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tuesDAY, April 21, 2009 • 50¢ 

A DAISY DAY 

County to take 

applications for 

By Emily Wagster Pettus 

The Associated Press 

JACKSON — Lt. Gov. Phil 

Bryant unveiled a new Web 

site Monday that he said 

would provide accurate 

information about a possible 

increase in the price of Mississippi 

car 

tags. 

The problem 

is his site 

initially used 

a long list of 

numbers that 

were wrong. 

Lt. Gov. 

Phil Bryant 

Bryant’s 

staff said 

they were 

correcting the site after their 

math errors were pointed out 

by The Associated Press. 

Bryant’s site initially 

showed that the tag for 

a $20,000 vehicle would 

increase by different 

amounts in different counties 

starting July 1. 

While the price of tags 

varies widely by county, the 

state Tax Commission says 

the amount of the scheduled 

increase does not vary by 

location. The increase varies 

only by the value and age of 

the vehicle. 

So, the tag for a 2009 vehicle 

valued at $20,000 would 

increase by $135 anywhere in 

the state, according to a Tax 

Commission chart released 

last week. 

During a news confer- 

See Tags, Page A8. 

Hospital auxiliary 

celebrates 50 years 

suzanne feliciano•The Vicksburg PosT 

Chad Poovey pulls weeds from a bed of Shasta daisies and day lilies Monday 

on Chambers Street as his dog, Lucky, watches from the porch. Poovey, a sculptor, 

said he enjoys doing yard work early in the morning before sculpting. “I’d 

rather pull weeds than mow grass,” he said. 

tax collector 

By Danny Barrett Jr. 

dbarrett@vicksburgpost.com 

Experienced deputy clerks 

will manage the Warren 

County Tax Collector’s office 

for at least two weeks starting 

May 1 until supervisors 

appoint an interim tax 

collector. 

Pat Simrall, in the elective 

post since 1993, met with 

the county governing board 

Monday to formally submit 

her resignation, effective at 

the end of the month. 

“We don’t want to (accept 

it),” said District 4 Supervisor 

Bill Lauderdale, who 

joined other members of the 

board in thanking and congratulating 

Simrall, 62. 

Jeanette Boyd and Marie 

Agent, who have more than 

25 years of combined experience 

in the office will be 

interim managers, supervisors 

decided. They will take 

applications until May 12 for 

an appointee to serve until 

a special election already 

called for Nov. 3 is held. 

See County, Page A8. 

Vicksburg to pay half of cost 

for Purple Heart monument 

By Steve Sanoski 

ssanoski@vicksburgpost.com 

A new organization of 

Purple Heart recipients 

trying to raise $7,000 to establish 

a monument in Vicksburg 

honoring those who 

have been wounded or killed 

in combat got a $3,500 pledge 

from city officials Monday. 

The Military Order of the 

Purple Heart Hill City chapter 

was created in January 

by a group of veterans. 

The Purple Heart has been 

awarded to military members 

wounded or killed in 

combat since 1917. It was created 

to revive the Badge of 

Military Merit, which was 

established in 1782 by President 

George Washington 

— whose likeness is on the 

Purple Heart. 

Vietnam veteran and 

Purple Heart recipient 

Thomas Powell said it is not 

known how many residents 

in Warren County have a 

Purple Heart. He was joined 

in asking the city to help 

publicize the order’s efforts 

by fellow veterans and chapter 

members Alvin Jones, 

Freddie L. Amos and Jack 

Hearn. Jones and Amos were 

both wounded in Vietnam, 

while Hearn was awarded his 

Purple Heart for an injury 

sustained in World War II. 

The board surprised the 

men by pledging half of the 

money needed for a monument 

and further promising 

to construct a base for it 

at the Monroe Street Rose 

Garden and maintain the 

See City, Page A7. 

By Manivanh Chanprasith 

mchanprasith 

@vicksburgpost.com 

It’s been 50 years since 

“the Pink Ladies” started 

volunteering at Mercy Hospital, 

and those years of service 

are being marked this 

week with activities at River 

Region Medical Center, 

where the Mercy Auxiliary 

has been working since the 

facility was opened seven 

years ago. 

The group is “the glue that 

holds us together,” River 

Region CEO Vance Reynolds 

said Monday as volunteers 

handed out birthday 

cake in the atrium of the 

sprawling medical center on 

U.S. 61 North. 

“It’s our job to see that 

things run smoothly,” said 

Ann Morris, a 28-year volunteer 

who will be installed 

in June as president of the 

auxiliary. 

Referred to as “pink 

ladies” because of the pink 

jackets they wear, the volunteers 

— a few men are 

members these days — can 

be found working at the 

information and diagnostics 

desks and in the intensive 

care and cardiology 

waiting rooms. They also 

manage the hospital gift 

shop and deliver copies of 

if you go 

Auxiliary events for National 

Healthcare Volunteer 

Week: 

3-5 p.m. Wednesday: 

Auxiliary Membership Tea 

at River Region conference 

rooms C and D. 

10 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday: 

Senior Circle Expo at 

the Vicksburg Convention 

Center. 

8 a.m.-noon Friday: Collections 

for Food Pantry 

at River Region conference 

room D. 

The Vicksburg Post to hospital 

patients. 

Marking National Healthcare 

Volunteer Week at the 

hospital, the auxiliary members 

prayed together on 

Sunday, ate cake on Monday, 

read to children at the 

Warren County-Vicksburg 

Public Library this morning 

and will host a membership 

tea on Wednesday. Mississippi 

first lady Marsha 

Barbour and WLBT-TV3 

personality and author Walt 

Grayson have been invited 

to Wednesday’s gathering. 

On Thursday, the auxiliary 

will take part in the Senior 

Circle Expo for adults older 

than 50 at the Vicksburg 

Convention Center from 10 

a.m. until 2 p.m. and provide 

tote bags to participants. 

Tom Lester, who played 

the character Eb on the TV 

show “Green Acres” will 

speak at noon. 

Closing out the week on 

Friday, the auxiliary will 

hold a food drive for the 

Storehouse Community 

suzanne feliciano•The Vicksburg PosT 

Tyrone and Cynthia Harris, right, step up to get a piece of 

birthday cake from River Region Auxiliary member Dot 

Griffin Monday. 

Food Pantry at the hospital’s 

conference room D. 

Since River Region Medical 

Center opened its new 

location on U.S. 61 North in 

2002, the auxiliary has given 

77,000 hours of volunteer 

service and has raised more 

than $71,000 in donations. 

See Auxiliary, Page A8. 

Missing cigarettes, cash tills 

link in city, county burglaries 


mchanprasith 

@vicksburgpost.com 

Whatever the cause, a 

string of 16 similar business 

burglaries has been reported 

in the city and the county in 

the past month. 

Starting March 21, mainly 

convenience stores along 

U.S. 61 North and South 

have been hit for cigarettes, 

cash and even empty cash 

registers. 

Vicksburg Police Lt. Bobby 

Stewart and Warren County 

Sheriff Martin Pace said 

their departments are working 

together on the cases and 

they believe at least half are 

related. 

The federal tax on cigarettes 

rose 62 cents to $1.01 

on April 1, but wholesalers 

increased prices a few weeks 

earlier. With the hike, premium 

brands are about $4.50 

per pack. 

Stewart said 150 to 200 cartons 

of cigarettes and three 

cash registers have been 

stolen in the city burglaries. 

In the county, Oak Park 

Bestway at 6110 Indiana 

Ave., reported $545 worth of 

cigarettes missing on April 

11. On the same day, Morgan’s 

Shell at 1795 Mississippi 

27 reported an undisclosed 

quantity of cigarettes 

missing. 

Zips convenience store, 300 

Goodrum Road, reported a 

cash register and cartons 

of cigarettes missing at 2:15 

Monday morning. 

On Wednesday, Bill Harris 

Real Estate, 100-D Pear 

Orchard Drive, reported a 

leather couch, a saw, a generator 

and a battery were 

missing. 

In each of the burglaries, 

Pace said, the thieves broke 

out plate glass windows, triggering 

alarms, then grabbed 

cigarettes and empty cash 

registers and fled. 

Stewart said Monday that 

police are stepping up patrols 

around convenience stores 

on the outer edges of town. 

He said surveillance videos 

and stores indicate the culprits 

are two black males. 

See Burglaries, Page A8. 

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A8 Tuesday, April 21, 2009 The Vicksburg Post 

County 

Continued from Page A1. 

Simrall is retiring after 39 

years in county government 

and has not had an opponent 

for her last three four-year 

terms. The office is in the 

Warren County Courthouse 

and receives payments of 

property taxes and fees on 

real estate and vehicles for 

the county, and, by contract, 

for the City of Vicksburg. 

Two seats on the county 

election commission will also 

be on the Nov. 3 ballot, while 

a race to succeed Circuit 

Court Judge Frank Vollor 

might also take place. Gov. 

Haley Barbour is expected 

to appoint a successor to the 

local bench before Vollor 

retires May 31 and may set 

an election for the judgeship 

that includes Warren, 

Issaquena and Sharkey 

counties. 

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ence Monday at the Capitol, 

Bryant stood next to a 

poster of an oversized Mississippi 

tag with the word 

“RELIEF” in the middle and 

the address for his new Web 

site at the bottom: “CarTagRelief.com.” 

“There is some confusion. 

I had a guy in Meridian say, 

‘Please don’t pass a bill that’s 

going to raise my car tag,”’ 

Bryant said. “So, we’re here 

about trying to let people 

know the reality.” 

Legislators are not considering 

any bill that would 

increase the price of car tags. 

Rather, the prices are scheduled 

to increase because of 

possible legislative inaction. 

A slump in car sales is 

draining a fund that shaves 

a few dollars to a few hundred 

dollars off the price of 

the annual tag renewal. The 

On the agenda 

Meeting Monday, Warren County supervisors: 

• Set a required public hearing for May 5 to gather comment 

on the county’s participation in the 2008 Home Investments 

Partnership Program. 

Down payment assistance is available to eight families in 

Warren County who can qualify for the program, which will 

involve existing houses. Counties act as conduits for funds 

administrated by state-level development agencies, such as 

the Mississippi Development Authority. 

A total of $7.2 million has come available for 24 cities and 

counties in the state to start this year’s program. 

In Warren County, $31,250 is expected to be split among 

eight families or individuals who make up to 80 percent of 

the $41,750 median income. 

• Approved hiring James David Brewer as a master pilot on 

the Kings Point Ferry. 

• Authorized paying $250 registration fees for deputy coroners 

Ron Regan and Kelda Bailess to attend the Mississippi 

Coroner Association Summer Conference in Biloxi. The conference 

is required for certification. 

• Approved the promotion and accompanying pay raise for 

Ken Coleman to head up the Information Systems Department. 

Former director David Rankin resigned in February. 

• Authorized advertisement of six sites in the 2009 Natural 

Resource Conservation Service program. 

Tax Commission voted last 

week to reduce the car-tag 

discount for the year that 

begins July 1. 

Some legislative leaders, 

including Bryant, have 

been pushing for months to 

increase the cigarette tax to 

hold down the price of car 

tags. Bryant repeated his 

support of that idea Monday, 

a day before three House 

members and three senators 

return to the Capitol to 

restart their stalled negotiations 

on the cigarette tax. 

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$96,375 members have raised 

and given in scholarships to 

local students. 

The Joe and Feeney Elliot 

Burglaries 


In the city: 

• Zips, 887, U.S. 61 North: 

$400 in cigarettes and a cash 

register were taken Saturday. 

• 61 Quick Stop, 5738 U.S. 

61 North: $122 in cigars and 

a cash register were taken 

Sunday. 

• Jubilee Smoke Break, 4749 

U.S. 61 South: $320 in cigarettes 

and a cash register 

were taken Monday morning. 

• Dollar General, 4000 U.S. 

61 South: an attempt was 

made to take a cash register 


• BP gas station, 3595 U.S. 

61 South: chips and $250 

in cigarettes were missing 

Scholarship was established 

to award two seniors 

from the four high schools 

in Vicksburg a scholarship 

each year. 

April 10. 

• Chevron gas station, 4306 

Halls Ferry Road: $200 in cigarettes 

were taken April 10. 

• Honeyz, Scentz & Fashionz, 

3427 Halls Ferry Road: 

$310 in blue jeans were missing 

April 9. About $3,000 

in merchandise had been 

taken from the same store on 

March 21, but Stewart said 

he doesn’t know if the store 

burglaries are related to the 

convenience store burglaries. 

• Innovative Autowerks, 

3508 Manor Drive: auto 

stereo equipment was taken 

Saturday. 

• Port Mart Texaco, 1775 N. 

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an auxiliary member who 

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before she died more than 

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Washington St.: $1,755 in cigarettes 

and $230 in beer were 

missing Monday. 

• Shell Jubilee, 25 Fisher 

Ferry Road: $650 in candy 

and cigarettes and $350 were 

missing March 27. Vicksburg 

police arrested two men 

in this burglary, but Stewart 

said he did not believe 

it was linked to the other 

burglaries. 

• Gibson Monuments, 6434 

U.S. 61 South: computer 

software valued at $4,000 

and $200 in cash were taken 

Sunday. 

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The Vicksburg Post Tuesday, April 21, 2009 A7 

Sebelius wins OK as health and human services chief 

WASHINGTON (AP) — 

Gov. Kathleen Sebelius won 

Senate committee approval as 

health and human services 

secretary today despite opposition 

from Republicans critical 

of her ties to a late-term 

abortion doctor. 

The Finance Committee 

voted 15 to 8 to send the 

Kansas Democrat’s nomination 

to the full Senate for a 

final vote. Sebelius wasn’t 

present the day before when 

President Barack Obama 

held his first formal Cabinet 

meeting. 

“I congratulate Gov. Sebelius 

and will push for immediate 

action by the full Senate 

so that she can finally roll up 

her sleeves and get down to 

helping out on this critical 

work of reforming the healthcare 

system,” said Sen. Max 

Baucus, D-Mont., the Finance 

City 


The Vicksburg Post prints obituaries 

in news form for area residents, 

their family members and for former 

residents at no charge. Families wishing 

to publish additional information or to 

use specific wording have the option of 

a paid obituary. 

Adia Larkin Brassard 

VANCE, Ala. — Adia 

Larkin Brassard died Friday, 

April 17, 2009, at her home in 

Vance, Ala. She was 6. 

Adia, a former Vicksburg 

resident, was preceded in 

death by her great-grandfather, 

Vincent Brassard. 

She is survived by her 

parents, Jeremy and Tiffany 

Brassard; two sisters, 

Emma Karlin Brassard and 

Sara Trichell Brassard; one 

brother, Elijah D.W. Brassard; 

her grandparents, 

Linda Saxton, Bill Combs 

and Vince and Diedre Brassard; 

her great-grandmother, 

Helen Brassard; and other 

relatives, including Jake Dill 

and Katy Saxton. 

Services will be at 2 p.m. 

Wednesday at Memory 

Chapel Funeral Home in 

Tuscaloosa, Ala., with the 

Rev. Tim Pippins officiating. 

Burial will follow at Memory 

Hill Gardens. Visitation will 

be at the funeral home from 

1 p.m. Wednesday until the 

service. 

Pallbearers will be Jeremy 

McCracken, Jared Ingle, 

Mike Kowzan, G.W. Keller, 

Keith Hamner and Justin 

White. 

Honorary pallbearers will 

be Dr. Ashley Evans and 

employees of Sprayberry, 

CRS, Children’s Hospital and 

the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s 

Office. 

Memorials may be made 

to Give Kids the World Village 

at www.gktw.org or the 

Make-A-Wish Foundation. 

Johnny Davis 

MILWAUKEE — Johnny 

“John” Davis died Monday, 

April 13, 2009, in Milwaukee. 

He was 57. 

Mr. Davis was born in 

Lorman, where he was a 

member of Morning Star 

M.B. Church. He was a telephone 

technician for AT&T 

for more than 30 years, retiring 

in 2007. 

Gov. Kathleen 

Sebelius 

Committee 

chairman. 

The committee 

vote came 

after several 

Republicans 

voiced 

concerns in 

recent days 

about Sebelius’ 

ties to 

Dr. George Tiller, a late-term 

abortion doctor who is under 

investigation by the Kansas 

medical board. 

The GOP also questioned 

her commitment to ensuring 

that the government doesn’t 

try to interfere with the doctor-patient 

relationship. 

“I believe in the right of 

every American to choose the 

doctor, the hospital, the health 

plan of his or her choice,” Sen. 

Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., said before 

the vote. But he contended 

monument once erected. 

“We just felt it was important 

to support a group of 

people who are chasing such 

a good cause,” said Mayor 

Laurence Leyens. “This 

monument will perpetually 

memorialize some of the real 

heroes in our community.” 

The monument is to be 

granite, about 4 feet tall and 

is to feature a purple heart, 

Powell said. Leyens said 

the Rose Garden, which is 

already home to three monuments 

to those who have 

served in the military, is a 

natural fit. He said he hopes 

the veterans will be able to 

raise the money for it by the 

end of the year. 

The Vicksburg chapter, 

officially christened Chapter 

680, has about 20 members 

and is hoping new 

members will join, Powell 

said. A lifetime membership 

costs $50. Annual membership 

costs $20. Powell said he 

and others were inspired to 

create a local Military Order 

of the Purple Heart chapter 

after the state convention 

was held in Vicksburg last 

year. 

The local chapter meets 

every second Thursday at 

the Battlefield Inn at 9 a.m., 

with the meetings open to 

the public. Those who are 

interested in joining the 

group or contributing to the 

monument fund can contact 

Powell at 601-634-0707 or 

Jones at 601-638-1098. 

He was preceded in death 

by his father, Robert L. Davis 

Sr.; two brothers, Robert 

Davis Sr. and Cornelius 

Davis Sr.; and a sister, Geraldine 

Davis. 

Survivors include his 

mother, Alice Reed Davis; 

three sisters, Earnestine 

Woods, Al’Lean M. Davis and 

Mary Davis, all of Milwaukee; 

two brothers, Charles Davis 

of Milwaukee and Michael 

Davis of Olympia Fields, Ill.; 

an aunt; and nieces, nephews, 

cousins, other relatives 

and friends. 

Services were at 11 a.m. 

Saturday at Leon L. Williamson 

Funeral Home in Milwaukee. 

Burial followed at 

Graceland Cemetery. 

James C. Hamilton Jr. 

James C. “Jimmy” Hamilton 

Jr. died Sunday, April 19, 

2009, at his residence. 

Born in Vicksburg June 17, 

1931, he was the son of the 

late James C. Hamilton Sr. 

and Lula Owens Hamilton. 

He was a graduate of Carr 

Central High School and the 

University of Southern Mississippi. 

He was past president 

of the Vicksburg Board 

of Realtors, the Jaycees and 

the Mississippi Home Builders 

Association. 

Mr. Hamilton had been a 

licensed Realtor since 1967 

and a builder and commercial 

developer since the early 

1960s. He received the MAI 

designation through the 

Appraisal Institute and was 

a member of Bowmar Baptist 

Church. 

He is survived by his wife, 

Jane A. Hamilton of Vicksburg; 

six sons, James C. 

Hamilton III and his wife, 

Seyhee, of Teagu, South 

Korea, Mark Hamilton and 

his wife, Barbara, of Vicksburg, 

Richard Hamilton of 

Olmstead, Fla., David Hamilton 

of Edwards, Ben Hill 

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that Sebelius, a Democrat, had 

displayed “insufficient commitment 

to these principles.” 

Sebelius had offered assurances 

that she believed it 

was the job of doctors, not 

the government, to prescribe 

care. That wasn’t enough for 

some GOP lawmakers worried 

that the Obama administration’s 

plans to overhaul 

the nation’s costly health-care 

system could move the country 

toward a governmentoperated 

health-care system. 

Sebelius was Obama’s 

second choice for health secretary 

after his first pick — 

former Senate Democratic 

leader Tom Daschle — withdrew 

in February over unpaid 

taxes. 

The Republican defections 

could make it more difficult for 

Sebelius to lead on President 

Barack Obama’s promises to 

DeAtHs 

of Vicksburg and Lee Hill of 

Mississippi State, Miss.; two 

daughters, Drusilla Luckett 

of Clinton and Denise Hamilton 

of New Albany, Ind.; 19 

grandchildren; and seven 

great-grandchildren. 


by a sister, Betty Jean 

Peyton. 

A Celebration of Life service 

will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday 

at Bowmar Baptist 

Church with the Revs. Terry 

White and Mark Rowlen 

officiating. Visitation will be 

from 5 until 7 tonight at Riles 

Funeral Home and Wednesday 

at the church from 1 p.m. 

until the hour of the service. 

Memorials may be made to 

the Macular Degeneration 

Foundation, P.O. Box 531313, 

Henderson, NV 89053 and to 

Bowmar Baptist Church, 1825 

U.S. 61 South, Vicksburg, MS 

39180. 

Sherri P. Jones 

TALLULAH — Sherri P. 

Jones died Sunday, April 19, 

2009, at Madison Parish Hospital. 

She was 44. 

Born in Vicksburg, Ms. 

Jones was a Tallulah resident 

all her life. She was a 

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bring down health costs and 

extend care to some 50 million 

uninsured Americans. 

Only two of 10 Finance Committee 

Republicans supported 

Sebelius. They were Sen. Pat 

Roberts from her home state 

of Kansas, and moderate Sen. 

Olympia Snowe of Maine. 

Some GOP senators 

expressed concerns about 

Sebelius’ inaccurate response 

to the committee about how 

much campaign money she got 

from Tiller. She told the committee 

in written responses 

after her confirmation hearing 

this month that Tiller had 

given her $12,450 between 1994 

and 2001. 

She revised that response 

after an Associated Press 

review showed that Tiller and 

his abortion clinic donated an 

additional $23,000 between 

2000 and 2002 to a political 

Pinkerton security guard at 

Northrup-Grumman. 

Survivors include her 

daughter, Brandi Adams of 

Tallulah; her son, Joseph 

Vaughn of Tallulah; her parents, 

Bill and Evelyn Travis 

of Tallulah; a sister, Wanda 

Smith of Bee Bayou, La.; and 

a brother, Sammie Byrd of 

Tallulah. 

Services will be at 4 today 

at Crothers-Glenwood 

Funeral Home in Tallulah 

with the Rev. John W. Rushing 

officiating. Burial will 

follow at Silver Cross Cemetery 

in Tallulah. Visitation 

will be at the funeral home 

today from 1 p.m. until the 

service. 

Pallbearers will be Jeff 

Watts, Terry Bolton, Ray 

Smith, Charlie Bolton, Jake 

Woodard and Mike Travis. 

Doris Knight Maraman 

Mr. James C. 

“Jimmy” Hamilton Jr. 

Celebration of Life Service 

3 p.m. Wednesday, 

April 22, 2009 

Bowmar Baptist Church 

Visitation 

5 - 7 p.m. Tuesday 

at Riles Funeral Home 

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1 p.m. Wednesday 


at Bowmar Baptist Church 

Memorials 

Macular Degeneration 

Foundation 

P. O. Box 531313 

Henderson, Nevada 89053 

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1825 Highway 61 South 

Vicksburg, Mississippi 391800 

5000 Indiana Avenue 

601-629-0000 

www.charlesrilesfuneralhome.com 

action committee Sebelius 

established to raise money 

for fellow Democrats. 

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, 

said Monday that Sebelius initially 

“seemed to be a qualified 

candidate for the job.” 

“However, after learning 

about her inexplicable omission 

of donations from the lateterm 

abortion doctor George 

Tiller, I have to reevaluate my 

support for her nomination,” 

said Hatch. 

The White House stuck by 

Sebelius. 

“We regret that there was an 

oversight in the initial answer 

that was provided to the committee,” 

said White House 

spokesman Kate Bedingfield. 

“This inadvertent oversight 

was corrected quickly. Gov. 

Sebelius has enjoyed bipartisan 

support throughout the 

nomination process.” 

On the agenda 

Meeting Monday, the Vicksburg Board of 

Mayor and Aldermen: 

• OK’d $231,000 to Hemphill Construction 

Company for carbon dioxide conversion and 

filter upgrades. 

• Agreed to seek bids for water treatment 

chemicals and sand, gravel and rock. 

• Signed a contract with DBS Manufacturing 

to perform $3,000 worth of work at the Water 

Treatment Plant. 

• Signed a contract with PyroFire Displays Inc. 

for a $30,000 fireworks display at City Front 

on the Fourth of July. 

• Agreed to buy an easement from Orbit Oil 

and Gas Company to part of the entrance to 

DiamondJacks Casino for $32,000 as part of 

the nearby Clark Street bridge replacement 

project. 

• Approved $2,280 for affiliation and insurance 

fees to be paid to the Amateur Softball 

Association. 

• Moved $2,500 from the TV23 services category 

to the TV23 capital category for the purchase 

of computer equipment; and a transfer 

of $3,000 from the elections services category 

to the supplies category. 

In executive session, the board: 

• Approved four employment actions forms 

in the parks and recreation maintenance, gas, 

water treatment and parks and recreation 

programs departments. 

• Approved one promotion in the parks and 

recreation programs department. 

• Approved two pay adjustments in the fire 

department and one in the parks and recreation 

programs department. 

• Approved firing one employee in the right 

of way department. 

• Accepted resignations from one employee 

in each the police and water maintenance 

departments. 

• Discussed personnel matters regarding 

three employees in the gas department and 

one employee in the sewer department. 

The next scheduled meeting is Friday at 10 

a.m. in room 109 of the City Hall Annex, 1415 

Walnut St. 

CALICO ROCK, Ark. — 

Doris Knight Maraman died 

April 20, 2009, at the Calico 

Rock Hospital in Calico Rock, 

Ark. Born Oct. 21, 1930, she 

was 78 years old. 

Mrs. Maraman obtained a 

degree in fashion merchandising 

from Ray-Vogue College 

of Design in Chicago 

in 1950. She was also an 

accomplished musician and 

played the piano and organ 

for various churches, including 

Hawkins United Methodist 

Church in Vicksburg and 

Spring River Presbyterian 

in Hardy, Ark., and was the 

accompanist for “Gold in the 

Hills” in Vicksburg for many 

years. Her musical talent 

was a gift that touched the 

hearts of many. 

Mrs. Maraman was preceded 

in death by her husband, 

Robert F. Maraman; 

a brother, Robert E. Knight; 

and her parents, Ernest M. 

Knight and Lucille H. Knight. 

She is survived by one 

son, Robert Alan Maraman 

and his wife, Linda Watson 

Maraman; a daughter, Lisa 

Dabney and her husband, 

the Rev. L. Bryan Dabney 

III; and three grandchildren, 

Rebecca Alison Maraman, 

Jeffrey Alan Maraman and 

Thomas Bryan Dabney. 

A memorial service will be 

held in Hardy at a later date. 


the Spring River Presbyterian 

Church, 151 Wahpeton 

Hill Road, Hardy, AR 72542. 

F 

F 

F 

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FRANK J. FISHER 

FUNERAL DIRECTORS 

Mr. John Russell McLeod 

Arrangement to be announced 

601-636-7373 

1830 CHERRY STREET 

PRECISION FORECAST 

BY CHIEF METEOROLOGIST 

BARBIE BASSSETT 

TONIGHT 

49° 

wEdNESdAy 

75° 

A weak cold front has 

moved into the area. It 

brings with it a clear night 

and plenty of sunshine for 

Wednesday. 

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 

thursday-friday 

Sunny Thursday with highs 

in the mid-80s; partly 

cloudy Friday with a slight 

chance of showers and 

isolated thunderstorms, 

chance of rain is 20 percent 

stAte FOreCAst 

tONiGht 

Clear with lows in the lower 

50s; south winds around 

5 mph 

wedNesday-thursday 

Mostly sunny Wednesday 

with highs in the mid-80s; 

sunny Thursday with highs 

in the mid-80s 

AlmANAC 

hiGhs aNd LOws 

High/past 24 hours............. 72º 

Low/past 24 hours .............. 55º 

Average temperature ........ 64º 

Normal this date .................. 68º 

Record low .............43º in 1953 

Record high ...........88º in 1925 

raiNfaLL 

Recorded at the 

Vicksburg Water Plant 

Past 24 hours .....................None 

This month .............3.11 inches 

Total/year ............. 17.39 inches 

Normal/month .....4.00 inches 

Normal/year ....... 20.31 inches 

sOLuNar tabLe 

Most active times for fish 

and wildlife Wednesday: 

A.M. Active ........................... 3:13 

A.M. Most active ................ 9:24 

P.M. Active ............................ 3:36 

P.M. Most active ................. 9:47 

suNrise/suNset 

Sunset today ....................... 7:34 

Sunset tomorrow .............. 7:35 

Sunrise tomorrow ............. 6:25 

riVer DAtA 

staGes 

Mississippi River 

at Vicksburg 

current: 36.9 | change: +0.1 

flood: 43 feet 

Yazoo River at Greenwood 

current: 16.4 | change: +1.0 


Yazoo River at Yazoo city 

current: 19.7 | change: -0.6 


Yazoo River at Belzoni 



Big Black River at West 



Big Black River at Bovina 



steeLe bayOu 

land ...................................84.4 

River ...................................84.3 

mississippi riVer 

FOreCAst 

cairo, ill. 

Wednesday .......................... 40.0 

Thursday ............................... 40.3 

Friday ...................................... 40.5 

arkansas city 

Wednesday .......................... 29.7 

Thursday ............................... 29.5 

Friday ...................................... 29.4 

Greenville 

Wednesday .......................... 41.9 

Thursday ............................... 41.8 

Friday ...................................... 41.6 

Vicksburg 

Wednesday .......................... 37.2 

Thursday ............................... 37.2 

Friday ...................................... 37.1


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Video shows couple shoplifting clothes 


mchanprasith@vicksburgpost.com 

A video released Monday 

by Dillard’s at Pemberton 

Square shows a man and a 

woman stuffing expensive 

shirts and shorts in a bag 

and casually walking out of 

the store. 

Surveillance cameras captured 

the theft at 6:42 p.m. 

Thursday, showing 12 Polo 

shirts and 18 pairs of shorts 

being taken, valued at nearly 

$3,000. 

No store personnel are in 

the video and apparently 

none was nearby during the 

theft. 

Dillard’s store manager 

Robert Putnam said there 

is normally an officer who 

works for Dillard’s, but there 

A man who lives at an 

apartment complex on 

Blossom Lane said he was 

robbed at gunpoint Friday 

night. 

In the report released 

Monday, the victim told 

Warren County deputies 

he was standing in front of 

his apartment just before 

midnight when he was 

approached by three males 

wearing handkerchiefs over 

their faces and demanding 

money, county records said. 

CLUBS 

Openwood Plantation Garden 

Club — 7 tonight, 213 

Fairways Drive. 

Lions — Noon Wednesday, 

Jacques’ Cafe; Supervisor Bill 

Lauderdale, speaker. 

Port City Kiwanis — 7 a.m. 

Thursday, Shoney’s; Paul 

Winfield, mayoral candidate, 

speaker. 

Vicksburg Toastmasters 

2052 — Noon-1 p.m. Thursdays, 

Information Technology 

Lab, Porters Chapel Road; Laurel 

Gorman, 601-634-4484. 

Temple High Class of ‘69 — 

5:30 p.m. Thursday, The Ridge 

apartments; reunion planning; 

Willie Moore, 601-994- 

3414. 

Hester Flowers Garden Club 

— 6:30 p.m. Thursday, home 

of Cindy Windham; Al Windham, 

presenter. 

National Day of Prayer Planning 

Meeting — Noon Friday; 

RSVP to Dr. Willie Nettle, 

601-638-6165; Bypass Church 

of Christ Annex, 785 U.S. 61 

North. 

PUBLIC PROGRAMS 

Vicksburg Senior Center — 

Wednesday: 9 a.m., bridge; 10, 

chair exercises; 1 p.m., bingo; 

2, canasta. 

Public Library — 10:30 

Work crews from the Mississippi 

Department of Transportation 

will pick up litter 

on area roadways Thursday, 

part of the Keep America 

Beautiful Great American 

Cleanup. 

The annual Trash Bash 

is held in each of MDOT’s 

districts to promote public 

awareness of the negative 

impact litter has on the 

This photo from a Dillard’s video shows the suspects. 

was not an officer on duty at 

the time. 

The victim reported 

having a pistol pointed at 

him as he surrendered his 

wallet containing $20 cash 

and assorted credit cards 

and a driver’s license. 

Yard tool, umbrella 

among missing items 

Two residential burglaries 

were reported in the county 

Monday. 

• A Stihl weed trimmer 

valued at $50 was reported 

COMMUNITy CALeNdAR 

Wednesday; preschool and 

toddler time; art activity. 

Auxiliary at River Region 

— 50th anniversary reception 

and membership tea, 3-5 

p.m. Wednesday, River Region 

Medical Center conference 

room. 

River Region Senior Circle 

Expo — 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 

Thursday, Vicksburg Convention 

Center; vendors, exhibits, 

health screenings; actor Tom 

Lester, speaker at noon. 

“The Fantasticks” — 7:30 

p.m. Wednesday, Thursday 

and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday; 

Parkside Playhouse, 101 Iowa 

Ave.; 601-636-0471 or www.evtg.com 

for ticket info. 

Vicksburg Chamber Music 

Festival — 6 p.m. Friday: 

Soprano Kallen Esperian, 

The Church of the Holy Trinity; 

5 p.m. Sunday: Mississippi 

Symphony Orchestra Woodwind 

Quintet, Mary Harwood 

Home, 600 Fort Hill Drive. 

Eagle Lake Community 

Spring Fling — 9 a.m.-2 p.m. 

Saturday, Eagle Lake Fire Station; 

crafts, baked goods, 

crawfish, more; Kim Koppman, 

601-279-6571. 

Serenity Overeaters Anonymous 

— 6-7 p.m. Wednesdays; 

Bowmar Baptist Church, 

room 102C; 601-638-0011. 

LOCAL 

from staff reports 

state. 

Volunteers will be at: 

• Warren County: I-20 from 

Flowers to the Big Black 

River. 

• Sharkey and Issaquena 

counties: U.S. 61 from Rolling 

Fork to Anguilla. 

• Claiborne and Jefferson 

missing at 8:50 p.m. from 

a home in the 800 block of 

Redwood Road. 

• A glass table and 

an umbrella of a patio 

set valued at $367 were 

reported missing at 7:30 

p.m. from a home in the 100 

block of Amberleaf Drive. 

Purse, change missing 

from two vehicles 

Two auto burglaries were 

reported in the city on 

Free Pilates Classes — Cypress 

Pilates; 601-630-3356 for 

days and times. 

Celebrate Recovery Support 

Group — 6 p.m. Fridays; 601- 

630-5070; 1315 Adams St. 

Porters Chapel Academy 

Spring Fling — 4-7 p.m Saturday; 

bingo, silent auction, 

cake walk, jump houses, hat 

walk and other games; 3460 

Porters Chapel Road. 

ChURCheS 

Pleasant Green Baptist — 

Revival, 7 tonight-Friday; 

R.D. Bernard, King Solomon 

Church pastor, evangelist; 817 

Bowman St.; H.L. Sylvester is 

pastor. 

Greater Grove Street M.B. — 

Revival, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday- 

Friday; the Rev. Hosea Hines, 

pastor of College Hill M.B. 

Church in Jackson, speaker; 

2715 Alcorn Drive; Dr. Casey 

Fisher is pastor. 

BeNeFITS 

Warren County Relay for 

Life — 12-hour fundraiser to 

benefit American Cancer Society; 

kickoff, 6 p.m. Friday, Warren 

Central High School; food, 

band, kid zone. 

counties: Mississippi 547 from 

two miles north and south of 

Pattison. 

More than 60 percent of 

litter is intentional, MDOT 

estimates, and costs the 

state more than $2 million 

annually. 

Information on staging a 

similar cleanup event is available 

at www.gomdot.com. 

A 911 call was made to 

police while the shoplifting 

was happening, Putnam 

said, but the couple walked 

out of the store and a vehicle 

description or mode of transportation 

were not made 

public. 

Investigator Jeff Merritt of 

the Vicksburg Police Department 

described the couple as 

a black woman, about 5-feet- 

8-inches tall and 180 pounds 

wearing a pink shirt with 

blue jeans, and a black man, 

about 6 feet tall and about 

230 pounds wearing a brown 

T-shirt and blue jeans. Merritt 

said both appeared to be 

in their late 40s. 

Tips can be phoned to police 

at 601-636-2511. 

Man reports armed robbery on Blossom Lane 

Crews to clean highways Thursday 

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CRIMe 

from staff reports 

Monday. 

• Reported missing at 6:49 

a.m. from a Ford F-150 truck 

in the 800 block of Walnut 

Street was $20 in change. 

• A purse containing personal 

items valued at $45, a 

Quartz watch valued at $60 

and a cassette player were 

reported missing at 6:59 

a.m. from a 2001 Chevrolet 

Malibu at DiamondJacks 

Casino and Hotel, 3990 

Washington St. 

Barbour OKs 

liquor bill for 

4 resort areas 

JACKSON (AP) — Mississippi 

Gov. Haley Barbour 

has signed a bill 

that could lead to the 

sales of liquor by the 

glass in four new designated 

resort areas. 

The bill must be 

approved by the U.S. Justice 

Department before it 

can become law. Barbour 

signed it Friday. 

Restaurant liquor sales 

would be allowed, without 

a referendum, at a 

development in Tishomingo 

County. 

Liquor elections would 

be in the other three 

proposed areas — in 

Flowood; in part of the 

city of Pearl near the Mississippi 

Braves minorleague 

baseball park; 

and in Picayune. 

CORReCTION 

Hilldale Water District 

is one of eight Mississippi 

recipients of a U.S. 

Department of Agriculture 

Rural Development 

certificate of recognition. 

The eight were among 

500 utility companies in 

the state considered for 

the certificates. Incorrect 

information was reported 

Sunday. 

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Former coach 

is jailed again 

By Steve Sanoski 

ssanoski@vicksburgpost.com 

The former college football star 

and Porters Chapel Academy coach 

facing manslaughter charges in 

Fort Worth, Texas, is expected to be 

sent to neighboring Parker County, 

Texas, on a probation violation 

charge stemming 

from a methamphetamine 

conviction 

in 2006, authorities 

said. 

Mark Pierce, 26, 

205 West Drive, 

was arrested by 

Warren County Mark 

Sheriff’s Office deputies 

Friday on the 

Pierce 

warrant. 

“As sheriff’s department vehicles 

approached his house, (Pierce) ran 

out the back door and was arrested 

after a brief foot chase through the 

woods,” Pace said. 

Pierce was being held at the 

Warren County Jail without bond 

pending his return to Texas. 

Parker County Assistant District 

Attorney Jeff Swain said the warrant 

was issued after Pierce failed 

to report to his probation officer 

during February and March, and 

had not submitted to blood alcohol 

tests mandated by his probation 

stemming from a 2006 conviction 

for possessing one to four grams 

of meth. 

Swain said Pierce also violated 

his probation by traveling outside 

Warren County in December 2008 

to Fort Worth, where authorities 

allege he was driving drunk when 

his vehicle collided with a van and 

killed its driver on Dec. 29. Pierce 

was arrested on foot following 

the wreck, and was charged with 

intoxication manslaughter. If convicted 

on that charge, he faces two 

to 20 years in prison and fines up to 

$10,000. Because he allegedly fled 

the scene and did not render aid, 

he faces an additional one to five 

years in prison. For violating his 

probation in the meth conviction, 

Pierce is facing two to 10 years in 

prison, said Swain. 

Swain said he did not know why 

Pierce — who had been out of jail 

on bond — had not already been 

extradited on the manslaughter 

charge, but added he could face 

those charges before the probation 

violation. 

Pace said it will be up to Parker 

County to extradite Pierce to neighboring 

Tarrant County, in which 

Fort Worth is located, once he is 

transferred from Warren County. 

Pierce had moved to Vicksburg 

a few years ago after unsuccessfully 

entering the NFL draft. The 

former standout high school running 

back at Weatherford, Texas, 

had played for the University of 

Arkansas and scored two touchdowns 

for the Razorbacks in a 

58-57, seven-overtime win over Ole 

Miss in 2001. A run-in with police 

in Fayetteville, Ark., in 2003 led him 

to quit the team and try for a spot 

in the NFL. 

Pierce reportedly came to Vicksburg 

because his wife, Mandy, has 

family in area. He was profiled in 

The Vicksburg Post in 2006, and 

said at the time he was trying to 

rehab and take another shot at professional 

football. He was a volunteer 

football and basketball coach 

at PCA during the 2006-07 school 

year, and had formerly worked at 

the International Paper Vicksburg 

plant. 

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Valorie Spiller of 

Standfield New Life 

Christian Church 

performs a tribute 

dance Monday during 

the Child Abuse 

Prevention Day 

of Remembrance 

assembly at the Art 

Park at Catfish Row 

on Levee Street. 

About 75 people 

attended the assembly 

that featured 

speakers from the 

community, singing, 

prayer and dance 

to raise awareness 

about preventing 

child abuse. April is 

National Child Abuse 

Prevention month. 

By AP and staff reports 

Numbers suggest the Vicksburg 

casino market may be 

faring a shade better than 

the rest of the state, which 

saw March revenue increase 

over February but trail figures 

posted a year ago. 

Revenue-based gaming 

taxes paid to Vicksburg, 

Warren County and the Vicksburg 

Warren School District 

from Vicksburg’s five casinos 

increased in March compared 

to a year ago, and the year-todate 

numbers, which start each 

Oct. 1, are up slightly as well. 

However, Vicksburg is the 

only market in the state that 

saw the addition of a casino 

over the past year, with the 

opening of Riverwalk Casino 

six months ago. 

Gamblers left behind $232.9 

million at Mississippi’s statelicensed 

casinos in March, an 

increase from February, but 

a total that lagged about $28 

million behind March 2008, 

according to the Mississippi 

Tax Commission. In February, 

the casinos won $216.5 million, 

while the March 2008 tally was 

IN SUPPORT OF CHILDREN 

Vicksburg’s five casinos pay 

a 3.2 percent revenue tax 

that is split, with 10 percent 

going to public 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. 

These are the latest receipts. 

$260.6 million. 

Casinos along the Mississippi 

River won $131.1 million 

last month, up from $116.9 million 

in February and down 

from $139.8 million in March 

2008, while those on the Gulf 

Coast took in $101.8 million last 

month, compared with $99.6 

million in February and $120.8 

meredith spencer•The Vicksburg PosT 

Vicksburg tax revenues climb 

Casino tax revenue 

March 2009 

City.................$651,124.29 

County..........$306,073.32 

Schools..........$83,234.57 

Fiscal year to date 2009 

City..............$3,582,402.50 

County..........$1,504,308 

Schools..........$408,508 

March 2008 

City..............$642,927.94 

County..........$302,518.80 

Schools..........$82,212.76 

Fiscal year to date 2008 

City.............$3,512,401.08 

County.........$1,501,937 

Schools.........$407,947 

million in March 2008. 

Mississippi’s state casino 

tax total was $31.8 million in 

March. Casino developments 

also pay property taxes and 

collect sales taxes along with 

local tourism and bed taxes. 

For the city, about one-third of 

all revenue comes from casinos 

operating here since 1993. 

Court denies Arledge appeal 

By Danny Barrett Jr. 

dbarrett@vicksburgpost. 

com 

We Finance Our 

Own Accounts - 

Just Say 

“CHARGE IT” 

Robert 

Arledge 

Without comment, 

the U.S. Supreme Court 

declined Monday to hear 

the appeal of former 

Vicksburg attorney Robert 

Arledge, convicted in 2007 

on conspiracy and mail 

and wire fraud charges 

in a case involving knowingly 

making false claims 

to a diet drug settlement 

fund. 

Arledge, 51, is serving 

a six-year sentence in an 

Alabama federal prison. 

The scheme netted more 

than $6.7 million from drug 

company Wyeth, then 

American Home Products 

and a 

maker of 

Fen-Phen, 

a prescription 

diet drug 

pulled 

from the 

market in 

1997 after 

research 

revealed it could cause 

heart problems. 

Claims of about $250,000 

each were paid based on 

faked claims to have taken 

the drugs or suffered illeffects. 

No other attorneys have 

been charged in the probe 

and part of Arledge’s 

appeal in December before 

the 5th U.S. Circuit Court 

of Appeals dealt with clients 

of other lawyers. The 

three-member appeals 

panel did agree to lower 

the $5.8 million restitution 

Arledge was ordered 

to pay because three 

claims against the drug 

maker were found to be 

legitimate. 

Also, federal sentencing 

guidelines were upheld by 

the 5th Circuit because the 

acts of fraud lasted into 

2002, past the deadline for 

using previous statutes. 

In 2002, Arledge ran 

unsuccessfully for judge 

of Warren County Court 

and Warren County Youth 

Court. After the conviction, 

he was disbarred. 

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time to go to the dentist is before your teeth hurt, that routine dental 

care will help your teeth remain healthy for a long time. The same is true 

of chiropractic care for your spine. It is important to remember that, just 

like your teeth, your spine experiences normal wear and tear as you 

walk, drive, sit, lift, sleep and bend. Routine chiropractic care can help 

you feel better, move with more freedom, and stay healthier throughout 

your lifetime. Although you can enjoy the benefits of chiropractic care 

even if you receive care for a short time, the real benefits come into play 

when you make chiropractic care a part of your wellness lifestyle. 

Tammy Davenport, P.T., D.P.T. 

Doctor of Physical Therapy 

Good Samaritan Physical Therapy 

What is obesity? 

William E. Johnston, M.D. 

Family Medicine - General Practice 

Mission Primary Care Clinic 

Is my child’s sore throat serious? 

Martin Case, B.C.-H.I.S. 

Board Certified, 

Hearing Instrument Specialist 

Nu-Way Hearing Service 

How can a hearing loss affect a person? 

Answer: Obesity is an excess proportion of total body fat. A person 

is considered obese when his or her weight is 20 percent or more 

above normal weight. The most common measure of obesity is the 

body mass index or BMI. A person is considered overweight if his or 

her BMI is between 25 and 29.9; a person is considered obese if his 

or her BMI is over 30. 

Mississippi is the most obese state in the nation. It is important that 

we teach our youths today about how to eat right and exercise daily 

so that they can live long, healthy, happy and productive lives. 

Answer: Most illnesses causing a sore throat in children are caused by 

viruses, which get better on their own and are not treated with antibiotics. 

Strep throat, however, is also a very common type of tonsillitis 

that needs treatment with antibiotics. Your doctor can diagnose strep 

throat with a simple swab in the back of your child’s throat. This 

quick test, which can be performed in the office, will help determine 

the appropriate treatment for your child. 

Answer: The most direct effect of a hearing loss is the inability to 

hear soft sounds. Depending on the degree of the hearing loss, some 

people may have a hard time hearing conversational sounds or even 

loud sounds. Some people may hear speech sounds but they may not 

understand their meaning. This is referred to as impaired discrimination 

ability and is especially noticeable in noisy places. In addition, 

many people with a hearing loss also notice a constant ringing or 

rushing sound in their ears (tinnitus). Like vision loss, hearing loss 

is also a problem that affects the quality of life. Please call our office 

today to set your free hearing evaluation. 601-636-2269. 

Michael Jones, R.Ph. 

Helping Hands Pharmacy 

What’s the difference between a drug allergy 

and a drug intolerance? 

Answer: A drug allergy is a rare condition in which the 

body’s immune system responds to a drug and causes adverse 

health effects. Mild drug allergies cause a rash or cough, 

while more severe reactions may cause trouble breathing, 

low blood pressure, or a change in heartbeat. Severe allergic reactions can be liftthreatening. 

Penicillin and sulfa antibiotics cause allergic reaction more often than 

most other drugs. If you’ve had a serious allergic reaction to a medicine, you should 

not receive the same drug again – or others similar to it. 

A drug intolerance is different from a drug allergy, since it doesn’t involve an 

immune reaction. A drug intolerance is an adverse effect from a drug, such as 

stomach irritation caused by taking aspirin. Common drug intolerances include 

drowsiness and stomach upset. If you have a drug intolerance, you may be able to 

continue with the drug by taking your dose with food or at bedtime, or if your doctor 

lowers your dose. Sometimes drug intolerances simply disappear as drug therapy 

continues. 

To make sure you use drugs safely, tell your doctor and pharmacist about any drug 

allergies or drug intolerances you have. In case of a severe allergic reaction to a 

drug, consider wearing a medical alert bracelet or necklace and carrying an alert 

card in your wallet that lists your drug allergies. 

Janet S. Fisher, DMD, PA 

General Dentistry 

What is the best dental adhesive? 

Answer: A lot of the over-the-counter products such as Poli-Grip 

work really well. As far as a certain brand, it is just a matter of personal 

preference. 

If your dentures are loose, even with using an adhesive, speak 

with your dentist about relining your existing dentures, or possibly 

having a new set of dentures made to hopefully improve fit. 

Implant dentures are also an excellent option. 

Kay K. McDaniel, N.P.-C. 

Mission Primary Care Clinic 

If I have continued drainage from my ear 

whom do I need to see? 

Answer: The most common causes of ear drainage are inflammation 

and or infection of the external canal and middle ear. There are multiple 

predisposing factors and pathogens that cause the presentation 

of ear discharge, all of which can initially be treated by your primary 

care provider. If your primary care provider feels that it is necessary 

he or she will refer you to an otolaryngologist (ear, nose and throat 

specialist). Predisposing factors are swimming, warm climates, aggressive 

ear canal cleaning, allergies such as psoriasis or seborrhea, smoking, 

congenital disorders, asthma, bottle feeding, pacifiers and day 

care attendance. Pathogens include bacteria, fungi and viruses. 

Therefore the majority of ear discharge problems can be treated by 

your primacy care provider.


THE VICKSBURG POST 

EDITORIAL 

Founded by John G. Cashman in 1883 Louis P. Cashman III, Editor & Publisher • Issued by Vicksburg Printing & Publishing Inc., Louis P. Cashman III, President 

Charlie Mitchell, executive editor | E-mail: post@vicksburg.com | Tel: 601.636.4545 ext 132 | Letters to the editor: post@vicksburg.com or The Vicksburg Post, P.O. Box, 821668, Vicksburg, MS 39182 

JACK VIX SAYS: It’s Holocaust Memorial Day. We must never forget. 

Look hard at the VA. The Veterans 

Administration health-care 

system could be the model for all 

future medical services. 

The United States will spend 

$98 billion this year on services 

for military veterans, yet tens 

of thousands of veterans are 

on waiting lists for counseling 

and psychiatric care. A backlog 

of more than 400,000 disability 

claims awaits processing. Millions 

of middle-income veterans 

are excluded from receiving 

care at Veterans Affairs hospitals 

because of budget shortfalls. 

In every speech, members of 

Congress pledge complete support. 

Yet even when the money is 

there, efficiency too often is not. 

Retired Army Gen. Eric Shinseki 

has been sworn in as Secretary 

of Veterans Affairs. Few are 

better qualified than he to understand 

the crucial role played by 

the VA or the epic scale of its 

recent failures. 

Shinseki is a twice-wounded 

veteran of Vietnam who lost so 

much of his right foot that the 

Army wanted to muster him out. 

OUR OPINION 

Sluggish 

Money only part of VA health-care challenge 

He persevered, and his 38-year 

military career culminated in his 

appointment as Army chief of 

staff. 

Shinseki was forced to retire in 

2003 after telling a congressional 

committee it would take hundreds 

of thousands of American 

troops to maintain peace in Iraq 

after an invasion. It was the price 

he paid for being right. 

Shinseki probably will find 

few similarities between his old 

Army job and his new position in 

the Obama administration. 

Running the VA will involve no 

small amount of consensus-building 

and political skill in the face 

of rising demands for service. 

Shinseki took office promising 

swift action, but the problems 

he faces are staggeringly large 

and stubbornly complex. Skilled 

people work for the VA, but are 

weighted down by a bureaucracy 

that defies imagination. Witness 

the release of a Government 

Accountability Office study that 

found that the VA repeatedly, and 

perhaps intentionally, miscalculated 

its long-term budget needs 

for rehabilitating veterans. 

The VA sends disability checks 

to about 3.2 million veterans 

every month. That money automatically 

is added to the department’s 

budget. But spending for 

VA hospitals does not automatically 

increase. VA health-care 

spending doubled between 2000 

and 2008. But there are still nightmare 

stories that seem to outnumber 

the success stories. 

Veterans groups want to move 

the VA to a multi-year budget 

for health care. Health spending 

would be approved by Congress a 

year in advance. 

Making that change, especially 

during the worst economic collapse 

in a generation, will be difficult. 

But the priority has to be 

making the money available and 

delivering on promises — largely 

though demanding a dollar’s service 

for a dollar appropriated. 

Shinseki has a difficult job 

ahead. We’ll know he has succeeded 

when the backlogs and 

waiting lists are gone. 

VOICE YOUR OPINION 

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from readers on topics of 

current or general interest are welcomed. 

• Letters must be original, not 

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must include the name, address and 

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avoid defamatory or abusive statements. 

• Preference will be given to 

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• The Vicksburg Post does not print 

anonymous letters and reserves the 

right to edit all letters submitted. • 

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the views of The Vicksburg Post. 

OLD POST FILES 

120 YEARS AGO: 1889 

W.C.H. McKinney of Anguilla and Belle Baggett are married 

at the home of Barney Marion. 


Ben Bolians celebrate in a great way the opening of the street 

railroad system. • Street cars are running to Ken Karyl Park 

on a five-minute schedule. 


A local baseball league is organized with John H. Culkin as 

president. • Transfer of a lot in Railroad Addition, from the 

Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad to Mary West, is recorded 

40 years after the sale. 


Mayor J.J. Hayes and the city commissioners favor a Warren 

County World War memorial. • Prentiss Fulton Dodds, soldier, 

surprises his mother with a visit. No word had been 

received from him since December. 


Mrs. F.F. Perine of Oak Ridge is injured in a fall on the post 

office steps. • The Matinee Musical Club names Mrs. I.C. 

Knox president. 


Services are held for Mrs. Clemence Auter. • The IC Boosters 

Club Show at Carr Central is a big success. 


Edgar D. Roberts, superintendent of the city bridge and 

sewer department for the past 12 years, resigns due to ill 

health. • David E. Corbin reports the theft of his car, a black 

1946 Buick coupe. 


H.M. Gastrell Sr. dies. • Mrs. Louis Switzer visits in New York 

City. 


Services are held for Edward Sniffin, Rolling Fork resident. • 

John Wayne stars in “The Sons of Katie Elder” at Showtown 

USA. • Services are held for R.O. Bailess. 


Curtis D. Hedrick dies of an apparent heart attack. • Mr. and 

Mrs. John Abbott are the parents of a daughter, April Dawn, 

on April 14. • Services are held for Mrs. Gussie Williams 

Simpson, Kings resident. 


Vicksburg Convention and Visitors Bureau directors agree 

to back a riverfront park if the price is right. • Gloria Sims is 

owner of Glamourama Styling Salon at 808 China, a new business 

that offers curls, weaves, permanent waves and touchup 

perms. • William Mathews is sworn in as an attorney by 

Chancellor Nat Bullard. 


Warren Central’s James Dixon signs with Hinds Community 

College to play basketball. • Former resident Bob Atkins is 

named agency manager of Farm Bureau Insurance in Madison 

County. • Old Hopewell Cemetery is rededicated. 

MODERATELY CONFUSED 

by Bill Stahler 

Self-snuffing smokes to pay for fire alarms 

Mississippi Insurance Commissioner 

Mike Chaney believes a new 

data collection law will help show 

what he already knows — that smoke 

inhalation is the biggest cause of fire 

deaths in the state. 

“Mississippi has the highest fire 

death rate per capita of any state 

in the Union and there’s been no 

requirement that the cause of an 

injury or death be reported to the 

state fire marshal,” Chaney said. 

Until now. 

The governor this past week signed 

into law House Bill 722. Beginning 

July 1, the new law will require hospitals, 

nursing homes and medical 

clinics to report to the state fire marshal 

when they treat someone for a 

burn injury. The state Department of 

Health must report to the fire marshal 

any death related to such an 

injury. 

The law specifies that sunburn is 

not included. 

A burn injury is described as 

one which causes second- or thirddegree 

burns to 9 percent of more 

of a patient’s body; or which causes 

injury to the upper respiratory tract 

or laryngeal edema, or swelling of 

JACK 

ELLIOTT JR. 

soft tissues in the larynx, by inhaling 

superheated air; or death. 

Investigative reports resulted from 

burn injuries are also to be reported 

to the fire marshal. 

All the information gathered is confidential, 

although the fire marshal 

can release raw statistics. 

Chaney said 69 people died in fires 

in Mississippi in 2008. More than 20 

people have died in fires so far in 

2009. 

Chaney said the issue of collecting 

of data on fire injuries, causes and 

deaths has gone around in the Legislature 

for years. He said this session 

all the parties — law enforcement 

agencies and hospitals — got on the 

Senate Bill 2249, which becomes 

law July 1, 2010, requires 

cigarettes sold in 

Mississippi to extinguish 

themselves if left unattended. 

same page. 

Chaney said the data will show 

whether deaths and injuries are from 

smoke inhalation or from burns. 

“What we are finding when we are 

investigating is that most deaths are 

smoke-related and we can concentrate 

our efforts on installing smoke 

alarms in manufactured homes and 

lower-income areas throughout the 

state,” Chaney said. 

State Rep. John Hines, a Greenville 

Democrat who helped shepherd the 

bill through the Legislature, said the 

results of investigations into fires 

were not getting to the fire marshal’s 

office in a timely manner. 

“Because we don’t have a burn 

center in Mississippi, if a child got 

burned because of a faulty heater 

and the house was burned down and 

that child is taken over to Augusta, 

Ga. ... by the time the information 

gets to the fire marshal, the house 

is gone, the child is gone and probably 

no one can locate the child’s parents,” 

Hines said. 

That makes it difficult, Hines said, 

to determine who was burned, where 

they were burned and how they were 

burned. 

“This mechanism lets us start 

tracking what caused fires, who 

was injured in a fire ... to decrease 

the time for an investigation to take 

place,” Hines said. 

Chaney said the “fire-safe” cigarette 

bill signed by the governor will 

also help in reducing fire injuries 

and deaths. 

Senate Bill 2249, which becomes law 

July 1, 2010, requires cigarettes sold 

in Mississippi to extinguish themselves 

if left unattended. 

The cigarettes are made with two 

or three bands of less-porous paper 

that will stop burning if the smoker 

is not inhaling, according to the 

Coalition for Fire-Safe Cigarettes, a 

national group that’s pushing states 

to require the safety feature. 

“The idea is to stop the number of 

deaths from people falling asleep in a 

chair or in bed,” said Chaney. 

He said furniture fires can quickly 

become lethal because two breaths 

of foam-rubber smoke and “you’re 

dead.” 

The “fire-safe” cigarette bill 

requires that for each brand family 

of cigarettes listed for certification, a 

manufacturer shall pay a fee of $1,000 

per year to the state fire marshal. 

Chaney said the fee should raise 

about $600,000 over three years and 

he hopes the money will be spent to 

buy smoke alarms and detectors. 

Twenty-three states and the District 

of Columbia already have laws 

requiring “fire-safe” cigarettes, 

according to the national coalition. 

In another 19 states, including Mississippi, 

governors have signed bills 

that become law sometime in 2009, 

2010 or 2011. Louisiana’s law takes 

effect Aug. 31, and Tennessee’s takes 

effect Jan. 1. 

• 

Jack Elliott Jr. lives near Jackson and covers 

Mississippi for The Associated Press.


The following quotes on local 

companies are provided as a 

service by Smith Barney Citi 

Group, 112-B Monument Place, 

601-636-6914. 

Archer-Daniels (ADM)..........24.62 

American Fin. (AFG) .............16.51 

Ameristar (ASCA) ...................13.79 

Auto Zone (AZO) ................ 165.36 

Bally Technologies (BYI) ......22.85 

BancorpSouth (BXS) .............20.42 

Britton Koontz (BKBK) .........11.75 

Cracker Barrel (CBRL) ...........32.13 

Champion Ent. (CHB).................60 

Com. Health (CYH) ................18.20 

Computer Sci. (CSC) ...........36.83 

Cooper Industries (CBE) .....27.41 

CBL and Associates (CBL) .... 4.29 

CSX Corp. (CSX) ......................28.95 

East Group (EGP) ................. 33.87 

El Paso Corp. (EP) .................... 6.90 

Entergy Corp. (ETR) ..............66.62 

Fastenal (FAST) .......................34.42 

Sales High Low Close Chg 

AFLAC 1.12f 19988 25.56 23.58 24.98 +.01 

AK Steel .20 28935 11.91 10.21 11.43 +1.18 

AMR 21267 5.15 4.68 5.09 +.37 

AT&T Inc 1.64 36617 25.29 24.98 25.06 -.23 

AU Optron .82r 13584 10.32 10.06 10.30 +.84 

AbtLab 1.60f 17314 44.93 44.01 44.18 +.09 

AMD 13503 3.34 3.20 3.28 -.03 

AlcatelLuc 21643 2.23 2.12 2.23 +.11 

Alcoa .12m 66768 8.51 8.10 8.24 -.12 

AmExp .72 76774 18.88 17.80 18.73 -.25 

AmIntlGp 339147 1.32 1.17 1.31 +.02 

Annaly 2.10e 16006 13.56 13.27 13.37 +.07 

BB&T Cp 1.88 23373 20.78 18.65 19.83 +.04 

BJ Svcs .20 38714 11.86 10.94 11.54 -.43 

BkofAm .04m 14803697.78 7.00 7.66 -.36 

BkNYMel .36m 57095 26.20 23.85 24.56 -3.47 

BarrickG .40 19868 29.72 28.50 28.50 -.57 

BostonSci 21631 8.97 8.48 8.52 -.17 

BrMySq 1.24 14805 20.42 19.81 19.83 -.32 

CBS B .20m 13354 5.88 5.65 5.79 +.04 

CIT Gp .08m 14606 3.74 3.32 3.58 -.04 

CapOne .20m 36116 14.24 12.51 14.22 +.84 

CapitlSrce .04m 14042 2.30 1.09 2.10 +.04 

Caterpillar 1.68 63315 30.55 28.50 29.99 -.49 

Cemex .84e 13715 7.63 7.29 7.62 +.06 

ChesEng .30 22859 19.52 18.70 19.36 -.21 

Chevron 2.60 13451 63.79 63.08 63.25 -.62 

Citigrp .04m 11545202.93 2.61 2.87 -.07 

Coach .30 48029 21.44 19.97 21.06 +2.83 

CocaCl 1.64f 25622 44.95 43.79 43.86 -.47 

Comerica .20m 19378 20.98 17.76 19.31 +.64 

CVRD .54e 34034 15.21 14.58 15.10 +.18 

ConocPhil 1.88 14801 37.86 37.52 37.59 -.35 

Corning .20 12726 14.88 14.28 14.83 +.24 

DJIA Diam 2.94e 24102 78.47 77.81 78.35 -.17 

DeltaAir 31639 7.72 6.80 7.68 +.87 

DirxFinBull .07e 779106 6.54 5.60 6.35 -.21 

DirxFinBear 508272 13.26 11.62 11.97 +.34 

DirxSCBull .07e 27198 21.33 20.29 21.17 +.30 

DirxLCBear 13491 53.58 51.79 52.18 +.12 

DirxLCBull .15e 23507 26.03 25.15 25.84 +.01 

Disney .35 13784 19.50 19.22 19.45 +.04 

DowChm .60m 28683 11.51 10.96 11.41 -.07 

DuPont 1.64 22753 27.42 25.52 27.24 +.50 

DukeRlty .68m 13860 8.16 6.88 8.04 -.07 

EMC Cp 28360 12.50 12.07 12.39 -.08 

Emulex 79400 9.50 9.25 9.30 +2.69 

ExxonMbl 1.60 36512 65.46 64.87 65.04 -.25 

FannieMae h 64516 .76 .71 .76 +.01 

FordM 208148 3.53 3.27 3.43 -.26 

FredMac h 36194 .80 .74 .79 +.03 

FMCG 27102 40.05 38.00 39.80 +.69 

GenElec .40m 280145 11.46 10.85 11.40 +.05 

GnMotr 39097 1.78 1.70 1.73 +.07 

Genworth 36439 1.98 1.75 1.91 -.05 

Goldcrp g .18 17857 28.98 27.81 27.81 -.39 

GoldmanS 1.40 35057 115.88 113.38 115.70 +.69 

Hallibrtn .36 43625 19.25 18.21 19.23 +.44 

HartfdFn .20m 37902 9.50 8.56 9.43 +.32 

HewlettP .32 22921 35.30 34.28 35.19 +.51 

HomeDp .90 21697 25.45 25.06 25.28 +.13 

HostHotls 16540 5.75 5.34 5.71 +.16 

iShBraz 2.17e 24539 41.69 40.17 41.40 +.01 

iShJapn .13e 28812 8.39 8.31 8.37 +.03 

iSTaiwn .60e 22076 8.96 8.86 8.95 +.25 

iShCh25 s .77e 25275 31.55 31.08 31.52 +.15 

iShEMkt s .86e 114414 26.82 26.49 26.82 +.08 

iS Eafe 1.85e 27104 39.43 38.90 39.34 +.05 

iShR2K .91e 80485 45.71 44.95 45.59 +.29 

iShREst 2.90e 89394 29.18 28.00 28.81 +.03 

iShFnSc 1.97e 28991 36.21 34.62 35.85 -.32 

IBM 2.00 34693 101.27 98.20 100.93 +.50 

IntPap .10m 15931 8.80 7.97 8.58 +.82 

JPMorgCh .20m 143634 30.45 28.87 29.96 +.27 

BRUCE 

WILLIAMS 

Q: I 

earn 

$60,000 a 

year. My 

mortgage 

is 

$75,000, 

and the 

home is 

worth 

about 

$110,000. 

My total 

does include a second mortgage, 

which I used to pay off a 

bunch of credit card debt, but 

now I am back in the same 

position. I owe $20,000 on my 

credit cards. I would like to 

borrow the rest of the balance 

on my home to pay off these 

obligations. What do you 

Business 

From staff and AP reports 

LOCAL STOCKS 

ACTIVE STOCKS 

SMArT MOnEy 

Family Dollar (FDO) ..............33.29 

Fred’s (FRED) ............................13.00 

Int’l Paper (IP) ........................... 7.76 

Janus Capital (JNS) ................. 7.87 

J.C. Penney (JCP) ...................25.52 

Kroger Stores (KR) .................20.81 

Kan. City So. (KSU) ................15.49 

Legg Mason (LM) ................ 17.68 

Parkway Properties (PKY) 13.15 

PepsiAmerica Inc. (PAS) ......25.04 

Regions Financial (RF) ........... 5.80 

Rowan (RDC) ...........................14.20 

Saks Inc. (SKS) ........................... 3.64 

Sears Holdings (SHLD) ........59.32 

Simpson-Dura. (SSD) ...........19.56 

Sunoco (SUN) ..........................26.58 

Trustmark (TRMK) .................18.70 

Tyco Intn’l (TYC) .....................21.33 

Tyson Foods (TSN) ................10.60 

Viacom (VIA) ............................19.78 

Walgreens (WAG) ..................30.10 

Wal-Mart (WMT) ....................49.27 

JohnJn 1.84 16366 52.88 52.17 52.34 -.13 

JohnsnCtl .52 13492 16.85 15.63 16.76 +.62 

Keycorp .04m 65413 7.18 5.93 6.12 -1.28 

Kimco 1.76 13076 10.00 9.28 9.89 -.01 

LVSands 62183 4.50 4.18 4.44 -.20 

LincNat .04m 13609 9.49 8.66 9.40 +.62 

Lowes .34 13798 19.87 19.60 19.83 +.11 

MGMMir 24907 5.18 4.50 4.97 -.05 

Macys .20m 14864 12.14 11.35 11.97 +.10 

Merck 1.52 76422 24.55 22.93 23.55 -1.67 

MetLife .74 13309 25.43 23.75 25.17 -.10 

MicronT 27164 4.74 4.57 4.65 +.06 

MorgStan 1.08 59618 23.91 22.63 23.69 +.17 

Motorola 38134 5.34 5.15 5.30 +.06 

Nabors 15807 13.73 13.03 13.62 +.21 

NokiaCp .52e 23752 14.57 14.27 14.52 +.16 

OilSvHT 3.70e 14794 84.48 81.98 84.03 +.32 

PNC .40m 23190 36.48 34.21 35.47 -1.41 

PepsiCo 1.70 16623 50.55 49.50 49.50 -.36 

Petrobrs s .95e 25540 32.07 31.04 31.79 -.37 

Pfizer 1.28 104541 13.61 13.30 13.32 -.27 

PrUShS&P 15.64e73232 71.57 70.11 70.45 +.05 

PrUlShDow 19.98e12711 59.13 58.09 58.24 +.25 

ProUltQQQ .03e 40826 31.02 29.90 30.80 +.62 

PrUShQQQ 9.80e 28798 42.64 41.09 41.40 -.72 

ProUltSP .45e 83923 21.69 21.25 21.59 +.01 

ProUShtRE 5.08e 53333 35.28 32.55 33.39 +.15 

ProUShtFn .35e 92340 76.46 70.19 71.62 +1.17 

ProUltRE .68e 67127 3.05 2.80 2.98 +.01 

ProUltO&G .10e 17516 22.15 21.78 22.03 -.31 

ProUltFin .21e 284510 3.00 2.74 2.94 -.07 

ProUltR2K .15e 13338 15.77 15.27 15.70 +.15 

ProUltCrude 17874 7.04 6.80 7.00 -.27 

ProctGam 1.76f 21058 51.67 50.59 51.01 +.28 

ProLogis 1.00m31411 7.15 6.47 7.05 -.16 

Prudentl .58m 13209 23.98 21.65 23.82 +.44 

QwestCm .32 13361 3.48 3.41 3.48 +.06 

RgcyCtrs 2.90 24981 34.64 33.75 34.41 +.29 

RegBkHT 4.14e 22027 56.21 52.42 55.06 -.82 

RegionsFn .04m 84049 5.50 4.81 5.02 -.78 

SpdrKbwBk 1.11e 16106 15.39 14.39 15.09 -.64 

SpdrRetl .51e 20372 25.54 24.76 25.45 +.22 

SchergPl .26 62194 22.64 21.70 22.05 -1.00 

Schlmbrg .84 12862 44.24 42.84 43.96 -.14 

SemiHTr .47e 34904 19.93 19.43 19.76 +.27 

SimonProp .36b 16077 44.32 41.53 43.46 +.04 

SprintNex 44444 4.01 3.79 4.00 +.13 

SPDR 2.64e 378352 83.60 82.75 83.41 -.02 

SP CnSt .63e 19446 21.94 21.59 21.71 +.05 

SP Engy .68e 26271 43.32 42.89 43.19 -.37 

SPDR Fncl .47e 425099 9.88 9.41 9.77 -.10 

SP Inds .73e 13885 20.35 19.98 20.29 +.11 

StateStr .04m 30924 31.50 28.01 30.43 -.22 

Suncor gs .20 14555 23.49 22.77 23.44 ... 

SunTrst .40m 26681 14.88 13.50 14.23 -.48 

TaiwSemi .50e 17540 9.34 9.16 9.30 +.10 

Target .64 12864 38.62 37.51 38.32 +.32 

TeckCm gs 20483 7.65 6.51 7.60 +.19 

TenetHlth 78837 1.95 1.60 1.92 +.50 

TexInst .44 77286 17.85 17.41 17.75 +.43 

Unisys h 22522 1.47 1.20 1.37 +.20 

US Bancrp .20m 97513 17.84 15.25 17.32 +1.38 

US NGsFd 14017 14.06 13.93 14.03 -.26 

US OilFd 44990 26.77 26.28 26.66 -.56 

USSteel 1.20 24943 27.58 25.49 27.15 +.57 

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Somali pirate arrives 

in N.Y., awaits hearing 

NEW YORK — A Somali 

teenager arrived to face what 

are believed to be the first 

piracy charges in the United 

States in more than a century, 

smiling but saying nothing 

as he was led into a federal 

building 

under heavy 

guard. 

Abdiwali 

Abdiqadir 

Muse, the 

sole surviving 

Somali pirate 

from the hostage-taking 

of 

an American 

Abdiwali 

Abdiqadir Muse 

ship captain, was to appear 

in a courtroom today on what 

were expected to be piracy 

and hostage-taking charges. 

A law enforcement official 

familiar with the case said 

Muse was being charged 

under two obscure federal 

laws that deal with piracy 

and hostage-taking. 

The teenager was flown 

from Africa to a New York 

airport on the same day that 

his mother appealed to President 

Barack Obama for his 

release. She said her son was 

coaxed into piracy by “gangsters 

with money.” 

Oracle agrees to pay 

$7.4 billion for Sun 

SAN FRANCISCO — Sun 

Microsystems Inc.’s scramble 

to find a suitor landed the 

slumping server and software 

maker in the arms of 

Oracle Corp., which agreed 

to pay $7.4 billion in cash for 

Sun in a startling marriage 

that would transform Silicon 

Valley and the computing 

industry. 

The acquisition announced 

Monday illustrates how 

some of the biggest and 

richest technology companies 

are racing to become 

one-stop shops for corporate 

and government customers. 

By picking up Sun 

and expanding heavily into 

hardware, Oracle would look 

much more like the company 

it beat out for Sun — 

IBM Corp., which appears 

unlikely to re-enter the 

bidding. 

Heavyweights like IBM, 

Hewlett-Packard Co., Cisco 

Systems Inc. and now Oracle 

all want to offer a richer mix 

of technology products. The 

companies hope to find more 

hooks into customers and 

use those relationships to 

sell other kinds of stuff. 

Sun’s best-sellers are computer 

servers and machines 

that store data on tape. But 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The 

Supreme Court ruled today 

that police need a warrant to 

search the vehicle of someone 

they have arrested if the 

person is locked up in a patrol 

cruiser and poses no safety 

threat to officers. 

The court’s 5-4 decision 

puts new limits on the ability 

of police to search a vehicle 

immediately after the arrest 

of a suspect. 

Justice John Paul Stevens 

said in the majority opinion 

that warrantless searches still 

may be conducted if a car’s 

passenger compartment is 

within reach of a suspect who 

has been removed from the 

vehicle or there is reason to 

believe evidence of a crime 

will be found. 

Justice Samuel Alito, in dissent, 

complained that the decision 

upsets police practice that 

has developed since the court 

first authorized warrantless 

searches immediately following 

an arrest. 

The decision backs an Arizona 

high court ruling in favor 

of Rodney Joseph Gant, who 

was handcuffed, seated in 

the back of a patrol car and 

under police supervision 

when Tucson, Ariz., police 

officers searched his car. 

They found cocaine and drug 

paraphernalia. 

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Oracle and IBM mainly had 

their eyes on Sun’s software. 

Stocks fluctuate 

after earnings reports 

NEW YORK — Investors 

traded stocks cautiously 

today as lackluster corporate 

results renewed questions 

about how quickly the economy 

can recover from the 

recession. 

Wall Street fluctuated in 

the early going as traders 

watched bank stocks for 

signals about the market’s 

direction. Bank of New York 

Mellon Corp., Caterpillar Inc. 

and drugmaker Merck & Co. 

posted results or issued forecasts 

today that fell short of 

what the market expected. 

In the first hour of trading, 

the Dow Jones industrial 

average fell 5.50, or 0.1 percent, 

to 7,836.23. 

Broader stock indicators 

were mixed. The Standard & 

Poor’s 500 index slipped 0.26, 

or less than 0.1 percent, to 

832.13, and the Nasdaq composite 

index rose 8.97, or 0.6 

percent, to 1,617.18. 

Light, sweet crude fell 33 

cents to $45.55 a barrel on 

the New York Mercantile 

Exchange. 

GM, Chrysler to get 

up to $5.5B more 

DETROIT — General 

Motors Corp. could get as 

much as $5 billion more in 

federal loans, while Chrysler 

LLC could get $500 million 

as they race against government-imposed 

deadlines to 

restructure, according to 

a government report filed 

today. 

The quarterly report by a 

special inspector general on 

the auto industry and bank 

bailout programs says the 

money will be made available 

for working capital. GM 

has until June 1 to complete 

restructuring plans that satisfy 

the government’s auto 

task force, while Chrysler 

has until April 30. 

A person briefed on the 

plans said today that the 

exact amount of the loans 

have not been finalized and 

will be worked out with the 

companies. 

GM already has received 

$13.4 billion in government 

loans, while Chrysler has 

received $4 billion. 

High court limits searches 

of vehicles without warrant 

In other action Monday, the 

court: 

• Agreed to decide whether a 

law barring the sale of videos 

depicting acts of cruelty to animals 

is consistent with First 

Amendment guarantees of 

free speech. 

• Stepped into a dispute over 

how to determine when the 

Constitution’s guarantee of a 

speedy criminal trial has been 

violated. 

• Refused an appeal from a 

death row inmate in Texas over 

jurors’ consultation of a Bible 

in the course of their deliberations 

on his sentence. 

• Declined to get involved 

in the case of a bank executive 

who was fired after he 

blew the whistle on allegedly 

shoddy accounting practices 

and sought reinstatement 

under a federal law that offers 

protection to workers who 

point out potential violations. 

• Heard arguments in a case 

from Arizona over ongoing 

federal court supervision of 

the state’s programs for English 

learners. 

• Considered whether the 

current Iraqi government can 

be sued by Americans who 

were held captive by Saddam 

Hussein’s regime during the 

Persian Gulf war in 1991. 

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Sebelius wins OK as health and human services chief 

WASHINGTON (AP) — 

Gov. Kathleen Sebelius won 

Senate committee approval as 

health and human services 

secretary today despite opposition 

from Republicans critical 

of her ties to a late-term 

abortion doctor. 

The Finance Committee 

voted 15 to 8 to send the 

Kansas Democrat’s nomination 

to the full Senate for a 

final vote. Sebelius wasn’t 

present the day before when 

President Barack Obama 

held his first formal Cabinet 

meeting. 

“I congratulate Gov. Sebelius 

and will push for immediate 

action by the full Senate 

so that she can finally roll up 

her sleeves and get down to 

helping out on this critical 

work of reforming the healthcare 

system,” said Sen. Max 

Baucus, D-Mont., the Finance 

City 


The Vicksburg Post prints obituaries 

in news form for area residents, 

their family members and for former 

residents at no charge. Families wishing 

to publish additional information or to 

use specific wording have the option of 

a paid obituary. 

Adia Larkin Brassard 

VANCE, Ala. — Adia 

Larkin Brassard died Friday, 

April 17, 2009, at her home in 

Vance, Ala. She was 6. 

Adia, a former Vicksburg 

resident, was preceded in 

death by her great-grandfather, 

Vincent Brassard. 

She is survived by her 

parents, Jeremy and Tiffany 

Brassard; two sisters, 

Emma Karlin Brassard and 

Sara Trichell Brassard; one 

brother, Elijah D.W. Brassard; 

her grandparents, 

Linda Saxton, Bill Combs 

and Vince and Diedre Brassard; 

her great-grandmother, 

Helen Brassard; and other 

relatives, including Jake Dill 

and Katy Saxton. 

Services will be at 2 p.m. 

Wednesday at Memory 

Chapel Funeral Home in 

Tuscaloosa, Ala., with the 

Rev. Tim Pippins officiating. 

Burial will follow at Memory 

Hill Gardens. Visitation will 

be at the funeral home from 

1 p.m. Wednesday until the 

service. 

Pallbearers will be Jeremy 

McCracken, Jared Ingle, 

Mike Kowzan, G.W. Keller, 

Keith Hamner and Justin 

White. 

Honorary pallbearers will 

be Dr. Ashley Evans and 

employees of Sprayberry, 

CRS, Children’s Hospital and 

the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s 

Office. 

Memorials may be made 

to Give Kids the World Village 

at www.gktw.org or the 

Make-A-Wish Foundation. 

Johnny Davis 

MILWAUKEE — Johnny 

“John” Davis died Monday, 

April 13, 2009, in Milwaukee. 

He was 57. 

Mr. Davis was born in 

Lorman, where he was a 

member of Morning Star 

M.B. Church. He was a telephone 

technician for AT&T 

for more than 30 years, retiring 

in 2007. 

Gov. Kathleen 

Sebelius 

Committee 

chairman. 

The committee 

vote came 

after several 

Republicans 

voiced 

concerns in 

recent days 

about Sebelius’ 

ties to 

Dr. George Tiller, a late-term 

abortion doctor who is under 

investigation by the Kansas 

medical board. 

The GOP also questioned 

her commitment to ensuring 

that the government doesn’t 

try to interfere with the doctor-patient 

relationship. 

“I believe in the right of 

every American to choose the 

doctor, the hospital, the health 

plan of his or her choice,” Sen. 

Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., said before 

the vote. But he contended 

monument once erected. 

“We just felt it was important 

to support a group of 

people who are chasing such 

a good cause,” said Mayor 

Laurence Leyens. “This 

monument will perpetually 

memorialize some of the real 

heroes in our community.” 

The monument is to be 

granite, about 4 feet tall and 

is to feature a purple heart, 

Powell said. Leyens said 

the Rose Garden, which is 

already home to three monuments 

to those who have 

served in the military, is a 

natural fit. He said he hopes 

the veterans will be able to 

raise the money for it by the 

end of the year. 

The Vicksburg chapter, 

officially christened Chapter 

680, has about 20 members 

and is hoping new 

members will join, Powell 

said. A lifetime membership 

costs $50. Annual membership 

costs $20. Powell said he 

and others were inspired to 

create a local Military Order 

of the Purple Heart chapter 

after the state convention 

was held in Vicksburg last 

year. 

The local chapter meets 

every second Thursday at 

the Battlefield Inn at 9 a.m., 

with the meetings open to 

the public. Those who are 

interested in joining the 

group or contributing to the 

monument fund can contact 

Powell at 601-634-0707 or 

Jones at 601-638-1098. 


by his father, Robert L. Davis 

Sr.; two brothers, Robert 

Davis Sr. and Cornelius 

Davis Sr.; and a sister, Geraldine 

Davis. 

Survivors include his 

mother, Alice Reed Davis; 

three sisters, Earnestine 

Woods, Al’Lean M. Davis and 

Mary Davis, all of Milwaukee; 

two brothers, Charles Davis 

of Milwaukee and Michael 

Davis of Olympia Fields, Ill.; 

an aunt; and nieces, nephews, 

cousins, other relatives 

and friends. 

Services were at 11 a.m. 

Saturday at Leon L. Williamson 

Funeral Home in Milwaukee. 

Burial followed at 

Graceland Cemetery. 

James C. Hamilton Jr. 

James C. “Jimmy” Hamilton 

Jr. died Sunday, April 19, 

2009, at his residence. 

Born in Vicksburg June 17, 

1931, he was the son of the 

late James C. Hamilton Sr. 

and Lula Owens Hamilton. 

He was a graduate of Carr 

Central High School and the 

University of Southern Mississippi. 

He was past president 

of the Vicksburg Board 

of Realtors, the Jaycees and 

the Mississippi Home Builders 

Association. 

Mr. Hamilton had been a 

licensed Realtor since 1967 

and a builder and commercial 

developer since the early 

1960s. He received the MAI 

designation through the 

Appraisal Institute and was 

a member of Bowmar Baptist 

Church. 

He is survived by his wife, 

Jane A. Hamilton of Vicksburg; 

six sons, James C. 

Hamilton III and his wife, 

Seyhee, of Teagu, South 

Korea, Mark Hamilton and 

his wife, Barbara, of Vicksburg, 

Richard Hamilton of 

Olmstead, Fla., David Hamilton 

of Edwards, Ben Hill 

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that Sebelius, a Democrat, had 

displayed “insufficient commitment 

to these principles.” 

Sebelius had offered assurances 

that she believed it 

was the job of doctors, not 

the government, to prescribe 

care. That wasn’t enough for 

some GOP lawmakers worried 

that the Obama administration’s 

plans to overhaul 

the nation’s costly health-care 

system could move the country 

toward a governmentoperated 

health-care system. 

Sebelius was Obama’s 

second choice for health secretary 

after his first pick — 

former Senate Democratic 

leader Tom Daschle — withdrew 

in February over unpaid 

taxes. 

The Republican defections 

could make it more difficult for 

Sebelius to lead on President 

Barack Obama’s promises to 

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of Vicksburg and Lee Hill of 

Mississippi State, Miss.; two 

daughters, Drusilla Luckett 

of Clinton and Denise Hamilton 

of New Albany, Ind.; 19 

grandchildren; and seven 

great-grandchildren. 


by a sister, Betty Jean 

Peyton. 

A Celebration of Life service 

will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday 

at Bowmar Baptist 

Church with the Revs. Terry 

White and Mark Rowlen 

officiating. Visitation will be 

from 5 until 7 tonight at Riles 

Funeral Home and Wednesday 

at the church from 1 p.m. 

until the hour of the service. 


the Macular Degeneration 

Foundation, P.O. Box 531313, 

Henderson, NV 89053 and to 

Bowmar Baptist Church, 1825 

U.S. 61 South, Vicksburg, MS 

39180. 

Sherri P. Jones 

TALLULAH — Sherri P. 

Jones died Sunday, April 19, 

2009, at Madison Parish Hospital. 

She was 44. 

Born in Vicksburg, Ms. 

Jones was a Tallulah resident 

all her life. She was a 

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bring down health costs and 

extend care to some 50 million 

uninsured Americans. 

Only two of 10 Finance Committee 

Republicans supported 

Sebelius. They were Sen. Pat 

Roberts from her home state 

of Kansas, and moderate Sen. 

Olympia Snowe of Maine. 

Some GOP senators 

expressed concerns about 

Sebelius’ inaccurate response 

to the committee about how 

much campaign money she got 

from Tiller. She told the committee 

in written responses 

after her confirmation hearing 

this month that Tiller had 

given her $12,450 between 1994 

and 2001. 

She revised that response 

after an Associated Press 

review showed that Tiller and 

his abortion clinic donated an 

additional $23,000 between 

2000 and 2002 to a political 

Pinkerton security guard at 

Northrup-Grumman. 

Survivors include her 

daughter, Brandi Adams of 

Tallulah; her son, Joseph 

Vaughn of Tallulah; her parents, 

Bill and Evelyn Travis 

of Tallulah; a sister, Wanda 

Smith of Bee Bayou, La.; and 

a brother, Sammie Byrd of 

Tallulah. 

Services will be at 4 today 

at Crothers-Glenwood 

Funeral Home in Tallulah 

with the Rev. John W. Rushing 

officiating. Burial will 

follow at Silver Cross Cemetery 

in Tallulah. Visitation 

will be at the funeral home 

today from 1 p.m. until the 

service. 

Pallbearers will be Jeff 

Watts, Terry Bolton, Ray 

Smith, Charlie Bolton, Jake 

Woodard and Mike Travis. 

Doris Knight Maraman 

Mr. James C. 

“Jimmy” Hamilton Jr. 

Celebration of Life Service 

3 p.m. Wednesday, 

April 22, 2009 


Visitation 

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at Riles Funeral Home 

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action committee Sebelius 

established to raise money 

for fellow Democrats. 

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, 

said Monday that Sebelius initially 

“seemed to be a qualified 

candidate for the job.” 

“However, after learning 

about her inexplicable omission 

of donations from the lateterm 

abortion doctor George 

Tiller, I have to reevaluate my 

support for her nomination,” 

said Hatch. 

The White House stuck by 

Sebelius. 

“We regret that there was an 

oversight in the initial answer 

that was provided to the committee,” 

said White House 

spokesman Kate Bedingfield. 

“This inadvertent oversight 

was corrected quickly. Gov. 

Sebelius has enjoyed bipartisan 

support throughout the 

nomination process.” 

On the agenda 

Meeting Monday, the Vicksburg Board of 

Mayor and Aldermen: 

• OK’d $231,000 to Hemphill Construction 

Company for carbon dioxide conversion and 

filter upgrades. 

• Agreed to seek bids for water treatment 

chemicals and sand, gravel and rock. 

• Signed a contract with DBS Manufacturing 

to perform $3,000 worth of work at the Water 

Treatment Plant. 

• Signed a contract with PyroFire Displays Inc. 

for a $30,000 fireworks display at City Front 

on the Fourth of July. 

• Agreed to buy an easement from Orbit Oil 

and Gas Company to part of the entrance to 

DiamondJacks Casino for $32,000 as part of 

the nearby Clark Street bridge replacement 

project. 

• Approved $2,280 for affiliation and insurance 

fees to be paid to the Amateur Softball 

Association. 

• Moved $2,500 from the TV23 services category 

to the TV23 capital category for the purchase 

of computer equipment; and a transfer 

of $3,000 from the elections services category 

to the supplies category. 

In executive session, the board: 

• Approved four employment actions forms 

in the parks and recreation maintenance, gas, 

water treatment and parks and recreation 

programs departments. 

• Approved one promotion in the parks and 

recreation programs department. 

• Approved two pay adjustments in the fire 

department and one in the parks and recreation 

programs department. 

• Approved firing one employee in the right 

of way department. 

• Accepted resignations from one employee 

in each the police and water maintenance 

departments. 

• Discussed personnel matters regarding 

three employees in the gas department and 

one employee in the sewer department. 

The next scheduled meeting is Friday at 10 

a.m. in room 109 of the City Hall Annex, 1415 

Walnut St. 

CALICO ROCK, Ark. — 

Doris Knight Maraman died 

April 20, 2009, at the Calico 

Rock Hospital in Calico Rock, 

Ark. Born Oct. 21, 1930, she 

was 78 years old. 

Mrs. Maraman obtained a 

degree in fashion merchandising 

from Ray-Vogue College 

of Design in Chicago 

in 1950. She was also an 

accomplished musician and 

played the piano and organ 

for various churches, including 

Hawkins United Methodist 

Church in Vicksburg and 

Spring River Presbyterian 

in Hardy, Ark., and was the 

accompanist for “Gold in the 

Hills” in Vicksburg for many 

years. Her musical talent 

was a gift that touched the 

hearts of many. 

Mrs. Maraman was preceded 

in death by her husband, 

Robert F. Maraman; 

a brother, Robert E. Knight; 

and her parents, Ernest M. 

Knight and Lucille H. Knight. 

She is survived by one 

son, Robert Alan Maraman 

and his wife, Linda Watson 

Maraman; a daughter, Lisa 

Dabney and her husband, 

the Rev. L. Bryan Dabney 

III; and three grandchildren, 

Rebecca Alison Maraman, 

Jeffrey Alan Maraman and 

Thomas Bryan Dabney. 

A memorial service will be 

held in Hardy at a later date. 


the Spring River Presbyterian 

Church, 151 Wahpeton 

Hill Road, Hardy, AR 72542. 

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PRECISION FORECAST 

BY CHIEF METEOROLOGIST 

BARBIE BASSSETT 

TONIGHT 

49° 

wEdNESdAy 

75° 

A weak cold front has 

moved into the area. It 

brings with it a clear night 

and plenty of sunshine for 

Wednesday. 

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 

thursday-friday 

Sunny Thursday with highs 

in the mid-80s; partly 

cloudy Friday with a slight 

chance of showers and 

isolated thunderstorms, 

chance of rain is 20 percent 

STATE FORECAST 

tONiGht 

Clear with lows in the lower 

50s; south winds around 

5 mph 

wedNesday-thursday 

Mostly sunny Wednesday 

with highs in the mid-80s; 

sunny Thursday with highs 

in the mid-80s 

ALmAnAC 

hiGhs aNd LOws 

High/past 24 hours............. 72º 

Low/past 24 hours .............. 55º 

Average temperature ........ 64º 

Normal this date .................. 68º 

Record low .............43º in 1953 

Record high ...........88º in 1925 

raiNfaLL 

Recorded at the 

Vicksburg Water Plant 

Past 24 hours .....................None 

This month .............3.11 inches 

Total/year ............. 17.39 inches 

Normal/month .....4.00 inches 

Normal/year ....... 20.31 inches 

sOLuNar tabLe 

Most active times for fish 

and wildlife Wednesday: 

A.M. Active ........................... 3:13 

A.M. Most active ................ 9:24 

P.M. Active ............................ 3:36 

P.M. Most active ................. 9:47 

suNrise/suNset 

Sunset today ....................... 7:34 

Sunset tomorrow .............. 7:35 

Sunrise tomorrow ............. 6:25 

RIVER DATA 

staGes 

Mississippi River 

at Vicksburg 

Current: 36.9 | Change: +0.1 

Flood: 43 feet 

Yazoo River at Greenwood 

Current: 16.4 | Change: +1.0 


Yazoo River at Yazoo City 

Current: 19.7 | Change: -0.6 


Yazoo River at Belzoni 



Big Black River at West 



Big Black River at Bovina 



steeLe bayOu 

Land ...................................84.4 

River ...................................84.3 

mISSISSIPPI RIVER 

FORECAST 

Cairo, Ill. 

Wednesday .......................... 40.0 

Thursday ............................... 40.3 

Friday ...................................... 40.5 

Arkansas City 

Wednesday .......................... 29.7 

Thursday ............................... 29.5 

Friday ...................................... 29.4 

Greenville 

Wednesday .......................... 41.9 

Thursday ............................... 41.8 

Friday ...................................... 41.6 

Vicksburg 

Wednesday .......................... 37.2 

Thursday ............................... 37.2 

Friday ...................................... 37.1


County 


Simrall is retiring after 39 

years in county government 

and has not had an opponent 

for her last three four-year 

terms. The office is in the 

Warren County Courthouse 

and receives payments of 

property taxes and fees on 

real estate and vehicles for 

the county, and, by contract, 

for the City of Vicksburg. 

Two seats on the county 

election commission will also 

be on the Nov. 3 ballot, while 

a race to succeed Circuit 

Court Judge Frank Vollor 

might also take place. Gov. 

Haley Barbour is expected 

to appoint a successor to the 

local bench before Vollor 

retires May 31 and may set 

an election for the judgeship 

that includes Warren, 

Issaquena and Sharkey 

counties. 

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ence Monday at the Capitol, 

Bryant stood next to a 

poster of an oversized Mississippi 

tag with the word 

“RELIEF” in the middle and 

the address for his new Web 

site at the bottom: “CarTagRelief.com.” 

“There is some confusion. 

I had a guy in Meridian say, 

‘Please don’t pass a bill that’s 

going to raise my car tag,”’ 

Bryant said. “So, we’re here 

about trying to let people 

know the reality.” 

Legislators are not considering 

any bill that would 

increase the price of car tags. 

Rather, the prices are scheduled 

to increase because of 

possible legislative inaction. 

A slump in car sales is 

draining a fund that shaves 

a few dollars to a few hundred 

dollars off the price of 

the annual tag renewal. The 

On the agenda 

Meeting Monday, Warren County supervisors: 

• Set a required public hearing for May 5 to gather comment 

on the county’s participation in the 2008 Home Investments 

Partnership Program. 

Down payment assistance is available to eight families in 

Warren County who can qualify for the program, which will 

involve existing houses. Counties act as conduits for funds 

administrated by state-level development agencies, such as 

the Mississippi Development Authority. 

A total of $7.2 million has come available for 24 cities and 

counties in the state to start this year’s program. 

In Warren County, $31,250 is expected to be split among 

eight families or individuals who make up to 80 percent of 

the $41,750 median income. 

• Approved hiring James David Brewer as a master pilot on 

the Kings Point Ferry. 

• Authorized paying $250 registration fees for deputy coroners 

Ron Regan and Kelda Bailess to attend the Mississippi 

Coroner Association Summer Conference in Biloxi. The conference 

is required for certification. 

• Approved the promotion and accompanying pay raise for 

Ken Coleman to head up the Information Systems Department. 

Former director David Rankin resigned in February. 

• Authorized advertisement of six sites in the 2009 Natural 

Resource Conservation Service program. 

Tax Commission voted last 

week to reduce the car-tag 

discount for the year that 

begins July 1. 

Some legislative leaders, 

including Bryant, have 

been pushing for months to 

increase the cigarette tax to 

hold down the price of car 

tags. Bryant repeated his 

support of that idea Monday, 

a day before three House 

members and three senators 

return to the Capitol to 

restart their stalled negotiations 

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In the city: 

• Zips, 887, U.S. 61 North: 

$400 in cigarettes and a cash 

register were taken Saturday. 

• 61 Quick Stop, 5738 U.S. 

61 North: $122 in cigars and 

a cash register were taken 

Sunday. 

• Jubilee Smoke Break, 4749 

U.S. 61 South: $320 in cigarettes 

and a cash register 

were taken Monday morning. 

• Dollar General, 4000 U.S. 

61 South: an attempt was 

made to take a cash register 


• BP gas station, 3595 U.S. 

61 South: chips and $250 

in cigarettes were missing 

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April 10. 

• Chevron gas station, 4306 

Halls Ferry Road: $200 in cigarettes 

were taken April 10. 

• Honeyz, Scentz & Fashionz, 

3427 Halls Ferry Road: 

$310 in blue jeans were missing 

April 9. About $3,000 

in merchandise had been 

taken from the same store on 

March 21, but Stewart said 

he doesn’t know if the store 

burglaries are related to the 

convenience store burglaries. 

• Innovative Autowerks, 

3508 Manor Drive: auto 

stereo equipment was taken 

Saturday. 

• Port Mart Texaco, 1775 N. 

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before she died more than 

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Washington St.: $1,755 in cigarettes 

and $230 in beer were 

missing Monday. 

• Shell Jubilee, 25 Fisher 

Ferry Road: $650 in candy 

and cigarettes and $350 were 

missing March 27. Vicksburg 

police arrested two men 

in this burglary, but Stewart 

said he did not believe 

it was linked to the other 

burglaries. 

• Gibson Monuments, 6434 

U.S. 61 South: computer 

software valued at $4,000 

and $200 in cash were taken 

Sunday. 

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SPORTS 

tuesDAY, A pril 21, 2009 • SECTION B 

PUZZLES B5 | CLASSIFIEDS B6 

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

SCHEDULE 

PREP BASEBALL 

PCA at Glenbrook 

Today, 4 p.m. 

WC hosts Starkville 

Thursday, 6 p.m. 

St. Al at Cathedral 

Thursday, 6 p.m. 

ON TV 

NBA 7 p.m. TNT - It’s a 

playoff twinbill as the Pistons 

battle LeBron James 

and the Cavaliers and the 

Jazz square off against 

Kobe Bryant and the Lakers 

in the nightcap. 

WHO’S HOT 

GORKYS HERNANDEZ 

Mississippi 

Braves 

outfielder 

went 3-4 

with a triple 

and a 

run scored 

in a 4-1 

win over the Chattanooga 

Lookouts on Monday. 

Story, B2 

SIDELINES 

High schooler throws 

fourth no-no in arow 

NEW PORT RICHEY, 

Fla. (AP) — A Florida high 

school pitcher tossed his 

fourth consecutive nohitter. 

Mitchell High senior Patrick 

Schuster did it Monday 

night on his home field 

at the suburban school 

northwest of Tampa. 

The lanky left-hander 

struck out 17 to help his 

team beat rival Pasco High 

5-0 in front of a full house 

of several hundred spectators. 

“I never thought this 

would happen,” he said. 

“I’m just having so much 

right now.” 

Schuster’s streak began 

April 3. He’s piled up 

60 strikeouts in the four 

games, helping Mitchell to 

a 19-3 record. He’s 7-0 on 

the season. 

He said he was trying not 

to think about the streak, 

but late in the game he 

asked his outfielders to 

take a few steps because 

he didn’t want to give up a 

bloop hit. 

Mitchell coach Scot Wilcox 

called the performance 

“vintage Schuster.” 

“I’ll tell you what, he’s 

got command of every 

single pitch,” Wilcox said. 

“His curve ball, his slider, 

his change-up, he was just 

spotting it nicely. He was 

keeping their hitters off 

balance.” 

Schuster said the streak 

has been harder on his 

mother, Sharon, than it’s 

been on him. 

“I’ve got the confidence, 

and she’s over there biting 

her nails and stuff,” he said. 

“I’m having fun with it and 

she’s nervous. 

“She’s probably going to 

make me cry as soon as I 

see her.” 

Schuster, whose fastball 

tops 90 mph, has signed 

to play at the University of 

Florida next year but hasn’t 

ruled out going straight to 

professional baseball. 

The record for consecutive 

no-hitters in high 

school baseball is six. 

LOTTERY 

La. Pick 3: 9-8-5 

La. Pick 4: 0-6-2-7 

Weekly results: B2 

LSU’s Byrd hurt in wreck 

MIAMI — Former LSU 

receiver Demetrius Byrd was 

in critical but stable condition 

Monday after a car accident 

in Miami, and his agent 

said the NFL prospect was 

expected to fully recover. 

Byrd had scrapes and 

bruises but was being held 

in intensive care for observation, 

said his junior college 

coach, Tim Hatten of Pearl 

River Community College 

in Mississippi. Hatten had 

talked with Byrd’s mom, who 

said her son was alert and 

talking at the hospital. 

Agent David Dunn said in a 

statement that initial reports 

indicated Byrd will be OK. 

The statement did not give 

Too short a season 

Decision puts end to Vicksburg’s playoff run 

By Jeff Byrd 

jbyrd@vicksburgpost.com 

At noon Monday, Vicksburg 

High’s baseball team 

found out that there is 

season is done. 

The Mississippi High 

School Activities ruled earlier 

Monday morning that 

the Gators would not be 

By The Associated Press 

SAN ANTONIO — Tony 

Parker wasn’t about to let the 

Dallas Mavericks leave San 

Antonio with two wins. 

Parker walked off the court 

with 38 points, a comfortable 

lead and a roaring Spurs 

crowd cheering him back to 

the bench with a Game 2 victory 

minutes away. 

Unlike the first game, 

Dallas was unable to pester 

Parker and the Spurs 

breezed to a 105-84 blowout 

over the Mavericks on 

Monday night. It evened the 

series and handed Dallas one 

of the worst losses in the history 

of the playoff rivalry. 

COLLEgE 

fOOTBaLL 

Byrd’s injuries or any details 

about the crash Sunday. 

“Our thoughts and prayers 

are with Demetrius, and with 

his mother Sharon and the 

entire Byrd family,” Dunn 

said. 

Last season, the 6-foot-2, 

195-pound receiver had 37 

catches for 513 yards and 

four TDs. He also played a 

key role in the Tigers’ BCS 

National Championship 

during the previous year. 

LSU officials said that 

Byrd’s car hit a utility pole 

after a tire blew out. No other 

cars were involved. 

allowed to resume their 

Class 4A playoff game with 

Saltillo. On Saturday, the 

game had been suspended 

because of rain in the top 

of the sixth inning with 

Saltillo in front, 5-1. 

Under National Federation 

Baseball rules, a team 

“You want to make sure I’m 

in attack mode every single 

play,” Parker said. “Even if 

it’s not to score, to penetrate 

for my teammates or make 

great cuts.” 

He did it all against the 

Mavericks, who head back to 

Dallas for Game 3 on Thursday 

night. Dallas was trying 

to send the Spurs to consecutive 

home playoff losses for 

the first time since 2002, but 

leading after five complete 

innings made the contest 

complete and the MHSAA 

said that overrules any 

agreement between the two 

schools that may have been 

made to have the game 

resumed Monday afternoon. 

A key component of 

the MHSAA ruling was that 

Ridgeland had called its 

couldn’t contain San Antonio’s 

speedy point guard. 

Parker had 27 points in 

the first half and finished 

16-of-22 from the floor. It was 

a marked difference from 

Game 1, when the Mavs let 

Parker score 24 but made 

him a non-factor in the 

second half, when he made 

just two field goals. 

“First of all you have to 

meet the challenge,” Mavs 

guard Jason Terry said of 

guarding Parker. “We had 

four or five different guys on 

him.” 

It still wasn’t enough. 

Parker had 19 points in the 

first quarter alone, equaling 

the Mavericks’ total. 

Game 3 with Tishomingo 

County at 2-0 in the fifth 

inning. Tishomingo County 

protested and the MHSAA 

denied it and both Class 4A 

series were declared over. 

The loss ends the 15th 

ranked Gators’ season at 

18-8. The Gators started 

eight seniors and were a 

Parker’s 38 points paces Spurs romp 

NBa 

“This tragic accident puts 

in perspective just how fragile 

life can be,” said LSU head 

coach Les Miles. “Demetrius 

is an outstanding young 

man with a bright future 

ahead of him. He was a joy 

to coach and he brought a 

great smile and a wonderful 

attitude to our football team. 

Our thoughts and prayers 

are with him and his family 

as we hope for a speedy 

recovery.” 

Byrd played at Miami Central 

High School before 

attending junior college. 

The NFL draft begins Saturday. 

Byrd was considered 

among the top 15 wide 

receivers entering the draft. 

KATIE CARTER•The Vicksburg PosT 

Vicksburg’s Bowen Woodson (25) tags out Warren Central’s Donald Kelley (7) as he attempts to steal second base 

during the April 10 game at Bazinsky Field. Vicksburg’s season ended after the Mississippi High School Activities 

Association ruled that a rain-shortened Game 2 was a complete game. 

pREp BaSEBaLL 

inside 

Celtics even series with 

Bulls. Story, B3 

The associaTed Press 

LSU wide receiver Demetrius Byrd (2) breaks away from Mississippi 

State defender Tay Bowser (28) on Sept. 27. 

See VHS, Page B3. 

Parker departed with about 

5 minutes left in the fourth 

to a raucous ovation — and 

with the leading man out of 

the game, many fans headed 

to the exits as Parker took 

his seat. 

Terry had 16 for Dallas, 

and Dirk Nowitzki and Jason 

Kidd had 14 points. Josh 

Howard scored just seven 

points after torching the 

Spurs for 25 in Game 1. 

“I guess a split in San 

Antonio in a tough building 

is not bad,” Nowitzki said. 

“But if you win the first one 

you always want to get the 

second one. You’re not happy 

with a split after you get the 

first one.” 

COLLEgE 

BaSkETBaLL 

Kennedy 

punished 

by Rebels 


CINCINNATI — A 

few hours after he was 

arrested 

last 

December 

for an 

altercation 

with a 

cab driver, 

Ole Miss 

basketball 

coach 

Andy 

Andy 

Kennedy 

Kennedy went on the 

offensive. 

He vehemently denied 

the “heinous accusations” 

that he punched 

and taunted the driver. 

He insisted he would be 

exonerated. He had a 

persuasive talk with the 

Ole Miss athletics director, 

who publicly took his 

side. 

Four months later, Kennedy 

is taking blame and 

apologizing. 

The 41-year-old coach 

avoided jail time on 

Monday by pleading 

guilty to a reduced charge 

of disorderly conduct in 

Hamilton County Municipal 

Court. He was sentenced 

to 40 hours of 

community service and 

probation. 

Standing in the middle 

of the courtroom with his 

hands clasped behind his 

back, Kennedy turned 

toward the cab driver and 

a valet and apologized 

“for any role that I may 

have played in this unfortunate 

incident.” 

The university moved 

quickly to punish Kennedy, 

saying it would not 

reward him by enriching 

his contract. Kennedy’s 

deal with the university 

runs for three more years. 

“Coach Kennedy’s onthe-court 

performance 

this season warranted a 

contract extension,” athletics 

director Pete Boone 

said in a statement. “Nevertheless, 

coach Kennedy 

knows that any conduct 

that is detrimental to the 

image of Ole Miss is unacceptable. 

Therefore, coach 

Kennedy and I have mutually 

agreed that an extension 

will not be consummated 

at this time.” 

In a conference call, 

Boone said the decision 

shouldn’t affect 

recruiting. 

Although Kennedy 

pleaded guilty and apolo- 

See Kennedy, Page B3.

B2 Tuesday, April 21, 2009 The Vicksburg Post 

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 

7 p.m. WGN - Cincinnati at Chicago 

Cubs 

NBA PLAYOFFS 

7 p.m. TNT - Detroit at Cleveland, 

Game 2 

9:30 p.m. TNT - Utah at L.A. Lakers, 

Game 2 

NHL PLAYOFFS 

6 p.m. Versus - Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 

Game 4 

8:30 p.m. Versus - Vancouver at St. 

Louis, Game 4 (joined in progress) 

9:30 p.m. Versus - San Jose at Anaheim, 

Game 3 

sidelines 

from staff & AP reports 

Baseball 

Braves beat Lookouts 

in return to Trustmark 

The Mississippi Braves returned 

to Trustmark Park with a 4-1 win 

over the Chattanooga Lookouts 

Monday. Johnny Venters and three 

Braves’ relievers held the Lookout 

bats to one run on three hits while 

the Braves offense plated four runs 

on 11 hits in the series opener. Mississippi 

improved to 4-7 on the year 

and won back-to-back games for 

the first time in the young season. 

While Johnny Venters kept the 

Lookout offense in check, the 

Braves were struggling to put runs 

on the board themselves. They 

finally broke through in the fourth 

when Eric Campbell doubled and 

scored on a Concepcion Rodriguez 

double-play ball. 

The Lookouts matched the Braves 

with a run in the sixth. Andrew 

Lambo doubled and came around 

to score on a bases loaded fielder’s 

choice by Russell Mitchell. The 

Lookouts loaded the bases again in 

the seventh, but the Braves were 

spared when Gorkys Hernandez 

tracked down a Jamie Hoffman 

drive in deep left-centerfield. 

Mississippi retook the lead in the 

seventh when Concepcion Rodriguez 

singled and scored on a Travis 

Jones single. After seven, Mississippi 

led 2-1. 

Hernandez also starred at the 

plate as he led off the bottom of 

the eighth with a triple (1) to rightcenter. 

He scored on a single by 

Matt Young to push the lead to 

3-1. Young stole second and third 

to move into scoring position and 

scored on a wild pitch to give the 

Braves a 4-1 lead. 

College Basketball 

Pitino claims cause 

buzz in Louisville 

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The 

estranged wife of Louisville coach 

Rick Pitino’s longtime friend and 

equipment manager who finds 

herself in the center of a brewing 

storm around the revered coach’s 

claims that someone is trying to 

extort him said Monday she is waiting 

for the truth to come out. 

After Pitino went to the FBI with 

the tip, agents questioned Karen 

Sypher, wife of Tim Sypher, her 

attorney said. While she declined 

to say whether she’s had contact 

with Pitino or what she’s discussed 

with the FBI, Karen Sypher claims 

she did nothing wrong in trying to 

present her side to a local TV station 

that ultimately decided not to 

air what she said about the case 

and the coach the city credits with 

turning around the once-foundering 

program. 

“I’m standing up for my rights 

and feeling like I don’t have a lot 

of them at this moment,” she said 

Monday. 

flashback 


April 21 

1951 — Bob Davies’ two foul shots 

and Jack Coleman’s layup give the 

Rochester Royals a 79-75 triumph 

over the New York Knicks in the 

seventh game of the NBA championship 

series. 

1994 — Eddie Murray sets a major 

league record with his 11th switchhit 

home run game as the Cleveland 

Indians beat the Minnesota 

Twins 10-6. 

1996 — The Chicago Bulls wrap 

up the most successful regular 

season in NBA history with their 

72nd victory, getting 26 points from 

Michael Jordan in a 103-93 decision 

over Washington. 

2001 — Hasim Rahman flattens 

Lennox Lewis with a stunning right 

hand near the end of the fifth round 

to capture the WBC and IBF heavyweight 

titles in one of the biggest 

upsets in boxing history in Brakpan, 

South Africa. 

SCOREBOARD 

major league baseball 

American League 

East Division 

W L Pct GB 

Toronto..........................10 4 .714 — 

Boston...........................7 6 .538 2 1/2 

New York......................7 6 .538 2 1/2 

Baltimore.......................6 7 .462 3 1/2 

Tampa Bay...................5 8 .385 4 1/2 

Central Division 

W L Pct GB 

Chicago.........................7 5 .583 — 

Detroit............................7 5 .583 — 

Kansas City...................7 5 .583 — 

Minnesota......................7 7 .500 1 

Cleveland......................4 9 .308 3 1/2 

West Division 

W L Pct GB 

Seattle...........................8 5 .615 — 

Oakland.........................5 7 .417 2 1/2 

Texas............................5 7 .417 2 1/2 

Los Angeles..................4 8 .333 3 1/2 

——— 

Monday’s Games 

Boston 12, Baltimore 1 

Oakland at N.Y. Yankees, ppd., rain 

Today’s Games 

Chicago White Sox (Contreras 0-2) at Baltimore 

(Bergesen 0-0), 6:05 p.m. 

Oakland (Eveland 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 

1-0), 6:05 p.m. 

Kansas City (Ponson 0-1) at Cleveland (Laffey 

0-0), 6:05 p.m. 

Texas (McCarthy 1-0) at Toronto (Halladay 3-0), 

6:07 p.m. 

Minnesota (S.Baker 0-1) at Boston (Wakefield 1-1), 

6:10 p.m. 

Detroit (Galarraga 2-0) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 

1-1), 9:05 p.m. 

Tampa Bay (Sonnanstine 0-1) at Seattle (Washburn 

2-0), 9:10 p.m. 

Wednesday’s Games 

Oakland at N.Y. Yankees, 12:05 p.m. 

Kansas City at Cleveland, 5:05 p.m. 

Chicago White Sox at Baltimore, 5:05 p.m. 

Texas at Toronto, 6:07 p.m. 

Minnesota at Boston, 6:10 p.m. 

Detroit at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m. 

Tampa Bay at Seattle, 9:10 p.m. 

National League 

East Division 

W L Pct GB 

Florida...........................11 2 .846 — 

New York......................6 6 .500 4 1/2 

Atlanta...........................6 7 .462 5 

Philadelphia...................5 6 .455 5 

Washington...................2 10 .167 8 1/2 

Central Division 

W L Pct GB 

Chicago.........................7 4 .636 — 

St. Louis........................8 5 .615 — 

Cincinnati......................7 5 .583 1/2 

Pittsburgh......................7 6 .538 1 

Milwaukee.....................4 8 .333 3 1/2 

Houston.........................4 9 .308 4 

West Division 

W L Pct GB 

Los Angeles..................10 3 .769 — 

San Diego.....................9 4 .692 1 

Arizona..........................5 8 .385 5 

Colorado........................4 8 .333 5 1/2 

San Francisco...............4 8 .333 5 1/2 

——— 


Washington 3, Atlanta 2 

Pittsburgh 8, Florida 0 

San Diego at Philadelphia, ppd., rain 

Cincinnati 4, Houston 3 

Arizona 6, Colorado 3 


Atlanta (Kawakami 1-1) at Washington (Martis 

1-0), 6:05 p.m. 

Milwaukee (Parra 0-2) at Philadelphia (Moyer 1-1), 

6:05 p.m. 

Florida (A.Sanchez 1-0) at Pittsburgh (Karstens 

0-0), 6:05 p.m. 

L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 0-0) at Houston (R.Ortiz 

0-0), 7:05 p.m. 

Cincinnati (Owings 0-1) at Chicago Cubs (Harden 

0-1), 7:05 p.m. 

N.Y. Mets (O.Perez 1-1) at St. Louis (Wellemeyer 

1-1), 7:15 p.m. 

Colorado (F.Morales 1-0) at Arizona (Petit 0-1), 

8:40 p.m. 

San Diego (Peavy 2-1) at San Francisco (Cain 

1-0), 9:15 p.m. 


Florida at Pittsburgh, 11:35 a.m. 

Colorado at Arizona, 2:40 p.m. 

San Diego at San Francisco, 2:45 p.m. 

Atlanta at Washington, 5:05 p.m. 

Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 5:05 p.m. 

Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 7:05 p.m. 

L.A. Dodgers at Houston, 7:05 p.m. 

N.Y. Mets at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m. 

NATIONALS 3, BRAVES 2 

Atlanta 

Washington 

ab r h bi ab r h bi 

KJhnsn 2b 4 0 1 0 AHrndz 2b 3 0 0 0 

Escoar ss 4 0 0 0 NJhnsn 1b 3 1 1 0 

C.Jones 3b 4 1 1 0 Zmrmn 3b 4 1 1 0 

Ktchm 1b 3 0 1 0 Dunn rf 4 0 1 0 

Francr rf 4 0 0 0 Maxwll pr-rf 0 0 0 0 

Diaz lf 4 1 2 2 Dukes cf 4 1 2 1 

Schafer cf 2 0 0 0 Wlngh lf 2 0 1 0 

D.Ross c 2 0 1 0 Flores c 2 0 2 2 

D.Lowe p 2 0 0 0 AlGnzlz ss 4 0 0 0 

OFlhrt p 0 0 0 0 Zmrmn p 1 0 0 0 

Norton ph 0 0 0 0 Cintron ph 1 0 0 0 

Prado ph 1 0 0 0 Wells p 0 0 0 0 

RSorin p 0 0 0 0 Beimel p 0 0 0 0 

Mock p 0 0 0 0 

Bellird ph 1 0 0 0 

Hanrhn p 0 0 0 0 

Totals 30 2 6 2 Totals 29 3 8 3 

Atlanta......................................000 200 000 — 2 

Washington..............................000 201 00x — 3 

DP—Atlanta 1, Washington 2. LOB—Atlanta 4, 

Washington 9. 2B—Kotchman (4), Diaz (3), Dunn 

(3). 3B—C.Jones (1). HR—Diaz (2). SB—Maxwell 

(1), Dukes (1). S—Zimmermann. SF—Flores. 

IP H R ER BB SO 

Atlanta 

D.Lowe L,1-1 6 7 3 3 3 2 

O’Flaherty 1 0 0 0 0 1 

R.Soriano 1 1 0 0 1 3 

Washington 

Zimmermann W,1-0 6 6 2 2 1 3 

Wells H,1 1 0 0 0 1 0 

Beimel H,4 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 

Mock H,1 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 

Hanrahan S,1-3 1 0 0 0 1 1 

HBP—by R.Soriano (Willingham). 

Umpires—Home, Jim Wolf; First, Gary Cederstrom; 

Second, Fieldin Culbreth; Third, Brian 

O’Nora. 

T—2:24 (Rain delay: 0:33). A—12,473 (41,888). 

minor league baseball 

Southern League 

North Division 

W L Pct. GB 

Tennessee (Cubs)........5 5 .500 — 

Carolina (Reds).............5 6 .455 1/2 

Huntsville (Brewers)......5 6 .455 1/2 

West Tenn (Mariners)... 4 7 .364 1 1/2 

Chattanooga (Dodgers).3 8 .273 2 1/2 

South Division 

W L Pct. GB 

Jacksonville (Marlins)...8 3 .727 — 

Mobile (Diamondbacks).8 3 .727 — 

Birmingham (White Sox) 7 3 .700 

1/2 

Montgomery (Rays)......5 6 .455 3 

Mississippi (Braves)......4 7 .364 4 

——— 


Carolina 12, Huntsville 3 

Montgomery 5, Mobile 4 

Tennessee 4, West Tenn 2 

Birmingham 10, Jacksonville 4 

Mississippi 4, Chattanooga 1 


Mobile at Montgomery, 10:35 a.m. 

Huntsville at Carolina, 6:15 p.m. 

Chattanooga at Mississippi, 7:05 p.m. 

Jacksonville at Birmingham, 7:05 p.m. 

Tennessee at West Tenn, 7:05 p.m. 


Huntsville at Carolina, 10 a.m. 

Chattanooga at Mississippi, 11 a.m. 

Jacksonville at Birmingham, 11:05 a.m. 

Tennessee at West Tenn, 11:05 a.m. 

Mobile at Montgomery, 7:05 p.m. 

college baseball 

Southeastern Conference 

EASTERN DIVISION 

SEC Overall 

Georgia..................................13-5.....................30-8 

Florida....................................10-8...................26-14 

S. Carolina...............................9-9...................26-14 

Vanderbilt...............................7-10...................23-16 

Kentucky................................6-12...................21-17 

Tennessee.............................5-13...................19-22 

WESTERN DIVISION 

SEC Overall 

Arkansas................................11-6...................26-11 

LSU........................................11-7...................28-12 

Ole Miss................................11-7...................28-11 

Alabama.................................10-8...................27-13 

Auburn....................................8-10...................25-15 

Miss. State............................6-12...................20-20 


Kenesaw St. at Georgia, 4 p.m. 

Florida at Florida Gulf Coast, 5 p.m. 

South Carolina at S.C.-Upstate, 5 p.m. 

Lipscomb at Kentucky, 5:30 p.m. 

East Tennessee St. at Tennessee, 6 p.m. 

Austin Peay at Vanderbilt, 6 p.m. 

Samford at Auburn, 6 p.m. 

Arkansas-Little Rock at Ole Miss, 6:30 p.m. 

Middle Tennessee at Mississippi St., 6:30 p.m. 

Southeastern Louisiana at LSU, 6:30 p.m. 

Arkansas at Oral Roberts, 6:35 p.m. 


South Florida at Florida, 5:30 p.m. 

Evansville at Kentucky, 5:30 p.m. 

Clemson at South Carolina, 6 p.m. 

Vanderbilt at Louisville, 6 p.m. 

Alabama at South Alabama, 6 p.m. 

Georgia at Jacksonville, 6:30 p.m. 

Ole Miss at Southern Miss, 6:30 p.m. 

Middle Tennessee at Mississippi State, 6:30 p.m. 

La.-Lafayette vs. LSU, at New Orleans, 7 p.m. 

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Conference USA 

C-USA Overall 

Rice........................................11-4...................27-10 

East Carolina.........................10-5...................28-12 

Southern Miss........................9-6...................24-14 

Houston....................................7-5...................17-21 

Tulane......................................5-7...................22-17 

UAB..........................................5-7...................22-17 

Marshall....................................6-9...................16-22 

Memphis...................................4-8...................17-22 

UCF..........................................3-9...................12-25 


Ohio at Marshall, 2 p.m. 

Memphis at Murray State, 3 p.m. 

Elon at East Carolina, 5 p.m. 

Stetson at Central Florida, 5:30 p.m. 

Rice at Texas, 6 p.m. 

UAB at Troy, 6 p.m. 

Miss. Valley St. at Southern Miss, 6:30 p.m 

Stephen F. Austin at Houston, 6:30 p.m. 


Marshall at Morehead State, 2 p.m. 

Memphis at Tennessee-Martin, 5 p.m. 

North Carolina at East Carolina, 5 p.m. 

New Orleans at Tulane, 6 p.m. 

Lamar at Houston, 6:30 p.m. 

Ole Miss at Southern Miss, 6:30 p.m. 

Troy at UAB, 6:30 p.m. 

Baseball America Top 25 

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The top 25 teams in the 

Baseball America poll with records through April 

18 and previous ranking (voting by the staff of 

Baseball America): 

Record 

Pvs 

1. UC Irvine........................26-10..........................3 

2. Rice................................27-10..........................2 

3. Arizona State...................28-8..........................4 

4. North Carolina................31-10..........................5 

5. Texas................................29-8..........................9 

6. Louisiana State..............28-11..........................1 

7. Georgia Tech...................26-8........................12 

8. Georgia.............................31-8..........................8 

9. Baylor.............................25-12..........................7 

10. Cal State Fullerton........24-11..........................6 

11. Ole Miss........................28-11........................17 

12. Arkansas........................26-11........................11 

13. Oklahoma......................29-11........................10 

14. Cal Poly...........................27-9........................18 

15. Virginia.............................30-8........................19 

16. Texas Christian.............23-11........................16 

17. Oregon State...................23-9........................14 

18. Miami.............................26-13........................13 

19. San Diego State............26-15........................15 

20. Hawaii............................24-13.......................NR 

21. Florida State..................25-12.......................NR 

22. Alabama.........................27-13.......................NR 

23. Kansas State.................29-11........................21 

24. Texas A&M....................25-14.......................NR 

25. Kent State........................28-8.......................NR 

Collegiate Baseball Poll 

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The Collegiate Baseball 

poll with records through April 19, points and previous 

ranking. Voting is done by coaches, sports 

writers and sports information directors: 

Record Pts Pvs 

1. UC Irvine.............................26-10 491 4 

2. Arizona State.......................28-8 488 6 

3. North Carolina.....................31-10 486 7 

4. Georgia Tech..................... 26-8-1 484 10 

5. Georgia.................................31-8 482 2 

6. Texas....................................29-8 480 11 

7. Arkansas.............................26-11 477 5 

8. Rice.....................................27-10 476 3 

9. LSU.....................................28-12 474 1 

10. Cal State Fullerton.............24-11 473 8 

11. Virginia............................... 30-8-1 471 13 

12. Cal Poly...............................27-9 468 15 

13. Ole Miss.............................28-11 465 19 

14. Oklahoma...........................29-11 464 9 

15. Florida State.......................25-12 460 22 

16. Texas A&M.........................25-14 458 — 

17. Baylor..................................25-12 455 14 

18. Miami..................................26-13 454 12 

19. Oregon State.......................23-9 452 16 

20. TCU....................................23-11 450 17 

21. Alabama..............................27-13 449 — 

22. Florida.................................26-14 448 20 

23. Coastal Carolina..................30-9 446 18 

24. Ohio State...........................29-8 445 — 

25. Kent State............................28-8 442 24 

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NBA Playoffs 

FIRST ROUND 

(Best-of-7) 

EASTERN CONFERENCE 

Cleveland vs. Detroit 

Saturday, April 18: Cleveland 102, Detroit 84, 

Cleveland leads series 1-0 

Today’s game: Detroit at Cleveland, 7 p.m. 

Friday’s game: Cleveland at Detroit, 6 p.m. 

Sunday’s game: Cleveland at Detroit, 2:30 p.m. 

April 29: Detroit at Cleveland, TBA, if necessary 

May 1: Cleveland at Detroit, TBA, if necessary 

May 3: Detroit at Cleveland, TBA, if necessary 

Boston vs. Chicago 

Saturday, April 18: Chicago 105, Boston 103, OT 

Monday, April 20: Boston 118, Chicago 115, series 

tied 1-1 

Thursday’s game: Boston at Chicago, 7 p.m. 

Sunday’s game: Boston at Chicago, noon 

April 28: Chicago at Boston, TBA 

April 30: Boston at Chicago, TBA, if necessary 

May 2: Chicago at Boston, TBA, if necessary 

Orlando vs. Philadelphia 

Sunday, April 19: Philadelphia 100, Orlando 98, 

Philadelphia leads series 1-0 

Wednesday’s game: Philadelphia at Orlando, 6 

p.m. 

Friday’s game: Orlando at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. 

Sunday’s game: Orlando at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m. 

April 28: Philadelphia at Orlando, TBA, if necessary 

April 30: Orlando at Philadelphia, TBA, if necessary 

May 2: Philadelphia at Orlando, TBA, if necessary 

Atlanta vs. Miami 

Sunday, April 19: Atlanta 90, Miami 64, Atlanta 

leads series 1-0 

Wednesday’s game: Miami at Atlanta, 7 p.m. 

Saturday’s game: Atlanta at Miami, 5:30 p.m. 

April 27: Atlanta at Miami, TBA 

April 29: Miami at Atlanta, TBA, if necessary 

May 1: Atlanta at Miami, TBA, if necessary 

May 3: Miami at Atlanta, TBA, if necessary 

WESTERN CONFERENCE 

L.A. Lakers vs. Utah 

Sunday, April 19: L.A. Lakers 113, Utah 100, L.A. 

Lakers lead series 1-0 

Today’s game: Utah at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m. 

Thursday’s game: L.A. Lakers at Utah, 9:30 p.m. 

Saturday’s game: L.A. Lakers at Utah, 8 p.m. 

April 27: Utah at L.A. Lakers, TBA, if necessary 

April 30: L.A. Lakers at Utah, TBA, if necessary 

May 2: Utah at L.A. Lakers, TBA, if necessary 

Denver vs. New Orleans 

Sunday, April 19: Denver 113, New Orleans 84, 

Denver leads series 1-0 

Wednesday’s game: New Orleans at Denver, 9:30 

p.m. 

Saturday’s game: Denver at New Orleans, noon 

April 27: Denver at New Orleans, TBA 

April 29: New Orleans at Denver, TBA, if necessary 

May 1: Denver at New Orleans, TBA, if necessary 

May 3: New Orleans at Denver, TBA, if necessary 

San Antonio vs. Dallas 

Saturday, April 18: Dallas 105, San Antonio 97 

Monday, April 20: San Antonio 105, Dallas 84, 

series tied 1-1 

Thursday’s game: San Antonio at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. 

Saturday’s game: San Antonio at Dallas, 3 p.m. 

April 28: Dallas at San Antonio, TBA 

May 1: San Antonio at Dallas, TBA, if necessary 

May 3: Dallas at San Antonio, TBA, if necessary 

Portland vs. Houston 

Saturday, April 18: Houston 108, Portland 81, 

Houston leads series 1-0 

Today’s game: Houston at Portland, 9 p.m. 

Friday’s game: Portland at Houston, 8:30 p.m. 

Sunday’s game: Portland at Houston, 8 p.m. 

April 28: Houston at Portland, TBA, if necessary 

April 30: Portland at Houston, TBA, if necessary 

May 2: Houston at Portland, TBA, if necessary 

CELTICS 118, BULLS 115 

CHICAGO (115) 

Salmons 6-17 4-5 17, Ty.Thomas 2-7 2-2 6, Noah 

6-9 1-1 13, Gordon 14-24 8-9 42, Rose 5-11 0-0 

10, Hinrich 2-2 2-2 7, Miller 4-8 7-8 16, Hunter 0-1 

2-2 2, Johnson 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 40-80 26-39 115. 

BOSTON (118) 

Pierce 8-19 2-3 18, Davis 12-21 2-3 26, Perkins 

7-9 2-5 16, R.Allen 9-18 6-6 30, Rondo 7-18 5-8 

19, Powe 1-2 0-0 2, Marbury 1-4 0-0 2, Moore 1-1 

0-0 2, House 1-4 0-0 3, T.Allen 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 

47-96 17-25 118. 

Chicago 29 32 26 28 — 115 

Boston 35 23 30 30 — 118 

3-Point Goals—Chicago 9-20 (Gordon 6-11, 

Hinrich 1-1, Miller 1-1, Salmons 1-5, Hunter 0-1, 

Ty.Thomas 0-1), Boston 7-16 (R.Allen 6-10, House 

1-3, Marbury 0-1, Pierce 0-1, Rondo 0-1). Fouled 

Out—None. Rebounds—Chicago 41 (Miller 9), 

Boston 59 (Perkins, Rondo 12). Assists—Chicago 

20 (Rose 7), Boston 26 (Rondo 16). Total Fouls— 

Chicago 18, Boston 21. Technicals—Noah, Boston 

Coach Rivers. A—18,624 (18,624). 

——— 

SPURS 105, MAVERICKS 84 

DALLAS (84) 

Howard 3-8 1-2 7, Nowitzki 3-14 8-9 14, Dampier 

3-5 3-3 9, Wright 1-4 0-0 3, Kidd 6-10 0-0 14, 

Terry 6-15 2-3 16, Bass 2-4 4-4 8, Barea 2-8 0-0 

5, Hollins 1-1 2-2 4, Green 2-2 0-0 4, Singleton 

0-1 0-0 0, Carroll 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-72 20-23 

84. 

SAN ANTONIO (105) 

Finley 2-7 0-0 5, Duncan 5-10 3-3 13, Bonner 3-9 

2-2 11, Mason 5-11 0-0 12, T.Parker 16-22 6-9 

38, Bowen 2-2 2-2 7, Thomas 1-2 0-0 2, Gooden 

6-9 1-1 13, Udoka 1-6 0-0 2, Oberto 1-1 0-0 2, 

Hill 0-0 0-0 0, Vaughn 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 42-79 

14-17 105. 

Dallas 19 27 17 21 — 84 

San Antonio 30 27 28 20 — 105 

3-Point Goals—Dallas 6-18 (Kidd 2-3, Terry 2-6, 

Barea 1-2, Wright 1-2, Singleton 0-1, Nowitzki 

0-4), San Antonio 7-18 (Bonner 3-4, Mason 2-6, 

Bowen 1-1, Finley 1-2, T.Parker 0-2, Udoka 0-3). 

Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Dallas 36 (Nowitzki 

6), San Antonio 50 (Duncan 11). Assists—Dallas 

17 (Kidd 5), San Antonio 19 (T.Parker 8). Total 

Fouls—Dallas 17, San Antonio 20. Technical— 

San Antonio Defensive Three Second. Flagrant 

foul—Terry. A—18,797 (18,797). 

NHL 

NHL Playoffs 

FIRST ROUND 

(Best-of-7) 

EASTERN CONFERENCE 

Boston vs. Montreal 

Thursday, April 16: Boston 4, Montreal 2 

Saturday, April 18: Boston 5, Montreal 1 

Monday’s Game: Boston 4, Montreal 2, Boston 


Wednesday’s Game: Boston at Montreal, 6 p.m. 

Saturday’s Game: Montreal at Boston, 6 p.m., if 

necessary 

April 27: Boston at Montreal, TBD, if necessary 

April 29: Montreal at Boston, TBD, if necessary 

Washington vs. N.Y. Rangers 

Wednesday, April 15: N.Y. Rangers 4, Washington 

3 

Saturday, April 18: N.Y. Rangers 1, Washington 0 

Monday’s Game: Washington 4, N.Y. Rangers 0, 

N.Y. Rangers lead series 2-1 

Wednesday’s Game: Washington at N.Y. Rangers, 

6 p.m. 

Friday’s Game: N.Y. Rangers at Washington, 6 

p.m. 

Sunday’s Game: Washington at N.Y. Rangers, 1 

p.m., if necessary 

Tuesday, April 28: N.Y. Rangers at Washington, 

TBD, if necessary 

New Jersey vs. Carolina 

Wednesday, April 15: New Jersey 4, Carolina 1 

Friday, April 17: Carolina 2, New Jersey 1, OT 

Sunday, April 19: New Jersey 3, Carolina 2, OT, 

New Jersey leads series 2-1 

Today’s Game: New Jersey at Carolina, 6:30 p.m. 

Thursday’s Game: Carolina at New Jersey, 6:30 

p.m. 

Sunday’s Game: New Jersey at Carolina, TBD, if 

necessary 

Tuesday, April 28: Carolina at New Jersey, 6:30 


Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia 

Wednesday, April 15: Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 1 

Friday, April 17: Pittsburgh 3, Philadelphia 2, OT 

Sunday, April 19: Philadelphia 6, Pittsburgh 3, 

Pittsburgh leads series 2-1 

Today’s Game: Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. 

Thursday’s Game: Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 6 

p.m. 

Saturday’s Game: Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 2 


Monday, April 27: Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, TBD, 

if necessary 

——— 

WESTERN CONFERENCE 

San Jose vs. Anaheim 

Thursday, April 16: Anaheim 2, San Jose 0 

Sunday, April 19: Anaheim 3, San Jose 2, Anaheim 


Today’s Game: San Jose at Anaheim, 9:30 p.m. 

Thursday’s Game: San Jose at Anaheim, 9:30 

p.m. 

Saturday’s Game: Anaheim at San Jose, 9 p.m., 

if necessary 

Monday, April 27: San Jose at Anaheim, TBD, if 

necessary 

Wednesday, April 29: Anaheim at San Jose, TBD, 

if necessary 

Detroit vs. Columbus 

Thursday, April 16: Detroit 4, Columbus 1 

Saturday, April 18: Detroit 4, Columbus 0, Detroit 


Today’s Game: Detroit at Columbus, 6 p.m. 

Thursday’s Game: Detroit at Columbus, 6 p.m. 

Saturday’s Game: Columbus at Detroit, 6 p.m., if 

necessary 

Monday, April 27: Detroit at Columbus, TBD, if 

necessary 

Wednesday, April 29: Columbus at Detroit, TBD, 

if necessary 

Vancouver vs. St. Louis 

Wednesday, April 15: Vancouver 2, St. Louis 1 

Friday, April 17: Vancouver 3, St. Louis 0 

Sunday, April 19: Vancouver 3, St. Louis 2, Vancouver 


Today’s Game: Vancouver at St. Louis, 7 p.m. 

Friday’s Game: St. Louis at Vancouver, 9 p.m., if 

necessary 

Sunday’s Game: Vancouver at St. Louis, 7 p.m., 

if necessary 

Tuesday, April 28: St. Louis at Vancouver, TBD, 

if necessary 

Chicago vs. Calgary 

Thursday, April 16: Chicago 3, Calgary 2, OT 

Saturday, April 18: Chicago 3, Calgary 2 

Monday’s Game: Calgary 4, Chicago 2, Chicago 


Wednesday’s Game: Chicago at Calgary, 9 p.m. 

Saturday’s Game: Calgary at Chicago, 8 p.m. 

Monday, April 27: Chicago at Calgary, TBD, if 

necessary 

LOTTERY 

Sunday’s drawing 

La. Pick 3: 8-1-4 

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

Monday’s drawing 

La. Pick 3: 9-8-5 

La. Pick 4: 0-6-2-7 

Tuesday’s drawing 

La. Pick 3: 7-8-2 

La. Pick 4: 3-5-5-4 

Wednesday’s drawing 

La. Pick 3: 1-5-0 

La. Pick 4: 0-1-6-8 

Easy 5: 16-15-23-26-5 

La. Lotto: 31-11-15-38-18-10 

Powerball: 16-22-26-27-59 

Powerball: 5; Power play: 2 

Thursday’s drawing 

La. Pick 3: 0-5-6 

La. Pick 4: 0-6-8-9 

Friday’s drawing 

La. Pick 3: 4-0-5 

La. Pick 4: 3-5-6-8 

Saturday’s drawing 

La. Pick 3: 9-7-5 

La. Pick 4: 2-0-2-6 

Easy 5: 6-7-8-11-13 

La. Lotto: 2-4-10-12-19-30 

Powerball: 7-15-28-43-44 

Powerball: 20; Power play: 3

The Vicksburg Post Tuesday, April 21, 2009 B3 

Allen paces Celtics over Bulls 


BOSTON — Ray Allen and 

Ben Gordon can reminisce 

this offseason about their 

playoff shootout. 

For one of the former UConn 

guards, his team’s offseason 

will last longer than he’d like. 

Allen kept the Boston Celtics 

from coming dangerously 

close to being that team 

when he broke out of a slump 

to score 30 points, including 

the decisive 3-pointer with 2 

seconds left. That gave the 

defending NBA champions a 

118-115 win over the Bulls on 

Monday night and a split of 

the first two games of the bestof-seven 

series. Game 3 is in 

Chicago on Thursday night. 

“I’ll talk about it over the 

summertime and I’ll laugh 

with him about it,” Allen said. 

“We were exchanging jabs 

there, and I don’t mean shots. 

I mean he caught me with an 

elbow, I got him right back 

with an elbow.” 

Gordon is in his fifth NBA 

season, eight fewer than Allen, 

but they’ve faced each other in 

summer pickup games at their 

old school. 

“UConn has a lot of great 

professionals,” Gordon said, 

Pittsburgh cools off red-hot Marlins 


Ross Ohlendorf allowed two 

hits over seven innings during 

Pittsburgh’s third shutout in 

four games and Nate McLouth 

drove in four runs as the 

Pirates ended Florida’s sevengame 

winning streak, winning 

8-0 on Monday night. 

The Marlins began the night 

with a major league-best 11-1 

record and were coming off 

three consecutive come-frombehind 

victories in their final 

at-bat in Washington. This 

time, they fell behind 1-0 in 

the first and never caught up 

during their first loss in seven 

road games. 

Reds 4, Astros 3 

Joey Votto’s two-run double 

in the seventh inning lifted the 

Reds over the Astros. 

Trailing 3-2, Paul Janish and 

Willy Taveras singled before 

Votto’s hit helped the Reds 

win for the third time in four 

games. 

Bronson Arroyo (2-1) allowed 

three runs and nine hits in 

seven innings. Arthur Rhodes 

got out of a bases-loaded jam 

in the eighth by striking out 

Hunter Pence. Francisco Cordero 

then pitched the ninth for 

his fifth save in five tries. 

Nationals 3, Braves 2 

Highly touted pitching prospect 

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Boston Celtics guard Ray Allen, right, and forward Glen 

Davis, left, combine to pressure Chicago Bulls guard Derrick 

Rose on a drive to the basket during the second half 

Monday. The Celtics won 118-115. 

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“so anytime you play against 

someone from UConn you just 

want to go out there and outdo 

them. It’s like a game within 

baseball 

throwing six strong innings 

in the Nationals’ rainy victory 

over the Braves. 

Zimmermann (1-0) allowed 

two runs and six hits, with 

three strikeouts and a walk. 

The paid attendance of 12,473 

set a new low for the team 

since it moved from Montreal 

to Washington. Drizzles all 

afternoon and into the evening 

resulted in a delay at the start 

of 2 hours, 10 minutes. There 

the game.” 

Gordon outscored Allen with 

42 points exactly 23 years after 

Michael Jordan set an NBA 

playoff record with 63. But the 

Celtics beat the Bulls then, too, 

was also a 33-minute delay in 

the eighth, and only dozens of 

fans were still around when 

Joel Hanrahan pitched the 

ninth to earn his first save in 

three chances. 

Jesus Flores drove in two 

runs off Derek Lowe (1-1). 

Matt Diaz homered for 

Atlanta. 

D-backs 6, Rockies 3 

Mark Reynolds homered 

and doubled, Miguel Montero 

135-131 in double overtime. 

Gordon’s last basket came 

with 12.3 seconds left, tying 

the score at 115. Then the Celtics 

set up a play for Allen, who 

took a pass from Rajon Rondo 

and connected from the right 

side. 

Allen scored 28 of his 30 

points after getting some 

advice from coach Doc Rivers 

at halftime. 

“Doc said going into the half, 

’Be aggressive, but let it come 

to you,”’ Allen said. “I never 

think I’m not in my rhythm. It 

can be a grind as a shooter. As 

a scorer you’re always trying 

to find something.” 

After Tyrus Thomas missed 

a shot from midcourt as time 

expired, Allen headed for the 

bench where injured Kevin 

Garnett delivered a couple of 

congratulatory slaps — to his 

head and chest. 

Allen said he doesn’t like 

“being made a fuss over.” But 

that was unavoidable after 

he broke out of his shooting 

slump. He scored just four 

points on 1-for-12 shooting and 

missed the final shot in Chicago’s 

105-103 overtime win 

Saturday. 

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preseason favorite to make it 

back to the Class 4A championship 

series at Trustmark 

Park. 

Vicksburg senior centerfielder 

Trey Prentiss got the 

news from coach Jamie Creel 

at the noon meeting at the 

school. 

“Coach told us he did everything 

he could to give us a 

shot at playing it out. Nobody 

liked what happened, but in 

the end, it was us who put us 

in this bad situation. 

“Of course, I wish they 

would’ve let us play. A game 

is never over until the final 

out. I can see that the Ridgeland 

series came back and 

affected us, but they were 

on their third game and we 

were on just our second,” 

Prentiss said. 

Saltillo coach Johnny Bolen 

initially agreed with Creel 

to have the game resumed 

on Monday when his team 

left Bazinsky Field after a 

30-minute rain delay Saturday 

afternoon. Then a text 

changed his mind. 

“On the way back, I got a text 

from some one who looked 

up the National Federation 

rule book about when 

games can be called. Sunday, 

I read it and by then I heard 

Tishomingo County and 

Ridgeland had had the same 

type of game, and that one 

had been called. Monday 

morning, we called the 

MHSAA to find out and they 

made their ruling,” Bolen 

said. 

With a two-game sweep, 

Kennedy 

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the second round beginning 

Thursday. Bolen said he 

still feels bad for the Gator 

players. 

“I hate for it for their kids. 

I understand Jamie’s position 

that we had agreed to 

play it out but the federation 

rule book is pretty clear and 

it is considered a completed 

game,” Bolen said. 

Prentiss says he feels no ill 

will toward the Tigers. 

“We have no excuses. They 

came in here and played 

baseball. They hit the ball 

hard,” Prentiss said. 

The Tigers won Game 1, 

7-1, Friday night in Saltillo 

with pitcher Dillon Payne 

tossing a three-hitter. The 

Tigers, meanwhile, got 

12 hits against Vicksburg 

pitching. 

On Saturday in Game 2, 

the Tigers scored five runs 

by the second inning off six 

hits. Vicksburg’s lone run 

came after an RBI flyout by 

Prentiss that scored fellow 

senior Brian Fitzgerald. The 

Gators, who had one of the 

better hitting teams returning 

with three players signed 

to play collegiate baseball 

next year, had just four hits 

in the series. 

Creel said Saturday that 

Gators had the wrong 

approach at the plate. 

“We just did a poor job 

of pitch selection. But give 

Saltillo credit for doing outstanding 

job of keeping us in 

check,” Creel said. 

gized to the cab driver and 

the valet who took his side 

in the dispute, he is still pursuing 

lawsuits against them. 

The two have filed counter 

suits against Kennedy. 

“This case has been bizarre 

from the beginning, and 

that continues,” said David 

Mann, a lawyer for cab driver 

Mohamed Moctar Ould 

Jiddou. 

With two words, Kennedy 

took the first step toward 

some closure. When Judge 

Dwane Mallory asked Kennedy 

whether he wanted 

to give up his right to a 

jury trial, Kennedy looked 

straight ahead and said, 

“Yes, sir.” 

Kennedy declined to comment 

after the court appearance 

and later released an 

apology through Ole Miss. 

“I acknowledge using poor 

judgment which resulted 

in an adverse reflection on 

me, my family, our program 

and the university that I so 

proudly represent,” Kennedy 

said in his statement. 

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B4 Tuesday, April 21, 2009 The Vicksburg Post 

TONIGHT ON TV 

n MOVIE 

“The Italian Job” — A master 

thief, Mark Wahlberg, and his crew 

plan to steal back a fortune in gold 

bullion after they lose it to a double-crossing 

gang member, Edward 

Norton./6:30 on FX 

n SPORTS 

NBA — The brilliance of LeBron 

James will be on display when he 

leads the Cleveland Cavaliers into 

Game 2 of their first-round Eastern 

Conference playoff series with Detroit./7 

on TNT 

n PRIMETIME 

Mark Wahlberg 

“The Unusuals” — Delahoy and 

Banks discover a store that sells 

murder weapons and tells people how to dispose of bodies; Davis 

Nixon asks Casey for a favor./9 on ABC 

THIS WEEK’S LINEUP 

n EXPANDED LISTINGS 

TV TIMES — Network, cable and satellite programs appear in 

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

com 

MILESTONES 

n BIRTHDAYS 

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, 83; Charles Grodin, actor, 74; 

Iggy Pop, singer-musician, 62; Patti LuPone, actress, 60; Tony 

Danza, actor, 58; Andie MacDowell, actress, 51; John Cameron 

Mitchell, actor, 46. 

n DEATHS 

Benjamin Edwards III — The man who presided over A.G. Edwards 

as it grew from a St. Louis regional brokerage firm into 

one of the largest in the nation has died. Edwards, 77, of St. Louis, 

died Monday of prostate cancer at a second home in Naples, 

Fla., his son Benjamin “Tad” Edwards III said. Edwards was the 

great-grandson of the company’s founder, Albert Gallatin Edwards, 

a former assistant secretary of the treasury under Abraham 

Lincoln who started the firm in 1887. 

Elisha Ray Nance — The last survivor of a Virginia National 

Guard company that had high D-Day losses on Omaha Beach 

has died. Nance, 94, died Sunday in Bedford, Va., said a spokesman 

at Tharp Funeral Home and Crematory. He was among 38 

National Guardsmen from the close-knit community of Bedford 

who were in Company A of the 116th Infantry, a spokesman at 

the National D-Day Memorial Foundation said. On June 6, 1944, 

19 were killed when they landed on Omaha Beach at the start 

of the D-Day invasion. Two more died later. 

Whitelaw Reid —The scion of a prominent publishing family 

and groomed heir to The New York Herald Tribune has died. 

Reid, 95, who lived in Bedford Hills, N.Y., died Saturday of complications 

of lung and heart failure at While Plains Hospital Center, 

said his brother, Ogden R. Reid, former congressman and 

ambassador to Israel and an editor and publisher of The Herald 

Tribune. Reid was the namesake and grandson of Whitelaw 

Reid, who succeeded Horace Greeley, former ambassador to 

Great Britain and France and owner and editor of the New York 

Tribune in the 1870s. 

PEOPLE 

Leno at it again with free show 

Jay Leno is planning another free “Comedy 

Stimulus” show for people hurt by layoffs — this 

time in an Ohio community losing thousands of 

DHL shipping jobs. 

The NBC “Tonight” show host says he’ll perform 

May 10 in Wilmington, about 30 miles 

southeast of Dayton. Leno described the community 

of 12,000 as devastated and said the 

“good folks” there are having a hard time. 

Leno gave two free performances in Detroit 

earlier this month. 

NBC sending Ann Curry into 2 war zones 

NBC “Today” show news anchor Ann Curry is heading to two 

war zones this week. 

She is traveling to both Iraq and Afghanistan to report on how 

the wars are being reshaped under the administration of President 

Barack Obama. Her reports are to air on both the “Today” 

show and NBC’s “Nightly News.” 

NBC would say little about her specific reports, except that she 

will be given some unprecedented access. 

ANd ONE MOrE 

Jay 

Leno 

Four Corners marker off by 2.5 miles 

Tourists who think they’re putting a hand or foot in each of 

four states at the Four Corners area are apparently missing the 

mark — by about 2.5 miles. 

National Geodetic Survey officials say the Four Corners marker 

showing the intersection of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and 

Utah is about 2.5 miles west of where it should be. 

The only place in the United States where four state boundaries 

come together was first surveyed by the government in 

1868 during the initial survey of Colorado’s southern boundary. 

The survey was inaccurate. Officials said Monday the accurate 

location lies to the east of U.S. 160 in Colorado and northeast of 

the San Juan River as it flows into New Mexico. 

N.Y. Times wins 5 Pulitzers amid financial crisis 

At a glance 

2009 Pulitzer Prize winners: 

Journalism 

• Public Service — The Las 

Vegas Sun, notably Alexandra 

Berzon, for exposing the 

high death rate among construction 

workers on the Las 

Vegas Strip. 

• Breaking News Reporting 

— The New York Times for 

its coverage of a sex scandal 

that resulted in the resignation 

of Gov. Eliot Spitzer. 

• Investigative Reporting 

— David Barstow of The 

New York Times for reporting 

on how some retired 

generals had been co-opted 

by the Pentagon to make 

its case for war as radio and 

television analysts. 

• Explanatory Reporting — 

Bettina Boxall and Julie Cart 

of the Los Angeles Times for 

exploring attempts to combat 

Western wildfires. 

• Local Reporting — The 

Detroit Free Press, notably 

Jim Schaefer and M.L. Elrick; 

and Ryan Gabrielson and 

Paul Giblin of the East Valley 

Tribune in Mesa, Ariz. 

The Free Press was cited for 

uncovering lies by Mayor 

Kwame Kilpatrick that included 

denial of a sexual relationship 

with an aide that 

eventually led to jail terms 

for the two officials. The Tribune 

won for revealing how 

a popular sheriff’s focus on 

immigration enforcement 

endangered investigation 

of violent crime and other 

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• National Reporting — St. 

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• International Reporting 

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• Feature Writing — Lane 

DeGregory of the St. Petersburg 

Times for coverage of a 

neglected girl’s adoption. 

• Commentary — Eugene 

Robinson of The Washington 

Post for columns on the 

2008 presidential campaign. 

• Criticism — Holland Cotter 

of The New York Times for 

art reviews. 

• Editorial Writing — Mark 

Mahoney of The Post-Star, 

Glens Falls, N.Y., for editorials 

on local government secrecy. 

• Editorial Cartooning — 

Steve Breen of The San Diego 

Union-Tribune for a 

style that engages readers. 

• Breaking News Photography 

— Patrick Farrell of The 

Miami Herald for photos of 

the aftermath of disastrous 

storms. 

• Feature Photography — 

Damon Winter of The New 

York Times for photos of Barack 

Obamas presidential 

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The Detroit Free Press 

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• Drama — “Ruined” by 

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The Vicksburg Post Tuesday, April 21, 2009 B5 

Girl eager to defend kids ridiculed for being different 

Dear Abby: I am a 12-yearold 

girl and have a 10-year-old 

brother with autism. At school 

there are many kids who have 

special needs, and I try my 

best to befriend them. 

A large number of students 

are unbelievably cruel to 

these people. They call them 

names and make fun of them 

right to their faces. Sometimes 

they don’t do it in front of the 

person, but I also think it is 

very rude to talk about people 

behind their backs. 

When I see or hear it happen, 

I would like to be able to say 

something to help them understand 

that what they are doing 

is not acceptable. What should 

I do when I am caught in these 

situations? — Trying to Make 

a Difference in Ohio 

Dear Trying: People who 

ridicule others because they 

are physically or developmentally 

disabled sometimes do it 

for attention because it makes 

them feel superior or because 

they don’t realize the damage 

they are doing. 

One way to correct the perpetrators 

would be to speak 

up and say you don’t think 

what they are doing is funny 

because you have a brother 

DEAR 

ABBY 

ABIGAIL 

VAN 

BUREN 

who struggles every day with 

the challenges of autism. You 

should also talk to a counselor 

or the principal of your 

school, describe what has 

been happening and suggest 

that the student body could 

benefit from sensitivity training 

regarding discrimination, 

which is offered at many 

schools. 

Dear Abby: My sister-inlaw 

was unhappy in her relationship, 

so my husband and 

I offered to let her stay with 

us. We moved her and all her 

stuff into our home. We even 

kicked our 3-year-old out of 

his room so she could have 

privacy. 

She stayed with us for two 

nights, then went to her mother’s. 

She was gone a week, 

then came back and spent 

one night. Then she returned 

to her mom’s for two weeks. 

Most of her things are still 

TOMORROW’S HOROSCOPE 

BY BERNICE BEDE OSOL • NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION 

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Instead of being a realist when 

viewing important matters, you have a tendency to color the 

facts to suit your desired outcome. 

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Expecting more than you’re entitled 

to will only lead to disappointment. 

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — You are good at charming people 

or using your wit to get what you want, but that’s not likely to 

work this time. 

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — In order to be a nice person, you are 

likely to do things that could build up a person’s hopes, not let 

them down. 

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Pretending to be that which you 

think would impress others is likely to turn companions off. 

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Don’t be so quick to condemn 

when someone held in high esteem disappoints you, because 

people can’t always be what we think they should be. They are 

only human. 

Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Watch what you say, and guard 

against inclinations to speak without thinking. 

Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Try to avoid shopping, since 

your sales resistance is apt to be rather low at this time. You 

could have regrets when the bills come due. 

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Don’t underestimate your 

worth, because in order to impress, you might overcompensate 

and, without meaning to, come off as haughty or condescending. 

That’s not what you want. 

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Unless you’re a self-starter, you 

are likely to waste a lot of time and have little to show for your 

day. 

Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20) — Someone with ulterior motives 

who thinks he or she has you figured out might employ flattery 

to manipulate you. Beware of anyone who is bearing accolades. 

Aries (March 21-April 19) — In order to achieve your large 

dreams, you must plan things out well and be prepared to work 

for them. 

TWEEN 12 & 20 

BY DR. ROBERT WALLACE • NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION 

Dr. Wallace: My husband discovered a small pouch of marijuana 

in our 15-year-old son’s bedroom. This shocked my husband 

and me to the core. We have punished our son and are 

working with a professional counselor to ensure that the son, 

whom we love so very much, becomes drug-free forever. 

I am a faithful reader of your column and appreciate your efforts 

to help teens and their parents. You once printed a letter 

from a teen who started using marijuana and advanced to 

more potent drugs, paying for them by stealing. Eventually, he 

spent time in a rehab and is now drug-free. His message to fellow 

teens was to stay away from drugs. 

Will you please reprint his message? I want our son to read it. It 

also will be a valuable message for all of your readers. — Mother, 

Sycamore, Ill. 

Mother: This column is for you! 

Dr. Wallace: I’m writing this letter hoping I can save teens 

from following in my footsteps. When I was 13, I started smoking 

marijuana. When I didn’t have enough money to buy a joint, 

I got high sniffing air freshener. 

At 14, I was introduced to PCP by one of my friends. I took 

so much of it one night that I passed out. When I awoke, I was 

in the hospital emergency room. The first thing I saw was my 

mother hovering over me with a worried look and crying. The 

doctor told me I was lucky to be alive. I promised myself I would 

never take drugs again. 

I lived up to that promise for all of a month. Then I wound up 

going to a party and was unable to refuse a hit of PCP. 

My next moneymaking venture was to break into houses that 

I knew had no one at home. I stole money, jewelry and things 

that I could sell. I even broke into my teacher’s house because I 

knew nobody was home. 

My downfall came when I sold a camera to a buddy for $10 

that turned out to be worth over $700. My buddy told his mother 

that I sold it to him. This led to me being busted by the police. 

I was sent to a lockup facility for teens called The Boot Camp. 

I am now 16, out of Boot Camp, and I report to a probation officer 

regularly. It’s a good thing, because he has helped me stay 

crime- and drug-free. 

Teens, DRUGS ARE NOT COOL; THEY RUIN LIVES! Don’t ever 

get involved with drugs and if you’re experimenting — STOP! If 

you become addicted, it could be too late. I know from experience. 

— Nameless, Riverside, Calif. 

• 

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

News Service. 

here, but she hasn’t said 

she’s living with her mother 

permanently. 

Do I still have a houseguest? 

I’d like to give my son his 

room back, but I don’t want to 

be rude to my possible guest. 

— Possible Hostess 

Dear Possible Hostess: Your 

little boy needs his room back! 

Unless you are ready to establish 

some boundaries, your sister-in-law 

could bounce back 

and forth indefinitely. 

It’s time for you and your 

husband to talk to his sister 

and his mother and determine 

where his sister plans to nest, 

because it is unfair to use your 

son’s bedroom as a storage 

locker. 

Dear Abby: Several months 

ago, my husband — whose eyesight 

is fading rapidly — was 

forced to depend on a cane 

indicating that he is blind. 

Since then, we have encountered 

many individuals who 

have no idea what a red-tipped 

white cane means. 

We have heard people say 

things like, “Isn’t that fancy!” 

or, “I love the way you decorated 

your cane for the Christmas 

season.” 

Abby, please inform your 

Dear Dr. Gott: I am writing 

on behalf of my sister. She has 

been suffering from a condition 

on her legs for several 

years. At first, she was told it 

was cellulitis. She was treated 

with IV antibiotics in the hospital 

for a few days, but it 

didn’t help. Then her doctor 

told her it was lichen planus. 

She has tried every medication 

prescribed, but nothing 

helps. 

At times, her legs get completely 

red and look very 

inflamed. Then they turn 

dark. I am afraid she will get 

gangrene and have to have her 

legs amputated. She is not a 

diabetic, but she has a liver 

condition and has or has had 

hepatitis C. 

Do you have any 

suggestions? 

Dear Reader: Cellulitis is an 

inflammation of the connective 

tissues of the skin caused 

by infection. 

Treatment depends on the 

severity of the infection. Mild 

to moderate infections can 

often be cured within seven to 

10 days with oral antibiotics, 

fluids, elevating the affected 

area and rest. More severe 

or persistent infections may 

require hospitalization and IV 

antibiotics. 

Lichen planus is a condition 

that causes an itchy, swollen 

rash in the mouth or on the 

skin. There is no known cause, 

but it may be related to an 

allergic or immune reaction. 

There are several risk factors, 

including exposure to 

certain medications, chemicals 

and dyes, such as antibiotics, 

some antimalarial medications, 

diuretics and gold. 

Another risk factor is hepatitis 

C. 

Treatment is aimed at reducing 

symptoms and speeding up 

the healing process. Common 

medications include antihistamines 

and topical corticosteroids 

or retinoic acid creams. 

Severe cases may benefit from 

readers that a white cane 

with a red tip is not a fashion 

accessory or a personal 

whim. Its purpose is to allow 

a vision-impaired person to 

move around independently. 

Vision impairment also affects 

a person’s balance. People 

have brushed past my husband, 

bumped into him and 

expressed annoyance because 

his slowness held them up. 

I’m sure a “word to the 

wise” from you would make a 

decided difference. — Nancy 

in Laconia, N.H. 

Dear Nancy: I’m pleased 

to help you spread the word, 

and you have described the 

situation very well. Allow me 

to add this: It’s rude — and 

can be dangerous — to touch 

a stranger without permission. 

Not only could it cause 

the person to react in a hostile 

fashion, if he or she is blind, it 

could cause a nasty fall. 

• 

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van 

Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, 

and was founded by her mother, Pauline 

Phillips. Write Dear Abby at 

www.Dear Abby.com or P.O. Box 69440, 

Los Angeles, CA 90069. 

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Ans: 

Yesterday’s 

RELEASE DATE– Tuesday, April 21, 2009 

ACROSS 

1 Shopping center 

5 Letter-routing 

letters 

9 Confronts 

14 A long way off 

15 Firenze farewell 

16 Signs of decay 

17 “The Flintstones” 

pet 

18 Ruler division 

19 Find a new 

tenant for 

20 Nearby, on a 

country road 

23 When prime time 

ends in Middle 

Amer. 

24 Counterfeit coin 

25 Sonoma Valley 

container 

28 Irish homeland 

31 Mug shot view 

33 Electrical unit, 

briefly 

36 Malty brew 

38 Countesses’ 

spouses 

39 Is completely 

uninformed 

44 Impressive 

grouping 

45 “What an idiot I 

am!” 

46 Inclined to avoid 

the spotlight 

47 “Heavens!” 

50 Snitched 

53 Sneaky 

54 Super-duper 

56 Deputized group 

60 Row house porch 

64 Frighten, as 

horses 

66 Field of expertise 

67 Memo phrase 

68 Arizona State’s 

city 

69 Docking site 

70 Chess ending 

71 Nonpoetic writing 

72 Office fill-in 

73 Prominent 

periods 

DOWN 

1 Angry with 

2 In flames 

3 Talked a blue 

streak 

4 Theatrical 

travelers 

5 Corrosive 

compound 

6 Windshield glare 

reducer 

7 Dash devices 

8 Useless 

9 Precedes 

10 Mideast port on 

its own gulf 

11 Cause of coughs 

and sniffles 

12 Before, of yore 

13 Old fast plane: 

Abbr. 

21 Abbr. for people 

with only two 

names 

22 Prickly case 

26 Islam’s God 

27 In a foul mood 

29 Snitch 

30 Moose relative 

32 Web site help 

sect. 

33 Second or sixth 

president 

34 Gourmet 

mushroom 

35 “Catch a Falling 

Star” singer 

37 Call a halt to 

Jumbles: 

Answer: 

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME 

by Mike Argirion and Jeff Knurek 

Now arrange the circled letters 

to form the surprise answer, as 

suggested by the above cartoon. 

A “ 

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(Answers tomorrow) 

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What his wife did when the game went into 

overtime — “BOILED” 

Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle 

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 

By Gail Grabowski 

(c)2009 Tribune Media Services, Inc. 

40 Cul-de-__ 

41 One of the Bx. 

Bombers 

42 Not at home 

43 One of a 

reporter’s five W’s 

48 Comfy footwear 

49 Spellbound 

51 Record 

collector’s 

platters 

52 Serve a sentence 

55 Chill-inducing 

57 Salvage ship 

equipment 

58 A bit, informally 

59 Fencing swords 

61 Butterfingers’ cry 

62 Abound (with) 

63 Memorable Old 

West lawman 

64 NASCAR 

advertiser 

65 As __ instructions 

ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: 

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04/21/09 

04/21/09

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