Happy Mother’s Day, Nanny! 

I know I’m your favorite! 

Happy Mother’s Day, 

Mom! Thank you, for taking such good 

care of me! 

1601 F North Frontage Road Vicksburg, MS 39180 

• 601-636-4545 • 601-636-SELL (7355) 

601-634-8928 

2170 South Frontage Rd. 


Tour 1 

Tour 4 

➢ 

2:00-2:30 

220 Fairways Drive 

• 4B/2.5BA, 2,785 sf. 

• Palm trees, in-ground pool 

• Family room, formal dining room 

• $279,500 

➢ 

2:40-3:10 

102 Abbie Place 

• 4B/2.5BA, 3,207 sf. 

• Formal dining, family room 

• Bonus room, craft/gym 

• $292,000 

➢ 

3:20-3:50 

108 Windy Lake Circle 

• 4B/3BA, 2,475 sf. 

• Formal living & dining 

• Large kitchen, fireplace 

• $225,000 

➢ 

4:00-4:30 

105 Covington Quarter 

• 3B/2BA, 2,496 sf. 

• 12 ft. ceilings, archways 

•Dream kitchen, swimming pool 

•$269,900 

➢ 

2:00-2:30 

1603 Chambers Street 

• 3B/2BA, 1,427 sf. 

• Family room with gas logs 

• Fence back yard, new HVAC 

• $132,000 

➢ 

2:40-3:10 

2206 Cherry Street 

• 4B/3BA, 3,426 sf. 

• Remodeled throughout 

• Formal living & dining 

• $225,000 

➢ 

3:20-3:50 

1847 East Main Street 

• 3B/1BA, 1,050 sf. 

• Covered back porch, workshop 

• Family room, eat-in kitchen 

• $79,900 

➢ 

4:00-4:30 

335 Claremont Circle 

• 3B/2BA, 1,442 sf. 

• Move-in Ready!! Living room 

• Covered patio, family room 

• $115,000 

Sunday, May 3rd • 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. 

Tour 2 

Tour 5 

➢ 

2:00-2:30 

1710 Rollingwood Drive 

• 3B/2.5BA, 2,631 sf. 

• 3+ acres on lake, covered patio 

• 2-story great room, media room 

• $249,900 

➢ 

3:20-3:50 

308 Maple Circle 

• 4B/2BA, 1,529 sf. 

• Formal living, family room 

• Eat-in kitchen, fenced backyard 

•$117,500 

➢ 

4:00-4:30 

105 Allendale Drive 

• 4B/2.5BA, 1,619 sf. 

• Beautifully remodeled home 

• New carpet, roof & paint 

• $114,950 

Coldwell Banker Tour of Homes 

TODAY 

2:00 - 4:30 p.m. 

➢ 

2:00-2:30 

103 Manchester 

• 3B/2BA, 1,792 sf. 

• Large fenced back yard 

• Lake view, fireplace 

• $198,900 

➢ 

2:40-3:10 

108 Cobblestone 

• 4B/2BA, 2,101 sf. 

• Large great room, fireplace 

• Formal dining, eat-in kitchen 

• $209,900 

➢ 

3:20-3:50 

209 Cobblestone 

• 3B/2BA, 1,747 sf. 

• Large living & dining 

• Professional landscaped 

•$186,900 

➢ 

4:00-4:30 

207 Shady Lane 

• 3B/2BA, 1,236 sf. 

• Corner lot, fenced backyard 

• Everything updated 

•$114,900 

Kellye 

Carlisle 

REALTOR-ASSOCIATE® 

601-529-4215 

Tim 

DeRossette 


601-301-0625 

Tour 3 

Tour 6 

Caffie 

Ellis 

REALTOR® GRI 

601-415-7010 

Trey 

Hardaway 


601-218-9085 

2:00-2:30 

5646 Gibson Road 

• 3B/2BA, 1,683 sf. 

• Custom built home 

• Eat-in kithcen, 2-car garage 

• $124,500 

COLDWELL BANKER TOUR OF HOMES • SUNDAY, MAY 3RD • 2:00 - 4:30 P.M. 

➢ 

➢ 

2:40-3:10 

4624 Halls Ferry Road 

• 3B/2BA, 1,454 sf. 

• Den, living room, formal dining 

• Large yard, double garage 

• $115,000 

➢ 

3:20-3:50 

102 Lightcap Boulevard 

• 3B/1.5BA, 1,415 sf. 

• Large eat-in kitchen, sunroom 

• Perfect for first-time buyer 

• $110,000 

➢ 

4:00-4:30 

132 Robinhood 

• 5B/3BA, 2,931 sf. 

• Formal living and dining 

•Big deck, brick hearth fireplace 

•$209,900 

➢ 

2:00-2:30 

304 Enchanted Drive 

• 3B/1.5BA, 1,032 sf. 

• Updated gourment kitchen 

• Carport, great yard 

•$107,900 

➢ 

2:40-3:10 

102 Bellaire Drive 

• 3B/2BA, 1,345 sf. 

• Large eat-in kitchen, family room 

• Woodburning fireplace 

• $133,000 

➢ 

3:20-3:50 

83 Bellaire Drive 

• 4B/3BA, 1,958 sf. 

• Updated throughout 

• Large front and back yards 

•$164,900 

➢ 

Herb 

Jones 


601-831-1840 

4:00-4:30 

4173 Hwy. 80 East 

• 3B/3.5BA, 1,973 sf. 

• Large den - 42’ x 29’ 

• Every room is large! 

• $190,000 

Anita 

Tarnabine 


601-415-5097 

Drop by Sunday and visit with one 

of these Coldwell Banker Agents 

and see the home of your dreams. 

Each Office Independently Owned & Operated

D4 Sunday, May 3, 2009 The Vicksburg Post 

26. For Rent 

Or Lease 

APARTMENTS 

1 bedroom unfurnished. 

Private 2 bedrooms, 1 bath 

corporate apartments with 

covered parking available. 

Long or short term lease. 

Call 601-638-9876 

SAYING “SAYONARA” TO 

your sound system? Let the 

classifieds give the lowdown 

on your hi-fi; like make, 

model, wattage, and when to 

call. Classified... fast-action 

results. 601-636-SELL. 

29. Unfurnished 

Apartments 

26. For Rent 

Or Lease 

Approximately 1600 

square foot building for 

lease. Located on Wisconsin 

Avenue. Great location. 

Call John 601-529-7376. 

OFFICE SPACE LOCATED 

on Wisconsin Avenue. All utilities 

included. $425 monthly. 

Also approximately 800 

square feet, $575 monthly and 

3,000 square feet, $1,300 

monthly. 601-634-6669. 


Apartments 

MAGNOLIA MANOR 

APARTMENTS FOR 

ELDERLY & 

DISABLED CITIZENS! 

• Rent Based On Income 

3515 MANOR DRIVE 

VICKSBURG, MS 

Toll Free 1-866-238-8861 

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY 

CROSS OVER 

INTO THE GOOD LIFE! 

Apartment Homes 

Spacious 1, 2, and 3 bedroom 

apartment homes! 

• CABLE FURNISHED 

• HIGH SPEED INTERNET 

ACCESS AVAILABLE 

• NUMEROUS LAVISH AMENITIES 

• SPARKLING SWIMMING POOL 

• BASKETBALL COURT 

• VOLLEYBALL COURT 

www.gfprop.com 

601-636-0503 • 2160 S. Frontage Rd. 

26. For Rent 

Or Lease 

HAIR SALON/RETAIL 

SPACE on Wisconsin Ave 

1800 square feet, very nice, 

$1,200 monthly. 601-634- 

6669. 

SMALL OFFICE SPACE 

for rent $400 per month. Located 

on Wisconsin Avenue. 

Great location. Call 

John 601-529-7376. 

27. Room s For 

Rent 

2 PARTIALLY FURNISHED 

rooms for rent. Bedroom, 

shared bathroom, centrally located 

on Washington Street. 

Very private, comfortable atmosphere. 

662-873-4236, or 

601-638-5943, leave message. 

DIXIANA MOTEL. 

NIGHTLY, weekly and 

monthly rates! 4041 Washington 

Street, near casinos, 

Vicksburg, MS. 601-631- 

6940. 

28. Furnished 

Apartments 

COMPLETELY FURNISHED 

CORPORATE APARTMENT 

All utilities paid, laundry 

room provided, 1 bedroom. 

$900 monthly. Studio apartment 

$750. 601-415-9027, 

601-638-4386. 


Apartments 


Apartments 

1 OR 2 BEDROOMS. Refrigerator, 

stove, water. Downtown. 

$475 monthly, deposit 

required. 601-218-3835, 601- 

661-8999. 

2 BEDROOM DUPLEX, 

$400. 4 bedroom duplex, 

$500. Both with refrigerator 

and stove furnished, $200 

deposit. 601-634-8291. 

3 BED, 2 BATH. $329 

monthly! Many units Available! 

4% down, 30 years 

buy at 8%. Lisitngs 800- 

620-4856- extension B790. 

Applications being taken 

for small 1 bedroom apartment. 

Private area near River 

Region. References required. 

No Pets. 601-638- 

4685. 


Apartments 

S HAMROCK 

A PARTMENTS 

Be the first to live in one of our 

New Apartments! 

Available January 1st, 2009 

SUPERIOR QUALITY, 

CUSTOM OAK CABINETS, 

EXTRA LARGE MASTER BEDROOM, 

& WASHER / DRYER HOOKUPS 

SAFE!!! 

ALL UNITS HAVE 


to list your Rental 

Property! 

AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM 

SENIOR CITIZEN DISCOUNT 

601-661-0765 • 601-415-3333 


Apartments 

Vicksburg’s Most 

Convenient Luxury 

Apartments! 

• Cable Furnished! 

• High Speed Internet 

Access Available! 

601-636-0503 

2160 S. Frontage Rd. 


BEAUTIFUL 

LAKESIDE LIVING 

• 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom Apts. 

• Beautifully Landscaped 

• Lake Surrounds Community 

• Pool • Fireplace 

• Spacious Floor Plans 

HIGH SPEED INTERNET 

AVAILABLE 

601-629-6300 

www.thelandingsvicksburg.com 

501 Fairways Drive 

Vicksburg 

CONFEDERATE 

RIDGE 

APARTMENTS 

MORE SAVINGS 

FOR MEMORIAL 

DAY! 

Starting at only 

$458 monthly! 

For details & 

availability 

Call 601-638-0102 


Apartments 

MANAGER’S SPECIAL 

River Oaks Apartments 

601-638-2231 

Office located at 

Commodore 

Apartments 

605 Cain Ridge Road 

DOWNTOWN, BRICK, Marie 

Apartments. Total electric, central 

air/ heat, stove, refrigerator. 

$500, water furnished. 601-636- 

7107, trip@msubulldogs.org 

WE ARE BLOOMING TO 

PLEASE Come home! Newly 

remodeled 2 and 3 bedrooms. 

Pay cable, water and 

trash. Washer/ dryer and microwave 

included. 601-638- 

5587 or 601-415-8735. 

30. Houses 

For Rent 

$206 MONTHLY! 4 BED, 

3 bath only 5% down, 30 

years, 8%! Buy! For listings 

800-620-4856 x D785. 

$429 MONTHLY! 6 BED, 

3 bath, 5% down, 15 years 

at 8%. For listings 800-620- 

4856 extension G681. 

1312 SPRING STREET, 3 

bedroom, 2 bath house, central 

air. $600 monthly, $650 

deposit. 678-360-4747. 

Classified Advertising 

really brings big results! 


Apartments 

Bradford Ridge 

Apartments 

Live in a Quality Built Apartment 

for LESS! All brick, 

concrete floors and double walls 

provide excellent soundproofing, 

security, and safety. 

601-638-1102 * 601-415-3333 

COME CHECK US OUT TODAY 

YOU’LL WANT TO MAKE YOUR 

HOME HERE 

Great Location, Hard-Working Staff 

601-638-7831 • 201 Berryman Rd 

30. Houses 

For Rent 

1405 DIVISION STREET. 3 

bedroom, 1 bath, central air/ 

heat. $650 monthly, $650 deposit. 

678-360-4747. 

2 BED. 1 BATH, hardwood 

floors, washer/dryer hook-up, 

fenced yard. $550 monthly, 

deposit and references required. 

Call 601-831-5317 or 

850-291-4743. 

3 BEDROOMS, 1 bath. 

Large dining, carport, laundry 

connections, nice and 

quiet area. $780/ deposit/ 

references. 601-831-5317 

or 850-291-4743. 

504 DALLAS STREET. 2 

bedrooms, 1 bath, remodeled. 

$500 monthly. Section 

8 welcome. Open house, 

May 8. 253-273-2141. 

LOS COLINAS. SMALL 2 

Bedroom, 2 Bath Cottage. 

Close in, nice, $795 monthly. 

601-831-4506. 

32. Mobile Homes 

For Sale 

16X72 RIVER BIRCH 3 

bed, 2 bath, 2 years old, all 

appliances included. $28,000. 

Call 318-341-7463. 

4 BED, 2 BATH HUD 

Home! Only $10,526. For 

lisitngs 800-620-4856 extension 

T198. 

$39,995 

3 bedroom, 2 bath 

28x52 

$4,000 dn 

$312 p/m 

Classic Double Wide Village 

601-636-6433 

SEVERAL 

FORECLOSED 

3 & 4 BEDROOM 

HOMES 

WITH LAND!! 

FHA Financing 

Available. 

601-218-0140 


Apartments 

32. Mobile Homes 

For Sale 

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33. Commercial 

Property 

FOR LEASE 

UNIQUE COMMERCIAL 

PROPERTY! 

Victorian house totally 

renovated, river view 

from porch. 


601-218-4714 

1900'S BUNGALOW 

SITUATED on 2 lots. 

Perfect for office space, 

couple or single professional 

who wants to be near 

downtown Vicksburg. 2 

large bedrooms, open floor 

plan, basement, alarm system, 

central air/ heat, hardwood 

floors, sparkling! 

800 Belmont Street, 

$145,000. 601-636-6788. 

COMMERCIAL 

SPACE FOR LEASE 

Downtown Vicksburg. 

Existing building. 

Will renovate space to 

suit needs of tenant. 

For information, 

call Nicole Gilmer 

at 601-415-8341. 

SPACE FOR LEASE! 

1601-A North Frontage 

Road, Post Plaza, 5400 

square feet retail/ warehouse 

combination- 3250 

square feet heated/ 

cooled office/ retail area, 

2150 square feet heated 

warehouse with drive-in 

overhead door, high traffic, 

great exposure, ample 

parking, common traffic 

area, maintenance included 

in rent. 2 restrooms 

(one ADA) in heated/ 

cooled portion. New 

construction in 1996. 

Located in the I-20 North 

Frontage Road at the 

Halls Ferry Road exit. Offered 

by The Vicksburg 

Post, P.O. Box 821668, 

Vicksburg, MS 

39182-1668. 

Jimmy Clark, 

601-636-4545. 


Apartments 

AUDUBON UDUBON PLACELACE 

For those adults who like a safe 

community setting with the best 

neighbors in Vicksburg. 

Discount for Senior Citizens available 

415-3333 • 638-1102 • 636-1455 

SHOW THEM HOW PROUD YOU ARE! 

The Vicksburg Post will publish a 

“Graduation” Special Edition that 

will be inserted into the Thursday, 

June 4th newspaper 

Mail, e-mail or bring in the photo of your 

favorite graduate along 

with the completed form and 

$20 per photo. 

Hurry, the deadline is 

Monday, May 18th at 3pm 

Student’s Name 

School Name 

Parent’s Name 

Mail Photo 

Address 

Phone # 



601-636-SELL (7355) 

or e-mail classifieds@vicksburgpost.com 

BUSINESS & SERVICE DIRECTORY 

Score A Bullseye With One Of These Businesses! 

• Glass 

Barnes Glass 

Quality Service at Competitive Prices 

#1 Windshield Repair & Replacement 

Vans • Cars • Trucks 

•Insurance Claims Welcome• 

AUTO • HOME • BUSINESS 

Jason Barnes • 601-661-0900 

• Bulldozer & 

Construction 

BUFORD 

CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. 

601-636-4813 

State Board of Contractors 

Approved & Bonded 

Haul Clay, Gravel, Dirt, 

Rock & Sand 

All Types of Dozer Work 

Land Clearing • Demolition 

Site Development 

& Preparation Excavation 

Crane Rental • Mud Jacking 

River City Landscaping, LLC 

193 Smithhill Rd. 

601-529-0894 

Free Estimates 

Licensed • Insured 

• Dozer Work • Bush Hogging 

• Box Blade • Grass Cutting 

Residential & Commercial 

Robert Keyes, Jr. (Owner) 

• Lawn Dirt Services Care 

Services 

• Bush Hogging 

• Box Blading 

• Yard Work 

• Tree & Debris - 

Removal & Distribution 

GEORGE MARTIN & SONS 

601-885-8508 • 601-218-9480 

• Construction 

Lawn Care 

SOUTHERN 

HYDROSEEDING 

NOW is the time 

for planting a 

beautiful lawn. 

For more information, 

call 601-415-3726. 


ROSS 

CONSTRUCTION 

New Homes 

Framing, Remodeling, 

Cabinets, Flooring, 

Roofing & Vinyl Siding 

State Licensed & Bonded 

John Ross 601-638-7932 


Flooring 

Installation 

JIM’S FLOORING 

INSTALLATION 

Hardwood, Carpet, 

Laminate & 

Vinyl Flooring 

Installation 

& Repair 

601-415-2699 

• Lawn HandyMan Care 

Services 

From helping with 

small repair projects to 

upgrading your home... 

Joe Rangel - Owner 

601.636.7843 

601.529.5400 

Joe@RiverCityHandyman.com 

Call today for free estimate. 

We’re not satisfied until you are. 

RIVER CITY HANDYMAN 

R.M. 

HANDYMAN SERVICES 

Quality work at 

affordable prices. 

Home and Business Repairs 

and Maintenance 

References Available 

Call 601-529-8224 


Home Repairs 

COREY JEFFERS LLC 

Cabinet & Trim • Home Repair 

Driveways • Tractor Work 

Fences • Decks • Sheetrock 

Remodeling 

• Insured • 

601-260-1368 

1079 Jeffers Hollow Rd. 

Redwood, MS 

• Employment 

Service 

Let Us Help You With 

All Your Labor Needs. 

General Cleanup & More! 

We pay all 

Workers’ Compensation, 

Unemployment, Payroll, 

Taxes and Liability 

Insurance 

Call us for a free quote! 


601-638-0083 

• Lawn Septic Care Services 

Services 

Hosemann 

Septic Service 

Septic Tank & 

Treatment Plants 

• Installation, Repair 

& Inspections 

601-636-3006• 662-609-3026 

• Concrete 

Decorations 

SOUTHERN ACCENTS 

Stained, Scored and 

Polished Concrete 

Starting @ $2/ sq. ft. 

Slab Granite Counter 

Tops $30/ sq. ft. 

CALL JENNY 

601-597-8167 

WE ACCEPT 

MOST MAJOR 

CREDIT CARDS. 

e y r 

Your Business Could Be Here! 

Call 601-636-SELL Today! 

• Printing 

SPEEDIPRINT & 

OFFICE SUPPLY 

• Business Cards 

• Letterhead 

• Envelopes 

• Invoices 

• Work Orders 

• Invitations 

(601) 638-2900 

Fax (601) 636-6711 

1601-C North Frontage Rd 


• Signs 

PATRIOTIC 

• FLAGS 

• BANNERS 

• BUMPER STICKERS 

• YARD SIGNS 

Show Your Colors! 

Post Plaza 

601-631-0400 

1601 N. Frontage Rd. 


• Concrete Masonry Services 

Decorations 

PATRICK 

SPENCER 

MASONRY 

Brick • Block • Stone 

• Tile • Plaster 

Specialty designs for fireplaces, 

outdoor areas, etc. 

(601) 497-8676 

All Business 

& Service 

Directory Ads 

MUST BE 

PAID 

IN ADVANCE! 

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•hometown news •classifieds •area shopping •local sports 

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Subscribe today for home delivery: 601-636-4545 or come by and see us at 1601-F North Frontage Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180 

33. Commercial 

Property 

✰✰ FOR LEASE ✰✰ 

1911 Mission 66 

Office or Retail 

Suite B-Apprx. 2450 sq. ft. 

Lots of Parking Space 

Brian Moore Realty 

Connie - Owner/ Agent 

318-322-4000 

34. Houses 

For Sale 

1.5 STORY HOME, 5 

bedrooms, 2.5 baths. 2200 

square feet. $190,000 negotiable. 

601-218-6075. 

107 MAISON RUE 

3 Bedrooms, 3.5 Bath 

home in Acadia Ridge 

on Golf Course. 

Includes upstairs and 

downstairs bonus rooms. 

Asking $275,000 or 

best offer. 

601-529-9470 

119 LAURA LAKE Road. 

2555 square feet, 4 bedrooms, 

3.5 baths. $232,000, 

601-218-2464, 601-415- 

3813. 

18717 Hwy 465, Eagle 

Lake. 3/2, large shop, 3 parking 

bays, lg. master 

bdrm/bath/walk-in closet & lot, 

furnished, many amenities. 

601-218-1800. Bette Paul 

Warner, McMillin Real Estate. 

Bette@Vicksburgrealestate.com 

203 DRUSILLA 

3 bdrm, 1.5 bath 

Totally remodeled. 

All Appliances. 

Home Warranty. 

• Agents Welcome • 

MUST SEE!!! 

Call 318-341-8717 

322 Rollingwood Dr. 

4 bedrooms, 3 full 

baths, tile and carpet, 

2.8 acres lake front, 

many upgrades. 

$200,000. 

Danny, 601-529-0172. 


to list your Rental 

Property! 


Apartments 

34. Houses 

For Sale 

3 BED, 2 BATH Bank repossession 

buy only. 

$10,000! For listings 800- 

620-4856 extension D786. 

455 BOWAYNE. 

3 bedrooms, bonus 

room, 2 baths, fenced 

backyard, cul-de-sac, 

2 large storage sheds, 

many extras! $139,900. 

John Arnold Broker, 

Remax Big River Realty. 

601-529-7376. 

• Eagle Lake • 

Lakefront lots & Waterfront 

homes. 4 New Homes. 

Please call: 

Bette Paul Warner 601-218-1800 

and visit 

www.lakehouse.com 

McMillin Real Estate 

BEAUTIFUL LAKE 

FRONT! 3120 Eagle Lake 

Shore Road property with 

3600 plus square feet, 4/3 

floor plan, huge game room, 

sun room, eat-in kitchen, fireplace 

and 200 feet of lake 

front. Great for entertaining. 

Priced to sell at $329,000. 

Call Patricia at 601-214-9198 

with McMillin Real Estate. 

Stanley Myers...601-218-1492 

Karen Gordon.......”-529-0560 

Patricia Burt...........”214-9198 

Jennifer Gilliland...”218-4538 

Kenny McMillin....”415-7109 

Johnny Jones..........”618-4943 

Bette Paul...............”218-1800 

Beverly McMillin..”415-9179 

Connie Norwood....”415-3738 

Debra Grayson.......”831-1386 

George McMillin...”529-5352 

Kenny Strawn........”431-5201 

Tami Holley...........” 218-2749 

Kim Steen..............” 218-7318 

Hyman Steen.........” 218-8821 

Lee H. Abraham.....”529-9972 

Andrea M. Easterling.”831-3138 

Brinda Stockton..318-341-2532 


Apartments 

34. Houses 

For Sale 

3 BEDROOM, 1 bath, living 

room, dining area. Located 

Highway 61 South 

near Batesville Casket. 601- 

638-5576. 

601-415-9179 

M cMillin 

Real Estate 

VicksburgMsRealEstate.com 

READ THE CLASSIFIEDS DAILY! 

BEVERLY 

MCMILLIN 

Realtor 

“Simply the Best” 

Judy Harrell.............601-618-3227 

Brian Breithaupt......601-218-1945 

Ronnie Johnston......601-831-2319 

Yvonne Winstead....601-218-1964 

Jess Willis.................601-218-1457 

Dixie Breithaupt, BROKER 

601-638-6243 



Ask 

Us. 

■ 

FHA & VA 

■ 

Conventional 

■ 

Construction 

■ 

First-time 

Homebuyers 

Bienville 

Apartments 

1, 2 & 3 bedrooms and townhomes. 

Call 601-636-1752 

www.bienvilleapartments.com 

Candy Francisco 

Mortgage Originator 

Mortgage 

Loans 

601.630.8209 

Member FDIC 

2150 South Frontage Road bkbank.com 

SUNDAY 

1:00pm-2:00pm 

We now have immediate availability. 

Don’t miss out!! 

34. Houses 

For Sale 

3/ 1 HOME, fenced yard, 

convenient location. Nice fixer-upper. 

$50,000. Owner/ 

Agent. 601-218-2869. 

Open: Monday-Friday 

8:30am-5:30pm 

Saturday 9am-5pm 

Sunday 1pm-5pm 

601-634-8928 

2170 S. I-20 Frontage Rd. 

www.ColdwellBanker.com 

www.homesofvicksburg.net 

Herb Jones..........601-831-1840 

Marianne Jones...,..601-415-6868 

Rentals and Corporate Retals 

Rick Caldwell........601-618-5180 

Big River Realty 

601-636-0660 

John Arnold...............601-529-7376 

Sue L. Richardson.... 601-415-0957 

DeowarskiMcDonald.601-529-5703 

David A. Brewer........601-631-0065 

Visit us today at 

Bigriverhomes.com 

Call Your 

Hometown 

Specialists! 

Jones & Upchurch 

Real Estate Agency 

1803 Clay Street 

www.jonesandupchurch.com 

Mary D. Barnes.........601-966-1665 

Stacie Bowers-Griffin...601-218-9134 

Andrea Upchurch.......601-831-6490 

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

Judy Uzzle..................601-994-4663 

Doug Upchurch..........601-636-6490 

Broker-Appraiser 

601-636-6490 

300 

Greenwood Drive 

Situated on 3.2 secluded acres located off Nailor 

Road in the South Park School District. 

Come see this home. 

JUDY HARRELL, REALTOR-ASSOCIATE ® 

2735 Washington St. • Vicksburg, MS 

601-618-3227 • 601-638-6243 

34. Houses 

For Sale 

Sybil Carraway...601-218-2869 

Kay Odom..........601-529-4545 

Kay Hobson.......601-638-8512 

Jake Strait...........601-218-1258 

Bob Gordon........601-831-0135 

Tony Jordan........601-630-6461 

Alex Monsour.....601-415-7274 

Jay Hobson..........601-456-1318 

Kai Mason...........601-218-5623 

D. Hollingsworth..601-415-5549 

Nettie Stauts........601-415-1794 

Catherine Roy......601-831-5790 

Pat Ring...............601-529-7389 

Angie Presley.....601-218-2458 

Jim Hobson..........601-415-0211 

ARNER 

REAL ESTATE, INC 

VJIM HOBSON 

REALTOR®•BUILDER•APPRAISER 

601-636-0502 

35. Lots For Sale 

1 ACRE MOBILE home lot, 

all utilities, sewage. $30,000. 

Seller pays closing. Owner/ 

Agent. 601-218-2869. 

CANTRELL COVE 

SUBDIVISION 

Owner: Ollie Cantrell, Jr. 

Reduced to: $20,000 Each 

Quiet, country living, 

easy access to 

Vicksburg & Tallulah! 

Approximately 

1.5 Acre Lots 

Mound, LA 

Exit - Highway 602 

(1 Mile South of I-20 

Interstate) 

318-574-3610 

34. Houses 

For Sale 

36. Farms & 

Acreage 

FREETOWN RD 

10.46 acres. Rolling pasture. 

$59,900 

CHINA GROVE RD 

21.52 acres. Wooded, 

beautiful house sites. 

Reduced $64,600 

FREEDOM LANE 

.28 acres. 

Ready for double wide. 

Water/ sewer available. 

$13,500 

May & Campbell Land Co. 

601-634-8255 

JEFFERSON COUNTY. 

276 acres deer and turkey 

hunting with excellent timber. 

Investors Realty Group 

601-638-2236, Charlie Donald, 

Agent/ Owner, 601- 

668-8027. 

WARREN COUNTY 44 

acres home sites, great 

deer and turkey hunting. Investors 

Realty Group 601- 

638-2236, Michael Engle 

601-415-4672. 

WARREN COUNTY. 271 

acres deer and duck hunting 

with 30 acre cypress 

duck lake. Investors Realty 

Group 601-638-2236, Danny 

Rice, 601-529-2847. 

37. Recreational 

Vehicles 

2002 JAYCO JAYFLIGHT 

5 th wheel camper. 28X8, living 

room slide-out, 20x22 

awning. $10,000. 601-636- 

4575. 

34. Houses 

For Sale 

OPEN HOUSE • 800 BELMONT STREET 

• SATURDAY & SUNDAY • 1- 5 P.M. 

Delightful 1900’s bungalow (3186 total sq. ft.) 

situated on 2 lots ideal for residential or office 

space, one block from historic district. 2 large 

bedrooms/ offices, spa bath, open floor plan, 

1105 sq. ft. basement, alarm system, central air/ 

heat, wood burning fireplace, hardwood floors 

throughout, sparkling condition. 

800 Belmont Street • $145,000. 

Open Saturday & Sunday, 1-5p.m. 601-636-6788. 

38. Farm 

Imple ments/ 

Heavy Equipment 

2 CLARK ELECTRIC 

forklifts. 3,000 capacity, one 

36 volt charger, run great. 

$5800 for both. Located in 

Vicksburg. 251-583-6156. 

39. Motorcycles, 

Bicycles 

2008 KAWASAKI Versys 

650. Candy apple red, hard 

saddle bags, 800 miles. 

$5850. 318-366-3000. 

2009 HARLEY DAVID- 

SON Super Glide. 850 

miles. 601-638-8053 or 601- 

415-1923. 

40. Cars & Trucks 

1- 2002 MITSUBISHI 

GALANT. Runs, 130,000 

miles. $1994. 2002 Ford 

Expedition. 120,000 miles, 

Mint condition. $5994. 601- 

456-1286. 

1997 NISSAN. Regular cab, 

5-speed manual transmission, 

Clean, cold air. Good tires. 

$2,500. Call 601-831-2022. 

SAYING “SAYONARA” TO 

your sound system? Let the 

classifieds give the lowdown 

on your hi-fi; like make, 

model, wattage, and when to 

call. Classified... fast-action 

results. 601-636-SELL. 

36. Farms & 

Acreage 

40. Cars & Trucks 

1999 GMC ¾ TON PICKUP 

$700! Has Rack! Won't last! 

For listings 800-619-3924 extension 

1864. 

2000 CHEVROLET CA- 

MARO V6 $1000! Runs 

Good! Must see! For listings 

800-619-3924 extension 

4898. 

2000 FORD CROWN Victoria 

Police Interceptor. 

Good condition. $2995. 

601-218-1941. 

2005 CHEVROLET 

CREW cab 2 wheel drive 

LT truck. Loaded with every 

available option. Extra 

clean, like new. $13,800. 

601-218-1941. 

BUY POLICE IMPOUNDS! 

Hondas, Chevrolets, Jeeps, 

ecetera. Cars from $500! For 

listings 1-800-619-3924 extension 

7186. 

BY OWNER, 2006 Saturn 

Vue SUV. Red, like new. 

$9000. 601-415-1156, 601- 

630-6343. 

NO CREDIT CHECK! 

LEASE TO OWN 

STARTING AT 

$1,000 DOWN 

$250 PER MONTH 

MANY TO CHOOSE 

FROM 

Gary’s 601-883-9995 

36. Farms & 

Acreage 

INVESTORS 

REALTY 

GROUP, INC. 

“LAND IS OUR BUSINESS.” 

601-638-2236 • investorsrealtyinc.net 

Danny Rice/ Broker 601-529-2847 

Charles Donald 601-668-8027 

Michael Engle 601-415-4672 

LITTLE ONE’S 

G R A D U A T I O N 

On Sunday, June 7th, 

The Classified Department 

will have our 

“Little One’s Graduation” 

This is the chance to show how 

proud you are that your 

“Little One” is finished 

with pre-school and is 

heading to “Big School” 

Bring your child’s picture 

(graduation gown optional) 

along with $17 to 

The Classified Department 

for this once in a lifetime 

opportunity. Deadline is Monday, 

June 1st at 3pm. 



601-636-SELL (7355) 

classifieds@vicksburgpost.com

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