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The big drain
Only the high spots are safe from backwater flooding near Holly Bluff.
Floodwaters flushing bottom out of farming
By Steve Sanoski
ssanoski@vicksburgpost.com
HOLLY BLUFF — A big drain
started Thursday in the southernmost
tip of the 4,093 square miles of
farmland and forest known as the
Yazoo Backwater Area.
An outpouring of another type
started earlier.
Farmers, elevator operators and
small business owners say the economic
drain caused by repeated
flooding — and a lack of pumps to
prevent what have become nearannual
disasters — is threatening
the very livelihood of the Delta communities
dependent on the farming
industry.
“In agriculture, we’re all tied
together. One business affects the
next. We all share in the good years
and the bad years, and ultimately
it trickles on down to Vicksburg,”
‘Obvious’ problem on 61 South expected to be corrected
By Danny Barrett Jr.
dbarrett@vicksburgpost.com
Ruts pressed into the riding
surface of U.S. 61 South
have long been a danger to
life and property, including
deaths of two Warren County
officials, but improvements
are expected to come this
month.
“I think it’s obvious to
everyone it needs to be
repaired,” Warren County
Sheriff Martin Pace said,
weeks after Deputy Tom
Wilson died May 17 in a
wreck attributed to one of
the highway’s numerous
water-retaining low spots.
“I’m not a construction
expert, nor am I a hydraulics
engineer,” Pace said.
“But, there is obviously a
problem.”
The details are similar to
the 2006 wreck involving
then-Warren County Coroner
John Thomason. In both
cases, a vehicle hydroplaned
Portion of U.S.
61 South to
be repaired
GRANGe
HALL
ROAD
REDBONE
ROAD
Site of
Tom
Wilson
wreck
Site of
John
Thomason
wreck
in wet road conditions.
The National Weather Service
reported up to 4 inches
of rain in Vicksburg on July
22, 2006, when Thomason’s
SUV flipped in the 5000 block
and hit a gas line while he
was on his way to a fatal
wreck.
The weather service
merediTh spencer•The Vicksburg PosT
Water stands along U.S. 61 South after a rain last week.
recorded a quarter-inch
of rain for May 16, the day
before Wilson’s accident
shortly after 1 the next
morning.
“The road has ruts. It’s just
merediTh spencer•The Vicksburg PosT
As floodwaters recede, they take the crops, such as corn, with them.
said David Wansley, manager of the
Valley Park elevator, which stores
soybeans and grains when harvested
from some of America’s richest land.
“The job market is very slim here
and with so many farmers cutting
back due to the flooding, people in
the south Delta are leaving.”
The four, 30-foot-wide gates of
the Steele Bayou Control Structure
operated by the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers were closed for nearly a
See Drain, Page A6.
tilted and it just seems to
hold water,” Vicksburg Police
Chief Tommy Moffett said,
adding the road’s design in
certain spots keeps the traffic
division busy.
65 YEArS
LAtEr
Obama
honors
D-Day’s
fallen
heroes
OMAHA BEACH, France
(AP) — President Barack
Obama honored the valiant
dead and the “sheer improbability”
of their D-Day victory,
commemorating Saturday’s
65th anniversary of the
decisive invasion even as he
remakes two wars and tries
to thwart potential nuclear
threats in Iran and North
Korea.
The young U.S. commander
in chief, speaking at the
American cemetery after the
leaders of France, Canada
and Britain, held up the sacrifices
of D-Day veterans and
their “unimaginable hell” as
a lesson for modern times.
“Friends and veterans,
what we cannot forget —
what we must not forget — is
that D-Day was a time and a
place where the bravery and
selflessness of a few was able
to change the course of an
entire century,” he said.
“At an hour of maximum
danger, amid the bleakest
of circumstances, men who
thought themselves ordinary
found it within themselves to
do the extraordinary.”
Obama opened the emotional
day by meeting with
French President Nicolas
Sarkozy in the nearby picturesque
village of Caen.
Appearing with Sarkozy
before reporters, Obama dis-
See D-Day, Page A9.
“At Warrenton Road, your
vehicle is cocked to the north
when you make the turn
(onto 61),” Moffett said.
See U.S. 61, Page A9.
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Sotomayor’s objectivity on bench is key question
CLUBS
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
senator leading the GOP’s
review of Sonia Sotomayor
said the central question in
her Supreme Court nomination
should be whether she
allows personal views to color
her decisions.
In the Republican Party’s
weekly radio and Internet
address Saturday, Sen. Jeff
Sessions didn’t say whether he
thinks Sotomayor crosses that
line. But he raised questions
that reflect a growing chorus
of GOP criticism that the federal
appeals court judge sees
her role as something more
than an impartial umpire.
Republicans have seized on
speeches in which Sotomayor
said she hoped a wise woman
or Latina “with the richness of
her experiences” would make
better, more compassionate
decisions in court than a white
man.
While he didn’t specifically
mention those remarks, Sessions
asked “if a judge is
allowed to let his or her feelings
for one party in the case
sway his decision, hasn’t that
judge then demonstrated
a bias against the other
party?”
“Although we sometimes
take our heritage of neutral
and independent judiciary for
granted, the truth is, this great
tradition is under attack,” he
said.
Sessions said Americans
should follow the confirmation
process closely and ask
what kind of judge they would
want in court.
“Do I want a judge that
allows his or her social, political
or religious views to
impact the outcome, or do I
want a judge that objectively
applies the law to the facts?”
he said. “That is the central
question around which this
entire nomination process will
revolve.”
Sotomayor was raised in a
Sources: Cuban spies
very difficult to find
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Hunting spies is difficult, but
Cuban spies are notoriously
hard to detect, former senior
intelligence officials said a day
after an American husband
and wife were indicted on
charges of spying for Cuba.
Walter Kendall Myers and
his wife Gwendolyn of Washington
were arrested Thursday
after a three-year investigation
that began before
Myers’ retirement from the
State Department in 2007.
They had been spying for
Havana for 30 years, according
to the U.S. government.
Investigations like this typically
take years to come
together because they usually
turn on small pieces of information,
and Cuban spies often
leave few traces. Cuban intelligence
specializes in recruiting
“true believers” rather than
agents who are out to make
money, these officals said.
They spoke on condition of
anonymity because the investigation
is ongoing.
According to court documents,
Myers had been put
on a watch list by his State
Department boss in 1995,
meaning he was under suspicion.
The FBI investigation
didn’t start until 2006, after his
boss raised fresh suspicions
when he returned from a trip
to China.
In his last year alone at the
State Department, Myers
accessed over 200 sensitive
documents related to
Cuba, according to court
documents.
Secretary of State Hillary
Rodham Clinton has ordered
a damage assessment of
what the couple may have
revealed.
David Kris, assistant attorney
general for national security,
described the couple’s
alleged spying for the communist
government as “incredibly
serious.”
A formal assessment of the
damage the pair may have
caused will likely not begin
until after a trial, or if the two
disclose the information they
passed as part of a plea agreement,
said one former senior
U.S. intelligence official. But
already individual U.S. intelligence
agencies are scrambling
to figure out whether
U.S. spies in Cuba or elsewhere
were identified by the
pair.
The government-wide
assessment is expected to be
headed by National Counterintelligence
Executive Joel F.
Brenner.
Obama administration officials
say Kendall Myers had
access to highly sensitive
material while working for
the State Department’s intelligence
arm, which receives
intelligence reports from all
agencies.
Hays said because Myers
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paper to take notes, according
to court documents.
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markup on Capitol Hill Thursday.
Some Republicans have
labeled her a racist for the
comments. Sessions has
called such criticism inappropriate
and said Sotomayor has
an impressive life story and
resume. But he is trying to
slow down Democrats’ plans
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Cartoon showing
judge as piñata
draws criticism
OKLAHOMA CITY
(AP) — Women’s advocates
are criticizing an
editorial cartoon that
depicts Supreme Court
nominee Sonia Sotomayor
as a pinata that President
Barack Obama is inviting
Republicans to whack.
The cartoon by Chip
Bok of Creators Syndicate
ran in The Oklahoman on
Tuesday. It shows Obama
wearing a sombrero and
saying “Now, who wants
to be first?” to a group of
elephants in suits holding
sticks. The underline
says, “Fiesta Time At The
Confirmation Hearing.”
Jean Warner, chair of
the Oklahoma Women’s
Coalition, said the image
was not funny.
Bok said Friday that his
point was that Republicans
will look bad if they
are too rough on Sotomayor.
He added that editorial
cartoons sometimes
offend to make a point.
“A cartoon is disrespectful,
it is insensitive,” Bok
said. “That’s what we do.
We’re not in the business
of carrying out socially
responsible dictates.”
Guilty pleas weighed
in select 9/11 cases
WASHINGTON (AP) — A
plan under consideration by
the Obama administration
would permit Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba, detainees facing
the death penalty to plead
guilty without a full trial, it
has been reported.
This option would principally
be aimed at a group of
detainees accused of planning
the Sept. 11, 2001 terror
attacks, five people who have
already indicated they prefer
this resolution of the case,
The New York Times said in
a story posted late Friday on
its Web site.
The U.S. military commission
format has come under
withering criticism from legal
and human rights quarters,
and American military prosecutions
employing this structure
and legal rules have for
the most part been put on hold
since January.
President Barack Obama
recently approved the continued
use of these commissions.
And the Times reported in its
story that the possibility of
permitting guilty pleas under
some circumstances is among
a series of options circulated
within the administration by
a special task force. The newspaper
cited individuals who
had been briefed on the proposal
or had studied it.
Traveling in France with
Obama, White House press
secretary Robert Gibbs said:
“The president has been clear
that he hopes to work with
Republicans and Democrats
in Congress to improve the
military commissions act to
ensure that we can ensure
more due process and deliver
what has been long in coming:
swift and certain justice. To
suggest that any of the decisions
have been made is not
accurate.”
The possible elements of legislation
on tribunals and how
to handle difficult Guantanamo
cases are not developed
enough yet to even have been
presented to the president
for discussion, said a senior
administration official who
spoke on condition of anonymity
because the entire matter
is still in the early stages.
The White House views the
fresh talk in the media about
the possibility of allowing
detainees to enter guilty pleas,
an idea presented previously
by military prosecutors, as the
work of lower-level players in
the debate who want to gain
currency for one approach, a
strategy that usually has the
opposite effect with Obama,
this official said.
Obama already has said that
he wants to close Guantanamo
by January 2010, declaring
it has caused the United
States more harm than good
and has served as a recruitment
tool for the al-Qaida terrorist
network.
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Mississippian tapped for forestry post withdraws name
WASHINGTON — President
Barack Obama’s pick
to oversee the nation’s forests
has withdrawn his
nomination.
Homer Lee Wilkes was
nominated on May 5 as
undersecretary
of agriculture,
a
position that
would have
put him in
charge of the
U.S. Forest
Service and
the National
Resource
Homer Lee
Wilkes
Conservation Service. The
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Wilkes was a 28-year
veteran of the Natural
Resources and Conservation
Service and state conservationist
in Mississippi.
Inouye says the president
has not picked a
replacement.
Obama on healthcare:
it is ‘time to deliver’
WASHINGTON — President
Barack Obama said
“it’s time to deliver” on his
health care agenda, using
his weekly radio and Internet
address to focus on his
domestic priority even while
traveling overseas.
His remarks airing Saturday
were timed to gatherings
in living rooms and
coffee shops around the
country by tens of thousands
of people to discuss health
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health care goals has begun
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Senate Health, Education,
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to cover their employees
or pay a penalty, and would
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Slain abortion doctor
eulogized as generous
WICHITA, Kan. — Hundreds
of people gathered Saturday
to honor slain abortion
provider Dr. George
Tiller, eulogized by a longtime
friend as a passionate
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protesters. Police and federal
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Tiller, one of the nation’s
few providers of late-term
abortions, was killed by a
gunshot last Sunday in the
foyer of his own church, Reformation
Lutheran.
Scott Roeder, a 51-yearold
abortion opponent, was
arrested a few hours after
the shooting just outside
Kansas City.
TVA chairman: Coal
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.
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went from running a political
party to running a public
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nation’s energy policy.
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A4 Sunday, June 7, 2009 The Vicksburg Post
THE VICKSBURG POST
EDITORIAL
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Will the $90 million
left in hospital
profits or retained
earnings or nonprofit
foundations
benefit the taxpayers
or will it benefit
the hospitals?
Absent ‘new’ tax
will hospitals
be any cheaper?
OUR OPINION
Revolt
Time for rank-and-file lawmakers to oust ‘leaders’
The people’s business continued to
take second place to political posturing
as this year’s regular session of the
Legislature came to a dismal end at
midnight Thursday.
Taxpayers — and rank-and-file members
of the Legislature itself — have
every right to be outraged. If the political
bosses don’t get their priorities
right in a yet-to-be called special session,
junior members must revolt. The
delegates who’ve been left to twiddle
their thumbs need to remember they
have the numbers to oust the blowhards.
They already know they’re the
ones who will take the heat in their
home districts for an abysmal failure
to provide universities, public schools
and state agencies authority to operate
after June 30.
Mississippi has a lot of company in the
fiscal uncertainty prevailing all across
America. Almost every state is seeing
revenue declines, many by far larger
EEOC letter is like a flash back 30, 40 years
In a sweeping finding, the federal
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
has written that Mississippi
is discriminating against black state
troopers in nearly every way possible,
from hiring and assignments to demotions
and discharges.
Quickly, state Rep. George Flaggs,
D-Vicksburg, a veteran legislator with
a key role in controlling the Department
of Public Safety’s funding, called
on Gov. Haley Barbour to stamp out any
and all wrongdoing. Derrick Johnson,
president of the state NAACP, which
initiated the complaint, issued a statement
voicing righteous indignation.
In some ways, this is all like a flashback
30 or 40 years.
It’s not 1970, when there were no
black officers in the Mississippi Highway
Safety Patrol, or 1980, when there
Delta dismal, but efforts must continue
They offered it as a challenge, but it’s
also a sobering reality.
A state task force studying the economy
of the Mississippi Delta has concluded
that after decades of earlier
studies and millions of dollars in federal
and charitable funding, little has
changed in the impoverished Mississippi
Delta over the past few decades.
“Don’t allow this plan to cause you
to scatter and run for cover,” said Rep.
John Hines, a Democrat from Greenville
and a task force member. But it’s
hard not to be dispirited.
The group’s plan, titled “A Time of
Reckoning,” cost $300,000 to draft. It
calls for a better-coordinated approach,
a “strategic compact” among the nonprofits,
state agencies and other entities
that too often battle for funds to
margins than has occurred and is foreseen
here. Most other states, however,
have seen their elected representatives
meet the crisis — no matter what
it took.
Here, we’ve seen a Senate where
“leaders” have been far more interested
in demeaning the House than
crafting a compromise. And we’ve seen
a House, where “leaders” have been far
more focused on trying to embarrass
the Senate.
This is not about whether Gov. Haley
Barbour wants to be president or
whether Senate Appropriations Chairman
Alan Nunnelee, R-Tupelo, will
run for Congress or whether the entire
Senate is the country club set while
the entire House is for the working
man. It’s about numbers — plain old
numbers.
For the budget year ending in 23 days,
revenue has not met expectations. For
the year that starts July 1, projections
was still resentment of minorities. It’s
2009 when 208 of Mississippi’s 607 state
troopers are black — a ratio that mirrors
the state population. Not only have
black Mississippians been members of
the MHSP for decades, they have been
leaders up to and in all levels, including
serving in the top post of commissioner
of public safety. And they’ve done so
with dignity and effectiveness.
A problem with the EEOC letter, to
which the state has 14 days to respond,
as current Mississippi Commissioner of
Public Safety Steve Simpson said, is that
it is vague and lacked specifics. Much of
it is based on suspicion and speculation.
And that makes a remedy hard to
fashion. As Simpson told The Associated
Press, “Racism anywhere is usually
something behind the scenes or
is something in the smoke-filled dark
“do good” in the 18-county area extending
north from Vicksburg to Memphis.
Robert Clark of Ebenezer, a
former state legislator, is chairman of
the group and knows the Delta and its
people. Improvement has been his life’s
work, starting when he was a teacher.
“Whatever has gone on in the Delta, it
hasn’t helped the Delta. The condition
is getting worse,” Clark said.
The picture is dismal:
• Unemployment in 2008 ranged from
10 percent to 17 percent in some counties,
and the rate was over three times
higher for blacks than whites.
• Almost 18 percent of the adult
population has less than a 9th-grade
education.
• The rate of those dying from heart
disease in the Delta was 17.5 percent
are at least a $400 million shortfall from
the record $5.6 billion or so in 2007 General
Fund revenue.
It’s a pie. It’s smaller. It still has to
be sliced. The decisions aren’t easy
because, at least we would hope, the
state doesn’t spend hundreds of millions
annually on anything that could
easily be tabbed as “optional.”
But families are dealing with the
recession. Businesses are dealing with
the recession. Cities and counties are
dealing with the recession.
In the state’s case, at least there is a
$360 million reserve and hundreds of
millions in new federal stimulus money.
Given the atmosphere that has prevailed
in the Capitol, it’s not clear what
it will take to get the anointed ones to
do their duty. The rank-and-file must
speak up, however, and let conferees
know, in Mississippi parlance, it’s past
time to fish or cut bait.
rooms. It’s not something you routinely
see in the bright sunshine of day.”
It’s also a matter of perception. When
a black officer is assigned to extra duty
or holiday work, is it because the help
is needed or is it “punishment” based
on race? When a white officer is promoted
and a black applicant is not,
couldn’t it be because, objectively, the
white officer was better qualified?
The EEOC recommended, among
other actions, that the state conduct
racial diversity training for all personnel
and revamp the promotion system
to develop a process free of internal
influence or manipulation. Those are
steps that can be taken.
From a management perspective, the
state can operate in a race-neutral way.
It must and it should. What it can’t do
or shouldn’t do is guarantee results.
higher than the Mississippi average,
and 31.2 percent higher than the nation
as a whole in 2007.
• Seven out of 10 Mississippi counties
with the highest prevalence of diabetes
are located in the Delta.
• Most Delta counties have a teen
pregnancy rate of about 1 in 5 teen girls
becoming pregnant, a rate four or five
times higher than elsewhere.
Still, the region can’t be fenced off
and forgotten. Even if programs to help
people help themselves have failed in
that goal for generations, efforts must
persist. Just as it would be wrong for
a teacher to write off a child, it would
be wrong for Mississippi and America
to give up hope for better days in the
Delta.
Few public policy initiatives in Mississippi
have generated more heated arguments
than the so-called “hospital tax” or
provider assessment as a means to fund
Medicaid — the federal-state program that
provides health care for the poor, the blind,
the disabled and children.
Gov. Haley Barbour has spent the last
several years battling the House over a
$90 million “hospital tax” that he says will
help short up Medicaid
finance by forcing state
hospitals to “pay their
fair share” of providing
public health care.
The House and the
state’s hospital association
counter with the
argument that other
health-care providers
SID
SALTER
— doctors, pharmacists,
drug companies,
nursing homes, etc. —
are not being asked to
provide a similar “fair
share” and that it’s not the responsibility
of hospitals to help fund Medicaid.
Barbour argues that some of the state’s
largest and most profitable hospitals are
so-called “nonprofits” and don’t pay the
full complement of taxes paid by private
hospitals.
There are 108 non-state hospitals in Mississippi
— with 39 of them publicly owned
— that pay no taxes other than employer
taxes. Of the remaining 69 hospitals, 29 are
“nonprofit” hospitals that pay some sales
taxes and employer taxes.
As the Mississippi Hospital Association
points out, all hospitals pay the Division of
Medicaid a “bed tax” on every bed in their
facilities, whether the beds are occupied or
not. And all hospitals already pay a gross
revenue tax that helps fund Medicaid.
One number that’s missing from the hospital
tax debate is the number that details
gross patient revenue to the hospitals. The
most recent gross patient revenue data
available from American Hospital Directory
— an online hospital data source that
collects information from both public and
private sources including Medicare claims
data, hospital cost reports and other files
obtained from the federal Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) —
reflects Mississippi hospitals earning gross
patient revenues of $16.19 billion.
Why does that number matter?
Hospitals make money in only a few major
ways. One of the primary rules of thumb for
how hospitals are paid is Medicare and
Medicaid’s Diagnosis Related Group or
DRG pricing.
That means Medicare and Medicaid will
pay “X” amount for a hip replacement
without complications and “Y” amount
for a hip replacement with complications
— and there are hundreds of DRG
classifications.
Hospitals likewise negotiate price structures
with private insurance companies
and health management organizations.
The fact is that depending on your locale
and the roster of insurance programs available
to patients in that locale, both physicians
and hospitals will make more or
less money taking care of certain patients
rather than others.
One question I’d like to hear answered is
this — if Mississippi doesn’t levy a hospital
tax, will health-care costs be cheaper for
the privately insured.? Will the hospitals
charge less for it? Will the $90 million left
in hospital profits or retained earnings or
nonprofit foundations benefit the taxpayers
or will it benefit the hospitals? That’s
a fair question.
The biggest Medicaid care provider hospital
in this state is University of Mississippi
Medicaid Center and administrators there
are all for levying a hospital tax — particularly
on hospitals who limit the amount of
Medicaid services they choose to provide.
•
Sid Salter is Perspective editor of The Clarion-Ledger.
Phone him at 601-961-7084 or e-mail ssalter@
clarionledger.com.

The Vicksburg Post Sunday, June 7, 2009 A5
WEEK IN
VIcKsburg
The Mississippi River started
the week at its crest for the year,
47.5 feet on the Vicksburg gauge,
and fell at an increasing pace.
The week ended at a reading of
44.5 feet and the forecast was
for a reading of 42 feet — 1 foot
below flood stage — today.
Rain fell on two days, including
almost a half-inch on one of
them. Temperatures were seasonal
with highs reaching as far
as 90 degrees and lows ranging
from 59 degrees to 69.
On his last day after 20 years
on the Ninth Circuit Court
bench, Judge Frank Vollor said
he’ll keep his robe and serve
when appointed to special cases
by the Mississippi Supreme
Court. Otherwise, Vollor said,
he will have a private practice in
Starkville and Vicksburg.
With mural No. 32 completed,
Nellie Caldwell, who chaired the
series of historic paintings on the
flood wall at City Front, said she
will relinquish the effort to others
who may find appropriate venues
for murals elsewhere in the city.
A Vicksburg Area Nature
Guide was completed as a project
of the Vicksburg Convention
and Visitors Bureau and the
Audubon Society Lower Mississippi
River Program.
Samuel Semi, owner of Unlimited
Kuts in Vicksburg, won
$1,000 and the first-place trophy
in a competition for barbers.
What began as Waterways
Experiment Station after the
1927 flood and is now known as
the Engineering Research and
Development Center turned 80.
Vicksburg philanthropist
Frances Koury, having been
selected for honors at the local,
state and regional level, will be
considered for the Daughters
of the American Revolution’s
national award for patriotic
activities by a citizen. On her
resume are Vicksburg’s Fourth
of July Celebration and many
efforts to aid the troops in Iraq
and Afghanistan.
Vicksburg attorney M. James
Chaney Jr. was appointed by Gov.
Haley Barbour to serve the unexpired
term of Judge Frank Vollor.
After taking the oath, Chaney
said he intends to seek election
in 2010 and remain on the bench.
He was in private practice in
Vicksburg for 30 years.
A novelty, gas prices in Vicksburg
well below state and
national averages, appeared to
come to an end after about 10
days. The opening of a new station
is believed to have triggered
the short-lived bargains on fuel.
In his first bid for public
office, Vicksburg attorney Paul
Winfield, 35, won a resounding
victory over two-term incumbent
Mayor Laurence Leyens.
Winfield, who earlier won the
Democratic nomination with
about 62 percent of the vote,
won the top office at City Hall
by the same margin. Winfield
said he will assemble a small
group of advisers to help him
with the transition. Leyens said
his future is uncertain, but he
has been offered private sector
employment.
Vicksburg native Dan Jones,
M.D., was named the preferred
candidate to become chancellor
of the University of Mississippi.
Jones, who will follow
the departing Robert Khayat,
has been vice chancellor of the
university and director of the
University Medical Center in
Jackson.
Mississippi 465, known as
Eagle Lake Road, was reopened
to traffic as the Mississippi River
continued to recede from its lateseason
crest 4.5 feet above flood
stage. Gates were also opened at
Steele Bayou Control Structure
to allow water impounded on
the lower Mississippi Delta to be
released into the mainstream.
The summer schedule for
the Vicksburg National Military
Park includes periodic openings
of Pemberton’s Headquarters on
Crawford Street downtown as
well as walking tours of the area.
After a one-day trial, jurors
convicted Shannon M. Doine, 32,
of aggravated assault during a
fight at a party. Sentencing was
delayed.
Deaths during the week
included Laura Leah Clark
Howell, Jabe “Tenny” Nappier,
James Riley Rucker Sr., Gerald
“Jerry” Yocum, Lucille B. Boone,
Marsha Candee Grey, Wiley
Fred Grayson, Mary Watson,
Robert Wheatley and James
Arthur Hall.
Elections cheats don’t care what Legislature does
CHARLIE
MITcHELL
Let’s suppose for a minute:
Case 1: You lend a friend $5 and when he pays
you back he gives you a $50 bill. Is it “You know
what, it’s on them”? Or do you give back the
$45? Would it be wrong to keep the $45?
Case 2: Somehow you are tricked into lending
someone you don’t like $5 and when he pays
you back he gives you a $50 bill. Is it, “You know
what, it’s on them”? Or do you give back the
$45? Would it be wrong to keep the $45?
Case 3: If you were the one who gave the $50
bill in error, would it be “You know what, it’s
on me”? Or would you expect the $45 back if
you discovered the error. What if the recipient
wouldn’t give it back?
I read the May 29 article about the “cheap” gas
(due to a pump programming error at a Vicksburg
Kangaroo station) and the quotation from
the customer who said, “You know what, it’s
on them.” Others should read it and then see
if they can decode the message in this letter.
As sad as it is to hear about people wanting to
cheat or cheating a business with the attitude
“it’s on them,” it’s sadder to read an article in
the paper where the reporter doesn’t mention or
challenge the moral failure in this event. I’m disappointed
in The Vicksburg Post.
Ron Green
Vicksburg
Poor choices are poor choices
I read an article in a Jackson newspaper about
the unfortunate situation regarding the high
school basketball star in Vicksburg who is now
facing an unwelcoming future.
Equally interesting were the reader responses
to the story. One response that stuck out in my
mind suggested that those who feel little or no
sympathy for the accused are “so-called Christians
and “hypocrites.”
I don’t know if the people who responded to
the story are Christians or not. I do know however,
that for some reason there are those who
are under the impression that Christians are
supposed to be “nice” and nothing more.
The truth is: What makes one a Christian is
a profession of faith in Jesus Christ and acceptance
of Him as Lord and Savior. It has nothing
to do with “being nice.” Niceness might be a byproduct
of becoming a Christian, but it is certainly
not the reason for becoming one.
Christians are intelligent, thinking people.
They shouldn’t be expected to turn a blind
eye to sin, and disobedience just to be considered
nice. What offends God offends them, or it
should.
Yes, forgiveness is always in order, but that
does not mean criminals should go unpunished
and turned loose to terrorize society.
Christians have a right and a responsibility to
express righteous indignation against all wickedness,
including abhorrent crimes. That does
not make them hypocrites or unkind, but biblically
literate and socially alert.
Make no mistake about it, being a Christian
does not mean you are supposed to simply smile
at everything, tolerate everything, do good
deeds and act as if all is right with the world.
Christians have a right to be angry — but not
react in a sinful manner because of their anger.
I don’t believe anybody finds pleasure in a
young person choosing the wrong path in life.
Poor choices can be costly, but they are still
choices.
Perhaps Christians should try harder to share
their values, even if it means being criticized.
Tupelo has 35,000 people. In this
year’s Democratic municipal primary,
33 absentee ballots were tallied.
That was 2 percent of the votes
cast.
Macon has 2,330 people. In this
year’s primary there, 541 absentee
ballots were tallied. That was 40 percent
of the votes cast.
Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann,
not a guy to go off half-cocked,
said there could be a legitimate
explanation of the difference. Across
the spectrum of Mississippi municipalities
that have been holding elections
this year, most towns, incluiing
Vicksburg and Tupelo, had modest,
predictable levels of absentee voting.
Others, such as Macon, had inexplicably
high proportions of people
who did not vote as a polling place in
comparison to those who did.
“The cause of the disparity could be
the result of a lack of voter information,
lack of motivation of the voter by
the candidates themselves or voter
irregularities,” Hosemann said
Ah, “irregularities.” What a polite
word. Hosemann is not going to say
“fraud” unless he can prove “fraud.”
And maybe he has a smarter
approach, anyway.
In Mississippi, voting in advance
of election day has become more
and more casual. This state doesn’t
formally have what other states call
“early voting,” but any person who
says he or she will not be able to cast
a ballot in person on the day designated
for voting is allowed to do so.
Usually, this is done by going to the
city clerk’s office in municipal elections
or the county clerk’s office in
county, state or federal elections.
Usually.
But Mississippi law also allows
voting by mail.
Voting by mail, by its very nature,
is more open to cheating.
The legal stipulations are that a
voter otherwise qualified to vote in
person on election day may receive
a ballot by mail and return it by mail
if the voter is:
• Temporarily residing outside
the county, such as a construction
worker or member of the military,
or;
• Temporarily or permanently disabled,
such as residing in a nursing
home, or;
• Age 65 or older, or;
• The parent, spouse or dependent
of someone who is temporarily or
permanently disabled who is hospitalized
outside of their county of residence
or more than 50 miles outside
of their home on election day.
It’s not known how many of
Macon’s absentee voters received
and returned ballots by mail.
Anyone is sadly mistaken to
think simply making folks
show a picture of themselves
before getting their hands on a
ballot will zap all fraud in its
tracks. Cheaters don’t skirt the
law. They ignore it.
LETTErs TO THE EDITOr
It is known that Macon and the
county where it is located, Noxubee,
are notorious. U.S. Justice Department
observers consistently camp
out there during elections. Based
on the federal monitors’ reports, Ike
Brown, the county’s self-proclaimed
political boss and an on-again, offagain
member of the Mississippi
Democratic Executive Committee,
was found guilty a couple of years
ago of disenfranchising voters based
on their race — in this case white
voters — so anything coming out of
that county is still suspect.
Hosemann has also been on the
case of elections officials in Wilkinson
County who treated ballots and
ballot boxes with about the same
detachment that an aromatic sack of
fries might be expected to get on the
drive home from McDonald’s.
Earlier this year the state Senate
was within a whisker of joining the
House in sending to Gov. Haley Barbour
legislation that would add both
a voter ID component to elections
law, which Republicans insist is necessary
to assure integrity, and an
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After all, it is the acceptance and practice of
Christian values that would have made all the
difference in this ill-fated situation.
Debra Anderson
Jackson
Emergency room a hangout?
In the few times that I have had to go to the
River Region emergency room either for myself
or with a family member or friend, the waiting
room was full.
As I walked through the parking lot it
appeared to be a parking lot at a night club.
Crowds of people just “hanging out,” car stereos
blaring and “bumping,” people yelling at their
friends across the lot, lovers’ quarrels, peeling
rubber out of the lot and I’ve even had someone
attempt to pick me up.
It was obvious that they weren’t there due to
an emergency situation.
Yes, there was an occasional security guard
outside who appeared to be oblivious to all this
and was more concerned about telling someone
not to smoke on the property.
I don’t know when the emergency room
became the place to hang out, but in my opinion,
if you’re not hemorrhaging, have a broken bone,
cannot breathe, in such excruciating pain you
can’t stand or have a temp above 102, then the
emergency room is not the place to be. It only
contributes to the congestion and slows care to
those who are in the above category.
We are fortunate enough to have a large selection
of fine physicians who will be happy to take
care of your non emergency needs, 8 to 5, six
days a week, and usually without a two-hour
wait.”
L. Lasalle
Vicksburg
Gender confusion noted
I am a 1994 graduate of Warren Central High
School. I frequently tell others to come to Vicksburg
for a visit because I think it is an incredibly
great city. However, I am deeply disturbed
about the behavior of River Region’s staff.
My grandmother was admitted there after a
medical emergency on Mother’s Day. As she
had recently been treated at St. Dominic by a
neurosurgeon and interventional radiologist,
we requested transfer. That transfer finally
occurred four hours later. Concerned about the
lag time, I wrote the CEO requesting an explanation.
That explanation came two weeks later
with frequent references to my grandfather as
early-voting provision, which Democrats
insist would bring Mississippi
into alignment with other states
and open the door to more voter
participation.
It didn’t happen, so the law is
unchanged.
All through the voter ID discussion
it has been pointed out that
anyone is sadly mistaken to think
simply making folks show a picture
of themselves before getting their
hands on a ballot will zap all fraud
in its tracks. Cheaters don’t skirt the
law or study it for loopholes. They
ignore it.
As the primary numbers indicate,
this state — or at least some jurisdictions
in this state — have “irregularities”
that no new statute is going
to fix.
All the laws in the world can’t make
an honest person out of a cheater.
Only the people of a community can
stop cheaters, and only by not letting
cheaters be in charge.
Hosemann is not calling names,
hollering for indictments. That’s not
his style.
Perhaps he’s merely trying to
raise public awareness of the
“irregularities.”
Maybe he thinks if enough people
realize the scope of the “irregularities”
under existing law, they’ll realize
legislators can’t make right what
locals choose to let stay wrong.
•
Charlie Mitchell is executive editor of The
Vicksburg Post. Write to him at Box 821668,
Vicksburg, MS 39182, or e-mail cmitchell@
vicksburgpost.com.
No one questioned right or wrong during price error
patient. I’m not brilliant, but I can generally correctly
identify gender. Apparently the CEO with
the letters CPA, FACHE, MBA behind his name
cannot. I really don’t know what to say other
than would you rather have a 1994 Warren Central
graduate who can correctly identify gender,
or a CPA, FACHE, MBA who cannot, as your
CEO? Further bad news — I’m not interested in
the job! Hope someone is!
On a brighter note, Donna and Claudia (sorry
I didn’t get last names) both took excellent care
of my grandmother!
Melissa W. Thomas
Vicksburg
Blink, and rights will vanish
There is an old saying, “use it or lose it,” which
is applied to everything from mental prowess to
muscular strength, household objects to diversified
talents. What doesn’t get used becomes
rotten, rusty, dusty, fragile, broken and useless.
Your grandfathers, your great-grandfathers,
your great-great-grandfathers fought, bled
and died to establish a free government “of the
people, by the people and for the people” by
means of freely voting for what they wanted
for their country and how it should be accomplished.
Their right to vote and express their
desire was precious to them. They would travel
miles by horseback or even on foot to reach
town halls to voice their concerns and cast
votes.
But now, you laid-back, inert excuses for citizens
can’t bother to go to the polls. Why should
you care? You’re too busy, have more important
things to do that use your precious power of
citizenship. Why bother? There will be enough
voters without you. Personal responsibility is
not cool these days.
The truth is that voting has become so easy to
do it is no longer worth the trouble, no longer
emblazoned in our minds that if not appreciated
and used the right will be lost.
Non-voters should absolutely be ashamed of
themselves. In Vicksburg’s election, there were
18,840 names on voter rolls and only 32 percent
voted as patriotic Americans. That is disgusting.
The weather was no excuse. It was a beautiful
day.
Those who did not vote have fallen into a diabolic
trap of not caring for their country. When
you lose it, and you will with your attitude,
you’ll have no one to blame but yourselves and
your selfish disregard.
It is all well and good to enjoy all the fluff in
our society, but every man, woman and child
also needs to fully appreciate our core values
and privileges and use them so they are not lost
in the mad world we face today.
L.C. Giles
Vicksburg
Big margin tells a big story
To put our election in perspective, Obama won
with 55 percent of the vote. Reagan’s landslide
in 1984 was 57 percent. To come anywhere near
an incumbent being beat by an opponent with
nearly 63 percent, as Winfield polled, you have to
go back to Richard Nixon’s victory over George
McGovern in the 1972 presidential election, and
that was still only 61 percent.
Douglas Arp
Vicksburg

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Drain
Continued from Page A1.
month.
While closed, overland
flooding from the Mississippi
River was blocked. But in the
interim an estimated 394,000
acres inside the levees went
under. Of that, 152,000 acres
would be growing food or
fiber crops — but might or
might not grow anything
this year — a fact that leaves
seasonal farmworkers jobless
and on unemployment, if
available.
“It’s going to take about
three weeks for the water to
run out,” estimated Robert
Simrall, the Corps’ chief of
water control.
That means backwater area
farmers such as John Phillips
— who had planted on about
20 percent of his land before
it was flooded — won’t be
able to get into his fields to
replant until the end of June
or early July. By that time, it
wil be feasible to plant only
soybeans, and the yields
likely will be about half
that of a normal crop’s. The
smaller crop means Phillips
will hire fewer hands and the
lower yields mean Wansley
won’t need as many employees
at the elevator.
“We usually pick up three
or four part-time workers
in the fall, and we try to use
local people. I don’t see that
happening this year,” said
Wansley. “It knocks our fulltime
guys out, too. Years
like this one and last year —
there won’t be a lot of overtime,
if any — and those guys
count on that extra money
being there every year. If
they’re not making it, they
can’t spend it.”
Karl Holcomb knows firsthand
about the agricultural
economic trickle-down effect
in the backwater area. His
father, Rudy, started the family’s
crop-dusting business,
Holcomb Aerial Service, in
1972. He expects flooding this
year to cause some farmers
to forego some planting altogether,
which he figures will
cut his profits by about 20
percent.
“Agriculture is the mainstay
of what we do here, and
when the farmers are in a
bind it gets passed right on
down to us,” he said. “Unfortunately,
we have to pass it
down, too. We may not hire
but one employee this year
instead of two, and we probably
won’t have them on as
long as usual. Our spending
will go down. We do a
lot of shopping in Vicksburg
— whether it’s at the hardware
store or just going out
to lunch — but we’re going to
have to do less of it.”
Backwater flooding this
Backwater covers farmland on the edge of the Delta National Forest near Holly Bluff.
year and in 2008 has produced
the third and sixth
highest water stages since
1978, when the levees surrounding
the area were
completed. As part of the
total project designed after
the 1927 flood, pumps were
supposed to be in place at
Steele Bayou to remove the
impounded water.
Despite the efforts of stakeholders
who support completion
of the design, the most
recent — and perhaps permanent
— setback has been
a 2008 Environmental Protection
Agency veto under the
Clean Water Act, based on
a finding that removing the
water inside the levee would
cause environmental damage
outside the levee.
So the vast area remains
vulnerable due to the Corps
of Engineers lacking the
money or authority to complete
the design. It’s like a
cook who devised a recipe —
but has prepare it without a
key ingredient.
During late-season flooding
this year, Steele Bayou gates
were closed for more than
a month, at which point the
water stage inside the structure
was 92.3 feet. The Corps
estimated a total of 344,000
acres of forest and farmland
flooded.
Last year, in most cases,
farmers were only delayed
in planting. But the back-toback
hit has many farmers
not only hiring fewer hands
and spending less money
locally, it has them reconsidering
farming altogether.
“After two years like the
ones we’re going through
now, a lot of farmers I talk
to are saying, ‘maybe I need
to look at one of these reforestation
programs,’” said
Wansley. “There’s definitely
been a rise in the number of
people participating in reforestation,
and this year the
programs are offering even
more incentives.”
Since the U.S. Department
of Agriculture initiated the
Wetlands Reserve Program
in 1992, about 250 farmers in
Mississippi have leased an
estimated 100,000 acres of
cropland to be converted into
bottomland hardwood forest.
The department’s Conservation
Reserve Program
began in 1986, and as of 2007
had more than 60,000 acres
under contract in Warren,
Issaquena, Sharkey and
Yazoo counties alone.
Myriad private and government
programs exist to reforest
the Delta, which is what
environmental groups have
advocated, and farmers find
them attractive for a number
of reasons. The leases provide
an annual check, landowners
retain all rights to
hunt on the land and they’re
able to cash in on the harvest
of some the trees every
decade or so. However, Phillips
— who has participated
in the Conservation Reserve
Program on a small scale —
said the programs do nothing
for the local economy.
“The buck stops at the landowner,”
he said. “If the landowner
wants to turn all of his
land over to reforestation,
he’s going to get his money.
But what’s going to happen
to the jobs that were associated
with that land when it
was being farmed? What’s
going to happen to the gin,
the elevator and all the
people who depend on the
row crop production to put
food on their tables?”
Phillips, 59, has been farming
in the Holly Bluff area for
nearly his entire life — just
as his father did before him
— and said he doesn’t want
to see the farming culture of
the south Delta disintegrate.
“I don’t want to take away
the opportunity for people to
farm here — the opportunity
for my family to farm here,”
Phillips said. “Agriculture is
about the only opportunity
we have here. Seventy percent
of the people who work
for me, their fathers worked
for my father. They’re my
best friends.”
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A recreational pilot, Phillips
often flies over his and his
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neighbors’ fields to survey
the damage caused by flooding.
From above, the scene
looks like a patchwork of
unnatural lakes with the tops
of central-pivot irrigation
systems poking out of the
water here and there. Some
of fields remain relatively
dry, as the owners have built
their own levees around
them and use small pumps to
keep the water out.
Phillips sees the crop loss
and the associated hardships
brought onto his community
as completely unnecessary.
The pumps — which were
promised by the Corps as
part of the Yazoo Backwater
Project that cages in the area
by levees — should be preventing
the economic drain,
he said.
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are the lone aspect of the
levee project yet to be completed.
The scope and design
of the pumps has changed
over the years, with the
latest plan calling for a $220
million structure capable of
pumping out 14,000 cubic feet
per second.
The pumps would be turned
on only when the water stage
inside the backwater area
reaches 87 feet — about a
foot beyond where crops
begin to go under water. In
23 of the 31 years since the
levees were completed, the
backwater area water stage
has topped out beyond 87
feet.
Peter Nimrod, chief engineer
for the Mississippi
Levee Board, said possible
legal action could be taken
against the EPA to challenge
the veto.
“The levee board is still
looking at our options and
alternatives for the project,
one of which is to pursue a
lawsuit against the EPA to
challenge their authority to
veto the pumps,” he said.
In the meantime, farmers
like Phillips can only watch
the water rise and fall off
their crops year after year
and hope for the best. Still,
he wonders how long the
farmers can hold out until
they finally decide to call
it quits and sell the land or
lease it for reforestation.
“How long can you sit there
and just watch your life’s
work dwindle away little by
little?” he asked. “The EPA
veto is a condemnation of my
land, and it’s not just my land
— it’s the land of people who
have been farming here for
generations. The EPA veto
is going to make the land
unprofitable to farm because
the risk is just too high without
the pumps. Eventually
the crop production is going
to be lost, and the jobs and
communities that go along
with it are going to be lost,
too.”
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The Vicksburg Post Sunday, June 7, 2009 A7
THE VICKSBURG POST
THE SOUTH
SEAN MURPHY
POST WEB EDITOR
Mississippi
a well-kept
big secret
Mississippi has the
lowest percentage of
Internet users in America,
the radio voice announced
Thursday morning, followed
by the editorial
comment “Can we not be
first in anything good?”
Selling Mississippi as
the place I know it to be
is one of the most difficult
tasks imaginable.
The Mississippi I knew
nearly 18 years ago when
I boarded a train in New
York bound for a different
world was that of Hollywood’s
portrayal of “Mississippi
Burning,” the
loose interpretation of the
most famous civil rights
killings in our nation’s
history.
The Mississippi I knew
then was filled with backward
ignorant citizens
with a penchant for firing
shotguns and terrorizing
the state’s minorities.
With an open mind and
heart, though, it took
little time to realize that
the Mississippi I once
believed to be true is not
even close to the Mississippi
I now know.
The Mississippi I know
is diverse. It’s the cradle
of modern American
music. It has the beach,
the pine forests of South
Mississippi, the Delta,
the Mississippi River,
the hill country and the
heel of the Appalachian
Mountains.
The Mississippi I know
has wonderful people
struggling to put to bed
the horrors of years past.
Elements of that time —
thankfully well before
my move from Yankee to
Southern — are slowly
giving way to the more
accepting, enlightening
elements of today.
It was those elements I
championed to a gathering
at an Albany, N.Y.,
pub 11 days ago when
the group seated around
me asked about where I
live. They, too, had limited
vision of Mississippi
— that of Gene Hackman
and two hours of burning
crosses and, maybe worst
of all, being last at everything
good and first at
everything bad.
We’ve all read the stories
and seen the TV
reports — fattest, poorest,
most unhealthy — and
sooner or later the notion
of being last begins to
take its toll even on those
who know the difference.
So I answered each
assertion about the state
I proudly call home with
a simple, “It’s nothing like
that at all.”
“Everyone who has ever
visited me in this state
leaves saying the same
thing,” I said to the group.
“They leave saying,
‘That is not at all what I
expected.’”
Numbers might continue
to portray us as last
in everything, but those
willing to look into the
soul of this place know
many times numbers lie.
•
Sean P. Murphy is Web editor. His
e-mail is smurphy@vicksburgpost.
com.
Karen Gamble, managing editor | E-mail: newsreleases@vicksburgpost.com | Tel: 601.636.4545 ext 137
The Aunt Cappy’s Pralines and Confections booth,
right, is set up in front of the old depot for the first
Vicksburg Farmers Market of the year. Pictured in the
By Pamela Hitchins
phitchins@vicksburgpost.com
Happy shoppers ventured
down Vicksburg’s
bluffs to Levee Street Saturday
morning to kickstart
the 2009 Farmers
Market.
“The first day is great —
and overwhelming,” said
vendor Kenly Ellerbee of
the popular K-n-K Farms
of Bovina. “We haven’t
stopped.”
A steady line of customers
waited to purchase
plump eggplant, onions,
peppers and squash
along with both green
and ripe tomatoes at the
stand while busy staffers
weighed and bagged selections
and made change.
The market featured
many vendors returning
for this second season,
with shoppers entertained
by musicians Lee F. Abraham,
Daniel Boone and
Kenny Boone.
Parking areas near the
lot at Grove and Levee
streets filled early with
buyers and browsers, but
never got overcrowded.
“We were very happy
with the way the market
went today,” volunteer
market coordinator Mary
Beth Lasseter said after
tables emptied, truck
beds were packed with
tables and chairs and the
lot cleared later Saturday
afternoon. “We were
pleased with the number
of vendors that we had
and we’re excited to know
there’ll be even more next
week. It’s really a positive
sign for the long-term
growth of the market.”
Lasseter said vendors
sold out of produce
Off tO market
Saturday.
This is the second year
for Vicksburg’s Farmers
Market, which will run
Wednesday afternoons
and Saturday mornings
through Aug. 29. Lasseter’s
volunteer partners in running
the market are Kristen
Meehan and Lamar
Horton.
Lasseter estimated that
during the three-hour
market, 400 to 500 customers
made a visit. “But at
no time did we have a real
rush,” she said. “It was
paced well and just steady
all morning.”
At the table manned by
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booth are, from left, Cappy Martin, Jordan Wright, 6,
and Katie Wright. Jordan is the daughter of Chip and
Katie Wright.
Shoppers pack downtown for fresh foods
If you go:
Vicksburg Farmers Market
will run Wednesdays
from 4 to 7 p.m. and Saturdays
from 8 to 11 a.m.
through Aug. 29 at the
lot near the corner of
Grove and Levee streets
downtown. Parking is
available in the lots near
the old Yazoo and Mississippi
Valley Railroad
Depot.
On Saturdays, vendors
will have produce,
baked goods, homemade
jams and candies,
plants and arts and
crafts. Live entertainment
will be provided.
On Wednesdays, produce
only will be sold.
Vendor spaces are still
available. For more information,
call 601-634-
9484, e-mail vicksburgfarmersmarket@gmail.
com or visit vicksburgfarmersmarket.org.
Admission is free.
Warren County Extension
staff, nearly 80 people
had dropped by in the first
90 minutes for advice and
literature on making the
most of their gardens, said
Georgia Antoine and Herschel
Hale, master gardener
interns.
“We’ve been giving out
a lot of information about
Mississippi Medallions —
plants that do well here in
Mississippi,” Antoine said.
Atop the Extension table
was a dish arrangement
featuring three Medallion
winners in bloom — fire
zinnea, Kong coleus and
“flambe” chrysocephalum
— along with arrangements
of other native
plants, handouts and
Extension publications.
Karen Frederick was purchasing
zucchini at a table
manned by Vicksburg resident
Mary Albert, whose
space also sported cucumbers,
onions, and cabbages
as big as bowling balls.
Albert says she grows
them on a lot on Mississippi
27, using a compost
mixture. “She has the
magic touch,” said friend
Charlotte DiRago, who
said she was along “for
Virtual exhibit among military park changes
By Andrea Vasquez
avasquez@vicksburgpost.com
A virtual exhibit about
the 1863 Siege of Vicksburg
is among several changes
coming to the Vicksburg
National Military Park.
The exhibit will complement
the displays in the
Visitor Center and Cairo
Museum. The Museum Management
Program contacted
VNMP about making the
exhibit and worked with the
park through the process.
“They’re doing these exhibits
for some national parks,
but not very many of them
have their exhibits done,”
VNMP park curator Elizabeth
Joyner said. “We are
just one of a handful that has
this done.”
Photographers came from
Washington, DC, to shoot
Jean Gilcrease, right, and Frank Stuart discuss white pan
squash and other produce at Nick’s Produce stand.
If you go
Vicksburg National Military Park just completed a virtual exhibit.
The exhibit features information and pictures of artifacts
from the Vicksburg Siege, as well as downloadable lesson
plans for teachers. Visit the exhibit at www.nps.gov/vick.
On June 16, from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m., the public is invited to
the Old Administration Building in the parkark for a public
meeting on park planning and a farewell reception for park
Superintendent Monika Mayr.
dozens of artifacts, including
some that had been in storage
because items such as
documents couldn’t be out on
display.
The photographers’ visit
coincided with a teacher
See Market, Page A8.
workshop about the siege.
During the workshop, teachers
made downloadable
lesson plans and activities
that will be online with the
virtual exhibit.
“This is a way to teach
people more about our history
and learn more about
the national treasures in
the national park so we can
pass this on to future generations,”
Joyner said. “I’m
hoping it will maybe foster
a greater appreciation of
our park and our cultural
differences.”
Another change is coming
with the final stage of the
Lawmakers
opposing
sale of
rail lines
By The Associated Press
NATCHEZ — Natchez
area lawmakers are opposing
the sale of rail lines in
Mississippi, including the
66-mile line from Natchez to
Brookhaven.
The legislators have asked
the state officials to oppose
the transfer of ownership of
252 miles of railroad track
from Canadian National
Railway to two companies,
Natchez Railway LLC and
Grenada Rail LLC, if the companies
cannot guarantee the
rail lines would stay open.
Terms of the deal between
Canadian National and Natchez
Railway has not been
made public, but Canadian
National has said that it
includes two years continued
service to the lines.
Rep. Robert Johnson III,
D-Natchez, said when he
first heard of the sale, he was
excited because he thought it
might bring more rail traffic
down the line.
The excitement dimmed
when he heard one of the
parent companies of Natchez
Railway is in the railroad salvage
business.
“They do operate some
(rail) lines, but what they do
mostly is tear up tracks that
are not in use and sell them
for salvage,” Johnson said.
“It doesn’t make sense when
we are trying to get more
industry into Natchez to tear
up tracks.”
In the stimulus package
passed by Congress earlier
this year included $8 billion
for railroad projects, and
Johnson said he believes
closing rail lines would be
shutting the door on development
opportunities he feels
are inevitable.
“We understand (rail) is the
most economic way to transport
any product or people
across the country,” Johnson
said. “We have two things
working for us here, a rail
line that connects us to I-55
and the river.”
Rep. Sam Mims,
R-McComb, said he met with
a rail company executive
this week, and the executive
expressed to him a desire to
keep the rail line open.
“Obviously, we can’t tell a
private company what to do
... It is in the best interest of
Adams County to have an
open and active rail system,”
Mims said.
Natchez-Adams County
Port Commissioner Anthony
Hauer said that, while Canadian
National solely owns
the line from Natchez to
Brookhaven, the tracks
within the port are owned by
the port commission.
Without the Canadian
National line, the port tracks
would be cut off from outside
transportation, he said.
Environmental Assessment
statement and the alternative
for the Cultural Landscape
Report. On June 16,
VNMP will hold its third
and last public meeting for
two years’ work on a plan
for managing the park’s
landscape.
A team of park representatives
from all disciplines
— including maintenance,
history, natural resources
and law enforcement — have
been collaborating to determine
the course of action for
the park. They developed
See Park, Page A8.

A8 Sunday, June 7, 2009 The Vicksburg Post
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
Park
Continued from Page A7.
four possible alternatives
and have now decided on a
preferred alternative, Alternative
C, which entails clearing
90 acres of forested landscape,
reforesting 20-25 acres
of cleared area and removing
exotic plants from 22 acres of
forested wetlands.
The team will present the
preferred alternative at the
public meeting and open the
floor for public comment.
“Generally the public has
been supportive of what
we’re doing,” said VNMP
Superintendent Monika
Mayr. “(But) if we get a substantial
number of people
who say, ‘you’ve really
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.
Once a fine plantation home, the Messenger
house stood near the banks of the Big Black
River north of Bovina. During the War Between
the States, all the furnishings were stolen by
the Union army, but their actions were defended
by Gen. William T. Sherman. The house,
long abandoned, was demolished in about
1960. The photo is from the Old Court House
Museum collection.
City man nabbed on cocaine charge
A Vicksburg man was
arrested early Saturday morning
at his home and charged
with possession of cocaine,
Vicksburg Police Lt. Davey
Tuesday
• Vicksburg Board of Architectural Review,
4 p.m., room 109, City Hall Annex, 1415
Walnut St.
Wednesday
• Vicksburg Bridge Commission, 9:30 a.m.,
Warren County Courthouse, third floor meeting
room, BOS meeting room, third floor
Market
Continued from Page A7.
public meetings this week
from staff reports
moral support.”
Besides squash, tomatoes,
watermelons, peaches
and other produce, vendors
sold baked goods, jams, preserves,
candies, plants and
garden decorations such
as birdbaths and molded,
painted stepping stones.
Sellers of baked goods are
not required to have a health
department inspection but
must label every product
with complete ingredient
lists as well as their name,
address and phone number.
Each label must also indicated
that the item has been
“home processed,” Lasseter
said.
Jordan Wright, 6, was helping
her mother, Katie Wright,
and grandmother, Cappy
Martin, sell pralines, handpainted
sugar cookies, lemon
cookies and brownies at
Aunt Cappy’s Pralines and
Confections. Martin handed
out samples of her pralines,
which are made, she said,
with buttermilk to cut the
sugariness.
New this year is a covered
area with tables and chairs
Barnette said.
Kelvin White, 22, 701 Redbone
Road, was taken into custody
at 4 a.m. from charges on
an outstanding warrant, Barnette
said.
Bond was set at $10,000.
White was in Warren County
Jail Saturday night.
• Vicksburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen,
10 a.m., room 109, City Hall Annex, 1415
Walnut St.
Thursday
• Warren County Board of Supervisors, 8:30
a.m., Board of Supervisors building, rear conference
room
missed the mark’ ... then
we would step back and
regroup.”
The public can review the
alternative and the Environmental
Assessment statement
and electronically
submit comments at http://
parkplanning.nps.gov/VICK/.
for visitors to sit and enjoy
coffee or other beverage and
baked goods or fruit from the
vendors.
Anyone interested in
becoming a Friend of the
Vicksburg Farmers Market,
the fee is $30 and rewards
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and state officials are pushing
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10-month-old girl was killed
Saturday morning when the BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS coastal restoration projects.
2005 Chevrolet Malibu in
Federal and state officials
which she was riding ran off
agreed Friday to share the
the road and struck a tree.
$11.8 million cost to conduct
The driver, identified as
feasibility studies for the
19-year-old Shianne Bilberry
projects.
from Farmerville, received
The studies will look at
moderate injuries in the
restoring the land bridge
crash and was transported to
between Caillou Lake and the
Union General Hospital for
Gulf of Mexico and rebuilding
the shoreline at Point au
treatment. Her 10-month-old
daughter received serious
Fer Island.
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Hospital in critical con-
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morning.
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Bilberry was ticketed for
careless operation, no driver’s
license and failure to use
a child restraint.
Jackson pool stays
closed after drowning
JACKSON, Miss. — Jackson’s
interim recreation
director says he is not sure
when the city will reopen
a pool where a 17-year-old
drowned on Friday.
Jackson police Lt. Jeffery
Scott says lifeguards on duty
and a rescue crew both gave
CPR to Rubin Ledbetter after
he reportedly was found at
the bottom of the Russell C.
Davis pool.
Ledbetter was pronounced
dead at the University of Mississippi
Medical Center.
Interim Parks and Recreation
Director A.C. Jimerson
said his staff will meet
Monday to decide what
needs to be done.
City Councilman Kenneth
Stokes says he’s worried that
the pools are too crowded for
lifeguards to keep track of all
the children.
La. museum auctions
its classic cars, trucks
SHREVEPORT, La. — A
1978 Corvette pace car with
7.8 miles on the odometer
and a 1911 Model T light
delivery truck “known as Mr.
Pedro’s Pie Wagon” were put
up for auction Saturday at
Shreveport’s Antique & Classic
Car Museum.
Everything in the museum
was for sale — from a 1926
Essex Super 6 to a one-horse
open sleigh and the life-sized
model horse that posed in
front of it.
Museum founder Francene
Miller said in May that the
museum hadn’t kept enough
interest to keep either quality
exhibits or regular hours.
It closed to the general public
in May, but offered group
tours for students and the
elderly through Friday.
On Saturday, the first item
sold was a bright 1964 Ford
Thunderbird convertible
with a 325-horsepower V8
engine which sold for $8,000.
A 1963 half-ton custom
pickup truck made the highest
sale bid posted for any
vehicle — $10,500.
Although an online auction
site showed bids on Friday
of $5,750 for the pace car and
$3,600 for the Model T truck,
they were not sold because
the bids never reached the
unannounced minimum.
Canton hospital plans
move near interstate
CANTON, Miss. — Canton
officials will decide later this
month whether to approve a
plan to relocate the Madison
County Medical Center to 30
acres along Nissan Parkway
near Interstate 55.
Health Management Associates
Inc. received approval
from the Canton Zoning
Committee this week for its
new 110,000-square-foot facility
to replace the current
67-bed hospital in Canton.
Corps moves ahead
on 4 coastal projects
NEW ORLEANS — The
Army Corps of Engineers
OXFORD, Miss. — Two
brothers whose home was
destroyed by Hurricane
Katrina have a winning business
plan for a hurricaneseason
cake.
Russell and Stuart Adams
of New Orleans won $5,000
in the student division of the
Mississippi Technology Alliance
Business Plan Competition
in Jackson.
Stuart and Alexandra
DeBrock had the idea for a
cake shaped like the swirly
hurricane symbol used on
weather maps. DeBrock
developed the recipe. Russell
— a business major at OIe
Miss — contributed the business
plan.
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Jackson will make the cakes.
The group will sell from
a web site, www.hurricake.
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lost before the August 2005
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A judge ordered Barbara
Simmons Dowl into federal
custody after a jury convicted
her Friday of charges
that included wire fraud and
theft of government funds.
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The Vicksburg Post Sunday, June 7, 2009 A9
U.S. 61
Continued from Page A1.
Statistics from E-911
show rainfall may be only
a slight factor in all accidents
reported on 61, yet
the hotspots correlate to the
roughest driving traction.
Of 246 wrecks on 61 since
Jan. 1, 2008, 48 were in the
4000 block where Wilson’s
cruiser hit standing water
and flipped. The total is the
most for any single block on
the highway, according to
E-911.
Portions of the road north
of Interstate 20 had fewer
wrecks, mile-for-mile, but
was no less dangerous. Of
206 wrecks on U.S. 61 North
in the past 18 months, 63
occurred in the mile between
the interstate and Beechwood
Road.
Motorists might see
D-Day
Continued from Page A1.
played growing impatience
with North Korea and what
he called its “extraordinarily
provocative” nuclear and ballistic
missile tests. He suggested
that the North is testing
international patience as
diplomacy has failed to persuade
the reclusive government
to abandon its nuclear
weapons program.
Obama also took on Iran,
suspected by the West of
seeking to build its first
nuclear bomb, an accusation
Tehran denies. The president
has said military action
remains on the table, but has
offered to change U.S. policy
and engage in talks with
Tehran. He said Saturday,
though, it must be “tough
diplomacy.”
“We can’t afford a nuclear
arms race in the Middle
East,” Obama warned.
Sarkozy said he worries
about “insane statements” by
Iran’s president, Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad.
At the same time, Obama
is directing wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan — seeking to
end the first and stepping
up U.S. engagement in the
second. Both have lasted
longer than the U.S. involvement
in World War II.
This D-Day anniversary
assumed special significance
because veterans of the
battle are reaching their 80s
and 90s and their numbers
are dwindling. One American
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in news form for area residents,
their family members and for former
residents at no charge. Families wishing
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Frank Barham
improvements begin this
month to the south side of
the fabled north-south connector,
if state transportation
engineering plans hold.
Plans to resurface the
southern portion were programmed
into the Mississippi
Department of Transportation’s
“three-year”
plan last year and the work
is slated to begin in earnest
during fiscal 2009-10, said
Central District Engineer
Kevin Magee.
Inspectors are expected to
begin boring holes along portions
of the road to inspect
the thickness and strength
of the existing surface. Brief
lane closures are expected
throughout the preliminary
process, Magee said.
“It will definitely be a new
riding surface,” Magee said.
“We’re not sure which funding
approach it will be. It
depends on the scope of the
work.”
veteran, Jim Norene, who
fought with the 101st Airborne
Division, came back
for Saturday’s ceremony, but
died in his sleep Friday night.
“Jim was gravely ill when
he left his home, and he
knew that he might not
return,” Obama said. “But
just as he did 65 years ago, he
came anyway. May he now
rest in peace with the boys
he once bled with, and may
his family always find solace
in the heroism he showed
here.”
Joined by Sarkozy, British
Prime Minister Gordon
Brown, and Canadian Prime
Minister Stephen Harper,
Obama stopped first at the
gray granite visitors center
and then at an overlook
where the leaders talked at
length with two D-Day veterans
waiting at the top of the
once-bloody bluffs.
The sunny sky, crashing
waves, lush vegetation and
pleasant breezes created a
scene of seaside tranquility
at the spot one D-Day
veteran recalled as mostly
“darkness and confusion.”
“I lost a lot of pals on
D-Day,” said Norman Coleman
of Manchester, England.
He marked the day by
visiting several other burial
grounds scattered around
the region, where soldiers
were buried as they fell in
pitched battles over 12 decisive
weeks.
WEST POINT, Miss. —
Frank Barham, 76, died,
Friday, June 5, 2009 at the
Mississippi State Veterans
Home in Kosciusko.
Henry Franklin Barham
was born Oct. 11, 1932 in
Lowndes County to the late
Ruby Adair Barham and
Robert Doyle Barham. He
was a supervisor of data
processing for Amback in
Columbus for a number of
years. He was a member
of the Old Aberdeen Road
Church of Christ.
Mr. Barham graduated
with honors from Mississippi
State University and was a
veteran of the U. S. Army
during the Korean War.
He was preceded in death
by a baby brother, Charlie
Wayne Barham.
Survivors include three
daughters, Debra Baird
(Danny), and Gail Ray
(Junior) all of West Point,
and Nita Woodson (Stan) of
Vicksburg; one son, Bruce
Barham of Waco, Texas;
eight grandchildren, Stephanie
Craven (Chris), Erica
Davidson (Marcus), Justin
Baird (Bobbi Jo), Adam
Baird, Miles Baird, Conner
Baird, Tanner Woodson
and Bowen Woodson; five
great grandchildren, Jaden
Craven, Raylee Craven, John
Ross Craven, Welton Davidson
and Kyle Baird; one
sister, Frances Taylor (Don)
of Crawford; and two brothers,
Eldon Barham (Mary
Frances) of Caledonia and
Paul Barham (Janice) of
West Point.
Services will be Monday
at 2 p.m. at Calvert Funeral
Home Chapel in West Point
with brother Chris Craven
officiating. Burial will follow
in Sailors Cemetery near
Vernon, Ala.
Pallbearers will be his
grandsons Justin Baird,
Adam Baird, Miles Baird,
Conner Baird, Tanner Woodson,
Bowen Wooden, and
Marcus Davidson.
Memorials may be made to
Sally Kate Winters Home for
Children, P. O. Box 1233, West
Point, MS 39773 or to Palmer
Home for Children, P. O. Box
746, Columbus, MS 39701.
Visitation will be Monday
from Noon until service time
at Calvert Funeral Home.
Mary Lois Heslep
ROLLING FORK — Mary
Lois Heslep died Thursday,
June 4, 2009, at Sharkey-
Issaquena Hospital in Rolling
Fork. She was 78.
Mrs. Heslep was a lifelong
resident of Rolling Fork. She
was a member of First Baptist
Church of Rolling Fork.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Huey
Heslep.
Survivors include one son,
Dr. Mike Huoni of Leland;
GIBSON
MONUMENTS & VASES
6434 Highway 61 S
Vicksburg, MS 39180
The likeliest, Magee said,
will involve resurfacing and
repairing about nine miles of
rutted, traffic-beaten roadway.
Sections between Pemberton
Square Boulevard
and the Signal Hill area will
be repaved, as well as three
miles in each direction from
that point south to Redbone
Road.
“Depending on funding, we
may do two projects,” Magee
said. “Either way, we’re planning
on addressing that section
of roadway in FY 2010.”
A half-mile of the southbound
lane at Signal Hill
was reopened a year ago this
month after $6.2 million in
slope stabilization and road
replacement work detoured
motorists for more than
three years.
Magee said the finished
product will resemble about
nine miles in each direction
on U.S. 61 North, resurfaced
and restriped in 2008 with
$5.5 million in federal money.
Highway projects in the state
marked for funding under
the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009
have been bid out, Magee
said, but Federal Highway
Administration dollars are
expected to fund the bulk of
planned work on 61.
Four-laned for much of its
route through Mississippi,
U.S. 61 does not appear on a
$235 million list of projects to
be funded with stimulus dollars.
Sections of eight of the
14 U.S. routes in the state are
on the list, with resurfacing
projects involving each set to
receive more than $73.3 million
in stimulus funding.
Funding for highway projects
typically come from gasoline
taxes.
Fewer travelers nationwide
and higher prices for petroleum
byproducts like asphalt
have made road maintenance
more challenging, Central
District Commissioner Dick
Hall said.
“I wish 61 South was the
only problem we had,” Hall
said. “We have sites like that
all over the state.”
Hall, in his third term as
commissioner, and Magee,
entering his third full year
as the district’s lead engineer,
declined to attach any
urgency to the pending work.
Highly technical engineering
will determine the ratings
the road receives heading
into next year’s round of construction
projects.
“The health of the asphalt
underneath will determine
what we will mill out and
replace,” Magee said. “It’s
stuff we do every day.”
One local highway improvement
on MDOT’s 2009 project
calendar has progressed,
a resurfacing job on U.S.
80 from Mississippi 27 to
Bovina.
The associated press
Marine One, with the President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama onboard flies
over the beaches of Normandy after the ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the
Allied D-Day landings.
deaths
two daughters, Laurie Patterson
of Anguilla and Dr. Margaret
Stubbs of Louisville,
Ky.; a brother, Johnny Warnock
of Gainesville, Ga.; a
sister, Alma Lou Weissinger
of Rolling Fork; and five
grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.
Services were Saturday
at First Baptist Church in
Rolling Fork with the Rev.
Millard Caulder officiating.
Burial followed at Mound
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were William
Patterson, Pat Patterson,
Jackie Jenkins, Kelly Perry,
Michael Huoni and Tommy
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The ceremony at Omaha
Beach, on what is technically
U.S. soil at Collevillesur-Mer,
took place under an
American flag flying from a
metal pole hundreds of feet
high. The crowd of thousands
spread far back from
the leaders’ platform and
colonnade engraved with
these words: “This embattled
shore, portal of freedom,
is forever hallowed by
the ideals, the valor and the
sacrifice.”
With clusters of young
people sprinkled among the
graying heads and wheelchairs,
the audience spilled
down the path that cut
between some of the nearly
10,000 perfectly aligned white
crosses that mark the graves
of U.S. dead.
Issac Phillips, 84, recalled
having little idea what he
was getting into in the dark
early morning hours of
June 6, 1944, as a private in
the U.S. 22nd Infantry regiment
who crossed the English
Channel and landed at
nearby Utah Beach.
“The water was cold, the
boat was going like this” —
his arms spiked up and down
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— “and some of them fell in
the water. We are all close
together and we can’t move
very much at all. They say if
you stay close together, you
don’t get seasick. You get
seasick anyway.”
Allied forces charged the
shores of five beaches on
France’s northern coast,
facing German land mines,
machine guns and heavy
artillery. Some 215,000
Allied soldiers, and roughly
as many Germans, were
killed or wounded during
D-Day and the ensuing three
months.
TYLERTOWN — Doris
Mae Alford Smith died
Thursday, June 4, 2009. She
was 78.
Mrs. Smith was born March
11, 1931, in New Orleans.
Mrs. Smith was preceded
in death by her parents,
Alvin D. Alford Sr. and Willie
Mae Brock Alford; her only
brother A.D. Alford Jr.; and
her daughter Amy Lynn.
Surviors include her husband
of 62 years, Hugh M.
Smith Jr.; two sons, Hugh M.
Smith III of Tylertown and
Rick Smith of Vicksburg; two
daughters, Angie Foil of Centerville
and Rebecca Stogner
of Covington, La.; one sister,
Linda Lou Alford Flack;
eight grandchildren including
Jordan and Jake Smith
of Vicksburg; 10 great-grandchildren;
many nieces, nephews
and friends; and her
caretaker Mary Jane Holly.
A graveside service is
scheduled for today at 2 p.m.
at Rushing Cemetery in
Tylertown.
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of flowers, contributions may
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PRECISION FORECAST
BY CHIEF METEOROLOGIST
BARBIE BASSSETT
TODAY
90°
TONIGHT
67°
Enjoy the sun. There will
be plenty of it through the
week.
WEATHER
This weather package is
compiled from historical
records and information
provided by the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, the
City of Vicksburg and The
Associated Press.
LOCAL FORECAST
MONday-WEDNESday
Sunny; highs in the lower
90s, lows in the mid-70s
STATE FORECAST
TODAY
Sunny; highs in the upper
80s to lower 90s
MONDAY-WEDNESday
Mostly sunny; chance of
showers and thunderstorms
north; highs in the
upper 80s to lower 90s,
lows in the upper 60s to
lower 70s
Almanac
Highs and Lows
High/past 24 hours............. 85º
Low/past 24 hours.............. 56º
Average temperature........ 71º
Normal this date.................. 78º
Record low..............56º in 1894
Record high............97º in 1982
Rainfall
Recorded at the
Vicksburg Water Plant
Past 24 hours........................N/A
This month................. 0.59 inch
Total/year............. 25.51 inches
Normal/month......... 0.90 inch
Normal/year........ 27.73 inches
Solunar table
Most active times for fish
and wildlife Monday:
A.M. Active............................ 5:55
A.M. Most active..................N/A
P.M. Active............................. 6:21
P.M. Most active................12:08
Sunrise/sunset
Sunset today........................ 8:05
Sunset tomorrow............... 8:06
Sunrise tomorrow............. 5:55
RIVER DATA
saturday Stages
Mississippi River
at Vicksburg
Current: 43.7 | Change: -0.8
Flood: 43 feet
Yazoo River at Greenwood
Current: 19.0 | Change: +0.1
Flood: 35 feet
Yazoo River at Yazoo City
Current: 29.0 | Change: -0.5
Flood: 29 feet
Yazoo River at Belzoni
Current: 24.0 | Change: -0.3
Flood: 34 feet
Big Black River at West
Current: 4.8 | Change: N/C
Flood: 12 feet
Big Black River at Bovina
Current: 11.0 | Change: -1.6
Flood: 28 feet
StEELE BAYOU
saturday
Land....................................93.2
River....................................92.4
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
Forecast
Cairo, Ill.
Monday.................................. 30.3
Tuesday.................................. 30.0
Wednesday........................... 29.6
Arkansas City
Monday.................................. 30.2
Tuesday.................................. 29.9
Wednesday........................... 29.7
Greenville
Monday.................................. 43.0
Tuesday.................................. 42.5
Wednesday........................... 42.2
Vicksburg
Monday.................................. 41.7
Tuesday.................................. 41.2
Wednesday........................... 40.7

A10 Sunday, June 7, 2009 The Vicksburg Post
The associated press
People stand outside a day care center that went up in
flames in the city of Hermosillo, Mexico on Friday.
38 children die in fire
at Mexican day care
HERMOSILLO, Mexico
(AP) — Sobbing relatives
waited outside a morgue Saturday
to claim the bodies of
38 children killed in a day
care fire in northern Mexico
despite desperate attempts to
evacuate babies and toddlers
through the building’s only
exit. One father crashed his
pickup truck through the wall
to rescue his child.
Delfina Ruelas, 60, said her
grandchild German Leon died
of his burns Saturday morning,
three days after his fourth
birthday. She and her husband
saw television news reports
that the ABC day care was on
fire Friday and rushed over
that evening.
“I thought he wasn’t that
burned and that we would
find him OK, but he was very
burned,” said Ruelas, dissolving
into tears outside the
morgue in the northern city of
Hermosillo, where she waited
along with 30 other relatives.
“They operated on him yesterday,
and he held on, but today
he couldn’t hold on.”
Firefighters carried injured
children through the front
door — the building’s only
exit — and through large
holes that a civilian knocked
into the walls before rescue
crews arrived, according to a
fire department official who
spoke on condition of anonymity
because he was not authorized
to speak publicly about
the fire.
Government officials said
the day care in the city of
Hermosillo passed a recent
safety inspection even though
the converted warehouse had
only one exit and few windows
mounted high up.
The death toll rose to 35 after
several children died overnight.
At least 41 children and
six adults were hospitalized,
Sonora state Gov. Eduardo
Bours said. There were about
142 children in the day care at
the time, with ages ranging
from 6 months to 5 years.
The fire started at an
adjoining tire and car warehouse
leased by the state
government.
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2 bodies, ticket found near Brazil crash site
RECIFE, Brazil — Searchers
found two bodies and a
briefcase containing a ticket
for Air France Flight 447 in
the Atlantic Ocean close to
where the jetliner is believed
to have crashed, a Brazil military
official said Saturday.
The French agency investigating
the disaster, meanwhile,
said airspeed instruments
on the plane were not
replaced as the maker recommended
before it disappeared
in turbulent weather
nearly a week ago.
The French accident investigation
agency, BEA, found
the plane received inconsistent
airspeed readings from
different instruments as it
struggled in a massive thunderstorm
on its flight from
Rio de Janeiro to Paris with
228 people aboard.
The two male bodies were
recovered Saturday morning
about 70 kilometers (45
miles) south of where Air
world
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
France Flight 447 emitted its
last signals — roughly 400
miles northeast of the Fernando
de Noronha islands off
Brazil’s northern coast.
Brazilian air force spokesman
Col. Jorge Amaral
said an Air France ticket
was found inside a leather
briefcase.
9 more police killed
in Amazon protest
LIMA, Peru — At least
nine Peruvian police officers
were killed Saturday as soldiers
stormed an oil pumping
station in the Amazon where
Indian protesters were holding
police hostage, the country’s
defense minister said.
The deaths brought to 20
the number of police killed
— some with spears — since
security forces moved early
Friday to break up a roadblock
by indigenous Peruvians
who oppose government
moves to exploit oil, gas and
other resources.
It began early Friday when
security forces moved to
break up a roadblock by
some 5,000 natives that was
mounted in early April.
About 1,000 protesters seized
police during the melee,
taking more than three
dozen hostage, officials said.
Obama toughens
stance on N. Korea
CAEN, France — His
patience tested, President
Barack Obama on Saturday
promised a new and stronger
response to defiant North
Korea, saying that while he
prefers diplomacy he is now
taking a “very hard look” at
tougher measures. A Pentagon
official said no military
moves were planned.
Obama’s blunt language
seemed to point toward nonmilitary
penalties such as
financial sanctions against
North Korea, either within
the United Nations or by
Washington alone. U.S. allies
in Asia may consider new
moves to improve their own
military defenses.
“We are not intending to
continue a policy of rewarding
provocation,” he said,
alluding to recent North
Korea nuclear and missile
tests.
Officials have talked in
recent days of possible
further penalties against
North Korea, already one of
the most isolated nations.
Defense Secretary Robert
Gates has advised Asian
allies that additional military
defensive measures might be
warranted in light of North
Korea’s pattern of defiance
in advancing its missile and
nuclear arms programs.
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Dr. Thomas’
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Manipulating this gene is no
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NBA Finals
The Orlando Magic try
to shake off an embarrassing
loss and even
their series with the
Los Angeles Lakers at a
game apiece in Game
2 of the NBA Finals tonight
at 7 on ABC.
Preview, B3.
SCHEDULE
ALL-STAR GAMES
MAC Soccer
Saturday, 10 a.m./Noon
at Hinds C.C.
ON TV
1 p.m. TNT - Polesitter
Tony Stewart will start from
the back of the field after
wrecking his car in practice,
but he’ll still be a favorite
to win the Pocono
500 at Pocono International
Raceway.
WHO’S HOT
COREY STEVENS
Southern
Miss designated
hitter
and former
Hinds
Community
College
star doubled
and drove in three
runs in a 9-7 win over Florida
in Game 1 of Saturday’s
super regional in Gainesville,
Fla.
SIDELINES
Summer Bird wins
Belmont Stakes
NEW YORK (AP) — This
was a Belmont for the
Birds.
It was Summer Bird, not
Mine That Bird and jockey
Calvin Borel, who came
roaring down the long
stretch and won the final
jewel of the Triple Crown
on Saturday.
The upset ended Borel’s
bid to become the first
jockey to win a personal
Triple Crown, and he failed
to deliver on a guarantee
that he would win the Belmont
with the little gelding.
Borel won the Kentucky
Derby aboard Mine
That Bird, then won the
Preakness with Rachel Alexandra.
Summer Bird, sent off
at 11-1 odds, blew past
Dunkirk and Mine That
Bird to give jockey Kent
Desormeaux a Belmont
Stakes victory he desperately
wanted.
With the crowd cheering
on the leaders in the
stretch, Mine That Bird
made a huge move outside
and took a brief lead
over Dunkirk. But it was
Summer Bird who pulled
away for a 2 3/4-length victory
over Dunkirk. Mine
That Bird was third in the
field of 10 3-year-olds.
“I thought I was home
free,” Borel said, “but the
other horses galloped by.”
LOTTERY
La. Pick 3: 5-8-0
La. Pick 4: 4-5-3-9
Easy 5: 2-9-13-28-33
La. Lotto: 6-7-14-19-31-33
Powerball: 10-18-23-30-45
Powerball: 2; Power play: 3
Weekly results: B2
By The Associated Press
GAINESVILLE, Fla. —
Southern Miss wasn’t even
sure it was going to get
an invitation to the NCAA
Tournament. Now, the
Golden Eagles are one win
away from an even more
improbable berth.
Corey Stevens drove in
three runs, reliever Jonathan
Johnston pitched 3 2/3
scoreless innings and Southern
Miss beat Florida 9-7 in
an NCAA super regional
By Jeff Byrd
jbyrd@vicksburgpost.com
OXFORD — Another
eighth inning meltdown cost
Ole Miss an opportunity
to go to the College World
Series.
Virginia (47-13-1) rallied
for two runs in the bottom of
the eighth and then got out
of a ninth inning jam to beat
Ole Miss 4-3 in Game 2 of the
NCAA Tournament’s Oxford
Regional and even the bestof-three
series. Game 3 is set
for today at 2 p.m., with the
winner advancing to Omaha.
Virginia coach Brian
O’Connor accurately
summed up what most
Ole Miss fans felt as they
departed Oxford Stadium.
“It’s so hard to get to
Omaha,” O’Connor said.
“Not only do you have to
be good, but the ball has to
bounce your way in a key
spot. You have to have some
luck.”
Up 3-2 and five outs away
from its first College World
Series since 1972,Ole Miss’
luck ran bad.
An easy, one-out groundball
to Evan Button at
second base resulted in a
poor throw that allowed
Danny Hultzman to reach.
“It’s a play I make 99 percent
of the time,” Button
said. “I wish I could have it
back.”
From staff reports
The Vicksburg Swim
Association’s annual meet
is named for the Stamm
family, who for years helped
build the sport in the city.
The Mississippi Makos are
just making it their own.
The Makos, a team based
in Jackson, won 45 of 57
events in Saturday’s longcourse
portion of the Stamm
Invitational to take a commanding
lead in the team
standings heading into the
last day of the meet today.
The Makos won 256 of a possible
392 points on the boys’
side, and 279 of a possible
365 points in the girls’ meet.
The Makos’ boys’ team
leads second-place Sunkist
Swim Team 514-110, while
the girls’ team is ahead of
Sunkist 612-141. The boys’
VSA squad is in fourth
THE VICKSBURG POST
SPORTS
sunDAY, june 7, 2009 • SECTION B
PUZZLES B8
Steve Wilson, sports editor | E-mail: sports@vicksburgpost.com | Tel: 601.636.4545 ext 142
Southern Miss
stuns Florida
gainesville
Super Regional
USM vs. Florida
TV: ESPN2
Game 1: USM 9,
Florida 7
Game 2: Today, 6 p.m.
Game 3: Monday, noon
or 6 p.m. (if necessary)
opener Saturday. The Eagles
(39-24), the biggest surprise
of the tournament, are one
win away from going to their
Makos cruising at
Stamm Invitational
SWImmINg
place, with 108 points, while
the girls’ team is in third
with 77 points.
Among the VSA swimmers,
Cicily Chiarito was
second in the girls’ 200
meter backstroke and third
in the 100 meter butterfly,
while Emily Sluis was third
in the 100 meter breaststroke.
The 12-and-under
200 meter freestyle relay
team of Katie Martin, Afton
Wallace, Mya Chappell and
Blaine Butler also finished
third.
The Makos also dominated
the short-course meet for
younger swimmers, beating
Lagold 354-78 on the boys’
side, and the VSA team
389-85 in the girls’ meet.
Both VSA teams turned in
strong efforts on Saturday.
Mallory Claire Dickey and
first College World Series.
“It’s incredible,” second
baseman James Ewing said.
“This has been a storybook
end of the year for us. It was
Hultzman stole second,
one of five stolen bases
for the Cavs, and Goforth
walked Steven Proscia.
Franco Valdes then singled
to right to score Hultzman
with the tying run while Proscia
went to third.
John Barr then beat out a
relay throw on a grounder
to short, allowing Proscia to
score and make it 4-3.
“We made an error like
that at second yesterday and
they cashed in, and we got
that opportunity today and
we cashed in,” Valdes said.
In the ninth, Ole Miss
(44-19) got a leadoff double
from Zach Miller, who then
advanced to third on a sacrifice
bunt by Michael Hubbard.
O’Connor removed
reliever Andrew Carraway
and brought in Matt Packer
to face Ole Miss’ Kevin Mort.
Mort flied out to shallow
left for the second out,
and the ball wasn’t deep
enough for Miller to tag up
and score. The left-handed
Packer then fell behind 2-0
to pinch-hitter Tim Ferguson.
O’Connor decided to
go for the walk and take his
chances against All-SEC outfielder
Jordan Henry.
“I broke a cardinal rule,
putting the go-ahead run on,
but I wanted, after running
it quickly through my mind,
a lefty-on-lefty matchup
Tommy Martin each had
four top-three finishes in the
girls and boys’ 8-and-under
divisions, respectively, and
Conner Clark was second
in the boys’ 8-and-under 50
kind of a coin flip if we were
going to get into the tournament
or not. It feels great to
One that got away
8th inning
errors costly
for Rebels
The associaTed Press
Ole Miss’ Matt Snyder cradles his head during the last inning of Saturday’s super regional
game in Oxford. Virginia beat Ole Miss, 4-3, to force a deciding Game 3 today at 2 p.m.
See Ole Miss, Page B4.
The associaTed Press
Southern Miss’ B.A. Vollmuth (3) is congratulated by teammates
after hitting a home run in the second inning against
Florida on Saturday.
See USM, Page B4.
Oxford
Super Regional
Virginia vs. Ole Miss
TV: ESPN2
Radio: 1490 AM
Game 1: Ole Miss 4,
Virginia 3, 12 innings
Game 2: Virginia 4,
Ole Miss 3
Game 3: Today, 2 p.m.
Inside
Game 3 situation all too
familiar for Rebels•B4
LSU, Arkansas, Fullerton
advance to CWS•B4
KATIE CARTER•The Vicksburg PosT
Jonah Juve, 10, swims the 100 meter freestyle for the Vicksburg
Swim Association team at Saturday’s Stamm Family
Invitational at City Pool.
meter backstroke.
The meet concludes today
at 9 a.m., with another day
of long-course events at City
Pool. Admission to the meet
is free.
pREp BASEBALL
Baseball
standouts
shine at
Trustmark
By Steve Wilson
swilson@vicksburgpost.com
PEARL — Saturday’s
Crossroads Diamond Club
All-Star baseball game at
Trustmark Park was good
for a lot of reasons.
It made teammates out of
former enemies and allowed
some players to don their
high school uniforms for the
final time. It also allowed college
scouts to get a look at
some of the top talent in the
state.
And it allowed a trio of
Warren County baseball
players to return to the place
where state championships
are won.
St. Aloysius catcher Sean
Weaver, who won a Class 1A
state title just a few weeks
ago at Trustmark, played in
the Class 1A/2A/3A game
and went 0-for-3 for the
South squad. The North won
6-4.
Amory’s Kyle Montet won
North MVP honors by going
2-for-3 with two RBIs, while
Taylorsville’s Billy Hamilton
was the South MVP.
Vicksburg second baseman
Blake Hynum and shortstop
Bowen Woodson, who lost to
East Central in the 2008 Class
4A state title series, played
in the Class 4A/5A game and
had a base hit apiece for the
North squad, which lost 9-4.
In the 4A/5A game, the
South All-Stars jumped out
to a 3-0 lead in the first and
never looked back, adding
four runs in the fourth inning
to salt the contest away.
“It was fun,” Woodson
said. “Getting to hang out
with all the guys, really getting
to know everybody that
we’ve played against — that
have been our enemies — it’s
great to get to know them.”
Picayune’s Jared Bales
went 2-for-2 with a double
and four RBIs to earn South
MVP honors, while West
Lauderdale’s Darren Farmer
went 2-for-3 to take North
MVP honors.
Despite the loss, the lure
of playing in Trustmark and
getting to play on an all-star
team still made for a great
day of baseball.
The Vicksburg pair
checked in for the sixth
inning, with Woodson going
to shortstop and Hynum
going to center field.
In the bottom of the frame,
with Hynum batting in the
nine hole, he poked a chopper
up the middle for a base
hit.
Woodson, who was hitting
leadoff, got the call for a hit
and run but was unable to
make contact and Hynum
was tagged out easily at
second.
Woodson later lanced a
single up the middle for
his hit and returned to the
dugout at the end of the
inning for a little ribbing
from his VHS teammate.
“It was pretty cool, except
for his first at-bat,” Hynum
said, laughing. “We had a hit
and run and he didn’t do his
job.”
All three will be playing
baseball at the next level.
Weaver and Hynum will be
teammates at Hinds Community
College, while Woodson
will be heading to Tulane.
Woodson will be playing for
summer ball team in Jackson,
the 96ers, working out
and trying to bulk up for
a spot in the Green Wave
infield.

B2 Sunday, June 7, 2009 The Vicksburg Post
on tv
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUTO RACING
1 p.m. TNT - NASCAR, Sprint Cup,
Pocono 500
2 p.m. Fox - Formula One, Turkish
Grand Prix (tape)
3 p.m. ESPN2 - NHRA, Route 66 Nationals,
final eliminations (tape)
4:30 p.m. Speed - GP2 Championship
Series (tape)
COLLEGE BASEBALL
11 a.m. ESPN - East Carolina at
North Carolina
2 p.m. ESPN - Virginia at Ole Miss
6 p.m. ESPN2 - So. Miss at Florida
9 p.m. ESPN2 - Clemson at Arizona St.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Noon WGN - Chicago Cubs at
Cincinnati
12:30 p.m. TBS - Texas at Boston
7 p.m. ESPN - Philadelphia at
Los Angeles Dodgers
GOLF
8 a.m. TGC - European PGA Tour,
Wales Open
11 a.m. TGC - PGA Tour, The Memorial
Tournament
Noon ESPN2 - LPGA, State Farm
Classic
1 p.m. TGC - Nationwide Tour, Prince
George’s County Open
1:30 p.m. CBS - PGA Tour, The Memorial
Tournament
3 p.m. NBC - LPGA, State Farm Classic
6 p.m. TGC - Champions Tour, Triton
Financial Classic (tape)
NBA FINALS
7 p.m. ABC - Orlando at L.A. Lakers,
Game 2
TENNIS
8 a.m. NBC - French Open, men’s
championship
TRACK AND FIELD
1 p.m. NBC - Prefontaine Classic, at
Eugene, Ore.
sidelines
from staff & AP reports
Tennis
Kuznetsova earns
French Open title
PARIS — Svetlana Kuznetsova
conquered her nerves and beat
a shaky Dinara Safina to win the
French Open.
Showing uncharacteristic calm,
Kuznetsova earned her second
Grand Slam title Saturday by
defeating Safina 6-4, 6-2 in an all-
Russian matchup. Jitters have
often betrayed Kuznetsova down
the stretch in big matches, but she
swept the final four games with
steady play.
Today, Roger Federer will play
in his fourth consecutive Roland
Garros final, with one big difference
— he’s facing Robin Soderling,
not Rafael Nadal. Federer will
bid for his 14th major title to match
Pete Sampras’ record, and he’ll try
to become the sixth man to win all
four Grand Slam titles.
Golf
Bettencourt, Wilson
share Memorial lead
DUBLIN, Ohio — PGA Tour
rookie Matt Bettencourt and Mark
Wilson survived a roller-coaster
afternoon at the Memorial to share
the 54-hole lead, with Tiger Woods
and a pack of major champions
behind them.
Bettencourt made eight birdies
to offset his mistakes in a round of
4-under 68. Wilson bogeyed his first
three holes, but recovered for a 69
to join the rookie at 9-under 207.
Former U.S. Open champion Geoff
Ogilvy had a tournament best 63 to
get into contention. Woods made
his move on the back nine for a 68,
while Davis Love III and Jim Furyk
were among those within four shots
of the lead.
flashback
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
June 7
1930 — Gallant Fox, ridden by
Earle Sande, wins the Belmont
Stakes by three lengths over
Whichone, becoming the second
horse to capture the Triple Crown.
1941 — Whirlaway, ridden by
Eddie Arcaro, becomes the fifth
horse to win the Triple Crown by
capturing the Belmont Stakes by 2
1/2 lengths over Robert Morris.
1998 — Utah breaks the record for
fewest points in an NBA game since
the inception of the shot clock,
losing 96-54 to Chicago in Game 3
of the NBA Finals. It’s the highest
margin of victory in NBA Finals
history. Utah’s 54 points breaks the
NBA-record of 55 set earlier in the
season by Indiana.
2003 — Justine Henin-Hardenne
beats Kim Clijsters 6-0, 6-4 at the
French Open, in the first all-Belgian
Grand Slam final. Henin-Hardenne
becomes her nation’s first Grand
Slam winner.
SCOREBOARD
major league baseball
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Boston...........................33 23 .589 —
New York......................32 23 .582 1/2
Toronto..........................31 27 .534 3
Tampa Bay...................29 28 .509 4 1/2
Baltimore.......................24 31 .436 8 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Detroit............................29 25 .537 —
Minnesota......................28 29 .491 2 1/2
Chicago.........................26 29 .473 3 1/2
Kansas City...................24 31 .436 5 1/2
Cleveland......................24 34 .414 7
West Division
W L Pct GB
Texas............................32 23 .582 —
Los Angeles..................28 26 .519 3 1/2
Seattle...........................27 29 .482 5 1/2
Oakland.........................23 30 .434 8
Friday’s Late Games
Oakland 9, Baltimore 1
Minnesota 2, Seattle 1, 10 innings
Saturday’s Games
Tampa Bay 9, N.Y. Yankees 7
Kansas City 6, Toronto 2
Chicago White Sox 4, Cleveland 2
Seattle 2, Minnesota 1
Detroit 2, L.A. Angels 1
Boston 8, Texas 1
Baltimore at Oakland, (n)
Today’s Games
L.A. Angels (Saunders 6-4) at Detroit (Porcello
6-4), 12:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Garza 4-4) at N.Y. Yankees (Chamberlain
3-1), 12:05 p.m.
Kansas City (Davies 2-5) at Toronto (Halladay
9-1), 12:07 p.m.
Texas (Padilla 3-3) at Boston (Matsuzaka 1-3),
12:35 p.m.
Cleveland (D.Huff 0-2) at Chicago White Sox
(B.Colon 3-5), 1:05 p.m.
Baltimore (R.Hill 2-0) at Oakland (Mazzaro 1-0),
3:05 p.m.
Minnesota (Slowey 8-1) at Seattle (Bedard 4-2),
3:10 p.m.
———
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Philadelphia...................32 22 .593 —
New York......................29 25 .537 3
Atlanta...........................26 28 .481 6
Florida...........................27 30 .474 6 1/2
Washington...................15 39 .278 17
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Milwaukee.....................33 23 .589 —
St. Louis........................31 25 .554 2
Cincinnati......................29 26 .527 3 1/2
Chicago.........................27 26 .509 4 1/2
Pittsburgh......................26 29 .473 6 1/2
Houston.........................24 30 .444 8
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles..................39 19 .672 —
San Francisco...............28 26 .519 9
San Diego.....................25 29 .463 12
Arizona..........................24 31 .436 13 1/2
Colorado........................23 32 .418 14 1/2
Friday’s Late Games
Arizona 8, San Diego 0
L.A. Dodgers 4, Philadelphia 3
Saturday’s Games
L.A. Dodgers 3, Philadelphia 2, 12 innings
Florida 5, San Francisco 4
Washington 7, N.Y. Mets 1
Pittsburgh 6, Houston 4
Cincinnati 4, Chicago Cubs 3, 11 innings
Milwaukee 3, Atlanta 0
Colorado 10, St. Louis 1
Arizona at San Diego, (n)
Today’s Games
Chicago Cubs (R.Wells 0-2) at Cincinnati (Arroyo
7-4), 12:10 p.m.
Milwaukee (M.Parra 3-7) at Atlanta (Hanson 0-0),
12:35 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Li.Hernandez 4-1) at Washington
(Stammen 0-1), 12:35 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Snell 1-6) at Houston (F.Paulino 1-4),
1:05 p.m.
Colorado (Jimenez 3-6) at St. Louis (Pineiro 5-5),
1:15 p.m.
Arizona (Haren 4-4) at San Diego (Geer 1-1),
3:05 p.m.
San Francisco (Lincecum 4-1) at Florida (Nolasco
2-5), 4:05 p.m.
Philadelphia (Bastardo 1-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Wolf
3-1), 7:05 p.m.
BREWERS 3, BRAVES 0
Milwaukee
Atlanta
ab r h bi
ab r h bi
Counsll 2b 4 0 2 1 KJhnsn 2b 5 0 1 0
Hardy ss 4 0 0 0 Escoar ss 5 0 1 0
Braun lf 4 0 0 0 McLoth cf 3 0 1 0
Fielder 1b 3 2 2 2 C.Jones 3b 2 0 0 0
MCmrn cf 4 0 1 0 DHrndz 3b 1 0 0 0
McGeh 3b 0 0 0 0 McCnn c 4 0 1 0
Gamel 3b 3 0 1 0 GAndrs lf 4 0 0 0
Hall 3b-cf 1 0 0 0 Francr rf 3 0 1 0
Hart rf 4 0 1 0 Prado 1b 4 0 2 0
Kendall c 4 1 1 0 JVazqz p 1 0 0 0
Suppan p 1 0 0 0 Norton ph 0 0 0 0
Coffey p 0 0 0 0 OFlhrt p 0 0 0 0
Stetter p 0 0 0 0 Moylan p 0 0 0 0
Gerut ph 0 0 0 0 RSorin p 0 0 0 0
Villanv p 0 0 0 0 M.Diaz ph 1 0 0 0
Hoffmn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3 Totals 33 0 7 0
Milwaukee......................000 011 100 — 3
Atlanta............................000 000 000 — 0
DP—Atlanta 1. LOB—Milwaukee 5, Atlanta 11.
2B—Counsell (7), Gamel (4). 3B—McCann (1).
HR—Fielder 2 (15). SB—McLouth (8), G.Anderson
(1), Francoeur (2). CS—Gerut (1). S—Suppan,
J.Vazquez.
IP H R ER BB SO
Milwaukee
Suppan W,4-4 5 1-3 6 0 0 3 2
Coffey H,9 1-3 0 0 0 1 1
Stetter H,10 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 1
Villanueva H,8 1 0 0 0 0 2
Hoffman S,15-15 1 1 0 0 0 0
Atlanta
J.Vazquez L,4-5 6 4 2 2 0 7
O’Flaherty 1-3 2 1 1 0 0
Moylan 1 2-3 1 0 0 1 1
R.Soriano 1 1 0 0 1 1
Umpires—Home, Marvin Hudson; First, James
Hoye; Second, Lance Barksdale; Third, Randy
Marsh.
T—2:57. A—32,721 (49,743).
ROCKIES 10, CARDINALS 1
Colorado
St. Louis
ab r h bi
ab r h bi
S.Smith lf 4 2 2 0 Schmkr 2b 4 0 0 0
Brmes ss-2b 5 1 2 3 Ankiel cf 3 1 1 1
Helton 1b 2 1 0 1 Pujols 1b 4 0 0 0
Atkins 3b 2 0 0 0 Ludwck rf 4 0 1 0
Tlwtzk ss 2 0 0 0 Duncan lf 3 0 0 0
Hawpe rf 4 2 1 0 LaRue c 3 0 1 0
Stwart 2b-3b 4 3 3 5 Thurstn 3b 3 0 0 0
CGnzlz cf 4 0 0 0 Hwksw p 0 0 0 0
Bellorn c 4 0 1 0 Wllmyr p 2 0 1 0
Cook p 3 0 0 0 BrRyan ss 1 0 0 0
Splrghs ph 1 1 0 1 TGrn ss-3b 3 0 0 0
Daley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 10 9 10 Totals 30 1 4 1
Colorado........................100 302 004 — 10
St. Louis.........................000 001 000 — 1
E—T.Greene (1). DP—Colorado 1. LOB—
Colorado 3, St. Louis 3. 2B—Hawpe (16), Stewart
(7). HR—Barmes (6), Stewart 2 (11), Ankiel (3).
SF—Helton.
IP H R ER BB SO
Colorado
Cook W,4-3 8 4 1 1 1 4
Daley 1 0 0 0 0 1
St. Louis
Wellemeyer L,5-6 7 6 6 6 3 6
Hawksworth 2 3 4 4 1 1
Umpires—Home, Jim Reynolds; First, Angel Hernandez;
Second, Bill Welke; Third, Tim Welke.
minor league baseball
Southern League
North Division
W L Pct. GB
Huntsville (Brewers)......31 23 .574 —
Carolina (Reds).............31 25 .554 1
Tennessee (Cubs)........24 33 .421 8 1/2
Chattanooga (Dodgers).23 33 .411 9
West Tenn (Mariners)... 22 34 .393 10
South Division
W L Pct. GB
Birmingham (W. Sox)...37 18 .673 —
Mobile (Diamondbacks).32 25 .561 6
Mississippi (Braves)...28 29 .491 10
Jacksonville (Marlins)...27 30 .474 11
Montgomery (Rays)......26 31 .456 12
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Saturday’s Games
Carolina 2, Jacksonville 1
Tennessee 5, Chattanooga 3
Birmingham 6, Montgomery 1
Huntsville 7, West Tenn 5
Mississippi 4, Mobile 3, 11 innings
Today’s Games
Huntsville at West Tenn, 2:05 p.m., 1st game
Huntsville at West Tenn, 5:05 p.m., 2nd game
Montgomery at Birmingham, 2:05 p.m.
Carolina at Jacksonville, 2:05 p.m.
Chattanooga at Tennessee, 4 p.m.
Mississippi at Mobile, 6:05 p.m.
college baseball
NCAA Super Regionals
(Best-of-3)
The visiting team plays as the home team in
Game 2; a coin flip determines home team for
Game 3
Arkansas vs. Florida State
At Tallahassee, Fla.
Friday: Arkansas 7, Florida State 2
Saturday: Arkansas 9, Florida State 8, Arkansas
advances to College World Series
Virginia vs. Ole Miss
At Oxford, Miss.
Friday: Ole Miss 4, Virginia 3, 12 innings
Saturday: Virginia 4, Ole Miss 3
Today: Virginia (47-13-1) vs. Ole Miss (44-19),
2 p.m.
Rice vs. LSU
At Baton Rouge, La.
Friday: LSU 12, Rice 9
Saturday: LSU 5, Rice 3, LSU advances to College
World Series
Louisville vs. Cal State Fullerton
At Fullerton, Calif.
Friday: Cal State Fullerton 12, Louisville 0
Saturday: Cal State Fullerton 11, Louisville 2, Cal
State Fullerton advances to College World Series
TCU vs. Texas
At Austin, Texas
Saturday: Texas 10, TCU 4
Today: TCU (39-17) vs. Texas (45-13-1), 2 p.m.
Monday: TCU vs. Texas, Noon or 6 p.m., if necessary
Southern Miss vs. Florida
At Gainesville, Fla.
Saturday: Southern Miss 9, Florida 7
Today: USM (39-4) vs. Florida (42-21), 6 p.m.
Monday: Southern Miss vs. Florida, Noon or 6
p.m., if necessary
East Carolina vs. North Carolina
At Chapel Hill, N.C.
Saturday: North Carolina 10, East Carolina 1
Today: East Carolina (46-19) vs. North Carolina
(46-16), 11 a.m.
Monday: East Carolina vs. North Carolina, Noon
or 6 p.m., if necessary
Clemson vs. Arizona State
At Tempe, Ariz.
Saturday: Clemson (44-20) vs. ASU (47-12), (n)
Today: Clemson vs. Arizona State, 9 p.m.
Monday: Clemson vs. ASU, 6 p.m., if necessary
ARKANSAS 9, FLORIDA STATE 8
At Tallahassee, Fla.
Florida State......................... 000 140 003—8 10 2
Arkansas ...............................000 100 512—9 10 0
WP-Richards (6-1). LP-Posey (0-1).
HRs—Arkansas, Wilkins (18), Darr (4). Florida
State, McGee (19).
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VIRGINIA 4, OLE MISS 3
At Oxford, Miss.
Ole Miss ..................................200 001 000—3 6 2
Virginia....................................001 100 02x—4 8 2
WP-Carraway (8-1). LP-Goforth (1-1). Sv-Packer
(3).
HR-Ole Miss, Power (7).
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LSU 5, RICE 3
At Baton Rouge, La.
LSU........................................100 121 000—5 10 1
Rice........................................001 101 000—3 9 0
WP-Coleman (13-2). LP-Berry (7-2). Sv-Ott (16).
HRs-LSU, Helenihi (4). Rice, Holt (12), Seastrunk
(7).
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CAL STATE FULLERTON 11, LOUISVILLE 2
At Fullerton, Calif.
C.S.-Fullerton ......................410 010 500—11 12 1
Louisville..............................010 100 000— 2 5 1
WP-No.Ramirez (9-1). LP-Marks (11-3).
HR-Cal State Fullerton, Clark (12). Louisville,
Dominguez 2 (25).
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SOUTHERN MISS 9, FLORIDA 7
At Gainesville, Fla.
Southern Miss ......................011 034 000—9 12 1
Florida...................................004 020 001— 7 12 1
WP-Johnston (1-0). LP-Keating (4-4). Sv-Cargill
(12).
HRs-Southern Miss, Vollmuth (7). Florida, Foster
(7).
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NORTH CAROLINA 10, EAST CAROLINA 1
At Chapel Hill, N.C.
East Carolina ..........................010 000 000—1 9 1
North Carolina ....................002 007 01x— 10 17 1
WP-White (8-4). LP-Maness (9-3).
HRs-East Carolina, Henderson (13). North Carolina—K.Seager
(5).
nba
NBA FINALS
(Best-of-7)
Orlando vs. L.A. Lakers
June 4: L.A. Lakers 100, Orlando 75, Lakers lead
series 1-0
Today: Orlando at L.A. Lakers, 7 p.m.
Tuesday: L.A. Lakers at Orlando, 8 p.m.
Thursday: L.A. Lakers at Orlando, 8 p.m.
June 14: L.A. at Orlando 7 p.m., if necessary
June 16: Orlando at L.A., 8 p.m., if necessary
June 18: Orlando at L.A., 8 p.m., if necessary
nhl
STANLEY CUP FINALS
(Best-of-7)
Detroit vs. Pittsburgh
May 30: Detroit 3, Pittsburgh 1
May 31: Detroit 3, Pittsburgh 1
June 2: Pittsburgh 4, Detroit 2
June 4: Pittsburgh 4, Detroit 2
Saturday: Detroit 5, Pittsburgh 0, Detroit leads
series 3-2
Tuesday: Detroit at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Friday: Pittsburgh at Detroit, 7 p.m., if necessary
nascar
Sprint Cup
Pocono 500 Lineup
At Pocono Raceway
Long Pond, Pa.
Lap length: 2.5 miles
Race Sunday
Starting order based on 2009 owner points
(Car number in parentheses)
1. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet.
2. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet.
3. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge.
4. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet.
5. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota.
6. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota.
7. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford.
8. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford.
9. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet.
10. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford.
11. (5) Mark Martin, Chevrolet.
12. (00) David Reutimann, Toyota.
13. (9) Kasey Kahne, Dodge.
14. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet.
15. (33) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet.
16. (83) Brian Vickers, Toyota.
17. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet.
18. (1) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet.
19. (47) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota.
20. (07) Casey Mears, Chevrolet.
21. (26) Jamie McMurray, Ford.
22. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota.
23. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet.
24. (43) Reed Sorenson, Dodge.
25. (77) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge.
26. (19) Elliott Sadler, Dodge.
27. (96) Bobby Labonte, Ford.
28. (12) David Stremme, Dodge.
29. (44) A.J. Allmendinger, Dodge.
30. (6) David Ragan, Ford.
31. (55) Michael Waltrip, Toyota.
32. (98) Paul Menard, Ford.
33. (7) Robby Gordon, Toyota.
34. (34) John Andretti, Chevrolet.
35. (09) Sterling Marlin, Dodge.
36. (82) Scott Speed, Toyota.
37. (71) David Gilliland, Chevrolet.
38. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota.
39. (36) Patrick Carpentier, Toyota.
40. (66) Dave Blaney, Toyota.
41. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet.
42. (51) Dexter Bean, Dodge.
x-43. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet.
x-Qualified first, but will start 43rd because of an
accident in practice.
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Points leaders
1. Tony Stewart............................................... 1,853
2. Jeff Gordon.................................................. 1,807
3. Jimmie Johnson.......................................... 1,789
4. Kurt Busch................................................... 1,762
5. Ryan Newman............................................. 1,680
6. Kyle Busch.................................................. 1,634
7. Denny Hamlin.............................................. 1,630
8. Matt Kenseth............................................... 1,625
9. Greg Biffle................................................... 1,618
10. Jeff Burton................................................. 1,587
11. Carl Edwards............................................. 1,582
12. Mark Martin............................................... 1,567
13. David Reutimann....................................... 1,536
14. Kasey Kahne............................................. 1,501
15. Juan Pablo Montoya................................. 1,475
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Nationwide Series
Federated Auto Parts 300 Results
Saturday
At Nashville Superspeedway
Lebanon, Tenn.
Lap length: 1.333 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (1) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 225 laps, 149.2 rating,
195 points.
2. (10) Brad Keselowski, Chevy, 225, 125.5, 175.
3. (6) Carl Edwards, Ford, 225, 121.6, 170.
4. (8) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, 225, 112.1, 165.
5. (12) Jason Leffler, Toyota, 225, 110.9, 160.
6. (9) Stephen Leicht, Chevrolet, 225, 105.4, 150.
7. (16) Steve Wallace, Chevrolet, 224, 99.5, 146.
8. (3) Michael McDowell, Toyota, 224, 96, 147.
9. (27) Erik Darnell, Ford, 224, 84.4, 143.
10. (4) Brad Coleman, Toyota, 224, 98.6, 134.
11. (5) Scott Lagasse Jr., Toyota, 223, 104.5, 130.
12. (35) Shelby Howard, Chevrolet, 223, 80, 127.
13. (24) Justin Allgaier, Dodge, 223, 78, 124.
14. (21) Bobby Hamilton Jr., 223, 76.4, 121.
15. (22) Burney Lamar, Toyota, 222, 77.2, 118.
16. (28) Kenny Wallace, Chevrolet, 221, 82, 120.
17. (43) Morgan Shepherd, Chevy, 221, 70.5, 112.
18. (42) Danny O’Quinn Jr., Chevy, 219, 60, 109.
19. (40) Tony Raines, Chevrolet, 219, 51.2, 106.
20. (37) Brandon Whitt, Ford, 218, 47.2, 103.
21. (29) Robert Richardson Jr., 218, 54.1, 100.
22. (30) Eric McClure, Ford, 218, 45.9, 97.
23. (18) Kevin Conway, Toyota, 213, 61.2, 94.
24. (7) Brendan Gaughan, Chevy, 211, 75.7, 91.
25. (38) Marc Davis, electrical, 182, 45.4, 88.
26. (11) Jason Keller, Ford, 170, 77.4, 85.
27. (31) Michael Annett, Toyota, 143, 46.6, 82.
28. (2) Trevor Bayne, accident, 128, 78.1, 79.
29. (13) Sean Caisse, accident, 127, 71.1, 0.
30. (25) Brian Keselowski, accident, 127, 52.1, 73.
31. (15) Cale Gale, accident, 123, 74.4, 70.
32. (19) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., wreck, 123, 60, 67.
33. (33) Scott Wimmer, Chevrolet, wheel bearing,
79, 49.3, 64.
34. (39) Kevin Lepage, engine, 64, 39.7, 61.
35. (26) Kertus Davis, vibration, 30, 45, 58.
36. (17) Willie Allen, vibration, 16, 42.8, 55.
37. (32) Kelly Bires, Chevy, brakes, 9, 40.6, 52.
38. (23) Johnny Chapman, vibration, 8, 39, 49.
39. (41) Mike Harmon, accident, 4, 37.5, 46.
40. (34) Casey Atwood, accident, 4, 35.9, 43.
41. (36) Brad Baker, Ford, accident, 4, 33.4, 40.
42. (14) John Wes Townley, accident, 2, 34.1, 37.
43. (20) Mark Green, Chevy, vibration, 1, 31.3, 34.
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Race Statistics
Average Speed of Race Winner: 129.682 mph.
Time of Race: 2 hours, 18 minutes, 46 seconds.
Margin of Victory: 0.891 seconds.
Caution Flags: 4 for 24 laps.
Lead Changes: 12 among 8 drivers.
Lap Leaders: K.Busch 1-67; C.Edwards 68; Bra.
Keselowski 69-72; J.Leffler 73-93; K.Wallace
94-100; K.Busch 101-115; J.Leffler 116-120;
K.Busch 121-187; Bra.Keselowski 188-193; M.Bliss
194-199; M.McDowell 200; E.Darnell 201; K.Busch
202-225.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led):
K.Busch, 4 times for 173 laps; J.Leffler, 2 times
for 26 laps; Bra.Keselowski, 2 times for 10 laps;
K.Wallace, 1 time for 7 laps; M.Bliss, 1 time for 6
laps; C.Edwards, 1 time for 1 lap; M.McDowell, 1
time for 1 lap; E.Darnell, 1 time for 1 lap.
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Top 10 in Points
1. Kyle Busch.................................................. 2,031
2. Carl Edwards.............................................. 1,966
3. Jason Leffler............................................... 1,843
4. Brad Keselowski......................................... 1,838
5. Joey Logano............................................... 1,670
6. Mike Bliss.................................................... 1,520
7. Jason Keller................................................ 1,519
8. Justin Allgaier............................................. 1,468
9. Michael McDowell....................................... 1,465
10. Brendan Gaughan..................................... 1,455
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NASCAR Driver Rating Formula
A maximum of 150 points can be attained in a
race.
The formula combines the following categories:
Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running
Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed
Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-
Lap Finish.
golf
PGA Tour
The Memorial Par Scores
Saturday
At Muirfield Village Golf Club
Dublin, Ohio
Purse: $6 million
Yardage: 7,366; Par 72
Third Round
Matt Bettencourt.. 71-68-68—207.........................-9
Mark Wilson......... 68-70-69—207.........................-9
Jonathan Byrd...... 69-68-71—208.........................-8
Jim Furyk............. 67-70-71—208.........................-8
Geoff Ogilvy......... 72-74-63—209.........................-7
Davis Love III....... 72-68-69—209.........................-7
Tiger Woods........ 69-74-68—211.........................-5
Michael Letzig...... 72-70-69—211.........................-5
Matt Kuchar......... 73-67-71—211.........................-5
Ernie Els.............. 70-70-71—211.........................-5
Bubba Watson..... 71-71-70—212.........................-4
Luke Donald......... 64-76-72—212.........................-4
Stewart Cink........ 68-72-72—212.........................-4
Hunter Mahan...... 74-69-70—213.........................-3
Troy Matteson...... 69-73-71—213.........................-3
Dustin Johnson.... 73-68-72—213.........................-3
Chris DiMarco...... 73-67-73—213.........................-3
Steve Marino........ 68-72-73—213.........................-3
Ryuji Imada.......... 70-69-74—213.........................-3
Mike Weir............. 69-69-75—213.........................-3
Ben Curtis............ 71-71-72—214.........................-2
Alex Cejka............ 73-68-73—214.........................-2
Daniel Chopra...... 72-69-73—214.........................-2
Rod Pampling...... 69-71-74—214.........................-2
K.J. Choi.............. 73-70-72—215.........................-1
Jason Day............ 67-73-75—215.........................-1
Robert Allenby..... 72-76-68—216......................... E
Jose M. Olazabal.74-74-68—216......................... E
D.J. Trahan.......... 73-74-69—216......................... E
Mathew Goggin.... 73-73-70—216......................... E
Jeff Overton......... 76-69-71—216......................... E
Lucas Glover........ 75-69-72—216......................... E
Reinier Saxton..... 69-75-72—216......................... E
Will MacKenzie.... 70-73-73—216......................... E
Kevin Na.............. 71-72-73—216......................... E
Chez Reavie........ 71-74-72—217......................+1
Steve Stricker...... 70-74-73—217......................+1
Kevin Sutherland. 69-75-73—217......................+1
Webb Simpson.... 73-71-73—217......................+1
Charl Schwartzel.. 72-68-77—217......................+1
Marc Leishman.... 74-74-70—218......................+2
Steve Lowery....... 76-71-71—218......................+2
Camilo Villegas.... 71-74-73—218......................+2
Tom Pernice, Jr... 71-74-73—218......................+2
Woody Austin....... 75-70-73—218......................+2
Nick Watney......... 73-71-74—218......................+2
Paul Casey.......... 73-70-75—218......................+2
Martin Kaymer..... 71-76-72—219......................+3
Richard Sterne..... 74-71-74—219......................+3
John Senden........ 71-74-74—219......................+3
Y.E. Yang............. 73-72-74—219......................+3
David Duval......... 71-74-74—219......................+3
Tom Lehman........ 71-74-74—219......................+3
Jerry Kelly............ 72-72-75—219......................+3
Zach Johnson...... 71-73-75—219......................+3
Johnson Wagner.. 69-74-76—219......................+3
Charley Hoffman.. 71-72-76—219......................+3
Ian Poulter........... 75-71-74—220......................+4
George McNeill.... 76-69-75—220......................+4
D.A. Points........... 75-70-75—220......................+4
Lee Janzen.......... 72-73-75—220......................+4
Kenny Perry......... 72-73-75—220......................+4
Erik Compton....... 72-75-74—221......................+5
Jeff Quinney......... 75-72-74—221......................+5
Ted Purdy............ 67-79-75—221......................+5
Steve Flesch........ 73-75-74—222......................+6
Stuart Appleby..... 72-74-76—222......................+6
Nick O’Hern......... 73-73-76—222......................+6
Nich. Thompson... 69-75-78—222......................+6
Bill Haas............... 74-72-77—223......................+7
Marc Turnesa....... 72-73-78—223......................+7
Tim Herron........... 75-73-76—224......................+8
Mark Brooks......... 75-73-76—224......................+8
Rocco Mediate..... 73-70-81—224......................+8
Brett Quigley........ 74-73-78—225......................+9
Jeff Klauk............. 76-71-79—226....................+10
Scott McCarron.... 74-74-82—230....................+14
transactions
BASEBALL
American League
DETROIT TIGERS—Activated OF Marcus Thames
from the 15-day DL. Optioned 1B Jeff Larish to
Toledo (IL).
KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Recalled RHP Luke
Hochevar from Omaha (PCL). Designated LHP
Horacio Ramirez for assignment.
National League
CINCINNATI REDS—Recalled LHP Matt Maloney
from Louisville (IL). Optioned C Wilkin Castillo to
Louisville.
NEW YORK METS—Activated OF Ryan Church
from the 15-day DL. Designated OF Emil Brown
for assignment.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Recalled RHP Blake
Hawksworth from Memphis (PCL). Optioned RHP
Jess Todd to Memphis.
Eastern League
TRENTON THUNDER—Announced RHP Eric
Wordekemper was assigned to Staten Island
(NYP). Activated RHP Ivan Nova.
American Association
FORT WORTH CATS—Signed C Matt Combs.
Released C Adam Miller.
SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CAPTAINS—Released
LHP Jorge Lugo.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
NEW ORLEANS HORNETS—Announced the
resignation of assistant coach Kenny Gattison.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Signed LS Brian Jennings
to a five-year contract extension.
Canadian Football League
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS—Agreed to terms
with WR Terrence Edwards on a contract extension.
Released QB Ryan Dinwiddie, DB Derrick
Strait, WR Ivan Birungi and LB Bryan Wilson.
LOTTERY
Sunday’s drawing
La. Pick 3: 6-1-0
La. Pick 4: 2-9-8-4
Monday’s drawing
La. Pick 3: 2-3-7
La. Pick 4: 6-4-0-9
Tuesday’s drawing
La. Pick 3: 9-0-2
La. Pick 4: 7-4-2-4
Wednesday’s drawing
La. Pick 3: 6-2-9
La. Pick 4: 4-8-6-2
Easy 5: 13-11-32-30-34
La. Lotto: 29-16-39-27-12-11
Powerball: 16-20-22-32-37
Powerball: 9; Power play: 2
Thursday’s drawing
La. Pick 3: 0-5-8
La. Pick 4: 6-1-8-4
Friday’s drawing
La. Pick 3: 0-1-8
La. Pick 4: 3-6-0-9
Saturday’s drawing
La. Pick 3: 5-8-0
La. Pick 4: 4-5-3-9
Easy 5: 2-9-13-28-33
La. Lotto: 6-7-14-19-31-33
Powerball: 10-18-23-30-45
Powerball: 2; Power play: 3

The Vicksburg Post Sunday, June 7, 2009 B3
We welcome your items for the Sports
Arena. Submit items by e-mail (sports@
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 Monday
for publication Wednesday or Friday for
publication Sunday.
Clear Creek Ladies
Golf Association
On June 3, the ladies of
Clear Creek hosted their
monthly retiree scramble.
Closest to the pin for the
ladies were Pam Thomas on
the second hole and Karen
Fournier on No. 14. For the
men, V.O. Martin was closest
on the 13th hole. Longest
drive for the ladies was
Thomas on No. 12, and for
the men it was Bob Walters
on No. 7.
Chip-ins were made by Al
Ford, John Robson, Martin
and Fournier.
The first place team was
Thomas, Larry Grant, Kerry
Arthur and Tommy Johnson.
In second place was the team
of Alvin Taylor, Jimmy Stabler,
John Robson and Linda
McHann. Third place was the
team of Eddie Fowler, Martin,
John Laboda and Sherron
Aultman.
On Wednesday and Saturday,
the Ladies of Clear
Creek will play a game of low
gross. Check-in time is 8 a.m.
on Wednesday and 9:30 a.m.
on Saturday.
Junior Golf Camp
at Clear Creek
Clear Creek Golf Course
will host a golf camp on June
15-18, from 9 to 11 a.m. The
cost will be $70 and includes
balls, refreshments, prizes
and pizza. Instructors will be
PGA professional Kent Smith
and Delta State’s Chase
Smith. To sign up, call 601-
638-9395.
Junior Golf Camp
at The Golf Center
The Golf Center is scheduled
to host a golf camp July
7-10. Ages 7-10 are scheduled
for 9 to 10:30 a.m. each
day, while ages 11-17 will be
from 10:30 a.m. until noon.
For information, call Kathy
Hester at 601-529-9007.
Donna Brown-Wynn
basketball camp
The seventh annual Donna
Brown-Wynn basketball
camp for boys and girls ages
7-17 is scheduled to be held
We’ve been pickin’ out at
Brownspur lately.
First, the dewberries got
ripe. There ain’t nothin’
better than dewberry cobbler
and dewberry jelly. It’s
in the Bible somewhere that
Southern Belles must eat quail
on toast with dewberry jelly
for breakfast on the morning
after Prom Night.
Anyhoo, picking dewberries
involves getting low to the
ground in vegetation which is
pretty thick and covered with
stickers. One needs to shuffle
through the bushes in boots or
long britches, making enough
noise to scare off the snakes
and critters which might be
co-habitating in the aforementioned
vegetation. Long
sleeves help to protect from
scratches and poison ivy or
oak.
I have been blessed with a
non-allergic gene to these,
unless the poison happens to
get into scratches, in which
case a Clorox wash or wipe
will quickly remedy the situation,
but a lot of folks aren’t
that fortunate. I have also
been struck three times by
poisonous snakes during my
life, so while I don’t claim to
have an immunity to that
type poison, it’s sure made me
watch closely where I’m putting
my feet.
Right after Betsy put up
dewberries for cobblers, then
made the rest of the berries
into a few dozen jars of dewberry
jelly, I noticed in mowing
the yard that the plums were
beginning to drop. This year
seems to be the best crop of
sports arena
The Red Sox won the Vicksburg Warren Athletic
Association 12-year-old baseball championship
on May 18. Front row from left
are Blake Parmegiani, Mark Jordan, Mark
Grace, Layne Tedder, Matthew Chambers
and Zachary Penny. Second row from left
at Vicksburg Junior High on
June 9-11 from 8 to 10:30 a.m.
The cost is $45.
For information, call Donna
Brown-Wynn at 615-415-3374.
Parks and Rec adult
baseball league
The Vicksburg Parks and
Recreation Department will
begin registration for adult
baseball, which will run
through June 19. Registration
forms can be picked up
at the Parks and Recreation
offices. The league is for players
ages 18 and older.
Cost is $200 per team, with
an additional charge of $15
for every non-city resident
and a $25 charge for players
not from Warren County. A
mandatory coaches’ meeting
is scheduled for June 24
at 6:30 p.m. at the Parks and
Recreation office.
Vicksburg Summer
Swim League
Registration for the Vicksburg
Summer Swim League
runs until Monday. This
event will run from June
8-July 17 at Wyatt’s Gym. The
cost is $75 with a deduction
for Wyatt’s Gym members.
Meets will be held every
Monday. Practice will run
from 10-10:45 a.m., or 10:45-
11:30 a.m. based on skill level.
The league is open to swimmers
ages 5-18 and includes
all skill levels.
For more information, call
coach Matthew Mixon at 601-
629-7392.
Madison Parish
AAU tourney
The Madison Parish End
of Summer AAU Basketball
Tournament will be held July
31-Aug. 2 at Madison Parish
High School in Tallulah. The
tournament is open to boys
and girls ages 13-17. Each team
is guaranteed three games.
The registration fee is $150
per team and the registration
deadline is July 24. If you register
before July 20, the registration
fee is only $100. There
will be a $50 fee assessed to all
late registrants.
For information on the tournament,
call Curtis O. Ewell at
757-348-9245.
Kickz for Kidz
Soccer Camp
The Vicksburg Parks and
Recreation Department is
scheduled to host the KickZ
for KidZ Soccer Camp from
June 15-19. The camp is for
children ages 6-15. The cost is
$50 per camper.
Registration forms can be
picked up at the Parks and
Recreation offices at 100
Army-Navy Drive. The camp
will be held at City Park pavilion
and the adjacent softball
fields from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m.
For more information, call
the Parks and Recreation
Department at 601-634-4514.
Plum-stuffed possum not always a delicacy
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are Lance Keys, Marcus Ragan, Jekori Reed,
Casey Landers, Jacob Lloyd and Taylor Hollowell.
Third row from left are coaches Pat
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The 9-year-old Vicksburg Mischief placed second in the Mayor’s
Cup in Canton on May 31. Front row from left are Collin
Magoun, Jacob Cochran, Gage Wilkinson, Logan Stewart and
Landan Stewart. Second row from left are Colin Standish,
Spencer Davis, Dylan Little, F.J. Barnum and Brayden Ray.
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plums we’ve ever had. My
Bride is the world’s premier
jelly and jam cook, so she said
to bring ‘em on in! I’ve been
doing that, and she’s working
as I write this on the third
big batch of plum jelly, with a
promise to then switch to a big
batch of plum jam.
We’ve shared this plum
bounty with our neighbors
and church friends. Picking
up plums is a twice-daily
chore, morning and evening,
and Betsy prefers to do other
things than make jelly once
in a while. Looks like we
have about three more days
of plum-picking left before
they’ll be gone, so this may
be the last big batch for her
to put up. I’m looking forward
to breakfast-for-supper soon,
with ham, red-eye gravy on
grits, and cathead biscuits
slathered with plum and dewberry
jelly, alternating.
The Brownspur wildlife has
also been diligent in enjoying
the plum harvest. I have a
nightly ritual of patrolling with
flashlight and pistol to discourage
the dad-blame armadillos
who burrow into Betsy’s
flowerbeds, so the other night
I scanned the back yard with
the light and was surprised to
have several sets of eyes shining
back at me from the fruit
grove — plums, peaches, figs,
and one tree that seems to be
a mutation we can’t identify
the fruit of.
Since armadillo eyes don’t
shine, these eyes meant other
type visitors, so I moved to
investigate carefully. We have
skunk visits now and then,
and I once lost half a dozen
beagle puppies to a momma
bobcat in that same vicinity.
Turns out she had kittens in a
den right across the Mammy
Grudge and was feeding them
beagle-bagels for breakfast.
My beam focused on the
culprits, one of which immediately
shinnied up the tree
— two three-quarter-grown
raccoons, plus a similarlyaged
possum. It looked like
they were only feasting on the
plums on the ground which
were ripe, but they were doing
a good job. The one in the tree
had climbed to get away from
me, not to pick fruit, he convinced
me. I laughed, and
went inside to tell Betsy.
That was a mistake. She was
not willing to share her fruits
with the wildlife. The birds
were bad enough.
We had taken to leaving the
fallen green plums on a metal
table on the patio to reach the
correct stage of ripening, and
the jaybirds, mocking birds
and thrashers were tasting
them as soon as they showed
a little redness. My Bride was
real specific about running off
those four-footed beasties.
Long ago, I learned that
possum and coon meat eats
right where you put it. The
secret to possum-hunting is
to not kill the animal in the
woods, but to shake it out of
the tree, capture it in a gunny
sack, take it home, and pen
it up to feed for a couple of
weeks on apples and cinnamon
before killing, parboiling,
and baking it. Barbecued
coon is fine, too. These
potential meals have already
been stuffed with plums, for
a couple of weeks now. Want
to come out to Brownspur for
supper?
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winning NBA title
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP)
— Behind Kobe Bryant’s
stone-faced mask and the icy
grimace he’s wearing in these
finals, his eyes are laser locked
on one target: His fourth NBA
title.
His vision is so narrow, so
sharp that he can’t think about
anything but a shiny championship
trophy now close
enough to touch.
To him, these two weeks are
all that matters.
After that, it’s anyone’s
guess.
As he and the Los Angeles
Lakers practiced in advance
of playing the Orlando Magic
in tonight’s Game 2, Bryant,
as few as three games from
wrapping up his 13th season
as a pro, said he has not given
any thought about giving up
what has been the driving
force in his life.
“I don’t know,” he said when
asked how much longer he’ll
play. “I just love the game
so much still. “I just feel like
there’s still so much out there
for me to improve on and work
on. My body feels great. God
willing, I stay healthy, I’ll just
keep going.”
Bryant, who will turn 31
in August, has an upcoming
decision to make on his
future. While he’s under contact
to make $23 million next
season, he has an early termination
option, which he can
exercise if he so chooses this
summer. The idea of a Bryantless
Lakers may be farfetched,
but nothing can be assumed.
Michael Jordan was just 30
the first time he quit, stepping
away to chase his dream of
playing baseball.
Could Bryant, who scored 40
points in Game 1 and has been
the closest thing to M.J. the
league has seen, follow him
and do something else?
His coach doesn’t think so.
“Kobe is going to play it out
for as long as he can,” Lakers
coach Phil Jackson said. “He’s
just a player that is going to
find a way regardless. When
his skill level deteriorates, he’s
going to find a level to play at
that his athleticism is going
to allow. I can see him playing
to 36, 37.”
There are no apparent signs
that Bryant’s wondrous skills
are receding. In fact, and this
is a scary thought for every
other team in the league,
Bryant may be just hitting
his prime. He has become a
smarter, more efficient player.
He takes care of his body. His
work ethic is unsurpassed. He
is driven like never before.
Orlando coach Stan Van
Gundy laughed when he
was asked if he has seen any
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flaws or erosion in Bryant’s
magnificence.
“Yeah, I thought he dropped
off quite a bit the other night,”
he quipped.
Van Gundy, who has spent
the past two days devising a
better scheme to slow L.A.’s
No. 24, expects Bryant’s game
to evolve in the years ahead.
Bryant won’t be able to slash
to the basket as often, but
he’ll figure out new ways of
destroying defenses — just
like Mike.
“That’s what happened to
Jordan,” Van Gundy said. “So
now even though at the end
of his career he might have
lost a half step or a quarter
step, they get to the basket
when they want to because
you’ve got to take away that
jump shot, and they just get
smarter and smarter.
“Those guys get better and
better.”
Jackson has seen it firsthand.
He won six titles with Jordan
in Chicago, and the grayhaired
Zen Master is seeking
his fourth with Bryant. As
long as Bryant stays healthy,
Jackson expects him to follow
the same path toward retirement
as Jordan did.
“All players that remain
physically competent, as they
get old, they just get better,”
Jackson said. “Their reactive
ability is probably most noted
on the defensive end. That’s
usually where they get hurt
the most. But you saw guys
like (Jerry) Stackhouse and
Jordan playing past 35 with
great ability.
“There’s no reason why Kobe
won’t.”
Van Gundy has reminded his
players that they can get back
in the series. Orlando shot just
30 percent from the field and
center Dwight Howard made
only one field goal.
The Magic have spent the
entire season in comeback
mode. It’s time to rally again.
“We’ve been through it,”
said Van Gundy, who plans to
keep his rotations intact for
Game 2. “As the playoffs have
gone on, I’ve given them history
lessons of just about anything
that can happen in the
playoffs, people being blown
out at times. All of us were
upset with our performances
the other night; I wasn’t happy
with mine, I don’t think they
were happy with theirs. We’re
anxious to get back at it.”
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LSU, Arkansas punch tickets to Omaha
By The Associated Press
As far as head coach Paul
Mainieri was concerned, LSU’s
road to Omaha began when
ace Louis Coleman, drafted
by the Washington Nationals,
decided instead to remain
with the Tigers for his senior
year.
“I’ll remember these conversations
I had with him
last summer until the day I
die,” Mainieri said. “When he
decided he was going to come
back, I said, ’Louis, it’s going
to make all the difference in
the world with our team. It’s
the final piece of the puzzle.
... We’re going to go back to
Omaha because of you.”
Indeed, they are.
Coleman pitched eight strong
innings, Derek Helenihi drove
in two runs and LSU beat Rice
5-3 on Saturday to win the
Baton Rouge super regional
and clinch the Tigers’ second
straight College World Series
appearance and the school’s
15th overall.
Coleman, a 14th-round pick
of the Nationals last June,
scattered nine hits, struck
out five and kept Rice from
scoring in the seventh and
eighth innings while LSU (51-
16) clung to a two-run lead.
It was the last time Coleman
would ever pitch for the Tigers
on LSU’s home field, and the
record crowd of 9,651 at the
new Alex Box Stadium roared
as Coleman retired the side in
the eighth and walked off the
mound for the last time.
“Being the last start I’ll
ever get (on LSU’s campus), I
wanted to go out there and do
something special not only for
this team but for the fans, just
go out there and give everything
I had,” Coleman said.
Closer Matty Ott pitched the
ninth, striking out Brock Holt
with a man on to wrap up his
16th save. Mainieri revealed
after the game that Ott had
tightness in his throwing arm
during LSU’s regional round
and that it was not certain
until several days after LSU
had advanced to the super
regional that Ott would be
able to pitch against Rice.
Ott retired the first two batters
he faced before hitting
pinch-hitter Ryan Lewis,
meaning Holt, who had three
hits in the game and two
USM
Continued from Page B1.
get this first win, but we still
feel like we haven’t accomplished
anything yet.”
Southern Miss won for
the 11th time in its last 14
games, a hot streak that
started shortly after coach
Corky Palmer announced his
retirement.
Just a few weeks ago, the
Eagles merely wanted to get
Palmer into the NCAA field.
But after upsetting Georgia
Tech and Elon in the Atlanta
regional last weekend and
then taking the first game in
Gainesville, they’re looking
to give him an even bigger
send-off.
“It’s definitely a great feeling.
It’s always a dream to
go to Omaha,” center fielder
Bo Davis said. “But just like
from the first game on, we’ve
been the underdog and we
still have that mentality.
They’re not going to give
us anything. We got to fight
just like we did today, every
single pitch, never give up.
We’ve just got to win one
more.”
The Eagles will get their
ace, Todd McInnis, on the
mound today, too.
They can only hope he
pitches as well as Johnston,
who deserved much of the
credit for the latest victory.
He allowed two baserunners
en route to his first win this
season. Collin Cargill pitched
the ninth for his 12th save.
Florida (42-21) made it
interesting, though.
Avery Barnes singled to
start the ninth and nearly
beat out a fielder’s choice at
second, a call coach Kevin
O’Sullivan questioned.
The Gators got two more
hits in the inning, but sixthyear
senior Brandon McArthur
grounded out to end it.
LSU outfielder Leon Landry, top, leaps atop
the pile during the postgame celebration
Saturday in Baton Rouge. LSU beat Rice, 5-3,
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homers in the series, represented
the tying run. Ott got
him swinging, sparking a celebratory
dog pile near the
mound.
“I don’t know if I feel great
or relieved, to be honest with
you,” Mainieri said. “This has
been a real grind to get to this
point because this season
started with such promise
for our team coming off the
World Series appearance last
year, having so many veterans
back, building the new
stadium. ... These kids have
been under the microscope
all year.”
Arkansas 9, FSU 8
Andrew Darr’s two-run
double in the bottom of the
ninth inning lifted Arkansas
to a super regional win over
Florida State and a berth in
the College World Series.
Southern Miss shortstop B.A. Vollmuth makes a throw to first
for an out during Saturday’s super regional game against
Florida. Southern Miss won, 9-7.
Florida’s biggest problem
was taking advantage
of favorable situations. The
Gators loaded the bases with
no outs in the fourth, but followed
with a strikeout and
an inning-ending double
play. They had the same scenario
in the fifth, but couldn’t
break the game open.
Johnston did the rest. He
retired the side in order in
the seventh and eighth.
“The heroes are really too
many to name,” Palmer said.
“I can remember so many
big hits from different guys.
From top to bottom, we did
some good things.”
Ewing had three hits and
drove in two runs for USM,
whose first four hitters combined
for eight hits, two
walks, six runs and six RBIs.
Southern Miss scored first
on B.A. Vollmuth’s fourth
homer of the postseason,
a solo shot in the second.
Darr, who was hitting just
.215 coming in, had four of
Arkansas’ 10 hits, including
his fourth homer.
Arkansas (39-22) returns to
the CWS in Omaha, Neb., for
the first time since 2004 when
it also beat Florida State in the
super regionals.
The Seminoles (45-18) had
taken an 8-7 lead in the top of
the ninth when Stephen Cardullo
singled in two runs and
then scored a go-ahead run on
Jason Stidham’s single.
Fullerton 11, Louisville 2
Jared Clark homered and
drove in three runs and Noe
Ramirez struck out a careerhigh
10 over eight strong
innings, sending Cal State Fullerton
to the College World
Series.
Fullerton (47-14) has yet to
be challenged in five NCAA
tournament contests, winning
them by a combined score of
64-11. The four-time NCAA
champion Titans, who last
won it all in 2004, will head to
Omaha for the 16th time and
third in the last four years.
Ramirez gave up two solo
homers to Louisville’s Chris
Dominguez but allowed only
one other hit. The Cardinals
(47-18) managed just eight hits
in the two games.
The associaTed press
But the real damage came a
few innings later — after a
59-minute rain delay in the
third inning.
The Golden Eagles — who
had more than 1,000 fans
make the trip to Gainesville
— tagged starter Stephen
Locke for three runs in the
fifth, then roughed up Patrick
Keating (4-4) for four
more in the sixth.
“This thing’s not over with
yet,” O’Sullivan said. “We’re
not out. We’ve had our backs
against the wall all year, so
this is not something we’re
not used to.”
USM could say the same
thing. This is the furthest the
program has ever been.
“Our goal is to get to
Omaha, Neb., and compete
for a national championship,”
Ewing said. “And we haven’t
reached that yet. We’re not
up too high yet. We’ve got to
go out and get another win.”
The associaTed press
in Game 2 of their NCAA super regional to
advance to the College World Series for the
second consecutive season.
North Carolina 10, ECU 1
Alex White struck out a
career-high 12 batters while
getting plenty of help at the
plate as North Carolina beat
East Carolina to open their
NCAA super regional series.
Kyle Seager had four hits and
a home run for the Tar Heels
(46-16), the No. 4 national seed.
North Carolina went ahead
with a pair of runs in the third
inning, then blew the game
open with seven more in the
sixth. The Tar Heels can clinch
their fourth straight trip to the
College World Series by beating
the Pirates again today.
Texas 10, TCU 4
Michael Torres hit two home
runs and had four RBIs to lead
top-seeded Texas past TCU in
the opening game of the bestof-three
series.
Torres, who was 4-for-5, hit
a solo home run in the second
inning, giving the Longhorns
(45-13-1) a 3-1 lead. His threerun
homer in the seventh
broke the game open, giving
Texas a 10-4 lead.
Texas broke an NCAA record
with seven sacrifices.
Taylor Featherston hit a
homer in the first inning to
give TCU a quick 1-0 lead, and
Matt Vern added a two-run
shot in the sixth.
Ole Miss in familiar
territory in Game 3
By Jeff Byrd
jbyrd@vicksburgpost.com
OXFORD — Now the advantage
in the NCAA Tournament’s
Oxford Super Regional
goes to Virginia.
Ole Miss (44-19) has been
here before and it’s not been
good. They were up 1-0 against
Texas in 2005 and Miami in
2006, and lost both times in
three games.
Today, another Game 3 at
Oxford Stadium.
At least the fan support will
be there. Saturday’s 4-3 loss to
Virginia was witnessed by an
Oxford Stadium record crowd
of 10,323.
Virginia coach Brian
O’Connor knows that today
will be the same.
“This is to me, is the best
atmosphere in college baseball.
I’m just proud of my guys
to get another game. Today we
hung in there to the end. What
you have here is two evenly
matched teams. A clutch hit,
a clutch play, late in the game
has made the difference in
each of the first two games.
It will probably be the same
thing tomorrow,” O’Connor
Ole Miss
Continued from Page B1.
with Henry,” O’Connor said.
Henry, the former Vicksburg
Gator, fell behind 1-2
before grounding out to
second to end the game.
“We weren’t able to close
it out,” Ole Miss coach Mike
Bianco said. “There were
other plays other than the
error. It’s a whole ballgame.
It’s nine innings. We squandered
other opportunities.”
Ole Miss lost to Western
Kentucky last Sunday in the
Oxford Regional after blowing
a six-run lead in the
eighth inning. They did come
back to beat WKU 4-1 on
Monday to advance to play
Virginia.
Unfortunately, Ole Miss
wasted another gutsy performance
from its ace Drew
Pomeranz, who won Monday’s
deciding game. Pomeranz
went seven innings,
struck out 10 and allowed
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O’Connor has had to use all
of his front line pitchers to get
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we go. I know we have some
hungry guys who want the
ball. We felt we had to have
Andrew Carraway ready (for
Game 2) and we had to use
him today. If we don’t win
today, we don’t play Sunday,”
O’Connor said.
Carraway (8-1) went 3 1/3
innings in relief to get the
win. Matt Packer, who got the
save in Game 2, has pitched
both days. Tyler Wilson, who
pitched two innings in Game
1, could be back for the Cavs
today, and so could Carraway.
“I think both of these guys
(Carraway and Packer) could
be out there again Sunday.
We’ll pitch by committee,”
O’Connor said.
Ole Miss will be going with
Nathan Baker, who is 4-2 with
a 3.63 ERA this season. Brett
Bukvich, the regular Sunday
starter, has been shelved.
“Buk’s got some arm tenderness
so he’s out and Nathan
Baker will start Sunday,” Ole
Miss coach Mike Bianco said.
seven hits. He threw 150
pitches.
Ole Miss got off to a fast
start. Henry led off the game
with a bloop double, and
Power followed with a homer
to left for a quick 2-0 lead.
Virginia got back in it, getting
a run in the third when
Barr walked and scored on
Cannon’s two-out hit. The
Cavaliers tied the game in
the fourth when Barr delivered
a two-out double to
score Hultzman from first.
Ole Miss went back in
front 3-2 in the sixth when
Kyle Henson singled in
Matt Snyder. But a wouldbe
fourth run was cut down
when Matt Smith tried to
advance to third. It was
costly, because Miller singled
on the next at-bat. He finished
with two of the Rebels’
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record producer, 53; Prince, singer-songwriter, 51; Dave Navarro,
rock musician, 42; Bill Hader, actor-comedian, 31; Michael
Cera, actor, 21.
n DEATHS
Bernard Leon Barker — One of the five Watergate burglars
whose break-in led to America’s biggest political scandal, died
in suburban Miami. He was 92.
The Cuban-born former CIA operative was one of five men who
broke into the Watergate building in Washington on June 17,
1972. A piece of tape used by the burglars to cover the latch to
a stairwell door was noticed by a security guard, setting in motion
events that would topple Richard M. Nixon’s presidency.
Shih Kien — Veteran Hong Kong actor who played Bruce Lee’s
archrival in the 1973 movie “Enter the Dragon,” died. He was 96.
He was best known to Western audiences for playing the evil
martial arts expert Han in “Enter the Dragon.”
PEOPlE
lori Petty charged with drunken driving
Lori Petty is facing two drunken driving charges.
A spokesman for the Los Angeles City Attorney’s
Office says the 45-year-old “Tank Girl” actress
was charged Friday with two misdemeanor
counts of driving under the influence with
injuries stemming from a May 30 arrest.
Petty was arrested after allegedly hitting a
skateboarder with her car in the city’s Venice
Beach area.
Petty’s film credits include “Point Break,” “Tank Girl” and “A
League of Their Own.” It could not immediately be determined
Friday whether Petty retains a lawyer or professional representative.
ANd ONE MORE
Lori
Petty
Beer run on a mower leads to OUi charge
A Maine man has been charged with operating under the influence
after he and a friend made a beer run on a riding lawn
mower.
Police say 51-year-old Danforth Ross of Vassalboro was
charged May 29.
Trooper Joe Chretien had been flagged down by several motorists
warning of a wayward mower and made the arrest after
Ross and his friend emerged from a variety store with two cases
of beer.
Ross’ driver’s license had been revoked, so the pair opted for
the lawn mower.
Ross couldn’t be reached for comment.
TOMORROW’S HOROSCOPE
BY BERNICE BEDE OSOL • NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION
Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Using your intuition and/or instincts
to handle a delicate financial matter is a smart thing to
do.
Cancer (June 21-July 22) — If the loyalty of a certain friend is
in question whenever trouble is brewing, the events that take
place might either confirm or disprove this theory once and for
all.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — When it comes to competitive situations
that could affect your career, you won’t be second best.
If you find yourself in a race, you’ll pick up whatever speed is
needed to win.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Disengage from dull routines in order
to participate in more exhilarating activities.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — If shifting conditions don’t favor
your associates, the day could still be an advantageous one.
Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Because you know how to enjoy
yourself under most conditions, this should be a pleasant day,
regardless of what happens.
Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — You are in a good cycle where
a number of endeavors can yield substantial rewards as long as
you keep the faith.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Although your attributes might
not extend to financial realms, your leadership and organizational
qualities will bring multiple successes in other areas.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Challenges arouse, not diminish,
your determination, so even if a few pressure situations arise,
they’ll end up helping, not deterring, your efforts.
Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20) — You won’t be envious of the accomplishments
of others; instead, let them inspire you to even
greater feats.
Aries (March 21-April 19) — It doesn’t have to be a special occasion
to give someone a gift, so don’t hold back on something
you know another would love.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) — If you’ve got a solution about how
to handle a sensitive situation, don’t hold back on doing what
you believe is right.
Ferrell’s ‘Land of the Lost’ lives up to title
By Christy Lemire
AP movie critic
LOS ANGELES — There is
exactly one funny bit in “Land
of the Lost,” and it stands out
because it comes at the very
beginning and the very end.
Will Ferrell, as arrogant
scientist Dr. Rick Marshall,
appears on the “Today” show
to discuss his time-travel theories
and promote his latest
book. Matt Lauer, thinking
he’s a crackpot, interviews
him with unmistakable disdain
and chafes at Marshall’s
attempts to hijack the segment.
(Lauer’s deadpan comic
timing is great, by the way.
Maybe he should think about
a career in acting if this TV
thing doesn’t work out.)
In between these two scenes,
though, is an awkward combination
of kitschy comedy
(which is never amusing) and
earnest action (which is never
thrilling). And it’s not as if the
source material was worthy
of a big-budget summer blockbuster
starring an A-lister like
Ferrell.
The Sid & Marty Krofft TV
series “Land of the Lost,”
about a family that gets sucked
into a prehistoric age when an
earthquake hits while they’re
rafting — “the greatest earthquake
ever known,” as the
theme song goes — aired for
just three seasons in the mid-
1970s. It was laughable with
NEW YORK (AP) — Dubai
is synonymous with glitz and
excess, but can the Middle
Eastern hotspot handle the
likes of Paris Hilton?
The fame-loving heiress is
about to make her first trip to
Dubai. The city, located in the
United Arab Emirates, will be
the location for an upcoming
edition of her reality series
“Paris Hilton’s My New BFF.”
Producer Michael Hirschorn
said Wednesday that filming
will begin later this month
Dear Abby: “Ralph” and I
have been married a little over
a year. It’s the second marriage
for both of us. We were
both single for six years after
our divorces, so we had time
to become independent.
Ralph still spends his evenings
and weekends the way
he did when he was a bachelor.
He stays in the garage and
watches TV alone. We have
talked about it, set up family
time, and even bought the
large-screen TV he wanted
for the living room, but still
he hides out in the garage. He
comes in only to eat and use
the bathroom.
I know Ralph loves me and
our new family, but this is
causing strain. I have two children
from my last marriage,
and the younger one feels
deeply hurt because my husband
spends no time with him.
What can I do? I feel alone in
this marriage. — Alone and
Lonely in Indiana
Dear Alone and Lonely: You
ARE alone in this marriage.
If you married Ralph thinking
you could change the way
he acted as a bachelor, that
you would have companionship
and your children would
have an attentive father, you
may have married the wrong
man. If Ralph was happy and
at ease, he would not be hiding
out in the garage.
Before this goes any further,
you and he need to have
another frank talk because
the status quo is not fair to
you or the children. If it
doesn’t work, then it’s time
for family counseling, if only
so your children won’t blame
themselves for your husband’s
shortcomings.
However, I don’t expect him
to change and neither should
you. This is the way he was
before you married him, and
a leopard doesn’t change his
spots.
Dear Abby: I have an issue
with my husband and can’t
seem to get my point across.
He refuses to wear a seat belt.
He says it’s uncomfortable,
and he hates when he pulls it
too quickly and it gets caught.
I have asked him repeatedly to
wear it, not only because he
could get a ticket, but also for
his own safety.
My car has an alarm on it, so
if you don’t buckle up, it beeps.
He goes as far as buckling the
belt behind him so it will stop.
its stiff dialogue and low-tech
effects.
At least the series knew what
it was. Working from a script
by Chris Henchy and Dennis
McNicholas (though Ferrell
and co-star Danny McBride
clearly did a healthy amount
of improv), director Brad Silberling
can’t seem to decide
whether he’s making fun of
the show’s cheesy visuals or
seizing on its sense of roughhewn
adventure.
And so in hopes of pleasing
the lowest common denominator
nonetheless, all these
people offer an overload of
jokes about dinosaur poop
and urine.
Holly (Anna Friel) is no
longer Marshall’s fresh-faced
daughter but a brainy British
research assistant who happens
to look sexy in a wifebeater
tank top and short
shorts. Will, who was Marshall’s
son, is a redneck who
runs the tourist trap that
becomes the inadvertent
portal to the past. (McBride
attacks the role with his patented
brand of Southern, mulleted
brashness.)
The plot consists of our trio
running from dinosaurs and
trying to find a way back
home. Chaka sort of tries to
help. Sometimes they run
into the menacing Sleestaks,
in their obviously rubbery
reptilian costumes, stomping
around like zombies and
hissing a lot (they were scary
when we were kids, though).
“Land of the Lost,” a Universal
Pictures release, is rated
PG-13 for sexual content. Running
time: 96 minutes. One
star out of four.
New husband clings to old bachelor habits
DEAR
ABBY
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Will Ferrell, left, Anna Friel and Danny McBride appear in a scene from “Land of the Lost.”
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the culture
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and allowed.
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chance to be Hilton’s new best
friend forever — or BFF.
Hilton, 28, wants to expand
her brand in the Arab world,
said Hirschorn.
He said the plan is to build
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season of the American edition
premiered Tuesday.
The Dubai version is
“intended for broadcast
throughout the Arab region,
so it will be sold to networks
throughout that area,” said
Hirschorn. “The hope is to sell
it internationally, (in) Europe
and Asia and the United States
if possible.”
No air date has been set, he
said. This time, Hilton will
bring her boyfriend, Doug
Reinhardt.
I have tried everything from
explaining the safety hazards
to telling him he can no longer
drive my car if he can’t drive
safely. What can I do to make
him buckle up? — Frustrated
in Alabama
Dear Frustrated: Seat belts
save lives, and that’s why seat
belt laws were passed. Your
husband is a grown man, presumably
of sound mind. You
can’t “make” him do anything
he doesn’t want to do.
You can, however, refuse to
ride with him if he doesn’t
comply — and that’s what I’m
recommending.
Dear Abby: My fiance insists
upon asking our server’s
name if it is not offered when
she approaches our table. I am
insulted that he even cares.
Personally, I do not want him
asking for another woman’s
name in my presence. I find
it rude.
He, on the other hand, thinks
it’s rude if the server does not
introduce herself. Who is
right? — Nameless in Grand
Prairie, Texas
Dear Nameless: In most of
the better dining establishments
it is a matter of policy
that the server introduce himor
herself when a party is
seated. If that doesn’t happen,
then it is perfectly acceptable
— and, indeed, advisable —
for the guest to ask the server’s
name. Doing so ensures
that if something is needed at
the table, the diner does not
have to say “Hey, you” to get
the server’s attention.
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Maternal grandparents are
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B8 Sunday, June 7, 2009 The Vicksburg Post
Celebrities offer fresh collection of picture books for children
By Leanne Italie
The Associated Press
Michael Phelps channels
dinosaurs in a world absent
scandal over bongs. Julianne
Moore relives her red-haired
childhood in a standoff with a
school bully. Both are among
the celebrities keeping up production
in the boldface name
factory that churns out children’s
books.
Silly and serious, singsongy
and slapsticky, some are more
prolific — and proficient —
than others.
Here’s a look at the latest
from people who earned fame
some other way:
• “Freckleface Strawberry
and the Dodgeball Bully”
(Bloomsbury, $16.00, ages 4-8)
by Julianne Moore and illustrated
by LeUyen Pham.
Moore and her cute-as-abutton
alter ego are back,
this time facing down a large
and daunting dodgeball player
who throws way too hard.
Our girl heroine with copious
freckles uses her imagination
and a dose of compassion to
win over Windy Pants Patrick,
who — as it turns out — has
fears of his own. It’s Moore’s
second book to feature the
character.
• “How to Train with
a T.Rex and Win 8 Gold
Medals” (Simon & Schuster,
$17.99, ages 4-8) by Michael
Phelps with Alan Abraham-
The Warren County-Vicksburg
Public Library reports on
new books regularly:
• “How to Hug a Porcupine”
by Julie A. Ross is a guide to
negotiating the prickly points
of the tween years. The author
shows you exactly what’s
going on with your child and
provides all the tools you need
to correctly handle even the
prickliest tween. You will discover
how other parents have
survived nightmarish tween
behavior; broken the “nagging
cycle; talked about sex, drugs
and alcohol; and discovered
the secret that will help them
disregard peer pressure and
make smart choices for life.
• “Global Achievement
Gap” by Tony Wagner
explains why even the best
schools don’t teach the survival
skills children need and
what can be done about it.
Despite the best efforts of educators,
our nation’s schools are
dangerously obsolete. Instead
of teaching students to be critical
thinkers and problemsolvers,
we are asking them
to memorize facts for multiple
choice tests. The problem isn’t
limited to low-income school
districts; even our top schools
aren’t teaching or testing the
skills that matter most. Our
teens leave school equipped
to work only in the kinds of
jobs that are quickly disappearing.
An education manifesto
for the 21st century, this
book is provocative and inspiring.
It is essential reading for
parents, educators, business
leaders, policymakers and
anyone interested in seeing
young people succeed.
• “Generation Text: Raising
Well-adjusted Kids in an
Age of Instant Everything”
by Dr. Michael Osit examines
the ways children’s identities
are shaped by the world
around them and how, with
an absence of meaningful barriers
between impulses and
the ability to act on them,
parents can help children
make intelligent choices and
manage the potential overload
successfully.
• “So Sexy, So Soon: The
New Sexualized Childhood
and What Parents Can Do to
Protect their Kids” by Diane
Levin and Jean Kilbourne is
a practical guide for parents
who are fed up, confused and
scared by what their kids — or
their kids’ friends — do and
say. The authors, internationally
recognized experts in
early childhood development
and the impact of the media
on children and teens, understand
that saying no to commercial
culture — TV, movies,
toys, Internet access and
video games — isn’t a realistic
or viable option for most
families. Instead, they offer
“Freckleface Strawberry and
the Dodgeball Bully” by Julianne
Moore
son, illustrated by Ward
Jenkins.
This is Phelps by the numbers
as he puts his workouts
ahead of Beijing into context
for kids. He trained for six
years. That’s 42 dog years. He
swam 60,000 meters a week.
That’s 183,040 trips around the
bases on a baseball field. His
legs were strong enough to
press nine tons in one workout.
That’s a Tyrannosaurus
Rex and 10 velociraptors!
• “I Am a Rainbow” (Penguin,
$16.99, ages 3-5) by Dolly
Parton and illustrated by
Heather Sheffield.
Simple rhymes and even
simpler drawings of children
express emotion as colors,
including red for anger, blue
for sadness and green for
new on the shelves
parents essential age-appropriate
strategies to counter
the assault. Filled with savvy
suggestions, helpful sample
dialogues and poignant true
stories from families dealing
with these issues, this book
provides parents the information,
skills and confidence
they need to discuss sensitive
topics openly and effectively
so their kids can just be kids.
• “Taking Back Childhood”
by Nancy Carlsson-Paige is a
proven map for raising confident,
creative, compassionate
kids. One need only turn on
the TV, stroll the aisles of a toy
store or visit any elementary
school to witness the formidable
trends that have begun
to erode the quality of kids’
lives — from media violence
and rampant consumerism to
overly structured school days
and overly wired, yet emotionally
disconnected, relationships.
Childhood should be a
precious time of oasis from
the realities of the adult world.
Yet, in today’s fast-paced,
achievement-obsessed, consumer-driven
society, this is
not the case. This book offers
parents easy to implement
techniques on creating a safe,
open and imaginative environment
for children.
• “When the Labels Don’t
Fit” by Barbara Probst provides
a new framework for
identifying the specific traits
— such as rigidity, curiosity,
perfectionism, intensity, slow
tempo, a need for novelty or a
need to control — that lie at
the root of your child’s challenging
behavior. Offering a
questionnaire for profiling
your child’s temperament,
this book has dozens of strategies
for dealing with specific
behavior.
• “Reality Gap: Alcohol,
Drugs and Sex — What Parents
Don’t Know and Teens
Aren’t Telling” by Stephen
Wallace arms adults with
facts and strategies for working
with teens to overcome
“Peeny Butter Fudge” by
Toni Morrison and Slade
Morrison
envy. You get the picture. All
proceeds go to Parton’s Imagination
Library, which works
with local community sponsors
to provide books to preschool
children.
• “SheetzuCacaPoopoo:
Max Goes to the Dogs” (Penguin,
$16.99, ages 6-9) by Joy
Behar, illustrated by Gene
Barretta and colored by Dave
Silaber.
Another celeb sequel.
Behar’s high-energy mutt
tries to survive doggy day care
after trashing the house of his
girl owner, Evie. At home, he’s
king of the castle. Thrown into
a big-dog mix, he’s lower than
dirt. But Max rallies the little
guys and goes snout-to-snout
with a bully named Brutus for
the benefit of all.
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“Sugar Plum Ballerinas” by
Whoopi Goldberg
the dangers of this difficult
time in life. Here, you’ll find
advice on how and when to
talk about drinking, impaired
driving, sex, drug use, depression,
suicide and bullying.
Wallace also offers readers
his five essential elements of
successful communication
and other valuable resources
to which parents can turn.
• “Lost at School: Why Our
Kids with Behavioral Challenges
Are Falling through
the Cracks and How We Can
Help Them” by Ross Greene
offers a groundbreaking
approach to understanding
and helping these kids and
transforming school discipline.
Relying on research from the
neurosciences, Greene offers a
new conceptual framework for
understanding the difficulties
of kids with behavioral challenges
and explains why traditional
discipline isn’t effective.
Emphasizing the simple
and positive notion that kids
do well if they can, he persuasively
argues that kids with
behavioral challenges are not
attention-seeking, manipulative,
limit-testing, coercive or
unmotivated, rather they lack
the skills to behave adaptively.
And when adults recognize
the true factors underlying
difficult behavior and teach
kids the skills in increments
they can handle, the results
are astounding.
• “Drive: Nine Ways to Motivate
Your Kids to Achieve”
by Janine W. Caffrey shows
how children can have big
dreams for themselves and
the motivation to accomplish
them on their own. Designed
to get kids off the couch and
into the world, this book
reveals the secrets of rearing
a self-starter, whether your
child is in middle school or is
a young adult who has moved
back home. Caffrey outlines
her nine powerful techniques
proved to beat boredom and
foster resourcefulness. Soon,
your child will have the determination
to finish projects,
take pride in achievements,
better cope with uncertainty
and change and have healthier
relationships. Filled with
quizzes, anecdotes, and practical
strategies, “Drive” helps
parents turn Generation Me
into Generation Move.
•
Denise Hogan is reference interlibrary
loan librarian at the Warren County-
Vicksburg Public Library. Write to her at
700 Veto St., Vicksburg, MS 39180.
“Momma Loves Her Little
Son” by John Carter Cash
• “Silly Street” (HarperCollins,
$17.99, ages 4-7) by Jeff
Foxworthy and illustrated by
Steve Bjorkman.
“When was the last time you
dressed like a pig? Or walked
around town in green pants
and a wig?” You can find just
about anything — in rhyme
— on Silly Street. Look for big
ponies that eat fried baloney,
baton-twirling raccoons and
a quacking cow. Bjorkman’s
drawings do the rhymes
proud. This is a street Foxworthy
knows well.
• “Sugar Plum Ballerinas:
Toeshoe Trouble” (Disney,
$14.99, ages 6-8) by Whoopi
Goldberg and Deborah Underwood,
illustrated by Maryn
Roos.
At age 9, Brenda Black studies
diseases to get a jump on
medical school and hangs
with her multicultural friends
at the Nutcracker School of
Ballet. All is well in their New
York City world until Brenda’s
rich, bragging cousin hits
town. There’s theft of something
truly special and an evil
yap dog, but the Sugar Plum
Sisters pull through. Second
in a chapter book series.
Unscramble these six Jumbles,
one letter to each square,
to form six ordinary words.
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NEW JUMBLE NINTENDO
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GRYPIN
TENNIT
DRYBAN
YALERN
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• “Little Red’s Autumn
Adventure” (Simon & Schuster,
$16.99, ages 3-6) by Sarah
Ferguson and illustrated by
Sam Williams.
What I wouldn’t give for a
sack of smiles and magic dust
like cheery, big-hearted Little
Red. But then one risks the
loss of said perks, just as Little
Red does in her fourth picture
book, this one featuring tiny
lost mice and large leaves as
fall sleds. With its Buttercup
Cottage and Bluebell Wood,
the feel of the series is Winnie
the Pooh-ish. Out Aug. 4.
• “Momma Loves Her
Little Son” (Simon & Schuster,
$16.99, ages 4-8) by John
Carter Cash and illustrated by
Marc Burckhardt.
In his first children’s book,
the Grammy-winning music
producer and only child of the
late June Carter and Johnny
Cash brings a mother’s love
alive as they watch whales,
ride a rhino and sit along a
stream telling their secret
wishes to a salamander.
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Average regular unleaded
self-service prices as of
Friday:
Jackson.............................$2.43
Vicksburg.................$2.37
Tallulah .............................$2.46
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Graves promoted
to chief of EL branch
Mark Graves has been
named chief of the Environmental
Systems
Branch in the Environmental
Laboratory at the
U.S. Army
Engineer
Research
and Development
Center.
Graves
first joined
Mark
Graves
the EL as
a research
physical
scientist after receiving
his master’s from
Murray State University
in Kentucky.
While at EL, he has
served as an agency and
government advocate
of the use of geospatial
technologies, and more
recently, was team leader
of EL’s Geospatial Data
Analysis Facility.
He has a bachelor’s
degree in geology from
Hanover College in Indiana,
where he graduated
magna cum laude.
He currently serves as
EL’s geospatial point of
contact and is a member
of the ERDC Enterprise
GIS Project Development
Team. He was the recipient
of the Department of
the Army’s Meritorious
Civilian Service Award,
the Superior Civilian Service
Award and the ERDC
Program Development
Achievement Award.
Russo honored
for exchange work
Edmond Russo Jr., chief
of the Coastal Engineering
Branch in the Coastal
and Hydraulics Laboratory
at the U.S. Army
Engineer Research and
Development Center,
has received a certificate
of appreciation from
the Brazilian Military
Attache.
Russo supervises Brazilian
exchange officers
during their time at
ERDC as part of the Military
Personnel Exchange
Program.
A New Orleans native,
Russo has a bachelor’s
degree from Louisiana
State University and a
master’s from the University
of New Orleans, both
in civil engineering.
He began his career
with the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers in 1992 in
New Orleans as a manager
and engineer for navigation
and ecosystem restoration
projects.
He is the principal investigator
for Risk Quantification
for Sustaining
Coastal Military Installation
Assets and Mission
Capabilities under the
Strategic Environmental
Research and Development
Program.
Post seeking nominees for second 20 Under 40 contest
From staff reports
The Vicksburg Post wants to
identify local residents who are
making a difference for the better
in our readership area.
The newspaper, for the second
year, is seeking nominees for 20
Under 40, a special section at the
end of July to recognize up-andcoming
community members.
Nominees may be men or women
in professional or other careers.
Insurance
agent Lea
will lead
fundraising
By Matthew Breazeale
mbreazeale@vicksburgpost.com
The United Way of West
Central Mississippi has set
its 2009 fundraising goal,
a figure that has been on
the decline for the past two
years.
This year’s goal is $1,400,000
— down from $1,525,000 in
2008 and $1,600,000 in 2007.
A total of $1,427,637.17 was
raised in ’08, and $1,525,822.57
was raised in ’07.
However, campaign chairman
Robyn Lea, who attributes
the lower goals to a
sluggish economy, is confident
the money can be
raised. “We have business
people and bank presidents
on our cabinet, great people
and great leadership ... the
cream of the crop of leading
people.”
“The slow economy has
been late getting to Vicksburg,
but it’s here now,” Lea
added.
But, she said, “We’re going
strong and not gonna stop ’til
we do.”
United Way helps fund 20
member agencies.
“We’re given the opportunity
to change someone’s
life” said Lea, who is a State
Farm insurance agent.
United Way can help people
“pay their rent, their utilities,
get groceries. If someone
calls you and says how would
you like to change someone’s
life, you know, I mean how
can you say no?”
Donations of any amount
are appreciated, Lea said, “A
nickel can mean as much as
10 million — if that’s all you
have to give. A person may
only have $1 to their name,
but if they give that dollar
then they’ve given 100 percent
of what they have.”
Small gnats big source of aggravation in Warren County
Numerous calls coming
into the Extension office this
week were inquiries about
the pesky gnats swarming
the area. In fact, just about
everywhere I visited last
week there was someone
more than willing to fuss
about how they have been
pestered by the menacing
bugs. We have even received
reports from individuals
with backyard poultry flocks
losing chickens to suspected
problems associated with the
gnats.
Most commonly the callers
wanted to know what these
pests are and how to avoid
them. These pests are known
by several names — black
flies, buffalo gnats, turkey
gnats and a few other lessfriendly
names I dare not
send to print.
Black flies are tiny bloodsucking
flies in the insect
family Simuliidae. Contrary
The only stipulation is that they
must not have celebrated their
40th birthdays.
Twenty people will be selected
by The Vicksburg Post based
on the nomination forms and
descriptions of their service and
leadership.
Nominees should:
• Exhibit strong leadership
skills.
• Help his or her business or volunteer
organization grow.
john COCCARO
county extension director
to their name, black flies may
be gray, tan, or even greenish.
They usually breed in
fast moving water of streams
and rivers and are tremendous
pests of humans,
domestic animals and wildlife
every spring in northern
areas of the United States
and Canada. In Mississippi,
buffalo gnats are usually
not a problem, but every so
many years outbreaks are
reported.
When I called our Extension
entomologist Dr. Blake
• Be a role model.
• Give back to the community.
Forms will be available on the
Post’s Web site and at our office
at Post Plaza on North Frontage
Road. A color photograph is
requested.
The form and picture must be
mailed to or dropped off at The
Vicksburg Post. The deadline is 5
p.m. June 26.
United Way Campaign ’09
SuzannE fEliciano•The Vicksburg PosT
Robyn Lea is campaign chairman for the 2009 United Way fundraising campaign.
Lea has volunteered with
the Vicksburg Warren
County School District and
Crawford Street United
Methodist Church and is a
member of the Vicksburg
Community School Advisory
Board.
Having lived in Vicksburg
for a year and a half,
Lea hopes her role with the
United Way will “help me
to plant my roots into this
community. People here are
so generous, and it’s a place
where we take care of each
other.”
United Way Executive
Director Barbara Tolliver
said, “We are very excited
about (Lea’s) appointment.
She is just so energetic and
enthusiastic.”
Tolliver added, “Times
are tough and we want to
use that as our message.
Layton last Monday morning,
I discovered he had
already received similar
calls from other county
Extension agents reporting
gnat problems. In addition
to my report of gnat issues
in Warren County, Layton
indicated there were buffalo
gnats attacking chickens
in Wilkinson, Amite
and Issaquena counties, too.
There are at least two pest
buffalo gnat species in Mississippi
— the Southern buffalo
gnat, Cnephia pecuarum,
and the turkey gnat, Simuliim
meridionale.
Buffalo gnats can cause
death to chickens and livestock
by nuisance effects
alone. There have been
reports of deaths of birds
and livestock due to heavy
swarms attacking them,
causing them to stampede,
trampling younger animals,
and sending them crashing
For those who haven’t been
involved, we encourage them
to call us, make a donation
or volunteer. Every little bit
helps.”
The local United Way chapter
was established in 1953.
It serves Warren, Sharkey,
Issaquena, Yazoo and Claiborne
counties, as well as
Louisiana’s Madison Parish.
To nominate
20 Under 40 applications can be downloaded
at www.vicksburgpost.com or picked up
at The Vicksburg Post at Post Plaza, 1601-F N.
Frontage Road. The deadline to submit entries
is 5 p.m. June 26. Forms can be mailed
to or dropped off at the Post. Mail to Attn:
20 Under 40, The Vicksburg Post, P.O. Box
821668, Vicksburg, MS 39182-1668. A color
photo is requested.
11 members
of cabinet
Assisting with this year’s
United Way of West Central
Mississippi fundraising campaign
will be an 11-member
cabinet.
They are:
• Debbie Berry, professional
— She is a sales/business
manager at George
Carr and has been involved
with Vicksburg-Warren
County
Chamber of
Commerce,
Junior Auxiliary,
Muscular
Dystrophy
Association,
Boys and
Girls Club of
America and the March of
Dimes.
• Angela Brown, local
government
— She
is employed
with the
Warren
County Tax
Assessor’s
office and has
volunteered
with the
United Way
and Salvation Army.
• Lori Burke, leadership
— She is marketing manager
at Ameristar Casino.
Burke has served on the
Young Readers Committee
for United
Way; has volunteered
with
the Vicksburg
Convention
and Visitors
Bureau and
American
Red Cross; is
part of VAMP
and the
Vicksburg-
debbie
Berry
Angela
Brown
Lori
Burke
Warren County Chamber of
Commerce; and is communications
specialist at Bowmar
Baptist.
• Mike Curtis, large firms
— He is senior vice president
See Cabinet, Page B10.
into structures. In addition,
suffocation has been blamed
for some deaths in chickens
due to buffalo gnats clogging
the respiratory tracts. Sometimes
wild birds and poultry
have died from a toxic
shock syndrome caused by
black fly feeding. In addition
to the nuisance effects, certain
species of buffalo gnats
may transmit various diseases,
including leucocytozoonosis,
a disease of turkeys,
geese, ducks and sometimes
chickens.
Fortunately, buffalo gnats
are daytime biters and rarely
venture indoors. So, one
thing you can do is go inside
if the gnats are biting. Providing
shelters for poultry
may help since the flies don’t
like enclosures. There are
on-animal products labeled
for biting fly control which
can be applied directly to
chickens. Many of these contain
the active ingredient,
permethrin. One example is
PermectrinR spray insecticide
(remember to read and
follow all label directions).
Repellents containing
DEET are minimally effective
against buffalo gnats.
Wearing light-colored clothing
may help deter the gnats.
I know at least one local who
claims vanilla extract keeps
the gnats away. I cannot
promise that works, but
it does smell good. People
being tormented by buffalo
gnats should be encouraged
by the fact that the adult
flies only live 3-4 weeks and
should go away during hot
summer.
•
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.

65 Kitchen gadget
66 In addition
68 “Leaving Las
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The Vicksburg Post
70 Time between
mediodía y seis
America Marketing 72 USN rank Board. tions. Presley was president
She was vice 75 president Old rotorcraft, of of Vicksburg Country Club
Cabinet
The Salvation Army for shortWom-
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and works with Y’s Men.
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Continued from Page B9.
ghost stories?
Chamber of Commerce. account manager — She is
Answer :
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• Sam Porter, 80 Malaysian prospects ape director of children at Crawford
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Bowmar Baptist and Vicksburg-Warren
Vicksburg Soccer Organizaber
County Chamtion;
was president of Town
of Commerce member. and Country Garden Club;
• Kacy Presley, small business
and a Relay for Life board
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— He is sales manager member.
for Southern Style Publica-
Tamra
Miller
Sam
Porter
of premier banking at BancorpSouth.
Curtis was chairman
of the United Way’s
commercial division, treasurer
of the SCHF board and
a Vicksburg Catholic School
advisory member.
• Dexter Johnson, commercial
— He is city president
at Regions Bank and
part of Vicksburg-Warren
County Chamber of
Commerce.
• Gail Kavanaugh, school
— Kavanaugh is child nutrition
director of the Vicksburg
Warren County School
District. She was last year’s
school chair, is the Mississippi
School Nutrition
Association’s public
policy chair and part of the
state Association of School
Administrators.
• Susan Loflin, pacesetter
chair — She works at Vicksburg
Insurance Agency and
has been allocations chairman
and president of United
Way board. Loflin has been
on the Warren-Yazoo Mental
Health Council, a member
of Crawford Street United
Methodist and Service Over
Kacy
Presley
Danielle
Warnock
Self.
• Tamra Miller, special
gifts — She is an account
executive for Debut Broadcasting.
Miller has been
on the Vicksburg Community
School Advisory Board
and Boys and Girls Club of
local occupancy rates
Occupancy rates and average daily rates at 14 of Vicksburg’s 31
hotels and motels during April, as reported to Smith Travel Research.
One hotel is under construction in Vicksburg.
April 2009
Occupancy rate ................57.1%
Average daily rate .......... $69.82
April 2008
Occupancy rate ................69.9%
Average daily rate .......... $74.99
Year to date 2009
Occupancy rate ................52.9%
Average daily rate .......... $71.13
Year to date 2008
Occupancy rate ................64.5%
Average daily rate .......... $73.13
6/7/09
casino tax revenue
Vicksburg’s five casinos pay
a 3.2 percent revenue tax to
the State of Mississippi that
is divided — with 10 percent
going to schools, 25 percent
to Warren County and
65 percent to the city. A second
revenue tax is a 0.8 percent
share of the state’s 8.8
percent revenue tax. It is split
based on population proportions
between Vicksburg and
Warren County. Each casino is
also required to pay $150 for
each gaming device annually
to the city. Two casinos have
paid the device fee thus far
this year, and two had paid to
this point last year. These are
the latest receipts.
The following commercial
land transfers were recorded
in the office of Chancery
Clerk Dot McGee for the week
ending June 5, 2009:
• Tate Development LLC
to Luis A. Angel, Section 28,
Township 16N, Range 3E,
land transfers
April 2009
City ............................ $494,610.17
County ..................... $233,283.16
Schools .......................$63,295.08
Fiscal year to date 2009
City .........................$4,077,012.67
County ........................$1,737,671
Schools ...........................$471,803
April 2008
City ............................ $456,921.03
County ..................... $215,329.13
Schools .......................$58,456.53
Fiscal year to date 2008
City .........................$3,969,322.11
County ........................$1,717,266
new El Sobrero Mexican
Restaurant
• Johnson Outdoor Recreation
LLC to Justin C. Wade,
part of Sections 2, 3, 4, and 5,
Township 18N, Range 4E, off
Mississippi 465
-- Sunday Lunch Menu --
Specializing in Charbroiled Steaks & Jumbo Shrimp
Private Dining Room Available for All Occasions
• Our Famous Jumbo Fried Shrimp
............................................ $ 11.95
• Fried Chicken...................... $ 10.95
• Beef Tips over Rice............. $ 10.95
Serving Our Delicious Steaks All Day Long,
Right In Front Of Your Eyes!
Served with
Side Salad
All served with (no substitutes)
Macaroni & Cheese
Black-eyed Peas
Fried Okra
Dessert included at no extra charge:
Homemade Banana Pudding
Drink: Coffee or Iced Tea
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is now accepting applications for the 2009-2010 school year.
School age children, age 10 through young adulthood.
Please call Sandra Brooks at 601-619-7002
or 601-415-4776 for information.
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1017 HARRISON STREET
PUBLIC NOTICE
DEVELOPMENT PERMIT - A development permit is
required for any new construction, repairs, grading,
placement of premanufactured residential or commercial
units or any improvements to land or structures valued
at $500.00 or more. Permits may be obtained at the
office of the Warren County Building Official located in
the basement of the Warren County Courthouse.
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when connecting a driveway to any road maintained by
Warren County so that proper drainage can be insured.
Before connecting a driveway or reworking an existing
driveway connection, you must contact the Road
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Permits are issued at no cost to the permittee.
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601-636-1690
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601-636-1431
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THIS & THAT
18 from staff reports
1
Local gallery owner
to receive recognition
Vicksburg artist and
downtown gallery owner
H.C. Porter will be honored
by the Mississippi
Institute of Arts and Letters
during
a ceremony
Saturday
at
the Lauren
Rogers
Museum
of Art in
Laurel.
Porter
was recognized
in the visual arts
Porter
H.C.
category for her traveling
exhibit, Backyards and
Beyond: Mississippians
and Their Stories — The
First Year after Katrina.
The project documented
the aftermath of the
August 2005 hurricane on
the Gulf Coast.
Gator, bird lectures
scheduled in Clinton
The Clinton Community
Nature Center will present
two lectures in June.
“Amazing Alligators”
will be from 10 a.m. to
noon Saturday in Price
Hall. “Breakfast with the
Birds” will be from 9 to 11
a.m. June 20 at the nature
center trails.
“Amazing Alligators”
will feature a discussion of
lizards and other reptiles.
“Breakfast with the Birds
“will include a guided
walk. Participants are
encouraged to bring binoc-
Trophies sit in rows, one behind
another, covering shelves along a
wall of Mary Hopkins’ ranch room,
lining ledges near the ceiling and
running the length of a support
beam. Decades of horse magazines
are in stacks below the trophies.
Hopkins, 76, called “Miss Mary,”
bought Hopping H Ranch on Gibson
Springs.
“I begged for a horse and begged
for a horse, and finally my grandpa
got me a horse,” she said.
Hopkins has come a long way. She
can Quarter Horse Association for 35
years. In 1996, Hopkins was named a
Hometown Hero for Vicksburg and
carried the Olympic torch as it traveled
through town. The following
year, Hopkins received the AQHA’s
“(The award) is for very special
individuals who have gone above
and beyond to make our organization
better,” said Jennifer Hancock,
AQHA director of media relations.
Mary
Hopkins
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Mary Hopkins stands in a room full of trophies at her ranch off Gibson
Road. Hopkins, 76, has received the AQHA’s Professional Horsemen’s Life-
KATIE CARTER•The Vicksburg PosT
time Achievement Award for a Lifetime of Commitment to the Equine
Industry.
North American Riding for the Handicapped
Association and the Equestrians
with Disabilities classes. She
has judged Special Olympics equestrian
events and used the experience
to write the rules when children with
founded the program in 1990.
Equi-Able allows children with special
needs to come to the ranch each
Tuesday and learn to ride. The program
aims to use horseback riding
& her horses
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ulars and a field guide.
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Both programs are
free. The nature center
By Andrea Vasquez
avasquez@vicksburgpost.com
estimates she’s had more than 200
horses since she bought her ranch in
“She was chosen on many of her
merits, one of which was being very
as therapy, benefiting the children’s
physical, mental and social abilities.
is located at 617 Dunton
1959.
influential in helping establish the “That means the equine make the
Road. Call 601-926-1104 or
In 1960, she started the first 4-H (AQHA’s) Equestrians with Disabilities
disabled able,” Hopkins said.
visit www.clintonnaturecenter.org.
horse club in Mississippi, and she
classes.”
The idea came from Hopkins’
has served as a judge for the Ameri-
Hopkins has been involved with the
daughter.
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Excavation set
at Poverty Point
vation from 7 a.m. to 3:30
p.m. Wednesdays through
Sundays in June.
Poverty Point is in West
Carroll Parish, east of
Hopkins said her daughter won
the majority of the trophies sitting
around the room, and there is even
an Andreé All-Around prize at the
Dixie National Quarter Horse Show
in Jackson.
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Poverty Point State Historic
8 for an excavation by
Road 50 years ago. In that time, she first Merle Wood Humanitarian special needs were first able to compete
Andreé had accomplished just 11
archaeologists from the
University of Louisiana at
Monroe and Mississippi
State University.
The public will be
allowed to view the exca-
and her daughter, Andreé, collected
the hundreds of horse competition
trophies that fill the room.
Hopkins’ grandfather gave the
10-year-old her first horse, Baby,
when she was living in Ocean
Award.
Most recently, Hopkins is one of
three recipients of the first AQHA
Professional Horsemen’s Lifetime
Achievement Award for a Lifetime of
Commitment to the Equine Industry.
in 4-H events.
But closest to Hopkins’ heart is
Equi-Able Inc., through which she
has hosted about 90 special needs
children and more than 1,000 volunteers
at her 43-acre ranch since she
about everything else, Hopkins said,
when she had the idea for this project.
Andreé died in 1989, and when
some friends made a donation under
Andreé’s name to a similar program,
Equest, Hopkins brought her daughter’s
dream to life.
“That’s kind of what jump-started
me back into this,” Hopkins said. “I
See Hopkins, Page C2.
Monroe on Louisiana 577,
6and is open from 9 a.m. to
13
Black Bart, aka Charles E. Boles, was always a gentleman
5 p.m. daily.
Call 888-926-5492 or 318-
926-5492, or e-mail povertypoint@crt.state.la.us.
Black Bart was just a stage
tinctive T-shaped cut.
or guards on Reason McConnell’s
stagecoach — just boxes
5Carey Dinner Theatre
name — literally — for in his
It is thought he took his
seven-year spree as a Western
bandit he robbed 29 stage-
and he signed “Black Bart” a young deer hunter, Jimmy
name from a story he read, of cash. The driver had given 14
begins Thursday
coaches, from 1875 to 1882.
several times on bits of Rolleri, a ride. At one point,
William Carey University’s
34th season of Carey
He was no ordinary thief,
poetry he left behind. He was he jumped off the stage to
stealing only from Wells Fargo
described by the chief of detectives
of Wells Fargo as a man McConnell on the other side
hunt, thinking he would meet
Dinner Theatre will kick
& Co. and from the United
GorDoN
off Thursday and run
4 States Postal Service because
of “great endurance, a mountaineer,
a remarkable walker,” he saw Black Bart hacking
of a hill. Once he got there,
through July.
he figured each had plenty of
COTTON 15
Performances will be at
money and could afford to lose might appear on fine horses, and, because of his apparent away at a strong box, and Rolleri
aimed his Henry rifle at
the O. L. Quave Theatre.
some.
Black Bart was always on foot, speed, stamina and skill, he
“The Melody Lingers
He was a gentleman bandit, brandishing a double-barrel was tracked only once by a the bandit, nicking one of his
On, The Songs of Irving
always gallant toward lady shotgun, usually when the deputy who, after 6 miles, got knuckles. As Black Bart fled,
Berlin —” featuring the
passengers and never cursing stagecoach had to slow down a shot at the robber who then
3 songs “Alexander’s Ragtime
Band,” “Snookey
he dropped a bundle of money
drivers and guards.
for a sharp curve or when disappeared into the thick — and a handkerchief.
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He neither smoked nor drank going up a hill. He seemed to underbrush. Black Bart rambled
all over northern Califor-
was his undoing, for it was
It was the handkerchief that
Ookums” and “Steppin’
and never bothered the money have planned each robbery in
Out With My Baby” —
or jewelry of passengers. the same manner — casing the nia, from the Sierra Nevada to found by a local sheriff who
will open Thursday and
Wearing a duster to conceal
his clothing and a flour only the stage’s schedule but Only twice did Black Bart on it. There were 91 laun-
crime scene until he knew not the Redwood Coast.
saw the laundry mark F.X.O.7
run through June 27.
The musical comedy
2 sack with eye holes to cover also the lay of the terrain. He hold up a stage at the same dries in nearby San Francisco,
“Secrets Every Smart
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his face, all he ever said was, would establish a camp but left place. Ironically, it was the site and when the right one was
Traveler Should Know”
“Throw down the box,” a no clues, never even building of his first robbery, and it also found the sheriff waited until
will open July 7 and run
wooden case containing the a fire and never returning. He proved to be his last. It was in a middle-aged miner came in
through July 18. It will
money. There was no accent, always broke open the money the mother lode on Funk Hill to pick up his laundry — with
feature the songs “Naked
no hint of where he was from. boxes with an old ax, and he at a place called Copperpolis.
There were no passengers See Black Bart, Page C6.
in Pittsburgh,” “Customs”
While other desperadoes slit the mail bags with a dis-
and “She Spoke Spanish.”
Black Bart
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Children’s Pioneer Camp
9 a.m.-noon Tuesday-Friday; ages 7-12; Historic Jefferson
College in Washington; $20, prepayment required; 601-
442-2901 or hjc@mdah.state.ms.us.
Southern Cultural Heritage Center
Reservations required, space limited; 601-631-2997 or
info@southernculture.org; Scrappin’ on the River scrapbooking
workshop: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. June 20, $25 for members,
$30 for nonmembers; 2009 Multicultural Arts Camp:
8 a.m.-noon June 22-26, ages 6-12, $50 fee includes supplies,
materials, daily snack; Southern DramaKids: 9-11
a.m. July 13-17 and July 20-24, ages 12-18, $50 per child;
Fairy Tale Cooking: 10-11 a.m. July 7, ages 10 and younger,
$15 per child, free for parents; Stained Glass workshop: 10
a.m.-noon July 7, 14, 21, and 28; $160 for members, $170
for nonmembers; includes stained glass and basic supplies.
Ballroom Dance Lessons
The East Coast Swing: 5-7 p.m. today and June 21; $20 per person
per session; instructor: James Frechette of Applause Dance
Factory; Southern Cultural Heritage Center; 601-631-2997 or
info@southernculture.org.
Courtroom Sketches Exhibit
Drawings by P. Sanders McNeal from civil rights trials
of Byron De La Beckwith and Sam Bowers; on display
through Friday at Bryant Galleries, 3010 Lakeland Cove,
Suite A, Flowood; 601-932-5099 or sylvia@bryantgalleries.
com.
Lorelei Book-signings
Neil White: 5 p.m. June 15, “In the Sanctuary of Outcasts: A
Georgia Renaissance Festival
Atlanta, today: Massive festival with costumed performers,
craft demonstrations, period activities and more than 100
shops; 770-964-8575, www.georgiarenaissancefestival.com.
Fiesta of Five Flags
Pensacola, Fla., through June 14: Treasure hunts, parades,
a sand sculpture contest and more; 850-433-6512, www.fiestaoffiveflags.org.
Sun Fun Festival
Myrtle Beach, S.C., through Monday: Festival featuring concerts,
a car show, celebrity meet-and-greets and fireworks; 800-
356-3016, www.sunfunfestival.com.
local events & ENTERTAINMENT
Memoir”; John Sumrall: 2 p.m. June 27, “Classic Magnolia Rock:
History of Original Mississippi Rock and Roll 1953-1970”; Vicki
Allen: 4 p.m. July 10, “Drink One to Me, Christian Bennett”; Sam
Haskell: 2 p.m. July 18, “Promises I Made My Mother”; Ann Mc-
Kee: 4 p.m. Aug. 7, “Historic Photos of Mississippi”; Robert Dalby:
4 p.m. Aug. 14, “A Piggly Wiggly Wedding”; Lorelei Books, 1103
Washington St.; 601-634-8624 or www.loreleibooks.com.
Robin Myers Book-signing
1-3 p.m. June 20 ; “A Caregiver’s Journey”; Christian Books and
More; 2480 S. Frontage Road, Suite G; 601-638-2223.
You Can’t Take It With You
Friday-Sunday and June 19-21; Blue Barn Theatre, 1001 E.
P. Spencer Drive, Port Gibson; for times, ticket prices: 601-
437-9054.
Vicksburg Theatre Guild Shows
“Fairy Tale Theatre”: June 25-28; $5 for adults, $3 children
12 and younger; “Gold in the Hills”: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays July 10-Aug. 1; $10 for adults, $5 children for 12
and younger; all shows at Parkside Playhouse, 101 Iowa
Ave.; 601-636-0471 or www.e-vtg.com.
‘Gold in the Hills’
Presented by Westside Theatre Foundation in the Coral
Room at The Vicksburg on Clay Street; 8:15 p.m.; 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.
southern travel calendar
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
8-11 a.m. each Saturday and 4-7 p.m. Wednesdays
through Aug. 29; lot at Grove and Levee streets; produce,
arts and crafts, Master Gardeners and live entertainment
on Saturday; produce only on Wednesday; 601-634-4527
or www.downtownvicksburg.org.
LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT
BB Secrist
Oldies; Ameristar’s Cabaret; tonight; free; 601-638-1000.
Shabang
Variety; Ameristar’s Cabaret; Tuesday-Sunday and June 16-
21; free; 601-638-1000.
That 80’s Band
80’s Variety; Ameristar’s Bottleneck Blues Bar; Friday and
Saturday; free; 601-638-1000.
Dr. Zarr’s Funkmonster
Variety/Funk; Ameristar’s Bottleneck Blues Bar; June 19-20;
free; 601-638-1000.
French Market Tomato Festival
New Orleans, Saturday-June 14: Great food, live music and
fun activities; 504-522-2621, www.frenchmarket.org.
Mighty Moo Festival & Reunion
Cowpens, S.C., June 18-21: A reunion for those who served
aboard the World War II aircraft carrier the USS Cowpen; www.
cowpensmightymoo.com.
Hillsborough Hog Day
Hillsborough, N.C., June 19-20: Family-oriented event featuring
a carnival atmosphere and more than 30 teams competing
in an old-fashioned pig roast; 919-732-8156, www.hogdays.
com.
Elvis Presley Festival
Tupelo, today: A weekend of Elvis mania musical tributes and
an anniversary homecoming parade; 888-273-7798, www.tupeloelvisfestival.com.
Church Point Buggy Festival
Church Point, La., today: A festival in the self-proclaimed “Buggy
Capital of the World” that celebrates these wheeled carriages;
www.churchpointbuggyfestival.com.
Celebrate Fairfax
Fairfax, Va., today: Carnival rides, food and more than 80 musical
performances on six stages; 703-324-3247, www.celebratefairfax.org.
Riverbend Festival
Chattanooga, Tenn., through Saturday: Six stages of national
acts including the Black Crowes, Galactic and Railroad Earth;
423-756-2211, www.riverbendfestival.com.
Gadsden Riverfest
Gadsden, Ala., Friday-Saturday: Three days of music, fun,
food and children’s activities and more; www.gadsdenriverfest.
com.
Hopkins
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keep this going for her.”
Each disabled rider needs
at least four volunteers. In
1992, Hopkins spoke to the
Vicksburg High School Key
Club, the youth arm of the
Kiwanis Club. Soon after,
the group, led by sponsor Ed
Wong, began volunteering at
the ranch.
“We have ranch every
Tuesday,” said Julianna
Jones, 18, the daughter of
Sonny and Teresa Jones.
“Rain or shine, it’s always
ranch.”
Students help the special
needs riders, clean the stalls,
dust the barn and feed and
clean the horses.
Many of the volunteers
come to the ranch having
little or no experience with
horses, but it’s not long
before they learn.
“A lot of people come out
here and it’s all new,” said
Julianna, who grew up
around horses.
But Hopkins had a lesson
for her. “I told her, ‘Miss
Mary, I’ve never been scared
of horses,’ and she said, ‘Oh,
you should be.”
Hopkins said, “You just
have to respect them and you
have to love them — and they
have to respect you.”
Hopkins has 16 horses at
her ranch. Since founding
Equi-Able, people around the
country have donated horses
— some champions — to the
program.
Among the more than
330,000 AQHA members,
Hancock said Hopkins is one
of the most active. Her biggest
accomplishments have
less to do with the trophies
on the wall and more to do
with the autistic girl who
Hopkins said started talking
after six months of riding at
her ranch.
“It’s hard to say why, except
that I like people — I may
like horses better,” she said,
laughing. “I like animals, but
I must like people because I
keep reaching out to them.”
submitted to The Vicksburg Post
Celebrate Georgia’s famous fruit at the Peach Festival, set
for Friday-June 20 in Fort Valley.
Blue Ridge Barbecue Festival
Tyron, N.C., Friday-Saturday: A battle for the grill, two dozen
performers on two stages and an arts and crafts fair; 828-859-
7427, www.blueridgebbqfestival.com.
Georgia Peach Festival
Fort Valley, Ga., Friday-June 20: Annual event celebrating the
state fruit with a grand parade, beach party, beauty pageant,
live music and the world’s largest peach cobbler; 877-322-4371,
www.gapeachfestival.com.
KATIE CARTER•The Vicksburg Post
Julianna Jones, 18, of Vicksburg High School Key Club,
grooms Perfect Weapon at Mary Hopkins’ ranch. Julianna
is the daughter of Sonny and Teresa Jones.
Secret City Festival
Oak Ridge, Tenn., June 19-20: A celebration of the 63rd anniversary
of the end of World War II featuring film screenings, reenactments
an arts and crafts show and more; 865-425-3610,
www.secretcityfestival.com.
Hampton County Watermelon Festival
Hampton County, S.C., June 20-28: At 67 years, the longestrunning
festival in the state; www.melonfest.org.
Helen Keller Festival
Tuscumbia, Ala., June 22-28: Food, fun, music, a fun run and a
car and truck show; www.helenkellerfestival.com.
AthFest Music & Arts Festival
Athens, Ga., June 25-28: More than 100 bands on two stages
and booths of arts and crafts; 706-548-1973, www.athfest.com.
Round the Fourth
Conway, S.C., June 27: An old-fashioned American celebration
with train rides, live music and food; 843-248-2273, www.roundthefourth.com.
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Upcoming weddings
June 13
• Gloria Dean London Kline and Andrew Thomas
4 p.m. at St. Mary’s Parish Center
Reception to follow
Family and friends are invited
• Joselyn Trinnette Erves and Kenneth Lamar James
6 p.m. at the bride’s parents’ home in Jonesboro, Ga.
Reception to follow
Family and friends are invited
• Lindsay Boyd and Neal Massey
6 p.m. at 387 Rollingwood Drive
Reception to follow
• Tomeka T. Lipscomb and Staff Sgt. Enrico B. Banks
6 p.m. at Magnolia M.B. Church in Port Gibson
Reception at Moments to Remember
Family and friends are invited
• Leslie Anne Dyess and Robert Wade May
7:30 p.m. at St. Michael Catholic Church
Reception at B’nai B’rith Literary Club
Joselyn Trinnette Erves of
Jonesboro, Ga., and Kenneth
Lamar James of Rex, Ga.,
will be married at 6 p.m. June
13, 2009, at the home of the
bride’s parents. A reception
will follow. All relatives and
friends are invited to attend.
Miss Erves is the daughter
of Alonzo and Lizzie Erves of
Jonesboro. She is the granddaughter
of the late Percy and
Emma Erves of Vicksburg.
Mr. James is the son of Colzie
D. James of Morrow, Ga. He
is the grandson of Beatrice
James of Morrow.
The bride-elect is a 1995
graduate of Cedar Grove
High School, where she was
a member of the marching
band, National Honor Society
Joselyn Trinnette Erves
Engaged to marry
Kenneth Lamar James
Miss Erves, Mr. James
to marry in Georgia
and Beta Club.
She received a Bachelor of
Science degree in education
from the University of Georgia,
where she was a member
of Kappa Delta Epsilon.
Miss Erves is an elementary
teacher with the Dekalb
County School System.
The prospective groom
is a 1994 graduate of Sandy
Springs High School, where he
was a member of the chorus
and FBLA.
He received a Bachelor of
Science degree in landscape
architecture from the University
of Georgia, where he
was a member of the African-
American Choral Ensemble.
Mr. James is a customer service
associate for Lowe’s.
The engagement of Jennifer
Ellen Rogillio to Daniel Thompson
Ratliff Jr., both of Vicksburg,
is announced today. The
wedding will be at 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 3, 2009, at St. Paul Catholic
Church. A reception will follow
at the Southern Cultural Heritage
Complex. All relatives and
friends are invited to attend.
Miss Rogillio is the daughter
of Donna Rogillio Allen and
David Michael Rogillio, both
of Vicksburg. She is the granddaughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Gene
Rogillio, the late Jean Sharpe
Rogillio and Mary Ellen Flowers,
all of Vicksburg; Mr. and
Mrs. James Flowers of Carlisle;
and the late Mr. and Mrs.
George E. Bates of Morton.
Mr. Ratliff is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Daniel Thompson
Ratliff Sr. of Orange Beach,
Ala. He is the grandson of
Mr. and Mrs. Mack Barrier of
Roswell, Ga., and Mr. and Mrs.
Jennifer Ellen Rogillio
Engaged to marry
Daniel Thompson Ratliff Jr.
Rogillio to wed Ratliff
in evening ceremony
W.T. Ratliff Jr. and the late
Shirley Gunner Ratliff, all of
Birmingham.
The bride-elect is a 2003
graduate of St. Aloysius High
School. She was a member of
the Vicksburg Cotillion Club
and Sub-Debs.
She received a bachelor’s
degree in human sciences
from Mississippi State University,
where she was a
member of Phi Mu fraternity
and served as vice president
of Fashion Focus.
Miss Rogillio is employed at
Guaranty Bank and Trust.
The prospective groom is a
2003 graduate of Gulf Shores
High School. He received a
bachelor’s degree in sociology
from Mississippi State University,
where he served as social
chair for Kappa Alpha Order.
Mr. Ratliff is a deputy for
the Warren County Sheriff’s
Office.
Bishops to be honored
Fred and Carol Bishop of
Vicksburg were married July
12, 1959, in a small ceremony
in Hazlehurst in front of family
and friends. They have three
children, Belinda, Jimmy and
Kevin; four grandchildren,
April, Keyton, Kristi and
Devin; and one great-granddaughter,
Sawyer Grace.
Fred and Carol Bishop
The Bishops owned the
Lucky Fisherman restaurant
until their retirement.
They will be honored with a
reception, hosted by their children
and grandchildren, from
1 until 4 p.m. Saturday at the
Riverfront Park. All friends
and family are invited.
Norris, Irwin to marry
Sept. 12 at Solid Rock
The engagement of Delana
Rachelle Norris to Henry
Joseph Irwin, both of Vicksburg,
is announced today.
Vows will be exchanged
at 5 p.m. Sept. 12, 2009, at
Solid Rock United Pentecostal
Church. A reception will
follow in the fellowship hall of
the church. Attendance is by
invitation only.
Miss Norris is the daughter
of Martha Deaton and Samuel
“Troy” Norris of Vicksburg.
She is the granddaughter of
Claudia Norris and the late
Samuel Norris of Vicksburg
and the Rev. Robert and Velma
Bishop of Eufaula, Ala.
Mr. Irwin is the son of Diane
Klemme and Joseph “Joey”
Delana Rachelle Norris
Engaged to marry
Henry Joseph Irwin
Irwin of Vicksburg. He is the
grandson of the late J.C. Irwin,
Charlene Irwin and Nona and
Sonny Ford, all of Vicksburg.
The bride-elect is a 2008
honor graduate of Warren
Central High School, where
she was a member of the
National Honor Society.
Miss Norris is a nurse’s
aide.
The prospective groom is a
2000 graduate of Warren Central
High School. He received
a welding and electrical
degree from Hinds Community
College.
Mr. Irwin is a Budweiser
salesman for Southern
Beverage.
Tomeka Tracette Lipscomb
Engaged to marry
Staff Sgt. Enrico Boyzell Banks
Miss Lipscomb to wed
Banks in Port Gibson
Tomeka Tracette Lipscomb
and Staff Sgt. Enrico Boyzell
Banks, both of Port Gibson,
will be married at 6 p.m.
June 13, 2009, at Magnolia
M.B. Church in Port Gibson.
A reception will follow at
Moments to Remember. All
relatives and friends are
invited to attend.
Miss Lipscomb is the daughter
of Sandra Lipscomb and
Tommy King of Port Gibson.
She is the granddaughter of
the late Virginia Hedrick Ellis
and the late Charles Lipscomb
Sr. of Port Gibson.
Staff Sgt. Banks is the son
of Betty Banks of Port Gibson
and Larry Thomas of New
Orleans. He is the grandson
of the late Helen and Bill Beasley
of Hermanville.
The bride-elect is a 1992
graduate of Port Gibson
High School, where she was
a member of FBLA and the
marching band.
She received a Bachelor of
Science degree in early childhood
family education.
Miss Lipscomb owns Ginni’s
Nursery and Academy.
The prospective groom is a
1992 graduate of Port Gibson
High School, where he was
a member of ROTC and the
Football Association.
He attended Hinds Community
College and Alabama
A&M University, where he
received a Bachelor of Science
degree in physical education.
Staff Sgt. Banks is in the U.S.
Army.
Robert and Ann Walters
Walters couple honored
Robert “Bob” and Ann Walters
will celebrate their 50th
wedding anniversary Friday.
They were married June 12,
1959, at Prichard Methodist
Church in Prichard, Ala.
They will be honored by
their children, Mark and
Cathy Walters of Vicksburg
and Tracey and Tim Short of
Plano, Texas, with a reception
from 2 until 4 p.m. Saturday
at the Abundant Life Center
at Hawkins United Methodist
Church. All relatives and
friends are invited to attend.
No gifts are requested.
Planning a wedding?
The Vicksburg Post will publish an engagement
announcement with a photo six to eight weeks before the
wedding date. The Sunday before the wedding, we will list
your wedding in a roundup of those planned for the week.
The wedding writeup and photo will run, as space allows, as
soon as possible after the wedding.
Wedding information submitted more than eight weeks
after the ceremony is too late for use.
There is no charge to publish any of the announcements.
Information for engagement and wedding announcements
should be submitted on forms provided by The Vicksburg
Post. They are available at the newspaper office, 1601 N.
Frontage Road, or online at vicksburgpost.com.
Forms should be filled out in full, typewritten when possible
or legibly written. A phone number on the form is required.
Photos of the bride or couple should be close-ups when
possible; unfiltered, glossy images in 5-by-7 or 4-by-6
reproduce best. Inferior quality photos will be refused.
For more information, call 601-636-4545, ext. 131.

C4 Sunday, June 7, 2009 The Vicksburg Post
Smoky Mountains National Park marking 75th anniversary
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP)
— The ancient blue-green
mountains with breathtaking
vistas and distinctive mists
are home to salamanders
and black bears, 19th century
log cabins, rippling streams,
waterfalls and more than 800
miles of trails, including a
large section of the Georgiato-Maine
Appalachian Trail.
It’s little wonder the Great
Smoky Mountains attracts
more than 9 million visitors
a year, twice as many as any
other national park in the
United States.
“No matter what your interest
is, everybody that visits
here can make a personal connection
in one way or another,”
said Ann Froschauer, who
works with key park support
groups, the Friends of the
Smokies and the Great Smoky
Mountain Association.
“That’s why we have folks
who come back year after
year. They bring their kids
and their grandkids. Because
something here touched
them.”
The 520,000-acre preserve
straddling the Tennessee-
North Carolina border, named
by the Cherokee Indians as
“The Land of Blue Smoke”
for its signature natural mist,
marks its 75th birthday on
June 15.
Featured events on the anniversary
weekend include a
Knoxville Symphony concert
with U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander
playing piano among
the old cabins and barns in
pastoral Cades Cove near
Townsend. There also will be
a groundbreaking for a $2.5
million Oconaluftee visitor
center in Cherokee, N.C., that
will highlight Cherokee Indian
and Appalachian culture.
A Sept. 2 ceremony at Newfound
Gap will mark President
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s original
dedication of the park “to
the free people of America” in
1940. President Barack Obama
has been invited.
Dozens of related activities
The associaTed press
The tourist town of Gatlinburg, Tenn., is shown against the backdrop of the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park.
A mother black bear and her cub are seen along Indian
Grave Gap Trail near Townsend, Tenn.
are occurring throughout the
year in surrounding communities
— museum exhibitions,
parades, family reunions and
a Dolly Parton-penned musical
about the Smokies at her
Dollywood theme park in
Pigeon Forge, with CD profits
benefiting the park.
“Our anniversary has been a
reason for so many people to
pause and think back,” Smokies
Superintendent Dale Ditmanson
said. “It has been
a time of reflection (and) a
jumping off point.”
Don Shoulders of Goodlettsville,
Tenn., remembers the
first time he saw the Smokies
in 1936.
The Depression-era farmboy
was barely 17 when he signed
up with hundreds of other
young men in FDR’s Civilian
Conservation Corps. As
many as 4,000 at a time would
work in the Smokies, laying
the foundation for the park
by erecting stone bridges and
buildings, cutting trails and
planting trees.
“It is the first time I heard of
the Smokies,” the 90-year-old
Shoulders said. CCC examiners
in Nashville warned him
about ridge-running in the
mountains. “They said one leg
would be that much shorter
than the other when you come
out,” he laughed.
After a long trip by train and
truck, Shoulders and his comrades
arrived at the former
logging camp of Tremont in
the middle of the night.
“We had some boys that
were just so homesick they
was a-crying. I felt like I had
done the wrong thing ... until I
woke up the next morning, and
I said, ‘I am in a new world!”’
Shoulders would spend three
years in Tremont, earning
$30 a month — $25 of which
was sent home. He dug trails
and performed other necessary
work, including as latrine
orderly. He ate well, gained
weight — 127 pounds when
he arrived, 150 pounds when
he left — and developed an
enduring fondness for the
Smokies.
When he finally returned 27
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years later, he said the park
had been transformed, the
forest restored. “It was a different
place. It really changed.”
He’s been back with his family
every year since.
In his 1940 dedication,
Roosevelt said Americans had
“used up or destroyed much
of our natural heritage just
because that heritage was so
bountiful.”
In the Smokies, he said, “are
trees ... that stood before our
forefathers ever came to this
continent; there are brooks
that still run as clear as on the
day the first pioneer cupped
his hand and drank from
them.
“In this park, we shall conserve
these trees, ... the trout
and the thrush for the happiness
of the American
people.”
In fact, the Smokies had been
heavily logged by timber companies,
muddying the streams
and leaving only about a quarter
of the old-growth forest
intact. Boar from nearby game
preserves moved in, nonnative
rainbow trout were stocked
in streams and a blight soon
killed off the massive American
Chestnut trees that once
covered 40 percent of the
forest.
Park managers continue to
battle these issues, while new
pests threaten hemlocks and
dogwoods and decimate the
firs in the park’s Nova Scotialike
higher elevations.
Still, Supervisory Ranger
Kent Cave said, “It is a testament
to the regenerative
powers of Mother Nature
that the forest has regrown. It
looks, I am sure, similar to the
way it did when Native Americans
used the land or the first
European settlers came.”
The park is designated
an International Biosphere
Reserve and a World Heritage
Site with one of the most
biologically diverse ecosystems
on the planet, supporting
fireflies that blink in unison,
2-foot-long salamanders, 300-
pound black bears, a small
herd of reintroduced elk and
growing numbers of native
brook trout.
A continuing inventory by
scientists and volunteers of the
park’s 100,000 estimated species
of plants and animals has discovered
thousands previously
unseen in the park and hundreds
unknown to science. The
project has become a model for
parks around the country.
Twenty national parks were
created before the Smokies,
mostly in Western states
beginning with Yellowstone
in 1872.
The Smokies was the first
in the southern Appalachians
and the first to require purchasing
land from individual
owners.
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The Vicksburg Post Sunday, June 7, 2009 C5
Hollywood exodus
Film construction coordinator Sean Clouser,
right, looks over plans with set painter Bruce
Tinseltown employees settling
in states that are tax-friendly
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A
25-year veteran of the film
industry, William Gilpin lived
in Los Angeles his entire life
until he moved to New Mexico
at the end of 2007. The construction
coordinator works
on cable network AMC’s hit
series “Breaking Bad,” about
a chemistry teacher who turns
to a life of drug-dealing after
being diagnosed with cancer.
Like many TV production
workers, Gilpin, 55, followed
the jobs that left California
and relocated to states that
offered generous tax breaks to
lure film shoots. New Mexico
offers a tax rebate of up to
25 percent of qualifying production
expenses, including
actors’ salaries.
“I came here on a distant
location to do a TV series,
not planning to move,” Gilpin
said. “But I realized, you know,
what a good place to be.”
Gilpin also said fewer competitors
in the New Mexico
film industry means more
work for him.
“In New Mexico, there’s
three of me in my position,”
Gilpin said. “In Los Angeles,
there’s 500.”
Last year, a growing number
of TV and movie productions
were shot in states other than
California, up 2.5 percent from
2007, or 45 productions, to
1,842, according to the Motion
Picture Association of America.
Meanwhile, Golden State
productions fell 9.3 percent, or
49 productions, to 480.
The infrastructure of moviemaking
is starting to form permanently
in other states. A
$146 million studio complex is
being planned outside Detroit,
and studios and post-production
facilities are going up or
already exist in Louisiana,
Pennsylvania, Texas, Massachusetts,
North Carolina and
Florida.
“There are now full studios
available in the states that
offered large incentives,”
said Paul Audley, president
of FilmLA Inc., an organization
that tracks Los Angeles-area
location filming. “It’s
created an exodus of talent
— not actors, but production
people.”
Workers who have moved
away say that while they miss
the L.A. music scene, diverse
restaurants and other conveniences
of big city life, being
farther afield has its perks,
like being closer to nature and
being able to afford a home.
The associaTed press
Johnson, center, and Anthony Yarbrough at
a police station in Detroit.
Sean Clouser, a native Californian
with nearly 20 years
of film industry experience,
was surprised to find himself
moving to Michigan last fall
after working as a construction
coordinator on the independent
film “High School.”
Michigan offers up to a 42 percent
tax credit.
Clouser, 41, said he was
attracted by the cheaper cost
of living and by locals’ friendliness
and doesn’t plan to
return to the fast-paced life
he left behind. There’s also a
lot of work from films being
shot locally and in surrounding
states.
Makeup artist Tarra Day,
46, lived in Los Angeles for
20 years but thanks to work
shifting out of California, she
was able to move back to her
home state of New Mexico in
late 2005 to be with her aging
father and grandmother.
Jack Kyser, chief economist
for the Los Angeles County
Economic Development Corp.,
estimated that for every midsize
film with an average $70
million budget that leaves California,
the state loses nearly
700 indirect jobs and $10.6 million
in sales and income tax.
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Black Bart
Continued from Page C1.
the telltale mark. After hours
of interrogations, the man
confessed, but only to the last
robbery.
Being found guilty, he was
sentenced to just seven years
in San Quentin, and served
over four and was then
released because of good
behavior. He was a model prisoner,
working as a druggist
for the prison’s doctor. While
in jail, he wrote McConnell
and Rolleri letters, praising
the former for his good driving,
but said he was unable
to compliment Rolleri on his
marksmanship. As far as is
known, he never committed
another crime. At any rate, he
was never heard from again.
He reportedly caught a ship
for Japan in the 1890s.
He came into the world
about as mysteriously as he
left. He was born about 1832,
either in Norfolk, England, or
upstate New York. The names
of his parents are not known.
He had a wife named Mary
and three children. Sometime
before the Civil War, they
moved to Decatur, Ill.
The late Paul Harvey in one
of his fascinating accounts,
“The Rest of the Story,” wrote
of Black Bart that he never
rode horses because he was
afraid of them and, instead of
being a young desperado, he
was a middle-aged man who
never fired a shot — because
he never loaded his gun.
But there’s more to the story.
Black Bart’s real name was
Charles E. Boles. He was a private
in the 116th Illinois Infantry,
Co. B.
You’ll find him listed at the
Illinois Memorial Temple in
the Vicksburg National Military
Park. It was probably
in the Union army that he
learned to steal.
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who lives in Vicksburg.
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PHOTOS BY OUR READERS
Fronia Theobald
Sherry Henry of Vicksburg sent in this photo of a hummingbird that she said seems
to be the dominant one at her bird feeder, sitting on the post from which the feeder
hangs and running off the other birds.
Joseph Jackson
Fronia Theobald of Vicksburg took this picture on the levee at Eagle Lake on Memorial
Day — after all the cattle had been forced to high ground by water rising from the
Mississippi River. She said she felt the bovine was wondering what in the world was
she doing on the levee.
Mike Passmore
Conner Lawson Harrigill
Joseph Jackson of Vicksburg captured this male cardinal about to chomp
on a piece of bread.
Conner Lawson Harrigill, 4, son of John and Marsha Harrigill,
insisted to his grandmother that he plant a seed
from an apple he was eating with his grandmother. Much
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Mike Passmore of Vicksburg was at Eagle
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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.
Call 601-636-SELL
to list your job
opportunity!
07. Help Wanted
Executive Director:
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.)
07. Help Wanted
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
Music to a classified advertiser’s
ears...a ringing telephone!
Try The Vicksburg Post Classifieds.
601-636-SELL
07. Help Wanted
The Housing Authority of the City of Vicksburg, MS is seeking
qualified applicants for the position of Executive Director. The
position entails managing the 400 + Public Housing units and
staff of the VHA.
Requirements include a combination of 5 years experience in
public administration, housing management, business or a
closely related field and knowledge of HUD rules, regulations
and guidelines. Strong communication skills, management
experience and the ability to work with tenant counsels, community
organizations and public relations a must. College
degree or equivalent combination of training and experience
preferred. Candidate must have HUD Asset Management
experience. NAHRO PHM Certification or Executive Director
Certification is preferred but not required.
Current or previous employment or involvement with a Public
Housing Authority and/ or Housing management certification is
required. The Executive Director reports to a 5 member Board
of Commissioners. Salary is based upon experience and
includes excellent health and retirement benefits. Relocation
expenses are not reimbursable. Send resume, including salary
expectations and professional references: James T. Killroy,
Chairman of the Board, Vicksburg Housing Authority, 131
Elizabeth Circle, Vicksburg, MS 39180.
KEEP UP WITH all the
local news and sales...-
subscribe to The Vicksburg
Post Today! Call
601-636-4545,
ask for Circulation.
06. Lost & Found
LOST A DOG?
Found a cat? Let The
Vicksburg Post help!
Run a FREE 3 day ad!
601-636-SELL or e-mail
classifieds@vicksburg
post.com
LOST!
LARGE CREAM COL-
ORED cat with black tail/
blue eyes. Child's pet,
needs medication. 601-
638-8899, 601-301-1946.
07. Help Wanted
“ACE”
Truck Driver Training
With a Difference
Job Placement Asst.
Day, Night & Refresher
Classes
Get on the Road NOW!
Call 1-888-430-4223
MS Prop. Lic. 77#C124
Applications being
accepted for:
BUSINESS OFFICE
MANAGER
One year experience in
billing, must be knowledgeable
of Medicaid,
Medicare and Private
Insurance billing.
We offer Blue Cross/ Blue
Shield medical insurance,
PTO & 401K-Plan.
Apply in person to:
Shady Lawn Health &
Rehabilitation
60 Shady Lawn Place
Vicksburg, MS 39180
or fax resume to
601-636-8811
EOE
Attention
Students!
SUMMER WORK
$14 Starting Pay
Flexible Schedules
Customer
Sales/Service
All Ages 17+
Call NOW
601-636-9100
TRUCK DRIVER
needed for pick-up,
delivery & service of
portable toilets.
Vicksburg & Jackson area
Must have minimum
Class A License.
Apply in person @
Sheffield Rentals
1255 Hwy. 61 S., Vicksburg
DRIVER TRAINEES NEEDED
NO CDL?
No Problem!
Earn up to $900/wk.
Home weekends with
TMC
Company endorsed
CDL Training.
1-800-350-7364
DRIVER/ WAREHOUSE.
CDL with Hazmat endorsement,
Class B required. Apply
in person at Gas and
Supply, 50 Buford Drive,
Vicksburg, MS between
8am and 4pm Monday –
Friday. No phone calls.
HVAC TECHNICIANS
WANTED. Star Service,
Inc. of Jackson is taking applications
for employment in
the Vicksburg area. Excellent
benefits/ income. For
confidential consideration,
call or forward resume to:
Stan Rasberry, Star Service,
Inc., P.O. Box 720339,
Byram, MS 39272, phone 1-
800-478-0486, fax 601-373-
0459,
www.star-service.com
Classified
Advertising really
brings big results!

D2 Sunday, June 7, 2009 The Vicksburg Post
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.
403 BELVA DRIIVE
WANT A LOWER PRICED,
BUT VERY NICE HOME?
3 BR/1.5B home with fenced
backyard. All appliances remain.
$93,000.
JONES & UPCHURCH, INC.
Call Andrea at
601-831-6490
Top Producer 2007
601-831-6490
EMAIL: ANDREA@JONESANDUPCHURCH.COM
Andrea Upchurch WWW.VICKSBURGHOMES.COM
220
FAIRWAYS DR.
$279,500.
Live the good life! This
beautiful home provides a
fenced-in tropical back
yard with palm trees and
beautiful in-ground pool surrounded by an extended
patio begging for outside entertainment. 4 brms,
2 1/2 bths, family rm/fireplace, formal dining, & eat-in
kitchen with stainless steel appliances & granite counter tops.
JIMMY BALL
REALTOR® GRI
JIMMY BALL
& Coldwell Banker All Stars
601-638-5435 or 601-218-3541
fewball@cablelynx.com
“WHY NOT CALL A PROFESSIONAL?”
We are proud to welcome
NINA ROCCONI
601-415-4503 or 601-636-5947
LEECH REAL ESTATE OF VICKSBURG, INC.
www.leechrealestateofvicksburg.com
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
310 Willow Creek Drive
13.3 acres with lots of trees and a great
family home with three bedrooms,
three baths and a barn. Bovina school
district. Watch the deer from your
upstairs sunroom.
McMillin
And
Real
Estate
Beverly McMillin
601-415-9179
#3 Jil Marie
Openwood S/D great family
home. Big corner lot with
fenced yard.
NEW LISTING!
Home for Sale? Show it to the world
at www.vicksburgrealestate.com
602 BELVA DRIVE
Fish from your back yard. Lake front lot. Completely refurbished
with new carpet, new vinyl bath flooring. Wood
floors refinished in den/kitchen. New counter tops in
kitchen. Front porch and rear porch. 3 bedrooms and 2 full
baths. 1 Car carport. 20' X 20.6' shop and storage building.
Chain link rear fenced yard.
2735 Washington Street, Vicksburg, MS 39180 • 601-638-6243
BETH MAZZANTI
& Coldwell Banker All Stars
PRESENTS
216 OVERLOOK DRIVE
$
83,500
Why pay rent when you can use your $8,000 tax credit and own
your own home? This well maintained 3 Bd. 1.5 Bth home in
Greenbrier has a freshly painted exterior & new roof. It also
includes a 24 x 28 wired shop! Call Beth @ 601-218-2489.
601-634-8928 or 601-638-6009
homesofvicksburg.com
526 GRANGE HALL RD.
Presented By
Anita Tarnabine
“SERVING BUYERS AND SELLERS
SINCE 1994”
$
149,900
Family living at it's best! Kitchen is unparrelled at this price point.
Oversized with beautiful custom cabinets. Custom ceramic floors in
dining and den. Seperate living room with fireplace. Owner's suite
is massive!! All bedrooms are larger than average for this price.
Situated on approx 1 acre.
601-415-5097
anita.tarnabine@coldwellbanker.com
BETH MAZZANTI
& Coldwell Banker All Stars
PRESENTS
1812 VICKLAN STREET
$
114,500
Wonderful home for a first time home buyer in a great
neighborhood! This spacious 2 bedroom 1 bath home on
Vicklan St. has an open floor plan and a tremendous back yard.
All appliances remain including washer, dryer & refrigerator.
601-634-8928 or 601-638-6009
homesofvicksburg.com
07. Help Wanted
INDEPENDENT CON-
TRACTORS NEEDED to
visit places of business to
evaluate customer service,
product quality and store
presentation for national
companies. Must have a
computer, printer, digital
camera and car. Call Karen
Day at 1-800-782-4299 or
submit a profile on line at:
www.maritzmysteryshopping.com
Leading gulf coast ship building and repair facility is currently
seeking a Senior Pipe Designer and a Senior
Structural Designer with the following qualifications:
Senior Pipe Designer:
07. Help Wanted
OFFSHORE & ONSHORE JOBS
Apply for an 8 day Oilfield Training and
Preparation Program. Funding for training
may be available through your local
WIN Job Center if qualified.
Interviewing Tuesday, June 9th,
9 a.m.-12 noon, Vicksburg WIN Job Center,
1625 Monroe Street, Vicksburg, MS
Applicants must qualify
•Pass Drug Screen
• Valid Driver’s License
• Own Reliable Transportation
PEC/PREMIER
READ THE CLASSIFIEDS DAILY!
1614 OAK RIDGE RD
Well maintained home features three spacious bedrooms,
two baths, updated kitchen, two living areas, formal dining
area, and fenced back yard. $159,900. MAKE OFFER!
307 ALLEN PLACE
7 ACRES, BARN, WORKSHOP, FENCED PASTURES
Beautiful home features 4 bedrooms, two baths, large great
room, dining room with fireplace, updated kitchen with
upgraded appliances, large deck. $219,000 MAKE OFFER.
601-636-5947 or 601-415-4114
LEECH REAL ESTATE OF VICKSBURG, INC.
www.leechrealestateofvicksburg.com
07. Help Wanted
FARM HELP NEEDED
Couple to live on property.
Job requires farming operations,
guiding deer and duck
hunts, maintaining lodge,
food preparation. Benefits include
insurance, phone,
housing, and utilities.
Long term employment in
Yazoo County. Contact Greg
at 601-352-1107
PAGE DESIGNER
A Position is open in The
Vicksburg Post production
department for a page
designer. Responsibilities
include: Electronic pagination
of news, sports and
feature pages using Adobe
InDesign, Adobe
Photoshop, Adobe
Illustrator in a Macintosh
environment. Computer
and typing skills are a
must! The employment is
full-time with a rotational
weekend schedule.
Good benefits.
Apply in person at:
The Vicksburg Post,
1601F North Frontage
Road
07. Help Wanted
BARBER, STYLIST,
NAIL TECHNICIAN needed.
Call 601-618-7468.
NOW HIRING
Weekend RN
Competitive Salary/
Benefits
Contact In Person:
Director Of Nursing
Heritage House
Nursing Center
3101 Wisconsin Ave.
Vicksburg, MS 39180
227 FAIRWAYS DRIVE
Exceptionally Exquiste! Brick Home On The Lake In Fairways.
Four Bedrooms, Four & A Half Baths, Fireplace In The Living
Room, Formal Dining Room, Dramatic Staircase, Stainless
Appliances, Granite Counter Top, Hardwood Floors, Two Car
Garage And More... Call Reatha Crear 601-831-1742.
$
295,000
REATHA CREAR
& Coldwell Banker All Stars
601-831-1742
601-634-8928
reathacrear@aol.com
07. Help Wanted
HVAC AND DUCT IN-
STALLER, must have knowledge
of sheet metal and Service
Technician needed.
Please Call Kivett's Electric at
318-574-1669.
Applications being
accepted for:
Licensed Cosmetologist,
Part-time, up to 24 hrs/wk.
Flexible schedule
Apply in Person at:
SHADY LAWN
NURSING HOME
60 Shady Lawn Place
EOE
Local company seeks dedicated
and experienced individual for
data entry/ office clerk position.
Ideal candidate will be organized,
punctual, efficient, and possess
knowledge of computer programs
such as Microsoft Word, Excel,
and Addagio. Positive communication
and problem-solving skills
are a must.
Send resume to:
Private Home Care, Inc.,
P.O. Box 820874,
Vicksburg, MS 39182.
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.
07. Help Wanted
800 CHERRY
STREET
Unique new construction
fits perfectly in Vicksburg's
most historic neighborhood.
Walk to cafes, shops,
museums, parks, & the
waterfront--4 Bdrms, 4 1/2
Baths, 7 walk-in closets, 2 pantries, formal living and dining
rooms, bonus room, covered porches, walled courtyard
w/fountain, 4 car garage, work shop, security system, 4014 sq. ft.
$595,000
David Mitchell
BROKER/OWNER
REALTY LTD.
1022 Monroe St. • Vicksburg, MS • 601-218-8201
davidmitchell@warrenrealtyltd.com
14. Pets &
Livestock
AKC REGISTERED
BULL Mastiff. Champion
and European blood lines,
females, very big, $750.
CKC Toy Poodle, female
puppy, $400. 318-341-7697.
AKC/ CKC
REGISTERED
YORKIES, Poodles
and Yorkie-Poos
$300 to $700!
601-218-5533,
07. Help Wanted
Vicksburg’s newest casino and hotel is
currently seeking candidates for the following:
INTERNAL AUDITOR
GUEST SERVICE MANAGER
EVS SUPERVISOR
SURVEILLANCE OBSERVER
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, 8:30am to 4:30pm.
“Not The Same Old Team”
EOE/DRUG FREE
Classifieds Really Work!
Discover a new world of
opportunity with
The Vicksburg Post Classifieds.
14. Pets &
Livestock
VICKSBURG WARREN
HUMANE SOCIETY
Highway 61 South
601-636-6631
Currently housing 155 unwanted
and abandoned animals.
50 dogs & puppies
105 cats & kittens
Please
adopt
today!
Call the Shelter for more information.
HAVE AHEART, SPAY
OR NEUTER YOUR PETS!
Look for us on www.petfinder.com
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
Must be proficient with ShipConstructor 3-D modeling.
Must be able to extract 3-D Cad Model Piping to 2-D
Isometric and spool drawings, arrangement drawings and
extract piping material take-off from 3-D Model.
Senior Structural Designer:
Must be proficient with ShipConstructor 3-D modeling,
build strategy, nesting and lofting, Manual and Automatic
Nest, NC Pyros.
Both candidates must have a minimum of 4 years with
ShipConstructor ,as well as, experience with NavisWorks
and Microsoft Office software.
Qualified applicants should possess 10 years of marine
design with experience in both vessels and rigs.
(All above statements are intended to describe the general
nature and level of work being performed and are not to be
construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities.)
Excellent pay, bonuses and a competitive benefits package
are available.
Qualified applicants can email a resume to
recruiting@flexicrew.com
Shipyard Project Manager
Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc is
seeking top performers to lead our project management
teams in shipyards across the globe. We
have developed a comprehensive package of incentives,
benefits and other perks for our Project
Managers: bonuses, long term incentives, travel
comp, and very liberal vacation plus comp time off.
Of course standard employee benefits also come
with the job. This is your chance to get in with the
leading offshore drilling contractor in the world.
All the technology, opportunity for advancement
and professional development you would expect
with a world leader will be available to you.
If you have demonstrated success in leading projects
repairing and upgrading mobile offshore drilling rigs,
we may have just the opportunity you are looking for.
Qualified applicants please submit
resume to
USHQ@mail.deepwater.com
or
for more opportunities please visit
our website at www.deepwater.com
TODDI is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and operates as
a drug-free workplace. Employment is contingent upon passing
a pre-employment drug screen and background check.
Principals only. For more information on our company and
fleet, visit our website at www.deepwater.com
Teachers, stay-at-home
parents, college students,
nurses. . . they’re all
delivering the newspaper
in their spare time and
earning extra income!
It’s easy - and it’s a great
way to earn extra cash.
No Wonder Everybody’s Doing It!
To join
The Vicksburg Post
newspaper team
you must be
dependable, have
insurance, reliable
transportation, and
be available to deliver
afternoons Monday -
Friday and early
mornings Saturday
and Sunday.
Your Hometown Newspaper!
Openings Available in:
Edwards, Bolton
and 61 South area
601-636-4545 ext. 181

The Vicksburg Post Sunday, June 7, 2009 D3
14. Pets &
Livestock
BEAGLE PUPPIES. Two
3 month old males. Mother
AKC registered. $250/ pair.
601-638-5795.
SHIH TZU PUPPIES.
Many colors to choose
from. $250. Now taking deposits.
Tracy, 601-630-
6185.
SMALL FEIST PUPPIES,
6 weeks old. $75 each. Call
601-636-3867.
TOY POODLES AND
Shih-tzpoo puppies. $175,
cash only. Dealer welcome.
601-849-2597.
TWISTER 5 HORSE aluminum
slant load trailer with
weekend package. $16,000.
601-218-9984.
15. Auction
LOOKING FOR A great
value? Subscribe to The
Vicksburg Post, 601-636-
4545, ask for Circulation.
*GRAND OPENING*
NEW BUSINESS
GREEN’S COUNTRY
ANTIQUES
T uesday-Saturday
9am-6pm
Natchez, MS
5 Swayze Rd.
Off of Kingston Rd.
601-392-6785
16. Antiques
WAYNE’S ANTIQUES
624 1st St. • Delhi, LA 71232
318-878-5900
www.waynesantiques.com
Mon - Tue Closed
Wed- Fri 10am-5pm
Sat 9am-5pm
Sun 1pm-5pm
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
WE BUY GOOD, used
aluminum canoes. YMCA,
601-638-1071.
18. Miscellaneou s
For Sale
LOOK!
2 DELL LAPTOPS, $285
and $350. Call 601-636-
7142.
22 INCH CHROME
RIMS, good tires, $1200.
Cal 601-618-6461.
34. Houses
For Sale
18. Miscellaneou s
For Sale
9 PIECE OUTDOOR
wicker furniture with cushions.
$500 firm. 601-636-
8099
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.
Shop & Save
at
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! Carpet, Mongolian
rugs, tile. For more
information call 601-218-
7765
FRESH ORGANIC
BLUEBERRIES. Locally
grown. $14 per gallon. Call
Paul at 601-618-9627.
FRESH PRODUCE! Squash,
potatoes, tomatoes, purple hull
peas and corn. Call 601-529-
3678 or 318-282-5128.
HEAVY DUTY SWINGS,
$135. Gliders, $300. Rocking
horses, $20. Richard
Taylor, 601-636-2731.
K&K CRAWFISH NOW
selling purged Crawfish,
ready for the pot! 318-207-
6221, 318-282-5460.
34. Houses
For Sale
18. Miscellaneou s
For Sale
KODAK EASY SHARE
3.1 with printer dock. Panasonic
6.0 digital phone with
answering machine and extra
phone. Each $30. 601-
636-4520.
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.
THE PET SHOP
“Vicksburg’s Pet Boutique”
2106 Cherry Street
Pond fish are here: Koi, Xlarge
goldfish & more. Also all kinds
of tropicals including Cichilds,
lots of blue & bright colors.
Dwarf & mini bunnies, guinea
pigs, parakeets, cockatiels.
Loads of collars & harnesses.
Pets Welcome!
UPRIGHT PIANO. $150.
601-218-2030.
VIEWSONIC POCKET
PC (PDA). Cybershot 3.3
digital camera, 6-disc CD
player. Each under $50.
601-636-4520.
WROUGHT IRON AND
wood kitchen table with 4
chairs, $200. Twin size mattress
and box springs,
$100. 601-831-1125.
19. Garage &
Yard Sales
190 MASSEY ROAD. Friday
through Sunday 7am-
5pm. Lots of clothes, crafts
and miscellaneous.
18. Miscellaneou s
For Sale
WE PAY CASH!
for gold, diamonds & coins
Scallions Jewelers
1207 Washington St. • 601-636-6413
COME CHECK US OUT TODAY
YOU’LL WANT TO MAKE YOUR
HOME HERE
Great Location, Hard-Working Staff
601-638-7831 • 201 Berryman Rd
34. Houses
For Sale
19. Garage &
Yard Sales
CORNER OF WIG WAM
and Warrenton Road, Friday-
Monday 7am- until.
Lots of stuff, priced to sell.
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
2005 POLARIS
SPORTSMAN 800. Only 48
hours, like new, garage
stored. $5900. 601-218-
9677.
21. Boats,
Fishing Supplies
1998 KAWASAKI 1100
ZXI jet ski. New trim motor,
just had a top end rebuild,
ski is very fast 63 miles per
hour. $3850 or trade for motorcycle.
David Williams,
601-218-4278.
SEADOO JET SKI, 3 person,
runs great, new trailer.
$1750. 601-415-2224.
What's going on in Vicksburg
this weekend? Read
The Vicksburg Post! For
convenient home delivery,
call 601-636-4545, ask for
circulation.
29. Unfurnished
Apartments
34. Houses
For Sale
22. Musical
Instruments
ANTIQUE BOX GRAND
piano. $500.
601-466-7477.
24. Business
Services
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
D.R. PAINTING AND CON-
STRUCTION. Painting, roofing,
carpentry service. Licensed
bonded. Free estimates!
Call 601-638-5082.
Classified Advertising
really brings big results!
29. Unfurnished
Apartments
Bienville
Apartments
1, 2 & 3 bedrooms and townhomes.
Call 601-636-1752
www.bienvilleapartments.com
34. Houses
For Sale
24. Business
Services
ELVIS YARD SERVICES.
General yard clean-up, rake
leaves, grass cutting, tree
cutting, reasonable. 601-
529-9730. Quick response.
HVAC
Be Cool Condenser
Cleaning Service
Clean/charge cooling system
Call Bobby 601-415-8988.
River City Lawn Care
You grow it we mow it!
Affordable and professional.
Lawn and landscape
maintenance.
Cut, bag, trim, edge.
601-529-6168.
Tired of paying Cable
Satellite bills? Worried about
losing channels June 12 th ???
Receive up to 16 FREE
channels over the air!!
We install custom antennas.
Call for estimates.
CUSTOM DIRECT
ANTENNAS
601-218-4292
YARD MOWING, food plots,
general disking, clipping and
gravel driveways re-leveling.
Call George 601-218-6930.
29. Unfurnished
Apartments
We now have immediate availability.
Don’t miss out!!
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.
READ THE CLASSIFIEDS DAILY!
34. Houses
For Sale
24. Business
Services
DIRT AND GRAVEL
hauled. 8 yard truck. 601-
638-6740.
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
HAIR SALON/ RETAIL
space on Wisconsin Avenue,
1800 square feet,
very nice. $1,200 monthly.
601-634-6669.
NEW! SMALL HOUSE or
studio apartment. Full bath,
galley kitchen, off street
parking, furnished. 601-634-
8088.
OFFICE SPACE AVAIL-
ABLE in existing office. Includes
fax, furniture, utilities+.
$500 monthly. Call
601-829-9555 9am-5pm.
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.
29. Unfurnished
Apartments
34. Houses
For Sale
27. Room s For
Rent
$75 WEEKLY, $270
MONTHLY. Cable, air, phone
furnished. With bath $350
monthly. 601-272-4564.
DIXIANA MOTEL.
NIGHTLY, weekly and
monthly rates! 4041 Washington
Street, near casinos,
Vicksburg, MS. 601-631-
6940.
WEEKLY RATE: $80.
MONTHLY RATE: $320.
NO deposit required.
Completely furnished
with bed and TV.
All utilities paid with
central heat and air.
601-631-0222
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.
29. Unfurnished
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
FURNISHED OR UNFUR-
NISHED ROOM.
Centrally located, quiet,
secure.
Monthly lease required.
601-638-5943,
662-873-2878.
AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM
SENIOR CITIZEN DISCOUNT
601-661-0765 • 601-415-3333
34. Houses
For Sale
601-634-8928
2170 South Frontage Rd.
Vicksburg, MS 39180
Tour 1
➢
2:00-2:30
107 Annandale
• 4B/3.5BA, 3,677 sf.
• In-ground pool, pool house
• Bonus room, gourmet kitchen
• $405,000
➢
2:40-3:10
220 Fairways Drive
• 4B/2.5BA, 2,785 sf.
• Palm trees, in-ground pool
• Family room, formal dining room
• $279,500
➢
3:20-3:50
227 Fairways Drive
• 4B/4BA, 1 Half Bath, 3,430 sf.
• On lake, fireplace
• Dramatic staircase
• $295,000
➢
4:00-4:30
110 Brookwood
• 4B/3BA, 2,894 sf.
• Beautifully updated, new roof
• Huge family room, sun room
•$219,900
Sunday, June 7th • 2:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Tour 2
➢
2:00-2:30
309 Dogwood Lake Circle
• 4B/2BA, 2,025 sf.
• On lake, gorgeous view
• Large addition for extra room
•$209,900
➢
2:40-3:10
404 Culkin Road
• 4B/2BA, 1,773 sf.
• Covered patio,
• 18x30 wired & lit workshop
• $129,900
➢
3:20-3:50
103 Manchester
• 3B/2BA, 1,792 sf.
• Large fenced back yard
• Large kitchen, fireplace
• $198,900
➢
4:00-4:30
101 Andover Circle
• 3B/2BA, 2,066 sf.
• Corner lot, large front porch
• Beautiful wood flooring
• $227,250
Jimmy
Ball
REALTOR®
601-218-3541
Richie
Caldwell
REALTOR-ASSOCIATE®
662-801-3046
Tour 3
Carl
Carson
REALTOR-ASSOCIATE®
601-218-3375
Tim
DeRossette
REALTOR-ASSOCIATE®
601-301-0625
➢
2:00-2:30
113 Carlton Place
• 4B/3.5BA, 2,804 sf.
• Porches, patio, deck
• New carpet, fresh paint
• $299,000
➢
2:40-3:10
304 Enchanted Drive
• 3B/1.5BA, 1,032 sf.
• Updated gourmet kitchen
• Carport, great yard
• $107,900
➢
3:20-3:50
109 Starlight Drive
• 4B/2BA, 1,720 sf.
• Large eat-in kitchen
• Completely restored
•$99,900
➢
Herb
Jones
REALTOR-ASSOCIATE®
601-831-1840
Beth
Mazzanti
REALTOR-ASSOCIATE®
601-218-2489
Drop by Sunday and visit with one
of these Coldwell Banker Agents
and see the home of your dreams.
4:00-4:30
216 Overlook Drive
• 3B/1.5BA, 1,156 sf.
• Fresh paint exterior, new roof
• 24x28 wired workshop
•$83,500
Tour 4
➢
2:00-2:30
307 East Drive
• 4B/2BA, 2 Half Baths 3,166 sf.
•Familyroom, fireplace, built-ins
• Large eat-in kitchen with island
• $279,900
➢
2:40-3:10
5646 Gibson Road
• 3B/2BA, 1,683 sf.
• Custom built home
• Eat-in kitchen, 2-car garage
• $124,500
➢
3:20-3:50
104 Sunset Avenue
• 3B/2BA, 1,375 sf.
• Brand new eat-in kitchen
• Large family room, playroom
• $125,000
➢
4:00-4:30
308 Maple Circle
• 4B/2BA, 1,529 sf.
• Formal living, family room
•Eat-in kitchen, fenced backyard
•$117,500
Tour 5
➢
2:00-2:30
1429 Wisteria
• 2B/2BA, 2,153 sf.
• Eat-in kitchen with keeping
room, full basement
•$187,500
➢
2:40-3:10
126 Roseland
• 3B/2BA, 1,543 sf.
•Greatlocation, newly remodeled
• Refinished hardwood floors
• $109,900
➢
3:20-3:50
1612 Broadhill Drive
• 3B/2BA, 1,110 sf.
• Redone, decorative details
• Adorable inside and out
•$109,900
➢
4:00-4:30
1847 Main Street
• 3B/1BA, 1,050 sf.
• Covered back porch, workshop
• Family room, eat-in kitchen
• $79,900
Tour 6
2:00-2:30
1630 East Avenue
• 5B/3BA, 2,544 sf.
• Sprawling spacious home
• 2 fireplaces, mother-in-law suite
•$199,900
COLDWELL BANKER TOUR OF HOMES • SUNDAY, JUNE 7TH • 2:00 - 4:30 P.M.
➢
➢
2:40-3:10
1812 Vicklan Avenue
• 2B/1BA, 1,343 sf.
• Open floor plan
• Tremendous back yard
• $114,900
➢
3:20-3:50
800 Belmont Street
• 2B/1BA, 2,042 sf.
• Beautifully restored
• Extra lot, 12’ Front Porch
•$144.900
➢
4:00-4:30
1711 Cherry Street
• 5B/4BA, 3,312 sf.
• 42’ ceilings, beautiful staircase
• Kitchen refurbished w/island
•$219,900
Each Office Independently Owned & Operated

D4 Sunday, June 7, 2009 The Vicksburg Post
28. Furnished
Apartments
QUAINT ONE BED-
ROOM. Fully furnished, all
utilities, downtown, much
nicer than a motel room.
$900 monthly. Call Rick,
Coldwell Banker All Stars,
601-618-5180.
29. Unfurnished
Apartments
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Available for a
29. Unfurnished
Apartments
2 BEDROOM DUPLEX,
newly remodeled, new carpet,
$400 monthly, $200 deposit.
3 Bed duplex $450
monthly, $200 deposit, both
with stove and refrigerator.
601-634-8291
29. Unfurnished
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
from
29. Unfurnished
Apartments
Vicksburg’s Most
Convenient Luxury
Apartments!
• Cable Furnished!
• High Speed Internet
Access Available!
601-636-0503
2160 S. Frontage Rd.
Vicksburg, MS 39180
• CABLE FURNISHED
• HIGH SPEED INTERNET
29. Unfurnished
Apartments
2 BEDROOM, 1 BATH
APARTMENT, central air
and heat, appliances included,
no washer/ dryer hookup,
$250 deposit, $425
monthly. 601-638-0099.
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
ACCESS AVAILABLE
• NUMEROUS LAVISH AMENITIES
• SPARKLING SWIMMING POOL
• BASKETBALL COURT
• VOLLEYBALL COURT
www.gfprop.com
1 BEDROOM. FURNISHED
with stove and refrigerator.
$400 monthly.
Call 601-631-3914.
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apartment homes!
601-636-0503 • 2160 S. Frontage Rd.
29. Unfurnished
Apartments
2 BEDROOMS, 2½ baths.
Openwood Townhouse. 1,400
plus/ minus square feet. $650
monthly. $400 deposit. 601-
831-8900. Leave message.
MANAGER’S SPECIAL
River Oaks Apartments
601-638-2231
Office located at
Commodore
Apartments
605 Cain Ridge Road
SPACIOUS 1 BED-
ROOM, 1 bath downtown
apartment. Tall ceilings,
new paint, carpet and tile,
water, wirless Internet, Directv,
garbage, washer/ dryer
hoopkups included.
Lease required, $550
monthly, $300 deposit. 601-
636-4646.
The Vicksburg
Remodeled
Apartments
now available.
601-636-4146
www.thevicksburg.com
29. Unfurnished
Apartments
3 BEDROOMS, 2 baths,
$369 monthly! Many units
Available! 4% down, 30
years buy at 8%! Listings
800-620-4856 extension
B790.
SPACIOUS 2 BEDROOM
apartment. 61 South area.
601-619-9789.
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
$200 MONTHLY! 4 bedrooms,
3 baths, only 5%
down, 30 years, 8%. Buy!
For listings, 800-620-4856
extension D785.
$369 MONTHLY! 6 bedrooms,
3 baths, 5% down ,
15 years at 8%. For listings,
800-620-4856 extension
G681
1314 SPRING STREET, 3/
4 bedroom, 2 bath, central
air. $600 monthly, $650 deposit.
678-360-4747.
Classified Advertising
really brings big results!
29. Unfurnished
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
30. Houses
For Rent
1405 DIVISION STREET. 3
bedroom, 1 bath, central air/
heat. $600 monthly, $650 deposit.
678-360-4747.
2 BEDROOM WITH refrigerator,
stove and washer/
dryer hook-up. Call 601-
634-8715 for details.
2 BEDROOM, 1 bath,
South county. Large yard to
maintain. References required.
$600 monthly, $200
deposit. No pets. 601-636-
2533.
3 BEDROOMS, 1 bath.
Brick, fenced, clean, Blakely
Subdivision. $800 Monthly,
deposit/ references. 601-
218-3299, 662-834-2450.
LOS COLINAS. SMALL 2
Bedroom, 2 Bath Cottage.
Close in, nice, $795 monthly.
601-831-4506.
31. Mobile Homes
For Rent
17X80 2 BEDROOM, 2
full bath. Oak Ridge Road.
$500 monthly, deposit required.
601-218-6301.
COUNTRY LOT, nice, remodeled,
3 bed, 2 bath. No
pets. $550 monthly, plus
deposit and references.
601-638-6660.
MEADOWBROOK
PROPERTIES. 3 bedroom
mobile homes, Highway 61
South area. Deposit required.
601-619-9789.
32. Mobile Homes
For Sale
2008 16X80 LEXINGTON.
3 bedroom, 2 bath. Asking
payoff, $27,000. Must be
moved. 601-218-1971.
4 BEDROOM, 2 bath with
land. EZ Terms – low down
payment. Slow credit okay.
601-218-5656, 601-218-2582.
29. Unfurnished
Apartments
32. Mobile Homes
For Sale
8x22 MOBILE HOME.
Metal roof, full bed, toilet,
shower, great for single/ 2
people or deer camp, near
Raymond. $1750. Must be
moved. 601-278-0358.
$39,995
3 bedroom, 2 bath
28x52
$4,000 dn
$312 p/m
Classic Double Wide Village
601-636-6433
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$370 monthly, financing
available. 601-672-5146.
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
OFFICE SPACE FOR
RENT $550 monthly, utilities
included. Call Robertta
with vicksburg(Perry Real
Estates) 404-319-0405
29. Unfurnished
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
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• Glass
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601-636-4813
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601-218-8747
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601.636.7843
601.529.5400
Joe@RiverCityHandyman.com
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• Construction
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New Homes
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State Licensed & Bonded
John Ross 601-638-7932
FRANK KEEN BUILDERS
New Construction
Renovations & Painting
Quality Cabinets
30 years Experience
601-218-4263
601-630-4111
• Lawn Dirt Services Care
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River City Landscaping, LLC
• Haul dirt, clay, gravel, rock
601-529-0894
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• Box Blade • Grass Cutting
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Robert Keyes, Jr. (Owner)
• Bush Hogging
• Box Blading
• Yard Work
• Tree & Debris -
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GEORGE MARTIN & SONS
601-885-8508 • 601-218-9480
• 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!
2002 Washington Street
601-638-0083
• Construction
Roofing
Central Roofing
Commercial & Industrial
26 years in Business
References Provided
Licensed & Bonded
Call 601-813-4343
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& Insured
• 601-573-1160
• Jason Ellis
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33. Commercial
Property
SHOP IN OPENWOOD,
5,000 square feet. $1000
monthly. Call Jennifer 601-
218-4538.
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.
34. Houses
For Sale
1.5 STORY HOME, 5
bedrooms, 2.5 baths. 2200
square feet. $190,000 negotiable.
601-218-6075.
4 bdrm, 2 ba., nice recently
updated home. New laminate,
ceramic in kitchen & baths,
fresh paint. Great county
location, minutes from town,
quiet cul-de-sac, spacious
yard, 12x20 workshop.
All for $149,000.
Call 601-415-3022 for
more info or appointment.
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29. Unfurnished
Apartments
34. Houses
For Sale
79 CLAYTON
3 bdrm, 1 bath, completely
redone, includes appliances.
$87,700
601-831-6490
Andrea (Owner/ Agent)
BEVERLY
MCMILLIN
Realtor
“Simply the Best”
601-415-9179
M cMillin
Real Estate
VicksburgMsRealEstate.com
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
2735 Washington Street
Vicksburg, MS 39180
29. Unfurnished
Apartments
34. Houses
For Sale
808 QUEEN STREET. 2
bedroom, totally remodeled
Mrs. Horton 601-618-5317.
Agent owned. OPEN HOUSE
2-3:30PM SUNDAY.
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Us.
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Saturday - 9am-5pm
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601-634-8928
2170 S. I-20 Frontage Rd.
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29. Unfurnished
Apartments
34. Houses
For Sale
135 AUTUMN DRIVE.
Turn key ready. Freshly remodeled,
3 bedroom, 2 bath
brick home. $84,000 or best
offer. Ward Real Estate.
601-634-6898.
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
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McMillin
Real Estate
601-636-8193
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Call Your
Hometown Specialists!
Licensed in MS and LA
Jones & Upchurch
Real Estate Agency
1803 Clay Street
www.jonesandupchurch.com
Judy Uzzle..................601-994-4663
Mary D. Barnes.........601-966-1665
Stacie Bowers-Griffin...601-218-9134
Jill Waring Upchurch....601-906-5012
Carla Watson...............601-415-4179
Andrea Upchurch.......601-831-6490
Broker, GRI
601-636-6490
34. Houses
For Sale
4 BED, 2 BATH Foreclosure
reduced! Only
$13,900! For listings 800-
620-4856 extension S131
FIRST TIME HOME buyers,
come view this 3 bedroom,
1 bath home with large
fenced-in back yard for only
$77,000. Call Earlina 601-
456-1225, Ward Real Estate.
FOR SALE! 4 BED-
ROOMS, 2 BATHS, 3.5 acres,
newly remodeled. Culkin area.
$100,000. 601-301-0145.
ONE OWNER. 3 bedrooms,
1.5 baths, well maintained
with updates, 1500
square feet, large den, fireplace
with gas logs, range,
refrigerator, dishwasher, microwave,
central air/ heat,
large storage building with
electricity, fenced private
backyard, Redwood school
district. $127,900. For appointment,
601-636-7244,
601-218-9665.
Kay Odom..........601-638-2443
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
Daryl Hollingsworth..601-415-5549
Sybil Caraway....601-218-2869
Catherine Roy....601-831-5790
Angie Presley.....601-218-2458
Jim Hobson.........601-415-0211
ARNER
REAL ESTATE, INC
VJIM HOBSON
REALTOR®•BUILDER•APPRAISER
601-636-0502
WHAT A DEAL !!!!!
REDUCED TO $99,900!!!
3 Bdrm brick home in Blakely Subdivision.
Large updated kitchen. Great workshop - concrete floor,
wired. Fenced, private backyard with patio.
Home with Hunting Land
61 Acres in Redwood includes 3 house sites plus 2006
doublewide with vaulted ceiling, 1800 sq ft, back deck,
fenced front yard. Great Wildlife!! $250,000
Attention Investor:
3 individual apartments (triplex)! Already updated!
Conveniently located off Drummond Street. Reduced -
Motivated Seller!! $159,000.
Make Offer:
Updated 2 bdrm townhouse with open floor plan -
maintenance free for your busy schedule. Make Offer.
Openwood. $77,000.
Affordable Country Living:
3 bdrm, 2 ba manufactured house, 3 acres out Oak Ridge.
New roof, Berber carpet/ rustic pinewood flooring, 5 ton
cooling system. See deer in your backyard! $95,000.
Work from Home - Great Workshop:
4 bdrm, 2 ba, almost 2000 sq ft home off Hwy 61S.
900 sq ft workshop features concrete floor, electricity,
even plumbing available! $185,000.
FOR INFO, CALL CARLA
(601) 415-4179
Jones & Upchurch Real Estate
34. Houses
For Sale
PRIVATE HOME ON one
acre, nice fixer-upper.
$40,000. Sybil at Varner
Real Estate. 601-218-2869.
Search
Homes For Sale,
Photos & Details
in the
MLS of Vicksburg
at
www.VicksburgRealtors.com
35. Lots For Sale
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
PRIVATE BUILDING
LOTS, mobile home lots.
Sybil at Varner Real Estate.
601-218-2869.
36. Farms &
Acreage
BEAUTIFUL 2 OR more
acres. $15,000 per acre. Interstate
20 Frontage Road.
Will consider financing. Call
601-955-0244.
DOUBLE WIDE ON 29
acres with shop and carport
in Bovina area. $135,000.
601-634-1074, after 5pm.
39. Motorcycles,
Bicycles
1996 YAMAHA VIRAGO
1100. $3500. Call 601-831-
2121.
2002 CUSTOM BUILT
Pro Street chopper. Low
miles. $13,500. 601-638-
6898, 601-415-2999.
YAMAHA VSTAR 650.
Immaculate condition, loaded
with accessories. $4500.
Call 601-415-2224.
40. Cars & Trucks
1996 CHEVROLET CA-
MARO V6 $850! Runs goog!
Must see! For listings. 800-
619-3924 extension 4898.
1999 CHEVROLET CA-
MARO V6 $850! Runs
Good! Must see! For listings
800-619-3924 extension
4898
40. Cars & Trucks 40. Cars & Trucks
SOLD
The Car Store
40. Cars & Trucks
2000 Mercury Sable, V-6,
65,000 miles, leather, power.
$3800. 601-415-3847.
2002 FORD RANGER
$1000 or best offer! Won't
last! Low Mileage! For listings
800-619-3924 extension
1864.
2002 SUBARU WRX, 2.0 4
cyclinder turbo. 126,000
miles, 28 miles per gallon.
$5000. Call 601-316-0742
2004 FORD RANGER
4x4. 34,919 miles, excellent
condition, take up payments.
Call 601-638-5397.
2004 TOYOTA SIENNA
LE. Excellent condition,
81,000 miles, white exterior,
grey leather interior, fully
electric. $10,850. Overseas
move forces sale. 601-883-
9988, 601-831-4928.
2007 HONDA ACCORD.
Loaded, leather, sunroof, 6-
disc changer. Call Steve
Barber 601-630-5452 or
601-638-1252, Dealer.
2009 IMPALA SS. Call
Steve Barber 601-630-5452
or 601-638-1252, Dealer.
2009 MALIBU. Call Steve
Barber 601-630-5452 or
601-638-1252, Dealer.
BUY POLICE IMPOUNDS!
Honda's, Chevrolet's, Jeeps,
etcetera. Cars from $500~
For listings 1-800-619-3924
extension 7186.
LARGE SELECTION OF
TAHOES. 2 wheel and 4
wheel drive. Call Steve Barber
601-630-5452 or 601-
638-1252, Dealer.
99 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER V1852.... 23 mos.@ $240 Per Month $ 1105 Down
99 KIA SPORTAGE V1858 ........................ 24 mos.@ $250 Per Month $ 1255 Down
01 KIA SPORTAGE 4x4 V1846................ 24 mos.@ $240 Per Month $ 1285 Down
01 DODGE RAM 1500 SLT V1855 .............. 24 mos.@ $270 Per Month $ 1300 Down
03 SATURN VUE 4x4 V1857 ..................24 mos.@ $290 Per Month $ 1555 Down
03 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER LT V1861 ............24 mos.@ $300 Per Month $ 1630 Down
01 DODGE DURANGO SLT 4x4 V1860 ......24 mos.@ $300 Per Month $ 1735 Down
97 CHEVY 1500 Z71 4x4 V1848......................24 mos.@ $310 Per Month $ 1915 Down
99GMC 1500 SLE 4x4 V1847......................24 mos.@ $300 Per Month $ 1945 Down
03 JEEP LIBERTY 4x4 RV1856......................24 mos.@ $300 Per Month $ 1945 Down
04 FORD ESCAPE XLT V1850..........................24 mos.@ $310 Per Month $ 2020 Down
SOLD
SOLD
Trucks
SOLD
SOLD
SOLD
SOLD
Cars
99 CHRYSLER CONCORDE V1226RR ..........16 mos.@ $210 Per Month $ 640 Down
99 MERCURY SABLE WR363 ........................ 9 mos.@ $230 Per Month $ 670 Down
01 CHEVY MALIBU V1185RR ........................ 15 mos.@ $240 Per Month $ 925 Down
01 HONDA CIVIC LX V1835 ........................ 24 mos.@ $270 Per Month $ 1195 Down
00 CADILLAC DEVILLE V1854 .................. 23 mos.@ $300 Per Month $ 1615 Down
WE FINANCE OUR OWN ACCOUNTS
SOLD
Classifieds Really Work!
SOLD
SOLD
SOLD
SOLD
*Plus Tax & Title, 0% APR WAC
601-638-6015 • 2800 Clay Street • Vicksburg, MS
Visit us online at www.vicksburgpost.com

D6 Sunday, June 7, 2009 The Vicksburg Post
“Your Local Toyota Dealer”
4105 CLAY STREET
VICKSBURG, MS
2010 TOYOTA
COROLLA
2009 TOYOTA
CAMRY LE
** $ 179 per mth.
2009 TOYOTA
RAV 4
HUNDREDS
OF
TOYOTA’S
AVAILABLE
* $ 18,998
2009 TOYOTA
TUNDRA
* $ 20,998
***up $ 7,000 OFF
to 08 TOYOTA
CAMRY
07 TOYOTA
CAMRY
08 PONTIAC
G6
09 PONTIAC
G5
08 TOYOTA
VERSA
07 TOYOTA
HIGHLANDER
6P4377
$15,988
6P4359
$15,988
6P4387
$10,988
6P4382
$12,988
690183A
$12,988
6P4393
$14,988
08 TOYOTA
CAMRY SE
08 TOYOTA
COROLLA
07 TOYOTA
TUNDRA
04 TOYOTA
SIENNA
09 TOYOTA
MATRIX
06 HONDA
ACCORD CPE
680298U1
$16,988
6P4403
$12,988
690270A
$18,988
690231A
$14,988
690237U
$14,988
6P4401
$14,988
EASY PAYMENTS
08 Corolla $188
07 Vibe $188
08 Versa $188
07 Highlander $218
09 Matrix $218
08 Camry $228
07 Camry SE $248
07 Tundra $298
* All payments with $2995 down plus
Tax & Title WAC 72 @ 7.95%.
* All Prices After Rebate & Tax and Title.
** 36 Month Lease, 12k miles per year, $2779 Cash Due At Inception, WAC
*** $7000 Off Includes Rebate, Business Rebate Stock Number.
CASH CARS
94 Toyota Corolla $1288
97 Ford Explorer $2988
01 Saturn SL $2988
01 Mazda 626 $3688
02 Pontiac Gran Am $3988
98 Chevy Camaro $4988
00 Toyota RAV 4 $4988
00 Toyota Camry $5188
Check out our website at: www.vicksburgtoyota.com
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